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WASHINGTON TRIBUTES
PAID BY VIRGINIANS
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, February 22.-
All Virginia today is paying tribute to
the memory of George Washington.
No general cessation of business
marks the observance of the
anniversary of the birthday of the
nrst American, though traditional
reverence and respect characterize
all functions in Richmond. as well as
throughout the State.
The Old Dominion chapter Of the
United Daughters Of the Confederacy
Journeyed in annual pilgrimage to
R1chmond's shrine Of Washington, the
equestrian statue in historic old Capt.
toll Square. There wreath was
placed at the statues base.
Throughout the State school chill
dren heard anew the story of the
cherry tree and sung anthems of
praise TO the man who was first in
war. first in peace and first in the
hearts Of his countrymen"
Special Dispatch to The Star
FREDERICKSBURG Va, Febru-
airy 22.-The birthday of George
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Man, CALLED TO DOOR,
RIDDLED WITH SHOT
Hills About Pomeroy, Ohio, Are
Combed for Band That
Fired on Miner.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
POMEROY, Ohio, February 22.-
Sheriff Harry Rice and a dozen depu-
ties searched the hills around Pome-
roy today for assailants of Sam Hill,
AZ, miner, who was called to the door
of his cottage last night and his body
riddled with bullets.
Hill is in dying condition, with
both eyes shot out, and his abdomen
filled with buckshot.
James Adams, neighbor Of Hill, is In
Jail, suspected of having been men,
Der Of the party, which Rice believes
numbered seven or eight men.
According to the sheriff. the shoot
ing was the outcome of a street ar
gument Hill and his son Frank, 10,
both are employed in the Essex mine,
No. S, under the 1917 wage scale.
Yesterday Frank, the official said,
engaged in an argument with other
mine workers which eliminated in a
brawl.
At midnight a party of men called
Sam Hill to the door Of his home. let
loose a yolley and fled. Frank escaped
through the side door of the house.
The Hill family. father, mother and
five children came here from West
Virginia three months ago. Mrs. Hill
said she saw the group of men from
an upstairs window.
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graphical sUnion at meeting last
night at Typographical Temple.
Routine business transacted at the
meeting included the admission Of ~
new members and Endorsement of 2
applications for the Union Printers
Homo and l application for old-age
pension.
Joe NJ. Johnson of the local union,
as candidate for agent of the Union
Printers Home. was included in the
administration slate for national Off
GERS Endorsed at the meeting
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Washington will be observed tonight
with special session of Fredericks-
burg Lodge, No. 4, in this city, which
made the Father of His Country a
Mason on November 4, 1852. An ad-
dress will be made on the history of
the local lodge by Charles Insco VIII
liams, secretary of the lodge. and
grand archivist of the Grand Lodge of
Virginia.
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PRINTERS OK. TICKET.
Columbia Union Endorses "Admin
istration Slate for Officers.

The so-called administration ticket
for officers Of the international Typo
graphical Union. headed by James M.
Lynch for president, was Endorsed in
it's entirety by the Columbia Typo
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w. H. Cookson Dies.

Wilder Herald Cookson, 80 years
cid, son of Mrs. A. G. Cookson, of
1853 Columbia road. died Saturday
after a long illness. The body was
taken today from Schippert's under
taking establishment, zoos Pennsylva-
MIA avenue, to Auburn, Ne, for inter-
ment.
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Radium and Plants.

THERE have been reported the re-
suits of experiments with the
action of radium on growing seeds
1t has been found that the rays act
as stimulus, varying in intensity
with their strength, as well as with
the thickness of the seed coats and
the amount of intervening moist soil
If the stimulus is not pushed beyond
a certain limit, termination and sub
sequent growth are accelerated. Above
that limit the results are unfavorable.
The growth of plants is retarded
and may be stopped by placing them
in an atmosphere containing the
emanation of radium, such as may be
drawn from a cylinder lined with
LieGer'S coati..S.
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Without Hands.

STEEL is not made with hands. In
the iron and steel industry OF this
country mechanism rules supreme.
Man does not do much more than
touch levers, while the balance is done
by steam and electricity, hammerins
and pulling and lifting with a force
unknown to the giants of mythology.
The manless way in which the 1000
ton steel ingot is converted into
disable piece of steel, after it comes
from the soaking pit, never ceases to
be marvel to the knowing inspector
of a great steel works. 1t is always
a particular amaZement to the Euro
pean visitor.
At first great machines are seen,
but the plant appears to be deserted.
You ask yourself why this great build
ing is deserted at this time of day.
While you ponder thus, there arises
a rumble and a roarinfg noise, as a
great chunk of red-hot metal, larger
than man. is seen to travel with all
the independence of a serpent across
lot of black rollers, and dive into
the jaws of the great rollers, which
squeeze it into f1atter shape. The
lngot then knowingly stops, turns
over, and again dives, with a crack
ling noise, through the same rollers,
which f1atten it still more.
After this has been repeated a few
times, the amazed spectator happens
to discover, sitting on a high plat
form, a man or two, who are pulling
levers which start the machinery of
the 5000 or 1000 horsepower engines
that drive the knowing rollers, which
are crushing and rolling the ingot of
steel by quick stages into the shapes
of use to men.
The process is short by which the
ingot is started in a. one end of the
steel mill and energies a half hour
later fifth, or even a third, of a mile
away, at the other end of the mill,
completed rail
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Discovery of Alma Gucks Voice Due to Mix Up in Date

Sophie in Massenet's "Werther,"
scored hit and quickly was fixed as
a star in the operate armament.
The change in her fortunes was
all the more unusual because of at
tending circumstances. Alma Gluck,
although young woman, was no
longer girl when Toscanini dis
covered her. She was "a years of
age, married and a mother.
Her parents were Rumanians, who
brought her to America when she
was years old. They were able to
give her lessons in piano playing, but
in young womanhood she was earn
ing her own living as a stenogra pher
in a Nassau street insurance office.
A friend told her that her voice
was worth cultivating, and the same
friend recommended BuZzi Peccia as
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educated ears her notes were falling,
and so was not embarrassed. But she
had not gone far when Toscanini
Sprang to his feet.
why, this is a fine voice." he
exclaimed.
On request, Gluck sang arias from
Carmen" and Lucia Toscanini
nodded emphatically in approval of
his previous opinion.
I'VE can use you at the OPERA" he
said.
In the explanations that followed
Alma Gluck scarcely could realize her
good fortune. Toscanini arranged for
her to sing at the opera on the Sun
day morning following, to test her
voice in a large auditorium. The test
was decisive.
She made her debut in 1909 as
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There was a bit of sportiveness in
this plea. Gatti-Casazza, Toscanini
and Amato, with ears musically
satiated, doubtless foresaw an inward
chuckle or two over the efforts Of a
young and untried singer.
At the same time, they felt some
of the kindness of those who occupy
assured places to one not so fortunate.
And l imagine that, quite I'M
consciously, Alma Gluck impressed
them.
There are some personalities that
demand and gain instant recognition.
Such was the personality of Alma
Gluck. Her queenly height, her poetic
face. with her great, glowing, dark
eyes, presaged an inner gift.
She sang, not knowing upon what
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you lesson tonight, wasn't 1? But
1 forgot invited guests
The girl was disappointed. But she
concealed her feelings quickly Buzzi-
Peccia had been very kind to her. He
had given her instruction at a very
low price, fixing her lessons at odd
hours when he could allow her the
time.
But it's all right" she replied. II
can come again"
BuzziPeccia would have agreed
with her and set another date, but
one of those odd interventions of fate,
which is ever writing new romance,
now occurred.
Buzzi-Peccias guests spoke up.
ooh, no. they said. Keep her by
e.. ilean.. Let US hear her.
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teacher. She could afford to pay
little for her lessons, but the in
structor was interested and agreed to
teach her whenever he could find
time.
In the office in which she was en-
ployed was Bernard Gluck, a sue
ceSSful insurance salesman. They
became friends and later married.
After her successful debut Alma
Gluck did not feel that she had yet
realized her full artistic powers She
went to Europe to study with Mar.
celia Sembrich. Her concert tours
occupied much time, too. The ulti-
mate divergence of her interests and
those of her husband led to a divorce
in 1912. She was married to Efrem
Zimbalist, the violinist, in 1914.
downright. 1860
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until exhausted. The damage by OK
MARBLES is. estimated at $50 ,000,0 a
year.
The departments movie laboratory
in Washington is turning out agricul-
tural 'thrillers" at the rate of two pic
lures month, in addition to making
copies of hundreds of films for which
there is widespread demand. Many of
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How Bees Ma ke the subject Of an iuterestfnQ
picture f11n1ed 1u> NaYY1ahd 1870

"time-lapse" camera, Is attracting
wide commercial attention. The ma
chine can be used to photograph auto
matically the growth of plants over
a period of months, and the hatch
ing of insects. grubS and eggs. EX-
posures can be set at intervals of
10 seconds to l minute, and, once set.
the camera does it's Job mocha nically.
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the scenes are taken in Washington
on the department grounds and in
Rock Creek Park. The films are de-
veloped rapidly in specially designed
tanks, edited titles inserted, and
private showings arranged for the de-
partment officials.
A device recently invented by
! department cinematographer, called
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in the hoofs of cows. These eggs
hatch grubs which work through the
cows body. The pests puncture holes
in the hide, and seriously curtail milk
production. Cows seem to know in
stinctively when an oX-warble Is near
When the pest seeks the cows hoofs
in which to deposit eggs the cow
fees running over the fields for hours
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called upon to perform these aero
batic feats, such as when taking pic
lures in swamps, in the tops of trees
and on the sheer sides of mountains.
The oX-warble is another pest which
has been found difficult to shoot,
inasmuch as it must first be squeezed
rom it's refuge in a cows back. The
oX-warble is small fly that lays eggs
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The value. of the machine is in max
ing scientifically accurate pictures of
the development or growth of plants
and other agricultural phenomena.
Some of the machines will be used by
the department in greenhouses and
laboratories.
why Strawberries Grow Whisk-
erS" is the title of "a recent de
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York City. They included Gatti-
Casazza, the famous opera manager;
Toscanini, the equally well known
director, and Amato, the celebrated
singer, with their wives.
Dinner had been finished and the
party was seated in intimate converse
ton when the bell rang. BuZzi-Peccia
opened his door to admit a young
woman. She was Alma Gluck, one
of his pupils. AT sight of her, the
teachers memory stirred accusingly
oh" he exclaimed, Il Nas ~ g,ye
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SOM Th complete
elimination ThA f CmnaP
NlyM Americans cutueD ncn YGR ACeFr
nj Many SP f B6tf FnPp Country
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By PRESTON WRIGHT.

NE evening, about 16 years
ago, Artrurio Buzzi-Peccia, a
we'll known teacher of voice,
misunderstanding distinguished
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CRASSHOPPER plaques have long
~ engaged the attention of the best
scientific minds. The habits of the
pests have been carefully studied for
the purpose of perfecting methods of
exterIafna ton. Motion pictures of
grasshoppers have been of consid-
cradle value in this work, both to
the scientists and to farmers in de-
veloping methods Of protecting crops.
The department camera men recent
ly made a special trip to Grasshopper
Glacier in Montana, to photogra phi
some Of the frozen prehistoric grass
hoppers there. There are literally tons
of these prehistoric insects piled up
at the mouth of the glacier. The eX
PLANTATION for their presence is that
through the ages the pests were swept
up the canyon by strong winds, dashed
against the precipitous walls and then
dropped into the glacier, where they
became frozen in the ice. The camera
men made an ascent of 10000 feet TO
take the pictures.
Live grasshoppers are more difficult
to photograph. The female of the spe
cies. in particular. is camera shy, so
that recently, in making some movies
Of lady grasshopper laying eggs, the
camera man had to crawl alongside a
roadside ditch on his stomach to
shoot the grasshopper unawares. But
then the camera men are frequently
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BN c. MORAN.

T HE Government camera men
were perpleNed. Weeks had
been spent on The scenario.
i Now at the last minute the
star was showing temperA.
The Washington times., 1926-12-15

The plan was developed and
copyrighted by the Chevrolet Motor
Company as a result Of a survey
which showed that the average
n1otorist drives his car three years
and pays for 1t in the first year. It
was found that during the entire
time the car Is being operated the
purchaser usually makes no pro-
vision whatever for buying his next
car.
Through this plan, the Chevrolet
company has made 1t possible for
the purchaser to accumulate the
down payment on q r without diff
ficulty, to enjoy the advantages
of buying for cash and to save 8
per cent on the money invested in
certificates. It also enables the
motorist to pay something on his
new car before his old one 10
turned In, thereby reducing his
later payments.
The Chevrolet Motor Company has
made arrangements with nearly
1000 dealers, whereby the certifi-
cate holder gains credit OF 8 per
cent on money spent for service and
accessories, in addition to the 0 per
The Washington times., 1926-12-15

dent that the value Of the car
itself. not necessarily the price,
viii be the predominating factor
when the year has rolled by" the
Auburn president declared.
Auburn has produced a new
line Of motor cars the values of
which we feel is not even ap-
preached.
"The value OF a motor car does
not mean price necessarily and
there can be cheaper cars built
that are not as valuable as those
that may cost $50 or 500 more.
In other words, you may buy q
six for $50 less money but with a
shorter wheelbase. and for that rea.
son its value is not as great or it
may not ride as comfortably or
look as well or be finished as lux
uriously.
There are skies on the market
for the price, or even less, than
our eight. but because they are
skies and lack the performance
characteristics of the eight, their
value will not be as great.
Therefore, Auburn has produced a
line of cars which we feel con-
fident is not approached. At any
rate, we are not entering any price
war or quality slaSheS."
The Washington times., 1926-12-15
BUY HER A CAR
FOR XMAS

New and novel reasons why autos
are ideal gifts for Christmas
especially II the donor has toe
long delayed his shopping, are Of
fered by Thomas Mott, president
of the Washington-virginia Motor
Company; the local dealer in Paige
and Jewett cars. Here they are:
"Tf you buy her car for Christ
mas, you can shop in peace-our
sales rooms aren't nearly so
crowded as the IS and To-
''You won't have to carry any
bundles after you have made your
purchases.
"You can avbid the street car
Jam by driving home In the car.
''Ybur gift won't litter up the
living room with excelsior and
wrapping paper.
"Your kids win spend most of
Christmas day in the garage; so
you can enjoy a day Of peace on
earth.
"You can make a lot Of Christ
mas calls in the new car, thus
avoiding those who come to pay
Christmas calls on you. (This con-
serves your own supply.)
''You won't be asked to exchange
the gift for a different size or
color the day after Christmas.
Finally, after the holidays, you
can gradually take over the car
for your own regular use"
Christmas is always satisfactory to
Good Fellows. Read about them.
The Washington times., 1926-12-15

In the last few months several
mass production companies have
introduced new models, smaller,
cheaper and less efficient. In this
brief time these same companies
and others have engaged in price
alashing contest, losing all sight Of
motor car values, the Auburn execu.
tive pointed out.
Cord stressed that the keen COM
petitive condition has been making
itself felt for months but not until
khe present has it become acute.
The fact that at least four COM
ranies have brought out six-cylln-
der models which are listed at the
same and lower prices than fours,
d evidence OF the brewing COMPETE
tion, Following in the wake OF
the cheaper cars comes reports
from the used car market indicat-
ing that the entire country is
flooded with such cars.
Cheapening of the products or
many companies has seriously at
fected the value of motor cars,
especially in the used car field, It
Is said. The resale values of cheap
skies is next to worthless and the
depreciation to the owner is un.
reasonably heavy.
II am confident that 1927 will
be the most highly competitive au.
eofnobile year to date and conf
The Washington times., 1926-12-15
SOAP FREES ICE.
ON WINDSHIELD

One OF the greatest annoyances
OF the motorists during the cold
weather is the accumulation OF Ice
upon the windshield, states L. p,
johnson, southern division manager
of the General Automobile Owners
Association. It not only incon
veniences the driver Of the car
upon which the Ice has accumulated
to the point Of obscuring the vision,
but also endangers the lives Of all
motorists who may be so unfortu-
nate as to stray In the path Of this
motor vehicle.
II Is almost an impossibility for
the windshield wiper to remove
every partical Of water from the
The Washington times., 1926-12-15

windshield, ana therefore it II adj
visable for motorists to make every
effort to keep the windshield clear
Of all Ice and snow for the protec-
ton OF themselves and their
property, but also any others they
may come In contact with.
Al very sensible and economical
way to eliminate this Ice and snow
danger is by the use Of q small
piece OF naptha soap which when
The Washington times., 1926-12-15

cent interest on the money invested
in the certificates.
Each succeeding month Is show
Ing a measurable increase In the en-.
rollment OF certificate holders. the
company reports. with every pros
pect indicating q record sale Of GER
tificates in 1927.
The Washington times., 1926-12-15

England's recovery from the strike
situation, and better appreciation Of
the business uses Of motor trans
poration are helping the British
market, Sir william indicated. Eng.
land is also departing from previous
ing q strong preference for en-.
closed cars.
rubbed upon the windshield viii
cease all freezing and keep water
and snow from settling thereon.
The Washington times., 1926-12-15
40, 900 Use Chevrolet
Certificate Plan

More than 100000 motorists have taken advantage OF the
Chevrolet per purchase certificate plan since the in
auguraon of the idea in 1924 according to announce
ent today by the Chevrolet Motor Company Widespread
popularity of the plan accounted for in the money saving
is easy for anyone to accumulate the down payment
ThnUrn
The Washington times., 1926-12-15
Auto Industry Facing
Keen Competitive Year

With priceashng making itself felt IN the auto
mobile industry and many companies introducing cheaper
sx-cynder in effort to stimulate business
G. L. Cord president of the Auburn Automobile Company,
recently expressed his belief that 1927 will be the most ngh
competitive period in automotive history.
The Washington times., 1926-12-15
S8A1 WASHINGTON TIMES MID1WEEk 943A
(&7E AUTOM0TIVE SECTION ~
Motor Head
Sees Greater Trade

Large gains in the Of automobiles predicted by Sir
William Let's president Society Of Motor Manufacturers
and Traders Of Great Britain luncheon given his honor
at the Transportation Club New York. by the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce
The Washington times., 1926-12-15
- ~ for All the famil y
The Beautiful Essex Sedan

cal and reliable transportation. And the
promise of it's beauty is borne out in the
unusual personal comfort and service
ability this model affords.
1t seats five amply. No car, regardless Of
cost, rides easier. 1t is economical of gas
oline, oil and tires. 1t has fine car qualities
that assure long, economical service.
And-for this finest and most beautiful
Essex ever built-you pay little more than
the cost of any four, less than some fours
and way below any othero-cylinder Sedan.
The Washington times., 1926-12-15

The astounding sales welcome to this
beautiful new four-door Sedan is contin-
ued In sustained countrywide demand.
On the smooth and nimble Essex chassis,
it meets the requirement for a fine beau
tifully appointed car with performance
distinction and price attraction.
The Washington times., 1926-12-15

With new colors,
new upholstery and
new appointments,
it offers individuality
as well as economi-
The Washington times., 1926-12-15

Christmas is always satisfactory {,
Good FelloWg. Read about them.