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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-14
Sherman Appointed
Pepsodent Vice Pres.

stuart Sherman, vice president
ofLord and Thomas, Chicago, has
been appointed vice president in
charge Of advertising and sales
ptbmotion Of The Pepsodent Com
pSpy, 1t is announced
Mr.. Sherman, prior to Joining
Lord and Thomas, in 1888, was
Divisional sales manager Of the
Colgate Palmolive-Peet Company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-14
New York Wool

NEW YORK. May II S.).-wool
firm. Domestic fleece unwashed, Ohio
& Penn. 2S@36c. Domestic pulled
secured basis, 1896. Domestic Texas
clean basis. 71QS5c. Domestic territory
clean basis, 6l@9So.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-14
AFTER CALL

Washington Gas Light, 1881.
washington Railway and Elec-
tr1c As, $1,0000107: washington
Railway and Electric as, $1,000
@1O7; Washington Railway and
Electric As, $1,000@107; Wash
ington Railway and Electric As,
10000 LOT; Washington Railway
and Electric IS, $1,000@107.
Potomac Electric 5A% pfd,
150110A.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-14
HANEY &C.: e: ;::!
BY LEWIS HANEY
Professor Of Economics New York University

The FrazerLemke BILL which provides for carrying huge
OF farmers debts by issuing grenback has been defeated
In the House. You know bill by the company it keeps
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-14
Washington Stocks

SALES
Capital Transit Company,
10O13.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23

Ed and Kelmer
wonder And when going
Becho had killed another Kelm
presented
A few days while
chalet heard
calling For Petes
THE BECHO'S ON GROUNDS" GASPED II HEARD
VOICES AND FOOTSTEPS LET'S TRY TO NAB
1t Looked Like Taps for Kellmer.
Ed got his KeImer started a the
hotel grounds. Ed: "The spookny in
night m Of
began to shake like
beats faded.
the the
SCATTERING night
found that in mood to be shot
Separating like Keiner his I
mine"
loud jabbering native Spanish
looked window
aashed what and arrived just in time
the native policeman Kener by
mer ed" HOwLED, THESE NITWITS WHO
Am. THEY STRING
Ed accosted the captain Of the
"senor,' replied captain, caught
Eds opened wider why that's Becho protested
That is a guest ct the hoteli"
"Becho in Black and White Skin"
sad 1.-THE hotel Waterman
positively skin
in the chalet He is
the in the place and he Becho
Becho disappear tot"
a puzzled he Kelrner's
black andwe striped bathrobe SHOW YOU
WATCHMAN told cantain
explained 1--WE
him and took the bathrobe for animal skin"
much dignity
Ed 81 Kelmer and asked
him what he doing He sad I'm burning
Service.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23
Daughter Buys Makeup
Box of Late John Gilbert

Hollywood, Calf. DOS
sessions and doodads of the late
John Gilbert went on the auction
block here and the most spirited
bidder was the actors daughter,
Leatrice Joy Gilbert, eleven.
The daughter of the one time
screen lovers second wife obtained
Gilbert's makeup box for $14.50.
She also got a cameo bracelet for
SIG, couple Of books, two minia-
lures and a small etching for Sc. so.
The auction, expected to last four
days, was held in a vacant store.
Gilbert, his friends said, rarely
threw anything away and an amaz-
ing collection of miscellany was Of
fered. There were about 1000
items.
The leaf Of rare old Bible. with
market price of about $500, went
for $3.50 to Clarence Brown, direc-
tor of some Of Gilbert's outstanding
silent screen pictures.
A tan polo coat, little worn, for
which Gilbert paid $3.50, was sold
for $51. A suit which the auctioneer
explained cost $100 went for $22.
A woman bought it.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23
Kansas Town Will Get
French War Souvenir

Dion, France.-A French flag
which ioated over the city hall Of
Dion during the World war, and a
poilu's helmet, worn in the trenches
by Emile Lambert, French vice
president Of Fidac, international or
ganization of war veterans, are en-
route to Phillipsburg, Kan, where
they will form part of the war mu-
scum organized by the American
Legion post there.
Reno B. Kingery, for ten years
adjutant and service officer Of the
Philippsburg Legion post, took the
initiative in requesting the French
flag and helmet. Kingery was sta
toned for some time during the
war at Dion, as were other Phil
lpsburg soldiers, who decided they
wanted symbolic souvenir of the
Burgundy city for their community
hall, where collection of war relics
has been started.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23
Animal Man"
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

Wh!ni Sir am pleased to note that Old Lady
W still busy initiating members club of ours The
newest Distinguished Advenurer Edwin
Conn., And I'd writes Many times while reading
your column have wished might have experience
Well. by Jove. Floyd. read this one"
You see Ed Is back with the of
the OF experience have And
nus urn In the storyelers circle. going
Ed went to South last November Cold weather
oeosnt agree with him and he'd It xota
nue. warmish down the Equator. in
trip mp the Amazon with English explorers. Did
geS INTO an adventure with He
Explorers like quiet peaceful
I'VE Civilized parts OF that adve
ture AT A " - ~ 1870
Hotel Whose Guests Lived in Stucco Huts.
After ne left his explorer friends
Derby hotel
nve miles outside the city limits
1t there, don't
sections of
room and dance hall The guests lived individual
chaes located
between
with hibiscus shrubs palms.
beauty but at night felt lonely
NUT and of
VINO was also stopping the hotel"
The other fellow Kelmer-a
OF oil
and together strong
the gardens, smoking talking
One evening od the Becho
or animal He = The natl
were al talking about-a lone robber
pet Tor . disguse HE HID IN DARK PLACES POUNCE
HE WASN'T AT ABOUT SHOOTING People WHO
DIDN'T DO WHAT HE TOLD THEM.
Decided They'd Better Have Revolvers
1t all sounded like to Kellnner
drst they laughed
brought new atrociy by the Becho
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23
Dakota Lakes Are So Low
That Fish Are Imperiled

Webster; S. D.-Fish in the South
Dakota lakes region face almost
certain extinction this winter unless
fall rains are heavy enough to raise
lake levels considerably, game COM
mission experts believe.
The oxygen content of the water
OF South Dakota's lakes now is only
two points above the absolute mini
mum necessary to sustain fish, and
unless heavy rainfall is received
to increase the oxygen content the
fish will "suffocate" when lakes
freeze over this winter.
Big Stone lake, largest in north
eastern South Dakota, is in fairly
good condition, investigation has re-
vealed, because of fresh water re-
ceived from the Little Minnesota
river. The condition of Enemy
Swim, Pickerel and Kampeska
lakes has been described as EEK
tremely critical"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23
Paris Geological Garden
Rich in Historic Events

past the rustic wood houses of the
runinants, past the brilliant ma
caus screaming on their outdoor
perches, and the swans preening
themselves on the waters of a
brook. Small boys in knitted or
black velvet suits stare hypnotized
at tigers. Little girls wave tiny
white gloved hands at keeper
sweeping out cages with twig
brooms. In spite of the signs De
tense dexciter les animaux,' men
occasionally poke pointed sticks
through the bars. Old women in
pinwheel decorated booths do a
thriving business in small hard
loaves Of bread, Pain pour les ami
maux,' which visitors toss down to
the polar and brown bears in the
pits.
1T was probably just such bread
that a kindly keeper used to steal
from the bears rations to give to a
poor young artist sketching the ami
mails. These exquisite pencil
sketches made in the Jardin des
Plantes can be seen in the Louvre.
for the hungry young man was
Antoine Louis Barge, later to be-
come celebrated as an outstanding
animal sculptor. His realistic small
bronzes Of animals in action are
valued exhibits in art museums
both in the old and new worlds.
Saw Exciting, Times.
1.-THE Jardins des Plantes has
known many exciting times. During
the siege of Paris in 1901, when
famine was causing as much havoc
as the Prussians, many of the ami
mails were butchered for food.
Starving Parisians paid as much as
five dollars pound for lion, bear,
giraffe, and even hippopotamus
meat. The shots that felled the ami
mails were only slight disturbances
in the garden where enemy shells
were constantly shattering the glass
of the greenhouses.
THE Jardin des Plantes has NO
giraffe at present, but in 1927 il
exhibited the first living one ever
seen in France. A present from the
oS'io VI GSyPt, Tic creature ar
rived in Marseille wearing as an
amulet parchment inscribed with
a passage from the Koran. It was
accompanied by four Arab keepers
and three cows to furnish it with
milk. Travelling on foot from Mar.
seille to Paris, it created q stir all
along the way. When 1t arrived in
the capital, everyone f1ocked IN tbo
zoo to see it, Parisians went wild
about it, dedicated songs. and arti.
cies to it, and designed hats and
dresses after it.
The only previous excitement al
the zoo that could compare with il
was the sensation in 1795 caused by
the arrival of two elephants from
near Apeldoorn, Holland. They had
Travelled by land and on ships in
specially built wooden cages
mounted on wheels, but since the
wagons sometimes broke down, il
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23

animal house, built in 1918, whose
walls are stained and cracked. In
more than 20 small cages in this
old building lions, tigers, and other
wild beasts pad around on ancient
warped floors.
Monkeys are already living in
luxury in a large new monkey house
completed in 1884, which, with its
plate glass windows and immacu-
late white tiled walls, is a model
of its kind.
One Of Oldest Zoos.
Zone of the oldest geological and
botanical gardens in Europe, the
Jardin des Plantes was founded by
Louis XIII and Guy de la Brosse
in 1885 as an experimental garden
for medicinal plants. An important
collection of animals was not added
until 1893.
To-day the botanical garden.
greatly expanded since its incep-
ton, finds many frequente1s. Vis:-
tors flock into the greenhouses filled
with treelike ferns, Towering coffee
trees, and tropical plants from the
various French colonies. The Alpine
garden contains rare plants from
high attitudes in many countries.
Under century-old trees women sit
knitting and cast supervising
glances at offspring riding in CAV
goat carts and on diminutive gray
donkeys. Other mothers push heavy
black DerambulatOrs dovyp Tho Io,,
shaey walks, stopping to admire
magnificent dahlias in the ornate
howerbeds, or labeled specimens of
medicinal and commercial plants.
The Natural History museum
and the Mineral museum both at
tract their devotees. But crowds
wander in the greatest numbers
through the geological part of the
garden. They stroll in family groups
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23
Reds Destroy Art
Treasures in Tibet

Chengtu.-Ancient Tibetan art
relics reported to be valued at
millions of pounds sterling, have
been wantonly destroyed by
hordes of Communists and ban
dts infesting the borders of
China and Tibet, and ravaging
the provinces of Kokonor and
Sikang.
Approximately three-quarters
of the Lama temple in which
these treasures were kept were
pillaged and destroyed by the
Red raiders, whose depredations
have lost to the world works of
art as ancient as the Tibetan
hills.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23
FISH LIVE IN POOLS
IN DEATH VALLEY
May Be Descendants of
Those of Wetter Days.

New York.-Can you imagine any
place less likely for fishing than the
sun-scorched, furnace-baked region
known as Death Valley, in lower
California, where streams are un-
known and the few pools are Of
bitter watersl When Mr.. William v.
Ward read a newspaper account Of
certain spring in Death Valley
wherein abound q species Of thriv-
ing fish, he smiled increduously,
thinking the reporter had been
touched by the heat. Nevertheless,
scientific interest was aroused and
he fitted out an expedition to in
vestigate, not without thought Of
exposing the reporter as q nature
fakir. He tells Of his experience in
Natural History" published by the
American Museum.
After describing his long journey
across the Mojave desert to Sara
toga Springs, about twenty miles
from the lowest point on the North
American continent, Mr.. Ward
says:
Fish in a Water Hole.
Late in the afternoon the car
came to jolting stop beside cir
Gle OF weeds, surrounded by salt
grass, which marked the location of
water-hole, and there were the
fish! A thousand of them, playing
and fighting in the depth of the
pool.
THE pool was about twenty by
thirty feet, and from two to three
feet in depth. The bottom was COW
cred with decayed vegetation ex-
cept in several round, sandy spots
from one to three feet in diameter
through which the water dubbed
from it's underground source"
After his first excitement at find
ing the fish, Mr.. Ward fell to
wondering why they were there.
Knowing that there were no other
fish in Death Valley and the nearest
othe- water was miles away. "It
seems most reasonable" he says,
to presume, as do Stanford univer-
slty icthyologists who are studying
the desert fish, that the little min
nows are descendants of those which
once Inhabited the area at much
earlier geological period when the
desert had a moist and humid
climate, and when the present arid
basins were lakes and dry water
courses full flowing rivers.
About Two Inches Long.
They attain maximum length
OF from two to two and one quarter
inches The males hova c1;oh+1x,
barred sides which become a bril-
liant irridescent blue when the light
strikes them at the correct angle:
but at other times they appear to
De plain grey, with sometimes a
reddlsh-brown tinge when one is
looking down at them. The females
lack most Of the irridescent blue
and are little paler than their
mates, while they have vertical
bars on their sides which are much
more prominent than those of the
males.
"The rapidity of movement of the
fishes in the water made it almost
impossible to even try to SCOOP
them up in the nets which had been
brought for the purpose. However.
the easiest way to catch them was
soon discovered. An insect would be
placed on the surface Of the water.
and its struggles quickly would at
tract number of fishes. While thew
were busy attacking the insect, a
net would be slipped quietly be-
meath them and they would be can
tured"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23
Stung Thrice Daily,
but He Makes Money!

Rochester, Mimi. Leslie
White, instructor of economic
geography in the Rochester high
school, has solved the problem
Of seasonal work and income with
a hobby he started 20 years ago.
White keeps bees, between So
600 and 150,00 of them. He ex-
poets to market two tons of honey
and some wax this fall before
he returns to his school room
for the winter.
He gets stung an average of
three times a day, but says he
doesn't mind.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23
Now Being Spruced Up for
1887 Exposition.

Washington, D. Gone of the
Paris show places being spruced up
in anticipation of the 1887 EXPOSE
ton is the Jardin des Plantes, the
famous geological and botanical
garden which spreads over IA acres
near the Seine.
Isolated behind a high wooden
fence, a large new cement house
for ferocious animals is rapidly
being reared" says the National
Geographic society. Zoo authori-
ties expect to complete it before
the influx of visitors next summer.
1t will replace the second oldest
building in the zoo. the long low
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23
U. s. Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy
n maintained to train young men
to be- officers in the Navy. After
four years of practical and theoret-
ieal sesmanship. tactics and gun
merry, each graduate Ia made an en-
sign. An ensign In the Navy Is
equivalents in rank to second lieu
tenant IA the Army.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23
Lights at Sea

AT sea at night red light can be
recognized as a red light as far as it
can be seen, which is usually from
three to four times farther than a
green light appears green. On the
other hand, a green light can be
seen, although its color cannot be
distinguished, many times farther
than q red light.-Collier's Weekly
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23

took them two years to make the
approximately 300 mile journey.
mot long after they arrived, the
Jardin des Plantes was the scene of
a strange activity. Sixteen conserv-
atory artists solemnly played diff
ferent kinds of music for the delec-
tation of the elephants, whose reac-
tons were being studied by scien-
lists"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23

Mrs. F. E. Dona of Canton, N. Y,
is hailed as the best cook in the
Empire State, for she won first
prize in the menu contest sponsored
by the state bureau of milk pub
licity. The prize dinner cooked by
Mrs. Done consisted of onion soup,
fish baked in milk, riced potatoes
with carrot sauce, diced baked
beets and buttered peas. whole
wheat scenes, apple salad and lem
on pudding, with milk for children
and cafe au lait for adults.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23

The booth the Thomas Ava Edison foundation the
Central
interesting group Of pioneers who worked with Mr. Edison the
this con;rv 49, Ing , nto piant IN
w. Mallory secretary
plants
in New in
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23

Below Sea Level
The Salton Sea in California Is $50
feet below sea level. :
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-10-23

Talked with a pushcart man in
Times Square. He sells candy, with
each kind in a neat section bearing
a card stating the price. Police
give him a lot of trouble. They en-
force the law. that he can't stop
except when he is making a sale.
The trouble is, he continues, that
sales are so few that if some COPS
didn't have hearts, he'd walk his
legs off trying to make a living.
@ Bell Syndieate.-WNU Service.
Evening star., 1936-05-16

The upper photo sho,us the
ne,o home of Mr.. and Mrs.
TIL. ReaDis at 421 East Leland
street. Mr.. Reauis is 1Dith the
Controller Generals office.
Belo1D is 423 East Leland street,
recently purchased by Mr.. and
Mrs. M. w. Thatcher. Both
homes are In Rolling1Do0d,
Nd, and ,Dere built and sold
by the Shannon & LuchS
Development Co.
Star staff Photos.
Evening star., 1936-05-16

citation at the University Of Chicago,
who will talk on appraising the small
home.
Charles s. Wanless. Springfield, Ill,
vice president Of the association for
the region. will be the keynoter.
Besides the general sessions there
will be six group conferences on:
Financing, farm lands, brokerage, ap-
praising, property management and
home building.
The national conference of secre-
taries Of real estate boards will meet
simultaneously with the Great Lakes
convention. Not since 1881 has this
group gotten together, and there are
indications Of big registration for
May 28 and 20.
Evening star., 1936-05-16
Pellet

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Evening star., 1936-05-16
i '''b[|GHTED AREAS"
REMEDIES STUDIED
Demands of Home Owners
to Prevent Lowering of
Standards Heard.

A definite demand by home owners,
6ther taxpayers, home mortgage lend
ing institutions and municipalities
for better preservation Of neighbor-
hood standards as protection against
expensive obsolescence, resulting in
so-called blighted areas in many
cities, is reported in the May number
of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Review, which has concluded series
of studies of the subject.
THE losses suffered in past years
from the rapid deterioration of es-
tablished neighborhoods by home
financing institutions, home owners
and municipalities have eliminated in
a demand for action" the Review
stated. One solution upon which
various authorities are working Is
establishment of more modern type
of neighborhood unit. The Review
summarizes a number of such proposals.
Municipalities and taxpayers, the
difficult to carry the burden of
blighted areas which are unable to
pay for their own public services.
Lending institutions are taking more
cognizance of the loan risks attend
irg neighborhood instability. Home
owners in these areas are protesting
the melting away of their equities and
the lessening desirability of their
homes. The survey disclosed that the
problem includes not alone the pro-
lection of new residential neighbor-
hoods against inroads that make for
such destruction, but the reclamation
of existing blighted areas to prevent
further loss.
The principal features of the pro-
posed model neighborhood units are
more space for small parks and play
grounds, internal street systems for
local traffic only, designed to keep
out fast through traffic, and novel
system of localized streets and lanes.
The claim is made for such plan
that street Improvements cost $371.22
less, for each lot, than under the pre-
vailing standardized street layout. The
dwellings would be grouped around
the usual neighborhood facilities of
schools, local shops, churches or
libraries.
Evening star., 1936-05-16

shareholder in 1894 and a doubling
of the amount shown in 1900. In
1880 it was S715.
Evening star., 1936-05-16

shareholder in 1894 and doubling
of the amount shown in 1900. In
1890 it was SITS.
Home Mortgages Stable.
While pointing out that the reaction
OF the savings and loan shareholders
to this type of investment is the most
important indication of the popu-
larity which home mortgages still
hold, Pellet recalled that home mort
cages held by individuals have shown
likewise unusual stability in the course
Of the depression since the Federal
Home Loan Bank figures in 1882
estimated $4,000, 100000 held in this
group and the recent estimate from
the same source gives this figure as
S3,800,000,000.
Statistics from the savings, build
ing and loan associations demonstrate,
Of course, that the small saver is
still the backbone of the mortgage
structure in the country" said the
league president. mortgages held
by individuals, rather than by any
financial institution represents as a
rule, the loans on larger residences
since the difficulties of servicing and
of lending on smaller properties are
much more easily met by institutional
lenders than by an individual. who
desires as little trouble as possible
In making and keeping his investment
The average size loan which associa-
tions are making today is $2,1O0 and
Is thus, typical of the larger market
for home mortgage services. For this
reason, the tendency of investors in
the associations to increase continually
the amount of their holdings is es-
pecially important, demonstrating
where the mortgage funds of the
future may be expected to be derived"
Pellet said that a ratio of about
Evening star., 1936-05-16

one OF the earliest grants In Fauquier
County. It was conveyed by Lord
Fairfax to Edmund Jennings. It was
also the site Of an important Indian
settlement, and near the northern
terminus Of the old Seminole Trail.
One hundred years ago the Fauquier
Springs was one of the most popular
resorts IN the United States, many
from New York and Boston journeying
there in private carriages.
1t is expected that Mr.. Letter will
build on the property at an early date.
the sale was made by D. H. Lees & Co..
Warrenton.