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THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, LIVING IN A FOOL’S PARADISE. —By WEBSTER. et ~NT Ore 5 ine PLL BET HE'LL GE ZJ CALLING UF Ariy MINUTE MO, HE CERTAINLY WAS INTERESTED, 'LL HOOK. Hien fFor. A¥50,000 FPoLICY AT LEAST D. €, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1927 BACKS DATA GOTTEN |Adddédsssdsssadass 24 MILES AT SEA BAZARAAEIRAAIZZARKE Fashion Week at Lansburgh & Bro. ¥ NECRD SLDERS TERHS REDUCED 20 in Wartime Race Riots Made Eligible for Parole in Year. MO, | PO T WANT TUESOAY ARy 1M SORANCC BUTIF | CHAMGC MYy MO CLL g e Government Urges Right to Prose- cute on Information Seized Out- side 12-Mile Limit. By the Associated Press. The right to use evidence obtained through seizures made by the Coast|= Guard outside the 12.mile limit was argued in the Supreme Court yester- day by the Government in a case from Twenty negroes, formerly members y ) Massachusetts arising out of the seiz- of the 24th Infantry of the Army, who i ure of a motorboat 24 miles at sea were originally sentenced to death off Boston Light. or life imprisonment for taking t Losing in the Cireuit Court at Bos- in race riots at Houston, Tex. in ton, the Government appealed, insist- 1917, had 18 months taken off of their ing’ that alcohol obtained through the 80-year sentences by President Cool- selzure had properly been offered in fige yesterday. They will become evidence in the prosecution of James eligible for parole within the mnext M. Lee and others on charges of con- year. — spiracy to violate the prohibition and " With their release, the last of the tariff laws, N 63 negro soldiers tried by court- rting that the jurisd martial “for participation in the riot > Coast Guard over Amer ing that caused 17 deaths in Houston sels extended beyond the 12 Quring the war period, will be taken and was as broad as-the oc off the prison rolls. 18 of 29 Executed. The outbreak in Houston when troops of the 1st Batt the 24th Regiment seized the at the barracks and ran riot in the reity, Of 29 sentenced to death 18 were executed under artime authority of departmental military commanders to approve death sen- tences, President Wilson commuting the sentences of the others to life imprisonment. The original sel tences of a number of othere were life imprisonment Subsequently, the life imprison- ment sentences were reduced and except the 20 still confined in prison either have been releasd or have died. Names Not Made Public. The names of the 20 affected by President Coolidge’s action an- nounced yesterday were not made public by the War Department. It was said, however, that 16 would be eligible for parole in June, 2 more in December and the last 2 in February, 1928, ) S POSE HE'S BEEMN Too BLsY To PHorE BUT MAYBE HE TRIED o REACH ME AND GO THE WRONMG MO BE R i THURSOA Y WELL, HE LL SURELY CALL ME VP ToDAY HE WAS A RICH LOOKING, Birp. | WOULDN'T 8¢ SORPRISED VF HE Toox | cov A #Floo,000 PoLicY illegal and seizure lared that while evidence ob- unconstitutional search and seizure could' not lawfully be used, evidence illegally obtained could be, and insisted that even if the Coast Guard had no jurisdiction to make seizures outside the 12.mile limit, ev- idence obtained could be used in crim- inal conspiracy prosecutions. Lee was not represented by counsel. Foreign trade of the United States increased in value and volume last Are You Chained Like a Convict? Do you pass sleepless nights and feel half dead on arising next morning? Do you have an aching feeling and loss of appetite? Do you look worn out—are you bilious, have you a sallow, lifeless complexion? Do yqu suffer from dull headaches, indigestion, gas, sour and acid condition of the stomach? Many times the above are the result of a constipated condition; your bowels should move daily, the-poisons should be eliminated from the intestines. Try 'CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS, a purely vegetable laxative, tonij and note the effect =0 fRIDAY SA-rrzony MICHTY STRANGE HE HASNT PHOMNE O. STILL IT'S oMLY BEE Y PAYS SiNCE SAW Hion SOMEHOW OR OTHER ™ BEGINMING © SE FAITH INTHAT E,OQD, | Do BELIEVE He s GOING To CALL ME P AT ALL EDUCATION FOR WOMEN IS URGED BY OVERMAN Tells Duke University Alumni Both Sexes Should Have Equal Opportunities. Senator Lee S. Overman of North Carolina was the principal speaker &t a dinner last night at the Univer- sity Club of the Duke University Alumni Association of the District of Columbia. About 50 alumni living here and in nearby Maryland at- tended. Senator Overman urged that women given the same educational op- and ready for a successful day. Women are invited Thursday 4 to 5 PM. to aitend a CARTER'S IZSPILLS = Corset Revue SPEAKS ON EDUCATION. rtunities as men. He sald mothcrs Usually exercise more influence over Aheir children than fathers, and de- flared that this made it essential that women be given proper education to care for and instruct their children. « Prof. R. L. Flowers of the univer- ity outlined plans for expanding the #chool under the terms of the will of the late James B. Duke. He described the building plans now going forward and told of the extensive work that ll be done by the medical school. . Wilbur C. Davison of Johns Hop- University, who has been selected head the new medical school, also #poke of plans for this unit. Other speakers were Rev. Dr. Wil- Yam A. Lambeth, pastor of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South; Richard E. Thigpen, Earl B. Craven. G. D. Elsworth, James Lee Bost, Miss Elizabeth New- &on, Ben Lamb and Dr. James Haw- Beld. The university quartet sang #everal selections. Former Represent- itive John Small of North Carolina as toastmaster, and J. Gilmer Kor- @er, jr., was chairman of the com- nittee in charge of the dinner. _iRMY LAND ’I:RANSFERRED Dr. Bennett Tells Citizens Person- nel of Staff Is Important. ¢ The importance of the personnel of the teaching staff and not the size of the school building or its conveniences h & Bro. on the Fourth Floor, in which was stressed by Rev. F. 1. A. Bennett, member of the Board of Education, at a meeting of the Northeast Boundary Citizens’ Association, held last night in_the Burrvilie School. Dr. Bewnett discussed the prospects of getting an_eight-room addition to the Burrville School building. The as- sociation passed a resolution request- ing the co-operation of the Board of Education in its plan to have the building enlarged. The grading of Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sev- enth and Grant streets will be com- pleted as soon as possible, it was re- ported. The membership drive added many new members. The drive will continue through May, it was an- nounced. Dr. James A. Ported, presi- dent, presided. e Twenty-three days left to file your personal tax return. Automobiles be- ing bought on the deferred payment plan are taxable to the purchaser if in their possession on January 1, 1927, Bite at Plymouth Harbor Given for . Coast Guard Station. Lansburg low-priced HOOVER it has corsets and other foundation garments will be displayed The discriminating woman is as careful in her choice of a founda- tion garmeént as she is in her selection of a gown or wrap. Thursday Revue will present itself as an opportunity to become ac- quainted with the corset fashions of the moment and to profit by the knowledge in her later purchases of corset, brassiere or girdle. Models for every type of figure and of every well known make, including Nemo, Rengo, De Bevoise, K and C, played. The revue will be repeated Friday at 4 P.M. and Saturday at 2:30 P.M. To her this Nature's Rival and Le Contour, will be dis- Fourth Floor—Lansburgh’s—7th Street Now! —at Lansburgh’s + Bections of the military reservation &t Gurnet Point, at the entrance to Plymouth (Mass.) Harbor, have been gnnsrerred, by executive order, to the ‘reasury Department and the Depart- ment of Commerce for use, respective- as a Coast Guard station and for hthouse purposes. s Favors for parties, and Positive Agitation Knowing what a super-value the Hoover is, with its revolutionary new princi- ple, “Positive Agitation,” you will be agreeably surprised to learn at what a low price we are now offering a new Hoover médel including this famous feature. Next to the Greater Hoover, this is the most outstandingly efficient cleaning device obtainable today. It completely outstrips other cleaning methods, because it does what others cannot do—reaches and removes the most deeply buried, -rug- destroying grit. “Positive Agitatior®” which tap-taps this “unreachable” dirt to the surface, is obtainable only in the Hoover cleaners, Come in and let us show you just how remarkably efficient this popular priced Hoover is. 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