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Evening star., 1926-10-09
T0HAVE
BACKERS ON STAGE
Welcome Address by Presi-
dent Coolidge viii Be Pro-
gram Feature.

The five contestants in the Interna-
tional Oratorical Contest in the Wash
inEton Auditorium October Is will
have official hackers from their own
lands on the stage with them.
The schedule is as follows:
Canada-Spokesma Herbert Mo
ran of Toronto: hackers, H. II. Ma
honey. Canadian commissioner to the
United States. and Col. James NJ.
Hughes, dean of Canadian educa tors.
F'rance-Spokesman Maxine Ray
mond Puel of Nancy; hacker, Marcel
knecht. editor of lie Matin.
Mexico-Spokesman. Jose Munoz
Gotta Of Mexico City; hackers. Antonio
Vargas of the newspaper FL Univer-
sal of Mexico City, and probably Am
ba ssador Tellez.
England Spokesman, William
Meades Newton Of Liverpool; backer
Henry Chiffon, counselor of the Brit
sh embassy.
United States-Spokesman. Herbert
Edward Wenig Of Los Angeles.
President Coolidge and at least five
cabinet members will be on the stage
and the Chief Executive will give
welcome address. They will not be
official hackers Of the speaker, how
ever.
The speeches will be broadcast by
WRC, connected up with WIZ.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
DIES FROM INJURY.

Charles s. Keller. IT years old.
Bethesda. Md. fatally injured by an
electric car, while crossing the tracks
near his home early Thursday night
died at Georgetown University Hos
pital last night. Death resulted from
cerebral concussion and shock
Coroner hewitt viewed the body at
the hospital and signed the necessary
death certificate. and police reported
the fatality to the Maryland authori-
ties.
The deceased. a native Of this city.
was retired from a position in the
War Department. after a service Of
more than so years. He was an uncle
Of Mrs. John F. Waggaman. and re-
sided with his son, Francis D. Keller.
at Bethesda.
A daughter. Mrs. E. P McConville,
resides at 5000 Connecticut avenue.
He also IS survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Louisa K. Camp, Atlantic High.
land, n. j., and Mrs. John F. Mason.
New York City, and two grandchil-
dren, Emily F.. and Donald H. Nc
Conville.
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from the center of the city in other
sections.
The traffic rush hits Florida avenue
at about $40. he said. and then CON
tinues until about 2 o'clock from that
point down to the center of the husi-
ness section.
At ais. he said. the traffic was
Virtually nj. in contrast to the peak
amounts.
1T can easily be seen from these
figures" Mr.. Eldridge said, that the
opening hour for school could be
pushed back quite a bit for the safety
of pupils. l am sure that there
would he much less chance for injury
of school children on Washington
streets If the school started after ais
than at the present time. This. of
course. is matter in the hands of
the Board of Education and must be
worked out with due respect to the
convenience of the ma jority of Wash
ington homes. Az far az | can see
il would have no great disarranging
effect in the domestic life OF Wash
ington To simply move all school
hours for opening and closing back
about i, or 20 minutes"
Principal Charles X. Ffnckel OF the
system ls to he inaugurated Monday.
has decided TO mark the streets be-
tween crosswalks with painted signs.
DO Not Cross Here." for the benefit
Of school children
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Minister Indicted
For Toting Pistol
At Church Service
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HUNTINGTON. w. Va, October
@ A Cahell County grand jury
has indicted Rev. @. r. Ballenger,
pastor of the Church of Christ, on
charge of carrying a pistol. The
minister was alleged to have taken
a pistol into the pulpit during serv
ices on Sunday, September %, to
prevent a disturbance by members
of his congregation.
Rev. Ballenger. who said in a
sermon recently he had decided to
become a minister while serving a
sentence in the Minnesota State
Prison for arson. came here from
st. Louis, where he was said to
have engaged in an active cam
paign against the ku Klux Klan.
He has asserted in sermons that
the klan had bounded me over
the country"
The offense for which he was in
dicted is punishable by sentence
OF six months in Jail and a fine
of $50.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
MARIE SAYS FILM
MEN MUST DES|ST
Declines to Be Movie Camera
Subject on Tour-In Cap
itaI October 19.
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS. October 9.-Queen Marie has
given notice that she must not he
filmed in the United States. even in
her daily comings and goings. But
she will see the inside workings Of the
cinema world at Hollywood as the
guest of Douglas Fairba nks and Mary
Pickford. She made this statement to
the Marquis de Flers, literary editor
of lie Figaro. When he told her of
an offer of $25 900 for her to pose one
day as Queen in Tolstoy's "Ressurec-
tton," she smiled, and said. Il might
perhaps have secured a better engage
ment than that.
II am looking forward joyfully to
seeing the great cities OF The cinema
Los Angeles and HOLLYWOOD Douglas
Fairbanks and hts wife, Mary Pick
ford, have promised to show me all
the inner workings Of that young and
prodieious industry. so near being an
art
The Queen will land in New York
October IS. dine at the White House
October 10, visit Annapolis and Balti
more October 90 and the Philadelphia
exposition October 81. Then she will
return to New York for a few days
rest before leaving for the Pacific
Coast.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
MRS. YOUNGMAN ENDS
LIFE BY INHALING GAS
Wife of Textile Expert, Federal
Tariff Commission, Was Sufferer
From Mental Depression.

Mrs Gardner y. Youngman. wife of
the textile expert Of the Federal Tariff
Commission. ended her life yesterday
In the kitchen of her apartment, at
1901 Sixteenth street.
Neighbors, attracted by the ordor
Of Illuminating gas, found her body
and the five gas Jets of the kitchen
and the five jets of the kitchen stove
open.
Her husband told Coroner Eevitt
that about six months ago she had
tried 10 kill herself by taking poison.
She had suffered from mental depres
sion.
DR. Albert J. Carrico was called
when the body wa found, but Mrs.
YOungman already was dead.
Evening star., 1926-10-09

NOntlnuoO from FlFSC faRe.)
been given a fair trial, it will prob
ably work satisfactorily. The President
said through his spokesman that the
motive which was behind placing this
limitation in the appropria ton act
was unquestionably good one
The. President has been reminded
that the authorities are experiencing
considera bile difficulty in the pur-
chase OF iesira BILE sites, because the
prices are being held too high. While
the President regrets this condition,
he is inclined to feel that the reason
why the authorities are finding 1t
difficult 10 acquire property within
the limit of % per cent above the
assessed valuation of the land in
question is that the properties have
been underassessed. This thought
prompted the President to suggest
that 1t is likely that much of the
property in Washington is assessed
too low
Condemnation Proposed.
The President also believes that in
some Of the cases the owners of the
land desired for school or park pur-
poses are holding it at high figure
because they are not of a disposition
to sell at this time or because they
may feel that it is possible 10 get
higher price. In such cases. the
President is of the opinion that the
only recourse is in condemnation pro-
ceedines. He believes that the au-
thorities. If they are desirous Of Oh
tanning the land. and the price is be
ing held at a figure above the 25 per
cent limitation. should condemn the
property. where the matter Of dam
ages could be settled in court later.
In connection with the Presidents
suggestion on condemnation as
way around the diffiCulty caused by
the % per cent limit. 1t was recalled
that Controller General McCarl has
stated that il the land is condemned
and the value fixed by the board of
condemnation exceeds 25 per cent
above the assessed value, the land
cannot be purchased
Evening star., 1926-10-09

Mann & Co. 907 Louisiana avenue;
Mrs. Rose Freeman, F. A. Denison
& Co, Hatchin Boaplo, p. G.. Cha
conas. Walter Parsley. A. y. Gray.
E. F. Harvey. Gus Wallerstein. G. K.
Andrews & Co., Trochinoky & Bro.
j. W. Malone. w. NJ. Ruryshaw, ].
Schwartz, julius b. Gray. ]. c.
Bushey, H. Singer. NJ. Kairland. ].
W. Beasley. NJ. Galcone. s. Neidorf,
]. Pevenslein, Ben Wilfelder. r. NJ.
Railey. l.. F. Krafelfer. Thomas
Calomer. P. K. Chaconas & Co, Inc
William Rogerson and Joseph witt.
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SOVIET IS NOW READY
TO PAY DEBTS TO U. S.
AND DROP ITS CLAIMS

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The writer suggested that this was
quite possible.
Quite possible" replied Krassin.
To the question. do you think Rus
sia is a good field now for American
capital?" Krassin replied:
''Of course. But we don't think
America will be heavily interested in
foreign market for the time being.
America doesn't need them yet"
Krassin added that his government
would expect only one concession from
America if negotiations are begun,
namely, that America treat Russia on
equal terms with other European debt
ors and use the same scale of gener-
osity.
Although admitting that he wanted
foreign credits in the shane Of long
term loans. krassin denied his present
mission to England was to try to get
them,
Time Held Inopportune.
"Why. this would be the very worst
time for any such campaign he said
candidlv. Il am here simply as an
ordinary envoy and naturally hope to
open negotiations through the foreign
OHlce beIoTe leHNe' but not now. 4
am sure Mr.. Cha mherlain would agree
with me that such an attempt at pres.
ent would be premature"
Questioned regarding the internal
situation in Russia. krassin said the
reports of domestic squabbles were
much exaggerated.
THE whole thing" he declared, sis
less important than. say. change iE
the French ministry As a matter of
fact. | have been away from Moscow
for two months and | don't know just
what is happening. but l know It is
not important"
Krassin said the man who is run
ming Russia is Stain.
He is our leader--but he is not q
Lenin."
tCopyriTht. 1926. bs Chicago Dsiiy NswA)
Evening star., 1926-10-09
CZARlST OFFICER TO DIE.
Dmitri Suvorov Sentenced by Rev
olutionary Tribunal.

SARATOE, Russia. October 9 P).-
The local revolutionary tribunal has
brought a sentence of death against
Dmitri SuvoroV, a prominent member
Of the old imperial army and direct
descendant of Field Marshal Prince
Suvorov, distinguished soldier under
Catherine the Great.
Dmitri was found guilty after three
days trial of taking leading part
in the counter-revolutionary fighting
of 1920. His father. tried on the same
charge, was given three years inn
prisonment. being spared the death
sentence because Of extreme age.
Evening star., 1926-10-09

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in the tenth precinct centers near
central High School. where the dan
gers are not so great as at the other
points in the precincts where graded
school children present problems.
In the fourteenth precinct, the dan
ger spot" mentioned by Lieut.. Sulli-
van in his report is the conveyance
of the Y formed by the Connecticut
Avenue Bridge. the Calvert Street
Bridge and upper Connecticut ave
nue.. Perils here are manifest.
Special attention will be given
these points to minimize traffic haz-
ards 10 school children" Maj. Hesse
said today. "As soon as the expert
ments at the Thomson School are
worked up to point Of perfection.
in so far as the police cooperation
with the school authorities is con
cerned. the benefits accruing from
that experimentation will he put into
effect at these other danger spots. y
Eldridge Offers Prize.
simultaneously with the announce
ment of this police survey came the
offer from Director of Traffic Eldridge
Of a prize Of 800. to stimulate inter
est in schoolboy patrol system.
Mr.. Eldridge announced yesterday
that he would present $50 to the most
efficient schoolboy patrolman by the
close OF this school year. A prize Of
$40 to the next boy in efficienCy and
a third prize Of $50 also are offered by
Mr.. F,ldridge.
The first group of this patrol in the
District will start operating at the
Thomson School Monday morning.
Duties of the schoolboy patrol thus
far include enforcing among pupils
the safety rules promulgated by DIR.
Frank w. Ballou. superintendent of
schools which stress crossing streets
in the crosswalks and not between in
terseCtions.
Officials to BE Judges.
Mr.. Eldridge said he would invite
DR.. Ben. w Murch. chairman or the
safety committee of the school sys-
tenn. Inspector Brown OF the Traffic
Bureau. and George W. Offutt. chair
man Of the District of Columbia divi
sion Of the American Automobile AS
soCiation. to be judges in the patrol
contests.
District Building reporters from all
Washington papers would be invited
TO prepare rules for this competition
subject to the advice and consent of
the School Safety Committee.
II is expected that this competition
will he among several hundred school
boy patrol members to be organized
before the end of this school year.
These boys. with insignia and author
itv 10 be respected by other school
children. will in reality be Junior
auxiliar ries OF the traffic policemen
near the schools.
Mr.. F.ldridge. In general survey
Of traffic peaks in the morning rush
hours. stated that the outlying dis
tricts of Washington in the vicinity
of the District line had heavier traffic
on the streets from sis until about
$40 o'clock. At $40. the rush Of
traffic to the downtown section was
centered in the vicinity Of the Zoo
along Connecticut avenue and on
Colorado avenue and similar distances
Evening star., 1926-10-09

Jaran's population. excluding For
mosa, Korea and other oversee S
zones, increased s75.3s5 during 1925.
It IL larger by 1881 than the 1924
increase, n - .e.....
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MID-ClTY MARKET
GETS SUPPORT OF
So WHOLESALERS

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COOLIDGE OPPOSES
4TH COMMISSIONER
ON DISTRICT BOARD

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POLICE LOCATE 43
"PERIL SPOTS" NEAR
SCHOOL BUILDINGS

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By FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.


On September Secretary Jardine
was invited by William Allen White
70 fraternize at Emporia with so lead
ing Kansas editors. The PURPOSE was
to enable Jardine to sell Sunhower
opinion makers the administration s
cooperative marketing and revolving
credit plan for taking care of agricul-
tural surplus. Jardine sold" himself.
lie, made an impression of unmis-
taxable personal sincerity and genuine
zeal in farmers interest. hut the Cool
Idge-Jardine plan remained on the
shelf when the party was over. 1t
was foun unstable.
Jardine admitted the farmers dol
lar was worth only 81 cents-it has
fallen to So cents since then. But he
insisted that McNary I!augenism IS
not the method by which the "thir-
teen points" can he hridged. .Iardine
said a trial of the MC\ary HaHgen
equalization fee would only make the
"a realize. sooner or later. that
salvation lies exclusively in co-opera-
tive marketing under intelligent and
generous Government auspices. The
kansas editors listened respectfully,
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TRIAL Of CORN
POSTPONED

SOUTH BEND. Ind, March 24.-
The case of the United States OF
America VS.. 66l cases of p cans
each. of canned corn, trial Of which
is expected to take up several weeks
in the court of Federal Judge
Thomas w. Slick. has been post
poned to June.
Each can will have separate
trial. the court decided. the charge
being that the corn is preserved
with saccharine, which is in viola
ton of the pure foods act.
The delay was made necessary by
the work involved in taking samples
from each can and having It an
aIyzes. The corn was shipped here
by q canning concern in New Hart
ford, N. Y
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RAID NETS OLD.
KHAN LEADER
n InternationaI News Service

NEW ORLEANS, March "a
George Kimbrough. jr., former
dragon OF the Kl Klux Khan of
Texas. was under arrest here today
after raid by Federal dry agents
on the store rooms of the Seaport
Mercantile and Import Company.
Kimbrough and Allen Sheppcr5, a
business associate. are charged with
violating the prohibition Law.
Federal agents reported they con-
fiscated a large quantity of alco-
hol. synthetic whlsi1cy and appa-
ratus for hottling and manufacture
ing liquor in the raid.
Kimbrough gained nOtoriety as
the Texas Khan organizer, and was
credited with being one OF the lead
ers of the revolt within the Khan
against William Joseph SimOne. its
organizer. He is also said to have
brought about the fling OF Mann
act charges against +. i. Clark,
an associate OF Sisnn ons in khan
organization work.
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ImprOrnptu Fairgrounds


There was a freight train on
. siding at the north end OF the
Terminal yard. your honor, to be
hauled away the next morning.
About an hour later we got word
TO haul it away at once.
The engine backed up there
and we couldn't move the tram.
The air hose was uncoup1ed in
five places. There's quite an m
cline in the tracks there, and In
O few hours the air would have
leaked out and released the brakes
and the train would very likely
run out on the main track and
cause a wreck.
eve don't quite see how that
could be, but we're repeating the
mans testimony as he gave e..
He's an old railroad man and
ought to know more about it
than we do. and we'll bet he
does.l
A Fast Train
while the engineer was trying
TO get the train out by prayer,
1t sounded like, saw two boys
running from between the cars
and caught this one. He said
they didn't uncouple the air hose.
but they were the only ones
around there.
Ma: IT have five children at
home, all sick in bed, your
Whats the trouble with them ~
'Pneumonia, measles, Group.
grip and chicken-pox. I've been
sick long time myself. This is
the first day I've been out in
four months. The other boy
they speak Of was my son. too.
but he ran away when he saw
the summons to court. .
You had five children sick in
bed and two playing on the rail
road track-no wonder you are
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Hits Birth Control


the railroad track II you want
them to keep on living. Did you
see this boy uncouple the hose,
officer?''
mo ma 'm-but he ard the
other boy were the only ones
that had a chance to uncouple it.
I've brought 40 boys in here the
last six weeks for things like
that. It's getting dangerous. not
only for the boys, but for passen-
gers. Engineers are refusing to
take trains out over that stretch
they're getting nervous They
don't want to kiln those boys. but
they're bound tp do It If they
don't keep away from there.
Last Thursday half dozen
were playing around the tunnel
at West Virginia Avenue when
an r. F. and p. train came along.
There isn't room for any one he
tween the sides Of the tunnel ard
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the cars, except at intervals Of
about hundred feet, where
there's little box like holes for
the track walkers to stand in.
But you can't see them In the
dark
Stops Run on Bank
yelled at the boys when I
heard the train coming, and they
thought I was. after them, and
ran into the tunnel about 80
seconds ahead OF the train.
thought they'd been ground TO
pieces, and I tried to climb up
the bank to phone to the nnorgue,
but / was so nervous lost my
footing and rolled down onto the
track. BY the time I'd got up
the train had disappeared, and
the boys came out like black
ghosts covered an inch thick with
SCOT and smoke. They must have
been playing around there lot
to know where those safety holes
were.
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They started the trouble by
stealing coal, your honor They've
taken several thousand dollars
worth this winter. / caught one
boy that had a regular route,
and was selling ton q week to
his customers
Get warrant for this boys
brother, and bring him in here.
Wen try them both at once.
don't want him to get any tips
from this ones conviction or
acquittal. It's too bad we can't
get warrants for those people
who bought the coal"
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CONFER ON REGULATION
or MEXICO OIL cos

MEXICO CITY, March "a Off
Gals of several large oil companies
operating in Mexico are here to
meet Minister of Industry Luis Mo-
rones, whose department includes In
its activities the handling OF Pc
troleum matters.
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WodWard& IotIop Down Stairs Store
Presents
Correct Fashions for
The Easter Promenade

~ ASTER-for associated this day with
~ appare--even nature dons bright garb
So have chosen with careful discrimination and happy
enthusiasm the modes that Fashion Paris DEGREES for Easter
type Of femininiy Ready with creations lovely the violet
automatically fashionable possible and at really surprisingly low
prices
Select here in lurey the which suits best
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-09-09
MAJOR BROWN INDICTED
AS MEMBER LYNCHINC
PARTY DOUGLAS

Douglas, Ga.-Maj. Brown has
been indicted by the Coffee county
grand jury as being member of the
party that lynched Dave Wright here
August 80, after taking him from the
Coffee county Jail.
The indictment was the only one
announced by the body which took
a short recess at 1880 Tuesday night.
Great secrecy regarding the inves-
LEGATIONS of the body is being main
tanned. Sheriff and Mrs. Tanner and
their daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Smith,
who were in the Jail the night Wright
was taken by the mob,, and two Of
ficers have been questioned by the
jurors. Sheriff Evans and deputy of
jeff Davis county, Coroner Souther-
land and a number of citizens of the
community have also been question
ed.
Wright, held in the local Jail on a
charge of murder, was taken from the
Jail by a masked mob, members of
which overpowered Sheriff Tanner,
and carried about three miles from
here where his body was found rid
died with bullets.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-09-09
Many improvements
In Freight Service

Atlanta, Ga.-What is the most
important change affecting all indus
try which has occurred in the United
States since the war?
If that question were put to all
the leaders in industry, business and
finance, according to Atlanta bust
ness experts, practically all would
answer that it is the improvement in
railway freight service.
1t was shown
Car shortages have been so far
eliminated that, excepting in occa-
sional sporadic instances, shippers are
being furnished 100 per cent of the
cars for which they ask when and
where they want them.
Cars loaded with freight are being
moved from origin to destination in
two-thirds of the time taken six years
ago.
Regularity and dependability of
freight deliveries have been phenom-
inally increased.
1t is estimated that this improved
service is worth one and one-half
billion dollars annually to business.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-09-09
NO CLUES FOUND TO
BEDCOOD'S SLAYERS
ONCE LIVED IN BEN HILL
SHOT TO DEATH FROM PASS
ING AUTOMOBILE IN FLORIDA.

Eustis, Fla.-The mystery of who
shot and killed j. R. Bedgood, so,
prominent Eustis attorney near here
was no nearer solution, officials said,
than at the time of the discovery of
Staying.
Several persons, including Miss
Mabel Lyons, 18-year-old high school
graduate, whom Bedgood had just
taken to her home, were questioned
but no clews were found.
Bedgood was shot as he was turn
ing his automobile on the Eustis-
Umatilla road about mile from here
and in front of the Lyons residence.
A load of buckshot, fired from pass
ing automobile, struck him and he
died forty-fve minutes later in ply
sician's office here. He was brought
here by passing motorist. A pistol
that had not been discharged was
found in the seat of his car.
Bedgood's body is at local un-
dertaking establishment awaiting
word from a brother, John Bedgood,
of Pavo, Ga. Bedgood's former home
was at Pavo, but he practiced law in
Atlanta six years ago.