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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-31
HELD ON THEFT PLEA.
Georgia Youth, Just Out of Balti-
more Jail, Admits Charge.

William Starrat. 10. Columbia, Ga.
returned here Tuesday upon his re-
leass from a 90-day Sojourn in the
Baltimore jail, was held for the grand
jury yesterday when he pleaded guilty
To theft Of brief case from the once
OF Thomas J. Luckett. 500 Seventeenth
street. Judge Robert z. Mattingly
fixed bond at $4,000.
Starrat has also been accused of
entering the Offices of Judge William
Graham of the United States Court of
Customs Appeals and of Louis Handy
and Pike Johnson in the Transports
ton Building These charges are being
investigated by police.
Starras's Baltimore term was for
carrying concealed weapon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-31
$500 POSITION OPEN
Vacancy Exists for Horticulturist
In n. s. Service.

In y. s. Service.
The Civil Service Commission yester-
day announced 1t will receive applica-
tons until October to I'LL vacancy
In the position Of principal horticultur
list In the Bureau Of Plant Industry The
salary is $500 year.
In view of the Importance of the
position and to insure the appointment
OF thoroughly qualified man for the
work, All unusual method Of competi-
ton will be followed to All the vacancy,
Instead of the usual form Of civil serv-
Ice examination. the qualifications of
candidates will be passed upon By a
special board Of examiners.
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained from the ccm-
mission, 1924 F street
The commission also announced an
open competitive examination for guard
to fill vacancies in the departmental
service in Washington. The entrance
salary is $1,000 year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-31
so DAYS FOR LIQUOR.

william Oscar Colpitts, who gave
his address as 1900 G street, and Joe
Tapscott, said to live at 800 Pennsyl-
vania avenue. were sentenced to sc
days in Jail In default Of a $500 fine
yesterday for illegal possession and
transporta ton of liquor.
According to the testimony before
Judge Robert E. Mattingly, the men
were stopped by police on Bladensbure
road northeast on August 20 and found
to have "a quarts of alleged liquor
Thomas Peter Nichols. 2l2 Ninth
street, demanded a jury trial for illegaI
possession and was released under
$500 bond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-31
Sues Surgeon for $4,000.

Alleging that his left leg is perma-
nently shorter and necessitates the use
of a cane. James K Polk. TIA North
Carolina avenue southeast. has fled
suit in the District Supreme Court to
recover $4,000 damages from DR.
George Tully Vaughan, 1918 I street.
for alleged malpractice. Polk says his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-31

Tea. was broken November 5, 1927, and
f,e was attended at hospital by DR..
afghan.
Hs claims the bones were out Of
,pla Cs and overlapping when placed In
la o Saster cast by the surgeon and as a
resu Vi the left leg Is shorter than the
right: and he must use cane con-
lstantty Attorney John Lewis Smith
appe avs, for the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-31
MEET ASKED HERE.

City Heads Extend Bid for 1929
Convention.
The assembly of civil service COM
mlssioners, composed of Federal State
and municipal civil service commits
sioners. was invited yesterday by the
District Commissioners to hold its
1929 convention in Washington.
Proctor L, Dougherty. president of
tbs Board OF Commissioners who sent
the invitation. pointed out that Wash
ington is an ideal convention city.
The Washington times., 1928-02-21
Alhambra Order Will
Stage Spanish Night

The wild fandango and the
elusive tortilla will be tracked to
their lairs by members OF Alcantara
Caravan No. IL, Order OF the Al
hamba, tonight, at the New VIII
lard Hotel, when the organization Isl
to stage "A Night in Spain" as its
annual ladies night entertain
ment.
Half the ballroom OF the hotel
has been converted into street
scene in Seville. Al Spanish night
club and other scenes in the land
OF caballeros and castanets have
been arranged.
The arrangements are under the
direction Of Lewis A. Payne, grand
commander Of the caravan. The
program consists Of a dinner, cab
aret entertainment and dance.
The Washington times., 1928-02-21
GERMANS PLAN
ATLANTIC HOP /

BERLIN, Feb. 21.-Three of the
biggest German airplane construc-
ton companies are fevertshly at
work to perfect their entry in the
TRANSATLANTIC air races expected to
begin again this spring in order to
be first to fly over the Atlantic
from east to west, and. If possible.
beat the German and English air.
ships now being completed for trans
atlantic airlines to it.
The three companies are the
Junlers Air Transportation Co, of
Dessau; the Heinkel Aircraft Co.,
of Warnemuende, and the Roar-
bach Metal Aircraft Co., of Berlin.
Additional Motors
The principle on which most Of
the German planes are based is
that a transatlantic plane must lave
more than one motor and that
the flight must not be a nonstop
flight, but must be made in laps,
preferably over the Azores and
Newfoundland. They are to be, not
record breaking sport" flights but
scientific research to establish the
practicability of transatlantic air
transportation.
The Junkers who last year made
two unsuccessful attempts to span
the Atlantic, first with the "Bre.
men" and the Europa" and then
with a third plane over the Azores,
are now trimming a three-motor
plane for new attempt. This
plane will likely be guided again by
Capt. Hermann Koehl and Pilot
Fritz Loose, the leaders in the first
two attempts.
The Heinkel works, whose trans
iatlantic plane was destroyed when
1t tried to rise from the Azores for
the last lap, are building a new
plane Of the same model, but with
many improvements based on last
years experiences, and are conf
dent of completing the flight this
time.
For 16 Men
The Rohrbach Works have con-
structed a huge two-motored flying
boat able to carry is men which
will be guided by the famous Ger
man war<ace Ernst Udet.
These. are the three most serious
and immediate German competitors.
The 135 passenger monster plane,
proposed by Professor e. Rumpler,
exists only on paper so far, and ex-
perts hold that it is impossible IN
less the air motors are improved
far beyond their present efficiency.
The German Luft Hansa, the
biggest air transportation concern
in the world, holds that transatlan-
tic flights are still mere expert
ments. 1t wifi participate only
when the establishment of trans
atlantic airplane lines has become
practical. This, it holds, will not
be for several years at least.
The car best suited to your needs
IL listed for sale erin tOdayss Times and
Herald Classified Used Car ads.
The Washington times., 1928-02-21
|SEEKHIGH HINDU
/ R|TEF0R GIRL
By intermittent News Service

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POONA, India, Feb. 21.--That the
former Mahara1ah of 1ndore is per-
sisting in his efforts to have Miss
Nancy Miller, OF Seattle, his in.
tended bride, converted to the Hindu
faith was revealed today when Il
was learned that the former ruler
had applied to the supreme Hindu
authority for aid.
The supreme authority, called the
"shankaracharya," received a re-
quest from the former nlaharajah
that he perform the ceremony at.
tending Miss Miller's conversion. 1t
was understood that the groom-to ODE
did not wish the ceremony to be
performed by mere missionary.
II the "shankaracharya" officates.
any children OF the union. will be
eligible to the throne Of Indore.
The Washington times., 1928-02-21
Hungary to Recognize
The Methodist Church

VIENNA, Feb. 21.-The Hun
garian government, according to a
report received from Budapest to-
day, will officially recognize the
Methodist church.
Religious liberation is one of the
fundamentals Of the Hungarian
state. A majority of the residents,
however, are members of either the
Roman or Greek Catholic churches.
The Washington times., 1928-02-21
Population of Picking
Shows 81, 400 Decrease

PEKING, China, Feb. 21.--Metro-
politan PeIing now has popula-
ton of 1,129,718, according to the
latest police census, made public
today. This is a decrease of 81 400
since the August census.
The authorities attribute the de-
crease to Increasingly bad times
which have driven many of the
poor class to seek a living else
The Washington times., 1928-02-21
Ex-ENVOY TO TALK

DR. David Jayne Hill, former
ambassador to Germany, win adj
dress the Columbia Historical
The Washington times., 1928-02-21

society III the Cosmos club tonight
on "Franklin and the French
Alliance of 177s. ait 8:15 o'clock.
Mabel FIehr VIII be the soloist Tor
the evening.
The Washington times., 1928-02-21

The car best suited to your needs
IL listed for saIe~in tOday,s Times and
Herald Classified Used Car ads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
.FOUR-DAyPROGRAM
PLANNED FOR MEET
Motor Truck Industry to Be
Discussed at Convention
Opening October 70.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, october 20
Especially The greatest event in the
history Of the motor truck industry will
be listed at the Manufacturers Building
in this city when the Midwest Motor
Truck Transportation Congress Is called
to order for it four-day program start
ing october 20 and lasting until the
night of october 20.
The topics and subjects scheduled for
addresses and open forum discussions
cover every phase Of motor truck trans
portation Is 1t is applicable to modern
business and industry either as an ex-
elusive method of delivery and distrlbu-
ton or as an auxiliary to other mods
of transportation. Nationally known
speakers chosen from among authorities
in their respective fields are scheduled
on the program for the presentation of
topics and as leaders in the discussions.
widespread interest in the event
has been shown by promised attend
ance of thousands of individual, indus
trial and commercial fleet operators,
manufacturers, merchants, wholesalers,
live stock producers, farmers, shippers
and consigneeS in all divisions of bust
ness and industrial activity. Their gen.
eral assembly marks the first gathering
of its kind ever held.
Complete even to the nlinutest detail.
an extensive exhibit Is being made by
manufacturers of motor trucks, bodies
and equipment from all over the Ma
ton showing the latest products and
developments in the tools" of the truck
transportation industry. Congress Wis
itors thus are afforded the opportunity
Of inspecting and studying such equip
ment while discussing their usage at
the sessions themselves The displays
are held in the same building housing
the congress and are included as part
of the program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

with another peak in automobile
travel left behind us and with the
experience of Summer that saw &c.
900, 900 motor vehicles on the road to
guide us, it is plain that one of the
outstanding public needs is system Of
highways that can carry the rapidly in
creasing traffic. The mounting toll Of
accidents is the result largely of con-
gestion," says H. H. Franklin, promi-
nent in the automotive field.
Safety in automobile traffic is not
a matter of laws and restrictions. Not
very far in the future We will look
back with amazement on our present
systems of arrests and fines and our
present ideas Of regulating automobile
traffic.
ut no longer is so much question
Of good roads as 1t is of building roads
that permit the fullest use and develop
ment of automobile transportation.
This is an age of speed not alone in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Summer Hig hway Congestion Is Held
Proof of Need for Radical Road Change

motor cars, but in everyday business as
well. Fast intercity and interstate
transportation, in social as well as
business affairs, Is an outstanding fac
tor. Since we have fast cars, and will
continue to have them in growing num-
bers, it then becomes necessary to have
highways to handle them in a safe and
efficient manner.
Automobile roads, like railroads
have got to be built for safety. Already
our highways are carrying many times
more traffic than the railroads. just
as it was found necessary to double
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
DRIVERS INFLUENCE
CURRENCY DESIGN
New Bills Expected to Last
Longer Under Hard Usage
at Oil Stations.

Announcement that the new thumb
nail" size currency Of the United States
Treasury will make its initial debut
within the next three months was made
this week by Assistant Secretary of the
treasury Henry Henick Bond.
Why the familiar sized bills are being
reduced approximately One-fourth in
size is an interesting story that prob
ably not one in a thousand motorists
know-but it is due primarily to the
motorist that the old size currency is
to be taken out of circulation and the
smaller bill installed.
Following the advent of the automo-
bile 1t was found that bills of small de-
nomination came back to the Redemp-
ton Bureau of the Treasury Department
much more often for Reinsurance. A
study made by the Government re-
vealed that the CRIME and oil from the
filling station attendants hands does
more than any other thing to soil notes
causing them to deteriorate faster than
formerly.
Experiment is Made.
The frequency with which a dollar bill
comes back to filling station has just
been determined as the result of an in
teresting experiment made by the Amer
lean Motorists Association. 1t was
found that approximately every seventh
time that bill changes hands it finds
its way back to the oil station, where it
becomes begrimed with oil and Smears.
The experiment was made by circu--
lating so one-dollar bills with request
attached that each spender indorse on
the slip what he spent it for and that
the person holding the bill after the
tenth Endorsement should return it to
the American Motorists Association
headquarters at Washington. The nifty
bills were circulated in 10 cities with
the result that out of So bills returned,
containing 371 Endorsements, SO of the
Endorsements indicated that the bill
had been spent by motorist for gas
or oil.
Bill More Easily Folded.
The smaller size bill, which will be
sis by 2 11-l6, will not be folded 30
closely and this will increase the life of
each bill appreciably, the department
believes. A special study was made
also by Government experts to make
the bills as oilproof as possible with the
end in view of furthering their life
against the necessary hard use put to
them by motorists purchasing gas and
oil.
The gigantic money presses Of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing are
now turning out the new issue at the
rate of millions of dollars per day in
denominations of 81, So. SIS, $10,$20, $50,
500, $500, $1,000, $4,000 and $4,000
Approximately So per cent OF the entire
issue of O00,O00,000 bills will be Of 81
denomination.
Another interesting innovation in the
new style of money will be that for the
first time in the history of the United
States the new bills will bear the sig
nature of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Signature of the register of the Treas
ury and the Treasurer of the United
States have always heretofore appeared
on the currency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
AUTO THEFTS DECREASE
SLIGHTLY IN BALTIMORE
Report for Nine Months, However,
Shows Fewer Recoveries
by Police.
Special Di.patch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, October 20.-A slight
decrease in automobile thievery In Bal
timore during the first nine months of
this year is shown by records compiled
by the Police Department in compari-
son with the same period of last year.
The police, however, have made fewer
recoveries of stolen machines this year
than last.
From January l to September 30
there were 2002 automobiles reported
stolen in the city. OF this number the
police recovered all but 49, In the FIRST
nine months of 1927 there were 2,076
reported thefts and 2,023 recoveries.
Police attribute the theft of approx
imately so per cent of the automobiles
to "joy-riders," who steal car and ride
around in it until the gasoline supply
runs out and then abandon 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
AUTO PRODUCTION
SHOWING DECLINE
Slight Decrease Noted in
Output During the Past
Three Weeks.

The slight falling off in output OF
passenger cars which has been in EVIL
dence for the past three weeks is gain
ing momentum and the weeks total
production is about per cent below
that of last week, according to B. H.
Cram, president of Grams Automotive
Reports. Inc In spite of this situation,
however, the weeks total continues
we'll above that for the corresponding
period in 1927, the present levels being
about So per cent above those of the
preceding year. This decline is en-
tirely a seasonal condition and one to
be expected. Several leading manufac-
turers are cleaning up parts and pre-
pairing to enter production next month
or early in December on new 1929
models.
This means that further curtailment
will take place, with the low point be-
ing reached between November Is and
December l, after which time the up
ward trend Is expected to be resumed.
This period of comparative production
inactivity will result in a number Of
interesting and advanced developments
which should exert an unusual in
fluence on the industry after the jan
uary automobile shows.
Despite the lateness of the season
the sales situation remains on an. I'M
usually firm basis, although there has
been considerable change in the retail
market in the past two weeks. New
car sales are good in Is localities as
compared with % a fortnight previous.
The trend is also slightly down. New
car stocks are normal, while used-car
sales are fair and stocks range between
normal and high. Repossessions are
normal The low-priced cars are sell
ing well, with most of the general
change coming as the result Of slow
up in medium and high-priced models.
A further decline in demand will
probably be witnessed during the next
two months, with December touching
the low point for the year. The above
conditions apply chiefly to the domestic
market Export business is good and
shows but little change.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

track in order to make possible in
creased speed of trains, it is also going
to be necessary to double-track the
principal highways of the country.
These roads will be one-way roads,
sufficiently wide to permit one car to
pass another without crowding. There
will be no blind corners, no blind
crossings, and none of the things which
now make for accidents. I firmly be-
lieve that the widening Of highways to
accommodate double lines of two-way
traffic increases the hazards of travel
instead Of offering solution for the
accident problem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
HIGHWAY COMPLETED.
Eastside Road Connects Shenar-
doah and Newport.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va, October 20.--Work on
the Eastside Highway running north
and south through this county has been
completed with a hard-surfaced road
connecting Shenandoah and Newport
leaving only a three-mile section be-
tween this city. county seat and Shen-
andoah's largest town in the county.
The highway began two years ago by
the convict road force was abandoned
some time ago by the State and con-
tracted for with the Pendelton Con-
struction Co 1t was built under the
Robertson bond act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
AUTO FATALITIES HIT.
Baltimore Health officer Sees Need
of Preventive Work.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, october 20.-Dr. C..
Hampson Jones, commissioner of health.
has called attention to 81 fatal acct
dents in Baltimore last month. He said
that of SGT deaths in the last year due
TO accidents, 1853 were caused by au-
tomobiles.
IF the present rate can be regarded
as a correct index for the year. there
will be over 200 deaths due to automo-
biles in 1929" DR.. Jones asserted.
Accidental deaths frequently pre-
sent a considerable factor in our death
rate. and if they were due to some
preventable disease the city would be
stimulated to prevent the unnecessary
deaths"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
PRODUCTION GAINS.
Canadian Automobile Factories
Report Increases.

Report Increases.
August production Of automobiles in
Canada, as reported to the Department
of Commerce by the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics, was as follows: Passenger
cars, 24,274; trucks, 6,971, as compared
with production in July Of 20,122 pas
senger cars and 5,104 trucks, and pro-
duction in August, 1927, of 10,139 pas
senger cars and 1887 trucks.
Corrected reports from manufacturers
of motor vehicles in the United States
have necessitated a revision in the Au-
gust production figures previously given
The revised figures covering domestic
production Of passenger cars Is 398,689
and of trucks 59,824, each being larger
than for any previous month on record
The total domestic production of pas
senger cars and trucks in August, due
to revisions In the figures. was 458.513
also the largest ever recorded for q
single month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

After washing, the car should be
thoroughly creased in order to force the
accumulated water out of the grease re-
tanners. especially on the chassis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

Examine the lubricating oil level fire.
Quently when driving in the mountains.
The motor uses more oil when pulling
hard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

The annual toll Of British streets has
risen In the last 10 years from 10000 to
$50 900 persons killed and injured.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-16

Picture Beulah Sheriff at the age of fifteen, . slim, dark-haired, dreamy-eyed girl, with strapped books slung over her shoulders, on the way to high school. This was in Owensboro, Kentucky, a placid village in the Cumberland Valley. She was . lovely child, and even then they said that everywhere Beulah went the maaculine glances were sure to follow.
 During that year Beulah married a linotype operator named Perry Stephens. A year later she had baby, and got a divorce. Later, when she raved and wept .n Chicago cell, charged with murder, she attributed the start of her trouble to that fint marriage. She intimated that her parents were responsible for her rush. ing into marriage before she "knew her own mind"
 But the schoolgirl divorcee didn't stay single long. Her second husband WAS Albert Amman, young garage mechanic. Thsy were married in Louisville and went ts Chicago in 1918. Amman was . good
New Britain herald., 1928-06-16

Finally she Aared up des- perately: "Why, you're noth- ing but a four-husher and .
 jail-bird."
 This reference to a prison
 term that kalstedt had served for trouble with another girl, went home stabbingly. He paled and angrily turned to leave the apartment. In the next room was Al Annan's revolver. Per haps kalstedt turned back, per haps he saw Beulah running toward the gun. At any rate, those two reached it at about the same time. There was a strug- gle, a loud report. Kalstedt lay dead on the floor, Beulah was weeping beside him, kissing his face. No one heard the shot. A few moments later Beulah had started the Hula Lou" record again, and was dancing madly about the apartment.
 Two hours later she tele- phoned her husband and asked him to hurry home. Then a strange thing happened. When Al Amman called the police he in- sisted that he had found Kalstedt in the room and that he had killed him. He held to this story in spite of grilling, but there were too many discrepancies.