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20,000 RESPONSES FILEDINRADIO TEST Replies of “Thinkers-In” in Sir Oliver Lodge’s Experi- ment Surprise Him. By the Acsociated P LONDON, February 18.—Impres- slons of more than 20.000 “thinkers- in" had reached the experts of the Soclety for Psychical Research today. The experts handled various objects in a padded room in London, Wednes- day night. while Sir Oliver Lod= requested listeners-in over the radio to concentrate in an effort to name the ohjects Thousands of additional communica- tions are expected from distant places and it will he at least six weeks. in the opinion of Dr. V Woolley, chief assistant of Sir O} in the radio. telepathy experiment, before all can be examined and classified and the result announced. Variety of “Bad Guesses." Letters already examined revealed a varfety of had One, how ever, described almost ately the fifth ohject—a mask which Dr. Wool- ley donned, surmountedyby-a derby hat—while two or three others got the impression of a derby hat alone One thinker-in wrote that the fifth object was a dark cardboard box with a scarlet lid. Such a box was in the padded room, and the suggestion is made that the attention of one of the &lx men imprisoned in the room might have been distracted by the box dur- ing the experiment. guesses, Results Surprise Him. Sir Oliver Lodge, who spent some time examining the replies. is q by the Daily Express as sayving with reference to the impressions of the fifth object: “These are resuits 1 did nmot expect for a moment. T was in- @Mhned to think that telepathy under these circumstances was impossible.” E A PACIFIC FLEET SHIPS LEAVE FOR PRACTICE Cruisers Will Join Atlantic Battle Squad for Maneuvers in Canal Zone. By the Associated Prese. SAN PEDRO, Calif., February 18.— Nine battleships, accompanied by a dozen auxiliary ships of the Pacific coast battle fleet, left here yesterday on the start of its 15.000-mile cruise for joint maneuvers with the Atlantic fleet in the Canal Zone and on the Atlantic coast. Other ships of the Pacific fleet will be met at San Diego. Under Admiral Richard H. Jackson, commander-in-chief of the Pacific battle fleet, hattleships of the line, submarines, destroyers and alreraft will combine in theoretical attacks upon the Panama Canal, which, with passage of the waterway. will occupy the Pacific fleet for a week. The fleet ix scheduled to return here at the end of June, | NEW SAFETY OFFER. Theater Seats to Be Given Careful Drivers. PITTSBURGH, February 18 (®).— Bomething new in safety first—a Pittsburgh newspaper, co-operating with a theater, yesterday announced that show tickets, good for two seats each, would be given dily to careful automobile drivers, The safety edit« of the paper will visit heavy traffic-woints and observe the drivers, not«ag the license num- bers of those who are careful. The license numbers will ‘%é published so that the careful drivers can identify themselves and claim their tickets. ANIMALS MENACE CARS. Motorist on African Highway Chased by Elephants. CAPETOWN, RBritish South Afefea, | (P).— Automobilists on newly constructed jungle roads have | to keep their eves peeled for other dangers than highwaymen. The Kenya game warcga has posted netices along the NgP.obi-Mombasa highway warning car,drivers of the dangers from wild animals after dark. A motor cyclist recently encountered four leopards and was chased by two elephants the same night. Seeks Deportation Stay. Frank Marinakis, 23. a native of . Greece, has filed suit for an injunc- tlon in the District Supreme Court against Secretary of Labor Davis to deportation to Greece. « tells the court he is a stu dent at Marietta College, in Ohlo, and i® part own of a restaurant. He de- nles that he i to hecome a pub- 3 w -, B orell REC Louis F. Bradley’s— Is a Star Branch Office It is a truism in Washington that if you are wanting anything advertise for it in the Classi- fied Section of The Star and you will quickly supply the need—and that is literally a fact. For your convenien Ads with The Star, Branch Offices have been established in practically every neighborhood, in and around Washington, where the copy may be left—sure to appear in the first available issue. You can easily locate The Star Branch Office by No fees are charged for Star the above sign. N Branch Office service; The Star prints MORE Classified Ads every day than all the other You'll be surprised at the RESULTS, “Around the Corner” is a Star B Fine “Sable” Worn ] | By Queen Proves Coat of Ratskins By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 18.—Many perons have admired a brown fur coat which Queen Mary has been wearing this Winter, and numer- ous references have been made to it In print as “The Queen’s sables” and so on. As a matter of fact, it is made from the skins of rodents killed on the royal estates and put to- gether a_skilful furrier. Every public reference to its as. sumed value and the rarity of its skins is greeted with unrestrained lanvxxsemrm by the royal house. hold. LABOR COUNCIL OUSTS 23 FOR COMMUNISM Fur and Garment Delegates Barred on Red Charges by New York Body. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. February 18 —With only two of their number rising in protest. 23 delegates, representing garment and fur union locals. and ac- cused of holding communistic prin- ciples, were ousted last night by the Central Trades and Labor Council of New York. The action came after a letter from Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, granting the authority was read. Among the delegates expelled was Benjamin Gold, manager of the New York joint hoard of the Furriers' Union. Gold frequently had been charged with improper handling of the workers’ fund. and at the meeting of the American Federation of Labor in St. Petershurg. Fla.. in January, it was charged that the joint hoard had paid money to the police so that they would maintain a friendly attitude to- ward the strikers, These charges were denied by Police Commissioner George McLaughlin and by Gold, who said he had vouchers in full for the amount mentioned. NIAGARA FALLS ON AIR. Roar of Water Broadcast as New Studio Opens. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Febru- ary 18 (#).—Niagara Falls last nigh took its place alongside the Liberty Bell, Big Ben in London. and the Pa- cific Ocean. in performing for the radio. The roar of the Falls was broadcast as part of the ceremony incidental to the opening of the local studio of Station WMAK, which has its head- quarters at Buffalo. Aiken-Augusta. Mean temperature during February at these popular resorts is 50. Splen- did golf courses with fifteen golf events. Other interesting outdoor amusements. Reduced fares. Excel- lent tourist hotels now open. Through sleeping cars via Southern Rallway leave Washington dally 7:25 p.m. Res- ervations and expert travel informa- tion, 1510 H St. N.W. Tel. Main Advertisement. | COAL COMPANY makes reduction in prices for domestic coal, due to off season and large sup- ‘ply on hand. No Commission Charged You can take 12 years to pay off your loan without the expense of renewing. $1.000 for $10 per month, including interest and prin- cipal, half of which is ap- plied to reduction of debt. Larger or smaller loans at proportionate rates. PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Largest in Washington Assets Over $13,500,000 Cor. 11th and E N.W. JAMES BERRY, President. JOSHUA W. CARR, Secrotary. EIVED HERE 7th & Md. Ave. N.E. ce in placing Classified \ only regular rates. papers here combined. ranch Office THE GRENNAN HARDHT INCHCAGDFHT Republicans .in Battle Over Mayoralty Nomination Call Democrat Plunderer. Mechanical ingenuity, having found ways to keep the baby pacified and devised schemes for automatically stoking the furnace, has again aided modern man by making it unneces- sary for him to remain home to re- ceive telephone messages. . Dispatches to the Commerce Depart- ment vesterday gave some of the de- tails of an invention, credited to two Swedish inventors, which receives telephone messages in the absence of the houselfolder and repeats them on his return. The apparatus has been under test for several months and has passed all trials, it is said, in Sweden. By the Assoclated Press CHICAGG, February 15.—The bat- EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Swedish Device Will Record Telephone Message When Subscriber Is Not at Home It consists of an apparatus which may be coupled to the telephone by a device which places it in direct gon- nection with the central operstor. When a call comes in to a station =0 coupled the apparatus sounds two bell signals, thus indicating no one iy at home to the person calling, who then states his message. The words are automatically recorded on a higl sensitive material on a base of heav cardboard, which makes operation cheap and reduces the likelihood of breakage. Reception magazines are changed easily by a simple mecha- nism. tle for the Republican mayoralty nomi. nation in next Tuesday's primary flared into accusations, recriminations and court action’ yesterday, while|Wh echoes of the recent general election | Printed i heard George Harding, the new | Edward R. Litsinger. with the sup- i 4 Y| port of Charles S. Deneen, Illinols county treasurer, calling George E.| ~ S Brennan, defeated Democratit eandf: | Jip, s oo e horoiaatton. T oMe® date for United States Senator and |’ nompson for the nomination. national committeeman, a plunderer| Dr. John Dill Robertson. former of public funds. health commissioner under Thompson Robert E. Crowe, State's attorney,|and at present Westside Park com- supporting William Hale Thompson, | missioner. Is the independent candi- former mayor, for the nomination, oh. | date. ~ William . Dever, present tained a subpoena duces tecum for |Mavor, is unopposed for the Demo- all the books, papers, records amd|cratic nomination. other documents of the board of elec-| Harding's charge against Brennan tion commissions relating to the mail-| was that Brennan through a bond ing of 28,000 suspect notices. Crowe | ssue, “a small thing when compared had the subpoena made retur » the great whole, has robbed the next Monday and denied he sought to | people of thousands of dollars annual- handicap the board in conducting the | Iy." He cited one instance, that of election. | the county treasurer’s bond, in whic Crowe also asked that the election | he said Brennan ‘“robbed the people commissioners bring in their records, | of $40.000." 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South Dakota to Spend $25,000 on Partially Owned Well. By the Associated Press PIERRE, Dak., February 18.— South Dakota’s representatives voted | yesterday to sink $25,000 in a partially owned State oil well at Standing Butte, in Stanley County. Opponents of the measure declared that the State has a $4,000,000 overdraft, and “now we are adding $25,000 to the overdraft on a wildcat oil well.” The well heretofore was financed by sale of stock to South Dakotans. In the event oil is struck, the amount of unused appropriation will be canceled and the State will share pro rata with individual stockholders on profits. b Do not turn your back on troubles; meet them squarely. HEAVY SATIN WHITE CONEY FUR 25 ., FRIDAY, FTEBRUARY' 18, 1927T. CELLMATE SAVED, BUT SLAYER HANGS Goes to Gallows Two Hours After Companion Is Granted Week's Reprieve. By the Associated Press. 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