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Evening star., 1926-04-19
BIG SANDLOT TEAMS
HALTED BY WEATHER

A majority Of the sandlotters of the
city were handed another setback yes
terday by the weather man, the chilly
breezes being too much for the big
teams.
The juniors. midgets and insects.
however, must have their base ball
regardless.
Results of games reported are as
follows:
The Takoma Tigers nosed out the
Smithfields, to /, Powell of the
Tigers tanning IS batsmen and allow
ing only four hits,
Moose Juniors trimmed the South
erns. - to 9.
Northerns showed the way to the
ST. stephens nine, to 5.
Aztec Juniors. who won from the
Charlestons Saturday, 10 to 0, defea ted
the National Preps. to l. Aztec
Midgets trimmed the Southern Mid
gets, ! to 5. and nosed out the Celtics,
to ..
The Southeast Tigers took a close
game from the Apollo Midgets, Is to
Is, in IA innings.
New Havens trimmed the White
Haven Juniors. 8 to o.
Winsalls outclassed the Colonials, ID
! to 8.
| Chevy Chase Stars downed the Sil,
| verstoneS. 10 to 6.
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Is Onl, Dark Cloud Pitching Horizon of the Nationals
MARINE CORPS LOOPS
IMPROVE IN BOWLING

Both mems and women's bowling
leagues of Marine Corps Headquar-
ters wound up their schedules during
the past week, the Civilians winning
easily in the mems loop and the
Eagles barely beating out the Anchors
in the girls circuit.
Edith Brown led the fair sex rollers
with a season average of 85-22, while
Helen Sullivan was second with S2-24.
Freddie Moore topped the men with
1892 average, and John Oertle was
second with 1915.
This is the first year that the Ma
rine Corps has sponsored two leagues.
but the rema rkable success of each is
considered a sure indication that the
men will be rolling again next season
and that the women will have a much
improved circuit. The latter are most-
ly recruits 10 bowling ranks, but the
differences in their averages at the
end of the first month and at the close
of the schedule shows that they have
picked up many of the fine points.
Final standings of the two leagues
md season records follow:
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FOUR DIXIE COLLEGE
MINES ARE UNBEATEN
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Four Southern Conference base
ball teams who have met the acid
test Of competition with fellow mem.
bers have escaped defeat
Virginia and Mississippi have PLAYED
and won two games. Virginia Mill
tary Institute and Maryland each
have won a hone game
Florida. Kentucky, Tennessee and
Sewanee have not yet been involved
In games within the charmed circle
Of % Southern colleges and univer-
sites.
Auburn, with five victories and
four defeats. has played the heaviest
conference schedule. Alabama has
found the going hardest, the Grim
son emerging from a schedule of six
games with FIVE defeats and a tie.
Georgia Tech has played eight
games, winning six. losing one and
getting a. draw in the other.
Standing of teams within the or
ganiZation:
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GREB SEEKING RETURN
BATTLE WITH FLOWERS

NEW YORK, April 10 LP)-A return
match for the middleweight champion.
ship between Tiger Flowers and
Harry Greb once again is in the max
ing.
Greb. chaErined by his defeat at the
hands of the Georgia parson. has been
training hard and begging for a
chance to regain his title.
Tex Rickard desires to hold a Greb-
Flowers contest in the open May 81
and believes that the financial pros.
poets will induce Hlowors to accept.
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The st. Louis Browns drove White
hill from the mound in the sixth, but
were unable to overcome a lead of
four runs gained early in the game
by Detroit. Doyle permitted the
Browns only two hits In three and
one-third innings. and the Tigers
won, Z to 4.
Jess Petty. Brooklyn's left -hander,
who opened the season with a one
hit victory over the Giants. pitched
another great game against Art
F'letcher's energetic Phillies. beat
ing them 2 to !, in IL innings.
The big southpaw would have had
another shutout had he not erred on
n ground ball in the second inning
enabling Mekan to score. Only seven
hits were garnered off Petty.
Four safetieS off Benton were suffi-
cient for the Giants to defeat the
Braves, to 2. Benton held the New
York sluggers to one hit for eight
innings, that being home run by
Frank Snyder, but the Giants put to
gether three singles. a pass and two
sacrifices for the winning margin in
the ninth.
Luque and Aldridge engaged in a
pitchers battle at Cincinnati the
when Pinelli threw wide on an at
tempted double play in the ninth.
Five hits We're gained off Luquc and
six off Aldridge.
The Cardinals overwhelmed the
Cubs. 10 to 5. gaining a three-run
lead in the first inning. when BOT
tomley hit his second home run of
the season. Five more Cards crossed
the plate in the third during hit
ting bee. The Chicagoans could
gather only five hits off Rhem.
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Coast Lea guer, has been unable 20
do anything with the Slants of the
pitchers OF the Harrismen. All he
mas done here in nine trips to the
plate is walk once.
Gehrig did a nifty bit of fielding
in the sixth TO keep a hit away from
Rice. The big first sackeY went lar
back of his station to knock down
SANS drive and got the ball 10
Shawkey, covering the bag, in the
nick of time.
A double play snuffed out the
Yanks after kuth had walked in the
eleventh. Bucky Harris grabbed
Meusels drive, tagged out the Bam-
bino, who was lumDerinG down from
first, and rified the bali 10 Judge ahead
Of the batter.
Meusel's homer that knotted the
count in the ninth just was one. The
ball landed on top of the front wall
of the lett-teld concrete stand. 4
foot less IN distance and the hit
could not 'have been more than a
tWo-bagger.
There was one fan in the right
field pavilion who believed base ball
fouled into the stand still belonged
TO the club. In the fifth frame he
threw back to the field the sphere
LaZzeri had fOuled over the barrier.
And the other fans gave the thrower
a derisive hoot.
Frank McGee, first-sacker. who was
turned over TO Birmingham before
the Nationals left the Tampa train
/ ing camp this Spring. is no longer
on that clubs roster. Birmingham
was up to the Southern Association
club player limit when a pitcher was
sent back from the Pirates and de-
| cided it could not retain MCGEE. The
Nationals probably will place him
! with Nashville.
Evening star., 1926-04-19

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 10 P)-
Detroit and Chicago will have teams
in the Central Amateur Hockey
League next season. There will be
eight cities in the league. Detroit will
take the place of Sault Ste. Marie. The
eighth city will be selected from Mil
waukee. Toronto, Marquette, Mich,
and Fort Frances. Ontario. The other
cities IN the league are Minneapolis,
St. Paul. Duluth, Winnipeg and Eve.
leth.H ihbing.
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RICHARD GOES WEST
TO VISIT DEMPSEY

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 19.-Tex Rickard
has departed from Chicago for the
West. his destination undesignated
but presumably to confer with Jack
Dempsey on the possibility of a
Dempsey-Tunney bout in the East
next Fail.
The New York promoter said that
Gene had signed and that he antici-
pated no difficulty in coming to terms
with the heavyweight champion.
Richard is due back here within
the week to close a deal for the site
of the huge sports arena. to be known
as Madison Square Garden, which he
plans to have ready for operation by
December /.
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JOE DISPLAYS FINE FORM
AS HUCMEN ARE CHECKED
Marbcrry Performs Admirably in Relief Role in 3-to
Victory, Scored Before $1,000 Shvering
Fans When Buege Singles in lth Inning.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
Sports Editor. The Star,

II UCY HARRIS gratifcd immediate
American League flag scramble With the
- demonstrated that all of the
the club depend for pitching de-
condition Fred Frpo Marberry chief
the erescue corps al so IS his susuald dependable self.
lightly negotiated
CoveleSkie
OF baked AS with half
a
his ard he displayed
Mack
the that he ad to ohaVeso caSSa al he
Evening star., 1926-04-19

While yesterdays superficial eX-
animation of the hurt revealed moth
ing more serious than the confusion.
the knee was to be carefully looked
over again today. 1t is possible that
the blow caused a deeper injury that,
IL not attended al once. may result in
Bush being afflicted with the ailment
commonly known as water on the
knee.
Should such a complication ensue,
Bush would be BILE 10 do any slab
binC for some time. 1t was an ailment
of similar nature that kept Ossie
Bluege inactive so long several sea.
sons back.
Those two Old-timers, who perform
ed so nobly on the hill last week, are
to start the remaining games of the
Yankee series. Walter johnson was
slated for mound duty this afternoon.
while Stanley Coveleskie is 10 take
a turn against Babe Ruth and com
pany tomorrow.
Buddy Myer was an Industrious
young man yesterday afternoon. He
took care of the shortfield in splendid
style, three spectacular stops and a
brilliant catch in short center being
among his accomplishments. The
catch was made at the expense of
Bob Shawkey in the third inning.
when Buddy roamed back into the ter
ritory generally left to Sam Rice 6
guardianship to drag down the Yankee
pitchers looper. All told, Myer had
eight chances and accepted all of
them.
Ossie Bluege was the only player in
either lineup yesterday to get more
than one hit. His sharp single TO left
at the start of the ninth was wasted
but his liner to center in the eleventh
certainly was not.
Bush had an easy time with the
Yanks in the second session. Meusel.
Lazzeri and Dugan each sent bound
ers to the pitcher.
In the fourth frame, the big
three" of the Yanks failed TO get the
ball past the infield. GehriG lofted 10
Myer and the latter threw out Meusel.
after Boss Bucky and Judge had
taken care of the Bambino.
Both of the National pitchers. who
have earned fame by their hitting
prowess in other seasons. have pasted
the ball this Spring. Dutch Ruether
socked the sphere when he batted
against an array of Mack hurlers last
Friday and Bush has slammed sa fely
in both engagements in which he has
participated Bush's single in the
seventh yesterday drove in his clubs
second score.
Tony LaZZeri does. not find the
Washington atmosphere as rare as
that above Salt Lake City. The
new Yank second -sacker. who clouted
'em far and often while a Pacific
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JOE DUNDEE GETS BOUT.

NEW YORK, April 10 R).-Joe
Dundee of Baltimore and Georgia Le-
vine of New York have been matched
for a 10-round bout at Madison Square
Garden May Z. The match will be a
semi-final to a 1O-round heavyweight
feature match between Jack Renault,
Canadian, and Jack de Nave of New
York
Evening star., 1926-04-19
WEEKS DLENESS LIKELY
RESULTOF BLOW ON KNEE
Examination Today May Reveal Hurt More Serious
Than at First Thought-Myer Stars Afield.
johnson and Covey to Face Yanks.
7 OE BUSH, VIII,
BY JOHN B. KELLER,

BUSH who did deal OF fine pitching for the
S knee
- to s for week. a
inning Sunday the Yankees
suffered that
of
bruised flesh.
and
Evening star., 1926-04-19

While tennis usually is regarded as
one of The most strenuous of sports.
the star players of the game last
longer in their speciality than do ex-
ponents in almost any other form
of athleticS
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HUNTER WINS GOLF EVENT.

LOS ANGELES. April ~ OP).-
Willie Hunter, Brentwood Country
Club professional, won the California
open golf championship over the FL
Caha Hero Country Club course here,
with aT2.hole score Of 2a5.
Evening star., 1926-04-19
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Base ball men the country over will
await with considerable interest the
outcome of the experiment to he made
by the Pacific Coast League the com
ing season in playing two clubs in
each of the cities of San Francisco
nd .nS Angeles
Evening star., 1926-04-19
CHTSOX CLING LEAD
BY DEFEATING INDIANS

UNDAYS base ball battles furnished close all the Eastern
while several Western batsmen added their
- Bob Shawkey the
former New York opposed Washing
which the Nationals, to 2, in II innings.
The White punching three doubles with
balls the fifth downed Cleveland
lead Uh be affected
Lyons although passing trouble
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MEMS LEAGUE.
tR. GtnndtnuN

hlgh individual game-Moore. inspectors
l52. ,,..-,
AdJutdnts. 13l. ,.,. ,so
nIgn INDIVIDUAL set---Oertle. Clothing 3s6
Second nigh individual set-Moofe' IN
speCtOis. 3Sl ~
ttlgn team game--Civilians. 595.
second nigh team game-Audlts. of3.
HIgn team set---tlVlilans. .Oo1.
u -nL---InsnerlOrE. l.Ol Z.
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Individual Averages
WOME\'S LEAGUE.

12l.
Second high individual game-BroWn,
Semper Fldeils. lis.
High In1IvIdual set-Edenton. Eagles. 300
Second nIEn individual set-Brown. sem
per EIdelis 3g5.
High team game--Semper Fidels. 466.
Second high team game-Anchors, 4f1.
High team set-Anchors. ] .244.
Second high team set-Semper Fldehs,
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Two-base hits-Gehrig. Collins. Home
run-MeuseI. stolen baSeS-Rice. =. Harris.
SacrificPs-RIuece. Ruel. MNPr. Double MAY
-S. Harris to Judge. Left ON bases-\ew
York. 6: Washington. 8. Bases on balls
I. Struck out-Bv Shawkey. /: by Thomas.
3: by Bush. =. Hits-0f Shawkey. 3 in :.
Rnsh in i'm ss n"imai inninrs. ~ or M,rherr~ mlnSs G in
ga innines. Passed baIl--Collns. Winning
DitchPr-Marberry. Losing ritcher. Thomas.
lmpires-MeSsrs. GPispl. Connolly. \allin.
Time of game hours and 10 minutes.
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RECORD FOR PAST WEEK
IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES

The past weeks major league record
Of games won and lost. runs. hits, err
rors and opponents runs. including
games of Saturday, follow:
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ATHLETIC CLUB LEAGUE.
Final Team Standings.
Records.

High team game-Eagles. 635.
High team set-Eagles. ! .G51.
High individual game-Edinger. Hilltops.
11U.
High individual set-Edinger. Hilltops.
High strikes-Prevost. Eagles. AS.
High spares--M andley. Eagles. 226.
High individual averaSe-M andley. Eagles.
1l5-65.
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BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Washington, 3: New York. =.
Chicago, 3: Cleveland. 1.
Detroit. :; st. Louis. 3.
phlade Iphia- Boston, not scheduled.
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW.
New York al Wash New York at Wash.
1T. Louis at Detroit. st. Louis at Detroit
Cleveland at Chicago. Cleveland at Chicago
phila. ut Boston. Phila. at Boston.
(TWO gameS.)
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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

FIRST GAME. r. H. r.
Ror9nto RoIt,ntors s'................. ! !
ONeil and Stewart: Cobb and Esrnshav.
SECOND GAME.
4
Baltimore ......... IL
Hubbell. Salterfed and oNeil: Myers,
Jack son and Cobb.
FIRST GAME.
Jersey CITY ............ ~
Profit and Lake: Cantrell. Smith and
FrelIau.
SECOND GAME
4
Jersey City. .........
(Seven ininEs ny aEreement.l
LevronE. Chase and Lake: Parks and Frel-
tag. Simpson.
syTssqse Sass4t -:.:: - 5 Il ?
Lepard Adams Schreiber and McCaNhv
Wilson; Lahie. BOYD. Miller. Grabovsh and
Morrow.
Ros6nsser RosG,nt ............... ............... 1S !
Horne and Devine: MARQUIS and Lynn.
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Chicago at ~. Louis.
Pittsburgh AT Cincin.
Boston nj New York.
Brooklyn at HhiIa.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS,
GAMES TOMORROW.


Brooklyn, .; Philadelphia. !.
Pittsburgh. 3: Cincinnati. I.
~. Louis, 10: Chicago, ,.
New York. 3: Boston, ..
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COM MERCIAL LEAGUE
ARRANGES SCHEDULE

Five teams making up the omen
section Of the Commercial Base Ball
League have ARA nged their schedule
for the first series and will stage their
opener on May ;, when the lamb
kins, managed by John Lamb, presi.
dent of the CIRCUIT, tackle the Union
Printers. Two series of 80 games
each will be played.
Teams and their managers are:
Chevy Chase Dairy, s. Wise; G.. and
T. Telephone 90. c. F.. Myers; Gen
eral Tire Co. Untz Brewer: Lambkins.
John Lamb; Union Printers, S. H.
Webb.
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Chicago at ST. Louis.
Pittsburgh at Cincin.
Boston at New York.
Brooklyn at Phila.
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Totals

"Batted for Shawkey in the eighth.
Zone out when winning run scored.
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Tran for ]. Harris in the eleventh.

New York o o o o 90 %
Washington o o o o o 9 o o I-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
CHRISTMAS WISHES
ARE SENT TO NAVY
Wilbur and Admiral Eberle Send
Messages to All Ships and
Shore Stations

Christmas greetings today were
broadcast to all ships and shore sta
tons of the United States Navy to all
parts of the world from Secretary
Wilbur and Admiral f. w. Eberle
chief of naval operations.
ITO every man and woman in and
connected with the naval service and
to their families" said Mr.. Wilburs
message. 1.-The Secretary of the Navy
sends Christmas greetings and wishes
for happy New Year, and especially
to those in our hospitals and to the
friends and families of those who
during the past year, have given their
last full measure of devotion and
loyalty. Our one great comfort in
such loss is that 1t came with the
knowledge and satisfaction of work
well done and service Loyalty rendered.
1.-The performance of the Navy for
the past year indicates an advance
in engineering, gunnery and in morale
and justifies a sincere wish for n
merry Christmas and gives promise
Of successful and happy New
Year"
Admiral Eberle's message follows:
THE chief of naval operations ex-
tends cordial Christmas and New
Year greetings to the officers and
men of the Navy and Marine Corps
and their families. and to all civilians
connected with the naval service. He
congratulates all hands on year OF
earnest effort after successful accom-
plshment <and confidently expects
that the New Year will see a contin-
uance of the loyal and whole-hearted
cooperation that has characterized
the year now drawing to a close as a
year of good work well DONE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
AIR MAIL BIDS SOUGHT.
New York-to-Atlanta Route Will
Cover 773 Miles.

Bids will be opened February %,
1927, for the proposed commercial
air mail route between New York and
Atlanta, according to an announce
today by Postmaster General New.
The route will cover a total distance
of 773 miles, and the rate of postage
will be 10 cents per half ounce. The
announcement says that the depart
ment reserves the right to decrease
the number of intermediate stops or
the number of round trips per week.
1t also claims the option to change
the termini of the route by agree
ment with the contractor.
The schedule for the trip South
from New York is as follows:
Leave New York; pm.
Leave Philadelphia-9:40 pm.
Leave Washington, d. Clio pm.
Leave Richmond-12:25 am.
Leave Greensboro-2:25 am.
Arrive Atlanta--6 am. the next day.
The northbound schedule is:
Leave Atlanta pm.
Leave :40a.m.
Leave Richmond-2:40 am.
Leave Washington, d. C.-3.55 am.
Leave Philadelphia-4:25 am.
Arrive New York; am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
MEDICAL CENTER WORK.
Marked Progress Reported a
Walter Reed Hospital.

Good progress is being made in ex-
fenSive reconstruction work at the
Army Medical Center, Walter Reed
General Hospital, according to reports
received at the War Department. APP
proved plans provide for a modern
hospital group arranged to afford the
best facilities. At present a new mess
and kitchen building, two ward build
tngs and connecting corridors are be-
ing constructed at a cost of approx
Ynately 100000 from funds provided
by the Veterans Bureau. That in
cludes the installation of modern
kitchen and bakery equipment, re-
frigeration and elevators. A hand
some recreation building is being con-
structed under the direction of the
quartermaster general by the Amer
ican National Red Cross at a cost of
approximately $3.50. Under a special
appropriation of $4,000 900 two large
wings will be added to the present
main building. and clinical labora-
tories and ward buildings will be con-
structed to the north of that building
A contract has been let to grade a
large area and to make required
changes in the various utilities
systems made necessary by the new
construction.
buildings made il necessary to pre-
pare an entirely new post map by the
quartermasters. That work required
intensive study, not only on account
of the size of the project and extern
sive changes in the underground pip
ing but also because the construction
w%rk must be carried on without dis
turbing the current functioning Of
the hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
BRAKES FOUND @. X.
AFTER CAR ACCIDENT
Public Utilities Commission and
Railway officials Report
Investigation.

Officials of the Public Utilities Com
mission and of the Washington Rail
way and Electric Co. yesterday exam
ined the street car which Tuesday
evening hit another car at North Cap
itol and II streets, slightly injuring
several persons.
They reported that the brakes and
all other mechanical equipment of the
car were in good condition.
ut is the opinion of the officials, -
said c. Melvin Sharpe, executive as
sistant to the president of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Co., that
the accident was due directly to the
failure of the human element at a
critical moment in traffic matters. The
examination shows that hte brakes
were applied on a sanded track, but
due to the wet treacherous condition
OF the track rail the car continued to
slide into the rear end of the II street
car passing the intersection at the
time. Officials of the Washington
Railway and Electric Co. deeply regret
the accident, coming at this Christmas
season, but are thankful there were
no serious INJURIES"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
SITE OF LEGATION
NOT TOBE REzONED
Former Chinese Headquar-
terS Location Refused for
Apartment House.

RezOning of the site of the former
Chinese legation at the southeast cor
ner of Eighteenth and q streets t.
permit the erection of an apartment
house 80 feet high was denied today
ny the coming Commission. A petition
to change the height limit on this
property from 60 to 80 feet was con
sidered by the commission at a pub
lie hearing yesterday in the board
room of the District Building.
The change was opposed by f.
group of WashinSton's influential resi-.
dents, including Senators Goff OF
West Virginia, Gillett of Massachu-
sets. Edge of New Jersey, and
Sackett of Kentucky. Rear Admiral
w. w. Kimbdll. L. s. n, retired, and
Senior Don Juan Chcvalier, secretary
of the Legation of Panama.
The commission. however, approved
the following coming reclasSifications:
Change from residential to CONNER
cial area, both sides of Park road be
tween Fourteenth street and Hiatt
place, the rear OF five lots at Seven
tenth street" and Kalorama road.
both sides of Nineteenth street between
| and l. streets, the south side OF
Pennsylvania avenue between Twenty
second street and Washington circle.
and lot No. 1 in square 4043 on the
west side of Capitol avenue northeast
between Central and Fenwick streets.
Change from commercial to resi-
Dental area, property abutting both
sides of Meade street northeast be
tween Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth
streets.
The commission also adopted an
amendment to the coming code to pre-
vent users of commercial property for
purposes requiring frontage consents
from barring other persons from sim
liar use of neighbOrhOod property by
Withholding frontage consents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
JAPANESE DIET AWAITS
WORD ABOUT EMPEROR
Convocation Set for Tomorrow
Unless Illness Of Ruler Pre-
vents Session.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, December 23.--Convocation
of the Diet set for tomorrow depends
entirely upon the condition of EN-
peror Yoshihito, it was announced
today. No decision has been reached
as to whether the premier or the
prince regent will read the address
from the throne which constitutes
formal opening of the parliamentary
session. If the Diet is convened to-
morrow the address would be read De-
cernber 20.
The household department stated to-
day the Emperor slept well last night;
but his pulse and respiration fiuc-
tuated occasionally.
There is general comment on the
remarkable vitality which has enabled
the Emperor to resist pneumonia so
effectively in his weakened condition
due to previously prevailing ailments.