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STUART-Thieves entered the
Seminole Bank here but were
frightened away before they could
get more than 500 in currency. A
passer-by saw ss..1eal AID gave the
warning. HI
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DAYToNA BEACH-A mother,
whose name was not divulged, gave
away five of her children, in order
to make certain that they would
find a home. Her husband has
just begun a fve-year jail SEN
tence.
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P. o. S. OF A.

P. o. S. of A. Camp No. ~,
meets every Tuesday night in their
hall, 10 Duval street. ]. VIM
field Russell, secretary.
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OVERSEE CAMP, ROYAL
NEICHBoRS OF AMERICA

Oversee Camp. Royal Neighbors
Of America, holds It's regular meet
ing at the Golden Eagle Hall on
the fourth Thursday in each
month. at 5 o'clock.
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America has 500 establishments
for the artificial rearing of fish.
Less than one-tcnth of the eggs
reach maturity.
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CORNER GREENE AND ANN
STREETS Opposite City Hall
Suitable for storage rooms,
garage, repair shops, etc. APP
ply The Citizen. dec20I
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IMPROVED ORDER of RED MEN

AtSAh NJ E0 ONDEN OF KEO MEN
Tigertail Tribe, No. 10, I. O. r.
NJ, meets every Monday evening
at the Wigwam, Elizabeth and
Caroline streets. Joseph Roberts,
master of records.
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BARGAIN LOTS on Grihell street,
LOG #. 8 in. by 108 #. 6 in;
reasonable price. Address P. o.
Box 80. mar / 1
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REWARD

$500 reward for return of glass
es and postoffice key lost in
ladies leather bag Saturday.
Finder may keep money and
bag but please return glasses.
Vic Realty Co. mari If
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REAL ESTATE

VALUABLE C0RNER-Southard
and Elizabeth; SO #. on Eliza
beth, 100 It. 6 in. on Southland.
Price $4,000, one-ffth cash,
remainder in one, two and three
years. Address P. o. Box $50.
mar11
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Furnished apartment
at 829 Duval street, downstairs.
mar 10-3tx
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE - Furniture, prac-
tically new. Box 10, care of
The Key West Citizen. feb27
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FOR SALE--General Electric
Motor. Five horsepower, 1900
R. P. NJ, 22.1 Ampheres, 10
Volt, so Cycle, This motor is
in splendid working condition
and the price is right. Apply to
Citizen office. MARI
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handling these calls was OF
an exceptionally high order.
To render such service,
m ain t ain the plant and
complete the new additions
has required the co-operas
ton of customers as well as
the loyal efforts of a trained
organization. Our happy re-
lations with customers is a
source of satisfaction and is
reflected in the fact that in
Florida there are 1882
stockholders of tn e Bell
Sys t e m who own 34,705
shares of stock.
There are now ,313
skilled telephone workers
serving you in the Bell Sys-
tenn in Florida. They APP
preciate your friendly inter-
est and share your pride in
the advancement of our
State.
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FRESH milk, sweet cream and
buttermiIk received daily at
lifts Sanitary Ice Cream Par
lor. Phone CTS. mar 6-6tx
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FOR SALE-Typewriters, only
been in use six months. Very
cheap. First Title Guaranty &
Abstract Co., 515 Whitehead
street. mar9- Ste
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FOR PRINTED SOCIETY STA
TIONERY, The Artman Press,
125 Duval street. Phone Sc.
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OLD PAPERS for sale. 100 for
a nickle. The Key West Citizen,
125 Duval street. If
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WARRANTY deeds. mortgage
deeds, notes and other legal
blanks. We keep them in stock.
The Artman Press, 125 Duval
street. If
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A. A. A. To FIGHT
AUTO Thief IS

Declaring automobile theft has
grown to such proportions that It
ranks next to bootlegging as the
leading profession OF the under
world, the American Automobile
Association, holding a convention at
the New Willard today, took steps
to combat such theft3 as a means
of protecting property and reducing
the premium for automobile theft
insurance.
Charles L. McChord, counsel for
the Cleveland Automobile Club, who
outlined the situation to the dele
gates. declared that the A. A. A. -
committed to the principle of a uni
form certificate of title for all the
States as recommended by the
Hoover Safety Conference, which
closed yesterday. 1t has been
proved, he said, that automobile
theft has been checked in all
states which have the uniform GER
tificate Of title in effect.
A Lucrative Business
1.-THE traffic in stolen cars" he
said, "has become one of the most
lucrative fields Of endeavor. 1t
ranks next to Bookkeeping as the
leading profession in the under
world. Due to poor registration
laws, improper police activity, the
mobility of the automobile and the
closing Of eyes by purchasers, the
thief does not find much trouble in
disposing of his loot. One of our
greatest difficulties is in keeping
thieves in the penitentiary, because
parole boards free them after
brief term"
McChord, and other speakers who
followed him. charged that a gen.
eral effort is being made to sad
die on the motorists of the country
the taxes that were lost when pro-
hibition came into effect"
To combat this and other dis
abilities car owners are suffering
from, was declared to be the chief
function of the convention.
One Of the greatest detriments to
the motorist. speakers declared,
was ''the species of justice adj
ministered to car owners by JUS
tees of the peace in many sections
of the country"
Fee Systems Attacked
The conference unanimously went
on record against the fee system
of arrests. and urged its abolition.
millions of dollars are squeezed
from the motorists not to enforce
motor vehicle laws, but to enrich
private individuals who in many
places hold the highways in fee"
Thosmas P. Henry, president OF the
A. A. A, told the delegates.
It was estimated by delegates to
the conference that half a million
motorists are subjected to this
squeeze" process every touring
season. Every State will be asked
to help solve the problem. to abol-
ish the special constable and to
centralize the enforcement Of motor
vehicle laws, one main aim being
TO establish everywhere duly con-
stituted State road patrol.
Another great cause of worry, 1t
was pointed out. is the multiplicity
of fake suits'' for damages against
motorists.
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CONDUIT ROAD GROUP
PROTESTS BELT LINE

Protest against the proposed
Loughborough belt line development,
which contemplates tracks and sid.
ings on the outskirts of Washington
and a railroad bridge across the
Potomac River above Chain Bridge
was registered by the Conduit Road
Citizens Association, in st. David's
parish hall last night.
The denunciatory resolution adopt
ed by the association condemned the
action of the House in passing a
bill authorizing the bridge. Robert
E. Adams, president of the organi'
zation, and William F. Dement, were
appointed to attend the Senate hear
ing tomorrow and to offer the
associations protest at the time.
w. R. Beattie, garden specialist
in the horticultural extension work
Of the Department of Agriculture
gave an illustrated lecture on gar
dening.
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Absent Minded Leave
Many Articles at
Union Station

More. umbrellas are. left by
absent minded travellers who
pass through Union Station than
any other article, according to
a report made today to the Dis
trict Supreme Court by the
Washington Terminal Company
in it's application for authority
to turn into cash a large num-
Der of articles left at the sta
tion for which no claimants ap-
peared.
Next to the umbrellas come
suit cases.
Among the $50 umbrellas and
100 suit cases, there was only
one lonesome little flask and
that was empty when found, ac-
cording to Attorney Edmund
Brady.
A large number of gloves also
will be offered for sale and so
will three brief cases. There is
also a child's bath tub and a
bundle of Holy Name flags.
The articles will be sold at
auction.
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TRAPPED THEM,
WOMEN SAY

Efforts to separate the House OF
Detention from jurisdiction of the
Woman's Bureau were made today
by witnesses appearing before the
police subcommittee of the House
District Committee.
command of the bureau, filed her
30.page statement in reply to
charges made by Judge Kathryn
Sellers, OF Juvenile Court, who said
that improper methods are being
used by the Woman's Bureau in
making cases and in the handling
OF children.
Mrs. Van Wrinkles statement con-
tains no direct reply to any Of the
charges, but goes into an exhaustive
history of the bureau and an ac-
count of the aims Of it's leaders.
All of the witnesses before the
committee today advocated making
the House of Detention an indie
pendent unit
They were Mrs. William T. Cam.
berlafn. former president of the
Woman's City Club; Mrs. E. r.
KaImbach, former chairman Of the
Juvenile Court committee Of the
District Parent Teacher Associations,
and Mrs. James w. Byler, present
chairman of the committee.
Mrs. kalmbach declared that
members Of her committee had been
the guests Of Mrs. Van Wrinkle at
a luncheon in the House of Dcten-
| ton at which great efforts We're
made to turn them against Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter, president of the
Parent-Teacher Associations, who
was opposing Mrs. Van Winkle.
$50 adroit were the questions put
to u.s." said Mrs. Kalmbach, that
we did not realize until after the
luncheon that we had given infor-
nation which tended to convict Mrs.
Rafter of falsehood.
Mrs. L. S. Smoot, a. member of
the committee, was so disturbed
that she threatened to resign, f"it
later withdrew her resignation when
Mrs. Rafter personally requested her
to do So"
Mrs. Kalmbach characterized the
tactics employed by Mrs. Van Win
kle at that luncheon as . d. mid
| third degree"
Representative William c. Ham
mer of North Carolina announced
that he would seek to have the
bill amended in many respects 70
prevent overlapping of the duties VI
| the woman's bureau and those inn
posed upon the new welfare board.
The hearing will be resumed at
| 1880 tonight.
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H D RISE SH D v
PLANT BURNS

A steady downpou- Of rain has
today reduced the National CAPT
toll Horse Show Grounds, at the
south end of the Highway bridge,
to black and griTny muck con
sisting Of mud and ashes, all that
is left Of the grandstands and
stables Of the famous show
grounds.
Fire was discovered late yester-
day eating it's way into the grand
stand. Frank Bell, who lives on
the grounds, summoned the fire
departments of all the neighboring
towns and then called No. ID En-
CINE Company, of the District.
BY the time the many pieces OF
apparatus had reached the scene,
the grandstand, paddock and main
stables were mass of flames ana
glowing embers, which defied the
efforts of the fire fighters.
Damage Is estimated at $4,000
by officials of the grounds. The
fire Immediately followed the sign
ing yesterday of the papers for the
1925 show, it is said. by III: Rozier
Dulaney and Representative r.
Walton Moore Of Virginia, trustees
In charge of the grounds.
A $4,000 blaze that threatened five
houses in the northeast section OF
the city. broke out in Morton Place
northeast, last night. The fire
started In a shed in the rear of a
building in the 500 block and spread
to Nos. $40. 6441z, 644, 646 and
646A. damaging the rear structure
of the buildings
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GAS VAL UAT|0N
FUND NEEDED
NINE starr .Photos

Officials OF the Public Utilities
Commission today admitted that
they were worried over the failure
Of Congress to act on the bill pro
viding for an appropriation Of
$50, 900 with which to obtain ex-
pert advice on the re-valuation Of
the washington and Georgetown
Gas Light companies.
The petition for q new valuation
was filed with the Commission
January rs and shortly thereafter
the Commission asked for addi-
tional funds to be paid by the com
panies and charged to operating
expenses.
Should Congress fail to pass the
measure, officials OF the Commits
sion say that the valuation viii
be- set as heretofore, but the com
panies will more than likely so
into court.
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Wanted to Call Out
Police to Start
Her Car

The telephone at the Second
precinct station house rang and
was answered by the desk SER
geant.
Where the robbery, or what
ever it is?'' he shouted.
"Oh, it's nothing like that,
a sweet feminine voice answered,
Il just wanted to know if you
wouldn't send one of. your
nice officers over to oil up my
machine and help me get it
started"
whats the big idea?" bawled
the sergeant.
ooh, please don't be angry
with me-" the sweet voice came
back. "You see I'll be arrested
for parking too long if don't
move my car before long and
it needs oiling and | can't get
it started anyway, so / know
you'll help me out"
"Sure, I'll call out the re-
serves for you-but it won't
be to start your automobile.
Goodby, don't bother to tell me
who YOU are"
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THIRD SMALLPOX VICTIM
FOUND AND GUARANTEED

The third carrier Of smallpox
germs to have immigrated to the
District from Florida was dis
covered today by the Health De-
partment.
Found to be a victim of the dis
ease, Leo A. Gleason. of 2311
Conn. Ave. N. W., a real estate
salesman. has been quarantined at
the smallpox hospital.
Gleason came to Washington
March 10. The. few people with
whom he has associated since that
date have been vaccinated.
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SALESMAN ACCUSED
OF EMBEZZLING $50

Accused by George H. Paske,
manager Of the American Autolno-
bile Association Of converting 500,
collected from selling memberships
in the association, to his own use,
George P. Johns, salesman, ap-
peared in Police Court today.
Judge Mcmahon continued the
case until Johns had time to pro-
cure a lawyer. He will be ar
raigned tomorrow.
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PURSE SNATCHER RoBS
HIS SEVENTH VICTIM

The police are searching for q
colored man about 80 years of age,
feet inches in height, who
seems to be making a good living
by snatching pocketbooks from the
hands of women who are about to
enter their homes after shopping.
At least one such case has been
reported each day for the past
week, Mrs. Evelyn c. Bates, 1928
VT. Ave. N. W., being the latest
victim.
Mrs. Bates says that she was
just about to enter her apartment
house last night when the man ap-
preached her, snatched her bag
and ran through an alley.
Her description of the man tai
lies with those furnished by the
other women who have reported
similar robberies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-26
VERY FRIENDLY FISH

Ny brother has q summer home
"a q beautiful sandy beach on the
lower Potomac. this beach stretch
ing along the shore for several
miles.
The minnows are very plentiful
there and seem to enjoy themselves
biting the bare legs of the bathers
Ny brother had his 12-year-old
nephew as his guest last summer.
When the boy got back to the city
he was telling some Of his COM
panions what a wonderful time he
had had. when one of them asked
him IL there were any fish there.
"Fish.' he yelled, why, you have
to push them out of the way when
you go in bathing"
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WAS soLOMoN as0LLY9"

WAS SOLOMON SULL1T
H. SMITH, veteran contrib
Ct this column, finds endless I'M
terest in reading Of Solomon
and his seven hundred wives and
three hundred affinities. Ee
has a conviction that some Of
Solomon's ladies who really
liked him called him "Sollyo
when talking about him. What's
the view of other contribs as
to the pet names Solomon's
4ayorite wives and concubines
gave him?
a fFasnd Of mine has gone beyond
where there's no trouble or brulges
His b00tlegger sold him stuff
He said was prewar booze.
ANDY.
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D. FINITIONS

A revolution in ChIna-When
pa and ma get TO hurting cups,
saucers and dishes at each other.
A dirty deal-When hObOes get
to playing with old cards.
Working her weigh through
hfe-The 5OO-pound fat woman
who is on exhibition In the side
show Of the circus.
BINGO BEN.
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Columbian Women

President William Mather Lewis,
of George Washington University,
will address the Columbian Women
of the university at lecture-tea on
April 8. The annual banquet of
the organization Is to be held at
the Chevy Chase Club on April 20.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-26
RUNAWAY ORPHAN GIRLS
RETURNED TO BALTIMORE

Found by members Of the
womep's bureau, in a house at GA
Massachusetts Ave. N. W., Kath-
crime Korte and Regina Storer, IA
years old each, were returned to
the orphanage in Baltimore today
from whence they ran away March
IL
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The cat neVer cries oUer
spilt milk. He cries for it.
J. K. l..
NOMENCLATURE

Fhere II q term In geometry called
"hypothenuses"
And an Old-time bow gun was called
''arquebuse,"
But quaint In word vocabulary to-
day
Il an apparatus used In sartOrial
way
AnA ehFistened years ago ~ y tailss'O
n. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1926-01-30

Sandy" is a different kind or
heroine-full of dash ,and firejust
the kind of a girl to CAPTURE your
affections, and hold them. Her
STORY" begins in The Washington
Times next Wednesday, February g.
In long list of successes Ann, :"
Ann and phil" Denny Brooks
"Norah Lee" "Chickie Miss Me-
herin's new serial. SANDY. is eastly
the most dramatic. No one knows
the heart OF a young girl like Miss
Meherin. No one knows her prob
lens, her joys and disappointments,
nor the romance that sttrS In her
heart as does this author.
And in giving you Sandy, a
story of triangular love, Miss Me-
herin has written serial brimful
of adventure, surprising plots, rip
ping dialogue and lure that is
unacceptable.
Two girls--and a young man,
with a wonderful love theme writ
ten around them.
Read, Sandy and you will fol-
low their every action with an in
tense interest.
Judith Moore-A girl about 20,
intense, eager, young idealist with
a fiery heart, rather plain face and
a boundless faith in the romance
and beauty of life.
Judith is girl of old-fashioned
school, a member of big family,
believer in goodness-one of those
unselfish types that usually get left
when it comes to love and luck.
Douglas Keith-A boy Of 20-high-
hearted, brave as youth is before it
loS iC q
only son of Emma Keith. a widow,
who has educated him at great per-
sonal sacrifice. While at college
Douglas makes little money by
drawing cartoons and writing witty
filings for home town newspaper.
He earns $40 week.
After graduation, and while grub
bling along as a lawyers assistant
his stuff gets ssyndicated, and he Is
paid 500 q week. This seems to
him to be unbounded riches. He
decides that he is a born writer
and decides to go in for this.
And:
Sandy McNeH-The "other girl. +"
Sandy is also young, but born into
well-to-do middle class family
with social ambitions.
Sandy has facination and haunt
ing charm that makes her a lure
for men.
She is slim. red-haired and very
pale. with dark eyes and black
brows-an unusual type since, I'M
derneath all this physical beauty,
she has a real mind and spirit
that chafes at the stale, WORKOUT
platitudes her father and mother
expect her to accept.
The Washington times., 1926-01-30

the Judging to be done by the
radio listeners. In the latter case
the decision, of course, cannot be
made known until reasonable
time has elapsed in which to hear
from the listeners.
Another feature of the contest
that has injected itself since the
first announcement, Is the matter
of dancing to the music of the old
time fiddlers by Hsteners-in. Such
persons as have inquired about the
time, with this idea in view, are
informed that the date Is deter
mined upon as stated In the first
aragraph-Tuesday, February g..
The time will be sometime between
8 and 1880 o'clock. depending on
the number of contestants who will
present themselves. In case it be-
comes necessary to make
change in the date or the time for
any special reason, there will be
sufficient dance music provided by
the regular program orcheStras to
permit home DANCES to be held on
the date named.
The fact that the Charleston can
be danced to the old-time fiddlers'
tunes has so renewed interest In
this remarkable outcrop of the
modern dance craze that efforts
are now being made to have one
or two of the local dance orchestras
broadcast some of the. old tunes
during the course of next week
for the benefit of those who wish
to perfect themselves in the latest
shuttle and kick style Of meander-
ing over ballroom floor. Every
body's doing it-or wants to. And
orchestras in the Middle West are
playing the old tunes for it in the
regular programs.
The Washington times., 1926-01-30

Twenty old time fiddlers have
signified their intention of entering
the contest. Most of these come
from Virginia, which state seems
to have produced the greatest num-
Der Of ambitious musicians:
Letters received by WRC and by
The Washington Times indicate the
most widespread interest in this con-
test that has been aroused by radio
activity for Notwithstanding be.
yond the boundaries of the section to
which contestants are limited. Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Tennessee fid-
dlers have written inquiries. The
answer to all these is that only
those fiddlers who live and play
their dance music in the District
of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia
are eligible.
Must Finance Selves
The conditions of the contest do
not warrant the paying of the ex-
penses of any of the contestants.
In one or two instances contest
ants have indicated that organ1za-
tons in their towns, such as cham
bers Of commerce, Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs, are financing them.
There are two plans submitted
for the contest that are under con-
sideratio by the officials of WRC.
The first involves it's being st"ged
as a public affair and inviting an
audience to see the fiddlers as they
compete and to witness an exhibit
ton of dancing to the old time
tunes.
The second plan is to have the
contest at the broadcasting station
and run it off without an audience
Decision as to which of the two
win be adopted is to be made the
first of the week and announcement
will then be made of the place ana
the time. The contest proper VIII
run about an hour and a half
There +also ais a decision to De
made as to the manner in which
the best fiddler is to be selected.
Two plans for this have been sun
mitted and are being given con
sideration. The first involves the
appointment of a committee OF
Judges. The second provides FOR