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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-04

Uncle Sam has sailed forth to tame
the wild artichoke and make it dis
play its sweet qualities for the edit
cation of the sugar consumers OF
America.
The common field artichoke. long
the bane of careful farmers and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-04

butt vi JoN>'N>-a -
is something more
than the annoy
ing weed it al
ways has APP
peared to be. 1t
has been holding
it's real self back.
Some scientists
at the Bureau of
Standards S u S :
pected that this
uninvitins-looking
weed was hiding
something worth
while. They got
out their test
tubes and beakerS,
d | s membered a
healthy specimen
of the plaDt ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-04

gled things around for awhile in va
riouS solutions and then tasted the
result.
sugar" exclaimed the faster
sugar surprisingly sweeter than any
sugar I've sampled. This would
shake the sugar industry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-04

future the farmer will be wedding out
the corn and potatoes from his wav-
ing fields of artichokes, instead of vice
versa, as in the past.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-18
The City of
Sunshine and
Romance


Artist Nature, is unrivalled
as The City Of Sunshine and Ro-
nance Out Of an old rock quarry
from which San Antonio Of long ago
procured her building stone, mans
genius has constructed delightful and
enticing gardens. Here we have the
Lone Star of Texas pictured in green
turf and fragrant flowers, bordered
by typical cactus and shrubbery. In
the distance is San Antonio. the
largest city in the largest state of the
Union. Below are the famous jap
nnese tea gardens. another portion Of
the old rock quarry in Bruckenridge
park which has been rebuilt into a
place Of picturesque beauty.
~ Center is a view Of Pittman-
|.#zm Sullivan Park, another Of
M San Antonio's beauty Gre
#s|=HA atoms and recreationaI
m m features for the visitor
#z= ~ "a and home folks.
Evening star., 1926-05-29
EVENING STAR WASHINGTON C., SATURDAY, NAY 1926

ment, S423 Connecticut avenue uot S5,
square 1850. to cost $175 900.
F. f. Proctor, owner: William J..
Martin. jr., builder: to erect one .
story frame dwelling. 5S13 Nevada
avenue Cot 50, square 2000'. to cost
50 900.
Mary G. Bergman. owner: II. +.
Lotz. architect: Charles r. Bergman,
builder; to erect one 2-story frame
dwelling, 1880 Twelfth street dots IS
and So, square 2955). to cost $11 900.
p. F. Fox and G. Livingston, owners
and builders; p. f. Fox. architect; to
erect one 1.story frame dwelling. II
Nicholson street Cots 14S and 149,
square 33S4, to cost $1,000.
Louis Bush. owner: A. r. Mullett
Co.: architects; Schneider Spliedt Co.,
builders: to erect one 1.story brick
cafe. 34l First street northeast Qot 43,
square 72N, to cost $4,000.
Louis Bush, owner: Schneider.
Spiiedt Co.. builders: I" make changes,
343 First street northeast Oot "A,
square 724,. to cost 81 900.
Tracey +. Pruitt. owner and build
er: N. r. Grimm, architect: to erect
addition, 1915 Eighteenth street Oot
S45, square 100, to cost $500.
William Schm1tf, owner; II. C.
Archer. jr., architect: BENJAMIN BLY,.
then. builder; to erect rear brick
porches, 1884 r street DOT IS, square
238l, to cost $1,000.
Maurice Fitzgerald, owner; to erect
brick garage. sos Sixth street south.
west dot 81, square 495). to cost $500.
William A. Rogers. owner; to stucco
building, 1891 p street Got So2, square
1854, to cost $500.
Charles w. Arth. owner: Victor
Mindelen. architect; A. c. warthen
sons, builders, Kensington. Md; to
Evening star., 1926-05-29
BUILDING PERMITS
! TOTAL $1,163,0DO
Another Unusual Record Is
/ Made This Week for
| New Construction.

New construction authorized by the
Building Department Of the District
ran considerably over the million
mark this week, the total being W.
1e3, 900.
The permits issued are distributed
throughout the city, with large pro-
pcrtion going to the northwest Sec
tion as usual. Practically every type
Of structure was included.
The permits granted 1nciuoe:
a. J. Werner, owner, arcn1ect ano
builder; to erect one brick once, lSo'
Fifth street northeast Oot eVE' sq"ai
ss17l, 10 cost $500.
charles Schneider Baking Co. Inc.
owners: Julius Wenig. architect: sam
nal 7. Prescott Co.. Inc, builders: 10
erect brick addition. 413 I street nots
s71 r. r. AZ, 800, sol and S72. square
s1G). 10 cost Sl5.ooo.
q = Proctor, owner: to erect frame
garage, 5S13 Nevada avenue Not So
square 20oo), to cost $500.
Alice V. I.arrimore. owner; Marcus
Haljett. architect; y. A. Sanshury 4
Co. builders: to erect eight 2'stofy
brick dwellings. 5S02-10 Eighth street
and s11-13 Michigan street dots s'lo'
square caS5). to cost &6e.000.
r. Frank Winter. owner and builder:
Sears, Roehlck & Co.. architects; to
erect one 2.story frame dwelling, 52s
Underwood street, dots 10 and IL.
square 31a7), to cost $4,000.
r. n. Gruver owner and builder:
George T. Santmyers. architect; TO
erect twenty-five 2-story brick dwell
irss. 2s14-66 Tunlaw road Cots sos to
Sis and 4a7 and lots 626to 637, square
I3nU, to cost $4,000,
e. II. C;huver. owner and builder:
George Y. Santmyers. architect: to
erect 10 metal garages, 2sc4-42 Tun-
law road dots sos to SIS and 4a1,
square 130D, to cost 81 900.
Annie MacDorogh. owner: NJ. Britt
builder: to erect brick garage. 1922
Evening star., 1926-05-29

Nineteenth street DOT 14S, square
2604). to cost $500.
Victor Lehto, owner, architect and
builder: to erect one 2.story frame
dwelling, 6916 Willow street Cots g.
and 80. square 1857. to cost $4,000.
Charles w. Arth. owner: Victor
Mindeleff, architect: A. c. Warthen
Sons, builders; to erect one cement
block garage, 1922 Fourteenth street
dot sci. square 2736). to cost $1,000.
Antonio Oliverf, owner, architect
and builder; to erect one 1-story brick
store, 5211 Georgia avenue dot 64,
square 30O1), to cost $4,000.
d. J. DUNCAN, owner and builder;
George r. Santmyers, architect; to
erect eleven 2-story brick dwellings,
49e1.23 Seventh street dots 113 to 1913;
square 3213), to cost $56.000.
H. l.. Thornton. owner and builder:
to erect cement block addition, 6906
and 69O8 Fourth street dot 38, square
3276l, to cost $500.
H. l.. Thornton, owner and builder;
to erect three 1-story frame dwellings.
s703 to 6707 Fourth street dots 2S to
80, square 32SD. to cost $4,000.
+. M. Mitchell. owner; Sears, Roe
buck & Co.. architects; to erect one l.
story frame dwelling. 221S Thirtiefh
street southeast dots 21 and p, square
5652l. to cost $1,000.
J. NJ. Mitchell. owner; Sears. Roe.
buck e. Co., architects: to erect one
frame garage. 221S Thirtieth street
southeast dots 81 and %, square 5652),
to cost $500.
r. l.. Scaggs. owner: w. +. Haven.
ner, builder: to pebbledash building,
1c44 w street southeast dot 80, square
57s2). to cost $500.
Joseph G. Herbert, owner. archltect
and builder: to erect one 2.story brick
dwelling. 22o7 Naylor road southeast
dots 26 and AZ, square $500, to cost
$4,000.
Cafritz CONSTRUCTION Co., owners
and builders: D. ". Moore. architect;
20 erect seventeen 2.story brick dwell
inss, $40 Decatur. 33S Crittenden and
47O3 to 473t Fourth street Qots 10
Il. su,ares 3205). to cost SIS 900.
Joseph NJ. Stanley, owner and build
er, 1885 r street; o. Fl. Clarke. archi-
tect to erect one 2.story frame dwell
ing. 3344 Stuyvesant street Qot 10,
square 2007). to cost $500.
Joseph NJ. Stanley. owner and build
er: to erect one frame private garage,
3344 Stnyvesant street dot Is, square
2007l. to cost 5000.
Margaret G.. Kendall. owner; w. II.
Turton, architect and builder; to make
repairs. 1914 Cathedral avenue 0"t 81,
square 211S,, to cost $3.50.
r. q. Edmonston. jr.. owner ana
builder: George T. Santmyers. archt-
tect: to erect one 4-story brick apart.
Evening star., 1926-05-29

to erect addition, 1850 Church street
Qot 1928. square 209). to cost $4,000.
Connecticut Avenue Realty Corpora.
ton, owner: Wardman Construction
Co.. Inc, builder; to make altera'
tions. Connecticut avenue and L
street 0ot IS, square 164), to cost
100000.
Allies Inn. owner; Porter r. Locke,
architect; c. A. Langley Co.. build
street Not 500, square 100, to cost
Sc, 900.
Evening star., 1926-05-29

erect one s21z story cinder block dwell.
ing. 1892 Fourteenth street Qot S21,
square 2706>, to cost $4,000.
Norman b. Dodd. owner and builder
w. r. Ia Hlor, architect to erect one
l-story frhne dwelling. 1912 Thirty.
first stree1 southeast dots and g.
square 550fp. to cost $500.
Fred S. lIipgod, owner. to make re-
pairs. 1409 Ninth street Qot 81, square
39S). to cost $500.
William Ehtman. owner: M. Dorsey
designer j., Fl. Washington, builder
Evening star., 1926-05-29

Standard Oil Co., owner. architect
and builder, to erect one 1-story
brick and stucco filling station, 1900
Pennsylvania avenue southeast Dot
S03, square 1077), to cost $4,000.
W. B. Moses 6 Son, owners; A. B.
Continued on Twenty.third Page)
Evening star., 1926-05-29

Twenty.fifth street southeast dots 5
to Z. square 2627). to cost $4,000.
l.. E. Breuninger & Son, owners and
builders; II. L. Breuninger, architect;
to erect one 2.story brick dwelling,
3407 Massachusetts, avenue northwest
Qot 25, square 1887, to cost $4,000.
Evening star., 1926-05-29

w. L. Roberts. owner; John Rob.
erts Co., builders; to erect one brick
private garage. sOs c street southeast
dot 66. square s23). to cost $500.
John Herath, owner and builder;
John Cadle, architect; to erect one
2.story brick and tile dwelling, 1714
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

New York University Medical College.
DR.. Wheeler, chief of the univer-
sity's optical surgery. department
and holding first rank among Amer
ica's eye specialists, initiated the
experimental work under the direc-
ton OF his assistant, DR.. Daniel
Kirby, now returned from Europe
after comparing notes with eminent
Viennese eye specialists.
The experiments have resulted TO
date in the growing Of crystalline
lenses Of eyes in hollow glass slides
placed in an incubator.
Proof positive was thus obtained
of the possibility of growing the
iris section Of live eye tissue in
vitrO or outside OF a living animal
body.
Tissue Is Immortal
1t was further proved that such
tissue, doubling the bulk Of its cells
every 4S hours, is immortal, even in
it's independent, artificial state.
In other words the cells repro
ducing themselves in constantly
rising ratio, will carry on the vital
essense of life they contain forever.
The discovery opens up the posi-
bility Of research in other directions
that may lead to boundless results.
It had not been known to science
whether the iris or lens covering OF
an animal eye could be grown sue.
cessfully outside of its natural set
ting, although other parts of eye
tissue had been reproduced with
varying degrees of success. The
triumph with the iris experiment,
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
COZ FAILED To
GE I BURGLARS

Dressed in an Observation-Disclosures
policeman's uniform, gift from
Santa, little 6-year-old Walter Els.
sell, S24 Indiana Ave. N. W., was
boldly bossing his gang. playing IN
Judiciary Square Park.
Putting out his chubby chest so
that the big, shiny badge almost
touched his chin, Walter was get
ting right after his pals with q
night club.
They were playing cops and
burglars And Walter was chas-
ing the burglars" all over the
muddy lawn-and nice, clean side
walk, too.
"Hey you kids! stop tracking mud
on that pavement" beloved one of
Washington's mountainous police.
men, taking a quick step In Wal
ter's direction.
Walter stopped so suddenly he
sat in the mud.
The burglars got away from
Walter but so did Walter get away
from the cop-just as fast as his
legs would carry him home.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

the first on record in history, leads
to the immediate hope that cataract,
which partly or wholly destroys
sight, may eventually be conquered.
Cataract, corresponding in the
eye to cancer in other parts OF the
body, is classed as the most danger
Gus, the most malignant and most
prevalent of all optical maladies
and has defied science. It's re-
moval with the knife is virtually
all that has been accomplished to
date.
In the present experiments, be-
ginnings are made from live tissue
taken from the eye of an unmatched
chicken embryo developed over five
days.
In the upward ratio Of repro
duction of themselves, more cells
will live than die, so long as they
are kept absolutely free from all
destroying bacteria. It was shown
that the situations, or infinitesimai
thread.like channels OF the epithelial
or covering eye tissue employed for
cultures in the experiments, are
entirely different from those noted
in chicken-heart cultures. 1t has
been found much more difficult to
work with the eye tissue than with
the heart tissue.
The delicate and painstak1ng
handling of the tissues must DE
under absolutely sterile conditions,
to guard against invisible bacteria
In the air which would quickly de-
YOUR the materials.
The hollow slides, bearing the
tissue cultures, are placed in an in
cubator, where they are kept at
blood heat, or about So degrees.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

and dinners-spending his money
and he has a real crush"
His Lookout
"That's his lookout. He'll
learn. Gee, wish you'd get
Mary and Jamie to let us have
an apartment in town. Commit
ing burns me up. Besides. our
evenings are spoiled tucked away
IT. the country"
leave mother and dad? What's
an hours trip when we've got
the trees and the little lake?
And home! Oh. no! Besides,
1t would break their hearts,
"All right. Miss Mid-Victorian.
We've got our own lives to
live. haven't we? They've had
their day, and terribly stupid
ono it was, too. il you ask me-"
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
MRS. H(NQ'K
IN OKLA,
BELIEF

Almost without hope, Wash
ington detectives are re-Work-
ing played OUT theories to
explain the battling mystery
that surrounds the disappear
ance, two weeks ago tonight,
Of young Mrs. Gladys W.
Houck, wife Of the demented
psychiatrist Of the st. Eliza
beth's Hospital staff.
Family Life Barred
During the past two weeks, the
detectives have learned much
about the family life Of DR..
Knute FL. Houck and his wife,
but nothing that in any way ex-
plains the young wife's strange
disappearance.
Last night. Detective Benjanin
Kuehlina received q Ions. lance
teiephcne can from Cart
Clarke. of the C.aI1t0m Oliil 49,
Captain Clarke is q brother-in-laW
OF the missing woman.
He wanted to know whether
KuehIing had received further word.
from Blytheville, Ark. where Mrs.
Houck was reported seen last
Thursday. An unimportant tele-
gram was read over the phone to
Clarke.
Kuehling said today that Clarke,
too, doubted that the woman in
Arkansas was Mrs. Houck.
He said, however, that CLARKE
would communicate with a grand
mother of Mrs. Houck, living IN
Oklahoma, as the woman seen IN
Arkansas was travelling in the d.
rection of Oklahoma.
Today Captain Wilson OF the
Eleventh precinct, who has been
orking night and day on the case
with Detective Kuehling, will inter
view DR.. Houck in his guarded room
at Gallinger Hospital.
It is a routine daily interview
from which little Is expected.
Assistant District Attorney George
D. Horning, jr., who Is taking an
active hand in the investigation,
stated today that the mystery OF
Mrs. Houck's Disappearance Is tho
most battling case he has ever
handled.
EVERY theory that we have had
has been met with some fact which
seems to explode 1t" he said. To-
day / do not have any fact what
ever to support belief as to whether
Mrs. Houck is dead or alive or where
she is in either case"
Detectives today corrected q state
ment appearing in morning paper
to the effect that Margaret Wines,
the 14-year.old nursemaid in the
Houck home at 1927 Nichols Ave.
S. e. had furnished a new clue
when interviewed by the District
Attorney yesterday.
Her story, they said, was exactly
the same it has been from the be-
ginning.
She did not go to the Houck home
on the Wednesday morning after
Mrs. Houck's disappearance, but
went Wednesday afternoon. She
does not know whether or not Mrs.
Houck's bed was slept in.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
chemist HELD
FOR D. c.

Pretending he was the. president
OF a chemical company, which bore
his name, and cutting a wide
swath while at the Hotel Mayflower
in this city William B. Davis. alias
". w. Brewer, is being held by the
police of Bridgeport, Conn, for the
District Of Columbia authorities.
Davis fled this city while attired in
a dress suit.
Several complaints were lodged
against Davis today. His pictures
were identified by the hotel manage
ment, and officials Of the Federal
American Bank, where Davis de.
posted $1,000 worth Of bogus
checks in an attempt to open an
account.
The supposed chemical genius
was wearing a dress suit which he
obtained from M. Stein & Co.. SO4
F. ST. N. W., for only a night. But
when something went awry with
his plans, he beat hurried exit
from the city attired in it, leaving
his own clothes at the Mayflower.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

A standing argument. this: 1t
might have lasted indefinitely.
But. as they crushed through
the crowd to the ferry. Chris
tine laughed with a Jingle OF
excitement in her voice.
"Gay-there he is again. the
red haired sheik. Isn't he a
dream? Oh. he's looking" She
flashed a smile. az do believe
he's coming over! Well, OF all
the nervev'
what do you expect when
you flirt so outrageously?" Gay
opened her newspaper and pre-
tended not to see the rather
homely humorous-eyed young
man who raised his hat and
began to talk to her cousin as
II they were old friends.
Before they Kot on their train
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

Don't forget your old friends
when you're riding around in a
Rolls-RoyceY'
kind OF deep and dark. aren't
you. Stacia dear? What are
you talking about?"
"Oh, I'm sagacious. Say, I'd
like to see you hand it to
Peggy Baird"
Slender, flower-like, Gay in her
little blue frock with the white
collar: the little felt hat drawn
down to her gray eyes. Lock
ing arms with her cousin. blush
ing at sight Of the bookkeeper
chap waiting in the corridor
downstairs.
Christine waved him aside:
smiled away his look Of hurt.
"But he's been so nice to
you. GyAristy. Al the flowers
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
1881 AYNGS
ADMIT TED
BY TEXAN
Underwood 3 Underwood photo
By international News Service

BY AuIefmatlOMal NeWB 6crF1C0
FARWELL, Tex, Dec, 28.--
Extra guards were placed
around the Jail here today,
as a result of the latest state
ment BY George ]. Hassell, adj
mitted slayer Of his wife and
eight step children. =
Efforts were being made to
check details of the statement
with California authorities.
After admitting he beat,
choked and shot to death his
wife and children, HasseH last
night told of killing woman and
three children in California three
years ago. He refused to give
the name of the woman or the
place where the killings are al
legged to have occurred.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

she knew telephone numbers had
been EXCHANGED.
She was disappearing. revolted.
Christy. who had so many ad:
mirers, to pick up a stranger!
Always looking for something
different: a new thrill. why
couldn't she be satisfied with
one of the boys at home-even
the bookkeeper chap?
Still. there was the Noe blood.
She felt contrite. sud
denly. A streak in the blood can't
be helped.
Listen" giggled her cousin.
isn't it a scream about old Baird
and his girl friend? Wonder why
she always wears lavender or pur-
pie, something emotional? She's
awfully smart looking but kind OF
hard.boiled4"
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
IS, IS
MISSING
AGAIN

Lena Chaconas, is, lis 3
st. N. W., is missing from
home again. For the second
time in two years police are
engaged in a search for the
school miss, but q days effort
has brought 10 results
Had Foot Treated
The girl left home before noon
Yesterday saying she was going
to 3 hospital to have an infected
foot treated. She did not return
during the afternoon, but put in
an appearance about z o'clock
last evening. She would not re-
veal the purpose of her visit, say
ing she did not intend to stay.
but was going out again.
Left Without Hat
In an effort to keep her in the
house her father grabbed her hat,
but Lena, undeterred, went out
again and has not been heard from
since.
Her sister, Elizabeth. IS, volun-
teered the information that she may
be at the home of an older sister,
Mrs. katherine Pappas, 4 1927
Seventh st. N. W., but a check-up
disproved that theory.
She disappeared in a like man.
ner two years ago after a scolding
by her mother and returned after
an absence of a few days.
IJp until five months ago she at
tended a private school on Cali
forTlia Street.
No motive could be ascribed to
the disappearance. according to her
mother. other than she may have
wearied Of home life. although
everything was done to make it
attractive.
She is one of family of eight
girls, and the oldest of six at home.
Her father is a huckster.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

''I think you and Stacia Marinoh
are terrible. Christy. She's prob
ably just a client
Trouble Forecast
Eyes, she is! I'm not running
the switchboard for nothing.
There's going to be some mix up If
the wires ever get crossed. At that,
I guess, Mrs. Baird isn't sitting
with her hands folded. Such is
marriage among the rich!'
"Well--oh, well, don't believe
1t. People aren't like that. Why.
Jamie and Mary-oh. no. don't
believe it."
Jamie and Mary. AS II YOU
could judge by them! Don't be
silly. Gay"
Christine began to read the so
ciety news and Gay closed her
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
.0ACT TON
BY j. I.
SOUGHT
Z International Nsws -

BY InternatfonaI News Services
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. q.
iris Speaker and Ty Cobb,
probably will 60 into The
courts in an effort to seek re-
dress from Commissioner n.
M. Lands and the American
League, according to w q
Boyd, Speakers attorney, who
arrived here from Washington
today with the two former
managers.
VIII Study Action
II am going into every legal
phase Of the situation ct MI.
Speakers request, Boyd told
International News Service.
3 III Spoke then decides op
such action I win represent hin
in the courts
Doesn't Want u. 8. AID
snTris would not resort to Fed
eral aid, were it possible in get
ting his case before the public,
Boyd explained.
'.As soon as I can study the
many aspects OF the case I win
advise him and then 1t win BE-
SOLELY up to him to decide whether
to file suit or not.
Fl do not represent Cobb, but
understand that they win act IN
unison. =
Boyd laughed when told OF rn.
n1ors that Speaker and Cobb might
file suit for $1,000.000
mot nearly any such sum ag
that" Boyd declared.
Speaker and Cobb eluded new
papermen upon their arrival, Boyd
declaring that he did not know
where they had gone, but that they
would have no statements to make
The Washington times., 1926-12-28

eyes. It was, all at once. as If SOD
were little girl again--a very
little girl, just being tucked in 2cr
the night with the two who loved.
her so by her bed.
Mary Moore, like Gay but with
dark hair even then showing gray
For their baby had come to then
late In life; to the great-bodieds
great-hearted Jamie and the wits
he had brought from the South 70
the old home OF his forefathers ON
the west shore OF the Hudson.
Their hopes, their prayers. their
waiting. Then wee girl; crown
Of golden love. A love brtghlar
with every passing year.
Those two, standing by her 5eds
tears running into Mary's e-eea;
CONTINUED p PAGE 1s. Column =
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
French Await Report
To Act on Debt to i. S

PARIS, Dec. 28.-Premier Poin-
care, leaving the cabinet today,
stated that he would request the
chamber Of deputies to consider
the Mellon Berenger debt settlement
plan ''as soon as the parliamentary
commissions have their reports
ready"
The parliamentary commissions
are now studying the plan, prior
to making report to the chamber.
The Washington times., 1926-12-28
Detroit Man Leaps
To Death From Hotel

NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-George
Edenholfer. of 24S0 Joseph Campau
Ave., Detroit. Mich. committed sui.
eide today by leaping from a. sixth
floor window OF the Abingdon
Square Hotel. He was identified by
letters found on his person. He, left
no message explaining his act.