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Evening star., 1926-09-20

are Eighteenth street from Massachu-
setts avenue to Columbia road, Cal
vert street from Columbia road to
Connecticut avenue and New Jersey
avenue from the Capitol to Florida
avenue.
Erection on lamp posts Of the new
signs limiting or prohibiting parking
also has been started by the traffic
bureau. The initial installation was
made on Pennsylvania avenue in front
of the White House, East Executive
avenue and Treasury place.
These new enamel signs are II inches
wide, 16 inches long and are suspend
ed on an iron bar feet inches above
the ground. The lettering is white on
green background.
Mr.. Eldridge announced that he ex.
pected delivery of the 30-mile speed
limit signs within two weeks. These
signs will be placed along the arterial
highways on which the speed limit
will be increased. Although the Com
missioners have approved a 30-mile
limit on three of the 13 arterial high
ways recommended by the traffic di
rector, the limit will not be consider
ed raised until the signs have been
erected.
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MOTORISTS IGNORE
NEW "STOP" SIGNS
Arrests Indicated if Viola
tions Continue on Six
Latest Arteries.

Failure of motorists to observe the
new stop" signs erected at street in
tersections along boulevard and arte-
rial highways led Traffic Director
M. o. Eldridge to intimate today that
the Traffic Department would request
the Police Department to station Off
GERS at the marked intersections to
arrest violatorS.
The new signs were placed along
six thoroughfares last week, and the
installations were resumed today on
three others. The signs have been
erected on Sixth street from H street
to Florida avenue, Massachusetts ave-
nue. from Sheridan Circle to the Dis
trict line, Wisconsin avenue from
Massachusetts avenue to the. District
line, River road from Wisconsin ave-
nue. to the District line, Rhode Island
avenue from Fourth street northeast
to the District line and Bladensburg
road from Fifteenth and III streets to
the District line.
The streets to be marked this week
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GEORGE R. SIMMONS DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

George X. Simmons, "a years old,
clerk in the office Of the United States
Civil Service Commission for the past
80 years, died at his residence in the
Wellington Apartments. 1901 Park
road. Saturday, after a lingering ILL
ness. Mr.. Simmons was at one time
a clerk in the United States Supreme
Court and had been in the Govern
ment service a total of about 40
years.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Louisa simmons. and by two nieCes.
Mrs Robert l.. Lerch and Mrs. Eva
+. Fisk.
Funeral services will he conducted
at the residence tomorrow morning at
IL O'Clock. followed by interment in
Rock Creek Cemetery
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THE WEATHER

District-Mostly cloudy tonight and
tomorrow, followed by showers tomor-
row afternoon or night; cooler tomor-
row; gentle northwest and north
winds, becoming moderate northeast
tomorrow
Maryland-Mostly cloudy tonight
and tomorrow; cooler tomorrow; mod
crate to fresh northwest, shifting to
north and northeast winds.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy tonight and
tomorrow; showers tomorrow after
noon or night cooler tomorrow; gentle
to moderate shifting winds, becoming
northeast and increasing tomorrow.
West Virginia-Mostly cloudy to-
night and tomorrow: showers and cool
er tomorrow afternoon or night.
Records for "a Hours.
Thermometer-4 pm, IS: s PM,
81; II midnight, 65; am, 81; am,
Ca noon, IS.
Barometer-4 pm, 1907; s pm,
30.05; II midnight, 30.03; am, 29.98;
8 am. 5000; noon, 29.97.
Highest temperature, IS. occurred
at noon yesterday.
Lowest temperature, 61, occurred at
6 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, SO; lowest, 65.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey)
Today-Low tide, 1924 am. and
LOO pm; high tide, 6:23 am. and $50
pm.
TomorroW-Low tide, 20 am. and:
so pm; high tide. 7:20 am. and
7:45 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 5:53 am; sun sets
610 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 5:54 am; sun
sets 608 pm.
Moon rises 5:55 pm; sets 4:04 am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at Great Falls today at s AIM
Temperature, II; condition slightly
muddy.
Weather in Various Cities.
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DEATH HELD ACCIDENTAL
Coroner's Jury Exonerates Autoist
in Fatal Injury of Mrs. Roane.

A verdict of accidental death was
returned by jury at an inquest at
the morgue today in the case Of Mrs.
Mathilda F. Roane, IA years old, 29
Bryant street, who died at Garfield
Hospital Saturday morning as re-
suit of injuries received when she was
knocked down at Fourteenth and L
streets by the automobile of Arthur
F. Steinberg, 1856 Columbia road.
Police reported she was crossing
against a traffic signal, and that she
ran in front of the moving automobile
so suddenly that the driver of the
automobile was unable to prevent the
accident.
Mrs. Roane was the wife of Samuel
B. Roane. Funeral services will be
held at the family residence at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
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SHIP BIDS NOT
!. TO AFFECT RUNS
Commissioner Teller of Ship
ping Board Says Only Change
to Be in Improvement.

The Shipping Board today again in
%ited bids for the purchase or charter
Of the Leviathan, George Washington,
Republic, President Harding, Presi
dent Roosevelt of the United States
Lines. together with the American
Trader, American Banker, American
Merchant, American Farmer and
American Shipper, now operated for
the board by the American Merchant
Lines.
In asking for bids Commissioner
Phillip S. Teller, chairman of the
ship sales committee, said that stories
originating with competing lines were
to be expected to the effect that the
Shipping Board lines would be dis
continued if the ships were not sold.
THE permanence of the United States
lines is not affected in the slightest
degree by the invitation for bids" Mr.
Teller said. ANY change in the serv-
ice will be solely by way of improve
ment; If possible, through private
ownership. and, if not possible. through
operation by the board. The conf
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C. H. BOWERS is DEAD.
Post Office Department Clerk Vic
tim of Heart Disease.

Charles Howard Bowers. clerk in
the Post Office Department for the
past six years, died yesterday of heart
disease at his residence, 1926 Twelfth
street northeast. He would have been
3S years old next Sunday. He had
been employed continuously in the
Government service since he was Is
years old, starting as a messenger
in the Patent Office. He had held
several positions in the Interior De
partment.
Mr.. Bowers Is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Agnes Pauline Bowers;
son, Charles Howard Bowers. jr.;
his mother, Mrs. Annie F. Bowers;
two sisters, Mrs. w. w. Bolls and
Mrs. J. G. Massey. and two brothers,
Roy A. Bowers and John Bowers, both
Of Martinsburg, w. Va. Mr.. Bowers
was a member of the Holy Name So
ciety.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence Wednesday morning
at $50 o'clock and at st. Anthony's
Catholic Church at 8 am. Interment
will be in st. Mary's Cemetery.
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SUBURBAN ROAD
EXPENSES DOUBLE
Unit Cost of Maintenance in
Six Years Shown With
City's Growth.

The constant increase in the NUM-
Der and weight of vehicles, coupled
with expansion of the city and build
ing activities, has about doubled the
unit cost of maintenance of suburban
roads in the past six years, according
to the annual report of c. B. Hunt, en-
gineer of highways of the District.
made public today by the Commission
ers. On account of these conditions,
Mr.. Hunt explained that the suburban
roads must be more frequently and
more thoroughly patched and tempo
rary surfaces put on of a greater
thickness than formerly.
He pointed out that the number and
cost of repairs to cuts made in the
streets was in excess of all previous
records, the cost rising from S435, 900
in the preceding year to $505,000 last
year. This unit Of our organization
operated on distinct lines of it's own,
in construction processes and cost
keeping" said the report. ut has its
separate personnel and equipment and
with exceptionally small overhead exc
cutes a large field of work at unit
costs.
Large Paving Program.
The outstanding feature of the
year NIi E
Hunt emphasized. was the execution
of a large paving program. Under
funds provided from general taxes for
street Improvements 81 streets were
paved, while under the gasoline tax
fund 3S streets were similarly i'm
proved.
The appropriations for these 75
items aggregated $S3S,950. In addi-
ton, he said, q program of five street
widenings was provided for and almost
entirely completed. These involved NJ
street from Twenty ninth t0 Thirty
fifth, Ninth street from New York
to Massachusetts avenue, r street
from Fifth to Thirteenth street Bla-
densburg road from II to l. streets
and Thirteenth street from f street
to Pennsylvania avenue. The appro-
priations for these projects aggre-
gated $230,400.
The large area of suburban road
way paved during the year. Mr.. Hunt
declared, was exceeded by 40 per cent
by the area of the streets newly open
ed. giving a temporary surface and
added to the area of the streets to
be maintained hereafter.
Summary of improvements.
A summary of the street improve
mentS during the year was given in
the report, as follows:
Standard asphalt paving laid 7T,711
square yards; standard asphalt sur
face, 59,053 square yards: asphalt sur
face pavements blanket treatment),
61,892 square yards; vitrified block
gutter, 5,977 square yards: cement
concrete roadway pavementS, 259,238
square yards: old cobble and block
removed, 10,937 square yards; granite
and bluestone set, 81 ,4G6 linear feet;
cement curb formed and laid, 1904
linear feet; grading. 2SS,S54 cubic
yards; cement concrete sidewalks (as-
sessment and permit work. 33,SG1 so
square yards; cement concrete side
walks (around Government reServa-
tions). 3,761.69 square yards; cement
concrete alleys assessment and per-
NIT work. 46,413.50 square yards.
The report showed that the total
output of the municipal asphalt plant
for the year was 211,350 cubic feet of
material The plant was operated for
264 days, with an average daily out
Dut of S32 cubic feet
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LENOX TEACHER DIES.
w. T. Wallace, Printing Instruct
or, Was 73 Years Old.

William John Wallace, 73 years old.
instructor of printing at the Lenox
School, died yesterday of heart disease
at his residence, 1926 Massachusetts
avenue. He retired from the printing
firm of McGill & Wallace five years
ago and had since devoted himself to
teaching.
son, being a member of the knights
Templar, Almas Temple, Mystic
Shrine, and a past master of Pen
talpha Lodge. No. %.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs.
John Baxter, and a niece, Mrs. H.
Perry of this city.
Funeral services will be tomorrow
at 2:30, with interment in Oak Hill
Cemetery.
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MRS. MCPHERSON
RETURNS TO PULPIT
Facing Arrest, Evangelist
Tells Congregation She Is
Sure of ExOneratiOn.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Prese.
LOS ANGELES, September 90
Facing impending arrest on charges
of criminal conspiracy, Aimee Semple
Mcpherson, the evangelist, yesterday
made her usual appearance in the
pulpit of Angelus Temple.
The evangelist was greeted with
great demonstration at the services
when she entered the temple with her
daughter, Roberta, and her son. Rolf.
The congregation acclaimed her with
fervid shouts of "Hallelujah.
Mrs. Mcpherson apparently had re-
covered from her recent illness which
stayed her arrest on charges In con-
nection with her story Of having been
kidnapped and held prisoner in So
nora, Mexico. A surety bond of $4,000
has been posted for her appearance
in Municipal Court.
II am sure I will be found inno-
cent" she told the congregation. and
l will be-" Mrs. Mcpherson touched
upon a plan to raise a defense fund,
which some business men had volun-
teered to do, she said.
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Steam Still important.

Steam has far from passed from the
public utility field, especially in the
Eastern States, though in the last
quarter Of a century waterpower has
been developed on a large scale. In
the Carolinas steam has been found
more economical than waterpower,
and the New England States, it is
said, do not look with as covetous
eyes on Canadian waterpower be-
cause long distance transmission Is
not always considered as cheap as
steam production of electricity.
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Trash for Fuel.

Converting rubbish into fuel is
cheaper than throwing it away, ac-
cording to estimates made recently by
an English engineer.
His plan is to remove the tin cans,
crush the refuse into powder, and
then press it into little bricks which
can be treated with tar oil or coal to
aid ignition.
He estimates the cost at $3.50 per
ton, while the present disposal cost
is S175 a ton.
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Jazz Age Is Thrifty.

Bankers at Portland, Oreg., have
come to the conclusion that, regard
less Of the jazz age and the tendency
to installment buying of luxuries now
considered necessities, there is a
steady gain In thrift habits. Bank
deposits for the first six months of
the year gained $9,0OO,oOo, of which
more than two-thirds, or $6,O00,00O,
was a gain in savings.
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Rome Observatory Notes Quake.

ROME, September 80 CP.-The Ben
danini Observatory has noted a violent
earthquake about a thousand kilo-
meters distant It is believed prob
ably a repetition of the earthquake in
the Ionian Sea.
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RITES FOR C. H. WIBIRT.
Services at st. Pauls Catholic
Church Tomorrow Morning.


Funeral services for Clarence Har-
vey Wibirt, guard in the Department
of Public Buildings and Public Parks,
who died while on duty at the United
States Treasury Annex No. 2 Satur-
day. will be conducted at st. Paul's
Catholic Church tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock. Interment will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery
: Mr.. Wibirt. who had been employed
as a guard for the past two years.
was at one time a deputy United
States marshal and also was sheriff of
Arlington County, Va, many years
ago. He was in the Government serv-
ice total Of % years.
He is rurvived by son. Henry Viii
bur Wibirt; daughter, Miss Margaret
Boyd Wibirt; one brother, William
Cotton Wibirt, and two sisters, Mrs.
Ida Corbett of Arlington County and
Mrs. Minnie Corbett of Los Angeles,
Calf.
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Jn M emoriam.

BARNES. A tribute of love to the memory
Of my husband and our dear daddy. VIII
ago today. September 20. 1917.
Just when life was sweetest
And he could have lived his best
The gates of heaven opened
HIS WIFE AND HIS CHILDREN. MAR
BUTLER. In sad but loving memory of our
devoted son and brother, WILLIAM DE-
SOTO BUTLER. who departed this life
eight years ago today September 90. 1918.
Gone. but not forgotten, and never will
HIS TFHg REy9TEp 2HH tt64HEFR EATHER; MOTHER. SIS
our mother. MARY CARTER. who Who de- Hi
parted 1don this life one year ago September
No one knows our heartaches mother.
Since you passed away:
But there's Joy that comes to me to know.
HfE HoInf} f2vISf SaE ADb RApgHTFR s6TfE1AWE,u EuoT
our dear mothers ETGENTA a. DALE.
denqrted this , liIs eight ys9I,s wears ago, Sep
fourteen % years ago September g.. 1s. i511ss..
Asleep in Jesus.
NAEy N21, C. HILL Cnee Dale. JOHN H.
GRAHAM. In sad but loving remembrance
Of our devoted mother EMMA GRA.
aro MAM ,ods1 wRo seSIssr eEaTtsa ss o 1 ten
Today recalled the memories
OF a loved one gone TO rest,
And those who think of her today
Are those who love her best.
She. will never he forgotten
Though on earth she IL no more.
But in memory she will he with us.
HER CHILDREN.
JENKINS II loving sT2FE RsqaEr Of er ss-
y9Sd Wh de6aFted hs e sepenbsr 90
i632 HER CufLDREN.
JOHNSON. In sad but loving remembrance
V Wb9 our depsrted ees '' his HE two o. Years sEo
today. September 20. 1924.
just when life was sweetest
And she could have lived her best:
The gates of heaven opened
And God called her home to rest.
She wore a crown of patience
All through the years she struggled on.
Those hands that rest forever
HEA Are Es 9fFfS fn DRfs o
CHILDREN.
KAY. In loving, memoir. Of our dear wife
and mother, MARY ANNE KAY: who n
HER HUsBANp AMP DAUGHTER.
II nv dear lpSss HUSBAND d. wHfT2R 'lf Y S REhY REsY
Th9 departsdd Sd ths 1pab life one year ago today
Deep. in my heart you are fondly remem-
Sweet happy memories cling around
True hearts that loved you with deepest
Al%ays Will love you in death lust the
KILLEEN. In memory of GEORGE T.
KILLEEN. who departed this life eight
years ago today. Anniversary mass at
as''FRfERND. a. fsfRsNsb' LrIhiHN IniGTa M. wARRrNa.
NEWTON. Tribute of respect to the mem.
ory of our beloved father ROBERT z.
NEWTON. who departed this life at his
home, Loudoun County. Va. near Lees
burg, twenty years ago, September 10,
1908. HIS FAMILY.
RICHTER. In loving remembrance of our
dear wife and mother, JOHANNAH G.
RICHTER who departed this life seven
years ago today, September 20. 1919.
Gentle hands that never wearied.
Toilng in loves vineyard sweet:
Eyes that were forever cheery
When our eyes they chanced to meet.
Tender. patient. brave. devoted,
This was always mothers way.
Her worth in gold could never be quoted
As we think of her today.
HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
WHEELER. tribute of love 20 the
memory Qf ny dearest friend CHARIE9
~ w;ns.r MsETs66Lf5sa n f5saw who dspas'fS hl;l H}fAsIS
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w. V. U. Faculty Member Dies.

MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Septem-
ber 20 FD.-Samuel Boardman Brown,
sc, head Of geology department of
West Virginia University for "a years
and author Of text books, died yester-
daV
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dence which has been manifested in
the reliability and regularity of this
service will be fully justified
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FOREIGN,

(S am. Greenwich time today)
esations. Temperature Weather
Paris. France. ......... 56 Clear
Copenhagen Denmark. bS Part cloudy
Horta (FayaD. Azores. Ga Rain
Hamilton. Bermuda. 16 Part cloudy
San Juan. Porto Rico. so Cloudy
Colon. Canal Zone. 7R Part cloudy
Evening star., 1926-03-21
Treasure Hunting, as Modern Pursuit,
Gives Thrills to Admirers of Antiques

foremost dealers in rare antiques, owes
one Of her valuable finds.
II got into the flooded area by
chance" she tells, land was amazed at
the vast stretches of land which had
been inundated: at the numbers of
houses. barns and fences which had
been carried away.
more as a sightseer than as a
searcher for antiques. ! was walking
about the little island of Blennerhas.
set, guided by man who had lived
in the neighborhood for years. He
told me how he had been driven from
the island by the recent flood. and
how he had watched the steadily ris-
ing waters draw closer and closer to
his home. Finally darkness put an
end to his vigil. The following morn
ing he was relieved to see that the
river had fallen during the night, but
astonished to observe q house strand.
ed close to what was his barnyard in
normal times.
with a compa MON he row'ed out to
inspect the building that had been so
unceremoniously planted on his land.
but fits furnishings were intact, just
as the owners had left them in their
flight.
MY guide and his friend salvaged
what they could from the stranded
building. which was carried away
when the river rose again that same
night. Among the various household
furnishings he had taken was a pair
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Continued from Third Page.)

and achievement. For many years he
has urged that the Piney Branch site,
which is Of SO much Importance to
students Of early American history
and marks an epoch in scientific
thought, should be set aside as pub
lie park. 1t has been suggested that
the Smithsonian Institution should
undertake this work for future gen.
erations Of Americans, or that it be
taken up by the Carnegie Institution
or the Archaeological Society of Wash.
ington.
sBut DIR. Holmes does not believe it
is their responsibility. Nor does he
think 1t should be done, except as
last resort, by the patriotic women Of
the country or the citizens Of the City
Of Washington. Rather, in his opin.
ion. the Federal Government. which
selected this site for its magnificent
Capital City. which is fast burying the
ancient landmarks with modern struc.
lures, should take effective steps to
preserve the spot and erect upon It
tribute to the memory Of the plum.
dered race that once had its home
here.
De Lancey Gill Of the Smithsonian
Institution first discovered worked
stones on the site of the quarry about
1880, when he was engaged in sketch.
ing the valley and looking for evi.
dences of ancient Indian art and in.
dustry. Later he found beds Of
quarry-shop refuse in the second ra.
vine west of Fourteenth street. Six.
teenth street had not then been ex.
tended across Piney Branch. It was
not until about ten years later that
DR.. Holmes began his excavations on
the site.
A treatise by DR.. Holmes describing
the results Of this investigation and
entitled "Stone Implements Of the
Potomac. Chesapeake Tidewater
Provinces" published in the fifteenth
annual report Of the Bureau Of Aneri.
can Ethnology, won for the author the
coveted Loubat quinquennial prize Of
81. 900 for 1898 for the most valuable
work published on American archie.
ology.
For many years 1t was not suspect.
ed that the Potomac Valley and the
whole region OF Chesapeake Bay were
so rich in ancient remains. The arts
and industries of the historic aborig-
| ines were extremely simple. No strik-
ing monuments of any kind have been
found to tell of these vanished peo.
pies. But careful exploration by DR..
Holmes and other scientists Of the
| Smithsonian Institution has developed
evidence Of an intelligence and enter.
prise hardly to be expected Of these
| savages.
Prehistoric man in this region used
stone only for implements ana uten-
sils, but their knowledge Of the min.
Evening star., 1926-03-21
Action Is Taken After Emptying Of
Reserve Water Tanks in Sands of
Devils Sea'-What the Footprints
Revealed-A Sudanese Terror-The
Story of Deception-Mirage Dances in
the Heat Haze-Qway's Perplexity.
What Befell the Guide.

With the intention of traversing
the Libyan desert to the border of
Erench Soudan, Harding King set
out with a small caravan, guided
oy one Qway Hassan Qway, an
Arab who had never failed him pre-
Niously. Before progressing far, as
related last week, the English eX-
plorer became suspicious of his
guide because of his association
with members of the Senussi,
especially hostile to foreigners.
Qway also seemed to resent the
engaging of another guide-Ab-
dulla, a Sudani. Soon his evil ma
ture manifested itself in a way that
caused the abandonment OF the
journey. Harding King had sent
the Arab and Abdulla ahead to
establish q depot with supplies of
water and food. After this the
two were to separate, reconnoiter,
and return to the depot.
When the explorer. with the
other members of the caravan
Add er Rahman, chief camel driver:
Ibrahim, his brother. and Dahab.
the cook-arrived at the depot.
they found all the water tanks had
been emptied--and footprints i'll
the sand showed Qway to be the
culprit