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’-2 Made Ready
For Long Flight
ranseontinental Trip
Will be Next Goal of
Pilots
Hy \*
Washington, Auril ~ — The
my Transport Monoplane T-'J
II he overhauled and refitted
mediately after th** conclusion
ti«* duration flight test to be
tempted by the machine by
cut clients Oakley G. Kelley
d -John A. Macready of the
■my Air Service. This over
ling and refitting will b<' done
lit the plane in every way for
0 proposed transcontinental non
>p flight.
Those two fliers attempted r.
an<c* ntinent il non-stop High,
st fall, star tint? from San I)i
o, California, with New York
ty as their final destination,
ue to a cracked water jacket
ey only got as far as Tndian
>oiis, however.
The second attempt will be
ude from east to west. \\ ar
eper: .Tent officials stated today.
he reason for the change in
rectiens is two fold: The pilots
rlieve that by taking off at the
ginning of the journey, when
je load will be N at its height,!
id it is thought that about 400
lies in flying distance can be
ved by taking a straight line
mis** from New York to Las
E*gas. New Mexico, and thence
rcctlv westward over the mouti
ins to San h)iego. This should
* made possible by the lighter
tad tin* machine will carry at
nil point in its journey, owing
1 the consumption of the greater
ail ol' the fuel.
Both the pilots of the T12 and
Ificiais of the Engineering Di
isieti are said to he confident
tat the T-2 can he made to es
iblish the duration record ant!
uccecd in the ocean to ocean
ourney. Should their hopes be
ulfilled, War Department offi
ials state, it will mark an epo-j
•hal period in the annals of aer
matical achievement.
“It will mean that at last an
“ngine has been developed that
lever stops as long as fuel is
upplied. and that the experi
ment!:! stage of the airplane is
uissing into the background to
nnke v. ay for its general accept
ive as a practical dependablej
vehicle,” it was stated.
Five pilots will attempt to lnd
ter the speed records for ."00 kil
pmoters now held by Boussoc
trot, a French flier, who nego
tiated the distance at an aver
age speed of 86.43 miles an hour,
it was announced by the War
Department today. The attempt
will he made by the five pilots In
ns many different types or ma
■hines, coincident with the at
tempt on the part of Lieutenant
Dakley G. Kelley and John A.
Vtasready, in the T12, to estab
lish new records at various dis
tances from 1 000 to 4,500 kilo
meters, during the flights at
W ilium Wright Field, Dayton, O.
The speed record for 200 kilo
meters is held hy Lieutenant Rus
sell I.. Maughn; it is 205.94 miles
tan h’>ur. Fhe rate of speed then
drop; down for 500 kilometers
■ > that established hy Roussou
ttot. and for 1,000 kilometers to
0o miles an hour. While the T-2
in the duration flight is expected
/
by Air Service officials to better
the GO mile record in the dura
tion flight, it probably will lx* un
able to touch the 8G.43 mile rcc
>rd for the GOO kilometer dis- j
lance, due to the fact that her
tremendous fuel load will cut
down speed considerably for the
early part of the flight. For
that reason it is planned to make
-pocial attempts at the GOO kilo
meter re.ord with the five differ
ent machines and pilots.
Vast Hidden Treasure
Lies in Mexican Hills
illy lulled I*i-«m»»>
Mexico City, April 2—Ameri
,-ans and Mexicans are prying
into the mysteries of “Treasure
Mountain.”
High upin the Sierra Madro
mountains, near the village of
Cruz tie Piedra, in the State of
Mexico- Indians say is buried a
large amount of gold and silver
—treasure of brigands.
It is believed the treasure,' if
it exists, was stolen many years
ago when gold and silver was
carted overland from the Pa
cific coast to Mexico City. It
may be pirate gold, some say.
Headed by Adolfo Sandoval, the
little group of Americans and
Mexicans have begun efforts to
find the missing treasure.
For many years Indians have
told stories of the treasure hid
den on top of the mountains, but
these were believed to bo legen
dary tales, until a few months
ago when an old Indian attsmpt
ed to cash a gold bar at a bank
in a nearby city. The banke*
saw that the gold bar was not of
the kind now made and called in
the police.
The old Indian told of the
treasure which he said was
enough to pay off the national
urut mrMiw.
the story of the treasure wan
passed on to him bv his father.
The Indian then led a group ot
officials on a hunt for the treas
ure. He told them to start dig
ging at a certain point unti
they reached an underground
marking stone. This they did and
the stone was found. Then he
fold them to dig until they found
a cross and the bones of two In
dians who, he said, were killed
by his father when he sealed the
•ave in which the treasure wan
daced. This was done and the
nines were found.
But-and here thei mystery
leepens, the next morning the
Indian had disappeared and, ac
:ording to the story, has not been
seen since, ttempts were made
:o find the treasure, but of no
avail.
Sandoval and his small group
>f adventurers, however, believe
:hat the old Indian’s talp is true
and they are prying into the
mysteries of the “Treasure Moun
tain.”
Scrambled Eggs Spread
Over Mail and Baggage
Winchester, April 2—Shenan
doah .Junction- W. Va.. where the
Baltimore and Ohio and Norfolk
and Western railroads meet, was
the scene a day or two ago of an
accident in which four large truck
loads of mail, express and bag
gage standing on a “slow” or
‘drag” track of the former’s fine
were struck and hurled in every
direction by a fast train that was
not expected at the time.
On the parcel post trucks 100
crates of eggs and these were
scrambled among the contents of
several score sacks of mail, as
well as bursted express packag
es, trunks and satchels. The
only thing that caused the engi
neer of the offending train to
Spring Building
Is going to be heavy all over the country and
the present demand for LUMBER and all kinds
of BUILDING MAI LRIAL makes experienced
buying and a knowledge of values most import
1 ant.
We have large and well assorted stocks bought
or on hand for our spring trade and a com
parison of our grades and prices will prove to
the experienced and well informed buyer that
we are offering excellent values in both the
higher and lower priced grades.
SAM), GRAVEL, LEHIGH CEMENT,
LUMBER
MILL WORK. BUILDING MATERIAL
W. A. Smoot & Co., Inc.
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Washington Elks’ Band Will Open Big Fair Tonight
f .. ii..,. *»•> 1CI2 0 with seven members, five of whom were amateur musicians. This small organiza
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and similar affairs. _______________
apply the airbrakes was when his
eyes were glued shut by egg al
bumen.
The shipment of eggs and
Raster fixings was especially,
heavy, and such a mess of scram
bled eggs and chocolate roosters
and candy rabbits has seldom
been seen. Mail, express and
baggage clerks spent tho whole,
of the following day sorting our
letters, papers and wearing ap
parel and Raster candies, all
smeared, soaked and sticky from
the eggs that were.
ACCEPTS I NEW POSITION
Mr. John Edward Howell one
of the city’s most popular young
men, a member of the A. E. F.
during the late war, has ac
cepted a position with an auto
mobile firm of Washington, D. C.
Vaudeville Show Has
Five Acts to Date
The vaudeville show to be given
Thursday evening, in the West
minster Building, under the aus
pices of the Business and Pro
fession Women’s dub will con
sist of a number of acts put on
by different organizations.
Five acts have been arranged
to date, by the Riles, the Kiwanis
Club, The Eastern Star, the Co
lumbian Players and the Busi
ness and Professional W omen’s
Club. Tickets are now being sold
by members of the club and for
three days preceding the per
formance will be on sale at \\ ar
field’s drug store, corner King and
Pitt Street, and will also he on
sale at the Westminster Building
the evening of the show.
Miss Coen Wins Honors
In High School Match
Out of about l.r»0 students par
ticipating. Mi<s Ethel Coen won
the Freshman spelling match
which was held in the H igh
School last Thursday. She wri
the last one standing after sev
eral thousands of words had been
used to mow down the army or
young spellers. Some succumbed
at the first of the verba! bul
lets while others stood “pat”
though the words came with ma
chine gun rapidity.
> Following the battle terrific,
peace was brought in the form
of refreshments served hv the
Domestic Science Department.
NEW YORK WARMER
lily I'nltcil PrvNN)
New York- April 2—New York
cast oft' several layers of cloth
ing today after shivering through
the coldest Easter Day on rec
ord. Yesterday morning the ther
mometer registered 12 degrees
above zero. It was the (oldest
April day ever recorded hv the
local weather bureau.
JOINT-EASE
Limber ’Em Lp
It’s for joint troubles, whether
in ankle, knee, hip, elbow, should
er, finger or spine—whether
i rheumatic or not.
It limbers them up, reduces
-the swelling, chases out the pain
and inflammation—when Joint
Ease goes in joint agony goes
out—No time wasted.
But lately thousands of people
have discovered that it’s also su
premely good for quick relief in
lumbago, neuralgia and r.eutritis.
Joint-Ease is a stainless emol
lient that soaks in almost in
jstantly. Leadbeatev Drug Orirp.,
,can supply you.—Adv.
Directors Will Hold
Election Tomorrow
The Board of Directors of th?
Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion will held their regular month
iy meeting at the Associatior
headquarters on King street, at h
o’clock tomorrow night.
The annual election of officer
will lx* h id ut this meeting. Sev
oral tentative sketches for th
new building will he praeentd to
consideration, and it is expecte
thac the Boar;! will decide on a
architect. to pi pare final plar
and specifications. On account r
the important malf.ers ipmi.r
up, it is desired that every mer
1> r be present.
England Awaits Second
Invasion bv Johnso
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London, April 2- William' F
Johnson* it is understood, is pla’
ning oneft more to tackle the dr
mon rum in England. Liquor i’
terests are ready to resist an
attempt to drive the dry wedg
into the b>dy politic hcoraboufs
Heretofore Johnson’s apneararv
in this country has reacted agains
prohibition, and some drys an
none too anxious for him to com
again.
At present the Chancellor of th'
Exchequer is trying to find •
means of reducing the price o*
beer, to make the budget pope
lar. Lately Prime Minister Bona
Law appointed Bear dmiral Si
William Hall, one of Johnson'
stoutest opponents, as assistan
boss of the Conservative party.
Relieve Millionaires
Evade French Tax
Paris, April 2.—Considerable
alarm is being felt in financin'
circles over the reported inter,
(ion of the Ministry of Finance
lO maM' :: umruunu
tion to ascertain if it. is true thaii
only It>7 persons in France ear'
boast of an income of more than]
1.000. 000 francs a year.
Officials believe thai this fig
ure is far too low and that fund?
have been hidden in order t<
avoid taxation. These millionaire
incomes alone pay a quarter of
all the income tax received hj
the Government, producing 278,
000,000 francs. Tax officials be
lieve that there should be three
times as many million frane
incomes.
T.ast year close to 1.800,000 per
sons it' France paid income tax
es the' total of which was 1,
130.000. 000 francs. Of these 000,
OOOpaid taxes on incomes of more
than 20,000 francs, the total tax
on these incomes being only 10,
000,000 francs.
ROBBER SATURDAY
Mrs. George Hepburn reported
this morning that satchel snatch
ers had been busy and that she
had been robbeel of her bag on
South Fairfax street Saturday
night.
According to Mrs. Hepburn
someone approached behind her
in a crowd as she was emerging
from a store ant! cut the handle1
of the bag, escaping before she
could give the alarm.
The bag contained among other
things, 813 in cash.
Cincinnati, O.. “Aw. April foo]”
said Samuel Miller Sunday when
a voice on the wire told him his
junk shop was afite. Then fire
men fought a “ten blow" for sev
eral hours much to Sam’s sur
prise. I.oss ? 13.000.
Montreal, Can.: Montreal paiel
heaviest income tax of any Ca
nadian city.
i
Public Schools \\ ill
Reopen Tomorrow
The public schools of the city!
will rcopvti for studios tomorrow j
after the annual Faster close!
lown. The Episcopal Theological1
•teminaiy of Virginia also will
•eopen for studies tomorrow. The,
Episcopal High School will re-i
pen Wednesday.
Many Alexandria- students at
t tiding out of town schools and,
(alleges who have been spend
ing the Easter holidays will with
,ieir parents will leave tonight
nd tomorrow for these schools.;
t. Mary’s Academy and the!
averian Brothers will reopen
Wednesday.
—
unfit Shows $49,080
For Falls Church Town
The first complete audit of
he resources <>f Falls Church in
hree years, made necessary by
he resignation of the town r« r
eant, .1. Gibson, shows the!
iggregate of town resources toj
c $-19,080.07, according to the
own clerk .1. F. Haverty. I his'
unlit of accounts covert almost
hree years—September 1. 1!'2P,
o March 30, 1923. The report®
for the year are: 1921, $11.-!o9.10; '
'!*22, $17,718.00, and 102-3- 8)0.-'
102.85. The settlement show® |
4S3.IO due the sergeant.
H. N. Gibson, son of the for-1
ner sergeant, has been apuolnt-,
-d to till the vacated position and
ins taken over the duties.
Vestrymen Chosen
Ry St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal church to. j
lav elected the following ver- |
rvmen to serve for the year:
C. S. T. Burke, Arinur h
Bryant, Edward L. Daingerfield J
E. C'. Dunn, Arthur Herbert, Dr.
Geo. T. Klipstein. TJ. S. Lam
bent, Judge J. K M. Norton, T.
C. Perry- W. B. 'Smoot, J. S.
Smyth, John R. Zimmerman, E.
F. Tiecr, C. Wm. Wattles and
Sherman B. Fowler.
SALTS FINE FOR
ACHING KIDNEYS
When Back Hurts Flush Your
Kidneys as You ( lean
Y'our Bowels
Most folks forget that the kid
neys, like the bowels, sometimes
'et sluggish and dogged and need
i flushing occasionally, else we
lave backache and dull misery in
the kidney region, severe head-,
iches, rheumatic twinges, torpid
iver, acid stomach, sleeplessness]
uid all sorts of bladder disorders, j
You simply must keep your kid
1 .cys active and clean and the mo
ment you feel an ache or pain in
he kidney region begin drinking
'ots of water. Also get about four
nunces of Jad Salts from any good
Irug store here, take a tables
poonful in a glass of water be
fore breakfast for a few days and
vour kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from
he acid of grapes and lemon juice.:
combined with Iithia, and is in- j
tended to flush clogged kidneys and
help stimulate them to activity.
It als.i helps neutralize the acids
in the urine so they no longer ir-j
vitatc, thus helping to relieve blad
der disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; makes,
a delightful effervescent Iithia wa
ter drink which everybody should
take now and then to hdlp keep
their kidneys clean.
A well-known local druggist says
lie sells lots of Jad Saits to folks
who believe in trying to correct]
kidney trouble while it is only
trouble. By all means have your]
! physician examine your kidneys
at least twice a year.—Adv.
I
They Like Fletcher
Ir. South America
( lly lllltctl I'rMH)
Santiago, Chile, April 2.—The
welcome accorded to Henry P.
Fletcher, head of the American
delegation to the Pan-American
conference, and his associates
who are here to attend the ses-.
:,i,ns which opened here March.
25 attests to the high esteem in
which Fletcher is held by the
Chileans and to his popularity!
in this country.
While it might he going too
far to state that an American
liplomat is a “chilenophile” or a
‘ phile” of any sort, the Chilean
people entertain the incerc belief
that Fletcher has a keen sym
pathetic understanding of their
aims and interests, and his ap
pointment to lead the American
delegates was enthusiastically re
reived here.
"While it was considered that
the popularity of Fletcher must
have had some bearing in his se
lection, those interested in con-1
ferenc (-vents are pleased that
the chief American delegate is
one who not only possesses a
wide knowledge- of Latin-Amer
ican affairs thrvjgh .veers of re
sidence and diplomatic service,
hut that he has a perfect com
mand of Spanish.
l)r. Lee, S. Rowe, director-gen
ial of the Part-Amoriefin Union,
another Ann rican delegate, ami
probably one1 "f th-- most expert
Americans wire iv South Ameri
can affairs is concerned, is also
well-known and popular in < hile,
while the other Amerie-nn dele
gates are at least known he-re
by reputation fvo this achieve
ments at home.
Women are more nimble witted
than men.
Germany Wants
To Split Allies
Efforts at Washington to
Have Allies Coerce
France
l Ity l lilted I’ri'KM
Fly .1. W. T. Mason
Germany is making peace feel
ers at Washington and in the
apitals of the Kuropean allies,
for the purpose of trying to cre
ate further discord among the
victors of the world war.
The German purpose is to ap
pear to he reasonable in the eyes
of the allies and thus encourage
lho allies to press France to aban
don her Ruhr campaign. The al
lies are refusing to play Germ
any’s game. Thuy are insisting
that Germany mn’ke her peace
with France by direct negotia
tions with the French govern
ment.
The f’uno ministry abhors the
idea cf treating with the French,
because that would he a certain
ign of defeat. The German peo
ple are madly enraged against
ihe French. Any German gov
ernment that showed a tendency
io\v to submit to French dieta
iun would lie overthrown.
The Germans want to have the
Ruhr crisis regarded as a dispute
between two equal powers, call
ing for outside arbitration. If
:he rest of the world were to ac
ept this viewpoint, Germany
.vould have won the Ruhr cam
paign. For, it would mean that
France was no longer the war’s
netor, and thit Germany had
pee’i raised to France’s level “in
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.discussions of reparations terms.
The I-Yench cannot tolerate
! such an anti-climax to their Ruhr
adventure. To do so would be to
iconsent to the disappearance of
Frenrh prestige and to admit
France’s inferority to Germany’s
■ will. ’ The Germans are trying
I their hardest to create the imp res
l.sion that France wants to split
up Germany and plant the tri-col
ior permaently in the Rhineland.
Kspfvinlly has this argument
bpen used on the British for the
; purpose of arousing British dis
quietude at the rise of French
) power on the continent.
But. Premier Bonar I^aw has
, not allowed his policy to be af
'f-jeted by the German propagan
da. Great Britain, as a matter of
self-preservation, would combat
any serious effort to disturb the
present balance of power on the
continent; but the belief is held
in the highest British circles that
however much Frace may desire
to annex the left bank of the
Rhine, the moral influence of the
world is sufficient for the present
to prevail it.
Therefore, Great Britain is con
tent to give France a free hand
in dealing with the Germas. The
situation facing the British is not
so one-sided as the Germuns are
attempting to make out. Great
Britain cannot afford to se?
Frece submerge Germany to
to second rank as a world power;
but at the same time, Groat Brit
lain is equally opposed to permit
tiny any such humiliation of
France as would force the French
to fall befor? a resuscitated Ger
may.
By throwing the whole weight
1 of her influence on the side of
tha Germans, Great Britain
1 could compel France to give way.
But, that would be piling up fu
ture trouble and the British pol
icy is to look far into the future.
This point of view explains why
there is so much sympathy for
France in Great Britain and why
Moyd George’s persistent at
tacks on France have made him
so unpopular at home,
ant k S?dbn hr od omd o modo
The situation is full of pitfalls,
because neither Germanl nor
Franco must be allowed to be
come permanently prostrate. The
German government in its efforts
to split the allies overlooks, this
fset. The Freeh government,
however, is well aware of the
tru Conditions. Therefore, France
knows that for the moment, M.
Poincare has the whip had over
the Germans.
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Worthy of Its Praise
The Willvs-Knight sleeve-valve engine actually
improves with use. It is even smoother and more
powerful at 5,000 miles than when new. Carbon
only makes it better. Many owners report 50,000
miles of brilliant performance without engine
adjustment. And a Willys-Knight engine has never
been known to wear out.
See the Willys-Knight Advertisement in the March 31st Saturday Evening Pott
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