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BIC LOANS lost
S|NOOT.FEARS
By GEORGE K. HOLMES

By GEORGE K. HOLMES
A surprisingly frank statement
by Senator Reed Smoot (R.) Of
Utah that the hundreds of mil
lions of dollars which American
bankers have poured-and are still
pouring-into Europe in loans
since the war "can never be paid"
caused a furore of excitement and
some embarrassment in Admins
tration circles today.
Senator Shoots position as
chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, as a member of the
American Debt Funding Commits
sion, and as an occasional "Ad-
ministration spokesman" gave his
statement an official tinge that
apparently was very disconcerting
to the international banking world.
Messages Flood Capitol
Wall Street banking houses
rushed inquiries by phone and tele-
gram to their representatives in
Washington today, seeking light ON
Senator Shoots bald admission thu
some ten billions Of dollars In Ameri-
can capital are now in Europe to
stay because Europe never will be
able to pay them back.
The Senator's statement was
buried deep in the recesses of his
50,00O-word speech, which required
four hours for delivery in opening
the debate on the Italian debt ratifi-
cation.
II say without hesitation" de-
clared the Senator, that the loans
we have made to foreign countries
and that banks are now making to
foreign countries cannot be paid"
1.-THE Senator is speaking of pri-
Vate loans?" inquired Senator Reed
CRJ Of Pennsylvania.
II am speaking of private loans"
confirmed Smoot. "They never will
be paid until something happens in
the world such as the war"
Bankers Not Losers
Despite the private reassurances
from the Treasury the net effect OF
Senator SHOOTS blunt statement
has been to increase the uneasiness
which is felt in Congress over the
tremendous invasion of the Amer
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WIFE
BL AV.E65
ANV

Weeping just q little bit, Mary
Vowel, slip Of i 14-year-old girl,
took the stand Ia the courthouse
iIls today and told hoar
she came to elope with and marry
Scene Bowen, 6S-year-old retired
farmer. of Culpeper, va.
The chiId's story resulted in
Eugene Bowen, her aged husband,
being held in $1,000 bond on q
perjury charge for action Of the
Montgomery county grand jury.
The grand jury meets next No
vember.
Embarrassed Girl
Mary's story was that OF an en-
barrassed little country girl. Her
mother and father, she said. were
separated She lived with her
fathers sister, Mrs. Belle Smith, at
CuIpeper.
Not far away, within "hollerin'
distance" she guessed, lived Gene
Bowen. Yes, he had some money,
she thought. Her aunt thought so,
too. No, she didn't love Gene; he
was too old. But, she said, he
had kept her company" for about
q year or more; he had asked her
to marry him, and her aunt told
her to ego ahead"
At this point in her story. the
girl said she had written to her
mother, Mrs. Pearl Vowel, who
lives in Washington at 1914 Kansas
Ave. N. W., telling her about the
aged farmer and his proposals. Her
mother wrote to her not to marry,
that she was too young and Bowen
too old.
But last Thursday, she said,
and told her to get ready; that
get married. She went with him.
1t was a few hours after the
ceremony at Rockville that she in
sisted on calling. with her new hus-
band, on her mother. And it was
then that Mrs. Yowell had police
Intervene, charging Bowen with
swearing falsely to Mary's age Ill
the marriage license.
Husband Attentive
While Mary was telling her
~ OudSS 01ul INAS6Sp WIN
ordered Bowen held, her husband
sat near by on the prisoners bench.
She did not look at him, but his
eyes seemed fixed on the girl.
Bowen did not testify. His attor-
ney, Kenneth Lyddane, told the
court that Bowen was in bad
health; that he had heart trouble
and could not we'll remain in Jail.
Sheriff Clay Plumrner told of hav-
ing to call doctor to the Jail to
attend Bowen before the hearing.
Bowen apparently held no resent
ment toward his wife, whose testi.
mony landed him behind prison bars
on his honeymoon. When the hear
ing was over, he walked haltingly
over to the bench. on which Mary
and her mother at. without look
ing directly at her he reached down
and took her limp hand in his. He
shook her hand as if it were
mans. and then followed the sheriff
back to the Jail, pending arrange
ment for his release on bond.
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By DAVID SENTNER
rnf.rnaflnnnI Norrn service


NEW YORK, March 27. Mrs.
Margaret Whittemore, the blonde
'aTiger Kid" and alleged Gun
Molln of the Broadway night club
bandit gang, headed by her hus-
band, Richard Reese Whittemore,
wanted for murder in three states,
will have her chance to Ego
straight If she is released.
Promising the pretty bobbed-
hair gang-woman every possible
aid for a useful career, Stella Al.
Miner, director of the Girls Serv-
ice League of America, began
negotiations today with the dis
trict attorney for a psychological
and mental examination Of Mrs.
Whittemore for the purpose of
diagnosing her personality type.
VIII She stick to Him?
"Mrs. whittemore apparently has
become a tool of the underworld
either through her devotion to her
husband or from a weak WILL" Miss
interview with International News
Service. Whether she will, refuse
to accept freedom and insist on
sticking to her husband, or
whether. il freed, she will stick to
the life she has known, remains to
be seen.
Evidently the girl also has been
influenced by the night club life
and easy pleasure obtainable
through stolen money. Her expen-
sive clothes and manicnred hands,
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The Peters fortune IF 81, 800, 900
Is intact md every penny Of the
income, Cune - npproxi.
n,atelv 1N0. 600 afinual III SO
counted f0r
Every act Of Arnistead Peter,
IL, III disposing 81 the property
for which Mrs. Peter brought suit
against her husband in the Dis
trict Supreme, Court yesterday,
consisting Of stocks. bonds, and
Jewels, has been taken with the
advice Of his counsel, Frank Hogan
and Arthur Peter. Mr.. Hogan de
clared today.
Property Intact
1.-THE only other statement / can
make Mr.. Hogan said, "is that
every bit of the property Is abso-
lutely safe and intact. Defense Of
the suits filed against Mr.. Peter, in
volving as it does the present Gus
tody. OF stocks, bonds and jewels,
will be very promptly presented.
Until that Is done, mis- counSeI must
decline to make any public state
meTlt"
Mrs. Peter today, through Attor-
ney Galley, filed a list of questions
with the Supreme Court in conaec.
ton with her SUIT filed yesterday,
which she desires her husband to
answer with reference to the dis
appearance Of the property from the
safety deposit boxes.
The rule OF the court, on which
the writ was issued for the open
ing of the boxes, requires Mr..
Peter to show cause, April 2, why
he should not be enjoined from dis.
posing Of, pledging or removing any
OF the securities from the District
OF Columbia.
Five Questions Asked
Five questions are asked Mr..
Peter In the list filed today:
/. At what time did you remove
from the safe deposit boxes, or
either Of them, i'm the American
Security and Trust Company.
standing I'm the names Of Anna
w. Peter and Armistead Peter, jr.,
the certificates Of stock, bonds,
Continued on Page 2. Column g.
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T|GER Girl Of
Hl 0B

Fer spIat knosresf thou, q
spiFe. spkekhsy fhou shalt sane
Fry husband; Oy hosD knosoest
fhOn, q nlay. iDhether thou
eknlt saue thy sDife.
II CORINTHIANS, 7:16.
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At Mobne

FIRST RACE-Dixie Dick.
SIXTH RACE-Rags Anderson, Miss
Commerce. Fairy's Beau.
Weather, clear; track. heavy.
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BRITISH LEGISLATOR
PAYS COOLIDGE VISIT

r. Godfrey Ellis. member of the
British parliament, paid his respects
to President Coolidge today. He
was accompanied by T. Frank
Morgan, Of Philadelphia.
Ellis has just concluded four
months tour of the world exam
lining trade conditions. He said
Australia was prosperous, and that
agitation there for independence had
died down.
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The cause 81 Iiberalized Civil
Service retirement 4 dealt !
probably fatal blow by the official
actuarial report which has been
made upon It.
This long awaited report is now
III the hands Of Secretary 81 the
Interior Work and shortly viii be
sent to the House and Senate Civil
Service committees.
SIS, 900, 900 Cost
Here are its salient features:
The annual cost to the Federal
Treasury OF the LehIbach-S tanfield
measure viii be approximately $15,-
O00. 900, instead of $6.711, 497, a.
under the present law.
The cost to the Treasury win b
considerably lowered If one import
ant recommendation OF the actuar-
les Is adopted namely, that the
optional retirement age Of railway
mail clerks, postal mechanics, etc.
fixed in the new measure at S.
years, be charged to so years.
Prepare Substitute
The actuaries have prepared a
substitute measure in which the
optional retirement features Of the
sLehlbacI1- Stanfild bill are revived.
The changes are mainly, In the Oil
rection Of curtailing optional re-
tirement privileges, as indicated.
Recommendation is made by the
actuaries that Congress set aside
an annual fund for 30-year period.
This fund will not be drawn upon
for the current payment of an
nuities, but viii be in the nature
OF q sinking fund to provide for the
larger Federal contribution that will
be involved In the working Of the
retirement law 80 years hence.
Estimate Out Of 5 Stay
The actuaries' estimate that one
Government employ out Of every
five now on the Federal payroll
win stay in the civil service long
enough to be eligible for retirement
benefits.
New mortality statistics, and also
new figures relating to the rate of
annual separation from te Govern
ment service, due to designations
and discharges. also are presented
by the actuaries.
The report was prepared by
board consisting Of Joseph w. Nc
Continued on Page ?. Column IL
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Internatonai services has the ekc,nsivs rights
TO use for republicaton form. ali news dis.
patches credited TO II Or not ctherwise credited e
Reconsideration all the local or undated news pub
liehed herein. 40 well all special dispatches
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THE WEATHER

! OFFICIAL o. 8. weather Burean ReDoEt
Partly cloudy and slightly colder to-
night: lowest temperature 20. Tempera-
ture yesterday Highest, so; lowest, 81.
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d In.ernaalonal sew ssrylss

1MGGEM81AUM0le
Los ANGELES, March 27.-
Possibility of an arrest in the
William Desmond Taylor, murder
mystery was limited today, follow
ing the revelation that q woman
under suspicion Of plotting the
crime had told a close friend
she never would be taken alive 20
the district attorneys office for
questioning.
This woman, the most important
figure in District Attorney Keyes'
new investigation Of the Taylor
mystery, asked another woman
what poisons she could use to end
her life quickly, If necessary, and
declared she would swallow poison
If she learned she was TO Be SUM
uaened for questioning.
ny seed Arrest
It had not been intended to
arrest this. woman at present, ac-
cording to reports, but the posi-
bility now doomed that she viii be
taken into custody to prevent her
from ending her life and thus blot.
ting out the District Attorneys last
hopes for q solution OF the sensa-
tional murder mystery
Ben Cohen, chief investigator for
the district attorneys office. has
directed HIS aides TO find an Inn
portant witness relating to this new
development in the case and to
establish a closer guard on the
woman under suspicion in the muir
der plot, 1t was said.
District Attorney Keyes and
Chief Homicide Deputy Davis are
expected to reach Los Angeles Mon
day afternoon.
While District Attorney Asa Reyes
was speeding to Los Angeles from
the East where he opened new in
vestigation OF the Taylor case, plans
were being rushed here for placing
the case before the grand jury.
Deputy District Attorney Burton
Fits was said to have received
instructions from Reyes to assemble
all documents In the mystery MUIR
der Of four years ago, and prepare
to offer the evidence to the inquisi-
torial body shortly after his arrival
here Monday.
Despite deniaIs. il was believed a
fact that many valuable documents
In the Taylor case have, as report
ed yesterday, disappeared from the
district attorneys office.
Love Notes GOne
The most important of the miss
ing papers are the love notes writ
ten to the director by Mary Miles
Minter, former screen star, and a
statement she made to the Dis
trict attorney after Taylor's death
in which she told ,of her undying
love for the murdered man.
Miss Minter was the first person
called for questioning after Taylor
was found slain. She was taken
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N ID D v FLAYS
STAND|SH

John A.. Standish, stock pro-
moter who, after the death OF his
wife recently in an auto plunge off
the Calvert Street Bridge, sprang
into the limelight with q declara.
ton that he was being bounded"
by woman with a pair OF mil
lion dollar legs" the head OF
"Iove cult" has some more
troubles to face.
Standish is named defendant in
a suit filed by Mrs. Caroline Dor
sett in the District Supreme Court
yesterday, which alleges that the
stock promoter, who lives at
Wardman Park Hotel, borrowed
$4,1OO from Mrs. Dorset and
hasn't paid it.
Is Wealthy Widow
Mrs. Dorset is an attractive
widow and lives at the Ethelhurst
Apartments, Fifteenth and l.
Streets Northwest. Her comments
on the suit this morning were, to
say the least. not complimentary
to Standish, whose stock promotion
schemes, she says, she has aided
for more than a year.
She would not, however, make
her comments in detail for publica-
ton because, she said, she did not
want to be publicly identified with
the beautiful woman" so viyidiy
described by Standish on the day
of his wife's funeral in Buffalo.
Attorney L. A. Widmayer, VINO
filed the suit for Mrs. Dorsett. is
the same attorney who represented
the late Mrs. Standish, and who
said at the time of Mrs. Standish's
death that he was attempting to
negotiate a financial settlement be-
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Standish.
Calls Reports False
1t was publication of the report
of this impending financial settle.
ment that brought from Standish
his accusations against the "beauti-
full woman, head of love cult"
who, Standish alleged, was re-
sponsible for the reports, which, he
added, were groundless,.
Standish could not be located at
his apartment in the Wardman
Park today. Attorney Widmayer
said, however, that when papers
in the suit are served ,en the pro-
Continued on Page 2. Column A.
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Don't Let That Cold
Turn Into s.FIu''

That cold may turn into Flu"
Grippe or, even worse, Pneumonia, un-
less you take care of it at once.
Rub Musterole on the congested parts
and see, how quickly it brings relief.
MusteroIe, made from pure oil Of
mustard, camphor, menthol and other
simple ingredients, is a counter-irritant
which stimulates circulation and helps
break up the cold.
As effective as the messy old mustard
plaster; does the work without blister.
Rub it on with your fingertips. You
will feel warm tingle as it enters the
pores, then a cooling sensation that
brings welcome relief.
Jars & Tubes -
[I[!ziIl5z!I
-
Better than a mustard pLastsr
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Hard on Realism

sWell, Toofus," say post trader,
"the members of this movie company
doing snow stuff III our fair burg
find the weather colder than they ex-
pected, hey?"
Eyes, and fear 1t going to spoil
their film"
How SOP
"The hero wears two fur coats and
the heroine wears three fur coats.
We'll n
'eThey can't clinch. Toofus say
Louisville Courier-Journal
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The condition upon which God hath
given liberty to men is eternal vigil
lance Curran
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Mrs. Matte Adams, who lives In
Downing Street, Brewton, Ala, writes
as follows: "A friend recommended
Lydia q. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and since taking it l feel like
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With her children grown up, the mid
dle-aged woman finds time to do the
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read the new books, see the new
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an active part in church and civic
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health is good.
Thousands of women past fifty, say
they owe their vigor and health to
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and are recommending 1t to
their friends and neighbors.
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| became so weakand
rundown that she
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her homework. She
saw the name Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound in
the paper and said
to her husband, II
will try that medi-
cine and see il It
will help me-" She
says she took six
bottles and is feel
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From Mother Natures storehouse
we have gathered the roots. barks
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BE YOUR OWN BOSS. Fifteen to twenty
five dollars daily. No investment. One doll
lar brings full information. Ernst Stuart
Bank St. New London, Conn.
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A man saves dollar and the wolves
take after him.
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By ED HOWE

copyright BY The Bell syndicate. Inc.l
Free thinking should be correct
thinking, but is usually false and mean
thinking.
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H0xSIE'S GROUP REMEDY 4 7:
Good-Rp on High

"As I was coming up the hill, there, /"
said a motorist, Il met a man going
down at rate of speed that indicated
he would be flying if he could. What
was the matter with him, do you sup
poser"
Well replied Lum Drumm of Slip
perry Slap, "that was my brother-in-
law, who has been living on me for
about two months, and this morning
] drug him out, stood him up and told
him to hit the grit. took a shot at
him, and he split the wind"
''Ah, 1 sect You were speeding the
parting guest ?" Kansas City Star.
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WOMEN OF
MIDDLE ACE
Praise Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Mrs. Annie Kwinskf of 526 LIST Ave
nue.. Milwaukee. Wis, writes that she
Evening star., 1926-03-31
DIVIDENDS.

STOCK or
Stock. Period. Rate Payable record
Alliance Realty Init DOC Apr Is Apr 10
Allied Oh. & Dye SI.O0 May l Apr II
American Canning
tnew com :. Init 40e May Is Apr 80
Evening star., 1926-03-31
FOREIGN BOND LIST
TREND IS UPWARD
Government Issues Change
SIightIy-RaiI Securities
Follow Stocks.
BY GEORGE +. HUGHES.
al Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. March 31.--In the
bond market today interest centered
principally in the foreign government
issues. French and Belgian bonds
had been actively sold on Tuesday.
The pressure was lifted as business
opened but the recovery was small
compared with the previous decline
The French 712s and SIS were up
only fractionally. The rally IN the
French bonds followed the recovery In
French exchange.
There was no renewal of the selling
in the Belgian group. The recoveries
were too slight to deserve comment.
They were simply sympathizinS with
the improvement in the franc eX-
change.
Changes in United States Govern
ment issues were small. Railway
bonds, az a rule, were following the
course OF their related stocks. The
Chesapeake and Ohio convertible 5s,
which had left off Tuesday at 1873,
started in at 1879. then fell away in
sympathy with the fresh selling in the
stock. Denver and Rio Grande West
ern 5s were one of the most active on
the list, varying over a range OF near
ly points. but for the most part dls'
playing selling power ahead OF the
buying. international Great North-
ern adjustments were off more than a
point.
There was heavy trading in Mis-
souri, -Kansas s-Texas adjustments at
lower prices. These We're changes
conforming to the fluctuations in the
speculative stock market.
Chicago and Alton 312s paid atten-
ton to the Story that during the next
few weeks the reorganization plan
would be announced and that it might
include the acceptance of an offer to
link up the company with one of the
big railway systems in the South and
Central West.
Manila Electric IS were up over Il
point and a half. Interboro Rapid
Transit refunding 5s were a fraction
higher.
The most important new offering
was $4,000 900 United States Steel
Works of Burbach hEich-Dudelange
Is. offered TO yield 7.67 per cent.
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MARKET RALLIES
ON BUYING ORDERS
Trading Goes on at Terrific
Pace in Early Hours.
Gains Large.
BU STUART p. WEST.
BY STUART L. WEST.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 31.--The sell
ing movement came abruptly to al
end in the stock market today after
some further liquidation of a left
over sort had occurred in the railway
equipment shares. The market ther
began to pick up all around and the
buying movement gained force during
the final hour. shorts hurrying tC
cover drove prices up 5 to and
even 10 points from their recent lows
The best figures were reached toward
the end. with business keeping VI
at an enormous rate.
In the industrial section sharp raj
lies occurred in stock which had beer
pressed down, such as Kresga, Allied
Chemical, American Can, Foundation
CO., General Electric and Coca-C Cola
Montgomery Ward ran up over
points. United States Rubber tha
same. Woolworth. which had dropped
off so points from the high of the
year. naturally had some margin OF
recovery. which was aVailed of when
the general list turned. Postum Cereal
ran up briSkly, and there was no con
tinuance Of the urgent pressure which
had been showing il Ward Bak-
ing "B."
This stock had broken from a high
of S5$s to 2914 within two months,
most of the loss occurring after the
Government took steps to break up
the merger Of baking companies. To.
day it was selling around 50.
After the severe selling of the previ-
Gus day railway stocks were inclined
10 recover. Chesapeake and Ohio
started in a point higher, but came off
sharply later. Baltimore and Ohio
recovered . points, Atlantic Coast
Line 312. New York Central, feel
ing the general impulse toward better
ment, rallied over points. New
York, New Haven and Hartford on
a large turnover gained more than
points.
The motor stocks bore their share
in the rally. Under leadership of
General Motors, which was selling 3
points higher ac one time, short COW
ering was active. All the early inn
provement. however. was not main
tained and in the afternoon the high
prices attracted further liquidation.
Hudson Motors, after having reached
7414. where it was more than points
up on the day. lost most OF the
Improvement Mack Trucks was
prominent in the early upturn, get
ting to 109. where it compared with
the Tuesday final of 1045s.