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The Washington times., 1926-01-04
PERMIT CHARGE
IS DENIED

Charges by william Mex Clay
ton that peculiar circumstances
surround the issuance Of q building
permit in one day to Barber and
TOSS allowing them to construct a
warehouse at Tenth Street between
Girard st. and Rhode Island Ave.
". E., were denied today by Lieut..
Col. j. Franklin Bell. Engineer
Commissioner and chairman OF the
Zoning Commission.
In q, letter to Jesse G.. Suter,
president of the Federation Of Citi.
zens Associations, Col. Bell pointed
out that after q property owner has
made application for a permit In
accordance with the zonfng regula-
ton his right to the permit can
not be denied.
Blame cannot be laid at the door
of Col. John w. Oehmann. in
spector OF buildings, or on any Of
his office force, declared Colonel
Bell. Failure of the residents OF
the vicinity to apply for change
of coming before the hardware COM
pany considered building a ware
house Is said to be the reason for
the difficulties.
1t became known today mat
application was MADE Tor peEHit
on December Is, the day before the
hearing on the proposed re-zoning
of the property to residential
from industrial" area. Instead OF
waiting for the office to follow its
usual procedure, representative
of Barber and Ross carried the
permit from official to official and
obtained the permit in a single
afternoon.
The next day request was made
by the hardware company for u
postponement of decision by the
Zoning Commission on the petition
to change the area, which was
granted.
1t is indicated that no change in
coming can now be obtained unless
stronger arguments than have iere-
tofore been made public are brought
to the attention of the commission.
Even then, it is said, Barber &
Ross cannot be prevented from
building the warehouse for which
they already have a permit, t.ley
can be prevented merely from
building additions thereto.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
death OF Z IS.
MYSTERY
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pital physicians, summoned after
the discovery, said the men prob
ably had been dead three days.
Police smell Gas
There was an odor of gas when
Detectives Scrivener and Kelly, Of
headquarters, and Policeman 4. d.
Redmond. u. q. Kelly and Clarence
Morgan, of the Seventh precinct.
broke into the apartment. after he
ing summoned by Mason Herndon,
the apartment owner. who had left
the carpenters In charge Of the
quarters while he was out Of town
for the holidays.
The source OF the odor could not
be found. however. and thus added
to the puzzlement Of the police.
The last one known to have seen
either OF the two victims alive is
Arthur Hammond. of Cherrydale,
Va, who had entertained young
HeiskeII, an intimate friend, at 4
New Year eve party at the Ham
mond home.
Young HeiskelI left the Hammond
home late Thursday night.
Physician Puzzled
There was nothing in the apart
ment to indicate suicide. DIR.
Treadeau, of the Emergency Hos
pital, who first examined the bodies,
said he could not determine the
cause OF death.
Coroner hewitt will hold an In
quest, probably tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
''SHoRT SALE" STAMP
TAX UPHELD AS VALID

The Federal stamp tax under the
1918 revenue laws upon transfer
of certificates of stock when the
transactions are such as known as
short sales" or the landing and
return of narrowed stock among
stock brokers. is valid, the Supreme
Court of the United States held
today. The test case came on an
appeal by Provost Brothers and
Company, stock brokers, New York,
from decision by the United States
Court of Claims. There have been
over 300 petitions in similar suits
in the Court of Claims, involving
more than 5000 900
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
IND|CT SLEUTH
IN BLACk|NA|L

Charles a. Mcdonald, private
detective. was indicted today by
the Grand Jury for alleged black
mail, the complaining witness in
the case being Fred w. Jones. It
is alleged Mcdonald called Jones
on the telephone and told him be
had some information for him
which he would let Jones have
for 500.
The detective asked Jones to
meet him at Fifth st. and Massa-
chusetts Ave: that he would recOg-
nize him by q certain cap he was
TO wear, it is charged. Jones, &C
cording to the police, met Me-
Donald and the latter said he would
have to have the money before he
would give Jones the Information.
Jones replied that Mcdonald had
nothing he cared to have. When
Mcdonald found Jones would not
give him the money. he is alleged
to have said, ''he would shoot him
that night"
Mcdonald. according to police in
formation, called Jones again De-
s,ember 4 and asked that he meet
him this time at Fifth st. and New
York Ave, N. w, telling him he
wanted money, saying he had been
watching Jones at an apartment
house at Seventeenth and s SITS.
and had seen him coming out OF
the apartment.
The detective is charged with
saying to Jones that he would trap
and frame" him and that he would
be glad to give him $500 before he
would get through with him.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
FiddIers Win Scrape
For New England
Championship

PROVIDENCE, R. L, Jan. 4.
This city became "fiddlerville"
today.
Fiddlers from all sections of
New England, all in fine fettle
arrived for the opening tonight
of the contest for the fiddle
championship of New England,
to be staged by the town criers.
The battle of music will con-
tinue three nights and a medal
will be awarded the victor.
Some of the visiting fiddlers at
tended q luncheon by the town
criers today.
The fiddling championship is
an outgrowth of various claims
made By New England fiddIers
after Henry Ford invited MEL
lie" Durham, champion Of
Maine, to visit Detroit.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
Attempt to Curl Hair
Results in Death of
Woman From Burns

An attempt to curl her hair re-
suited in the death today from
burns of Mrs. Ann v. Davis, 81
the Astoria Apartments, Third and
G SITS. n. w. She died at Emerg-
ency Hospital after her clothing
caught fire from a lighted gas
heater.
Mrs. Ruth Decker, So, living in
an adjoining apartment, was
burned badly about the hands
when she attempted to tear the
blazing clothing from Mrs. Davis
body. During their struggles the
bed clothing in the dressing room
caught fire and the room was
wrecked before fire company ar
rived.
Mrs. Davis lived with her daugh-
ter but was alone in the apartment
when the accident occurred.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
Hypnotists in Russia
Curing Drink and
Other Habits

LENINGRAD, Russia, Jan.
A. Hypnotists are making q
bid to become the Volsteads,,
Carrie Nations, ct al, Of Russia.
They say they've discovered
how to stop both the drink and
the smoking habits in intern
perates.
Inveterate smokers, it is said,
have been Weaned from the
weed after three hypnotic treat
ments Of twenty minutes each.
Confirmed vodka drinkers are
said to have been made to for
get the cup and bottle BY similar
methods.
Doctors say the process is
applicable also to narcotic users.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
ARMY BASE IS SOUGHT
IN FORT LINCOLN, N. D.

The beauties and advantages OF
North Dakota In general, and OF
its abandoned army forts in par
ticular, are expounded at length
by Senator Lynn j. Frazier of
that State in a letter to Secretary
of War Dwight r. Davis.
Senator Frazier, recalling the re-
port of Secretary Davis which out
lines "depIorable conditions" for
officers and men in outworn wooden
barracks in army encampments,
asks that consideration be given to
establishment of an army base
at Fort Lincoln. near Bismarck,
". D., which has not been used
since 1917.
Stone and brick buildings, watef
and sewers and other advantages
can be found there, he says.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
ASKS
FARLEY FUND
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as this preliminary inquiry goes,
we ought to give our aid and co.
operation to the fullest extent con-
sistent with the policies we have
adopted"
Congress is expected to speedily
comply with the Presidents request
for authorization. Whatever opposi-
ton there is to sitting in at the
Leagues Disarmament Conference
win not manifest itself until a
program is prepared and 1t can be
seen what the League intends to
attempt.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
ITALY'S QUEEN
MOTHER DEAD
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NOnLtHueQ IEOIH hSL IdSCsJ
Americans who have visited
Bordighera became familiar with
the Queen Mother, for her villa
adjoined the grounds of a hotel
which was frequented by American
visitors to the Italian Riviera
The queen mother was Democratic
In her tastes.
She is said to have been respon-
sible for the love marriages of her
grandchildren, the Princess Yolanda
and the Princess Mafalda.
When Princess Yolanda fell in
love with a count. who admittedly
had little money, her grandmother
is said to have counselled her to
marry for love and disregard money
and position.
She is said to have given tho
same advice to Princess Mafalda,
when she fell in love with Prince
Philip OF Hesse.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
CONCERT
FER TEST ENGINES

Band Auditorium, Marine Bsar.
racks. Tuesday, January 5,
at 30 b. M, by the u. s.
Marine Band Orchestra,
William III. SanteImarlu.
leader Taylor Bransor, sec
rnd leader
March. Old Comrades Teike
Overture. Euryanthe Weber
Characteristic. March
Mignonne' Z. Jensen
b. YaIse Badinage, tine
Tabatiere q Musique 81
musical snuff -boxl Liadow
Grand Scenes from Faust.
Gounod
Ballet Russo LuIginf
Czardas, allegro moderator
Valse Lente, yalse anime;
Mazurka. moderate; Marche
Russo.
waltz, THE North STAR
WaldteufeI
Southern Rhapsody" ;. Hosmer
Marines Hymn. The Halls
Of Montezuma.
THE Star. Spangled Banner
4 There vii be q concert by
tbs Marine Band OrcEeStra in
the Band Auditorium, Friday,
January s.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
ADMITS HE SET 80 FIRES,
II ON CHRISTMAS EVE

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Walter
Foley, 20, longshoreman, con.
fessed to having set forty-eight
fires within three weeks, eleven O;
them on Christmas Eve.
Foley served term in 1928 70"
setting fire to his own home. II"
liked to see the firemen at work.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
WARNS
ON TAXES

A warning against reducing taxes
more than $3.50, 00O.00 was sounded
before the Senate Finance Commit.
tee today by Secretary OF the Treas.
ury Mellon at the opening of hear
ings on the new revenue bill passed
by the House.
Mellon said the nations finances
would not stand further tax reduc.
tons contemplated by minority
Senate faction. He was subjected
to severe grilling by. Democratic
committee members favoring addi.
tional tax cuts in the lower income
tax brackets.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04

thing like this in my life, and II
/ get out Of this trouble, / never
want to ride in an automobile
again. l want to go back 20
school, and make something out
Of myself.
They call one of the boys the
ringleader. of the gang. Dut that's
unfair, because he wasn't any
more ringleader than any of the
rest of us. We just used to ScS
together and take the cars, some
times one boy driving and some
times another, but there was no
leader
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
WESTERN COLORADO
POLITICIAN IS DEAD

DELTA. Col, Jan. 4.-Herbert E.
Perkins. widely known political
leader in western Colorado, wealthy
banker, farmer and sheepman is
dead.
Mr.. Perkins was born at Mechanics
Falls. Me-
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
ITALIAN WORLD FLYER \
ARANDONS HIS TRIP

LONDON. Jan. 4.-Count Casa,
srande. the Italian aviator. who has
been attempting to fly to Buenos
Aires, has temporarily abandoned
the flight and has embarked on
steamer for Italy, according to a
Central News dispatch from Rome.
Casagrande got as far as Casa
Blanc, Morocco, where the hydro
plane in which he was making the
flight was damaged so badly that
it became impossible for him to
continue until extensive repairs
were made
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
BANDITS TAKE So, 100,
AS AUDIENCE WATCHES

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Within
sight of the audience at Loew,s
State Theater, three gunner held
up Kenneth Grafton. assistant
manager of the theater. They
kicked him down a flight of stairs
into the orchestra, and escaped
with $3,100
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
Z BOYS ADMIT
CAR THEFTS

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were caught by the Washington
cops instead OF the Maryland
police, or we never would get
out.
We took fourteen automobiles
since last Thanksgiving Day, but
we never hurt the cars any and
never took anything out OF them.
We just did it for the fun Of
riding and nothing else.
Drives Any Kind
I didn't know how to drive .
car until met the other boys,
there being four of US In all.
But can drive almost any kind
Of automobile now
At first we only took small
cars, but they didn't go fast
enough for the other fellows, so
after that we just picked out the
big, powerful cars.
We usually drove car around
until 1t ran out Of gasoline, then
we would desert it and either take
another car, or else drive back to
the deserted car il we liked that
one better and transfer the gasO-
line to that one.
On Thanksgiving Day we took
four cars in all. We were almost
arrested on that day by the Mary
land police for speeding, only
after an exciting chase in q big
car, we got away. I'm sure glad
the Maryland police didn't catch
US.
Stole Ice Cream
The only thing any Of us really
felt we stole was a five.gaIlOn
can of ice cream, which we
swiped last Saturday off an ice
wagon when we got hungry.
We had been driving around all
morning and toward noon got real
hungry and didn't want to go
home. We didn't have any money.
We happened to pass an ice cream
wagon, and the driver was inside
of a store We drove up and took
a five-gallon can OF vanilla cream
off the side of the wogon with
out any one seeing us.
Two Of the boys stopped off at
their homes and swiped some
spoons without their mother:
knowing anything about it. We
then rode out in the country and
ate all the ice cream we could.
We left what ice cream we could
not eat in the can and later aban.
doned the car with the can in it
for another automobile.
He's Sorry Now
] wish now that we had never
moved into Washington from
Hyattsville, where / was attend
ing high school I never did NV.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
1880 Rum Arrests

BOSTON, Jan. 4.-The Boston
police liquor squad, composed of
thirty-five men, made 5000 arrests
for liquor and narcotic law viola.
tions during 1925, 900 more arrests
than 1924, it was announced today.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
Hands Out African Post

Secretary of Commerce Hoover
today appointed William l.. Xii
coin, of Clean, N. Y, assistant
trade commissioner at Johannes
burg, South Africa.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04

A new mirror for dressing Ia
bles is connected to its base by
a bali and socket joint that holds
1t firm at any angle.
The Washington times., 1926-01-04
He's Sorry Now

I wish now that we had never
moved into Washington from
Hyattsville, where was attend
ing high school. / never did ally
Evening star., 1926-03-26
HORSE SHOW SURE +.
IN SPITE OF BLAZE.
Destruction of Buildings Last
Night Will Not Prevent
Annual Affair.

With the National Capital horse
show buildings at the south end OF
the Highway Bridge mass or ruins
today as the result of S2o,Ooo nre
last night, the executive committee oi
the show organization today moVeu "
prevent an interruption to the ahnua1
horse shows which have ushered IN
The Spring season tor w aSninStol So
cioty for the last 10 years.
Admiral Cary T. Grayson. president
of the association; Melvin {. HaZen,
vice president and general manager
H. Rozier Dulaney, trustee, and others
met this afternoon to plan TINS year 5
show, already set for May IA, 10, IL
and IS.
Already offers have been received
from Fairfax. Va. and Rockville, Md,
proffernG the use of the fair GROUNDS
for the horse show. but the committee
is undecided whether to accept such
an offer or start rebuilding 1mmedi-
ately.
The cause of the fire has not been
determined. although it started in the
dry grass and caught the grandstand.
Apparatus from Virginia Highlands,
Arlington. therrydale and Ballston,
supplemented by No. 13 engine COM
pany from this city, fought the flames
and kept the blaze away from Airing
ION Beach. Water was drawn through
500 feet of hose from the Potomac.
The fire had gained such headway
when discovered that the apparatus
could only confine ii.
BY 10 o'clock the grandstand and
most of the stables were destroyed.
OF the 800 stalls, however, about
$40 remain. No horses were in the
stables last night. but it is believed
A dog burned to death.
The building loss was not covered
by insurance. because of high rates.
Members of the horse show assocfa-
ton already had made final arrange
ments for the show. and Washing
ton society was looking forward to a
Evening star., 1926-03-26

surprising of last years event, the
most popular yet held.
Prize money has already been pro-
vided and the prize list has been
printed and distributed.
1T is absolutely certain that the
show will be held" General Manager
HaZen said today. 1.-The only things
we are uncertain about Is where and
how we will stage 1t. These points
will be cleared up by the executive
committee as soon as possible"
Evening star., 1926-03-26
FINED FOR SHORT WEIGHT.

Convicted of violating the District
law regarding short weight, Vernon
T. Orrison. president Of the Orrison
Coal Co. was fined $40 by Judge
George II. Macdonald in Police Court
yesterday afternoon. He was also
fined $40 for not having a delivery
ticket given to his driver.
OrrisOn was arrested by Inspectors
w. c. Diller and George T. Howe.
The inspectors stated that the ton on
his wagon was about 40 pounds short
Evening star., 1926-03-26

Fowler regards the case as mild
Gleason has been quarantined In the
Smallpox Hospital.
All three Of the smallpox cases this
year, according to the Health De-
partment. have been imported from
Florida.
The Health Department also re-
ceived reports today of rs new cases
Of measles. Since the beginning of
the measles epidemic 1852 have been
rocOrdod
Evening star., 1926-03-26

Third This Year Is Also Believed
Brought From Florida.

Another case Of smallpox, the third
this year, was recorded today by the
District Health Department. The
victim is Leo A. Gleason, 2S11 Con .
necticut avenue, real estate sales
man.
While Health Officer William G.
Evening star., 1926-03-26
Beware
the Afer-Efects
Of Grippe

Grippe and flu leave you danger
ously weak.
i They are the twin wasting dis
eases. They break down your It's
sues. thin out your blood and leave
your vital organs tired.
Just because cough. congestion
and fever cleared up. you're likely
to be fooled into thinking you're
all we'll. That's just the "snaky"
way grippe and flu act-and it's
just the way they get most of their
victims down again.
Your recovery period is just the
time when you want to do every
thing you can to help out. a
mighty good thing to do at this
crisis stage is to take HYPO-COD.
HYPO.COD contains l,ypo.phOs.
phites and iron recommended for
years by physicians as most eff
| fective in enriching the blood and
nerve cells. 1t also contains pleas.
ant tasting eXtractives of cod liver
oil, rich in the vitamines so essen
tial in building up your rundown
system.
Get started today building up
your real self, cheerful. strong and
ready for steady work: eapa BILE of
making good money because you're
all we'll again. Get we'll and stay
we'll with the help of JIYPO-COD.
In liquid or tablet form at PEO-
Piles and all other drug stores
! Advertisement.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-09
DISIlLUSIONED

A prosaic mortal, a rancher,
recently essayed to disillusion the
public respecting the cowboy. He
would have the world know that the
cowboy is but a cowpuncher, who
mends fences, digs bitches and
drudges around; that he wears a
f1ve-gallon hat for protection from
the heat, the kerchief about his neck
to keep out the dust, high-heels to
prevent his foot slipping into the
stirrup, that his get-up is practical
rather than ornamental and not de-
signed to attract notice from the
tenderfoot or the tenderfootess.
Alas and alack. And here are the
headlines screaming: Bullets fly
in hold-up on Broadway A police
man is shot full of lead, a bandit
is wounded and yet there is some
thing lacking in the picture when
compared with the West, so fas-
cinating to US a few years ago before
we were disillusioned. There is no
bandit dangling from a pole as mere
horse-thieves used to dangle out
where the West begins.
Neither may those who have revel-
led in descriptions of the wildness
Of the West find any thrill in rats
sinking out of their holes in the
underworld of New York, crazed
with cocaine and seeking to slay for
the price Of more. Gang hired law
yers to bride and intrigue, tecnicali-
ties to protect, paroles if apprehend-
ed, chances of escaping the chair
999 out of a thousand We cannot
associate in our minds with the Wild
West. We think we prefer the latter,
swinging horse thieves and all. More
picturesque, we would say. We are
sorry to be disilusioned about the
cowboys.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-09
A TREMENDOUS WASTE

A tremendous waste these forest
fires, and mostly unnecessary if a
reasonable amount Of commonsense
and precaution be used. We all
know this, we have been told times
enough, but why not act upon it?
Is 1t because we don't care? But
how may the intelligent not care?
Making desert where there was an
oasis robs us all. Do any but lack
wits go about robbing themselves of
the fairness Of the earth?
Already this year the national
Government has been compelled to
exceed its appropriation for fighting
fires in the national forests, where
several are now burning. Here in
Maine much damage has been done
by forest fires this season. Governor
Brewsters warning that it may be
necessary to close the forests Of the
State to the public during the dry
spell is timely. He should not hest
tate to do this Immediately it became
apparent that doing so would help
the situation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-09
Editorial Comment
New England and the West
(Boston Globe)

The difficulties besetting the West
ern farmer are many. Not the least
important among them seems to be q
tendency here in New England to
misunderstood his view of things.
Far too often public men in these
parts indulge in name-calling about
him and have recourse to epithetS
OF course such an attitude buffers
no parsnips. 1t does not get US on
toward solving a problem which,
when all Is said, underlies the whole
of our national life. The West has
a case in reason. 1t should be heard
in reason and dealt with sensibly.
There is no more room for sectional
ism in America now than there was
in 1860.
That is why the words spoken by
Gov. Ralph o. Brewster Of Maine
upon his return from the National
Governors Conference In Wyoming
are well worth attention. Gov. Brew.
ster hews to the line of common
sense. He has found the West pro-
foundly of the opinion that industry
and agriculture are out Of balance.
He reports that the West looks hope
fully to Its Eastern brethren for I'M
Outstanding and help, particularly to
New England, the ancestral home of
the grain belt farmers.
The winning Of the East by sound
logical arguments from established
premises Is the determination OF the
west be sxplains.~and goes ON to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-09
OAKLAND

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Moody and
children, Norma and Corrine, and
Mrs. Nichors, who has been in Ban
gor. were calling on Mr.. and Mrs.
Maurice Flint on their way to their
home in Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sawtelle, of Sid
ney, were calling on Mrs. Sawtelle's
brother and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Wort, Saturday.
Charles Blaisdell accompanied by
relatives from Norridgewock passed
the week end at New Meadows.
Mrs. Ethel Mellor; of Plymouth,
who has been visiting at the home
Of Mrs. Emma Woodsun, on Alpine
street. has returned to her home.
DR.. Ames, who recently bought the
Rebecca Ellis place on High street,
Is moving his household goods from
Readfield. DR.. Ames plans to open
an office Of Main street and will
practice medicine here.