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Evening star., 1927-06-01
Spanish Eggs.

Skin and chop very fire four large
tomatoes, also four onions. Stew until
tender and season to taste with salt
and pepper. When sufficiently cooked.
stir in four we'll beaten eggs. Have
ready q piece of butter the size of a
walnut sizzling hot and pour in the
egg and tomato mixture. As it cooks
raise the edges with a silver knife
and let the uncooked part run under.
When all is set. fold over like an ONE
let and transfer to a hot platter.
Serve quickly with squares of hot
buttered toast.
Evening star., 1927-06-01

ecru lace. Over this Aunt Nancy
slipped shell pink sweater made of
Shetland wool. The sweater had long
sleeves. collarless, with a V neckline
A special stitch was used in the border
of fuzzy yarn which softened the neck
line.
With this outfit Joan liked her
white socks and her washable white
pumps. Sometimes she wore black
patent slippers.
Evening star., 1927-06-01
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

There must be excellence in the old
things which have lived to be enjoyed
in the present day--old tunes, old pic
lures, old household goods--else they
would not have lived.
Our appreciation of really worth
while old things has extended now
Evening star., 1927-06-01
Willie Willis
BY ROBERT CULLEN.

Il didn't mean to bust up the Sun
day school, but l had a young garter
snake in my pants pocket an he got
out when / wasn't lookin'."
Downright 1927
Evening star., 1927-06-01

Dietitians prescribe cool and refreshing
dishes for hot Summer weather. Write and
inclose stamped. addressed envelope to
Nancy PAGE. care of The Star. and ask for
her leaflet on Summer salads
Evening star., 1927-06-01
Gires Rdlyin
|DorothyDix ''.;; ,';:: :::'; :':;,:' r:::' :;
Haze You
q Courage
Catch Word?
One Says, Il Endured Yesterday I Can Endure
Today; Another "Why Shouldn't Misfor-
tunes Befall Me?"; Third, "There
Are Others Worse Off,"


that shout
life and
Evening star., 1927-06-01

Or LOCAL,
sending in to firms, to magazines and
to papers for extra information, ETC..
about things described or mentioned
has been fostered and grown tremen-
dously within the past few years.
When writing for such information
Il is sometimes stipulated that an S.
A. S. L. accompany a request, some
times not. In the first case letters
without the self-addressed and
stamped envelope receive no atten-
ton, for part of the requirements have
not been fulfilled. In the second in
stance, while the S. A. S. f. is not re-
quired it is a courtesy to send one,
Evening star., 1927-06-01
No excuse now for
perspiration odor
T-just wash and bathe with the hygienic n
Il toilet soap that keeps pores purified Il
BY ELLEN J. BUcKLAND
Registered Nurse

WYE naturally think of perspiration odor
w as something other people may be
guilty of, but never ourselves. But unless
we are on our guard, every one of us may
ofend-without knowing it. F..
Though we may not seem to perspire at
all, the pores continually give off odor>caus-
ing moisture-even in cool weather!
Yet we can be sure of never COM
mitting this unpardonable ofense
Evening star., 1927-06-01

live use Lifebuoy. I his delight
full toilet soap is so refreshing that
millions bathe with it every day.
1t purifes pores-gives lasting
freedom from embarrassingodor.
Those suffering from odor due
to underarm perspiration or per-
spring feet will especially well
Evening star., 1927-06-01

WOuIdnt get the added Protection.
Added safety-no extra cost
Lifebuoya assures greater health protection.
andfreedomfr from perspiration odor-yetcosts
no more probably less, than the soap younowuse.
Lifebuoy is orange'red, the color of its pure
palm,fruit oils. You can get it wherever
soap is sold.
Lever Bros. Co., Cambridge, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
COL. AXT0N DENIES
REPORT OF CUSTER
Says Order to Appear Before
Army Retiring Board
Is Normal.

Col John r. Axton, chief of chap
lains of the Army, denied emphati-
cally today that there is any truth
in the report that his retirement is
being forced because of his fight for
increased rank and pay for Army
chaplains. He has been ordered to
undergo treatment at Walter Reed
Hospital, he said, and to appear be.
fore the retiring board for eXamina-
tion because he is suffering from high
blood pressure. He denied ever hav-
ing advocated anything for the Army
chaplains not approved by the War
Department.
"These stories that I had been at
odds with the War Department are
made out of whole CLOTH" said Chap
lain Axton. at is not true that | have
ever advocated that the chief of chap
lains be given the rank of jor gen
eral. / have recommended that he be
given the rank of briGadier general.
but only after that had been approved
by the department.
II have not criticized the depart
ment and have only the friendliest
feeling toward it. / am in the hands
of my friends. If it is found neces-
sary to retire me because of my health.
l will have no criticism to offer, but
shall accept it in the spirit of good
soldier. ] bear no resentment against
the deartment for ordering me before
the board. It has all happened in the
normal course of events"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
JAPANESE BEETLE
HEARING IS HELD
Federal Horticultural Board
Gets Arguments Against
Extending Quarantine.

Although the Japanese beetle is a
very tiny Crea ture, it succeeded in
calling together more than 100 men
and women today for q serious dis
Cussion of methods to combat its
onslaught at a hearing before the
Federal Horticultural Board in New
National Museum. The question be-
fore the board is whether to enlarge
the area quarantined on account of
the beetle to include Maryland and
the District of Columbia. Five beetles
have been found in the District and
small numbers at various points in
Maryland.
1t was urged by representatives of
the agricultural interests of the Dis.
trict and Maryland that for the pres
ent these areas be left out of the
quarantined region while an effort Is
made to treat the infestated regions
and clean them up.
William. F. Guide, florist, appeared
for the District. Among those from
Maryland We're DIR. r. &. Symons
director of agricultural extension at
the University of Maryland DIR. E.
A. Cory, Maryland State entomologist
w. G. Price of the Towson Nurseries
Ernest Hemming of the Canterbury
Nurseries at Easton, DIR. +. Il. Bonn
berger, president of the Delmarva
Association, Salisbury, and M. NJ
Stewart, secretary of the Maryland
Farm Bureau. Baltimore.
The extension of the quara ntined
area to include the District and Mary.
land would mean the same restric-
tons that are now in force in por.
tons of Pennsylvania. Delaware, New
York and Connecticut. The restric
tions would affect farm, garden and
orchard products of all kinds. The
board took the matter under advise.
ment,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
AUTO SALESMEN'S
MEETING IS HELD
More Than $50 Members At
tend First Session at
Racquet Club.

Attended bv more than $50 local au-
tomotive statesmen. members and their
guests, the National Automotive
Saloemen's Association, newly formed
organization. which had its inception
in the National Capital a few weeks
ago and whose headquarters now are
established here. last night held It's
first informal get-together at the Rac-
quet Club. =,
The meeting, pointed out as the
largest local gathering of automotiVe
statesmen, marked the first or series
which are TO be held here under au-
spices of the National AutomouVe
SaleSmen's Association. and IS part Oh
a Nationwide program when, accoru-
ing to officials last night, already Is
vigorously under way.
Chester IeaSure of the Chamber OF
Commerce of the United states maze
the principal address, streSSlnS 'he
value of organization in business, ana
said that he viewed formation or tne
y. A. 5. \. with considerable satls1ac.
ton since it meant that the sound
principle of getting together hna!ly
was being applied to this phase Oh tne
The speaker brought out that the
salesman is the shock trooper OF m
dustry," and declared that since he is
on the firing line all the time. ana
has direct contact with the conSum-
ing public. 'he should be organized
10 broaden his usefulness to hlmSeh,
10 his employer ard to the pubic at
large"
Eugene Ochsenreiter. president OF
the National Automotive Salesmen's
Association. who presided at last
nights meeting. spoke briefly on the
PROGRESS which the association has
made since its orGani2a ton by q group
rf local statesmen few scant weeks
ago.
Mir. Ochscnreiter. who is a member
Of the sales staff OF the SemmeS Motor
CO., local Dodge distributors, pointed
ont that the organization already has
members in II States.
Bruce LIVE. sales manager Of the
TreW Motor Co, in a brief talk point
"a out that his staff is organized 100
per cent and expressed the opinion
that the n. A. $. A. can accomplish
vast amount of good in the industry.
The meeting was concluded by re-
port of present organization activity
from Philip T.. Banfield, managing di
rector of the associat ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06

became of his automobile. He said
he met some one after the shooting
W no drove him rs far as the Pennsyi'
vania Depot, from where he took 4
taxi to police headquarters. y
Scrgt. Dooley said he believed tht
same man who drove at the time OF
the shooting also took Remus to CITY
Hall. The detectives began search
for the driver of the ear.
The quarrel of RemuS and his WIFE,
ImoGene, goes back to the conclusion
of his bootlegging operations, which
ended with a prison sentence about
three years ago.
Remus, reputed then to be worth
Sc. 500. 900. paid out about Sl,300,000 in
his defense and departed for Atlanta
with S5.000.000 salte0 away, some of
it in the custody of friends that he
since has charged cheated him of
the money and $1,000,000 in securities
and cash in the possession of his wife
Mrs. Remus sued for divorce while
he was in prison and Remus declared
at the time that he feared for the
S1.000.000 he had tntrusted to her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
WOMAN IS UNABLE
TO RECALL WEDDING
Justice Hitz Seeks Further Light
on Reported Marriage in
Maryland.

ST want to hear from some one who
does know something about this af
fair" said Justice William Hitz when
he continued the suit for annulment
of Mrs. Rave Wyatt, an employe of
the Navy Department, who charged
that she had been drugged June 81.
1926. just prior to her marriage at
Camp Springs. Md. TO William T..
Wyatt. who had been indicted in
Maryland for serious offense. she
stated.
This lady says she remembers
nothing from the time she drank a
cup OF coffee in a hotel at Marlboro, >
continued the justice, ION the after
noon Of her wedding day, until she
was brought to the home of her sis
ter that night. See if you cannot
take the deposition of the clerk who
issued the license and also that of the
preacher who performed the ceremony.
j remember one case where a lady
said she remembered absolutely MOTH
ing about her marriage ceremony. but
it later developed that she herself OBJ
tanned the license several days before
the ceremony"
Mrs. Wyatt told the court she was
much surprised when she discovered
on the morning of June %, 1926, that
she was a married woman. She had
not considered Wyatt as a husband
and knew nothing of the securing OF
a license by him June IS, she said.
Il do not mean to impose any hard
ship on this lady," concluded Justice
HitZ, but before I sign a decree
want to hear from some one who
knows more about this marriage than
she appears to know"
hi hriH 70 he
home of her sister Immediately after
the marriage and left town and has
not since been located, it was eX-
planned to the court, by Attorney
Henry NJ. Fowler. who represents the
wife
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
R0BBER OF TOURISTS
GIVEN SEVERE PENALTY

Stern measures to protect the tour
lists in Potomac Park from thefts were
adopted by Judge Robert r. Mattingly
in Police Court today when he inn
posed A Jail sentence of 2l2 years on
John Edwards. cOlored of Georgia.
charged with two cases OF larceny
and destruction of Government prop
eTtV.
According to the evidence. Edwards
e"'ared the tourist camp last night
So stole wearing apparel from
:i"n:y {. Blenks Of Pennsylvania a nd
George Chambers Of jamestown. \
\. lie is also alleged to have gained
his entrance to one Of the tents pro
vded by the Federal Government by
cutting off a side. All the clo1 hes
taken by Edwards were recovered by
Park Policeman j. b. Edeikamp, who
yl1dc the arrest
Edwards was given a straight Jail
sentence Of one year on one Of the
jHrc"ny charges. $500 fine or another
War on the second charge and $500
fjae or six months on the charge Of
cutting tho t"nt The prisoner Was
C01'olo 70 raise myie than few dol
l~.3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW GAIN IN MONTH

Postal receipts for Washington dur
ing September, 1927, totaling $463.-
923.57. represent an increase Of 500
per cent over the volume of the same
month in 1926. according to figures
made public today by postma ster Gen
eral New. The actual increase as
computed from receipts of September,
1926, amounting TO S440,60S.03, was
$23.315.54.
The percentage increase in receipts
of 80 selected cities for the month,
however. was only 80 per cent. The
total receipts Of those cities for Sep
TENDER. 1927, We're s30.152.176 Mem.
phis. Tenn. showed the highest gain.
with a 21S9 per cent increase while
Jersey City was second, with 1877
per cent. and Dayton, Ohio, third,
with 15.4S per cent.
Increases in other Southern cities
were: Atlanta, Ga, 81: Dallas, 5.54:
Louisville, CAB; Richmond, Va, 4.26;
Nashville. Tenn, ca; Houston, 7.75,
and Fort Worth. 015. Decreases were
shown at Baltimore. 3.G4 per cent;
New Orleans, 81, and Jacksonville.
1856
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
NEW BUSES INSPECTED.
Rush Hour Service Will Be Start
ed Here Soon.

An inspection of the first of the
81 new busses purchased by the
Washington Rapid Transit Co. to
arrive in Washington was made yes
terday by members and attaches OF
front of the District Building. The
remaining 80 busses. according to
T.. d. Merrill. president and general
manager of the company, are sched-
uled 20 arrive at the rate of four a
day. AS soon as all of them have
been delivered the company will
start it's rush hour express service.
The new busses have a distinctive
twO-tone color scheme of light blue
and cream, the combination that won
the prize in the contest conducted by
the company prior to ordering them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06

ders of Marco POlo's caravan. A
battered suitcase, cherished be-
cause it has seen the siroccO come
blazing up across the Sahara. A
shining wardrobe trunk, fresh
Observation-Disclosures. Golfbags
and bicycles, perambulators and
theater props, parrots and dogs,
theyform an epic of modern travel.
A half million passengers each
day, twenty thousand pieces of
luggage. the smooth, efficient,
careful handling of this vast mod
ern caravan" is daily miracle of
modern transportation. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
BEACH CONFRONTED
WITH 3 WITNESSES
Suspect in Killing of Dr.. Lii
IiendahI Surrenders for
Jury Probe.

. b. the Associated Press,
I MAYS LANDING. y. J.. October
G Willis Beach. charged with aiding
and abetting in the killing of DIR. A.
William LilIiendahl. who surrendered
early today after being missing for
/ 10 DAYS, was taken TO the grand jury
witness room for identification.
I Beach was confronted by three men
who said they saw a coupe similar
to one owned by Beach leave the
scene of the killing. Later he was
returned 10 Jail. 1t was not made
known whether he was identified as
the driver of the car.
Weeps After Quiz.
Beach appeared to be in gay spirits
when he was being taken to the
courthouse and smiled at the crowd
on the courthouse lawn and waved
his hand
-Four minutes later when he came
q on. Of the grand jury witness room
his attitude was entirely changed.
Ile appeared to he weeping ana wlpea
his ewes with a handkerchief. lie
kent his ewes fixed on the ground as
he was returned 10 his cell
Beach surrendered to Capt. Carter
Of the state police and Stale Trooper
Robert Woodward, He was accom-
panied by Edison Hedges. his counsel.
The surrender took place shortly
after 100 am. on the State highway
about ( miles out of here. Beach and
his counsel drove from one direction
in m automobile, the police from an
o her.
Lawyer Keeps Word.
PcachS appearance was in accord
arca with Il promise made by his coun-
Sc hat his client would surrender
himself whenever he could aid the
court Mr. Hedges called up Prose
ctl'pr Hinkle late last night to inform
han that he would have Beach before
the Grand jury ut Mays Landing today
SO that he could aid the prosecution
in clearing up the mystery.
Hedges told the prosecutor that
Reach had been waiting for the court
10 take some definite action. When
he heard that the case was to go be-
fore the grand jury today, he took
immediate steps to get in communi
cation with his attorney.
Al that time, according to Mr..
Hedges, Beach was near Medford, 10
miles below Camden. Mr.. Hedges de-
clared that he has been in indirect
communication with Beach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06

E. w. Beatty, the president Of the
Canadian Pacific Railway. is credited
with holding down the biggest business
job in the world. In addition to look.
ing after 10000 miles Of railroad, Mr..
Beatty controls S25 200, 900 chain of
hotels. nearly 100 ocean and lake
steamships. 115, 900 miles Of telegraph
lines, a $20.0OO,00O irrigation project.
millions Of acres of farm lands. coal
mines, sawmills. grain elevators and
about 100 other allied interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06

The will of AIRS. Mary Josephine
Latimer, who died September IS, was
offered today for probate. She leaves
her entire estate to her daughter,
Louise p. Latimer, during her life or
unit; she marries. On the marriage or
death of the daughter, the estate is
to be distributed among the four chill
dren or their heirs. The other chill
dren are Admiral Julian Lane Lati.
mer. Mrs. Mary Latimer Snowdon
and Judge J. Wilmer Latimer. Judge
Latimer is named as executor. The
value of the estate is not disclosed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
SEEKS GUARDIANSHIP.

Mrs Nora V. Leapley was appoint
ed today as guardian of her eight
children. who We're orphaned by the
death of their father. Louis T. Leap
ley, who was killed December %
last when a truck which he was
driving was in collision with a taxi
cab. The children have a two-thirds
interest in premises 70S G street
southeast and in a fund of $4,000 re-
covered from the Yellow TaXicab Co.
for the death of the father. Through
Attorneys Martin J. Mcnamara and
Michael NJ. Doyle, the mother asked
leave of the court to eXpend $50 per
month for the children's needs.
Despite the dominant position of
Franco in the manufacturing Of cos
metics. the United States is shipping
10 that country about 100000 worth
of cosmetics annually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06

ported i'm his caravan. Casks of
precious stones, bales of simmer
ing silks, chests of gold medallions,
ivory, jade these he brought
back to blind the City Council of
Venice.
And his baggage told a stranger
tale than any he could frame with
words.
More than 1000, 900 pieces of bag
gage are handled each year in the
baggage cars of Pennsylvania
trains. And the tales they tell of
miraculous travel dwarf the won
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
he bogugec rofnuyPm yhann
Variety is the law of life with the
baggage-maSter on the LIBERTY LIMITED

"The animals vent in two by two
The elephant and the kangaroo"
MOT that the baggage car of
1 Y any Pennsylvania train is
Noah's Ark on wheels, nor are
Pennsylvania bageage-masters Sc
lected because of their affection
for animals. But the natural lik-
ing which most of them have for
pets is typical of the friendly spirit
of Railroad Men.
Marco Polo crossed the noun
tainS of Tibet laden with the won
ders of the Orient. Thirty came1s,
a hundred elephants have been re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
$4,000 Damages Sought.

Isaac Behrmln. 9l6 Farragut street
today sued Joseph Atkins, owner of
he declares his arm was crushed in
an elevator accident August is. He
asks 10000 damages. Attorney r.
Morris Wampler represents the plain
tiff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-06
GEORGE REMUS KILLS HIS WIFE
ON WAY TO DIVORCE HEARING
Once "King of BootIeggerS"
SurrenderS After Fatal
Shooting in Street.
Follows Taxi Into Park and
MortaIIy Wounds Spouse
as She Tries to Flee.

! By the Associated Press
| CINCINNATI Ohio. October 6 -
Mrs. Imosene Remus died in hos
pital here today from a bullet wound
inflicted by her husband. George Re
mus, once king of the booilegSers.
a few hours before her suit for divorce
was to have been heard.
Mrs. Remus was en- route in taxi
cab to the office Of her attorney for
a conference regarding her suit fol
! divorce due for a hearing today, when
she encountered RCmus in another
ear in a park Rrmus followed her
and. becoming alarmed, she jumped
from her taxi when traffic slowed her
progress and started to run.
Remus sprang from his machine
and grabbed her Pressing a revolver
to her abdomen ne fired one shot.
Mrs Remus' screams attracted other
motorists. who took her to the hos
pital, where she died a few minutes
after an operation was performed.
Remus Surrenders TO Police.
In the confusion Remus left the
scene and short time later, while
detectives were searching for him, he
walked into the central police station
and surrendered.
A charge of first degree murder was
placed against Romus by Chief of
Detectives kirgan. He will be held
without bail.
Remus was bitter against his wife.
He told police he did not intend to let
her. get away with what she is try
ing"
Referring to his wife and Franklin
l.. Dodge, jr.. Department of Justice
agent whom he named as correspond
ent in his counter divorce action, Re
mus declared he had spent thousands
of dollars in an effort to find them
together.
Remus' adopted daughter, Ruth, 10,
at the hospital while preparations were
being made to operate on Mrs. RenuS.
declared that Mrs. Remus had been
in fear of her husband.
mfr. Remus has beaten mistreated
and threatened my mother all through
her married life" she said she
feared something like this would hap
pen
She said Remus was greatly excited
and cursed as he turned the gun on
Mrs. Remus. The daughter was in the
taxi with Mrs, Remus and saw the
shooting.
Remus told the police he had lain in
wait for his wife and that he was driv-
ing the car himself when he followed
the taxi into the parkway.
The daughter said another man was
driving the car. but she did not recog.
niZe him. She said she recognized the
car as one that was formerly used by
one of RemuS' chief lieutenants and
: close friend in his bootlegging opera
tons.
In charge of Detective Sergt. George
Dooley and a squad of detectives, Re-
mus was taken to Eden Park to re-
enact the shooting.
The detectives doubted many parts
of his story. Remus claimed he had
thrown the revolver in the Eden Park
drive. He took the detectives severai
hundred feet from the place the shoot
ing actually occurred. No trace of
the weapon was found.
Ramus said he did not know what