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Evening star., 1928-11-15
Explosion Kills Rail Employe.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, November 15.-
Joseph Cox, 81 years old, colored, en-
ployed at the Western Maryland Rail-
way commissary here, is dead from
burns received in an explosion early
last night when he entered his rooms
on North Centre street. The gum
hose of the gas stove had become dis
connected and it is supposed the gas
which filled the room ignited from his
cigarette. The side of the building was
blown out In the street, and the debris
{ ceyss 9,.s!',,.S. ta tae EaCt If sAEoaH
Evening star., 1928-11-15
FILM AWARDED MEDAL.
"Seventh Heaven" Selected b.
Magazine as Prize Winner.

NEW YORK, November Is (P).-The
current issue of Photoplay Magazine
announces the award of the magazine 5
annual medal for the most distinguished
contemporary moving picture to the Fox
Film Corporation for its picture Sew
enth Heaven"
The award is determined by popular
vote. The selection of Seventh Heaven"
gives Frank Borzage, its director, the
distinction of having made two OF the
prize winning pictures. In addition to
the current medal winner, Bor5age di-
rected "HumoresQvaY, the first picture
tnyneeiye the med ID 1e21%
Evening star., 1928-11-15

large saw. Miss Robinson has host
of friends in Washington.
Mr.. de Sibour attended st. Georges
School in Newport, r. l., and is now
a member of an insurance company in
this city. The bridegroom-ele father
is a well known architect and has reSid-
ed in Washington for over as years. He
was born in Paris and at one time
was chairman of the Fine Arts Com
mission, of which he is an honorary
member now. He was consulting arch
itect for the United States Naval Acad-
envy Viscountess de Sibour was for
merly Miss Margaret M. Clagett of the
prominent old Georgetown and Mary
land family.
No date has been set for the wedding.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
With Other Editors
NOTHING is QUITE WITHOUT USE
(Arizona Republican,


puzzled the
both turned furnishes
curative the
certain monetary value
There other Our
unable but
good their creation them
pointing out
But when think OF it, they the
gSeraly Wedong people would
OF omission commission
Apparently worthless hons bordering pathway
it.
everything has it's use for the
benefit OF mankind
OF all the mysteries there
understand
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
Crime Pays---Not in Douglas

ID NATIONAL CRIME COMMISSION alarming
~ punishment enjoyed
criminal in cities in the United
every
rather reversing the adage that crime does not
presented alarming
evidence the
immunity
cities correction conditions
policemen
determination of the guilt the accused
Cleveland apparently city
ably with all Of Great Britain where made to
county
that they
get justice; policemen
memory of of in
recruit Florence pentetar
provided forthwith
in
county activity the with which
Justice is meted
freedom would that
Douglas present greater awsns than recorded
hearty
underground
particular, good city to by.
OF
places
efficient police protection and court procedure
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
Resurrect Ananias Club

oMEBoDY SHOULD REsURREcT
developed reopenng the books
Monday night
reporting
rendered himself
Again
while President Coolidge the credit with the budget bureau The
people
statesmen
when senator
challenges the credy OF the vast mining interests who are
challenges experience the vast middle class merchants
becoming
intelligence
before during times of
It is apparent that Senator Reed making his appeal for support
minority
analyze the truth
able make its
hadcd that vocou minority will
prevail
operation during political the the
the
demagogue
provided
political persons
the public
the grease OF the and ugly word.
ced itself Of nature taxing by referring Senator Reed
o
authority as woodrow
Wilson who while president
him all
a~aAa
expert in the nomen
classification forthcoming
remembered v@.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29

Coolidge, the candidate. had been
mere vice president when the oil
gang got the oil and Fall got the
money.
Whether or not the Oil scandals
and the new charge that Sinclair
helped pay the party debt about the
time the administration gave him
Teapot Dome will have any effect III
November, it is probable that election
day will come without mention Of
the Oil scandals by any important
republican. The G.. o. p. attitude is
that although it may have been q
skeleton in the closet and although
the democrats may have been in
decent enough to break down the
door that hid it, a dignified silence
is the best answer to those who still
drag it around the streets or dangle
it before them.
Not once has the administration
expressed itself upon the subject, not
even to pat on the back the two
able lawyers VINO have recovered the
navy'S reserves and kept the blood
hounds close at the CoattailS Of Fall,
Sinclair and Doheny. II has been
as if no highly placed official or
member OF the congress, except he be
a democrat or a republican OF indie
pendent stripe, was at all interested.
OF course, the light OF recent charges
that corrupt Oil money helped pay
party campaign debts, it was only
human for the gents N power noS
to be especially enthusiastic over
further prosecution and investigation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29

WASHINGTON Of the most
absorbing performances which the two
political parties are about to offer a
mildly interested nation in their
quadrennial competition for the spoila
of office and such perQuisites as
those may entail is that in which
the democratic party will appear as
a magpie and the republican party
will take the role OF a clam.
That is to say, one party is gCing
tc talk and act like a magpie very
angry about something and the other
will talk and act like clam.
This strange stunt may be enacted
several times, but it is sure to be
observed as democratic orators dis
embogue at their best and loudest
against the Oil scandals OF the Hard
ing administration 1t will be recalled
that when this issue arose IN 1924
the democratic party followed the
best traditions OF magpiedom and the
republican party took its cue from
clamdom.
In 1924 there were still some hard
boiled politicianS-of the type that
sent men to Montana to get" Senator
Wheeler-whc still maintained that
Fall was a farsighted and conScien-
tiouS official, While Doheny and SIN
clair were super patriots who had
taken the navy's oil merely to save
us from the yellow Peril The supreme
court has spoken since then, however,
and has denounced those involved
in very strong language.
In 1924 Harding was dead and
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
More Truth Than Poetry
A coMPAN1oNATE PROPOSAL
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE

Won't you be my loving wife
And let me care for you?
don't mean, of course, for life
But just year or two.
1 really think that we'll agree
But if you're not content
I want you always to feel free
To wed some other gent.
Won't you be my little pet
And share my joys and ills?
Just for the present we shall let
Your parents pay the bills.
IT love is not one grand sweet song,
If it should be our fate
To find we cannot get along
Why we can separate.
Won't you be my darling spouse
And sun me in your smile:
We shan't need to buy a house
For quite little while
For if my love for you should wane-
Though now it's strong and true,
I'd want to wed another Jane
And start my life anew.
Be my temporary bride
And share my humble crust,
And if in peace we can't abide
We'll call the game bust.
And if true love shall go astray
From its allotted course,
Why then we shall not have to pay
The cost of a divorce
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
COLD-BLOODED CANADIANS!
(Bisbee Review

young American girl convicted Canadian
murder
bordering Canada vicinity
at loss understand this maudn
husband
Stealing these softhearted
penalty
with an educational
entitled: my First Murder Me
The Canadans
just dead accordingly
the murdess entitled
lived
of felony and did not wake cry
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO

Word was received here today
that President Taft has nominated
j. E. Morrison to be United States
district attorney of Arizona
Because of the unsettled condi-
ton of affairs in Mexico the traf-
fic from this city to Aqua Prieta
is to be stopped at 6 o'clock at
night until o'clock in the morn
ing.
The stork paid visit to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. F.
Mahoney yesterday leaving baby
daughter. Father is so tickled it
is almost impossible for him to
settle down to his duties as super
intendent of the water plant.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
Passing on the Prescription

Mamma, I've got a stomach ache,
said Peggy, aged five.
That's because you haven't had any
lunch yet" answered Peggys mother
Your stomach is empty You would
feel better if you had something in
it,"
That afternoon the minister called
end, in the course of conversation
remarked that he had been suffering
all day with severe headache
That's because it's empty" said
Peggy, brightly. You'd feel better if
you had something in it.''-From Chill
dren, the Magazine for Parents.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
Dead Loss

A teacher in the suburbs of Boston
asked her pupils for volunteers to get
a Christmas tree for the school cele-
bration Several boys Immediately
jumped to their feet and said that
they knew where they could get a
fine one free by cutting it themselves.
They we're granted time off school
TO get the tree. A few hours later
they returned with beautiful blue
spruce, which the teacher thought
they had got in the woods. For a
few hours the school was buzzing
with the news of the beautiful tree.
Teachers left their classes for a few
moments to see the tree.
A day or two passed, and then came
a general collection in the school to
pay for the tree. The youngsters had
gone into a nearby cemetery and cut
down rare specimen which cost
them $50 to replace.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
PRIESTS UNDER BAN

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 81 Up The
newspaper FL Sol says it is reliably
informed that hereafter all Catholic
priests captured anywhere in the re-
public in connection with revolu-
tionary movement or violation OF the
religious laws will be brought here
to be dealt with by the authorities
of the capiatl.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29

Margaret Brown, governess in a
wealthy Park Avenue home, was the
victim of New York's most unique
slaying-by fire. Her kerosene sat-
urated clothes aflame, she was found
unconscious in a lonely New Jersey
wood The police laid her murder to
an unidentified man who supposedly
robbed her OF $4,000 before drugging
and setting the fatal flame.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
ABE MARTIN

Mother kin flare up, or burn a
roast, or tell tn family where t.
head in, but thank goodness she
haint got two or three other jobs
waitin' fer her. Tell Binkley has
had his mustache dyed a beauti-
full fascist black.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
Menus for the Family
BY SISTER MARY

BREAKFAST Stewed dried
apricots and dates, cereal. cream,
scrambled eggs with %
1ast, milk, coffee.
LUNCHEON-Potato soup with
cheese, toast sticks, banana and
peanut salad. brown bread and
butter sandwiches, piN"Hr
Ililk, tea.
'DINNER--Boiled corned h"n',
Drowned cabbage. eggplant
RS, apple pie, milk, coffee.
Sometimes it's amazing how
much easier small folks find it to
drink milk if cookie accompanies
the beverage. Plain cookies, net
too rich nor highly favored. can be
given to small four-year-olds with
a dish of stewe1 fruit or glass OF
milk in place of an elaborate des.
sert planned to please adult
of family.
---. Eggplant Frittcrs
One eggplant, 2 tablespoons
nt@r, ! egg. 2 tablespoons butter,
q teaspoon pepper.
Cut, eggplant in slices about Il
in<a thick. Pare and cook in boil.
ing salted water to cover until ten.
der. 1t will take about 90 minutes.
Drain thoroughly and mash. Stir
in -four, butter and pepper. Mix
we'll and add egg we'll beaten. Fry
on we'll buttered pancake griddle.
Brown first. on one side and then
turn and brown on the other. Allow
about - minutes to cook the
fritters.
tCtpyrighG 1928, NEA Service. Inc)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
Between Friends

Il go cold all over when I think of
my 4Oth birthday"
Her Frien (sarcastically) Did
something dreadful happen then, dear?
-Tit-BitS.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29

Little Mary: Mother, why do people
vote for president?
Frivolous Mother: Because every
body else does, dearie
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
war Clouds

Capt Jack Crawford, whom Presi-
dent Grant made chief of scouts of
the American army, and which office
he held for a period of 10 years, was
the perfect type of wild west Indian
fighter
However, it should be said that he
was not an American but was Of Eng
lish birth, and furthermore, he used
to aver that he never hurt an Indian
in his whole life. Coming to America
as small boy it was not till he was
in middle age that he returned to
London There, the dull, foggy at
mosphere was in sorry contrast to the
sun-baked plains of our west, with
which he was familiar. This is indi-
Gated in the response he made to a
toast at a dinner given in London in
his honor
"England-on whose dominion the
sun never sets and seldom shines"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
Plucked From the Plains

tbs of Kansas is the first aspirant to
the White House to have been born
in an Indian tepee And the senator
has always been a staunch friend of
the Indian and declares that when
congress tries to pick on the good
Indians, it makes him bad Indian.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
BARBS

A child in New York state wrote
to Secretary Wilbur asking for ter
battleships and destroyer. Sons
people over on the other side OF the
water think we're Santa Claus, too
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
NOT A BEST SELLER

1t took 70 years to complete the
New Oxford dictionary. And it will
be longer than that before the ma
jority of English-speaking people ever
look into it.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
BADLY NEEDED

place for parking the memories of the
star witnesses
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29

Josephine Haldeman- Julius, com
panionate bride of some months, il
dancing i'll a movie theater 70 pay
her way through school. This is
merely little publicity tip to
actresses at large.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
OVER-PRICED

OVER-PRICED
The cost of dying has increased to
such point recently that most people
will feel that it is hardly worth it.
Copyright, 1929 Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
Ark. ARK

Teacher: Now, we all know about
Noah's ark. Do you know of any
other ark?
Tommy: Yes, miss, the one the
'erald angels sing. -Tit-Bits.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29

WhoOps My Dear!
More than one president has been
born in a log cabin, but Senator Cur
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29

Plump co-eds are better students
than slim ones, research at the
University OF Arizona diScioseS. But,
let's not worry, maybe next year
styles will change and the Iat ones
will have an evening out occasionally
This is not an advertisement, but
did it ever occur to you that cotton
stockings may be best in the long
run?
A golf player says cigarets keep
his throat clear. And that's what
a golfer needs, especially in sand
traps and at the water hole.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
Nautical Black Bottom

Sea: 1 say, what makes your yacht
jump SO?
Sick: Oh, the poor thing is on a
tack. -Chaperone.
The Kusko times., 1928-08-11
RADIUM PAINT HITS
 MAN WHO INVENTED IT

NEW YORK.-The New York Times says today that Dr. s. A. Von Sosrocky, inventor of the radium paint, which is said to have doomed five New Jersey women to a slow death, is a victim of his own inven- tion.
 Although the doctor was reticent to talk about himself, marks of the in- roads of illness were plainly evident. His front teeth are; gone, and his finpers up t the second knuckles are black, the result of radium necrosis.
 A count of white corpuscles of his blood taken within the last two months disclosed only 4,OOO to the cubic millimeter, while a normal per- son has 7,500 to 10000, an effect pro- duced by radium poisoning among other things.
 The radium first took ecect on Dr. Won Soshocky in 1920, and only be- cause of his ability to, keep an accu- rate scientific check on himself has he been able to withstand the. disease. Several times he has been forced to go to hiyhr attitudes to recuperate.
 The doctor has frequently risked his life in recent years, to treat friends with radium.
 Dr. Won Soshocky several years ago became an official of the United States Radium Corporation. in whose plant the five New Jersey women are said to have acquired the radium poi son. They recently made a. settle ment with the company for $10,OOO each, lifetime annuity of $6oQ each, and insurance for thei relatives when they die.
The Kusko times., 1928-08-11

thirds of the half a billion dollar es- tate the original Emerick is reputed to have left.
 The action is bathed in an aura of romance and hinges upon an arrange ment by which Emerick is alleged to have established Astor as trustee of 90-year trust of his interest in their partnership. At the expiration of that period Astor or his heirs were to have divided the estate between de- scendants of Emerick's two brothers, John and Valentine.
 In the complaint filed today it is all legged that in 1902, when the trust had only three years more to run, legal representative of the elder Astor's es- tat told ascendant of John Emerick of the trust agreement. The Emerick estate, this lawyer then said, was worth $39,OOO,OOO at that time.
 The fortune included some of the most valuable plots of land in New York city, among them the site of Trinity church, at the head of Wall street, that of the Hotel Astor in Trinity square, and other parcels. the value of which now is tremendous.
 Tradition tells that Emerick died on fur-laden vessel in 1877 and was buried at sea off the Labrador coast. He left no will, it. was believed, but in recent years heirs in many sections of the country have pushed vigor- ous search for the document whirh they believed would bring them a for tune.
 More than 300 such heirs have ap- peared to file their claims to the Elm erick estate, and last December paper now said to be Emerick's will was found in the lining of an old trunk. What purports to be copy of the alleged trust agreement be- tween Astor and Emerick also is of fered in the present suit.
 They demand an accounting of two- thirds of the property owned by the Astor-Emerick partnership and ask that the defendants, trustees and heirs of the Astor estate be enjoined from transferring properties derived derived from the partnership pending determination of the suit. They also demand a complete accounting of all property transfers between the date of the 90-year trust agreement and March, 1948, the date of the first Astor's death.
The Kusko times., 1928-08-11
Not All Alike.


 Mayor Walker, of New York, dis cussing in an interview the case of a crooked official, said with a frown:
 Because this politician was crooked a certain class of reformers will say that all our politicians are crooked That isn't right. Because Grace Featherstonhaugh was merce- nary, are we to say that all our girls are mercenary?"
 Mayor Walker chuckled and went on:
 Between Grace Featherstonhaugh and young Gus Sinnickson this. dia~ logue once took place:
 'Grace-Miss Featherstonhaugh- tell me, is this your final answer?'
 "'My final answer, my last word. 7 Nothing can move you?' ?. Nothing, MT. Sinnickson.'
 Then mine will be lonely life in- deed, for my uncle has just died, and left me all
 "'Just died? Your dear old uncle ? "'Yes, and left me all-1
 "'Mr. r.Sinnickson-Augustus-what you say alters the case greatly. How can I be cruel to one who has suffered so terrible a bereavement? We're | not sure of your sincerity
 "My sincerity. Oh, Grace!'
 ".Then, Gus. darling-'
 Two minutes to change reels, after which the dialogue goes on:
 Now. sit up, like a good boy-7no, not another one! Sit up, darling, and tell me all about your uncle. Poor old chap Was he ill long?'
 :"'A week
 How dreadfully, dreadfully sad! And you say he left you
 "'Yes, he left me all-he left me all-'
 Buck up, darling. Pull yourself together. How much was it he left you?'
 "'How much? I said, or at least I tried to say, he left. me all alone. Poor old boy, he had nothing else to leave. And now r mpenniless, home less, but by heaven, with you at my side to-
 "'Gosh, what ails the girl? She's fainted.'"
The Kusko times., 1928-08-11
The Killer.

The late: Wayne B. Wheeler, the prohibition champion, was describing one day a case he had won against a rum runner. <
 "The mans replies to my quss- tions," Mir. Wheeler said, "were IS flippant as they were self-condemna- tory. He was worse than the young doctor correspondent.
 Ts it true,' the injured husbands counsel thundered at him-'is it true, doctor, that you ae a lady killer?'
 With a fippant laugh the foolish young man answered.:
 "Ier-I make no distinction be- tween sexes.
 Ikey-Say, Able, your shirt is oudt.
 Abie-Vare is it oudt?
 Ikey-Out ware de vest pegins.
The Kusko times., 1928-08-11
ASTQRS SUED FOR MILLIONS
 UNDER PARTNER PACT OF 1915

NEW YORK; law suit that harks back. 15O years to- the days when, John Jaco bAstor was poor boy in a. new country was begun to- day. in thesss federal district court, where descendants. of E9hn Nicholas Emerick. .Astor's partner. seek, tvo-,,
The Kusko times., 1928-08-11

White-Aren't,. you happy ss. now that the furniture peopl@ .aass willing to let you pay for the ,fufnftur& by .installments?
 Black-I should be if they'd let me pay the installments by installments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11
CLEANING BUILDINGS OUTSIDE
CALLED MOST HAZARDOUS JOB

painting steel structural work during
the course of construction, for this takes
the same insurance rate as that for
ere ~tion
window cleaners another of the haz-
ardous Jobs take rate of $l8.l3 per
$iO0 of firms pay roll. Next on the
list comes Junk dealers, drivers. chauf-
feurs and helpers, who under the Dis
trict's new law must each have insur-
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roll, while chauffeurs and helpers take
but l56 per 500 Of pay roll.
Insurance rates in Washington for
the various occupations, Keegan ex.
planned, are based on the numbers OF
accidents all over the country, which
determine an insurance rate for each
line Of employment,
The new compensation law here,
Keegan asserted. will have tendency
to become big safety factor in wreck
ing, construction and other work, as
the insurance plan will keep down the
number of accidents. utilizing all safety
precautions, so that the premiums may
be lowered and they will not be called
upon to pay $500 for each workman
killed In the line Of duty. Another fea-
ture of the law TO which Kcegan called
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11

ance policies on which the premium Is
$l22l per 500 OF pay roll.
Turning to Washington,s safest job,
from the standpoint Of the insurance
man. Keegan said that the banner IN
this respect goes to stenographers. book
keepers and typists-the classification
of clerical office employes-whose en-
ployers have to pay only the low rate
of cents for each 500 OF the pay roll.
Other Low Rates.
Outside statesmen. collectors or mes
sengers have comparatively prosalc
lob from the viewpoint OF hazard, kee-
gan declared, for the rate for this en-
rlovment is % cents per 500 of pay
roll. Drivers helpers and stablemen
take a rate OF S2.29 per 500 OF pay
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The Brule River, scene OF the Cool
idge vacation camp in Wisconsin, was
discovered by French voyagers who pad
died up 1t, portrayed to the La Croix
River and then discovered the Missis-
sippi It was thus named because 1t
means boiling huge spring "boils"
from the earth not far from the Cool
idpe cannD