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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
THINK BURGLAR INSANE.
Winchester, Va, Police Seek "Rob
Der Who Takes Little"
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, January 9.
Police have questioned several men
suspected of being implicated in
housebreakings the past two weeks,
but have reached the conclusion they
want a crazy man.
Residents, whose homes have been
entered. told the police they had not
missed anything of great value.
Last night the home Of the Rev,
DR.. c. A. Freed, pastor of Grace
Lutheran Church, was ransacked and
small articles carried off. Later in the
night Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Thoma 8
were startled by seeing a man prowl.
ing around their room. Mrs. Thomas
screamed and the intruder fed. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Grim discovered a
man slouching on their front porch
late in the night. Nurses of Memorial
Hospital were terrified twice in one
night last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
PARIS FLOOD PERIL
SLOWLY RECED|NG
Reports From Other Sections
in France Place Losses at
s17,5OO,OO

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. January 9.-The River
Seine. ahead of all expectations, sud
denly began to recede during the night.
The mark at the Tournelle Bridge this
morning was 1929 feet, as against
1882 feet last evening.
The Marine also is receding. and the
process is expected to continue until
tonight, when the increased flood
waters of the tributaries of the two
rivers are due TO reach them. This in
fiuX is causing no alarm. Observers
say it probably will result in a sta
tionary situation for 4S hours. after
which the Seine should begin to fall.
Thus far the flood has not done
much damage to Paris itself owing to
the protective measures taken, but the
damage to property throughout France
is estimated at half q billion francs
e17,500, OOO).
Valley Lands Devastated.
In the valley of the Meuse. the
Marine and the Disc there has been
much devastation. Bridges have been
wrecked, railways roadbedS washed
out and factories destroyed. The
foods have covered the fields of Win
ter wheat
At Bercy, inside the walls of Paris.
several wine cellars have been flooded
Casks were salvaged as they floated
down the stream.
Parts of the Latin quarter have
been invaded by rats, and students
have had a busy time with sticks.
In Holland the police have been told
to fire on looters. who have been
using boats and RATS to ransack flood
ed property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
HOOVER Is THANKED
BY BELGIAN PRELATES
Aid in Raising Funds for Com
pletion of Louvain Univer-
sity Library Praised.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS. Belgium, January g.
From his sick bed. Cardinal Mercier
has Joined with the bishops of Bruges,
Namur, Liege, Client and Rournai in
an expression Of thanks as official
wardens Of Louvain University" to
Herbert Hoover. the American Secre-
tary of Commerce, for his work in the
collection of the necessary funds to
complete the university library.
ne architects expect to finish the
construction work in July. 1927. and
the bishops express the hope that Mr.
Hoover will be able to represent the
United States on that occa sion as "the
great benefactOr Of Belgium and es-
pecially of our University"
THE message signed by you and DR.
Nicholas Murray Butler" says the
communication. brings us assurance
that the funds required for this great
work of American munificence are
guaranteed.
I'VE are happy to take this oppor-
tunity to express our keen gratitude
at the prospect of achievement of the
work conceived by Whitney Warren
Ghe Boston architecO. Belgium is
grateful to the noble American public
and the strength of your good will"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
New little Boys Blue Provided
For i'm Hotel on Field Home Site

that the growth Of the city had made
| irnpracticable the maintenance Of the
old home. she decided to sell. But she
| expressed the hope that through the
irony of fate" whatever type of build
ing should supp'ant her former home
IL would not be one which would ex.
clude children.
So again children may hear Of 1.-The
Sugar Plum Tree" as Field wrote:
Have you ever heard Of the Sugar
Plum Tree?
TITS a marvel OF great renown,
| 1t blooms on the shore Of the Lollipop
sea,
In the Garden of Shut-eye Town"
Field loved children, toys and dolls
| of which he had many models about
| the chimney piece Of his writing room
| a reproduction Of which will be In.
stalled in the Chicago Historical So
| ciety. He was the father of eight
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
GETS AIR MAIL. CONTRACT,
Ford to Establish Line From Cleye
land to Detroit.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, January GP).
Air mail service between Cleveland
and Detroit IS to begin February l
under contract signed by Henry
Ford. Cleveland air mail officials an
nounced. This route and one from De
troit to Chicago. to be opened on the
same date, will be the first to operate
on contract basis.
Schedules call for a 9O-mile-an-ho our
average flying time between Detroit
and Cleveland. Planes now making
daily trips with Ford correspondence
and freight will carry the mail, their
shedules being moved up so that De-
troit mail may connect with Chicago
and New York planes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
MORROW MADE REGENT,
Placed on Board of Smithsonian
Institution.

President Coolidge yesterday signed
the congressional resolution making
Dwight w. Morrow a member of the
board Of regents of the Smithsonian
Institution. The appointment, which
was first proposed by Senator Smoot,
passesd both houses of Congress by
unanimous consent before reaching
the President.
Mr.. Morrow fills the vacancy caused
by the death of Judge George Gray Of
Delaware His term will last six
years. The appointment of Mr. Nor
row continues the tradition of choos-
ing members Of the board from the
leading figures in the varied interests
Of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
THREE SAFES CRACKED.
Robbers Keep Police of Richmond
Va, on the Jump.

Special Dispatch to Tho Star.
RICHMOND, Va, January 9-Rich.
mond appears to be the stopping place
for thieves of every rank, and there
are robberies galore each day. The
police are keeping the trails hot, but
with little success. three safes being
cracked in the last few nights, one
Of them being robbed Of several hun
dred dollars. The safes were one in
ply Co. and two in the Kaufman Co..
millinery and fancy goods concern
Sledge hammers and chisels were
used on the safe in the office of the
school supply company, but the inner
locks defled the robbers. Many back
yards have been robbed of clothes
hung to dry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
Dundee Going Dry

DUNDEE, Scotland, January 9 P)-
Henceforth the City of Dundee, so far
as the municipal government is con-
cerned will be dry" Following the
example of Glasgow and Aberdeen. the
town council has banned the use of
intoxicants at civic functions.
Glasgow was the first of the large
Scottish cities to prohibit liquor being
served at civic ceremonies, and Aber-
deem followed suit soon afterMard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
By tho AsaociAted Presa.

pJ tH0 sAeeoClbteu FGceb-
CHICAGO, January 9.-Childish
prattle again will be heard on the spot
where Little Boy Blue" was wont to
toot his horn. when a skyscraper
apartment hotel Is built on the site of
the home Of the late Eugene Field. the
children's poet.
In the spacious first floor OF the
$1,b00.000 structure a great playroom
will be provided. His, widow had
planned that the home, where the poet
wrote many of his famous works.
should be preserved as a memorial to
him. She had maintained his room,
with his chair. desk. his Jacket and
most of the other mementoes Of the
poet exactly as he had left 1t. School
children gave their pennies to the
project, but 1t never was fulfilled.
When Mrs. Field. who had moved
to Tomahawk, Wis, learned that the
memorial plans must be given up and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
EXPEDITION SAILS AWAY
TO EXPLORE BURIED CITY
Archeologists Hope to Reveal in
Central America Historic Habitat
on Northwestern Hemisphere.

NEW ORLEANS, La, January O.
Jiope of important revelations which
would shed more light on the historic
habitat on the Northwestern Henri
sphere was entertained by members of
three archaeological expeditions sail,
ing from here today for Central
America.
\ buried city of the ancient Mayas
in Yucatan was the objective of one
party led by DR.. Herbert j. Spenden,
assistant curator of the Peabody
Museum of Harvard: Gregory Mason,
former editor of the Outlook; Frank
Whiting of Darien, Conn, and Ogden
Trevor +. McClurg of Chicago.
\ second expedition was headed for
OaXs ctun, Petan, Guatemala, under
the direction of Prof. +. II. Morris
and DR.. o. ID. Richardson of the
Carnegie Institute.
Other sections of Central America
will be studied by expedition
headed by Prof. 5. j. Record of the
tropical forestry department of Yale
University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
FILM SETS RECORD.
American Comedy Shown 1O5
Times in Buenos Aires.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
BUENOS AIRES. January 9.-The
popularity of American films, espe-
cially comedies. Is shown by the fact
that one has just been shown for the
1Q5th consecutive time in a local movie
theater and is still drawing huge
crowds in spite Of an unusually hot
spell Of weather.
It Is contended that the film has set
the South American record and that it
is the first time in the history of the
movies that any film has made such
a showing in this part Of the world.
(CopyrTht. 1929. by Chicago Daily News Coz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
Irish Flyers to Come.

DUBLIN, January . LkP.-The Free
State ministry of defense hopes to
send over TO the United States some
half dozen young army lieutenants to
learn American flying methods. Eff
forts are being made TO secure the
permission and cooperation of the
American authorities for the project
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
Sidney Smith Painting Sold.

BLOOMINGTON, H., January 9
OP.-Three paintings by Sidney
Smith, noted cartoonist, were sold at
auction when the club to which he
belonged during his residence here
disbanded. The pictures were painted
when Smith was 81 years old and the
club voted him $75 for his services. In
the basement Of shoe store he made
the frames for the paintings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
Dog Sled Race Abandoned

WONALANCET, n. H., January 8
Ho.-The 25-mile northern New Hamp-
shire dog sled race scheduled for today
has been abandoned because of lack Of
snow. The race had attracted wide
interest. No future date has been set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09
EIGHTH vEsPER CONCERT

Arranged by Ruby Smith Stahl
at the First Congregational
Church, tomorrow afternoon at
4:45 o'clock.
The Washington Quartet: Mary
Sherier Bowie, soprano; Richie
Mclean, contralto; J. F. NJ.
Bowie. tenor; j. E. S. Kinsella,
bass.
Quartet, "Hark, Hark, My
Soul" ............ Chadwick
Trio, ION Thee Each Living
Soul Awaits" ...... Hayden
Quartet, 1.-THE Lost Sheep"
Jordon
Soprano and contralto duet,
Children Pray Their
Love to Cherish. .Spohr
Tenor and bass duet, watch
man, What of the Night"
SarJeant
Quartet, "Going Home. .Dvorak
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-02-19
New Chicago School
Building to Bear Name
of Samuel GOmpers

By International Labor News Service.
Chicago, Feb. 15.-one of the sey-
eral new school buildings to be erected
in Chicago in the near future will be
named the Samuel Gompers School, N
memory of the late president o. the
American Federation Of Labor.
The Samuel Gompers School vi De
an elementary school located on l23fd
street, in the south side industrial
district. Several names had been pro-
posed for this school but the board
Of education finally decided IN favo'
Of Gompers.
John a. English, organizer OF Chica-
90 Typographical Union No. II AID
a member of the board, offered the
name Of Gompers in response 70 a
resolution adopted by the Atlanti; CITY
convention of the American Feuera-
ton of Labor, which urged that the
name of the deceased leader be thus
honored in various parts Of the ma
tion.
Ii Is hoped that officers Of he Am
erican Federation Of Labor will BE-
present when the Samuel Gompers
School is dedicated.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-02-19
Arms Farley Delayed
By JOckeying Nations

Washington, Feb. 13.-The prelimi-
nary world disarmament conference,
called by the League of Nations, and
to be held at Geneva, has been post
poned.
European correspondents to Amer
lean papers question whether these
nations wish to reduce their armies.
Though not a member Of the lea
que, the United States government
agreed to take part in the confer
ence and congress has just voted
$4,000 to defray expenses of dele
gates to the preliminary meeting. The
delegates were to be appointed by
the presidnt and would join with rep
resentatives from other nations in
preparing a program for consideration
by the major meeting.
While the first conference, now
postponed, is referred to a s"prellm-
mary it would, in fact, be of first
consequence as the program agreed to
would be the working basis of these
nations when they were formally as
sembled.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-02-19
THE TWIN CITY REVIEWS
UNION LABEL
EDUCATIONAL CONTEST

This is the third week Of the Union Label Educa-
tional Contest which means you have only snort
time to enter in this contest For the period OF
three more weeks you will find four pages of adVer-
tisements of the merchants, and in each merchants
advertisement there will be published blank union
label.
The idea of this contest is to teach our members
what the different union labels are, and to impress
upon the members minds the names OF the firms
that are advertising in paper, and In this way we
hope TO bring about closer cooperation between THESE
merchants and our members buying power.
So when sending in your answers 1t Will be neces.
sarv for you to give the full and complete name OF
the merchant and just what union label appears IN
his advertisement.
The contestants entering in this contest will have
three more weeks TO study up the union labels
and pet in their answers and the last two weeks we
will run the full and complete labels showing just
what they are, SO you can check up on yourSef ana
seq how YOU stand in the contest.
Now pet busy and try to win the first prize which
is $1,000 in cash and so on down the line, as So0OO
will mean new Easter outfit for some one.
If there is anything that you don't understand
about this contest call the Twin City Review ana the
manager L. L. Bottenberg, who will gladly give the
desired information.
You will also be required to write short essay
on "Whv should | demand the Union Label and
Datronize the advertisers of our paper"
The rules are published in the center pages of each
issue, and positively no answers VIII be accepted
after midnight of March 18th, 1926
The Judges of this contest are John Iierney X. +.
Mckinley and J. w. Dunn.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-02-19
Bread Trust In Court;
Action BY Government

Baltimore, Feb. 13.-The govern
ment has started court proceedings to
halt the Ward s2,000,000,000 food
merger.
Suit has been filed in the local fed
eral court against the Ward Food
Products corporation, the Ward Bak-
ing corporation, the Ward Baking
company, the General Baking corpora
ton, the Continental Baking corpora
ton, the United Bakeries corpora
ton. and several individuals. includ-
ing William B. Ward.
The Ward interests have been
mrging several hundred baking COM
panies, and recently organized the
Ward Food Products corporation
which Is intended to trustify all the
companies that produce ingredients
that go into the manufacture of bread.
This corporation has all the ear
marks of a vast feudal system that
would control the nations bread out
put and provide hospitals and old age
homes for its employees. Another pro-
vision of the charter permits the COM
pany to care for the health of chill
dren, although this, likewise, is OPP
tional
The governments petition aims to
prevent the formation of the trust
and asks that the defendants be adj
judged to have violated both the
Sherman and the Slayton antitrust
acts, and that they be enjoined from
any act in furtherance of the alleg-
ed combination.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-02-19
Savings Deposits Now at
Record High; Level 81 Per
Cent Above 1922 Mark

Nv International Labor News Service
Washington, Feb. 15.-Savings de,
posits in the banks of the Chie1
States were higher at the beginning Vi
thf syear than they ever nave oeti''
data collected by the Federal ke 'Ci'e
board Indicate.
The board gets from certain repre-
sentative banks in all sections OF tle
country figures on the amount OF say
insx deposits in those banks. Inc
totsas do not indicate the entife saw
insw deposits of the country but they
ara an accurate measure OF those oe'
postts-
I'm 1923 savings deposits were PSI
.ant greater than they were at the
beSinnine of 1922. At the start OF
1924 they were II percent above the
1922 level. The year 1928 sa" leyel l
70 percent above 1922 and now l9Zo
starts with the mark 38 percent above
1922. .Lo
These figures do not support the
argument that the American people
ave losing their sense Of thfiit IN
1nsh 10 spend their incomes even be-
tore they receive them. Not only nave
savings deposits grown, but they nave
Increased in greater proportion thah
than the population.
Crow-h Of savinsg deposits Is not
.be NV sign Of thrift for the sales Of
securities and figures on the dstn-
hutton Of STANDARD stocks show tha'
there are more persons investing part
of their earnings than formerly.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-02-19
Teamsters Condemn Bill to
Put Buses Under Inter
state Com. Commission

By international Labor News Service.
indianapolis, Ind, Feb. l5.--At a
meeting Of the general executive
board Of the International Brother
hood Of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, sta
blemcn and Helpers, held at the ma
lional headquarters Of the union here,
President Tobin made a report Gov
efing conditions generally in the la
Dor movement Slnd the board took ac-
ton on a number Of matter.
President Tobin directed attention
Of the board TO the appeal sent out
by President Green Of the 4. +. of
l., in behalf Of the striking anthracite
miners. The board discussed the ap-
peal but deferred definite action on
it until later.
The board .ent ON record as con
demning the bill introduced into con
gfess proposing to put all heavy
trucking and the operation Of motor
buses going from one state 10 anoth-
er under the direction Of the Inter
state Commerce Commis ion II "as
pointed out that If truck and bus en-
ployes wanted a raise in wage, II
could only be obtaiend after "a raise
in carrying rates was secufed ard lhat
the increase then would have to come
fro mthe Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The union viii fight the pro-
posed legi 1ation as being inimcal TO
labor.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-02-19
Utility Companies
Want Ownership Hid

New York, Feb. Gigantic hold-
.ar companies that control Small'tawn
puhlgc utility corporations are finding
Il difficult to continue the fiction that
cltizona It these communities control
the companies through popular stock
ownership.
IL is the policy TO sell stock 20 eitls
zens, who are assuerd the utility Il
community owned.
The holding companies that are dls
fected By large financial interests m
this city are agreed that this fiction
must be maintained aud the small
stockholders must not know they are
mere stage scenery II the awakening
comes the system Of sa4called com.
munity ownership will collapse and
The companies afe liable 10 be called
upon to lower rates.
Some holding companies have solved
the delicate problem by giving their
local agents, or managers, the widest
latitude in adjusting local problems.
While the small stockholders are 10
hissful ignorance Of the part they
play, the holding companies are quiet
IN merging into larger combines that
vii leventuslly reach from ocean 10
ocean.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1926-02-19
Local and Personal
Items About Your Friends and Acquaintance

held Friday in the club rooms of the
American Legion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles +. Grady,
COS N. Neil street, entertained at a
Valentine and party Saturday night.
Three tables of 500 were in play. High
score was won by Mrs. Lloyd Botten-
berry. and consolation by Mrs. Ward
MARITIME. Those present were, Mr..
and Mrs. Ward MARITIME, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Bottenberg, Mr.. and Mrs.
Larry McManaway, Mrs. Richard
Holderman, Misses Jessie Holderman,
Edith Blunt, Bernice Grady, Clyde
Ma!rlow, Frank Schaede and Junior
Bottenberg.
Births still maintain healthy lead
over deaths in Champaign, according
to the records of City Clerk |. f.
Pearman. For January, 1926, there
were 81 births and Il deaths; Janu.
ary 1925 showed 81 births and 23
deaths, and in January 1924, SO births
and % deaths.
Miss Maude Lindsey, sos West
Main street, was guest OF mayIhe
Keating of Decatur, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Pulliam of Tolono and
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Schuman OF 81;
Joseph spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Benefited, 7l0 South VINE
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gorge Benting OF
RantouI visited Sunday with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer shokL
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. E. Greenwood spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Greenwood of Tolono. Mrs. Albert
Greenwood is i'll with pneumonia. :.
Rruce Werts and L. NJ. Rovelstadt
motored to Springfield Sunday. Ihey
will return this evening. -
Mrs. o. E. Shipley and daughter
Miss Mabel Shipley, attended the fuh-
eral of the formers uncle, James
Groves, which was held sunday IN
Arcola. III
grief, R. Lancaster and V. NJ. ran
coast we're in Veedersburg, IND, over
the weekend, where they opened d
new "a. & P. grocery. -;
T. A. Burt is in Chicago on OuSI-
Miss Zada Taornsburgh returned to
Cicero Sunday. where she Is teaen,
inc after A visit over the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and MIS-. r D.
Thornsburgh. -, afIit.
MARY Schlichter Of the Office Of Ltl 10
tie & Finfrock is i'll at her nome 44'
West Main street. D-..,- .ors
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Daniels, SON +,
Frank and Herman, and daqghtel
Ruth. Of Butler, No, are gisi;rFs Tb :
rs1atives and friends in UTbana. Ine me
Daniels family lived in Crbana al ,S;lt Gnt
tima Mrs. Daniels was formerly MISS
Edith Johnson.