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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-29
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A False Alarm
Times staff Photos

LITTLE ROBERT DONAHJJE,
1904 X st. N. w, threw = great
fright into his mother when he
failed % return and 3 search,
with the aid of the police, proved
futile. This morning, however
he turned up bright and early.
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Girl Beaten at Party

THE ABOVE PHOTO-DIAGRAM gives idea of
what happened when Miss Mabel Hitchcock, 1920 Center
St W. was beaten and bruised at liquor party staged
in one of Washngton's well-knoWn office buildings
After the drincrazed had ceased their battle they
removed the girl to hospital She has sworn out war
rant against J. K. Lerch, 2145 st. n W. and he VIII
answer the charges in Police Court when Miss Hitch
cock IS able to appear against him. as 81
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Can't Hold Liquor

THE POLICE TRIAL BOARD
yesterday was asked 20 be lenient
"a the case Of Policeman Laf0ne
StarI<Weather, 81 che Third Pre-
cinct. who was accused Of being
drunk while guarding the Ru.
lnanian legation. during the visit
81 Queen Marie.
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eIm going TO throw a big
Marty tonight" said the
Stranger. And he went to
the mat with Hold
sam. AGNES.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-29

4 Happier pulled her cigarette.
And 5oIIied the slleik she'd like to get.
Yer fancy notions kept him broke.
But Il he marries her he'll see smoke.
JACK RIGGLES.
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80 xxyarTT npE TT AppEE
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cock to be present for the trial
today. But she has returned to her
home from the hospital.
Miss Hitchcock told a Washing.
ton Times reporter today that she in
tends to prosecute Lerch to the limit
I'm through with that gang.
she said.
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A scientist says that plants
hnUe sensitive feelings. Yes,
re string bean is often quite
tendey and .sttuces haze
Hearts. GENEVIEVE.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
DEAN |NGE DENIES
ETERNAL TORMENT
Christians Well Rid of Such
Teaching, Says British
TheoIogian's Article.
By the Associated Press.


LONDON. October 9.-Dean lnCe.
the gloomy DEAN" has contributed an
article to the Sunday express in which
he supports the recent declaration of
the Bishop Of Liverpool at the church
congress at Southport that Christians
no longer believe. as their grand
fathers did. in eternal punishment.
Dean lnge says this obviously il
true and is one Of the greatest changes
that Christianity has ever undergone
In the last IS years the tradition of
Is centuries has been broken Chris
tianity had been secularized as il never
was before and was becoming world
~ religion.
Among the many reasons for the
change amounting almost to revolu-
tion. Dean Inge believes the first is
that eve are shocked by the crudity
of the old pictures of bliss and tor
ment.' He thinks that the old IDEAS
of terrible eternal punishment and tor
ment were encouraged by the morbid
visions of monks. which We're sup
posed to be revelations. but are now
adays mot only unbelievable. but in
comprehensive"
I'VE shall almost all agree" he
says. that we are we'll rid of this
teaching. 1t is indeed strange that for
so many centuries the belief should
have lasted that God, whom Christ
came to reveal, is an impacable tor
t6rer"
The dean is Of the opinion that
astronomy and general scientific dis
coveries are responsible in a measure
for the abandonment of the old ideas
Of eternal punishment, and he takes
the ground that on the actual question
of eternal punishment we know moth
ing.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
''EXCUSE 1T, PLEE-UZ," MOLLIFIES
IRATE PHONE PATRON AS RULE
Girl Operator Has Conversational Tech
nique to Meet Most Situations, But
Sometimes Calls Supervisor.

When the operator exhausts her pre-
scribed vocabulary she appeals to a
supervisor or the chief operator for
assistance. Her work is Simplified
by the limitations which are imposed
upon her duties. Information regard.
ing matters other than of making a
telephone connection is politely re-
fused
An operator has no time for f1irta.
tlon or argument, and is naturally
forbidden to indulge in irrelevant
conversation. The supervisors and
chief operators. older and more ex.
perienced girls, deal gently but firmly
with obdurate subscribers.
Inc public is becoming daily more
educated in the use of the telephone,
according to the company officials.
People begin to realize that telephone
operators are human like themselves.
Inc exchanges are not Stormed on
every sort of trivial subject as they
were In the past. Common questions
stlll, despite their ban. are the time
the subjects Of national calamity or
rejoicing.
Nineteen Is Best Age.
Embryo telephone operators are ex-
amined before schooling for their
pHySlCaI ana mental ntneSS. Natural.
ly. they must have good hearing and
vision and the equivalent Of a high
school education. Statistics show that
10 is the most adaptable age for
learning the work. The employment
Of bachelor girls Is encouraged, al.
though the older and more stable mar
ried women are usually employed on
the night shifts.
The major operating errors are
wrong numbers, cutoffs, double con-
nections, and false no answer or busy
reports. Continual supervision and
coaching tend to minimize the hui
man equation and margin of error
Upon acceptance by the telephone
company, the girls undergo a two
weeks schooling on dummy switch.
boards and at the classroom black.
boards, then an additional fort nightly
probation in an exchange beside older
girls. During their apprenticeship, the
girls are allowed to handle only one
call at a time until they acquire the
necessary confidence.
The finished product, therefore, is
a model Of propriety, tact, agility,
graciousness, and solicitude. or tries
hard to be. 1t behooves the house.
wife and executive to smile over the
telephone. The operator will react
more expeditiously to your CHEEKY de-
n1andS.
Number plee-uz."
Evening star., 1926-10-10
RAIL RATE CREATES
BAR TO SOME COAL
West Virginia Fuel Value
Wiped Out as Competitor
in New England Field.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October Coal from
West Virginia, if given gratis to New
England consumers, could not com
pete in price with that from the Penn
Sylvania fields. due to present freight
rates, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission Investigating bitum!nous
freight rates. was told today.
j. ID. Heffernan. director of traffic
Tor the Sooville Manufacturing Co.
of Waterbury. Conn, testified that
rates from southern West Nirg nia
90 points on the Boston and Maine
Railroad are at least S2.10 higher
than rates from the Cleartield. Pa.
district TO the same points. The diff
ferential, he explained. being Is to
81 cents higher than the fob. mine
selling price of the most valuable
low-volatile. run.of- mine coal produced
in Pennsylvania.
He urged the commission to fix
rates for the all-rail shipment of un-
prepared coal from West Virginia to
New England. At present the rates
cover only three kinds of prepared
coal from southern West Virginia.
Mr. Ileffernan was called as a wit.
ness by w. j. Larkin. who is repre-
scntinS the public utilities of the
State Of Connecticut at the hearing
Other witnesses heard today were
Benjamin Campbell. vice president of
the New York. New Haven and Hart.
lord Railroad. and J. L. Dempsey.
general freight agent OF the Central |
Vermont Railroad who opposed anv
reduction of the all-rail rates from the
Pennsylvania fields.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
100000 PERSONS ADDED
TO GERMAN LABOR CLASS
More People Working Than Ever
Before Is Latest Report
From Berlin.
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN. October 9.--The Ger
man people are working today as
never before. Approximately 1000, 900
more persons are earning their living
than before the war, Notwithstanding
The fact that 10000 unemployed
are supported by doles and despite
the tremendous reduction in the
standing army.
Where so per cent of the entire
population was employed in gainful
pursuits in 1918. government reports
show more than 70 per cent so EN-
ploved today. Yet the per capita in
come is only $500 a year. The great
middle class, whose income from in
Vestments enabled it to live comfort
ably without working before the war,
was virtually wiped out by the infia.
ton of the mark. Daughters and
sons Of army officers. owners Of
landed estates and others who
thought il beneath their dignity to
work have now been forced to help
support their families. But even now
there are 641 men for every new job
open to men and 424 women for every
Job in which women are wanted.
Evening star., 1926-10-10

Ever notice how those telephone
operators always have a smooth and
ready answer for any question you
may put?
How the Voice with the Smile will
warble Excuse it. plee-uz" when you
ask, exasperatingly, why the deuce
she rang the wrong number.
Or will say, "I-yam trying to com
plete your call" when you ask her
wherein blazes she's been for the last
half hour.
It comes easy for the girls with
the smiling voices. this business of
turning away wrath with soft an
swers-thanks to a clever assortment
of canned" conversation provided
for them by telephone officials.
Trained to Be Courteous.
conversational technique" they
call it, and each operator is thorough
ly trained in it before being permit
technique, designed to promote
speed, accuracy and courtesy, is car
ried to such a fine point that the
operator, taught to adhere strictly
to the cut.and-dried type of response,
will turn a persistent inquirer over
to special operator when she finds
that her array of canned" answers
won't fit the poser" in question.
conversational technique" is not
the only requisite Of a trained
operator. Enunciation is one of the
prime qualifications Of applicants for
positions. They must articulate their
vowels. "AIay-un," flower" "fy-uf'
and "ny-un." Gum chewing and slut
tering candidates are disbarred.
Jangling and entangling bracelets are
also taboo. They may, however, hang
their vanity cases on hooks under
their stools, for reference during the
recess periods. Each operator carries
her own headgear, receiver and
mouthpiece, which is sterilized daily
How does the operator react to her
environment? How does she cope with
the vagaries and opportunities of the
person at the other end Of the wire!
Number. plee-uz" she MARBLES. You
humble the desired number. What
number. plee-uz," she pleads You
repeat the number, for which she
thanks YOU in honeyed' tones. Or
failing again to understand. she par
ries, Zone moment, plee-uz." Then
another voice, the supervisors, un
ravels the tongue-tied lines.
Routine Phrases Employed.
Routine phrases have been perfect
ed to fit most every eventuality.
Evening star., 1926-10-10

operate the boy patrol system. Boy
Scouts are scattered throughout Wash
ington schools. They have been given
special instruction already in safety
measures respecting traffic. When the
boy patrol idea spreads to the other
schools, it is expected that the ranks
of the patrolmen will be swelled with
Boy Scout. volunteers already ac-
quainted with the essentials Of the
duties to be performed.
Another Of the interlocking safety
measures is the city-wide survey and
chief Of police, who has tabulatede 43
danger spots" in Washington affect
ing school children traffic, which were
announced in yesterdays Star. Dur
ing the coming week the police will
give special attention to these points.
Maj Hesse will make personal OBJ
servations at many Of them. Remedial
measures developed during the model
safety experiment at the Thomson
School will be adopted wherever
practical and wherever police work
Is concerned at these points, Maj.
HesSe stated.
Interest tomorrow will center on
the developments at the Thomson
School, where already Traffic Director
Eldridge. upon recommendation Of
Maj. Hesse, has put into effect a park
ing ban on the west side of Twelfth
street, Massachusetts avenue to l.
street, because of the danger Of such
parked cars to children. The ban ap-
plies during school days. This step
was recommended because cars swing
ing across the signal light intersec-
ton at Massachusetts avenue and
picking up after the stop caused by
the lights were in such position that
all possible visibility for approaching
school children was deemed needed,
and also because parked cars obscured
the warning School" sign at the
curbing.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
PASSES TO MOVIE STAGE
Anneliese Ullhorn of Wiesbaden,
Feminine Devotee of Art, Now
Under Screen Name.

DIV the Associated fTcSs
BERLIN. October 9.-From doctor
of philosophy, with her major thesis
the history OF art. TO movie stage
IS the career OF Anneliese Cllhorn of
Wieshaden. Her screen name is
Christa Tordy.
Christa's cousin. Mady Christians.
is a popular film actress. Christa
acted as Mady's secretary While she
was a student al Berlin University.
Christa. after leaving Berlin Univer-
sity, attended Breslau University.
where she passed her doctors degree
three months ago at the age of "e@.
When she returned 10 Berlin
Christa. through the efforts of Mady,
was starred in His Big Case" de-
tective story. the film OF which was
relea sed in connection with the inter
national exposition now going on in
Berlin. Christa's father is a wealthy
manufacturer Of chemicals. Her late
uncle. Rudolf Christians. was one of
the leading actors in former Emperor
Williams Court Theater.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
GREAT GAMBLING
RESORT PLANNED
Frank Jay-GouId and French
Hote! Man to Build Ex-
elusive Casino.

PARIS, October 9.-Representativ
of Frank Jay Gould. the American
capitalist. and NJ. Aletti, French hotel
proprietor, have startled Europe with
the announcement that they are plan
ming to build Europe's most luxurious
ard most exclusive gaming palace on
the 5000, 0,000-franc site they recently
purchased on the Promenade des An
giles. Nice. The original plans calling
for the erection of a de luxe hotel
have been discarded. Mr.. Gould is at
present a heavy stockholder in the
Casino of Juan les Pins.
The new casino will be unique on
the Riviera, as 1t will be practically
closed club. catering only to the very
wealthy. Application has been made
for a no-limit baccarat play license.
The structure will be furnished as
luxurious American private club,
with swimming pools and a garage in
the basement, g. subterranean passage
to the beach, private salons, gaming
rooms and a private hotel for the use
Of members on the upper two floors.
Although Mr.. Gould is the only
American actively interested in such
Riviera. it is reported that a group
OF British financiers are planning to
build rival Monte Carlo on the out
skirts Of Monaco.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
McCARTER AND BRIDE
ARE FOUND IN RETREAT
Former Baroness Robert DEF
langer Living in Seclusion of
New York Hotel.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 9.-George w.
C. McCarter of Newark and Redbank.
n. j.. and his wife. the former Baron
ess Robert D'Erlanger. are living in
seclusion at a hotel here after their
marriage at the municipal building
August II by City Clerk Michael J.
Cruise, it was learned tonight
McCarter is the fifth husband Of the
former Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt.
Mrs. Dorothy Parker McCarter Of
New Brunswick. N. j.. his wife, re-
Gently obtained Il Paris divorce on the
ground Of abandonment. He is the
son Of Robert Fl. McCarter, former
attorney general of New Jersey and
chief in the New Jersey Hall-Mills
murder case. Members of the family
refused to confirm existence Of the
marriage when it was first reported
today.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
.FLlCKERLESS SCREEN
PROJECTION A REALITY
Bv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 9.--Flicker.
less screen projection is an established
fact at the Capitol Theater.
The Mechau projectors are respon-
sible. Other projection machines are
of the intermittent type Of movement.
They have a revolving shutter, which
means that the screen Is illuminated
actually only one.half Of the time. The
Mechau protector Is shutterless. There
is no Pickering Of light because the
screen IS constantly illuminated. In
addition to giving more brilliance to
the screen, it produces an almost ster-
eoscopic effect in the picture.
OF further significance to the spec
tator is the removal of the complaint
OF sitting too close to the screen.
With the elimination Of the f1ickering
the picture can be observed at close
range without experiencing any dis
comfort to the eyes.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
CHINESE TROUBLES END
TERRITORIAL PARLEY
Negotiations Of, Due to Inability
to Determine Who's Who,
Strawn Explains.
Ry the Assocjated Press.

BY the Assoclated Press.
CHICAGO. October 9.-Silas Strawn,
American representative to the extra
territoriality and customs conferences
In China declared on his return home
today that further negotiations are
impossible for the present because Of
the difficulty of knowing who and
what the Chinese government is and
where il has its seat.
The customs conference ''petered
out" he said. Eleven nations were
expected to be represented; eight ar
rived in Peking. but left Immediately.
Only three actually met, but they ad-
journed without accomplishing any
thing. he explained.
Mr.. Strawn will report TO the Presi-
dent at Washington shortly on the
eXtraterrit oriality conference.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
FALSE ALARMS ANNOY.

BERLIN. October Q Opl.--Fooling
the Fire Department by turning in
false alarms has become such sport
In Berlin that the police have been
lying awake nights thinking up some
method of stopping the nuisance.
Hans Schwaieer has constructed a
device by which the f1inger-prints of
the person turning the knob in the
alarm box will be taken automatically.
The invention has been tried out in
several smaller cities with success.
and will probably he introduced in
Berlin.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
HUGE CUP SHOWN
TO YOUNG ORATORS
'6-Inch Trophy to Be Pre-
sented to Winner of Inter.
national Finals Oct. IS.

The International finalists who are
already in Washington, iierbert
Moran OF Canada. Jose MunoZ Gotta
" Mexico and William Mead IS New
on of England. yesterday saw for the
first time the 26-inch loving cup for
which the representatives of the five
participating nations will compete in
the final meeting Of the international
Orator,cal Contest for 1925. to he held
in the Washington Auditorium on
October Is.
The cup. which reached contest
headquarters yesterday. was shown
to the finalists by Miss Myrtle Posey.
who represented The Washington Star
In the contest this year and who, be.
eau. of the fact that she won second
place in the national finals last June.
Is the alternate TO Herbert Wenig.
national champion. in case Mr..
Wenig should for any reason be un-
able to speak In the international
finals next week. Miss Posey would
represent the United States.
There is no doubt. however. that
the Hollywood orator. who won the
national championship last June, Will
he here and in fine condition for the
final competition. He has been rest
ing at his aunt's home at Great Neck.
Long Island. for the last week. hav-
ing gone there after the luncheon
given in honor of the party return
Ing from Mexico by prominent citi-
zers of Chicago week before last. MI .
Wenig will return to Washington to-
morrow afternoon.
Finalists to Occupy Box.
The French spokesman. Maxine
Raymond Puel of Nancy. France Will
reach Washington on Wednesday.
He will be the only contestant who
will not have had a considerable rest
in Washington prior to the strenuous
competition for international honors,
The national finalists of 1926 in the
contest in the United States will be
we'll represented at the contest and
will occupy a special box together.
Those who will be in the box will ne
Miss Myrtle Posey. United States
alternate; Thomas Cleary of Philadel-
phia, Joseph Mullarky of Augusta, Ga.
Ann Hardin Of Louisville, KY, and
Miss Ruth Newburn, who represented
The Washington Star area in the 1874
contest and tied for first place on the
first ballot. that year.
Coast Enthusiast Coming.
Among prominent out-of-town visi-
tors who are coming a considerable
distance to attend the international
finals will be Benjamin Franklin AT
fleck, chairman of the citizens COM
mittee. which gave the elaborate
luncheon TO the international finalists
in Chicago recently. He will be accom-
panied by his wife. Mr.. Affleck is the
president Of the Universal Portland
Cement Co, and one of the most inf1u-
entail business men in Chicago.
Mr.. 10 S. Joplin, manager of the
Better American Federation Of Cali
fornia, which has taken a lively inter-
est in the contest from it's beginning,
is making a special trip for the pur-
pose of attending the meeting. He Will
reach Washington on Thursday
Evening star., 1926-10-10
Odd Effect Caused
By Crossed Swords
In Floral Desi ON

BY thu Associated Press
LONDON. October 9.--The little
patch of a flower garden in st.
Paul'S churchyard in which a
lowered text, chosen each year by
the dean. is grown. has taken on
added interest to Londoners and
visitors. In this years floral de-
sign there are two crossed swords
over shield. Several persons as
sert that at nightfall they have
seen one Of the swords rise and
stand upright as they passed.
The beadle who looks after the
garden says a possible explana
tion of the illusion is that as the
ground slopes away from the road.
the sword. composed Of silver
leafed Alpine plant. appears to lift
and meet a fast approaching OBJ
server, such as bus passenger.
The silver-leafed Alpine plants
are particularly conspicuous late at
night because Of the glistening of
the leaves wet with dew
Evening star., 1926-10-10
Lyon Village Citizens Called.
atch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LYON VILLAGE, Va, October g.
The Lyon Village Citizens Association
will hold its regular monthly meeting
in the office Of Lyon & Fitch, Inc, on
the Lee Highway Wednesday night at
o'clock. Plans for the. Winter pro.
gram of activities will be discussed
Monroe Fl. Stockett, president. will
preside.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
Many Vacancies
In Army Air Corps:
Shifts Are Planned
BY ,he Associated Press

Vacancies in al grades hut one
OF the Army Ar Corps commits
stoned personnel have swelled TO
such proportions that the Wa De
partnent has decided 30 notify of
fice.s in other branches that thief.
appica ions for transfer TO the Air
Service viii he favorably consid-
cred.
The department also has decided
TO put inlo iEmediate effect the
plan. recently approved by con
gress, which permits the tenn
porsry detail to the Air Service of
officers belonging 20 other combat
branches. This detail of outside
personnel ii is planned to familiar
ize Infantry, Artillery and special
service officers with air problems.