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Evening star., 1926-10-08
NINE BOYS ARRESTED.
High School Youths Held for Play
ing Foot Ball in Street.

Arrested by Policeman T. NJ. Poland
of the fifth precinct. nine high school
boys pleaded guilty to playing foot
ball on the street at Eleventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
and were released on their personal
bonds. following their appearance be
fore Judge Gus y. Schuldt in Police
Court today
Better still, the policeman later
told the boys, through their captain,
Shibbv Rice, that they might have
their foot bail back again.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
ORMISTON REPORTED SEEN.
Chicago Deputy Sheriff Inquiries in
Cincinnati Hotels.

CINCINNATI Ohio. October S CP).
Kenneth G. Ormisto2, radio oper
ttor, and central figure in the inves-
tigation Of the disappearance Of Mrs.
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, Los An
geles evangelist. was reported to have
been in Cincinnati during the last sew
cl1l days, under an assumed name.
1t became known today that Il man
who said he was a Chicago deputy
sheriff had called OH several hotel
detectives and inquired whether they
had seen a man answering the de-
scription Of Ormiston. The deputy
did not consult local police, however.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
Six Autos Stolen in Night.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va. October 8.-SiN
!, automobiles We're stolen here Wed
nesday night and Thursday morning
three of them being taken from the
fair grounds, where they had been
parked by persons visiting the fair
Two were taken from the front of
homes and one from 81 garage.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
First Frost, With
Record for Cold,
Hits Hagerstown
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpeClal lISpdtcn 10 Inc star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md. October
8.-The first frost of the Fall sea
son was reported here today by
J. A. Miller, Government weather
observer
No great damage was caused to
late gardens, he said. The mer-
curry today reached SO, three above
freezing, the lowest yet recorded
at this time OF the year
Evening star., 1926-10-08

In the wild country between the
Congo and Senegal there still remain
q few tribes where slavery and can
mhalism reign supreme. whit"
mission is ON route to cmanCipate tn"
last Df the slaves.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

Princess Astrid Of Sweden will wish
for rain on the day of her wedding
10 the Belgian Crown Prince, for a
Swedish marriage superstition says:
Wealthy will be the bride upon
whose crown the rain falls"
Evening star., 1926-10-08
COURT ISSUES WRIT
0REX-KLAN HEAD
Stephenson, Accused in Po-
Iitica| Probe, Ordered
to indianapolis.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, October Sd. G.
Stephenson. former grand dragon OF
the Ku klux klan. now serving i1Ie
sentence in the State prison at Mich
igan City, today was ordered brought
to Indianapolis by Superior Court
Judge Sidney Miller. Stephenson Is
wanted here to testify in receivership
proceedings against the Hoosier Tai.
lorS. Inc, company IN Wnloh ne was
financially Interested.
Efforts to gain access to Stephen
son at the State prison have been
made unsuccessfllly for several days
by Thomas II. Adams, VincenneS pub
Usher, who contends that the former
Klan leader is ready to surrender eVl-
dence in corrobOration Of Adams
charges Of corruption in Indiana pol
iticS.
Officials Promise Probe.
Charges made by Adams that Indi-
ana politics is filed with corruption
have brought retorts from State and
local officials, the general tenor OF
which is that they will seek to punish
any wronRdoers that may be dlscoF-
cred.
Adams ardor for prosecuting the
Investigation was not COoIeu by iho'
posals OF officials to proceed along the
same lines. He planned a meeting
today OF State senators and newspaper
publishers in sympathy with his move
nent 10 discuss future steps.
Gov. Jackson. Attorney General
Gilion and VIII Fl. Remy. Marion
County prosecutor, expressed willing
ness to participate in political house
cleaning.
The governor. speaking at La
Grange. declared There will sbe an
investigation to determine whether
any officials who have reviewed the
commission of the people hevC mis-
used the trust placed in them"
Mayor Threatens Suit.
Remy, who prosecuted the case tnat
resulted in a life sentence Of ID. {.
Stephenson, former Ku KluX klan
grand dragon, on the charge of muir
dering Madge Oberholtzer, said he in
tended to make an investigation of
Adams charges as they concerned
local politics.
John l.. Duvan. mayor of In
dianapoliS, named by Adams as vio-
lating the corrupt practices act. said
he was preparing to file libel suit
in retaliation for the publication OF
photostatic copies of letters purport-
ing to have been written by him to
Stephenson.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
Report Secuted by KeyeS.

The Arizona report is secuted by
Keyes. who says that Chriss had been
sent to Gila Bend solely on an in
vestigation of a telegram filed there
by a woman, who, according to the
operator, resembled Mrs. Mcpherson.
The message was sent June Is. eight
days before the evangelist reappeared
at Douglas. keyes suggested that the
investigator probably was kidding
some one"
Alfonso B. Murchison. Douglas police
officer and desert trailer. who occupied
the witness box throughout yester-
days hearing, was expected to be re-
called for cross examination today.
MurchiSOn was subjected to q
merciless grilling yesterday by W.
d. Gilbert, defense attorney, during
which he was questioned in detail
Evening star., 1926-10-08
MCPHERSON SHACK
|. REPORTEDLOCAT
Prosecutor, However, Scouts
Rumor It Was EvangeIist's
Prison Hut.
By the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES. October S.-More
desert lore remained today for those
recording the details of the Aimee
Semple Mcpherson kidnapping story
at the preliminary hearing of the
Angelus Temple pastor and her
mother, Mrs. kinnie Kennedy, on
charges OF conspiracy.
Interest in the evangelist's story of
having escaped from Il kidnaper's hut
has been increased by reports that a
ranch house resembling the shack de
scribed by her as the one in which she
was held captive during a part of the
36 days she was mysteriously missing
has been located near Wellton, AriZ.
Two persons fitting into Mrs. Nc
pherson's story as Rose and
Steve" her alleged abductors. are
said to have been found on the Well
ton ranch. The discoveries We're re-
ported in press dispatches last night
from Yuma, Ariz.. and credited to
Jack Chriss, an investigator for Dis
trict Attorney Keyes. The Wellton
ranch adjoins that of II. A. Hollen-
beck, a friend of Mrs. Mcpherson.
whose name has frequently appeared
in the investigation OF the pastors
disappearance Hollenbeclk formerly
was building inspector for Angelus
Temple
Evening star., 1926-10-08

SMART. Consist of full
~ lined straight pants Of
worsted jersey, buttoning
onto wash blOuses of white
or tan gabardine. Clever,
becoming models. On sale
in sizes from 2 to 10 years.
Second Floor.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

EXCEPTIONAL quality
- and exceptionally we'll
made. Warm and durable.
Offered i'm a wide range Of
patterns and cOlOrs-designs
that boys will like. Sizes 4
to l8 years.-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1926-09-07

stop, from New York to Paris which
ia scheduled to get under way in q
snort time.
During this period. however. two
% the foremost flyers in the Army
and Navy have lost their lives. Lieut..
Cyrus X. Rettis and Comdr. John
Rodgers. They were pioneers In the
scienee OF flying. especially Comdr.
Rodgers. who had attained world
wide reputation by his San Francis
co. Hs wa ia flight. Their death was
q severe setback 90 both branches of
the service.
The gouth American trip. admitted
lN haza rdous, will doubtless teach
lessons Of the air which could he
Learned In no other way. The per-
forms nee Of the amphibian planes on
the long cruise will he studied. BY
many Ii is believed that the airplane
ca pa HE Of landing on either land or
water is the ship OF the future.
Therefore. when the ten pilots start
ont on their adventurous flight an
in, ,eraste6 Nation will wish them good
luck and successful trip.
Evening star., 1926-09-07
Railroad Manslaughter.

Another rear-end collision has
caused the death of eight persons.
1t occurred at a suburban station in
Chicago. when following train
era shed into standing train, the en-
gineer of the former being blinded
by the headlight of locomotive fac
ing him so that he could not see the
cars on the track in front of him.
Visual signals will not prevent such
accidents II the engineers cannot see
them or the condition of the track
ahead. Headway regulations will not
check collisions If engineers crowd
the signals or the knowledge that
other trains are just in front. Only
an automatic stop system will prevent
these sma shes and these losses of life
heavy premium upon speed in
the installation of the devices which
the Interstate Commerce Commission
has ordered for all of the larger rail-
way lines Of the country IL furnished
NY tHcSc lIcQueHt dcClU0ntS. nun
dreds Of people have been slain during
the period Of delay and inactton. Un.
less the railroads hasten to obey the
orders of the commission and mea n
while adopt severely repressive meas
ures to prevent engineers from crowd
ing their schedules and ignoring their
signals, hundreds more will be slain
before the trayeling public is pro-
tected
II severe punitive penalties wore
applied by the courts in all cases of
accidents which are due to the lack
Of automatic train control systems.
greater speed In the insta Hat ton would
probably be shown. In only the rarest
cases are those responsible for these
utterly needless disasters punished.
1t is time somebody, engineer or sig
mailman or railroad administrators
went to prison for a long term for
manslaughter.
Evening star., 1926-09-07
THINK TT OVER
Right or Wrong.
By William Mather Lewis,
President George Washington University.

Humorists and critics dwell upon
the frequency with which wrong
numbers are given by telephone oper-
ators If the figures were available
it would probably be demonstrated
that a surprisingly small proportion
Of mistakes are made by those in
charge of switchboards. Certain 1t
In that they rank high in accuracy
when compared with people in gem
eral.
Post offices have to employ experts
to correct wrong addresses on letters
and to decipher words which are prao-
tically illegible. Last year merchan-
disc inspectors Of the Western Rail-
way Weight and inspection Bureau.
in a certain section of the country,
rejected 284 $50 packages because
they were improperly addressed. The
total number rejected for this reason
throughout the entire Nation undoubt-
edly ran into the millions.
All institutions of learning should
have courses whose purpose Is the de-
velopment of accuracy. And the pass
ing grade in such courses would be
100 rather than go or 70. The bank
employe who Is only 70 per cent cor
rect in his computations will not hold
his position very long. The train dis
patcher who attains like record will
soon be looking for another Job. The
successful construction engineer must
deal with fractions Of inches.
There are many fields in which 1t Is
not enough to be about right"
There are many subjects on which one
must be all right or all wrong; where
one either has perfect mark or a
zero. Mathematics and foreign Ian
auaaas ara among the sllbfecta which
will continue to be recognized as
having high educational value be-
cause the element of accuracy enters
SO greatly into their mastery.
A strong argument against a purely
elective system of studies lies in the
fact that under such a system many
students will not take those subjects
which promote accuracy. And the
person who neglects accuracy length
ems his road to success.
tCopyriRht 1o26.)
Evening star., 1926-09-07

O. Whv Is the name Red Ball
freight" used in the West to designate
preferred or time freight?-E. F..
A. The Red Ball Transit co. says:
I'VE do not believe that there is any
information which we could give YOU
on the subject of why the shape of a
hall was printed on the card used by
railroads. We have incorporated ana
used this name both as individuals
and corporations for six years: knew
of no other such name at that time or
any company using same. The name
is copyrighted and trademarked.'
O. What are the three foremost
functions of the Naval Observatory?
$. B.
A. The United States Naval Oh
servatory says that there are four
foremost functions Of the Naval Oh
servatory All are correlated and OF
such importance that no one can he
said to he the most important. In the
order of their establishment they are;
(a) The continuous maintenance OF
observations of the heavenly bodies
for improving the tables of the planets
and their satellites. of the moon and
Of the stars. and for determining the
fundamental constants used in pre-
pairing the American EphemeriS and
Nautical Almanac. At the same time
the department Of astronomical OBJ
Servations furnishes the observations
for determining the time.
do The furnishing and transmits
sion of daily time signals, both by
radio and by telegraph.
(c) The computing. preparing and
publishing of the American Ephem-
eris and Nautical Almanac and the
A1o1o o,tn
Id The development, supply. up
keep, repair and inspection of all navi
gatiOnal and surveying instruments
used by naval vessels, whether sur
face. submarine or aircraft. Some in
struments are also furnished Coast
Guard and Shipping Board vessels.
Q. What State gets most of the I'M
migrants to this country?-E. w.
A. New York. Last year 26 per
cent of the total immigration Tor that
period was domiciled there.
q. How many worG~s has the inven-
ton of radio added ito the English
language "A. II. ID.
A. David Saranoff says that it has
added about 5000 new words. More
than 200 of the radio additions to
Americanese have the prefix radio"
The others run all the way from
"antodyne" to "zymodyne."
O. Who was the first American to
Evening star., 1926-09-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEVELL.

had a happy home. He owned an
automobile. and all that sort Of thing.
| Yet he longed to climb mountains.
| He wanted Ia get into a suit. ana
hold a long staff in his hand, and he
tied To ii guide and start the ascent
over rough trails. up blank walls.
TO step lightly over chaSms. t"
look down 1000 feet into eternity. I"
feel the cold pure air "f the peaks.
to greet the eagle. and To feel nearer.
in mans puny way. to great stars
! these We're some of the secret am
bitions of his heart.
So he bade his wife and little ones
goOd-by. He shut up his house, and
took passage on the liner. He tray
eled first-class across Europe. lie
sought out his pet mountain. and
hired a good guide, rakish looking
fellow with mustache and
bright brown eye and legs like steel.
Together they started the climb.
The pull on the muscles was heaven l.
ly. Something inside of him expand
ed with the great spaces. The tang
of the air bit into his soul.
This was living.
Think not, man on the mountain.
that those who stay behind do not
know how you feel!
Though ourselves would shrink
from your foolhardy climb. as we
call it. vet we realize the thrill of
the thing, the cleanness of shank
and limb, the smell of the air in your
nostrils. the Joy OF living that is
yours at this moment.
| We grow stale in the cities.
We become fed up on routine.
We throng amusement places to get
some taste. at least, of something
different. and we do not find what
we seek.
You do
| If one has to go to the Alps, to
really live. perhaps he had better go.
Undoubt edly he had. From our motor
car. from our public bus, from our
nicely paved sidewalks. we hail him.
Go to It, old chap. But don't Stun
| BILE.
Then. one day. we pick up the
paper and read small item. tucked
| into one corner, alongside an lad" of
stockings made out of wood fiber: =
"Bergen-J. Henry Smith, Amer
| lean tourist, fell to his death today,
when he slipped while climbing a
| nearby mountain. His guide was
pulled after him, and the two fell
| 5000 feet to the bottom of crevice.
The bodies probably never will be re-
| covered"
That is all. Washington is about $50
feet above sea level-and poor Smith
| fell 5000. We wonder how it feels
| to fall 5000 feet. We did not know
Smith, but we had heard of him.
There was no reason why he had to
, go there. He had no business there.
| He would have been safe here. He
| would have been riding around in his
sedan yet, on soft seats of mohair,
| and growing at the traffic cops.
Now he is free from all that, lying
peacefully at the bottom of a hole,
5000 miles from home.
Mountain climbing. indeed! One Is
at the bottom, then he climbs to the
! top, and when he gets to the top
| he looks around, says. We'll, I'm
here! and then starts down again.
! We have grown fat around the
stomach, and mountain climbing
would be an unnecessarily severe ex-
ercise The doctor says so. He ad-
vocates setting-up exercises, with a
4mle walk every day. And vet
and yet-Smith really lived, before he
fell-by George, he did!
Evening star., 1926-09-07
Miss Mary Browne Signs Up.

Miss Mary h. Browne, famous
! woman athlete. has joined the ranks
OF professional tennis players and will
! compete with Suzanne Ienglen wheT
the Id champion French player
| appears in the United States. Miss
| can athletics, having won the national
| singles tennis championship for three
! successive years, in 1912. 1918 and
! 1914. and recently at Wimbledon won
! the doubles cup with Miss Elizabeth
! Ryan. BESIDES these feats she has for
| years been an outstanding golf player,
; generally finishing nigh in the WON
! ems national tournaments.
| While not a match for Mile. Leng-
len-no woman is with the possible
exception of Helen Wills-Miss
Browne will proba bly, furnish as much
competition for the French star as
any other feminine tennis PLAYER. Su-
! IA nne tops them all and any one who
| is engaged to compete with her on
| the tennis courts will come out second
best
Although the trend of all sports
seams decidedly toward professional l.
ism. tennis up to a short time ago
iihstood all the onsla ughts of the
commercial game. 1t is a matter of
! regret that the citadel Of this great
sport has at last been successfully
stormed.
With the present cost of living
however. it requires a person well
blessed with the worlds goods to COM
pete in the ma jor tournaments and
sport events. In order to be sufficient
ly proficient at a given game 10 make
outstanding marks in national compe-
tition, much time must be given up
to practice. This precludes. in most
cases, the prosaic occupation of max
ing living by some means disa $50
ciated with athletic endeavors.
This being the case there appears
| TO be no particular reason for chiding
those who cash in on their only ne
~otlT blS hNSet, tudL VI supremacy III
! some line of sport. Amateurism, of
late years. has become a badly abused
word. Expenses are paid to and from
athletic meets for recognized stars
and the whole proposition has grad
ually worked itself around to a point
whore even strict amateurism is some
times slightly tainted with profess
siona lism.
1t is unfortunate that this trend has
made itself 80 dominant in sport. The
game for the games sake will always
he the ideal Of all true devOtees of
athletic matches. But if tennis has
at Last been made professional
game there Is no apparent reason to
blame those who decide to participate.
for suitable compensa ton, in the sport
that they have made their life's work.
SO. the first two signers of the dec
laration Of professional tennis, Mile.
Lengen and Miss Browne, are wished
the best OF luck in their new venture
which is but a continuation of their
present occupation, under slightly
different circumsta noes.
Evening star., 1926-09-07
Publicity for Corporations
Becomes National Question

posed a real danger to the investing
public, his proposed safeguard, which
falls far short of Federal incorpora-
ton. as once advocated by President
Taft, need alarm no one"
The Baltimore Evening Sun feels
that ut is eloquent of the state of
nerves of Wall Street that advance
proofs of Prof. Ripley's article should
have depressed prices all up and
down the line. The traders of Wall
Street are fealists," the Evening Sun
adds, "and when they begin to jump
at shadows it Ia evident that some
thing Is wrong with them"
"If the States, by enforcing ade-
quate publicity, could prevent the
flooding of the country with watered
stocks and bonds by giant corpora
tions, there would be no need for
President Coolidge to suggest that 1t
la q, State and not a. National prob
lem," suggests the Raleigh News and
Observer, with the added comment
that ito incorporate is little more
than a form in many States, II the
applicants have the price"
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch. con-
demning "rubber-stamp financial
statements" points out that pro-
spectiye buyers of stock may learn to
demand adequate descriptions OF the
properties in which they are being
asked to invest"
Evening star., 1926-09-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

he elected to the Royal Society OF Lon.
don't. G.
A. Cotton Mather. the well known
Colonial clergyman. had that distirc-
tion. He was elected in 1713.
Q. In "The Innocents Abroad" Mark
Twain tells of an inscription which
reads. I'VE are the Canaanites driven
out of Canaan by the Jewish rohher.
Joshua" Is the monument bearing II
still standing a r.
A. 1t was described by Roman his,
torians 1000 years ago as standing IN
the streets of Tangier. II is not
known what became of this monu.
ment. but the people Of rangier today
still point out where it stood.
.. Please explain how straw can
he blown through piece of wood dur
ing a cyclone.--W. II. r.
A. The energy with which body
ing effect and da una sing effect Of the
body. Energy is measured ny the
product of the mass of the body and
the square of the velocity. Thus n
very small body moving with high
velocity can possess just as much
kinetic energy as a large body moving
slowly. The straw is hurled through
the air at an enormous velocity and
eXpends its energy in going through
the wood. This happens so quickly
that the inertia of the straw keeps it
from crumpling up before piercing.
q. How much poultry Is used for
food in the United States?-O. r.
A. The people of the United States
eat annually more than 2.500,0 900
domestic fowls, such as chickens.
turkeys. ducks. geese, pigeons and
guinea fowls.
Q. Why are common bricks red?-
NJ. s.
A. Because there In iron I'm the clay
Ordinary white bricks owe their color
to lime. Lime and iron make a cream
colored brick. Brown bricks are due
to the presence of magnesis. and yel-
low bricks to combination of mag
nesia and iron.
The resources Of our free Informd-
tion Buredm are at vOur serUice. You
are inUited to call upon it as often
as you please. 1t is being maintained
by The EreninO Star solely 20 sers'e
you. What question can 1Cc Gnsper
for vouf There Is no chdrg" at oil
ercept 2 cents in stamps for return
postage. Address your letter TO The
EUenin0 Star Information Bure1'i. ;.
frederic J. H0skin. Director, Wash
in O.On d. c.
Evening star., 1926-09-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Back to Repose.
Vacation days were busy,
Fast fades the Summer light:
The pace was swift and dizzy.
But rest Is now in sight.
The rusticating rover
Disdains the joys he sought.
The swimming days are over
And the fish have all been caught.
The boardwalk blare Is ended
Where weary optics glanced.
The waves roll unattended
And the dances all are danced.
The pleasure seems far greater
AS we view the workshops plan.
With the lazy elevator
And the old electric fan.
Evening star., 1926-09-07

government st Dublin will move to
the end of eturin2 Tire people acai met
such happenings in the future. The
lesson ,sprned at the cost of fifty lives
is too dear to be forgotten.
Meanwhile it behooves America n au-
thorities to survey their own field to
see whether any such primitive provi-
sions for public amusement are still in
use here. and by closing them peremp-
torily to prevent such further horrors
in this country.