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carried out their parts like vet erans of the stage From tho time the Prologue was staged when Harry Sperling, leading man. presented the actors of tae play. until the final number was given by the entire company. the audience apparently enjoyed itself immensely.
 Credit must u given to the able manner in $hich each and every member of the cast carried out their parts to perfection anl 10 the ability of Bobby Mack in his direction and handling of the play. Local talent once more proved it's ability to entertain du~- ing the two nights tlat "Oh, Yon Wildcat was put before the pub lie.
 MT. Mack. on behalf Of himself and the American Legion. today expressed his appreciation and thanks to those who had part in the production and to all who aided him in making the play the success il was.
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PORT WASHINGTON, N Y, Nov. A broad shouldered young giant is toiling daily here on a little blue and gold biplane in which he hopes soon to fly faster than human being has ever trayeled.
 Lieut. Afford J. Williams, navy speed ace, swallowed bitter cup of disappointment a few weeks ago because the plane, especially built for the Schneider Cup races, was not ready to compete But when British airmen shat tered all previous records al Nea- ice. Williams was undiamayed He promptly announced that he would go after both land and seaplane records.
 Williams has been assaultlng speed records steadily in recent years. In 1925 he drove a racing plane high into the air and then diyed downward at full speed. When he 'flattened out" his course he was .unoffioially timed at S02 miles an hour Such div ing is now prevented by racing rules.
 His little racer Is something new in aviation, Williams believes. IL is less than 23 feet long at the body, and the span of it's upper wing is less than 30 feet But t contains a monster 24 cylinder Packard engine. developing 1,250 horsepower said to be the most powerful motor ever installed in an airplane.
 To save weight the engine s started by a device separate from the plane. It's roar can be heard for miles. In it's flights from the water the little plane almost leaps
 into the air.
 \ The water cooling system is provided by radiators ill the wings VI tilt piNtltt toiiSinAfiio VI A-svbD feet of brass tubing, through which water is pumped at rate of 12O gallons minute. The oil is cooled in a wing surface radia tor on the lower right wing. Replacement of the pontoons with landing wheels has occupied the attention Of Williams and his colleagues recently. If tests arc satisfactory he will attempt tc break the land plane record of PTS miles an hour in formal tests timed by officials of the National Aeronautic Association.
 After attainment of maSimum land speed Lieutenant Williams plans to install another engine ci similar type. but so improved as
 to develop 1,400 horsepower. Then the pontoons win be restored and after suitable tests Williams will
 try for the worlds. record oi ! 2Si.4SS miles per hour. set by
 the British at Venice in the 1927 Schneider Cup races.
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in port today with fares from the banks Of Yakutat confirmed re- ports as to the discoloration ,f the water off the capes. This phenomenon extends from Leuc- surfer Island, said Capt. Louis Holm. of the schooner Helgoiand. many miles out into the Gulf O. Alaska, virtually to the Yakutat fishing banks. The water was de- scribed as being Shick and "soupy.'
 None of the vessels. so far 2, could be learned. noticed the earthquake. They were at a loss 10 account for the discolored wa ter until they were told of tie temblor.
 Banks Probably Damaged
 Local fishermen. il was s;il. were fearful of tha result on h ? banks off Cape spencer. Owing
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PROHIBITION AGENTS
 MAKE MORE ARRESTS

Jack Henry and Gus Hagland were arrested last night by War ren s. Harding and T. L. Chidp5- ter, prohibition agents, and are charged with possession of intoSi- eating liquor and being drunk ll a public place. The agents said today that they found pint bot lie containing intoxicating liquor on each of the two men when arrested.
 Emil Dahl, Charles Pistol and A. Jeper were brought here from Ketchikan by Deputy U. s. Mar shal Eddy of Douglas who board ed the Aleutian in Seattle and picked the men up at the Firsi City to bring them hereto serys sentences.
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LEGION PLAY HAS
 LARGER AUDIENCE
 ON CLOSING NIGHT

Playing to larger audience than on it's first night. the cas-. in the American Legion play, "Oh, Yon Wildcat" made it's final ap- nearance nj the Coliseum Theatre last night. concluding the presen, taiion of what was one of tho hest stage performances of local talent ever seen in Juneau.
 As on the first night the well known comedy brought howls of nlirth from an apDreciatiye andi- ence, as the members of the cast
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IBERCDOLL IS IN LIMELICHT
M e $ e nger for Notorious Draft Evader Is Caught
 Tn North Dakota

CRANK FORKS, N. D., Nov 2.@The capture of a messenger seeking $5.000 for Grover Cleve- land Bergdoll. notorious draft eyader, was revealed here today by immigration officials who said they believed Bergdoll intended to use the money to return to the United States.
 Martin Sehuch, aged 26, the messenger, was captured at St Vincent, Minnesota, the point of entry from which Bergdoll is re-
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to the failure reported by the boats on them since the quake. it was thought that the fish Ina | either been driven away from the grounds or wiped cut by sonie Kind of disturbance.
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QUAKE CENTER INDICATED TO
 BE NEAR HERE
Phenomena indicates Sub marine Disturbance lev
 Strait Gross Sound

i That the earthquake experiene. ed here and in other Southeastern Alaska points on October 24 might have resulted from a sub marine disturbance off Cape Spencer spit, was indicated by reported ocean phenomena in the Icy Strait Cross Sound waters which were told of here today bv Jack Carson. well-known Iniaa Island fox farmer.
 The water in the region be. tween Point Adolphus, Cape Spencer and as far as Yakobi Island, following the disturbance has been diseolored, dead deen sea fish have been observed on the surface, and change from rock bottom to mud was reported by halibut fishermen.
 Rocks Big Trees
 MT. Carson said the shock at lnian Island lasted 30 seconds and was continuous. It did no damage but overturned coffee pot on the stove and rattled dishes. Some large trees near the ranch house swayed so vio- lently he feared they might be uprooted The shock was acconl- panied by prolonged, rumbli1g roar
 The water in Icy Strait and Cross Sound. he said, was chura- ed until it resembied strong tide rips, but no noticeable waves were caused Halibut fishermen in the vicinity reported that tn effect was as if their boats hal struck logs directly beneath the hull.
 The water was discolored and took on the hue of glacial river, filled with muck When he Jeff the ranch Saturday afternoon, il was still muddy. thick as soup" he said. In his rounds on the island he saw many dead red snappers floating in the mucky water.
 Makes mud Bottom
 Fishermen on the halibut banks off Cape Spencer reported an ap- parent change from a rock to a mud bottom. In past years as- perionce they have had consider able trouble with their gear on account of the rocks. losing much of it at times So far as is known no mud was ever encountered Tn that district. Following the quake, gear put out and lifted was covered with mud, apparently oil soaked as decks of the boats where 1t was piled after being taken aboard became so slippery as to he difficult to stand on. Ii was also noticed. MT Carson saic. that kind of silt, or substance, seemed to he boiling up to the surface.
 An almost total lack of fish in the district was also noticed since the quake. None of the boats seen had taken any. and most of them had moved inside to waters east of Point Adolphus The Dix on was said to have taken two codfish off one set, both fish ap- parently without life. Two or i three halibut taken by another boat were virtually in the same condition.
 Crews on three halibut vessels
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MRS. BUTCHER LEAVING

A farewell party was held last evening at the residence of MT. and Mrs. A. R. Dona in honor of Mrs. K NJ. Butcher and her two small children who are leaving today on the steamer Alaska. Mrs. Butcher is going to visit her mother in Seattle and MT. Butch CT will remain here for the winter but expects to go south next spring.
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Investigation

evidence on which they seek to convict Fall and Sinclair
 Investigation
 All jurors except Kidwell were directed to assemble tomorrow in the office of Neil Burkinshaw. Assistant United States Attorney, who is conducting the Grand Jlry investigation.
 When the court opened this morning. the jurors looked solemn.
 lSidwell was pale. After he took his seat he looked intently at Justice siddons. and his hands were clasped tightly in his lap.
 Justice Siddons said: T think that it is only fair to Nidwall to say two aflidavits have been pre- sented 10 the court affecting him..
 Denied Allegations
 kidwell said lie expected to go to trial on some charge but he would deny every allegation made against him in the anidayits sub nitted hy the Government
 Tho aifidayits were made by Donald T. King, newspaper re- porter. and j. Ray Akers, street car conductor They declare Kid well had praised Sinclair in their presence and had said that he would be disappointed if he did not soon have ear a block long"
 Ktdwell said T remember talking with King but said none of the things he put in his aifi- davit."
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Old papers TOT sart nt Tne Empire.
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TAMpERiNC
 WITR JURY
 IS CHARGE
Justice Siddons Grants Mis- trial on Agreement
 of Attorneys

tcontlnueu rom Page one.)
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evidence on which they seek to convict Fall and Sinclair.
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ported to have fed the country.
 Officials said Schuch attempted suicide because he felt disgraeed through failure to carry out his errand of honor. Schuch will he deported
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GUILD MEETING

The Ladies Guild of Trinity Cathedral will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Mrs. Rhodes In the Nugget Apartments.
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--------- DAVEIN ILL

Tom Dayein, local transfer man and taxi driver, entered the St. Ann's hospital yesterday for treatment for a bad cold
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MARTHA SOCIETY

The Martha Society will meet Friday, November 1, at 2:30 D. m. with Mrs. M. s. Whittier and Mrs. A. D. Clark at the home of Mrs. Clark on Distin Avenue. adv.
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IN EFFECT
JANUARY |

There will be an increase of from
to 8 cents per hour in the wages
OF the laborers. helps and mechani.
cal service at the Washington Navy
Yard and other naval establishments
throughout the country. according
TO the report of the wage board of
review approved by Secretary OF the
Navy Wilbur and made public to.
day.
The increase will be effective Jan.
uary j, 1923. and will remain in
force until December 81, 1928.
The rate of increase rs nor uni.
form but does not exceed the rate
established for the Washington
Navy Yard at from to 3 cents
an hour. The list is divided into
three groups and the first group
includes laborers, whose wage is in.
creased cent per hour.
The second group includes black.
smiths, boilermakers, pipe filters,
sand blasters. stevedores and en-
ployes OF similar character, who
also will receive an increase OF l
cent an hour.
The third group includes aircraft
mechanics, blue printers, calkers,
cement finishers, chain makers,
chauffeurs, electricians. instrument
makers. artificial glass grinders and
poiishers and others occupying SINH.
lar positions. The majority Of these
employees received an increase of 9
cents per hour.
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The victim OF the disease was
Capt. James Gavan Field, retired
naval officer. of 2S1s Cathedral Ave.
He died at Naval Hospital, Deem.
Der last.
Captain Field contracted the
disease while on a hunting trim.
He was infected when he cleaned q
rabbit which was diseased.
The infection. according to the
United States Public Health Service.
has never been found in domestic
rabbits, but is confined to wild rab-
bits. Cooking the rabbit kills the
germs of the disease.
No preventative vaccine or cura-
tive serum has been perfected, nor
has any special drug been found
effective against tularaemia.
DIR. Fowler warns hunters against
killing q wild rabbit that is sluggish
or sitting still. for such are likely
Ill. shoot them on the rum" he
says. like a true sportsman" and
there will be little chance of con-
tracing tularaemia.
Injection, which usually begins on
the hands. where an abrasion comes
in contact with the diseased spleen
of the rabbit. develops into ulcers
accompanied by enlargement Of the
lymph glands. Fevers follow and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13

Oodson was ordered held under
$4,000 bond for the action of the
grand jury by Judge Robert E.
Mattingly in Police Court today.
Dodson pleaded not guilty to an
alleged assault on John Barrett,
also OF 5O7 Ninth ST., yesterday
afternoon. He asked for a trial
by jury on that charge.
Dodson was arrested after Mrs.
Edna Campbell, IL years old, 507
Ninth st. S. W., went to the station
house and said that Dodson had
dragged her into Dalaneys Court
Southwest. and assaulted her. The
alleged assault occurred after bod
s n had come to the house and was
ordered away by John Barrett, who
lives there.
On May 2, of this year, Dodson,
then a hacker living at 1918 Four
teenth st. N. W., and a woman ac.
quaintance. are alleged to have
taken man from Baltimore to
Arlington county, Va, where they
robbed him of $S5.
Both were arrested by Detectives
keck and Thompson. and turned
over to the Arlington county au.
thorities for trial. The woman was
finally sentenced to serve one year,
and was placed on probation.
From that time until yesterday
Dodson remained in the Jail await
ing trial on charge of robbery.
Yesterday. however, the common.
wealth attorneys office learned that
the Baltimore man had decided not
to prosecute, and Dodson was re-
leased.
Dodson was taken to lineup at
police headquarters today, and then
to Police Court, where he will face
his accuser. Police say that bod.
son and Mrs. Campbell were ac4
quainted before the formers first
arrest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
REP. HAL. FOR.
MERGER PLAN

Street car merger proponents have
another. ally on the House District
Committee in the person of Repre-
sentative Albert r, Hall. new mem.
Der of the committee from Indiana.
it was learned today.
Representative Hall is a firm be.
lever in the general proposition OF
consolidated street car operation.
though he has not studied the
various merger proposals advanced
recently closely enough to he in a
position to comment on them.
He said today, however. that
unified street car operation is Just
as much common sense as unified
telephone or electric light opera.
ton.
The new member Of the District
Committee is also a friend of the
local school system and will prob
ably be one OF its strongest sup.
porters on the committee. His in.
terest in the schools results from
many years experience as a school
principal and superintendent in his
home State.
Representative Hall is not so
friendly to the proposal for local
suffrage, however. as he believes
that Washington under it's present
system has one of the best city gov
ernmentS in the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
To PAY D. c.
HEADS MORE

A bill increasing the salaries OF
the District Commissioners to
$4,000 year was introduced
today by Senator Capper. chairman
Of the Senate District Committee.
The legislation is in accordance
with recent recommendations of
local civic organizations, including
the Chamber of Commerce. The
present salary OF the District Com.
missioners is $500 a year for the
two civilian Commissioners. with
the salary of the Engineer Commits.
sioner, who receives the regular
Army pay Of his rank, brought up
to the same level.
Senator Capper expressed the
belief today that the salary in.
creases were justified by the exact.
ing demands now being made upon
the Commissioners and that Con-
gress would pass the legislation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
NEW HUNT FOR
MARKET SITE


Directed by Congress to recon.
mend on or before December Is a
new site for the farmers produce
market. the District Commissioners
today began resurvey of pro-
posed sites.
Learning that Congress would
frown on the proposal to allot a
temporary location on the Mall, the
Commissioners probably will sug-
gest a first and second choice.
One proposal now before the Com.
missioners is to place the market
on District owned property on the
Washington Channel and adjacent
to the lines of the r. F. and p.
railroad. This would afford both
rail and water transportation and
relieve the District government of
the necessity Of purchasing land
for the market.
The market sheds will have to
be RACED by February
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
Congress Heights Asks
Check on Rough Cons

The Congress Heights Citizens
Association has approved the edi-
torial stand of The Washing
ton Herald in which it demanded
that citizen compliments against
"roughneck" policemen be allowed
to employ counsel to properly pre-
sent cases. before the police trial
board.
At its meeting last night the
association also invited Charles A.
Levine to locate his proposed air
plane flivver" factory on the site
of the Washington Steel and Ord
nance Company. 4 resolution de-
handing FOWL car" service by the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company after a. m. was also
adopted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
Blood and Oxygen Save
Youth Overcome by Gas

Rixey Bridges, Georgetown youth
who was overcome by fumes of
monoxide gas Saturday morning.
continues to improve, and very
likely he will leave the hospital
this week, it was stated today at
Georgetown University Hospital,
where he is confined.
Bridges was rendered uncon-
scious while warming up trucks
in the garage of the Gulf Rein.
ing Company in Rosslyn, and was
rushed to Georgetown Hospital.
For IL hours the Fire Department
rescue squad pumped oxygen into
his lungs. When he showed signs
of sinking, two junior medical stu.
dents gave 200 cubic centimeters
of their blood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
NJ 7 D LIABILITY
JUMPS 81

Washington motorists TODAY are
paying 81 more for each liability
policy than heretofore, following an
increase in liability rates which
went into effect yesterday.
However. Washington Jared bet.
ter than many cities in the coun.
try. Rates in Baltimore increased
from rs per cent to 1888 per cent
New York city. where the risk is
said by actuaries to be the highest
in the country, showed the biggest
increase of all.
Washington's cheapest liability
and property damage rate, which
was SIS a. year on four-cylinder
vehicles. is now SIT. New York's
cheapest rate has been increased
from $S7 to Sis. These rates are
based on the so-called "5 and 10"
policy, which insures the motorist
to the extent of $4,000 for injury to
one person and a limit of 100000
for all injuries which may occur in
one accident. plus $1,000 property
damage indemnity.
Rates in rural sections. which
are now cheapest, are said to have
been but little affected by the in.
crease which is described as "the
end of the downward trend in
liability rates Of the last few
years."
Increasing speed and power of
automobiles, the general increase
OF good road mileage. the growing
frequency OF claims for automobile
accidents and the tendency OF
courts TO award larger verdicts in
accident suits are causes, to which
automobile casualty underwriters
attribute the increase in rates on
passenger automobiles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
NAVY YARD GETSWAGEI INCREASE
Woman, 1O4 Years
Old, Hurt By Fall
On Steps

Enfeebled by more than a CEN
fury OF existence, Carrie Thomp-.
son, colored, 104 years old, lila
Twenty.first St. n. W.. fell down
the steps at 212O Wards CT. n.
W.. last night and was knocked
unconscious.
She was taken to Emergency
Hospital in the Third precinct
patrol wagon and treated by
DIR. c. B. White for severe lace.
rations on the lips and forehead.
Because Of her unusual age ply.
sicians have been unable to de.
ternine the full extent Of her
injuries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
BE GOOD TO YOUR PUP

Be good to your pup, old timer,
And he will be good to you:
Ats not virtue to be hardb0iled
And kick him q time or two.
He's ''only dOg'-I know It:
But YOU can not call him dumb,
DO don't treat him mean because
you can,
when yea have him under your
thumb.
Maybe he will not bite you
When You take his bone away,
But ne will remember long, long
time
He won't forget i'm q day.
Just COX at yourself in yonr mirror,
The message IL tells Is true.
And hug him MP, that good old pup,
And his love will plumb swallow
yOu. GENE BLOSSOM.
j
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13

last two to three weeks, the patient
suffering from intense exhaustion.
Ticks and flies carry the disease
from one rabbit to another.
The health department makes
daily inspections Of rabbits at the
local markets and last week con-
demned 4.124.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13

House and for is years dispensed
his famous hospitality. She was
the nations greatest unofficial diplo-
mat OF that era. Distinguished
guests from all parts OF the world
met there and many vital matters
o. state were settled in her draw
ADMIRAL Wilkes owned and oc.
cupied the house for several years.
AFTER his death II became, during
the Civil War, the headquarters Of
General Mcclellan,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
Association to Discuss
Auto Parking Changes

Automobile parking conditions in
the light of the recent change on
Thirteenth Street from As degree to
parallel parking will come under
discussion at a meeting tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The meeting will be held in the
law office Of Charles r. Carusi, $50
Thirteenth ST. N. W., of the
Thirteenth Street Business Mems
Association.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13

Few people are able to recall the
names Of all the Presidents OF the
limited States. They rarely omit
the name of James Madison, not
because he was the Chief Execu-
tive, but because of the fame OF
his charming wife, Familiarity known
as Dolly Madison.
The Dolly Madison House. now
occupied by the Cosmos Club. on
y Street at the northeast corner
OF Lafayette Square. probably will
always be known to many as the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
WILL TALK ON PARKS

Parks and the Canadian
Rockies" will be the title of an
illustrated lecture to be given to-
night in the New National Museum.
Tenth and B Streets Northwest, by
Prof. Titue Ulke, naturalist and
alpinist.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
Just Out of Jail
Held In Assault

Released yesterday from Arlington county Virginia where
he has been held in Jail for the past answer
to charge OF robbery Elmer Winfield Dodson years old
under arrest at the Fourth precinct today charged with
having crlminaly assaulted 17year.od married woman
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-13
Hunters Are Warned
of rabbit Feuer"

Dr. William c. Fowler District Health Officer today issued
warning rabbit hunters when death certificate filed
which revealed death due the dread disease uIaraemia
known rabbit fever 1t is the second that
the District