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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20

A notion that the possession of low
numbered automobile license tags car
ries with it social or political prestige,
and also immunity from police inter
ference when "A minor traffic violation
is involved. has caused more pressure
and so.called wire pulling to be eX-
erted on District officials this year
than ever before.
Since issuance of the new 1923 tags
was started December /, Wade il.
Coombs, superintendent of licenses,
who presides over the annual distri-
button of the Districts motor vehicle
tags, revealed yesterday that not less
than 10000 motorists have besought
him and his assistant, Miss Anna &.
Buettner. for tags bearing a particu-
lar number. Many Of them came
with letters from members of Con
gress and prominent Government Of
ficials. Others brought Endorsements
from business men whom they be-
lieved had some influence at the Dis
trict Building.
Some Want Trick" Numbers.
A great ma iority of the applicants
for tags bearing particular number,
of course, sought the low numbers
those under 100 being the greatest in
them whether the mineral was pre-
coded by the letters +. r, G or amy
others in the alphabet.
In the other group We're motorists
nor concerned with the low numbers.
They wanted special numbers for
numerous and sundry reasons. Some
asked for tags with numbers CORE
spending with their residence or tele-
phone numbers. A great many, too,
sought trick number combinations,
such rs I'll, 999. 1913 and %, the al
most forgotten "skidoo" numerals.
Virtually all of them were doomed
to disappointment, however, accord
ing 10 Mr.. CoOmbs. The Federal Blu
reau of Efficiency put a stop to the
former practice of reserving tags for
the friends of District or Federal Gov
eminent officials, members of Con
gress. or anyone else who was
thought 10 have influence. Particular
care was taken, he said. to put the
low numbers in the tags slated for
distribution to the general public.
And those who got low 1923 Tag mum
bers were just fortunate enough TO
have been in line at the District
Building when issuance Of a new
series of plates was started.
Officials Tags Reserved
The only tags reserved this year,
Mr.. Coombs explained, were those
customarily set aside for Federal and
District government officials-the tags
with numbers not preceded by letters.
Strangely enough, these We're the tags
most eagerly sought by the motorists,
but very few of them. Mr.. Coombs
said, got into the hands of anyone
outside of the coterie of officials of
the United States and municipal gov
ernments, the diplomatic corps and
members of Congress.
Exceptions to this rule were made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20

bia, to have a law similar to the
Baumes law of New York and a
stricter vagrancy law enacted for the
District in order to reduce crime here.
Upon motion of John w. Barse,
President Gammeil was authorized to
appoint committee to study the fis-
cal relations of the District with the
Federal Government and report at the
meeting next month. Harry G. KIM
ball brought up the question Of indoors
ing the $10,000,000 bond issue proposed
by the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission for the purchase of
new parks and Fairgrounds, and it
was agreed to consider this question
at the next meeting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20
LOW NUMBERED AUTO TAGS
ARE SOUGHT BY THOUSANDS
Flood of Requests Attends Annual Distri-
bution-OHicials of Nation and City
Have Special Plates

however. in the eases of Miss Mabel
Boardman, j. Thilman Hendrick,
Cuno II. Rudolph and John A. john
ston. all former District Commissions
ers, aud some others designated by
Mr.. Coombs. In the latter group,
chiefly, were persons who have been
getting the same tag numbers for
years, and who, Mr.. Coombs felt, held
a prior claim on them for this reason.
The most coveted of all tags, No. / !,
went to Proctor l.. Dougherty. chair
man of the Board of District Commits
sioners for use on his official car. No
is on the machine of Commissioner
Sidney +. Taliaferro, and William b.
T.adue, Engineer Commissioner, has
No for his official car. Commission.
er Ladue also has No. 4 for his pri-
waite car. No. S is on Commissioner
Taliaferro's private car.
Daniel T. Garges, secretary TO the
Board of Commissioners, has tag No.
&. The three Assistant Commission.
ers, Mais. w. T. Il. Covell and l.. r..
Atkins and Capt. II. G. Whitehurst,
have Nos. 7, and 9. respectively.
Former Commissioners Rudolph was
given No. 10.
Others in 100 Group.
Members of the Public Utilities
Commission also shared in the distri-
button of the low numbers. John w.
Childress, chairman, received Nos. Is
and 10, and Col. Harrison Brand. vice
chairman, No. 81. Police Court Judge
Macdonald has No "a.
Other prominent personages who re-
ceiVed tags in the unlettered group
under 100 include Controller General
J II. McCarl, No 40 Herbert u.
Brown, chief of the Bureau of IF
ficiency. No. 43: Chief Justice William
Howard Taft, No. so: Representative
Thomas J.. Blanton of Texas, Nos. 63
and Ga, and Charles w. Darr, No. n
AS is customary, tags bearing mum
bers from 100 to 40, inclusive. We're
assigned to the White House for the
cars of the President and the at.
taches. Those ranging from ITO to
200 went 10 members Of the cabinet
and undersecretaries of the Govern
ment departments, with the exception
of IFS. which has been reserved for
Gen. John j. Pershing. The group
numbered from 200 to 45O was set
aside for the diplomatic corps and the
embassy and legation attaches.
There were only l 900 of these un-
lettered tags, and virtually all of them
have been distributed. AS the tags In
the A series are assigned exclusively
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20
HITS .NEVA SECRECY.
Cecil Blames Failure of Arms Par.
ley on Lack of Publicity.

BIRMING HAM, England, Decemhe,
30 (P).-The failure of the recent tri.
partite naval conference might have
been avoided had there been CREATE.
publicity i'm the proceedings at Gen4va
Niscount Cecil told a gathering hers
yesterday,
Viscount Cecil said that probable
neither the British nor American p4n.
pie ever fully understood each other,v
case at the Geneva conference mf+
had the negotiations been public .
different result might have been oh.
tanned. There was always q move.
ment at Geneva toward secrecy, he as.
serted, which was a distinct hindrance
when such an important matter as 70.
duction of armament by international
agreement was to be decided
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20

the book would then possess all the
necessary spiritual authority.
Since the Church of England is the
state church and parliamentary APP
prevail is therefore required for the
revised prayer book, it was felt that
this course would have too much OF
the appearance of a challenge to the
authority of the state.
Many bishops are understood to
favor the passing Of an amending
measure through the church assembly
to allow notifications to be made to
some of these provisions in the revised
book to which evangelical opposition
has been taken. Thus a compromise
might be reached in order to remove
the prospect of disestablishment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20

to Federal and municipal government
vehicles and those in the E and G
series to commercial vehicles, the gen.
eral public had to take tags in other
lettered series,
$4,000 Tags Distributed.
approximately 1000 tags have been
disposed of in the last II days, ac
cording to Mr.. Coombs' calculations
at the close of business yesterday. but
there are yet nearly $4,000 machines
in the District, he figures, whose
owners have not applied for the 1928
licenses. Cars not equipped with the
1928 tags will not be permitted to
operate New Year day of afterward
under a recent decree of the Commits
sioners. and Mr. Coombs urges all
motorists who have not visited his
office to do so as early AS possible and
thus avoid the lastminute rush on
New Year eve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20
REVISION OF PRAYER
BOOK MAY BE MADE
English Bishops Also Have Sug-
gestion That 1t Be Adopted
Without State Action.

LONDON, December 20.-A sugGes-
ton that implied challenge of the an
thority of the state in regard to the
Church Of England is understood to
nave been made at the meeting of
bishops.
The suggestion was that convoca-
tons should be invited to give their
full synodical approval to the new
prayer book, rejected last week by the
House Of Commons. If this were done
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20

Modern young women are great
advance on what their grandmothers
We're, although they are apt to be
rather too boisterous. while young
men of today are very gentle and gra-
cious, says Sir Edmund Gosse, famous
writer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20

There are two sides 10 every cues.
tion--the womans and the wrong one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-09
HOUSES AND ESTATES FOR
SALE-SUBURBAN 81
LYON VILLAGE

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a aiN.rOUm spanish type--Open for IN,
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All our houses have or, rooms En-
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10 see them
|. To inspect. drive over Kew Bridge on
Lee Highway 70 Lyon TillaRe Office theE
follow virginia Ave, until YOU zee oul
signs
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be Rental Services Offered Through the Rental
Announcements
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COL. HEIGHTS BA RGAIN.
modern, pre.war-butit home Of 8 rooria. p
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Nash
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ROadsters

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SEEDS, PLANTS. FT.I11VET1s n

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For Sale MiscelIaneOus

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UNFURNIsHED ROOMS 4

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Automobiles is
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FENlALE

Girls. for exposition. for modelling. sizes
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CLOTHING

CLOTHING High Grade simmer eiifs foF
the uurkilsman oliEbuy used. g n =
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Evening star., 1927-11-04
RAIL INCOME DROPS
SLIGHTLYIN MONTH
September Net Earnings for 1873
Glass / Roads Total
$132,770,089.

One hundred and eighty-three class
one railroads in the United States had
a net operating income of $13c,77o ,0S9
during September the Bureau of Rail-
way Economics announced today, con.
stituting return of 5.1l per cent on
their property investment. The
months income showed a decrea Sc
over the similar return for September
of last year with $145, ,763.441. or $40
per cent return on the investment.
Operating expense during Septem-
ber aggregated 1886 6.3SS.010. compared
with $39S. S.762.376 in September, 1926
a decrease Of 81 per cent.
The railroads in the month paid
S35. .362 .69S in taxes. This brought the
total tax bill of the roads to S2SS.3 :.
S4S for the first nine months in 1927.
a decrease Of $4.022. 1874. or IA per
cent. below the corresponding period
in 1926.
Eleven railroads operated at loss
in September, of which six were in the
East, four in the West and one in
the Southern. district
Evening star., 1927-11-04
shifted the principal smuggling activ.
tiles to Northern waters.

shifted the principal smuggling activ.
tiles to Northern waters.
A similar agreement Is sought with
the French authorities but converse.
tions which have been in pros.es-
since July have made little headway
and now are reDorted to be on the
verge of colla pse. American official Is
are clinging to the remaining slender
thread in the hope of saving the ne
gotiations from a complete crash, but
they have only small hopes of sue.
ceSsful elimination.
Some residents of the islands, who
a short time ago eked out a meager
living in the North country, now are
reported to have reached the stage of
affiuence and prosperity which is at
tributed by officials to lsm operations.
The French government is reported
to have demurred on the American
request for reports on all ships put
ting out of the islands ports for
American water laden with liquor.
on the grounds that it would infringe
on the rights of French nationals.
The American Government argues
that both nations would be benefited
by the aere ement by orderly naviga-
ton that would result from such re-
ports, as numerous fraudulent ship
ping papers have been found aboard
captured rum craft operating out of
the French possessions.
Evening star., 1927-11-04
MODERN Welfare CODE
HELD GREAT NEED HERE
Mooers Tells Woman's Bar Asso.
citation Present Laws Are
Obsolete.

The need of new public welfare
code for the District of Columbia. to
take place of many "obsolete and con-
Trajectory laws" pertaining to welfare
work here. was empha sized by Edwin
A. Mooers, attorney, at the monthly
dinner of the Women's Bar Associa-
ton in the Women's City Club last
night.
He suggested that the women Of the
District get together in the drafting
Of welfare code. declaring that they
know what is best for children. Mr.
MoOers gave an account of his work
in getting together. in book form. all
of the laws affecting welfare work in
the District.
Mr.. Mooers cited the recent clash
between Judge Sellers of the Juvenile
Court and the district attorneys Of.
flee regarding the jurisdiction over
certain cases as an indication of the
need of new and clear welfare code.
An address also was delivered at
the meeting by Mrs. Grace Hays Riley,
dean OF the Washington College of
Law. who spoke on the comparative
status Of women in America and in
Europe. Mrs. Pennie o. Berliners pre-.
sided.
Evening star., 1927-11-04
FRENCH ISLES KEEP
RUM TRADE ACTIVE
u. S. Fails to Reach Pact
:, With Paris to CurtaiI
n Liquor Smuggling.

Virtual deadlock in the American n,
French negotiations for an agreement
over liquor shipments from the islands
of st. Pierre and Miquelon. off New.
foundlar1d. has led to disclosure that
these French possessions are believed
by officials here to be the source of
so per cent of the smuggled liquor
now entering the United States.
Smuggling activities, prohibition Of
ficials here claim. have decreased
greatly since tine Washington admin.
istration obtained an agreement with
British authorities in the Bahamas
to furnish information on the depart
ure of rumladen ships for American
ports. Through this agreement, Of
ficials say. operations in Southern
waters have been CENTRALIZED and have
Evening star., 1927-11-04

In exactly the same manner in
which his brother had died n year
ago. John Rdgewell dropped dead
while plowing at Sible Hedinham,
England, recently
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-15
GRAND JURY REPORT
have in the past.

In th Hampstead Circuit Court, April
1927 Term Threof.
To Hon. James II. McCollum, Judge
The grand jury empanelcd by you
Honor for the present term of this
Court beg leave to submit this then
report rs a summary Of Investigations
made by this body, to-wit:
We have examined all criminal
cases brought to our notice by tran
script from J. p. Courts and the ora
testimony of witnesses before oui
body, and in our Investigations W,
have examined 124 witnesses; thes'
examinations have resulted in our re
turning 60 true bills of indictment.
w have examined the Offices of th
county and find that the same ar
kept in a systematic manner by tn
respective officers.
We have visited the Jail in a body
and find il in a GOOD state Of repair
except that the roof needs some re
pairs; and we recommend chat n,
jailor make a complete investigation
Of the Jail every morning.
We visited the poor farm an,
found it in good condition and the
inmates properly cared FOR.
We desire to tender our thanks tc
our worthy and efficient Prosecuting
attorney, Steve Carrigan, for his kin,
and courteous treatment, and to the
other officers of the court we wisl
to express our thanks for services
rendered.
And now having disposed of al
our businesses, we respectfully ask
that this report receive and this jury
discharged.
Respectfully submitted, this Apr
6, 1927.
L. F. HIGGASON, Foreman.
JNO. w. RIDGDILL, Clerk.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-15
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER
Ontended for last week.


A surprise dinner was given at the
hospitable country home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j, W. Holt, April 80, celebrating
Mrs. Hollis eightieth birthday.
The long table was arranged on
the lawn beneath a dense shade tree
surrounded by blooming shrubs. In
the center of the table was a large
birthday cake beautifully embossed,
containing an appropriate motto.
The dinner which was delicious was
added to By the lunches which were
brought by the guests, it all being a
complete surprise. The honoree was
seated at the table in a special chair
lrtistically decorated.
The golden wedding of this devoted
couple was celebrated in a similar
manner nine years ago. Those present
were George Holt and son John, Mr..
and Mrs. w. f.. Holt of Mena, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Morton of TeXark-
ana, Mrs. J. F. Bishop and son Eu
gene of Mena, Mr.. and Mrs. Leor
Bundy and children of Hope, Mrs
Clora City and daughter, and Mrs
F. D. Barrow of Ozan,, Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Dudney and son, Mrs. Johr
Johnson and sons. Claude and Willie
Mr.. d. W. Holt, Mrs. Harve Nc.
Corkle and son of Hope, Mrs. J.V
Mckay, Mr.. and Mss. j. w. Butler
David Trimble, Mrs. Lee A. Holt anC
Mrs. Kate Holt.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-15
COOPERATIVE REPORT
ON BOIL WEEVIL
EMERGENCY
Compiled By u. s. Bureau of Ento
moloey, Cotton Insect lnvesti-
cations, Tallulah, La.

The cooperative system between
the Tallulah Laboratory of the
United States Bureau of Entomology
and the various State and Federal
entomologists for compiling and
disseminating information on sur
vival of boil weevils in Information
cages will be used again this year.
Each Investigator, in charge of The
Information cage tests at the differ
ent stations, sends report of
weevil emergency on the 1st and
10th of each month to the Tallulah
Laboratory where they are compiled
and analysed with view Of determ-
lning as nearly as possible the prob
ab.s weevil survival at the different
points represented In 1925 woevil
survival was reported in the semi
monthly reports, which were issued
by the Tallulah Laboratory, from 10
different stations, in 1926 from II
stations and in 1927 will be reported
from Ia stations.
The percentage of weevils which
had emerged prior TO March 16.
1927 at the different stations is
shown in the following table:
These records are Of a prclimi-
nary nature and do not warrant rs
general conclusions as can be drawn
from later recor,,s. However. it j.
interesting to compare the records
of this year with such records as are
available for 1926 ard 1925. II will
be noted that weevil emergence
prior to March 16 was reported at
of the cooperating stations, and
that in each cage it was greater
than in 1926, while at 6 OF the sta
tions no weevils emerged. Only
one station, Baton Rouge, La, re-
ported a greater emergenco in 1926
than this year At 4 of the stations
no weevils emerged IN either 1925
or i927, and At one station no roc
ords are available for comparison
At of the stations records ~,
available for 1925 and at 3 Of Ines,
stations a larger emergence was ~
ported this year while at 3 stations
the emergence was greater in 1926
and at one station no weevi!s cmer
ged either this year or in 1925.
Washington telegraph., 1927-04-15
To Celebrate
Completion
of New Road

Completion of the $1,270, 900 hard
surfaced road program in Precinct
l of Bowie county will be commemo-
rated April 9 by an elaborate cele-
bration to be held in Texarkana un
der the auspices Of The Chamber Of
Commerce and The American Legion,
these two organizations have united
to hold this good road celebration and
the first annual Governors day of
the Legion.
The governors of Texas and Ark
ansas both have definitely accepted
the invitation to be present on this
occasion and a tentative acceptance
has been received from The governor
of Oklahoma. Louisiana probably
will be represented by the lieutenant
governor of Louisiana will find il
possible TO be present. The national
commander of the American Legion
will be another notable guest. in ad-
dition TO those, federal and state
highway officials from the four states
of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and
Oklahoma, and the state Legion COM
manders from these four states, with
many other Legion and Legion Auxi-
liary officials. will be present.
The program for the day includes
open air speaking by the national
commander of The American Legion
and the governors; n luncheon nj
noon, offered by The American Lc.
gion, at which the governors and thC
national commander will speak; {
spectacular parade at 2;30 o'clock il
the afternoon; a tour of inspection
of the new highways; and banquet
at night by the Chamber of CONNER
ce, at which the ranking federal high
way engineer of the southwest, th'
national commander of the Legion
and the governors, will make address
es. United States Senator Morri
Sheppard will act as toastmaster.
The highway program of Precinc
l., of Bowie county, which Is beinj
commemorated, embraces more thal
forty miles of the finest type of con
crete road. These roads connect Tex
arkana with magnificent bridges owe
the Red and Sulphur rivers, and furn