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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-03
FINDS SHE TOOK
LIFE IN RIVER

The Montgomery county health
office. today issued a<certificate of
suicide in the death of Miss Annie
Lovett Banes, As years old, 1s45 Mon
roe st. N. W., an employee of the
city postoffice, whose body was
found by picnickers yesterday in
the Potomac River below Great
Falls.
Identification of the body was
made early today by Miss Banes'
two brothers. Thomas H. and Henry
B. Banes, jr., and her brotherin-
law. J. B. Stanley. and Mrs. Stanley.
The body will be turned over
today to Miss Banes' parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry B. Banes, with
whom she had been living. She
will be buried in Bristol, Pa, her
birthplace.
Miss Banes had been missing
since September 20. She reported
at the City Postoffice as usual at
8 a. m. that day, but left imme-
diately and was not seen again
until the body was found.
The body had lodged in the
rocks, and was discovered by J. H.
Still and Willard Reed. Policeman
Lawrence Clagett and w. r.
Humphrey, Rockville, Nd, under
taker, recovered it.
Miss Banes had been the vic
tim Of a nervous disorder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-03
ISFACING
HUGE DOCKET

With a docket congested by the
accumulation Of hundreds of cases,
due to Congress failure to provide
funds FOR jury duty, the District
Supreme Court today resumed it's
fall term of court.
Almost three months before the
fiscal year ending June 80, trial by
jury cases had to be suspended be.
cause there were no funds to pay
the jury fee of 81 per day. As a
result the five justices of the Cir.
cult, Criminal, Supreme, Probate
and Bankruptcy courts have an ac-
emulation Of extra cases confront
ing them in addition to the routine
litigation filed from day to day.
Hundreds Of criminal cases are
docketed for trial as the lack of
funds also resulted in the postpone.
ment of all cases except those who
pleaded guilty. Unfortunate &C.
cused prisoners. unable to make
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-03
Army Is to Show
Big Guns in Action

The annual demonstration of the
American Army's powerful coast
defense artillery opens at Aberdeen.
Md, next Thursday.
Secretary of War Davis, other
cabinet members, munitions manu-
facturers and other business men
have been invited to attend the ex-
hibition which is held under the
auspices of the Army Ordnance
Association.
The firing of the seacoast cannon
and the antiaircraft guns at their
maximum will be the big feature
of the demonstration. in which the
Air Corps, the Signal Corps. the
Chemical Warfare Service and the
Quartermaster Corps also take part.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-03
ADVERTISEMENT

Prices realized on Swift A. Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington. D.
c., for week ending Saturday. October /,
1897. on shipments sold out, ranged from
12.06 cents to $500 cents per pound and
averaged 1893 cents per pound.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-03

FAIR PLAY. After many years Of
playing fair with those employing
chem, you need have no doubt when
calling ON the "WhO's Who" firms,
On next to the last page.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
Markings by Mail.

More and more can the United
States citizen accomplish things by
mail. He can round out his wardrobe
by filling out a measurement chart:
he can purchase genuine water
ground cornmeal and buckwheat for
his morning cakes and maple honey
to pour over them; he can have his
smokes delivered to his door by the
gray-clad postman; he can, 1t is al
legged, get himself cured Of various
real and imaginary diseases by send
ing specimens to analytical bu-
reaus; he can learn languages liv-
ing and dead; he can even get mar
ried by mail. or rather thus arrange
for marriage.
Now he can have himself per-
sonally analysed as to his qualifica-
tons for success. his influence and
earning power. as a preliminary to
self-improvement. There are twenty
requirements necessary to ones
business progression" states a let
ter sent broadcast from a great Mid
western city offering this personal
analysis and advisory service for
business and professional men. "The
'Personalysis Rater' shows you how
TO compile an exact percentage on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22

these requirements 50 hat you may
determine just how high or low you
stand on each Of your personal traits
For the man who has gained sue
cess through practical experience,
who is ambitious further to extend
his influence and earning power. and
who realizes that the first step in
self improvement is to find out just
how high in type as an executive
he really Is, this new service has been
created"
What Is not stated is whether the
client is to fill out his ratings for
himself or get his best friend. or
some colleague. or his boss to do
1t for him. The results, 1t Is feared,
would vary considerably and might
befog the far-off analyzer Further
more. when the anticipated analysis
arrives-by maitland the verdict Is
gratifying to the recipient. does he
take 1t to the inner room, flash 1t
proudly and demand a raise in salary ?
The possibilities are interesting to
contemplate. Intriguing as the idea
sounds. 1t is feared that no really
successful service along this line can
be prosecuted until universal mental
telepathy Is the order of the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22

The residents of Morrison. H., can
not have very much to do. At least,
that would be the impression gained
from a bit of buffoonery just staged
in a court of that city. A motorist
ran over a chicken in the roadway.
He was sued by the owner Of the
fowl and hailed into court for the
offense. The jury of twelve good men
and true deliberated twelve hours
before acquitting the motorist of
blame and the trial cost the county
three hundred dollars.
What sharp satire on the proper
use of the courts this is!
The suit should never have been
entertained or the motorist forced
to stand trial for such a silly thing.
The twelve members of the jury. IL
it took them half a day to decide
on the verdict. must either have
been very stupid or they did not
have anything else to do and en-
joyed the comforts of the jury room.
Any county that will put up with
such nonsense deserves to lose three
hundred dollars. When a case like
this comes up, It reflects seriously on
the citizens Of the locality in which
1t occurs and the people of Nor
rison have no reason to be proud
Of their chicken slaughter trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
Remember the Birds
At Christmas Time
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
I am glad to note off and on during
the Winter the various pleas made for
feeding the birds. AS a recent pleader
remarks, 1t takes only little thought,
a few minutes, and a few scraps and
crumbs saved from the table, slipped
into a lunchbag, to provide a good
meal for the pigeons, sparrows and
other feathered friends who do not
desert us for the sunny Southland.
In Summer the parks are full of
frolicking children and visitors and
the twittering birds, cooling pigeons
and cunning squirrels are well fed at
their hands. But on bleak Winter
days the birds have a hard time
rustling for food on the frozen sod
amid empty benches. Should we desert
them now? Pick out some street or
park corner where they seem espe-
cially to gather for foraging and
spread little daily treat. It might
even take one out Of his way a bit,
but 1t Is well worth while to hear
their chirps and coos of thanks and
assurance that their Creator would in
some way provide.
Especially. this Christmas week, not
only remember the birds, but take the
opportunity to feed or help some
homeless cat or dog or neglected horse
or farm animal; and, of course, it is
hoped there is not one who has not
already provided for the happiness of
some wistful child Of the poor or
some forlorn old person at this sea.
son Of kindly thought.
VIRGINIA w. SARGENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

United States customs officials un-
earth traffic in spy messages. FINDS
scores of letters containing inscrip-
lions in invisible ink or code phrases
in the clothing or personal effects OF
ships crews bound to or from Scanol-
navian ports, the documents then
being forwarded to Germany or TO
spies in this country. Col.
Lewis, machine gun inventor, BEFORE
military affairs committee. charges
that ordnance ring stops Army from
getting machine gun. Maintains that
United States cannot supply It's men
with sufficient guns for at least ~,
possible -, months. Twenty
four members of the Lafayette Esca.
drille, all Americans, have received
their commissions and will now san
the air under the American nag.
Practically all the American aviators
now fighting in France are being
taken over into the A. e. F.
Germans, for second time within a
week, make air raid on London. One
hostile plane forced to descend, and
in first two raids 10 persons were
killed and 20 injured. - Lively
artillery fighting on the French front
near st. Quentin. Rheims, Verdun and
in Alsace. Quiet on British sector.
Italians improve their positions on
Asolone front and repulse several
Austro- German counter attacks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
Reveries of Rod and Reel.

Now Is coming that season Of the
year when one catches fish in retro
spect. With shins toasting over
against a pickering fire. Piscator mulls
over in his mind the big one, to &C.
commodate which he had to open the
lid OF his creel. or that other big one
that got AWAIT matters little which.
1t ia a pleasure in which those Of
every degree can partake. from Presi-
dent Coolidge, with his glowing rec
objections Of the robust and radiant
rainbows Of Squaw Creek, down to
the small boy. who, with homework
spread out before him, pictures him.
self as battling with the haIf-pound
yellow perch or enticing the mon
strous eightinch trout living in the
hole under the culvert. He can almost
feel the stone bruise and the blistered
thumb Of last Summer
Even upon US IL the feast day on
which worthy anglers bestow one upon
the other rods, reels. lines, tackle
boxes. nets, waders and all manner
of quaint furred and feathered or
metaled lures. each warranted a sure
killer-sometimes Moreover, are we
living through that sector Of the
earth's cycle when mackerel, Goldfish
and other salt water delicacies are
particularly tasty for breakfast. while
a long string of months containing
the letter ''R" induce US to renew &C.
quaintarice with what the Journalist
Of decades gone usually. described q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22

''succulent bivalves." Furthermore.
this is also a season Of indoor happy
anticipation Of sport awaiting in 1888
vacation days.
All this leads up to the point that
credit Is due the Federal Bureau OF
Fisheries, which labors INCREASINGLY
to promote both economical CASTRO
nomic delights and the healthful
pleasures of the sportsman. The re.
port of the commissioner. recently Is.
sued, informs the public that the past
year witnessed the greatest output Of
fish and eggs since the establishment
Of the bureau. The pack Of canned
salmon in Alaska was the largest in
the history Of the Territory. 1t is not
unlikely that. had the bureau never
existed, no salmon would today be
found in Alaska.
do you want good fishing? Then
obey the law" Thus runs the pithy
legend on a highly visible sign to be
encountered in rural Pennsylvania.
No one will dispute its underlying
truth. A paraphrase is. do you want
good fishing? Then be liberal with
the Bureau of Fisheries" It is Just
as true, and the fishing" includes
both angling for sport and SEEMING for
gain.
But most Star readers, 1t Is con.
tended, have no representatives in
Congress on whom they can urge such
desirable liberality. True enough, but
they all know some one who has.
Some day. not during the life of this
Congress. or probably the next. but
some day all Star readers will have
this desired representation. and in the
meantime they can be giving the mat.
ter fruitful thought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22

Every so often a new aspirant for
the unenviable title Of the ''meanest
man in the world" hobs UP in the
days news. There have been those
who have robbed the blind. church col
lection boxes and widows and children
with no other means of support. All
of these have successfully been
crowned the ''meanest man." but the
modern king OF them all has just made
his appearance in New Jersey. He
has placed his name in nomination for
the undisputed title. and 1t will take
the others many hours of thought and
the execution Of despicable deeds to
dislodge him from his eminence. The
new ruler of the kingdom of the
"meanest man" took his automobile
out the other night for a little drive.
He had not gone far when he succeed.
ed in knocking to the ground woman
who was walking with her small
daughter. Calamity he placed his
victim in the rear Of his machine and
sped to her home. And Just as gal
lantly he carried her upstairs, placed
her in a chair. and said, II will be
right back with the best doctor in
town." The victim waited patiently
for his return, but as time passed she
became suspicious and called her own
doctor. 1t was then that she discov.
cred that the gallant motorist had ex.
tracted not only her key from her
pocketbook when he opened the door
for her, but all her money as well.
Hit-and-run motorists are quite nu.
merous in every community. This is
the first recorded instance. however.
Of the appearance Of a new type. the
hit. rob and run automobile driver, and
It Is for this reason that he deserves
the title Of the "meanest man., It Is
possible that there were some wit.
nesses to the street accident who
caught the number Of the automobile
involved, and the police may be able
to trace the thief as q result Of this
clue. If he is apprehended. no mercy
should be shown him when he Is
brought before the bar Of justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
THIS ) AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

unread, is no more than so much
waste paper. A book cannot compel
one to read 1t. A good book is like
many good men and women-its good
qualities are unknown to many simply
because they will not take the trou-
BILE to look into 1t.
Careless, Indifferent, unwilling, they
allow a shabby cover to turn them
away, or a strange name to arouse
their contempt.
A fancy gold title, however, no more
makes the book than the dress does
the man. Many a book strikes one
indifferently, at the beginning of the
acquaintance with it, that charms in
the end.
With books, as with men, there is
no certainty Of Judgment Until one
knows them intimately. Then quail
ties appear that win the heart, where
as previously the reader (of hooks or
character) made many an honest mis-
take through ignorance.
Ignorance! Mother of all evil, truly.
not only in regard to crime but par
ticularly with reference to the great
crime of misjudgment of human be-
ings.
The man who likes his liquor will
come to find that the man who does
not drink has his good points, while
the lntter will find many a golden
quality of heart and mind IN the for
mer, IL each will do the other the sim
pie justice to read him Alright.
Il n y II
Undoubtedly "a Christmas Carol
is the greatest of the Dickens stories
of this type.
None of his other tales possess such
genuine power to impress the spirit of
true Christmas upon the heart.
1t is perhaps impossible for an or
binary human being to read this story
| without being moved by it. 1t is the
greatest fairy tale in the world for
groWn.ups.
Surely it is a fairy tale!
Even the ardent Dickensian would
make no other claim for it. Here is
| a story of Old Scrooge, a man utterly
without the Christmas spirit, and, by
his very life and character, a man ut
terly incapable of ever getting 1t, who,
nevertheless suddenly acquires it.
One is reminded of the miser in the
| old French play, who, according to the
stage directions, leaned against post
and became generous" The only way
| that Dickens could work such trans.
| formation in his character was to do
1t by magic.
Hence the spirits or the various
Christmases, past, present and future.
who came to the tight-f1sted, hard.
hearted old fellow, and who succeeded
| in making him see the error of his
ways and thinking just in the nick
of time.
A sublime fairy tale, surely!
The reader unconsciously puts him.
| self in the place of Old Scrooge,
whether he merits the incarceration
or not, and works out his own Christ
mas salvation along with that of the
main character.
Reading rightly, and treasuring up
in his heart some, if not all, of the
vigorous Dickens spirit, the reader Is
] able to approach his own Christmas
day In a better way.
Try Dickens, IL the cares of busy
weeks have got on your nerves, or ii.
for some strange alchemy of living,
| the proper Christmas spirit Is lacking
in the individual case.
| Read "A Christmas Carol" tonight.
| II you have 1t Tor tomorrow, il you
have 1t not). and be a better man or
woman on Christmas day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22

higher than did Group I. Groups II,
III and Nv represent the ages Of those
most frequently found in evening
schools. The time Of the greatest
learning ability, coming at period
when most people are not in school,
may be a most significant fact and
may cause reorganization of our
school system"
Thus 1t will be seen that the aliens
who, although past the usual school
age, are receiving the benefits of the
Americanization schools are profiting
in way that few American natives
have ever done. They are receiving
educational facilities at period when
they are most susceptible Of digesting
learning.
Furthermore, the same authority
quoted above, the official of the
Bureau of Education, calls attention
to the comparative economy of adult
schooling. The high school costs the
taxpayer $173 year per pupil. and col
lege costs the public. or the endow.
ment. $59375 a year. Hence a stu.
dent in those eight years, at the usual
age of students, costs public tax
money Of $3.069.88. A night school
costs for eight years per pupil a total
OF only $50, instead, Of $3,069.8S. and
the student learns more per hour than
does the day student.
(copyright. 1927. by Paul v. Collins,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
Grasp All the "Opportunitiesw

Washington will surely not neglect
its Fourteen Opportunities" for prac.
tical charity. The amount required to
meet the needs Of these selected cases
is $4,000. The amount subscribed up
to the reckoning announced today is
$7,677.40. It has always been the hope
that this fund would be completed by
Christmas morning. Therefore only
about thirty-six hours remain to &C.
complish this end now. These "Op.
portunities" have become an institu.
ton. definitely established as a feature
Of the annual charity work. The cases
are selected with care to represent
need that Is much broader than this
particular list.
Today's total brings the amount
just a little over the halfway point.
There remains to be collected 81, 400. so.
This can be done. In other years the
fund has been suddenly completed
after days Of tagging.
If these fourteen cases are not fully
supplied by direct subscription, it will
be necessary to meet their budgets out
Of the general funds. By their selec-
ton they are guaranteed for the year.
If the general fund must be drawn
upon to supply deficiencies. the re-
sources of the Associated Charities,
which cares for many hundreds during
the season, will be depleted by that
amount. Thus those who give to the
Opportunities" are indirectly giving
also to the general funds of organized
charity in the District.
It is not desirable that these "Op.
portunities' should be CLOSED" by
large individual gifts. It IL far better
that they be met by numerous smaller
subscriptions, representing the dona.
tions of hundreds, perhaps thousands
of people. Some subscribers. instead
Of choosing a specific case, request
that their gifts be distributed through.
out the list.
Whoever gives to this fund Is as.
sured that every dollar goes for the
support Of definite group Of needy.
worthy people. There are no deduc-
tons for overhead" or administrative
expenses. The Associated Charities.
merely acts. as fiscal agent for these
families. whose circumstances are
known to be such as to deserve the
fullest response to the call for their aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK
Nobody loves an egotist.

Nobody loves an egotist.
The egotist of popular conception Is
an irritatingly cocksure fellow whose
virtues probably do not justify his
vanity.
But there are varying levels of
egotism. =,
There Is the congenial egotist who
was born to strut, the man with
peacock soul.
There is the self,made egotist. the
man who coaxes his latent and lag
gard powers into action and achieve
ment by ever reminding himself that
he is capable of high achievement.
The world owes much to the self
made cyclists.
Many Of the early business pioneers
of America, who despite their bucca-
neering and bribery laid the founda.
tions of American industry, were self
made cyclists.
Although a nit-wit cannot make
himself into a Napoleon by patting
himself on the back, there is much
unlocked possibility in this sort OF
selfhypnosis.
But there Is a universal egOtism
that runs throughout creation and out
of which all the varying forms OF
egotism spring.
Rose Macaulay once wrote an essay
In which she sought to prove how
well we think of ourselves by the
whimsical device of showing how we
invariably describe the thing we dis
like as something utterly unlike us.
Humanity calls mercy humane
Humanity calls cruelty inhuman.
We call a dishonorable man cur.
We call a slander.peddling woman
cat.
The thing a woman approves is
called womanly.
The thing a woman disapproves is
called unwomanly.
The virtues a man praises are
called manly.
The vices a man denounces are
called unmanly.
The nations denounce the qualities
and acts they dislike by formula
that is the same the world around:
at is un-American" cries the
American.
"Ce nest pas francais" cries the
Frenchman.
mon e italiano" cries the Italian
"Nicht Deutsch!" cries the German
And even the Laplander. Miss Ma,
caulay suspects, lectures his unpa'
triotic neighbor by telling him how
un.Lapp his conduct Is.
The cricket player brands all un-
sportsmanlike action as mot cricket"
Everywhere humanity describes the
things it dislikes by describing 1t as
different from what the part of hui
mainly in question is or Is doing at
the moment.
This is the universal egotism.
Copyright. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.