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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10

on about twenty younds and the hotel
proprietor at the company's favorite
location started to kid him.
"Mr, Desmond, he said with mock
seriO@ ispss, will you have room
with ~ Oed?'
But Desmond is a good llid3er him
self, and getting the drift of the
conversation retorted promptly: mo,
I'll. take a bed with. rcom."
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
ANOTHER WAY

Sharp: DO you play the piano by
ear or by note?
Flat: ! get it down and play it
bN brute strength.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
PIN MONEY

1T cost May $4,000 to have her
legs Strengthened.
PIN money"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
SHE WOULD NOT

A photograph of a bathing beauty
is worth three of your wife.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10

In this inquisitive age it IS a Won
der no one has instituted an inquiry
as to who weeded the flower gar
dens in the Garden of Eden.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
Ate Martin

Fun's like life insurance, tn OIde..
you git tn more ii costs. MicIkei
cigar don't smell Sd tad after tn
batI gifts burnin'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10

Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Archuieta
have returned to Douglas for the
winter from Pagosa Springs,
Colorado.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
POOR LITTLE BOY

Johnnie, who took the cookies
from the pantry?"
Mother, gave them to a poor lit
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
Sixteen Years Ago

Mrs w. H. Murphy, of Cam
bridge, Mass. is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Caroline Benshimol.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
China ?''

well, why do they"
I Because there is only one Cochin,
China"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10

tie boy who was hungry"
! You have q heart Of gold, dear.
Who was the little boX?"
II, Mother"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10

NJ. GUNNER, inventor of the dry
washer bearing his name,sleft last
evening for Ell Paso.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
REVISION

Nowadays beauty Is not even skin
deep. It's only rouge deep
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
POLYGAMIs':.

Parent Daughter, now don't for
get your forefathers.
Child: Why, Mother! You old
polygamist!
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
OFTEN ENOUGH

Dora: Billie told me I reminded
him of a girl on magazine cover
Daisy: That's because he only sees
you once month.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
WASHINGTON 81
LETTER SKI

this is a very large room and, from
top to bottom, all four walls are COW
cred with framed pictures of the
notabi1ities it's owner has known
personally N the course of his long
and adventurous career in nearly
every country on earth.
These were no ordinary folk. They
were the kind who made history
kings, queens and presidents, ern-
pire builders, commanders of fleets
and armies, lords and ladies, famous
authors and artists, cabinet members,
explorers, celebrities Of every sort and
description.
TO the last one, these photographs
are autographed to John Hays Ham
mond.
A multimill.onaire and one of the
worlds foremost mining authorities,
Hammond met all these great ones
of the earth on terms of equality.
--~~~-~--~~-~~~~~~~~~~>~~-
Were their molars not made over
here.
SO proudly we gather the banner
beneath
Which waves DER the land of the
worlds best false teeth
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10

why do they call it an Adams
apple?'
Because mans always got it in
the neck, | guess"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10

Teacher: What is guerilla war
fare? . s
Johnny: War in which the men
ride gorillas.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-10
PUZZLING

PUZZLING
one thing no American tourist can
is how they manage toj
make the photographs for pictur"
post cards without putting the bill-
boards in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05
COMMITTEE GETS 3.
COUNCIL s REPORT
House D. c. Body Given Rec
concentrations of Citizens
Organization.

The House District committee to-
day received from Jesse c. Suter.
chairman OF the Citizens Advisory
Council OF the District OF Columbia a
Noiuminous report Of the councils
recommendations TO the District Com
missioners. which was made public in
December. This report from the coun-
Gil was officially requested by the Dis
trict committee At its last meeting
The principal recommendation con
Germs fiscal rela lions. including a pro
posed bill 10 provide permanent plan
for the equitable apporti onment Of the
fiscal obligations between the Fedora
Government and the District of Co
lumbia.
Other matters recommended include
repeal of the so-called BorIand amend
ment. elimina ton OF grade crossings
opening. widening and Strengthening
OF streets where benefits equal to dam
ages cannot be found; vacating certain
streets in the Walter Reed Hospital
area and the extension and widening
or Fourteenth street. a new building
for the office OF recorder Of deeds.
proposed amendment to real and per
sonal tax laws of the District OF Co
lumbia and a proposed amendment OF
The law providing for taxation OF ma
tional banks, trust companies and saw
important among the recommends
lions Is proposed amendment to the
public utilities law providing for
Inherently constituted commission:
proposed election OF the Board OF
Educa ton by the people: bill To
esta blish q board of public welfare:
proposed amendments 10 the District
of Columbia ira ffic act: a bill IN pro-
vide complete code Of insurance
law for the District: a hill 10 amend
the Public Library orga mic act: a bin
to amend the ZoninE law: bill to
authorize the opening of minor
street from Georgia avenue to Ninth
street: the bill to transfer from the
jurisdiction Of the office of public
buildings and public parks 10 the
District Commissioners certain reser-
vatIonS: bill to transfer 10 the
Jurisdiction of the District Commits
sioners part of Anacostia Park for
a tree nursery; a bill to provide for
the examination and registration III
engineers in the District. and pro-
posed amendment of the act TO reEu-
late plumbing and gas fitting in the
District.
The council approved with sundry
amendments the proposed bill to en-
large the powers of the District Com
missiOners. Rega rding suggested
modification Of the budget law SO ~
to relieve the Bureau of the Budget Of
jurisdiction over estimates and APP
propria tons for the District the
council recommends that no action
he taken at this time.
The council reports adversely on
the proposed so-Called blue sky
law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05
MURDERER'S SON GOES TO CHAIR
UNFOLDING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Protests "Injustice" of Execution, But Tells Warden
Lawes He Hopes Drive to Abolish Death
Penalty Will Fail

son Of Louis Peter Otto, who was
hanged in 1885 for the murder OF his
wife. He was adopted by Matthew
Wasser and took his foster fathers
name. The judge told the veterans he
could do nothing. Il feel that this il
an injustice" Wasser said before he
went to the chair. because l am only
one out Of the seven implicated, and
the one who fired the shot escaped my
fate"
He expressed himself as Indifferent
as To whether he lived or not how
ever. and then told Warden Lawes he
disagreed with him as to the abolition
Of capital punishment.
II hope you will not he successful
In the movement you are undertak
ing" he So Id.
Both Wasser and Mimms insisted
that their coffee should be good at
their last dinner. The anonymous ex
ecutioner employed last week by War
den Lawes strapped them in the chair
and closed the switch that ended their
lives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05
BUS LINES AGREE
T0HALT RIVALRY
w. R. T. TO Be Given Clear
Field for Operations to 18th
Street Suburbs.

Assistants to the Public Utilities
Commission. with Maj. w. r.. X.
Covell. assistant engineer commits
sioner. began consideration TODAY OF
a tentative agreement between the
executives Of the three maj or trans
portation companies. giving the
Washington Rapid Transit Co. a
clear field in bus operations on Six
teenth street and 10 Silver Spring
and Four Corners, Md.
The agreement came as sequel
TO a recent public hearing before the
utilities commission at which the
working out plan OF non-compeu-
tive bus operation on upper Six
teenth street and to nearby Maryland
communities. While Maj. Coyell
does not believe the proposal Is
step toward voluntary merger OF
the bus interests. he indicated that
he i. strongly in favor VI the move
snd will recommend the plan To the
com m!ssion.
Under rhe agreement bus lines into
sixteenth Street Heights and to Silver
Spring. now operated by the Capital
Ira ction and the Washington Railway
and Electric Cos. respectively, Will
be discontinued. leaving the wash
in2tOn RAPID TRANSIT 70. cA'ihsiN~
right to serve these communities. The
Washington Railway and Electric Co.
now operates bus line from the
MARYLAND communities to the District
line. while the Capital Traction co.
runs bu .ses from Holly and Sixteent n
streets TO Fourteenth and Kennedy
streets. doing local business. and the
Washington Rapid Transit Co. runs
husses from silver Spring to BIZ
chanan street carrying only interstate
pa ssengers. Both operations are said
TO he losing ventures, and the COM
pa MES believe that the new plan VIII
be profitable enterprise.
The Washington Rapid Transit Co,
under the terms of the agreement.
would serve both interstate and mira
state passengers. Issuing. free ira Ms
fers to its buses and 10 the ears Of
he Capital Fra ction co.
After Mai. Covell and the assista NJ =
10 the commission consider the agree
ment il will he submitted to the com
mission and a public hearing held
with a view to it's approval ny The
commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05

sation because actual dependency was
not proven.
Mrs. Norton Is a member OF the
House committee on World War vet
Grams legislation and OF the House
District committee.
blaming why she is so deeply
interested in this legislation as TO
select it as The first measure to be
sponsored by her, she said: Il ha We
had two cases where the wives Of
deceased veterans were denied this
compensation because of the fact that
they could not prove actual depend
ency on the veteran al the time Of his
death. Sad to relate. in both these
cases the veterans had failed to do
their duty. before being drafted. to
their family.
Because of the fact that the vet
eran had failed to support his family
must his wife he denied compensa-
tom" Mrs. Norton asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05
BATTLE SNOW DRIFTS.
shovel Forces Mt Work Fast and
West Of Cumberland.

Shovel Forces ut Work Fast and
West Of Cumberland.
Special Dispatch to The star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd. February s.
The State road authorities OF Mary
land and Pennsylvania have large
forces battling with snow drifts both
"a st and west Of Cumberland. The fall
was about Is inches in the mountains
and had not ceased late yesterday. At
Frostburg 1t continued, while at Cum
berland. II miles east and l goo feet
lower, 1t had ceased and the sun was
shining at intervals. Motorists were
marooned both east and west OF this
city. The bus line between Frostburg
and Cniontown was tied up as'f was
between HasersJpwn and Cumberland
Many motor cars were aba ndOned a nd
shelter WAS sought in farmhouses.
Lincoln Highway Blocked.
LINDEN, Il. j., February R).-
The Lincoln highway passing through
here was blocked by huge snowdrifts
today. Crews of men worked all
night, but made little headway In
clearing the road.
At one time 10 automobiles were
stuck in drifts or held up by stalled
cars on the highway.
Virginia Snow Winter Record.
Special Dispatch to The star.
LURAY, Va. February 5.-The
deepest snow Of the Winter is now GOV.
ering all Of mort herp Virginia. The
depth on the level II 3 inches. though
In the mountain regions II has driftsd
to a depth Of . and 4 fest. The snow
in many instances in the Blue Ridge
is holding up travel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05
NEWLY ARRIVED SNAKES AT zoo
SPEND NIGHT THAWINC OUT
Twenty Rare Varieties, Temporarily Hors de Combat
From Northern Cold, Brought From Brazil by
DIR. Waldo Schmidt of National Museum.

Is being nursed back to good health
with care. When the boxes were I'M
packed the ''ba by" boa which is ap-
parentty a fun grown reptile. was so
cold he could hardly wiggie. Handling
ELECTED from him only sight pro-
testing shiver
Six varieties OF poisonous riperines
are included in the collection. These
sre the most feared snakes of the
hneles. Retween the eyes they have
little ba IS of venom which is injected
from fanEs constructed like hpyo-
dermic needles into the blood OF their
victims. All are OF different types. in
GLIDING the rare Jararacha, one Of
the most deadly of all reptiles.
Al Kinds Of Snakes.
The non-poisonous snakes are OF
varying size and appearance. Most
OF them are rare even In South Amer
lea and are not often found in captiv-
ity in this country. These are tree
snakes, pilot snakes. rat snakes.
ground snakes and other well known
kinds.
With the snakes arrived half
dozen Rheas. wild ostriches. These
were caught by gauchos, South Amer
ican COW boys, with the bOla. de.
vice used for roping as the Western
-
tied TO each end of rope and the
whole thing heaved at the animal
with a peculiar motion known only
to the gaucho. The victims legs be
como entangled in The rope a nd after
he has thrown himself the gauchos
dismount and take him in hs nd.
Showed Marks Of Boia.
The ostriches when they were IN
packed still bore the marks of the
bolas on their legs.
Other recent additions To the Zoo
include toucannette, green
plumaged bird found in Venezuela
distinguished for it's large beak: sew
eral Arizona woodpeckers and two
mountain lion cubs months old
The cubs were the gift OF r. T. Pope
game hunter for the Bureau Of Bio
logical Survey. and were sent from
Albuquerque \. Mex. They have just
been taken of milk diet and are be
ginning to show keen interest in what
1t g all about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05
GOVERNMENT OPPOSES
FIELDER CASE REVIEW
Says Coconspirator in Glass Cof-
fin Stock Sales Has No
Grounds for Appeal

The Depa rtment Of Justice in
brief filed in the Supreme Court to-
day opposed any further review Of
the case Of Thomas r. Fielder, New
York lawver. convicted on the charge
of conspiracy with CASTOR Il. Means
and others in connection with the
sa le Of stock of the Glass tasket Co.
Replying to petition in which
Fielder had ask ed the court to review
his case Solicitor General Mitchell
declared that Fielder was attempting
TO raise only one constitutional aues-
ton. This question. the solicitor gen
eral asserted, WAS fruitless and all
other contentious advanced by Fielder
as grounds for an appeal were con-
troverted by well established legal
principles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05
PINCHOT SEEKING PEACE.
Meets With Lewis. Asks Legislature
for HelD

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, February )
CED--Gov. Pinchot, who la st night con-
ferred with John l.. Lewis. head of
the miners orga MIA ton. on the hard
coal strike situation. today made a
'dema nd" upon members of the Penn
Sylvania Legislature to give anti ra-
cite mining measures and other bills
full and fair consideration" This.
he declared, had been promised by
w. Harry Baker, chairman Of the Re-
publican State committee. at the out
set for the extra session of the Cen
eral Assembly.
Both the governor and Mr.. Lewis
continued to maintain silence regard
ing their meeting. They were in con-
ference for an hour and Is minutes,
but neither you'd reveal what was
discussed.
The Governor talked freely, how
ever. about the Legislature. Char
acteriZing unfavorable action of the
House mines committee on admins
tration coal bills as unworthy tao
ties" he declared ii is commonly re-
ported" that the same method will be
used by the organization In dealing
with other measures and that the bills
whose passage is so urgently needed
will be picked or otherwise put out
of the way.
Il protest against such unworthy
tactics In dealing with great public
necessities The coal crisis constitutes
great and pressing emergency. To
many thousands of Pennsylvanians it
is nothing less than a calamity
Nothing appeared on the surface
today to indicate any change in the
/ strike situation. The mining region
is digging itself out Of the worst
snowstorm Of the Winter. Relief
agencies in all parts of the region.
who for weeks have been feeding the
hungry, made further appeals for
funds. which are said to he sorely
| needed. The lines gathering at the
SOUP kitchens and other relief sta
tions were reported to be increasing
ra Didly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05
SPANISH AV|ATORS
MAY DELAY FLIGHT
Plane Slightly Damaged by
Crush OF Boats in Rio
de Janier0.

BY the Asaocisted Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO, February s.
Resumption of the flight ~ Buenos
Aires by the Spanish transatlantic
aViators. tentatively fixed for Sunday.
may have To he postponed.
1t develops that their seaplane was
slightly damaged by the crush Of sur
rounding boats after Comdr. Franco
snd his comrades arrived yesterday
from Pernambuco
Parents Opposed Career.
MADRID. February 8 up).-An init
male sidelight on the history Of
Comdr. Ramon Franco. pilot OF the
Spa nish seaplane Plus Ultra, Is print
ed today by the Zarpa Of Orense. The
article SAYS the .Iackal' always want
ed to be a soldier. much to the dislike
of his parents. who desired him to
choose another career. There are three
children in The Fra co family. Ra-
mon Is the youngest. The DIrdEis n
has brother. the ia NOUS Gen. Fran
co, who distinguished himself az COM
mander OF the Foreign Legion in Mo
rocco. He also has a sister.
The only message received by his
parents from him was one announcing
The commencement Of nis flight to
South America. He promised his
iiothef ne N0uId INFORM nef Nnen ne
reached Buenos Aires
Had Three Accidents.
Since he took up aviation Franco
has had three accidents, but ALWAYS
escaped uninjured. Once his p,a ne
was wrecked near Madrid and later
his machine fell at Guadala lara. The
last accident was when his plane drop
ped into the sea at Gibraltar. Franco
and the crew rema ined on board until
they were rescued hr pa ssing vessel.
Franco is small in stature and ex-
tremely shy. but he gained quick ad-
"ancement in the army 10y his de-
cisive ma inner OF action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05
BAY RUM K|LLSS|X
SOLDIERS IN HAWAII
Sale OF All Liquids With A.
cohoI Content May Be
Stopped There.

HONOLULU. February Sleeps
were taken at Schoheld Barracks to-
day TO prevent the sale of all liquids
containing alcohol as result of. the
death Yesterday OF six soldiers from
alcoholic poisoning The men died aft
er drinking bay rum. obtained at the
post exchange store. where 1t was sold
as hair tonic
While a special board Of ina,x irv
was investigating the case. three sol
diers ere still in a critical condition
and three were recovering from rhs
poisoning. Some of the sick men are
also believed to have drunk okoleha o.
native whisky.
q. The six victims Az privates. died
Wednesday night and Yesterday morn
ing. Two Of them were blind before
dying.
The dead are: Ernest r. Devio.
Worcester. Mass: John y. O'Rrien.
Waterbury. Conn and George " =.
HaPsood. Lynn. Mass. all Of Compa ny
&. 2lst Infantry: Mont l.. DUTY Stone
branch. W. Va. and Sam g. Weimer.
Canton, Ohio. OF the 9th Infantry and
George s. Harrington, Cambridge
Mass, of the Sth Field ARTILLERY.
All Lotions Seized.
Army officials declined 10 give the
rames OF the six in the hospital
As precautionary measure. all
mon in the post have been advised 10
report to the hospital without fear
Of consequence, il tney have been
drinking anything
Every conceive BILE form OF medicine
container. including enlisted mems
personal supplies Of toilet lotions. was
seized by company comma nders and
II Army post exchanges We're ran
sacked In the efforts to find the source
of the hair tonic" which caused the
deaths.
SO dra site were the orders from
comma ndinG officers to prevent fur
ther possibility of poisoning that every
soldier at Schofield Barracks. the
largest military reservation Of the
United States, having eacetime
strength OF II 900 enlisted men was
marshaled to the parade grounds to
hear rigid orders read and warned to
submit 10 medical examination i'm
mpdiately.
Meanwhile Mai. Gen. F.. NJ. Lewis.
Hawai ian Depa 1T ment comma nder
nd Maj. Gen. W. j. Smith. comma nd e r
at Schofield Barracks, conferred with
officials of the territorial board OF
health. hut We're silent as to the par
ticulars OF the conference.
1t was learned from a relia BILE
source. however. that customs ofilcia IL
will he called into conference tomor-
row to determine whether any
French perfumery" has been con.
signed to Schefield Barracks. as there
are reasons to believe. II was said
that such may be found ultimately to
he the cause Of the sudden deaths
From other sources 1t was learned
that the Army officers are working on
a clue that unIab eIed expensive
French perfumery has been struggled
into the Army post recently and ma v
have been p,Hcha sed by the enlisted
men. The deaths occurred on the
day following pay day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05

The snake population at the Zoo
woke up this morning and found 1t
self doubled. Twenty varieties OF
reptiles. including several OF the most
poisonous types of South America,
arrived Yesterday. and after spending
the night in the business OF thra wing
out were able to sit up today and take
Il little nourishment-that Is. all but
one. who in last gesture Of protest
against his forcible subsection. to the
cold of this country. had quietly
stretched himself out and died some
where on the way.
The reptiles were brought TO Wash
ington ny Or. Waldo Schmidt OF the
National Museum, who has just re-
turned from a trip to South America.
They were presented TO the Smith
sonian by DR.. Nitel Brazil Of the In
stitute Rutantan. Brazil. A hot-water
bottle which served as furnace for
the snakes helped them TO keep warm
on the long trip. but when DIR. Will
liam NJ. Mann. superint endent OF the
Too. began unps cking them yesterday,
he found most Of them 'hors de
combat"
Largest shipment Received.
Tn collection is the largest single
shipment Of snakes ever received by
additions to it's collection. Because
Of lack OF housing space in The park
the reptiles are now living In DR..
Mann's Office. Cages are being made
for them.
The collection includes eight Narie-
ties of poisonous snakes and twelve
non poisonous species. The casualty
WAS one of the harmless reptiles. the
more dangerous ones seemingly with
sta ndins the ha rdships of the trip bet
Ter than the others.
There are two South American rat
tlesnakes of varieties never before
seen at the Zoo here. They have mark
ines similar to those Of the North
American dia mond hack rattlers. and
are similar TO these in appeara nee.
Baby Boa Included.
One large hoa constructor came along
in the shipment. occupying box All
TO himself There was also small boa,
little more than IL inches lons. This
type is very rare. DR.. Mann said. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-05
MAY ASK FOR EVIDENCE.

Recommendation that the Federal
Trade Commission be asked for the
evidence it obtained from the
Aluminium Co of America was made
to the Senate yesterday by the
Senate judiciary committee. Chair
man Cummins of the committee may
ask for action on the recommendation
today. The evidence in question has
been held by the commission to be
confidential. II II is turned over to
the Senate il would be available to
the Department of Justice in its in
quiry to determine whether the
Aluminium Co. has violated Federal
Court DEGREES.