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K ST. YIELDS To
BUSINESS


Relinquishing its last hold upon X
Street as a residential street. Wash.
ington society win again give way to
the uptown march Of progress when
the Preston E. Wire Company erects
a four-story office building between
the Elkins and Vanderbilt residences,
at 1916 and 1913 x st. N. w.
A real estate transaction has just
been consummated between Roy l..
Neuhauser, owner of the property,
and the Preston e. Wire Company,
purchasers. which viii result In the
construction OF four-story lime.
stone front office building between
the historical old mansions.
Stores viii occupy the lower floor
and the office space above already
has been rented, It was said.
This, Mr.. Neuhauser explained,
marks the beginning of a business
conversion of this block. which will
be entirely concentrated during
the coming spring and summer.
The property was sold by Charles
DAILY, the Hibbs Building.
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CLERK
TO WE'D At 70

Romance laughs at Father Time.
John P. Moore, dapper 70.year- old
retired government employee, of 1862
G st. N. w. and Miss Mary v.
Beckhan, As, 1921 N st. N. W., will
be married tonight at o'clock in
the West Washington Baptist
Church by the Rev. Charles l..
Austin.
The ceremony will eliminate a
five-year romance.
Mr.. Moore was born in Illino:.
but spent the greater part of his
life here. He was retired after
thirty years Of active service in the
General Accounting Office a year
ago and has been dealing in Florida
real estate since.
His first wife died eight years
ago. He has one son and a grand.
son. IL years Of age.
Miss Beckhan is employed at the
National Geographic Society, The
couple will reside In Florida.
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rs K
7. j. c. FOES To
GET BUSY

District citizens and groups
fighting the confirmation of the
new Public Utilities Commission by
the Senate should get busy without
delay.
This is the word that comes from
the Capitol today, for the fact Is
being disclosed that not sufficient
material is now at hand to make
an effective fight against the con.
firmation of these nominees.
Despite reports and rumors,
brought to the Senate District
Committee there remains the fact
that cut Of the investigation If tho
qualifications OF the nominees may
be developed nothing upon which
Senators opposed to confirmation
may make case-chiefly because
local interests are not active or
strong enough to show their hands.
Want Clean-Cut Case
Senators want a clean-cut and
definite case, against the nominal
tions to be made out on a respon.
sible basis, and declared their viii.
lingness to make a fight if they
are provided with material, much
Of which has been promised, but
little Of which has been torthcom-
ing. =
"There is a real danger that this
case may go by default" said a
member of the Senate District
fight confirmation unless we have
facts. am; convinced there are
plenty Of facts. provided local citi-
zens have the courage to appear
before us and reveal them. We
cannot act on runQrs and whis-
pers."
As this call was being sent out
today, interesting stories about the
manner in which the nomination
of Childress. Adams and Mallan
were made are being told.
Had Wardman Backing
Childress was nominated because
Of the influence Of Harry Ward.
man and e. f. CoIladay. a close
personal friend, and because Of the
backing Of the Tennessee delega.
ton in Congress. it is reported.
Mallan was chosen as peoples
counsel through the support Of
Representative Graham Of Pennsyl.
vania and Pennsylvania Railroad
influence working through F. B.
McKenney, his father.in-law,~ &C.
cording to these same reports.
In this connection II is declared
that Louis "A. Dent, local realtor.
was slated for the post Of peoples
counsel and was squeezed out at
the eeventh hour because OF the
support given Mallan. Dent was
strongly backed for a time by the
local Republican organization.
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Blant0l Asks House
D. C. Committee to Aid
Fight Against MaIIau

representative Thomas L. Blan.
ton OF Texas today appealed to the
House District Committee to use its
influence in blocking the confirrna-
ton OF Blaine Mallan as Peoples
Counsel on the Public Utilities Com
mission
Blanton declared that in spite OF
the fact that confirmation lies with
the Senate. House members have
the right and duty to oppose NAL
Ian through their Senate colleagues.
I'VE are sitting here quietly
waiting for the Senate to confirm
this man. Blanton said, when
every one OF us ought to be rising up
to block his confirmation. 1t would
be a shame II this man should be
put into office. We should make
the President understand that we
want a man who is able and eff
ficient and one who is not linked
UP with this political ring in Wash.
ington
Here Is man who has been
clerking AROUND In various lawyers
offices. who has never tired a case
Of Importance in his life. vet he
Is mysteriously appointed to repre-
sent the peoples interest before the
commission that fixes rights on
every, utility colppration,
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POISONED, BU I
WILL LIVE

Neither the police nor her ply
stefan have been able to learn
any reason for the alleged at.
tempted suicide last night of Mrs.
lula Shook. SS, of the Argyle
apartments, Seventeenth and Mount
Pleasant SITS. N. w. She is re.
ported to be improving today.
Mrs, Shook, it is claimed, had
expected her husband to bring
guests home to dinner, but when
they arrived she was not in the
apartment. After waiting for a
short time, her husband received
message that she was I'LL in a
ne1ghboring apartment.
There he learned that she had
swallowed three poison tablets.
Her husband removed her to Gar.
held Hospital and summoned DIR.
John J. Mattare. the family phy.
stefan. DR.. Mattare said TODAY
that Mrs. Shook probably viii
recover.
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N CARL IS SUED
IN PAY CUT

Ernest A. Hind, 4753 Reservoir
Rd. N. W.. today filed suit in the
District Supreme Court against John
r. McCarl, comptroller general. and
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Srd,, di-
rector of public buildings and
parks, requiring them to show
cause why they should not be COM
PEELED to pay complainant certain
compensation withheld.
Represented by Attorney NJ. t.
Albertson. Hind says he is an en-
ploye Of the office of Public Build
ings and Grounds and that jan
uary Is. 1925, McCarl instructed
Colonel Grant to deduct from the
compliments regular compensation
as it became due certain sums and
forward them to McCarl's office.
In this manner Hind claims $3.50
was deducted from each of % con-
secutive compensation settlements,
totaling $2S7.50. Hind declares that
McCarl has no authority for these
deductions.
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SCHOOL FRAUD
IS ISPR0VED.
S183,848,084 IS
DEFICIT PLEA

Congress was asked today to ap.
propriate 1888, 848, 0S4.01 to meet gov
ernmental deficits during the cur
rent year, in the first deficiency bill,
which was reported to the House
today by its Appropriation Commit.
tee.
/! The measure carries $4,000, 900
for futher refunds of taxes illegally
collected and to cover pending claims.
Defending this item. internal
Revenue Bureau officials told the
committee that more than. s., 300 ,000,-
900 additional taxes have been col.
lected through audits in the last dec.
ade. while $741 100000 has been re-
funded as result.
Among the District items is the
sum of $89.320, for policemen's uni.
forms and 100000 for firemen's uni.
forms. A sum of $4,000 is pro-
vided for school furniture, $7,425
for salaries in the assessors office,
and $10,S00 for salaries and ex.
penses of the new Public Utilities
Commission. For the juvenile court
the sum of $500 is included.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19
Carl C. Brown to Head
Jasper Legion Post. Is

Carl c. Brown will be installed
as commander of the Sergeant
Jasper Post. No. 10. American
Legion. and other. newly.elected off,
GERS will be officially indicted at
tonight's meeting of the post, at the
Odd Fellows Temple. 419 Seventh
st. N. W.
John ]. oriosky will be seated as
vice commander. Lawrence B. Dunn.
second vice commander: Esmond H.
Callahan, third vice commander;
Daniel W. Washburn, adjutant, and
Herbert w. Church, chaplain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19
SCHOOL FRAUD
HERE D|SPR0VED
IN REPORT

Justices Of the District Supreme
Court were cleared Of charges of
corruption" today by Representa-.
tive Gilbert Of Kentucky in a re.
port to the House District COM.
rnittee from its subcommittee On
schools.
Gilbert charged, however, that
the evidence adduced before the
subcommittee, clearly showed the
existence Of a "ring," whereby the
superintendent Of schools influences
the court in the appointment Of
members of the Board Of EdIica
ton"
The committee took no action on
Gilbert's report but referred it to the
Gibson subcommittee that is invest
eating District affairs.
The full District Committee toob
local legislation. It authorized Rep
resentative Zihlman of Marylano
the committee chairman, to favor
ably report the bill providing fol
widening of Nichols Avenue SoutI
east between Good Hope Road an,
s Street.
The committee also authorize,
Representative .Zihlman to repol
the bill changing the method of re
cording deeds.
1t was decided to authorize Chair
man Zihlman to report substitute
bill enbodying two important
changes in the method of land con.
domination proceedings.
The first of these would have
juries fix the value of the land as
Of the date of starting condemna.
ten procedure. The second would
reimburse a property owner for
damages suffered IN case the Gov
eminent declined TO purchase after
price had been fixed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19
MENACE,
FOWLER VIEW

The action of the coroner's jury
yesterday in holding DIR. Leroy Alb
bott, chiropractor of 1883 Newton
st. N. W.. for grand jury action as
a result of an alleged illegal opera
ton is indicative of situation here
which Is a menace to society, Health
Officer William c. Fowler. declared
today.
individuals are allowed under the
law to hang UP sign and practice
as chiropractors without having oh.
tanned license or in any way dem.
onstrate their ability or dualifica-
lions to practice healing DR.. Fow.
Ter declared.
DR.. Abbott was held by the cor
oner's jury yesterday under 81 900
bond on a charge OF, having per.
formed an Illegal operation upon
Mrs. LEILA Loretta Bolinger 81, of
1914 North Capital ST., resulting in
her death few days ago.
Mrs. Bolinger's relatives are un.
aware Of the fact that DR.. Abbott
was not regular physician, it is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19
d. C. Citizen Heads to
Hear Rep.L. Over Talk

More than forty presidents. of
District citizen associations will
attend meeting of the Washing.
ton Board of Trade tomorrow night
at 8 o'clock in the Willard Hotel,
Robert Cottrell. acting assistant
secretary announced today.
Representative L. C. Dyer, Of
Missouri, will speak on National
Representation" Others who will
speak to the board are Theodore
w. Noyes, chairman; e. G. Brandon
burg, vice chairman, and Paul E.
Lesh, secretary of the boards COM
mittee on National representation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19
Appropriation Is Sought
To Expand d. C. Library

An appropriation to provide for
expansion Of the public library sys.
tenn of the, District will be asked
of Congress by the District Con,
gress of Parent-Teacher Associa.
tons.
A resolution to this effect was
passed at a meeting of the assOcia.
tion yesterday at the Arlington
Hotel after Miss Catherine r.. Wat.
kins had given a talk In which she
pointed out how far behind other
cities Washington is in the de-
velopment Of a library system.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19
ALIMONY INSURANCE co.

Bill: That's great scheme
Ut yours to organize an Az
ssto1ty Insurance Compatv for
the fetlos0s sOh0 expect to MARRY.
Put me dosO4s for policy No. /
as 1OeN as for at least 1928
4Corth of stock. Besides issuing
ulianonv policies this COMPANY
ought TO do a big bwsimess II,
selling damage suit policies to
men Of the BroWning type, and
TO the Big Batter and Egg guys
AChO trail the chorus girls, spend
money on them and then teGve
seMs flat,
God digging" is indeed de-
NelOpistg into a national indus
srus SIMPLE SAMMY.
=
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GUESTS OF PEN WOMEN

Jane cowI, celebrated actress, and
Wilmot Lewis, Washington CORE.
spondent of the London Times, win
share honors at an informal literary
discussion Of the League of Ameri-
can Pen Women at o'clock in the
Coffee House Of the Hoot of the
Owl"
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Mrs. Marion COnnen
Brings Divorce Suit

AHeglng desertion and nonsupport
Mrs. Marion ConneH, 1926 Eleventh
81. N. W., today filed suit in the
District Supreme Court against
James Henry ConnelI, 1901 Thir.
teenth st. N. W.. for a limited al.
vorce and alimony.
Mrs. Connell is represented bv
attorneys P. NJ. Cook and L. Harold
Sothoron. o-N-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19
THE TALE or A TOUCH

Birds, race horses and miIIionaires fIv
south for the winter.
pine splinter;
Hut the bird who went aOuth With
my FUR ORerGOat
Has got my Eliza, my nanny. NV
ergtWhile goat,
nd q I run onto him, he'd best be
oprMter. SILICUS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19
0PoWER 0E G0DV SUBJECT

A lecture on 1.-THE Power of Cod
will be delivered in the First Church
of Christ Scientist, Columbia Road
and Euclid Street Northwest, Fri.
day evening at o'clock, by Paul
A. Harsch, c. s. B., a member of
the board Of lectureship Of the
Mother Church, Boston.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19
FTI,lAL FEEI,TNG

Steady development in the
average healthy male Infant will
aiways produce in him an in
nate regard for his maternal
guardian, but. the frequent de-
sire for nourishment viii cause
him to cry for his "pap.n
II. SMITH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19

The Perak river in the Straits
Settlements will be harnessed by a
nydroelectric plant to provide power
Tor tin mine operation in its vicinity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19
AER EYES TELL I'm So

OFTEN NOT THAT MUCH
EIae Slielk has wonderful imagination,
70 his girl paints air castles OF
wondrOua bloom;
then, after marriage, the castles
shrink
no Just one small Hght-housekeep
ipg room.
MAcARoNI MIKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-19

They sag Henry Ford is
t1'ying to perfect a scheme
for burning coal tsOice. Should
he succeed, a0onder will the
dealers charge ttOice for it?
OID0NO.
Evening star., 1927-10-09

say about them is that they We're
inspired.
What could seem less suspicious
than bit Of music entitled ''Myosotis
d'Alsace"?
You and I would pass a store win.
dow displaying that catchy little
piece a thousand times without think.
ing any more about it than we do
about all the other songs Of that sort.
That would have been a mistake.
however, for that little piece of paper
had more than music on it. 1t con.
tanned instructions from the main
espionage Office in Bern to the German
agents in France!
When we had organized our postal
censorship so we'll that no letter COM
ing from or going to any German
secret service office could reach its
designation without having been de-
ciphered and read by us on the way,
one Of the most important Of the Ger
man spies in England proposed the
sheet of music trick to his chiefs.
He seems to have invented it himself.
This trick was to identify each letter
Of the alphabet with some musical
note. AS the agents who send the
document and those who receive it are
the only ones to possess the key. it is
meaningless to the uninitiated. The
secrecy of this method was still
greater because it was perfectly sim.
Evening star., 1927-10-09
Useful Plant.
FEW species of plants serve mo

FEW species of plants serve more
varied uses than the maguey of
Mexico. This plant is found to some
extent in the United States, though
not abundantly, but the great Mexi-
can uplands, which stretch from
mountain to mountain at an eleva-
ton Of more than 1000 feet above the
sea. are its real home.
Every year Mexico ships to the
United States many thousands of bales
of hemp fiber, each of which weighs
400 pounds and to make which re.
quires from 5000 to 5000 leaves Of the
maguey.
1t Is said that no fewer than SO
species of this plant flourish on these
broad plains. From the leaves, roots
and juice is obtained a greater variety
OF products than one would think nos.
sible. First, paper Is made Of the
pulp of the leaves and twine and
thread from their fibers. The rare
Mexican manuscripts were written
on paper made, from the maguey,
which resembled papyrus more than
anything else.
The leaves are employed to make
needles. These leaves are tipped with
sharp thorns. In Mexico a native will
exhibit one Of the leaves with thread
attached, saying to the stranger, BE.
hold the Indian needle, ready thread.
ed" The owner of the maguel has
broken of the thorn and stripped the
nbers that held 1t away from the pulp;
then he has rolled and twisted them
together until he has obtained stout
cord. Poor people in Mexico thatch
their dwellings with maguey leaves,
placing one over the other like
shingles.
The maguey's leaves are sometimes
10 feet long, a foot in breadth and
8 inches thick. From the center of it's
cluster of leaves. after collecting its
strength for number of years. the
maguey sends up a giant flower stalk
20 or 80 feet high. Upon this is clus-
flowers. sometimes to the number of
5000. After this supreme effort the
plant dies.
Just before the flower stalk Is sent
up. when 1t is from Z to 9 years
old. its great heart is scooped
out. leaving cavity sometimes a
foot across. Into this cavity the rich
juices OF the plant are abundantly
poured: sometimes q quart or two a
day. Then comes TINS laborer to draw
out these juices by suction through a
long gourd. He empties this into a
sheepskfn carried on his back. and the
nquor is carried to the farmhouse.
Inere 1t Is poured into a cowskin
stretcned upon frame. with the hair
side upward, and allowed to ferment.
When drawn from the cavity the
liquor Is called ''aqua miel," or honey
water. and is harmless and pleasant
to drink. But it soon loses its sweet
taste and Secomes slightly bitter, tast.
ing liH, like buttermilk. This is
the national drink Of Mexico, that
curse. the deadly and Intoxicating
pusque. ..ekS.1 ..ekSa = 4
Evening star., 1927-10-09

he and wife high in Washingto. So
-iety. Sallie st. Clair was wife of
Charles Barras, who, after Sallies
death, became rich through author
ship of Black Crook Clara's recol-
lections of Edwin Booth--strong.
gentle and melancholy-of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Kean-Mrs. Kean's
wonderful coa1-scuttle hat and i'm
mense hoops-Charles was son Of
Edmund Kean-Mrs. Charles Kean
was Ellen Tree. Recollections of
Lawrence Barrett and his brother Jo-
seph--their early poverty and Jo-
seph's curse of drink.
CLARA, leading woman in Barney
Macauley's company at Woods Mu-
scum, Cincinnati. Engaged to marry
John A. Cockerill, city editor, Cincin-
natl Enquirer. Engagement broken,
mer engagements at Halifax-men-
tions Leslie Allen, father of Viola AL
len. Clara played with John E..
Owens in Cricket on the Hearth and
'Everybody's Friend
"Dalys old Fifth Avenue Theater-
the parlor home of comedy. Clara, as
Anne Sylvester in Man and Wife'-a
hit. Appears in L'Article 47'-a tri-
umph. Theater burns-company goes
on tour--some members-Harry Crisp.
Louis James, George Clark, Danl
Hawkins. George De We're, James
Lewis, William Lemoyne, William Dav
idge, owen Fawcett, Charles Fisher,
George Gilbert. James O'Neill. Kate
Claxton, Linda Dietz, Fanny Daven-
port, Miss Agnes Ethel, Mrs. Roberta
Norwood, Mrs. Gilbert, Fanny Mo-
rant Clara strikes her stride in
Miss Moulton,' Camille Alice.
X X
VOU may now read few extracts
l. OF news from The Star. The ex.
tracts may prick your memoryi
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an Military Messages Sent to Agents in Bars of Music

France. The lady In question,
charming woman, received many call.
ers and kept open house. She was
very generous and had many god.
children" at the front, to whom she
was constantly sending packages.
1t happened at times that a "god,
mother" without thinking OF doing
harm. would in public ask her god.
son" about military affairs. However
that may be, although we kept an eye
on this generous lady because she had
80 often indulged In conversations on
delicate matters. there was really
nothing about her to lead us to think
that she was given to spying. There
was nothing suspicious about her mail;
her telephone conversations left moth,
ing to be desired. Why the deuce
such craving for eggs?
AS We had no right to overlook even
the tiniest clue, I ordered that the
eggs addressed to her should bs
brought to my office before they were
delivered. I sent them to a labora,
tory, where, surrounded by the great.
est secrecy. the chemists got to work,
and the next day I received the fol.
lowing report:
"A chemical examination Of the
eggs shows that on the shells of some
of them are messages written in invisi.
BILE ink. The ink is probably made
| out Of tithymalus "a variety of euphor.
bia). The messages have to do with
military operations. The report add.
ed: ITO bring out the secret writing
1t is merely necessary to dip the eggs
in a solution of gallic- acid"
Although the guilt of this charming
lady was no longer in question, and
although we had the text of the ques.
eggs, before we could do anything we
had to find out how she sent her an,
swers to the German general staff,
We put two of our best agents on the
case.
One day when we examined the
eggs we found the following message:
Let US know at once whether the
101st Division is still at Chalons.
How many airplanes are there at
Buc?
Where Is the o. c. Dubail?"
Here were three explicit question:
They required exact answers. From
| the day she received those questions
she was never out Of our sight. She
| was 80 conservatively dressed that
she looked more like housewife than
the beautiful courtesan she really
| was. We followed her every move.
| ment, and she was In the act Of put,
ting her reply into the "mail box'-it
| was bureau-when we arrested her.
Her answer was written on a curl.
| ing iron. Eaten into the iron by acid
| and later covered with a thin covering
Of rust, artificially applied. the answer
| was as definite as could be:
1.-THE 1O1st Division Is at Nancy.
There are 10 airplanes at Buc.
'Dubail Is at Etain.''
Notice that it took this spy only
four days to get these three bits of in.
formation. She had proved herself
| really dangerous. We punished her
as she deserved, and i1er accomplice
likewise.
The matter. moreover. did not stop
at that. From various sources we
| found that other eggs were being
smugg1ed across the border from that
same place in Switzerland. Guards
were stationed at various places along
the border, and because of the under
standing that existed between the
French and the Swiss customs off.
cials the traffic in these Literary"
| eggs soon stopped.
tCooyright. 1927