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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
JAIL BARS PUT END
TO ROMANCE OF ROAD
Two Brooklyn Boys, Borrowing
Car From Home. Held
for Parent

Ebert V. smith. 2o-vear-"ld son
of New York attorney. residing 2t
511 Fifth street. BROOKLYN and his
pal Charles Thomas Cox. of me
same address. on their way TO Mis-
sissippi Friday in the borrowed
automobile owned by Ebert g..
smith. the formers father, stopped
twice on the road.
The first time they picked M %
knigh. OF the road. of the box car
genius. who sat in the rear seat tell
Ing warns while young smith drove.
Then. later. few miles outside "f
Philadelphia. the youths offered
TRANSPORTATION to two fair hikerS.
FIurid1 bound later To- be known ~
Dorothy BroukS. - wears old OF ~
SuIyVesant avenue. and Rita LIMIT
"a wears old of lOS5 Union street. both
of Trooklyn. y. Y. The girls were
dressed neatly in hiking costumes
Outside Baltimore the car came y"
n gasping stop The boys. who had
started with only $40, were PENN
less The bearded gentleman was
likewise. but the girls were plenti
fully supplied with money.
They were elected to huv the ";lS
and oil. The partv moved on. The
tramp left at Washington late Friday
night. The girls were safely plared
in the Y. w g. A. dormitorv ~ Elev.
enth and NJ streets and the youths
started out early Yesterday morning
to negotiate loan on the automobile.
They called at the owl Garage. SIS l.
street. where an attendant became
suspicious. The result was that Smith
and Cox we're talking earnestly 10
Lieut.. James D. McQuade Of tho sec
ond precinct and Policemen Akin.
GaAand and Handley not long there
after.
The girls were aroused at o'clock
Yesterday morning and brought to The
second precinct for investigation.
Late yesterday afternoon return
wires from New York police had veri.
fed the story Of the boys and the
girls. But the girls continued on
their hike to Florida. while the boy
watched them dep;srt from behind ne
bars of cell They are awaiting me
arrival OF u mother Mrs. smith q
who win take them back home with
her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
ACTION IMMINENT
IN BATH MURDER
Ohio Case Held Perfect
Crime" Because of Pau
city of Clues Left.


TROY. Ohio. February 27.-After a
week Of investigation officials today
were prepared to act to clear up the
mystery OF the murder of Mrs. Fran
res Drake Nesbitt. former Ohio State
University tennis PLAYER. Her body
was found at midnight. February 10.
by her husband, Jacob Nesbitt, in their
home here. submerged in a bathtub of
water. the skull crushed.
Both Nesbitts. who were agents for
a kitchen appliance. We're graduates
of Ohio State University.
For a week. Sheriff Mont Spilima n.
Chief Of Police John Sparits. and de
tectives from Dayton. near here, have
worked night and day on the case.
They termed the murder the perfect
crime" because of the paucity OF
clues.
| 1t is expected special session OF
| he grand jury will be called Monday
and today it was intimated officials
! had accumulated enough evidence tC
warrant possibly two indictments
| the actual murderer and person
who is supposed to have been either
| the accessory before or after the
/ crime.
They refuse to make any of the find
! ings public.
Nesbitt employed l.. II. Shipman
| an attorney. few days after his
wife's body was found. Shipman SAID
| the action was taken to he prepared
| for any emergency.
Coroner c. j. Sance, in his oficia
verdict today. held death due to con
cussion of the brain. the result of q
skull fracture. by an unknown in
strument in the hands of an un
! known"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
SOUSA ASSERTS MUSIC
BROUGHT SHORT SKIRTS
Says Jazz and Forerunners De-
veloped Need for Freedom of
Feet in Dancing.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. Ga. February 21.-
Music is responsible for short skirts.
This was the opinion expressed
here Yesterday by John Philip Sousa.
noted band director.
"Music-particularl Jazz and its
forerunners-brough dancing he
explained, "and dancing brought It
need for freedom of the feet.
FLORENCE Mills herself couldn't do
the Charleston in a skirt with Il
hustle and ground sweeping hem.
Dancing brought another induce
ment for abbreviated skirts. This
exercise developed the legs and made
them more presentable than legs for
merly had been"
Mr. Sousa also stated that dancing
and Solf are responsible for mascu-
line golf toggery. because they de-
veloped the male leg.
PLUS fours." he said. would not
have become popular If the legs they
reveal had no ella i'm to shapeliness."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
TARIFF BOARDS
ABOLITION URGED
Farm Body's Request Comes
to Light in Record Of
House Hearings.

demand for abolition Of the Tariff
Commission was made to the House
appropriations committee during its
consideration of fiscal funds for that
body. it was disclosed today In pub
lished records of the hearings.
The demand was made in behalf OF
the National Board of Farm Organi-
cations by it's secretary, Charles X.
Holman. He presented a resolution
adopted by the farm orga nization at
a recent meeting charging the com
mission was guilty of "unwarranted
delay in arriving at decisions; preJu'
diced treatment of parties appearing
before it," and attacking Its secret
hearings as having created situa-
ton approaching closely to public
sea ndal."
Mr.. Holman asserted that the "com
miSsioners are and have been since
the flexible tariff provision was enact
ed divided among themselves. and sc
far as we have been able to ascertain
that division affects even the person
mel of the commission in it's staff. The
commission has. to date. been unabl
to formulate any regular procedure
in the carrying out of It's cases.
Sees Constant Turmoil"
There is constant turmoil in the
commission" remarked Representa-
tive Wood. Republican. Indiana. chair
man Of the appropriations subcommit
lee which heard the protest. 1T is
no longer secret: everybody knows
there Is friction down there that alb
soutely prevents the proper judicial
functioning of the commission
The farmers organizations repre-
settled. Mr.. Holman said. would rather
take their cha noes with Congress with
respect to the tariff act in
preference to the delegation OF func-
tons by Congress to enable somebody
else to change the act from time to
time" Producers Of butter and other
agricultural products whose business
had brought them in contact with the
commission. he added. felt it "a waste
of public money" to provide appro-
priations for the body.
Wood Voices His View
II have a fixed idea about this mat
ter that YOU have referred to- Mr..
Wood resumed. and that is that the
commission is divided politically"
That is correct Mr.. Holmes re-
sponded.
And that they consider these ques-
tons as political questions rather than
as economic questions" Mr. Wood
continued My theory is that the
tariff commission, If we are to have
one. ought to be in accord with the
administration.
Chairman Marvin OF the tariff com
mission previously had explained the
work of the commission TO the sub
committee without reference to any
differences. The committee recon-
mended appropriation OF $500 900 to
sustain the commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
NEW DRY SQUAD
OF|CHT ALCOHOL
New York Prohibition Direc'
tor to Head Division
Formed Here.

The Treasury Department las'
MIGHT established a new branch oil
its prohibition machine by promoting
John Foster. who for several months
has been prohibition administrator III
New York. to the newly created posi-
of supervisor of alcohol investlsa
tons"
Mr.. Foster will be succeeded IN
New York by Maj. Chester L. NILS
graduate of West Point and retireo
Army officer, who for the past TWO
months has been working into the
position of prohibition administrator
there.
The new organization will be SCI
up with headquarters in Washington
effective tomorrow morning, but, ac
cording to Treasury officials, much
work remains to be accomplished All
the way of assembling expert person
mel and setting up the new oullll
How large it will be has not as YET
been determined.
Worked Up to Post.
Mr.. Foster assumes his new task
after having successfully llSe'
through the ranks of the Internal
Revenue Service, in when ne hds
worked for several years. Ills pro
motion TO the new position of super
visor of alcohol investigation followed
his successful administration of the
new prohibition machine in New York
and later his leadership of special
alcohol squad. This squad for some
weeks has been operating Throughout
the eastern part of the country. par
ticularly in New York and PennSyl
vania, with marked success. accord
ing to Treasury officials.
The alcohol investigations force un
der Mr.. Foster will probably consist
of the most expert men for this type
of work who can be found anywhere
in the prohibition unit, here at WASH
ington or throughout the field. Mr.
Foster will work directly under Gen
Lincoln c. Andrews, Assistant Score.
tary of the Treasury. who is the field
marshal for prohibition enforcement.
Work to Spread Out.
Eventually, it is anticipated, Mr.
Fosters new unit may operate
throughout the country and within a
short time may be expected to extend
it's work to at least the entire east
ern half of the United States, where,
according to officials. the alcohol ques
ton is the most acute.
The new alcohol investigation force
will not be duplication in any way
of the organization under Walton
Green, the chief prohibition investi-
gator, with headquarters in Washing
ton. The only point Of similarity be-
tween the two. officials said. will be
that they will both be mobile forces
and will operate regardless OF any dis
trict lines which bound the territory
over which the % prohibition admin.
istrators throughout the country have
jurisdiction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Mummified Horses Found in Pyramids
Are First Egypt Has Yet Disclosed

body of King Senefru, the first Pha-
raoh of Egypt
NEW YORK, February q R).-
The discovery of two mummified
horses in the pyramids of Sakkara.
south OF Cairo. evoked considerable
interest today from officials Of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. While
many mummified animals have been
found in the past, 1t is the first time
that there has been any record of
horses being preserved in that man
ner officials of the museum said
Horses were not introduced into
Egypt until the seventeenth dy nasty,
or about Is centuries before Christ
according to A Lansing, assistant
curator of the Metropolitan Museum.
He was inclined to believe that the
mummified horses were of a late date
There is no record. he says, Of horses
ever being worshiped as sacred ami
mails.
The Apis bulls. held sacred by the
Egyptians. were frequently mummified
and some excellent specimens are in
possession of the New York Histor-
ical Society. Mummified crocodiles
have been found al the Oasis of Sa-
yum in the Nile Valley and mummi-
fed cats. ibises and falcons have been
frequently discovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
MANS TEN-DAY FAST
ENDS WITH FUNERAL
1ntestines Paralyzed by Absti
nence-Collapsed After Civ
ing Health Talk.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
KLAMATH FALLS. Greg. Febru-
airy 27.-A brief funeral service today
marked the end of the career Of Fred
Westerfield. local dentist So. who doc
tors say was killed by too rigid adher-
ence to his belief that fasting was a
cure-all. His death was dramatic.
Ending Today fast he addressed a
luncheon club Wednesday. explaining
his health doctrine. Ten minutes later
he colap sed.
Long fasting should never be al.
tempted by a novice" he said. NOR
should doctor be consulted Fastiny
is a cure. I have tasted years from
to Is days at a time and suffered no
i'll effects. II any present wish to try
fasting as cure for any aiment, |
would be glad personally to advise
them"
He was notably weak and pale when
he left the room. When he collapsed
he was taken to a hospital in intense
pain. Physicians said too long
abstinence from food had paralyzed
his intestines. An operation revealed
also an liberated stomach. Physicians
said he might have lived for years
with proper medical or surgical treat
ment If he had not weakened his sys-
tenn by ill-advised fasting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
SOUTHERN TO SPEND
S4,OOO,OOO ON LINES
1000 Miles of Track to Be Laid
~ to Provide Faster and
Better Service.

ATLANTA. February 27.-Four mil
lions of dollars will he spent by the
Southern Railway system for improve
ments on six of it's Southern lines, an
announcement here today said
Approximately | 900 miles Of track
age will be constructed to provide bet
ter passing facilities, and roadways
and structures will he strengthened to
permit the use of heavier and more
powerful locomotives.
The lines affected by the improve
ment program are: Chattanooga to
Macon via Atlanta. Bristol to Chat
tanooga, Chattanooga to Memphis,
Richmond to Danville. Winston Salem
to Charlotte, Selma to Suggsville. Ala.
On the line between Chattanooga
and Macon. an important section of
the Southerns route to Florida from
the West, electric automatic signals
will be installed. together with tele-
phonic train dispatching circuits.
The improvements between Winston
Salem and Charlotte will give an alter
nate line of heavy capacity between
Greensboro and Charlotte. Those be
tween Selma and Suggsville will in
crease train capacity between Selma
and the port of Mobile. Those on
other lines will work for general i'm
provement Of the service, the an
nouncement said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Rheumatism Is Rife.

LONDON. February ~ P).-Chronic
rheumatism is the worst enemy of the
working men and women Of the United
Kingdom
1t Is responsible for one-sixth OF all
industrial invalidity and causes the
loss of three million weeks work an
nually among the insured working
popula ton alone. Seventy per cent OF
these cases are caused by bad teeth
and gums.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
BUS HEARING MARCH 5.
Maryland Public Service Body to
Consider D. C.-Sligo Permit.
G pecial Dispatch TO The Star.


BALTIMORE. February 2S.--A pub
lie hearing on the application of the
Washington Ra pid Transit Co. for per
mission to operate an intrastate bus
line between the District of Columbia
line and Sligo, Md. will be held before
the. Public Service Commission
March 5.
The company seeks permission to
operate on the Brookevilel pike on d
15.minute schedule, and also to oper-
ate along the old Rockville pike to
Linden, and thence along Ollie street
to Warren road. The company also
requests the commission TO grant per
mission to operate on half.hour
schedule on the service from Sligo
to Forest Glen and Four Corners.
Immediately following this hearing
the commission will take up the appli-
cation of the Washington and Rock
vile Railway Company in which per-
mission Is asked to withdraw bus
service from the District Of Columbia
line to Linden and Forest Glen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Oregon Seeks to Break Will of Resident
To Keep Fund From Education Bureau

A bequest of the income from fund
of $4,000 left to the United States
board of education" by a resident of
Portland, Greg, named Francis Gurks,
who signed his will as ZdwZ ZwlZ. has
been contested by attorneys for the
Oregon State board of education. the
Interior Department announced yes
terday.
The latter department presumes the
United States board of education re-
ferred to in the will is the Bureau of
Education. The case Is now before law
officers OF the department. who are
searching the statutes to find out
whether the bureau can accept a
legacy of money.
Attorneys for the State of Oregon
want the fund to become the property
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

of the State and become part Of the
common school fund.
The will reads, in part: II bequeath
all of my estate, wherever situated or
located to the United States board of
educa ton. but direct that only the in
come of my said estate he used or ex-
pended in Understandings, integraliz-
ing and integritualiziDgi institutions.
II expressly renounCe any relatives,
If | have any. and direct that any per-
son or persons claiming as such he not
permitted to share in my said estate. -"
Idwz Zvvlz was 90 years old when he
signed the will. on January IA. 1925.
He willed his body to a medical college
for disposition. directing that no coffin
be used, mo sermon preached, no min.
lister engaged and no funeral be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
SHOT BY CUSTOMER.

An argument over the price o.
shoulder meat late last night ended
i'm an unidentified culured man shoot
ine, Isadore kob1en. u grocer. of 49,"
South capitol street in the left shoUl-
der.
The negro fed. kohlen WIS taken
To Providence Hospital for treatment
Detective Talley and Weber 81 h"a1
quarters Instituted search for fe
assailant. Koblen'c wound ia not Sc
riOua.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

her head. She ran out and stopped
| an automobile in which were two
| young men, and ordered them to take
| the mother and the two children to
| Emergency Hospital. That accom-
plished, she helped her husband wrap
| his Overcoat around him, and the two
| then invited me to their apartment to
| talk the whole thing over. We had
tea there, and laughingly agreed to
keep the majors part in the rescue
from the papers. lie explained he
didn't like publicity.
Here is how Mrs. Ierbee spilled
the beans to The Star yesterday
afternoon.
Maj. Zerbee and | were walking
along the Tidal Basin near the John
Paul Jones Statue about 4 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon when we saw small
boy crying. \ woman who was on
the seawali was calling him, and it
appeared to us as if she wanted to
show the child that it was safe to go
near the water. When she went after
him. however, he ran away.
I'VE continued past the place where
the woman and two children We're.
and had gone about a city block. We
We're looking into the basin when we
saw the older boy crawling up the
bank away from the water, and ] re-
marked to my husband that he still
appeared afraid.
Saw Woman Throw Child In.
Just about that time the woman
picked up the younger child and
tossed him into the water and almost
instantly jumped in herself. Maj.
Zerbee and l started on a run to the
place. The major ran ahead, and,
pulling off his coat, jumped into the
water.
He got the child first. after swim
ming a short distance, and handed
him to John E. Burke of 2726 Con
necticut avenue, who had been sit
ting on a bench about the same dis
lance away from the place we were.
only on the other side. He had run
up. Mai Zerbee then went after the
mother, whose face was beneath the
surface of the water. He pulled her
to the wall. where it was quite steep.
and Mr. Burke pulled her up.
About that time an automobile
with two men in it came along and
7 called TO them. They took the wom-
an and children to the hospital
Mai. Zerbee put on his overcoat inn
mediately. and. as he was wet we
almost ran home. He didn't want
anv notoriety over the matter. as ne
does not care to be held up as hero
for something that any one else would
have done under the same conditions.
Mai. Zerbee contracted cold from
his icy plunge and remained In his
apartment yesterday. He left his bed
to talk with The Star over the phone
last night.
That hero stuff is all wrong. the
major insisted. II didn't dive into
the ocean or something like that. |
merely jumped into the Tidal Basin,
where it's mostly shallow. There 9
nothing heroic about that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
South Africa Fans
Must Get License
TOHave Radio Sci
BY the Associated Press.

The radio bug has bitten resi-
dents OF South Africa To such an
extent that a bill soon will be intro
duced in parliament at Johannes
burg. the Department of Com
merCe was advised Yesterday to
impose a heavy penalty upon those
who fail to take out receiver
licenses.
Consular advices to the depart
ment yesterday also said that
Spain had deCreed an import duty
on radio tubes ranging from APP
proximately $40 per kilo. or
2.2046 pounds. to about $50 per
kilo. Tubes or valves from the
United States will he dutiable at
the lower or second column
rate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
ANOTHER HAMLET DUE.
Italian Actor to Be Next to Inter
pref Melancholy Dane.

MILAN. February 81 R.-Still
another Hamlet. this time an Italian
version of the great English classic,
will be seen this season in London
where John Barrymore's interpreta-
tion and the plus-four rendition
already have been applauded.
Ruggero Ruggeri, one of the best
actors in Italy. will give "Amleto" at
the ct. James Theater and later at
Oxford. Cambridge, Edinburgh and
Glasgow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Fire Damages Home.

Fire of unknown origin Quilted the
ground floor of premises at 1910 !
street northeast. occupied by Mrs.
Rose Palmer. last night. Damage was
estimated at 81 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Singers Father Found Dead.

ORLANDO. Fla. February 81 P>.-
Theodore b. Martin. 81. father of
Ricardo Martin. Metropolitan Opera
singer, was found dead on the balcony
of a hotel here late today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

More than so, 900 women are en-
ployed in the cigar-making industry
in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
SECRET PASSAGE
/, LEADS TO BIG STILL
300 Gallon Outfit Found on
Third Floor of House in
Shots Alley.

Discovery of secret passageway
to the third floor Of house in Shots
alley, opposite the Senate Office Build
ing. resulted in Lieut.. s. A. Marks
and policemen from the ninth precinct
Selling 3O0-Gallon still and 5000
gallons of mash in a raid late last
night.
The police had entered the build
ing and found it unoccupied, Sergt.
f. Thompson. one of the raiders. dis
covered upon inspecting the outside
of the house that there was third
story. windows of which had been
carefully boarded up. Upon re-en-
tering Thompson found secret
stairway, concealed in a closet on the
second floor and led the way To the
top floor. where the seizure was made.
Police have a warrant for the ar
rest of the alleged occupant of the
dwelling.
Police In TussIe.
A tussle with cOlored man in the
loft of the premises a ! 534 Ninth
street featured another productive raid
by police liquor squad yesterday aft
ernoon. The man. James Archie Nor
gan, was overpowered and large
quantity of distilling apparatus CON
fiscated.
Capt. Fred COrnWell of the second
precinct, in charge of the squad, en-
tered the house with Sergt. Roper,
Detective TSa rbee and Policeman
Thayer. Roper climbed into the loft,
and was confronted by the colored
man and two stills in operation, the
police assert.
Morgan. 1t is said, intimated to Ro
per that he was persona non grata
and offered TO prove it by tossing him
down the very trapdoor through
which he had entered without an in.
vitation. Roper made an outcry for
succor.
Archie Subdued.
Through the trapdoor came Capt
Cornwell. Raising himself to his
full height. he started to the rescue
unmindful of the fact that the floor
was slippery with mash. One :oot
kept on going, but the other reneg
ged, and Capt. CornwelI bit the dust
Recovering his equilibrium and his
dignity simultaneously, the doughty
captain took a short run and slid
across the floor to the rescue which
had been patiently waiting his appear
ance. James Archie was appropriately
Subdued and later notified a the
second precinct that he was charged
illegal manufacture and possession of
liquor and with maintaining a
nuisa nee. including a slippery floor.
Five hundred gallons of mash. eight
gallons of peach brandy. and two 80
gallon stills were among the paraph
ernalia. confiscated, police records
show.