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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
ROAD TO COOLIDGE
HOME TCBE OPENED
Father of President Very
Weak-State Sends Big
Tractor to Clear Drifts.

BY the Associated Press.
PLYMOUTH. VI. March 1.-THE
packed Snowdrifts Of 4 Vermont high
way must make way for the President
Of the United States. Word has gone
forth that The road from Ludlow to
Plymouth where the Presidents father
now lies critically i'll. must be opened
to motor traffic Immediately. For
months losing battle has been
waged with the forces of nature.
This week new resources have beer
thrown into the fight.
A bulletin at s O'Clock this morning
said that Col. Coolidge had spent IA
comfortable night and that his condi
lion this morning was better. 1t
added that Col. Coolidge was bright
er than usual
Snow PlOW to BE Operated.
\ fire-ton tractor was brought yes
terday to Ludlow from Rutland. To
day those In charge of highway oper-
alions expected to receive parts
necessary for attaching the tractor
T." rotary SNOW pillow. When this
hooltup is made the pillow will operate
night and day clearing III" drifts down
{" hard pan to permit passage of auto
mobiles. should the President decide to
come here.
Last 3Autumn State authorities de-
cided to cooperate With the residents
nf Ludlow in keeping open the l3mile
stretch OF highway between Ludlow.
The railroad point. and Plymouth
Notch. The plan was successful until
the heavy SHOWS Of the new year
proved too much for the equipment
available
The arrival of the tractor. 1t was
said, will provide the road workers
with sufficient power to push the plow
over the hills and open the road in
short order.
Weakness Is Extreme.
his physician. declared today that the
weakness of Col. Coolidge was ex-
treme. Yesterday saw further loss OF
ground. The patient continued to fail.
and sedatiyes were adminisr cred to Ie-
lieve suffering. Heart action grew
slower. although respiratio was nor
NAL. Or. Cram indicated that only
Mr.. Coolidse's vitality was prolonging
his life.
The patient Is able To take only a
title liquid nourishment. and that with
difficulty.
Col Coolidge became critically i'll
early last week and on Thursday his
heart condition was considered grave.
He rallied temporarily, only 10 suffer
further relapse.
Since last December. when he lost
the use Of his legs. he has been bed
ridden.
pRESInENT REAnX FOR TRIP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
COUNTESS CATRCART
ARRIVES IN CAPITAL
Saws She Will Visit Secretary of
Labor if She Has Time-En-
jcyed Ellis Island,

Vera. Countess Of Cathcart, is in
Washington.
Breakfastine in her suite at the
Arayflower Hotel today. the central
figure in the moral turpitude case.
involving her admissa hilty 10 the
United States. which is still before
the Labor Department and the courts.
SAID she may call upon Secretary
Davis 10 pay her respects 10 the man
who affirmed the ruling excluding her
from this country. hut Is not sure
she will have time during her short
STAY in Washington.
The countess said she had rather
enjoyed" her experiences At Ellis
Island, where she was held for moro
than a week pending disposition of
her appeal for admission.
T. G.. Risley solicitor for the Labor
Department. is still working on the
appeal of the department from the
court decision permitting the entrance
Of the countess into the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
VOTE AGAINST RETURN
OF KAISER'S PROPERTY

By Radio to The star and Chicago DAILY News
BERLIN. March 15.-Eight million
Germans. or a majority OF the norma
vote already have voted against re-
turning the royal property to the
former Kaiser and former princes. More
than I 900 900 voted against the prop
osition in Berlin. 1t is thought THAT
during the next three days winding
nm the referendum a total OF 10000
600 votes will he reached.
II Is believed that the Reichstac
will seek a compromise. as the ref
erenduum shows that the Germans
will not support leaders who try 10
return his wealth to the former
Kaiser.
copyright, 1925. by Chicago Daily News Gel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
JAPAN POSTPONES DECISION
Cabinet Agrees Not to Hold All China
Responsible. However.

TOXIC. March IL LP).-The cabinet
today postponed decision regarding
dema nds to he made upon China over
the raku incident of last Friday. when
two Japanese deStroyerS were fired
upon while attempting to pass up the
Pei River owing 10 desire to await
the Chinese reaction TO the allied
powers note following the affair.
1t Is understood that the members
of the cabinet agreed upon friendly.
independent action toward China. not
holding all China responsible. hut ask
ing for punishment of the guilty
Chinese who fired on the destrOYers
and also for proper remuneration for
the wounded and pledge that there
would he no future incidents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
STILL FOUND IN COUCH.

Curiosity of Lieut.. Sidney Marks
Of the ninth precinct early Yesterday
plete still of l0-Callon capacity Sc
GREETED in and beneath big old-fash-
toned couch on the premises of Viii
liam Mainn. IS years old. las SChott
alley northeast.
Lieut.. Marks was in charge Of p
squad that went to the house to serve
warrant for an alleged disorder. and
while there the lieutenant overturned
the couch and discovered the still.
The small still was Concea led in the
couch. according to the police. the
coils being fastened to the springs. A
charge of illegal possession of still
was preferred against Mainn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
Inventions Give
Perfect Record
OF Heart Beats

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 15.-Staff ply
sicians Of st. Luke's Hospital
have combined two modern inven.
tions. the radio-stethoscope and
the electro-ca Photograph. In a de-
vice which they believe makes it
possible for a physician to get an
absolutely accurate record of hui
man heart beats.
The stethoscope's function is to
amplify heart sounds. Hitherto,
it was pointed out. every physician
who listened had different ear,
and even when the sounds were
filtered disa greements in diagnosis
resulted The .cardiograph has
been attached to the. stethoscope
In such manner that the heart
beats are recorded" mocha nically,
thus doing away with a large
amount of error.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
C0L0RED MAN HELD
ON Staying CHARGE
John Middleton Indicted in
Death of Mary E. Jones.
Others Under Charges.

John Middleton. colored. was indicted
today ny the grand jury on charge
Of murder in the first degree in con-
nection with the death of Mary Ella
Jones. also colored. July "a last in
building In rear Of $40 q street south
west. According 10 the police Middle
ton said he was asleep when ha heard
a noise like some one falling. and. go
ing down TO investisaet. found the
woman lying dead on couch. The
indictment SAYS the woman died as
the result of physical force eNerted
upon her by the accused.
Jurors Ignore Charge.
The grand jurors ignored a charge
of homicide against Ernest J. Bras
well, agent for an apartment house
AT 1909 Eleventh street. where Mrs.
Josephine f.. Johnson was found dead
January last. a daughter of the
woman. returning from school. de-
ctared her mothers room was filled
With a blue vapor.
The eXoneration of Mr.. BraSWell
brings to a close the first attempt 10
hold an agent for a rented house re-
sponsible for the death of resident
by reason of alleged non-feasance II
supervision of the quarters. Rraswell
was held for action of the grand jury
by cOroners jury which decided the
woman died of gas because of .defec.
tive gas appliances" There was II
precedent for the charge.
Indictments and ExOneratiOns.
Eighteen other persons were in
dicted and II others eXonerated i'm
the report of the grand jury. Those
cases dismissed were: Charles ID.
ScheetZ. violating white slave act:
Walter Vine, robbery: Louis Gritz,
violating national prohibition act:
Oscar r. Bayne. grand larceny;
John II. Carter. assault with danger
Gus weapon: Ellsworth Smith and
Luther Dansgereer. violating ma
tional motor vehicle theft act: Leroy
Wallace. assault with dangerous
weapon: Cora Edwards. violating in
ternal revenue laws: Kenneth l..
Moore. false pretenses: Lee Look
alias Lee Duk. Sing Lee and Lee
Chung. violating Harrison narcotic
act; Arthur r. Alexander. false pre-
lenses: Fred Nickens. grand larceny;
Nick 1oanou. false pretenses; Will
liam II. Warren and Theodore r.
Tillman. grand larceny.
Charges Enumerated.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: Homer Cook and
John Wallo. alias Lewis A. WallO.
carnal knowledge: William =. TOllman.
larceny after trust two cases): Robert
Thomas. assault with dangerous weap-
on and assault with intent to kill; An.
gelo Chapman. Harry Earl Bost and
John A. Watson, nonsuppOrt; George
Carter, William Ross and John Stan
ton, William Johnson and Frank Cor
don. grand larceny; Horace Turner.
edward G.. Smith, Charles Jackson two
cases), Raymond Crawford. Joseph F..
Cameron and James Ladd, housebreak-
ing and larceny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
BOOSTS JUDICIAL PAY.
Bill Before Senate Increases Sal
aries of District Justices.

Increases in salary for the Judges Of
The District Supreme Court and the
Court Of Appeals of the District are
provided for in a general salary bill
reported to-day by the Senate judici-
ery committee.
. The chief Justice and the associate
sussces of the Court Of Appeals of
sne District would he advanced from
$e'ooU each to 800 each. The chief
Justice and associate justices of the
District Supreme Court would he rails
ed from $500 to sl2,5o0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
GEORGE H. MARKELL DIES.
Hercules Powder Co. Official Sue
cumbs in Baltimore.

BALTIMORE. Md. March IL (P).--
George H Markell. vice president and
general ma ger Of the Hercules Pew
der Co.. died at Johns Hopkins Hos
pital here yesterdaI. He was Al
wears old Mr. Markell entered the
hospital from his home in Hollyoak.
near Wilmington. Del, three months
ago 70 undergo treatment for heart
eilment Recently he contracted
pneumonia
Mr.. Markell was born in Balti-
more. During the World War he
conceived the process Of manufac-
turing acatone from kelr at the Her
cules plant in San Diego. Calf lie
was member Of many clubs in Del
aware and Washington. His widow.
one sister and two brothers survive
him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
NORWAY PLANS DRY VOTE.
Bill Proposes Plebiscite on Reten-
ton of Prohibition.

OSLO, Norway. March Is RD.-The
has decided to submit to
the Storting a hill proposing that
plehiscite he taken in October to give
a popular answer to the question
whether the existing prohibition of
liquors shall be retained.
The prohibition law does not ban
the importation of wines. which, there
fore. will not be affected by the pro
posed plebisctte.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
'13' HAUNTS TRAFFIC CASE

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NORFOLK, Va, March 15.-Thir-
teen has played a drama tic part in
case craving out of the automobile
killing Friday. November 10. last. of
Carlisle Wood. 13-year-old schoolboy.
James Kendler, automobile sales
man. was acquitted by jury in Cor
pOratiO Court on a manSlaughter
charge, after 10 of the jury panel had
been rejected. On March 10 he was
tried on hit-and-run count and con
victed. His name and that of the
victim each contained Is letters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
SPECTACULAR COMET
MYSTERIOUSlY VANISHES
Ensore's. Scheduled for Display in
Heavens. Desperately Have
Gone Too Near Sun.

Ry the Associ ated Press.
WILLIAMS RAY. Wis. March
l5.-Ensore's comet. generally viewed
Al this time of year with a display
rivaling Ha,ley's comet, has mys-
terIously disappeared.
Prof. Edwin r. Frost Of Yerkes
Observatory Of the University Of Chi
caeo recorded the disappearance to-
day.
lie said that the comet might have
RIM too near the sun. When a comet
gets too near the sun, he added. MS
head shrinks and 1t becomes so dit
fuse that 10 cannot be seen through
a telescope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
Two Runaway Girls Held.

NORFOLK. Va, March Is P).-
Two Brooklyn girls. Alice Waters and
Ruth Minnerly, one typist and the
other telephone operator. were de-
tained here last night as runaways
from home at the request of the New
York police. Stories Of the South and
a desire to obtain work were given as
their reason for coming to Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
PARIS BALLOTING LIGHT.
Public Indifference to Deputies
REQUIRES Second Election.

PARIS. March Is R).-The ap-
parent Indifference of the public
toward the Chamber of Deputies was
exemplified by the fact that more
than 40 per cent of the voters alb
stained from casting their ballots In
Yesterdays election in the second
parliamentary division of Paris held
to replace two deputies who died
recently. No absolute ma jority was
obtained by a candidate and second
ballot will have to be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
ASSASSINS PENSIONEO.
Moscow Rewards Participants il
Emperor's Staying in 1881.

MOSCOW. March IL CPD.-Eich hit
women and one man. participants i'll
the assass ination of Alexander IL,
Emperor of Russia. on March 10. 1881.
were granted pensions yesterday of
SIP monthly for life by the Council
IF Peoples Commissars. This was in
culnmemoration Of the fortN.tifth an
ni,ersary of that event.
Alexander II fell victim to A Mill
list plot when driving in one Of the
streets of st. Petersburg (now Lenin-
grab. near the Winter palace. lie
was murtallv wounded by the eXplO-
sion of bombs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
POWERS WILL USE
FORCE IN T|ENTS|N
Naval! Commanders to Be
Given Full Rights to Open
Taku Channel.
HI JAMES l.. Butts.

PEEK NC. China. March l5.-This
is reliably informed
that the ministers 81 the Boxer pro-
tocol powers at a meeting decided to
invest their naval commanders with
fun powers for issuing ultimatums to
the various conflicting Chinese mill
fairy commanders. both on land and
sea. to clear the Taku Channel. dis
mantle the Taku forts and restore free
seward communication from Tien-
tsin. in accordance with the Boxer
treaties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
WARE TO CAMP A|GN
ON WET PLATFORM
Favors Observation-Disclosures
Backs LaW-Pinch0t for
Enforcement.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. March 15.-Pro-
hihition stood out today az likely to
he the foremost issue of the campaign
by Senator George Wharton Pepper,
GOV. Clifford Pinrhot and Representa-
tive William s. Ware for the RepuhN-
can nomination for the United States
Senate at the May primaries.
In announcing his candidacy yester
day Representative Ware came out
suuarelv for a modification of the Vol
stead act To permit the sale of light
wines and beer. lie said that enforce
ment Of the law had failed and that
the American people were tired of
the indefenSihle invasion Of their just
rights
Senator Pepper is an advocate Of
prohibition. while liquor law enforce
ment has heen stressed by the Pinchot
State adminiStra ton and will he one
Of the principal planks in the platform
on which the governor Will conduct
his campaign.
Support President.
All three candidates have pledged
their support to President Coolidge
and the national administration. Pin
chot's announcement saturday said
ne was N enemy bi tiit gang.
Wares statement says he believes
the time has come to modify the eX-
cess of laws which is eating like
cancer into the physical and moral
life of the American people
enforcement ~ the Nolstead act
has failed in my opinion" he said,
because the law is not enforceable In
it's present form"
Attacks Enforcement.
Referring to Espionage of the most
offensive character" the statement
proceeds:
Law enforcement is breaking down
everywhere. The younger generation
Is subjected to moral dangers which
are the direct outgrowth of this con-
dition."
Indications point to contest for
the Republican gubernatorial nomina-
ton also. John X. Tener. former
governor. is the only announced can.
didate Edward F.. Reidleman. former
lieutenant governor, and John
Fisher, former state banking commits
sioner. are expected to announce their
candida cieS shortly. Mr.. Reidleman
has the support of w. Harry Baker.
chairman of the Republican State COM
mittee. and some of the leaders friend
ly to Representative Ware.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
HOUSE AGREES TO CONFER

The House today agreed 10 Son-
Ference by the Senate on the PubI;N
Library bill, which carries substan.
tive law for the work of the free.
Public Library and makes provision
Tor extending It's facilities to every
resident OF the District Of Col,mhis
The conferees for the Houss 90
Representatives. Zihlman. Rernhe
ncan, OF MARYLAND; Keller. Renuh-
Ncan, of Minnesota. and Rlanton
Democrat, of Texas.
IN addition to doing her own house.
hold work and caring for her o,;l
dren, Mrs. Edward Iiyjnesto, ~
York Pa, has found tinne ~ COW,
P1sts LAB quilts, l24 comforts end
Twp rugs N -Four years and a hall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-09
By ElenOre Meherin,
Author of "Chickie," Ann,
"Ann and PhiP' and
''NOra Lee"
Continued from Yesterday

CONTINUED from Yesterday
Are you glad. Sandy? Are you
not little glad to see me? Give
me your hand. Will you come
for ride with me? That's my
car. I've been i'll. Sandy-dying
helpless in the interior of China.
Dying. Oh. Ramon. Then you
aren't married?''
She was now staring at him.
stricken by the palior and thin
ness of his face. He was nothing
but skin and bone, the fine bronzed
vitality gone. But when she said
this a look Of imploring and cruel
pain shot into his eyes.
Married? Oh you didn't think
that. Sandy? l marry? Come
with me, won't you? see you
are overcome"
Il can't go-how can go?'
do you mean this, Sandy? YOU
can't give me a moment? Why,
even in friendship"
She tilted her head abruptly:
"Oh. what am l saying: OF course,
I'll co.
Following him across the street,
she felt half blinded as though
they walked into a darkness and
chaos, loud, terror-laden, tumul-
tuous.
Helping her, he stopped with an
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echo OF that sunny, careless laugh:
1.-The hope of you kept me alive
that only, Sandy"
but ten months, Ramon? It's
ten months since I've heard"
mot that long? Didn't you
get my letter in December? And
others? I sent them to the box IN
Santa Barbara.
With her hand she tried to
ease the clutching tightness OF
her throat. She smiled bewilderei.
thinking: What now! I'd never
know him. Lord-how he looks.
Who got his letters? Oh, Cod
But Ramon became gay. He
pressed her hand Between his
palms He said. without waiting
for answer: You're glad? Sandy
darling, are you glad? Ten months
since you've heard? What did
you think? Not that I'd forgot
ten? Forget you? Not for
single instant"
His Silence
He explained the reason Of HIS
silence.
In March of the previous year
he had gone with a party OF
engineers to the north of China.
They started from Picking, going
part of the way by automobile and
the rest by camels. When they
reached the desert of Cobb they
were hemmed in by bandits. Their
guides ran away. After three
months of floundering they man
aged to hit the town of Urga.
He wrote from here, but with no
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knew that Bunny was particu-
larly fond Of dogs. And this dog
is great big English mastifI
and l should think he would scare
Bunny to death"
''Oh. that dog is always tied
up" I said, land I've never seen
him running loose. They always
take him on a leash. | under
stand he hasn't a particularly
good reputation in the neighbor-
hood. Perhaps Bunny just goes
out to chat with him and feels
that he's quite safe.
I've watched him, Foxy
Grandpa, insisted Bobby. 'He
doesn't say word to him. He
whisks past him like lightning.
] don't believe he even says
hello to that dog. I'm going
to find out"
Bobby couldn't rest until he
solved this mystery. So that
evening after supper when Bun
ny had excused himself and van
ished in flash toward the
dog kennel. Bobby carelessly aaun-
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BIZ EIenOre Meherin

certainty that his letters were
forwarded.
The engineers were sent by an
oil company to explore the. coun-
try about Mongolia. At the end
of July Ramon became Ill. 1t was
August before the missionary doc
tors visited him. They thought
he was finished-typhoid fever.
He lay for months, delirious part
of the time, in stupor toward
the end. No one expected him to
rally. The first of November
they moved him. He got a re-
lapse.
He didn't know whether he'd
written all those months or not.
He thought that he tried to. He
recalled dreaming of writing
dreaming that she came to visit
him and carried him off in cool
white ship; that she lifted him
bodily and carried him as though
he were a feathers weight to this
ship Of hers; that she said to him
many times, Now l will have a
perfumed breeze blow will have
it blow this heat away and you'll
be cured"
He looked down at her, laugh
ing. Wasn't that odd, Sandy?
But I've always associated you
with fragrance. One dream that
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- NOW CONTINUE

groaned again. She dropped the
hat and came over to him.
What is the natter"
He raised his head and shook
it. as If to shake away the va
pors that EMBODIED it.
Nothing. It will pass" he
muttered thickly. II get these,
attacks every once in a while
since / was gasseG in France.
If l could only lie down some
where for about FIVE minutes,
it would pass off"
The girl hesitated, started to
speak, hesitatcd again, then said
definitely:
you might lie down in the
back room few minutes. There's
a couch there.
Thank you"
The WOrI1rooIn
She led the way through a door
at the back OF the shop. guiding
little hand on his arm. They
went on through q narrow, dark,
short hallway into fair-sized
room. This WAS evidently COM
bination living and work room.
There was large table, he could
make out in the dim light, beside
a, window whose shade was pulled
down. The little milliner won't
over, tried to send the shade up,
exclaimed that the spring was
broken. then hoped up onto the
table, which was full of hat
shapes in all stages Of develop
ment and looped up the recalci-
trant shade as best she could.
flooding the room with a grayish
afternoon light.
A couch with brightly striped
cover and many cushions was
against the wall. The milliner
filled a couple of chairs with the
cushions. leaving only one for a
pillow. DIR. Cressy, his hand L.
his head, dropped dizzily down on
the couch. She started to ask
him If he wished anything, when
the bell on her shop door rang
and she had to hasten out to a
customer.
No sooner was she gone than
the sick man leaped up. He looked
about the room. He had no def
mite idea of what he expected to
gain by his subterfuge; he- had
acted merely on a desire to pene-
trate further into the life Of the
owner of the shop for ''chapeau
distinctives." He walked about the
living-room. 1t opened, through
a portiere of beaded curtains, into
a short passage, lined on both
sides with cabinets in which there
We're dishes. Beyond this was the
kitchen. From the kitchen, DIR.