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Evening star., 1928-10-22
BUMPER FAILS TO HOLD
FREIGHT CARS OF B. & 0,
One Turns Over and Another Will
Be Unloaded of Grapes in
Street.

Crashing through a,track-end bumper
at the Baltimore & Ohio freight yard
at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
freight yard at Florida avenue and Eek
ington place, one refrigerator car loaded
with grapes wandered about lexington
place and another loaded with genera
merchandise turned over in the middl
of the street early this morning.
The cars were being shunted abcl
the yard by an engine when the or
loaded with grapes was showed throug
the bumper. It stayed on its whee,
and rolled out into the street. The ca
behind it fopped over on its side an,
both trucks fell off.
A Wrecking crew was called 1mmedi
ately and the grape car in the street
was towed back 100 yards on cobble-
stones to where it would not obstruct
traffic. Then the railway workmen
moved the other car out of the way of
traf1c.
Evening star., 1928-10-22

1t vast doesn't happen very often"
Barbara'S voice resumed its normal
tone. He is like that, you know. He
will take any case, no matter how poor
the patient, If it interests him. He saw
me in the hall-almost ran over me, in
fact, in the dim corridor-afd when he
had set me on my feet he stopped to
talk to me, casually. stood there with
my back against the wall and before
she had left / had told him what had
never told any one. I had told him
about the other side of me-the side
that wasn't gutter snipe.
That's all, really-except that the
chance stumble over an awkward lit
tie girl in an orphan asylum corridor
changed all of life for me. I didn't
know then, of course, that DR.. Cava-
naugh was a great man, that I was
the simplest sort of 1928 problem in
his hands. I only knew that I wasn't
turned in on myself any more. There
was some one else, now, who knew
about that inside world of mine. 1
used to slip around the corridors, like
little gray filter mouse, on the days
when he came to visit his patient. I
wouldn't have taken step towards
him nor spoken to him for the world.
But he always found me and stopped to
talk-or to let me talk, rather. I'd save
up things in the night to say to him,
hoard them and then pour them all
out. pell-mell. He was the first human
being, remember, to whom had ever
really talked"
Barbara paused, her dreaming eyes
fixed on vacancy. There was no sound
from the figure beside her. She might
even have forgotten his presence.
"And then, as soon as the papers
could be put through, he adopted me
me, the unacceptable child, who had
no other expectation in life than to
live in that gray limbo of drab painted
walls. He gave me more than luxury,
and education, and normal amusements.
He gave me life itself. If there hap
pens to be a Heaven, the thing that
will shine out in DR.. Cavanaugh's rec
ord isn't the books that he's written,
nor the cases he's solved, nor the cures
he has made. If ST. Peter tried to
shut him out, there'd be the ghost of a
little girl in a gray orphan asylum
frock. pulling the gate open with her
scrawny, unkept hands" Barbara
glanced down at her slim manicured
fingers. so you See"--she leaned back
against the side window and turned on
Peter the cleareSt, most ingenious OF
smiles-"I'm not likely to try to bam-
DUUElG LII. SdNhIlduB1l IOL dllyUOuy, Al
any circumstances whatever"
Peter shook himself. He came, with
an inner crash, out of a daze into the
bumptious world of reality. His eyes
scanned the face, tilted slightly up
ward, confronting him. There was
trace of inner triumph In that linger-
ing smile.
"Is it possible" Peter unused aloud,
that you were clever enough to tell me
all that in order to tie my hands be-
cause you know that I can't possibly
write anything about you now unless
you're willing? I'm bum reporterv i
guess" he added disgustedly. But I
couldn't do it,"
"It is quite possible" Barbara as
sented calmly. II spent the most i'm
pressionable years of my life in fend-
ing for myself, single-handed. You
mustn't forget that I'm essentially
gutter snipe."
Evening star., 1928-10-22
FREEING OF MEXICANS
IN OREGON CASE HIT
BY the Associated Press.


MEXICO CITY, October 22-The
finding Of the Superior Court which
freed all except Mother Superior Con-
cepcion of the charge or being ''inpli-
Gated" in the Staying of Gen. Alaro
Obregon by Jose de Leon Toral, was
attacked by Juan Correa Nieto, public
prosecutor, when he submitted the case
against the two for trial at San Angel.
He said that the Superior Court, by
formulating lesser charges against the
dozen defendants, encroached on the
jurisdiction of the courts of first in
stance. Therefore, he concluded, the
new charges have no legal foundation
and it would be unconstitutional for
him to press the lesser charges.
The prosecutor held that Toral was
guilty of first degree murder and that
Mother Conception was guilty to the
same extent because she conceived the
crime and induced Toral to act as her
instrument and kill Gen. Obregon.
Evening star., 1928-10-22

D ARBARA pondered Peters last
- statement, with its sudden shift
ID Of .E8,a SEs9Ha; sbs said finally, = don't
see what interviewing my father
can possibly have to do witt it."
You thought my hypothesis fiighty
and libelous and few little things like
that-not a nice hypothesis at all.
Well, I'm not welded to it. Only I'm
addicted to theories-I really can't live
comfortably without one. Your father
might present me with pleasing sub
Stitute, devoid of dynamite. Even If he
doesn't, he's always good copy. He
would distract my attention from these
imaginative flights"
This sounds like a novel sort of
blackmail," Barbara's face was white,
but her voice was cool. Not for nothing
had she spent the first ID years of her
life on the defensive against the world.
Naturally, 1 don't care to have the
fact that Mr.. Ellsworth and I were
once-very good friends dragged into
print in connection with sensational
story. I should dislike it extremely.
The rest of your fight into the blue is
sheer piffle and you know 1t. Her
voice vibrated in quick gust of anger,
but under that burst of indignation
R6IGT llSUSLl6Q 1OI bI1O DObS VI d14%AACVJs
"You wouldn't dare print word of it
you're trying to frighten me with bogies.
l used to cry all alone in the dark,
because I knew there was a black
leopard crouched in the corner of the
room where the broom and dust pan
stood in the daytime. Nobody ever
bothered to come and console me. Well,
it was good training. I had to learn
to meet and know my bogies, alone and
in the dark-and to conquer them. So,
you see, recognize bogie when 1 see
one-evep a grown-up one"
For an instant a whimsical smile
fitted across Barbara's eyes, like a
shadow of a cloud drifting across a
meadow. Then her face hardened
again.
ut comes to this, doesn't it? You
offer to sell your silence about my per-
sonal affairs for an interview with my
father"
mot exactly-though I admit you
sound quite devastatingly logical"
Peter remained invincibly debonaire.
But it really isn't so bad as that. Re-
Evening star., 1928-10-22

y ARBARA pondered Peters last
= statement, with its sudden shift
\ of ground.
y mo-" she said finally, Il don't
Evening star., 1928-10-22
CAR FARE BOOSTED.
Los Angeles Patrons Have to Pay
Two Cents Extra.

LOS ANGELES. October % OP.-
The street car public of this city yes
,rday dug down into its pockets for an
ytra 2 cents fare.
A new 7-cent fare, allowed the Los
ngeles railway corporation at least
smporarily by the United States Su-
RENE Court, went into effect and con-
'uctors were busy accustoming them
elves and John Public" to the change.
Many street car operators reported
luired to pay extra, got off and walked.
Evening star., 1928-10-22
THE STORY THIS rAR.

Sheila O'Shay, formerly a popular ac-
tress, and now the wife of the young multi
mIiidi;onaire' nj. Don Ellsworth. disappears,
Dr.. Cavanaugh, the famous criminologist,
and confesses that his married life has been
very unhappy. DR.. CaVanaugh agrees to in
Vestlgate the case. Peter Piper, enthusiastic
young reporter of the Herald, is sent to
cover the case. He goes to DR.. Cavanaugh' S
home. By accident he meets the doctor S
adopted daughter, a beautiful young woman.
Peter learns that she is intensely interested
in the Ellsworth case for some reason and
he decides that she IS a real girl. Barbara
Cavanaugh ccnfeSses that she was engaged
TO Don Ellsworth before his marriage to
Sheila O'Shay.
Continued From Yesterdays Starl
Evening star., 1928-10-22
WOULD ENJ0IN DAVIS.
Court Defers Ruling in Salesman S
Case Pending Report.

John w. Weber, salesman in a mems
furnishings store in the 700 block Of
G street. was today accused by his land
lady, Mrs. Josephine jenkins. 800 block
of East Capitol street, of making threats
of personal violence against her. Dis
position of the case was withheld pend
ing report from the probation office
Both Mrs. Jenkins and Weber's wife
appeared as witnesses against him.
Each told Judge John P. Mcmahon they
were afraid of the man.
The landlady declared Weber became
aroused because she ousted two young
men that had roomed at her home
The defendant, however, denied making
threats, but admitted he accused others
in the house with tampering with his
mail
Schools styled as ultra-modern have
been opened in GERMANY.
Evening star., 1928-10-22

Schools styled as ultra-modern have
been opened in Germany.
Evening star., 1928-10-22
CHAPTER VII,

Continued From Yesterdays Star }
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Ice is a Necessity

Long ago taken out Of the lux
ury class, ice is now regarded
as one Of the necessities of
civilized life. Ice keeps food.
fresh and preserves its delicate
flavor.
In the sick room ice allays
fever and makes the patient
more comfortable, while in
social life ice is essential in
dispensing hospitality.
American Ice can always be de-
pended upon for its purity.
Telephone-MdiD 6240
AMERICAN
ICE
COMPANY
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Film Stars Battle For
Soda Jerking
Supremacy
Nv Interna tlonaI News Service

LOS ANGELES. April &C.
Lew Cody, cinema actor, was wen
on the road today to the soda
jerking" crown Of Hollywood.
Tabulation of votes cast by
fountain patrons indicated that
Cody had q considerable lead over
Ralph Spence, film title writer,
in the race for the championship,
although spence's supporters re-
fuse to concede the victory.
Before hundreds Of persons,
who stormed . local drug store,
clamoring for the opportunity to
drink refreshments dispensed by
two OF filmland's notables, Cody
and Spence battled fiercely to
demonstrate their respective gu.
periorities in q profession which
both had practiced before entering
the movies.
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RAIL ACCIDENTS.
ON RUSSIAN
RVS. SOAR
ny international News Service

Nv international News Service
MOSCOW, April 26.-- Engineers
and firemen playing cards in loco
motive cabs while the passenger
trains they are driving are tearing
along the tracks at full speed, and
drunken station masters shunting
one train into another Just to see
how much Of collision there
will be',-these are among the
causes which a railroad committee
of inquiry found for the appalling
increase in accidents on Soviet
owned transportation lines.
1850 Accidents
The committee reported that
there were 1850 accidents on
Soviet railroads last year in com.
parison with 5000 in 1919. For
every 100, 900 kilometres travelled
there were 1.47 accidents before
the war and 5s56 last year. On
one stretch OF 500 miles of the
trans-C Caucasian road there were
sixty-one serious accidents in 1927
in which 160 persons were killed
and 900 seriously injured.
nishaps on Soviet railroads, the
committee reported, were caused
by negligence Of train crews or rail
road employees.
Trains Cancelled
Cases were found where trains
were cancelled because conductors
or engineers failed to show up for
work. In more than seven in-
ryAn -
failed to reach their destinations
because switchmen and engineers
shunted them hundreds Of miles off
their course. One game OF cards in
d locomotive caused a collision In
which four persons were killed
and sixteen injured. The annual
loss due to criminal negligence Of
train crews Is estimated at 50 ,0O0,.
900.
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MRS. B0ARDN|AN
IS MOURNED

The home Of the late Mrs. Will
liam p. Boardman. at Eighteenth
and p Streets Northwest. today is
the mecca for hundreds of wash
ingtonians who win pay . last
tribute to the beloved mother of
former District Commissioner Mabel
Z. Boardman.
Mrs. Boardman died at her home
yesterday at the age Of 81 from
injuries received when she broke
her hip i short time ago. Funeral
services will be conducted from her
late residence at 3 o'clock tomor.
row afternoon.
Mrs. Boardn1an was the daughter
of the late Joseph Earl Sheffield,
founder of the Sheffield Scientific
Institute Of Yale University. Her
father also built the Rock Island
and the New York, New Haven and
Hartford roads.
she married william j. Boardman
of Cleveland. grandson Of the late
Senator Boardman Of Connecticut.
Thirty.seven years ago they moved
to Washington where he began the
practice Of law and built their
handsome home in the Dupont Cir
Gle section. He died In 1915.
They had family OF three daugh.
ters. In addition to Miss Mabel
Boardman. who founded the pres
emit American Red Cross organiZa-
ton and is still its secretary. they
are Mrs. w. Murray Crane. widow
OF the late Senator from MAasacl1iI.
sets and Mrs. Frederick A. Keep,
Of Washington.
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Il don't try to keep up the pace of
the younger generation" says this
65-year-old woman. 81 leave that
to my grandchildren.
"But just because ! lead quiet life
doesn't mean that I'm not per-
fectly we'll. l never felt better.
Everything about me is normal and
functions as it should. l make sure
of that by taking Nujol regularly.
Nujol keeps me in good condition. ="
When people become less active,
Nuiol becomes even more impor-
tant for good health. For Nuiol
not only prevents the excess of
ipdy poisons I've all have thcm)
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from forming, but aids in their
removal.
All of us--old and young alike
lead more or less sedentary lives.
But Nujol helps make up for this
lack of exercise. 1t keeps the body
functioning as Nature intended.
Even if you think you're perfectly
well, try Nujol. 1t was perfected by
the Nujol Laboratories of the
Standard Oil Company (New
Jersey. Take it for three months
and just see you don't feel better.
Nuiol can't possibly upset you. 1t
contains absolutely nodrugs or med
icine. Be sure you get the genuine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-26
Pullman POrters File
COMPLAINT With AL

Representatives Of the Brother.
hood Of Sleeping Car Porters yes
terday appeared before the Ameri.
can Federation Of Labor in support
OF their plea for divorce" from the
international Hotel and Restaurant
Employees Alliance.
The bell hops" contend that pull.
man cars are nothing more FOR less
thar travelling hotels, while the
porters dispute this claim in their
request for IN International charter.
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AGAIN
ROCK ALKANS
by international News Service
LONDON, April 26.L-Earthquakes

by international News Service
LONDON, April 26.L-Earthquakes
again rocked the Balkans today.
Several were reported In the
vicinity of Athens and Corinth in
Greece. Renewed shocks were ex-
perienced throughout Bulgaria. the
heaviest damage being suffered at
LiIle Burgas on the Black Sea.
Many houses were demolished and
many were reported injured In sew
eral villages in the vicinity. Of Lule
Burgas. This section had been un.
affected by the recent earthquakes
until last night.
Thousands Of panic-stricken and
scantily-clothed peasants are arriv-
ing at Sofia daily.
King Boris, who IL directing re-
lief operations, called the recent
quakes the most terrible in the
history OF Bulgaria"
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Z Oungster Badly Hurt
When Struck BY Truck

POTTSTOWN, Pa, April "a
Raymond, 9-year-oid son of Fred
Boyer. OF Dougiassviile. lies in :
critical condition in the IIomeo-
pathic Hospital as . result Of being
struck by . truck Of the F'riehofer
Baking Company. driven by Warren
Weber. Of Reading. The boy was
hit by the front fender and thrown
10 the concrete highway and
sustained d fractured skull and In
fernal injuries.
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Steam Shovel Buried;
Two Are Fatally Hurt

= BLUEFIELD, West Va4.5.AprlI 70.
Two men were killed and another
probably fatally injured today when
a landslide buried q steam shovel
aYid-a motor truck on State Road No.
3. near Jaeger, Mcdowell county.
The dead are Ona Hedrick, 80,
shovel operator and Chick Collins,
IL, truck driver. :
Several tonr of rock, slipping down
the mountain side, ensulfed the
workers. tore away q large section
Of the road, and blocked the Norfolk
and western main line.
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Natural Speedway" Is
Offered BY Oklahoma

CHEROKEE, Okla, April 26.--
Near this town lies a natural speed.
way, which with little preparation
would make one Of the fastest
tracks in the world. 1t consists Of
a great bed richly endowed with
salt, and is probably all that re-
mains of a salt lake. The forrna-
ton extends with 4 hard smooth
surface for more than IL miles and
is about 10 miles in width.
The slab is situated in a fertile
agricultural area. and il skirted by
soil in a circle as perfect as line
of lake shore.
Farmers near the scene tell of
wild ducks frequently installing
the salty area for a lake and land
ing upon its surface.
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Stock Killed, Man Hurt
As Wind Wrecks Barn

ALTOONA, Pa. April ESQ.
O,ard miller, as, farmer of Sink
ins valley. eight miles south OF
Altoona, was badly injured when
wind destroyed the large barn on
the farm, burying the man in the
6sT,ris. re was rescued uncon-
scions, suffering from skuH ana
lee fraeturea, and Is in the hospital
here.
Two horses, four pigs and one
essvv y0ere killed when buried under
fhA falling timber. The property
lees was $1,000.
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PARALYzED GIRL
WINNER in
SCHOOL
1nternatlonaI Sol seryIcs

SAN DIEGO, Calf, April 26.--It
took high courage for the soldiers
ia 10 over the top. to cross No
Mans Land through shot and shell.
Rut read of heroic little Evelyn
Christy and her brave fight for life
and health, education and accom-.
plishments, and niche for herself
under the sun.
In the midst of her junior year at
the San Diego high school Evelyn
fell 4 victim to infantile paralysis.
half term at school was missed,
but the next fall she pIlclxily In
sisted upon returning to her studies.
though the muscles OF her right
arm and the right side Of her back
were entirely para1yzed and her left
leg was tightly bond In braces.
In wheel Chair
Unable to walk, Miss Evelyn was
driven to and from school BY her
mother In car, the door Of which
had been widened to permit the
rolling in and out OF her wheel
chair. In classroom she was at
tended by two faithful girl chlims.
who wheeled her from one study
room to another.
Courageously refusing to accept
concessions from her teachers, Eve
lyn fought down the intense pain
in her limbs and back and battled
inward and upward, making up the
credits she had missed the year be.
fore. all except English. Her right
arm was paralyzed. Undannted
she kept trying. and. bit by bit,
using her left arm to write until
by sheer force OF viii she gained
partial control or her right hand
months later. She finally pulled
through EnRlish--and will graduate
v .th her class In June.
And now, after month OF try
ing. Evelyn has learned to swim
The arm and leg TINT hung limp in
the water ct the first few attempts
are slowly but surely beginning to
function.
Like Annette KelIerman
she hopes to emulate Annette
KellerTnan, who in her girlhood
overcame the same dread disease
by taking up swimming and stick
Ing everlastingly to it.
Despite the awful handicaps,
there are many bright spots in the
life OF Evelyn. One il the warm
friendship she formed with Call
Curci when the madame was here
on tour last spring. The box office
refused to sell a ticket to Evelyn
and her wheel chair, so CALI Curci
invited her to sit in the wings hack
stage. And ever since the diva and
the little lame girl have maintained
an interesting and loving CORE
spondence.
1T always look for the silver lin
ing, and try to find the sunny side
Of life," explained Evelyn.
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American Loan Helps
Chilean Nitrate Indn. -

SANTIAGO. Chile. April II. Chile
expects hereafter 10 produce 900 900
tons of nitrate per year under it,
new mining law and BY virtue 81
81 900 900 loan from the National CITY
Bank, Of New York. for ninlnn
credits.
The Chilean ministry Of finance d.
day ordered the national treasury ta
sign q contract with the National
City for the million dollar credits u
the Bank Of the Chilean Government
The credits win Be used exclusively
to increase nitrate production.
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GREY FOB D. S. WAR BAN

LONDON, April 26.-Viscount
Grey, who was foreign minister OF
England at the outbreak Of the war,
supported the American treaty pro-
posa1s for outlawing war In a speech
here.
Evening star., 1928-01-08

They were on the lot next morn
ing when Raymond first met stony
Josie McCann.
If any one should blame himself
for the speed or direction of what
now transpired. Mamie Goldberg must
long afterward have felt a guilty
q,alm. For II was Mamie himself
who introduced the twain. And how.
Josie" said her pop.eyed little boss,
Always you are kicking that no man
around my studio is regular"
Yes, Mr.. Goldberg
"Vell-~meet Mr.. Raymond"
Yes. Mr.. Goldberg"
"It took n whole German army tn
shoot him quiet: but 1t win take
Mamie Goldberg and Josie McCann 10
shoot him famous in that great var
fflium Sublime Carnage"
Yes. Mr.. Goldberg"
"Mr. Rsymond~-meet Josie. AS your
leading woman she is your boss from
now on"
They were over near Death Valley
ere Al Willicombe first struck. Ted
knew he would He had the bell.
hoy's story. Big Al Wiilicombe versus
little Josie Mccain. Big Al. whom
nobody could deny. Little Josie. beau.
tiful of form and face. Little Josie.
coming along fairly as rider and
roper In Western until Al himself Ind
clapped her in evening gown one
morning a year before and showed
President Goldberg what a nations
box Offices were overlooking. Sky.
rocket. From there on no giycerin
tears were needed when Josie bade
en- weep: no doubles when the scrip.
demanded risks.