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Evening star., 1926-06-14
CHRIST NOW CHRISTENING"
COMING, SAYS DR.. BESANT
By the Associated Frees.

By the Associated Fress.
LONDON, June 14.-Dr. Anne
Besant. president of Theosophical
Society. says that Christ is hasten
ing his coming slightly" to take the
body of Krishnamurti, the young
Indian. who was recognized at the
convention of the Theosophists in Lon.
don last Saturday as a new world
teacher"
DR. Besant. according to the Daily
Sketch, asserts that Christ is still liv-
ing in physical body in the Hilma-
laya Mountains and that she has
heard Him say He Is coming. Certain
things had happened which placed the
fact to her beyond dispute.
we had thought His coming would
have been later. DIR. Besant added.
"Rut the world is In a state of crises
which may have led Him to use
the words that He IS Fastening coming
slightly. We are now talking quite
plainly so that Christ may not have
the same treatment lie had in Pales-
tine $500 years ago. One does not use
the words / am using at my age and
with my past without sincerity,
Evening star., 1926-06-14
Dry Agents Shoveling Coal ON Ship Find
IL Cases of Liquor Buried in Bunkers
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 14.-Seek-
ing to enforce the Federal prohibition
laws, eight customs officials turned
coal beavers yesterday and for several
hours toiled in the hunkers of the
British stea mer Exeter City Twelve
ca ses of whisky was their reward.
Accompanied by DIR. WV. Chap
man. chief medical inspector, the
officials had gone aboard to examine
the cargo. Everything was all right
until they entered the bunkers and
began jabbing into the piles of coal
with long, sharp-pointed steel rods.
DIR. Chapman's rod struck a sus-
picious object.
Evening star., 1926-06-14

captain to order his crew to shovel
away the coal. The request was re-
fused. and the customs men pitched
in.
The heat was almost unbearable.
Coal dust rose thick. Hats were dis
carded. then coats and ties and in
some cases shirts. When the task
was finished, and the liquor lowered
to a revenue cutter. the customs men
we're covered with SCOT and dust and
all but played out. Smiles were on
the faces of the Exeter City's crew
as the Government officials left the
ship Capt. Reese. master of the
vessel, was summoned to appear be-
fore the collector of the port to eX-
plain the presence of the whisky.
Evening star., 1926-06-14
JUDICIARY SQUARE
URGED FOR COURT
Fine Arts Body Recommends
Site Between E and F
Streets for Police.

Location ot the proposed new Po-
lice Court Building between f and
F streets in Judiciary square, Is
recommended by Charles Moore,
chairman of the Commission Of Fine
Arts, in report to Chairman Capper
of the Senate District committee to-
day.
The cost of the building the com
mission has in mind would he 81 ,000.-
900. Mr.. Moore said. That amount.
he said, would he entirely for con.
Sttuctton, no ornamental features
being contemplated
at would he impossible" Mr..
Moore continued. ito design a more
simple building than the commission
contemplates.'
Deplores Present Building.
The chairman of the commission
characterized the existing Police
Court Building as inadequate and
dirty. adding that it cannot he kent
clean and that it is impossible to
prevent the herding of all sorts and
conditions of people
Mr.. Moore said the plan of 1901 con.
templates the assembling of all Dis.
trict of Columbia courts in Judiciary
Square. He went over the ground
in the square with Chief Justice Nc
Coy Of the District Supreme Court
and Judge Schuldt of Police Court.
after which. he said I'VE were all
agreed that the most convenient loca-
ton for the building would he in the
space between E and F streets as
prolonged into the square"
TLa pzlt r,,t D,,t1l
vised, should stand on line with
the Court Of Appeals structure and
should he of the same character
archtecturally and structurally, but
could he longer. The location recon-
mended would save the beautiful elm
trees along Fifth street.
Will Meet Thursday.
Mr.. Moore said the Fine Arts Com
mission would meet Thursday and that
the report he made to the Senate
committee to-day is in line with the
ideas of the commission as already
expressed.
The bill containing legislative
authority for new Police Court
Building has passed the House and
the Senate committee has been wait
ing for the views of the Fine Arts
body before acting. The matter may
he considered when the committee
meets this afternoon. Senator Sackett
of Kentucky is in charge Of the bill.
The District committee at it's meet
ing this afternoon will consider the
bill providing for the annual instead
Of biennial assessment of real estate
in the District, the measure to create
a parole commission In the District
and the bill to authorize a nurses
home at Columbia Hospital.
Evening star., 1926-06-14
STILL BLAST KILLS
TWO KENTUCK|ANS
One Residence Wrecked and
Another Damaged-Loss
Estimated at $4,000.
Rr the Associated Press.


LOUISVILLE. Ky. June Il L0-
Two men died here yesterday of burns
when 900. gallon still exploded.
virtually destroyed one residence and
damaged another, and uncovered what
police called evidence of an alchol re.
distillfng and moonshining plant
operated on a wholesala scale.
Houses were shaken by the force
of the explosion and hundreds Of per
sons went to the scene The men. who
gave their names as s, s. Scott and
]. l.. Anderson. were found with their
clothing ahlaze and We're taken to p
hospital.
Police said one of the rented
residence contained an achol distillinC
plant and the other moonshine out
fit. The two houses we're connected
by pipes. Loss by explosion and fire
that followed was estimated at $40 600.
Evening star., 1926-06-14
ELLA C. BUTLER DIES.
Was Daughter of Late Rev. DR..
j. G.. Butler.

Miss Ella C. Butler. daughter Of
the late Rev. DIR. J. G. Butler. for
many years pastor of the Luther
Place Memorial Church. died at her
residence in the Cathedral Mansions
Yesterday. She has been In falling
health for several wears. but had
been seriously i'll only short while.
Funeral services will he conducted
at the home of her sister. Mrs
Philip q. Affleck. in the same apart
ments, tomorrow afternoon at :30
o'clock. Interment will he in the
family lot In Oak Hill cemetery.
Resides her sister, Miss Butter is
survived ny two brothers. Rev.
Charles II. Butler. pastor of the
Columbia Heights Lutheran Church.
and DIR. William X. Butler. also of
this city.
Evening star., 1926-06-14
HOFFMAN HEARS SERMON
Jailed Cook County Sheriff Rests
Fine on Cell Cot, He Says.

CHICAGO. June IA CP.-Sheriff
Peter NJ. Hoffman Of Cook County at
tended church services in the Wheaton
County Jail yesterday, where he is
serving 30-day Federal sentence for
contempt for allowing extraordinary
privileges to Terry Druggan and
Frank Lane, Chicago beer runners,
while they We're prisoners in the Cook
County Jail.
LAS good a rest as ever had" Hoff-
man announced upon awaking this
morning.
Evening star., 1926-06-14
Asquith Is Ill.

LONDON, June IA, R.-Lord Ok.
ford and Asquith. leader of the Lib.
eral party. is Ill with influenza. It is
not believed his condition is serious,
but 1t seems likely that his Illness
will prevent him from attending an
important meeting of the Liberal Fed
GRAFTON to be held at Weston-Supre-
Mare this week.
Evening star., 1926-06-14

Conklin,. alias Howard Miller. false
'pretences: Max w. Thompson, alias
George Conklin C cases.. forgery
and uttering: Jeff W. Rose. forgery
and utering: Peter Tolson, Earl J.
Soffee, Clinton H. Martin. George
Smith. alias Bill Smith and John
Westley Evans. joy-riding: Curley
Foote. Frank Webster Richardson,
Bernard j. Quinn. William Dixon and
minor child: William Dixon and Ed
Edward W. Robertson. none-support:
Paul Bradford, vic. Sec. AZ of penal
code; George s. Quigley. mayhem:
William Little and Robert SotsilarA.
carnal. knowledge.
Evening star., 1926-06-14
2 DIE AS AUTO PLUNGES.
Drowned When. Car Goes Off Open
Span Near Las Olah Beach.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, June
Ia GP).-Two men were drowned here
yesterday when their automobile
plunged from an open bridge near
Las Olah Beach. Alias Flauin, IS. Of
Fort Lauderdale. was ri 1ned beneath
the wreckage. Thomas &. Butler. IS,
of Oliver Springs. Tenn, escaped from
the closed car but drowned in the
swift current. F'laum apparently did
not see the open span and drove his
automobile off into 1G feet of water.
Evening star., 1926-06-14
ATTEMPTED JAIL
BREAKERS INDICTED
Six Charged With Assault
With Intent to Kill by
Grand Jury.

Assault with intent to kill is
charged in an indictment returned to-
day by the grand jury against the six
negroes who made an unsuccessful at
tempt June 4 to escape from the Dis
trict Jail. Those accused are Denzie
Jackson, Henry Valentine. George Lit
tie. Horace Turner. Amos Curtis and
William Jasper. They are alleged to
have attacked Mathew s. BranaCan.
a fall guard. with a dangerous wea pom.
intending to kill him.
According to confessions. said to
have been obtained by Maj. W. l..
Peak from the men. Denzie Jackson
was the ringleader. and the men We're
gathered in a single cell when Brana =
gan attempted to send one of them to
another cell. Valentine. it is stated.
struck the guard over the head with
an iron support which had heen
wrenched from the cell bunk through
the combined strength of the men.
Little is also said to have confessed
to striking Rranagan. but the other
men denied they laid hands on him.
Prisoners Baked Attempt.
Several prisoners, including Frank
Dane. prize fight promoter. and John
Middleton. a lifer. rushed to the aid
of the guard and the fighting prison
ers were overcome.
Thirty other indictments were re-
ported by the grand jurors to Justice
Bailey in Criminal Division /. and
charges against II others were ig-
nored. Among those exonerated were
August Haag, who had been charged
with shooting his wife, Irene Haag.
as she sat on the porch of her home,
4
talking with another man, who for
merly boarded at her home. A charge
of homicide against Ella Holmes, col
ored.. in connection with the death
of John Sheriff.. also colored. May
8. was dropped. Other cases ignored
include James w. Williamson. Joy
riding: Richard Hunt. grand larceny
Uwo cases.; George. F. Mcintyre and
Chester O. Diven, violating national
auto theft act Minority Owens and
Mary Clarke, assa ut; William Green.
violating .Volstead act. and George
Murphy, violating Harrison anti-nar
cotic law.
Other Indictments Returned.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are:
Leonard G.. Copeland. Lillian
Bowie, Charles r. Johnson and Harry
Smith, assault with a dangerous
weapon; Harry Smith, robbery:
George F. Meade, Moses Howard,
James Clinton Dyer, Russell w. Day,
Albert w. HUI: (. George E.. Hunt,
Emmett r. Hui'rf and George F.
Wood, grand larce..'; Thomas West,
Joseph Schriver. Walter Willis,
James l.. Jackson and Henry L.
Woolley. housebreaking and larceny:
Max w. Thompson, alias George
Evening star., 1926-06-14
GETS GERMAN MEDAL.
Neutral Red Cross Nurse With
Army to Be Honored.

20 IANItVI INNs
Miss Barbara Sandmaier of the
Falkstone' Courts Apartment is to
receive a medal, through the Ameri-
can Red Cross, from the German Red
Cross for her service as a neutral
Red Cross nurse with the German
army during the early part of the
World War. -
The medal Is one of about 80 or
more medals to be awarded, several
of the awards already having heen
made, but the German and Austrian
Red Cross. being unable to locate
several of the nurses. is forwarding
Ia medals to the American Red Cross
for the latter organization to present
to the proper parties.
Evening star., 1926-11-18
The Annual Evenf-N0o0
Sale Of Fur Coats

An event to give the JOY OF a new coat
Thanksgiving games at price which is less
could have possibly expected. A fur expert will
to instruct and advise you on the subject of furs
preservation.
$l3o to $l59 Fur Coats. Sealine (dyed
coney), Mendoza beaver pony, korova, kidskin.
Handsomely trimmed in contrasting furs or
self collars. Beautifully lined. Sizes for all :
figures
$1o5 to $3.50 Fur Coats. Sealine, pony,
caracul paw, opossum muskrat, Mendoza y
beaver, marmot, leopardine (stenced kidd
With contrasting fur trims. All sizes
$3.50 to $3.50 Fur Coats. Silver muskrat,
caracul paw, caracul kid marmot, blonde & !
pony sealine dyed coney) and raccoon y
(size 10y. Beautifully fur trimmed. Ex-
quisite. Innings. All sizes.
Evening star., 1926-11-18
Pretty Linen Towels
Embroidered in COlOrS, 49C

Beautifully haudsOorked
stitches fine linen
Excellent bargains for the home linen closet,
or for gifts to those who have homes to keep up.
A good size for general use, 15x22 inches.
FIoorT The Co
Evening star., 1926-11-18
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Sl9955

Third Floor. The Hecht co.,
Evening star., 1926-11-18
w OOl Double
Blanke cts
$3.50 Pair

Beautiful block plaids III rose, blue, tan,
orchid and gray. For large double beds
A remarkable value Heavy deep body yet
wonderfully soft and light Pure new wool in
both warp and filling, Clear colors which
matched in the sateen bindings. The weather
is getting colder every mnute-you need these
blankets now!
Evening star., 1926-09-15
OVER 5 MILLION SETS,
$50 STATIONS, IN U. S.
Nearly 100000 Receivers in
World in Last Five Years,
Says Commerce Survey.

Between IL and Is million radio re-
ceiving sets have been placed in op-
GRAFTON throughout the world in the
past five years, according to a sur
vey made by the electrical equipment
division Of the Department of Com
merce. OF this number. almost half,
or between 100000 and 6.000,0 900 re-
ceivers. are in use in the United
States.
The number of broadcasting sta
tons Of the world, according to the
survey, is now approximately 800. with
$50 of them operated in the United
States. Many OF the foreign broadcast
STATIONS, it was explained, are under
construction and still others are used
only infrequently for broadcast pur-
poses.
or the receiving sets Of the world
considerably more than half are OF
United States manufacture.
With the development that is OK
pected in the radio manufacturing
Evening star., 1926-09-15
8TOBROADCAST
BANQUET ON RADIO
Vice President Dawes to Be
Principal Speaker on Pro-.
gram Tonight.

ThirtyiSiX broadca sting stations, in
cluding WRC. will unite in transmit
ting the addresses and entertainment
to be presented tonight at the Radio
Industries banquet. from the Hotel
Astor in New Work City.
The principal speaker will be Vice
President Charles G.. Dawes and the
entertainment program is expected to
be the greatest ever broadcast in the
United States.
. Among the artists and entertainers
who will be heard on the program VIII
be Mary Lewis, soprano of the Metro
politan Opera Co: Reinald Nerren-
rath. baritone, both of whom Will De
presented under the auspices or A.
Atwater Kent; the Capitol Theater
Family. the Royal Salon Orchestra,
the Ipana Troubadours. the EvereaoH
Mixed Quartet, the Victor Revelers,
the Victor Salon Orchestra, the Che.
allot Club E.skimoes. Sam n Henry
and the Happiness Candy Boys. Inc
program will start at CLOCK.
Paul r. klugh, executive chairman
of the National Association or Broao
casters, will preside as toastmaSter at
the dinner, and Maj. Andrew Nhite.
pioneer radio announcer, VIII serve as
master of ceremonies and introduce
the entertainment program.
The prebanquet program oil WhN
will consist of two regular FEATURES
the Emerson Ensemble, presented ny
The Emerson Drug Co. of Baltimore.
and the Davis SaXophone Octet'
which will be broadcast Jointly with
station WEAF from New York.
The sports resume will open the
evening entertainment at 6:25.
Evening star., 1926-09-15
WRC-RadiO Corporation of America
1855 Meters.)


1870 p.m.-Play-by-play account OF
the Washington Detroit double.header
base ball games.
) to p.m.--Concert by the United
states Marine Band, Capt. William
II. Santelmann, band leader: Taylor
Branson, second leader: broadcast
from the plaza of the Capitol.
6:25 p.ms-Base ball scores.
$50 p.m.-Emerson ensemble.
7:30 p.m.-Davis SaXophone Octet,
broadcast from WEAF', New York.
8 to IL. pm.-Radio industries ban
tiuet, broadcast Jointly with WEAF
and 80 other stations.
Early Program Tomorrow.
6:45 to 7:45 a.m.--Tower health eX-
ercises, broadcast with tTEAt' from
the Metropolitan Tower, New York
City.
l1:55 am.-Arlington time signals.
t2 noon-Organ recital by Marian
Reed, broadcast from the Homer l..
Kit studio.
1870 p.m.--Play-by-p play account of
the Washington Detroit double header
base ball game.
Evening star., 1926-09-15

ments, w r A and f have become the
four most familiar call letters to the
Nations 10000 900 radio listeners.
OF the million dollars paid for the
station. it is believed that at least
four-fifths was for good will and the
privilege OF continuing the use OF the
lines of the A. T.. & L. for the inter
connection of other stations on the
WEAF Chain
The future of WEAF', incorporated
now as the National BrOadcasting
Company. will thus be watched with
considerable interest by the remainder
of the $50 United States broadcasting
stations. in which have been sunk con
siderable investments.
Evening star., 1926-09-15
Bandit Bee Never Reforms.
Bees have, everything except h

Bees have, everything except hos
pitals and tails. says Mrs. Hamilton,
bee woman, according TO Capper's
Magazine. They have no hospitals be-
cause illness Is q, crime punishable
by immediate execution. There are
bandit bees. but bee policemen guard
the hive entrance and drive the rob-
bers away. A bandit bee, says Mrs.
Hamilton, never reforms-like some
human bandits we know. Bees have
storage houses. water plants and nur-
| series. where bee babies are fed on a
special mixture Of honey and water.
| humble bees. or other aliens that in
wade q hive, are. Immediately killed
nd the bodies thrown out A mouse
Evening star., 1926-09-15
.S1,O)O,0()D RECORD
PRICE FOR WEAF
Long Time May EIapse Be-
fore Another Brings So
High a Figure. :

The price of 81, 900 ,000,- paid by the
Radio Corporation of America for sta.
ton WEAF', sets a new high record in
sales Of broadcasting plants which, it
it believed, will stand for good many
years. t
|. In selling out for such price. the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Co. is viewed as being able to retire
from broadcasting activities with a
financial as well as scientific success
to it's credit
Far Exceeds Former Prices.
Formerly quarter Of a million dol
lars was considered a fancy price for
almost any up-and. coming broadcast
ing station, and in only two or three
instances has it been reported as the
approximate amount involved in the
transfer of transmitter, equipment
and good will. A half million was
more recently rumored to be the price
set by the owners of one Of the lead
ing stations in the Middle West for
it's outfit, but NO bids were forth
coming.
WEAF', however, has held an en-.
viable position in the broadcasting
fraternity, and, despite the greater
power output of some of the other
plants, has for many years been
looked upon an the most desirable sta.
ton in the world. With the telephone
lines of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Co. at its disposal. with its
great array Of commercial broadcast
ers booked for continuous programs
and its record of having led the way in
many of radios greatest achieve
Evening star., 1926-09-15
Old Greek Letter Society.

Phi Beta Kappa is the Oldest Greek
letter society in America 1t was
founded December 5, 1916. at William
and Mary College, and had established
chapters at Yale, Harvard and Dart
mouth before 1900. 1t was originally
secret and social in character. but
gradually this was dropped and the
fraternity became what it is today
an honorary society, membership in
which is conferred at graduation or
shortly before upon those students who
stand for "Philosophia Biou Kobar-
netes." TO be chosen is a high scho-
1hstic honor. Women as well as men
may belong. The Greek letters, Phi
Beta Kappa. stand for philosophy
Biou kubernetas." meaning 'philoso-
ply. the guide of life The emblem
i a small gold watchkey.
Evening star., 1926-09-15
Local Radio Entertainment
Wednesday, Sept. IS, 1926.

NAA-NavaI Radio Station, Radio,
Va. (4344 Meters).
3:45 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
9:55 p.m-Time signals.
1905 p.m--Weather Bureau reports.
WMAI-Washingt Radio Forum
(2l2.6 Meters).
Silent.
xVDr- Radin CnrrorafiO,t Of America
Evening star., 1926-09-15

business during the coming year. the
number of receiving sets in the United
States will probably total 100000 by
the end of 1927, according to esu-
mates made by members of the in
dIlStry
Evening star., 1926-09-15
Portable Stations Licensed.

Three new portable radio stations.
to be used for special and expert
mental purposes. have been licensed
by the Department of Commerce
They are 6XAM, Los Angeles; nc.
Seattle, and 6XAZ. San Diego.
Evening star., 1926-09-15

IL stung to death, but being too large
to eject IS sealed In a tomb more en-.
during than King: Tut's. Honey ia
not sweet, says Mrs. Hamilton. 1t is
an acid that seems sweet.
Evening star., 1926-09-15

The Columbia Missourian says that
the fiapper believes that brevity is the
spice OF life.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-11
PuRIIC MOTTO e.

SEALED BIDS will be received by
the Board of Chosen Freeholders of
the County of Atlantic at IL o'clock
Noon eastern Daylight saving
time) on May u, 1926, at a regular
meeting of the said Board, to be
held in the Assembly Room on the
7th floor of the Guarantee Trust
Building, Atlantic City. N. j., for a
three story ire-proof separate Unit
addition to the Female Ward of the
County Hospital for the Insane,
Mortified, N. J., according to the
plans and specifications on file n the
office of s.. Hudson Vaughn, Archi-
tect, Room 642 Guarantee Trust
Building, Atlantic City. N. j.. where
said plans may be seen, said bids are
to be opened and read in public at
the aforesaid time and place. -Four
separate bids will be received on the
four separate sections or groups OF
the work to be done, as follows:
Construction Group No.
.GToup ~
Electric Wiring ........ Group NO. 3
Heating Group No. 4
Each bid must be accompanied by
a certified check payable to Enoch
L. Johnson, County Treasurer, or
cash in the amount of ten per cent.
of the bid but in no case to be less
than $4,000
The certified check accompanying
each bid is intended as a guarantee
that if the contract is awarded to
the bidder he will enter into a con-
tract with said Board of Chosen
Freeholders and give bond as requir-
ed by specifications, and if for any
reason the successful bidder should
fail or refuse to execute the contract
and bond as required, the certified
check accompanying a bid be-
comes the property of the County
and the proceeds of said check de-
posted to the credit of said County
Treasurer.
All checks will be returned within
opened excepting the checks of the
lowest bidder on each section or
group of the work. Such award of
contracts will be subject TO the sale
and delivery of bonds to be issued
for the purpose of financing the i'm
provement. The right is reserved to
reject any Or all bids. Attention is
directed to the form of bid, certif1-
cate of Surety, contract and bond
covering the proposed work, which
are on file in the office of S. Hudson
Vaughn. Architect, aforesaid, and all
bids must be made on Bidding
Forms as provided under Section
"a" of the specifications. If the bid
der fails to state the name of Surety
that will go on his bond, the bid will
be considered irregular.
BY order of the Board of Chosen
Freeholders Of the County of ATTAIN
tic.
FRED w. WILLETTS, Clerk.
Dated April rs, 1926.