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Evening star., 1926-06-19
HEIGHT LIMITATION
ON PLAZAISU UPHELD
Fine Arts Commission Denies
Request for Eight Story
Apartment Building.

Believing that uniform height regu'
lstions should be carried out for the
sroup of buildings surrounding the
Union station plaza. the Commission
OF Fine Arts TODAY told the Xouing
commission that the present height
restrictions on buildings near the sta
ton are reasona bic. The commission
took It's sta nd on request made June
II on the proposed erection OF an
eightstorE apartment house on Mas
sachusetts avenue northeast. east OF
Second street which would exceed the
height allowed in that locality under
the zonnc law.
The Fine Arts Commissions 81 letter
in part, follows;
When the Union Station plaza was
laid out, regulations were made as to
the height of buildings facing it. These
regulations were formulated with the
view of obtaining q uniform height Of
buildings IL frame the plaza Az least
three hotels have peen built within
the restrictions.
Holds Restrictions Reasonable.
This commission believes that then
restrictions were asonable and
should he carried ont on The east side
OF the plaza as they have been carried
ont on the west side. Therefore. what
ever the regulations are for the west
side Of the plaza the commission he
lieNes the same should be enforced
on the east -
The commission also sent a letter
to Norman B. La ndreau, chairman Of
the joint committee OF veterans or,
CARNATIONS sponsoring the uniform
display OF flags on The downtown
streets. The letter follows:
The Commission OF Fine Arts at
the meeting on June IL considered The
hag pole presented by YOU This pole
seems 10 overcome the objections
raised to the poles formerly submit
ted. u Us more rigid Al the base and
has the appeara nee of greater stahil
ity. The only way to he sure In re.
sard to these particulars ia by an ac-
tua, trial on the street. and the com
mission would like 10 see such trial
made before expressing definite
opinion.
Conditions Are Limited.
Since the matter of the street nag
poles was first presented to the com
mission different members have sx-
amined the workings of the system
in various cities and towns and are
satisfied in their own mind that the
conditions under which the street
flags can no used Satisfa ctorily are
limited. For example. on two Of the
streets suggested. namely, Sixteenth
street and Massa chuSettS avenue the
conditions of trees. private residences.
apartment houses and wide open
spaces would prevent an effective dis
pLaE.
THE most effective use of street
flags IL on marrow streets, where the
flags on both sides of he street catch
the eye. The commission. however,
is satisfied that a more effective dec
alton can he devised to take the
place Of the objections bic drapinss
OF store fronts"
Evening star., 1926-06-19
WARE REPORTS s57s,37e.31.
Statement to Election Bureau Lists
xg4.532 as Unpaid Expenses.

HARRISBURG. Pa. June "a P.-
Expenses totaling $57S.370.31 Were
reported by the Vare-Beidleman-
James Woodward campaign commit.
tee. which conducted representative
Evening star., 1926-06-19
SWAT THE FLY

Take advantage OF an
early start by an aegres-
sive war on the fly at the
beginning of the season.
The Star has for free
distribution wire handle
fly swatters.
Ask for one at the main
Office of The Star, or at
any of the Branch Agen-
Cies.
Evening star., 1926-06-19

CONTINUED from First PaeeD
Evening star., 1926-11-21
Thanksgiving Turkeys
Come From Widely Scattered Sources

gage in food production on q very
diversified scale. The 200-acre farm
at the Home for the Aged and Inf1rm,
for example, maintains q herd OF 81
purebred Holsteins, az well az breed
ing herd OF As swine. and raises 500
or more chickens each IL months.
The Workhouse records show that
SAC, SAT worth OF farm products was
raised last year and either consumed
at the Workhouse and Reformatory
or marketed.
Thanksgiving at all the District In
stitutions is a day of feasting. good
cheer, happiness and entertainment.
Motion picture shows will be enjoy
ed at all these establishments through
the kindness and cooperation of
Washington's leading motion picture
producers and distributors. Amateur
entertainers from many of the Dis
trict churches and clubs will give
concerts, musicals and simple shows
for the enjoyment OF the feeble, the
aged, the poor, the sick and suffering
At the District Reformatory at Lor-
ton the band and orchestra organized
among the inmates will provide excel
lent music for the DAYS diversified
program. Some of them have had
experience in amateur and profes-
sional dramatics and vaudeville. They
will strut their STUFF for the enter
tainment of their mates. A fine pic
ture show in the evening will top off
the joys of Thanksgiving. A good.
time viii be had by all.
Evening star., 1926-11-21
Tank Cars for Milk.

A glass-lined tank car has been de-
veloped for transporting milk over
great distances. An account of q re-
cent test with this type Of milk car
rier. as described in the. Scientific
American, shows to what a high de-
gree of perfection the preservation
and transportation of milk has been
brought This new system may do
away with the use of milk cans, too,
az the milk Is poured loose into the
tank car.
At Marshfeld, Wis. the glass-lined
milk tank car was loaded with tuber-.
culin.tested milk. 1t contained 5000
gallons of milk and 40 10-gallon cans
OF 40 per cent cream. The contents
were cooled to 35 degrees. the car
was locked and sealed. and with the
temperature outside at rs degrees 1t
was sent on its way from Marshfield
at 1 pm.
The car reached Miami. Fla, four
days and five hours later. It's con-
tents are said to have arrived In per-
feet condition. the temperature Of the
milk being 36 degrees, with an outside
temperature Of 90 degrees. The milk
was shipped 1900 miles with an out
side teniperature change Of 6e degrees.
Under these conditions thA tempera,
t,ire af the contents remained within
only degree nf it, original. !.
Evening star., 1926-11-21

food available to the Pilgrim pio-
neers. Gov. Bradford Of Plymouth
colony deputized four Of the most ac-
curate sharpshooters OF that band to
go into the neighboring w9ods with
their fiintlock fowling pieces and to
shoot enough wild turkeys for the big
banquet which was to celebrate the
successful harvest that assured the
perpetuity OF the courageous colony.
AT one time great flocks of wild
turkeys roamed these United States
from the highlands OF rock-ribbed New
England to the sandy plains of
horses. families Of bears and other big
game Of this country. the wild tur-
key eventually trekked along the
Highway to extinction-ag road rutted
and worn by heavy travel. Nowadays,
III you wish to enjoy little wild.
turkey hunting, you have to seek the
wooded and mountainous sections Of
Arizona, Texas and New Mexico or
the large swamps of the Mexican Gulf
States. Once In q great while YOU
may see what 10 reputed to be small
flock Of wild turkeys in Virginia,
West Virginia or Kentucky. The
great majority of these birds, how
ever, are fowl which have escaped
from domestication and have Iapsed to
their natural habits and habitats.
Turkey raising Is now specialized
and centralized industry. despite that
once, not so many years ago., most
American farms boa&ted a few tur-
keys. Texas and Missouri, between
them, produce about one-f1fth of this
country's annual turkey supply, while
Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio
also reap large revenues from turkey
production. Texas abounds with ideal
turkey ranges and fiocks that number
from 100 to several thousand or more
birds are relatively common in the
Lone Star State. Succulent meat Is
made from green grass. grasshoppers,
vegetation, seeds, acorns and corn.
Most OF these turkeys are killed and
dressed In specialized plants in Texas
and are distributed to the consuming
cities in the North, East and Middle
West under refrigeration.
The turkey trot" is an actuality
in the land where the American
Bronzes, Narragansetts, White Hol
lands and other varieties are raised in
mammoth focks. Cuero, Tex, is the
Evening star., 1926-11-21
Speed O Ships.

nN.. first thought the seas depth
seems Of small Importance If the
ship finds depth enough to give her an
easy draught. II she can run free. ap-
parently 1t makes little differences
whether she has feet or 500 feet
between her keel and the bottom.
Such an inference is erroneous, how
ever. for the depth exercises an i'm.
portant influence.
The British cruisers Blake and
Blenheim were expected to run 81
knots, but actually ran 3 knots less In
shallow water. They ran again under
the same power. but the depth was
between 135 and 1s5 feet and their
speed was % knots. l knot over the
maximum calculation. The difference
in speed Is attributed to the influence
Of the wave of transla ton displaced
by the ship as she moves forward.
which acts as a brake. The nearer the
ships keel to the bottom. the stronger
the friction. A ship drawing 27 feet of
water (say ship of 10000 tonnage)
feels that friction over a depth of $50
feet. According to- some calculations
the dragging influence ceases to be
felt at depth equal to 101a times the
draught II the ship stands high out of
the water.
A curious feature of the matter Is
that the speed OF the ship isv as i'm.
portant an element as the depth of
the water-that Is to say, the infiu-
ence of the depth on the ships speed
is more or less powerful in proportion
as the speed In great A ship in
creases her speed more easily over
deep water. but, on the other hand,
the faster ship runs the more depth
of water she needs to prevent the
caused by the dragging in
f1uence of the friction, swhich fs al.
ways felt when the ships keel senses
bottom. Running 10 knots an hour a
ship must have between 25 and rs
feet of water or she is dragged from
below. II running 90 knots she needs
a depth of 104 to I05 feet. and when
80 knots she feels the drag
over depth of nearly s24 feet.
Evening star., 1926-11-21

T% THANKSGIVING ushers in
turkey time In our National
Capital, when as many as pos.
Il sible of the 10000 families In
the District enjoy the dark
meat or light meat of Americas his.
toric bird.
From our national mansion, the
White House. where President Cool
idge and his family will enjoy typ
ical New England holiday dinner, to
tha cottages of laborers and the spa.
cious quarters OF the Districts chari-
table institutions, Washington will
celebrate once again the feast of the
Pilgrim Fathers banquet comniem
orative of successful harvests and
practical prosperity
Turkeys, ducks. geese, chickens,
rabbits. roasting pigs and other of the
try industry have overfiowed the re.
frigerators OF the professional dealers
and the curbside stands Of the farm
ers' market during the last week.
Food stores, markets and the automo-
bilese and trucks from neighboring
farms have been busy as industrious
bees in providing plenty Of the where
withai to cater to Washington q
Thanksgiving appetite. The tang in
the air caused by recent chilly wealth.
or promises that the City of Presi-
dents will approximate the high mark
Of It's greatest gastronomical feat on
November Is.
Proud and dignified turkeys
have streamed to Washington In
motor trucks and horse-drawn vehi-
cles. as well as by rail and water, dur
ing the last few days. Turkeys are q
few cents a pound cheaper than last
year, and this promises a more wide
spread use OF these kings and
queens" OF the barnyard on local
family boards.
When Cortez, In 1919, first visited
Montezuma, powerful potentate of the
Aztecs, in Mexico, the explorer was
served with roast turkey. The Aztecs
had domesficated the wild fowls to
son1e extent and were raising them as
sources Of delicious food. Coronado
found the cliff-dwellers and neigh
boring tribes relishing wild turkey
when he first explored what today
constitutes Texas, Arizona and New
Mexico. Some Of the earliest tradi-
tions and tribal rites Of the notable
Zuni Indians are centered around the
Evening star., 1926-11-21

/ The Tennessee turkey special-a
train containing from so to S5 cars
RIMS twice a wear from Morrist0wn,
Tenn. to New York City. Each car
is hacked to capacity with from 1900
10 / 500 turkeys ION the hoof. This
special train makes Its first trip in
order to deliver its cackling cargo in
season to satisfy the requirements OF
the Thanksgiving trade. The second
Journey supplies the turkey needs Oh
the Christmas market. Unquestion-
ably many Texas and Tennessee tur-
KEYS are consumed annually in wash
ington, being reconsigned here from
New York.
1t is impossible to present wholly
accurate figures about washington
consumption of Thanksgiving turkeys.
as none have ever been compiled by
aufhentic agents of the District or
the United States Department OF Agri-
culture. 1t liz conservative to estimate
that between 20, 900 and $4,000 turkeys
win be eaten by washington families
during the period from November 25
to 81.
The 1.70e inmates of the Districts
charitable and. penal institutions viii
feast upon homegrown roast pig as
a succulent substitute for costly tur-
KEY upon Thanksgiving day. Home
grown In this case means produced
at the workhouse farm near Lorton.
Va. Supt Barnard and his aides
supervise the raising OF about 700
fat hogs each year. This production
Of pork supplies fresh and cured
meat for the Workhouse and District
Reformatory at Lorton. Supt. Bar
nard makes. a regular practice of pro-
viding the best quality roast pigs for
the Thanksgiving and Christmas din
ners at all the District institutions
which do not raise such live stock
themselves.
Some Of the finest porkers ever
fed and fattened in northern Virginia.
cooked to the kings taste, with plenty
OF .sstuffing." sweet potatoes, apple
sauce. ''fixings." bread. coffee. pump
kin pie and other substantials and
delicacies, will compose the Thanks
giving menu at the Industrial Home
Schools-both white and colored; the
Training School for Girls, Gallinger
Hospital, the. tuberculosis Hospital.
Home for Incurables. the District JAIL
Soldiers and Sailors Home, District
Evening star., 1926-11-21

the valley which stood in a. turquoise
bowl on the table, too overpowering
for his taste.
AT half.past he looked at his
watch, and observed that Adelaide was
late.
These Southern beauties -
said his mother, attempting to be gay.
Then. seeing by his expression that
she had made a mistake. she added
more seriously. But she'll be here. "
"Oh. yes, she'll be here" he an.
swered. The words were the same,
but there was difference In the tone.
There was no divine anxiety. In his
tame.
a. 4 suagtss estcze~ : Mss Man.
Evening star., 1926-11-21

, and hastened to explain his tone:
I Adelaide wrote me that she'd be
here about this time. and I forgot all
about it,"
A weaker woman than Mrs. Man
fred would have accepted defeat at
this. but she said: Shall I ask them
to dine, dear? Or perhaps you would
like to take Adelaide to the theater
some evening-just you and she?"
Shed much rather have lot OF
people to meet her" he answered
quickly. You should have seen what
they did In the way OF entertaining
for me in Baltimore. Get Miss Bine
te telephone, will you. mother
aAd--"
Z aas.t asxa-Aias siassa'a aaazaG y :
Evening star., 1926-11-21

scene of an annual turkey parade led
by brass band the like of which
poultry husbandry never before heard
of. This town In the largest shipping
point of dressed turks in all crea-
ton. Five thousand to 10000 or more
turkeys which have been assembled
In the town previous to killing are
driven around the square and along
the main streets ~ the musicians play
a rousing march. These turkeys veri-
tably march to their death, !" for they
are delivered to the slaughter pens i'm
day thex are shipped n iced cars 10
New Yn<k, Ghicake, r.. Leuie and
other citIes.
Evening star., 1926-11-21

peculiarities and characteristics of the
New Worlds most notable fowl--this
selfsame turkey.
The wild turkey OF North America
was the foundation of these birds.
which are now widely distributed
around the world. All present varie-
ties OF turkeys have descended from
the North American. Mexican and
Honduran strains. 1t was probably
Mexican turkeys which were first in
troduced TO Spain and other parts of
Eprope by the pioneer voyagers who
6ret visited the Western Hemisphere.
The wild turkey was the logical
meat dish Of Americas first Thanks
giving, because It was the Ansst tnwi
Evening star., 1926-11-21
TR6E1s on THINKS

Reformatory and Workhouse near Oc-
coquan. Home for the Infirm and
Aged, Municipal Lodging House and
other charitable or penal establish
ments in or near Washington. At
the juvenile institutions candies and
confectionery will also be provided as
luxuries.
All the District institutions operate
vegetable gardens and miniature
truck farms, in order to produce as
much AZ possible of the foodstuffs
which they consume. The outlying
places. such as the penal institutions
AIRED and Inhrm beyond Anarostia,
keep dairy cpwA sAiss swine and en-
Evening star., 1926-11-21

to hear that sweet voice Of yours again.
Yes, Raymund just told me that you
were here and asked me to call you
up at once and make you say you
would come here and dine. Oh,
well, know how busy you are. !.
OF course, his idea was to run on
with you alone TO the theater some
night. - 1T did not occur to
Mrs. Manfred that she was lying--not
even when. looking up. she caught
the blue eyes Of her secretary staring
at her In wonder.} But /
told him you would much rather meet
Oh. really--.-wcuid youS How pleased
] 5ax- Will hA e lAax- thai &he heE'
Evening star., 1926-11-21

Look at herr cried Mrs. Manfred.
Can you doubt now that was
right?"
The girl looked up at him solemnly.
silently, like an animal in pain
"Will you still take her to the the
Evening star., 1926-11-21

but before the door shut behind them
Mrs. Manfred heard the end of his
sentence, but even more as a man."
Two days later the morning papers
carried the fnllfna item:
Evening star., 1926-11-21

Mrs. Howland Fitzpatrick Vaughan
and Miss Adelaide Vaughan, who have
been spending 10 days at the Madlex
Hotel. have returned to Baltimore for
the winter"
fr-onyrjrht 1921
Evening star., 1926-11-21

ater?" asked his mother, mistakenly
supposing that she had triumphed.
Yes, indeed" answered Raymund.
This interests me very much. First
as psychologist. he opened the door
and the girl moved out into the hail.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-29
THEATERS

a story of the great open spaces
with nary a cowboy, Indian or
dirty dog villain. A tale of Canada
with hardly any snow and not a
single Northwest Mounted Police
man. If il were only for the alb.
sence of these two features, Thomas
Meighan s latest Paramount fea.
turc, 1.-The Canadian,o which ar.
rives at the Valley Theater Friday
and Saturday, would be fine pic.
ture. But add a stirring plot. one
that won success on the stage as
W. Somerset Vaughan s 1.-The Land
of Promlsei a strong cast, head.
ed by Mona Palma, Wydham- Stand.
ing, Dale Fuller and Charles Win
ninger; and the capable direction
of William Beaudine; and a better
than-average film is sure to be the
result.
Meighan enacts the part of
wheat harvester who works for his
friend, Wyndham Standing, in an
effort to finance n return to his
own fields. While living with Stand
ing, he meets the latter's sister,
Mona Palma, young English wo-
man. just arrived III the provinces
after having lost all her money. The
new mode of living comes hard and
she soon embroils herself with
Standing 5 wife, Dale Fuller. Know
ing that Mcighan is "looking for a
wife who will work, she offers
herself and nc takes her to his lit
tie cabin, off in the center of
vast wilderness of wheat.
The Canadian 5 eternal struggle
with the climate for a living, and
the vast underlying drama in which
4 hc-man tries to break down the
resistance of his cultured wife, help
build up toward the picture s dra
matte climax.
In it, Mcighan is said to do the
best work of his career. Arthur
Stringer adapted Vaughan ; play.
J. Clarkson Miller wrote the
scenario.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-29
Deputies Named
By Elmer Head

Announcement Of appointments
to his staff to assist him when he
is installed as district attorney of
Imperial county next Monday, has
been made by Elmer w. Heald, who
is at present working with District
Attorney Utley to tamiliarize him
self with the duties of his office,
Vaughn n. Thompson of this city
will be chief deputy district attor-
ney. Thompson has been 4 resident
OF this city for many years, and
was formerly judge of the local po-
lice court.
Edward Law, also of this city,
will be deputy. He has been on
,he staff of District Attorney Utlcy
for several weeks past and will be
retained by the incoming official.
Clarence 3. Smith of Brawlev,
formerly law partner of Hcald,
Will be the third deputy. He has
practicod law in the county for Sow
cral years.
Mrs. William Livingston of this
city IS to be court reporter and Miss
Grace Mcdonald of Calipatria will
be stenographor.
Is. F. Grubel of Calipa:fia will be
criminal investigator.
All the men appointces arc OK.
service men, as is the new district
attorney.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-29
Arrested For
CalexicO Police

John Erks, -, who il believed TO
be one Of pair or even more burg
lars was arrested last night by Of
ficrr Mike Brousc on suspicion Of
having robbed the Fits Co. store
in CalcXico. According to the po'
lice Fits watch was found on him
as well as number of other arti-
clcs taken from that establishment
when il wos entered Monday night.
He also admitted that he had scrv'
ed time in pcnitentiary.
Brouse 5 attention was attracted
70 the man as he tried to tinker
with a coupe he was driving and
which he had parked at the curb.
1T was very evident. according to
Brousa shat he knew but little about
automobiles He found that the
man had no operator license and
that considerable plundcr, evidently
stolen from CalcXico stores was con
ccalcd in the automobile.
According TO Calexico authorities
nine stores were robbed last Mon
day night and il IS thought to have
been the work Of al least two or
more men. The arrested man, who
has been turned over TO the CalcX.
leo police had but little money on
his person and as several hundred
dollars was secured in all the rob
horics. il is IN 1ght he was carry
ing the pundcr and was to dispose
Of it to some "fcnce.' The local
authorities have wired to ascertain
the legal owner Of the car, which
they a.e su!c, ~ a stolen ono,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-12-29
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD r. GARIS
Copyright, 1926. by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WTGGILY AND THE
STICKERy BALLS

Once upon a time when the foFtJ
'leven little bunny boys and girls
in Uncle Wiggily's hollow stump
bungalow had become tied of
PLAYING with their Christmas toys,
Baby Bunty said:
Let S ask Daddicums to take
US adventuring with him.
"Oh, yes!' sang all the others
in chorus.
'Tll ask him went on Baby
Buntv, for she was cute little tykc
and often Uncle Wiggilv would
grant favors TO Buuty when he
might think twice about doing II for
the other forty 'leven.
For you, see Baby Bunty was the
forty twelfth rabbit, and besides,
she was an orphan, living by turns
with all the other animal folk or
just now il was her turn
TO live with Uncle Wiggilv. And
very lucky it was TOO, being the
Christmas season.
So Baby Buntv went dancing on