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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Shoe Problem, SoIUed

II always buy two pairs of shoes al
time" said Detroit man 80 that
/ won't hurt my feet while I'm break
ing them in. wear one pair until
I've developed some serious pains.
Then ! wear the other pair and de-
velop new set of pains. BY alter
mating the series of pains that come
with each pair / ultimately arrive at
a point where the shoes become COM
Portable. Then / have no more wor-
ries until, of course, l have to get
q new set"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Condensed Resume of the Important
Events In the Nation and State.
BRAND FORMS
FRENCH CABINET
StateSman's Defeat Regarded as
Weakening His Position at
Geneva Conference.

Paris-Determined to get to
Geneva with the least possible
delay, nj. BRAND worked tirelessly
for eight hours to frame new
ministry. His efforts were re-
warded, when he was able to pro-
coed to Elysee palace and present
his ministers to President Dou-
mergue. M. BRAND will now be
able, as he planned, to leave for
the league meeting at Geneva
with full authority as premier, to
seek to repair if possible damage
done to French interests by his
absence from the league confer
ences.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Original "Forty-niner" Dies.

Chicago-George W. Hotchkiss, one
of the last of the original "Forty-nin-
ers" who trekked westward in the
gold rush, and editor of the first lum-
Der trade journal in this country, is
dead in Evanston, Ill He was 95 years
old and is survived by his 94-year-old
widow whom he married 70 years ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Dutch Cabinet Crisis Ends.

The Hague-Holland's prolonged
cabinet crisis, which has lasted since
November IA, ended with the forma-
ton of a ministry by former Finance
Minister De Geer, who was charged
by Queen Wilhelmina to form a cabi-
net without regard to the party sit
uations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Boston Has Leaning Toucr

The Old South church in Boston,
is that city's leaning tower of Pisa.
The only difference is that to the I'M
trained eye the tower of the old
church does not appear to lean, yet
engineers and architects maintain
there is a considerable leaning which
Is increased from year to year. The
inclination has increased three-quar-
tiers of an inch in the last II years.
The total lean at the top is said to be
between two and three feet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Shakespeare Theater DESTROYED

London-A disastrous winter of
fires eliminated in the destruction of
the Shakespeare Memorial theater at
Stratford-on-Avon. During the period
beginning December 81 last, seven
famous ancestral homes have been de-
stroyed or irreparably damaged by
fire. In most instances the accumulat-
ed art treasures and heirlooms of
generations were destroyed or ruined
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
10 Men Saved in Mine Explosion

Eccles, w. Va.-Joy over the rescue
of 10 men from an explosion-torn mine
mingled with grief for the loss of II
known dead, and uncertainty as to the
fate of the other eight workers re-
naming in the mine. There were 20
men in the mine when the explosion
occurred. The first of the rescued
men were brought out 26 hours after
the explosion. Ten bodies previously
had been brought from the mine and
identified and one had been located in
the workings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
SAGE Execut,

Sage Executors Sue for Income Tax.
New York-Executors of the estate
of Margaret Olivia Sage, widow Of
Russell Sage, who left an estate be-
lieved to be worth sS0.OO0,O0O. have
sued Frank K Owens, collector of in
ternal revenue, for S1.408.56S.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Spanish Leader Dies in Morocco

Tangier, aforementioned Milan
Astray, founder of the Spanish for
eign legion in Morocco, died of wounds
received in the fight last week. In this
fighting his right eye was shot out
while he was leading his men against
the hidden Moroccans.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
More Police Women Asked.

London-Women police know better
how to deal with modern flappers, in
the eyes of the National Council of
Women, and on this account the or
ganization's members are eager. for
more policewomen on the London
force.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Mexico Orders Exchange of Treatis

Mexico Orders Exchange of Treaties.
Mexico City-It is announced that
the foreign office has instructed Senior
Telles, the ambassador in Washing
ton, to exchange with the United
States government ratification of anti
smuggling and narcotic treaties.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
4 libby wills Art Museum $4,000. 600.

Libby Wills Art Museum $4,000, 900.
Toledo, Ohio-The Toledo Museum
of Arts becomes one of the most
heavily endowed institutions in Amer
lea through the will of the late Ed
ward Drummond Libbey, multi-million-
aire glass manufacturer, which sets up
perpetual endowment funds estimated
ate $14,000,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Doug, and Mary Realn World Tour

Los Angeles-Douglas Fairbanks
and his wife, Mary Pickford, of film
fame, left for New York on the first
leg of world tour, which is expected
to keep them from their Los Angeles
home the better part of two years.
They will sail April for Naples.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12

Hamburger. Y. Air Service Planned.
Berlin-A 10 to IL hour air service
between Hamburg and New York is
the aim of a newly formed scientific
research society for aviation in higher
attitudes. established In Berlin.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Hens Establish ECO Record

Cleveland. Ohio-Three hundred
eggs per bird from 16 notified An
coma hens in IL months is claimed
by H. Cecil Sheppard, Ee-ea, Ohio,
breeder. The total for the flock was
4,803 eggs. Two hens each produced
342 eggs he said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12

Jena, huringia-Frauleins with
hobs are being subjected to consider
able criticism. In advertisements they
are likened to Mussolini by the So
ciety of Longhaired Maidens.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Gowns Adorned with Musical Features

Gowns Adorned with Musical Features
London-The musical model for
women's gowns is the sensation fur
nished for the spring styles. The name
dresses are embroidered with quav-
ers, semi-quavers, sharps, flats and,
in fact, all the various units of mu-
steal notation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
"Mon of December"

Napoleon III Of France often was
called the MAN of December" in al
fusion to his coup d'etat of December,
1851, by which he obtained control of
the government, and to his becoming
emperor in December, 1852.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
s Bank Bandits Get $4,000.

st. Louis-Five young men held ur
the Hamilton State Bank here and
escaped in an automobile with SIS,
900. Fourteen. employees and custom
ers were in the bank.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
For Example

youth has no initiative" says
writer. 81 have just heard of a young
man who is occupying the long winter
evenings by taking correspondence
course to At him for a career as head
of correspondence college"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Reparfee

"Why do you punch that hole In my
ticket?" asked the man of the railway
official.
$50 that you can pass through"
was the reply.-Good Hardware.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
z Die in Train Wreck.

Lorain, Ohio-Two men were
burned to death and four freight cars
were destroyed when Lake Shore
Electric Railway freight train jumped
the tracks on curve two miles west
of Lorain and burst into flames.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
HOW TO SOLVE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

the In WIFI
words othv
dby number vhic to
horzontal'
ewhite spaces to
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No
forms ind In
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
$1,000. 900 Appropriated for College Aid

$1,UOO,0O0 Appropriated for College Aid
Shanghai-The China Foundation
Culture, organized last year to admin
lister the final balance of the Ameri-
can share of the Boxer indemnity, an
nounced an initial appropriation of
nearly $1,000,000 to be devoted chiefly
to teaching science in Chinese col
leges and universities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-03-12
Natures own
body builder

Before tGkig g
T0alGc / 00Gs badly
run dOtDn. Used 70
TOSS in O cold Susas
at might, cOgidU T
sleep. Has irritable
and aOeak. / nOD
sleep ard eat nata-
rally, haze GinedI5
lbs. Would not be-
svithoaf TaniaC. -
Mrs. Casper Jar
icki, Il02 Broad
tgay, Superior, Wis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09

purchased by Barney Robins, who
plans to improve the same with 200
community houses. One hundred and
twenty lots III a tract at BladensburS
road and y street northeast were pur-
chased by Barney Robins through
CafritZ Co., who sold the same TO
Shapiro katZ Realty Co. This tract
will be developed with a number of
houses.
Seventeen lots at Fifth and Madison
streets We're sold to Schlossberg &
Turner for J. Dallas Grady.
The THYME Beverage Co. of Biz
mingham. Ala. has purchased the
ground on Florida avenue northeast
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, and the CafritZ Construction
Co. has already begun the construc
ton of a warehouse to serve as a dis
tributing point for the shington dis
trict.
Another tract of ground at Eight
eenth and Otis streets was sold for &
local investor by Cafritz Co.
Seven acres of land at Fort Totter
road and Rock Creek Church road
have been sold to private speculator
who intends to develop the same.
A number of lots on the northeas'
corner of Georgia avenue and Hamil
Ton street nave peell DulCiidSeu ny
local builder, who plans to improve the
same with Is stores and apartments.
A large warehouse at First and /
streets northeast was sold to Hickman
& Co., who will use the same as a
manufacturing plant.
A large tract of ground at Bladens
burg road and Queens Chapel road
was sold to a local operator, who plans
to develop the same as an industrial
site for small manufacturing and ware
houses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
GOOD REAL ESTATE
MARKET REPORTED
Cafritz Company Gives List
of Recent House and
Land Transfers.

A considerable amount of real estate
activity in the Northwest, Northeast
and Southeast sections of the city is
indicated by the recent report of
transfers from the office of Morris
Cafritz.
over 81 900 900. include business prop
critics, residential properties and build
ing lots.
In the Petworth development houses
have been purchased by the following
No 800 Eighth street, Harry Rosen
thai; 5l02 Eighth street Charles r.
Whitmore: 5104 Eighth street, Charles
ID. Dugan: 51O6 Eighth street, Oscar
{. Mitchell; 5110 Eighth street. T. {,
Aycock; SIZE Eighth street. IL. B.
Ship; 511i Eighth street, Henry
Weeks; 5116 Eighth street. Frances
T.. Bueher: Sis Eighth street. Lewis
w. Dorset; 5l20 Eighth street. Laura
y. Halsey; SIZE Eighth street, George
g. Smith, and 5126 Eighth street,
katherine +. Dwyer.
Corner House Sold.
A corner house. zoo Emerson
street northwest, was sold to Mrs.
Betty SchleiChert.
The following houses on Buchanan
street have been sold: Ala Buchanan
street, Edgar B. Heimer; 4l6 Bu-
chanan street, James +. Wick; 4lS
Buchanan street. James keogh; 420
Buchanan street. Katherine NJ. Wise
man; 424 Buchanan street, Charles H.
Raeder; 426 Buchanan street, Harry
NJ Pitzer: 42S Buchanan street,
Agnes E. F'rawley; 430 Buchanan
street. William l.. Fitzgerald: 1872 Blu
chanan street, frankie r. Smith: 434
Buchanan street, James r. Clark;
436 Buchanan street, John K. Hood,
and 43S Buchanan street, Earl +.
Hutchinson. A house at 72o Emerson
street northwest, was sold to Edward
T. and Sarah +. Bryde. 716 Emerson
street northwest has been sold to
NJ l.. Guyther. The following have
also been sold: 504 Buchanan street,
TO L. L. kendig; sos Buchanan street,
Ursula Bounds.
Sales i'm Southeast.
The northeast and southeast sec.
tons have enjoyed considerable ac.
tivity. The continued demand for
small homes in the southeast Is evi-
denced by the recent volume of trans
actions in that section. The follow
ing is a list of recent transfers
315 Kentucky avenue southeast
Frank Giussanf: S23 kentucky avenue
southeast, G.. l.. Stilwell; 32o Ken
lucky avenue southeast, Denard w
Johnson; 327 Kentucky avenue south
east, Wilbur r. Slough: 329 Ken
lucky avenue southeast. Beulah NJ
Bosworth 335 Kentucky avenue
southeast, Florence Brown; 343 Ken
lucky avenue southeast, Frank VIII
litzhouser: 1850 d street southeast
Harry w. Dodge; 1854 d street south
east. Alfred ]. Webster: 1856 d street
southeast Gordon j. Aldrich; 1858 L
street southeast, Catherine Moran
and 1860 d street southeast, w. V
Clark. 1874 G street northeast was
sold to John j. Griffin and 1916 G
street northeast was sold to Marion
K. Ambrose.
The Heitmuller tract. consisting OF
q acres. located at Thirteenth street
and Michigan avenue northeast, was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
REALTORS BUREAU
REGISTRY GROWS
Employment Bureau Formed
Week Ago to Raise
Standards.

Many persons have registered their
names with the newly formed Wash
ington Real Estate Board employ
ment bureau. This bureau was estab-
lished by the board about week ago
to gather names of experienced and
competent persons in all branches of
the real estate business. The real
estate board has definite campaign
which it is following out to raise the
standard of the real estate profession
in the National Capital Part Of this
campaign is being achieved through
educational activities of the organiza-
ton, which includes weekly forums
and lectures by prominent local gov
eminent and civic leaders and lectures
to the members of the associate di-
vision on various topics of real estate
practice by the active and successful
realtors themselves.
The newly formed employment
bureau is also another part of this
campaign. 1t was formed to establish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09

for the members of the board a supply
of we'll informed and thoroughly eff
cient employees.
James p. Schick. executive secre-
tary Of the board, announces that he
has already received a large number
Of applications. He also has oppor-
tunities- for placing persons in po-
sitions. inquiries having been made to
the board for persons competent to
fill executive positions in insurance
departments or as statesmen and
stenographers.
1t is the opinion of the board that
great material benefits will result
from this endeavor.
There Is no charge for registration,
the idea being, according to the
board. that the bureau is formed to
render a service not only to the board
but also to the community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
Ills more sold in this one week!
Pleased
Purchasers
of one of our earlier
Petworth developments on,
Sherman
Circle

We are proud of the
personnel of our Pet
worth Communities.
And among the first
to recognize the excel
lence of Life-time"
Homes and the won
derful environment of
Petworth as a place of
residence ere the
buyers of the Homes
on Sherman Circle.
They are unanimous
in their expressions of
satisfaction with their
investment, the neigh
borhood and their
neighbors = together
with the treatment &C
corded them by this
organization, through
and following the
transaction of pur-
chase.
The best recommends
ton of a "Lie-time"
Home-und Cafritz Pet
worth-is the man or
uUon,an sUho GUMS one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

of Washington. said the bill would set
up four choice political piumS,
which might not necessarily IAN 10
the technically qualified men needed
for the posts. he suggested two as
SiStant secretaries instead of four. one
10 handle public domain and the other
/ IL charge Of public works.
NJ. l.. Medury. il. of the American
institute III Architects sand it is plac-
ically Impossible 10 draw bill that
viii hold good Tor long term oil years.
Presenting Lhe hili, Gardner 5. Will
i liams OF Ann ArbOr. Mich. vice presl-
! dent of the council. said ii Is in com
plete accord with the Brown plan OF
reorga niZation. which was approved
! by President Harding and his cabinet.
| except that il provides for four assist
ant secretaries instead of two.
Plans for inauguration of nation
wide inquiry into industrial and agrl.
cultural problems to cost about 1885,.
900 and to take about five years TO
complete, were outlined to the council
| last night by its special research
| committee after year of inveStiEa.
| ton. Aimed at eliminating billions
! in waste and to foreStall possible
economic disaster through dwindling
labor supplies and crippled produc-
ton" the inquiry would be divided
! into eight sections "delving into con
| ditionS on the Nations farms and fac
tories and among the workers"
Separate Farm Studies.
Separate studies would he made OF
agriculture. at a cost of S25. 900; in
dustries based on agriculture at So,
600: power at $4,000; reclamation If
materials, 5000; the engineering
| approach to the labor supply" at
100000; industrial fatigue, at SIPS, 600
and the Indignation of industry. at
$4,000.
The report, presented by DR. IIarri-
| son +. Howe, chairman of the commit
| tee, called upon the engineering pro
| fesSion TO take the lead in solving the
| problems of the Subnormal man and
woman. laws which retard America S
Industrial progress, the prodigal use
OF natural resources, the reclamation
Of unfit humans and the population
gaps opened up by restrained immi-
grafton. The report referred TO the
| 900 non-fatal accidents in the
! United States in a recent year, which
caused disability lasting four weeks
or more, estimating the actual time
lost from n"',-fatal accidents at so.
0Oo.0Oo da'S ard the economic loss at
! S296 600. 000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14
il. PARKINSON, 60,
WAR VETERAN, DIES
Served in Civil War and Held
important Posts With Gov
eminent Here.

James l.. Parkinson, so years old,
Union Army veteran and retired ar
chitect. who hal held important posi-
lions with the Treasury, War Depart
ment and the District government,
died at his home, 1916 Delatield place,
Yesterday after a short illness. Mr..
Parkinson is attributed with having
been the first man to enlist in the
Army from his home III milwaukee,
when President Lincoln issued his
first call for volunteers.
Serving with Company l.. 9TH WIS
consin Infantry Volunteers, Mr.. Park
inson took part in many of the major
engagements during the conflict be
tween the North and South. He was
attached to a headquarters company
as a Typographical engineer.
lie was accredited with being the
first man to discover that the con
tedersites We're preparing to evacuate
heir positions in the vicinity nj York
town. Va. prior TO the advance of
Union troops up the peninsula. be
tween the York and James Rivers, to-
ward Richmond. For his work In
that connection he received special
commentator from President LIN
coin. who offered to give him an APP
pointment to West Point.
Came Here About 1895.
Following the civil War, Mr..
Parkinson was an architect in NIL
waukee for many years. until com
ing to Washington about 1898.
His first important position here
was as an architect in the Life Saving
Service of the Treasury Department,
where he made and drew plans Tor
the building of numerous life saving
stations on the Great Lakes. Suisse
quently, he was located at Kansas
City and had charge of plans for many
of the buildings erected for the world
fair at Chicago.
Later he returned TO Washington
and was employed by the District
Government as an architect and build
ing inspector. during which time he
made plans for numerous fire engine
houses and other structures. He WAS
afterward employed as an architect
in the War Department, where he
made plans for the erection OF
officers quarters at various posts and
fortitications throughout the country
He was retired about 10 years ago.
Was Royal Arch Mason.
| Mr.. Parkinson was a Royal Arch
Mason, having been affiliated with
several Masonic bodies in the West
! He was a member OF the EpisCopa
! church.
! He is survived by his widow, Mrs
/ Amelia l.. Parkinson: three daughters
! Mrs. Frederick f.. Lucas, Miss Ger
! trude Parkinson and Miss Nellie A
( Parkinson. all of this city: a brother
/ T.. ". Parkinson, of Auberry, Calf
and a sister, Mrs. Margaret y. Whip
! pie. OF san Francisco.
Funeral services will be conducted
! at the residence tomorrow morning
at 1890 O'Clock. Rev. Harry a. E,vaul
of Baltimore. will offlciate. Interment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON GAS
cordance with section 3 OF the charter. the
annual meeting OF the shareholders of the
Washington Gas Light Company for the
election of directors and for such other
business as may properly come before said
meeting. Will he held at the Office of the
company. 413-+17 10th st NV. Monday.
FEBRUARY ! 1926. al u o'clock noon. The
lolls viii he open from l. o'clock noon TO
J o'clock pm. WILLIAM b. ORME Sec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

There are 900 900 working womr.s
in this country who have huSbd nd=
ana homes
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FULL UTILITY PROBE
INDICATED BY MOVE
House Subcommittee EnIarg-
ed to Nine Members After
First Meeting.

Intention of the House District Com
mittee to go rather fully into an in
Nestigation Of the street railways and
other public utilities in the National
Capital is indicated III The enlarge
ment of the subcommittee on public
utilities from i've to nine members,
Immediately following the first meet
ing when the phantom scent street
car fare bin was taken uP.
The determination of Representative
Blanton to push this measure and
make a record for the people, the
interest taken by the street railway
officials who thrOnGed To the hearing.
the frank admission OF the Engineer
Commissioner, Lieut.. Col. j. Franklin
Bell, that the people have not had
fair representation in public utilities
matters have all aroused unusual in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF T4F STOCK.
holders of the International Medicine Co
VIII be held at 25O1 r. I. ave. ne Tuesday
,UESTEP Secrat A., I'm -'A-i-~ W ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

I'7o"r Fulnrs
J WILL FURNISH PLANS AND BI-u n
your hoTen or garage ON reasonable terms
! D. BURN. carpenter and builder. 2"39
Nowton i. NJ. is.
WANTED-A RETURN LOAD or FURNI-
To from New York PhiIadetphia or Ralti-
i.ore. SMITHS TRANSFER AND STOR-
TIE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of the Columbia Granite & Dredging
Corporation will be held at its office Rooms
J and :. Alexandra National Bank Building
1920: at II o'clock noon. for the purpose
or electinC directors for the ensuing wear
and the transaction of such business as NAV
legally come before said meeting
J. II. BRADLEY. President
q A BONNET Cenrnt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.

CONTRACTING. BUILDING REPAIRING
3sIS. IS
VA. MD. AND DC. EDWARDS HEIRS AS
snclaton will meet. Room sol. Eve. Star
Bldg 18th and Pa. ave. NV. Saturday.
Jan: l6. at nm. to discuss important
business. BY FRANK l.. ANkERS. Sec.