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THE EVENING . COLD THAT CLOSED JOLSON SHOW COSTS SHUBERTS $42,000 WEEKLY |Star Rushes to Florida for Rest Cure at Busiest Sea- 17 LIGHT ASKED ON GERMANY Premier Urged to Publish Interal- STAR, WASHINGTON, 1925 TRAINING CAMP | PLANNED BY VIRGINIA 618 Quota Same as Last Year, and c., Tries to Flee Jail Under Auto Hood Astraddle Motor By the Assoctated Press. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1925. WANT PRINCE TO SHOW WIDENER LOAN PAPERS Attorneys for Art Purchaser De- mand Youssoupoff Substan- attached to the papers, es that the prince sold the paintings outright but the second paragraph recites th Mr. Widener realized that the prin parted with the paintings reluctantl and provides that he may repurchs them by paying the £100,000 with in est at 8per cent from the date of sale in 1921. The prince denles any sale. EAPLAINS MYSTERY lied Commission Report. PAF vester During a lull chamber of deputies OF SHADOW BANDS tiate His Claim. debate on the Vatican embassy ques- Physicist Says Eclipse Phe- nomenon Originates in Earth Atmosphere. By Consolidated Press W YORK, January who billed as “the world's itest entertainer,” is suffering om the world’s most expensive cold. It is costing something like Flicker-|% Week and his employ play over | Messrs. Shubert, Just how long they depends on the time necessary Al to throw oft his cold black-face comedian speeding South today in his pr | car under his orders to et orids as quickly as posstble aad there until he was entirely —Al Jol- is « B the Aesociated Press NEW YORK, January 27 ing shadow- lmnd'\ which carth immedia of the sun, scribed as really are no mystery ing to R. W. Wood, perimental physics a University. For 20 years it has been the with de henomena accord- for famous Johns Hopkins known, | ¢ turbu- Bor s new show, “Big Boy." has 4 little more than been playing to s of any produc- Broadway. The whole show he star and the man- the futility of trying going without Jolson, de- lose down until he was able In the rden will rem while all the other performers, some 60 in number, will luxuriate in idle- ness on full pay Misxed Three Big Dayx. lence of ea and cold density of the tho ble these resulted when the moon o'e on last Saturday Shadow ever a di upon the . and that aked shadow st the sun as ds can be ant searchli wall A white id. Efforts to link such s of an eclipse with the Ein stein theory of light-ray-hending were called by Dr. Wood than nonsensical ided to ¢ to appear ags the Winter ¢ seen when- nt is focused hued build- ter the ill and the e most profitable pe the week, Friday and v nights and Saturday mat Al was back on the job the fo opening Jolson Origin in Atmosp s how wa “Equally preposterou to explain them by light by the well for the ceks, but Sun- his cold became worse and his an told him that he had better elf to r He parent at t ure to c wings been vheri luded that it was time for him | “follow the sw S down e producer ruin of ss affluent managers than the Shu- serts. But there was no alterna | in this What a differer ation y itself in the Billie B ppearing on Broad- | n * Her husband, e show at th that Billie a, may take Winter vacation at Palm theory, fc originated above the plane Tnvisibl “It must be plane s movir high sp would cro of a mile or be quite invisible The outstandir eclipse w stein theory « on Plane. case | their usual | Beach Some of the managers have been A Quality Car 1STUDEBAKER At a Quantity Price “California Fig Syrup” is Dependable Laxative for Sick Children Charles Lane lestial mathe tained photo and it is a study of these p according to Di y, may prove or disprove the relativity theory. Importance to Radio. Although it was said that months, perhaps years, m equired before definite con data collec the eclipse chief brodcas Corporation today a discovery re cfal fmportance to the r He sald that tests with short broadcasting waves that during the partial and total eclipse these waves di ared, while broadcasting on 380 meters was not notloeably affected. The experimental the General Company on af Sche- and received here. 1 reached from this ., which was conducted for four days, beginning two days prior and ending two days after the eclipse, is that the present standard of wave lengths, between 220 and 550 meters, 1s the correct said. Dr. Gold- stein asserted that, as a result of this experiment, owners of radio receiving sets need not be concerned about the establishment of wave lengths out of this range The first color pictures of the sun’ corona during a total eclipse, whic were taken under the auspices ¢ Scientific American, at the East- hampton High School, were sald today 0 be highly satisfactory Edward Hewitt, brother of Peter Cooper Hewitt, the inventor, suc- ceeded in obtaining three pictures, in each of which prominences of the sun can be plainly seen. Twenty such “prominences” aro visible on these plates, Hewitt sald. ASKS $300, 000 DAMAGES. Professional Libel Charged for Al- leged Attacks on Products. CHICAG( 27.—Damages aggre & $300,000 were sought in three suits against Ri president of the Bre Co. of Philad United States Republic Flow ates that, ntists watching ed N. Goldstein, | er of the Radio Even if cross, feverish, bilious, con- stipated or full of cold, children love the pledsant taste of “California Fig Syrup” and it never fails to sweeten ¢ | the stomach and open the bowels. A .| teaspoonful today may prevent a sick & | child tomorrow.” Doesn’t cramp or overact. Contains no narcotics or soothing drugs. Ask your druggist for genuine “Cali- fornia Fig Syrup” which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother! You must say “California” or you may get an imitation fig syrup. January ction own with var| Linen Laundered By Improved Method MacKenzie Sizing is weekly finding favor with an increasing number of the most critical Washington women. This process is used on linens—table- cloths, napkins and bedspreads—to re-emboss the pattern and improve the drape at the same time the articles are laundered. In every case this method brings back all the smooth, softly gleaming loveliness of new cloth. This new process is as successful on low-priced cotton-mixed material as it is on the purest of linen, Our driver will call promptly if you phone. Franklin-71 THE TOLMAN L AUNDRY F. W. MacKenzie, Mgr, 6th and C Sts. N'W. =) N e T e R son When ““Big Boy” was Playing to Biggest Business on Broadway. for the show b hard to explai that 52 plays at the while the open! are scheduled weeks, The musical prosperous, as drama Any or a at the box officy New ideas a joke is sprung Broadway musi; time rday, State tric ington confer transm He an ies. “If the give me $15,00 transmission s: oly and can d the State in 10 announcement (/‘\\ complaining that this is a bad season present time are continuing, no trouble in d be rather scarce, all of his rivals are using It, URGES STATE OWNERSHIP | Seattle Mayor’s Plan for Telephone | to 31, i and Electric Lines. James E launc ownership of with Gov on a plan for ta Eustis, Monroe or Meade Will Be Site. ELMIRA, N. Y., January 27.—Er- ratic functioning of the motor in an automobile as it started to leave Elmira reformatory last night, led to investigation and the discovery of Ernest Thomas of Baltimore, a negro fnmate, astrad- dle_the motor beneath the hood. The automobile was operated by F. L. Hurley, painting instructor, who while on duty stored the car in the reformatory garage. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, January 27.—A motion demanding that Prince Felix Yous- soupoff show why he should not produce papers relating to the al- leged borrowing by the prince in 1921 of £100,000 w filed in the Suprem Court y Davis, Polk Gardine & 4 for Joseph F he order is returnable Feb signed by Pustice Davi. paintings, which ar subject of a suit by the ainst the art collectors, were for repayment of .the sum, e alleg A contract of sale FOR COLDS-GRIP DrR.HUMPHREYS gt Take 77'at the first sign of a cold. Saves illness-expense 30¢ protECT YoURsELF J0° HUMPHREYS' HOMEO. MEDICINE CO.. NEW YORK By the Associnted Press. | RICHMOND, ginians w | milit which takes place clusive, will cither o to Fort Eustis, Fort Monroe, or Camp Meade, Md., |it announced here today at the headquarters of the 80th Division The quota for Virginia is 618, the same number as last year. Twenty- six districts com the organiza- | tion of the State, each of the districts having an Army officer in charge as & chairman, each chairman being held nd new jokes seem to | responsible the procurement of | however. If a new | his district’s quota | a comedian in one| The quota was exceeded in Virg cal play, within a short | 14 ordi too. | Sta cause January in the camps July 1 usiness, but this s n in view of the running on Broadway [ PARIS, January y Mrs. Fanny Bullock tr ings of nine new within the next ones died last Friday in two will be taken to Mars mation, according to h today. Dr. Workman, also a famous Bees and beetles which have been dried and powdered are highly re- garded by the Chinese physician in the treatment of throat troubl shows are nearly all | are quite a number of play with a new idea the prin died, after a short illness. wing in the dollars by and howing in | Corps the the best Army | wholl Area the various | Baslc course, 17 to 25 ye and blue, requirements for as follows d, years, Age courses 117 : | white 19 | Ficld engineering e t Camp Meade | tittery will be given at Infantry valry and be offered the Coast Ar- presented at The Ar urses while will iwin Brown of be rission lines in W nounced he would Roland H. 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