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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-25

district were acquired. the various
units coordinated. and today the,
new company is functioning WITH.
the smoothness of perfectly or
ganiZed and long established cor
poration and. incidentally. effectinc
huge savings bv elimination of d,,-
p!icate efforts Production eff
''cncv has increased 30 per cents
remarkable record for so shor-
a period.
This is but one of number ~:
immense projects to the credit Of
MIR Whiting. who is among til
most promising of Younger Amer
can bankers and who is still in h. ,
mid-thirties. In the formation ~.
the Indiana Limestone company b..
had the support of large Chicago.
New York and Cleveland bankinp
interests.
the BEDFORD Bloomington dis
riot provides q very large propor q.
tion OF all building stone used ,u'
America. and financial and indust-
rial leaders saw the new corporation
is destined to rise to great heights
in the next few years.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-25

the way 10 Picking, Kobe. Yo'ae'
hama. Honolulu. Hilo. San Fran,
cisco Balboa. Cristobal and Hal
vana- In neariv every important
port of call q golf course may b
found. and at each port there viii
DE O comprehensive program on
golf or sightseeing. At the con.
c,usion Of the first globe-girdlina
tour. one of the golfers proudly
displayed . oau which he declared
he had played on the frst hole Of
every links visited Many times II
was . '1ost ball. but the white.
yellow and black caddiee found II
always. "Look at it'll" be ex..
claimed. That's the golf ball ]
drove around the worldl"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-25

4. CHICAGO-Edna Wallace Hop
per. American actress. known as
the ~Eternal Flapper." has just
been examined at Vichy in France
x DE- 1swo.ss dis soess. r. q rs the
yenation for old age. and pro-
tD01as,i scientifically sixteen years
y am sixteen at sixty" Miss
Hopper writes in q letter to Otis
Il. Glidden Of Chicago. "Jaworski
made his analysis in collaboration
with the official physicians at Vichy
where I am taking the waters:
These men of science were amazed
at my synthetic youth. ! hae
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-25

man family and all except George
III was down i'm bed The telephone
bell rang. George III answered A
few seconds later he dashed up.
stairs
IT just talked to Henry Ford" he
told his father. land he wants you
to bring the books to Dearborn as
soon as possible
sure cure for the grippe A few
minutes later Heinzelman was
dressed, had sent a telegram and
two hours later was en- route for
Michigan.
In his berth ths, night theyc re-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-25
EDNA
WALLACE
HOPPER

proved for them that youth ID 40
longer q matter OF years but q
conservation Of vital powers.
sJaworski's blood marriage that
has given him world fame consists
of transfusing the microscopically
pure blood of the young into the,
veins of old age. In many authen-
tic cases, he hes restored youth o.
by q miracle. But have submit
ted to no treatments and when ne
asked me for my own magic formuie
that has kept me young, answered
| in two words, Correct living.
That means q correct balance OF
diet. exercise. work. recreation, and
Sleep"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-09-25

Lawrence Fl. Whiting chairman
OF the board of the Indiana Lime
tone con,""TN IN announcing the
initial div: on the z per cent
preferrtu recently. traced the
remarkable rrcgress made by the
new corporation.
American business genius Is
clearly reflected in the rapidity
with which the giant project has
been carried out. In the span of q
few months. properties of more
thai u score Of large concerns in
the famous Bedford Bloomington
Evening star., 1926-04-28
TEN PERSONS HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Youth Seriously Injured When He
Falls Under Truck at
Wheaton.

Nine persons were injured i'll traf1lC
accidents on the city streets yesterday
and early this morning and one in
nearby Maryland. Lloyd Hughes,
colored 16 years, 936 II street, most
seriously injured, was run over by a
motor truck near Wheaton, Nd, after
falling from the vehicle. He was
given first aid at Walter Reed Hospi-
tai for injuries to both hips and arms.
and removed to Emergency Hospital
where his condition was reported as
serious.
Frederick Mcdonald, Maryland ave-
nue. and Four-and-a-Half street south
west, walking in front of $50 Penn
sylvania avenue early today was
struck by an automobile reported by
the police to have been driven by
John Foley, 36 years, 90S Fourteenth
street. lie was only slightly hurt
Foley was held by the police on
charges Of reckless driving and leav-
ing the scene of an accident without
disclosing his identity.
Lucy Ferguson, colored, 53 years,
81 Pierce street, hurrying to catch a
street car at Maryland avenue and d
street northeast, ran against the auto.
mobile Of John r. Bouton. Lyon
Village, Va, and was slightly hurt
She was treated at Casualty Hospital
by DR.. Villipiano.
Automobiles driven by Robert A
Engle, BIS Mount Pleasant street,
and Nathan Needle, 1645 Newton
street, collided at Sixteenth and La.
mont streets late last night. Mrs.
Fannie Needle, occupant of her son S
car, was severely shocked.
Charles Sinclair. 40 years, 232
n,1;,
of an automobile that landed against
tree at South Capitol and NJ streets,
resulting in injury to Miss Mary
Gravin. AZ years old, 236 Quincy
place northeast, occupant of the car.
She was treated at home for injuries
to her body, and Sinclair was charged
by the police with violations of the
traffic regulations.
Samuel Johnson, colored. So years
old, OBrien court, was knocked down
by an automobile driven by William G..
Williamson, cOlored, 905 Third street
southeast, near Pennsylvania avenue
and TWenty-second street and bruised
about the face. He was taken to
Emergency Hospital.
SiX-year-old Ralph La Billie, 1410 A
street southeast, was knocked down
in front of His home by an auto
mobile driven by Robert Kerns, 40
Sixteenth street southeast. when he
stepped from behind an ice wagon.
He was treated at Casualty Hospital
for slight injuries.
William Miller. II years old, 1894
Ninth street, was slightly injured
when his motor cycle skidded at
Tenth and p streets and threw him
to the pavement. He refused hos
pital treatment.
Jonn w. Boilers, 1850 Thirty-second
street, received an injury over his
eye yesterday afternoon when his au-
tomobile collided with the car of G..
II. Talbot, 4171a Eleventh street, at
Ohio avenue and Thirteenth street.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
COMMISSIONERS OPEN
DISTRICT SEWER BIDS
Low Offers Are Announced for II
Different Projects, Involv-
ing $4,000.

The District Commissioners opened
yesterday afternoon bids for $4,000
worth of sewers, involving II different
projects. The low bidders, sewers and
quotations follow:
William Pate, jr.-SiXteenth Street
Heights service sewers in the vicinity
Of Sixteenth and Juniper streets, SILL
1880; Fourteenth street between Per-
ry street and Otis place, $l,T45: Colo
rado avenue between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets, 81 Ala; Hemlock
street between Twelfth street and
Alaska avenue, $3.50.
Adam McCandlish-Van Buren, street
between Fourteenth and Sixteenth
streets, S1,641.50: Military road be-
tween Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth
streets, $1,511.50; Randolph place near
TWentyfourth street, $3,754.
M. Cain Co, Inc.-Irving street be-
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets. $1,912; Howard road near
Firth-Stirling avenue southeast. ST.
335; Seventeenth street from S street
to Good Hope road southeast, ST.
$3.50; Wesley Heights trunk sewer,
S4,525: MinnesOt'. avenue trunk sewer,
section ., $9,002.75; Thirty-ninth street
storm sewer, section 4. $7265.5O.
Joseph \. Forbes-T street between
Fourth and Fifth streets, $l,587.50: +
street between Third and Fourth
streets northeast, So, 200.
w. Harry Angle-EaSt Brightwood
service sewers, S6,09l.50: owen place
between Montello and Trinidad ave-
nueS northeast, 81 069.25.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
FINDS u. S. RAILROADS
SAFER THAN ENGLAND'S
Expert Says venerable Myth
That British Lines Are Less Dan
gerous Is Far From Fact.

BY the Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 2S.-Assailing
as a venerable myth" the English
claim of world leadership in railroad
safety, Charles Frederick Carter, rail.
road historian of New York, told the
safety section OF the American Rail
way Association yesterday that Brit
lsh railways cause the death of almost
twice as many passengers as Ameri-
can railways in proportion to passen.
ger miles. He asserted that American
railways were the safest in the world
american railroads render far bet
ter service at less than half the aver.
age cost on British railroads, and they
are also much safer for everybody con.
cerned than the railroads Of Great
Britain, or any other country"
Mr.. Carter attacked as fictitious fig.
ures quoted in q London dispatch pub
lished in American newspapers last
February saying that only one per.
son was killed in a train accident in
England last year, out Of l zoo, 600, 900
passenger journeys. He stated that
these statistics appeared in an Eng.
lish publication, June IL, 1925, or 202
days before the end OF the year they
purported to cover.
Government figures, Mr.. Carter said
showed that "a passengers were killed
in British train accidents in 1924, as
compared with an annual average of
36 for the 10 years ending with 1922
On American railroads Al passengers
were killed in train accidents in 1924,
he said, but drew attention to the fact
that class l railroads alone in this
country have 11.6 times as many miles
of line as British railroads.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
vi u S | C.
LAST SYMPHONIC PROGRAM.

The United States Marine Band Or
chestra, under the leadership of its
distinguished conductor, Capt. VIII
liam Santelmann. who has only been
back at his work with the orchestra
a yerv short time due to q severe
illness, gave the lasr program of SYM
Dhonic music of the Winter season in
the barracks auditorium before a
house literally packed to capacity,
with many persons standing, last
night.
An Americans work. I'm Bohemia, a"
an overture written by Henry Hadley
and dedicated to Victor Herbert, was
the opening selection and seemed very
well played.
Other nationalities represented on
the program by composers included
Spanish, Swiss and Russian. ending
with the grand flourish of THE Star
Spangled Banner" as usual. and send
ing the crowds out into the streets
voluably praising the orchestra and
the music heard.
Musician William F. Santelmann,
son of the band leader, and an earnest
Young violinist, was the sololst IN
F,douard Lalo's Spanish Symphony"
There We're many times when his
nlayins- showed marked individuality
and rounded tinesse of tone in each
OF the three movements of this diff
cult and extremely subtle work.
Joachim Raff's I'm Waldo" sym
phony has some lovely themes al
though there are times when the mo-
tives seem overelaborated and be-
come monotonous. 1t is a descriptive
work in what one. might term musical
storytelling style. The playins Of this
work seemed especially enjoyed by the
audience.
The gorgeous, colorful music of
Rimsky- Korsakoff finale to "Sche-
herazade," 1.-The Festival at Bagdad,"
was the most brilliant feature Of the
evening. 1t IS q remarkably fine work
and ambitious &er a band orchestra to
attempt.
The Marine Band Orchestra is
achieving some fine things and work
ing hard in developing the orchestral
programs, especially Of symphonic
stature. It deserves, as it seems to
have, the generous cooperation and
interest Of the Washington public at
large. 1t really needs a much bigger
hall to give these concerts to best adj
vantage-G hall that is better acous-
tically for S1nphony music. H. f.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
NEW Y0RK-PARIS FLIGHT
PLANNED BY CAPT. FONCK
French Ace Announces Nonstop
Journey This Summer, With $685.
600 as Prospective Prize.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 2S.-Capt Rene
Fonck, French ace, who has an
nounced he will attempt a New York
to-Paris nonstop flight this Summer
arrived last night on the liner Paris.
A delegation, including hackers of
the proposed flight and a representa-
tive of Raymond Orteig, who has Of
fered a $4,000 prize to the first avi-
ator to accomplish it, met him at the
pier. A Sikorsky biplane, similar to
the one which Fonck will use, circled
over the liner as she docked.
The 32-year-old captain, who is cred
tied with downing 75 German planes
during the war, announced through
an interpreter that in attempting the
flight he hoped to advance aviation
and promote good will between Amer
lea and France.
The giant Sikorsly plane which he
will use is reported rs per cent COM
plete, and the captain was informed
that test flights probably could be
made early in June.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
$4,000 FOREST FIRE
In NEARBY VIRGINIA
Wiehle Station and Many Homes
Threatened Before Spread of
Flames Is Checked.

SPECIAL DlspatCh TO Ihe star.
I1ERNDON, Va, April 2S.-Forest
fires sweeping $4,000 acres of timber
age estimated at 100000 in Fairfax
County between the Washington and
Old Dominion Railway and the Lees
burg pike.
The fire started from a burning
stump in a field near Wiehle. which
is miles from this city. Fire COM
panies from Leesburg, Falls Church,
Clarendon, Fairfax, this city and other
Arlington County communities, and
also from Washington, D. c., were
called.
For a time the station at Wiehle
was threatened. and many farm
houses were believed imperiled, but
the use Of water, backfiring and dirt
ny 800 persons checked the spread.
The large timber tract of the late
DIR. Hugh Hutchison, for which
SIS 900 recently was refused, was ex-
tensively damaged.
Representative r. Walton Moore of
Virginia, responding to requests from
his constituents. appealed to the
Washington Fire Department, and
Chief Watson dispatched No. 5 engine
company, in charge Of Lieut.. Gould
to the scene of yesterdays forest fire
near Herndon, Va.
The company pulled out Of quarters
shortly before o'clock and reached
the scene in time to save several build
ings. At 10 O'Clock last night the
force was relieved by the night shift
the latter remaining on the scene until
after midnight. Firemen estimated
that an area Of % square miles was
affected
Evening star., 1926-04-28
His Job Is to Take Joy Out Of Joy-Riding
For Reckless School Youths of ID. C..

to in the event Of a recurrence Of the
act.
Brown is as lenient with these
youngsters as his oath of office will
permit him to be. He realizes the
thrill that comes to the youth when
he dashes up to his school in a big
touring car or limousine in the
presence of his envious fellows
1t is extremely difficult, hes knows.
to restrain that foot from, Showing
down on the accelerator whenhis pas
sengers are a group of fellow students
in quest of excitement.
Especially is this trues he says, If
there is sitting beside him the in
triguing form Of his favorite girl
friend.
Under such conditions, it is admit
ted, even strong men, often lapse into
thoughts abstract and automobiles
into things concrete, like loading plat
forms, sidewalks and such.
Inspector Brown, sympathetically,
knows just how it is, it is said. and
that is just the reason he decided to
extend the arm of the law in a
fatherly gesture of advice to romantic
boys and girs. even though it does
mean taking some of the joy out of
riding
Evening star., 1926-04-28
BELL PRAISES HACKER.

Morris Hacker, supervisor Of city
refuse. was officially commended today
by Engineer Commissioner J. Frank
lin Bell on the "cleanly appearance of
the streets"
Commissioner Bell said that Mr.
Hacker and his men have done "eX-
cellent work" and that Washington s
streets have never looked better. II
think this is due to the increased use
of street flushers and reorganization of
the system of cleaning the streets" I"
he declared. Flushing machines carry
away all of the small particles of dirt
and waste" Eight fushers are now in
use compared with two year ago.
Evening star., 1926-04-28

Somebody always is taking the Joy
out of life.
This time tho offender is Inspec-
tor Brown of the Traffic Bureau.
Adopting as his motto, Lets take
the joy out of joy-riding." he has
launched a discouraging drive against
schoolboy motorists with more or less
irresponsible tendencies.
A traffic sergeant has been assign
ed the duty of circulating about the
high schools and nabbing youths who
have the inclination, but not the au-
thority, to show the fair goods how
fast dads car will travel by the simple
process of stepping on the gas.
The permit regulations provide that
no person under 16 years of age shall
be allowed to drive a car in the Dis
trict of Columbia and permits are is
sued to persons between the ages of
16 and IS only with the consent of
the parents or guardians.
A number of youths under 16 years
Of age have fallen into the net spread
by Inspector Brown. They have not
been arrested, but they have been
given a warning and advised that
more drastic measures will be resorted
Evening star., 1926-04-28
NEGRO MEMORIAL.
AGAIN UP IN HOUSE
$4,000 A. E. F. Monument
Plan Reported Over 0bieC-
tion by Southerners.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The House turned it's attention to-
day to two controverted bills-one
proposing an appropriation OF 100000
for erection of a monument to four
negro regiments of the American EX-
peditionary Force. and the other pro
viding for disposition of the $4,000
received from Persia because of the
murder Of Maj. Robert w. Imbrie.
American vice consul at Teheran, two
years ago.
Both were reported by the foreign
affairs committee over vigorous mi
nority opposition. Four Democrats
Representatives Connally of Texas
McReynolds of Tennessee. Edwards of
Georgia and Moore of Virginia-led
the fight against the monument bill.
Two.way Opposition.
Opposition was split two ways on the
Imbrie measure, four Republicans as
sailing it from one angle and two
Democrats from another. 1t would
provide that, in addition to the 500
900 already paid Imbrie's widow by
Persia. she be given $4,000 out Of
the $4,000 received by the American
Government. The remainder would
be used for education of Persian stu
dents in this country.
The four RepubllcanS, representa-
tive BegS of Ohio, Fairchild Of New
York, Cole Of Iowa and Ellis of Mis-
souri,, contended that all of the $40.
900 should be used to educate Per
slams, as this was the agreement enter
ed into by the State Department. For
this reason they opposed additional
compensation to Mrs. Imbrie.
Using All Money Urged.
The two Democrats, McReynolds and
Edwards, held that the money was re
ceived for the death Of a member OF
the diplomatic corps. and should be
used to educate students from the ma
tion paying it. They did not specif
cally oppose the award TO Mrs. Imbrie.
Opponents to the monument bill,
sponsored by Representative Fish, Re
publican. New York, held that the
American Battle Monuments Commits
sion should have sole Jurisdiction in
this matter. Proponents held that
"the main reasons for seeking this
separate monument are that 1t Is a.
simple act of justice to four gallant
colored regiments, which were the
only American Infantry regiments at
tached to the French army"
Evening star., 1926-04-28
SHELL SHOCK SERIOUS.

Legislative machinery was invoked
yesterday to give official identity to Il
shell shocked vetern Tho has lost his
memory and doesn't Know his name,
but has been recognized by former
comrades as having fought with the
Marines at Belleau Woods.
Representative Carter, Republican.
California, introduced a bill to extend
the benefits of the Veterans Act to
IAN individual known as Jerry
Tarbot," who, he said. was committed
to the insane asylum at Stockton,
California, in 1924.
Several Marines stationed on the
Pacific Coast say he fought with the
famous Second Division, but they
can't recall his name.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
|NCEND|ARY FIRES
ARE UNDER PROBE
Burning of 18 Homes in vir-
ginia Section to Be Vig-.
orousIy Investigated.

Finding nothing to substantiate
rumors that bootleg war might have
been at the root of the incendiarism
blamed for a series of three fires
which wiped out is frame homes in
Hells Bottom, Va, northwest of the
intersection of the old Alexandria and
Columbia pixies, Commemorative At
torney William c. Cloth of Arlington
County announced today that the in
vestigation was centered on finding
the incendiarist, regardless Of his mo-
tiVeS.
Mr.. Cloths Statement.
Mr.. Cloth announced today that
the investigation conducted under his
supervision by Sheriff Fields and as
sistants had convinced the authorities
that there had been no ill feeling
among alleged bootleggers inhabiting
that section sufficient to account for
such Il series of fires recently.
There has been no bootleg war, in
recent weeks" Mr.. Cloth said. I'VE
are convinced of that. We suspect,
however, that some person deliberate
~ attempted to wipe out the shacks
and small frame houses there.
1--WE are continuing the investiga-
ton and have thus far found no
tangible clues to sustain any theory,
even the last mentioned"
Woman Burned to Death.
The series of fires, starting at 1
o'clock yesterday morning, when u
houses were wiped out before the
blazes were put under control, and
recurring at 10 o'clock yesterday,
when five homes were destroyed,
came to n climax about 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon when Ethel Collins,
colored, 26 years old. was burned to
death in the home OF Henry Harris,
colored.
Coroner II. b. Swain of Arlington
County issued a. certificate of death,
deeming an inquest unnecessary.
Virtually all of the houses there are
small three and four room frame
dwellings and the valuation placed on
the entire 18 which were destroyed
was estimated by Fire Chief A. &.
Eaton of the Clarendon Fire Depart
ment at $4,000, slightly more than
$500 per home.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
PROBE OF DRY AGENTS
KILLING is CONTINUED
Two Already Arrested Are Being
Given Preliminary Hearing in
Paris, Tenn, Today.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PARIS, Tenn, April 28.-While pre-
liminary hearings were to be given
Clyde Lashlee, %, and Frank Granger,
10, on being accessories after the fact
in the Staying of Thomas Evans, drv
crusader, today, officers continued
their Investigations of the killing
The two youths were taken into
custody yesterday in the face of
threats of the moonshining clan in
northeastern Henry County that if an
arrest was made for the Staying of
Evans seven other men would die.
Both the youths live in the neigh
borhoOd where Evans was ambushed
on April Is, and We're taken into
custody on warrants sworn to by
Evans widow. officers described the
arrest as a technical move"
Evening star., 1926-04-28
New Metal Replaces Platinum

For years chemists have been look
ing for q metal to replace the costly
platinum and its alloy, platinum-iridi-
um, in engineering and research. At
last they have found a new material
called tantalum, which, says Popular
Science Magazine, promises new era
in electric work and chemical engi-
ncering where great resistance to heat
and acids is required.
Tantalum has many astonishing
properties, according to Prof. James
+. Withrow of Ohio State University,
and not the least of these is that it
lasts 1000 times longer than platinum
and Is 20 times cheaper.
Evening star., 1926-04-28
RUBBER PRICE DROPS.
Hoover's Advice to Conserve
Product Having Effect.

Conservation of rubber in the
United States, as suggested by Secre-
tary Hoover, to combat the British
colonial governments price fixing
policy is having material effect, ac-
cording to a statement today by the
Commerce Department.
Since December, it declared, auto
mobile users have decreased tire con-
sumption 25 per cent below the figure
for the same period of last year, and
the spot price of rubber has fallen
from above 81 to so cents.
Continued price fixing, the state
ment added, will simply mean con-
tinued conservation in the use of rub
Der by American consumers"