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was seven forty-two. Let's see.
F1fty-two, siXty-two. That would
be two past. Twelve past, nineteen
past. Thirty-seven minutes to eight
r'neteen, and the arrival of the
train in Newcastle. All at once his
heart began to pound again.
I say, is it much further?" he
asked.
We're just shedding Durham"
answered the man at the wheel.
Brown marveled at his cornposure
Another fourteen miles and we'll be
there"
What Only Il miles?" ex-
claimed Brown. Then we'll do iti''
of course We'll Go it." retorted
the man at the wheel. Il said we'd
do it, didn't ~"
The final stage did not take long.
Chester-le-street, the river Weir.
Birtley-Newcastle. On the stroke
of eight, with 10 minutes TO spare,
they reached the railroad station.
Nov What?" queried Charlie. do
we buy swords and attack"
Its up to you now. 1 think" he
said. I've brought you here, but
I'm not forgetting it's your show.
Well stand by, and do whatever you
want us to-
Look here. I think this is the
best plan-unlesS you can think of
a better one. Stick the car some
where where it can be handy if We
want it. Find out the platform
where the train comes in, and then
wait. And then"
And then? He paused and vi
stoned the arrival of the train. In
his mind he saw it draw into the
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of the new session, and I will work
for its adoption" Mr.. Buchanan
said. He will ask for hearings on
the measure before the committee
on agriculture which is now study
ing farm relief bills.
Cong. Buchanan'S measure asks
for an initial appropriation of $780,
900 to be used during 1880 in the
survey of representative farm areas
in each state to enable the secretary
Of agriculture to obtain and pub
lish information upon the economic
conditions Of agriculture through
out the United States"
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SPEECH Is GOLDEN

BUENOS AIRES.-(P-It costs
$50 to talk for three minutes from
here to Berlin by wireless tele-
phone. During the first month of
the service with Germany only
about 80 calls were put through.
The average length of each call
was four minutes.
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NEW YORK-[P)-Saul @. Bron,
chairman of the board of direc-
tors Of the Amtorg Trading cor
poration. leading firm in Soviet
American trade. says that $4,000
farm tractors have been introduced
into Russia during the past five
years. Eighty per cent. states Mr.
Bron. were made in the United
States.
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The Washington times., 1929-04-19
N0ooR SpopvT

Washington must devise some
defense against Texas Lacquer
if it ever hopes to get anywhere
against the Philadelphia Ath-
1etics as the latter are at pres
ent constituted, and as they
appear likely to remain for
some months to come.
Of the Is hits made off the
Griffmen in the two games the
Mackmen won here in as many
days, the terrain Immediately
behind the infielders and far in
fropt of the outfielders was the
landing place of any number of
such safeties. Whether this
fact is attributable to good
craftsmanship or merely hap
penstance, as the boys say,
makes no difference.
A hit is hit, no matter how
the perpetrator thereof contrives
to manufacture it, and it seems
to this onlooker that Connie
Mack's lads were remarkably
accurate at dropping those pesky
loopers where our boys weren't.
Of the nine twirlers on the
Griffmen staff. the AS have
faced seven and found no diff
ficulty handling the delivery Of
six of them.
Only Liska mystified them in
the least, and neither Marberry
nor Hopkins, the latter anything
but a seasoned major Lacquer,
have yet seen duty. Firpo
Fred will be fed to the Red Sox
today and this gesture should
mark a turning point in the
wind and tide which have been
against Washington so far this
season.
Defensively, Walter johnson
seems to have his charges work.
ing we'll enough. Trailing the
Athletics most of the time
throughout their two contests,
Washington; refused to go to
pieces under the strain. Although
they were outclassed at the
bat. they kept their heads up
in the field, which not every
team in the world can do when
their pitchers are being lam
basted to every corner Of the
lot.
For such a reason there is no
need to worry. Sooner or later
the club will recover the batting
eye that made it the dread Of
the teams encountered in the
South, and when a team is hit
ting, how differently it looks to
the naked eye!
In their four-game stand in
the Capital, the Red Sox are
almost sure to resort to the use,
in the box of Lisenbee and
CASTOR who went from the
Griffs to the CaKrigan crew
during the winter in the Myer
deal.
= Should either of these pitch
ers prove a boomerang to the
locals, Washington's chagrin
will indeed be complete, but in
order for this to happen they
will have to be much improved
over what they were here last
season.
Bill Carrigan, the man who
worked a miracle with Buddy
Myer, hasn't had Lisenbee long
enough yet to cast his great VOC.
dooism over him and it is doubt
ful if CASTOR can be made over
at this stage INTO any better a
hurler than he proved to be
here.
However, changes in scenery,
different surroundings, new
The Washington times., 1929-04-19

The prep and high schools
events win incInde the regular
list of contests The weight will
be 12 pounds instead Of Is used
by college athletes in the shot
put. An added feature to this
years games Is the 48O.yard
shuttle relay race.
The Washington times., 1929-04-19
Picinich to Robins
For Ehrhardt. GOOch

BOSTON, April 19.-Rube Ehr.
hardt, veteran relief pitcher. and
Johnny Gooch, catcher, will join the
Cincinnati club today. They were
traded last night by the Brooklyn
Robins in exchange for Val Picinich,
catcher, who has been unable to set.
tie a salary dispute with the Reds.
Ehrhardt worked in % games last
year, but was credited with winning
only one and losing three. Gooch
batted .2S2 and Picinich 1902 in 1928.
Gooch formerly caught for the Pi-
rates and Picinich was with the Attn.
letics, the Senators and the Red Sox
before coming to Cincinnati
The Washington times., 1929-04-19
PhilIy Promoter Plans
Two Heavyweight Bouts

PHILADELPHIA, April 10
Jules Aronson. boxing promoter,
announced he has arranged two
heavyweight bouts to be held at
Baker Bowl here in June. He said
he had matched Tom Heeney, un.
successful challenger for the heavy
weight title last year. to fight Jim
Maloney, Boston veteran, on June
"a.
The other bout. to be held June
3. will bring together George God
frey. of Lciperville, Pa, and Jimmy
Byrne. of Boston
The Washington times., 1929-04-19
.TODAYS
opORTORIAL!!.
B,bKIRK Miller

managers and the like have
been known TO save more than
one major league ball player
from the scrap heap. They say
of Bill Carrigan, and rightly
enough, that If his magic wand
can't convert brilliance from
mediocrity, the case is incurable,
and the fact he is still trying
with the Red Sox is warning to
the rest of the league they do
not intend to go on forever
being the door mats, of the
loop: @
The Washington times., 1929-04-19
Mike Lynch Is Absent
From Marathon Today

Mike Lynch, veteran District
marathoner, will not be a contest
ant in today's annual Boston A. A.
Patriots Day fun olympic mara
thon distance from Hopkinton,
Mass. to Boston, Mass.
The venerable runner has found
that he can not take the .oeeessary
The Washington times., 1929-04-19
MARKS
EXPECTED
| TOTAL
By JUNO K1NERK

schoolboy athletes, long
enes and short ones, skinny
ones and fat ones, from lead.
ing high and prep schools in
the South and East are now
in or on their way to Wash
ington for the second annual
Dewitt Prep School games at
Georgetown tomorrow.
Promptly at 10 a. m. the starters
gun will send the first bunch of
these athletes on their way in the
first heat of the 10O-yard dash, and,
except for a slight breathing spell
for lunch, there will be no let.up
until nearly dark as 25 high schools
and 10 prep school teams compete
for honors.
The meet will be split into two di-
visions, prep athletes competing with
one another and high school sepa-
rately. There also will be relays for
relays for playground athletes of
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash.
ington.
The prep and high schools
events win incInde the regular
list of contests. The weight will
be 12 pounds instead Of Is used
by college athletes in the shot
put. An added feature to this
years games Is the 48O-yard
shuttle relay race.
Mercersburg Academy and Cen
tral High School. winners Of the
team trophies last year. will have
teams defending their laurels. The
former stands Fan excellent chance
OF repeating its triumph, but If Bill
Foley, Central coach, is to be be-
heved, Central will be lucky to gain
o point.
The Mercersburg team Is headed
by Tom" Carr, winner of the high
point trophy last year. who was the
winner of the 100 and 220-yard
sprfnts, the broad jump and tied for
first in the high jump. Carr is the
interscholastic broad jump cham
pior.
Newark Prep is the team MERGERS
burg will have to beat to retain its
prep school laurels. The former has
the championship mile relay team,
which is the holder OF the worlds
record both indoors and outdoors.
Kelly and Bloor, both Newark ath.
letes. are interscholastic champions,
the former at the quarter and the
of hn hnI L.
Scoring for team trophies will
he points for first, 3 for sec
Ond and for third. No points
are allowed for relays, lndiyid.
ual medals going to the winners
and a cup to the team.
Tech, Eastern and Central are
expected to wage a three-cornered
fight for the high school team
laurels. However, If the respective
coaches are to be believed, none has
q chance. 4ardell, Kelley and Foley.
IL gathered in one room, could make
"Gif'' Dobie look and sound like the
most optimistic Rotarian that ever
uttered a superlative.
The track is lightning fast and
records are expected to fall in prac-
tically every event since last years
first meet was held on a muddy
oval with a steady rain falling.
The following officials have been
named to handle the meet. Father
Vincent J. McDonough, honorary
referee: Mike Thompson, referee;
Joe Mari. starter; Yank Robbins,
chief clerk: J. r. Peake, assistant
starter Dorsey Griffith. chief Judge;
Judge j. c. Marquette. Norman
Oyster, Thomas Beckett. c. J. Grain
and DR.. George Green, judges; Kip
Edwards, field judge, and DR..
George P. Sharp, marshall.
Ali heats will be held in the morn.
ing, and the finals will start at /
o'clock in the afternoon.
The Washington times., 1929-04-19
BROOKS IS LEADER

PRINCETON, N. j.. April -
G.N.S).-John Fl. Brooks. of Scran.
ton. Pa, intercollegiate diving
champion. has been elected captain
Of the Princeton swimming team for
next season.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
HOOVER IS BACK
FROM CAMP

President Hoover IL back again
at his desk at the White House
today. He returned late yesterday
afternoon from his fishing camp in
the Blue Ridge Mountains whore he
conferred over the weekend with
Army officers and War Department
officials on the question Of reducing
the cost Of Army maintenance.
A general survey OF the whole
Army situation was submitted and
thoroughly discussed and the per-
sonnel of the commission of Army
officers, which is to be appointed
to investigate ali military activities
with a view of reducing expendi-
lures, also was taken up.
Notwithstanding the meeting,
some of the members of the party
went horseback riding or sought
recreation in horseshoe pitching.
Among the guests were: Secre-
tary of War Good. Assistant Secre-
taries Dawson and Hurley, Gen.
Charles p. Summerall, chief OF
staff, and Col. Campbell Hodges,
military aid to the President; Secre-
tary of the Interior Wilbur, George
Akerson, one of the Presidents 3
secretaries, and Lieut.. Comdr. Joel
T. Boone.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
Army Orders
Leave granted the following !:

Leave granted the following:
Lieut.. Col. Franklin p. Jackson, three
months and four days, August 8, 1929.
Major Everett s. Hughes, Staff Corps.
Major william II. Coicombe, Corps
Of Engineers, one month. August 5, 1929.
Major Frederic G. Munson, Judge Ad-
vocate Generals department. one month.
Capt. James v. ware, a days. August
8, 1929.
Second Lieut.. sarratt +. Hames. In
eantry, extension 90 days.
Second Lieut.. Bernard r. Luebermann,
Held artillery, extension eight days.
Leave for month granted Maj. Gen.
George 3. Gibbs, chleE signal officer.
Lieut.. Col. Robert H. Mills Dental
Corps, to Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Capt. Basil v. Fields, to headquarters,
Second Corps Area, Governors Island.
Major James j. Loving, Corps Of
Engineers, to duty As resident member
board OF engineers for rivers and har-
bors Washington. D. c:
Capt. Shirley Q. Elmore, Medical
Corps. to Fort Logan. Colo, Sept. 1.
Capt. Wilbur G. Dockum, Field Artil-
lery School. Fort Sill, Okla. Sept. s.
Maj. christopher ID. Pierce, Coast
Artillery Corps to the Graduts School of
Business Administration, Harvrd Uni
versity.
Capt. Daniel J. canty. to home and
await retirement.
Capt. Hrold H. George. Air Corps to
Kelly Field, Texas, Nov. %.
Sec. Lieut.. Donald w. Buchman, to
Langley Field. ", Nov. 30.
Second Lieutenant Budd J. Peaslee
Mitchell Field. Long Island, New York
December IL.
Second Lieutenant Hoyt L. Prindls
Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens. Mich
lgan, December IL.
First Lieutenant Patrick ". Timber.
lake. Air Corps, to Panama Canal De.
partment. Novmeber az.
Fact OF the following Of the All
Corps assigned to duty at the station
indicated:
First Lieutenant George q. cresssy
to Scott Field, BelleviIIe ILL.,
First Lieutenant Horace s. Kenyon
jr., to March. Field, Riverside, Calf.
Capt. Rudolph w. Propst, to Chanute
Field, Rantoul. Ill.
First Lieutenant Rufus B. Davidson
to Air Corps Training Center, Duncan
Field, San Antonio, Tex.
First Lieutenant Hugh G. DoWney, "a
Mitchell Field. Long Island, N. Y.
Major Joseph o. Daily. Field Artillery
to the 37Sth Field Artillery, with sta.
tion at Kansas City. mo-, September /,
Capt. Joseph W. LOet. Field Artillery,
to Boston, Mass.
Capt. George r. Barker, Infantry. "a
headquarters company. Eighteenth Bri.
| gade, Fort Rodman, Mass.
Capt. George W. Griner. Jr., Eighth
| Infantry. to Allen Academy, August *
First Lieutenant Raymond c, Barlow.
twelfth Infantry. 20 Valley Forge Mill.
eary Academy. August Is.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
Man, 73, Given Six
Months for ShOnlifting

WINCHESTER, Va. July 70
Aaron Vetter. an aged man of
Woodstock, Va, was found guilty
in Police Court OF shopiifting from
a number of stores here during the
last week, and was sentenced to
serve six months in Jail. He had
been making round of the dry
goods, five-and-ten and department
stores and had gathered together
an unusual and varied assortment
of goods, much Of it useless to the
aged man.
Vetter said he was 73 years of
age and looks it. He has, how
ever. the general demeanor of a
wealthy man. He broke down and
cried when todd that his actions
would be printed in the newspapers.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
Governor Byrd Buys
w. Virginia Orchard

BERRYVILLE, Va, July 29.-
Purchase of the Bunker Hill
Orchard, 15O.acre plantation near
Martinsburg, w. Va, from .Goff
Clarke and other shinnston CIV. Va)
men by Gov. Harry r. Byrd, of
this county, has been announced.
The price was given as $4,000.
Governor Byrd Is investing an esti-
mated $1,000 in immediate improve.
ments to the property.
The orchard is his first in West
Virginia. He owns a number of
orchard properties in Virginia, Is
miles from Bunker Hill. Thomas
Byrd, Of winchester, Va, q brother,
Is interested in number Of such
investments with him.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
BAPTIST union
To ELECT
Photo by International

The Rev. s. s. Robinson, evange-
list, will be the principal speaker to-
day at the weekly conferences of the
colored Baptist Ministerial Union at
the Florida Avenue Baptist Church.
Plans for the annual election of Of
ficeTs TO be held at the next and
final meeting OF the summer will be
completed. The Rev. w. A. Gray,
the president, will not be candidate
for reelection. as he has served two
terms. Prominent in the race for
the executive head are the Rev. w.
III. Jernigan, of Mount Carmel Bap-
tist Church, tie Rev. George Bullock
of Third Baptist Church and the
Rev. j. l.. S. Holloman of Second
Baptist Church.
The Baptist Union has a member
ship of nearly 200 cIergymen repre-
senting the District of Columbia and
nearby Virginia. Other officers of
the organization are the Rev. j. H..
Loving, secretary, and the Rev. Rob
ert H. Anderson, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
Annual Bush Meeting
is Opened at Leesburg

LEESBURG, Va, July 29.--The
fifty-second annual Bush meeting
opened yesterday at Purcellyille, to
continue to August 4. The grounds
have been put in order, and vari.
Gus improvements, which it is be-
lieved will contribute no little to
the convenience and comfort of
visitors, have been added.
The program tonight will be pre-
sented by the Artists Ensemble of
Philadelphia.
Tomorrow night Signor Alpigini,
The. Wizard of the East will be
assisted by the Artists Ensemble.
81 Wednesday night, the program
will be in charge of the County
w. C. r. u, and diamond medal
contest will be held.
On Thursday night the principal
entertainment will be Princess Blue
Feather, who claims to be a direct
descendent Of Montezuma.
Friday night the program viii be
by the Radio Star Entertainers.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
C. e. Martin Named
Head of Phone Firm

MARTINSBURG w. Va, July %.
Attorney c. e. Martin, Of this
city, was elected president Of the
BluefieId Telephone Co.. operating
in Mcdowell and Mercer counties,
West Virginia. and Tazewell coun-
ty. Virginia, which has been sold
to the Federal Public Service Cor
poration, OF Chicago. Attorney
Martin and Attorney G. M. Seibert.
of the firm of Martin and Siebert,
arranged for the sale.
The price paid was said to have
been $3.50 per share for the Blue
field stock with cash payment of
$2,500.0 900 deposited in a Charleston
bank as first payment.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
VIND|CATE TAX
VIEWS or U. S:
CHAMBER
BY MERRYLE STANLEY
RUKEYSER
Copyright. 1899. BY Universal
sePvice, Incl

The Chamber OF Commerce Of
the United States. which stepped
out Of its cautious role early
last year and crossed swords
with Secretary Mellon and Pres.
ident Coolidge over the tax re-
duction issue, now contends that
time has vindicated its position.
Fifteen months ago, genuine
tempest in the teapot was stirred
Gfp when the chamber purport-
ing to speak for all business, told
the Administration that it was
too tfmid in the matter Of tax
cuts. The chamber indicated that
It saw a larger surplus ahead
than the Treasury experts could
see. The cleavage was all the
more dramatic because the Cool
idge-Mellon viewpoint has al
ways been conspicuously friendly
to legitimate business. The cross
ing of swords made the chamber
step out of character-at least
out of the character arbitrarily
sketched by Sinclair Lewis, au-
thor of "Babbitt."
Predictions can be made glibly,
but it takes the test of time to
prove their validity. The fiscal
year for which the chamber made
its prophecy has ended, and the
chamber. in its official organ,
now lays claim to the wreath OF
victory. Unfortunately. the proof
of accurate prophecy is so highly
technical that he who runs as
he reads may never wholly grasp
the outcome of the battle of is
months ago, echoes of which are
again being heard.
The chamber contends that the
actual figures for the fiscal year
ending June 80 last support its
earlier estimate that the surplus
for the year would exceed half a
million dollars.
ITO be sure," the nations
business, the chambers spOkes.
man, comedies, such a surplus
does not show in the Govern
ment's accounts. There are sew
eFaI reasons why the surplus as
announced on July ] was smaller.
To understand these reasons
without becoming entangled in the
complications too common in
public finance. one has to change
his point or view from the spring
Of 1928 to midsummer, 1929.
Having accomplished s1cIl .
change in the point from which
to observe the facts and re.
frnshed his rec0lleetiOns Of events
in the interval Of Is months, he
perceives one Of tile reasons in
the tax reduction which was in
fact granted by Congress, al
though less in amount than the
sum the chamber has suggest
ed and somewhat postponed In its
effectiveness. The tax reduction
Occasioned by the revenue act Of
1928, when all the items of re.
duction are fully effective, has
been officially stated to mean
S212, 100000 a year.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
D. C. Youth Promoted
At Fort Monroe Camp

Thomas P. Baxter. 1912 Sixth St.
n. E.. attending his fourth year at
the Citizens Military Training Camp
at Fort Monroe, Va, has been pro-
moted to the rank of sergeant in
Battery B, Coast Artillery.
The 500 boys attending the camp
from the District, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and other States, yester-
day assembled for an nter-denomina.
tional field communion. Led by the
18th Coast Artillery Band and a male
choir OF "a voices. the candidates
marched to the religious celebra-
tion
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
Leesburg Will Have
Two Races in Autumn

LEESBURG, Va, July 29.-The
National Steeplechase and Hunt As
sociation sanctioned race meetings
! in this section this autumn as fol-
ows:
Biue Ridge Hunt, estate of VIM.
Bell watkins. Berryville, Va. We'd
nesday, October %.
Orange County Hunt. The Plains,
Va, Saturday, November 9.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
Father Asks Inquiry
Into DAUGHTERS Death

FREDERICK, Nd, July 29.-
Andrew L. Bowman, near Poplar
Springs, Md, has asked local au'
thorities to communicate with po-
lice in Buffalo, N. Y, relative to
the mysterious death of his daugh'
ter, Miss Frances Bowman, Fl. in a
rooming house there several weeks
ago.
The young woman left home last
January, according to her father
and secured employment in this
city. She left here last month
and took a position in Buffalo. "A
few days later she was found dead
and her body sent home.
The Washington times., 1929-07-29
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