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The Washington times., 1926-03-08
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GENEVA March s. Facing the
most severe test Of its career, the
League OF Nations today II mark
ing time, pending settlement OF
the French cabinet crisis.
Dispute over the proposed en-
iargement OF the League council
cannot be settled until France has
government and delegates EN-
powered to make compromises and
concessions,
The meeting Of the League this
afternoon is expected to be purely
formal and as brief ais possible.
Germany declines to enter the
League until the council question
Is settled, and demands that she be
the only new nation admitted TO
the council.
France insists upon Spain and
perhaps one other nation being
given seat in the council, and
| her delegates are not willing TO
frecede from this position until they
have the backing Of u government.
Spain May Quit
Spain threatens to quit the
League entirely Ii her request for
| q seat on the council il rejected.
Sweden is bitterly opposing the
expansion Of the council.
Latin American countries are re-
ported ready to follow Spain II she
quits the league.
Great Britain is anxious to act
az mediator between the nations
with divergent views, but she can
not mediate until the French dele
gates have the support Of gov
eminent
This confused and delicate situa-
ton prevails today, and pending
the formation Of a new French
government it is anticipated that
the League will merely mark time,
realizing that its future potency is
threatened.
LOcarnO Pacts@ In Danger
Even the Locarno treaties may
go by the board If the League fails
| to settle its crisis. Under the pro-
visions OF these treaties Germany
was to become member OF the
T,eague and IL Germany now re-
4 fuses to enter, the League the Io-
carno treaties may be considered
ineffective.
| Conferences yesterday between
the representatives of France, Great
/ Britain and Germany came to- a
climax when DIR. Stresemann is re-
ported to have animated that Ger
many feels she is being tricked by
| the plans to enlarge the League
lcouncil. He insisted that at Locarno
he was promised that Germany
would alone be admitted to the
council, and now he claims that
France wants the addition Of other
nations so as to offset the power
of Germany.
| M. BRAND and Sir Austen Cham.
berlain responded to this with the
statement that the admission of
Spain to the council had been under
consideration for several years.
China Starts RuInpus q
Another minor rumpus is prom
ised nv the demand Of China for a
| temporary seat on the council.
Japan is said to be ready to break
this claim.
While it is improbable that there
will be any definite action taken
pending the settlement Of the Ques-
| ton of Germany's admission, the
agenda calls for discussion OF plans
| for a economic conference, settle
ment of a date for the preliminary
disarmament conference, measures
| to prevent further border clashes
between Greece and Bulgaria, final
approval of the extension of the
!, British mandate over Irak and the
! financial rehabilitation Of Hungary.
! All Of these questions pale into
| insignificance, however, while the
big problem of Germany and the
| council seats awaits settlement.
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ROGER SHALE RESIGNS
DEPT. OF JUSTICE POST

Roger Shale, special assistant to
the Attorney General engaged in the
enforcement Of the antitrust laws.
has resigQed to practice law
privately, the Department Of Justice
made known today.
Mr., Shale has been appointed by
the United States District Court
trustee for a large Southern New
work. coal producing company.
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CREDIT MEN 70 HoL y
SPRING DINNER MEETING

spring dinner meeting Of the
Associated Retail Credit Men Of
washington win be held tomorrow
night Ia the Oak Room Of the
Raleigh Hotel. The speaker Or.
James shera Montgomery, 81 Cal
vary Methodist Episcopal Church,
viii take for his topic Character
is the Basis OF Credit
Reports will be made by the mem
berahip committee giving the exact
number OF new members obtained
since the drive was started.
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PARTISAN, n, SEEKING
DIVORCE, KILLS WIFE

PARIS, March S.-Paris, the
home of speedy divorces, could not
dissolve his marital ties fast enough
TO satisfy Victor Able, Il, so ne
murdered his wife, twenty years his
Junior, with razor and slashed
his own throat.
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TOWN, UNDERMINED,
lN DANGER or RUIN

ROME, March 8. Coniolo, q
small town III the Piedmont district,
Is sinking and Ii In danger Of col
lapse. due to the Hill upon which
Iat is built being weakened BY
cement mines.
| The mine owner has offered ~
build the Gown elsewhere.
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energetic radio editor Of The Washington Times
thought he'd have little fun with his friends the stenes
Identification of titles from the
played air he il shown inspecting Just
delivery. winner Of the first nights test win b
in Times Again night three
more songs be broadcast for Identification.
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civitan Club to Meet

The Washington Civilian Club will
meet tomorrow evening at $3.50
o'clock In the Lafayette Hotel.
Raising the annual dues will be dis
cussed.
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40 N. 7. Scribes Talk
to London Of Fog
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NEW YORK, March g. Hello central, give me London 6
This as ordinary request ii the distant future
eagerly by people Of York today following
establishment Of the first telephone
across the Atlantic IN history last light
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7RIING To SAVE!
CANDY KID

The brave fight of the 'Tiger
Girl" Mrs. Margaret Whittemord
Is save her husband. Richard Reesi
Whittennore from the electric chait
hae enlisted the sympathy OF Mrs.
virginia Petere -Parkhurst 81 Berl
wyn. Nd. Maryland State Directot
Of the Susan IS. Anthony FoundaJ
ton ana candidate for Senator
Whittefnore - now under death
sentence iii Baltimore for Staying d
guard at the Maryland State Peni
tentiary.
His wife ID circulating petition
to have his sentences commuted "a
life imprisonment
Mrs. Parkhurst has already writ
ten to Governor Ritchie asking FOR
communication OF the sentence, and
Is now planning campaign to Be
carried on among the ciubwoInen
81 the State toward the same end
N i letter u Mrs. Whitten1Ore.
Mrs. Parkhurst says:
II ana taking the case o. you1
husband mp with Our State Club
women, and assure you that
shall make the same brave fight f0i
him that made for the boy Me-
Henry some years ago In Washing
ton.
II am opposed to Capital punish
lne11t, and ! have advanced the ~
rumeut that b murderer should be
put to work, and his earnings, dur
ing hts life Imprisonment, applied
rs assessed damages and paid oysl
to the family Of the man ~ muir
dered.
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z D|E, IS HURT
IN TRAFFIC

with the death Of two persons
and the injury Of 10 others, Wash
ington today energies from mesh
of traffic accidents. here and In
nearby Maryland, that eclipses any
previous weekend total recorded
this season.
Antonetta VaIenti. 10 years old,
2044 Rhode Island Ave. N. f., and
Mary Anne Doye, colored. "a, are
dead.
The Valenti child was killed
when the automobile operated by
her father, Anthony valenti. turned
turtle near T-B, Nd, after the
blowout OF front tire.
The car was occupied BY the
child, her father. mother and Mr..
ana Mrs. James Locavaro, 226 First
st. N. w. Mrs. Valenti and Mrs.
Locavaro are in Casualty Hospital,
where It Is said that they are suf-
fering from skull fractures, cuts
and bruises that make their cOndi.
lions critical. Valenti and Loca-
varo we're cut and bruised but not
seriously injured.
The police say that the party was
en route to visit friends IN Leonard.
town and had just passed through
T-B when q front tire blew out,
causing the machine to leave the
road and turn over twice. All OF
the occupants were pinned beneath
the Wreckage.
FoIlowing the accident. the girl
was placed In another car. In the
same party, and taken to the
home OF her uncle. a. q. Valenn,
1880 Franklin. Sc. N. r.. where she
was pronounced dead by DR.. A. e.
Gray, 1880 Franklin st. n. w.
i While being chased by Police
man Guy Rhone, OF the Eleventh
precinct, and Revenue Agent Eu.
gene Jackson, colored. 2126 Fourth
ST. N. w, an automobile that ~
alleged to have been stolen from
its storage place, crashed into Z
Ford touring car at Seventh and
Il Streets Northwest, the force OF
the impact killing Mary Ann Doye,
and seriously injuring Julia Simms,
colored, IT, 1912 o st. N. W., and
William Allen, cOloreos IL OF ais
Church, Va; operator Of the latter
car.
Neither the Simms girl or Allen
are expected to live, II was re-
ported at the hospital today.
Police claim that the car that
struck them was occupied by John
Robert Hammond, colored, %, who
lives at the garage in which the
car was stored, in the rear OF 1915
K st. N. W., and James Morris
Brown, colored, 80, 464 Ridge st.
N. w. Both were arrested and
locked up at the Second precinct
on charges of investigation" The
car belongs to Hugh Warren, II
East Taylor St., Chevy Chase.
John Miller. 81, 1925 Florida Ave,
N. E.. received nine broken ribs and
broken collar bone when his auto
mobile collided near Bowie. Nd,
with another automobile operated by
Frank Turner, 35. OF this city. He
was brought back to Casualty Hos
pitaI in an automobile com
Wandered by Deputy Sheriff M. A
Downes. Miller's wife and i've
children were but slightly injured
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and were allowed to go home, after
receiving treatment.
When an automobile operated by
James M. Carter, OF Alexandria. Va.
was in q collision with another car
at North Capitol and r Streets
Northwest. Gertrude Coffey. 10. OF
Alexandria, and Esther Graham, zS
r st. N. W.. were cut by flying
glass. They were treated at Sibley
Hospital. Their automobile ran
across the sidewalk and crushed into
a tree. after the collision. the police
say.
Struck by q motorcycle operated
by Policeman r. Rouse. Of the
Fifth precinct, Conrado Soto. 80
years old, SO q st. s. E.. received
severe cuts to the head and leg.
His injuries were not serious.
Others injured were: Miss Marg-
aret Gillian, 20. 5612 Eighth st. N.
W., cut on the wrist and forehead
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IS SEEKNVG
HEREAFTER

Miss Grace Thompson, D 17-year
old girl Of Weston. Mich. has asked
The washington Times to help l0
cate her father whom she has noe
seen since she was 5 years Oh
and who Il said to b IN WashinS
ton.
separated IL years ago when shs
was living with her grandparents
In southern Ohio.
In her letter, the young girl aaya
J 81 have not seen my father fcl
II years and am now IL years q
age and would like to learn SONS
thing more Of him.
II did not know anything about
him until late years and then
learned he was in Washington.
''I have been told I also hav4
other relatives there, one, an Aunt
Mary. Perhaps IL they should read
this they viii recognize my story
and assist me in my search for ms
father also.
Mother says I look q great deal
like daddy and have his ways and
disposition.
Miss Thompson also states in het
pathetic little note that she hal
been warned not to look for he1
father because IL he wants TO SCI
her he viii find her.
She believes. however, that he
may have tried to find her but bee1
unable to because she has moved
several times.
The Washington times., 1926-07-19

Although slave trading 10 in vio-
lation Of the law. no serious attempt
is made to repress it. In a country
where wives and mothers are slaves
of religion and custom, where they
must keep their faces yelled and aren't
permitted to go into the streets in
the daytime, slavery is only a relative
matter.
Girl slaves feel they aren't to be
pitied much more than the wives.
On the whole, the slaves are very
well treated and. although they re-
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8
ACTION ON
GOAL IS
SOUGHT

In the midst Of the summers
usual torrid wave, President Cool
ldge today faced a demand to dis
regard the heat and mosquitoes at
his vacation camp long enough to
consider action toward safeguard
ing Americas coal-consuming pub
tie during next winters billiards..
The question Of Government
regulation for the coal industry
was hauled out of cold storage in
the Capitol and tossed upon the
porch Of the summer White House
81 Senator Royal s. Copeland
CD Of New York.
Deands Investigation
Copeland, who gathered bin in
the last session of Congress to
create q system Of arbitration for
mine disputes similar to that en-
acted for the railroad industry. de-
manded that the President find .
wav to prevent q repetition of last
winters fuel disputes and coal
shortages.
Copeland charged the Presidents
recent attitude was encouraging the
rafne-owners' opposition to any Gov
eminent "interference" with their
business.
aFor the President to encourage
this attitude is to defeat every
formal recommendation he has
made to Congress" said Copeland.
est gives an air OF insincerity TO
the excuse made last winter that
the President has no power to deal
with the coal problem.
Copeland declared there would o.
greater suffering than ever before
if another mine strike occurred this
fall or next winter. He protested
against the President letting the
problem go unsolved until another
strike occurs.
Pointing out that the Copeland
bin would permit arbitration OF al
mine disputes but would also create
a fact finding commission" whick
Is opposed by the mine owners, the
New York Senator added: There
must be found a way to make Inn
possible the repetition Of the situa,
ton Of last winter. Soft words and
ready yielding on the part OF the
Administration win not help to find
that way"
The Washington times., 1926-07-19
GANG RoBs AMUSEMENT
PARK OF $11,75o CASH

KANSAS CITY, July 1S.-No
trace has been found today Of four
bandits who last night robbed the
safe of the Falkland Park Amuse-
ment Company, and escaped with
SI1,T5O, the entire weekend re-
ceipts.
Sam Benjamin, manager OF the
park, was driving home with his
family after the closing OF the
park when the bandits forced him
to the curb, entered his car, and
ordered him to return to the park
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See the Walking Funny Papers!

Venice Calf The fed
hnMsas
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Angus Roberts, colored, OF 1904 Hail
st. 5. f.. and John Page. colored,
OF 4o4 Fourth St. n. w.
Roberts has been taken to Police
Court charged with violating the
prohibition law. He was arrested BY
Policeman r. q. Smith, OF the
Eleventh precinct, who said he was
forced to strike Roberts over the
head with his revolver at Good
Hope Road and Eighteenth Street
Southeast, before the arrest could
be made.
Policeman L. q. Miller. Of the
Second precinct, used his baton be-
fore he could subdue Page, whom
he was arresting for intoxication
and disorderly conduct. Page was
also charged with aSsaulting the
policeman after he had been treat
ed at Freedman's Hospital for scalp
wounds.
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Is ARE INJURED IN
STREET CAR COLLISION

CHICAGO, July 19.-Twenty-five
persons were injured. five seriously,
when two street cars. crowded with
men and women going to work,
crashed here today.
The impact was so severe that
both cars were hurled clear Of the
CROSSING
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ceive no pay, they are frequently
given presents.
Prices vary according to the slave
girls training and ability. Most girls
are sold when they are between 10
and IL years Of age. Present quota
tions average between two and three
thousand francs for house W or k
slaves.
Singing garls, who have been e.
pecially trained to amuse their mas
|tcn1thousand francs.
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LOWERS HOUSE FLAG,
KILLS WIFE AND SELF

BRIGHTON. England, July H.
Ernest Churchnan, a storekeeper,
lowered the Union Jack over his
premises to half-mast.
He then stabbed his wife through
the heart and committed suicide in
the presence of their three children.
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where they. forced him to open the
company safe. Two park police
men, attracted by the noise, were
bound by the bandits and left In
the park.
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in 4 collision at Eighth and Long
fellow Streets Northwest: Mrs. Bell
Memoffsky, 621 p st. N. W.. struck
by q, ''nit-and-run'' driver: Claude
Webb, 4 years old. 1886 B st. s. e..
and william Austin, colored. 20,
1241 New Jersey Ave. N. w.
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Slavery Hourishes In
Morocco

CASABLANCA July 19-Slavery still exists in Morocco,
bought and sold secret slave markets
good girl have been rising rapidly due the
depreciation of the French franc.
The Washington times., 1926-07-19
TWO BEATEN Up
IN ARRESTS

Two alleged vioIators Of the law
needed hospital treatment yesterday
before they could be taken to police
precincts and locked UP. They are
Evening star., 1926-09-22
EXPECTED ARRIVALS AT NEW YORK.
SAYS LIFE THREATENED.
Wife Sues for Divorce, Alleging
Cruelty and Blows.

Mrs. Rebecca FosS, X street north
east, yesterday filed a suit for limited
divorce against her husband, Alex.
ander Foss, whose address is given
as 1923 North Capitol street, alleg-
ing cruelty. The plaintiff alleges that
her husband on various occasions has
struck her. and also that he threatens
to kill her with a pistol for various
trivial difficulties and because of the
presence of rats in their residence,
which, she says, he blames on her.
Her husband, she says. is a tailor,
and earns $500 month at his shop
at 1923 North Capitol street. She Is
represented by Attorney Jacob Freud.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
AUTO BURNS IN ALLEY.
Tea Garden and Hillsdale Home
Also Damaged in Fires.

Fire Of undetermined origin. dis
covered in the kitchen of the Gin.
derella Tea Garden about 9 o'clock
last night, caused 500 damage. Fire.
men under the direction of Deputy
Chief =. w. Nicholson put out the
blaze.
An automobile owned by William
Lewis. 525 Norton street, parked in
an alley near his residence. caught
fire and was destroyed yesterday eve.
ming.
A blaze yesterday in the residence
of Henry Phillips. 1903 Howard road,
Hillsdale, caused about 500 damage.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
SIR ESME TO SAIL.
Will Leave New York Today to
Visit Sick Son.

Sir Esme Howard, the British AM
bassador, left Washington last night
for New York. where today he is sail
ing for Europe to visit his son. who
has been iss for several weeks.
The son. Esme. "a years old. Is the
eldest of the children. He now is in
Switzerland. The Ambassadors visit
will be short one. and upon his re-
turn he will again take up residence
at the embassy. the Summer quarters
in Manchester. VT, now being closed
for the season.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
Cold Water Thwarts Suicide.

Samuel Frederick Nagel undertook
to commit suicide off the cliffs at
Hastings. England. and dived into the
water with his clothes on. The water
was so cold it caused him to change
his mind, he explained later when ar
rested as he was walking with wet
clothes seeking a place of refuge.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
FORBES DENIED PAROLE,
Case of ex-Director of Veterans Bu-
reau Put Off to 1927.

LEANEN\NORTH, Kans., Septem.
ber % (P).--The Federal prison pa
role board has refused to recommend
a parole for Col. Charles +. Forbes
former director of the United States
Veterans Bureau, it was learned yes
terday. He is serving a two-year SEN
tonce in the United States peniten.
tiary here on charges of defrauding
the Government in connection with
construction OF hospitals for disabled
veterans.
The board continued his case until
May. 1927.
Evening star., 1926-09-22

Pruderv is 50 nearly out of fashion
that almost everybody knows that
limb" is a part of tree, says the
Springfield Republican.
Evening star., 1926-09-22
SHIPPING NEWS
Arrivals at and Sailings From
New York,
DISTINGUISHING Time.
ARRIVED AT NEW YORK.
OUTGOING STEAMERS.
SAILING TODAY.

SAILING TODAY.
President Harding-Queenstown:
Plymouth. Cherbourg and
bremen AoA'
southampton 1000 AM
Seydiitz-Hremen ........ 1000 AM.
Rochambeau-Havre ....... IL 100 AM.
Bridgetown-Cape Haytien. Port
de Paix Port au Prince. Puerto
Colombia and Cartagena. Noon
Carillo--K i ng ton. Cristobal
Puerto Colombia and Santa
Mdrtd IL wv a
Coast, VIA Cristobal. ..... 7:ooP.M.
Rosaind-St. Johns. IL 100 Am.
Fort St. George-Bermuda. IL 100 AM.
and santos s....:....:: IL 90 AM.
BIenos Aires o a IL AM.
Smyrna times., 1926-05-19
ChiId's Verses on "Mother"

Little Frances H. Shannon, aged II
daughter of Charles w. Shannon the
tree and plant Nursery salesman
on north Main street, composed the
following poem which she dedicated
to Mother in commemoration of Moth,
er's Day:
Though we travel the whole world throgahS
We will discover that never another
VIII try their best to do
As much for us mother.
No one else will kiss you when you fall,
Or brush your tears away,
Or change your sadness to gladness
On a gloomy day.
So let as strive to help her
And in her presence be bright,
For we will find at the end of time,
What a mother says is always right.
Smyrna times., 1926-05-19
New Dover Opera House. Dover

Tuesday and Wednesday = sThe
greatest find Of the yearl" Two di-
rectors were talking together at the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. Ed
mund Goulding, whose production,
"Sally, Irene and Mary" will be at
Dover on the above dates, made the
above exclamation to John NJ. Stahl.
He was referring to Sally O'Neil.
Miss O'Neil has the role of Mary in
the Goulding picture Il hesitated
about signing Sally for the part, "said
Goulding. 81 thought she lacked the
experience necessary to put such an
important role over. There are scenes
Of stark tragedy and others Of light
comedy. It was the latter type | was
worried about, knowing that only a
real actress could portray them. "We
made a test picture of Sally" he con-
tinued, "and found she looked the
part" Still | was fearful. But there
was no one else who was so typically
Mary, so decided to give her a trial.
fl found her the most responsive per
son / have ever directed. She never
failed to sense a situation and proved
to be trouper in every way. / be-
lieve when this year is over she is go
ing to be rated with the greatest.
There isn't any stopping her. She has
extreme youth, a great sense of hu-
NOR and a corking personality that
fairly bubbles over on the screen"
Smyrna times., 1926-05-19
Screen and Stage
Strand, Smyrna

Tomorrow, Thursday = Thomas
Meighan and Lois Wilson, in "Irish
Luck" and Mr.. Arthur Murray, the
worlds famous Charleston instructor,
will teach you how to do the Charles
ton. It's easy to do the Charleston
when you see them in the movies.
Saturday-''The Ancient Highway"
so called because much of the action
and romance in this new Paramount
screen version of the James Oliver
Curwood story takes place on a fam
Gus road running through the quaint
regions of Quebec. Irwin Willat, pro-
ducer of "Wanderer of the Waste
land" and 'fNorth of 36," directed the
picture which was written for the
screen by James S. Hamilton and Eve
Unsell. Jack Holt, Billie Dove and
Mantague Love are featured in the
principal roles. You're sure on the
right road to different" screen enter
tainment when you take in "The An
cient Highway"
Monday and Tuesday-Few sections
of the United States possess such
fascinating appeal to the imagination
and emotions Of the American people
as the Far West, and especially dur
ing that exciting period when it was
inhabited chiefly by Indians and the
hardy pioneers. Such is the locale of
"The Scarlet West" It has been ac-
claimed an epic of the advance of civ
ilization toward the Pacific Coast. The
picture was filmed in Colorado, against
a sweep of majestic mountains, and
the grandeur Of the scenery is awe
inspiring. In that part of the land
many historic events took place, and
it is a favorite setting for the novel
lists and playwrights Of today.
Smyrna times., 1926-05-19
The Wreck

Pierre had been the sole witness OF
a wreck on one Of the spur branches
Of a Canadian railway. He was asked
By the attorney to take the witness
stand and tell the story in his 0wn
way. To wit:
"Wal, sar, numbaire 2 she came
down track lax she were all bended
fer 1ection-numbaire 8 she came
same track other way n-boomp-
both smash op all over. By gaB, ]
t'ink dat's wan HI of a way to run
q railroad