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TEAM STANDING.
SEASON RECORDS.

High team game-Amity No. l. SIT
High team SENT Pleasant, 1920
High individual game-E. Donaldson, IA
High individual set-R. Bladen, 376
Greatest strikes-F. Donaldson, 20.
Greatest spares-Ehrlich 90
High fiat game-Milbourn; 96
High average-P. Elicit, 1l4-6
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j. H. Wild.
Richard Palmer.
w. r. Light.
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II. P. Williams.
d. z. Kulp.
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c. w. Humphreys.
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z. B. Donaldson.
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NJ. S. Donaldson.
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w. p. Donaldson.
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w. w. Donaldson.
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A. A. Schultz.
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w. z. Doherty.
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Charles L. Warner.
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F. T. Burgess.
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w. M. Crymes.
j. Weisbach.
r. Grcist.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1881.

Alley IS.
Joe Harris.
Mr.. Barrick.
Alley 10.
Joe Perna.
Ollie Webb.
Alley 90.
z. H. Hess.
P. l.. Goodan.
Alley FL.
F. G. Ness.
Dave Legum.
Alley 22.
L. w. Fitzgerald.
w. d. Boston.
Alley 23.
A. o. Stems.
j. u. Perkins.
Alley -.
Andrew Kramer.
Andrew j. Kramer.
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N. w. Dorsey.
g. L. Gray
Alley II.
Thomas Baxter:
w. j. O'Donnell.
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A. E. Shaw
w. McClary.
Alley 10.
H. A. La Clair.
z. Meyer.
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NJ. o. Brill.
A. K. Stailey.
Alley 81.
L. G. Colvin.
Edmund Lynch.
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T. Nuremberg.
Gale Feaster.
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L. Motley.
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B. 8. Franklin.
H. s. Walk.
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Aston Clark.
U. z. Blair.
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T. P. Howard.
Perez Wolfe.
z. H. Crawford.
Alley 10.
H. A. May.
H. A. McProuty.
Bradley Mandley.
Alley 90.
Hymie Shector.
Thurston Furr.
j. NJ. Burns.
Alley 81.
Henry Newman.
P. HsfHefinger.
Norman Schroth.
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Kenney Thorpe.
Tony Santini.
Chester Bid.
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G. H. Wolfe.
Tom Belt.
Hugh Waldrop.
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r. L. Mccall.
H. z. Snowden.
A. L. Trott.
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r. B. Parsons.
Chester Lilley.
H. j. Crawley.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1880

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J. J. Vandershan.
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F. P. Isasas.
j. B. Robertson.
Alley 3.
f. II. Green.
Alley 4.
A. L. Kilbarth.
B. A. Baker.
Alley 5.
Il. E Z. Mis- dis.
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w. r. Mills.
G. Carvejal.
Alley :.
Joe r. Amato.
Jimmie Moore.
Alley 3.
z. G.. Jones.
Melvin Torney.
Alley I.
Rose Grisset.
Mrs. L. Shipp.
Agnes Fleishan.
Alley 2.
Mable Mallet.
Frances Trail.
Lillian O'Brien.
Alley 8.
Thelma Fling.
Stella McDuffy.
Mary Rogers.
Alley 4.
Regina SINH.
A. ]. LaveZzo:
Audrey Costello.
Alley 5.
Violet B. Torney.
Virginia Rupert.
Lois Preston.
Alley 6.
Ola Shaw.
Alley ..
E. J. Riley.
S. L. Sweeney.
Alley 3.
I w. kyTeg,
T. A. REVERE.
Alley I.
Carl Letvin.
B. Lavender.
c. Lavender.
Alley 2.
j. Palmer.
c. NJ. Brown.
Norman Arey.
Alley 8.
William Cox.
z. w. Pearson, ST.
E. w. Pearson, jr.
Alley 4.
r. Z. Albin.
Tim Dodson.
ElWood Kicker.
Alley 5.
F. @. Bauman.
n. DonoRhue.
p. A. Brill.
Alley &.
p. Legamore.
C. N. Miller.
w. j. Smelling.
Alley :.
NJ. II. Raspberry.
w. L. Martin.
w. H. Miltner.
Alley 3.
6. H. Lauck.
r A. Mcpherson.
S. Healey.
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Alley 8.
o. w. Herman.
George Boyer.
Alley 10.
Clyde Acton.
J. F. O'Connell.
Alley II.
A. Phillips.
Gus Plakos.
Alley II.
Gus Zaharoudis.
Saul RoSenblatt.
Alley II.
r. H. Bodell.
Elmer Mckay.
Alley Is.
H. G. Essex.
F. E. Stan.
Alley IS.
z. A. Fuller.
w. n. PreSSs
Alley IL.
Bill Wood.
Al Fischer.
$500 Pm.
Alley IS.
Jack Murray.
Robert Harlow.
Alley 10.
John Mcknee.
Albert Mcdonald.
Alley go.
w. l.. Alsop.
Robert Rawlings.
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James P. Elicit.
Sidney hawthorne.
$3.50 PM.
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Hugh Pedan.
Harry G. Pitt.
Brook Grub.
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Roscoe Reichard.
F. r. ServaiS.
Carl We lausen.
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Ed keefe.
Fritz Openheimer.
Albert Popkins.
Alley 81.
Lonnie KrauSs.
Roy Vechiolli.
Ed Mulvey.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1881

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l.. Wolfarth.
P. A. Constantine.
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r. w. Richardson.
w. NJ. Martin.
Alley 90.
G. E. Hosken.
Alley u.
w. II. Wright.
r. Martel.
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R. G. Morrisette.
E. e. Mayhem.
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L. D. Krakow.
Arthur Logan.
Alley "a.
r. l.. Patton.
A. G. Goods.
Alley rs.
James Poulos.
G. j. Dracopoulous.
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George Honey.
F. Robertson.
Alley 90.
Tom Bransford.
George Skinner.
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z. 4 q f 3 nfsrk.
Alley 25.
Frank Mischou.
w. F. Maske.
Alley 22.
Mr.. Morrison.
Abbey Clark.
John Harville.
Alley 23.
G. w. Frederichs.
w. d. Boston.
j. j. Dwyer.
Alley "a.
Joe Kinnahan.
H. H. Seyfarth.
G. L. Warf1eld.
Alley 25.
j. r. Small.
Collins Lamb.
c. F. O'Connell.
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Alley 1.
r. B. Howison.
Eddie Adams.
Alley 2.
H. Sonneberg.
R. Reeley.
Alley 3.
Frank Disney.
Mr.. Mutzbaugh.
Alley 4.
w. Bowie.
w. Grimes.
Alley 5.
Lee Earle.
c. NJ. Charest.
Alley 6.
r.. L. LeRas.
Henry Corvelli.
Alley :.
Nick Chaconas.
Pete MetrakoS,
Alley 8.
Louis Pantos.
John Kistler.
Alley IL.
Sadie Crawling.
Elizabeth Richard.
Myrtle Lewis.
Alley Is.
May Sparks.
Charlotte Wager.
Alley 16.
Webster Richards.
Percy hawthorne.
Alley IL.
Hokie Smith.
William Wilson.
Alley IL.
A. G. Cosden.
w. H Wernt2.
Joe Scagnelli.
Alley Is.
A. Il. Lugerbehl.
r. B. SchlosSer.
Alley Is.
Roge Doyle.
Berney Lester.
j. F. Hitzleberger.
Alley IL.
Dick Woodward.
Jack Ulrich.
F. A. Money.
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.C|Fy, LONG A LOSER,I
COSTLY TO CIRCUIT
Franchise Shift to South of
California Might Be
Made by Loop.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

n YEW YORK, December "a
Nj Probably no announcement
1 Y will be made of the vote of
the panihn Cnnrt Z nanna
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H. G. Kinsey.
r. y. Stup.
Spencer MalineX.
Alley 2.
George Rcner, jr.
H. Garrett.
j. P. Raineys
Alley 3.
Leo Day.
Donald Smith.
H. Moore.
Alley 1.
John Feeney.
]. H. Warthen.
Charles Dayids.
Alley ;.
A. c. Wsrtnsn.
Eugene Rainey.
Edw. Magruder.
Alley G.
Clifton Clarke.
B. G. Riggs.
Harry Wagner.
Alley :.
Richard Price.
s. z. Anderson.
George Hartshorn.
Alley 3.
Da.id Warthcn.
H. NJ. Willard.
H. F. TolSon.
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300 Star Bowling Tourney Seattle Pacific Coast League Problem
HIGH SCORES LOOM
. ON STARTING NIGHT
Lists Remain Open for Day
Squad-Subs viii Fill
DefauIterS' Places.
BY r. ID. THOMAS.

BY r. ID. THOMAS.
n ORE than 1900 men, women
mn and children will take part
in the third annual Yule-
4:aA c;,nnInc tn11r1a q M pl1t of
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FUTURE.

Luncheon meeting, Kiwanis Club,
Washington Hotel tomorrow, 1890 pm.
Lecture by Miss Winifred Shuler,
courier for the Indian detour of the
Santa FTe Railway.
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RUST TO LOCATE
OFFICES OF CHEST
Community Charity Directors
May Move for Service
Building.

The board of trustees of the Com
munity Chest yesterday delegated H. L.
Rust, jr., and committee of his own
selection to work out plans looking to
establishment of central offices for the
Chest. Resolutions covering the activ-
ity were adopted at meeting held In
the council chamber of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States.
Clarence A. Aspinwall, chairman OF
the Chests committee on office man.
agement, will serve on the committee
The group Is to consider two plans
one contemplating the establishing oil
Offices in a building that would care
for the needs of the organization and
the other plan looking to the erection
of social service building, such as is
maintained in several larger cities. The
purpose of the committee is to provide
the Chest and its affiliated organiza-
tions with central headquarters. The
committee will report at later meet
ing of the trustees.
Elwood Street, director of the Chest
was unanimously reelected for another
year. Following the election President
John Poole called attention to Mr.
Streets record as a Chest executive, and
expressed himself as highly pleased that
Washington had been able to obtain
his services.
Enlargement of the Budget Commit
tee to minimum of IS persons was
also voted by the trustees. 1t was Speci-
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YOUTH WILLINGLY
DESCRIBES KILLING
14-Year-0Id Boy Unmoved
After Stabbing Maid to
Death on Mountain.

BY the Associated Press.
MORRISToWN, N. j., July 16.-Un-
moved at his predicament, and appar-
emily showing no alarm, 14-year-old
Harry Woolsey, jr., was held without
bail yesterday when arraigned on a
charge of stabbing to death Miss Anna
Miller, %, his mothers maid.
Willingly, and almost gleefully. young
Woolsey re-enacted the murder for po-
lice yesterday, describing in minute de-
tail his movements as he plunged his
hunting knife into the maids back as
she stood on Lookout Mountain, near
Green Pond, Saturday night.
He interrupted his description at
one interval to tell the officers that he
did not like women. They are all like
cats" he said.
Woolsey had gone walking with Miss
Miller from his parents Summer home
when, he said, he 1t a sudden desire
to kill her. Suddenly he plunged his
knife into her back, then pursued her,
when she ran, stabbing her again and
again.
Then he threw his weapon away and
dragged the body down steep cliff and
attempted to conceal it beneath two
boulders. Flight entered his mind and
he hid all night in a lumber yard,
continuing OH his way in the morning.
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Sixteen days left to file your personal
tax return. Bank accounts not subject
to check taxable in excess of $500.
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CANADIAN ELECTIONS
DEPEND ON PROVINCES
Conservative Premiers in Ontario
and Saskatchewan Fight
Return of Liberals.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, July 16.-The general
election campaign, in which the Liberal
government, headed by Premier Mac
kenzie King, is seeking return to office,
reached a climax today, with the Prov
inces of Ontario and Saskatchewan as
focal points. All seats in the House of
Commons are to be filled in the voting
July 28
Chief opposition to the return of the
government comes from the Conserva-
tive party, headed by Hon. r. B. Ben
nett For weeks Premier Ferguson of
Ontario has thrown all the resources
of the provincial government into the
fight against the federal government,
and today the government in Saskatche-
wan, headed by Premier Anderson, Of
ficially threw its weight against the
government Both provincial govern
ments are Conservative, but it is un-
usual for provincial government to
array itself officially in a federal cam
paign.
With the final days of the campaign
in sight, the issues have become clari-
fed The tariff question has been to
the fore, with the opposition charging
the government with timidity in its
dealings with the United States and
proposing full retaliation for recent
tariff increases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
FIND LONG TIME FUGITIVE

DETROIT, Mich, July is tAa--Ar-
rested in connection with the killing Of
Louis CANDIDA at Ecorse a week ago. a
man known here as John Bedford was
identified by police yesterday as Jnnn
Harrison, sought for murder Dm-
mitted IA years ago in Brooklyn.
Belford denies he is ..arTiScn, bS1t+ -
officer of the Identification 9ureau sa:d
his fingerprints established conclusively
he is the man accused of shooting and
killing Richard Weldon in a Brooklyn
garage. September 90 1915.
New York police were notified by
telephone of the identification, and ex-
tradition proceedings are expected to
be instigated soon
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fed that the President shall appoint
one more member to give a majority
of one to the social service organiza-
tons represented on the committee
The new committee is composed as fol-
lows:
Corcoran Thorn. chairman: Miss Mar
garet Fox. Harry King, Mrs, H. H
Father. Arthur May, A. C. Moses, AL
len Pope, Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith,
Rudolph Jose, Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.:
E. j. Murphy. Mrs. Joseph N. Sanders.
Henry W. Sohon, Mrs. Joseph M
Stoddard and S. w. Rutherford. repre-
senting the constituent organizations
Representing the contributors are
Mrs. Whitman Cross, DR.. Charles p.
NeiH, D. N. Burnham. Hugh A. Thrift,
Wayne Kendrick, William Montgomery,
Simon Lyon, James A. Councillor, Rob-
ert v. Fleming, Mrs. John Jay O'Con-
nor Dwight Clark and E. c. Graham.
Short reports were made by Ernest S.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TO-DAY.

Block party, Woman Auxiliary of
st. Monica's Episcopal Chapel, E street
southwest between Delaware avenue
and South Capitol street, pm.
Lawn fete, friends of the Ursuline
Sisters, Ursuline Mother House, SIC
Fourth street, to 10 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
Will Rogers
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Calif-Been
having lot of trouble here lately
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IOWA G. O. P. IN SESSION
Secretary of State to Be Nominal
ed and Platform Adopted.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, July 16 CP)-
Nomination of candidate for secre-
tary of State, election of a central
committee and adoption of platform,
constituted the major problems before
the 1884 delegates to the Republican
State Convention today.
Preconvention discussions indicated
there would be little disagreement over
the platform. The convention was ex-
pected to approve the agricultural rates
of the new tariff bill and to urge a
State tax revision program. as well as
to indorSe the partys candidates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16

Panama is to have its first candy
factory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16

Johnston, chairman of the Chest Pub
licity Committee, and Joseph D. Kauf-
man, chairman of the speakers bureau
unit.
Treasurer Robert v. Fleming was au-
thorized to appoint assistant treasurers
to handle the signing Of checks during
his absence.
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An Added Convenience For
Telephone Subscribers

ARRANGEMENTS have been made with a number of
banks and branch banks agencies the
lection of bills. This is added our
patrons who have been paying their telephone bills
month the Company Business Office but who oenlimes
find it bOhersOme to make the trip downtown.
Current bills be paid the bank collection agencies up
TO and including the settlement the face of
the bill Those who send in their checks each month by
mail should continue address them the Business Office.
The new bank collection agencies located at points
venien to most neighborhoods throughout the city, list
of these agencies follows:
Riggs National Bank-l5O3 Pennsylvania Ave-, N. W.
Stree Branch Cor Seventh andE nv
farmers and Branch Cor. and ST, N. ",
Northwest Banch-Cor Eighteenth N
Park Road Branch-COr NJ
tCrceB sachusuA Ave. NV
Friendship BrGch-COr Wisconsin, Ayes Warren ST.
American Security & Trust Co-Cor 18th Pa. Ave. NV.
Southwe Branch handE Sn, w.
huuA Ave,
Br feenihS ST., N
Norheas Branch II ST., f.
The Anacostia Bank-2OOO Nichols Ave-, S. E.
Chevy Chase Savings Bank-5524 Connecticut Ave-, N. W.
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Diamond Ring Stolen.

Mrs Helen T. Cohen, 1871 Ninth
street, has asked the police to make an
effort to recover a diamond ring stolen
from her home yesterday. The ring
set with seven diamonds and valued at
$50, was taken from the top Of re-
frigerator on the rear porch of the
Cohen home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16

mighty poor movies here lately. But
soon as the market picks up you
watch these mules go, and this grass
grow. and pictures improve, / tell
you its the stock market crash last
Fall that did 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16

The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
st, N. W. rOpOlian
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BcbLlllB cOiLlC Gil
falfa to grow on
my little patch of
ground, one span
of grey mules
don't look as well
as they ought to
according to what
they are eating,
] never missed a
polo ball as much
in my life as I
did last Sunday.
Seen a couple Of
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New Britain herald., 1930-10-31

Just 200 of them - Come early, 4 better Watch.-thinner and small Ter than the famous old S1.00 watch of years ago. 77>
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Try Out Six-Wheeled
Motor Buses in Rome

Washington.-Suc tests of
new six-wheel motor bus which may
be used to supplant tram cars in
Rome are announced in report to
the Department of Commerce by the
American consul at Turin. William
W. Heard An authorized summary
of the report follows in full text:
Fiat has recently placed on the mar
ket a new six-wheel bus which has
a capacity of So to 90 seats in the
single deck type and capacity of
100 seats in the double-deck type.
The frame is exceptionally low and
has special springs for the suspension.
The four rear wheels provide the trac-
ton. The total length is ten meters
1928 feet) and the width two meters
(G.56 feet).
A number of the new busses have
been tried out in the city of Rome
where it is understood they will sup
plant the ordinary tram cars. Sue
cessful trials were held on Moncenisio,
a road having a maximum grade of
IA per cent, the bus carrying dead
weight load of 7O,400 pounds.
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Or Frank Jewett, vice president
of the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company and president OF the
Bell Telephone Laboratories. has just
had conferred on him the Order of the
Sacred Treasure. by his Majesty. the
Emperor OF Japan The diploma and
decoration were presented DR. Jewett
by Setsuzo Sawada, consulgeneral of
Japan in New York The award was
made in appreciation of the most
valuable service in the development
OF the telephone and telegraph indus.
try in Japan"
Guests at the presentation included
officials of the consulate, prominent
japanese business men. several Amer
kan holders of Japanese decorations,
Charles P Cooper. president, and
f Fl. Colpitts. assistant vice. president.
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company; and H. P Charlesworth.
vice-president of the Bell Telephone
Laboratories, New York.
Or Jewett was awarded the Japa-
nese Order OF the Rising sun by the
Emperor Of Japan in 1929 for his as
sistance rendered the japanese Gov.
eminent in furthering improvements
in telephone communication
Telephones in Japan are operated
by the government which uses. to a
large extent, American equipment of
modern type. On March 81. 1929,
the latest date for which figures are
available, there were S1l.319 tele-
phones in operation in Japan. This is
10 telephones for each 100 people.
The Iananese average about fifty con.
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versations per person annually. In
the United States where there are
more than Is telephones for each 100
people, there is an average of $50 con.
versations
Japan was one of the first foreign
countries to install telephones. the
first instruments being placed in op-
GRAFTON in 1877 just about one year
after the invention of the telephone
by DR.. Alexander Graham Bell.
Telephone exchanges were opened
in Tokyo with 179 subscribers ana
Yokohama with as in December, 1850
The trunk lines connecting the two
cities were established at the same
time.
The introduction of the dial sys
TEN in Yokohama has done much 70
improve the service This city has
more than 1900 subscribers to tele
phone service exclusive OF about 500
in the Tsurumi district With the
dial method of operation, connections
are made easier for foreign users of
telephones, who have previously bad
trouble in speaking with friends due
to their inability to make the Japa.
nese operators understand their Ian
guage The Yonkyoku exchange. one
of the largest in Yokohama. now en-
ploys 300 operators in handling out
of-town messages oAbout 100 circuits
connect this city with Tokyo. and
about 1850 calls are made daily be-
tween the two cities. Rates on out
of-town telephone calls, as in the
United States. are reduced after Z
P NJ
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Soviets Plan Floating
Art Gallery on Ship

Moscow.--A floating art exhibition
to travel in various ports throughout
the world with outstanding example Of
Soviet painting, sculpture and other
arts soon will be organized here. A
special ship capable Of transoceanic
voyages win be placed at the disposal
of the chief art department for the
purpose. Announcements refer to the
ship as a floating house of art which
will carry on propaganda for Soviet
art abroad"
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loved are disappearing; those charm
Inc ravines are being leyeled, those
palisades OF tie Potomac are daily
scene. cof blasting that rob them Of
their ptmeval beauty While we make
realty OF the dreams of rEnfante in
carrying forwa 1 man-made beauties.
we must not permit the beautiful see
mic realities of Washngtons time to
become only mourned memories"
He warned the house that the S16,-
100000 estimated by the National Cap
ital Park and Planning commission as
the minimum allowance for the lands
to be acquired in the District of Co
lumbia should be made Immediately
available to forestall the erection of
buildings which would bring the value
of the properties far above the esti-
mated figure.
Drive Linking Forts of 1861.
Perhaps the most important single
project in the district plan, according
to Mr.. Cramton, is the Fort Boule-
ward" following the hills and circling
the city and connecting the Civil war
forts, generally referred to as the Fort
to-Fort drive, and covering a distance
of Dos miles from Conduit road to
Blue Plains.
Of this proposed drive or continu-
Gus parkway, the commission reported
in 1929:
1.-The Civil war forts around Wash
ington were built on hills and ridges
which commanded distant views. The
historic interest attaching to the de
feuses of Washington. and the re-
markable views obtainable from the
old forts has led to a demand that
these sites should be held by the pub
lie for park purposes"
Delay already has considerably
abridged the Fort-to-Fort drive, plans
for which were made and approved as
far back rs 1901 Local real estate
developments have made impossible
the carrying out of the original plan
but there is still the possibility of Sc
curing an unusual and interesting cir
cumferential parkway joining a chain
Of local parks containing the old Civil
war forts. "a very stunning park prof
ect," according to Col. U, S. Grant III,
executive officer of the commission.
Problem of Rising Land Values.
The total cost of the lands required
for park purposes within the District
of Columbia was estimated by Colonel
Grant in December. 1923, at about S10.-
100000, and increasing at the rate of
from S900,00O to 100000 a year.
In emphasizing this feature of the
problem, Representative Cramton re-
minded the house that Central park,
purchased in 1857 for S5000,000, and
improved at a cost of S10,0O0,000, over
the opposition of those who contended
that it was so far out and the horse
drawn street cars were so slow that
few people could go to it from low
er New York, now is valued at "some-
where between the S5S0,000000 esti
mated by the assessors, and S3,000,-
100000, the selling price which would
be asked by conservative real estate
men if the property were for sale"
Maryland and Virginia authorities
are cooperating with unanimity and
enthusiasm in the program worked out
by the National Capital Park and
Planning commission for the acqui-
sition and development of the George
Washington Memorial parkway, the ex-
tension of Rock Greek park into Mary
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