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Evening star., 1927-04-12
FLOODS SPREADING
OVER VAST ACREAGE
Mississippi River Menace Ap,
parentIy Overcome, but st.
Francis Continues Sweep.
By the Associated Press.


MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 12.-Exces
sive rains of the past few days were
causing further apprehension along
the reaches Of the Mississippi River
today, although danger at most points
apparently had been checked. Gov
ernment engineers said that Federal
leveeS will hold and predictions are
that the river will not rise past the
stage Of last week. when the 1921
flood record was equaled in many
places.
The st. Francis River was spread
ing over vast acreage in Arkansas
and Missouri as the result Of breaks
at Lake City. Ark, and Kennel, Mo-,
Sunday. The damage was confined
to property. No lives were reported
lost. Flood conditions on the Little
River. near the Big Lake district ir
Arkansas. were slightly relieved to
day, but inhabitants in the lowlands
were prepared for quick evacuation.
Families marooned on the remain.
ing levee at Laconia Circle, Ark, fol.
lowing the break in the Mississippi
wall several weeks ago. were suffer
ing discomfort from continued rains.
The levee has been trampled into q
quagmire by residents and live stock
there.
Wild game is suffering. accordina
to reports, as the result Of being
stranded away from feeding places.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
WARNING Is SOUNDED
TO LOCAL INVESTORS
Joshua Evans of Better Business
Bureau Tells of Schemes
to Be Avoided.

Lack Of blue sky law in Wash.
inGton makes it advisable for local
investors TO obey rigidly the "investi.
neutrality-suspicious." Injunction of
the Better Business Bureau. it was
declared last night by Joshua, Evans
Jr., chairman Of the board of trustees
of the bureau, at a meeting ia the Citv
Club of the ID. c. Society OF Certified
Public Accountants.
Honest accounting is the nemesis
or the fake stock promoter he said
Accountants were urged to co.onera tn
with the bureau by calling its atten-
tion to improper financial schemes.
Mr.. Evans pointed to the large
number of inquiries coming TO the
Better Business Bureau as an in
dtcation Of the increasing caution on
the part of local investors.
He particularly warned against the
telephone broker, who is endeavorinc
to sell stocks over the telephone to
business men. This type of scheme
Mr.. Evans said, in the jargon of the
underworld "boilerhouse," often
cloakS a bucket shop. in operation.
In outlining the accomplishments
of the bureau, Mr.. Evans stated that
in one instance alone the bureau ston.
ped a promoter who threatened ia
take over half a million dollars from
investors
Evening star., 1927-04-12
Iron Cross i'm Fish
DisclOses Suicide
Of War Veteran
By the Associated Press.

HARLEM. Germany, April 12.-
An iron cross in the stomach of an
eighty-pound sturgeon, caught in
the Rhine near Harlem in West
phalia, has solved the mysterious
disappearance of a crippled war
veteran who was believed to have
hurled himself into the river in a
fit of dependency brought on by
the realization that he could never
recover from the effects of shrap-
mel wounds.
Two fishermen landed the stur-
geon from a small boat after an
hour battle. Among numerous OBJ
jects in the stomach was found
the iron cross, second class, with
the name Sergt. August Stiefthaler
engraved on the back Police
identified the medal as one worn
by the veteran when last seen
seven years ago. The police now
are convinced Stiefthaler COM
mitted suicide.
During the estimated 25 years
of its life the fish had feasted on
two unopened tins of sardines, a
vanity case containing a powder
puff and SIS In Holland coins, two
packs of German cigarettes and
more than dozen fishhooks.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
ASK IMPROVEMENT
OF MANY STREETS
Paving and Other Work on
ThoroughfareS Urged by
Takoma Association.

The report of the committee on
streets and lights OF the Takoma Park
Citizens Association, recommending
the paving and improvement of a
number of thoroughfares and their in,
clusion in the next annual budget of
the District Commissioners, were
unanimously adopted last night at a
nneetig held in the Takoma Public
Library.
The committee recommended the
paving of the following thoroughfares:
East half of Piney Branch road from
Van Buren to Butternut street, Sew
enth street from Dahlia to Fern
street, Butternut street from Piney
Branch road to Fifth street, Whittier
street from Fourth street to Piney
Branch road, Aspen street from
Georgia avenue to Fourth street,
Whittier street from Eastern avenue
to Second street and Fourth street
from Whittier to Butternut street.
Curbing recommended.
Curbing and cutters were recon-
mended on Cedar street from Piney
Branch road to Blair road, and Fifth
street from Aspen to Van Buren,
street to the new Whittier School, on
Sheridan street, and on Whittier
street from the alley between First
and Second street to First street on
the south side of the street. The re-
port was presented by Roy Y. Ferner.
chairman of the committee.
The attention OF the District Com.
missioners will be invited TO the dan
gerous condition existing at the cor
ner OF Whittier street and Piney
Branch road, where a high hedge.
supposed to be on District property.
obstructS the view of traffic. The
association also will urge the con
struction Of an auditorium to the
Takoma public school. as provided in
a resolution presented by Mrs. Mary
Lamond White
An expression Of appreciation will
be extended to District Commissioner
sidney +. Taliaferro and to John Havs
hammond, John Joy Edison, Mrs.
Anne Archbold and Frank J. Hogan
Tor their public spiritedness in ad.
vanclng the sum Of SAC, 900 to care for
Ihe dependent children in the District
Independence Day Plans.
Or. William A. Hooker was an.
pointed general chairman of the
%th OF July celebration. In order 10
make II community affair, the Manor
Park Citizens Association win he in.
v1ted to participate.
Secretary Walter Trey was annojp+
cd to represent the association in con.
nection with the proposed dinner Ia
fetlring Engineer Commissioner ReIl
next month.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
CUSHNER ASKS REVIEW
OF POLICE COURT RULING
Appeals From Judge Schuldt's Re
fusa1 to Quash Search Warrant
for Liquor Seizure.

Max Cushner has applied TO the
District Court of Appeals for a writ of
error TO the Police Court to review
the decision of Judge Gus A. Schuldt
refusing to quash a search warrant
by which intoxicants were seized in
a garage attached to the home Of the
accused, in the absence Of any allega-
tion OF sale. Cushner was fined $400
in Police Court December IA last on
q charge of Illegal possession. Attor-
ney Harry T. Whelan for the petit
toner claims that the garage is a part
Of his clients home and is protected
from search unless a proof of sale of
intoxicants exists.
According to the testimony at the
trial two policemen passing along the
alley near the garage detected the
odor of whisky, they said, and enter
ed the garage, where Cushner was
pouring out some intoxicants from
large to smaller containers. One of
the policemen stayed at the garage
while the other obtained a search war
rant.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
BURTON is HONOR GUEST
AT OHIO SOCIETY DINNER
Bishop Mcdowell Proposes Toast
u nA1ArAsantative Tells How
fully.

Representative Theodore E. Burton
OF Ohio was rendered a testimonial
dinner last night at Rauscher's, at
tended by about 800 members Of the
Ohio Society. Bishop William F. Nc
Dowell proposed a toast to the guest
Of honor Of the evening and Mr.. Bur-
ton responded informally, presenting
suggestions on how to grow old grace
fully.
Toastmaster Joseph II. Hines in
troduced Bishop Mcdowell as a native
of Millersburg. the capital of the
Kingdom Of Holmes County," Ohio.
which had been left out of congress
sional representation when the State
recently was redistricted.
Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler sang a
group of Indian songs and Arthur
Pierce gave limitations of Bert vii.
liams. Mrs. Morris Erwin, soprano.
also sang. The program was arranged
by Mrs. Willis Compton, vice president
of the society.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
GIESBOR0 POINT URGED
AS COMMERCIAL AIRPORT
Congress Heights Association Head
Cites Advantages of Site-Gaso-
line Tax Boost Opposed.

Giesboro Point was urged for the
commercial airport of Washington by
Rev. Edward z. Richardson, president
of the Congress Heights Citizens AS
sociation, at the meeting of the asso-
citation last night, at the Congress
Heights Baptist Church.
I'VE have an 85-acre tract of land
that is located next to Boiling Field
and that is the nearest possible site to
the CITY," he said "It would be con.
venient in time of war, as it could be
combined with Boiling Field to make
a landing place capable of meeting
any needs of the Government"
The association went on record as
opposed to the increase in the gasoline
tax. Appreciation for the paving on
Portland street was expressed in the
form of resolution. The association
discussed the widening of Alabama
avenue.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
NEGRO WINS HONOR.
First Colored Student Elected to
Columbia Phi Beta Kappa.

NEW YORK, April u P).-Arthur
Paul Davis, negro of Hampton, Va, is
one of 30 seniors and 1926 alumni
elected to the Columbia Chapter of
Phi Beta Kappa, highest scholastic
award in the college.
Davis was said by Prof Harry J..
Carman, acting head of the chapter,
to be the first negro admitted TO the
Columbia group. Davis has worked
his way almost entirely through
school
Evening star., 1927-04-12
Henry Gilligan to Speak.

Henry Gilligan, member of the
Board of Education, will head a list
of speakers at a meeting of the Jo-
seph Il. Keene Parent-Teaeher Asso-
ciation in the Keene School tonight at
. o'clock. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
president OF the District of Columbia
Congress of Parent.Teacher Associa-
tions and Mrs. r. r.. Russell a mem
ber of the latter organization. also
VIII speak.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
Much of German
Business Carried
On by Post Office
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 1.-THE German
post Office department is a bill col
lector, banker. subscription agent
for newspapers, magazines and
books, and operator even of rubber
neck sightseeing busses, as we'll as
carrier of mail.
AS bill collector the department
will, for a small fee, deliver a no.
tice to pay debtor, collect the money
and forward 1t to the creditor.
The department also has check
ing account system of nearly 1,000,-
600 subscribers. A debtor can fill
out blank, pay an amount due at
any post office and the department
will credit the sum to the account
of the creditor.
The regular mail carriers also
take subscriptions to any publica-
ton in the country. The sightsee-
ing and regular passenger line
busses are operated in connection
with the rural delivery service in
regions where other forms of trans
portation are infrequent. More
than 36,o00,O00 passengers were
carried last year.
Evening star., 1927-04-12


business WA
The rings designed 49,
ments, for the most part, bear q.
cameo setting, but some of them are
made up with the birthstone of the
intended.
Women usually bear the cost of
the rings but the retailers suspect
that they, in the majority of cases,
have been furnished the money by
their fiances. This deduction is ar
rived at because the women seldom
haggle over the price first quoted by
the jeweler. The rings sell for $25
and up.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
MAN COMEDIES MURDER.
Douglas Griffin Changes Not Guilty
Plea to Admission.

Douglas Griffin, colored. yesterday
withdrew his plea Of not guilty to an
indictment charging him with muir
der in the first degree for the killing
of his wife, Rosie Lee Griffin, Decem-
Der . last and entered a plea Of guilty
to murder In the second degree before
Justice Hoehling in Criminal Diyi-
sion 1.
Griffin shot the woman through the
heart and she died the same day. HN
was remanded for sentence. Attorney
A. A. Reynolds appeared for the pris-
oner. while Assistant United States
Attorney Il. Russell Kelly represented
the Government.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
DANGER IN OKLAHOMA.
Heavy Rains Again Cause Flood
Threat in Sections.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. April IL
P).-Floods which inundated sections
of Oklahoma last week again threaten
today, following generally heavy
rains.
In Northeastern Oklahoma the Neo-
sho, Grand. Verdigris and Arkansas
Rivers were out of their banks in
some places. forcing inhabitants of
lowlands TO high ground.
The Arkansas River, near Tulsa.
was said to be menacing Bruner and
Vern Stations, suburbs. Residegcs of
lowlands near Muskogee were prepar.
ing to leave their homes as the Ar
kansas crept near the flood stage.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
Will Alter Plow Pit.

Reconstruction of the plow nit of
the Capital Traction Co. al Twentieth
and Calvert streets was authorized
yesterday afternoon by the Public
Utilities Commission. The new pit will
be patterned after the one at Georgia
avenue and W street, which is recoe
nized as a model by engineers of tie
commission. The commission also au.
thorized the establishment of a ear stop
Mefety zone at Ninth street and New
York avenue for southbound cars.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
ACT TRACED TO CHILD.
Gov. Woods Auto Stoned Without
Malicious Intent.

MANILA, April Il CP-An inves-
tigation into the stoning of Gov. Gen.
Woods official automobile Sunday
night disclosed today that the rock
was thrown by child without mali.
cious intent.
!, The cars windshield was smashed
by the rock. Gov. Wood was not in
the car. No one was injured.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
Engagement Rings for Men, With Cameo
Or Her Birthstone Settings, Are Seen
By the Associated Press.

by IIiB ASSUCIdLbu FTt5s.
CHICAGO, April 12.-By their rings
you shall know them-if a custom of
engagement rings for men, promoted
by several of downtown jewelry
stores becomes the general practice.
Woman customers are almost unan~
imous in their approval of rings to
show that their men are no longer
on the matrimonial market, but :,2en
are somewhat reluctant TO proclaim
by a finger hand their betrothal, re-
tailers say. However, enough Of them
Evening star., 1927-04-12
BABY KILLED BY BLAST.
Girl, 2, Believed to Have Turned
on Gas in Kitchen Oven.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, April 12.--
Vivian, aged 2 years, daughter of
Raymond III. Collins, an employe at
the KellySpringfield tire plant. died
yesterday at Allegany Hospital of
burns.
While the mother was sweeping the
front porch, the oven of the kitchen
gas stove exploded and it is thought
the child turned on the gas cock
and flame from the burner lighted
the accumulated gas. The child re-
ceived the full force of the blast in
its face.
Evening star., 1927-04-12
WILL REMODEL LANDMARK
Kemp Hall, at Frederick, to Be
Made Modern Apartment.
specIal DLspatcA I'd The Star.

FREDERICK, Nd. April II. -
Kemp Hall, one Of Frederick's his
toE5c landmarks. is to be relnodeled
into modern apartment house The
Maryland General Assembly met in
this building in the early days of the
state The contract for remodeling
The old building has been awarded TO
Mayor Lloyd {. Cutler. Improve.
lnents will cost $4,000.
Evening star., 1927-04-12

A Marseille lawyer has bequeathed
$500 to lunatic asylum, explaining
in his win that he regarded the leg
acy as a restitution, since he had
earned the money from madmen who
passed their lives quibbling and fight
ing lawsuits.
Evening star., 1927-04-12

Persons given to anger are apt to
dwell on the provocation they have
received and to forget the provoca.
ton which they gave.
Evening star., 1927-04-12

An electric machine tht washes
clothes. serves as food chopper and
freezes ice cream has been invented.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-05
Presbyterians to
Study Mission Work

-Classes have been organized at the
Presbyterian church to study the
work Of the church in its foreign
mission enterprise. The classes,
which are provided for every age, will
meet tonight at 1880 for the first
session.
The classes for young men and
adult men will combine under the
leadership of Judge A. G. Burr. The
adult women's class will be taught
by Mrs. John N. Wright, for 20 years
a missionary in Persia; and the
young women's class will be led by
Mrs. Fred Hanson.
The text book studied by the adult
women's class is "The Moslem Wom-
en- of Mohammedan Lands" and is
an interesting study of the conditions
of millions of women in Islamic
lands. The book to be studied by the
other groups is ''Young Islam on
Trek" vivid protrayal Of the "clash
of civilization" as the conventional
tiles of Mohammedan countries en-
counter the revolutionary powers of
western ideas and customs.
Especially arresting is the problem
of what will become of the Islamic
faith when the century -old traditions
upon which it is built have been
swept away in the flood of recent
| scientific learning.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-05
so Catholics Said
to Have Attacked
Mexican Officials

Mexico :. City, Jan. 5.-r(P)-Al-
though advices received by the gov
eminent and the Mexican episcopate
indicate that Catholics. as sufh, have
not been involved in the disorders
reported from various parts Of Mex
leo, special dispatches, from Saltilio
say that 50 .Cathnlics, headed BY
members of the Young Mems Cath
Ollie Association. carried out Mon
days attack on Parras de La Fuente
in the state Of Coahuila. \.
The dispatches say that the revolt
ers, shouting: Long live Christ the
King" arrested municipal and fed
eral authorities in the town, captured
three local congressman and killed
Rafael Delgado and Jose viera, the
former q labor leader. Later they
seized horses from neighborink ranch
es and burned several railway bridges.
Congressman Perez, who was pursued
by the band, escaped by stopping a
passenger train from SaltiIlo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-05
Symphony Concerts
Greatly Enjoyed By
: Youth of Mill City

Minneapolis. Mimi, Jan. 5:-CP3L
They like symphony music while they
are young here in Minneapolis, the
home of one of the nation's great
symphony orchestras.
This year, for the sixteenth sea-
SON. the Minneapolis Symphony is
playing a series Of young peoples
concerts and capacity crowd OF
$500. attends each one, says Arthur
Gaines, manager. t
A special organization, supported
by the board Of education, arranges
for the concerts. The board guaran-
tees sales of 1900 tickets for each
concert and several hundred more are
distributed to parochial and private
schools.
The full orchestra of 81 pieces
plays. Henri Verbrugghen, director
explains each number fully before il
is played and, Manager Gaines sai6
youngsters become SO interested that
they forget all about pin sticking
paper wads and other nuisanccs
usually found about youthful au
dienceS TIRE
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-05
Dollar Bills Serve
as Order Blanks on
Atlantic Rum. Row.

New York, Jan. 5-lR-Dollar
bills have served rs official order
blanks for bootlekgers on rum row.
Serial numbers Of the bills, Will
liam r. Newman, a government wit
ness, testified at the trial Of 10
members of an alleged rum ring,
were deciphered into orders for
scotch, rye, and gin. But he did
not explain the basis of the code.
Edward Kelly and his brother,
Frank, and Edward and Frank Co
stello, four of the indicted men, are
said by the government to be the
master minds" Of . great liquor
running organization between Can
anda and the United States which
had its own fleet Of ships and MAIN
tained large business offices in
New York.
Newman said he was hired in 1924
as supercargo on rum ship by
Edward Kelly and placed on the
four masted schooner Vincent
White, anchored at rum row. Skip
pers of small boats bearing orders
for liquor would hand him dollar
bill with "a serial number which
checked with one on list supplied
| to him, he said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-05
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

and evening for the remainder Of
IN Ns T iSsitar change, have been made
n the motor Of the new car and
testimony rs to the efficiency and
durability Of the type used By Chew
rDlet is shown by the fact that over
1900, 900 Of these motors are now in
use. q.
"A telegram received from New York
shates. that, at the auto show there,
crowds arep surrounding the Chew
folet booth every day and expressing
their pleasure with the new models,
thus indicating that their: popularity
il nation wide. ~.
II had gas on the stomach so bad
that could hardly breAthe.- Every.
thing I ate went against. me. After
l began taking Adlerika, the gas
left me and I eatSeverything."-Mrs.
f. y. Dumas.
Adlerika differs from most medi-
cines because it acts upon BOTH
upper and lower bowel. Il, gives
the system a REAL cleansing, and
clears out old poisons which usu-
ally cause sour, Gassy stomach,
nervousness, .sleeplessness, headache.
Just ONE spoonful stops GAS, and
relieves that full. bloated feeling so
that you chn eat better and sleep
better. Even il bowels move daily,
Adlerika brings out much additional
poison which you never guessed was
in your system and which may have
long caused trouble. No matter what
you have tried for stomach and bow
els, 4Adlerika will surprise you. J..
Hutchinson, druggist, and other drug
gists.-Adv.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-05
Rate Increases
Mean Extinction
of Industries

jamestown, N. D., Jan. 5.--lR-
Jobbing and wholesale Industries Of
North Dakota face virtual extinction
if freight rate increases proposed by
the railroads are granted, the James,
town Sun said today after what it
described as an exhaustive study
of the freight rate situation.
The reason, the article contends, is
that higher freight rates will enable
competitors in cities outside the
state to ship to better advantage
than North Dakota distributors with
the inevitable result that North tDa-
kota firms will be either driven out
of business or seriously handicap
ped.
At present, the article states,
North Dakota jobbers have an adj
vantage of 46H per cent ovar Twin
City jobbers. This advantage, 1t il
pointed out, permits him compensa-
ton for being forced to carry his
stock longer, for the use of less
freight ha1lagc and for better And
quicker service to the purchaser.
If the rates proposed by the car
riers arc made effective, Twin City
jobbers will have an advantage of 7h
per cent over North Dakota wholesal-
erS Ia.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-05
CAGERS PLAY
s. rs. TONIGHT
PhantGms Bent on Gaining
Second Victory From Cross
River Aggregation

Bent on gaining a second victory,
the Phantoms will meet the fast
State Training school cagers in the
school quint at 1880, Mandan time,
tonight.
In their encounter with the Train
ing school quint several weeks ago.
the Phantoms won by IA II to II
score and they have hopes Of making
their lead tonight even larger than
in their last game.
mike" Geston, University man, Who
played in the last game with the
Mandan aggregation and who proved
himself to be the Phantoms' main
threat, will be out Of the lineup to-
night, thus making chances for a
victory much better. Geston rolled
up seven Of the II points which his
team acquired and was the star of
his aggregation.
Although the Phantoms lost to
Washburn by II to II score last
Thursday evening. they displayed a
real brand of basketball and on a
larger floor the result. might have
been much different. Defense of the
ment and several long shot artists
are coming to the fore.
The starting lineup for tonight is
not yet definitely known, although il
is probable that it will be as fol.
lows: Gray and Hass, forwards; Cap.
tain Ted Greenfield, center; Mid
daugh and Doyle guards. Robidou
forward and Holta, guard, will alst
take part in the game.
Little is known about the Train
ing school lineup, although it is re
ported that several new men ilav'
been. added since. the last. game amt
that the encounter will bear littl'
resemblance to a practice game. Ever
minus Geston, the Trainers are sail
to have quint which will offe
plenty sof opposition to the loca
.cagers.