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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25

Dividend rates as given In the above tsbIe
are the annual cash payments based on IN
latest quarterly or half yearly declaration.
I1niess otherwise noted. extra or special diVi.
dends are not included.
Paid this year. no regular rate. or
optional in stock sPartly stock. fPartly
extra. SPayable in preferred stock tPius
6 in stock payable 1 y quarterly. tpfuo
~ IN stock payable 4 = ouArter6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

Quotations furnished by w B. Hibbs Coz
Nominal Selling check G
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
Cont RACTSLET
. On II SEWERS

Contracts for the construction OF
IT sewers at a cost of more than
$3.50 900 were awarded today by the
District Commissioners.
They are. The Cain Company,
Decatur Street, service sewer be-
tween Fourth and Fifth Streets
Northwest, $1,S74; Mineasota Ave
rue, trunk sewer, between Sixteenth
Street and Good Hope Road, South
east, $9,s51; Seventeenth Street;
trunk sewer, between S Street and
Good Hope Road, Southeast, $9,197;
Thirty.ninth Street, storm water
sewer between Military Road and
Jenifer Street Northwest, $685..
Wesley Heights trunk sewer, be-
tween Hawthorne and Klingle
Streets. Northwest, $4,5S4; Howard
Road, service sewer, between Dis
trict property and Firth Sterling
Avenue, Southeast, $1,727.
w. A. Pate, jr., Sixteenth Street
Heights. service sewer at Sixteenth
and Juniper Streets Northwest, $751;
S67; the a. McCandlish Co., service
sewer at Thirty.first Place and
Douglas Street Northeast, $S,199;
Randolph Place service sewer at
Twenty-fourth Street Northeast, ~
674: Van Buren, Street. service
sewer between Fourteenth and Six
tenth Streets Northwest, $2,O4O;
the Joseph A. Forbes Co, T Street
replacement sewer, between Fourth
and Fifth Streets Northwest, SILT;
f Street replacement sewer between
Third and Fourth Streets Northeast,
$6.776.
To w. Harry Angle, Owen Place,
service sewer, between Montello and
Trinidad Avenues, $3.50; East
Brightwood service sewer at Fifth
and Madison Streets Northwest,
SIS, 03S; the Warren F Breniver. Co..
Burleith service sewer, at Thirty
seventh Street and Reservoir Road
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
Big OR LITTLE
| HERE'S YOUR MATCH!
Kay KIothes Kan Korrectly
or Kome KIosess at AS
Ninth ST. n. w.

Perhaps you've been disappointed
in the past when you desired 70
match up an odd coat and vest
with brand-new pair OF trousers.
Plenty Of stores, but not plenty
OF patterns nothing seemed to
even come close and so YOU gave
up the matching idea forever.
But wait-a new store beckons
to you with promise Of match
ing either correctly or very close
and IL it cant be done from their
mammoth stock, they'll get it for
you through their very close con
nections with several foremost
trousers manufacturers.
Prices not any more, IL not less--
$2.95-$3. 95- $4 easily worth d
buck and d half to two bucks more.
p. S.This all happens at the
Kay Klothes Shop, 41S Ninth st.
Northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
GIRL, is, PLEADS FOR MAN
WHO TOOK HER AWAY

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May H.
Pretty Miss Myrtle Antionette Lar
son, 16, today awaits arrival of her
parents to take her back to Peeks-
kill. N. Y, while her sweetheart,
william Psannes. SO, of Buchanan.
N. Y. prepares for a trip. to At
lanta, Ca, in the custody Of Federal
officers, to begin serving a. two
year term on charges growing out
OF an automobile trip he admitted
taking with the girl. The couple
were arrested here en- route TO
Florida.
The girl pleaded with the judge
for Psannes, despite the fact that
she was told that he is married
man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
MRS. MARSHALL FIELD
BECOMES EXPLORES

CHICAGO, May 14.-Mrs. Mar
shall Field will be member OF
the Field Museum expedition which
will leave for South America next
month, Chicago society was in.
formed.
Besides Mrs. Field there will be
Mrs. Grace Thompson-s Seton, wife
of the naturalist, and George X,
Cherrie, member of the recent
Roosevelt expedition to Central
Asia. The expedition. which will
be financed by Capt Marshall
Field, will collect specimens OF
animal and plant life and minerals
OF the Rio de Janeiro country. II
will sail from New York June 10.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
GOT DoUGHNUT IN FRANCE,
SENDS SIS TO "SALLIES"

NEW YORK, May 15.-A dough,
nut given to an American soldier
in France during the war has Just
brought a contribution of SIS all the
way from London to the current
Salvation Army appeal for work
in this city The donor is Gilbert
H. Carr, and he sent the check te
Leon Gazarian, chairman of the
food specialties group. Mr.. Carr
said In his letter:
viii you please pass along the
enclosed IS from me as a slight APP.
probation of the wonderful dough.
nuts they used to make for us in
France. The memory fingers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
100 SURPoENAS ISSUED
IN OHIO LIQUOR INQUIRY

CLEVELAND. Ohio, May a.
The Federal government this after
noon took the first step in huge
liquor probe in Ohio, when SUBJ
poenas were issued for more than
100 ohioans In various cities of the
State, to appear before a Federal
grand jury here next Monday. The
grand jury will probe an alleged
conspiracy to manufacture beer con-
alcohol
Charles Mccarthy. a special Gov
eminent agent. has been working
on the case out of United States
District Attorney A. E. Bernstein's
office.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
YOUTHS SUICIDE BLAMED
ON DIVORCED "HElRESS"

NEW YORK, May IA di-
vorced "heiress" is said by his
friends to have been the woman for
love of whom young inventor
killed himself here.
He was Theodore Trelbaum, "a,
who was found dead from chloro-
form in his room.
Terry" Colquit, the model whose
picture the youth ! faced as he
sought everlasting sleep, was said
by her friends to have been a
dear friend, but never the sweet.
heart of Theodore, even though he
wrote poems to her.
Miss Colquit was too dazed to
see any one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
The Models Sketclsed

AT Plain straight blouse style of
navy flat crepe, with collar and cuffs and
bandana cape and pleated skirt Of polkadot
crepe, blouse trimmed with small metal but
tons.
AT RIGHT-Soft gray georgette, long
waist style, with deep flounce shirred at top,
cut in points at the bottom. Trimming Of
insets on sleeves, tie and nounce of pale
blue shade.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
j. s. AND STATE
COURT CLASH
By international News Service


CLEVELAND, Ohio, May A.
State and Federal authorities were
in conflict here today as the result
of the jailings Of w. T. Shockley,
district director of naturalization,
for contempt of court on the order
of Common Pleas Judge Alvin j.
Pearson.
Judge Pearson held Shockley in
contempt when Shockley refused to
deliver into the courts possession
certain documents relating to a
naturalization case Shockley
claimed he had been instructed by
his superiors not to = surrender
them.
United States District Attorney
A. e. Bernstein Immediately began
habeas corpus proceedings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14
go SAILORS, POISONED
ON CONCORD. RECOVERING

PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-THE
sailors and officers, comprising
the skeleton crew of the ~. s..
cruiser Concord. now at League
island navy yard. here, will be dis
charged from the navy yard hos
pitaI today. after they had been
treated for ptomaine poisoning, fol-
lowing q midday meal aboard the
Concord yesterday, according to-
navy yard officials.
An investigation was begun to-
day by navy yard officials Of the
food the men ate.
Officials refused to say OF what
the midday meal consisted.
Afghanistan, one of the least
known nations In the world, has
an area five times the size Of New
York state and population esti-
mated at 5000 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14

Safeguard your family. Come
to the Hearst building and inquire
about insurance costing you from
One-seventlh or q cent per day TO
two cents per day. or call Main
$3.50 and ask for the Insurance
Department.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14

Northwest, s4,474; the q. B. Null
lin Co., Porter Street, storm water
sewer, between Thirtieth and Thirty
seventh Streets Northwest, $3I 1877,
and the James Creek Valley trunk
sewer on Second Street Southwest,
between I Street and the Anacostia
River, $35,691.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14

Interested i'm Insurance? Per-
haps not. But can hardly afford
90 overlook the offer of The Times
and The Herald. Call Main $500,
ask for Insurance. or better still,
come down to the Hearst building,
1917 III Street, and talk it over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-14

Perhaps your paper was miss
ing? If so call Main $500, ask
for the Service Department. A
messenger boy will bring it at
once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
CLARA A[DERTON
| !. WINS At TENNIS
Advances to Semi-FinalS of
Junior Singles by Two
Victories Today.

Clara Alderton advanced TO the
Eemi.fnals Of the District junior ten
mis- championship singles event this
morning and six other fair raCketers
reached the second round as a result
of initial play on the Henry Park
courts.
Miss Alderton. seeded favorite
Scored over Sue Crump in the first
round, G-1. "a, and won an unex.
pectedly decisive victory over Mary
Virginia Hardesty, Central High
School star. which placed her in the
semi-final bracket The score was
G. /, I'll
Caroline Jansen and Agatha Varela
Inquired in the feature first round en-.
counter today. Miss Jansen finally
claimed the victory after II two hour
struggle. winning the opener at G--2,
dropping the second G-l. and pulling
out Of o. hole to take the third at
Is.
Play will continue tomorrow morn
Ing In singles, all matches beginning
at 9:45 Doubles play viii start in
the afternoon with the exception OF
one match scheduled for 1880. in
which Grace Moomaw and Helen
Chafee win face Kaye Johnson and
Mary Virginia Hardeaty
Summarizes
First round IL Dorothy Cook defeated
Edith NcCulIoch tt "a. Mary
Ellen Totten won from Grace Noonaw
by default Caroline Jansen defeated
Agatha Narea. 9 .. 10. ID: Vir-
ginia Olmsted defeated Helen Chafee,
6-l, e; Clara Aldert0n defeated
Sue Crump. 81. Ct: Mary Virginia
JIardesty won from therine Dun.
ham by default. Teresa Breen defeated
nj II Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
BREAKDOWN DELAYS
500 ON RIVER BOAT
Charles Manchester Passengers Are
Brought in by the St. Johns
at 9 AM. Today.

The Mount Vernon and Marshall
Hail steamer Charles Manchester,
carrying 500 persons. was put out of
commission temporarily last night at
the Fort Washington wharf when an
iron strap on the walking beam OF
the engine broke.
Sounding a distress whistle, Capt
y. II. Turner halted the Stea1pcr St
Johns, which was returning TO Wash
ington with passengers from Colonial
Beach. This steamer took on board
passengers at Marshall Hall and
brought several hundred to Wash
ington, arriving about II O'Clock, and
then returned TO the Fort Washington
wharf for the 500 passengers aboard
the Charles Manchester. Tho second
group arrived here about 2 am. to-
day, said Capt. Philip Barber OF the
ST. Johns.
The Charles Manchester, after being
temporarily repaired, left Fort Wash
ineton for It's dock hero shortly be-
fore noon today.
Except for the delay the passengers
were put to no Inconvenience. and
were never in danger. officials report
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
WRITER IS SOUGHT
IN DEATH OF WIFE
Police Say He Jumped From
Drivers Seat of Speeding Car
During Quarrel,


GLENDALE, Calf. August 3d.
Authorities were seeking ]. Alvin
Wycliffe, writer, on q manslaughter
charge following the death here early
Yesterday OF his wife, Margaret Nor
gan Wyclitfe, motion picture actress.
Mrs. Wycliffe, known in the films
as Margaret Morgan, died at Il sana-
forum from a crushed skull received
when she leaped from a driverless
automobile. Police reported that dur
ing an alteration with his wife
Wycliffe pulled down the throttle of
his car and jumped out of the ma
chine. A third occupant OF the car.
Dave TagSant. a friend of Mrs.
Wycliffe, started for the, drivers seat,
but the woman leaped before he could
stop the speeding car.
Mrs. Wycliffe's death was said by
police to have been the elimination
Of a short but stormy married life
Of a little more than two months.
Mrs. Wycliffe leaves two children
by Il former marriage, Jackie Nor
gan, 10, and Dorothy Morgan, 10,
both juvenile screen players.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
TRAIN BURNS IN WEST.
II Oil Tank Cars Are Destroyed
Coach Passengers Saved.

DENVER. August 80 R,-Fire yes.
terday imperiled passengers on a
Denver and salt Lake mixed pasSen.
ger md freight train and destroyed
i oil tank cars on the train in the
snowsheds near Corona in the noun
tainS west Of here.
Injury to the passengers was avert
ed by the quick work Of railroad en-
ployes. who uucoupled the coaches.
About 1900 feet of the snowshed was
burned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
TWO SPIRITED AWAY.
Brothers Held as Officers Slayers
Are Taken From Arkansas Jail.

VAN BUREN,. Ark. August 80 NO.
George W. and Matthew HINES, al.
legged bank robbers, charged with kill
ing Deputy Sheriff Perry Chuculatee
near Sallislaw, Okla.. Friday, were re.
moved from Crawford County jail
last night.
Six officers. headed by Sheriff John
r. Johnston OF Sallisaw. took the pris-
oners in charge, declining To name
their destination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30

Emil Balaneseu. 81 below. for
!. 81 Partisan medical student, who is
believed to have killed his sweetheart,
Dorothy Kirk tabovel, also 81. with
love pills." has presented Cleveland
police with an unprecedented prob
lem in criminology. Dorothy died
apparently from poisoning. Yet no
violent poison was found i'm exami-
nation Of her vital organs. Instead,
physicians found complex mixture
of opiates and narcotics. Balanescu
has admitted giving the girl 'lOve
notions to make her gay"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
RELEASE U. S. PROPERTY.

HONGKONG. August 80 UP).-~Re
ports from Canton state that the
hospital at Wuchow and all other
American property at present in the
hands of strike pickets Will he re-
turned forthwith
The capture of an American named
Banbury by pickets also Was report
ed, with the added Information that
ne was released upon the interven-
lion OF the American consulate. Ban
bury was taken from his motor boat
after the firing OF about 80 shots.
a.
Reduced fare via r.. 4. 4 II. II. X.
account Labor day holiday. Septem.
Der Sc. Fredericksburg, $50; Rich.
mond. $500, Norfolk ANA old Point.
$500 round trip. Consult ticket agents
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

The stage coach
in which Horace
Gre ley went
West" 1t is on
exhibition at Las
Animas. Colo. The
famous editor, who
gave the advice.
Go West, young
man." to ambitious
youth. made his
trip West in the
coach in the '70's.
g Underwood & Underwood.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
-TRY7

At left: Members of the
Commission. of Friendship.
representing the Greek Y,
M. c. A., who are visiting
the United States to inter-
est Greeks of America IN
the Hellenic Y. M. c. A.,
entertained at the w. S.
corby home. Left to right:
Col. Gregory Kondekakis
of the Greek Army. His
Holiness Gennadios, Metro
politan of Thessalonica; u.
L. Amoss, secretary of the
Greek Y. M. c. A.; Mr..
Corby and Admiral Con-
stantine Melas of the Greek
Navy.
Washington Star Photo.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Uncle joe Cannon. Speaker Of the House Of Repre-
sentatves. celebrates another birthday his home in Danve
Ill The little girls daughters of neighbor called wish
Uncle Joe who ninety old May l. many happy
birthdays
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-19
JUDGE FAvORS
OLD TEACHINGS
Lauds Little Red School
During Bad Check Trial.

Strict adherence to old-fashioned
teachings of the little red school
house" was advocated by Judge
James A. Collins i'll Criminal Court
Monday afternoon during the trial
Of Wayne K. Browning, "a, Of Hunt
ington, w. Va. charged with issuing
fraudulent checks. Browning, the
son of an aristocratic Virginia fam
lily. is alleged to have passed five
worthless checks in Indianapolis and
numerous others in other cities.
I'm for the little red schoolhouse
and the spelling bee-it's got all tile
fraternities and sororities backed
clean off the map" said Judge Col
Inns.
The court ordered that Browning
We held until Saturday morning,
when his father, l.. d. Browning, Is
due to arrive from West Virginia.
According to Browning, his father
promised to place $1,000 in any bank
to his credit. He said he made out
his checks thinking the money had
been placed in a local bank.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-19
LAD, 9, LOSES LIFE
Fatally Injured Gathering Coal for
Destitute Family.

CHICAGO, Jan. 19.-Robert Trap.
9, managed to smile, "good-by man.
ma" as ne slipped off Monday into
that mysterious realm where there
is no need for little boys to pick
coal along the railroad tracks.
Robert seemed to realize, as he lay
there on the hospital cot with one
leg gone and his skull broken, that
he had done his best to help
mamma" and his eleven destitute
brothers and sisters.
The father, John Trap. died two
months ago. The widow and her
orphans were suffering from the
cold, so Robert went out along the
railway tracks to pick up some coal.
His basket was nearly full when
a switch engine struck him down.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-19
LOAN FAILS TO GAIN
CounciImanic Line Stops Proposed
Health Board Grant.

The smooth path ordinarily pre-
pared for loans requested by the
board OF health revealed unexpected
bumps Monday night when council
men refused to recommend author
ization of a $4,000 temporary loan.
THE board Of health has suf.
ficient money on hand>to take care
of its needs until March 81 and /
dc not think it wise to borrow money
when it is not needed" o. Ray Al
bertson, finance committee chair
man, reported.
.Albertson presented figures show
ingI the board has S7S,3S1.54 on hand
and that operation expenses are only
s51,G60 month with an income of
$4,000 month from paying patients
at city hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-19
Puzzle a Day

Two newsboys, each carrying the
same number of papers, agreed to
meet after each delivered papers to
ten apartment houses. Each apart
ment house contained the same num-
Der Of customers.
When the boys again came to the
corner they counted their papers
and discovered that there was 1-6 as
many papers left in each bag as
were delivered to each apartment.
What-is the smallest number of
papers that the two bags together
could have contained?
Last pnz7Ie answer:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-19

In this diagram the dots represent
the fire-masks and the letter &C"
stands for the culprits, showing only
three masks had been removed.
If you consider the dots only yoI
will find two masks only in each row
running down. across or diagonally,
making seventeen rows in Ill.