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dinner. She told of her desire to so
to motion picture show, She reclted
the difficulty she had in getting per
mission, but of finally winning on the
plea that "schooi stops in only two
days" and that she didn't have any
home work for that night. She told
of her walk with her mother to
Eighteenth street and Columbia road.
and of the meeting with Mrs. Coates.
Chairman W. H. Wahly OF the trial
board, also went about the crosseX-
animation gently. He prohed and
parried subtly He found that
Stephanie based her remembrance OF
that particular night by connection
with the fact that school closed IN
two days, on June %, and that she
was positive of the time because she
was in the theater shortly before the
8 o'clock show.
Asked Name of Show.
what was the name of the show"
she was asked
Here the tension slackened. ste
phanie smiled again.
Sweet Daddies." she replied
The crCss examination ended.
Stephanie breathed deep, audible
sigh. She was about to leave the wit
ness stand. She had welcomed tins
moment.
Just then Attorney Emerson asked
her to wait a second for redirect eX-
animation on Il few points. She STOOD
the first question well. On the second
question. the thought that she had
more Of this ordeal to face oVercame
her. Big tears appeared. In another
second she had left the stand The
trial board returned to it's usual pro
cedure.
Mrs. Kelly, in her story of her move
ments on the night of June 20, denied
ever having been in the automoblie
on that night, and gave a detailed
account Of the points where she stop
ped during her patrol of the streets.
Several members of the police force
verified this account
Her testimony was corrobOrated In
part also by John J. Anderson, now of
Hyattsville, but on whom Mrs. Kelly
called the night of the 18th at 1922
Sixth street southwest in connection
with the disappearance of his daugh-
ter, who returned that night.
The alibi went to the trial board
without being broken by cross-exami-
| nation of any witness. 1t was
diametrically opposed to the prosecu-
ton theory. Before final adjourn
ment of the trial board last night
dismissal OF the charges was decided
upon.
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ASKS BOARD CHANGES.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle Wants Prosecutor
i'm POlict Trial Cases.

Criticism of the constitution of the
police trial board was made to the
District Commissioners today by
Lieut.. Nina Van Wrinkle, director of
the women's bureau of the Police De-
partment, following the loss of her
case before the board yesterday
against Mrs. Louise Kelley, who was
vindicated of charges of neglect of
duty and making false statements to
superior officers.
Lieut.. Van Wrinkle appeared be-
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fore the commissioners at their semi
weekly board meeting, and was al
lowed three minutes in which to
register her protest. She suggested
that a prosecuting attorney be as
signed to the board. The Commits
sioners took her suggestion under ad-
ViSement.
Commissioner Daugherty indicated
afterward that he probably would
make a study of the present trial
board procedure 10 determine if any
reforms are needed.
Evening star., 1926-09-17

People of keila and KlooGa. Is
thonia, are requesting that electric
trains be run on the Tallin- Paldiskia
Railroad
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Held Up and Robbed.
Continued tomorrow

ROCKVILLE, Md. September IL
James Riley of 4837 Wisconsin avenue
reported to Washington police that
he was held up at the point of a
revolver by three men on the Jones
Mill road near Bethesda last night
and robbed of $50. Sheriff Plummer
of Montgomery County is investi'
eating today.
Evening star., 1926-09-17

The government of South Africa
is actively extending its railways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

necktie list. To the pages Of the SEN
ate the Senator gives gold pieces.
X X X 4
Clifford Pinchot's four-year term as
Governor Of Pennsylvania comes to
an end at midnight Of December 81.
1925. but his family quite evidently
has no intention of quitting politics.
A day or two ago the governors
lady. Mrs. Cornelia Bryce Pinchot--
herself no mean politician-flitted
through Washington for a series Of
conferences on Capitol Hill. She was
in executive session with Senator
Norris. Republican progressive, of
Nebraska, among others. Presumably
forthcoming events in the Vare-Wil-
son election contest in Pennsylvania
were the object of Mrs. Pinchots
visit. The soon-to-be ex-governor
mis- presidential bee. Perhaps his wife
came to insulate some wires for 1928.
X y v
President Coolidge arranged to give
the other Government workers at
Washington a half holiday on the eve
of Christmas, but will put in a full
eight hour day himself. AS indication
of that industrious intention, he noti-
fed the newspaper correspondents
who beard the Official spokesman"
twice week in his White House den
that the President will be on that
more or less communicative Job on
Friday, December "a, as usual.
X X X X
Whenever a sedate Senator Of the
United States wishes to remark some
thing--which now and then he does
he is supposed to rise for the purpose.
One day during the Cape Cod Canal
debate, that courtly statesman, Sam
uel M. Shortridge Of California, en-
gagged in protracted cross-fire col
loquy with Senator Robert b. Howell
of Nebraska. but did not stand up.
Vice President Dawes attention hap
pened to be occupied by Senator
Hiram w. Johnson Of California. who
had gone to the presiding officers
rostrum. AS soon as Johnson left and
Dawes could again command a view
of proceedings. Shortridge unfolded
his 6 feet inches of stature, arose,
bowed and said, II beg pardon, Mr..
Vice President" The Chesterfieldian
code prevails in the Senate--when
the man with the gavel Is looking.
(Copyright. 1891
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
The Street Car Collision.

Seven persons were injured and
many others were shaken up when
two street cars of the Washington
Railway and Electric Co. were In a
collision yesterday at North Capitol
and ii streets. Crowded with Christ.
mas shoppers and running over slip
perry rails, the vehicles met with a
terrific crash and 1t was only on &C.
count OF the comparatively slow speed
being made that fatalities did not re-
suit. As IL was the impact threw the
rear trucks of one Of the cars off the
track and it careened dangerously to-
ward the curb.
With the advent of the air brake
on city street cars. collisions have be,
come somewhat of rarity. In the
old days the motorman would churn
madly with the hand brake when an
accident appeared imminent. often
times failing to stop his heavy car.
But neither air brakes nor hand
brakes are of avail If the tracks have
not been properly sanded in wet
weather. AS a matter OF fact, the air
brake is sometimes more dangerous
under these circumstances than the
manual apparatus because wheels
have more Of tendency to skid when
pressure is applied abruptly.
The real cause of yesterdays acct
dent has not been ascertained. al.
though it is apparent that either the
brakes were defective or failed to hold
on the grease.like rails. In the inves.
tigation which Is already under way
II should be determined whether or
not precautions had been taken to
sand the tracks and inspect the
brakes. In wet weather especially
careful and conscientious supervision
must be the watchword Of those
charged with the responsibility Of
transporting the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES n. TR4CEWELL.

| lty. and you had to make good.
Usually. however. you put such
packages down at the bottom of the
pile. underneath everything else. hop
ing that they would be carried out
with the wrappings.
\ n \ X
open IT, Sanity" said your wife.
"Ho, no, no. it says not tor was
your uproarious reply. CThis Is In
| the best tradition. You are generally
represented as something of a nut
you know)
Tee hee heer'. screamed your
Sanity. Nobody does"
''Ho no no, no, nobody does! Ho
| no, no, no, nobody does!'
That's why you never begin work
until Christmas eve." reminded your
| chubby spouse. Il don't know why
| use that particular word. Santa
Claus, but 1t just seems to tit)
"Ho no no, and ha ha ha, shall
| open my own Christmas gift now?'
you said, hoping against hope.
Tee hee hee. who has a better
right to get Christmas gift than
| Santa Claus himself?'
"Right.o, right-o. right-o, my mer
| ry spouse. old Santa Claus has every
|
SO chortling. you leaped three
times into the air, cracked your heels
| together nine times and tore off the
| wrapping from your parcel.
You then dragged forth a Christmas
| tie. Mrs. Santa Claus had purchased
| 1t for 6S cents the day before, but
| she thought you wouldn't know that
| Hadn't the handsome young man as
sured her that he was wearing one
just like it. only, unfortunately, he
had mislaid 1t that morning and had
to be content with this plain blue
one?
X X " X
"Ho no no, that's a beauty, my
| loyal spouse!" you had heartily de-
clared, throwing an added portion OF
heartiness into your notoriously
CHEEKY voice. You thought 1t wouldn't
hurt anything. It didn't.
"Tee hee hee, do you like It, Santy?"
You held the livid thing up for bet
ter inspection.
do I like it? Ho no no! I love
| It. oh, no no no, it's beauty, my
dear, oh no no no. it's Knockout
my love. oh no no ho!''
And you crammed 1t back into it's
| hox-but you had not reckoned with
Mrs. Claus.
aren't you gong 10 wear II
| Santy?"
Well. you supposed you might as
we'll buckle down to 1t. Bitten would
be a bit harder to manage, II he
caught sight Of 1t, but luckily you
| wore whiskers. BY George! whis-
kers did come in handy, some time!
"Ho no no, you bet I'm going to
wear it, Hastily you swept up your
WhiskerS over one shoulder, un
hitched your modest bow of black
and wreathed yourself In the brightest
tie In the world, all aglow with Grim.
son, flecked with dark purple spots.
Its beautiful, tee hee heel" proud
ly chimed your spouse. 1.-THE young
man said 1t was a wow-what did
he mean by that?"
"Darned if I know. no no no." you
lied, giving Mrs. Santa Claus kiss
Now, Santa Claus, don't forget
| that was the Christmas you set SC
many chimneys aflre.
Appealingly yours,
TEMPLETON JONES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

the great radio public. 1t 10 possible
for the airy announcer to be silenced;
speakers Of great volume and endur.
ance but with little interest can be
told to pipe down.; alleged funny
men. the kind who laugh heartily at
their own jokes when they are a
thousand miles away and seemingly
out Of reach of the most indignant
listener. can be controlled and, best
of all. the off-key singer can be told
where to get off" 1t requires
simply a phone call or telegram to
the offending station. If by any
chance this new method should not
prove as effective as In the Finland
instance, there Is only one thing to do,
turn of the machine and completely
ignore the whole program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Safer i'm Frozen North
Than ON u. S. Highways
From the Yokima Morning Herald.

From the Yokima Morning Herald.
Donald II. Macmillan has returned
from n 4,000-mile voyage to the Arc.
tic. After sailing through uncharted
seas 800 miles north Of the Arctic Cir.
Gle he reported that he and his 20
companions did not have q case Of ILL
ness or an accident Of any kind. Three
women were members Of the party.
It would have been more dangerous
for these explorers to remain at home.
The dangers Of the frozen North do
not compare with the dangers or
being shot az an innocent bystander.
of being struck by O hit-and-run
motorist, Of dying from ptomaine
poisoning or being killed by nervous
or disgruntled bandit.
When the November magazines ar
rive they will have pictures OF a
Puritan and his wife and child on
their way to church to attend q
THANKSGIVING service. The Puritan's
face will be stern and cold. In his
hands will be a blunderbuss. and he
will be depicted as ready to defend his
little family against the hostile In
dams who Turk behind the trees.
Those were brave and dangerous
DAYS. No one knew when a band or
savages might raid q settlement ana
murder the colonists.
Going to Thanksgiving service TO-
day, or, in fact, going anywhere with
In the confines of civilization, also has
It's dangers. They have increased at
an enormous rate. A man takes his
life in his hand even If he crosses the
street. Perhaps the best way to be
safe is to go into the. jungies of the
tropics, where only the lions. tigers
and snakes are foes, or sail into the
Arctic as Macmillan did.
Civilization has a long list OF assets
on one side Of the ledger. but on the
other win Do found O Tremendous nst
oG al Nab0ikiaA
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period. 1t is possible to erect an ele'
waited road, the entire length OF the
city of New York, in about 0ne-fifth
of the time necessary 10 drive a tun-
mel and with little II any more OBJ
structicn to surface travel during the
process. Still they have become ar
chaic and New York Is now figuring
on the elimination of all these relics.
Notwithstanding the fact that their In
stallation caused the town to pride It.
self on having the most modern and
efficient means of rapid transit In the
world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22

The theory that "you cannot talk
back over the radio" has been definite.
ly exploded. An example comes from
Helsingfors. Finland. It concerns the
new broadcasting apparatus just In.
stalled In the Finnish Diet TO enable
the nation to listen to the wisdom
of the legislators via the air route.
The first night Of it's operation. an
important debate was scheduled--one
Of the legislators had a pet matter
which he wished to bring before the
Diet. It had to do with the necessary
but mono too interesting question Of
ham and eggs in Finland and was
entirely 1T variance with the subject
to be debated. In fact Il was strongly
reminiscent OF scenes IN our own
Congress when suhiects---oh, well,
laugh that Off In any event, after
listening to an hour Of this hamand.
egg thing, one Of the constituents.
living about one hundred miles away,
became excessively bored. He there.
upon got on tho long-distance phone
and to an official Of the Diet he gave
the following curt message: Tell that
fellow to shut UP or he viii never
again be elected from this part Of
the country" The message was &C
cordingly given and the surprised
orator abruptly left OF discussing the
ham.and.egg situation and took his
seat ana did not % much as pesy
durtns Dc vase q tAe sssaten
So now O lsesun NAo bean eeven q
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WASHINGTON. y. G.,
December 22. 1896


Mr.. Santa Claus.
North Pole.
Dear Sir:
Please don't send me any necttier
for Christmas.
On behalf of the men of Washing
ton. / beseech you not to send any OF
us neckties.
1t wouldn't be so bad il you did the
selecting yourself, but when you turn
the matter over to our dear wives
aunts and SO on, 1t Is something else
again.
A woman's idea of a necktie for a
man is a queer thing.
Even the dearest women have darn
poor ideas of what men like in neck
ties.
Somehow they seem to have got the
idea that red Is the proper color, TIM
and shade for the fourin.hand.
Red, of course, Is a wonderful color
but when applied to neckties to adorr
the manly neck, usually it is not sc
good.
1t Is true that there is something
very Christmasy about it--holly Der
ries, and all that sort of thing; paper
used for wrapping gifts; seals, string
stickers.
No doubt of it, red is the great
Christmas color, the glowing tints OF
which, in bright ribbons on wreaths
and in multitude of places, beckor
to us with cheer and help make
Christmas what it is.
Gentlemen, however. do not wish to
emulate Christmas trees. They have
no desire to look like walking parcels
done up in bright paper, all bound
round with snappy string.
X X k
And then those patterns,
Shall we call them futurist? Shall
we call them cubist? Shall we cal
them subterranean?
Surely, the man who names the
Pullman cars must have collaborated
with the fellow who bitches the mon
ickers to collars, and then gone into
conference with the deft swingers OF
colors for the circus Autographs.
Swirls, circles, triangles, stripes
domes. pillars. cubes, polyhedrons-
these are but a few of the designs
commonly found by unsuspectine
males on their Christmas neckties.
Dear Santa Claus. II you have any
influence whatever in this matter
deter them from giving us neckties
You have a large stock of stuff-plaJ
up some of your other wares. talk VI
Anything. "sell EN-" on anything but
neckties!
You know how it is yourself. Santa
Claus.
When Mrs. Santa Claus proudly
handed you that big cravat-you re-
member the one (you bet you do,
you'll never forget it, and waited for
your manifestation of pleasure--well
now what did you do? How did you
feel? What did you say?
It was in the year 1918, as we get
the story. maybe it helped bring or
the war; You had just returned to
the house, prior to Numbering the
reindeer for the big night, when your
good spouse handed you a neat box
rather long, all done up in fancy
paper, string, stickers and a seal
Don't open until Christmas"
The Joke was on you.
Your sleigh was crammed with sim
liar packages. which it always gave
you q pain to deliver, but you had
signed a solemn compact with human
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
New York to Scrap the a."

A movement 10 under way In New
York to scrap the elevated railroads
which have for q great many years
supplied that city with rapid transit
facilities. The transit commission Of
Greater New York Is about to con-
slider methods Of replacing these aerial
lines with subways. and although the
process Of undertaking will cover a
long period New Workers. are begin
ming to contemplate the situation
when those now Anticipated routes OF
travel will have disappeared.
It is difsicult 10 picture New York
without the stilted rail lines that net
the city. They have been in use FOR
nearly fifty years. When the first
road on the West Side was built Il
was one of the wonders Of the time. 1t
was hailed as an ail-time solution OIL
the transit problem. then becoming
difrcult. Nobody foresaw the ire
mendous growth of the city. its ex
mansion northward and eastward, til
development into q community Of 81,
million urban jewellers and more thar
ten million with the suburbs added.
The elevated roads In New Yorl
have become a nuisance. with theil
noise and with the darkening Of th'
streets. They are no longer nuisance
on the score Of smoke and SCOT. for the
power IL electrical. But they make a
tremendous chatter and the structures
obstruct the thoroughfares and caus
q serious depreciation OF property. In
deed they cost the city Of New Yorl
heavily In the early stages when as [
result Of long protracted litigation
damages were assessed for loss o
Easements" chiefly in the obscura
| ton Of light.
Sabways ere much more expensive
4 % NUtlA than elevated nnsA Thai
oenG1gWaals@ seuHlsse q tnasnA luuge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Press Reviews Lakes-tO-Sea
deep Waterway Projects

that the st. Lawrence route Is the
more feasible. viii afford better relief
for the Middle West and Is q better
investment for the United States as a
navigation proposition. The alleged
military value of the all-Amer1can
route is imaginary and Of no prac-
tical standing. It Is time this ques-
ton was taken out of politics and de-
cided on its merits"
Asserting that "Chicago's diversion
Of water to which Canada has as great
a right as the United States is a
stumbling block in the way of the st.
Lawrence outlet" the Duluth Herald
says, Therefore, Duluth and the In
terror must fight that diversion, and
must fight anything that stands in the
way of this great achievement, which
would add 10 cents to the price Of
every bushel Of wheat raised IN the
Northwest and make Duluth an ocean
port" The Kalamazoo Gazette adds
that sit Is to be hoped that no con-
siderable body OF our Federal law
makers will be deceived by Chicago's
show Of maternal solicitation for the
welfare Of the Middle West. The re-
port submitted by Gen. Jadwin and
his group Of engineering experts ought
to be the final and decisive answer to
all the specious propaganda in favor
Of an 'all-American' canal"
In support of the all-American prof.
ect, the Chicago Tribune argues that
1.-The taxpayers of the United States
will be called upon to lay out millions
Of dollars, and 1t Is only natural our
citizens prefer to have the money
spent entirely within the national from
tiers. AS a matter Of fact, the desire
to build the channel on our own soil
Isl not entirely q matter Of sentiment.
The all'American route would serve to
link the Nation more closely together,
to increase the interdependence of the
Middle West and our seaboard, and to
keep all the profits to be derived from
the new route within our own coun.
try" Tho Tribune also feels that
Canada has been persistently unsym-
pathetic to the legitimate aspirations
Of the United States for a water route
from the Lakes to the Gulf, and has
fought the diversion OF lake water at
Chicago. needed to make the Missis-
sippi route a success"
The Albany Evening News refers to
Gen. Jadwin's statement that ICON.
struction OF the all-American canal
probably would be justified in the near
future IL the st. Lawrence plans do
not meet approval" and asks, Then,
II that Is so. why not build the all
American waterway" Quoting fur!
Their the generals statement that 'the
st, Lawrence Is the more economical
investment" the News declares: But
this is a permanent investment, and
permanent investment cannot be
judged on the basis of first cost. A
permanent investment should be in
America. not In Q Joint project with
another nAtlon,~