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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
samuel W. Shane. rs. Mcdonald, Pa. and
Sarah L. Rohrer, %. this city; Rev. Freeiey
Rohrer.
Stuart II. Pace, 30, and Louise M. Mullen
IS, both OF Richmond. Va; Rev John E
Briggs.
charles A. Ripple, "a, and Evelyn NJ San
Charles D. Sinclair e; A nssiararl va va
Re r.o J9hn m e Sn1sG g. and Mary Hall 49,
Rev j. j. Callahan 40 .d ro,rav
Frank stfina ef R 3s nmn %s Rev
W, Mrhola M Mnrino 22. this city and Isabelle
Russo, 20, Brookisn, NY Rev "'li'S" M
A@ Chester Harding, IS: and Dorothy L. Co.
ssdler. a.. both Of Chester Pa. Rev VIII
's Thomas M &, Wilkes, 80, clarksburs w va va
Mercer Beck. IS, am, Catherine ooonnor'
81 ey william 1nab M a. ho foss seventh
ne. and Louise L. WILKINSON dl' HeF' - .
0% Wilfrcd X. Fairfax 81. and Louise M
Jesse W johnson. 20. and Alice Mickey
49, I Rev L Mo Ws3hinsstton and Marion E.
Cogeswell. %: Rev. J. Lewis Har II6;k A.,
Paul Barrett. as, and Lucy bTS"ht' o.
Garland o Slater, 20. and hIpha M
Titmus IS, Doth of Petersburs' VA rev
Donald r. shaffer. "a, Dauphin, Pa an, ana
Dolores L. Gelfer. "a. Harrisburg' Pa'' REV.
william M. Hoffman. .. 40 Arda 7,
Heliman. 81. both Of Baltimore, Md; Rev.
Paul /. Morris. n; ,s .,s Mario, n
Hr william "a E Rev W g r. aaw sna marion
Thomas j. Howard, 80, and Elesie john
son, 26 Rev H. F. Graebenstein.
Alfred j. Hazelwood. 80. and Belle r. Mac
Farland, IS; Rev. w. w. Shearer;
Charles r. Yung. "a. New York City, ana
Margaret F. Butler. "a, this CITY, REV
Willoughby M Norcross. 81. Brownsburg.
Va, and Eta NJ. Wiseman, 3d. THIS city
Rev Freeley Rohrer.
Douglas Mallory. "a, and Elsie Simms, 49,
Rev. John E. Briggs
Francis C. Martin. 20, and Sue f. Ander-
son. %. both of West Point va.
Fred w Gerecht. %, this city, and Helen
Mullar, 10 Baltimore, Md: Rev. Charles j.
Alfred r. Bundy. 81, and Ethek Freeman,
"a. Rev. James e. Willis.
Charles A. Parks. 90. and Marion v.
Bartlett, 10; Rev. John e. Briggs.
Philip N Nef. 90. Hampton Roads, Va,
and Nan l.. Anderson, %, Alexandria, Va.
Roy williams. %. and Catherine Pearson,
"a: Rev. J. J. Hggs,
Daniel j. Gritty. 81, and Mary NJ, Harri-
man, Is, both OF Philadelphia, Pa; Rev.
Father Jordan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
More Visiting Berlin.

Records show that the number OF
American visiting Berlin this year Is 20
per cent more than last year.
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Parent-Teacher Activities

line. It is hoped the National Publicity
| Bureau will be able to work out a
scheme Of tabulating valuable material
/ brought together by this means from
! The States for the use of parent-teachcr
workers all over the United States,
The publicity exhibit also included
wall DISPLAY arranged by Mrs. Laura
| trnderhill Kohn, national publicity
manager. showing the work being done
fhe country over A large map OF the
United states showed the progress being
made In the publicity field by the va
rious States, -
long corridor was lined on both
sides with State posters, which aimed
to show at glance the outstanding
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN parent-teacher
work of the State branches. The gem
eral opinion expressed regarding these
masters was that 1t was almost I'M :
possible to give any very clear idea OF
The work Of any one State by the means
of one poster The best posters &c
pictcd only one phase OF the State
work.
The national Office exhibit occupied
a room at the end of the State poster
corridor. where national literature was
on display and was also available Tor
QISII1Dutl0il. AAIAS AbOkAA NoN' 4A' ~N'~ @
of the national executive secretary.
Mrs. H. N, Stull, state chairman of
the Summer roundup Of the children,
has a special message this week for
the local chairmen who have been doing
this work. Mrs. Stull calls attention to
the fact that there remains but two
more weeks In which TO see that de-
fectS found by the examinations in
the Spring are corrected and final re-
ports MADE before school opens.
The following associations have held
examinations Of the children who viii
enter school for the first time this Fail:
Bancroft. Barnard Bradley. Blair
Hayes, Blow, Brookland, Bryan, Brent
Dent. Buchanan, Carbery. Congress
Heights, Cranch Tyler, Curtis-Hyde-
Addison. Ednonds. Emery lexington,
Fairhrother Rossell. Force Adams,
Gage, Grant. Greenleaf. Henry-Polk,
Hubbard Raymond, John Burroughs,
johnson, John Eaton. Keene, Ketcham-
Van Buren,, Kennilworth, Langdon,
Maury, Park View, Peabody Hilton
Petworth Randall Highlands Orr
Snallwood- Bowen. Stanton, Tenley-
Jannev, Takoma Park. Trusdell, Wal
lach-T Towers. Wheatley, Whittier, and
Woodbridge.
The State chairman requests the
chairmen of the above associations to
visit or communicate with the parents
of the children and remind them of
the short time remaining in which TO
have corrections made.
The local chairmen are also reminded
that it will soon be time for their final
reports, as only those associations send
ing in the final reports will be credited
with the work done.
Parents may have their children vac
cinated, and given the toxin anti-toXin
treatment for diphtheria free of charge
at the Health Department Clinic at
512 I street.
Parents or chairmen who need any
further information about the work
may call Mrs. H. N. Stull. 408 Fourth
street northeast, telephone Lincoln 6241.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
Milk From a Bean.

All the constituents of cows milk are
developed in the Beans Of the soya
plant. even 10 she water and fat solu-
BILE vitamins, and The extraction of the
milk is simple. After the oil is extracted
for margarine, soya meal is left, which
is as good as the whole bean for the
purpose of Matchmaking. Even cheese
can be made from soya milk, while
there is no fear Of tuberculosis from It's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
Belated Tourists
In.lOO'Clock Town
Resort to Sarcasm

PARIS (GN.--A 40 o'clock town
in the provinces has produced
humorous hotel notice that tells its
own story. 1t is hung at night on
the front door which is locked when
the clock reaches the curfew hour.
II reads:
AT the first ring Of the bell the
Waterman does not stir.
"At the second ring he gets up
and lights an electric lamp to show
that he Is up
when he lights a second lamp,
the traveller may know that the
Waterman has put on his trousers
and is going to open the door
On the sign. one traveller, tired OF
waiting outside. wrote. Let the
Waterman open the door without
his pants"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
MUNICIPAL CATS USED.
Havre Finds Felines Are Best Rat
Exterminator.

HAVRE (P.--Municipal cats make
life miserable for the rats OF Havre
The town council finds tle olIest means
the best for externirstiEg the pest
carrying rodents. and has abandoned
newer methods for tsbby's claws.
A service is specially installed Tor the
loan of cats belonging to the municipal
ity, which continues intellectually to
rid the town of rats Every year pro-
fessional and official rat-Chaser Is
appointed and supervises the municipal
cats.
Il was at first planned 10 use fox
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
Aurora 600 Miles High Seen.

DR.. Carl Stromer, Norwegian sci@n-
fist. has reported one of the highest
things ever seen by man II was the
aurora borealis, or northern lights,
which occurred at least 300 miles above
the earth. and parts of it may have
been as high as 500 miles. These
streamers assembled far enough to take
on a rosy glow from the rays of the
sun after il had set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
Elephant Farm Started.

Experimental government elephant
farms ave been started in the Belgian
Kongo. One activity Is the training OF
the animals to plow it having been
found that they can do so at one
fourteenth the cost of blowing by tta~-
tor. Baby mammals are taken from
wild herds when from TO 10 years old
and taught +" experienced men with the
aid of elephants already trained One
elephane can play about ! 4 acres day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02

terriers, but experience showed that
they barked more than they bit, chas-
ing the rat rather than destroying it,
When the dogs began to cause too much
damage, the town invested in cats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
WALRUS SKULL FOUND.

Dredged Up Off MASSACHUSETTS, III
80 Fathoms of Water.
BOSTON, Especially While today
walruses are practically confined to the
little visited Arctic seas, within historic
times they have been common as ial
south as the Gulf Of St. Lawrence. and
the recent finding of skull on Georges
Bank. cfT the coast of Massachusetts,,
seems 70 indicate that these mammals
came down as fer south as Northern
Unitct States water perhaps no longer
than cJ1 or 800 wears ESQ.
This interesting specimen, consisting
OF the fore part CT 4 warts shdli WIN
the tue,;s still in piece, WIS recently
dredced I'D by the steam trawler Mar
ner at a depth of 80 fathoms, Col. j,
NJ, Andrews has turned the skull over
to the Boston Society of Natural His
tory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
z OFFICERS FINED
BY TRIAL BOARD
Session Is First at Which
Some Have Not Been Rec
commended for Dismissal.

Yesterdays session of the Police Trial
Board at the sixth precinct marks its
first meeting at which some policeman
has not been recommended for dismiss
sal, it was learned today with the an
nouncement that of the four officers
brought before it two were convicted
and fined total of $l25 and two were
acquitted.
The board has come together six
times since its appointment and has
urged dismissal of nine policemen.
Fred Antonelli of the tenth precinct
was fined 500 yesterday upon convic-
ton for failure to report at the station
at the proper time. It was brought out
by the testimony that he was riding in
an automobile when he should have
been patroling his beat.
Charged with failure constantly to
patrol his beat, Policeman C. E. Kelly
of the third precinct, star pitcher of
the Police Department base bali team,
was convicted and fined $25,
The charges dismissed were against
Policemen L. H. German and w D..
Young, both of the ninth precinct. Ger
man was alleged to have neglected to
pay his just debts and Young was ac-
cused of conduct unbecoming an officer
1t was specified that on September IA
he cursed and verbally abused citizen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
DR.. WHITE IS GIVEN
TESTIMONIAL BOOK
st. EIizabeth'S Hospital
Workers Observe Silver
Anniversary.

Fellow workers lauded IS years of
service given st. Elizabeths Hospital
as its superintendent, when they
gathered yesterday at Hitchcock Hall
TO observe the silver anniversary of
the coming of DR.. William A. White
to the institution. A testimonial
book, written by employees of the hos
pital and surveying the quarter of a
century Of DR.. Whites work there,
was presented to the noted alienist.
Rear Admiral E. r. Stitt, surgeon
general Of the Navy, who is president
of the board of visitors of ST. Eliza
beth's, praised DR.. White for his SER
vices and DR.. Louis H. Taylor, a men,
Der Of the board added a brief
laudatory address to the program.
Appropriate souvenirs were distribut-
ed for the occasion and music was
furnished by the Army Band. DR.. w
M. Kenna of the hospital staff con-
Quoted the rendering of THE
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary March,"
which he had specially written for
the ceremony.
DR.. White made a brief response
to the congratulations extended by
the hospitals 1900 employees and he
introduced the institutions veteran
workers who had acted as his guard
Of honor.
The veteran employees are: Twenty
five yesrs-Joseph w. Kelly, Charles w.
King. Benson Taylor. Mrs. Mary M.
Thompson, Mrs. Julia A. Wood. Twenty
six years-Richard E. Craig, Miss Lorena
D. Cropp Charles r. Dodge, Miss Rosie
King, Hippolyte Taulelle, E. H. Weis-
brod. Twenty-seven years-Mrs. M. E.
Cox. James Liston, Augustin Stewart.
James White, Herman Willer. Twenty
eight years-William D. Barry, Miss
Alice Gawen, John F. Jenkins Samuel
Reese, e. T. Macdonald, sr. Twenty
nine years-Clarence T. Carter James
H. Goddard, Alvan Gooding, Harry l..
Kelly, William F. Kelly, Miss Nora Muir
ply, Timothy Neligan, Bessie Taylor,
Frank Tennyson.
Thirty years-Richard H. Baton, Mrs.
Addie B. Suthard. Thirty-one years
William r. Montgomery, Thomas Queen,
MRS. LESSEE Redmond, Miss Emma
Williams. Thirty-tWo years-Miss Emily
i. Martin, Miss Ora Omohundro Thirty
three yearS-Samuel BriScoe, James r.
Burch, George Hooper William Sellner.
Ihlrty-flve yearS-JameS M England.
Ihlrty-StX years-Frank Blinn, j. A.
Dixon, Edward j. Kidwell James H.
Sayles. Thirty-seven years-Henry B.
Burch, B. o. Cox, Mrs. Honoria O'Brien.
Mrs. Margaret Schultheis, Mrs. Martha
weldon Thirty-eight yearS-Mrs jamie
Mulltkln. Thirty-nine years-George E.
Baxter, Charles J. Harbaugh, NJ c. Por-
Ter, James Simms, j. S. Edelin,. Forty
years-Clifford Humphrey. Miss Mary
G9uald. Forty-two yearS-Patrick Con-
nef. Forty-three years-Charles j. Burch
Forty-Slx years-William Gator, James
=. Toner. Forty-seven years-Miss E. NJ
Butter. Forty-eight years.. o. Stewart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
EPISCOPAL GUILD
TO PRESENT ADAM
Religious Play Will Be Given
Five Times During
Convention.

Under the auspices of the Episcopal
Actors Guild, of which George Arliss is
president, Adam" religious play Of
the twelfth century, will be presented
to the General Convention of the Epis-
copal Church at the parish hall of the
Church of the Epiphany in five per-
formances. beginning on the evening Of
october II and continuing with two
performances a day on the two follow
ing days.
Adam" is the work of an unknown
author. The present text was translated
from the Norman French and Latin
into English verse by Edward Noble
Stone.
Anton Bundsman, the youngest menu
Der of the cast, and who is to have an
important role in New York produce
ton when his present work with
Adam" is completed, will play the title
role in the presentation. Miss Miriam
Cutler, New York actress and menu
Der of the guild, will have the role of
Eve.
Some of the other members Of the
cast will be Albert Phillips, who played
as Gen. Grant in the recent produce
ton of Abraham Lincoln" and who
vii be The Figure in the religious play,
Charles Underwood will have the role
of David, and Frank Ferguson, lecturer.
playwright and actor, will be one of the
prophets.
Miss Kate Ogleby. wealthy patron of
the arts in New York City, is chairman
of the committee in charge of the pres
entation.
The Episcopal Actors Guild is an or
ganization of about 40 years standing
and for many years 1t has maintained
headquarters in the second floor of the
guild hall of the Church of the Trans
fguration, Twenty ninth street and
Fifth avenue, New York City, known
the world over as 1.-THE Little Church
Around the Corner" 1t has numbered
among its members some of the great
est actors of the American stage, and
its membership largely dovetailS with
that OF the Lambs Club, in New York.
The guild is working in cooperation
with the committee on drama and
pageantry of the Episcopal Church. of
which the Rev. Phillips E. Osgood Of
Indianapolis Is chairman.
1t is to further the presentation of
religious plays and pageantry within
the church that the production of
Adam" has been decided upon.
Admission to the five performances
will be by invitation. A large number
of invitations will be sent out to men,
bers of the Episcopal Church during the
convention. and due to the limited space
in the parish hall of Epiphany Church
tickets will be allocated by the COM
mittee in charge to insure the broadcast
representation possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
Staying OF RECLUSE
STARTS PROBE OF WILL
Victim Quarreled With Kin Over
Terms of $25O,O0O Bequests,
Authorities Find.
Copyright by P. & A. Photos.

BY the Associated Press.
WILLIAMSPORT, Ind, october A.
The Staying Of Cougar recluse
has prompted investigation into terms
of a $25OOOO will left by the dead mans
father.
Victor Briggs, wealthy farmer. was
found dead on the porch of his home
near West Lebanon yesterday. Five
bullets had pierced his body.
Briggs father, Joel S. Briggs, died
several years ago, leaving will naming
his son and two nephews as bene-
ficiaries. Police said there was a dis
pute over terms of the will Authorities
were TO examine the document at La
fayette, Ind, today In an effort to learn
its precise terms.
Police said they would question the
nephews regarding the reported dis
agreement with Victor Briggs over set
Element of his fathers estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
ARGENTINA sPURNS REDS.
Refuses to Establish Diplomatic
Relations With Bolshevists.

BUENOS AIRES October 4 G1p).-Ar-
gentina will not establish diplomatic
relations with Russia as long as the
Soviet government refuses to give suf-
flcient guarantees regarding the respect
due other states and until promises to
abstain from propaganda are given, the
minister of foreign affairs said In his
report made public today
The report also states that the Soviet
relations with the Third International,
which proposes to destroy present day
society,"" is bar to normal relations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
j. S. WILL REOPEN
CHINA CONSULATE
TangIe Over Marking DipIo-
matte Etiquette Not to
Impede Action.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The United States consulate at Nam
king. China. which was closed March
"a. 1927, following an attack on the
city by Nationalist troops, will be re-
opened within a short time, despite a
present tangle between American and
Chinese authorities about question of
diplomatic etiquette.
Unofficial reports from Shanghai in
Dictated that the question revolves
around which country should give the
first salute. and that the reopening of
the consulate was being delayed for
that reason. Nationalist, it is under
Stood desire American naval craft to
FIRE the first salute, because of the firing
on Marking by American destroyers
during the assault on the city. Accord
ing to the reports. American authorities
in China feel that the Nationalist
should render the first salute to make
amends for the flag dissertation In the
Marking incident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
Portes Gil Backs U. S. Road.

MEXICO CITY, October A. CP)-
President-elect Portes Gil In opening
the second Mexican National Highway
Congress last night announced that he
would continue President Gales policy
of road construction. He expressed the
hope that an international highway be-
fore lNNg would join Mexico and the
United states. A number Of American
engineers were present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
INVESTIGATE CRASH.
Auto Hits Tree-0ccupants Re.
ported Recovering.

While Capt. G. P. M. Lord of the
thirteenth police precinct directed an
investigation into an automobile crash
near Sixteenth street and Colorado ave-
nue. yesterday, the police were advised
that Mrs. Della Byroads and Henry
Behan, who figured in the accident,
are expected to recover. Emergency
Hospital surgeons reported today that
Mrs. Byroads Is recovering and a similar
report was made to police by Walter
Reed Hospital. authorities, who said that
Behan, who IS suffering from fractures
of the collarbone and right leg and
numerous cuts and bruises, is much i'm
proved. Behan is recovering also from
the severe shock experienced when his
automobile crashed into a tree.
Police have thus far failed to find
any witnesses of the smaSh-up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
REBELS ATTACK TRAIN.
Mexican Guards Repulse Charge
Near Verdia.

MEXICO CITY. October 4 Op).-Dis-
patches from Guadalajara today said
that insurgents had looted the railway
station at Verdia and attacked q pas
senger train between Verdia and Techa-
luta.
A brief report from the commander
of the military escort aboard the train
stated that two bombs had been ex-
ploded on the track. after which the
train was fired upon. The insurgents
were repulsed by the escort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
RESUME SERVICE.
lie de France will Again Have
Ship-to-Shore Air Line.

The Post ONCE Department was noti-
fled today by the French postal service
that the ship-to-shore airplane mail
service from the liner Isle de France
will be resumed with the departure of
the ship from Havre october 10.
The plan, providing for an amphibian
plane to leave the ship when several
hundred miles from port. cuts approx
mately "a hours from the regular sched-
ule to and from Europe. The service
was discontinued September 90 after an
eastbound plane was destroyed making
a forced landing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
GIRL is ORDERED HELD.
Public Welfare Board Given Gus
todY of Child by Court.

Roxie May Young. l2-year-old school,
girl, was yesterday ordered placed in
the custody Of the Board of Public We'll
fare for 80 days by Judge Kathryn Sell
lers of Juvenile Court. after the child
had been found guilty of three cases of
larceny. The compliments were Eliz-
abeth and John Cordes. Further action
may be taken in the case at the expira-
ton of the boards custody
1t was upon statement of the girl
made while she was being questioned at
the House of Detention that police ar
rested Curtis Richard CLANCY, 29-year-
old chauffeur for statutory offense Of
which he was later acquitted following
hearing before judge Gus A. Schuldt
in Police Court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
SURETY MAN HANGS SELF.
Ernest Miller, SO, Found in Cellar
by Landlord.

NEW YORK, October 4 GP).-Ernest
Miller, So, assistant secretary treasurer
of the National Surety Co. of New York,
committed suicide last night by hanging
himself in the cellar of his Brooklyn
home.
Mrs Miller, who returned home soon
after the landlordsf found the body, said
her husband had suffered from heart
disease for the past four years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
KANSAS EX-P0LICE CHIEF
CLEARED IN LIQUOR CASE
Former Federal Dry Agent and
Druggist Dismissed by Court
on Alleged Rum Plot.

BY the Associated Press.
WICHITA, Kans., october Al. B.
Walston, former Wichita chief of po-
lice, and three others have been cleared
in Federal Court here of charges of
conspiracy to violate the prohibition
laws.
Judge George T. McDermott yesterday
held no evidence had been produced
to show the men were members of an
alleged bootleg ring here.
Those dismissed besides Walston were
Harve Ogden. former Federal prohibi-
ton agent; Earl Fitch, druggist, and
Marcus Georges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
High School Girl Suicide.

CHICAGO, October 4 OP). Sixteen
year-old Dolores Melcher, who was
called "Taffytop" by her high school
mates. was found dead In her girl
chum's room yesterday The gas had
been turned on and there was To-
word note: "At, Chuck, honey, love
you. love you, Goodbye"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
GALES SENDS MESSAGE.
Congratulates Coolidge on U. S.
Mexico Air Line.

BY the Associated Press.
President Coolidge yesterday received
message from President Gales of
Mexico congratulating him upon the es-
tablishment of the aerial postal service
between the two countries.
The message read:
II congratulate your excellency most
cordially upon the establishment of the
aerial postal service between our two
countries, which, being initiated today,
comes to mark a new spirit toward
better relations between the peoples of
Mexico and the United States"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
Utah Editor Dies.

SALT LAKE CITY, October G4O.--
Harold Golf. A, managing editor of the
DeSeret News. died here today following
an illness of months.
He toured Europe last year with a
party of American editors under aus
pices Of the Carnegie Institute peate
tour.