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THREAT OF STRIKE
MADE IN BROOK yN
Subway Company Ordered to
1 Answer Charge Of Hiring
4 Screen" Motormen.
Rx the Associated Press.

~ tho AbSOCldbeO 1rSSS. 4G a5fF$.
NEW YORK, July Y1O.-Striking
subway employees of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Co. today planned to
spread the strikesto Brooklyn Manhat-
tan Transit Co., and threatened an al
most city-wide tie.tip OF transporta.
ton on subway, elevated and trolley
lines. 9S
Three hundred pickets were sent
by the strikers to Brooklyn, calling
upon employees of the Brooklyn and
Manhattan system to quit work.
Gave Raise Previously.
The Brooklyn system 1aaa not been
affected, except that it is now carry
ing the, bulk of passengers formerly
carried by the lines of the Inter
borough into Brooklyn and Queens.
The e RrooFlynsA anhattan Transit
system, after its strike q few years
ago, raised the pay, of some of Its en-
ployes to a scale highet than that
paid by the Interborougil.
According to the strike leaders, the
Brooklyn men are eager to- Join the
movement. 'tNVe expect to have them
in full swing in four days. said Harry
Bark, one OF the leaders.
Meanwhile. the strikers announced
that power house employees. towernei
and others We're joining the original
ranks Of the motormen and switch.
men on the. marlborough system.
Students In Power Plant.
Emergency forces kept the trains
running, and the Interborough Off.
cials said they were prepared to fill
the places Of all men who walked out.
Students at technology institutes and
electrical companies were used to re.
place some of the power house men,
the company said. rs
The company pointed out that dur
ing the four days Of the strike 1t had
carried S,584,6o9 persons without in.
jury. This is considerably less than
the average, however, estimates rang
Ing from a falling Off of SO per cent
to 10 per cent.
District Attorney Banton today OBJ
tained . summons directing Inter-
borough officials to appear in Tombs
Court Monday to answer charge of
violating the State railway law by
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yastated Honduras two years ago. the
Copan valley was the scene Of several
bloody eIgagenents.E On this plat
form Of Stella 10, GeTA Toata, In COM
mand Of one Of the opposing armies,
had his headquarters and here dur
ing the course Of one cf the battles
one Of his soldiers was killed. The
gaping hole where Is centuries be.
fore Stella. 10 had stocd, was q ready.
made grave and here the dead Hon.
duran revolutionary was buried and
stones piled In on top OF the body. IL
seemed perhaps wanting In feeling TO
disturb this soldiers last long sleep.
and 50 instead OF reerecting Stella 10
in its original position directly over
his grave. It was set up feet be-
hind, care being taken that together
with Stella Ia II defined the same
east and swest lime as before.
Another! unforeseen difficulty arose
III tha execution sof this experiment.
Thiuughout western Honduras the
month OF April il dedicated TO burning
the brush off the fields preparatory
to planting them at the beginning OF
the rainy season early In May. When
the experiment was begun a dense
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Mauna Loa's Wasted Heat.

Al mint, on which no one realized.
was the recent Mauna Loa lava how,
according to figures computed by DR..
Paul Kirkpatrick, physicist at the
University Of Hawaii.
"At the rate pay for my electricity
1 million dollars worth OF radiant
heat horsepower per hour was thrown
on by the erupting volcano, he said,
assuming a flow OF 20 miles long and
20 feet wide, hot enough to be lumin-
GUS or at q dull red heat
Enough heat woud be liberated by
such q flow to heat two and q half
tons Of water q second. TO the boiling
point, DIR. Kirkpatrick stated IL 1t
were 10 feet deep and iowti1g at the
rate 81 d mile an hour.
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AMERICAS BIGGEST SUNDIAL
rs FOUND AMONG NIAYAN RUINS
Two Pillars, Az Miles Apart Formed Stelae Of
Giant Insiruuent % Ten Exact Date Of
Farming Season Opening.

Ainef4ca's largest sundial. built at
the time when the Christian era was
but . few centuries old, has been dis
covered and checked by modern
science, according to reports just re-
ceived at the Carnegie Institution Of
washington here.
It II located in Honduras In the
ruins OF the great Maya Old Empire
metropolis, C0pan, which fiourished
1000 10 $500 years ago, and was the
center OF actdvity for one Of the na0sk
highly skilled nations of astronomers
that the world has ever seen.
The great silndia1 consists Of two
hieroglyphic monuments, painted red.
set AS miles apart so as to determine
q line that runs nearly due east and
west across the valley In which the
great city Of Copan once lay. Stella
10, an the western stone is5 called by
the arche oaogists, stands on the
crest OF the western range OF hills.
From Stella 10, the eastern monument
located near the crest OF the eastern
range OF hills, the setting sun IN the
Spring can be seen to- sink nearly be-
hind Stella TO-.
IN April Of this year psychologists
OF the Carnegie Institution, engaged
In reconstrrIctfng and studying the
Maya ruins Of Yucatan and Honduras,
made an exploratory trip to determine
the correctness Of previous thebries
as 10 the time telling functions OF
these two monuments. Under the
Leadership OF DIR. Syivanus CT Morley
Is party, anriuding John Lindsay.
Carnegie Institution scientist: Joseph
sIinden Smith. archaeological paiIters
DIR. Thomas Cam of the University
Of Liverpool and Maya. aut hortty, ana
r. "A. Franks, I., Of New York City,
Travelled by mule train to GOpan and
made observations to determille the
astronomical significancss OF the great
sundial.
Monument Is Reerected.
..The first task was to reerect the
fallen western monument in Ats ortgt-
nal position, and thus to relocate the
original western end or objective OF
the line Of sight," DR.. Morley re-
ports. ''But here . curious dificulty
arose. ass tssSs .
Where this monument had stood
in ancient times was marked by q
wei defined hole In the stone plat.
form. But to reerect the monument
in its exact former position proved Q
delicate mattera
Re.During the revolution which de-
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LONE YACHTSMAN NEARs
SUMATRA ON WORLD TRIP
Alain Gerbault, who Crossed At
alahtic, Has Now Reached
Dutch East Indies.

ByCable to The star and Chicago Daily News.
PARIS. July 10.-Alain Gerbau1t,
former French tennis champion and
wealthy amateur yachtsman, who is
sailing around the world alone in a
snall-cabined, 15-tont cat-rigged yacht,
has just reached the Poora Islands,
OF Sumatra, after long and stormy
voyage from Tahiti.
Gerbault thrilled all France cou-
pie Of years ago by crossing the At
lantic alone. His boat, Flame Crest,
immediately became as famous cas-
Columbus caravels. Gerbault ulti-
mately traversed the Panama Canal
and reached Tahiti after two perilous
months. There he repaired and re-
fitted the Flame Crest. Then he
started for the Dutch Indies, which
he now has reached. ~s+5
While at sea the intrepid French
man. whose feats are unparalleled IN
history, lives on canned goods and
fish which he catches. He sleeps
with sails set and -rudder dashed and
lets the boat sail itself. ii
Gerbault has select library rot
travel, history and philosophy in his
cabin, which helps him pass the time.
Downright. 1926. by Chicago Daily News Col
- -
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AIR LINE in OPERATION.
Beriin-Moscow Route Is outgrowtf

Berlin-MoDcoW Route Is UutgFoWth
Of Developing Trade.
BERLIN, July 10 On. increasing
commercial relations between Ger
many and the Soviet Russia have de-
yelcped an unusually fast air. service
between Moscow and Berlin. Mail
and express packages posted in Mos
COW IN the early morning are delivered
lii Berlin IN the evening Of tho same
day. Combination passenger and mail
planes negotiate trip Of 80 hours by
express tram in night hours with stop
overs ak Koenigsberg and Danztg. The
German air service pilot Hans LANCE
recently beat the 8.hour record by
is minutes.
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employing an incompetent motorman.
The action was the result OF the de-.
railment Of subway express early
yesterday. Penalty for violation Of
the statute Is a fine Of $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11
Ordered to Philadelphia.

Capt. John w. Heavey, $50 Infan-
try. has been relieved from duty in
the Panama Canal Department and
ordered to. Philadelphia for duty As
co-ordinator Of the. Sd Corps Area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11

The Zambesi Bridge at Victoria
Falls in Africa is the Hottest bridge in
the world F#4 :
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at home, here in Ranny's office!
Her hat and coat hung on the
hook behind her, and there was
a ported flower on her desk.
She laughed outright at Peggy's
question. Now, looky here. don't
you start to be jealous Of rney'
she said in her impudent, brazen
way. Your husband is simply
letting me use this desk for an
hour or so every day until I get
my own shop; so don't misunder.
stand the thingm
Peggy gave her long, still
look from those deep eyes Of
hers, It was look that made
the girl at the desk feel guilty
and common and cheap all at
once--a look that made her blush
under the thick layers OF make
up.
mo. I don't misunderstand
anything" said Peggy, turning
away. 81 think / understand
some things too WELL" :,
She laid Ranny's watch and
papers on his desk. AS she went
through the door of his office he
called to her to wait, but per-,
haps she didn't hear him, for
she went straight on. The door
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Thomas Boyle knew more about
the business of the Phelps Conn
pai1y in one minute than Ranny
would ever know.
Thomas" he said to him, Peg.
.gy's got some fool idea in her head
that she wants to live In the coun-
try now. Look at those houses Of
ours up on Sunnington Heights
and see il you can find one about
the size Of your bungalow, will
you? Ia do 1t myself but I have
an important engagement"
Why Did He Stay Away
What that important engage.
ment was Thomas Boyle never
knew. but 1t kept Ranny away
from the office all day.
Elsie Leopold left shortly after
he drove away in his roadster.
She did not come back, either.
DIR. Buzxard's shabby green car
swung into the street just ahead
of the taxicab. Peggy could just
make out the blurred outlines Of
1t through the rain that was COM
ing down in bucketsful now.
As she paid the taxi driver she
saw him emerge from It and go
swiftly across the sidewaIls~to the
apartment. He had said last night
that he would drop in to see the
baby this morning, but there was
something about his haste that
made her heart leap with fear.
She rushed up the stairs behind
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little golden notes gone out Of It.
You people have some houses
for rent out in the country. I
saw them advertised" she said.
Il want one OF them right away,
so that can get into It on the
first OF December"
A Very Good Reason
His eyes widened. then mar.
rowed. You're not Saving me?"
he asked. You're not going
away by yourself?"
She shook her head. Don't
Be silly" she said, tits because
Of Junior that I want to get
away. He can't stay in The Nest
any more. He's going to die IL
he does
"oh, nonsensep' Ranny broke
in Thousands Of healthy kids
live In town and in flats, too"
mot In rooms that open on an
airshaft," Peggy shook her head,
'tand our baby isn't q healthy
baby. He never should have Iiv-
ed in town at all. You get the
; house, that's ALL have plenty
of money for the rent. You get
the house!'
Then she was gone. Ranny
heard one uncomfortable sob es.
. cape her lips as she shut the
door and went out.
He picked up his desk telephone
and asked his brother. in. law to
come into his office for q minute.
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something that made her lean for
ward and ask the driver to turn
ana take her back 70 Ranny's
office.
That something was nothing
more or less than q bright colored
advertisement on signboard they
happened to be passing.
IL showed the picture OF o
healthy, rosy-cheeked baby In a
red sweater-suit. The kind of
baby that Ranny, Junior, should
be-and was. not.
Under the picture was the legend
"Rent that home in the country,
now, and keep the Riddles healthy"
It was an ad for Ranny's own
company ~ "Jamis0n Phelps &
Sonw>
Ten. minutes later when Peggy
opened the door Of Ranny's office
and stepped inside, he glanced up
at her in amazemeI1t. Then he
shot Elsie Leopold q warning look
that Peggy didn't even see.
But Elsie jumped UP and hur-
ried out Of the office, leaving.
strong trail Of perfume in the
air behind her.
When they were alone, Peggy
told Ranny what she had come
back TO tell him.
She told 1t to him in a voice
that he hardly knew. A dull,
heavy voice with all the tender
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-22
HERE'S FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

+" RENT these the Islands
"A where the Shetland ponies
come trom?" asked Bobby, az we
landed on one Of the Shetland Isl.
ands on a bleak morning in the
autumn.
EYES," I replied, this il the
place."
We landed on the island and
stopped at a little inn, where
Bobby said he thought they made
the best oatmeal cakes he'd ever
eaten in his life-and scenes, too.
He asked me If ! didn't think it
would be a good idea to get the
recipe to take home to Mary, our
cook. and ] agreed with him.
That afternoon. after we had
finished our tea in the dining room
OF the inn, we drew our chairs UP
in front Of the big fire and the inn
keepers wife came in and sat
Down with U.s.
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DOGGY tore herself away from
4 the baby and went. TO leave
the tiny thing was almost like leav-
Ing part Of herself behind her in
the house, he seemed so much a
part Of her. And his sick little
voice said nothing but Mother
Mother" over and over.
She found Ranny in his fathers
old Office.
He looked very fine and import
ant sitting behind the broad ma.
hogany desk when she went in.
He was talking over the telephone,
and he put one hand over the
mouthpiece and, whispered to her
to sit down.
Elsie Leopold There
She sank into the chair beside
his desk, and it was then that she
noticed for the first time that a
girl sat at another desk in the COR
ner.
She looked up and grinned at
Peggy with teeth that were start.
lingly white in her brown face
the brown, gipsyish face Of Elsie
Leopold!
why, whatever are you doing
here?" Peggy found herself ask
ing, before she knew that the
words were out of her mouth.
\ For Elsie seemed very much
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him and reached the door Of The
Nest just - Aunt Agony opened
1t.
'The baby's 4 worse" she said.
looking from one to the other Of
them, nsrvously. ''fzs's like .
i've coal--he's 50 hot. And !
can't make him open his eyes"
Peggy turned TO so into the
little room off the air shaft, but
Aunt Agony caught her in her
thin arms. mo. no. don't 50 in
there the way you are-all Geld
and wet" she said sharply, and
pushed her down into q chair.
Then she helped her out Of her
damp coat and pulled OF her lit
tie felt hat and shook 1t. Poor
child!' she nurInured, ~ II to
herself, and shook her head.
There came q knock on the
Aunt Agony opened II to The
Lister twins, who had come for
their weekly music lesson. She
briskly sent them away and came
to stroke Peggy's hair with her
rough, capable hands while they
waited for DR.. Buzzard to come
out of the sickroom.
Now, then, Peggy she said
presently, that's an awfully sick
little baby In there. and you've
got to make up your mind
Peggy didn't wait to hear the
rest OF what she had to say. She
wrenched herself out Of Aunt
Agony's arms and flew into her
bed room-hers and Ranny's. She,
sank down on the floor and gave
way to the storm of tears that
she had been holding back ell
morning.
No Relief in Tears
She cried and cried, but her
tears brought her no relief. 7
When DIR. Ruzzard came to the
door and tapped lightly on II, she
raised a face swollen and red.
dened with her grief.
'fWell?' she asked, and looked
at him with hard. sullen eyes.
But the old doctor had not
lived with sickness and death for
30 years for nothing. In that
time he had learned things about
the human heart that only doc
tors and nurses, and ministers
ever do learn about 1t. And so be
knew that Peggy's sullenness
masked the pain and torment
that were in her heart that morn
ing.
He put out one Of his hands
and looks hers in it,, My dear.
the baby has - pretty heavy
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closed slowly behind her ana
clicked shut.

closed slowly behind her and
clicked shut.
OUTSIDE in the street, wet
" and cherries with Novem.
Der rain, Peggy's cab still waited
for her.
"Take me home" she said to
the driver as she got into 1t,
''and hurry, please!'
She was in a fever to get back
to the baby. Above the whirriIg
of the traffic she could hear his
sick little wall. And his small
face haunted her.
Oh, what difference did 1t make
after all, IL he had given Elsie
Leopold desk room in his office?
What earthly difference did It
make II they were there to.
gether from morning until night,
making love to each other, no
doubt?
It made no difference ct all to
Peggy that morning, ana for
many mornings to come.
Ranny's faithlessness suddenly
had lost its power to hurt her.
Nothing had any power to hurt
her, now, but the thought of the
baby at home in his tiny, stuffy
room, with its own window that
opened on a dark airshaft. She
had no thought but to get back
to- that room just as fast as she
could.
But halfway home, she saw
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An Absorbing Romance With a Mystery
To Which the Moving Pictures
Furnished the Solution
Rpna THIS First

Seaton pretty GIRL works stenographer and
secretary steel concern with Oces
IN New York city Parker 4 Erun man. and JIM greatly eu
thinks
Parker called before
father enangleG
him
the Argentine tells he's got 90 work. and Terry Agree
promising Monday
astUnshed
JILL much myBfie0
to I'm
trained While he showing her
their
Ma9ada jill she's the
rich they're living such
wishes she wouldn't much of Pete wheupOn Maflda
jill astonhd that her sitter knows shout her acquaintance with
Parker terminating her services and enclosing check for $500 jim
HeAthere0ge
ers and begs her him. Naada Pete
TO know which Tor.
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that office when girl IN q big
black hat comes hurryif1g II after
us. She went for Cecil. The
things she said 70 .hiHn-S
jill gasped.
He shook her off. And he got
me away In taxi. lie had plenty
of plantations he was always
full OF seIn. But / was all shaken
up. Here, said, where are you
taking me! Where are you going ~
He'd promised he'd take me home
to see his mother, as soon as we
were married But he said we
were going to q hotel; we'd see his
folks tomorrow"
Mafalda hit the table with her
small fist.
MafaIda Leaves Him.
"That finished mel I stopped
the taxi. / told him was going
to get out. And he tried to stop
me. struck him across the face.
I've done with YOU said. And
got away from him.
He could have found me IL
he'd wanted me. And I knew he.
did want me! But he never
turned up. Not that hoped he
would--nO fearl At the end Of 8
week I'd most forgotten him, ana
I'd have given year Of my life
never to have seen hirnl "A year
-well, It's thirteen months ago,
and / never set eyes on him all
the time. many tirnes wondered
II he WAS dead. Then. what do /
do but drop into the restaurant
with Pete~-and there he Is, the
man who fooled me and left me.
And making up to y0u4you, OF
all the girls on earthFs
Maffie's eyes grew dark and
luminous. She drew the long hat
pin out Of her hair and flung her
hat upon the sofa.
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a s.
That's my story. jim. What
d'y0u think Of It"
Jill sat silent her hands clasp
ing and unclasping.
Matte, hs said. don't ask
me what think OF 1t. You are
that mans wife s--.--
cam r. said Mafa1da. turning
on her. II don't know even that!
Do you call & trick Ike that 3
marriage, IN the sight Of heaven,
or earth? / left him half an hour
after the justice wrote our names
down an, told rs We were man
and wife and wished us happi.
ness!' Matte laughed Historically.
aae could have found me Il he'd
wanted. He's deserted me q year,
Jill; do you think the law would
let him claim me?'s
Under d False Name
sswhat do you mean? You mar.
ried him. an
Look herei He married me
under 8 false name. He married
me as Cecil Berkeley. I don't
even know who Ne 10, but III
swear that's not his name. Re
A1tN0 NY 0tIE - q a<4Ae ~ ~
him. Why, II was q tangle Of
Hes, the whole thing. I'm no
lawyer, jill; / know nothing about
these things. Is d marriage like
that q good one--0r Ii Il nothing
but q string Of lies put down On
paper?'' ;.
10 jim the situation seemed
terrible: It was worse than she
had expected. And yet the tinge
of doubt that clouded II brought
d sense Of relief, despite herself.
70 jill. marriage was something
holy. She could not help soeipg
reason In what Mafalda said.
Such q marriage contract a. this.
was worse than fnOckery. Il
appalled, her 70 think Of Mafalda
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fore / knew it, 1t was $50, and
my baby Robert hadn't Weakened.
So I took a quick look in the
oven to see IL the cakes were all
right and then ran upstairs TO see
the baby.
IT opened the door and ut first
was terribly frightened because
though there was q stranger
sitting there by my baby's cot.
But it wasn't a stranger. There
was the big seal sitting by my
baby as il to guard him, and with
such a sweet expression on his
face that he looked for all the
world as II he would like to kiss
him.
MY" nurmured B Y,
wouldn't / love to have a pet
seal!'
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ping her by the arm. led her out
OF the place.
Jul hardly saw them e. She
sank into chair; there vas q
buzzing In her ears, and the white
walls OF the a1cove Beenaed to
swim. jim had never tainted in
her life, but at that moment she
came near It.
jill Pays the DlIl
"A dollar ten, please"
Jill. a. white - the wall,
looked up blanlkly. The waitress
was standing by her, with d
wooden expression, laying a slip
OF paper on the cloth.
Two chops and peas+-tWo
cream puffs, one chocolate eclair,
Is that right, madam"
Terry had left her to pay for
the lunch.
jill leaned her arms on the
table and suddenly began to cry.
All the elemental passions seemed
TO have burst like q tornado over
her head, since she entered tho
Corner House. She cried like q
child that has stumbled over an
obstacle in . dark room and hurt
itself badly.
When she reached home she
sank into the armchair by the
window. staring blanlkIy at the
old piano and trying to straiehten
things out in her mind.
She scarcely knew how she had
got home or how long sl1e had
been there.
jill, however. gave very little
thought now to HeafheredgeA-o
Terry Parker-for his identity was
now plain enough.
'Maffieg' said Jill piteougly,
as her sister entered. sstiia whole