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Evening star., 1927-04-04
Trustees Sale of Valuable Brick
Corner Business Property
Known as Premises 39I Flori-
da Ave. NV, With Apart
rnent on Third Floor.

By virtue Of certain deed OF trust duly
recorded. in Liber No. 563l. folio 342 eli
seq. Of the land records of the District of
Columbia, and at the request Of the party
secured thereby. the undersigned trustees
viii sell at public auction. in front Of the
premises, on WEDNESDAY. THE SIXTH
61eLo6K PM the ig Ab RAY iand
and premises situate "a the District of CO.
lumba. and designated as and being lot
20 in John III. Lanes subdivision OF part
of block o.. LIE Droit Park as per plat
recorded in Liber County No. z. folio 60 OF
the District of Columbia.
Terms; Sold subject 90 three prior deeds
OF trust. aggregating approximately $4,000.
fun particulars Of which viii be announced
at time of sale: the purchase price above
said trusts 20 be paid in cash. deposit
OF $500 required, Conveyancing. recording.
etc. at purchaser cost Terms TO be com.
piled with within 80 days, otherwise deposit
forfeited and the property may be advertised
and resold at the discretion of the trustees.
JAMES j. BECKER
THOMAS WALKER.
mT26.d6dsexsu Trustees.
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THos. J. OWEN q son. AUCrIoNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE
STORY BRICK DWELLING KNOWN
As PREMISES 1909 THIRD STREET
NORTENNEA

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE
STORY BRICK DWELLING KNOWN
As PREMISES 1909 THIRD STREET
NORTHW EST.
BY virtue OF a certain deed Of trust. dated
MAY 18th, 1926. being instrument No. 1872
recorded May 27th. 1925. among the land
records Of the District of Columbia and at
the request Of the party secured thereby
the undersigned trustees will sell. at public
auction in front of the premises. on THURS
DAY, the SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL, AD
1927. AT -FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the fol-
lowing described land and premises. situate
in the District of Columbia and designated
as and being lot 81 IN Hugh A. Campbell's
subdyision of lot IL. block 10, "IeDroit
Park ~ as per plat recorded in Ifber County
"a, folio G3, Of the records Of the Office Of
the surveyor, Of tho District OF Columbia
AZ the date hereof the aboye-described land
and premises are DESIGNATED on the records
Of the assessor Of the District OF Columbia
dQr taxation purposes as lot 81 i'll square
Terms Sold subject to prior deed Of
trust for S5,500.00 further particulars OF
which will be announced at time of sale:
the purchase price above said trust to be
paid in cash. deposit OF $4,000 re-
quired. Conveyanc1ng. recording, etc. at
purchasers cost Terms to be complied
with within thirty days: otherwise deposit
forfeited and the property may be adver-
tised and resold at the discretion OF the
trustees.
r. THOMAS ROBINSON.
ROBERT Il. 7. KRETTER.
mh2S-d&ds. .eX.Su Trustees.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS
| THOS. j. OWEN y SON. AUCTrONEERS
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE FRAME
BUNGALOW KNOWN AS PREMISES

BUNGALOW, KNOWN AS PREMISES
.3eoi AUSTIN STREET soUTHEAsT. %
BY virtue of certain deed of trust. re-
corded In I.iber 54Q5, folio 246. among the
at the request Of the party secured thereby.
the UNDERSIGNED trustee will sell at public
auction, in front of tee premises. on
WEDNESDAY. THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL.
following described land and premises situ-
ate in the District Of Columbia. and desig-
mated as and being part of a tract of land
known as "Nonesuch': beginning for same
at the northeast corner Of lot numbered
twenty-niue (2pl In square numbered fifty
six hundred eighty-one (o681), as shown on
plat of Mary y. Wedderburn's subdivision
recorded in the office of the surveyor of the
District OF Columbia in Liber r. folio At.
and running thence westerly along and with
line OF said square and of said subdivision,
and being the westerly line Of the property
conveyed to Mary b. Wedderburn by h. Frank
Gebest by deed recorded among the land rec
1924: thence southeasterly along and with
the said line to the north line OF the pub
lie alley in said square: thence oasterly along
and with the said north iine OF said alley
TO tho westerly line OF said lot numbered
twenty-nine (2Ql. thence northerly along
and with the said last mentioned line to the
south line OF Austin street and the place Of
Terms Of sale: All cash. A deposit OF
$4,000 viii be required at time OF sale
purchaser. Terms of sale TO he complied
with within thirty days from day of sale
otherwise the trustee reserves the right to
resell the property at the risk and cost OF
tisenent of such resale in some newspaper
published in Washington, d. G.,
WILLIAM c. REED.
mh22,24 &c. .2S 30api 3 400. Trustee.
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COTORFD-BARGATN.

s-story brick: 4 large rooms, pantry bath
extra toilets new hOt-water heating plant;
electric light. House in splendid condition.
2-car garage on alley. Price. $500; easy
terms.
HERMAN E. GASCH,
1926 New York Ave. Main 3I5o.
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AUCTION SALES.

THos. j. OWEN ( s0N. AUC'TTl05NEERs.
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!. J. OWE { soN. AucrIoNEERs
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ADAM A. WESCHLER ( SON. Auctfone
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ADAM A. wEscHLER s soN. Auetioneers
Evening star., 1927-11-23
PRESS TO ASSIST
ANTLCANCER DRIVE
Two Weeks Crusade Start
ed in New York-BuIIetins
Will Be Issued.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 23.-News
papers of the country are to play a
leading role in two-week anti
cancer crusade that started here last
night with mass meeting at the
New York Academy of Medicine.
The campaign is to be waged
largely through the mediuml of
authoritative bulletins dealing with
various aspects of the disease, distrib-
uted to the press by the American
Society for the Control of Cancer.
"The points emphasized in these
bulletins" said DIR. George A Soper,
mana ging director of the society,
are that delays are fatal in cancer
that many cases can be cured if the
disease can be discovered in time and
put in the hands of skillful ply
sician; that facilities exist, in the way
Of hospital and clinics, for accurate
diagnosis and sound treatment, and
that a great many wrong ideas about
cancer should be given up, namely
that cancer is contagious. that it i'm.
plies a family taint and that home
remedies are useful.
There are various procedures that
can be taken for the prevention of
cancer, and these are stated. Modern
methods of treatment are described.
Among all the measures of pub
licity employed by this society in the
IA years of it's existence. it has been
found that the newspapers take the
foremost place because of their ability
Evening star., 1927-11-23
CANADIAN PREMIER
COOLIDGE GUEST
Will Take Thanksgiving Din
ner With Senator Gerry
of Rhode Island.

Discounting any political aspect in
his visit. Premier William Lyon Mac
kenzie King reached Washington on
a belated train yesterday afternoon
and at noon today was a luncheon
guest Of President Coolidge at the
White House. Tea will be served this
afternoon at the British embassy, wit h
Minister and Mrs. Vincent Massey
as hosts at dinner at the Canadian le-
cation tonight.
While Canada celebrates it's day of
Thanksgiving on Armistice day, Pre-
mier King will spend a real American
Thanksgiving In Washington tomor-
row. He will have luncheon with
Senator Gerry of Rhode Island. a per-
sonal friend. while in the afternoon
tea will he served at the legation and
dinner at the British embassy. with
Sir Esme and Lady Howard as hosts.
Premier King spent this morning
quietly at the legation with his old
friends, Minister and Mrs. Massey.
whom he has known for years, and
with l.. j. Beaudry. first secretary at
the legation, who used to he his own
secretary in years gone by.
At the White House luncheon,
President had as guests besides the
premier. Secretary of State Kellogg,
Mr.. Massey, Secretary of War Davis,
Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Will
liam II. Castle, jr., Assistant Secre-
tary of State; Col. Banton Winship,
White House military aide. and Capt.
Wilson Brown, White House naval
aide.
Social and not political reasons were
assigned by the premier as the reason
for his Washington visit, when he ar
rived yesterday afternoon As minutes
late from Ottawa. He sidestepped po-
litical questions at a conference he
held soon after his arrival with news
paper men, declaring that he desired
to get first-hand information on the
functioning of the Canadian legation,
which he is visiting for le first time.
He said that economic conditions in
the Dominion are now prosperous and
that there is no trace of the depres-
sion of the years Immediately follow
ing the war.
Premier King called on President
Coolidge yesterday afternoon and was
entertained last night at dinner by
Secretary and Mrs. kellogg. The
premier will leave late tomorrow
NIGHT
Evening star., 1927-11-23
WISE GIVEN LIBERTY
UNDER SIS, 900 BAIL
D. C. Man Refuses Testimony at
Coroner's Inquest in Death
at Martinsburgh, w. Va.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MARTINSRURG, w. Va, Novem-
ber 23.-Spencer Wise of Washington
was arrested yesterday on a charge
of murder after coroner's inquest
into the death of Leo A. Livers.
Martinsburg business man.
Livers died in Baltimore hospital
last week from fractured skull al.
legged to have been received in a
Martinsburg hotel during a scuffie
over a dice game. Wise was held
under $4,000 bail, which he supplied.
The coroner's jury found that Livers
died as result of his head coming in
contact with hard surface, causing
a fractured skull. but it's verdict did
not name any person as responsible
for the death. Wise declined, through
counsel. to testify at the inquest on
the ground that he knew that war
rant for his arrest had been issued.
although unserved. He was arrested
after the verdict was returned.
Clyde Smith and Walter Fitzsim-
mons, compa Mons Of Wise and Livers
at the hotel, testified that they saw
them scuff1ng in the hallway. DR.. H.
G.. Tonkin testified Wise had told him
he struck Livers on the jaw in self
defense after he had been threatened
in the disagreement over dice game.
Evening star., 1927-11-23
A Wise Decision.

My Aunt Ophelia has decided that
she won't soar for France this year,
her trusty airship won't be guided
through endless leagues of atmos-
phere. She long had planned 10 make
the journey, since in such trips much
glory lies, although her pastor and
attorney had argued that 1t wasn't
wise. NV aunt is venturesome and
daring, the direst perils she'd con.
front; for weeks she dreamed Of sky
ward faring. of pulling off famous
stunt But when she saw that folks
are firing of stunts wherein some
victim dies, she dropped at once her
vain aspiring. and turned her thoughts
to making pies. "I'll wait" she says,
three years or twenty, till flying is
a safer game: the sea has taken toll
a-plenty of people with heroic aim. l
hoped to win fame eternal by soar
ing DER the misty sea. and have my
picture in each journal throughout
this country of the free; but fame.
though helpful and uplifting, and all
the grand stands mighty roar, won't
help a lady dead and drifting about
thousand leagues from shore. At first
when flyers bold departed to conquer
fame ar bump the bumps. we called
them Ereat and lion hearted. but now
we merely call them chumps. There
ought to he law men mutter, for
bidding all such fool campaigns; it
isn't good or wise to clutter the ocean
up with busted planes I'm just as
V"ntureSOme and sporty rs any girl of
SO, but | will wait five years or forty
before | soar across the sea-" That
she is wise we're all conceding, as she
gets busy in the shack, for we have
all grown tired of reading of those
who go and don't come back.
WALT MASON.
fCoDyright 1927
Evening star., 1927-11-23
D. C. SUES OIL COMPANY
FOR GASOLINE TAXES
Corpora tion Counsel's Office Claims
$14,O96.61 Is Due on Levy for
Three Months.

The District of Columbia through
Corporation Counsel Bride and Assist
ant Corporation Counsel Stephens
have sued the Republic Oil Co.
for $14, ,096.61, which it claims is due
for gasoline tax of 2 cents per gallon
on sales made by the company during
July, August and September. with a
balance from the tax levied in June,
1927. The balance has not been paid
on the figures for June, the court is
advised. and the company has neglect
ed to pay any part of the tax for
the quarter embracing the months of
July, August and September.
According to the declaration the
company imported and sold during
June 150,661 gallons Of gasoline on
which the tax amounted to $3,01322,
on which it paid only $2,625,71. leav-
ing a deficit of $387.51. In July the
sales totaled 21S.71O gallons, on which
tax of $4,374.20 was levied; in
August sales amounted to 253,364
gallons, calling for tax payment of
S4,707.28, while in September the COM
pany sold 231,3S1 gallons, becoming
responsible for a tax of $4,627.62.
Evening star., 1927-11-23
PARLEY TO CHOOSE
ANTI-SALOON HEAD
Successor to Wheeler Will Be Sc
lected at Convention of
League December 4.

Selection of a successor to the late
Wayne B. Wheeler and plans for
the presidential campaign of 1928 will
occupy the biennial convention OF the
Anti-Saloon League of America open.
ing here Sunday, December 4.
The executive committee Of the
league will meet December 3 to pre-
pare resolutions and to make nomi.
nations to be acted upon the follow
ing week. The National Board of
Directors will open their sessions at
the Mayflower Hotel December S.
A record-breaking attendance is ex-
pected, according to the formal an
nouncement made public last night,
because of the Importance of the
questions before the dry forces Of the
nation in the coming year" Con-
ferences of the league leaders with
other dry workers will be held in the
week preceding the convention.
Practical problems Of enforcement
will be discussed at the convention
by Seymour Lowman, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury; Admiral +. c..
Billiard. of the Coast Guard Prohibi-
ton Commissioner J. NJ. Doran, Mrs
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant
Attorney General. and Former Pro-
hibition Commissioner Roy A.
Haynes. Bishop James Cannon, jr.,
chairman of the leagues legislative
committee, and DR.. A. j. Barton,
chairman of the executive committee,
will discuss the future steps to be
taken by the organization.
A mass meeting Sunday afternoon,
December a. will be addressed by VIII
liam L. "Pussyfoot" Johnson: DR..
George w. Morrow of Detroit, Mich;
Senator Alben w. Barkley Of Ken
lucky, and Senator Frank B. Willis
of Ohio.
Many members of Congress and
other officials will speak at the clos
ing banquet Thursday evening, De-
cember 8.
Dr. Howard Hyde Russell, founder
Of the league, will conduct the serv-
ice in memory of DR.. Wheeler, We'd
nesday afternoon. December z, and a
mass meeting is planned that night
at the Washington Auditorium, with
Comdr. F,vangeline Booth of the Sal
walton Army, Rev. E. Y. Mullins of
Louisville, KY, and Capt. Richmond
p. Hobson as the speakers.
Evening star., 1927-11-23
COMPLAINT REFERRED.

A complaint made recently to the
Commissioners by the Steam and Op-
Grating Engineers Union that Nc.
Guire & Rolfe, paving contractors
doing work for the District govern
ment, worked their engineers II hours
day, in violation Of the Federal
eight-hour law, was referred today to
Corporation Counsel William W..
Bride for a written opinion as to what
action should be taken.
When the unions complaint was
received an investigation was made
by Edward S. Dawson, investigator
of claims for the District. who report
ed that Mcclure & Rolfe admitted
working their steam engineers -
hours a day, but said that only 8
Of those hours were put in on Dis
trict work. hence it was not in vio-
lation of the eight-hour law. They
explained, however. that the other
hours were spent by the engineers
keeping the plant going, so that
asphalt would be ready to deliver to
the District on other days.
Evening star., 1927-11-23
PARLEY ON RADIO
SHOWS PROGRESS
Initial Reading of Wireless
Regulations Completed Fol-
lowing Discussion.

Initial reading of the wireless con-
vention and accompanying regulations
was completed yesterday by the IN
ternational radio conference, but not
without renewed discussion of all the
controversial points which have inn
peded progress during the seven weeks
of negotiations.
The conference has previously de-
cided-with the United States abstain
ing-that the charge per word on ra-
Diagrams transmitted from ship would
be 40 French gold centimes, while the
charge would be so Centimes if trans.
mitted from land stations to ship.
The Greek and Japanese delegations,
however, refrained from approving
this article, and. in an effort to work
out a compromise, the conference ac-
cepted a proposal to make the 60 and
30 centimeS merely maximum charges,
which, in the case of land stations,
could be raised if operation proved eX-
ceptionally expensive.
During Yesterdays session the Chi
neSe delegation notified the confer
ence that the peculiar political regime
existing in that country, with foreign
concessions, railway areas, settlements
and leased quarters. gave foreign
countries no right to install and oper-
ate radio stations without the express
consent of the Chinese government.
Chin Chun Wang, chief Chinese
delegate, repeated a statement made
at the Washington arms conference
to this effect and added that "the Chi
nese government has not since with
drawn or modified that declara ton.
Wang added that no provision adopted
by the present conference should be
as infringing upon this
declaration.
The final meeting Of the conference
has been called for Friday, when it
is expected that the second reading
of the convention and regulations will
take place and these documents be
signed by the plenipotentiaries.
Madrid, Spain, was chosen for the
to be held in 1882.
Evening star., 1927-11-23
PRESIDENT HEARS
Of LEGION PLANS
Commander Urges Executive
to Support Draft Measure
Favored by Veterans.

The legislative program or the
American Legion for the approaching
session of Congress was laid before
President Coolidge today by Edward
f.. Spafford of New York, the newly
elected national commander OF the
Legion.
Comdr. Spafford, who was accom-
panied by Donald c. Strachan of New
York. the new chairman of tn"
Legion's national legislative commit
tee, explained to the President that
the ma jOr features of the legislative
program call for universal draft act
retirement of disabled emergency
Army officers, substantial strength
ening of the national defense, build
ing of new veterans hospitals to
cost S14,O00,000 and flood relief and
control
Comdr. Spafford emphasized the fact
that the American Legion believes
that Americas peace and security can
he better secured through universal
draft system, and for that reason Will
urge Congress to enact such law,
and he hopes that the President Will
exercise his influence in behalf of this
in the coming session.
The draft act proposed by the
Legion, as explained to the President
today, provides that the entire man
power of the country, without stint or
limitation must be subject to the call
of country for military or industrial
service, without distinction as to wage
for similar classes of effort. There
must be no exception under the basic
law, Mr. Spafford contends. The
Legion believes also that the materla
resources of the Nation must similarly
be subject to the call of the Nation. so
that production may be continued as
in peace-time and at peace prices.
The proposal also is to prohibit
prOfiteering during war times. 1t was
pointed out also to the President that
it will not cost one cent to place this
Jaw upon the statute books and after
it's enactment would not affect the
life of the Nation. knowledge of the
fact that the entire resources of the
country are at the call of the Presi-
dent in case of emergency, will. the
Legion contends, do much to prevent
aggression on the part of any foreign
nation.
Comdr. Spafford told the President
something of the recent American
Legion convention in Paris and con-
veyed to him the good wishes of the
French people.
Shortly after the visit Of these
American Legion officials, the Presi-
dent received Lieut.. Comdr. Frank
T. Strayer Of Indiana, commander
in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the u. S., who urged him
to consider a World War service pen.
sion for veterans. The primary OBJ.
ject of such service pension, Comdr.
Strayer explained in his appeal to the
President, is to bring relief to those
who are unable to prove service con-
nection of their present disabilities.
1t was pointed out to the Presi-
dent that overseas service especially
made great number of veterans
susceptible to disease and disability,
and they have been handicapped by
these Affections just as the soldiers of
former wars have been and for that
reason a pension system is urged.
Evening star., 1927-11-23
TWO FLEEING BOYS
IN WRECKED AUTO
Colored Youths in Borrowed" Car
Were Pursued by Police-0ne
Escapes, One Injured,

With the exploding tires sounding
like Il miniature battle and arouslng
residents in the vicinity, two youns
colored boys narrowly escaped death
early this morning at Sherman Circle
and Illinois avenue when their auto
mobile, the object of police pursuit.
overturned.
The car. which it later developed
had been taken without the consent
of the owner, Edna Pearl Smith, of
221S First street. was sighted speed
ing at 80 O'Clock on Georgia avenue
by Policemen f. ]. Rowen and f. j.
Scovlle of the first precinct, they re-
ported They started in pursuit, but
only came up when the other car was
wrecked.
One OF the boys escaped, but the
other, Howard Barnes, Is. OF 1852
Hayes street northeast, was so pain
fully injured that he could not leave
the scene. He was taken to Freed
mems Hospital, then held for investi-
CATION. lie denied knowledge that the
car had been stolen, saying he had
accepted his companions invitation to
so riding.
Dewitt Hammond, IS years old.
1904 Kenyon street, helper on a de-
livery truck driven by Francis NJ.
Mangum. 111S Twenty-ffth street, was
severely hurt last night in a collision
between the truck and the automo-
bile of Edward Wright, 433 Eighth
street southwest, at Sixth and d
streets, shortly before o'clock. Ham
mond, pinned beneath the truck, was
eXtricated by spectators and taken to
Emergency Hospital. Physicians re-
ported his condition undetermined
julius Adams, colored, Sc Seaton
terday afternoon in runaway at Lin
coin road and Todd place northeast
His wagon overturned and he was
thrown to the street. Physicians at
Casualty Hospital treated him for
shock and injuries.
Fourteen-year-o James Barber,
colored, 124 Thomas street, was Sc
verely shocked and his back sprAned
yesterday afternoon as resultAbf a
collision between his bicycle and an
automobile at Columbia road and
Sherman avenue. He was given first
aid at F'reedmen's Hospital. Police
failed to establish the identity of the
driver of the car.
A collision between automobiles
driven by Nicholas Donahue, 1914
Reservoir street. and Charles Parker,
1920 Twenty-eighth street, occurred
last night about 11:15 o'clock at Thir-
ty-ffth and n streets. Patrick Dona-
hue, 16 years old, occupant of the for
mer car, was cut by pieces of broken
windshield. His injuries were dressed
at Georgetown University Hospital.