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Evening star., 1928-04-06
DISCOVERY OF POLE
ISCOMMEMORATED
Date of U. S. Entry Into War
and Peary's Success OBJ
served in Arlington.

Eleven years ago today Congress gave
the authority for the United States to
enter the world conflict then raeing
and the great American war machine
Was put in motion. Nineteen years age
today Rear Admiral Robert E, Peary,
Z. s n. reached the North Pole after
MANY wears OF effort.
Both events are being Jointly COM
raemorsted this afternoon at the tomb
81 the late Admiral Peary IN the
Arlington National Cemetery. under the
tYiple auspices of Admiral Robert &.
Pesrv,s Ship, No 427, Veterans OF
roreiSl, Wars of the United States; the
National Geograpllic Society and the
CsyIl Engineering Corps of the united
states Navy. to which branch Aomirai
Peary was attached.
Admiral C, H Rousseau, civil En-
r;neerinS Corps, u. s. N, director oi
Ire Naval Petroleum Reserve ano the
rsnkins osicer of the corps IN wnicn
Peary served. delivered the principal
address
Cant c. H. Dickins. Chaplains' Corps,
7 s N, delivered the invocation ano
nrnnounce6 the bsnediction.
Rear Admiral Arthur L. willard.
eommsnosnt of the Washington Navy
ysrd sent the Navy Band 70 furnish
tne music for the exercises as weil as
attachment Of bluejacketS, who nreo
the usual volley at the conclusion OF the
Mrs Edward Stafford. daughter OF
ASn,irs, Peary. and members OF her
family were present, as well as many
officers Of the Navy.
Evening star., 1928-04-06
STATUARY is MIXED
AT CRYSTAL PALACE
Superintendent Explains Postwar
Rerairs Come First and Cas-
sifcation Later.
ro,...,o,a.noe ., ,he Associated Press.

ro,-ssncndence Of the Associated Press
rONDON.-The 1000 statuary casts
of the famous folk of history and myth
ciorv which we're baniSheo from tns
CRYSTAL Palace during the war are PACK
~, exhibition again. but they are mol
of,ite the same as they used to be. ano
As classified now they make strange
In room supposed to be sacred to
Grecian statuaTy. Queen Victoria Is
found turning. perhaps Tor sympathy. ~
Cleopatra. Gladstone penoioS the oacAs
of a dozen beautiful women, while DIS
raeli is almost lost among four VenuSes'
q couple Of Ewes. Lady Gooiva ano SOME
.vynnl1s about TO enter invisible baths.
.Iosenh Cheek. superintendent, nurse
and surgeon Of all the statues. busts
and models in the palace. admits tnat
the classification might be improved. out
explains that he has had big Joo the
past seven years getting them al 70
light again and repairing the damage
cone when they were hustled out 70
make room for wartime occupation OF
the palace.
Il have put together beauties that
have been broken into bits. TO say MOTH
ing of providing new noses Tor old We
muses. by the score" he said. and max
anr ears and feet and arms and legs ioI
al sorts and conditions Of nymphs. an
.cient heroes and Victorian statesmen
Tne most dfficult task Is fingers, but
have made SO many hundreds OF then
now that merely take one look where
the missing finger Was and so straight
away and make another that VIII NJ or
correctly.
Don't worry about the Classification
Wen get them al placed right IN time.
Evening star., 1928-04-06
BRITAIN AND ITALY
@. X. TANGlER PACT
Approve Agreement Between
France and Spain Regarding Con-
troll in international Zone.
By the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated PRESS
PARIS, April 6.-Great Britain and
Italy have approved the arrangement
agreed to between France and Spain on
the Tangier zone. This announcement
was made last evening by experts from
these two countries, as well as France
and Spain. who have been in confer
ence here for the last fortnight.
There still remain. however, some
minor demands by Italy. which will be
considered after Easter.
The arrangement between France and
Spain over Tangier few weeks ago was
subject TO tbs ratification of Great Brit
ain and Italy Representatives of all
four powers have spent considerable
time in discussing the details and in
meeting the desires of Italy, which at
first threatened to deadlock the confer
ence.
BY the Franco-SpaniSh agreement
Spain is given control of the police OF
Tangier and of the international zone
surrounding that city. This will enable
Spain to act directly against the Smug-
Cling of arms TO the Riffians and propa-
ganda against Spanish prestige.
Evening star., 1928-04-06
TURKS CONJURE SPECTER
or COFFEE PROHIBITION
Prime Minister Fails to Keep Gift
of $3.50 Pounds of Per-
feet Mocha.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
STEAMBOAT, Turkey -- The coffee
hounds" Of Stamboul--they lounge in
legions among the hundreds of coffee
houses--simply cannot understand it.
1t makes them nervous and call Tor
more coffee. for Ismet pasha, the prime
minister, has not kept gift consisting
of no less than $3.50 pounds of perfect
mocha sent 10 him personally by Imam
Yahia. sovereign of Yemen.
The prime minister has given 1t away
to philanthropic organization. and in
these days of reform, the coffee drink
ers are wondering whether this SEEM
ing repudiation of the national drink
hy one of the mighty forebodes re-
turn to the spirit Of the old days when
coffee was held anathcma by the
faithful
When coffee was first introduced into
Stamboul In 1854 by certain Shemsi
of Aleppo the faithful raised howl
against the beverage, CHASING 1t along
with opium. tobacco and wine. as One
Evening star., 1928-04-06
REED BLOODHOUND
F. ON SPEAKING TOUR
Waters Near Memphis Hold Train
Two Hours-Arkansas
Rivers Out.

n TIE Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. April ss-The Kan
aaE Florida special Of the St. Louis
Ss San Francisco Railway. with Senator
James A. Reed aboard. was water
bound for two hours today near Will
ford, ARK. due 10 the food stage Of the
Spring River The train. due In Mem
spsIis at 7:45 am. arrived two hours late
after piowing through water almost
deep enough 70 extinguish the engine
IRE
Heavy rains had sent numerous Ar
kansas rivers and streams out Of their
banks TODAY. Black River, overlooking
st BlsckYock, threatened hundreds Of
head Of live stock. while the White
River. At Batesville. covered the low
lands and threatened TO invade part Of
the residential section before night
The White River, at Cotters. Ark.
had reached stage Of 30 feet at Tam.
snd was rising more than feet an
hour. All bOtacmlanGs IN that section
were under water. but the town. situated
on high ground. vas In no danger II
vsB estimated that 5000 acres Of farm
lands along the White River near New
port. ARK. would be- under water by TO-
morrow morning.
Evening star., 1928-04-06
Uneven Career of Tommy" Atkin Ends;
Was Classmate of Former Senator

ington and worked as an attorney for
the alien property custodian's office
Later he was employed by the Depart
ment of Justice.
Then fate turned her back on him
For the past several years. his friends
saw, he has not worked regularly. A
month ago he came to Washington IN
search of work-and needing it--but he
was unable to find job.
Last night he called at the roomine
house to see a friend. He decided 10
stay all night, and Charles Il. Posey
the orourietor. gave him a room. He
retired at 10 O'clock When he was
found IN the gas filled room this morn
Ing he had been dead hours.
He was so years old, His widow
lives in Stamford, Conn.
Evening star., 1928-04-06
COUNCIL RETAINS
STAND ON AIRPORT
Citizens Advisory Body
Sticks to GraveIly Point at
Final Session.

The Citizens Advisory Council sans
It's Swan song last night by reaffirm-
ing its former action In indorsing the
establishment of the proposed munich
pal airport at Gravelly Point on the
Potomac. A new council will be elected
tomorrow night by the Federation ol
Citizens Associations.
The airpor. was discussed I'm connec-
ton with q favorable report by Col
Henry c. Newcomer on the bill APP
proved by the Commissioners providing
for its location at Gravelly Point. The
Federal and District governments would
share equally the cost of the project
under this bill
Although the council had previously
approved the Gravelly Point location
the Federation of Citizens Associations
recently voted in favor of the Benning
a substitute for Col Newcomers report
that the action OF the federation be
supported by the council, but the mo-
tion was lost for lack of second.
After more than an hours discussion,
the council approved with a minor
amendment, the bill to amend the Dis
trict code relating to the separation OF
juries In felony cases. Action was
taken on a report submitted by DR.
George r. Richardson. Edwin S. Hege
retiring member of the council was the
chief opponent of the bill He explain
ed that the courts under the present
code have discretion to lock up juries in
felony cases and that there is nc
great need for this proposed legisla-
ton"
The council also approved bills pro-
yiding for an automobile certificate OF
title law for the District and for the
construction of private road across
Lincoln road northeast by Trinity Col
lege and adopted resolution intro
duced by Mr.. Hege emphasizing the
need for legislation TO regulate the
healing arts and expressing the hope
that it would be enacted by Congress
at the present session.
Evening star., 1928-04-06

The uneven career of Tommy
Atkin, one-time Yale base ball star and
gifted public speaker, came TO an end
at dawn today He was found dead In
bed at a rooming house at 1919 Ninth
street at 8 O'Clock this morning. The
gas jet was on.
Edgar NJ. Atkin pitched for Yale
when former Senator Wadsworth OF
New York played first base. He was
a claSSmate of the Senator and his
friend. After leaving Yale he went
to New York and became well known
as an attorney,
A gifted public speaker. he became
widely known at political gatherings
He had taken part in every political
campaign for the past 20 years.
During the war he came TO wash
Evening star., 1928-04-06

OF the Four Pillars of Lubricity," One
OF the -Four Ministers of the Devil" and
"One OF the Four Cushions Of the
Couch Of Voluptuousness.
But despite the charge that 1t en-
ticed worshipers from the mosques.
Shemsis coffee house prospered. Three
years later he went back to Aleppo with
5000 ducats In his pocket. Other
coffee houses sprang up by the score,
then by the hundreds to meet the de-
mand which grew for the drink. not
withstanding the name the Turks
chose to give it-"kahvek" which
means that which lureth away the
appetite"
Now grave suspicious of regime Of
coffee prohibition grip the coffee house
loungers on account of the minister's
action.
Evening star., 1928-04-06
Trains Stop When Told.

An English inventor, Maj. Raymond
Phillips, can make model trains obey
his spoken commands of Ahead" !"
Stop" and Back. At an exhibition
he demonstrated his microphone con-
troll of model engines. A delicate micro
phone receives the sounds and through
an ingenious mechanism controls the
supply Of current to the trains. He says
he has made two trains do different
things at the same time by the one
micrOphone
Evening star., 1928-04-06
36-CYLINDER CAR READY
TO TEST SPEED RECORD
"Gargsntuan Triplex Special" at
Daytona Beach Prepared TO Com
pete for World Mark.
o. fhe Asse.4atast1 pfeps

- fhs Asss~g ates5 Pfsbs
DAYToGA BEACH. Fla. April g.
The GaEgantnan Tripiez Special. pow
ere6 Dy Sc cylinders and owned by
n White Of Philadelphia. today stood
ready ~ attack the worlds automobile
speed recof6 of z0s q miles per hour
Ray Keech. driver of the biz racer
stated last night tast the run would In
s}I probability De made near pm. To-
Gay because the TIDE was low 1T that
hour permitting the course 10 be set
BesT the water On haT6-packec sands
The final inspection of the car by
Arthur Means, secretary u the contest
bosno of the American Automobile A.
soc3ation To-Day wss ~ determine what
the plechsnieai changes Bisoe since its
lest appearance here we're ia accord
with the a. A. A regulations Instslia-
tor of reverse gear vas the require
Tlente before Official timing by the gov
efDing Dooy could BE- secured
Evening star., 1928-04-06
Gas Gun for Air Defense

After many years of experiment, M.
Arnold Christensen. an engineer Of
Denmark, has invented a machine
which experts think will be the most
effective defense against aerial raids
that has ever been devised. 1t Is in
the form of a gun which shoots into
the air large amounts of gas that rem
der the occupants OF an attacking air.
plane unconscious. Tests are to be
made In the near future by a special
gas committee of the Danish general
staff
Evening star., 1928-04-06
Lost War Drum Returned.

A drum lost by the I'd Battalion Ar
gyle and Sutherlanders of Scotland TO
the Germans during the World War has
just been returned TO Scotland. During
the retreat from Mons the Scotch fight
ers left the drum at lie Cateau. 1t was
picked up by the advancing German
troops. and eventually came into possess
sion of Maj Goswin van Haag of the
oath Railway Construction Company
About year ago it was secured By r F.
Fife. q Hamburg man who has the
cause OF good relations between Ger
many and Great Britain much at heart
He offered to return the drum to the
regiment. and his offer was quickly ac-
cepted by the Army Council and the
regiment.
Evening star., 1928-04-06

day. A jury returned q verdict Of not
guilty in the case Of Robert Stevens, IA,
who was indicted in the killing of an
unidentified man on the Allegheny
River bank. The victim was sltigged
and robbed of S375.
1t was testified that Stevens took part
In the killing because he was dominated
by and feared Alvin Hess, Is, who was
convicted Of first degree murder last
week.
Evening star., 1928-04-06
RECORD MADE BY GLIDER.
Performer Ascends $40 Meters
Within as Minutes.

BRESLAU. Germany. April CP1.-
A record performance with glider was
made yesterday at Grunau by Ferdinand
Schulz when he assembled $40 meters
above his starting point in IS minutes
He used one of the primitive practice
gliders OF the school at Grunau. It is
claimed that under~ the circumstances
the performance constitutes world
record.
The glider mark for height previously
recorded was 652 meters, or about 1900
feet. This was made October 19 also
BY Schultz. but 1t was In q flight In
which he remained in the air more than
four hours and reached his maximum
height at some distance from his start
ing point Today's performance ex-
ceeded Schultz's previous effort both
in the speed with which 1t was accom-
plished and the fact that he reached
that height over the place Of his take
of. The $40 meters equal approx
nnately 1870 feet.
Evening star., 1928-04-06
BOY, ID, IS ACQUITTED
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
sixteen-Year-Old Companion Was
Convicted in Killing of
Man.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, April 6.--Allegheny
County's youngest defendant ever to be
tried on a murder charge was freed to-
Evening star., 1928-04-06

Young wild animals taken from their
mothers too soon and placed in ZOOS
often develop ricketts,.
Evening star., 1928-04-06

The Antarctic region has enough ici
to cover the entire earth TO depth o
100 feet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-15

heard bycnd row G. Then there ars
girls brought to- the fore by news
paper contests, conducted either an
New York or smaller cities. Three
OF these. 10 my knowledge, drifted
from the stage NJ demonstrating
beauty creams i'm department stores.
One has vanished from the picture
10 marry the CONVENTIONAL hard
working suitcr Of tho fiction stories.
The prize money utterly spoiled an
other She found the possession OK
$4,000 too dazzling, and N turned her
head. On the whole. the effect of
beauty contests ~ not q healthy cns.
~ were lord mayor of tha com
munity, might do something to
something TO stop the vicious prae"
tice.
find these ~off the face" helmets
NIL the girls are wearing this sea-
son most disconcerting. They. give
the wearer a surprised look which IN
n strain when you encounter one art
CT another ON thp avenue. Too mueh
of the brow IN exposed BY this ~
kind fashion, and 7 observe IN u cur
rent article cn the subject the nel-
met wearers are forbidden to orAs
forth even ems small curl 70 soi'en
the effect
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-15
The World and All



p i. Robinson IL an electrical engineer. and . friend
and neirhbor Or nine. He il intensely devoted to out
door life. Today, riding to work on a commuters train
Robinson stimulated my thinking apparatus. He was
telling me about the wonderful skiing he had been
enjoying.
"Yes." ! said, T suppose j. must BE- great. didn't
see any Of H."
"No. it's unfortunate that your set-up Is such that
you don't get to enjoy such things"
And thers was real sympathy in his voice. He meant
Il. He just cant see how people can enjoy life IL they
don't ski and climb mountains and row and skate. he
really thought that I was missing something because \
spend my time otherwise.
So | got TO thinking. I called 10 mind about twenty
of my personal friends. Men whom I like. and who
seem to get the flavor or life as they 60 aloug. Rob
inson is the only outdoor man Of the lot Yet the
others have their orbits, just as consuming and inst rs
all-important as the outdoors
Each Of US has his own set-up, as the engineer ex-
presses II. His own interests, background, ambitions.
culture. have a friend who Is devoted to dogs and
old clocks. He never heard Of a ski and he thinks that
mountains are to be looked at through telescopes. But
he has discovered a wonderful country wherein are dogs
and old clocks. ! am sure that he feels just a bit SYM
pathetic with an outdoor man or an actor or a merchant
who circulates in an orbit that knows not dogs and
clocks. His set-up is what my engineer friend would
call unfortunate, but to him it is anything else.
@N~tN - -~ $1,000 -
which he is a master hand, in order to get time and
means to hear good music. He doesn't produce any kind
of music. But he knows all the great orchestras by
heart, and he worships at the shrine Of Leopold Stokow-
ski. OF course he feels sorry for anyone who doesn't
know that Beethovens Fifth symphony is great beyond
all utterance. And he doesn't know an old clock from
a snowshoc.
Still another OF my friends travels. When he is at
home he looks longingly out toward the sea, and pres
emily he is off to Constantinople or Mexico City or
Rome, without 80 much as calling up to see whether a
porter will meet him when he lands on the other side
OF the world. And this interesting fellow lives a most
entertaining life without any desire whatever to listen
TO Bach or wind an old clock or climb Everest
Each Of US has his own orbit. suspect that he
lives the fullest life whose orbit intersects the greatest
number Of other interesting orbits. To be an artistic
liver Of life implies the ability to love your own spe-
.cialty and to be intelligently interested in the other
fellows outlook and hobbies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-15
TEXAS DAILY PRES LEAGUE
What a Port Would Save
the Valley

4 reduction Of 10 cents per hundred pounds on ce-
ment shipped from Houston and Cementvile, the big
manufacturing center, TO Corpus Christi, was granted
last week BY the state railway commission upon appi-
cation Of the Texas Portland Cement company, the Trim
ity Portland Cement company Of Houston, and the San
Antonio Portland Cement company Of Cementyille near
San Antonio.
In presenting their application for a reduction IN
rates the cement manufacturers pointed out that Cor
pus Christi was securing cement by water considerably
cheaper than by rail, and that in order for the Texas
corporations to compete with foreign manufacturers il
was essential that the reduction be granted. As a re-
suit. the cost Of highway and building construction in
the Corpus Christi territory has been reduced very ma
tcrially.
According to estimates BY engineers the Lower Rio
Grande Valley would save between 100000 and $780,
600 on the highway construction programs now under
way were the port at Point Isabel opened and the Vat
ley could secure the loser water rate on cement. Addi-
tional hundreds Of thousands would be saved annually
on building materials, and the construction program Of
the Valley would be accelerated eorrespondingly.
A saving Of 10 cents per sack on cement would mean
n saving Of approximately $1,000 on every mile Of cor
crete highway constructed. Cameron county, if the
present road program is carried out, would save At
lease sl25,O00 on this item alone. Hidalco county is
also using an immense amount Of cement in the various
highway programs, and WiIiacy county is also expected
10 be in the market for large quantities in a few
months.
Cameron county Is now purchasing cement In car
load lots Mt around rs cents per sack, which covers the
freight rate Of approximately 80 cents per sack, and
upon this basis the value Of the cement at the point
Of loading is from As 20 so cents per sack. The freight
rate represents more than onethird the cost Of the
delivered cement. The late Commodore Cobolini was
authority for the statement that water rates on cement
from Houston would BE less than Is cents per sack,
which would mean a saving to the Valley Of is cents on
the freight rate or approximately $500 on every mile
Of concrete highway constructed.
Corpus Christi has secured a material reduction on
building materials Of every class as a result Of water
competition. and If this section Of Texas is to prosper
20 the same degree as Corpus Christi it Is very essen
tial that similar rates be secured; and they can only
be secured when the Valley completes its deep water
port at Point Isabel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-15
Peters Adventures

Il an coming. dear, coming al
opcei" declared Redwing, quickly.
Evidently fer all that he was a Col
onel he didn't care to have "a fight
with his wife. Perhaps he had had
a taste Of her bcak before and knew
kow sharp it was. But before we
20 don't you want TO come down
i'll only for n momentAand show
the Boy what % pretty dress you are
wearing"
"Now. Colonel, you know very well
that my dress IN not pretty, net a
bit, and you only want him TO see
Il 50 that he will notice how much
more beautiful II your cot. Never
theless, if it will please YOU, 1 viii
let your friend look az me-" Suit
ing her actions 10 her words, Mrs.
Redwing alighted beside her husband
and soIemnly held out her claw for
The Boy to shake. Then she turned
slowly around and around
"Seel" said she. MY dress il as
sober as can be. / like stripes, 50
| always wear them, and brown Is
my most becoming colcr. think II
y such a sensible shade and, really,
when IN is combined with white ii Is
not 80 bad, is itl All my life 1 have
longed FOR bright %colors, but never
could have them.
"You have no idea how hard IL Is
tc know that your husband has 2
right 10 wear the glossiest coat and
Ne as gay as he p~leases while You
must be modest or your reputation
W a perfect lady bird II Eone-that
he can sing, too. while your voice
il nothing-ncbody cares TO hear It.,
and. what ~ worst or all, you must
STAY at home and mind the babies
while he may fly about wherever ne
wants to.
"But, there. What use II II for nc
to complain? Such Is the fate 81
All the lady birds. Among the feath-
cred folks II Is the men who always
have the best cf IL. Come on Col
onel, I'm hungry. Goodhy, Boy"
"And good luck" added Redwing,
evidently too suhdued hy his wife's
remarks TO make further protest.
without more words, off the couple
flew. che glossy black Colonel fol-
lowing meekly in the wake Of his
small. sober. bat self-willcd better
half.
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