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personally believe it was that. Was the
addition made in simple instructive
thrift in the matter Of truth telling or
in furtherance Of her own interests?
Had Rhoda's father been as near sue
cess the night he died as he believed he
was? That would account for For
sters lying about his job. for his be-
lifting it all he could.
There was a paper, then, and Forster
knew it and had been trying for nobody
bait In the classified columns Of the
newspapers, meaning when he had
found her to play the benevolent grand
fatherly friend and steal it from her
without ever letting her suspect her
loss. But Claire knew about it, too,
and Claire had found her first. Claire's
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scheme for getting the paper had failed,
probably through the treachery Of her
confederate, Max.
But Forster hadn't got It, either, or
he wouldn't be sitting here now telling
her how kind he meant to be to her
urging her to go home and pack her
trunks and come and make her home
with him.
She looked up at him now and found
him staring at her with look of con-
sternation.
Whats got into you?" he asked
What are you thinking about all of a
sudden? What makes you look like
that?"
''I was thinking" she said, chat even
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If I did come here to live couldn't
bring all my trunks. You see, the little
hat trunk, that had all my fathers pa
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@ 1879. r. J. Reynolds Tobaeeo
Company, WinstOn.Sslsn, N. c.
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RHODA
A Red-Headed Girl
By Henry Kitchell Webster


Ccpyright American Newspaper Alliance and
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
P0NYFOUND,
HAPPY AGAIN
-TiInes sad PhOto

Vacation joys 5.year-old "Diei'
Gray thought were lost to him
have been restored.
Early in the summer Dick, whose
full name is Richard NJ. Gray, son
of Wilbur l.. Gray, 500 block Con-
necticut Ave. n. W., went out to
Ballston, Va. to spend his vacation
with his grandmother and his Shet-
land pony, Bets"
Dick and Bets had fine time
for several weeks, Dick riding the
pony around the neighborhoodS of
his grandmother, Mrs. ]. g. Gray.
But last Friday pail OF gloom de-
scended. Bets disappeared.
The youngster was diseonsolate
Efforts of his father and his grand
mother TO make up for his loss
failed. The boy would not be recon
ciled
Every effort failed to locate Bets.
Finally, yesterday afternoon Dick
looked down the road from his
grandmother's house and there he
saw man leading Bets toward him
The man had found the pony about
10 miles from home in the vicinity
of Vienna. Va. JOY once more
reigns in Dicks little world.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
SCHOOLS OPEN
FOR SUMMER

Public summer schools In the Dis
trict will open at $50 o'clock Fri
day morning with total enrolment
approximating nearly 5000 students.
More than 900 are expected to
attend the white schools. High
school classes will be held in West
ern High School, where $500 pupils
already are enrolled. Junior High
school classes will meet at the Cor
don Junior High School, opened for
the summer for the first time. The
stuart and MacfarlaHd schools are
among the buildings to be opened
for elementary class students.
Colored summer schools have en-
rolled 1900 children. with senior
classes to be held at Shaw and
Junior high school sessions at Gar
nett. Paterson, Several elementary
schools will be used this summer
for colored students. Repairs at
neanwood School have necessifated
changing of plans for classes in
that building, which will be trans
ferred to the Burrville School.
While some of the pupils attend
ing the summer classes are taking
advance work, preparatory to COM
pleting courses in less than re-
auired time, many of them are
students who have fallen by the
scholastic wayside during the win
ter, and are repeating in summer
school rather than lose year 3
time.
Glasses will be held from $3.50 to
1890 daily until the summer term
closes in August.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
.BOY IS RESCUED
BY REPORTER

When a reporter tires of writing
about fires, murders. suicides, rail-
way mergers and so on, he takes an
afternoon off and goes up the river
to rescue young men from drown
ing.
At least this Is the program
James Cullianane. athletic reporter
of The Washington Times, followed
yesterday, and it was lucky for
Marion Warther, Is, of the 1900
block Forty-first st. N. w, that he
did.
Warther was padding a canoe
to the Anchor Inn. near the Three
Sisters, when the canoe upset. His
heavy clothing sucked him under
the water.
just as he was going down for
the second time. Cullinane, in an
other canoe, padded alongside and
grabbed him. pulling him to safety
aboard his own craft.
Cullinane was followed in an
other canoe by Douglas Warren
fels and Walter Shippen, two other
reporters.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03

The chiefs action follows the mis-
hap last week in the plant of the
Potomac Electric Power Company,
when more than dozen men were
rushed to a hospital to have the'f
lungs cleaned ont after they had
been caught in room in which
the paint had ignited.
Fumes Dangerous
1t also follows report from
Louisville, KY, where Is men We're
overcome by fumes given off after
a somewhat similar compound had
become ignited.
In both cases it was feared that
the men might have inhaled gas
similar to that which wrought such
havoc in the Cleveland clinic dis,
aster recently, when scores per-
ished after being overcome by the
gas given off by burning X.ray
film.
Chief Watson declared today that
he is confident that the reguia-
tions now in force here are ade-
quate. These regulations, he points
out, We're drawn up shortly after
the use OF the paint and apparatus
were put into Use here.
The only thing that could cause
any disaster, he asserts? is care
lessness.
This must be guarded against
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
Hoover's S Handshaking
All Over Until
September

No more handshaking at the
White House after today until
the middle of September when
President Hoover will again take
up this traditional custom.
This arrangement was made for
the protection of the President
as well as the public, as during
the recent hot spell many of the
visitors who were compelled to
wait outside in the sun were
nearly overcome by the heat.
The change was also made to
enable working men to begin the
rebuilding and Encouragement OF
the offices on the floor on which
the Presidents offices are located.
As many as 1000 visitors shook
hands with the President at the
Wednesday weekly receptions.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
Taxpayers Must Use Counsel in Refund Plea dings
RED FLARES TO
ILLUMINATE
MONUMENT

=
Five hundred railroad flares
will illuminate the Washing
ton Monument grounds tomor-
row evening at the community
celebration of Independence
Day, it was announced at the
final meeting of the commit
tee in charge of the celebra-
ton in the board room OF the
District Building today.
It was announced that five rail-
roads are to furnish 100 flares each
for the proposed torchlight process,
sion around the monument, one OF
the most colorful features OF the
Fourth of July pageant.
II was decided also to incorporate
in the program a recitation or the
oath of allegiance by the Children oi
the American Revolution.
F.. ]. Murphy, chairman or the
finance committee, reported that the
81 600 fund for fireworks was still
5000 short and appealed to District
citizens to send in contrlDutions u
make up this deficit to victor ney'
ber, treasurer of the committee: SeV,
eraI other details were considered
and finishing touches added before
The close of the meeting. +. r. Col
laday presided.
Thousands of washingtonians are
leaving the city to spend the Fourth
of July and the weekend at
beaches, river camps and in the
country. while nearly every city
east of the Mississippi Is sending
thousands of visitors to the Capital
CITY for the Independence Day
celebrations.
Hoover to Fish
washington's leading citizen
President Hoover, will spend a quiet
day tomorrow at the White House
Herbert, jr., arrived yesterday and
will remain over the Fourth. Mf.
Hoover will go TO his fishing re-
treat on the Rapidan over the week
end, however.
Opens With Music
The official celebration OF the big
holiday win begin at 7:30 o'clock
tomorrow night when the Marine
Band begins. its half-hour concert.
Immediately after the concert, the
Rev. James Shera Montgomery VIII
open the formal ceremonies with an
invocation. The audience will sing
america" and then Rabbi Abram
Simon will read the Declaration Of
independence. America. the Beau
tiful," will be sung by the audience.
after which E. F. Colladay, chair
man of the citizens committee In
charge of the celebration, will intro
duce Senator Pat Harrison, of Mis-.
sissisippi. the principal speaker.
The celebration will be brought
to a close by the trooping of the
colors, a torchlight parade around
the Washington Monument and an
aerial battle. The day will be
cIimaxed by the firing Of the fire.
works, which will include number
of features never before seen in the
city.
In the Outskirts
Takoma Park citizens are arrang'
ing a big celebration and they Will
have Representative Richard Yates
OF Illinois as their principal speaker
A large parade. entitled America g
Magic Furnace" will begin at :
O'Clock. Athletic contests will be
staged throughout the afternoon and
a band concert will he given al
7:30 o'clock. There will be fireworks
at o'clock.
Citizens associations Throughout
the city also are planning their owr
celebrations. All, however. will cul
inmate in the big celebration at the
Sylvan Theater in the evening.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
Diplomatic Goats Get
Immunity From Cops

Diplomatic immunity covers a
multitude Of things, including goats
as we'll as liquor and speeding.
Secretary of State Stimson's Chi
nese parrot, Old Soak, his faithful
and voluble side partner in the
Philippines. enjoyed diplomatic i'm
munity when he was brought over
from Manila on one OF Uncle Sam s
battleships to keep company with
his erstwhile boss.
But goats is goats" and the
italian embassy has two of these
quadrupeds of the Italian species
who, under the cloak of diplomatic
immunity, wander around the fash
ionable diplomatic colony out Six
teenth Street at will. They are well
behaved goats, such as becomes their
high station. Police of the Tenth
precinct, who under ordinary cir
cumstances would draw the line at
goats peramhulating around. steer
clear of these two particular AMI
mails, realizing that they are Of the
diplomats kiAA
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
II + or I s
Of I. u. {.
futile

Harley P. Wilson, merger
mentor" Of the local trans
portation companies, doesn t
think much of the recent move
of the Public Utilities Com
mission for unification of the
Capital Traction Company and
the Washington Railway and
Electric Company.
Wilson today intimated that he
considers the move more or less
futile. basing his Judgment on the
failure of his elaborate plan OF
two years ago for a consolidation
Of the street car companies and
his washington Rapid Transit Com
pany.
There has been no change in
the situation in regard to merger
since / submitted my plan and 1t
was turned down., said Wilson.
II don't see how they are going
to get any further with this new
idea than they did with mine.
Nevertheless, Wilson within a
few days will confer with William
F.. Ham, president OF the railway
company ana John Fl. Hanna, head
Of the traction company. Out OF
this and subsequent conferences
will come the replies of the COM
panies to the request of the COM
mission for an expression of their
views on the merger.
The companies are expected to
merger
and will give a synopsis OF the
basis upon which they can get to-
sether. This, it is expected, will
be largely the old Wilson plan,
slightly modified and rewritten
wilson excoriated the pettifog.
xing misleaders of the people OF
the city. who know about as mucn
about public utilities as hog does
about astronomy,' and to whose
activities he largely attributes the
failnre of his plan. The trac.
tion magnate also raped the Con-
gressional committees Tor their ac,
tivities in overriding the approval
of the merger agreement Oy lhe
Public Utilities Commission.
"What is the use of all this nego'
+iating before the Public Utilities
end after the commission has taken
evidence for a month or more ahu
approves the plan, Congress calmly
over-rides the commission Whlcn !.
has set up to govern pubic utllitles
here. Why, the commission mlsn'
az well be wiped out.
"Now the commission comes aiohs
and asks the companies what
they think of q merger. FOR t"'
wears the companies have Deer
around begging for permission &c
merge, but they couldn't get II
And there hasn't been any chanse
in the situation that / can see.
Maybe public opinion has changed
Maybe the so-called leaders are be-
ginning to realize that soon the
street car riders will be paying lu
cents for a ride which they Wouldn
have had to do If the leaders hadn
opposed the merger.
aThere wouldn't have been any
necessity for an increase in fare II
we had merged. We could have
saved enough money through uni
fled control to make the raise TN
necessary. Both companies and
everybody else realizes that dual
control here Is an economic ab-
! surdity."
Wilson was verbally violent against
those who claimed that the yalua-
tion set up in the merger agree
ment was too high. He declared
that they just shouted that it was
too high without trying to under
stand how it was arrived at and
without realization that it had been
approved by the courts. He as
serted that no one had ever been
able TO prove how it was too high.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
Special Beach Trains
Arranged for Holiday

Special trains to and from Ches.
apeake Beach will be operated to.
morrow to handle Fourth of July
crowds. Trains will leave District
Line at 9:15. 10, 1045. and II 80
a. M, and 1880. 2:30. $50 $40
and p. M, returning at 6:35 and
11:45 a. M, and 1890. 1880. 8. sis
6, &. and 10 p. m.
More than 5000 excursionists are
expected 70 make the trip by train.
Fully as many will go by auto
mobile. augmenting the crowd at
the resort to between 10000 and
$4,000. Special traffic officers will
be on duty both at the junction
and the beach to direct parking
of cars.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
Paint-Spray Machine
Users Worried

Rigid enforcement Of the regulations governing paint spray
ing machines using highly infammable paints which upon
ignition give off deadly gas has been ordered by George
s. Watson, chief engineer of the Fire Department
The Washington times., 1929-07-03

almost entirely by the persons
operating the spraying machines.
1t would be impossible for the fire
department, with its minute inspec-
ton force, to keep adequate guard
over them, Watson saws.
On the other hand. the inspectors
have been instructed to inform
those in charge of all such spray
ing and painting plants of the
necessity of exercising the greatest
care. They are being told of the
Potomac Electic Power Company
mishap and are being warned
against the possibilities of care
lessness and overconfidence.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
TIMELY TIPS
PGperhunging
Papering ordinary room. 81.

PGperhunging
Papering ordinary room. 81.
Lost
$50 reward. English bulldog, dark
brlndle. with white chest. NO collar
or tag.
Unfurnished Apartment
New Apartments. Mt. Rainier.
.. m. l.. four and five rooms and
near cars. block HyattsyilIe bus.
Waterfront Property
Severn River North ShOrel. Near
Annapolis. w. b. q A II. X. and
Boulevard. Actual waterfront lots.
$500 M.
For ,SaEe-SuburbGn
2 stories. s rooms and bath. hot
water heat. electricity; lot S0xl4O:
fruit. flowers. etc: fine condition.
$500. easy terms.
Furnished Apartments
New York Ave. N. W. rooms.
kitchen. bath. a. m. l.. neatly fur7
niShed1 downtown.
Personals
Children boarded in teachers love.
Iy home of culture and refinement;
near Washington; references ex-
changed.
Unfurnished Rooms
B st. s. E.--2 rooms. kitchenette.
heat. Eas and electricity furnished;
convenient location: adults: reas-
enable; references required.
Furnished Rooms
N st. n. W-D0wntown large,
clean front rooms. Also single. $3.50
week and up.
Room and Board
Jefferson Park--NeaFby Virginia.
10 minutes to city: cool. quiet room.
furnished or unfuFnished; sun parlOR.
shower. home privileges, board II de-
sired; free transpOFtatiOn to city In
morning; reasonable rates.
Store For Rent
For Rent--StOre. apartments
above of 2 rooms. kitchen, bath; at
transfer stop fourteenth.
Wiuys-Knight For Sale
Model Job. 1929 Sedan; moths
old; like new; substantial reduction
The aboUs vants and offers
are only fsD Of many inter:
sstinR advertisements you WiH
find in todGy'S Times and
Herald classified adUertisins
sections.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
Rare Tortoise Caught
By PinchOt EXPLORERS

A huge specimen of the Duncan
Island tortoise, supposedly extinct
has been caught by the Pinchot ex
pedition to the South Sea Islands.
1t will be sent to Washington, ac'
cording to a radio dispatch from he
expedition photographer. Howard
II. Cleaves, TO Nature Magazine ed
itorial offices here yesterday.
The tortoise weighed more than
100 pounds and was caught Off the
Galapagos Islands, according to the
message.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03

used Cars Of all makes. models and
prices are offered for sale IN 1ne
Classified ads.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
CardOza Teacher Will
Make Address at Geneva

An address in French is to be
made by Miss Lydia Brown, teacher
in the Cardozo Business High School
at the World Federation of Educa.
tional Associations to be held at
Geneva. Switzerland, July 25, 1t
was learned today.
Her address will be based on re-
search made of commercial educa.
tional problems throughout the
world
The Washington times., 1929-07-03

''Ripley's Believe 1t or Not" COM
penaates when people aren't getting
enough excitement ont Of life." said
Prof Goodwin Watson, Of Teachers
College. Columbia University. Rip
Iey's pictures are harmless emotional
tonic" These great cartoons begin
next Tuesday in The Washington
Herald.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
PETITIONS To
Be FILED BY
FEBRUARY

District taxpayers who hope
to obtain refunds from the Dis
trict Government under the
decision of the District Court
of Appeals in the Wilkinson
case today discovered that they
would have to retain lawyers
to prosecute their ease IN
court, because of an action OF
the Commissioners.
The Commissioners, acting on the
motion of Commissioner Taliaferro
and against the advice of Corpora
ton Counsel Bride. late yesterday
decided to make no refunds on spe-
ciaI assessments paid in condemna-
ton proceedings. The city heads de-
cided. however. that assessments
which had not been paid in cases af-
fected by the Wilkinson decision
would be cancelled.
Must File Claim
In the Wilkinson case the court
decided that property owners VINO
had paid assessments without hav-
ing received legal notice OF con-
demnation proceedings on the prop
erty affected should be refunded the
amount paid by filing a claim be-
fore February II. 1880.
Corporation Counsel Bride advised
o.
sessments should be cancelled and
paid assessments should be refunded
in all such cases where the tax
payers had not received the legal
notice.
In a memorandum to Commits
sioners Dougherty and Ladue, how
ever, c o m m issioner Tallaferro
stated that persons who have paid
the assessments have not undergone
any hardship thereby, although they
have not been given their day in
court on the condemnation proceed
ings.
On the other hand. Taliaferro. con.
| tended. the commissioners are faced
with the possibility that those VINO
have paid the assessment In any
condemnation proceeding, running
back to September 1, 1916. may Aile
a claim for refund.
For Like Treatment
I'm discussing this matter with
the Corporation Counsel" Taliaterro
wrote his colleagues, 'he takes the
position that all claimants under
| the wilkinson decision should be
treated alike, and that to cancel
the assessments which have not
been paid and refuse to refund
amounts which have been paid, is
unfairly penalizing the good citizen
who pays his taxes promptly. TINS
argument has merit and nave
| no doubt that refunds can be en-
forced in the court on all sultn
filed within the period OF the
statute of limitations, unless the
plea of voluntary payment can
effectively be made"
Taliaferro added that the court
is considering the validity OF the
Commissioners voluntary payment
plea, but has not yet decided II.
| -----------
used Cars of all makes. models ana
prices are Offered for sale In tne
! Classified ads.
The Washington times., 1929-07-03
LIGGETT TO LECTURE

Walter w. Liggett will lecture
on "The Mooney Case Saturday
night at 8 o'clock before the Ergato-
Gratis Club, 800 block Tenth St.
n. w. Liggett was formerly editor
Of the, New York Call.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16

TETTHUS far in 1920, the New
Pontiac Big Six has attracted
volume Of sales far surpass-
ing the spectacular sales recorded
for earlier Pontiac Skies. The New
Pontiac Big Six is a sweeping
success-an even more pronounced
success than its famous ~predeces-
se-4. Ind il owes its success largely
10 the fact that il offers big al
qualities ut low prices.
The New Pontiac Big Six has
introduced n new standard Of
values into the Iow-priced field.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16

Continued from Page ~
There were large French window
to the sides Of the floors.
The cid clock that held sway in
the tower regulated the life of the
city for many years. Janitor Ben
nett slowly climbed up tho lad
dcrs into thc tower each day 20 at
tend the clock. The work Of the
city was begun and halted by the
chimes from the thermometer.
Meiicine was administered ~ II.
Trains were Causht-ard missed
by IL. n thu clock was of q
few minutes. the city was off \
few minutes. regardless Of the
position OF the sun.
r. +. Starck. school secretary
tells Of r near fight caused BY the
clock. One morning an ir9te Cit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16

to follow closely tho actual Chart
cd departures.
Or. Alters test predictions I'D f0
1870 have been published ~ tre
United States weather bureau IT,
has written several papers on pe-
riodicity IN rainfall basing TITS stud
les OH records from ~ Pacific coast
Of North America. Chile. Siberia
Australia, Jamaica. Madagascar ar1
the Puniab I'm India.
BY using data over longer nrrioaa
and or eight factors lu-trar
oi the q ~ his test forecasts. ard
oy using quartcr-yesr rather thar
hall-yeer units. nc hopes no ar
rive az cOrrclati0nS sufficiently Hlzr
To justify serious forecasts Tor TearE
ahead.
Excess rainfall in Enzland f.r
1923 was predicted b. d.. Alter =
year before and actually occurred
70 2 greater extent than predicted
His forecast deficiency for thfs year
was borne out By reports shoT4nx
an actual deficiency of 5O urr crrF
for the first three months.
He viii sail this summer ~ "a
research In England. under ur1ri-
slons OF n Guggcnheim feIIoEzhr