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Milford chronicle., 1929-09-27
FASTER RAIL SERVICE
FORECAST BY EXPERTS
Use Pavement for Rails In Tests
Near Detroit.

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 19.-Trains
travelling safely at airplane speeds
were predicted here today by a
group of railway officials, engineers
and other experts, on inspecting two
sections of new type railway roadbed
installed on the Pere Marquette near
Beech, Mich.
According to F. H. Alfred, vice
president and general manager of
the Pere Marquette Road, the new
roadbeds were built to provide trains
with base as stable and free from
maintenance as the modern hard
motor highway.
The two sections of experimental
roadbed embody the first successful
use of concrete to replace the con-
ventional tie-and-ballast roadbed
and, according to Paul Chipman,
Pere Marquette valuation and con-
struction engineer, represent revo-
luton in railway technique.
"For the last ninety years." said
Mr.. Chipman, railroads have been
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-27
THE SUNRISE

Harki there comes a sudden still
ness, like the lull before storm;
The music of the night is quiet, just
before the day is born.
The temples of the east are opened,
great gray arrows shoot about,
And the stars, like little candles,
family flicker and fade out.
The silver beams now turn to GRIM
son flaming bushes in the sky
Usher in days lordly monarch, and
turn the gates of heaven awry.
And from my cottage window, frag-
rant field or terraced lawn,
1 with joy await the sunrise, as the
day awaits the dawn.
Ralph Atherton, Harrison, Ohio.
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-27
MEMORIES OF MILFORD
In Which The Writer Calls To Mind
The Passing OF The Old FOOtbridge

The old footbridge that spanned
Mispillion Creek from Railroad Ave-
nue., North Milford, to East Front
street, South Milford, will be re-
membered by many citizens not yet
so old. This footway was superseded
by a wagon bridge away back in the
early SOS and since that time several
bridges have been built here-the
one at this place now being con-
structed of lasting concrete.
AS we remember the old foot
bridge it was but or feet wide
and was often in need of repair; but,
nevertheless, it was a short cut be-
tween the north and south sides of
the town of great convenience. Be
side it was a ford for horses and
horse-drawn vehicles. For just how
many years this bridge had been us
ed we have not been able to learn;
but during. and before the Civil War
it was found to be a necessity by the
people of Kent and Sussex counties,
and there are some yet living who
remember many historic incidents
that happened on it or near its abut-
ments. The present bridge is but a
third the length of the subject of
this sketch, for the waters of the
stream have since been confined by
wharves (where once the rushes
and lilies grew in profusion) and
now is occupied by several of Mil
ford's important business firms and
by the handsome community home.
1t was on the old footbridge that
the young swain of North Milford
was wont to hold tryst with his
sweetheart who had ventured thus
far from her home in the southern
part of the town; and, while holding
hands and gazing in mutual rapture
into earnest eyes, told sweet moth
ings that often lead to more serious
and lasting consequences in their
later lives.
1t was here, too, that that band of
singers gathered late at night to
sing Songs of the latest, and some
that you ne'er heard before" the
music being waited over the waters
of the Mispillion to disturb the noe
turnal dreams of those who resided
along it's banks. 1t was from this
old bridge the amateur fisherman
cast his line and became an Izaac
Walton when he responded to the
thrill that came with the hooking of
his first sunfsh. 1t was from this
wabbling bridge that many a scan
tily-clad urchin took to the waters,
though diving was always dangerous
there because of the shadows.
So times moves on. Requirements,
visual, have obliterated many an old
landmark; but from memory's store
house come thoughts of
THE OLD FO0TBRIDGE
Across the old bridge no more we
race
AS we seek South Milford's shore;
The old hand rails, the protruding
nails
Shall snag clothes and hands no
more.
o, how it swayed! Yet, undismayed,
It's length we ran with open
mouth;
10 meet Olu ITl6uuS dI DOIu us SuuSJ
For we knew no North or South.
Now concrete and steel carry man
and wheel
Where once was footbridge and
ford;
No half-nailed planks, no muscle
strewn banks
All have met Times ruthless
sword.
But again we stand (hand in hand
With MISTRESS memory on that
shore,
And before our view she builds a.
new
The old footbridge we knew of
yore.
ROBERT ]. MEARS
1912 B St., S. E., Sept. 20, 1929.
Washington, D. C.
! NJ
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-27

Over in Europe they are stewing
about reparations and other things,
but over in the United States, since
we kept out of the League of Ma
tions all we have to worry about is
whether the Athletics or the Cubs
are going to win the World Series.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-27

mental roadbeds are an attempt to
provide rail speed without loss of
safety and with the greatest possible
economy. We have every reason to
believe that these departures from
usual rail practice will prove prac-
ticable and successful"
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-27

In the year 1868 magazine arti-
cles went on at great rate" over
the evil of corncob pipe smoking by
society girls in the United States,
particularly in the South. The puff
fling sisterhood of this flaming era
seems to have overlooked the lure Of
the corncob pipe.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-27

Early to bed and early to rise
might make the modern youth
healthy and wealthy but he doesn't
think it will make him as wise as
staying up late.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
4 Women WHO
TRIED SUICIDE
RECOVERING

Four young women who attempted
suicide within "a hours were out Of
danger today in Emergency Hospt
tai.
Gertrude Fletcher. 20, OF the 800
block C st, N. W.. waitress, was
removed to the hospital early to.
day after her husband learned she
had swallowed poison. Mrs.
Fletcher was said to have been
Respondent because she was unable
to find employment.
Mrs. Julia Harting, SO, Of the
500 block Bryant 81. N. r.. was
revived by the Fire Rescue Squad
after being found unconscious in
gas.filled kitchen.
Inability to find work because
of illness was blamed by police for
the attempted suicide Of Miss May
Radcliffe, 21, a former telephone
operator, at her home in the 500
block / st. N. w. She swallowed
poison.
Domestic troubles were blamed
in the case of Mrs. Marie Duff, 80,
of the 800 block New York Ave.
N. w. She took four poison tablets.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25

Thousands Of statements have
been received from reliable people
testifying to the merits OF Millers
Herb Extract. formerly called Herb
Juice. The one printed here was
given by Mr.. T. 4. Holman. Of 6O7
New Jersey Ave. N. W., who has
resided in Washington for the past
three years. In giving his state.
ment, he said: "I think the Herb
Extract il one Of the greatest medt-
cines ever used and advise every
one in q run down condition to give
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The Washington times., 1929-04-25
AVOID UGLY PIMPLES

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you much longer II you set a pack
age Of DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets.
The skin should begin to clear after
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il ever cursed with q dark brown
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The Washington times., 1929-04-25
$500 awarded
FOR INJURY
BY BUS

ROCKVILLE, Nd. April 25.-
After a trial which required two
days, Miss Loretta Dlehl, Of Cumi
berland, was awarded damages OF
81, 500 In the Rockville Circuit
Court. The suit, which arose out
OF an accident on the Rockville
Galthersburg highway last Septeni..
ber. originally sought damages OF
$500 from the Montgomery Bus
Line. which operates q bus service
between Gaithersburg and Wash
ington.
According to the plaintiff. she
and 3 friend Gilbert 8. Harris, OF
Mt. savage, Nd, were struck by
a bus owned and operated by the
company while on their way to the
District. 1t was contended that
Harris stopped his car along the
road to render assistance to several
women who were having some
difficulty In starting their automo.
bile.
While stopping there. it was said
that the bus driver, his eye on the
group of women by the wayslde.
drove his car into the parked auto
mobile belonging to Harris.
Attorneys Robert Peter, 1r., and
Harold C. Smith, Of Rockville, and
Attorney 8. r. Bowen, of Wash
ington represented the defendants,
while Miss Diehl was represented
by Attorneys Sol Praeger, Of Cum.
berIand, and Albert M. Bouic, OF
Rockville.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25

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The Washington times., 1929-04-25
HERB EXTRACT
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Constipation

Less than two months ago. Millers
Herb Extract was introduced in
washington. Today It is one Of the
most talked.of medicines in the city.
People who have taken it say they
find It to be the best preparation
they ever used for gas, indigestion,
ana constipation.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25
Safe Refrigeration

The Department Of Agriculture at
Washington states that the temper,
ature Of the compartment Of the
refrigerator in which food is stored
should always be kept below 80
degrees r.
An ICE refrigerator that Is well
built, well insulated (1h-inch cork
board or it's equivalent, and well
filled with American Ice wiz auto
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well below this at all times.
Pure, transparent and sparkling,
American Ice will keep your foods
deliciously fresh and win give you
an adequate supply Of ice for table
uses OF every kind.
The Washington times., 1929-04-25

LEGION ENTERTAlNS CLUB
BERRYvTLLE. Va. April 2S.---
The WIlkes-Barrs Club was enter
tanned last night in the Legion rooms
nv the Legion Post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
ROOsevelts First
White Men to Bag
Rare Panda Bear
Elusive Animal Is Killed
by Expedition in Hima-
laya Mountain Region.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May A pussy-foot bear
with a baShful nature and a string of
tongue-twisting aliases has enhanced
the reputation Of its captors by yielding
its life to Col. Theodore Roosevelt and
Kermit Roosevelt.
Courier and cable brought news from
the Himalayas to the Field Museum to-
day that the huntsmen had bagged a
giant panda, the cat-footed Himalayan
bear, first of its race ever shot by white
men. Despite the black circles around
its eyes, the giant panda (alias ailu-
ropus melanoleucus, alias beishung-
white bear) has always been agile and
elusive enough to evade the white mans
gun. The half dozen specimens in the
worlds museums were obtained from
native hunters, and only one has reached
America.
The Roosevelts brought down their
quarry in the Iolo country. west of
Ta-Tsien-Lu, mountainous region over
run by bandits. The panda is distinct
but related to both bear and raccoon
The size of black bear. its has
white head and body with black legs
black circles about the eyes and black
band about the shoulders.
The prize will be shipped TO Chicago
for the Field Museum collection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
HORSE SHOW CARD
IS WELL FILLED
Eight Riding and Jumping
Events Scheduled for Chill
dren on Saturday.

A series Of eight riding and jumping
events will be included in a children's
horse show at the Preece Riding School,
1902 Massachusetts, avenue. Saturday
morning, beginning at 10 o'clock, while
IN the afternoon a number of special
events will be held in connection with
an adult and family show" to begin
at 2:30 o'clock. Both child and parent
are to ride in the family class
Children from 5 to 16 years of age
are eligible for the children's events.
Silver trophies will be given in all class
es. Two interesting events will be the
hunt cam class in which entrants will
wear the traditional pink hunt coats
and velvet caps, and the open jumping
class.
Mrs. Arthur Lee of Middleburg. Va,
will bring a string Of thoroughbreds
which she will show in the adult hunter
class. Mrs. william ]. Donovan also
will show some of her famous thorough
breds, while Miss Persis Myers will show
her 3-year-old Daffodil.
Mrs. Curtis Brings String.
In the adult hunters class five teams
will compete for the purse.
Mrs. Ambrose Preece and Miss Maud
Preece will be assisted by committee
headed by Mrs. James F. Curtis, who
has brought her horses up from Aiken
for the show.
Among the children who will ride are
Baisy and Medill Mccormick, daughter
and son of Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor-
mick; Newbold Crosby and Tommy
Moves, sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold
Moves; the three young sons of Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Cary Grayson; Helen
Davis, daughter of the former Secretary
of War and Mrs. Dwight Davis; Alex,
iY1ia
of Representative and Mrs. Robert L.
Bacon; Polly Foraker. Lionel Massey.
son of the Canadian Minister and Mrs.
Vincent Massey: Cynthia Dunn, Mary
Brantly, Eleanor Sheldon, Christopher
and Virginia Rodgers; Angelica and
Demarest Lloyd, jr.; Marguerite and
Isabel Hagner, Margaretta Rowland,
Molly Howe, Patsy Donovan, Edith
Carlisle, Betty, Teddy and Sarah May
Perot Floretta and Lucio Lais, Connie
Rogers, Gertrude and Alexander Laugh
lin, son and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Irwin Laughlin; Persis and Louise
Myers, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hewitt Myers: William Hill.
Henry Huidekoper, the children OF
Count and Countess Szechenyi, and
little Pauline Curtis.
List of Boxholders.
Boxholders for the show include the
Count and Countess Szechenyi, Mr..
and Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dwight Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. Parker
Corning, Representative and Mrs. Rob
ert L. Bacon, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Laughlin, Mr. and Mrs. Richard AL
drich, Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin r. Holcombe,
Mrs. Medill Mccormick, Col. and Mrs.
william j. Donovan, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hewitt Myers, Mr.. ana Mrs.
Denarest Lloyd and George Garrett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
JEWELERS. ARRIVE
FOR ANNUAL MEETING
Two Governors Will Be Speakers
at Convention Dinner Tomor-
row Evening.

Members of the Observation-Disclosures
District of Columbia jewelers. Associa-
ton we're arriving here today for their
fifteenth annual convention, registering
at the Mayfiower Hotel for business
meetings beginning tomorrow.
A convention feature will be a dinner
tomorrow evening at the Mayf1ower,: at
which Gov. Albert G. Richie of Mary
land, Gov. C. Douglas Buck of Delaware
and Representative Kelly Of Pennsyl-
vania will speak. Others who are to
address the banquet are Roe Fulkerson,
editor of the Kiwanis Magazine,
POSTMASTER; Commissioner Proctor L..
Dougherty and DR.. Hugh P. Baker,
manager of the trade association de-
partment Of the Chamber Of Commerce
Of the United States.
The first business meeting will take
place tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock.
when the delegates will be welcomed by
Arthur J. Sundlun. president of the
Washington Retail jewelers. Associa-
ton.
Commissioner Dougherty is to speak
at the luncheon at 1890 o'clock at the
Mayf1ower, where all the sessions will
be held
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
LIBRARIANS MEET
HERE NEXT WEEK
Special Group win Hold
TWenty-First Annual
Conference.

The twenty-first annual meeting OF
the Special Libraries Association will
open at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
May IS, at the Mayflower Hotel. The
meeting, held in conjunction with the
American Library Association, will be
addressed at the opening session by DR..
L. F. Schmekebier of the Institute OF
Government Research on Govern
ment Research and Business"
On May IS the twentieth anniversary
dinner of the association will be held
at the National Press Club, at which
Miss Elizabeth Wray will preside and
Col. Fred Cook of The Evening Star
will act as POSTMASTER. Senator Cap
per of Kansas will be the principal
speaker.
During the entire conference week
various groups of Special Libraries AS
ISOLATION will hold individual sessions.
The newspaper group, with member
ship of more than 100, will open its first
session on Monday morning with a
breakfast conference.
William Alcott, librarian Of the Bos-
ton Globe, is regarded as certain OF
election as president Of the association,
marking the first time a newspaper man
has been named to this office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
ATTORNEY PLANS FIGHT.
Pastor Says Bickers, Beaten by
Gang, will Return.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May CP).-
James Bickers, st. Petersburg attorney,
who recently was abducted and severely
beaten by band of men and ordered
to leave that city. plans to return there
soon and blow the roof off gambling
and vice" DR.. Lincoln Mcconnell, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church here
and personal friend Of Bickers, an
nounced today.
had left the State after laying the mat
ter before Gov Doyle E. Carlton, but
would return to ST. Petersburg within
a week or 10 days, os as soon as he re-
covers from his injuries. He said the
governor had promised his support.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
us. MAY RECOGNIZE
CHINESE COURTS
REIMBURSEMENT Of Extrater-
ritoriaI Rights Held Possible
by Officials Here.

BY the Associated Press.
Negotiations looking toward relin-
quishment by the United States Of the
extraterritorial rights granted to It's
citizens in China by treaty were de-
scribed in official circles yesterday as a
possible outcome of the note which has
lust reached the State Department
from Foreign Minister c. T. Wang.
Secretary Stimson, who received a
preliminary view of the situation from
Dr. Wang at Shanghai while en- route
from the Philippines to Washington in
March. will study the Chinese request
upon his return from New York tomor-
row. Before shaping any definite policy
he is expected to seek the advice of
President Hoover, who is familiar with
the subject, having once resided IN
China.
Expressing "the desire of China to
have the restrictions on its Jurisdiction
al sovereignty removed at the earliest
possible date" Minister Wang in his
note said he hoped the United States
would take the desire Into immediate
any sympathetic consideration so
that steps may be taken to enable
China to assume jurisdiction over all
nationals within her domain"
DR.. Wang reviewed the progress which
China has made toward unif1cation and
the steps taken to conform with the
recommendations for legal and judicial
reform made in 1925 by the commission
on extraterritoriality. set up by the
Washington treaty of 1922.
"Extraterritoriality is legacy of the
old regime" the note said, land has
ceased to be adaptable to present con-
ditions."
The American Government is expect
ed 10 seek information as to just what
has been done by China to comply with
the recommendations of the extraterri-
torial commission and to insure ade-
quate guarantees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
GOMEZ is PRESSED
TO REMAIN AT HELM
Special Committee Asks Venezue-
Ian President to Reconsider His
Decision to Retire.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CARACAS, Venezuela, May a
Political circles, surprised that Gen.
Juan Vicente Gomez had declined to
accept for another seven-year term the
office of president he had occupied since
1909, tonight awaited the outcome OF
attempts by a special congressional
committee to persuade him to re-
consider.
Congress unanimously reelected the
72-year-old chief executive yesterday
and. while his final message to Con-
gress had been nom commital, there had
been little doubt that he would respond
to it's call. However. he declared his
task of keeping the country free from
disorder and prosperous had been full
filled and he wished to return to agri-
cultural work which he considered the
main economic support of Venezuela.
The general was at his immense
ranch. Ell Trompillo, about four miles
from Racay, and thither five senators
and five deputies went today to en-
deavor to obtain his consent to remain
at the head of the government until
1886. -..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
$3.50 IN CASH is TAKEN
FROM GROCERY STORE

Police are investigating the theft last
night of $3.50 In cash from the Atlantic
g. Pacific Tea Co. store at 5542 Con-
necticut avenue. which was character
ICED by Elmer w. Green OF HyattsVlie,
Nd. meat superintendent for the
Southern division of the company, as
an inside job"
The theft is thought to have occurred
at about $50 o'clock while the store
was still open. George w. Thompson
of 5709 Fifth street, the manager, re.
ported the loss to Green, who informed
police. Headquarters Detective Oscar
w. Mansfield has been assigned to the
race
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
SUBSCRIBE TO FUND
TO PAY $3.50 VERDICT

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON. Va, May Eighty
Waynesboro citizens, including a num-
Der of school teachers, have subscribed
to a fund to pay the judgment of $3.50
assessed by an Augusta Circuit County
jury recently against Guy K. Stump,
principal of the Wenonah Grammar
School.
The verdict grew out of the whipping
administered to one of the schoolgirls
by the principal The father sued in
behalf of the child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
TOMB OF POE VISITED
BY COS DURING APRIL
Press Club Report Shows 47,197
Visitors at Grave Since
June Of 1925.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 4.-The tomb Of
Edgar Allan Poe in Westminster
churchyard was visited last month by
sos persons. according to report Of
the Press Club, which has taken over
care Of the famous Baltimorean's rest
ing place.
Visitors came from Canada, Ger
many, South America. England, Ire
land, West Virginia, New York, Mary
land, Indiana, California, Ohio, New
Jersey Illinois, Pennsylvania. Colorado,
Virginia, District of Columbia, South
Carolina, Georgia, Missouri, Iowa and
Utah.
Since June, 1925, when the Press
Club took charge, 47,197 persons are
reported to have visited the grave.
A working photograph nearly IL feet
high was exhibited at the Leipsig, Ger
many, Spring fair.