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20 ACTION TOMORROY | T0RAISE“MESSIAH Krishnamurti, Indian Protege of Dr. Annie Besant, to Be Proclaimed. t New York World. 9.—Dr. Annie o of Krish lessiah, at | any- | | his criticismns | ) his He native wretched condi which he ace to Indis throughout the civ vid L temple and the first is squalor, spirituality.” you Attitude Toward Pray Then referring to daily worshif { efal new ones. do it iss something t home? nor we it? up the house? Why do we afraid we will What do w n do We i we d Neith comfor Why do 1 think that revolt is a virtue. “But you don't think so.merely to o general ideas, and the re India as ¢ ion has progress. We look Indian. 1f there for swaraj (home rule), we put ¥ _an rb of swaraj ide hav stuff.” inally. after to serious defects of the whole social system in India, Krishnamurti luded “Why do vou and I admit ce ors In India t fail to get up and shake the whole system? I cause we aren't interested in our coun try.” At a bi ference of the Order of The Star of the East at Ommen, Hol- land, last August. when Dr. Besant prophesied carance of the many lity voung “Bishop! Al nees of them was James d of the holic b h which is the order and phical Society. He is the 12 disciples of the Messith named Dr. Besant | At that meeting, speaking of Krish- the Z Messiah, he » may say that when the| ich in, he will e i from the institutic say the life he will also found in-| h which the powers pour upon his when he is upon succeding generations t surely itutions throu t he people, arth Lutyens, the who designed Cenot: talked to the conference | about hnamurti, with whom she is well acquainted. She sald ! “All the years I have known him, never for one second have I faltered | in my belief in the at destiny which is his. Now, the first great thing on which he is insisting, over and over again, is that we should realize that as servants the Master we must become itual aristocracy of the world.” SAN ANTONIO BOASTS ROBBERIES ARE FEW Not a High-Class Hold-Up in Five Years Is Big City's Record. By the Associated Press SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Down here in the shadow of the old | Alamo folks generally and the police | in particular, have a reputation for be-| ing quick on’the draw and quicker on | the trigger. But San Antonio, with a population of more than 200,000 and a police department of 193, has not had a major robbery in five years. The r gunmen, t portion | 1 to the 5 men on the force 1 shots. The whole the marksmanship T. O. Miller, en- London | January 9. expert including medal-holding Ch in pist tervals. 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Werner s Pharmacy, Palais Roval (Toilet Goods Tk {on over By the Assoct CAPE ted Press. MAY, How Coast ds v sons from the disabled yacht Baboon en route from New York to Los Angeles after they had been without food or er for two days and how the Coast Guards themselves were later forced to abandon their own vessel‘and leap to another craft in a heavy north caster, was revealed at the Coast Guard base here today. The CG-105, returning from patrol duty in the storm last night, encount January 9.— ued six per {MOVIE GAG MAN NOW RECOGNIZED AS ARTIST Once Despised, He Has Carved a Niche for Self in Pic- tures. By the Associnted Press HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Januar: The movie gag man is coming into his own. From a position of humble use- | fulness in the slapstick comedy fac- tory nhe has risen to a position of dig- nity and power in the fleld of the serlous film drama The gag man used to be the fellow | who, during the filming of a funny tworealer, jumped to his feet with | sudden inspiration and exclaimed “I have it! While the making love to the girl, Charlie hits him in the face with a custard ple. t ought to get a good laugh.” nee that distant era of film humor he gag man has had ta think up sev- He was ignored by the producers of feature films, however, until comedy stars like Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin began making feature-length comedies. Then some one called in a gag man to try his hand cn a dull drama which every thing else had failed to save from des ponden He injected several comic sequences and the result was miracu lous. The sinking story was refloated and made port as a hilarious comedy- drama. Now that he has been accepted in the best ot film company, the gug man is something more than a doctor called in to' save pictures explring from ose of gloom. He is assigned to the picture while it is vet a scenario and watches its growth care- ful Wherever possible he encour- ages the development of subtly humorous st ns, striving for touc interest as well as omic turn. Forest Fires Break Record. Special Dispatch to The Star. RALTIMORE, January 9.—Accord- ing to John R. Curry, assistant forester of the ate Department of Forestry, 439 for fires, covering an area of 34, acres, were reported in Maryland in The loss amounts 2,748.30. 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The crew of the CG-105, in com- mand of Chief Boatswain Raymond I3, Cash, took the Baboon in tow after escuing two men, two women and wo sallors aboard her, who were uffering from hunger. thirst and ex osure. The yacht s owned by a Mr. Owen of Los Angeles. The six rescued persons were fed aboard the CG-105 and landed at ewes, Del. While the Baboon was -eing docked the (G-201 backed into the CG-105 in the maneuver and stove in_the bow of the rescue craft. Temporary patches were placed on the damaged portion of the CG-105 and it started back for the base with the CG-108 as a convoy. About 3 miles from their destination the patrol boats encountered a terrific north- ter, and the patches were torn from the bow of the CG-105. She ap- peared in danger of sinking and her crew was transferred to the CG-108 in spite of the high seas. .The CG-108 continued on to the base, abandoning the disabled patrol boat. It was picked up later off the mouth of the Missitilian River. STAR, WASHINGTON, BIG GROP MARKET SESSIONIS CALLED Leaders of Eleven Corn Belt States Asked to Con- vene in Des Moines. By the Assoclated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, January 9. Governors, secretaries of departments of agriculture, heads of agricultural colleges, presidents of farm, labor, manufacturers’ and bankers’ organi- zations in 11 States In the corn urea were today invited to attend an agri- cultural marketing conference here Thursday, January 28. Executives of Illinols, Indiana, Kan sas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missour, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Nebraska were invited by Gov. John Hammill of Iowa. Gov. Adam McMullen of Nebraska notified the Iowa executive that a D. C, JANUARY Loy 1926—PART 1. committee of 10 has been appointed to represent his State and that they are anxious to co-operate in any way possible Illinois farmeres. meeting at Morris today are expected to appoint a com- mittee to represent them. To “work out some practical and successful market plan for our farm products and to put the agricultural business on 2 money marketing parity with other llnes of industry” is the object of the conference. The meet- ing is expected to form a “sane, prac- tical, sound and constructive farm marketing plan,” on which ail the representatives “can unite.” Gov. Hammill suggested that each of the governors select a committee of 50, which would adopt, if possible, a program approved by the lowa com- mittee yesterday. This Included a recommendation for creation of a Federal farm board to operate an ex- port corporation handling the crop surplus A small committee, the governor suggested, might be selected to at- tend the Des Molnes conference. Fa Drowns in Auto. WBER) C., January 9 (P).— J. W. Biddle, local farmer and busi- ness man, was drowned in the Trent River here shortly after 7 o'clock to- night, when he drove his automobile overboard at the foot of Craven street. Touring Car Roadster - - Club Coupe Coach - - - - Sedan - - - - Effective January 9th, 1926, All Prices F. O. B. Detroit, Thanks to the swiftly climbing sales and steadily swelling production volume of Chrysler “58,” new and greatly lowered prices are made possible which render the “58” more unmis- takably than ever the value supreme in its class. H. B. LEARY, JR, 1612 You St. Branch Salesroom—Connecticut Ave. and Q St. Britten Picks Menu After “Pailettes Au Fromage” Item Is Deciphered The 30 members of the Illinois dele- gation in Congress gave a_surprise dinner last night to Vice President Dawes and Chairman Madden of the House appropriations committee, who are the most illustrious and powerful representatives of Illinois in each branch of Congress, in the Chinese room of the Mayflower Hotel—and thereby hangs an amusing story. Representative Fred A. Britten of Chicago was delegated to take charge of the menu for the dinner and had as vexatious a time a§ when he nearly. starved to death on board the Levia than because he couldn’t tell what kind of foods the high-sounding names on the menu really stood for. and then had the ship’s menu Anglicized so Americans oould read them without difficulty and would at once know the difference between stew and hash and potatoes, eggs and string beans, as he explains it. The following letter written by Mr. Britten to the manager of the May- flower Hotel is self-explanatory: “Thanks for your letter accompany- ing two menus for dinner to be held in the Chinese room Saturday evening in honor of the Vice President of the United States and Hon. Martin B. Electrifying New Prices Reductions from $50 to 110 Madden, and you may be sure that I will immediately make my selec- tion of the various dish rou will be good enough to tell me just what they constitute, “You ask me to indicate a prefer ence between Pailettes au Fromage { on menu number one and Borstch and Restgais on menu number two. 5 necessary for me to make al selection between Supreme de | Pentades Lucullus on menu number | one and Patridge Truffes on menu | number two. You personally recom- | mend the Supreme de Pentades Lucullus, but you fail to say whethe this high-sounding concoction is a re finement of fish, bird or animal. 5 vill require your further patience before I can make a selection between | Biscuits Glaces au C rtreuse W cellences on menu number one as | ainst Bombe Nougatine with | riendises on menu number two. | Your price of $7 per plate seems | quite reasonable for such a complex | multiformity of dishes, and I am sure | that we 1 have no trouble compassing your suggestion afte have Anglicized them. will venture to predict that it will be necessary for vou to call in 890 $ 935 995 $ Subject to Federal Excise Tax | which aitre de hotel and he in turn to call in your chef befo: vou can answer t and : of this but shows how ridiculous it for an American hotel catering or to Americans who speak Englist seek busines for t is srogeneous could not be unsc in French, Spanish, 1 lish. 1 know of no other ican commercial life man could successfy n S0 that | under like circums WRONG MAN NAMED. Dr. Charles H. Wi dicted in Browning Case. NEW YORK, Jan Bronx an toda Wolcher ws divorced promin sOn was name: divorce case. * Chrysler “58” sped far away from all possible competition months ago in its own low priced field, when it provided such striking per- formance features as 58 miles an hour, 25 miles to the gallon of gasoline and a pick-up of 5 to 25 miles in 8 seconds. & Precisely the same quality—precisely the same performance—pre- cisely the same fine appearance—precisely the same beautiful body. As the new prices deal a body-blow to anything even remotely seeking comparison with the “58,”” which will instantly be recognized, with a thrill of delight by every student of motor car values. BROS. North 4296