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The Washington times., 1929-03-19
Special Notices
IMPERIAL ROYALTIES COMPANY

viii pay monthly dividend of IL % on
its Preferred shares on March 3Oth to
Is dividend No. 1O2. The Company will
also pay a monthly dividend of Is cents
per share on its Class A Preferred shares on
i" AN IMPERIAL ROYALTIES COMPANY
Kansas City. Missouri. l22l st. n. W..
Tulsa. Oklahoma. Wash., ID. u.
Above dividend win make 1871 % paid
in 1O2 months. Company owns Royalty
interest in 1856. 900 acres. with $500 pro-
ducing wells. with no debts. bank bond or
otherwise. Stock selling for $24, now pay
ing 1s cents per month; For further infor-
nation call North 7134.
+. q. ROOT.
122l N st. N. W.
Washington. ID. e.
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DOUGLAS H. ROSE. President.
CHAS G. SMITH. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of March, 1929.
fSeaD RUTH M. KELLY
(now Garver),
Notary Public
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in a o
peiton possible
materially the fight the reduction
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Motor Coach Schedules

WINCHESTER VIA Alex.. Middlehurg and
UppeFvtIle Valley line connections. leave
2 80 q NJ 12 noon. 80 D. ul- 9th 3 Pa.
Ave H W n o4e3 Net 6S1A.
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CoLoRED BARGAIN
Notice TO HOmeScekcrS

All you need is q lot We viii bnliS %
Builder Of Artistic Homes Main Sese.
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Total assets ........

LIABILITIES
Net unpaid claims awaiting
proofs and releases. $19,S6S 0S
Reserve according to COM
pany's standard ......... 4,532.S56 90
Premiums and interest paid
in advance ....,.....,... 4,S77 56
Salaries, rents, expenses.
taxes. etc. c......,.,........ 1859 Of
Cash dividends on policies
remaining unpaid and re-
serve for 1929 policy divi-
dends ........., ..... 154,s02 II
Capital stock ...i,. ,...,. 100000 90
Apportioned dividends pay
able to policy holders in
1929 .,........,..,.... 21,9s2 SO
All other liabilities ...,... 6o7 "a
Special surplus Professionally
set aside for future allot-
policies ...............,.. 7s,ss3S
Special reserve for mortality
and securities fluctuation
and extended Insurance.. 2S5.703 90
Surplus unassigned ...... 400. 116 IS
roto, Iiah;litiaa az 6SAOs6 %
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SHORT TERM SECURITIES
FOREIGN BONDS
ToDAY'S SCRATCHES
KEENEY PARK

SECOND RACE-Walpo1e. Johnny
Campbell. woodmont Black Elm. Tea
Ball Frishd.
Weather clear: track good.
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Character of business transacted dur
ing the year 1928: Life insurance.
Amount OF risk assumed
during the year 1928. 81, 4,022 90
Losses sustained during
the year 1S2S..........,. 1ss,9S4 SIS
Money received during the
wear i9ss ......,........ sO6,O5 46
1s9S ,'..,............. 7OS.s91 90
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
INSURANCE STATEMENT
Of the
Maryland Life Insurance
Company

OF Baltimore. Md. the 3lSt day
OF December, 1925 as required un-
der the District OF columbia Code.
amended June 80. 1909. and August
1S 1911.
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/ ASSETS

apitaI stock ........, 500, 600 90
Capital stock. raid M. in
cash .......,........,.. 100. 200 CO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
TAFT ASKS COURTS
TO LEAD REFORMS
Chief Justice Warns Public
Not to Expect Too Rapid
Strides in Enforcement.

Federal courts throughout the Nation
should lead In accomplishing the re-
forms which President Hoover hopes
will result from his law enforcement
commission headed by former Attorney
General George w. wickersham, Chief
Justice william Howard Taft Of the
Supreme Court of the United States,
said today in a statement in behalf OF
the annual conference Of circuit judges
over which he presided last week.
The public is warned, however, that
It must not look for too rapid strides
In law enforcement.
The Chief Justice said:
1.-THE conference greatly rejoices at
the urgent demand by the public gen
orally for more efficiency, more speed
and more certainty In the prosecution
of the general criminal law which has
led to the appointment by the Presi-
dent Of a great commission for the dis
cussion and adoption OF new methods.
and a greater efficiency and dispatch in
crime. The Federal system for the
punishment of violations Of the Federal
criminal statutes offers an opportunity
to the Federal courts to lead in the
matter of this reform. Congress has
been engaged In the last few years In
Stiffening the prosecution OF violations
Of Federal criminal laws, and In render.
ing more efficient the procedure In such
cases. But the working out Of these
changes is necessarily slow. and we
must not look for too rapid improve
ment. Much remains to be done In
this regard"
will Ask Speedier Hearing.
The conference will ask Congress to
provide that all criminal cases shall
be expedited as soon as they reach q
circuit court of appeals, and be heard
not later than the session. following
that In which they are filed.
Notwithstanding the work Of the
Federal courts to prevent congestion,
the conference found that during the
year there had been no diminution In
the number of cases due to the large
number of prohibition prosecutions. On
June 80 last there were pending In the
Federal courts 149033 cases, compared
with 147,142 a year previous, OF which
1880 we're criminal. compared with
30,375 a year previous. The largest
single class of cases are those under
the prohibition law. of which 1887
civil and 56,786 criminal were brought
during the year ending June 80 last,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07

compared with s,s20 civil and So. Tao
criminal during the previous year.
A large part Of the increase In civil
cases was attributed to conditions along
the Canadian border In condemnation
proceedings of land for Government use
and to suits arising out of the war.
The conference found that all OF the
circuit courts throughout the country
with the exception Of the sixth, clean
upt each year all cases brought before
them, and the conference stated that
the sixth, with its judges restored to
health and with the assistance given
them, would soon catch UP.
More Judges Recommended.
The appointment Of additional dis
trict Judges at Los Angeles, New York
City and for Minnesota was recon-
nended. It pointed out that Congress
should authorize the appointment Of @
Judge to take the place Of Judge Wins
low, who recently resigned, and that
Minnesota should have another district
Judge at once.
-he conference urged Congress to ex-
pedite action to provide another Judge
for the middle district of Pennsylvania.
The Senate now has before 1t the name
of Albert L.. Watson OF Scranton, Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
somersaulting Auto Kills One.

SCOOBA, Miss, October Dr.
Henry Boren was killed and Oud Newell
and Willie Pickett injured yesterday
when an auto in which they were riding
was wrecked near here. The car, driven
by Boren at a high rate Of speed, dashed
80 feet OF the highway turned over
three times and landed on all Of its
wheels with front and rear lights burn
ing. Boren's neck was broken. Newell
had so stitches taken in wounds In his
head and Pickett's left arm and leg
were broken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07

STATIONERY, AISLE 2, FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07

In Switzerland 90 per cent of the
buildings are wired for electricity, ac-
cordinR to q recent estimate, even
homes in the mountains being equipped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
Little Aristocrats'
Fashions
must be warm and
comfortable


comfortable
Woolly little baby things, which
wash well and always feel soft,
even to the most rose petal skin.
Warm things, and light as
feather, in eoiors which babies
claim as their own-pink. blue
and white.
Novelty Weave Knitted Shawls.
$3.50
Hand-woven Blankets. =. SO
Sweaters. IN button and slip-on
styles; hand-fnished and some
hand-emhroidered =. SO
Angora Sweater Suits. including
coat sweater. cap. lessinss and
mittens -. -. $685.
INFANTS APPAREL. FOURTH FLOOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07

lected BY the President for the judge
ship.
Changes In the rules in paddock cases,
asked BY the district Judges at New
York City, were referred 70 the Supreme
Court for It's consideration In view of
constitutional questions involved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
Haze you seen the nea,
Ht1rd's
Box Paper, 81

Besides being the kind of paper
you will like to use, it has a dis
tinctive new. note-a- two-tone
border, white shading into blue.
heather gray into red. gray into
a darker gray. "a sheets and "a
envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
"Hit the Line

but first come to Woodward &
Lothrop for your foot ball togs.
Complete outfits as well as equip
ment are here.
Reach Foot Balls: $3.50 to $14
: Other Foot Balls. 1926
Foot Ball Pants :. :. SO to $40
Helmets :. ;. -. $3.50. and s.
Foot Ball Bladders. 81 and $l.25
Nose Guards ;. :. -. 81
Pumps. :. w.. Csc and SIPS
Mesaphones,. >. .4Oc to $50
sros7,ne GooDs, FOURTH FLOOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
TOMORROW and Wednesday During
The colonial Furniture Exhibition

Charakhe modern Furniture Craftsman-wM be your host
ch.ak--one faithfully
fine old American antiques for wealth Of in
terestng adaptations You
visiting caak
reproductions Colonial Furniture Galleries. will the
atmosphere of endness and hospitality that is theirs tradition
HebblewhIe, Sheraton, Duncan Phyte, Qsees Anme,
William and Mary Reproductions WI Be on Exhibit
coomM FuRNnua /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
Silk Negligees, $10.5o'
Misses One-Strap Pumps
for D." w .v Pow

Youthful shoes with Cuban heels and wide straps the
rounded toe is another for its popularity. In
brown and black suede and patent leather. -
SHcEs -..-.t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
up to Now . +.
An Autobiography by
Alfred E. Smith IS

Alfred e. Smith is noted for the
frankness with which he has al
ways taken the public into his
confidence. In. writing his own
lfe-story he once more gives evil
dence of his courage to tell the
facts. "UP TO NOW. is a his
tory Of our times by man who
was in the very center Of activity.
BOOKS. AlslEs 2s-25, Fnsr FIooR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-07
Glass Trees
Potted in Glass S1's5

Entrenched in glass pots, these
sparkling glass trees ornament the
well.set dinner table.
Mirrors reflect. the daintiness of
the trees and double the deco
rative effect 81
THE 0Isr sRoe, SEVENTH FLOOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
Henry H. Classic.

BY reason of his residence here for
fifty-f1ve of the fifty-eight years of his
life, Henry H. Classic is to all intents
and purposes a native Washing
tonian. He would take his place on the
bench of the District Supreme Court
equipped with knowledge of Washing
ton derived from an active career in
the Capital, generous portion Of
which has been devoted to serving the
interests of the local community, both
as public official and as private citi-
zen. The enlarged field Of opportunity
which lies in the position for which he
has been selected by the President
would enable him to perform still more
valuable service.
Mr.. Classics appointment is to fill
a new position on the bench of the Dis
trict Supreme Court created by Con-
gress in recognition of the great VOL
ume of condemnation cases now crowd
ing, and which for many years to come
will continue to crowd, the docket. In
his selection of Mr.. Classic the Presi-
dent has chosen a man who has spe-
cialized, to some degree, in the type of
litigation over which he would be
called upon to preside. While the law
creating the additional judgeship does
not specify the permanent assignment
of any one justice to the condemnation
cases, Mr.. Classic probably would de-
vote his time, for the present at least,
to that type of work with which he has
become so familiar.
Washington is gratified by the selec-
ton of District lawyer of ability and
fine ideals for membership on a court
that has always held high place in
the esteem and respect of the COM
munity. Mr.. Classic is to be congrat-
ulated and the community will wish him
well in his new role of public service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
Guessing at Coolidge's
Future Held Pastime

From the Nashville Banner.
One of the most popular pastimes
with both press and public these days
is specializing on what President Calvin
Coolidge will do when he leaves the
White House to his successor. The pos
sibilities are so many and President
Coolidge's reticence so deep and I'M
penetrable that there has rarely ever
been more fertile field for gossip. At
this writing the positions that have
been declared within the Presidents
grasp If he chooses to take them run
all the way from the Craftsmanship of
the United States Steel Corporation to
the presidency of the University of
Michigan. 1t is likewise reported that
President Coolidge has numerous offers
to affiliate himself with this, that or the
other organization and write his own
salary check 1t is alleged that multi
tude of big corporations are clamoring
for the Presidents services in one ca
pacity or another. The plain truth of
the matter is that the President seems
to be the only one who knows what he
is going to do, always provided he has
decided for himself yet. At any rate,
it is something to have a President
whose record in public and private life
Is such that he should be in such great
demand among the most stable and rep
utable financial and educational insti-
tut1onS in the country 1t also appears
entirely safe to say that Mr.. Coolidge
will not turn out to be another one of
the Presidents who have been largely
without aim or object after they re-
tired from public life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

cago, but undoubtedly the big money"
at his command lies in the illimitable
aviation field. bill" Is one of Col.
Lindbergh's closest friends and con-
fidantes. When Slim nose-dives into
matrimony a few weeks hence, Mac
Cracker would be a logical choice for
best man.
X X X X
Anderson, W. Va. the new Federal
prison for women, has just had a re-
markable addition to its population"
It is a woman convicted of using the
mails for fraudulent purposes under cir
cumstances utterly unique in American
criminal annals. The lady offered to
sell the alleged "petrified" body of her
son to dime museum Snowman for $780,
600. At one time it was thought the state
of her mind must be such that she be-
longed in an institution for the insane
instead of in a penitentiary. But her
trial proved she knew exactly what she
was doing and had simply evolved a
novel method of getting rich. DR.. Har-
ris, the distinguished woman sociologist,
who is the warden of Anderson, has just
paid an official visit to Washington for
conference with Mabel Walker WILLIE
brandt, Assistant Attorney General. in
charge of Federal prisons for the De-
partment of Justice.
Copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15

nople and transferred the seat Of its
government to Angora.
Two new cities have come onto the
map since the World War. Christiania,
historic capital of Norway, was re-
christened with its ancient name of
Oslo. The Commonwealth Of Australia,
establishing a wholly new capital, called
it Canberra.
In China, where literally revolution
airy developments have been in progress.
nomenclature has undergone kaleido-
scopic changes Not only have the Ma
tionaIists bereft Peking of its ancient
prestige as the country's capital and set
up New China's headquarters at Nam
king, but they have altered Peking 10
"Peiping"
Our little old United States, as far
as the Nation at large knows. is stick
ing closely to the names We have grown
up with. Gary. city Of steel, sprang into
existence thirty-odd years ago on the
Indiana shore of Lake Michigan, and
Sing Sing, where men do anything but
that, is Ossining now. But, on the
whole, the geography makers and the
grade-School boys and girls are not
having much new stuff to study, or old
to forget, as far as North America is
concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
Cigarette Smoking
Continues to Gain

From the Springfield Mass Daily Republican.
The consumption of cigarettes con-
tinues to grow, blame it on the women
If you want to. Statistics for 1928
show that over 100 billion of Tags were
smoked last year, and the tax levied
by the Federal Government amounted
to $317 1888 1886, an increase of $26,000,-
600 over 1927. Blame women or the
war or advertising or whatever it was
that overnight turned America into a
nation of cigarette smokers, as yet
there Is no turning back of this tide.
The spectacle of all the college boys
putting away on pipes may have made
the cigarette more popular. But popu-
lar the cigarette is, and popular it bids
fair to remain.
This is proved by the fact that eight
billion more cigarettes were smoked III
1928 than in the previous year, the
exact figures being los ,9l5, 1865, OLA i'll
1928 and 97,l76, 607, 484 in 1927. More
over, Of the total tax paid on all kinds
OF tobacco and snuff of SAIL ,016, 098.O4,
three-fourths was paid on cigarettes
alone and the increase in the total tag
for 1928 over 1925 sum was less than
the increase in the cigarette tax.
1t Is a humorous spectacle to out
Slders to observe two powerful interests,
the tobacco and the confectionery,
tearing into each other. That is war
in which no one Is obliged to depart
from benevolent neutrality. Suffice
1t to say that de gustibus non dis
putandum" applies just as much to
smokes or sweets as to literary criti-
cism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
TrOtsky Held Problem
To Soviet Government

From the Charleston (w. Va) Daily Mail
The Soviet government just now has
some things at home that possibly may
claim its attention for while. All is
not SO we'll in that land where every one
was to have as much of everything as
every other one.
In fact, some seem to think they are
not getting their share. Does any one
suppose that every one everywhere
would believe they were getting their
full share under any kind of govern
ment or brand of economic policy?
In the first place this man Trotsky,
hailed as the little Napoleon" of the
new Soviet army, began to grow too
powerful. 1t must be admitted that
Trotsky to all outward appearances had
organized and trained a most efficient
army. Possibly, had he been so inclined,
he could have used it to bring about
change of regime. Evidently the poll
ticians at Moscow feared such a cataS-
trophe and deposed the military leader
and sent him far away from the capital
But Trotsky had friends, apparently
many of them. 1t is just possible that
the number showed an increase. The
Little Napoleon" became a martyr In
Punishment from the capital, though not
from Russian soil, Trotsky could at any
time become the nucleus of revolt.
II would be only natural that the dis
satisfied elements should turn in his
direction.
Evidently, also, dissatisfaction is on
the increase in Russia. The leaders of
the small faction which holds the reins
of government in the old Muscovite en-
pire probably realize that they are in
somewhat precariouS position and that
II things should get even little out Of
hand there would be no telling what
would happen.
For Stain and his associates love
power just as much as did the cZars
and would rule just as severely in order
to maintain themselves in power if they
dared go that far. There is something
fascinating about power; always grasp
ed at, worShiped and too often misused,
even in this glorious democracy Of ours,
while we are scoffing at dictators in the
Old World
The problem is to dispose of Trotsky,
but Trotsky is too popular to be stood
up before firing squad, or to be dis
posed of in any other drastic way. Con-
sequently. the ruling group have decided
to send Trotsky out of Russia. They
have wished him on Turkey. So far,
however. Turkey not yet has signifled
its appreciation of the honor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
Science Equips Crime
DetectOrs With Aids

From the Concinnati Times-Star.
Step by step, science has been equip
ping the business of detecting crime
with the human equivalents of the
bloodhounds unerring sense. OF smell.
The laboratory can determine whether
a bloodstain is that of man or an ami
mal and thereby break down one OF
the traditional defenses OF the criminal.
On his fingertipS every nan bears his
own distinctive autograph. unlike that
of any other man. II fingerprints are
found at the scene of a crime their
correspondence with the fingerprintS
of a suspect tears up the strongest alibf.
A further step, unfamiliar at least
to the laynan, was disclosed in GRIM
inal trial last week. What 1t tends to
prove is that, like a mans f1ngertlps,
every bullet carries its own autograph.
Not only can you tell from It's mark
ings what make and caliber of revolver
it came from, but you can even tell
the particular revolver of the make and
caliber that fired it. Every revolver
barrel has a distinctive set Of scratches
on It's interior surface which reappear
upon a bullet fired through 1t. II a
bullet taken from the victims body is
placed in line under microscope with
a sample bullet fired from a revolver,
and one of the bullets is turned until
groove in it corresponds with groove
in the other, then-if the two bullets
came from the same revolver-the
scratches on both will appear as con-
tinuous lines.
The American revolver Is shaped
something like the Australian BOOM
erang. The popularity of the BOOM
erang Is that it is just as dangerous to
the thrower as to his target.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
Chicago.

Once again the red specter of anarchy
stalks through the murk of lawless Chi
cago. Once again the dripping hand of
crime rampant paints crimson picture
that leaves the Nation gasping in hor-
ror. Once again the majesty of law, the
rule of right, are Haunted in ridicule
and held up as hollow symbols, of no
more substance than dummies of straw.
Once again the sovereignty of the peo-
pie is challenged with an impudence of
such brazen abandon as to be unbe-
lievable were it not for a sequence of
events which makes this last occurrence
almost natural
1t is not the -bloodedness of I'M
derworld atrocities that should cause
alarm or amazement. Crocodile tears
are the only tears worth shedding over
the death of gangsters at the hands Of
gangsters. Sympathy for the seven men
who were lined up against wall and
at point-hlank range moved down by
bullets from machine guns and sawed
of shotguns Is wasted sympathy.
But the blood Of American cities may