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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-03-13
sA-e's the Only Lady Who Has Had
President Coolidge as Her Escort
e. A. 3. CHAPLIN

Iagns. WILLIAM NJ. JAEoI&E,
--'&- wife OF the secretary NJ arI.-
culture. IS the only cabinet
lady"-or any other lady. excepting
only the present mistress ~ tie
White Rouse wh,,,S, had .llsa horhr
Of going out TO dinner with President
Coolidge as her escort;
President and Mrs Coolidge were
invited TO dine with Attorney General
and Mrs. John Garibaldi Sargent, in
the presidential suite at the New
willard.
They accepted. IL WAS one Of the
regular cabinet dinners. which the
members of his official family are
privileged land an expensive privi-
iege) to give 10 the president
Needed Some One
President Coolidge had had q cold
but was better. In the meantime.
however. Mrs. Coolidge had caught
it. AT the last minute she couldn't
go.
The president needed someone to
take with him. He consulted the
sharks on presidential etiquette who
abound around the White House
They cited presidents from the time
of President Mckinley. Mrs. Nc
kinley was an Invalid. Her husband
frequently asked the wives of mem.
beers OF his cabinet to accompany him
10 social functions--so the etiquette
sharks Raid.
President Coolidge glanced around
him for an available cabinet mem.
beris wife. Mrs. Jartfine had an open
date that evening. Would she 70
with him to dine with the Sargents?
Sure she would.
But the prendent never goes TO get
anyone-not merely President Cool.
idge--THE president.
T Sent ., Carriage =;
President Cleveland didn't even xo
10 the railroad station to sneei Mis.
Frances FofWm, when she arrived
IN town 10 be married 70 him. He
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-03-13

You KNOW 1AE PuRDYs. they ARE ThE GREAT
AMERICAN MEIeABOR< THEY LINE an MAIN STREET
AND AM WEDNESDAY, or 2JslOAN sNsNNG ABOUT 8
O'CLOCK YOU'LL FIND THEIR RROR uT UPANDSEE
MARY MARIE WAITING FOR HER STEADY. LISTEN! CAN'T
YOU HEAR MRS. pU2DY CALLING WARREN eAMBREle
Of COURSE IO0 KNOW WARREN, HE'S ALWAYS ANOVG
~1AE EoS WHO PUT SOAP ON YOOR WINDOWS EVERY
HALLOWEEN GRANDpOP pURDX WHO LIVES
WITH THEM IS GIVE or The Town CiARACTER2 -NOUE
SEEN Nm NAM TINES MARCHING ON DECORATION
pM, LA0T But NOT LEAST, LET NE NTRODUCE EDWIN
Nepx Osr PAM Ed TO NeaNeGl 4Gfsbaaoac
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-03-13

sent carriage but ne didn't go In
person.
The etiquette sharks exp;a.oea all
this.
Accordingly President ,.,oli,ipe
sent one OF the, White House ante.
mobiles TO che 3arti3aes. home for
Ars. Jardfne. 10 picked her up thare
ana took her 70 enc White House
There the president wss seeumufst
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-03-13

:, FOR afternoon occasions some fash.i
'ios,abie aroeeers prefer this costumei
! Of alack velvet, SiHpsicfty 81 lines
/, - tAsr keynote of its beauty. Tho full
'Sssves> ere tightly banded at the
wrists aAa tho only trimming ID the
'hrsiAsA design, In frcat, that IL hlled
In vstA hand.paintinS. II 10 WORN
~ Dvrotsy Phssseps, ssevts ssar.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-03-13

President Cleveland didnt even 10
10 the railroad station to Hneei Mic.
Frances Fofspm, when she arrived
IN town TO be married 10 him. He
Evening star., 1926-10-17

Miss Lena Wilson. the
Canadian lass whose en-
gagement to James Still
man has just been an
nounced by his mother.
Mrs. Anne Urquhart Still
man. The romance is said
to have begun when the
young woman was en-
ployed as a maid in the
Stillman Summer home IN
Canada.
C. y. & 4. Photos
Evening star., 1926-03-28

sister of the other. The witnesses said
they were afraid she would put a
curse on them."
In many parts of England. especial
ly In remote country districts, the be-
lief in witches is far more prevalent
than is generally known. and 1t is
still thought that they have the power
Of overlooking" both human beings
and cattle. The usual remedy is Ito
score the witch over the BREATH" that
Is 10 infiict a scratch on the forehead
OF the witch. Sometimes it Is her arm
Evening star., 1926-03-28

that is scratched; but the important
thing in either case Is to draw blood.
Another method of protection fire.
quently employed Is to obtain posses
sion of something belonging to the
witch and to burn it.
These witchcraft beliefs in the Eng
lish countryside can he traced back for
a very great length of time in the
evidence which was given in witch
craft trials, especially in the sixteenth
hand seventeenth centuries, and have
IAN unbroken pedigree stretching back
Evening star., 1926-03-28

factory evidence that DIR. Tanner ate
no food. He drank very little water
and no other liquid whatever. His
weight at the beginning of his fast
was 157 pounds and at it's conclusion
121 pounds. showing a loss of SO
pounds. or almost pound per day.
He consumed meat and fruit in lib
eral quantities at the end. showing
that the old theory of this being dan
gerous was not true-at least not in
his ca Sc
Evening star., 1926-03-28
First Fast for Science.

The first fast of long duration UNI
.dertaken for scientific purposes, and
with the possibility of imposture elimi-
mated, was completed As years ago by
DR.. Tanner of New York, who went
wholly without food of any kind for
40 days. from noon of June % to noon
of August Z, 1880.
During that period there is salts
Evening star., 1926-03-28
Electrical Watches Possible.

NJ. Leopold Reveillon. French
watch maker. says It is possible 10
make electrical watches on the ss me
electric clocks. BY inventinc small
battery, much of the space now used
for wheels and springs could be elm.
mated, he says. and the watch would
be more accurate and regular.
Evening star., 1926-03-28
Belief That Witches Exist in England
Developed by Trial of Woman i'm Court

fore the court for threatening an old
woman. In the evidence it was stated
that she was believed in the neighbor-
hood to be witch, and it was said
that she had cast a spell over the
wife of one of the defendants and the
Evening star., 1926-03-28

That the belief in witches in Eng
land is still far from extinct is shown
by a case which came up before
Judge in the court at Tipton, Stafford
shire, England. in the month of Jan
uary. Two men were arraigned be-
Evening star., 1926-03-28
No Beginner.

From II fe.
Employment Manager.--I'm sorry.
Miss Charleston, but your experience
as a stenographer is unsatisfactory.
Don't kid YOURSELF 1t won first
prize in last months True Experience
Mapa zine -
Evening star., 1926-03-28
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON d. G,

for hundreds of years to the magical
pagan beliefs of Saxon and British
times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
EVANS AND Wells
RACING ACROSSU. S.
Planes win Put Globe Cir.
dIers in New York About 8
Am. Tomorrow.
special D,spateh to The star.

Spec1M O1Epatcm 70 Inc star. $50 s5 III
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. July s.
Edward s. Evans and Linton Wells
took on from here at daybreak this
morning for North Platte, Nebr..
where they expect to arrive between
10 and III am. The two globe ciTclers
WIN be met there by two Army Doug
las observation planes sent from Fort
Riley, Kans., yesterday afternoon.
which will carry them to Dayton.
Ohio.
The two flyers arrived In Salt Lake
City last night and found It, impracti-
cable to proceed in the darkness. The
delay makes 1t improbable that they
win reach New York before Wednes-
day morning. probably later than ;
o'clock. and during their twenty ninth
day OF travel. BY arriving In New
York at any time before II o'clock
wednesday night they viii break the
present record for circling the globe
by more than a week.
The Army planes carrying Evans
and Wells should reach Omaha about
1 o'clock this afternoon, Des Moines
at 3 O'Clock, Chicago at s., Dayton
about IL, Bellefonte at o'clock Wed.
nesday morning and New York two
hours later.
Eddie Stinson, famous American
flyer, who originally was scheduled
to carry Evans and Wells from North
Platte to New York, was instructed
to proceed to Dayton to act as e re.
serve in case Of emergency. He Is
about four hours ahead OF the globe
girdlers, ready to turn back and pick
them IN II need be or to meet them
at any point that connections fall.
Copyright.s 1920. by North American News
- paper Alliance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
Riot Marks Close
OF u. S. Base Ball
Teams Japan Tour

= q
By Cable to The star and Chicago Daily New
OSAKA, Japan, July 13.-The
final game in the Stanford Uniyer-
sity base ball teams tour Of japan
ended here in an abusive row over
the umpire's decisions, police being
called in to preserve order.
The California base ball men.
who pleasantly, II unsuccessfully,
played university mines in Toxic,
encountered a different class OF
Japanese players when they ven-
tured outside Of collegiate ranks
and took on the semi-professional
Diamai club Of Osaka.
The Diamai hackers were cha
grined at the superiority Of the
American boys. The Diamai pitch
err, jeered by his compatriots, lost
his temper. The police were called
In. Wordy abuse was freely ex-'
changed, especially over the Japa-
1 nese umpire's decision.
The incident was an unfortu-
nate ending Of Stanford's tour,
but the better element in the Japa,l
nese bleachers solely blame the
Diamai club.
tcoDyriEht. 1925. by ChicaEo Daily News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
PROPOSES
BUDGET INCREASE
Supplement to Original Fig
ures Raises Total Now
Asked to $50, ,72s, ,O60.

The Citizens Advisory Council win
submit to the Commissioners today a
supplement to its original tentative
recommended budget for the District
for the next fiscal year providing for
an increase of approximately $529, ,O00,
and making grand total Of $3s,729,-
O60.
The revision was made during a
protracted discussion at a. special
meeting last night which followed
public criticism by James G. Yaden,
president OF the Public School Associ-
alton, of the councils budget Of $685.
214,o60, which limited the school APP
propriations to $12,000,000. The In
crease was arrived at chiefly through
the transfer of items. To the school
estimates 5000 900 was added. with a
recommendation that it be applied to
the five.year building program. The
councils figure for the schools now
stands at $4,000, 900.
Traffic Funds Reduced.
About 100000 OF the appropriation
previously recommended for the pro-
posed new building for the recorder
or deeds was transferred to the new
school total The estimates for the
trafiic bureau were redueed from
$400, 900 to 100000, while 900 was
added to the estimates of the Public
Library for the acquisition of a site
for branch public library in North
east Washington.
The traffic estimates were reduced
because $3.50, 900, to be collected from
renewal fees for automobile drivers
permits, will be available this year
for the extension of the automatic
traffic light system. Chairman Jesse
C. Suter pointed out that there would
be no such sum for renewals in the
next fiscal year and that to provide
50 much for more signals the money
should come from taxes. I am no
trafiic expert commented Council
man Harry N. Stull, but 1t seems to
me too much Is being spent for traffic
signals. After we get S35O.000 worth
this year we ought to have enough.
School Program Offered.
At the outset Of the meeting mem
bers Of the council were furnished
with a tabulated statement prepared
by the engineering department OF the
District government showing the
school buildings PROPOSED for con-
struction during the fiscal year end.
IHk JuNlC on, 40Sos CuCCI
recommended that all of the school
boards requests for buildings and
sites in conformity with the five>year
building program be recommended ex.
cept the grading and seating of the
stadiums at the new Mckinley Tech
nical High School and the Dunbar
| High School. His recommendation
would have added $1,710,O0O to the
school estimates and raise the school
total to $f3, Ito, 900.
George r. Wales objected to in
lcreasing the councils original tenta-
tive budget in any particular.
question the wisdom Of our changing
our recommendation at this time
he said. "It looks as If we had be
come scared of some one.
There is no soaring about II" re-
piled Mr.. Suter. I'VE acted on
figures submitted to us by George G..
Havenner and none Of us had any
other figures to set up against them.
k>Now we have additional Information.
am thoroughly sold on including in
our figures every item asked for by
the School Board for buildings and
sites"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
CHOSEN
AS CITY PLANNER
Charles w. Eliot, I'd, Employ
ed by National Capital
Commission.

Charles w. Eliot, I'd. of Boston.
has been employed by the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion as a city planner. in accordance
with the authority given In the re-
cent law reorganizing the commits
sion. Mr.. Eliot viii report for duty
on August ., 1t was announced.
He is graduate OF the Harvard
school OF landscape architecture In
the class Of 1913. following which he
took three.year postgraduate
course. Ebr the last two years he
has been engaged on some small
projects n city planning In New
England.
Engirleer il Desigr,afed.
At the same time It was announced
that MAJ. Cary Brown had been
DESIGNATED az engineer Of the com
mission.
The co.ordinating committee, which
Is the new name Of the city and park
planning committee, held Its regular
meeting today and went over again
some changes in the highway plan
which II already had recommended
to the District Commissioners.
81 The District Commissioners will
hold a public hearing on these rec
concentrations August and they
viii Be submitted to the City and
Park Planning Commission on
August 20.
Conduit Road Widening.
Among the proposed changes is the
one to widen Conduit road from the
Georgetown reservoir to the Dis
trict line to 120 feet; extension Of
Blair road as q 90-foot street from
Peabody to Underwood street.
South OF Peabody the roadway will
be absorbed by North Dakota avenue
and North Capitol street.
Another of the changes which will
come np for hearing will be the
question of preserving Sargent
road northeast to the District line
and also the Queens Chapel road
between Bunker Hill road and the
District line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
Pastor Gusts Fussy Congregation
And Demands New Taking Of Vows

formally organized Today DR.. ORA
per declared the church was junction.
ing on d harmonious plane.
AIT the morning service DF. Draper
explained that he was faced with dis
sension within the ranks and that ne
was unable to determine Just who
are members and who are not. t.,.
II wonder he said. III even the
Devil knows who's who around here:
the only way know Is to turn every
one OF you out. The only way fol. YOU
to get back is to come forward pub.
5Iiely and take the vows Of the church.
III enough are willing to do that No
viii reorgAnize.' :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
FRIGHTENED INTO SPEECH
Veteran, Deaf and Dump Nine
Years. Is All Right Now.

LAWRENCE, Mass, July Is OFD.--
Frightened by policeman's fash
light, George Gibbs. deaf and dumb
for nine years, since he was wounded
IN the World War. Is talking and
hearing again.
You foolP' shouted Gibbs as the
fiashlight was turned into his face
while he slept In an empty house on
Auburn street. They were the first
words he had uttered since bullet
pierced his. cheek In 1917 while he
fought with the Princess Pat Regi-
ment OF Canada In France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
CRUELTY CHARGES FILED
ON BRANDING MISSIONARY
Korea Takes Formal Action on
American who Put Acid on
Young Orchard Thief.

BY the AaBOclAteu EEess. ssBs
TOXIC. July 1s. The department
Of justice is officially advised that
charges of cruelty have been filed by
the Korean prefectura1 authorities
against DIR. G. "A. Haysmeir. an Amer
ican medical missionary stationed at
Pingyang, for branding small
Korean boy on both cheeks with acid
DIR. Haysmeir, according to a re-
port fled by Consul General Rams
ford s. Miller at Seoul to the Ameri-
can Ambassador at Toxic, painted the
lads cheeks with acid after he had
been caught stealing apples from an
orchard. When Korean papers made
the incident public, after the boy left
school because of the ridicule to
which the branding subjected him, q
wave Of indignation swept the coun.
try. The missionary made d public
apology and paid the mother of the
boy the equivalent of 1910 damages
The missionary said he did ! not
think the acid would make perlna-
nent marks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
GIRL s BODY FOUND
PACKED IN BOXES
Boston Police BaffIed BY
Gruesome Murder Of At
tractive Young Woman.
BY the Associated Press.

by the AeeOclA4e0 Press.
BOSTON, July 13.-Boston police
today were faced with the most grue-
some and banning murder mystery
they have encountered in recent
years
The body of a girl, mutilated. dis.
membered and unidentified lay in the
city mortuary after il, had been dis
covered early today on lonely road
that winds its way between two ceme-
teries in the Mattapan district OF the
city. Police believe the young woman
attractive and apparently refined,
had been dead week. and that her
body had been cut up and packed
into the two boxes and burlap bag
in which it was found, some time last
Sunday. This was indicated by a
superficial examination by medical
authorities.
Knets Tied by Experts.
The only clue left for the police to
work oh was the manner of tying
the knots in the heavy window cord
that bound the boxes. They Were
tied, apparently, by a seaman or
some one familiar with marine knots.
The hoxes bore no marks of any sort
and there were no tracks to show
how they had been transported to the
street between the grave yards
The boxes were lying near a wall
that separates Calvary Cemetery
from Walk Hill street. On the other
side of the street is Mount Hope
Cemetery. The body was outside the
wall A laborer. Torrio Jenney, on
his way to work, saw the boxes and
notified the police
Path Used by Many.
The spot between the cemeteries is
OF the beaten path for traffic, but
still Is used by many pedestrians ana
is only a short distance from two
main arteries to the city from sub
urhs to the south. u Ess
The only clothing found In the pre-
liminary examination was q pair OF
Nile green stockings and a white cot
ton chenlise. The vital organs had
been removed from the body and
wrapped in the chemise, which was
then placed under the head in the
larger box.
Medical Examiner O'Leary, after
an examination of the body, which
he hoped to be able to entirely re-
the, girl had been the victim of an
illegal operation. This theory was
strengthened. he said. by the fact
that the work of disnembering the.
body had been skillfully done and APP,
peared to be the job Of an expert
surgeon.
Identification Sought.
Reports Of missing girls through
cut New England were being run
down by the police and fingerprints
on the boxes In which the body was
found were taken in the hope that
this might aid in the apprehension OF
the murderer.
The girl probably was between 22
and rs years old, and had dark, bob
bed hair, the examination showed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
MAJ. GEN. WALLER,
! j. S. NJ. c., IS DEAD
Noted Fighting Officer Won
Distinction by Bravery
in Action.

Mai. Gen. Littleton w. r. Waller
United States Marine Corps. retired
one of the last of the old line OF
picturesque and fighting marines,
died at the Creston Hotel, Atlantic
City. at Q o'clock this morning. ae'
cording to information received here
The, general was stricken with
pneumonia 10 days ago while visiting
at the shore with Mrs. Waller and
was IN q state OF coma since noon
Sunday. He had been In failing
health since he suffered stroke thret
years ago, and since that time he
has been using cr,itches, although
more recently wheel chair.
Gen. Waller was In his seventeen
year. and had been on the retired list
since 1920. From the time he was com.
missioner 3 second lieutenant in the
Marine Corps, June is, 1880. Gen
Waller missed little in the way oi
active service except during tbs
World War, when he was in charge
Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Called ''OId Fire Eater"
His fighting career was spectacular
and brought promotions after almost
every major engagement In which he
participated. He became fondly
known to his subordinates as old
Fire. Eater, and "Oid Pepper-Box.
For distinguished service in the
presence OF the enemy in the Boxer
uprising in China Gen. Waller. ther
major, was breveted q lieutenant
colonel. He helped clean up" the
Philippines, and In charge Of a later
notable expedition became known as
the "Pacifier' of Haiti.
1t was largely because of the lat.
ter service, although he commanded
the first brigade of Marines, which
served In Mexico in 1914, that he was
given the newly created rank Of
promoted to major general in 1913.
Strict Disciplinarian.
There was nothing of the military
ailettante about the general. He was
6iscip1inarian and carried out any
order given him with q grim deter.
n1inafion that boded Ill for "uprisers,
rebels or .'insurrectionists. But
he more than once proved that ne
had the nerve that was a substitute
for bullets in tight places. An ex
ample of this he gave at the pompard
ment OF Alexandria by Arfbia Pasnas
the false prophet.
He was attached TO the Uniteo
states gunboat Quinnebaugh. the only
American craft in the harbor. He
was then a lieutenant OF Marines ano
was ordered to land in Alexandris
with q detachment Of ~ nlen s.lls an9 81 =.
mort to Capt, Charles Beresford q
II M g Condor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
BEL LGlAN FRANC PLUNGEs;
DRASTIC MOVES PLANNED
Parliament to Be Asked to Vote
King Power to Regulate All
Matters Concerning Money.
~ fhe Aseociated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July Ia The
government. Is alarmed by the sudden
and inexplicable> drop Of the Belgian
franc rs points 10 2.07h cents. or
about As to the dollar.
Drastic measures to defend the
franc have been decided upon, the
principal one being that Parliament
will be asked to vote King Albert full
power temporarily TO regulate all ques.
ffons concerning the issuance Of paper
money, loans and the management Of
the sinking fund.
The minister of finance and repre-
sentatives of the principal banks have
formed permanent technical com.
mittee to take immediate steps neces-
sary to defend the Belgian franc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
TRIP OF KING BORIS
REALLY WIFE HUNT
Bulgarian Ruler on Errand Of
Heart, Not Abandoning Throne,
His Premier Reveals.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Freee.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 13.-The
trin Of King Boris abroad is a matri.
monial errand and he has absolutely
no intention of abandoning his
throne. The only abdication likely to
overtake the King on his present
voyage is that of his state OF
bachelorhood.
such is the gist OF the Information
impaired to the Associated Press by
Premier Audrey L.iaptchen IN the
course Of an interview today. The
premier said:
aThe rumor Of a plot against the
King is absurd. Calm reigns In Bull
garia. The Kings trip abroad Is the
hest proof of that. Perfect under
standing exists between the King and
myself"
MILAN, italy, July 13 R. King
Boris OF Bulgaria, accompanied by
his suite, arrived here this afternoon.
After short visit he left for Switzer-
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-13
John ID, Jr., Bans Pictures Of Sons
il Press, Fearing Il Will Spoil Them

but it can't be done. Hard enough
to bring up boys now without put
ting false notions into their heads, I,
responded the visitor. You can get
I'm hard-b0iled and too old to Be
spoiled but III have to ask you to
spare the family.
You know the public expects d
rich mans son to make fool os him
self, anyway It's quite 81 handicap
for d young fellow to start out under.
For my part, I've tried to disappoint
the public little bit don't be-
lieve I've. quite lived up to what the
public expected. At least, hope
not. z