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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
new YORK BANKERS
MAKE SHOALS OFFER
Former Senator Sutherland Pre-
pares New Bid to Be Given to
Senate Next Week.

A new bid for operation Of Muscle
Shoals has been prepared by Howard
Sutherland, former Senator from West
Virginia, on behalf of Hambleton &
Co., New York bankers, and is ex-
pected to be introduced next week in
the Senate.
Under the new proposal the Gov
ernment will be required to appro-
pirate a maximum of s40,000,00O to
complete construction work at Muscle
Shoals, including the construction of
dams and levees and locks to control
the flow of the Tennessee River be-
tween the railroad bridge below Mus
Gle Shoals to the dam across the river
at Hales Point to make the river
navigable.
by a board of five directors who
direct to farmers and connect the
power units Of the property with a
superpower corporation to distribute
current over a. wide area. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury would have the
same supervisory power over the cor
poration as he now has over national
banks, and the corporation would be
required to submit monthly reports
to him.
The bill authorizes the acceptance
Of the offer and provides for the or
ganization Of the Federal Power and
Fuel Corporation, capitalized at $780,
100000, to complete, lease and op-
crate the Muscle Shoals property for
the manufacture of fertilizer and
chemicals for explosives and to dis
tribute electric power and fuel
throughout the Southern territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
GAME DRAWS HOSTS
FROM WASHINGTON
Almost Entire 0ficialdom in
Exodus from Capital to
Baltimore.

An exodus that left Washington
almost devoid of oficialdom began
with daybreak today and continued
through the morning with Baltimore
and the foot ball game there between
the Army and Navy as the magnet Of
attraction.
The annual gridiron contest be-
tween the Military Academy and the
Naval Academy teams always has
drawn heavily on washington's popu-
lation. but with the scene of the game
nearer to the Capital than it has been
in years, the seat of the Government
itself virtually was moved today to
the nearby Maryland city.
The crowds that left Washington
for Baltimore by train, interurban
and motor included most of the men,
bers of the Cabinet, hundreds of men,
bers of Congress here for the conven-
ing of that body next Monday, and a
host of other officials. Leading the
list were President and Mrs. Coolidge,
who had arranged to leave the White
House shortly before noon and motor
to Baltimore to see their first Army
Navy game since they entered the
White House.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge,
with the members of their party, in
accordance with custom were assigned
a box during the first half on the
Navy side-the Naval Academy be-
ing "the home school" this year-and
were to cross the field during the
intermission between halves to see
the last two periods from the Army
side.
The White House guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank w. Stearns Of Boston, and
c. Bascom Slemp. secretary to the
President, were the only ones ac-
companying Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge to
Baltimore, but they had invited a
large party to view the game with
them. These included Senator and
Mrs. Weller and Senator and Mrs
Bruce of Maryland, former Senator
and Mrs. Jackson of Maryland, Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac T. Mann of West Vir-
ginia and Director of the War FL
nance Corporation and Mrs. Eugene
v. Meyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
P[EAFOR PLANES
MADE BY PERSH|NG.
General, in Annual Report,
Says Air Service Most
Vital Army Need.

War experience and peace time
tests thus far made do not alto
gether warrant" conclusions that Ell
ther seacoast defenses or battleship
protection can be dispensed with,
Gen. John J. Pershing finds in his last
annual report as chief of staff of the
Army. made public today at the War
Department.
Summing up both actual experience
with airplane bombing results in the
World War and subsequent bombing
tests against capital ships, the for
mer commander of the American Ex-
peditionary Forces said:
"Of course, sc me damage was done
by aircraft bombing, and it would
doubtless be somewhat greater in an
other war. but until it becomes vastly
more probable than at present dem
onstrated, then it cannot be said that
we are in a position to abandon past
experience in warfare"
Asks Larger Air Service.
Gen. Pershing declares. however,
that the most vital present need of
the Army Is an increase in the air
service and gradual development of
it's personnel and equipment. Espe-
cially because of its ability to observe
enemy movement, he declared, the air
service is essential to armies. in the
field, although the infantry is still
the backbone of the attack and the
role of other arms is to help 1t reach
the enemy"
1.-The idea that the principles of
warfare have changed and that armed
contests will be settled in any other
way have nothing substantial in our
experience to warrant serious con-
sideration," Gen, Pershing added.
Discussing the Army air progress,
the report said:
"Our experience in the World War
as to airplane production and the
training of personnel should be con-
tinuously borne in mind by all who
appreciate the role of aviation in
modern warfare. Early in 1917, it
will be recalled, an appropriation of
$500, 100000 was hastily made with
what seemed to be an effort to over
come previous inexcusable neglect to
to say nothing of
for manufacture of air
planes. The voice of criticism for
previous inaction was apparently
stilled, for the time being, by the
loudly hearalded purposes to. send
$4,000 afrplanes to the western front
without delay-a declaration that
later brought many an embarrassing
moment to those of us abroad who
knew how baseless and boastful such
claims were.
1T is a matter Of record that even
the type of plane to be put in pro-
duction was not decided upon until
several months after we entered the
war, and that no American plane was
flown in battle until August, 1918,
and only some 600 planes had been
sent to the front before the armistice.
Can Direct Fire.
1.-THE Air Service has become an es-
sential aid to the armies in the field,
especially because of its ability to
observe and obtain valuable informa-
tion as to the immediate enemy bat
tlefront. 1t is now possible for OBJ
servers to direct the fire of our artil-
lery from the air, and thus aviation
has risen to very great Importance as
an auxiliary arm.
Enthusiasts often forget the OBJ
(CoDtiDuod on poUa COI,unn %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
ID DROWN WHEN SHIPS
SINK ON SPANISH COAST
Other Fishing Boats Believed Lost
Off Brittany in Revived
Storm.

BY the Associated Press.
CORUNNA, Spain, November 90
Two trawlers from this port were
caught in a terrific storm of the har-
Dor today and sank, IA men on board
being drowned
PARIS, November 2s.-Thursday's
gale shows signs of reviving with
added force. The sea is running high
both in the English Channel and the
Atlantic, doing considerable damage
to ports, and the gale is showing
tendency to extend inland and to the
Mediterranean.
Wires are down in some places,
making communication difficult in
various parts Of the country. A num-
Der of fishing boats are still missing
from ports in North and South Brit
tany, and scant hope is entertained
for the survival of their crews.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
Vicious Sopiet Exile System
Held More Cruel Than Czars
Trials That Mock Justice Result in Dis
patch of Thousands to Bitter Cold,
Diseuse:Ridden Arctic Death Traps.

were arrested last December in the
campaign against private trading.
and Georgians who were sent north
in September following uprising in
Georgia.
which Grand Duke Nicholas gave the
foreign press last Spring caused the'
exile of numerous members of old
princely families who were living
quietly here and others who were
having correspondence abroad.
The cleaning of the universities
from bourgeoise influence caused the
deportation of students who protested
against expulsion. Churchmen sup
porting the Patriarch Tikhon are
continually being exiled. Six of his
assistants in Moscow recently were
sent to the dreadful exile camp at
Novonik olaievsk and later will be
sent to more remote post in Siberia.
During the past fortnight, the
writer has heard of many arrests
among Moscow intellectuals, the most
notable being a group OF "a students
connected with the Christian STU
dents movement and a theosophical
society who apparently had formed
small private circle for the study of
the Bible.
During the past few months the
writer has given much time and
study to this question, travelling
Russia and Siberia, visiting prisons
and living with exiles. Permission
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
U|TF0R DAMAGES
RENT ROW SEQUEL
$25,000 Redress Asked for
Alleged Assault at 10th
Street Mansions.

oscar A. Reed of Clifton Terrace
today filed suit in the District Su-
preme Court to recover $4,000 dam
ages from Maurice Baskin, Joseph
Low and Harold Schaller for alleged
assault. The defendants are, respec-
lively, the owner, manager and as
sistant manager of the Sixteenth
Street Mansions and the suit is said
to be the sequel to a disturbance
growing out of a meeting last Sat
urday night of the tenants of the
latter apartment house to protest a
proposed increase of rentals.
Mr.. Reed tells the court that about
1880 o'clock last Saturday night he
presented himself at the main en-
trance Of the Sixteenth Street Man
sions for the purpose of calling on
his personal and family physician,
who for some years had been and
still was a tenant in the building,
with Offices there to receive patients.
AS he was entering the building, he
states. he was set upon and attacked
by the defendants, their servants,
agents and employees without just
cause and without warning.
In Presence of 100 People.
The plaintiff says he was roughly
handled and treated, beaten and
bruised and refused entrance to the
premises. Both of his arms were
bruised. he states, and he was other
wise severely injured. The alleged
assault took place, he ayers, in the
presence of upward of 100 persons
in the lobby of the building, who
were assembled to attend the meet
ing of tenants. This action of the
defendant, he AYERS, held him up to
ridicule and great humiliation, and
his nervous system has suffered Sc
we're shock. and by reason of the al
legged assault he was made Sick, sore,
lame and disabled. and he was re-
quired to have a physician treat him.
Attorneys Walter c. Balderston and
John w. Wood appear for the plain
tiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
Gone on Wedding Morn,
Is Believed With Spurned Suitor

a Tilted suitor Of Jane, which read:
James absence entirely my fault:
Would advise Frank not to come
to House. Will write"
The question in Mrs. Conley's
mind now. she said, is whether
her daughter changed her mind
and eloped with House, or whether
the latter abducted her
Mrs. Conley said she would de-
eide today whether she would turn
the affair over to the police.
Houses parents are said to live
on farm near Syracuse, N. Y, and
Mrs. Conley expressed the belief
that the pair might have gone
there. They left in an automobile,
according to her best knowledge,
she said.
Strear's mother lives at Newark,
Ohio, and he spent Wednesday eve-
ming with her, returning here
Thursday to find Miss Conley
missing,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
1925AUTO TAGS
ON SALE MONDAY
New System Devised for
Quick Handling of Lines of
Applicants.

Automobile tags for 1925 will go on
sale at the District Building at 9
O'Clock Monday morning and city
officials want motorists to apply early
to avoid the last minute rush
Wade II. Coombs, superintendent of
licenses, in cooperation with the
traffic board, has worked out a plan
for the issuance of tags this year
that will expedite greatly the han
ding of the crowd
The thousands of motorists who ex-
pect to own the same car next year
that they now have will not be re-
quired to waste time filling out an
application blank when they get to
the District Building. Mr.. Coombs
mas already made out an application
blank for every car now In use.
New syotem Devised.
BY the operation OF tho following
system the superintendent hopes to
sell you new tag with the least
possible delay:
Enter the District Building by the
main entrance on Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
AS you fall in line for the march
down the corridor to the tax office
have 81 bill ready and be able to
state to the clerk your present tag
number.
clerk in the tax Office will hand
you your application blank already
made out as soon as you tell him the
present tag number.
With this blank in your possession
you descend the steps in the tax Of
flee to the water registrars Office,
where cashier will take your dol
lar while another clerk hands you
tag. Since the water Office is on the
street floor, you then pass out of the
building without pushing back
through the crowd Of incoming appli-
cants.
The fact that an application blank
has been made out for you in advance
does not mean you will get the same
tag number you now have. These
blanks have merely been filed ac-
cording to your present tag number
for easy reference in handing them
out
OF course, If you have just pur-
chased new car 1t will be necessary
for you to fill out a blank, giving
your name and address, the engine
number, the style of body and the
year it was made.
Heretofore tags have cost SO, S.
and $40. according to horsepower, but
under the new law all tags will be 81
for gasoline propelled cars. Separate
rates are charged for steam and cleo
trio vehicles.
If every applicant for tags for
gasoline car will have 81 in exact
change it will speed up the move
ment of the line.
Electric pleasure cars will cost s11.
Electric trucks will cost $40 for the
first 1000 pounds or less and 81 more
for each additional 1000 pounds or
fraction thereof.
Tags for steam automobiles will
be SIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
PRESS SHOWS ANXIETY.
Outbreak in Khartum Worries Lon
don Observers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 29.-Tbs Eevn.
tian situation as the result of the
latest messages was described in
ohlclal quarters in London this after
noon as serious, but not critical
Interest centered in the Sudan, which
appears to have been quieted
While the mutiny of Sudanese
troops at khartum is not taken as
necessarily heralding serious trouble
In Sudan, the possibilities of grave
developments are not overlooked, and
an undercurrent of anxiety is seen In
this mornings press comment.
Since the British conquest of the
Sudan and the subsequent establish
ment of order, with the development
of the country's resources, which
President Roosevelt SO warmly praised,
1t had become automatic here that
the Sudanese had grown attached to
British rule, while they deSpiSed the
Egyptians.
According to recent reports, how
ever the Egyptian propaganda in
favor of independence has had some
success in the Sudan, and uncer-
tainty regarding the extent of that
success is one of the causes of the
disquiet here. 1t is rumored there
have been signs of disaffection in
other Sudanese regiments besides the
mutinous 18th, which, it is recalled,
was concerned in the rebellious out
break last August.
Offers Difficult Task.
! If the trouble spreads, its suppress
sion may be a SITTER job than if the
nutineers were Egyptians, for the Su-
danese are noted for their bravery
and are likely to stand up to the
British IL they possess arms and am
munition. 1t is said, however, that
the British hold all the magazines
under strong guard and that the Su-
danese soldiery can have only a lin
tied supply of ammunition.
In view of the severance of regu-
lar communications and possible
military censorship on such news as
reaches Cairo. the public here may
have to wait awhile to learn the ex-
act state of affairs and whether there
is any real ground for anxiety.
The report of Lord Allenbys ILL
ness. of which there are no details, is
given prominence in some of the pa
pers and, according to the Daily Tel
egraph's diplomatic correspondent, is
creating some anxiety, as on Wednes-
day the high commissioner was ap-
parently well and had a lengthy in
terview with Premier Ziwar Pasha.
The report is reiterated that the
murder plots alleged to have been
uncovered in Egypt were aimed at
Lord Allenby.
Telegraphic communication with
the Sudan was restored at 1850
o'clock this afternoon, it is an
nounced in an agency dispatch from
Cairo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
Session Called by Mellon Will
Consider Data Given by
JuSSerand.
FINAL DECISION RESTS
ON WILL OF CONGRESS
General Outline of Policy May Re.
suit From Meeting Called
Monday.

Informal exchanges looking to a
refunding settlement of the French
debt to the United States have pro-
gressed to the point where the mat
ter will be laid before the full mem
mission for discussion at a meeting
called here for Monday.
Secretary Mellon called the meeting
of the commission yesterday, shortly
after it had become known that the
Treasury head had held a series of
informal conferences recently with
Ambassador Jusserand on the subject
of his governments wartime obliga-
tion to the United States, which
ranks second in amount to the British
debt, already refunded.
Clarifying of Position.
The result of these conversations
to guide the commission in its dis
cussion of the matter is understood
to be chiefly in the nature of a clari-
fication of the fiscal position of the
French government in its bearing on
a possible basis for formal negotia-
tions. While the commission at this
meeting, the first in six months, is
expected to do little more in regard
to the French debt than go over the
situation in the light Of the recent
conversations. 1t is believed these
eventually would lead to tangible re-
suits.
Although the belief was indicated
in some quarters that the meeting
of the commission might develop
some definite statement of American
policy in dealing with the French
debt, the fact was not lost sight of
that Congress must be the ultimate
authority in putting any settlement
policy into effect. Similarly, Mr..
Melons discussions with Ambassador
Jusserand are understood to have been
merely informative as to broad pos
sibilities from the American view
rather than an approach to any def
mite terms.
1t is assumed such views were
sought by NJ. Jusserand in order that
he might lay them before his govern
ment when he returns to Paris in
January to retire from the diplomatic
service.
HOPES FOR SETTT T.EMENr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
Mouie, Close Up, accidentally Taken,
Brings Arrest in Bogus Check Case

Ten feet Of movie film which had
recorded the features of Henry w.
Hawley, alias John E. Morris, while
he was dickering for a motion pic
ture camera that was being demon
strated to him here, clinched proof
of Identification and resulted in his
arrest Wednesday in Harrisburg, Pa.
it was revealed today.
Hawley is wanted here for alleged
widespread fraudulent operation with
bogus checks. About two weeks ago,
during an alleged maneuver Of his,
the police say. he was introduced to
Charles H. Hillegeist, manager Of
the Scientific Cinema Supply Com
pany, at 1904 street.
Morris, as he was then known, said
he wanted to purchase a $1,000
camera, and Hillegeist brought 1t out
side to let him understand it's opera
tions. Accidentally Morris stepped IN
front Of the lens of the camera, which
is said to be one Of the highest power
lenses used in that type Of appara-
tus, and Hillegeist turned the crank
a few times Morris put in an order
for $3.50 worth Of Photographic sup
plies and later disappeared from
Washington. Among other things
ALSO. he is alleged to have gotten $50
from Hillegeist on a bogus check,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
SUDAN MUT|NEERS
QUELLED; Is SHOT
DOWN BY BRITISH
Situation Regarded as Seri-
GUS, But Not Critical, After
Quiet Is Restored:
TELEGRAPH LINES CUT
IN FIGHT ARE RESTORED
Spread of Trouble Among Sudan
ese Would Give Britain Diff
fcult Problem.
Rv The Associated Press.

BN tue AsSOclat fress.
CAIRO, Egypt, November 29.-The
surviving mutineers at Khartum have
given in to the British, it was Off
cially announced here this afternoon.
The mutiny among the troops was
confined to two platoons of the 11th
Sudanese and the mutineers who sur
vived surrendered after a lombard
ment of the compound of the
Egyptian army hospital. Two Brit
ish officers were killed and eight men
wounded
The official announcement stated
that the situation at Khartum was
we'll in hand.
The descriptions from Khartum of
yesterdays mutinous outbreak, re-
ceived here today, are different in no
material respect from those made
public from official sources in Lon
don yesterday, according to official
information here. The main body
of the mutineers, the accounts state.
took refuge in a building in the hos
pital compound which was shelled
and demolished by artillery fire.
One officer and fourteen men of the
mutineers are believed to have been
killed. The remainder of the mutt
neers surrendered, with the excep-
ton of d small number who are be-
ing rounded up by the police.
Other Troops Quiet.
The behavior of the other Arab and
Sudanese troops is characterized as
excellent.
At a meeting held in the ministry
of education today the minister ex-
horted the teachers to do their ut
most to persuade the students to re-
turn to their classes. in their own
and the country's interests.
The Nationalist delegation has is
sued another manifesto criticizing the
government for the continued arrests
and declaring that the nation will
hold it responsible. --
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29

Discovering the man had left
town, Hillegeist reported to the
police. Before this he had discov-
cred that the film which was in
the camera unknown to him during
the demonstration incident had later
been developed and the perfect
features of Morris''were repro
duced, at the direction Of Inspector
Grant, chief of detectives, Sergt.
Joseph Morgan, his assistant, sent
these photographs and a descrip-
ton of Morris throughout the
Eastern part of the country. 1t
was from one of these photographs
taken by Hillegeist that he was
arrested in Harrisburg, Pa, We'd
nesday.
Hawley is being brought back
here to answer charges of passing
spurious checks in a number of
local cases.
Hawley, according to the police,
is known under more than a doz-
en- aliases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
HOPES FOR SETTLEMENT.
Herriot Assured Some Basis Can
Be Reached.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press-
PARIS. November 29.-With regard
to the conversations in Washington
between Ambassador Jusserand and
Secretary Mellon on the subject of
the French debt, it was stated in off
cial quarters today that Premier Her
riot, ever since he took office, has
believed that some. arrangement for
a settlement with the United States
should be reached. The difficulty in
his mind and in the minds of his as
sociates has been largely as to the
method of approach.
1t was Professionally decided at one
time that Finance Minister Clementel
should go to Washington next Spring
to deal with the negotiations himself,
but this idea was abandoned about
two weeks ago. The principal reason.
1T appears, was the belief that it
would be better for the finance minis
ter to remain in Paris, where he could
consult with the premier and his
other colleagues upon the developing
phases Of the problem, instead of
going to Washington, where he might
be expected to make instant decisions.
1t also has been thought that the
question scould most conveniently be
opened by the American Debt Fund.
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