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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
LENT |NAUGURATED
IN MANY CHURCHES
Ceremony of Applying Ashes
to Foreheads Opens Wide
spread Observance.

Ashes, the Christian insignia of
morality, are being daubed--in the
shape of the cross-upon the fore,
heads Of millions of men, women
and children in many Of the worlds
churches today inaugurating the
Lenten season Of penance in prepare
ration for Easter
In Washington the ashes are being
distributed at all Catholic churches
at the morning and afternoon serv-
ices. At st. Patrick's they will
again he given at the S:16 o'clock
services tonight, and at st. Aloysius
they can he had following the 1880
o'clock devotions.
Initial Lenten services were con-
Quoted today in churches of many
denominations, but the most elab-
crate observances of the seasons
Inauguration are held in Episcopal
and Catholic Churches.
Services at Cathedral.
Services began at the Washington
Cathedral at 1880 o'clock this morn
ing and other services were held at
IL o'clock, when Bishop Freeman
spoke, and again at Ais o'clock this
afternoon.
Lent is observed for a period of
40 days, corresponding with the 40
day fast of Christ on the mountain.
In reverence for the penance of
Christ on earth. Christians generally
are maintaining special fasts. Simpler
meals will be eaten during the sea-
son and other acts of penance, in
Guiding a curtailment of personal
pleasure. will be observed.
The Sundays during the 40-day
period are exempt from the penance
Of Lent. for Sunday is the day of
Christ's resurrection, and is always a
feast" day.
eliminates In Holy Week.
The final seven days Of Lent, known
as Holy week, are the period of
Christianity's greatest sorrow, for
they include the day of the last supper
Thursday, the day of the cruciflxion
GOOD Friday, and day of waiting
for the prophesied resurrection-Sat.
urday.
The ashes that are being daubed
upon the foreheads Of Catholics today
are the charred remains Of the palms
that were distributed in the churches
last year on Palm Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
SNYDER Is REELECTED
BY MARSHALS' GROUP
Federal Officers Association Holds
Third Annual Session in
CAPITAL.

The United States Marshals' Asso
citation held it's third annual meeting
this morning and reelected United
states Marshal E. c. Snyder or the
District of Columbia president. The
session was held at the Willard Hotel.
Other officers elected were: Joseph
Fritsch, Rochester. N. Y, vice presi'
dent; Clarence G. Smithers OF norfolk,
Va. secretary treasurer, and the fol
lowing members Of the executive
board:
George A. Mauk, Arizona; Albert c.
Sittel, California: William M. Palmer,
Louisiana: Theodore w. Hukriede. ST.
Louis, Mo-; P. B. Phillips. New
Hampshire; William G. Hecht, New
York: Clarence r. Hotchkiss. Ore
gon: Samuel l.. Gross, Texas; Palmer
3. Anderson, Chicago. and Hugh l..
Patton, Wyoming.
The association went in executive
session shortly after converting for
the purpose of discussing practical
problems affecting the various dis
tricts. After adjournment at noon the
members Of the association were re-
ceived at the White House and were
then rendered a luncheon by Marshal
Snyder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
R. B. KEYSER, B. & 0.
DIRECTOR, DIES AT 81
Baltimorean Was on Johns Hopkins
University Board and Part
owner Of Sun.
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, March 2.--R. Brent
Keyser, 67 years old. director OF the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, died here
suddenly last night OF heart failure.
Mr.. Keyser also was a member or the
trustees of the Johns Hopkins Univer.
sity and q director and part owner OF
the Baltimore Sun. y ~
Mr.. Keyser wss president OF the
JOHNS Hopkins board OF directors for
% years. He resigned recently and
was succeeded by Daniel Willard, presi-
dent OF the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road. He was q well-known financier.
He Is survived by his widow. a Sis
ter. Mrs. William NJ. Manly; brother.
william Keyser Of Baltimore; one son,
William Keyser, and two daughters,
Mrs. James Bruce of New York, and
Mrs. Gaylor Lee Clarke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
SCORES SEX APPEAL.
Representative Wilson Denounces
Salacious Stage Plays.

Branding as "cowardly" what he
describes as the defense OF the pro-
fessional play producers that they
must produce plays with O. low cur
rent sexual appeal because OF popular
demand, Representative T. Weber
Wilson OF Mississippi, in a speech be
fore the Little Theater group at WARD
man Park Hotel last night, said that
the truth Of the matter was that the
stage today is Offering little else. and
that there was not much left for the
player to go to. He declared that sucn
a defense on the part Of the producer
was an insult to the intelligence and
moral integrity Of the theatergoer.
THE situation leaves the Little
Theater movement in a. position to
WELD tremendous influence in the
American theater," he said. This
movement is not Indifferent to the
financial aspects of a. play presenta-
ton, but it Is not heart and soul and
body dedicated to the tfnkle or the
dollar as is the professional producer.
Mr.. Wilson is author Of a bill to curb
salacious plays and publications..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
Millionaire Artists
Paintings Rejected,
In Spite Of His Name
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 2.-The name
of Edward Burgess Butler, retired
millionaire merchant and trustee
of the Art Institute, failed to pre-
vent rejection Of three of his paint
tngs by Judges in the Chicago
artists exhibition, it became known
today, following revelation that
one landscape he entered under a
pseudonym won recognition.
Mr.. Butler, who claimed the
$500 paid for the canvas "And
Then 1t Rained" by identifying
himself as the mysterious Karl
Ruble," under whose name 1t was
entered and accepted, has departed
for California to paint more land.
scapes. The $500 was given to the
Butler scholarship fund for strug-
Cling young artists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02

the House of Delegates of the Mary
land General Assembly yesterday was
that from Montgomery County, intro
duced last week, to restrict possession
and transportation of liquors. 1t pro-
hibits liquor being possessed in auto
mobiles or other vehicles carrying fire
arms, smoke screens or other weapons
or devices for preventing arrest. pro-
viding heavy penalties for violation.
Delegate Callan of the second legisla-
tive district, a leading wet, was ap-
plauded when he voted for the meas
ure.
The other prohibition measure pass
ed by the House yesterday forbids the
manufacture of intoxicating liquors
within the limits of Garrett County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
HONOR SENATOR J. A. REED

Honorary membership in the Sigma
Nu Phi law fraternity was conferred
upon Senator James A. Reed, Demo
crat, Of Missouri, today. A committee
composed of Carlyle S. Baer, Charles
d. Hamel, William J. Storey and
Frank L. Peckham. representing the
fraternity. called on the Senator at
his office and presented him with the
certificate evidencing the honorary
membership.
In making the presentation, Mr..
Peckham said the fraternity does not
confer honorary memberships only
with view to paying signal honor to
the recipients. but to gather into its
fold few whose atiliation with the
Fraternity c0nfera 'h0nQx nnpu IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
OK REPORT FREEING
FOREST OFFICIALS
Senate Committee Exonerates Serv.
ice of Charge Of Fraud in Award
ing Herrick Contract.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
A report completely generating
Forest Service officials of charges Of
collision or fraud in connection with
the Fred Herrick contract for Gov
eminent timber in Grant County, Greg,
was approved yesterday by the Senate
public lands committee for submis-
sion to the Senate.
The report, prepared by Chairman
Stanfield and signed by the commit
tee. however, criticized Herrick for
failure to comply with terms of the
contract and recommended that he
make immediate financial arrange.
ments satisfactory to the Forest Serv.
Ice to complete the contract.
Charges Of collision were brought
against James Girard and Frank
Klobucher. former Forest Service of.
ficials, who are now employed by Her.
rick. In this connection the report
said that there is no evidence to
substantiate charge Of conspiracy,
fraud or collision on the part Of any
one connected with the so-called Her.
rick contract or with the Forest Sery.
ice or Mr.. Girard or Mr.. Klobucher.
and 1t Is the opinion of this commit
tee that these gentlemen should be
wholly exonerated from any charge
OF fraud, conspiracy or COLLISION"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
BIRCH B. LONG, INDIANA
ARTIST, DIES IN NEW YORK
Painted Pictures of Many Famous
Structures, Including Lincoln
Memorial in Washington.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March Birch Bur.
dette Long. 40, artist, a native OF
Columbus City, Ind, who has painted
pictures of some Of Americas most
famous buildings, died in Roosevelt
Hospital yesterday after a short i'll,
ness.
Mr.. Long winner of two Chicago
Architectural Club travelling scholar.
ships, decorated the Hotel William
Penn in Pittsburgh and made a series
of historical paintings for the City
Of New York Building at the San
Francisco Exposition. His pictures of
the Lincoln Memorial in Washington,
the San Diego Fair, the Woolworth
Building and the Nebraska State Capt..
tol have won attention.
His wife and mother survive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
300-POUND WIFE SUES.
AIRS. Jessie L. Miller Charges Cruel.
ty With Weight Handican.

Declaring that she is handicapped
by her weight of 300 pounds from
defending herself against alleged
oruelties Of her husband, Mrs. Jessie
j. Miller has filed suit for a limited
divorce and alimony from Otto NJ.
Miller, an employee of the Bureau OF
Medicine and Surgery of the Navy
Department. She tells the court on
one occasion her husband dragged
her around the floor by the arm and
another day sat on her after knock.
ing her to the floor. He has threat
ened her life, she asserts. The hus-
band recently fell heir to an annual
income Of $4,000, the wife states.
They were married in Alexandria,
Va. October 10. 1921, and have two
children. Attorney E. B. Frey ap.
pears for the wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
Huge Coke Plant Sold.

UNIONTOWN, Pa, March 2, P).-
! Thet purchase of the Home Works
Goal and Coke plant, near McClelland.
town. by the w. j. Rainey interests
from the w. J. Parshall estate was
announced today. The consideration.
While not made known, was under
stood to have been about $500, 900 The
Home Works includes 100 acres OF UNI
mined coal. 100 coke ovens and 40
iainazyf houses. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
ACCIDENTAL SHOT FATAL
Brother of Three Accused Bandits
Dies in HOSPITAL,

SAN ANGELO, Tex, March (P).
Lee De Autremont, whose three
brothers are accused of a train rob-
berry in southern Oregon three years
ago, died in a hospital here yesterday
of an abdominal bullet wound said to
have been accidently inflicted. De
Autremont was shot in a poolroom at
Crossett, Tex, last Friday.
Lee De Autremont was not involved
in the train robbery charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
Leader and Is Rebels Slain.

MEXICO CITY, March 2, R.-The
rebel leader Daniel Ochoa and Ia
rebels were killed in combat with Fed.
eral forces yesterday. The fighting
took place at Vivoras, Zacatecas, and
Totatiche, Jalisco. Seven insurgents
were seriously wounded in each Of the
battles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
WARDENS ARE INDICTED.
First-Degree Murder Charged il
Killing of Two Huntsmen.

NORFOLK, Va. March CP.-Fed.
eral Game Warden William l.. Birsch
and State Wardens A. f. Mercer and
j. r. Caps were indicted jointly yes
terday by a Princess Anne County
grand jury on two bills charging first
degree murder and a third charging
an attempt to kill as the result Of the
fatal shooting February of two
huntsmen, who, they charged. were
illegally hunting. j. l.. Bonney Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02

Virginia Beach and Lee waterfield
of Back Bay, both duck club keep
ers. were the men killed. They, with
the latter's 15-year-old son, LonnAa
Waterfield. were halted by the game,
wardens near Back Bay after they
we're alleged to have killed one duck.
The huntsmen. according to the war
dens. fired at them and they returned
the fire. The boy escaped by running.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
Robinson Admitted 70 Practice.

Senator Robinson OF Indiana was
admitted to practice before tho gu-
preme Court today on the motion OF
his colleague. Senator Watson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-02
MONTGOMERY DRY
BILL PASSES HOUSE
Restricts Possession and Trans
portation Of Liquor in Armored
Vehicles.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 2.-One of
two prohibition measures passed by
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25
AGENCY
NoRaECK GARAGE.

AUTHORIZED FORD SERVICE STATION
using genuine Ford parts.
automobile repairing, tires. tubes and
accessories.
Auto and stationary electric plants service.
Postoffice address. Rockville. Md, R. F.
D. 4,
Phone, Sandy Spring ll6 F IA; resi-
dence. Sandy Spring il6 F Fl.
C. E. FORD. Proprietor.
Successor to Donald Bowie.
left
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25

Realizing that people can be i'm
posed on by admitting unauthorized
persons into their home or places of
business with the understanding that
they have come to inspect" certain
equipment, such as telephones, cleo
trio lights, or radio apparatus, the
telephone company has supplied its
employees who perform this class of
work with distinctive metal badges.
Each badge has a serial number
which the employee will be glad to
show upon request as a means OF
Identification.
If there is any question on the part
OF the business man or the lady in the
home, 1t is only necessary to secure
the workman's name and badge num-
Der, telephone the managers Office,
and the repairman's identity will be
checked in few minutes. In this
way there will be no doubt in anv.
ones mind as to who's who and
why" officials of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company state.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25
oytuLe that cafche5 the eve

ity case and smoking set, leather
mounted.
Finely tailored, form-ftting cushions
of superb button.tufted mohair COM
tribute to Its restful luxury.
Nash powers this car with the big
7.bearingmotor, with clutch, Aywheel
and crankshaft integrally balanced.
That prevents vibration anywhere
through the full range of speed and
power.
Come DRIVE it today. Try its special
EASY-steering mechanism. Test its
springs of secret process alloy steel
that make Nash the smoothest riding
car you ever sat in. Come in at once
and we'll talk SPECIAL terms on
the car you're still driving.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25
" MIRACLE HOUsE"
FOR UNDER
NOUR|SHED
FINANCED BY
CHRISTMAS SEALS
PreVentorlum on Eastern Shore Of
Maryland Offers Natural Facilities
for the Summer Care Of the Under
nourished and Underweight Child.

Thousands of residents OF Maryland
as well as visitors who have made
the trip from Annapolis to Claiborne
on the Ferry have noticed the big
white house situated but a few rods
from the Claiborne wharf. BY day
or by night large red double barred
GROSS is noticed long before the boat
reaches It's landing. Situated but q
few feet from the brinsy waters OF
the Chesapeake, nestled in a grove
OF pines. this big white house has be.
come known az the Miracle House"
Of Maryland, Its big double barred
cross which may be seen for miles,
is the emblem Of the Maryland Tuber-
culosis Association In its fight against
tuberculosis.
In nine years, more than one thou.
sand underweight and undernourished
children of Maryland, many OF whom
have been in contact with Tubercu.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25
TELEPHONE MESSAGE
SAVES FLIER'S LIFE

4 telephone call from a woman and
landing lights probably saved o. H.
Krieder, of Hagerstown, Md, an air.
plane manufacturer and a passenger
in q plane en- route from Cleveland to
Hagerstown from death or injury, ao
cording to an Associated Press Dis
patch of recent date.
An unidentified woman called the
Belts Flying Field at Pittsburgh and
said an airplane circling about was in
all probability lost. The field lights
recently installed were turned on and
the plane landed safely. The occu-
pants had become lost in the dark.
ness and could not find the landing
field
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25

This charming little lady had the
distinction OF being the first gil In
the world to have her voice and her
smile carried to city $50 miles away.
Miss Horner is an instructress in the
Long Distance School of the Chesa.
peake & Potomac Telephone Company
at Washington, D. c., and she was Sc
lected to take part in the first public
demonstration Of Television, Distant
Seeing" a development of the Bell
Telephone Laboratories. Seated at
the telephone in Washington she
greeted a large number of guests
gathered at the Bell Laboratories at
New York with her CHEEKY voice and
pleasing personality.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25
big Reduction In
Clothing.

"Oilsoh, Tie IaIlOf Ol GaituArshurg
" e "" the pOsoHce, a Big Reduction in .niO- made
ue wool suits selling to
boys pure wool homS5
rants nice looking, irons toS4
ALSO steam cleaning
Price ST.
Also Palm Beach scleaned land messed
" A. M until P. M. Open on Saturdays until n M
All work done at very reasonable p,,,s
}. WOIfson,
Phone 62m
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25

losls have enjoyed and received the
benefits to be obtained from fresh
air, pure food, rest. exercise, sun
shine, salt water bathing and super
vised play
Work Made Possible by Christmas
Seals
In 1919 the Miracle House" con-
sisted Of but one two-story building
and few small outbuildings. Today
the Miracle House" consists Of one
large building three stories in height
containing double the space of the
original building, two separate dormi-
tories accommodating twenty children
each, ana large dormitory which
was built this year accommodating
sixty children. The equipment of the
preventorium is of the most modern.
and the children receive the utmost
care and personal attention. All of
this has been made possible by the
annual sale of the tuberculosis
Christmas Seals. This years sale,
which is the twentieth annual Seal
Sale started on Thanksgiving Day and
will continue until Christmas. Spon.
sored by the Maryland tuberculosis
Association and Its afiiliated County
Branches, a special effort is being
made in each locality Of the State to
make the present sale the most sue
cessful in the history Of the organ.
ization
The Miracle House" is but one OF
the various health activities In Mary
land, financed by the Christmas Seal
Other activities Of the Association
which depend upon the Christmas
Seals are the following: Free chest
clinics throughout the State nursing
service, child health education, indus
trial work, education and publicity.
Seventy per cent of all the funds
raised in this county will be used 4
finance county health work.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25

During the past ten years there has
been a gain of 45 per cent in the mum.
Der of telephones in the State of West
Virginia. During the same period the
Increase in population in the State has
been only about II per cent.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25

The telephone wire mileage in the
United States on June 80 1927. totaled
6O,s4O,0OO miles OF this mileage. T..
$1,000 was toll and $3.50 900 was
exchange circuits.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25

Nash STYLE in body design is of
extreme distinction-in the best of
taste.
2RsEEs4 "i oafa %sd you'll out a .ss t o1
the street.
Fashionably low to the road, on
small wheels, and finished in beauti-
full color harmonies, they capture the
eye and admiration instantly.
The big Advanced Six 4.Door Sedan
pictured above is offered in two diff,
ferent color combinations, at no
extra cost.
Window and door panels, instru-
ment board and it's crown panel, all
are richly done in walnut effect.
There are shirred door pockets, van
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25

The total investment in telephone
plant and equipment in the United
States on June 80. 1927 was S9,4s0..
100000.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-11-25
Facts About The Telephone

The total Bell System payroll for
one month June, 1920 was $S6,s27..
900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-19
Power and Light Clash With
Capitol Diaries Feature
Contest.
THREE CLASS A TILTS
Action Expected in First
Round of Games.

East side, west side, all around
the town, amateur baseball fans
are stirring up plenty of enthusiasm
over the titular battles, the first of
which will be played Saturday, to
decide the city Glass AA and Class
A champions to represent this fair
Hoosier city in the national tourna-
ments.
Heading the list of four conflicts
Saturday is the Indianapolis Power
and Light-Capitol Diaries tilt
scheduled for Washington Park.
Finalists in 1925
The Power nine last year romped
through its league schedule with
apparent ease, experienced trouble
from Capitol Diaries in the three
game series, but emerged trium-
plant and proceeded to Philadel-
phia to win the National industrial
crown.
This year, as last, the Diaries
nine is to face the Power team. The
Diaries, remembering we'll the
1-to-0 and 2-to-1 defeats admins.
tered it last August, are in high
hopes and si,ow promise of giving
the Powep team terrific battle for
the city title honors.
Three Class A Games
The three other games Saturday
bring together Class A teams, COM
pting in the elimination series.
Zion Evangelical will meet the
lockwood Manufacturing nine at
Riverside No. 3 while Omar Baking
viii be taking on the strong First
Baptist nine at Riverside No. and
the Illinois Central team is tackling
the st. Johr's Evangelical club at
Rhodius No. 1.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-19
Willard and Mccarthy

Fifteen years ago today, Aug. 10,
1912, two of the worlds leading
"white hopes" met in New York in
a ten-round no-decision bout when
Jess Willard and Luther Mccarthy
fought to determine who was the
most formidable appearing candi-
date for the crown of Jack Johnson,
the Negro champion. Willard was
given the verdict of the newspaper
Scribes.
In the following year Mccarthy
was killed in a Canadian ring by
Arthur Pelkey, while Willard rose
to the heights of worlds heavy
weight champion when he con-
quered the Negro title holder three
years afterward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-08-19
Opening Legion
Boxing Sept. 20

The first boxing show of the in
door season at the National Guard
armory will take place Tuesday
night, Sept. 20, it is announced, and
fistic cards will be presented each
Tuesday night during the fall.
winter and spring, under auspices
of the American Legion posts Of the
city and county.
Between four and five hundred
season seat reservations already are
reported by the Legion boxing COM
mittee, indicating a bright OUT
look for the service mems pro-
motion.
The Ft. Harrison outdoor fistic
programs will close in September,
probably one week previous to the
first Army show.