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Evening star., 1924-10-17
Puzzled.
NJ IaAnnnado-.

From the Dublin Sunday Independent;
4 negro was standing a charge of
stealing a watch. After a moments
silence the judge gave the verdict of
acquitted"
The negro seemed puzzled for
time and then asked: "Does dat mean
ah have to give back the watchr'
Evening star., 1924-10-17
PENINSULA UNDER SEA.

HAkODATE, Japan, october ia
subterranean peninsula, as large as
Korea. runs through the middle of
the Sea of Japan, according to officers
of the Japanese navy's special service
ship Yamato. This vessel has been
making a survey of these waters, and
recently put in here for supplies.
Evening star., 1924-10-17

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Evening star., 1924-10-17
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rom the Nashville Ranner

Prom the Nashville Ranner.
According to accounts, all a married
couple has to do in Russia to get a
divorce is to agree. All an American
couple has to do is to disagree, and
that's easier
Evening star., 1924-10-17

lowing an attack Of paralysis Mr.
Blakney was first elected to Congress
in 1900, and again i'm 1920. during
which interval he became a factor in
the Republican politics of Baltimore
Evening star., 1924-10-17
A. A. BLAKNEY SUCCUMBS.
Former Maryland Representative,
rs, Victim of Paralysis.

BALTIMORE, Md. October IT,
Former Representative Albert A..
Blakney died Wednesday in Franklin
Square Hospital. where he had been
a patient for about four weeks, fol-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
HOOVER FIGHTS
MONOPOLY
Of RADIO
U. S. Will Never Allow Pro-
cedure, He Says. Conn.,
menting on Suit.

The Government will never allow
radio broadcasting to be monopol1Zed
by any single, corporation. 1ndivid-
ual or combination, Secretary or
Commerce Hoover declared today In
public statement issued in con-
nection with the radio war in New
York between city officials and the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company.
IT am in receipt Of many requests
for my views as to issues now be-
fore the courts bearing on the con,
troll of radio broadcasting," Hoover
said.
while 1t is impossible for me to
express any opinion on particular
issues that are before the courts
,or the Federal Trade Commission
I can state emphatically that 1t
would be most unfortunate for the
people Of this country to whom
has become an import
ant incident Of life II its control
should come into the hands Of any
single corporation, individual or COM
bination. It would be in principle
the same as though the entire press
|of the country was so controlled.
The effect would be identical
whether this control arose under a
Rpatent monopoly or under any form
Lof combination, and from the stand
point Of the peoples interest the
Question Of whether or not the
broadcasting is for profit is i'm.
material.
I'm the licensing system put in
force by this department, the life
Of broadcasting licenses is limited
to three months, SO that no vested
right can be obtained either in a
wave length or a license. be-
lieve it is safe to say, irrespective
Of claims under patent rights on
apparatus, that broadcasting will
not cease and neither will our pub
lie policy allow it to become
monopolized."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
WOMAN KILLED.
HERSELF IS
BELIEF
Mrs. oBteler Not Poison Victim
Coroner Thinks-Autopsy
UphoIds Mans tSory.
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the death. They talked with Wind.
sor this morning and he stoutly
maintained that the kitchen was
filled with gas when he found Mrs.
Boteler dead on the floor.
Windsor is forty-two years old.
the father of three children, and
lives at 1913 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast.
DIR. J. Ramsay hewitt, District
Coroner. viewed the body. He said
this morning that there were SO
many ramifications to the case that
he thought it necessary to hold the
inquest this afternoon at o'clock.
Reported By Prisoner.
First word OF the death Of Mrs.
Boteler came from Windsor who
called Emergency Hospital. An am
bulance reached the apartment a
few minutes later and a physician
from the hospital pronounced Mrs.
Boteler dead.
The hospital notified police of
No. 6, and an inquiry was immedi-
ately started by Capt Martin
Reilly. When police reached the
apartment, Windsor had returned.
He was Immediately taken into
custody.
Police report finding a small cut
about one and one-half inches long
on the back of Windsor's left hand.
The man, who is a machinist at
the Navy Yard. says he got this
cut while working at the yard Sat
urday.
According to Windsor he was
out with Mrs. .Boteler Saturday
night. He said they returned 10
the apartment about o'clock. He
then says he went to sleep on a
couch in the dining room and Mrs.
Boteler went to sleep in a bedroom
adjoining.
When he awoEe about Z o'clock
yesterday morning, Windsor said,
he detected the odor of gas. He
said that he went into the kitchen
and found Mrs. Boteler lying on the
floor. He said the kitchen door
and all windows were closed, and
that gas was flowing freely from
open jets. He Immediately called
Emergency Hospital.
Police declare they are unable to
account for the absence of the odor
OF gas in the apartment when they
arrived shortly after the body was
found. They are also at a loss to
explain why the gas did not affect
the two canaries which were in the
room adjoining the kitchen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
ANT|-EvOLUT|ON
PASTOR RAPS
MUSEUMS
DR.. Straton Says Biblical
Stories Should Also Be
Depicted.

NEW YORK, March 10.-The big
gun of the fundamentalists bomed
again yesterday; this time urging
censorship of the poor little Mu-
scum Of Natural History.
Introducing DR.. John Roach STRAIT.
ton, theological barker, whose bust
ness is praying loud and pulling
at the mOdernists' hair.
"Why should the taxpayers have
to support the Museum OF Natural
History with it's Hall of the Age
of Man teaching a one-sided view
of life-a view that is fathered by
over-heated imaginations Of evoiu-
tionists and has not a single SUBJ
stantial proof to stand on?
II demand that the othe' side,
the Biblical story, also have a
hearing. The rabbis, priests and
Protestant minister's should see to
1t that the play il fair. advocate
q parallel exhibit, along with those
gruesome old bones, of the story
of man as told in the Bible"
DIR. Straton wants show case
in the "Hall Of the Age Of Man
with open Bibles with marked pas
sage, followed by exhibitions to IL
lustrate It. He didn't mention 1t
specifically, but it is presumed he
wants the whole thing shown, in
Guiding the naked truth OF the
fall
That could be easily arranged in
a beautiful, symbolical story. After
the marked passage there could be
a picture of Eve eating apples
There might be a photographic
musical accompaniment playing one
of the popular fruit songs like I'm
the shade of the old apple tree or
Eyes. We have no bananas"
This might not be so scientific
but it would be graphic. Some
persons might even protest against
turning the scientific institution into
temple of religious propaganda
but the die-hards could down them
with a blast of threats.
DR.. Straton ridiculed the scientific
theory of evolution and said IL that
theory was correct, the Bible would
have to be amended in one place to
read:
(Which was the son Of Enos
which was the son of Seth, which
was the son Of Adam, which was
the son of an ape-like beast which
was the son of reptile, which was
the son Of a fish, which was the
son of protoplasm, which was the
son of a chemico-electrical reac
ton, which was the son Of God
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
LOVE IS BLIND? YES,
TO STOP-AND-GO~ SIGNS

LANCASTER, March s.-Play
this on your piano to the music of
''Let the Rest Of the World Go
By"
Blissfully motoring along, a young
man and young woman, lost in
sweet oblivion, overlooked a traffic
signal here. The crossing policeman
wrote out an order sending them to
headquarters.
AT this. moment a magistrate ar
rived.
II married them, not five minutes
ago." he, explained. a..
"Oh, that's different said the
policeman, tearing up the summons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
j. s. MANAGED
! POWER ASKED .
IN BILLS
Identical Measures Introduced
In Two Houses by Norris
and keIIaT.
International NaHn Service.


Drastic governmental control of
all natural resources and creation
of a Federal super.power system
were provided in identical bills in.
PRODUCED in the Senate and House
today.
The Senate measure was spon-
sored by Senator Norris (Rep) of
Nebraska; the House bill by Con.
gresham Keller Rep) of Mime
sofa.
The primary object of the bill.
Senator Norris said, is to provide
positive and aggressive conser.
walton policy on the part of the
Government, not only to conserve
the natural resources of the nation,
such as coal, Oil and waite, power,
but also to utilize and operate them
for the purpose of electric power
service at cost"
The bill also provides for the
creation of a Federal public service
commission to cooperate with the
various states, municipalities, dis
tricts and other political sub.divi-
sions in the development of a
super power system to be publicly
owned and operated.
Would Help States.
This would make it possible for
those States, cities and districts
that are struggling to hold and de-
velop their natura resources and
public utilities, to secure the aid
and cooperation of the Federal Gov.
eminent and it's various agencies
whenever and wherever they desired
such cooperation" said Norris. "It
would create Federal agency, COM
mitted to the policies Of public own
ership, deveopment and service at
cost, with which the States and
may cooperate and
coordinate their efforts And this
would be especially important in
projects that are too large or to
involved for local or State develop
ment alone, such as the Muscle
Shoals project in Alabama and the
Boulder Canon project in the south
west"
The first duty Of the commission
would be to make a complete sur
vey Of the resources Of the nation
coal, oil and water power.
The measure provides a bond
issue Of 100000 900 as revolving
fund to carry on the initial work
and developments. The eleven
existing Governmnet-owned hydro
electric power plants on irrigation
projects in the West and the Gov
ernment-owned project at Muscle
Shoals weuld form the nucleus of
the super-power system to be es-
tablished.
U. 8. To Keep Shoals.
In this connection, Norris de-
clared Muscle Shoals should not be
allowed to slip out of the hands of
the Government, or bartered away,
for it is tremendously important as
one Of the first units, in the pub
lie super-power system"
Norris also warned against
"bartering away Boulder Canon,
the Colorado river basin and other
important projects, all Of which
under the bill would be a part of
the super-power system.
The commission would be charged
with co-ordinating flood control,
irrigation, navigation and power
activities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
PARTNER SLAIN
IN REVENGE
PLOT
Louisville Man Says He Killed
To Avoid MutiIation-
Captive Two Days. -

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 10
Circumstances linked up with state
ments today in what police hold was
substantial ion of the strange story
Of William Gates. thirty-one. that he
killed Richard Heaton. his former
business associate, to save himself
from mutilation in revenge for the
fancied violation of Heaton's home.
Surgical implements, rubber sheet
ing and an. improvised operating
table were found in the house wherL
Gates said he was held captive two
days and where Heaton's body was
found.
Frank Cordell, thirty-four, Of the
O'Neill Detective Agency of Indian
apolis, was to undergo further ques.
tioning on his return to the Indiana
city, where he admitted to detectives
that he expected Ito get it for this
after his arrest on charges that he
aided in the kidnapping Of Gates.
Police believe that Heaton, in.
sanely Jealous Of his wife, obtained
Cordell's help in Selling Gates al
the office of Heaton & Fisher
brokers.
From there Gates says he was
taken to house, where prepare
tons were made to operate on him
Heaton, he said, held a funnel
filled with cotton, to his nostrils
and poured chloroform in it. Feign
ing, Gates declared, he mumbled in
structions that an aunt at Logans-
port, Ind, be notified if anything
happened to him. This gave him q
reprieve and later he was forced to
call his aunt by telephone.
The plans for immediate opera
ton were suspended, he said, and
he lay bound and handcuffed for
two days under guard.
Gates said that while being taken
to a bath room his handouts were
removed and he seized an old type
revolver which he had concealed
on his person. He fired two shots
at Heaton and ran from the place
he told police. A physician heard
the shots and entered the house ia
find Heaton dead.
Mrs. Heaton visited the house
Gates said, after freeing herself
from the surveillance Of a Chicago
woman detective whom her husband
had hired &c watch her.
Mrs. Heaton said she had beer
a prisoner virtually for ten days
prior to the Staying.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
HEBREW LIFE IN
ANCIENT CHINA
REVEALED
Records Show Jews Exercised
Powerful Influence During
Ming Dynasty.

NEW YORK, March 1O.-Conplete
records Of a Hebraic community life
and culture, which existed in China
during the Ming dynasty. 1868 to
1914, and Of which all trace had
been lost to civilization have been
brought to this country by Adolph
s. Oko.
Mr.. Oko, who is the librarian Of
the Hebrew Union College at Gin
cinnati. has just returned from an
extended book scouting expedition
throughout Europe. He succeeded
in finding fifty-nine Chinese Hebrew
manuscripts, Which, with the ex.
ception Of four, stolen several years
ago, are known to have been writ
ten by Jews living in China.
The manuscripts, instead of being
in the form Of scrolls, are in the
shape of fans. the pages being fold
ed one upon the other. In order
to read one of the books 1t IL nee
essary to pull the pages out in a
fan-wise fashion.
Several Of the books contain
TRANSACTIONS OF hymns into the Jew.
ish.PerSian dialect, thereby indicat.
ing a relationship between the
Chinese and Persian. Hebrew rituals.
The records show that these He
brew ancestors were powerful in
the Ming dynasty.
The Hebrews, who were originally
in possession of the MANUSCRIPTS,
later were prosecuted by the Chinese
government, on account of suspect.
ed connections with foreigners, and
later were driven to poverty and
restitution
Years after, following the persecu.
ton, succeeding generations of the
Hebrews were unable to read the
books, they having been without a
rabbi for more than fifty years.
Out of seventy family names or
clans, only seven now remain, and
according to present appearance,
after a few years, all traces Of
Judaism will probably have disap.
peared from China.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
FEARED To
LOSE HER
HEARING
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and then kill her to forever seal
her lips.
Miss Long was employed in
the cemetery division of the Quar-.
tArmaster's Department.
In Water Two Days.
Since the body has been in the
water only two days It has not yet
lost the marks upon it which would
tell the coroner whether or not Miss
Long had been brutally beaten.
Special care will be exercised in
locking under her Lingernails for
q strand Of hair. Police say that if
Miss Long put up a prolonged
struggle for life she wuold probably
have scratched her assailant end
as the head and face would have
been the most likely place for her
to attack she may have lodged un-
der a finger nail something upon
which the police can work to estab.
lish the identity Of her assailant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
FIRST OIL SUITS
ARE READY
TOE|LE
Counsel Going to Start Pro-
ceedings in Wyoming
More Witnesses Called.
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day. The Governments suit will
be filed in Federal court there
either late Wednesday or early
Thursday, in the case of Teapot
Dome. Then they will move on
to California and file similar
papers in the Federal court of
the southern district Of Cali
fornia, in the case of Elk Hills.
Hamon Ready to Talk.
Jake Hamon, jr., who has been
subpoenaed to appear in the Sem
ate's oil investigation, notified
Senator Walsh D) Of Montana to-
day that he was ready to take the
stand at any time Wednesday If the
committee desired.
Walsh wired Hmon, however, that
the committee would not be pre-
pared to examine him until the
latter part Of the week, if then, and
told him to. await further instruc-
tions when to appear.
Leonard Wood, jr., has been sum.
moned to testify Wednesday.
CASTOR B. Means, former agent Of
the Department Of Justice, notified
the committee today he would ap.
pear tomorrow for examination
Means was subpoenaed last week by
Senator Dill D.) of Washington, but
reported that he was too i'll to ap.
pear at that time.
Means is under indictment in New
York on charges of conspiracy to
bride Attorney General Harry M.
Daugherty. m
John r. Major, E. B. McLean's
confidential man, has been recalled
as the first witness tomorrow. This
will probably delay McLean's ap.
pearance until Wednesday, Senator
Walsh declared. The committee
wants to question Major further on
the numerous kilograms that he
sent Mclean in Palm Beach.
So important does the committee
consider McLean's testimony that
it is quite certain he will be on
the stand for at least two days.
Mclean Is the figure around
which the committee has been able
to unearth what committeeman
consider the most damaging evil
dence against the chief personages
involved in the scandal.
SpeculatiOns To Be Next.
Once done with the Mclean in.
veStigation, the committee plans to
lead its inquiry into stock market
operations of Governmental officials
through the examination of books
Of leading brokerage houses in
Washington, New York and Cleve.
land.
! Expert accountants have been
examining the books for weeks, but
the committee, holding the reports
in confidence. has not found time
to question the experts.
In another of ihs bitter state
ments. E. l.. Doheny, lessee of
Elk Hills, defended the reserve
leases today, declaring that Senator
Walsh, who knows better, and his
fellow howlers, who are too busy
wind tanning to stop to learn the
truth-would make the public be.
lieve, il they could, that the Score.
tary Of the Navy lacked the au-
thority to lease the naval reserves"
Doheny also charged Senator
Walsh and his colleagues on the
committee with playing politics.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
AVIATION NEEDS
j. s. AID, SAYS
MOFFETT
Admiral Points to Examples
in European Countries
to Support Claim.
By ROBERT S. THORNBURGH.
International News Service.


International News Service.
American commercial aviation
must have strong government back
ing to put the United States in it's
proper place among the forward
looking" nations Of the world in
the development Of airpower, Rear
Admiral w. A. MOffett, chief of
the naval bureau of aeronautics,
declared today.
Pointing out that it has been
through Government subsidy that
the present arteries Of commerce
have developed. Admiral Moffett
said:
''1s it too much to hope Tor the
development of airports, landing
fields and airways under Govern
ment supervision and by Govern
ment aid?"
Moffett asserted that work of
this character should be performed
under the direction of the Depart
ment Of Commerce though the oper-
alton of a civil bureau of aero
nauties as provided for in legisla-
ton pending before Congress.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover
has been active in backing the
civil aeronautics legislation.
Both Hover and Moffett regard
Federal assistance to commercial
aviation as essential to its success.
Practically all the European gov
ernHents are giving direct assistance
to private aviation.
The Department of Commerce
learned today from consular sources
that beginning April / the British
government would subsidized CON-
mercial aviation to the extent of
100000. spread over a ten.yedr
period.
All aviation corporations of Brit.
ain will be merged into a 1000 900.
pound corporation. The government
retains the right to take over the
c0mpany's aircraft engines and
plant in case of war.
American officials declared that
the government subsidy idea is ap-
parently not popular in this country.
They pointed out, however. that the
government could be of vital assist.
ance by providing for inspection Of
machines and pilots, providing for
safety Of passengers. laying out air
lanes and providing landing fields.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
TROLLEY HITS SLEEPER
WAITING FOR HIS CAR

SHENANDOAH, March 10.--Be.
coming tired waiting for a trolley
car to take him to his home, James
Gully, of Girardville, sat down on
the rail and fell asleep.
A short time later a car came
along and knocked him from the
track. Besides a probable fracture
Of the skull, he was cut on the
head and his left shoulder blade
was fractured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
TWO ARE HELD
IN ALEXANDRIA
AUTO THEFT
Arrests Made When Activities
Of Gang Tampering With
Cars is Revealed.

ALEXANDRIA, March 10.-Peter
Robey and Douglas Sleet are being
held under a $500 bond for the
grand jury following preliminary
hearing before Judge Frederick G.
DuVall, in police court this morning
on charge of stealing an auto
mobile. 49,.
1t was testified by Sergeant Will
kinson and Policeman Taylor. who
made the arrest that Robey and
Sleet were seen running from an
automobile belonging to K. Il.
Saunders, which had been moved
a block from his home.
Robey was recognized by Officer
Taylor, who ordered him to stop.
He escaped but was arrested early
this morning. Sleet was arrested
while Robey's trial was going on
this morning,
The police made the arrests after
information had been received that
a gang was tampering with the
automobiles on Royal street. The
distributor on Saunders car had
been removed and prevented the
men from getting away in It.
The March term Of the corpora.
ton court convened this morning.
The docket which consisted Of sew
eral civil suits. was called. and the
date set for trials. Judge Howard
w. Smith presided.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon the
ballot box for the nomination Of
the eleven new directors of the
Chamber of Commerce will be
closed. A committee in charge Of
the election, composed Of Julian Y.
Williams, f. A. Seldtkeller, Robert
S. Jones. o. H. Kirk and A. M.
Remschell. will select twenty-five
names which have received the
highest number of votes and from
them choose the new directors.
This is the first step taken In
the reorganization under the new
bylaws Of the chamber. Two weeks
ago the Chamber OF Commerce
changed from the bureau to the
membership form of government.
William Davis. colored, 722 JET.
ferson street, was fined 800 for
carrying concealed weapons and $40
for being drunk by Judge Duvall
in Paloce Court this niorning.