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Evening star., 1924-12-21
ASKS OBJECTIONS
TOGUN ELEVATION
Representative Britten, in
Resolution, Calls for Re-
port by Hughes.

The State Department would be
called on. under a resolution intro
duced yesterday by Representative
Britten If Illinois, to inform the
House what objection any foreign
government may have to the pro-
posed increase in the elevation OF
turret guns on American battleshlps
The guns on 13 such vessels would
he podernized under a bill introduced
yesterday by Mr.. Britten. but Grea,
Britain has laid her views on the
subject before the State Department
and the question whether gun ele.
Vation would violate the spirit of the
Washington arms treaty has been
much debated among officials and
diplomats here.
Asks for Objections.
the text of the British resolution fol-
lows:
Resolved. That the Secretary OF
State be and he is hereby authorized
and directed, il not incompatible
with the public interest. to furnish
to the House of Representatives at
the earliest date possible such data
information or objections which he
may have from any foreign govern
ment in connection with the mod
ernization of certain capital ships OF
the United States Navy by increasing
the elevation and range Of turret
guns"
Evening star., 1924-12-21
MAN "JUDICIALLY DEAD"
LOSES ALL HIS PROPERTY
German, 43 Years in United
States, Discovers Native Land
Declared Him Deceased. e..
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 20.-August Frey
der recently returned to his home at
Gambsheim, on the lower Rhine in
Alsace, after an absence of 43 years
in the United States, to find himself
deprived OF all his property and Off
cially and legally dead.
Shortly after his examinations by
doctors in 1881, when he was declared
ineligible for military service, Frey
der. not desiring to serve in the Ger
man army, crossed the frontier into
France and embarked for America.
Years passed and never a line came
back to Gambshein from the volun-
tary exile. His relatives, after wait
ing 20 years for him to return. ap-
piled to tribunal and had Freyder
declared legally dead. Then they
took possession of his property.
In spite of the legally dead mans
protest, Freyder has been told by the
courts that he must remain dead
juridically until the tribunal which
caused his demise shall resurrect
him.
THE next time I leave home" said
Freyder. I'll send back an occasional
post card"
Evening star., 1924-12-21
TENLEYTOWN LINE
OPINIONS AWAITED
One Proposal Made Is That
Rockville Passengers Go
Through Chevy Chase.

Having put forward for dicussion
a number OF different proposals for
rearranging and improving trans-
portation facilities from the vicinity
OF Wisconsin avenue to the down.
town section. the Public Utilities
Commission plans to wait for ex-
pressions of opinion from the COM
munities in that part of the city and
then at some future date hold a pub
lie hearing.
The question has arisen in connec-
ton with the proposed repavtng OF
a long stretch of Wisconsin avenue
in the Spring. involving the re'ocation
of the existing tracks of the George
town and Tenleytown line In the center
of the roadway.
Substitution Of Busscs.
The commission deemed this an ap-
propriate time to invite discussion OF
the advisability of substituting busses
for street cars and thereby removing
tracks and trolley poles from Wscon-
sin avenue.
Onesof the suggestions WAS that a
shortcut bus line he established from
Wisconsin avenue to Dupont circle by
way Of Massachusetts avenue, In ad-
dition to running busses down Wis
consin avenue to Georgetown.
Another proposal advanced yester-
day was that the tracks of the Rock
Vile line of the Washington Railway
and Electric system he linked TO the
Chevy Chase line of the Capital Trac-
tion Co. by the laying of rails be-
tween Connecticut and Wisconsin
avenues at some point near the Dis
trict boundary.
Route From Rockville.
This scheme contemplates the trans
porting OF Rockville passengers
downtown by way of Connecticut
avenue, with the remaining posi-
bility OF a bus line on Wisconsin
avenue from the District line south
to Georgetown.
The Washington Rapid Transit Co.
entered the situation yesterday by
applying for IL bus line on Wisconsin
avenue and Massachusetts avenue in
the event car tracks are removed
from Wisconsin avenue.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
S19,422 PAID WIDOWS
REWED IN TWO YEARS
West Virginia Bonus Figures Made
Public in Annual Report of
Commissioner.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NRA - DryN-ry,r-r~ xry

Special Dispatch TO The star.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, December
20.-Widows are paid a substantial
bonus by West Virginia If they re-
marry within two years from the
death of their husbands. Last year
the bonuses so paid amounted to $19,-
422.06, 1t is shown in the annual re-
port of Lee OFT, State compensation
commissioner. made public here.
This amount represents a lump sum
payment by the commission to the
widows based on a percentage Of the
total amount she would draw from
the state If she did not remarry. The
records show that the average age OF
the widows who marry a second time
Is 31.9 years, while the average age
of those who remarry within two
years Is 29.S. Those in the first class
draw from the compensation fund for
an average of three years, while
those in the second class draw from
1t for IL years. Widows who do not
remarry are on the fund for an aver
age of seven years.
In the last fiscal year 446 awards
terminated.
Since the formation Of the State
compensation commission claimants
have been paid $14.3s6,5ss.67. The
fund has reached a total Of 3s,421,-
204.67, of which amount employers of
West Virginia have paid 325.2s0,-
265.28.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
TURKISH HOMES RESIST
GUNPOWDER EXPLOSIONS
$50 Badly Built That Only Effect
Is More Holes" Suit
Witness Says.
Correspondence Of The star and New York


Correspondence Of The star and New York
LONDON, December 10.--Turkish
builders received a unique testimonial
to the excellence" of their work
during the hearing of a big damage
suit in connection with the great
Smyrna fire of 1922 in the British
courts.
1t was testified attempts were made
to blow up block OF houses to
check the progress of the fire, but.
although the gunpower exploded, the
houses were 80 badly built that the
only effect was to make a few more
holes In them"
The suit was one in which the
American Tobacco Company sought
to recover from a British insurance
company for damage to their prop
erty during the evacuation of Smyr-
ma by the Greeks and its occupation
by the Turks. Among the points in
dispute are whether the fire started
through accident or whether It was
the work of Greeks or Turks. or both.
Ringing on the decision are a score
of similar suits involving over $780,
600, 200. The suit is likely to last
some time, and will doubtless be the
subject of numerous appeals
Evening star., 1924-12-21
REVEALS MANS DEATH.
Collie Leads Girl to Fathers Body
Killed in Moving Saving Outfit.
specIaI DIspatch to The star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MOOREFIELD. w. Va, December
20.-Samuel wilkins was accidentally
killed near his home in the flats
neighborhood, near here. He was re-
moving a wood saving outfit to his
home from a neighbor's, and. 1t is
supposed, in some manner he was
thrown from the wagon.
A collie, which was with him, kept
running from the scene of the acci-
dent to the home, finally attracting
the attention of wilkins daughter,
who followed the animal. She found
her father with his skull fractured,
face badly cut and one leg broken. He
expired just as she arrived.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
VIENNA GETS POWER.
New Water Development Hailed
as Postwar Victory.
ice Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
VIENNA, November 2s.-One of the
largest water power plants on the
continent, located at Partenkirchen,
Upper Austria, was opened recently,
and, within the next few months, will
begin generating electricity for all of
Vienna and its immediate vicinity.
The state controller general, DR..
Zimmerman, at the formal cere-
monies, asserted that completion of
the works marked a stepping stone in
the postwar history Of Austria, and
pointed to this accomplishment as an
example Of the proper way In which
to fight poverty in the postwar era.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
c. E. HERMANN DEAD.
Industrial Official Succumbs to At
tack Of Typhoid.

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y, pecember
20.-Charles e. Hermann Of Scars-
dale. N. Y, vice president of the
Texas OIL Co., a director and execu-
tive in other large corporations, died
here today OF typhoid fever He was
AZ years old. His wife and three
children survive him.
His corporation associations includ-
ed the presidency Of Moose Mountain,
Ltd, and of the Carib Co.; the vice
presidency Of the Midland Securities
Co, and place on the board of di-
rectors of the United States Realty
and Improvement Company. He was
a member OF the American Institute
Of Mining Engineers and the Phi
Gamma Delt Fraternity.
Evening star., 1924-12-21
France Gets $4,000 Aliens.
ce of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 21.--More than
$4,000 foreigners entered France
from January /, 1923, to June 80, 1924.
OF this total 116.122 came to Paris.
During these Is months $50 for
eigners were expelled from France
and 1,43S were refused admittance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
ROCKNE'S MENU
 IS ANNOUNCED

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-Coach Knute Rockne of Notre Dame tonight an- nounced his 1925 football schedule at the meeting of the western conference football coaches, where he proved to be about the most-sought-after coach at the gathering.
 Only previous schedule difficulties prevented Rockne from completing ne- gotiations for games with Ohio State and Illinois, but he signed two big ten elevens, Minnesota and Northwestern.
 The Army, Georgia Tech and Ne braska, traditional intersectional op- ponents of Notre Dame, appear again on next years schedule which is as follows:
 October 3-Lombard at Notre Dame.
 October 1O-Beloit at Notre Dame.
 October 17-Notre Dame versus Army at Polo Grounds.
 October 24-Notre Dame at Minne- sota.
 October 31-Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech at Atlanta.
 November 7-Carnegie Tech at Notre Dame.
 November 14-Notre Dame at Penn State.
 November 21-Northwestern at Notre Dame.
 Thanksgiving-No Dame at Ne braska.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
BOXERS FINISH
 UP HARD WORK

NEW YORK, Dec, 6.-Tom Gibbons and Kid Norfolk finished the strenuous part of their training today for their 15-round match at Madison Square Garden next Tuesday night as the fea- ture of the annual Christmas fund bene- fit show.
 A crowd of several thousand watched Gibbons in his final workout and critics were unanimous in proclaiming the St. Paul light heavyweight to be in perfect fighting trim. Tom put the finishing touches to his ring work by boxing five rounds with Jim Montgom- cry and Al Roode, two heavyweights.
 Both principals are close to the re- quired weight, 175 pounds. Gibbons sealed 1761a after his workout and said he would have no trouble getting rid of the extra pound and a half be- fore he weighs in before the State Ath- lectic commission Tuesday afternoon. Norfolk already is under 175.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
LOCAL PREPS TO
 HOLD BANQUETS
University, Jefferson And Simpson To Honor
 Grid Squad

The curtain has fallen on the 1924 season of football, and now honors are being heaped on the warriors of the field. Many of the local teams will come together this week for that pur- pose: to duly honor their brave. First in importance will be the election to fill the shoes of the honorable leaders of the warriors this season. Next in importance, after electing the captain and the alternate captain, will be to award the numerous deserving letter men, and of course managers for the team must be elected.
 Many of these occasions will be hon ored with a banquet, and after the ban quet dinner there will be many talks in honor of this seasons heroes. Among the local highs giving banquets is the University High school, located on the South Highlands. The banquet for the Gamecocks will be given at the Tut wiler hotel on next Friday evening. On the same evening the Wild Cats of Jefferson County High school will hold their banquet at the school in Boyles. Before either of these come off, the Simpson High school will hold its ban quet for the team at their school on Wednesday evening.
 Many of the local high schools have already given banquets in honor of their squads and have elected captains to serve for the grid season of '25. All three of the city highs have elected cap tains with the results as follows: For Ensley Hardy, captain, and Zeigler, alternate captain; for Woodlawn, Burns, captain, and Red" Guin, al- ternate. The Shades-Cahaba team has already held their election with the result that Charles Cornelius is cap tain and Tom McRae alternate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
NOTRE DAME NOT TO PLAY nLNI Zuppke Unable To Rear range Dates For
 ROckne
(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-The long talked of game between Illinois and Notre Dame on the gridiron next fall failed to materalize at the schedule meeting of western conference football coaches here today. Coach Knute Rockne announced his willingness to rearrange his sched- ule to fit the needs of Illinois, but pre- viously scheduled contests at Illinois finally led Coach Robert Zuppke and Athletic director, George Huff of Hi nois to decline the issue.
 The date of October 10 was once tentatively arranged for the contest, which has stirred middle western foot .paIl circles, but Illinois officials finally concluded that such series ot hard games early in the season would nave made their schedule top-heavy. Huff declared he was through scheduling games to accommodate other coaches, regardless of the arrangement of his heavy games and pointed to the Mlnne- sota disaster in the 1924 season as an accommodation game which probably cost the Illinois the championship com ing 1t the end of the row of tough games when the team had nearly gone stale. Rockne and Zuppke shook hands on game in 1926.
 The coaches announced ten games with leading teams outside the confer ence. two big ten teams going east ana tbree eastern teams invading the mid dle west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
City High Schools Begin
 Basketball Practice Soon
Phillips Has Fine Prospects While Woodlawr
 and Ensley Look Good

deal, upon the warriors of the football field. Among those experienced to make up the Jackets quintet are, Jackson, Hardy, Martin, Country Lowery, and Walker, besides great many others.
 Phillips Starts Soon
 Over at Phillips the Crimsons coaches, Stillwell and Bagley, are busy with class footbal and have not as yet given the cage game much consid- eration. Coach Stillwell stated that be- cause so many of the prospects. and last years lettermen out, either taking part in class football or helping handle it, that he does not consider shaping his Crimson five until after the foot ball is over However, he did say that he intends to do some practicing soon.
 Prospects for the Phillips team look fairly good for a beginning. Four of the letter men are back and are San ford, Cy Anderson, Abe Paffee, and Dock Brauner. Besides the letter men there are a good many scrubs returned which includes Ben Chapman, Heard, Thomas, Eddmond, Lavey, Barclift, and others, besides Cris Hendvver, who played last season with the B. B. B. team.
 So far Coach StlllWell mas not WOrked out any schedule at all. However, it is certain that as usual the three city teams will meet to decide the city cham pionship. Further than this, nothing definite is known about the plans for the schedules for this season.
 Have Own Courts
 Two of the city highs are fortunate in having their own gym courts to practice basketball on, but Woodlawn will have to seek elsewhere for its practicing place. Most likely the Wood lawn Methodist church will supply that team court.
 The games every year between these schools have been most interesting and closely followed by the courting fans, and this year an even more interesting series is promised by the three schools, Woodlawn, Phillips and Ensley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
WESLEYAN WINS
 FROM KENTUCKY
Spectacular Playing Marks West
 Virginia's Victory, 24-7

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Dec. G. West Virginia Wesleyan's football machine downed the University of Ken lucky by a 24 to z score today in game marked by spectacular plays.
 Frecka, speedy Wesleyan half. made two of the winers' touchdowns by gathering punts in his arms and lodging through the field in runs of 10 and 70 yards to the goal line. Collins made the other touchdown in the last period and Bullman's field goal, completed the Wesleyan scoring.
 The Kentucky touchdown, near the end of the final period, was put over by Hughes after successful drives had carried the Blue and White players half the length of the field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6-The West scored a victory over the East in the first intersectional football game played on the Pacific coast this season, when the bulky university of Southern California team defeated the Syracuse university squad today, It to o. The attendance was 10000.
 Although the Trojans field goal and first touchdown were made possible by ..breaks''-two blocked punts-the west ern team clearly outplayed it's eastern opponents. One of the chief deciding factors was the superior charging ablI- ity shown by the L. $. c. line.
 U. s. C. scored twice in the first period. Four minutes after the kickoff Bayley attempted his first punt from his 20-yard line. While he was jug gling the ball, Trojan lineman charged him and the ball rolled free, Gorrel, U. $. C., left guard, falling on the ball on the eleyenyard line.
 After two plays Hawkins booted the ball over from the 13-yard line. A few minutes following the second kick off. Syracuse was again on the defen- sive and Bayley's second punt was blocked this time by Center Cravath. Hobbs Adams grabbed the ball and ran 3S yards to touchdown. Hawkins at tempted goal kick was blocked.
 Syracuse warded off further scoring until the fourth period when 34- yard pass by green was snagged by Hawkins just across the goal line. Ihls time Hawkins effort to convert was successful.
 John 3IcBride's educated toe, which humbled Columbia with three field goals on Thanksgiving Day, was un- able to get the range of the Trojan goal posts today. He tried one kick from the 22-yard line in the first period and another from the 34-yard line in the fourth period. The first was wide and the second blocked.
 The fast but light Orange team ap- peared taken by surprise by the strength and speed of it's blue Jerseyed opponents. The Syracuse line was un- able to prevent the Trojan forwards from shifting through again end again to break up plays. Mcbride and Cap tain Simmons were the most consistent ground gathers for the defeated team. McBride's passing was particularly brilliant while Foley, who was on the receiving end of most of the big full backs losses, made Several spectacular catches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
Heavy California Team
 Humbles Syracuse, l6-O
Breaks Are Costly To Easterners-4O,OO 900 See
 . International Battle At Los Angeles

Starobin, the big Orange tackle, who has been mentioned on several Of the mythical "all American" elevens, failed to show superiority over Norman An derson and Thomas, the U. S. C. tackles.
 HobbsAdams, left end Captain flaw kins, Kaer and Earle in the backfield, played brilliantly for the western team- The Troians gained 215 yards, as against 153 marked up by the New York eleven. The bunting honors went to U. $. C., by slight margin, the Trojans punts averaging 40 yards. Bailey's punts averaged 37 yards. The wet turf and resultant heavy ball :, handicapped all the kickers. The Pa cific coast team completed four of it's eight attempted forward passes. Syra- cuse was not successful, completing out of 15, nearly every one being a long, spectacular throw.
 Time out was seldom claimed by either team. There were only three penalties, two of them being charged against L. $. C. The lineup and sum- mary:
 Syracuse (0) Position U. s. c. (16)
 
 Left End Waldrof ........... N. Anderson
 Left Tackle Bayiey Correu
 Left Guard lVaZ CraVarn
 Center Ruggs ..-.-.......... IayloR
 Right Guard SotdEODu 4HouiS
 Right Tackle RanSon Stdrk
 Right End Simmons ........-....-.--H Hawkins
 Quarterback oley Larenetta
 Left Half Clark Riddle
 Right Half MCbrlde .--t.- O- AuQerSou
 Fullback
 By periods:
 Syracuse ....--..-...O 0 O" U U. D. c. .......9 o o 7-16 |. S. c. scoring: Touchdowns Hobbs Adams. Hawkins. Points from try after touchdown, Hawkins Field goal, Haw- kins. Referee Varnell Chicago. Umpire Thorpe, New York; Field Judge Birch, Chicago; Headlinesman Griffin, Iowa. Time of periods: 15 minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
'BAMA BARRIERS BEAT PAINTERS.
Smith Comes In First With Wilson
 Second

UNIVERSITY, Ala, Dec. 6.-(Spe- ciaD-Alabama Harriers defeated a squad from Birmingham-Southern col lege of Birmingham by 19 to 36 score. Luny Smith, Crimson star, won first place, his time being 15 :37 for the three miles. He was followed by Wilson of Birmingham-Southe and Kooner, Owens, Powell and Lilly of Alabama.
 Smith assumed the lead at the start of the race and finished breating easily several paces ahead of his nearest op- ponent. He lost his right shoe after having travelled about one-third of the distance and ran the rest of the race on one barefoot over the pavement.
 Wilson, start of the Birmingham team, finished in second place. The next four finishers were Alabama men. They were followed by Thompson of Birmingham-Southern; Brown, unat- tached; Thompson, Alabama, and Mac Haho, mingham-Southern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
INTERFRATS TIE
 IN FIRST TILT

The first grid game of the inter. fraternity schedule proved to be one of the hardest fought affairs ever wit messed by interfrat devotees when Alpha Sigma Delta tied Phi Sigma Tau 0 to 0 Saturday at Avondale park. During the first half, the Phi Sigma seemed to get the best of their opponents, but during the last two periods Alpha Sigma Delta came back and once got the ball dangerously near the Phi Sigma Tau goal line.
 Jew" Callahand and Buck" Cald- well did well for Phi Sigma Tau in the backfield, while Moss and Johnson led the line. For Alpha Sigma Delta, Barnett, Davis. Morton and Herzog did good work. The line-ups:
 Alpha Sigma Delta-Ends, Miree and Davis; tackles, Gordon and L. Mar bury; guards, Mason and J. Marbury ; center, Turner; quarter, Barnett; halves, Johnston and Morton; full, Herzog.
 Phi Sigma Tau-Ends, Moss and Harmon; tackles, Johnson and Baugh; ]; guards, Daniel and Redd; center, Puc- kett; quarter, Callahand halves, Lup- ton and Caldwell; full, Ellis.