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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-23
indians Climb Up

The Athletics lost to Cleveland, 4
to 2, for, their sixth straight De.
feat. The, Indians gained a clear
title to second place.
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to our credit, we would also
have from two to three other
wins in our column accumulated
through the fact that we would
have been playing q better
brand of baseball due to the
buoyancy Of being up there in
the race. We would have had
~ confidence and snap and
smartness that eharacterizes the
play of a leader.
OF course this is mere specu-
: fation-there are no figures to
prove it. But it does seem fair
to believe that if the departed
pitchers could have won their
present average of games for
st. Louis they could have done
so for Washington.
Not necessarily from the same
opponents on similar days or
during identical series, but oyer
a long stretch of. games occupy
ing more than half Of the sched-
ule, their performances should
be approximately what they
have been regardless of the uni
form they wore.
Baseball writers the country
over have taken consistent de-
light in reminding Griffith Har-
ris and Company of the stupid
iy of that winter trade. No
Doubt both Of the major cogs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-23
Alex Fails Again

Virgil Barnes bested Alexander
the Great as the Giants trounced
the Cardinals, to 3. Bell, South
worth and Terry hit horners.
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Ty Is Ageing

Sure Ty Cobb Is slowing up. He
hasn't gone into the stands after
q spectator for three or four
years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-23
LEE DOCS Work

Robert Moses Grove is right. II
takes the left hand to keep the
batting down.
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|oDEYS
)PelR8l6S|zl'
Kirk Miller

Washington's baseball club Is
about to end its present home
stay for another western bar.l-,
storming and the clubs worst
supporters could hardly wish 1t
any less luck than it had on the
previous swing in the direction
Of the setting sun.
Indeed, were the team to run
into another such q slunp as It
suffered during the initial 1926
invasion of those parts, the in
cident would be one Of the Un-
usual ones of baseball, as most
teams are able to shake them
selves out Of the doldrums be-
fore they are victims thereof
twice in succession-or In the
same place as they say. Light
ming seldom hits after that
manner, and if q baseball de-
cadence isn't as disastrous as
lightning then the club owners
are leading US quite astray.
Had the home stay of the
club been just 9 little more sue
cessful-had we won q few
more. Of those games of the
type of last Sundays, then the
club might be out of the little
knot of five teams which are
giving the Yankees concerted
Hadesand be up there doing
it alone.
And while discussing those
big tsifs0 of baseball, it IS only
fair to revert once more to the
question Of Where would the
club be standing today if we
had not traded Zachary and
BalIou ?H
We are asked that question
on the average of once a day
and would be asked more fire.
qnently possibly except tina. the
weather has been too: warm for
conversation land We have
avoided the corners of the earth
where one is likely to ruin onto
some.
It seems conservative to say,
according to the beliefs and
theories Of the oversigned, that
Washington would have a per-
centage Of something better
than that Of the Yankees TO.
day, because, having the come
bined Zachary Baliou victories
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OF course there are two sides
90 the question. The A. A. u.
feels that no amateur should cap.
itaIize on his achievements.
Their contention is that II Pad
dock was not the great runner
he Is and II Hoff was not the
leading pole vaulter, the movie
picture folk and the vaudeville
people would not have sought
their services.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-23

The ugly, objectionable discrim-
lnation focused on Washington
track and field athletes is an old.
old story to those Immediately In
feresfed. but until The Washing
ton Times brought out many Of
the facts. the public generally
could not understand the lack Of
Interest In those sports here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
BUILDINGS BILL DUE
TO PASS next WEEK
Includes $50, 100000 to Make Start
on Five-Year Program
in Washington.

The s50,000,000 public building pro.
gram for Washington, to make a start
at housing important activities of the
Government in Federal-owned build.
tngs and to remove the excessive fire
hazard of the ramshackle temporary
war work buildings which are tum-
bling down, probably will be passed
in the House a week from tomorrow.
This S5O,000,0O0 five-year program
Is included in the $165 900, 900 public
building bill fathered by Representa-
tive Elliott of Indiana, chairman of
the committee on public buildings and
grounds. The bill carries $3.50 ,OOO, 900
for new buildings all over the country
and $15,000,00O for completion of
projects already authorized
The measure will probably come I'D
on Monday, February Is, which is
Suspension day." A careful poll of
the House shows that there are very
few votes to be mustered against the
public building bill. There is no con.
troversy over the fact that the build.
ings should be erected. The only con-
troversy is over the method of deter.
mining which places shall get the
buildings first. Advocates of the old
pork barrel method are maintaining
that Congress should retain the right
to decide just where each building
will be erected and its cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
PEOPLE MUST ssBREAK HARD COAL
TRUST'' FOREVER, PINCHOT SAYS
Defiance of Monopoly Challenge, Governor Asserts.
Charges Gang Controlled Legislators Defeated
His Proposals for State Control.

duction of anthracite be declared a
public utility is supported by the
whole history of the anthracite indus
try in its relation to the public, and
most of all by the tremendous losses
which this industry, now free from
public control, is daily intiicting upon
the mining communities of northern
pennsylvania, upon the Common
wealth as whole and upon the an
thracite-using people of the United
States.
This administration is not alone in
urging that the anthracite monopoly
be subjected to public regulation. In
1921 the late President Harding ap-
pointed the United States Coal Com
mission. That body in making it's re-
port in 1928 found that there is and
can be no free competition in anthra-
cite, because the supply is limited
and controlled
The governor said that public reg,l-
lation would assure fair trade prac-
tlces. That MEANS" he said. that
the public will get the kind and size
OF coal 1t pays for, and especia lily thar
II VIII get clean coal
There could he no better examine
Of the need for such assure nee than
the reSizinS plan unanimously ADOPT.
eel by the operators and made effective
April !, 1928. BY this plan the
ineSheS OF the screens used for SiZiu.
the coal were changed from the gen
orally accepted old standard TO a new
standard. In addition. larger amounts
or unburnable slate and bone were
permitted, and u larger percentage Of
smaller sizes were allowed to remain
in the larger sizes.
mere Is no question, moreover
mat this RESTING plan is worth many
millions of dollars to the operators In
Continued on Page 5, Column ~
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BY the Associated Press.

HARRISBURG. Pa. February g.
The time has come ito take the
anthracite monopoly in hand and to
the people of this Commonwealth are
stronger than any hard boiled mo.
nopoly.' declared Gov. Pinchot in a
statement issued tonight.
Supporting his legislative program
for regulation of the hard coal indus
try, the governor said the gang-con-
trolled legislative committee on mines
and mining on Tuesday once more
slammed the door in the face of the
public and refused to afford any re.
lief in the present strike
One Of the governors two bills
would have declared the anthracite
industry public utility for the pur-
pose of regulation. The other
measure authorized Pennsylvania to
enter into compacts with other
States to regulate coal sales Both
were negatively reported by the
House committee.
Fnere is to my knowledge no other
monopoly in America so defiant of
public opinion. 80 Scornfui of the pub
Tic interest. so utterly unaffected by
the progress III modern industria
thought, as the anthracite mo
hopoly,". Mr.. Pinchot asserted. 1t
holds that any consideration of the
public interest is an impertinence
and ii proposes to do as it likes with
anthracite without reference to the
welfare of the 10000, 900 Americans
who have been taught TO depend
upon il.
My recommendation that the pro-
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COAL MEN RETAIN
ATTORNEY IN FIGHT
Act at Once. After McCarI
Asks Books-Demand Full
Audit or None.

Roger J. Whiteford has been re.
tanned as counsel by a group of lead
ing Washington coal merchants fol
lowing service of notice by Controller
General j. r. McCarl yesterday that
the Senate District committee, having
requested his Office to undertake an
audit of their books. it had become his
duty to demand free access for &C.
countants from his office to their bust
ness records and ledgers.
In his letter the controller general
office pointed out that only informa-
ton. concerning specific matters was
desired, such as statistics regarding
the capital of the coal companies, the
prices they had paid for coal at the
mines, the costs of handling it and the
price for which it was delivered.
Meeting Quickly Called.
Immediately upon receiving this
notice, leading retailers assembled in
the offices of the Coal Merchants
Board of Trade and decided to seek
the advice of counsel as to their
rights. Mr. Whiteford was retained
by the merchants as a body and 1t
was stated that Individual members
would seek to nave their personal at
torneys collaborate in general con-
ference, to be held tomorrow after
noon.
Although it was announced that
the retail coal merchants had not de-
cided to defy the Senate district COM
mittee and seek ways of restraining
the investigators, it was said that a
majority of those at the meeting were
of the opinion that no partial audit
should be permitted, if it can be pre-
vented legally.
Jesse c. Suter. managing director OF
the Coal Merchants Board of Trade
said the coal men were entirely In
favor of opening their books to
thorough audit. to be conducted either
bv an uninf1uenced firm of commercial
accountants of a board of Washington
business men, but that they were con
fident" a mere examination for certain
facts would mot give either the Senate
of the public the truth as to whether
there is profiteering here.
Three Firms Notified.
Three local coal firms have been
served with the notices from Mr.. Nc
Carts office Two informed the inves
tigators, 1t was said. that the matter
would first have to be presented to
their board of directors, and that imme-
date answer could not be given. The
third, the Griffith Coal Corporation
Continued on Page 6, Column c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
OIL DEAL INVOLVES
ABOUT S165,O0O,0DD
New York Bankers Get Con-
troll of Associated Company
on Pacific Coast.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February Elm one
of the largest transactions of it's kind
in industrial history, involving ap-
proximately $165 100000, Blair & Co..
Inc, and the Chase Securities Cor
poration today acquired control of the
Associated Oil Co., one of the largest
producing and refining companies on
the Pacific Coast
Plans are being formulated to COM
bine the company with one or more
of the other oil enterprises in which
the bankers are interested. including
the Pan-American Petroleum & Trans
port Co, the California Petroleum Co.
and the Barnsdall Corporation. An
early announcement is expected re-
garding these proposals, which will
result in one of the largest oil mer-
gers in recent years.
A cash bid of $50 a share won con.
troll of the Associated Oil Co. for the
Blair group, and the same offer is be-
ing made to all minority stockholders
In addition, an alternative offer will
be made for the exchange of securi
ties of another company in connection
with the merger plans.
With 2,240,000 shares of Associated
Oil stock outstanding, acceptance OF
cash outlay of more than $3.50, O00, 900
The bankers also agree to assume all
obligations of the company and its
subsidiaries, including $24 100000 OF
outstanding notes.
The deal ends a keen struggle be.
tween competing banking and oil in
terests which began late in December
when the Pacific Oil Co. was acquired
by the Standard Oil Co. Of California
and was forced to dispose of it's 400.
900 shares of Associated Oil. In win.
ming control Blair & Co. bettered an
offer made by First National Bank in.
terests in behalf of the Tidewater Oil
Co. This was reported to have been
$50 a share, but not entirely in cash.
The successful group announced
that it's purchase included the stock
which would come to the Standard Oil
Co. Of California through its ABSORB.
fjop of Pacific Oil
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ST|[[MANS COUNT
ON PSYCHOLOGIST
Think Briton Will Teach Them
to Forget Five-Year
Marital Quarrel.
BY the Associated Press


NEW YORK. February 6-Out of
the darkness which precedes the
dawn, James A. Stillman and Anne L.
Stlllman sailed aboard the steamship
Olympic today toward marital recon
citation and a new day
Ihey were en- route to Europe on
trial honeymoon" which thew
hoped would be the first step toward
permanent reconciliation. The "in-
terests of the children" they said
had directed this dramatic climax 70
their five years Of divorce litigation.
On the passenger list they appeared
as Ben Smith and Henrietta Fuller
but they Travelled on a joint passport
which Mr.. Stillman had amended a
few days ago to include Mrs. Stillma n.
They occupied separate cabins on the
same deck of the liner.
Slate Wiped Clean.
Before their departure they an
nounced that they had Cleaned their
| slate. The suit for divorce brought
by Mrs. Stillman, which was scheduled
to be heard shortly. was ordered with
drawn. Mr.. Stillman recognized as
his son and heir. Guy Stillman. now
| seven years old, and the person
| around whom Mr.. Stillman's unsuc.
cessful suit for divorce centered. He
Withdrew all allegations made in that
suit that the boy was the son of Fred
Beauvais, Indian guide, whom Mr..
suliman mad named as correspondent.
At farewell dinner at the Stillman
home In West Fifty-second street last
night, which was attended by their
l4-year-old son, Alexander, they an
nounced that they were through
with outside advisers" and that they
were going to go straight with each
other and themselves
| One outsider, however. still figured
In their plans. They planned to see
| Dr. II. r. BaYneS, young English
| psychologist, whose pSychoanalysis of
Mrs. Stillman at the time of her hus-
bands divorce suit helped her to
| find herself again. 1t was her be-
lief and hope that DR.. Baynes would
be able TO draw them permanently
together, despite the allegations, re-
ordinations and contumely which has
passed between the two during the
years of court battles.
Will Visit Daughter.
| They expected to stop for some time
in Paris. where their daughter, Mrs.
Henry p. Dawson, the former Anne
| Stillman. Is now living.
/ BY coincidence, the Olympic, on
which the Stillmans are making their
second honeymoon" is the vessel on
which Mrs. Stillman, embarking for
Europe In 1920, was served with the
papers In her husbands divorce suit
| Although there had been several re.
ports in recent months Of attempts
| at reconciliation, the sudden ending of
the Stillmans' embittered court fights
| and their departure together came as
| surprise to the attorneys who have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
HUSBAND is ACCUSED
OF FURNACE MURDER
Man. 70, Faces First-Degree Charge
Following Death of Woman at
Sioux City, Iowa.

By the Associated Press.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, February "a
charge of first degree murder was
filed today against George Solomon.
73 wears old. whose wife was found
burned to death in the furnace of
their home Wednesday night. Solo,
mon claimed she met death accident
ally.
Solomon was arrested shortly after
the body was found Wednesday night
by his sons. who informed the police
of circumstances they believe refute
a suicide theory. The body was part
" crammed into a furnace.
The prisoner has been questioned
repeatedly and officials say they still
hoEe to obtain a confession. They
believe quarrel ever money was re-
SDOnSible,
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WOMAN SLAYER FREED.
Mrs. Farmer Acquitted After Jury
Stays Out 81 Hours.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, February 6
R.-Mrs. Josephine Eva Farmer was
acquitted tonight of a charge of muir
der in connection with the Staying
of Mrs. Mary Lee Scott. Divorce,
rival of Mrs. Farmer for the love of
James F. Farmer. her husband.
The jury reported it's verdict at
9:35 o'clock tonight after deliberat-
ing more than 81 hours. Mrs. Farm
err claimed self defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
FLYER HURT WALKING.
Woman Parachute Thriller Injuries
Ankle on Icy Sidewalk.

wILLIAMsPORT, Pa, February 6
times Mrs. Helen
sparks has leaped in a parachute
from 1000 to $500 feet in the air.
and never was injured. But today the
ambulance caught up with hereafter
she had fallen on an icy sidewalk and
severely injured her left side. AS
member of flying circus operated by
her husband she has thrilled thou
sands at county fairs by leaping from
a. a;SxsanA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
Copeland Launches Boom for AL Smith,
But 1t Runs Into Snag at Outset

May just ask the Senator from
New York to allow the Democrats to
name their own candidate" snapped
Senator Caraway of Arkansas. while
Senator Copeland looked around in
panied surprise.
To pour oil on the troubled waters,
Senator Helm of Alabama suggested
that perhaps Senator Copeland him.
sA might be candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination.
All of which gave the Republicans q
chance to grin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

A presidential boom for Gov. AL
Smith of New York was launched in
the Senate late yesterday afternoon.
1t hit a snag.
Senator Copeland of New York, for
the edif1cation of his colleagues, pic
tured Senator Wadsworth as the Re.
publican nominee for President in 1928
and Gov. al Smith as bearing aloft
the banner of the democracy.
Then We'll see whom the poor peo-
pie of New York will vote for
chanted Senator Copeland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07

TOXIC, February @.-A dis
patch to the Jill Shimpo, Japanese
language newspaper. from Seoul re-
ports the police broke up a big plot
among Korean malcontents to blow
"a the government buildings at Seoul.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
TODAY'S STAR
PART ONE-4O PAGES.

General News-Local, National and
Foreign.
Schools and Colleges-Pages "a and
IS
Current News Events-Page 26
Girl Scouts-Page 26.
Boy Scouts-Page 81.
ID. A. r. Activities-Page 81
Radio News and Programs-Pages 80
and 49,
Financial News-Pages "a. 35 and &c.
Around the City-Page 81.
At the Community Centers-Page 81
Spanish War Veterans-Page 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
PART TWO-l4 PAGES.

Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
Notes of Art and Artists-Page 4.
Reviews Of Midwinter Books-Page 4.
Tales of Well Known Folk-Page 10.
Parent-Teacher Activities-Page II.
News of the Clubs-Page y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
PART THREE-I4 PAGES.

Amusements -Theaters and the Photo
play.
Music in Wa shington-Page 5.
Motors and Motoring-Pages s, 7
and s.
Veterans of the Great War-Page 8.
District National Guard-Page 10.
Civilian Army News-Page 10.
Army and Navy News-Page II.
Fraternal News-Page 13.
Serial, Monte Carlo''-Page Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-07
"Fronr Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Star is delivered every evening and
Sunday morning to Washington homes at
90 cents per month Telephone Main 5000
and service will start Immediately.
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Continued on Fass 6. Column 81
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CONTINUED on Page 6, Column
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PART FIVE-8 PAGES.
Magazine Section-F'iction and Fea-
lures.
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20. s. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair today. colder this afternoon or
tonight; tomorrow fair: moderate TO
fresh and northwest winds.
Temperature, highest. As. at pm
yesterday: lowest, %. at am. yes
terday. Fun report or page 7.
The Washington times., 1926-08-26

1. LITERATURE. "How did
''argus-eyed" come to mean jeal'
ously watchful?
2. HISTORY. Who was the
first European explorer to dis.
cover, the sea-route to India?
8. GEOGRAPHY. What per-
centage of the worlds output Is
produced in the United States?
4. BUSINESS. How many cor
porations in the United States
earn ten million dollars or more
j.. year?
s. MANKIND. What is the an
nual increase Of the population OF
Italy?
sIHUMAN NATURE. What
can parents do to prevent the de-
velopment Of bad habits in their
children?
7. GENERAL SCIENCE. In
which Asiatic country was gun
powder known and used long be-
fore It's discovery in Europe?
8. LAW. Which is the only
court expressly provided for by
the Constitution of the United
states Government!
Q. CIVICS. Which legislative
body tries the impeachment cases
Of public officials of the United
States Government?
10. ART. What Is the artistic
arrangement Of the different
parts of a painting called?
II. MUSIC. How many Octaves
does the piano embrace?
IL. HEALTH. Why is a warm
The Washington times., 1926-08-26
BRUSH TEETH WITH WATER

TEIE chief value Of favored
- mouth washes, tooth powders
and pastes is suggestive. as most
persons are more likely to use
them regularly than they would
use tooth brush and plain water,
states DIR. Bernard Fantus in the
August Hygeia. Antiseo tics are
entirely Superfluous in mouth
hygiene. Poisons that would Kill
the bacteria in the mouth would
also destroy the cells lining the
mucous membrane OF the mouth.
Even II the mouth could be
Sterilized or rendered alkaline, as
Is claimed for some mouth washes,
it could not be kept 50. AS soon
as the mouth Is opened. 1t would
probably be contaminated with
the micro.organisms that are
present nearly everywhere, and
the constant flow OF saliva would
quickly wash the antiseptic solu.
tons out Of the mouth.
Without food, the micro-or-
ganisms cannot multiply, So by
- keeping the mouth free from food
particles and other dead material,
their reproduction can be mini
mized to such an extent that they
can do no harm. The saliva
could do this il 1t were not for
The Washington times., 1926-08-26

were tumbled on the floor in the
hall.
..'She got home, then-finally! 7
should think shed have awakened
me so I could have gone to bed"
thought Clare. A recollection Of
her mother carrying her shoes
past Daddy sPauls door late ). at
night came to the girls mind
"She didn't want me to know
what time 1t was. Better be
careful or she'll get to feeling
about me as she felt toward him.
Where Was She?
But where would Amy be until
all hours OF the morning? Even
the cabarets closed at l o'clock,
or, at least, by 2. Those 'lizards"
she and Val had left the Russian
place with! Clare had met few
OF their kind; men whose lips
dripped fattery while their eyes
were wary. &"
II only there were someone who
could give her advice! Not Sat.
terly, of course. Mrs. Harrison?
But how could she go to the gen.
tie old aristocrat with a story
such as she would have to tell
about her own mother?
She would have to work the
problem out alone; keep 1t as Sc
cret as she had kept the letter
that killed Daddy Paul.