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PART THREE-12 PAGES.

Observation-Disclosures and the Photo
play.
Music-Page 5.
Motors and Motoring-Pages 6,
and 8.
District National Guard-Page 9.
Fraternal News-Page 10.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve
Page IL.
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Insanity Bill Favored.

DENVER, February &c R).-The
Colorado House of Representatives to-
day passed bill prohibiting the in
sanity defense in criminal prosecu-
tions. Under the measure, which now
goes to the Senate. the defendant
would have an insanity hearing, and
If declared sane. would have to use
some other defense at this trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
Soviet Replies to Britain.

MOSCOW, February 26 R).--
Soviet Russia's reply to Great Brit
aims note threatening to break off
relations unless anti-British propa-
ganda by the Soviet was discon-
tinued was delivered to the British
charge d'affaires, Sir r. M. Hodgson,
this afternoon.
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ARMAMENT EXPENSE
ISSUE UP IN GENEVA
Experts Prepare Standard Form
Report for Nations to Show
Costs at Farley.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 26.-Financial as
well as physical limitation of arma-
ments is occupying the attention of
the League of Nations commission
whose experts now are assembled here
The experts today completed a stand
ard form of armament expense report
on which each country will show
armament costs. This was prepared
in expectation that the projected ulti.
mate disarmament convention will
limit both money and materials.
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PART TWO-I6 PAGES.

Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
Notes of Art and Artists-Page 4.
Reviews of New Books-Page 4.
Tales of Well known Folk-Page 12
Y. w. G. A. Notes-Page IL.
Parent Teacher Activities-Page IA.
Boy Scout News-Page Il.
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NEW YORK, February 26 OP).-
Jacob Kromberg, the third of the
producers of the police raided play,
THE Virgin Man." was arrested to-
day charged with the production of
indecent PLAYS
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WATERLOO. Nebr.. February 26
P).-An ice gorge. In the Elkhorn
River broke" today and flood waters
which inundated the village began re-
ceding with a rush. The river level
dropped nearly ave feet in a few min
uteg.
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PART FOUR PAGES.
Pink Sports Section.
PART FIVE-8 PAGES.
Magazine Section-Fiction and Fea,
lures.
The Rambler-Page 8.
PART SIX--1O PAGES.
Classified Advertising.
Civilian Army News-Page 9.
GRAPHIC SECTION-1O PAGES,
World Events in Pictures.
COLOR SECTION4 PAGES.
Mutt and jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and
Mrs; High Lights Of History.
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CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
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''FrOna Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Star is delivered every evening and
Sunday morning to Washington homes at
90 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000
and service will start Immediately.
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90. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.1
Fair and slightly colder today: to.
morrow increasing cloudiness followed
by rain in the afternoon or night.
Temperature-IIighe As. at pm.
Lowest, "a, at 4 am.
Full report on Page 6.
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POTOMAC ELECTRIC
POWER COMPANY
Reclamation Notice

To Holders Of Potomac Electric Power
Company General and Refunding Mort
gage Gold Bonds. Series A ts%. due
194D:
NOTICE IS HEREBY, GIVEN. as provided
IN IN Afss Of Mo-
Power Company to The National City Bank
Of New York. as Trustee to secure an issue issue
Bonds Of the said Potomac E1scts Power sa
viii Ife redeem at al los per cent q the prin;
cipal amount thereof. al its General and
n~:unding Morteaee Gold Bonds series a
under the said Indenture. The said Bonds
are hereby required to he surrendered on the
said date at the prfncipal office Of The Ns;
Of New YORK. for redemption Al the ssid
redemption price; and. upon the presenta-
ton and surrender thereof. on or after the
said redemption date. with lin the case of
Coupon Bondsl all interest coupons matur-
ing ing subsequently 9 to the said rsdsmption date
Coupon Bonds which shall at the time be
registered az to principally accompanied by
duly executed assignments or transfer pow
ers. the said Bonds will be paid and re-
said. Bonds Of Series A viii cease to bear
further interest after April l. 1927: but all
interest coupons pertaining to Coupon Bonds
Of Series which shall have matured on or
prior TO the said date will continue to be
but without interest thereon.
Washington d. G.. Feb 90. 1927.
POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER
BY A. M FISHER Treasurer
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company of New York City,
New York,
On the 3lst day of December. 1925, e re-
quired under the District of C0lumPie E0oe
amended June 80. 1902. and August le, lSli
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HIGHER EXPENSES CUT
B, & O. JANUARY REVENUE

Special Dispatch to The star.
BALTIMORE, March Railway
operating revenues of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad for January were
$195,751 larger than for the CORE
spending month in 1925, but higher
operating expenses. calling for $bSl.-
179 more than they did year ago.
converted the gross gain into loss
Of $354,42S in net revenue from rail-
way operations.
However, net railway operating In.
come was only $164.196 less than In
January. 1925, due chiefly to saving
of more than $226,0O0 in equipment
rents. That the company did not
skimp upkeep is indicated by the ex-
penditure of $132.4S4 more on main
tenance Of equipment and $3o,230
more on maintenance of way and
structures than In the corresponding
month a year ago.
Gross income for January amounted
to $19.697,445, while net aggregated
$2,917,429.
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the current crop. This means Europe
will have to bid against the Orient for
Java sugars or increase in her own
production. The latter course would
not make supplies available before
next October.
Thus it can readily be seen why the
domestic sugar producers so vigor
ously oppose tariff revision. Not only
would 1t permit Cuba to take full ad
vantage of extremely low paid labor,
but IL would nullify, they say, the bal
ancing effect on price sterilization,
which domestic production heretofore
has exercised and which has prevented
extreme price fluctuations with at
tendant buyer resistance and fall in
consumption.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-01
FERTILIZER SALES 20 PCT.
SMALLER THAN IN 1926
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, March 1.-Fertiizer
sales ate approximately 20 per cent
smaller than they were at this time
a year ago, according to local COM
panies. Statesmen went into their ter
ritory somewhat later than they did
last year, so the selling season will be
shorter by several weeks. This Is said
to be a tactical move on the part of
the companies in view of the overload.
ed situation in the South.
Some fertilizer people believe sales
will increase as the selling season ad-
vances, for March is a bigger volume
month than February, but that the re-
duction in sales as compared with
1926 in the South will not be far from
80 per cent.
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NEW YORK, March 1 @.-1m-
ports of copper into the United States
In January were 6,701 tons, against
7,45s tons in December, and exports
were 9,063 tons, against 42,541, the
American Bureau of Metal Statistics
reports. The months imports OF lead
were SSS tons. against TAG the month
before, and exports of 5.945 tons, com
pared with 1880 in December. Elk
ports Of zinc totaled 2 S32 tons. in con-
trast to 4.049 in December. There
were no imports of zinc in January.
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European Output Down.
Money to Ioar,

Secured by first deed of trust ON real estate.
Prevailing interest and ccmmis si0n.
Joseph Weller e: &c. ws ALL Z, : 2 ! T,vss
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THE EVENING STORY

"Just for a moment l think he didn t
remember me. But it's been 2S years
! Her voice had queer little sound.
| Suddenly she turned and laid her
hand over Elens as they sat side by
side in the porch hammock. Tell
me- she said earnestly, have you
ever been sorry that YOU didn't marry
| George WARREN" Ellens laugh was
a sufficient answer. Il see George
once in a while" Iuella said, He
| looks. thinks. talks money. NV hus-
| band calls George great financier.
| And YOU might have had him.
/ I'D rather have Tom replied Ell
len earnestly. Il thought 80 at the
! timeI still think so
You earthen bowl began Lu
ella. then paused.
AZ know" Ellen turned quickly, her
mind on the Custard. Il didn't link.
I've made custards in that earthen
bowl SO many times-it didn't occur to
me"
"Oh, my dear" I.uella laughed with
4 half sob. Il didn't mean that earthen
howl never thought of il. In fact.
never noticed ii, but the custard
was delicious. A poem | read the
other day made me think OF il. 1T
was one of those personal. intimate
poems that might have been written
to or about any woman. l can't re-
peat il, but it was about Il married
couple in simple circumstances of life.
poor perhaps Don't YOU see? Their
life looked like an earthen bowl. but
into it they had pressed the full meas
ure of their happy love. so that
the bowl became n wonderful thine-a
rich. lovely thing, full of rainbows.
Do YOU get my meaning. Ellen:
Yes" Ellen hreathed "oh, yes.
Her heart was high. her pulse sang.
her eyes were like the joyous eyes OF
a young girl. What a beautiful thing
for Lucia to say, An earthen bowl
her married life. Yet love had filled
il with rainbows. How thankful she
had married for love and not, as she
had been tempted. for this worlds
goods as Represented by George War
rem. An earthen howl-full of rain
bows She must tell her dear Tom.
But in the wonder and delight of
what Luella had revealed to her she
was forgetting Luella. She looked at
Luella, with her beauty. her exquisite
attire, and 4 question burst from her
lips
'1f mine is an earthen howl. dear.
yours must have been of silver.
"Silver. yes" Luellas voice was
low. But y-empty-empty.'
THE END.
tCopyright. 1927
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The Earthen Bowl.

LIEN KING opened the oven
door. stopped and took out a
r. howl IF baked custard. The boWl
Il was earthen. cheap and common:
s -. o,,e+ar5 Was the best or
The Washington times., 1927-05-16

to bring to q head all proposals Tor
various improvements in the Dis.
trict. according to Robert Cottrell
assistant secretary
The Washington times., 1927-05-16
METRIC system
To BE ASKED

Congress at its next session will
be asked to fix the metric system
as the American standard of weights
and measures.
Representative Fred Britten of
Illinois announced today that as
soon as Congress convenes he
would introduce bill for the adop-
ton of the metric system. Senator
Gillett Of Massachusetts, Is sponsor
ing similar legislation in the Sem
ate.
use Of the metric system in this
country is only a matter OF time"
said Representative Britten in dis
cussing his proposed measure.
why we, 5e most progressive
nation in the world, have chung so
long to the archaic system we are
now using is a mystery as the
superiority Of the Metric plan is
obvious to anyone who has studied
the two methods.
The Washington times., 1927-05-16

witnesses, two Of whom were re.
called to the stand. Each was cross.
examined briefly by defense counsel.
Three indictments of murder were
read to the illiterate coal miner and
to each he entered pleas of mot
guilty"
Alleged Lover Heard
Don Blair, alleged paramour Of
the slain wife Of the defendant. told
a straightforward story of the night
Of the wholesale murder. but EN-.
phatically denied that he was the
lover Of Mollie Griffith.
Griffith's son testified that Henry
came home the morning of March
90. at o'clock. He testified that
his fathers arrival awakened him.
Did your father have anything
when he came homer" r. H. Will
son, communicating attorney, asked
OF the youth. who appeared as a
States witness against his father,
clad in blue denim overalls with
white bandana tied as a kerchief
around his neck.
II won't tell a story, even il he
Is my father" came the reluctant
answer. He was CARRYING an alarm
clock and explained to me that he
had 'sniped it.
What else did your father say?"
He said: .Burey, you are going
20 hear tell'' Of three bodies being
found in the river"
What else did he say?"
tfNhafPC oil =
out questioning him about the
bodies"
Before the son had testified, the
commonwealth had introduced the
alarm clock and through witnesses
had shown It formerly was the
property of Matt Lawson.
Tell of Threats
e. W. Ball. father Of the muir.
dered Griffith woman. and Tom Ball,
her surviving brother. testified to
threats made by the defendant.
Griffith is being tried for the MUIR
der Of Mrs. Georgia Lawson. II a
verdict of first degree is returned
Dy the jury, the court indicated that
Griffith will probably not 70 to trial
on the other two charges. -
Griffith does not intend rs repu-
date his confessions defense coun.
sci indicated, but he win deny GER
tain parts Of it.
The Commonwealth is seeking
verdict of first degree murder, which
in Virginia carries sentence of
death in the electric chair, or i'm.
prisonment for a period of not less
than 20 years.
Court Is Crowded
In its opening statement the
Commonwealth pointed to the facts
Of Griffith's confession, which is
to be the States strong point of
contention for the life of the accused
coal miner.
Griffith will possibly take the
The Washington times., 1927-05-16
j. s. NAVY SAILS
OFF TO WAR"
By KENNETH CLARK
International News Service

ABOARD U. s. S. SEATTLE.
AT SEA, May 1.-THE United
States fleet. in battle array, sailed
away to war" today.
Its destination was carefully
guarded. Its objective is to land a
force Of $4,000 enemy troops in
the Narragansett Bay area for the
purpose of establishing base to at.
tack, either New England or New
York.
The occasion was the the spring
maneuvers between the Army and
Navy to test the efficiency of pres.
ent coastal defenses against q pos.
sible hostile attack.
For the purpose OF the maneu-
vers the Navy is Stimulating actual
war conditions.
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Griffith is on trial for killing his
wife, Mollie. the mother of his
eight children, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Matt Lawson. who allegedly sought
TO poison the wife's affections. He
hid the three bodies in Clinch River,
near Swordscreek, Va. The crime
was committed on March 20. and
the bodies were discovered two
weeks later by telegraph hneman.
Because the lawyer whom he
sought to employ squabbled over
the fee, it was necessary for Judge
William E. Burns to appoint coun-
sci for the defense.
His Opening Statement
Women in the crowded courtroom
dabbed frequently at misty eyes
while Bruce Johnson, the courts
appointee for Griffith's defense,
made his opening statemeat. In
flow Of Southern oratory that held
the court and spectators tense, the
defense attorney carried his state
nient into a pathetic strain, dwell
ing on the lives of the eight inno-
cent children and the primal in
stinct that led Griffith to kill in de-
Tense of his home.
The commonwealth introduced 81
The Washington times., 1927-05-16

celebration. For more than q mile
ferent States. were lined up at the
curb.
Some ate their lunch In the
court room, lest they lose o coveted
place Of vantage. Others stole bur-
riedly out to nearby quick lunch"
stands.
The Washington times., 1927-05-16
-1nternational Newsrssl Photo.

ewsr
AS DRAWING ROOM LOVER
CHARLES R. NUNGESSER, the missing French air
hero the star of film made at Hollywood the story
of which was based on his own exploits. He is
shown here in with Jacqueline Logan.
The Washington times., 1927-05-16

stand in defense of his life when
the State rests its case.
Crowding into the aisles, jamming
the doorways and windows, 500
people wedged themselves into the
small colonial court room. The
quaint little county seat town bore
the aspect of a gigantic holiday
The Washington times., 1927-05-16
Legislation To Be Sought

AOSASAatAOn 10 Ne sought
A drive will be launched In the
new Congress for enactment of
the Cameron-O Conner flood control
bill to prevent q repetition OF the
disastrous floods In the Mississippi
Valley, 1t was announced today by
former Senator Ralph H. Cameron
tR.l of Arizona, its author.
The bill, which has been pending
in Congress for several years.
would create a waterways and water
resources commission to devise 4
national program for the control Of
all waterways, floods, navigation
problems, irrigation, reclamation
drainage and the waterpower de.
velopment OF streams. It would
include three. Cabinet members. =
Senator, Representative and civil.
ian economist. The actual work
would be carried out by a water
control board ON which an Army.
engineer, a civil hydraulic engineer
and civil hydroelectric engineer
would serve.
The Washington times., 1927-05-16
Trade Board viii Act
On ID. C.. improvements

Preparatory to what will be 4
concerted effort by the Washington
Board of Trade to effect enactment
Of enormous important civic projects
now hanging fire, President e. G.
Graham will meet with officers and
committee chairmen tonight at $40
o'clock in the willard Hotel.
This will be the first step Of its
kind taken by the Board OF Trade
The Washington times., 1927-05-16
Of FLOOD
IS WIDENING
The National Red Cross drive
for flood relief funds reached
$11.748, 1877 today.
By LAWRENCE SULLIVAN
International News Service

BATON ROUGE. La. May 10
Blanketing new reaches Of the worlds
most productive sugar country at
the rate of almost 200 square miles
a day. the flood waters Of the Mis-
siss:ppi are rolling southwark today
in the last hundred-miIe stretch sep
arating them from the Gulf Of
Mexico.
Six hundred square miles in Avoy-
elles. st. Landry and Evangeline
Parishes have been added to the
fiood-ravished area since the Bayou
des CLASSES levees crumbled at Cot
tonport last Thursday. to break the
last barrier restraining the flood
in its sweep on to the sea.
Today the 40-mile stretch Of des
CLASSES levees from the Mississippi
River westward to Cottonport is
lost in the muddy. yellow sea which
obliterates some 5000 square miles
Of the heart of Louisiana. Here and
there along the bayou dilxes q tiny
streak OF the old protecting wall is
visible In the churning waters, but
even these honeycombed islands dis
appear hourly.
River engineers already are has
ing their calculations upon the pre-
mise that within 4S hours the
entire levee will have been sunk
without trace. One crevasse near
the village of Tilden is 10 miles
wide. Through this spillway, alone.
20-foot wall of water rushes into
the lowlands behind the west levees
of Atchafalaya.
The flood on the west side Of
Atchafalaya will extend to the
Gulf Of Mexico. 1t will gradually
increase to very great proportions.
as with the levees east of the
Atchafalaya holding, the area west
OF that river must take care Of
the flood waters now In the Ten.
sas Basin.
Although the bikes crumbled
faster than they could be reported
through the naval wireless facilities
OF the rescue patrol, not a single loss
or life had been reported to relief
headquarters here today. At one
point. 500 people were stranded on a
tive-mile stretch Of levee which had
been cut at both ends. All were re.
moved within six hours of the recent
Of the wireless report at Director
Parker's office.
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HIS STORY HITS FATHER.
IN LEBANON, VA, TRIAL
BY HARRY W. BALL
Times Correspondent

LEBANON, Va, May 16.-Tears in his eyes and hands
pucking nervously chewed finger nails Henry Griffith,
trial for his life in the Russell county court charged with
HIM Burey, the lyear-old youth with testimony that per-
haps help send his father the chair brought the first
GIav of the trial TO climax
The Washington times., 1927-05-16
Court Is Crowded

In its opening statement the
Commonwealth pointed to the facts
Of Griffith's confession, which is
to be the States strong point of
contention for the life of the accused
coal miner.
Griffith will possibly take the
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