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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, February Sin the
heart of the downtown business dis
trict on a site now partly occupied
by department store there was opened
nearly 26 years ago the worlds first
all motion picture theater.
The late John P. Harris head OF the
Harris Bros. Amusement Co., Inc, con-
ceived the idea of the worlds first all
moving picture theater, the Nickelodeon.
A melodrama, Poor, But Honest" and
the "Baf1led Burglar" were the first
films that fickered before the audience.
Bronze Plaque Erected.
A bronze plaque, placed on the build
ing standing on the historical spot,
bears this inscription:
This tablet marks the site on which
the Hon. John P. Harris in June, 1905,
opened the worlds first all motion pic
ture theater, the Nickelodeon. This was
the beginning o! the motion picture
theater industry"
Old-timers in Pittsburgh recall the
Nickelodeon was a remodeled store
room, the remodeling consisting of the
installation of white sheet some opera
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06
3"
ElirninatOrs

Operates always at maximum
efficiency-improves reception.
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Pipe line CARRIES
GASOLINE TO CITIES
253- Mile Unit Is Opened Be-
tween Oklahoma Field
and Kansas City.


KANSAS CITY, February ga
stream OF gasoline neared Kansas City
last night through an underground pipe
line from Oklahoma reflneries-mark-
ing the Inauguration of new transpor-
tation system which some day may fol-
low the principal highways of the Ma
ton to supply filling stations direct.
Motorists who have blown themselves
blue in the face trying to clear few
feet of choked gas" line were contem-
plating with awe the operation of the
first unit of the worlds longest gasoline
line, an 8-inch welded steel tube reach
ing from Ponca City, Okla.
The pipe line, built by the Great Lake
Pipeline Co., is 253 miles long. Soon it
will be extended to Chicago and Min
neapolis. Nearly 1000 miles of the en-
tire 1,400-mile project has been COM
pleted.
Last Saturday the first consignment
Of gasoline was started northward. 1t
is expected to reach here tomorrow to
be run into tanks. 1t is hurried along
its journey by means of pumping sta
tons approximately so miles apart.
The maximum flow, 27,500 barrels
daily, or nearly so 900 gallons an hour,
would keep approximately $4,000 auto
mobiles grinding away continuously at
80 miles an hour, the experts calculate.
Tested two weeks ago by application
Of / 900 pounds of water pressure to the
square inch, the line did not develop
even pin hole leak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06

Humless, trouble-free, de-
pendable power. Never
rush down or requires atten-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06
BRONZE PLAQUE MARKS SITE
OF ORIGINAL MOVIE TF1EATER
First All-Picture House In
World, Was Opened in Pittsburgh in
Remodeled Storeroom In 1905.

chairs, a crude monograph. a lot Of
stucco. burlap and paint and myriad
incandeScent lights.
1000 in Audience Daily.
The little theater had 96 seats, but
1000 patrons were entertained daily
Films were ground out from am.
until midnight. During the Is hours
there were seats for 6,144 persons. In
days run, about 900 persons stood
in line. The program changed virtually
every Is minutes, since it consisted Of
only one or two reels of films. There
was no such thing as reserved seats
and cents was the uniform admission
price
1t wasn't rare for the audience to hear
a voice from the projection room say:
There will be an intermission, folks,
until we repair the broken film"
The Nickelodeon derived its name
for the slang term nickel, for cents
and oden, Greek for theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06

ditional $4,000 for the loss Of her
services and the expense incident to
her illness Attorneys Harry F.
Hickey and David F. Smith represent
the plaintiffs.
Julius Sheers. 1902 Spring road. has
sued the yellow Cab Co. for $40, 900
damages for alleged personal injuries
Through Attorney Alvin l.. Newmyer
he says a cab of the defendant struck
him while moving in backward direc-
ton near Twelfth and E streets May
II last and caused him to sustain
serious injury.
The Nickel Cab Co. and the City
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06

Cab Co. are Jointly sued for $4,000
damages in two suits of $4,000 dam
ages each brought by Lawrence F.
Petit, 1926 Third street. and Frank
Jeans. 314 Todd place northeast, for
injuries resulting from collision be-
tween cabs of the companies Novem-
Der 30 at Eleventh and B streets south
east. The plaintiffs were riding in a
Nickel cab at the time of the collision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06
$50, 900 SUIT BASED
ON. AUTO COLLISION
Sum Sought for Injuries Sustained
by Mrs. Elsie S. 0sman in
Crash Last August.

Mrs. Elsie S. Osman and her hus-
band, Harry L. Osman, 4312 River road,
have filed suits totaling 100000 dam
ages in the District Supreme Court
against Charles A. Finney, 1921 Window
place. and Frank T. Gartside, 1916
Van Ness street, for injuries sustained
by Mrs. Osman while guest in Fin
ney's car when it was in collision with
Gartside's automobile at Van Ness street
and Thirty-eighth street August 81
last.
The wife places her damages at
$4,000 and the husband asks an adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06

No forks are allowed to touch the
catch Of fish at the fisheries station in
Portland, Me. The managers theory is
that fish are in much finer condition
for fileting If the flesh is not punctured
BY the fish forks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06

Negligence is charged against both
companies. Attorneys Michael j. Lane
and Milton T. Broome appear for the
plaintiffs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06

The $4,000 midget golf courses
throughout the country represent an
investment of SIS 900 900. It is esti-
mated that there are a million players.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-06

The first home ever TO be financed
through the building and loan plan still
stands in Frankford, Philadelphia. The
transaction took place in January, 1881
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
Wife Was Fat
 No Longer Attractive
Lost Husbands Love

The above headlines appeared in a New York newspaper of April in connection with a divorce trial that has attracted wide attention.
 "She was a beautiful wOman," one witness testified, but she got fat and is not attractive any more"
 Thousands of women are getting fat and losing their appeal just be- cause they do not know what to do.
 If you are fat how would you like to lose it and at the same time gain in physical charm and acquire a clean, clear skin and eyes that sparkle with buoyant health?
 And gain in energy and activ-
 Why not do what thousands of women have done to get rid or pounds of unwanted fat? Take one half a teaspoon of Kruschen Salts in a glass of hot water every morn ing before breakfast and keep 1t up for 80 days. You can help the action of kruschen by cutting out pastry and fatty meats and going light on potatoes, butter, cream and sugar. Then weigh yourself and see how many pounds you have lost.
 Kruschen Salts are blend of 6 natural mineral salts your body, nerves and glands should have if you are to enjoy good health. Best of all, a bottle of Kruschen Salts that will last you for weeks costs only S5 cents. Ask Carrolls Cut St, or any druggisp for bottle and start to lose fat to-day--and remember this. if Kruschen doesn't do as adVertised-money back.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07

Due to illness in her family, Miss Anna E. Hopkins, assistant prin- cipal of the local high school and teacher of mathematics for the past 34 years, rendered her resig- nation as teacher to the town school committee at their regular meeting held last night in the of flee of Superintendent of Schools H. E. Chittenden.
 The reading of the resignation of Miss Hopkins was the cause or expressions of sorrow by members of the committee. Miss Hopkins was very capable teacher and was dearly beloved by her pupils. During her connection With the school, which began in the ola high school located in the Salem school building, Miss Hopkins has instructed thousands of students, hundreds of whom have made big successes in the business world. IL is safe to say that there was never a pupil that attended Miss Hop kins classes but what loved and respected her for her interest in them and the hundreds of students whom she has taught in the past will be sorry to learn of her sev- erance of relations with the insti- tuition.
 Theodore w. Fowle, who has been teaching mathematics in the North Adam High school for the past year, was engaged to fill the vacancy caused by Miss Hopkins resignation. MT Fowle is a grad uate of Columbia and Massachu- setts Institute of Technology.
 His salary was set at $2,3O0.
 Other Teachers Engaged
 Laurence r. Moves was engaged to fill the vacancy in the hlgh school staff caused through the resignation of Joseph Kunin, taught in the Putnam High for the past five years. His salary was also set at $2,300.
 Miss Catherine Caine of North Main street, who for the past few years has been teaching in the Thomaston schools, was named by the committee to fill the vacancy caused through the resignation or Miss Mary Moss who was recently wed. Miss Moss taught in the sec ond grade in the Central Avenue school.
 Miss Theresa Wrinn will have charge of the special room to be opened in the Hop Brook schoo! with the beginning of the fali term. Miss Wrinn took a special course during the summer to pre- pare for this work. Superintend,, ent Chittenden informed the board that he had been notified that the state legislature had appropriated the sum of $25,000 to aid schools which have special rooms. He said that the local schools would re- ceive only small sum of the ap- propriation. Attorney Henry d.: Freeman, who at first was opposed to the establishment of a special room for special pupils, stated at last nights session that he had gone into the matter more fully and that he now favored such a room being established.
 Compensation insurance to cover
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
RED CROSS WILL HONOR FOUNDER
 IN SEPTEMBER
Ceremonies Planned at Home Town of Clara
 Barton

Dansville, N. Y-The founding of the first Red Cross unit in the United States, and Clara Barton, who established it, will be com- memorated at Stony Brook State Park here September g. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York state, and John Bar ton Payne, chairman of the Amerl- can Red Cross, will be among the speakers.
 The American Red Cross was the outgrowth of Miss Barton's ex- periences as a nurse in the war between the states. The lack of proper facilities in that war, in contrast with the work done by the Red Cross in Europe during the Franco Prussian war, impressed Miss Barton so strongly that she devoted the remainder of her life to urging United States adherence to the Geneva convention establish ing the International Red Cross. Health Impaired. Miss Barton's health was impair ed by her work as a nurse during the war between the states, and after the war she went to Europe in hopes of improvement. While there she first came in contact with the organization founded in Geneva in 1864. Thirty-one nations had signed the convention, and Miss | Barton returned to the United States determined to persuade the American government that 1t
 should join the others. Her plans were hindered for
 several years while she was con- fined to the Jackson Sanitarium here, but later she went to Wash l ington, where she persuaded Presi- dent James A. Garfield to consider her proposals. President Garfield recommended the organization of an American association of the Red Cross, of which Miss Barton was made prisedident.
 Miss Barton's dreams dimmed, however, when President Garfield was assassinated. She was dis couraged and returned to Dans- vile.
 Ncighbors Aid.
 On September 9, 1881, in the hope of encouraging her, a group met with her in St Paul's Lutheran church and organized the first Red Cross unit in America. That unit now Is known as Clara Barton Chapter No. 1.
 Within less than a month the unit was asked to help Michigan families left destitute by forest fires. Miss Barton accepted the invitation as an opportunity to prove her claim that the Red Cross could and should function in peace time disaster relief as well as in wartime service.
 The way in which the Dansville unit, assisted by other units, which by then had been formed in Ro- chester and Syracuse. met the sit- uation was credited with largely being instrumental in causing the United States Senate to ratify un- animously the Geneva convention on March 16, 1882.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
 FLOW INTO CHILE

Santiago - In spite of the world crisis foreign countries are invest ing a good deal of money in Chile. Recent reports state that French and Italian concerns will establish cloth factories in Chile, while Ger man, British and American firms are understood to be considering the investment of several million pesos in oil refineries.
 A United States enterprise mas made a proposal to the govern ment which provides for the cree, tion of a factory for chemlcai products at Paipote. petroleum refinery at Vina del Mar and steel plant at Valdivia. These three developments would require an expenditure of several million dol lars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07

A pilot balloon, released over the weather bureau station at Fairbanks. Alaska, was recently see nto move at speed of SAY miles an hour at heights of IA miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-07
TT IS CONFUSING

Counsel: Are you sure this is the man who stole your car?
 Plaintiff: l was until your cross examination. Now I don't know if ever possessed car.-Der Lustige Sachse. Leipzig.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
SIGNING OF NAVAL
ACCORD POSTPONED
United States and Japan Given
Time to Examine Text.
Publication Unsettled.
Nv the Assnciatsd pr.ss

BY the Associated Press
ROME, March THE formality of
signing the naval accord between Great
Britain, France and Italy, is taking
almost as long to arrange as the nego-
tiations out of which the agreement
came.
1t had been understood here today
that the ceremony of signing would
take place in London next Tuesday, but
IN official quarters tonight it was said
the signing had been postponed until the
United States and Japan had examined
the text.
The situation as it was understood
here tonight is that publication of the
agreement. originally set for last Mon
day, Is still unsettled but dispatches
from London and Paris said the text
would be published on Wednesday
simultaneously in all the capitals con-
cerned.
The agreement. it is understood, has
not been even initiated by the men who
wrote its terms, because the British dele
gates prefer to await the approval of
Washington, Toxic, and the British
dominions.
Instead of afixing their initials, as Is
customary the negotiators merely eX-
changed their words of honor
It has been suggested that the cere-
mony of signing the accord might be
an imposing ritual with the French and
italian foreign ministers present and
possibly Henry L. Stimson, the American
Secretary of State Government circles
here. however think such an elaborate
ceremony improbable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
SIX CHILDREN FLEE
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Four Girls and Two Boys
Thought to Have Stolen
Car and Left City.

Four girls and two boys who escaped
from the Industrial Home School, 2575
Wisconsin avenue, early last night, were
still at large early today. A third boy
according to police, who also escaped
later returned of his own accord and
reported that the other boys had an
nounced their intention of taking an
automobile and travelling from city to
city.
Shortly after the escape police sent
out a city-wide lookout for the boys
and girls, who were believed to have
been seen in an automobile near the
second precinct at about 10 o'clock last
night. 1t was thought by police that
they we're riding in car which had
been stolen.
Those who escaped are:
Viola Ball, IA; Margaret EdmondS,
IS; Anna Dennison, IA; Ruth Jeffries,
IS; Joseph Mulvey and Joseph Chesel-
dine.
The Home is a District reform insti-
sutton.
M. r. Hafer, supervisor at the school,
said last night the boys ard girls were
free to go around the scheol as they
desired, and asserted they had rot been
missed until a check was made when
the inmates retired. Mr.. Hafer ex-
pressed the opinion that the escape
was made shortly before the time to
retire
The school supervisor would not di-
vulge the identity of the boy who had
voluntarily returned following his es-
cape.
Mr. Hafer expressed the opinion that
the escapes of the boys and girls were
made separately, helieveing there had
been no previous arrangement to leave
together.
Police of the Capital ana nearby
cities have been asked to be on the
lookout for the rllnaways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
ARTISTS VALUE WORK

NEW YORK, March (R.-New
York independent artists, on the whole,
register a good opinion of their work
by sticking big prices on big tags on
the painting and sculpture exhibited at
the Society Of Independent Artists
show, which opened last night at the
Grand Central Palace. 1t is the If
tenth annual show Of the sort. Twelve
hundred works of art-admittedly-are
exhibited.
Elias Yacobovitz of Brooklyn wants
$4,000 for his painstaking portrait of
Abraham Lincoln done in flower petals.
David Burliuk of New York asks a SINH
lar price for a painting called From
Breadlines to Meadows of Prosperity"
Helen M w. Watkins, on the other
hand, will accept SIS apiece for the two
pictures she exhibits. She lives at
Locust Farm, Paughgaugh, New York
State.
There are several paintings for which
$500 and $4,000 is asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

boys and girls of high-school age of the
principles of our Government, of the
blessings and joy because of the success
full operation of this form Of govern
ment, and of the ideals and devotion
necessary to preserve our Government,
must be considered as valuable means
toward the attainment of the purpose
for which public education largely
exists.
such an undertaking is the National
Oratorical Contest which has for its
object the enlistment Of the interests
of every boy and girl in the high
schools Of the land in the study and
appreciation of the Constitution of the
United States of America"
Aids Constitution Study.
In describing the manner in which
the contest work is articulated with the
curriculum of the District of Columbia
high-school English department, Miss
Simons said, the National Oratorical
Contest offers fitting objective for the
study of the Constitution in the Eng
lish classes of the senior high schools
of Washington, Students of the second,
third and fourth years will make d.
rect study of the Constitution in con-
nection with the work prescribed.
For instance, the course in American
literature OuerS the opportunity LOT the
study of the Constitution while early
state papers are being read as examples
Of the literary output Of the times.
Again, in the third year, when the
subject of exposition Is emphasized,
what more fitting document could be
used to illustrate the clear, exact def
mite expression of thought than the
Constitution? And in the fourth year,
after the work on Burke's Speech on
Conciliaticn,' the Constitution presents
itself for study as a corollary of Eng
lands refusal to listen to the master
full plea for the American colonies.
Promotes Understanding.
Finally, in the oral English classes
where the Grafton is definitely studied
topics directly bearing en- the Constttu-
ton are chosen as subjects Of students
orations for delivery in the class room
or auditorium.
THUS again and again in our Eng
lish course the Constitution cones up
for study and Interpretation, 1t Is
to be hoped, in the light of present.
day issues"
Mr.. Jones suggests to the teachers
of the history department that this
method of study cannot fail to increase
interest in the Constitution. 1t will also
promote a better understanding of the
Constitution not only for the speakers
but also for the listeners. Furthermore,
it may develop orators who will main
tain the high standard the Washington
high schools have already established in
the National Oratorical Contest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
JOHN D. DECLINES FLIGHT
Inspects Airship at Daytona Beach
Asking Many Questions.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, March 7
RD.-John D. Rockefeller, ST., yesterday
came nearer than ever in his life 70
taking an airplane ride.
In a party of friends the millionaire
came from his Ormond Beach home TO
the beach here, where Capt. Boyds
monoplane is. Capt Boyd. Canadian
flyer, took the ship from its hangar to
the beach for the benefit Of the venera-
BILE oil magnate.
But Mr.. Rockefeller declined with
thanks to take ride. He did, however
inspect the ship. asking numerous ques-
tions John Dick of Toronto and other
members Of the Rockefeller party took
short hops in the plane.
How many members Of your family?'
''Neighbor John" as he is affectionately
known here. asked Capt. Boyd, who told
him.
We'll, here's a dime for your mother
another for your father and another for
your wife, one each for your four chill
dren and one for yourself" Mr.. Rookie.
Teller said as he placed the eight shiny
coins in the transatlantic flyers hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
COLDER WEATHER Is DUE
HERE IN WAKE OF RAIN
Planes Have Heavy Going and
Mails Are Sent on by Train as
Result of sleet.

Rain, which began falling early last
night, was expected to continue through
out the night and this morning &C.
cording to the Weather Bureau fore
cast. Following clearing weather today
winds, fresh from the Southeast, are
expected to shift to westerly, bringing
fair and colder weather Monday.
Pilots on the Eastern Air Transport
line passing through the National Capt.
tai had heavy going last night. The
first southwark plane got through from
New York to Richmond, where the
going was so bad the mail was sent by
train.
The early northbound ship from At
Ianta pushed through to Greensboro,
where 1t landed in a heavy rain with a
ceiling of only 800 feet. At Boiling
Field the ceiling, or bottom of the lower
cloud layer, dropped from 5000 to 1000
feet in an hour before the rain started
to fall.
Mail planes operating between the
Capital and New York were encounter
ing sleet which threatened to freeze on
the wings and block operations later In
the night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
400 MILE CHASE ENDS
IN CAPTURE OF FOUR
Florida Charges Two Men and
Women With Series of Rob-
berries and Assault.
BY tn. Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHIPLEY, Fla, March THE trail
Of alleged banditry Of two mel and two
women having ended abruptly in a
swamp after a 400-nli1e chase across
northern Florida, the four we're in
prison here tonight awaiting action by
the grand jury.
The bandit suspects, who gave their
names as Tex Hayes, Bert Oglesby,
Mabel wertz and Fay Harris. have been
formally charged with highway robbery
and assault with intent to commit
murder
The assault charges grew out Of the
wounding of Chief Deputy Sheriff w. B.
Brock and ellis Malloy, civilian, who
were shot down hire as the four made
a dash for liberty after being stopped
on a highway by possemen.
Robbery of several motorists, from
whom the four are alleged to have taken
automobiles in an effort to escape,
caused the other charges.
Search for the bandit suspects was
participated in by hundreds Of officers
along the route.