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Evening star., 1926-12-18
DRY GOODS QUIET.

NEW YORK. December IS tSpe-
goods market CLOSED
the week quietly, with print cloths
unchanged, at 6$ cents for 64x60s
and 73s for 6Sx72s. Raw silks helh
steady, but trade slowed down.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
BUYS FLORIDA FIRMS.

NEW YORK. December 1S P-
National Public Service Corporation
has acquired the Citizens Ice and
Cold Storage Co. and the Pinellas Ice
and Cold Storage Co. of st. Peters
burg. Fla. from Ed T. Lewis, Leon
d. Lewis and associates of that city.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
RUBBER ADVANCES.

NEW YORK. December is (Spr-
ciaD D.-Crude rubber, smoked ribbed
sheets, advanced an eighth OF cent
at today's quotations of IS cents.
This compares with 80 cents a month
ago and SO cents a year ago.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
Washington Stock Exchange

~AI4tS.
Merchants Transfer and Storage pfd-
% at 10l q.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas $500 at 1901
Washington Gas lis '33--$1oO at 1925
Lanston Monotype--1 at 94.
Wash Rwy. & Flee. CONT at 1771a
WashingtQn Gas Lght--6 at - u
Evening star., 1926-12-18
BUTTER Is HIGHER.

CHICAGO, December Is R).-But.
ter-Higher; receipts, 1852 tubs:
creamery. extras. 65; standards, 50H;
extra firsts. 491aa5112; flrsts. 44ai6;
seconds 39a4o. Eggs. re-
Sslpts. 5.561 cases.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
BOSTON STOCK MARKET

b. Special Leased Wire to The Star.
BOSTON. December 1S.-F'ollowing
is list of tOday's highest, lowest and
closing prices for the most active
stocks dealt in here:
Evening star., 1926-12-18
CHICAGO STOCK MARKET.

By Special Leased Wire to The Star.
CHICAGO, December 1S.-Following
Is a report of today's sales, high, low
and closing quotations. at the Chicago
Stock Exchange:
Evening star., 1926-12-18
SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, December 1S R.-
Bar silver, 63as; Mexican dollars. 401a.
Evening star., 1926-12-18

paid this year--no regular rate. =, :,
BE10% il common comn,nnl. STOCK Day S'ie 20 70 !" :
HIPayable when earned:
R-Psya9lee in cash IA stork or s'oeN'
E-PPiuus i $50 share in stock, ,.
HG-Pius 81 :. share in special stock.
Plus 81 in stock. stock
K-Psyable LAO Of a share quarterly in
Glass A stock: .,-
M-Pius $50 share in stock.
,ra III the ne annual cash payments based on, the
sl ssatest III quarterly or half yearly declarations.
derds are not included.
PartE stock tRs1rty extra & s,sra sPayable able
able IN "a quarterly. tPius 3fo i'll stock
quarterly.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
roca, Investor Well Rewarded.
Richmond Credit Demand Slack.

Ri, holdings at the Federal Reserve
panls Of Richmond continued at a
comparatively low level during the
week ended December Is. as is not
unusual in the fifth district as the
Evening star., 1926-12-18
,,a,,o, Trses Banking Equality
Liberty Bank Votes Dividend

The board of directors of the Llberta ,r =
<ationaI Bank held Il meeting Mee
Yesterday and declared the reg u,a, rer
sen,i.annual dividend OF Sa'oV pes
share. The dividend, when co',te W
ont of earnings of the panh 10, is
six months ending Deceilio.t oi,ho1d
payable on December 81 " go 80 pcs
ers of record on Decempel o,,noes %
sn,,+ Canrse O. Watson announces
that The hooks will not be closed.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
X. +. & p. Directors Vote Extra

The Richmond. Fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad declared an extra
dividend Of : per cent and the regular
Semi-annual dividend of 3Lo per cent
on guaranteed stock, common voting
stock and dividend obligations. The
meeting was held at Richmond.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03
AIMEE SEMPLE'S
MOTHER DEALING
WITH KIDNAPERS
Submits Questions Cal
culated to Prove If
They Have Captive.
nv United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES. June 3.-Myster-
ious and secret negotiations with two
self STYLED kidnaperS were underway
today for the return of Aimee Semplc
Mcpherson for $4,000 ransom.
The transaction is being handled
by R. \. Mckinley, blind attorney
of Long Beach.
According to Mckinley, two men
came to him with an offer to re.
turn Mrs. Mcpherson alive on the
promise of immunity from prosecu-
tion and the $25. 900 reward offered
by Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of
the missing evangelist.
The latter, although she believes
the men are fakes, consented to a
test, and four questions were writ
ten and transmitted to the mysterious
pair for answer by Mrs. Mcpherson
IF those questions are answer.
ed correctly, then I can believe sis
ter is alive" said Mrs. Kennedy.
But | think it is just another wild
hoax.
Mrs. Kennedy reasserted her be-
lief that Mrs. Mcpherson had
drowned in the surf off Ocean Park
Is days ago, as reported at the time
of her disappearance. She clings
TO this belief despite the fact that
no one saw the evangelist go under,
and there has not been the slightest
trace of her body in the ocean.
The questions which Mrs. Ken
nedy transmitted to the kidnap-
ers' through the blind lawyer Were
in substance as follows:
|. Describe the hammock at our
early home and state where our
home was!
>. Describe our dog and tell what
his name was!
3. Describe the stove in our din
ing room'
1. Who was Wallace and what
was his relationship to our family.
The questions were given to the
mysterious men late last night by
the blind attorney.
I'VE II get the answers pretty sud
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03

Cigarettes made with Prince Albert
taste great. They smoke SO cool and
sweet, you'll want to make one right after
the other. They're fragrant as honey
suckle. Never bite the tongue or parch
the throat. The Prince Albert process
attended to that little item right at the
beginning.
Get tidy red tin or toppy red bag
of P. A. today. Make yourself some
wonderful cigarettes. For variety, try
load or two of this same, wonderful
tobacco in the bowl of your old jimmy.
pipe. No matter how you smoke it or
where, Prince Albert is grand little pal.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03

Stockton, San Joaquin county,
uses about 900 ears of seed pota-
toes annually, much of the supply
coming from the middlewest.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03
TRAGEDY
IS OUTCOME OF
WORLD WAR WOE
Man and Woman Wed
Again, Each Thinking
Other Was Dead

One of the World Wars many
pitiful tragedies is responsible for
the present plight of Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. G. Williams, who are held at the
county Jail pending investigation by
department of justice officials, ne
cording to IA strange story told to a
day.
The Williams were married II
years ago, and lived in Kansas up
to the time the United States enter
ed into the war, according ~ the
story Williams tells. He enlisted
in the service and was sent over
seas, where he had an excellent rec
ord.
Later n report came back that ID.
G.. Williams WAS killed. the name of
the man and his organization being
identical with the man now in jail.
His wife, believing him dead, re
moved from their home and later
married second man, who died of
III utHLi Siibl lllilt siiNti W blhs
Williams, npon his discharge from
service, returned to his home, only
to learn that his wife had disappear
ed and none of their friends could
tell him where she had gone. Some
one told him, he says, that his wife
had died.
After trying in vain to find her,
or to get proof that she was dead,
he gave it up, and he too married
again.
About three months ago Williams
was walking down a street in FL
Paso, when he met his wife. Each
recognized the other, and eXplana-
tions followed. Williams took his
first wife to the woman he had
later married, and by whom he had
a child. The second wife agreed to
give up the child to Williams and
his wife and was content To have
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03
Storm Kills 6
In Oklahoma
Ry United Press Leased Wire

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. June 3
Toll Of the storm that,swcPt Okla
homa during the night increased to
six dead today.
Five members Of the \. f. Bloch
er family were drowned when their
car was swept from bridge by a
headwater wall four feet high.
Albert Adams was killed near
Drumright by lightning.
The dead:
\. f. Blocher, 60, retired, Hominy.
Mrs. Blocher.
Mary Blocher a daughcr
Robert Bailey.
Mrs. Ruth Bailey, a daughter of
the BlochrrS.
Thousands Of dollars crop dam
age was done in the terrific wind and
rain storms which swept Oklahoma
last night.
The body Of Mrs Ruth Bailey was
recovered from Hominy creek today,
while search was being conducted
fer four Of six persons who were in
an automobile with her when the
car was swept into the creek by a
leadwater rise. Two small children
IN the car escaped death.
Albert L. Adams was killed by
at Drumright.
Oklahoma 5 bumper wheat crop
was beaten to the ground i'll many
sections Of the state, reports here in
aicated, with possibilities of great
losses. The rainfall, estimated at
from four TO six inches, brought
creeks from their banks, and mum
dated farms, driving families from
their homes.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03

to have everything Strengthened out
IN the eyes of the law, and realizes
that technically he has been guilty
of bigamy. though he stoutlv main
tains that he had no intention of vi
olating the law or wronging anyone.
Officials at the Jail are more than
casually interested in Williams ease
and believe his story. His wife has
the baby with her in the women s
ward and both the principals are an
NiouSlv awaiting the outcome of the
federal government : investigation,
though they feel certain that every
thing viii br cleared up for them.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03
Gov. Richardson
Will Run Again

(Contiuned from Page )
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03

them come out west Ia start married
life over again.
They came to Brawlcv "A short
time ago. and were greatly surpris
ed Ia have Officers arrest them last
week, charging Williams with Vie
lating the Mann act.
The only explanation Williams
can offer for his present plight j.
that his second wife experienced a
change of heart after he had left
and took this method Of getting
back her child. aud at making
trouble for Williams
The latter asserts that he wants
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03

One hundred orchard owners met
at Marysville. Yuba county, May 5,
and organized the Northern Califor-
MIA Peach Growers Assoc iation
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03

IF YOU'VE never rolled a cigarette with
Prince Albert, you're like fellow stand.
ing in line on payday. You've got some
thing good coming to you! Good?
Well, that words hardly strong enough.
You've got more downright roll-your-
own pleasure coming to you than you
ever thought possible.
Because, P. A. makes the best little
home.rolled cigarette ever. No better
cigarette tobacco than Prince Albert ever
curled up in a paper. It's crimp.cut and
stays put. Doesn't Autter to the floor
as you roll it. This is just detail, OF
course. The taste is the big thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03

Courtland, Sacramento county, on
Nav :, celebrated the opening of
two bridges with draws for river
traffic.
On June Is, Chico Butte county,
will vote on a bond issue OF
100000 TO provide funds for a
civic auditorium.
c. \. Little, Sebastopol, 6onoma
county, has shipped 10000 Cory
Thoraless blackberry plants to Ma
nanda, Illinois.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03

The first ripe figs of this season
were shipped from Indio, Riverside
county, May >.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03

den, but be sure and have the dough
ready or You II know what III hap.
pcn,' they said.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03
FICTITIOUS REGISTRATION

SAN FRANCISCO, June g.
Kenneth G. Ormiston, former radio
operator at Angelus temple, Los An
geles. made the fictitious entry,
= Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gibson, Los
Angeles. on the register of San
Luis Ohispo hotel last Saturday, ac-
cording to Herman Cline, Los An
geles captain of detectives, who was
in San Francisco today.
Cline, in San Luis ObispO yester-
dav, obtained information which
brought him and his aides to San
Francisco to locate Ormiston. He
hopes. through questioning. to es-
tablish the identity of a heavily
veilcd woman, wearing thick eve
glasses. who is said to have been
with the man registered as "Gib-
SON. at the San Luis Obispo hotel.
Comparison of Ormiston s hand
writing with that of "Gibson dis
closed marked similarity, accord
inc to Cline. The detective showed
the hotel clerk IA photograph of
Ormiston.
Ormiston Was Gibson
"That : the man who registered
as Gibson. ~ the clerk is said to have
declared.
Cline declined to say wether he
believed the heavily veiled com
panion of "Gibson was Aimee
Semple Mcpherson, woman evangel-
ist of Angelus temple, whose disap-
pearance has set the entire state to
investigation and search.
Ormiston has been a prominent
figure in the investigation since 1t
was disclosed that his wife had once
threatened TO name Aimee Semple
Mcpherson in a divorce action.
Ormiston 8 wife later obtained a
divorce, on other grounds.
Asa Keyes, district attorney of
Los Angeles county, was also i'll
San Francisco today, though he de-
MED any connection with the Sem,
pie investigation. He believes Mrs.
Mcpherson is dead. he said, and that
further investigation is useless.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03
COTTON MARKETS

Ne WYORK, June 3.--The cotton
market closed up one to 9. Spots
quiet; mid-uplands 1885.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-03

Worry must be natural. Even
,,oplc who are not married worry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
MARYLAND PRISON
TO HAVE REAL BANK
Convicts' Savings of 100000 to
100000 Yearly Make New
Departure Necessary.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, August 3.-An UP.
to-date bank for the exclusive bene-
fit of prisoners and their relatives and
friends will be opened in the Mary.
land .Penitentiary next week.
Decision to install a regular bank.
ing counter. with cashier and book
keeping windows, was made by Ward
en- Patrick J. Brady and has become
necessary because of the thrift of
the prisoners and the amount of
money handled each month for their
accounts.
According to Edmond F. Kilkenny,
financial manager Of the prison, the
convicts save between $500, 900 and
100000 yearly. Nearly all of this
money is paid out from time to time
to dependents of the inmates. AL
ficiaries waiting for payments.
Heretofore 1t was sufficient that
these funds be paid from the regular
prison office, but Of late they have
grown so that 1t was found necessary
to install a regular bank.
Prisoners handle no funds of any
description. The money due them
for extra work in the institution work
shops is placed to their credit in the
prison bank. For every penny they
give away or spend, a check is sent
to the bank and the expenditure de-
Quoted from their account in true
bank fashion.
There is a special drain upon the
bank during the Christmas holidays,
when prisoners send out nearly all
their savings to relatives and friends
on the outside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
MANDROWNS ND|N
OF RIVER BATHERS
Distress Calls of Youth, in
Water With Recent Bride,
Unheard Above Noise.

His distress calls lost in the din
caused by more than a score Of bath
ers enjoying swimming last night at
Sandy Beach. a mile below Chain
Bridge, Reingold Frederick Keyser. "a
years old, plasterer, was drowned be-
fore his plight was learned.
The young mans wife, also in SWIM
ing, missed him and informed the
other bathers. and Howard Asson, 1924
Sherrier place. and A. Bowman, 4407
Conduit road, began diving and recov-
cred his body.
A hurry call was sent to William II.
Reynolds, veteran boatman. and Emer-
gency Hospital. but use Of the pull
motor proved of no avail. Reynolds
was delayed in arriving on the scene
by an erroneous report that the man
had drowned near the Three Sisters
Islands.
Keyser and his wife, it was said to-
day at his residence, were childhood
sweethearts in the same village in
Germany. He came to America and
saved enough money to send for his
sweetheart. They were married about
IS months ago in this city. keyser
was only fair swimmer, and it Is be-
lieved that he did not realize the depth
of the water.
The body was removed today from
the morgue to the home Of his sister,
Mrs. Eugene SAM. ITO Sixth street
southeast, where funeral services will
be held. Burial will probably be
Thursday at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
FINAL RETIREMENT
LAW IS UNDECIDED
Conference Soon to Act on
Possible Further Plans for
Greater Annuity.

Although the Joint conference on
is still in favor of a law more liberal
than that passed by Congress just
before adjournment, the conference
has not decided whether 1t will seek
further changes at the next session.
Robert H. Alcorn, chairman of the
executive committee Of the joint con-
ference, said today that a. meeting Of
the heads Of the organization will be
held late in September or early irr
October, when a. decision may be
reached.
While the new law grants some In.
creases in annuitieS to those already
retired. the additional amount is being
raised by a larger percentage of con-
tribution from the salaries of the
Government workers.
group representing the organized
employees gathered last night in the
office of Senator Stanfield of Oregon
to present him with resolutions of
thanks for the fight he made to OBJ
tain the kind of retirement law the
employees wanted at the last session
AS chairman of a. subcommittee Of
the Senate civil service committee,
Senator Stanfield piloted the $1,000
maximum annuity plan through the
Senate, but the House, which had
passed the Budget Bureau measure
with a $1,000 maximum, would not
yield in conference, and at the last
moment the Senate accepted the
House bill rather than have no legis-
lation enacted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
MOtOrist Crashes
Into Front Steps,
And Then Vanishes

Charges of driving recklessly
while drunk and of leaving the
scene of an accident without max
ing his identity known are await
Ing the unknown driver of an
automobile which jumped the
sidewalk early today and crashed
into the front steps of Samuel
Vannaman's residence, 1886 n
street, Georgetown.
Mr.. Vannaman and other occu-
pants of the house were awakened
by the collision and reported see
ing three men leave the car and
disappear. Residents of the neigh
borhood believe the driver at
tempted to make a left-hand turn
into n street from Thirty-fourth
and failed to complete the opera
ton in time to prevent the acct
dent
The balustrade in front of the
house was demolished and an au-
tomobile parked at the curb mar
rowly escaped being damaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
CHARLES H. SWIFT
WEEDS OPERA STAR
Claire Dux Abandons Sing.
ina Career for Millionaire
Packer.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, August 3.-Green and
yellow decorations of the University
of Chicago chapel the brides peach
chiffon gown and her bouquet OF roses
and lilies gave color to the wedding
Yesterday of Claire Dux, opera IA
vorite, and Charles H. Swift, million
aire packer and patron Of the arts.
The service read by Rev. DR.. T. G.
Soares, head of the department Of
practical theology of the university.
closed to the bride the career in grand
opera, which won her decorations
from three European rulers and which
brought her to America four years
ago as a prima donna of the Chicago
Civic Opera Company.
She has said she would quit the
stage upon her marriage. but only
Sunday was she finally able to do so,
when the San Francisco Opera Com
pany released her from contracts call
ing for her appearance there this sea-
son, and accepted Miss Florence Mac
Beth ASA substitute.
The wedding, at the Joseph Bond
Chapel of the university, was attended
by friends of the pair. after which
relatives were guests at reception
and dinner.
Harold Fl. Swift, the grooms broth
err. served as best man, while w. K.
Winterberg of San Francisco gave
the bride away and Mrs. Winterberg
attended her.
The bridegroom, who is SO. is vice
president of the packing company
which hears his fathers name and
was a lieutenant colonel in the World
War. He met his bride several years
ago at luncheon at Chicago's stock
yards.
The couple will spend their honey
moon quietly at Wianno, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
1000 GO ON GROTTO
EXCURSION DOWN RIVER
Athletic Contests and Other Even is
to Be Held at Marshall Hall
This Afternoon.

Favored by good weather, more than
1000 members of KalipoEs Grotto and
their families went to Marshall Hall
today on the annual outing of the
organization. The steamer Charles
Manchester carried large crowds on its
two early trips, but the largest group
of the Yelled Prophets is expected to
go to the resort on the final trip, at
$50 o'clock.
The athletic program, one of the fea-
lures of every Grotto excursion, will
begin upon the arrival at Marshall
Hall of the 2:30 o'clock boat Joseph
Leverton will have charge. There will
be events for men, women and chill
dren. Other attractions include a
Charleston contest, dancing and free
refreshments.
Harry B. Plankington is chairman
of the general committee in charge of
the outing. Assisting him are numer-
Gus subcommittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
BARONESS SEALED SUICIDE PACT
WHILE FLEEING FROM RED ARMY
Husband Tells of Hardships in Russia and America
AS Loving Couple Escaped and Found ''Only.
Greed and Lust On This Side.

during her life, that when bleak for
tune beset them few came to lend a
helping hand"
MY wife was proud. We could not
beg. She loved me for my sake. She
was willing TO endure poverty rather
than leave me She had numberless
opportunities to leave her crippled
husband for a life of better circum-
stances, but all of them she refused.
For the last seven years she has been
away from me only one night. She
was brave. she was fearless.
Several times she preached the
question of ending it all. / remon-
strated with her. explaining that we
might again make money and again
find the homes of our friends and So
cial activities open to us. But she was
too proud to wait.
The baron then related events Of the
day on which his wife leaped to her
death, telling how he had urged her
to wait few days until word OF a
proposed concert tour in Havana. could
be received, to which he said she re-
piled:
mo. no. have lost faith In my
people. I have lost faith In the world.
/ see around me only the lure OF gold,
greed and lust
Added to the stress of poverty, the
baron said that his wife had inherited
n depression that weighed heavily
unon her at times. He said that her
parents had mated while both were po-
iitical prisoners in q dungeon. explain
ing that although her father was OF
the old Russian artistorcracy, ne was
exiled to Siberia for political reasons.
II was there. he said, that Vera was
born and spent much of her childhood.
Baron Fasts In Jail.
Baron Royce-Garrett may be forcibly
fed If he persists in his refusal to &C
cept food, hospital authorities said
today.
Following a coroner's inquest yester-
day. at which the baron was exon
Grated of all responsibility for the
death Of his wife, he was committed to
iail for two days at his own request.
He declined to explain his reason for
requesting confinement, and while he
has refused to admit he is on hun
ger strike" he remains firm in his
refusal to accept food.
Police believe the two days confine-
ment will allow Royce-Garrett to re-
gain sufficient will power to avert an
other attempt at suicide. He was
found Saturday by police authorities
in a tangled thicket north of Miami
attempting to hang himself. His in
ability to climb trees, due to the loss
of leg suffered in the World War,
frustrated his plans.
Friends Of the Russian nobleman
indicated yesterday they would aid
him when he is released from the city
Jail.