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Marion, and which has restored ruined
parts of this venerable fortress. the
first armed defense erected on the At.
lantic seaboard. After retiring from
public life Mr.. Depew spent every
Winter in st. Augustine with Mrs,
Depew, and they became concerned
about the condition of Fort Marion,
so called by the British during their
brief occupation of Florida after the
battle of Yorktown, but previously
known as Fort San Marco.
Entirely Restored Fort.
They organized the Historical So.
ciety, now one of the most active, and
useful in the Union, and Senator and
Mrs. Fletcher were among the first
to join the Depews and others inter
ested ia collating data of the history
of the State and of preserving its
monuments. The rooms of the SO.
ciety, in the old dungeons of the fort,
are unique. and the dues paid by the
members, who include practically all
the eminent people who spend part of
the Winter on the east Florida coast.
have restored every inch of the nam.
moth fortress.
Col. Harllee, the president of the
Florida Society here since Senator
Fletcher retired, has recently returned
to his post as commandant of the
Marine Corps in occupation of Port
au Prince, Haiti. He will return in
the Autumn, however, and will aid in
restoring his organization to the ac-
tivity it knew until the past year.
Vice President Pollock. Secretary
Treasurer Tomlin and three standing
committee chairmen Mrs. Harry
Carey, membership; Mrs. Ross Pol
lock, entertainment, and Mrs. Daniel
Fowler, refreshments, comprise the
rest of the official personnel
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EMPLOYMENT AGENT
MUST FACE OLD LAW
Is Accused Of Not Following Up
References of Maid Sought
in Gem Theft.

What is believed by the police to be
the first case brought against the
owner of an employment agency for
an alleged violation of the act of
1906 requiring them to investigate
the character of persons they rec
ommend for employment. was insti-
tuted yesterday by Detectives Kelly
and Scrivener against Robert Luther
Johnson, colored. residing at 200 New
York avenue, and in business at 1921
Ninth street.
A colored woman he Is said to have
recommended to Mrs. Leon Pretz-
fielder, 2739 Woodley place, is now be-
ing sought by the police for question.
ing about the disappearance of $4,000
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NINE. SOREL ANNOUNCES
HER PLAYS FOR U. S,
Will Offer "The Kings Mistress, >
Based on Du Barry, in New =
York This Winter.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 24.-Mme Cecile Sorel,
in private life the Countess de Segur.
has decided on the plays that she will
give in New York next season. Among
them will be 'Maitresse du Roi'
1.-THE Kings MistreSs'0, a play, or
rather a series of pictures. of court
life, based on Nine. du Barry. A bed
that belonged to the favorite Of Louis
XIV is now in the possession of Nine.
Sorel, who has used 1t on the stage in
giving a scene of this play at char
ity performance in Paris.
An entirely new play that she in
tends to produce in New York Is la
Belle ct L,1omme" c'Beauty and the
Man,, by Clement Vautel. Nothing
has been allowed to become known of
The author, Clement Vautel, a Bel
gian by birth. is one of the most sue
cessful in the French literary world.
The other plays that Cecil Sorel
will offer are Moliere's "Misanthrope. :"
Victor Hugo's Marion de Lorme" and
THE Lady With the Camilias" by
Alexandra Dumas the younger.
Nine. Sorel's young husband. the
Count de Segur. will accompany her
and no doubt will appear in her pro-
auctions as he has been doing when
she plays in the provinces in France.
AS a member of the Theater Francois.
the actress cannot appear on any
other stage in Paris Except for
charity performances, but the regu-
lations do not prevent her appearing
outside Paris. so that Count de Segur,
under the stage name of Monsieur
de Sax" has had many opportunities
of showing himself as an actor. In
fact. the Theater Francois star re-
fuses to take any engagements In the
provinces for which her husband Is
not also booked.
The company will leave in Novem-
Der and will probably visit Canada
before returning.
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DISTRICT TO PROTECT
PENSION CLAIMANTS
Collection Of $4,000 by Attorneys
Called Not Necessary in
Official Warning.

Precautions have been taken by Dis
trict officials to prevent possible Inn
position upon retired members Of the
Police and Fire Departments or their
dependents through the distribution Of
$6S. 900 in back pensions authorized by
a recent act of Congress.
Due to misunderstanding among
the beneficiaries, it was said, 68 of
them authorized one particular attor-
ney to collect the payments. Acting
on the advice of Corporation Counsel
Francis II. Stephens, James r. Lusby.
District disbursing officer, has decided
not to turn any of the drafts over to
this attorney or any other person
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FORT FOOTE PRICE
IS QUADRUPLED
Old Military Post, Recently
Appraised, Now Held
Worth Over $4,000.

Fort Foote. the obsolete military
most on the Maryland side of the Po-
tomac River Z miles below this city,
has more than quadrupled In value
since it was first offered for sale three
years ago. The reservation covers an
area of about Sc acres, located on
high bluff, opposite Alexandra, with
a clear view up and down the river.
In March, 1928, Congress authorized
the sale of the reservation. provided
the State of Maryland or the county
of Prince Georges, in which it is To-
Gated, did not want to acquire 1t for
public park purposes at its appraised
value, then fixed by Army quarter.
masters at 81, 498 Both the State and
the county waived option of purchase,
and the property was then offered Tor
sale to the highest bidder above the
appraised value.
Sale Was Postponed.
MANY sealed bids were received but
before they were opened, the Secre-
tary of War ordered the sale post
poned indefinitely, in order that Con.
gress might authorize the transfer OF
the property to the National City
Park and Planning Commission for
INCORPORATION in the park system OF
the District of Columbia. together
with Forts Washington and Hunt,
farther down the Potomac. which also
had been declared surplus for military
purposes.
A bill to that end was introduced in
the House by Representative Zlhiman
of MARYLAND at the session just closed,
but got no farther than reference TO
the House military committee.
PRICE Put At 50. $50,
Meanwhile @. NJ Gen. Cheatham
made a personal inspection OF the
reservation and reached the con
ciusion that it had been undervalued:
and at his instance committee of
local real estate men was appointed
to determine its present value. The
report of the committee, just received
at the War Department, appratses the
property at $3.50, which Is S7,262
above the original appraisement.
War Department authorities now
are considering whether to call for
new bids for the purchase of the prop
erty at or above the present appraised
value or to postpone further action in
that direction until after the close of
the next session Of Congress. 1t has
been suggested that action be delayed
to permit of an amendment to the
act of March 1928 which would spe.
officially authorize the Incorporation of
the reservation into the general park
system of the District of Columbia.
Secretary of War Davis is known to
be perfectly willing to transfer the
reservation to the District, provided
the War Department is authorized to
apply its appraised value of $3.50 to
the much needed construction work of
the Army for which no funds are now
available.
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worth of jewelry and silyerware be-
longing to the Pretzfelders. 1t was
taken from the home several day.
after the woman was employed during
the absence of the family. The WONT
an has not been arrested. II
The name of the colored woman
was recorded with Johnson as Mar
garet Allen, 223 Massachusetts, ave-
nue.. At the Pretzfelder home she
gave her name as Margaret Adams.
She is not known at the Massachu-
sets avenue address. Johnson Is said
to admit he failed to investigate the
woman's references. The law i'm
poses a maximum penalty Of $40 for
failure to comply with its provisions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Czech Labor on Wheels.

From a half dozen groups with about
800 members, the Association of Labor
Cyclers of Czechoslovakia, founded
shortly after the birth of the new re-
public, has grown into an organiza-
ton counting 900 units. in a score OF
district groups, with more than 5000
members. The association publishes
an illustrated paper. buys bicycles at
wholesale for its members and is plan.
ming to manufacture its own wheels
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More Rough Diamonds.

In the past the United States i'm
ported largely polished diamonds, but
in the last few years the number of
rough diamonds brought In has been
considerably increased, the 1925 i'm.
ports being more than double those in
1924. This indicates an expanding in
dustry in the United States among the
diamond polishers.
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Era
Forest Is Found
Near Alaska, City
BY the Associated Press.

DJ bub ASbOtAntCA Ai1S9'
JUNEAU, Alaska, July 24,-Dis-
covery on the north side of Men
denhall Glacier. near Juneau, Of re-
mains of an interglacial forest was
announced here by the Forest
Service of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.
An interglacial forest is one
which grew between two glacial
eras. Being covered over by the
second glacier, 1t is sometimes pre-
served for centuries.
The one near Juneau was found
by Charles Fl. Flory of Juneau. a
district forester, and M. l.. Mer-
rift of Juneau. an assistant for
ester.
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designated by the claimants with the
power of attorney.
A rule of the Treasury Department,
Mr.. Stephens pointed out. requires d.
rect payment to the claimants. The
power of attorney, however. he ex.
planned, would make a lawyer eligible
to collect the drafts, but would not
give him authority to indorse them.
AS a result, Mr.. Stephens said, 1t
would be possible for any collecting
attorney to hold up the drafts until
claimants agreed to his terms.
I'VE want the claimants and their
lawyers to come to terms upon pay
ment of each draft said Mr..
stephens THE District might other
wise be forced to make double pay
ment to the attorney and the claim
ant.
Mr.. Stephens explained that 1t is
not necessary for any of the claimants
to have lawyers to collect the back
pensions.
According to reports reaching the
District Building, some of the attor'
neys are holding the claimants liable
for one-third of their total claim.
.-.a.K
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Experience is the name men give to
their mistakes. l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

Chariotsr hauled by motor cycles
were used in race at a London fair
recently.
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immigration in France Problem.

With immigration into France in
'creasing far beyond the point con.
tenlplated in the citizenship law OF
1888, the government has taken meas
ures to- simplify and facilitate the
nrocess of naturalization. One of the
.fornalities to be done away with is
the requirement of certificates of
birth and marriage of the parents OF
the candidates for citizenship.
There are now about zoo appliea-
tons for naturalization daily. In 1924
6.452 persons received citizenship pa
pers; in 1925, 11,1O7
The minister of justice recently said
that while loyal immigrants We're de-
sired. it was the governments duty
to see that in case of unemployment
the French worker did not suffer
from a surplus of foreign labor within
the country.
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The Inside VI emu
To1,o,,. R..t Selections Back 81 Fiyss paee

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4 Fuu Page Of sidespIitting Comics. 20
Louise 0Iaum WEEDS Movie Producer. ....u.-....
Starving Jap Chops or Brothsr's Head
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Vice President Charles G.
Dawes, was hazed publicly in the
Senate this afternoon for his radio
attack upon the so-called filibuster
conducted by foes Of the World
Court.
Senator James A. Reed ID of.
Missouri, criticized the Vice.
President for seeking to throttle
debate" on the World Court by
his radio speech. A moment later,
Dawes interrupted Reed to explain
his radio speech was aimed at
the Senator from New York"
This led Senator Royal Copeland
(D.) of New York, to accuse the
Vice President Of "inaccuracy"
and to attack Dawes for attempt
ing to undermine the usefulness
of the Senate"
Dawes Explains
heeu ueVoLeu thirty minutes 10
criticizing the Vice President, and
he yielded to Copeland for the lat
ter's attack, only after Dawes ex-
planned:
IF the Senator from Missouri
will permit the chair to make a
statement, the chair did not refer
to the Senator from Missouri. but
to- an article read by the Senator
from New York Copeland"
II was in New York long ago
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WOMEN BAT Tie
OVER RIGHTS

Differences of opinion on protee-
Hon of women in industry, adyo-
Gated by the Woman's Industrial
Conference. and opposed by the
National Wonan's Party is likely
to make this phase the paramount
subject of the Woman's Industrial
Conference each day.
Yesterday program at the New
National Museum, under the aus
pices of the Woman's Bureau of the
Department of Labor. was thrown
into turmoil by the INSTANCE
of several members of the Woman 8
Party that this question be thor
naghly discussed. Miss Mary An
derson. head of the Woman's Blu
reau. explained that the program
already was planned and indicated
that the conference did not wish
TO discuss this question. Questions
of parliamentary procedure and
points of order delayed the meeting,
and finally speakers We're booed
down.
President Coolidge in a message
to the conference emphasized the
necessity of protecting posterity by
preserving the health of mother.
conveyed in the message of Secre-
tary Of Labor Davis. On the other
hand the National Woman's Party
delegates insist that laws caicu-
: lated to help the woman worker
have forced her out of employment
In certain cases.
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Banker Held on Charge
Of Waylaying Man
With Knife

SHREVEPORT, La, Jan. 20.
Randle 4. Moore, chairman of
the board of directors of the
Commercial National Bank is
under $1,000 bond today,
charged with lying in wait to
commit murder.
The charge against Moore
grew out Of an alteration with
Huey p. Long, chairman of the
Louisiana public service COM
mission. Long alleges Moore
waylaid him while armed with
a knife and threatened his life.
The two men, according to
witnesses, met in front of the.
Exehange National Bank. Moore
is said to have collared the pub
lie service commissioner and,
drawing his knife, held him
against the bank building
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-20
BRADFORD
Il: TER5
/. Barred

Al bundle of love letters alleged
to have been written by Miss
Frieda Ramsey, named as CO.
respondent in the suit for an
absolute divorce by Mrs. Betty
Burch Bradford, former actress,
against her husband, Granville c..
Bradford, well-known real estate
man of this city, was offered in
evidence at the trial today before
Chief Justice Mccoy, of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, by counsel,
for Mrs. Bradford.
Identification Refused
The court said the letters would
be admitted in evidence, provided
Miss Ramsey would identify them
as having been written by her to
Bradford. She was called to the
witness stand, but claiming her
constitutional rights, she refused
to testify or identify the letters.
Mrs. Bradford testified again re
garding her husbands alleged rela-
tons with Miss Ramsey and about
his maintaining a luxurious love
nest for her at an apartment house
here.
He Annoyed Wife, Charge
After they separated, said Mrs.
Bradford, her husband continually
annoyed her and broke into her
apartment in July, 1925.
Being asked whether she had
condoned the actions of her hus-
band, Mrs. Bradford vigorously de-
MED she ever hadN forgiven or con-
doned his actions and relations with
the alleged correspondent.
The fact that Miss Ramsey had
been subponaed by counsel for Mrs.
Bradford to testify in her behalf
was somewhat of a surprise.
Miss RAMSEY. however, when call
ed to the stand, again refused to
testify.
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HEARD
At WAN TRIAL

Testimony Of two witnesses at
the first trial of Ziang San Wan in
December of 1919-one dead and the
other missing-was read into the
record of the present trial in Grim
inal Court today by the prosecution.
The witnesses were r. Fl. Chen.
who had told the jury in 1920 of his
acquaintance with Wan in New
York in 1917 and 1918. and Morgan
Prigg, clerk at the Harris Hotel,
where Wan is alleged to have stayed
during the period Immediately pre-
ceding the murder of Ben Sen WI
at the Chinese Educational Mission
here with which crime Wan is
charged
The use of this testimony had
been bitterly contested by the de-
Tense for the past three days.
Almost a score of objections by
Vans counsel were placed on the
record today, as the Government
attorneys read the questions and
answers from the 1920 trial.
Asked Financial Advice
Chen's testimony was. substan.
TALLY, that in the summer of 1918
Wan had asked him for advice re-
garding the. disposition of $4,000
which the accused man stated he
had received from China. Accord
ing to the testimony, Chen had been
told that Wan was going into the
moving picture business.
The record showed Prigg testi
fled that Wan registered at the
Harris Hotel January 81, 1919. :tnd
was not seen again by the clerk
until January 30. the day after the
murder. when Wan checked out.
The entry of Vans name in the
hotel regiseer was offered In evil
dence.
Prigg had stated that when Wan
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IN5ULT { R
IS FINED
$3.50

It cost Nicocio Napisa, q, q
strenuous half-mile run, severe
beating at the hands of Mrs.
James T. Morris, s., prominent
Minneapolis society woman, and a
$3.50 fine to insult Mrs. Morris
on the ElIipse, just south of the
White House, yesterday.
And now it's going to cost him
six months in the District jail,
because he can't pay the fine.
and. perhaps, further punishment
Il he's identified by several women
who have recently reported SINH
Lar insults.
Mrs. Morris told Judge Gus A.
schuldt in Police Court today that
while she was walking from the
willard Hotel to Memorial Con-
tinental Hall yesterday, Napisa &C.
costed her and insuIted her. she
did not scream. she struck out
with her fists and grappIed with
the man. After he had been beatan
considerab bly,, Napisa broke the
irate woman's hold and ran. she
chased him.
At the Lincoln Memorial ref1ec
ton pools, Lieutenant Carroll and
Policeman John f. Connolly. OF
tie park police, saw the chase aud
nabbed Napisa.
Judge Echuldt imposed the fine.
af $3.50, or six months i'm Jail In
lien Of payment. Napisa, however.
vii be held for q while by the
I1'sfffct police, until several wOnl-
en- who reported similar insults in
the vicinity Of TWELFTH Street and
Massachusetts, Avenne have seen
him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-20
Officer Knocked Out
During Rum Chase

Rather has surgical and hospital
penses Eileen his aO their infant Philip
Baltimore Washington
actually driving back with load of Jones drives
truck during framed crash to overt the attention Of the
officers Icy back
IN time to block the dry squad IN its chase after the load of
liquor go aDth the story.
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when the Vice President made an
attack on the dignity Of the Sen.
ate," said Copelas0. "He held up
the Senate to ridicule, and 1t seem
ed to me like deliberate attempt
on his part to undermine the use
fulness Of this body. AS I read the
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JUDGES IMPEACHMENT
HEARING ON IN SENATE

Public hearings ON charges
brought against Federal Judge
Harry B. Anderson, Of the western
district % Tennessee, were opened
roday before the Senate judiciary
subcommittee.
A 'fbill of specifications was
presented. charging Anderson with
"falsifying records" Of his court,
where he has served under a re-
cess appointment since September,
1925. The specifications also al
1ege Anderson was morally unfit
to serve as Federal Judge.
One of the complaints alleged
Anderson was l1abituallY drunk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-20
CENTRAL UNION MISSION
TO PUT ON $4,000 DRIVE

Pians are now being completed
by the central Union Mission for
q nllls.n eaa campaign to
raise eo,ooO TO make the final
paymenI on It's new building at
e. II. DeGroot, tr cha,.
and Merritt o. Chance. fraaa, iiaii
OF the campaign COMMITTEE 80 :,
that IN its forty-one years s 8.
washington, the mission nava,.
staged q campaign for running
Mnensek
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-20
PROBE ATTACK
On MAIL MAN

Major Edwin B. Hesse, super
intendent of police, today ordered
an investigation into the alleged
beating administered to Alexander
T. Britton, % years old, of 1873
Thornapple street, Chevy Chase,
Md, by two policemen of the
Seventh precinct yesterday. The
policemen are Raymond Carroll
and Fuller Arlington, both plain
clothes men.
According to Britton, a driver
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-20
CHAPTER TX

Now I see where I must make a
DEPRESSION. That. the editor tells
me, is a breach OF literary etiquette,
and should be avoided the same as
you would avoid upsetting your
coffee on the table cloth. But
sometimes your coffee will upset
in spite of all your precautions. and
sometimes you have to make a
depression on the same terms. l
can only ask 10000 pardons and
won't you lay a napkin over the
IaWkward spot.
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THE WEATHER
Official q. s. Weather Bureau Re-

Official q. 8. Weather Bureau Report
Increasing cloudiness, prob
ably followed by rain late
tonight and Thursday; not
much change in tempera-
ture; minimum temperature
tonight slightly above freez-
ing. Temperature yesterday
Highest, 66; lowest. %.
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''RUM-RUNNING IN WASHINGTON"
By Donald McDougal
(Copyright, 1870

/ must tell you how my car
happened along at that particular
and critical instant or you will
say Huh! Impossible coincidence
and set me down as a romancer.
And that would be unfair.
have all the romancing ! can
handle in camouflaging dates,
names, and places. / am writing
this with the who, where, and
when turned inside out, and that
keeps me busy enough without ad-
ding any extra flourishes.
Continued ON Page 8. Column u
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$4,000 COTTON WORKERS
STRIKE IN HONGKONG

HONGKONG, Jan. 20.-All pre-
cautions were being taken by the
police to prevent disorders threat
ened by the strike today of $4,000
cotton workers.
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ao1-t3oc1 CONN. AVE. READY AB0JT
Dec l5-New fve-story. elevator build
ings tile baths oglIt-ln nX'ures' SIS. so
r.. Kit. rec. h. & b.. $3.50 to oo'oo