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PALESTINE APPEAL
RETAINS DR.. WISE
Rabbi WithdraWs Resigna-
ton as Head After Vote
of Confidence.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 4.--Dr
stephen 5. Wise. Rabbi of the Free
Synagogue. reports of whose recent
sermon on Jesus Christ stirred nation
wide controversy among Jewish lead
ers, continues as chairman of the
$1,000 900 United Palestine Appeal.
His resignation, proffered because OF
the storm of criticism from Orthodox
circles WAS refused last night by the
executive committee of the appeal. %
10 9. after more than four hours tur-
bUlent debate. one member did not
vote. DR.. wise then withdrew his res
iEnation.
Last week the Union of Orthodox
Rabbits and the MiZrachi, an organiZa-
ton OF orthodox laymen. who claim
] 600. 000o followers. censured Dr.-Wise
and passed resolutions threatening to
withdraw their support from the APP
peal unless his resignation was ac-
cepted.
DR. Wise in pre-ChristmaS sermon
said that Jesus was not myth. but
p man. Later he denied that he had
urged Jews TO accept Jesus as divine.
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Traced TO Village.
WILLIAM A. LOEFLER DIES
AFTER ILLNESS OF WEEK
Was Foreman of Industrial Con-
Germ and Had Resided in City
for AS Years

William 4. Loefier, 6S years old.
foreman for the Hechinger Wrecking
Co. and a resident of this city for
about A. years, died in Providence
Hospital yesterday after a weeks i'll
ness.
Mr.. Loefier was born at Montrose.
Nd. and was a member of an old
family Of that State. He leaves his
wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Loefier; three
daughters, Miss Mary Loef1er. Mrs
Margaret Wilcox and Mrs. Emma
Lyons. and two sons, William and
James Loefer.
Funeral services will be conducted
at st. Aloysius Catholic Church. Wed
neSday morning at 10 o'clock. Inter
ment will be in Mount Olivet Gene
terry.
Mr.. Loe1er resided at rs Fourth
street northeast
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100000 GIFT TO SPAIN.
Rockefeller Provides Fund fol
Physico-Chemical Institute.

MADRID. January LP).-A physi.
co-chemicaI institute. to serve as CEN
trail laboratories for Spanish scientists,
is assured by a gift of 100000 from
the Rockefeller Foundation. The site
of the building will be provided by the
spanish government. 1t probably will
be near the Museum of Natural
Sciences in this city.
Spain at present virtually has no
experimental laboratories. and the
few which do exist are lacking in
modern continent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
Prominent Democrat Dies.

NINCENNES. Ind. January up.
Mason j. Niblick. three times
speaker of the Indiana House of Rep
resentative and former parliamenta-
rian OF the lower House of Congress
died at his home here yesterday. He
had long been a prominent figure in
Indiana Democratic politics He was
IS wears old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
Rumania's Law on Oil and Mining

BUCHAREST, Rumania, January
P.-Parliament has adopted GER
tain changes in the laws regulating
oil and mining companies with a view
to attracting foreign capital to the
country. The acquisition of mining
concessions no longer will be condi-
tional on the capital being national
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SAILING SATURDAY

One family in England boasts Of six
daughters who are 'Steeped in ink. -
Two of them are Miss Joan kennedy
and Mrs. Stanley Wrench, both of
whom are successful novelists, and a
third is Mrs. Lambrun, who edits sew
eral women's periodicals. The three
others also are writer's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
Reid's Secretary
Needs Prompting
To Recall Mitchell

Representative Frank Il. Reid
Of Illinois returned to Washington
from Chicago Saturday, where he
had spent the holidays. and went
Immediately to his office.
Greeting his secretary. Miss
Frances &. Youker, MIR. Reid add
ed:
Get Mitchell on the telephone
for me will you please?'
Who" was the reply.
'Mitchell-William Mitchell |
represented him before court
martial once"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
BRIGHTER OUTLOOK
IS HELD IN FRANCE
Favorable Trade Balance
Basis of Optimism of
FinancierS.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 4.-France at the
outset of the new year has the bal
ance Of foreign trade in her favor,
is keeping 100000 foreign workers.
as well as her own 5000. 900 Iaborers
and mechanics, busy, paying them
wages that make life easy for them
and maintaining in circulation a mass
of money that furnishes unparalleled
business activity throughout the Coun-
try.
That undisputed economic fact, in
the opinion of financiers and business
men. accounts for the patience with
which the average FrenChman" has
suffered the irritating complications
OF politics and the vicisSitudes of the
financial situation. 1t also explains
why the French people, despite the
fact that the year end has left the
financial problems of the country in
the air, greet 1926 with easy conf
0ence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-04
DECLARES REPORT
STRAODLES ISSUE
Heinen ChuCkIes and Grunts
Over Findings of Shen-
andOah Court.
spscia Dispatch to The star.

Spscia' Dispatch to The star.
TOMS RIVER, y. j.. January Il
Capt. Anton Heinen. the wiry, little
German airShip expert. who was the
first instructor and then the post
mortem critic of Lieut. Comdr. Zach
airy LanSdOWne. sat with tongue ii0
cheek in his home here and digested
with chuckles, non-committal grunts
and an ocCa sional angry thump of fist
on armchair. the report of the naval
court of inquiry. which absolVed not
only the late commander of the Navy
dirigible Shenandoah. but virtually
every other human agency. from any
blame in the ships loss. Then, start
ing deliberately, he commented
There are two recognized parties
Of interest in this matter" he began,
the Government and the public. In
attempting to hurt the feelings of
neither side. the court has done II
very fine job OF stra ddling, of trying
to stand on both sides of the fence at
the same time.
Glad of Safety Finding.
Il am grateful. though, for the
courts findings regarding the safety
of Hghter-than air machines and its
recommendation that development
along this line should not be stopped
1T was not love of the truth that
forced OUT the ADMISSION tldt ueCredS
ing the number of safety valves on
the Shenandoah was inadvisable, as
reported by the court. 1t was because
if they had ignored the testimony that
these valves We're cut down from Is
to 10 or had put the seal of approval
on that fact, the Navy. to be con-
Sistent. would have to cut the valves
of the Los Angeles Immediately from
% TO 10. This, of course. will never
be done, now that the court has de-
clared it is inadvisable. In fact, never
again, in 1000 years will a ship take
the air with too few safety valves.
Data of Value.
"One thing is certain: the accident
md the controversy have brought to-
gether facts and opinions that, if
made available to every one inter
ested in the lighter-than-air game,
should be of the greatest value. There
has been spread over the Nation and
the world better understanding of
the problems involved in dirigible de-
velopment. That is one thing for
which we have TO be thankful to the
court of inquiry.
Even If there exist differences of
opinion and of judgment over the
! findings, 1t does not necessarily mean
that the members of the court did
not try. to the best of their ability,
to md out what is what
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30 BANDITS HUNTED
AFTER LIQUOR RAID
0verpoWer 7 Men and Take
$500 Whisky From Mary
land Warehouse.
By the Associated Press.

WESTMINSTER, Md. January A.
Federal operatives from the prohibi
ton headq quarters in Washington be
gan today an investigation OF the
wholesale lootinG of the McGinns
Government warehouse in Tannery, 4
miles from here, where a band of so
men seized more than - barrels of
whisky valued at $4,000. after over
towering three guards and four
paSSerSby Saturday night.
-Four Federal officers, ordered here
yesterday when the department was
notified OF the robbery. will also assist
in checking up the liquor left in the
warehouse.
Driven Through Fields
Although Federal agents had block ed
the main road To the warehouse. the
thieves drove their loaded machines
through fields around the barriers.
An advance guard of three armed men
captured and bound the three guards
as they appeared for duty separately.
-Four others were seized nearby and
bound with the resi-. All telephone
lines in the neiEhborhood were cut.
The remainder of the band then APP
peared in machines and trucks and
worked through the night transferring
the whisky by elevator from the
seventh floor of the building to the
loading platform below. Approaching
dawn forced them TO abandon Is bar
rels on the runway after carrying
away - barrels and 81 cases of
whisky.
Traced TO Village.
Police summoned yesterday morn
ing when one of the CaptiveS worked
himself loose. traced the machines to
Mexico. d village on the State road
several miles below here. There the
caravan is believed TO have sepa-
rated. part heading for Westpinster
and the remainder for Baltimore.
No further clues were found
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SPECIAL. NOTICES.

WOMEN OF DISCRIMINATION SAVE
when !. done 1ReF NNE 7 ans SG
HAND LAUNDRY. 1918 Conn. ave. No. Al. =
WILL NOT, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
g AwRE @StFfsd s Fl sE 0s9f a asn s5 Sre
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS con
{. ACToS ' Ia4 'h' i. 'n se nv s's'i II
NOTICE X HERrBF GIVEN THAT THE
Snnuai rlcetIhS 81 II" snaIHhold"rs Of the
Cor the election nf directors and the trans
a,uou of such ether business as may come
rankin, i los Boa Pennsylyan j@ 4yen rue
nv. on, Tuesday. January - l"26. The
nuiis viii remain open from 4 O'Clock n.
''' GEORGE o vAss. Cashier.
THE ANNUAL. MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders OF the Seventh Street savings Bank
for the election Of directors and such other
nsnes i by b pg%Pe OIL Sos RetHFS shs
l"26 = 3 O'clock pm. IN ., the banklns
-, 80 i'oHfN D HOWARD. Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING or, THE STOCK
election ot directors and such other business
A. may puoparly rom" before the rlentins
"av .Iaa...rl -, 1a25 hefW.cen - N and /
pm, B2oks for tn" transtes Of -stori, VIII
ary is. 1905 ALBERT ; G ALLEY cashier
THE Annual MTETIN'3 OF THE STOCK
holders ~ the Georgetown Masonic Hall
fs6s-IG W,-,dHsrn emu Gsa1gc1own "a ),
=. on Tuesday evening, January 9Th. 1929
o 5@4.5"" Of directors ard receiving the re
At'@-, ? V 1TII- -. secreta .
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ta the 8noe sae siF board Togfn di
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2apts Tes"tf6n q d me e. It's l5S
wear and the fran,"efion Of such ot;:e1 busi-
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on THURSDAY, :4Isanuar{i, u, 1905. at lo.45
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more. SMITHS TRANSFER AND SToR-
AGE co
~ S3fdp ,h6 AGO. n Nm,
Rank B7dg Frank RO 7 !iG Omen 3 40 am,
J WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
debts contracted nv any other than myself.
ISAAC TR1CE. i43 ST. NV.
IF YOI ARE TRoT BLEED WITH RATS
call Barclay. the ferret man. Main 6133.
sos North CanItoI Sc. .
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ana that there are no uchts OF s3ld company
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GEORGE o MS. Cashier.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders OF tn" seventh Street savings Bank
for the election Of directors and such other
business a. may properly come before the
meeting Will be held Oh Tuesday. January
70. 1925 at 3 o'clock pm the banking
looms At the corner Of eth and y streets
y W WASHINGTON p 4.
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Confidence Essential.

Viewed from the government angle,
d consistent and safe policy persist
emily followed Will and must put
French finances on a plane with the
economic situation.
"A budget that is balanced so that
ii will stay balanced. a sinking fund
for debts that will be alright against
politics" is the way NJ. Doumer, min
lister of finance, expresses the essen
tails Of financial restoration and the
sterilization of the franc. which may
reasonably be hoped for and which
should be the new years wish upper
most in the French mind.
confidence is the first essential.
in the opinion of NJ Francois MIarsal
leader of the NationliSt wing of the
opposition in Parliament, who adds
"A national union truce in partisan
quarrels and united effort by all
classes will bring about that conf
dence."
The leader of the Communists. the
other wing of the opposition. thinks
that "a dictatorship of workmen and
peasants is the best thing the New
Year can bring. Divisions in the
ranks of the labor organization" he
continues. made il impossible for Us
in 1925 to prevent the government
from pursuing a policy of spoliatior
of the working class. but great prog
ress was made toward a united front
by all the proletarian elements
Spirit of People.
Nineteen twenty-five passes into his
tory as the year of Morocco and Syria
as we'll as the year Of Locarno. Those
geographic names symbolic hypoc
risy. paCifcism, bourgeois demOc
raCieS."
The real spirit of the common PEG
pie of France, according to LucieI
Besnard, dramatic author, one of the
persons outside of political circles en-
gaGing in the crusade for the renova
ton of finances, is shown by the con
tributions of certain small towns
My burg. Courtomer, which with
500 inhabitants. counting women AND
children he instances, comes for
ward with d free offering of 100 O0C
francs for the sinking fund. They
make the sacrifice Cheerfully. with
out another condition than that the
fund be kept out of the hands OF
the politicians"
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THE RrGr-i.AR ANNUAL MFrH~T%C OF
the stockholders of The Eat-ora! City Dairy
COMPANY VIII he hold Wednesday Jau1,2~v
l3 1899 ~ n n cock N. =. tile offices
Of the Terminal Refnge-ati"g & WGrenous-
ing C0nEpsuy H. ard streets southwest
for the n3iru0S" .f et""t3rg board 5f dice
tors for The ensuing year s"G fnr such ,.tA..r
business - may b. prope-y brought before
the SAID meeting. ). Z. PRICE
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SHIPPING NEWS
Arrivals at and Sailings From
New York.

ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
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WOMEN OF DISCRIMINATION SAVE
money when their personal and household
cleaning i done at NINE VIBOCD. INC.
HAND LAUNDRY, 1918 Conn. ave. No. Al. .
! WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
debts contracted nv any Others than ryaelf
LAWRENCE {. SPURCK. 2715 l+th st. NV.
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ALA. N. 1921: nicely fur. rm.. mod. pri
home; twin beds 1 or 2 men. Ii. 1876
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Lost and Found
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Houses and Flats Furnished
Business Places for Rent

Two rms. for clean, and
press, for shoe repair. Bel 1853.
LARGE remodeled storeroom five-room
apartment next to bank prex. 4067.
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Suburban for Rent

@ ROOMS: gas electricity. garage. garden,
ohicken house. Irv. Ol56-J.
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Real Estate Wanted

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critics at once. Location does not matter
If income is good. or can be repaid at
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1880. go N. Illinois.
COLE 8 touring; rood; 5000. Trade for
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over So 1000. Main 1850 Room 140.
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ONE ACRE.

Lafayette Rd. Estate Rd 81. with dandy
year-old fve,room bungalow: good we'll
inclosed back porch. electricity, garage.
zen house 6 Chicken house. chicken fenced.
Main o7o$. MR.. EAsTBURN. Irv. OILS.
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Help Wanted Male

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ion PRESS feeder. KEELART- MELLETT
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MEN e r saFg o Rq E9 Hae p T wRdIsG64n,
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Situations Wanted Male
Situations Wanted Female
Rooms for Rent

WILL care for child while mother works
Moth. care. Childers. e53S e. Market Apt. 3
TIMES WANT ADS BRING RlISlNE SS
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JSED CAR BARGANS-NOW IS THE TINE TO BUY YOUR CAR
Houses for Sale
Look at This One!

Beautiful. east front. two-story. modern
home at 400 N. Emerson Ave. with hard
wood floors throughout double garage and
front drive. This property can be bought
right. VIII consider trade north Call
Web 0636 for appointment
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SoPHoMoREs PRESENT
COMEDY WELL,

CONTINUED from Page y
from the mystic lotus flowers Bet
ty continually raves about.
Despite Betty's wishes, Allan
meets Nine. Valeria-and with the
help of Mildred's husband and five
hundred dollars. persuades her to
reveal the truth to the girls.
The men each pretend to go
into a trance, and while Valeria
and the girls r watching, each
communes with his supposed soul
affinity, in Jacks cas- it's his ste
nographer, in Allan's case it's
Nine. Valeria. The girls are furi-
ously jealous and start quarrel
ing, but Nine. Valeria bids them
be quiet and not disturb the spir-
it's, so they rush weeping from the
room.
Nine. Valeria is given her mon
ely and leaves a note telling the
girls what fools they've been and
signs her own name, Lizzie Snitz-
burg, under the assumed Mime,
Valeria."
After reading the note, Mildred
and Betty, indignant but wiser,
swear never again." and the re-
lieved husbands agree it is worth
five hundred dollars to hear such
a promise.
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Desirable Localities
LISTINGS
PUBLIC NOTICE.

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plumbing .Group ~. .
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A. 3. SMITH SEES
HIS T RAZED

Continued from Page y
them paid their bills and others
did not pay until they got back
home and saved up money enough
to pay, which was some time in
the winter. Then they sent the
money to us. If they went away
without paying we never stopped
them. We never had a law suit.
Perhaps we lost money, perhaps
we didn't"
"Old B~rigantine." he sighed as
he turned and looked down across
the island where fashionable
homes are being built. There
was a time when you could pick
up dozens of birds eggs along
the roads; there were game birds
to be shot; all the ducks you
wanted, and plenty of fishing.
No one lacked for entertainment.
1--WE have seen shipwrecks and
loss of lives-bodies rolled in
blankets and buried in the sand
hills. One cargo of coffee went
ashore and we got bags of cot
fee which we took to the fresh
water streams and washed the
salt out. but it did not save the
coffee. There was a cargo of
wool and bales of ostrich feath-
ers. We didn't know the value
of the feathers and batted them
around with sticks. One day a
man came along and began to
pay 81 a pound for the smallest
feathers and it was different.
1--WE have seen great storms,
but never was the island under
tide but once, and that was in
1858, when a high tide brought
the ice from the Great Bay down
on us and Absecon Island. Fa-
Their had just built the north wing.
The ice struck it and knocked it
four inches out of plumb. But
she stood.
Seems all ~foolishness to tear
the house down. 1t seems to me
that they could have sawed sec
tions off and built houses out of
the sections. 1t hurts to see it
60"
In the parlor of the once-fam-
Gus Smith Hotel a girl sitting on
a crate before an old fashioned
grand piano was trying to pick
out the notes of a patriotic song.
The boards of the parlor floor
were ripped up exposing the
stringers and the sand.
"I1l give $40 for the piano."
said a visitor. who a I buy
it FROM"
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OF A WARM
POLITICAL BATTLE

Continued from Page ~
en- by Irelan J.. Doughty. But be-
fore l go l must attend to some
business at the bank, and | have
a settlement ove a piece of
property to look after"
Eyes, but Mayor" suggested
the reporter, what is the real
news"
Everything is running smooth
ly. We are making lots of i'm
provements on the streets this
spring. There are big things
ahead for Pleasantville-"
What about politics?"
Politics! I donno. Say, I want
to change our adv"
put in the adv" interposed
Clarence j. Kreutz, partner of the
Mayor, mortgage mon1y to let"
That's right" declared the
Mayor, 1--WE have mortgage mon
ey."
udIh yOu, MdyOl, lCpllCu tHC
reporter.
"You are welcome" said the
Mayor, "call again."
The reporter thought he would
call on former Mayor Thomas F
Crawford. Doc" Crawford was
in.
Good morning, Doc" vouch'
safed the reporter.
Good morning." said DOC"
He was beaming.
whats new" asked the re-
porter.
We'll, pneumonia, neuralgia,
New Jersey"
80 they said a long time ago.
unused the reporter.
ooh, l forgot" said the former
mayor apologetically, 1--WE have
some new tooth powder and ]
would like to have you try it."
Sure thing" acquiesced the
reporter. THANK you, Doc"
you're welcome" said doc
That's how hot is the warm po'
litical battle in Pleasantville.