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schools of warrenton and Wash.
ington and later attended the
George Washington University. Mr..
Johnson is married and has one
daughter who is attending the
Washington public schools.
In May Of 1928, Mr.. johnson
founded the Acme Construction
Company, with offices and shops at
1905 Ninth st. N. w. The firm
specialized in the construction of
Acme Sta-Bilt garages and the in.
stallation of weather strips and
screens. The manufactured ar
ticles merchandise by this concern
are Of high class nature and can
be purchased on a very accommo.
dating payment plan, a factor that
makes for a tremendous sale of
the product.
Under the efficient management
Of Mr.. johnson, the firm has grown
steadily and now has a payroll of
1S people.
For oth;r information regarding
the Acme Construction Company,
see the "WAO's Who Directory on
next to the last page of The Times
and Heralds
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HEAT WORRIES
RUTH SNYDER
By InternationaI News Service

AAAycAAA1AAUn1A
oSSINING, n. Y, June 27.-AIrs.
Ruth Snyder, under sentence of
death with Judd Gray for the murder
of Mrs. Snyder's husband, Albert,
spent a warm weekend in Sing Sing
prisons death house, complaining Of
the heat and humidity and wishing
plaintively for q. breeze.
Gray had q reunion with his
mother and sister to discuss plans
for his appeal and his domestic af-
fairs. According to reports from
prison employees. Gray expressed con-
Germ over the report reaching the
prison that his wife, Isabel Gray,
living now in South Norwalk. Conn.,,
will not visit him again.
Prison employees say Gray has
asked what is keeping her away.
She has seen him but once since he
went to trial in Long Island City
and that was in Sing Sings death
house more than three weeks ago.
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WHO'S
WHO''
by GERALD GRIFFIN
Introducing
]. L. JOHNSON

OF Acme Construction Company
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motor car near sarajsvo. They
had left Belgrade Sunday morning
for Sarajevo to visit the spot where
the heir apparent OF Austro-Hun.
gary and his wife were assassinated
Ia 1914. an event which hastened
the World War.
The cause of the accident is not
known.
The Washington times., 1927-06-27

MTs y. Lin
wood Johnson,
of the Acme
c o n stru ction
Company, 4205
Ninth st. N. W.,
was born in
Warrenton, Vir.
ginia, on Sep.
TENDER %, 1895.
That was his
home until he
was IA years of
age, at which
time the John
son family moved
to Washington.
Mr.. Johnson re.
ceived his pre-.
liminary educa-
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The abOUe w0nts and Offers
Gr@ only a fsU Of the many i'm
tel estfns proportions you wiH
I'D 0dDertised in todGy's
TBIsS and Herald classified
sUeytisins section.
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Personals

DRESSNIAKING AND AL.
TERING by expert. Satisfaction
guaranteed. II you are con.
sidering having some one make
your summer wardrobe, you will
profit by reading the Personals
In Classified.
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Copyright. 1919

0SSNING, n r, June 27-Reporters mysterious lot
to have hundreds but have only one. The
others know only through their works. And strikes
The latest laugh detailed story from Sing Sing
that have crying fits and that complain that get
much to eat and that for facepowder (which is given
little at time for fear viii eat it and get sick) and
that hair, denied its accustomed chemicals turning
chestnut brown.
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TIMELY TIPS

Situations WGntsd-Mnl4
WATCHMAN'S POSITION
Night or day by Trustworthy,
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immediately. Excellent refer
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Houses for Sale
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School. Modern in every way,
separate hOt-water heat. Rent
$40 per month. Can be bought
at reasonable cash payment.
Consult the Real Estate ads in
Classified for good buys in Dis
trict Property.
Automobile for Sale
NASH Occurring, 1925; a
slightly used car, thoroughly re.
conditioned and guaranteed, new
rubber, good paint, price $500.
Terms or your car in trade.
Many good cars are listed daily
i'm Automobiles for Sale in
Classified. Pick out a car in
the paper, and then find it in
the shop.
Suburban Property for Rent
NORTH BEACH New cot
tage, water in the kitchen. $3.50
for season. A good vacation
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where to take the children for
the summer. Consult those list.
ed In tOday's Classified Pages.
Unfurnished Apartments for
Rent
Attractive apartments - Two
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apartment house. H.w.h, gas,
electricity, rent $S5 and $45.
Desirable apartments In all sec.
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Rental Columns Of Classified.
\ y u
Personals
DRESSMAKING AND AL.
TERING by expert. Satisfaction
guaranteed. II you are con.
sidering having some one make
your summer wardrobe, you will
profit by reading the Personals
In Classified.
= y y
he GboUe sU0nts and offers
are only a feSO Of the many i'm
tel estins proportions you wiH
fiRd 0dDertised in todGy's
I n1sS and Herald classified
q Ueytising section.
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C0L0R-BLlND MEETING

The color blind Of the District
win hold a meeting wednesday
evening at the First st. Johns Bap.
fist Church. 1915 Fifth St. to form
an association and elect officers.
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ADVERTISEMENT

Prices realized ON Swift 81 Company'v
sales of carcass beef in Washington %. e.
for week ending Saturday. Jhne rs, 1927
on shipments sold out ranRed fro,,,
ls.eo cents to 1900 cents per pound
lana averaged 1e'a cents 20 pound,
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u. S. Journalist anil Wife
Killed in Jugi0slavia

BELGRADE. JugoslaviaL June a..
Edgar Ardrich, an American jour
nalist, and Mrs. Ardrich, of BIooms
ington. H.. were found dead today
under the debris OF their wrecked
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HARDEN SDEATH
IS MOURNED
BY international News Service

BERLIN, Oct. 81. - Republican
Germany today mourned the death
of MAMMALIAN Herden, famous Ger.
man publicist and writer, who died
last night at Monta Novernala,
Switzerland. He was 66 years old.
Harden's most conspicuous work
was his exposure Of the Round
Table" scandals which shocked the
world about Is years ago and led
to the exile by the Kaiser Of many
powerful German families.
In his famous paper, Die Zukunft,
Harden directed campaign against
what he termed "Babyolian vice"
and his attacks enlisted the sup.
port Of the whole German people,
forcing the Kaiser and the govern.
ment to abolish the Round Table"
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KAISER AGAINST
ROYAL KNOT
By international News Service

BERLIN, Oct. S1.-The former
kaiser is opposing the marriage Of
his sister, the Princess Victoria
schaumburg Lippe, to Count Zoub-
koff. an obscure Russian nobleman,
1t was learned today. The count,
who had to flee from Russia when
the Communists gained control,
works for living.
The ex-kaiser is said to have
written to his sister protesting
against the marriage and saying
he could not approve 1t.
Through her previous marriage
the princess is now a member of
the House Of Schaumburg Lippe
and is no longer a Hohenzollern, of
which house the kaiser is still the
head.
1t Is understood that the princess
will disregard her brothers. protests
and marry anyhow.
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ADvERTIsEMEMT
Is Your
Stomach
A "Gasser"?

Excessive gas in stomach and bowels
doesn't necessarily mean that your food
is at fault or that you have chronic
dyspepsia. In most cases It results from
gastric neurasthenia--a purely nervous
condition which disturbs the functional
activity Of the stomach. Taking medi-
cine to digest the food artificially Is q
waste Of time. What you need is a
remedy to correct the nervous trouble
and prevent the formation of abnormal
gas. Go to your druggist, and ask for
q package of Baalman's Gas Tablets
which are prepared especially for this
aflment. See how quickly They will re-
lieve pent-up gas and ali it's distressing
symptoms. among which are pain about
the heart, palpiation, anxiety. shortness
of breath. drowsiness after eating. heart
burn and a peculiar gnawing feeling in
the stomach.
Genuine Baalmann's Gas Tablets can
be obtained At all good drug stores.
Price 81.
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organization and infIict drastic
pun thment on the ring leaders.
Harden did much towards the es-
tablishment and support of the Ger
man Republic. In 1918, he called for
the addiction of the Kaiser, as
saulting that monarch as the evil
genius of the country. In one of his
attacks he said:
I'VE started the war with a dirty
trick and now sit upon the ruins of
30 years of Hohenzollern politics"
He denounced Won Tirpitz' sub
marine warfare as responsible for
Americas entrance into the war, in.
surfing Germany'A defeat.
The Washington times., 1927-10-31
K. OF P. DANCE

old-fashioned fiddling, square
dancing and other features of like
nature will be on the program at q
barn dance to be held tonight by the
Knights of Pythias in the Pythian
Temple at 1912 Ninth st. N. w. at
8 o'clock. Prizes for costumes will
be awarded.
The Washington times., 1927-10-31

A bracelet has been invented to
hold q ball Of yarn on . knitter's
wrist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
A Just Verdict.

Five months, almost to the min.
ute, from the time Policeman Leo
w. X. Busch was shot down as he
with another officer was attempting
to take into custody four men sus.
pected of highway robbery. three of
his assailants are facing the electric
chair while the fourth, who was
shown to have been without a gun,
goes free. In the trial which has
just been concluded in the Criminal
Division Two the prosecuting attor.
ney was forced to match his wits
against ten lawyers retained by the
defense, and to him must go credit
for the successful conclusion of a
case that has occupied the court for
seven weeks and which took the Jury
more than eighteen hours to decide.
AS an illustration of viciousness
and criminality the Busch case. as
IL has become known, ranks high in
it's shocking details. Busch and his
partner, Policeman Ach. shortly be.
fore four o'clock on the morning OF
September 26 last received a '1ook.
out" from police headquarters for
ssux men yhQ had committed q %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Henry Fielding very honestly gave
the Following title to the Introductory
chapter to the third book of his TON

Henry Fielding very honestly gave
| the Following title to the Introductory
chapter to the third book of his Tom
jones':
Containing Little or Nothing"
since this Is quite true, we pass on
to chapter 1 of Book 4 in our con.
| sideration of these preliminary chap.
tiers, in which Fielding gives his opin-
| ions as to the writing art,
Every book ought to be read with
the same spirit and in the same man.
| ner as 1t is writ" announces Fielding,
| in this chapter.
Certainly this is true of 1.-THE His
tory of Tom Jones'" Fielding wrote
this story in a halfbantering, half
serious attitude, and the reader must
read 1t in the same manner.
Even these Introductory chapters,
In which the author sits outside his
story, as it were, and makes com
ments upon the action and charac-
ters, must be read, If one Is to secure
the most from Tom Jones'"
such a bold and fragrant holding
up or the reader as these first chap
tiers constitute could never be excused
any more in an author. That much is
certain.
Fielding got away with it" once,
but no one could ever do it again. He
might try, but he would ruin his
story Tor the average reader.
time, however, has cast a spell over
Tom Jones" and it's rich and racy
contents. We take the perfectly use.
less first chapters. in so far as the
piot is concerned. along with the
rest, or we simply skip them, as it
pleases us.
Henry Fielding will not quarrel
with us about it.
1t Is In Book 4 that our author in.
PRODUCES the heroine, the beautiful
SOPHIA. AS 1t Is his intention, despite
the critics, to display her as a para.
gon OF beauty and virtue, yet withal
human being, he intends to use the
ancient style of invocation at her en-
trance.
The opening chapter OF this book is
devoted to an explanation of this
method. He says, in order his story
shall not be dull, he has. taken
every occasion of interspersing
through the whole sundry SMILES, de-
scriptions and other kind of poetical
embellishments"
In so introducing the heroine of
TINS heroic, historical, prosaic poem"
he called TON Jones'" Fielding be.
lieved that he had much precedent.
Tragic poets, he affirmed, seldom
fail to introduce their principal char.
acters with flourishes. Stage man.
ayers have all the tricks of soft and
loud music at their command for the
different scenes.
Our author gives the following story:
King Pyrrhus was at dinner at an
ale-house bordering on the theater.
when he was summoned to go on the
stage.
THE hero. being unwilling to quit
his shoulder of mutton, and as I'm.
willing to draw on himself the indig.
nation Of Mr.. Wilks (his brother.man.
ager) for making the audience wait,
had bribed these his harbingers to be
out of the way
While Mr.. Wilks. therefore, was
numbering out, Where are the car.
penters to walk on before King Pyr.
rhus?" that monarch very quietly eat
his mutton and the audience, however
impatient. were obliged to entertain
themselves with music in his alb
sence."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Washington's Changed
Anniversary Explained
To the Editor of The Star /:

To the Editor of The Star:
In the issue of The Star of Sunday,
February 20, Mr.. Frank w. Hutchins
had a very interesting account of the
changing of the date Of the anniver-
sary of the birth of George Washing.
ton from February II, 1871 (old style),
to February % new style). The
change from February IL to February
% was explained, but he neglected to
state why the year was moved up
from 1871 to 1882.
Washington was born under the
Julian calendar, which made the year
begin on March Is, so that he was
born under that calendar in 1871; but,
under the Gregorian calendar. which
by act of Parliament supplanted the
Julian calendar, the first of the year
was moved back from March 25 to
January /; so that, by going back and
reconstructing the calendar for 1871
and 1882 according to the Gregorian
calendar. any date from January 1
to March "a, 1881, would be In the
calendar year 1882 instead of 1871.
The act Of Parliament providing for
this change was the "Calendar-amend-
ing Act" or Lord Chesterfleld's Act"
can English statute Of 1851, which
took effect in 1852, establishing Janu.
airy LIST as the beginning OF each year
(instead Of Lady-day, March 25),
adopted the Gregorian or new style
in place of the Julian or old style
calendar and cancelling the then ex-
listing excess of IL days by making
the Sd of September. 1852. the 14th."
w. w. SCOTT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Beauty Doctor Finds
Few Pretty Women

At the moment the most un-
popular man in England Is DR.. John
Collyer, prominent London physician,
who has devoted much time to
woman's beauty culture. He has just
stated that l Englishwoman in 430
is beautiful; that l in ITO has any
pretensions to good looks or fine
features, and that all the rest are
deadly plain girls. Girls of Central
European countries are the most
beautiful, he asserts, the Americans
are the most attractive and the best
dressed and the beautiful Partisan is
a creature of the imagination. Eng
lishwomen spend more money than
any others on beauty culture; the
American woman, being more sure of
her ground, does a great part Of her
beauty treatments herself. The Eng
lishwoman cannot take SO many risks.
In the meantime, there are about co.
100000 Englishwomen who would
like "a meet On CQllyeA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

signature and is supplemented by an.
0tner ~ pages of Attorney General
Sargent's opinion. Mr.. Coolidge's
maiden missive to Congress in De.
cember, 1928, required only 16 pages.
Republican and Democrat alike agree
that the President used hammer.
ploWs In smashing the farm measure.
His language bristles with terse
thrusts. Few Coolidge state papers
outrank the veto document in plain
speech. Insiders detect the expert
hand of Andrew w. Mellon and Her.
bert Hoover in many of it's striking
passages.
During the Reed committee slush.
fund hearings in the Senate office
building, beginning last June and
just completed, there were two con.
slant attendants, who became known
as the mystery fappers." Their
identity has just been revealed. One
is Doris Gibson, pretty daughter of
Representative Ernest w. Gibson, Re.
publican, of Vermont, and the other
Is her girl chum. Miss Gibson, who
cannot possibly yet be out of her
teens, is seemingly chip of the old
block, for she inherits a flair for poll
tics. She is a promising writer and
has selected public affairs as her she.
cialty. Miss Gibson was never de.
tected taking notes during any of the
thrilling hours when Jim" Reed was
grilling willing or reluctant witnesses.
But she is said to be as familiar with
the details of the long-drawn.out in.
quiry as the senatorial committee it.
self.
IL IL.
william j. Donovan, assistant to
the Attorney General of the United
States. Is flirting with the hope Of
invading the wildS of Persia this wear
for his vacation. The soldier.lawyer
is a passionate globe-trotter. He
holds the Congressional medal of
honor "for extraordinary heroism in
action" with the American ARMY in
France, and, although he was pretty
well shot up lover there" his wan.
derlust is Unsuitable. Donovan has
traversed the Near East and knows
we'll the desert country Of Syria
around Damascus. During the war
he accompanied Roland S. Norris,
American Ambassador to Japan, on
an official expedition into the heart
of Siberia, when Admiral Kolchak's
A~1 tAAOC "SAO pI4SillGE IMAM I09y
eventually turned out to be. bill"
Donovan, who has the distinction of
being born on New Year day and is
now a youngster of Al, ranks in the
estimation of many authorities as the
real power in the Department of JUS
tice. What is beyond question is that
Attorney General Sargent leans
heavily upon the brilliant Buffalonian
on all occasions.
X X X X
An aspiring young member of the
House of Representatives perfects
himself in parliamentary usage and
eloquence by reading religiously the
proceedings of the British House of
Commons. He's of opinion that, by
and large, more good legislative Eng.
fish is spilled along the Thames than
along the Potomac. though he thinks
our statesmen excel in wit and humor.
Recently he ran across q gem which
he holds worthy Of any wise cracks
to which our Congress Is accustomed.
Winston Churchill, M. p, discuss.
ing the plight of politician en-
tangled with Lloyd George, remarked
that the former lis between the devil
and the deep L. c.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

rfes Of highway robberies in Virginia
and Maryland. Shortly afterward
they noticed a quartet Of suspicious
characters standing near a parked
automobile. They approached and
questioned them. Deciding that they
were the men sought, the two police
men attempted to march them to the
patrol box. Suddenly, acting in
unison, three of the men broke away
and began shooting point blank. AL
though badly wounded. both officers
returned the fire. Two of the bandits
were shot, but Policeman Busch died
in the hospital while Ach fingered
between life and death for several
days before his recovery was assured.
Attorneys for the defense have an
nounced that they will seek new
trial, but every aspect of the case
indicates that full justice has been
done. The defendants were given
every consideration and, with their
vast array of counsel pitted against
the lone prosecutor, certainly OBJ
tanned the benefit of every technical
ity. Justice Hitz in his charge to the
jury. which was a masterpiece of
fairness. pointed out that If the jury
men were convinced that the shoot
ing of the policeman was in self-de-
Tense the defendants should be &C.
quilted. Three lives for one may
seem to be drastic reprisal, but when
three men act in unison they must
be considered as one. The sooner
that members Of the underworld are
convinced that society will not toll.
crate the killing of its protectors, the
sooner will crimes of this character
show decrease. Washington jus.
tice as exemplified in the Busch case
will do much to bring about this de-
Sirable condition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
admitted to the court that he. in COM

admitted to the court that he. In com
pany with other workers, appropriated
one Of the large double-deck buses
and. at three o'clock in the morning
stole out and trimmed the trees sc
that free passage could be had for
all Of the companys vehicles. Sew.
eral windshields on the buses had
been broken and passengers injured,
and in taking the responsibility for
the vandalism the employe said that
it was to avoid these occurrences that
his carefully selected band made its
foray.
There is probably no one in Wash
ington who does not believe that this
loyal employe, after digging down in
his pocket to pay the one-thousand-
dollar fine. should be given pro-
motion. At a cost of only one thou.
sand dollars he has saved the COM
pany from damage suits which, in
the long run, might aggregate many
times that amount. With one
bold stroke he has protected the in
terests of his organization and made
it possible for the double-deck buses
to have free passage on practically
all streets on which they operate.
And whether or not he actually did
the cutting. he has cheerfully admit.
ted that it was done under his direc.
ton and with the realization Of full
responsibility.
1t Is an unsatisfactory condition.
indeed, in the National Capital that
enables a person to "get away" with
such serious offense. with a trivial
fine. In the words Of Judge Mating.
ly. Man can destroy trees, but only
God can make a tree"
Although it would probably seem
too drastic a punishment to send the
offender to Jail for a few days, 1t is
a certainty that such a sentence
would danpen the zeal Of employees
of large organizations who are de-
sirous Of helping out" If trees or
other beauties of nature interfere
with the business Of their companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Writes of Traffic Rules
Present and Prospective
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star:
have read with interest the letter
of Mr.. w. K. Criswell in The
Star on present and proposed traffic
rules and traffic conditions. My ex.
perience as daily driver on the
streets Of Washington for eight years
prompts the following observations:
He refers to the established custom
in all parts of the country being to
pull to the right on meeting a car, or
giving way to an overtaking one,
stating that the first instructive &C.
ton of a driver is to veer to the right
at the sound of a horn. To that
must say I have seen many drivers
who either had no first instinct" or
were totally deaf, and they are just
the ones the new rule is intended to
get around"
] do not believe any sensible driver
will attempt to pass another car on
the right when another is passing on
the left, as he suggests. nor where
there Is a lack of room.
His statement that many accidents
occur by cars trying to pass another
making a left turn Is open to Ques-
ton If he refers to a turn at an inter.
secting street, as the traffic regula-
tons expressly prohibit such passing,
though many get away with 1t. Also,
If driver wishes to make a right
turn at street intersection he may
safely do so by keeping near the curb,
where he properly belongs.
His fears for chaotic and appall-
ing traffic condition by giving the
'speedster" a chance suggests the
probability that he would favor a re.
version to old regulations, when
speed of IL miles an hour was dan
gerous to life and limb" The speed
ster" is less likely to promote traffic
danger than the "slowster," who
blocks the middle of the road and
creates an obstruction to free move.
ment of traffic. Provided always that
the driver Is sensible, intelligent and,
above all else, considerable of the other
fellow. JOHN G. HALEY.