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Evening star., 1926-04-06
BUSINESS INSTRUCTION.

PENNSYLVANIA Ave. at 23d st.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
j R c T UNIFIED
BUS CONTROL

Four resolutions have been adopt
ed by the Cathedral Heights Citi-
zens' Association and forwarded to
the Public Utilities Commission.
The Commission is requested by
the association to work out and
present to the various traction COM
panies a plan for unified operation
of bus lines in the District with
free interchange Of transfers re-
tween bus and street car lines. 1t
is believed that the Washington
Rapid Transit Company should con-
troll the system.
The association also endorsed the
Commissions action in requesting
Congress to provide for an appro-
priation Of $50, 900 to cover expenses
in finding the true valuation of the
Washington and Georgetown Gas
Light Companies and in the Com
missions endeavors to effect street
railway merger in the District. Tie
policy of the Washington Railway
and Electric Co. Of keeping it's ac-
counts separated was condemned.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
MANOR PARK ST .
WORK SOUGHT

Reported "deplorabIe conditions
of the streets in Manor Park VIII
not be permanently reAedied. it
was learned at the District Build
ing today, until building operations
are practically completed.
Although petition is being cir
culated among the residents of
Manor Park for some kind OF re-
pairs or surfacing it is said that
such repairs would be wasted II
trucks, heavily laden with Building
materials, continue to cut up the
highways. Despite this view. how
ever, Ernest H. Pullman. president
Of the Citizens Association, will
missioners and to the chairmen Of
the House and Senate District Com
mittees.
1t is claimed by the citizens that
$11 900 has been expended by them
for the laying of sidewalks, no part
Of which was paid for by the Dis
trict> In addition to that, it is
said, $21 900 has been spent by
builders for grading streets.
District officials point out an
item in the 1926-1927 budget which
provides for the grading of Sheri-
dan Street between Fourth and
Fifth Streets. and Fifth Street from
Sheridan and Van Buren, Streets,
Unless Congress makes a special
appropriation these are the only
streets to be graded. The citizens
Of Manor Park should have made
their petition before the estimates
were sent to the Budget Bureau.
il is said.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08

be a far greater punishment for
them than suspension.
Judge Sellers directed the clerk
of the Juvenile Court to notify the
school authorities of her stand and
to ask that the boys be allowed to
continue their studies.
This statement was made by
Judge Sellers today, following o
hearing in which William. Hora :e
schutt, Is, of 1928 Corcoran s..
N. W.; Donald Gordon Berry, IL,
OF PIT C st. s. E., and Francis
Stokes, IA, OF 80 G st, s. E.,
we're arranged on two charges OF
driving an automobile without a
permit. These charges had been
drawn out of the original charge
of "joyriding," Judge Sellers said.
All three of the cases were con-
tinued until February 10. when
Judge Sellers indicated, she would
send the Berry boy and the Stokes
boys to schools and allow Schutt TO
continue his studies at Central.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08

me boa Is the most priced Spec1-
men of the lot, and is called the
baby boa because he is only about
is inches long and is full grown.
The species, according to DIR. Vii
liam M. Mann, is exceedingly rare.
even in the jlingIes, and In captivity
he Is exceedingly rare.
The shipment is the largest single
shipment of snakes ever received at
the Zoo, and were presented &c
the Smithsonian Institute by DIR.
Vitel Brazil, of the Institute Blu
tantan, Brazil.
In the collection are two South
American rattlesnakes of varieties
never before seen at the Zoo here.
They have markings similar TO
those of the North American dia-
mond-back rattlers
Several of the specimens are
known to be the most deadly OF all
reptiles and were said by DIR
Mann to be the kind that kill YOU
quick" They were handled with
extreme precaution in DIR. Mann's 5,
office where they have their tenn
porary quarters. awaiting their per-
manent cages which are being built.
Among the most deadly of the
collections is the Jararacha, which,
fortunately, is also extremely rare.
The markings on this snake are
very beautiful. and 1t is priced
addition to the snake. collection.
One of the non-poisonous varieties
succumbed TO the cold en- route,
apparently not being as hardy as
his more dangerous brethren.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
55-YEAR-oLD SLAYER
Is JAILED FOR LIFE

William Nelson Ellis, colored, %,
convicted November "a of murder
in the second degree in connection
with the death May %, 1925, of
Agnes Muse. colored, was sentenced
Saturday by Justice Stafford in
Criminal Court No. to life in the
penitentiary, the court remarking
that a man of this character
should never be at large.
The accused was indicted for
murder in the first degree. 1t was
charged he went to the bedroom
of the woman at iii S st. N. w.
and cut her with a razor.
The accused claimed she had hit
him on the head with a chair, but
it developed at the trial that she
struck him in self-defense. Assist
ant District Attorney FINELY REP
resented the Government.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
HUSBAND IS BOOTLEGGER,
SAYS. WIFE; ASKS DIVORCE

Charging her husband with being
a bootlegger, alleging misconduct
and naming a correspondent, Mrs.
Elizabeth G. Ippolito, PIT E st.
N. W., today filed suit in the Dis
trict Supreme Court against Frank
Henry Ippolito, 81 K st. N. W.,
for an absolute divorce and alimony.
Represented by Attorneys Nathan
Clayton and Robert E. Lynch, Mrs.
Ippolito declares that her husband
Is associated with other persons In
the Illicit sale and transportation Of
liquor and admitted to her that he
is engaged in "bootlegging enter
prises." The husband, according
to the wife, is an automobile me-
chanic and earns between SIS and
500 a week. They were married
in Alexandria, Va, November Is,
1928 and have one child whose Gus.
tody is requested by the mother.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
D. c. BRIDGE
+. l|NSAFE [,
CLAIM

Development Of nearby Virginia
and the western portion of the.
District is being hampered and
the lives of pedestrians en-
dangered by the unsafe condition
of Chain Bridge, it was stated
today at hearing of a sub
committee of the House District
Committee.
Not Painted in Sc Years
Steel work on the bridge has not
been painted in So years and is in
bad state of deterioration, it was
stated by d. E. McComb. District
Engineer OF Bridges. The Virginia
abutment has been undermined by
quarrying and is sliding from under
the bridge, he said.
He also told the committee thar
there is no sidewalk and that many
pedestrians who use the bridge are
endangered by vehicle traffic, tic
bridge being so narrow that auto
mobiles are forced to the edge &c
pass. George w. Offut, chairman
of the committee on bridges of the
Washington Board Of Trade, told
the committee that construction Of
homes in Virginia is being delayed
by restrictions which prevent tn:
carrying OF building materials over
the bridge.
The committee has under consid-
GRAFTON a bill by Representative r..
Walton Moore of Virginia, provid-
ing $3.50 900 for reconstruction of
the bridge under direction Of the
Secretary of War.
Who Will Foot Bill?
A controversy developed in the
committee over q sharing of the
expenses. Engineer Commissioner
]. Franklin Bell declared the struc-
ture was national in character and
declared it is unfair for the ex-
pense to be shouldered by the
District.
Under the lump sum plan and
the Borland law" Commissioners
Bell said, 1.-The proportion of the
Federal contribution to road and
bridge construction is not over 10
or IL per cent"
Representative Moore stated that
it will be impossible for the State
of Virginia to participate in the
construction owing to the burden OF
great bodybuilding program
which it has inaugurated.
Members of the committee were
of the opinion that the Federal
Government should not be called
upon to bear the entire expense of
a project which benefited both the
District and Virginia. Final action
on the bill will be taken at sub
committee meeting later in the
week.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
GEORGE WASHINGTON MEN
WILL DEBATE OKLAHOMA

The Intercollegiate debating sea-
son will he opened tonight with the
advent of the University of Okla
homa team here in its appearance
against the George Washington
University team in Corcoran Hall,
Twenty-first and G Streets Moth
west.
The debate will be presided over
by Senator j. r. Herald. The
judges have been selected with
care. and are President Stanley X.
Durkee, of Howard University,
Bates College graduate; Raymond
beepe, well-known lawyer and a
graduate of the University of
Iowa. and Mark A. Smith, economist
ana graduate of Dartmouth. George
Washington University will be
represented by Cyrus 2. Hoagland,
William A. McSwain and W. F..
Williamson. The visitors will take
the rostrum with Royce Savage,
John Brett and Burt s. Grubb.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
POSTAL CLERKS
DENY CHARGE

Government clerks today struck
back at Representative Martin l..
Davey (Den.) of Ohio, who
charged that the Government serv-
ice is largely made up of "loafers
and time-killers.'
Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary
treasurer of the National Fedora
ton of Postoffice Clerks, asked
Davey to file bill of particulars
with his indictment of the entire
working personnel of the United
States"
II challenge you to find a single
superfulous, idle postal employee IN
your district or anywhere else in
the country" Flaherty said.
POstoffice Hardest Hit
"Inasmuch as three-fifths of all
Government employees are in the
postal service. your severe arraign-
ment of Government employment
extravagances falls most heavily
upon this branch of the Federal
service.
1.-THE public today is. getting
postal service. which is postal la
Dor, at less cost than at any time
since the establishment of the bust.
ness"
Clerks Working Hard
Concerning the "speed-up" meth
DDS he asserts the postal employees
work under. Flaherty said:
1.-THE picture you visualize of
thousands of loafing clerks is Il
Pigment of the imagination so far
dis the post offices are concerned.
"If you studied postal employ.
ment conditions you would learn
that the men are complaining of
'speed-up' methods. under which
they must work at high pressure
and without any let-up. The out
put of each distributor is weighed
and he knows full well he canno.
hold his job unless he meets The
very exacting standards set.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
J()yRIDERS
AIDED BY
JUDGE

School Officials should not sus-
pend the Central High School
boys who have been "joy riding"
in stolen automobiles and who now
have become wards of the Juve-
nile Court, Judge Kathryn Sellers
declared today at the close of the
hearing of three boys, one fresh
man at Central, who were arrested
in connection with car thefts
Thursday.
Would Hurt Parents
After these boys have come to
court to answer the charges
against them" Judge Sellers said.
II do not think the school authori-
ties should suspend them.
1T would be no punishment for
the boys. 1t would just work a
hardship on the parents, who are
responsible for them, should they
be turned out in the street.
II don't think these boys who
have come before me in the last
few days will hurt the other boys
in the school. What they ought
to do instead of suspending them
is to make them go to school
double time.
ST they had to stay in school
and were made to study. 1t would
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
OF ALPINE
FLOWERS TO TALK HERE

Henri Correyon, noted horticuI-
tuirst, recipient of the 1925 gold
medal OF the Royal Horticultural
Society of LONDON. will speak in
The lecture hall of the National
Museum. under auspices of the
Smithsonian Institution, on the
night of February 20.
He was the first man to succeed
in transplanting rare flowers found
in the Alps and cultivating them at
lower levels.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
PRESBYTERlANS PLAN
DEVELOPMENT HERE

The Presbyterian churches of
Washington opened a three-month
campaign to obtain new members
and better their financial status at
a meeting for men in the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
yesterday.
Addressing the 300 men attend
ing, the Rev. w. l.. Darby, secre
tary of the Washington Federation
of Churches said that Washington
is the most backward city in the
country in Presbyterian extension
work. Craftsmanship" was the
theme of the address by the Rev
G. G. Dowey.' leader of the cam
paign.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
GEN. PATRICK TO SERVE ON
EXPOSITION COMMITTEE

Maj. Gen. Mason Nj. Patrick, chief
If the Army Air Service, has
accepted an invitation to serve on
the reception committee for the Sec
ond Annual Industrial Exposition of
the Washington Chamber of Com
merce to be held March to 10.
Alfred l.. Stern, director of the
exposition. is planning to have a
n lmber Of meetings of the exhibit
ors and the exposition management
between now and March 8. the first
to be late this week.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
FIRE CAPTAIN CLEARED
OF CHARGE OF THEFT

Arrested Saturday and charged
with the theft of two bottle of to-
mato ketchup, Capt. Charles E.
Gibson, colored, of No. 4 Engine
Company, was released by Assistant
District Attorney Ralph Given at
Police Court today.
Gibson was taken into custody
in the Atlantic and Pacific store
near Center market when a watch
man saw him pick up the two bot
ties. Today officials of the store
told Given that Gibson had been
dealing at the store for some time,
and was arranging to pay for the
articles when the Waterman arrest
ed him
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
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THE LAUGHING GIRL

11AL l%fAOOAAAANO oAASAN
There's a little I0Aghin' depil
In the office neat to mine,
And tho she's not so beautiful
she certainly is fine;
Why can hear her lGw0Htn'
Most any time o. day
At anything or everything
That other people say.
And ! En0t0 that some of 'cm
Hand out q lot of chGtf
And cracks and jokes and t1heeEeS
Just SOS to make her laugh.
The kid Is pretty cheerful
Most any time, guess,
But sag, hope she's Ieeerfnl
And don't get in no ntessi
For there Is nothin' better
To stop gay kids joy
Than thtMkin' thoughts of mar
ridle-
Be you girl or boy;
A lot of things can happen
To lay laughs on the shelf.
knot1 of t0hat I'm tdIkin'-t
I'm a married man myself!
JACK HENRY.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
AsHURST TO SPEAK
ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Abraham Lincoln will be the
subject of an address to be deliv-
cred at $50 o'clock tonight to the
Italian circle Of Washington by
Senator Henry F. Ashurst Of Ari-
Zona.
The meeting will be held in Oak
Hall of the Raleigh Hotel. DIR.
Armando Is president of the society
and Giacomo Zanetti Is secretary.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
F.. j. S. SPECIALS

Fools paradise is heGUen tUhiLe
IL lasts, but he'll is not far off,
The modern girl likes clothes
not too tOeH bat lotsely; she knO1CS
that beautiful things como in
Scdnty 1OrGpperS.
If man has "Cone to the
front" icithOnt bringing anything
Of UdIue NTH him. il mag be be-
cause he sacrificed ercFything
1CoythChile in his efforts to get
there.
There was very little man
Who had very hefty wife:
He thumbed his nose at her one day
And she chased him with n butcher
knife.
f. j. SCHWAB
The Washington times., 1926-02-08

The Department Of Justice
today took 4 hand in the fight
to abolish capital punishment in
the District Of Columbia. Arthur
N. Eager, special assistant to the
Attorney General, today appeared
before the Judiciary subcommittee
Of the House District Committee
in opposition to legislation to
abolish the death penalty.
Holds II Necessary
He declared that the protection
of society required that the State
ayenge wrongs committed against
individuals. He maintained that II
was better for Government to take
the life of confirmed criminal
rather than take the chance Of
further killings in the event he was
released or escaped from prison.
Mr.. Eager maintained that the
fact that rich men escaped the
gaIIows was the fault of society
and had nothing to do with the
theory OF capital punishment.
He advocated that juries be given
the authority of determining
whether the death penalty or life
Imprisonment should be inflicted
for capital crimes.
Representative G. A. Newton of
Missouri also opposed abolition OF
the death penalty. The hearings
will be resumed later in the week.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
THE FIRST APPLE SAUCE

Eve" said Adam, "YOu are the
first and only girl / ever loved"
That started 1t and it's been
passed down the ages until now,
when the answer is the same as 1t
was then, "Oh, you make me so
happy when you say that. Amt
love grand?"
ROSE s. STREET..
The Washington times., 1926-02-08

Small boys who haze to
stake the family co1O out on
a grassy plot will be tickLed
to death By the meWs that a
mechanical c01O may soon be
inVented. KATYDID.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
PAR A-DOXICAL

It's the funniest kind OF q joke
That when you've no money you're
BROKE"
And when you've no brains it's a fact
You're not broke at ADJUST cracked.
BOX CAR HARRY.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
TESS BILL COMPLETES
TOMB OF UNKNOWN

Completion of the Tomb OF the
Unknown Soldier il provided for In
d bill introduced in the Senate BY
senator Tess Of Ohio.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
HOMELESS SUCKERS

The tOorId is fitH Of suckers
And they give US many means ;
But those that play the ponies
Soon haze the felpest bones.
GINGER jim.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
A NOTED REFORMER

Prominent Washington society
man and eminent reformer, who
is fighting the doughnut situation
here. Mr.. Spitzlittle states that
it. would be just as cheap for
doughnut manufacturers to make
holeless doughnuts. He will
shortly deliver a radio address
on Eliminate the Hole in Dough
nuts"
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
BABY Boa Thawed Out
At ID. 6. Zoo

The tfbaby boa which received at the Zoo from
South America along with nineteen other yare very
much alive yesterday after having been thawed out with
q hot water bottle
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
THE ALTITUDE RECORD

Bill: Notice sVEere an aviator
has made new altitude record.
haze married friend aOitk
a pretty Wife and a fashionable
home. They haze a pretty
French maid. HIS 1Oife caught
HIM kissing the maid the other
day. He tells me he "aOent up
IN the air" further than any
Aviator eVe4- 1UGs k1eoUn to go.
Fact is, he hasn't come doa0n
get.
JUMBO JAKE.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
ZOOLOGY

Now children" said the
teacher, II want you to describe
some Of the lower animals, be.
ginning with Willie Jones'"
III. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
THE UNCOMPLETED PICTURE

SI'+9--An.s picture is MOI ~Ums
pletA. You have drawn the horse,
but where is the wagon?
He-Oh! Pm going to let the
horse draw the wagon.
The Washington times., 1926-02-08
CLJTICLE CONTACT
REG. US. PAT OFFICE

When Ogling nappers ON the street,
Watch your step, or you'll get In
Dutch:'
A banana peel may skid your feet
That isn't ''fhe skin yOu love to
touch"
Seward daily gateway., 1926-10-01
MORE QN PQRTLQCK
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(CCnClnueQ rom rage One)
 cold storage plant with a daily freez- ing capacity of 30,OOO pounds of fish, and manufacturing 15 tons of ice; a dock, machine shop, general store, |as we'll as many other buildings repre- senting a value in excess of S2OO, 900. The plant was complete with machin- cry, ready for operation at the begin ming of the 1921 fishing season.
 But the management, lacking in actual and practical experience, re- suited in loss and discord and finally the association terminated in receiver ship and final bankruptcy sale by the court in 1925 of all property including possessory rights of the manufactur- ing site of 80 acres, to the Alaska Con- solidated Fisheries, Inc. This com pany also purchased through sale by the bankruptcy court all of the as- sets of the Boring Sea Fisheries com pany, consisting of six cod fishing stations, all rights of land, together with fishing boats and equipment, To- cated at points Westward of Seward, and which originally cost to con struct s212OOO.
 Since taking over those properties in May of last year the Alaska Con- solidated Fisheries Inc, has made ex- tensive repairs and Improvements at Portlock, renewing old foundations, piling with concrete footing under the cold storage, built additional accom- modations, and a new herring saltery, 26 by 80 feet, with fish elevator and the latest improved equipment, and a new deep sea dock extending 200 feet out from the plant with ample ac- commodations for shipping.
 The plant is provided with efficient water-works taken from an elevation of 16O feet, the intake being 20 inch steel pipe and the balance of piping four inch, leading to the plant and connected with the different buildings and dock. There is two and one-half K. w. wireless station operated by the company under gov ernmentl license during the fishing season; a machine and. blacksmith shop operated in connection with the plant, and the company store carries a full line of general. merchandise and fishermen's supplies. There is also a postal and money order office.
 At the annual stockholders meeting held at Seldovia on February 10,, of this year. officers were elected, all. of whom, reside in Alaska, and the gen. eral offices were removed from Chi
Seward daily gateway., 1926-10-01
GEM CAFE CHANGES HANDS

GEM CAFE CHANGES HANDS
 The Gem cafe opened up this morn ing under new management, O'Rork & Warner, both ladies being from Anchorage. Mrs. Wanamaker, former proprietor of the establishment dis posed of her interest today.
 ANNOUNCEMENT
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-27
France May Have New
Word on Debt Settlement
Safeguard of Her Exchange
Rate Main Concern in Year
ly Payment of $25, 100000 to
U. S. and 100000 Pounds to
Great Britain - Fresh In
structions Likely to Be Sent
Ambassador Here

Paris, April 26-(P1-The French
government is likely to send fresh
instructions to Ambassador Bert 1ger
at Washington regarding the settle
ment Of the French war debt to the
United States. This developed to-
night after the finance committee Of
the chamber heard Premier BRAND
and M. Peret, the finance minister,
describe the status of the negotia-
lions at Washington and London.
Several of the members of the COM
mittee urged the insertion in the
debt accords of a clause similar to
that contained in the Dawes repara-
ton plan concerning transfer, in or
der to prevent Frances payments to
Great Britain and the United States
having an unfavorable effect on her
exchange and also to guard against
technical difficulties at the moment of
making payment.
The effect which Frances payments
roughly $25,000,00O annually, to the
United States and 100000 pounds
sterling to Great Britain during the
budgetary year ending March 81,
1927. with 100000 before December
81, 1926--would have on the French
seems to have dominated today's dis
cuSSiOn.
Although the greatest secrecy was
observed by the members Of all the
parties present, it was learned that
the committee apparel to rally to
the committees viewpoint. While no
, one fatty affirmed that Premier Bril-
and or NJ Peret had given up the idea
of Safeguard" clause in the Ameri-
can accord, it was admitted that the
premier had pointed out the difficult
ties the American debt commission
had found with such a proposal He
| indicated that various ways were be-
| ing considered with the purpose OF
maintaining harmony in France
payments according to her capacity
to pay, particularly In case exchange
should go against her.