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Evening star., 1924-10-08
OSMOTIC PRESSURE
IS LECTURE THEME
Danish Scientist Gives Illustrated
Lecture 3afore Notable Group
in Capital.

Scientists were afforded ample op-
portunity for concentrated study of
the subject of osmotic pressure a S ap-
piled to protein solutions. which was
discussed in an illustrated lecture by
Prof. S. p. l.. Sorensen of the Carls
burg Laboratory, Copenhagen, before
a joint meeting of the Washington
Academy of Sciences and the Chemi-
cal Society of Washington, in the
auditorium of the Interior Depart
ment last night
Numerous charts were displayed to
show the eXtent'to which Prof. Soren-
sen has gone in his exhaustive re-
search in determining the size of
molecules of proteins. He described
the construction of the apparatus
used for testing the molecular value
and for obtaining the weights under
varying conditions. Methods en-
pIoyed to identify the several ele-
ments of his subject and labelling
them to distinguish between varieties
were also explained.
Prof. Sorensen is in the United
States for the purpose of study. and
also has addressed large audiences
in Canada. Last week he read an
address to the convention of the
American Bakers Association in
Toronto. and ii was because of his
the bakers that he was induced by
r. l.. Corby of this city and julius
Fleischmann, yeast manufacturer, to
come here.
In his Toronto address. Prof Soren-
sen said that baking has been the
last branch of the fermentation in
dustry TO institute a rational. SyS-
tematic, scientific study of the ma
terials used in its work and the pro-
cesses which take place in the prepa-
ration of those materials-the -four.
the dough and the bread itself.
America, he said. is better equipped
in this respect. than any other coun-
try, both as regards its scientists and
and the organization of
its work.
Prof. Sorensen will continue on a
trip to the Pacific Coast, stopping at
Baltimore and other cities to lecture.
Among those present were Dr.
Harvey Wiley and Prof. w. B. Hardy
of the Royal Society of London. w.
NJ. Clark presided.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
REVIEWS DIVORCE PLEA.
Mrs. Hattie Peake for Second
Time Files Separation Suit.

Mrs. Hattie Peake today for the
second time asked the District Su-
preme Court for a limited divorce
from Edwin A. Peake, who has a
stand in the Eastern Market. Mrs.
Peake was granted decree of
limited divorce November 2, 1921, but.
on the persuasion and promises of
her husband, requested the court to
vacate the decree, which was granted.
Shortly after the reconciliation, she
declares in her new petition filed
through Attorneys Wilton j. Lam
bert, Rudolph Fl. Yeatman and Aus
tin Garfield, the husband renewed
his alleged cruelty, striking her with
his fist and knocking her down. On
another occasion he threw her out
of bed. she states, and walked over
her. He stayed out nights at a time
and when asked for an explanation
why he did not come home to sleep
remarked that "he would rather sleep
in a garage"
They were married September %,
1908. and have a son 1S years old
Evening star., 1924-10-08
LONDON WOMEN KEEN
TO GET POLICE POSTS
Flappers and Sedate Type Anxious
to Enlarge Long Restricted
Social Horizon.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Octaober S.-Englisll wom-
en-. aroused by desire to enlarge
the long restricted horizon of their
activities, are rushing pell-mell to
Scotland Yard these days in an en-
deavor to enlist in the metropolitan
police force at the very fountain head
of police administration in England.
Their endeavors are a little prema-
ture. Nevertheless, they are greatly
encouraged by r committee report
recommending increase in the num-
Der of women hobbies" at present
very small. But Parliament must en-
act the necessary legislation to pro-
vide for the salaries of the police
women before actual recruiting car
commence
All this to the contrary, ambitious
women, not content with merely writ
ing to Scotland Yard. beseige the en-
trance of the big round-towere ed
building off Whitehall in an attempt
to press ir person their. claims to
preferment as members of the police
force. All sorts of women are among
the beseigers-old, young, middle
aged. Girls with bobbed hair and
other gay young friskers are strange
ly mixed up with grave old plodders,
all anxious to serve as guardians of
John Bulls peace.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
SAYS R0ADSEARN
! BILLION EACH YEAR
Brotherhood Head Cites
Figures in Plea for 1920
Wage Rate.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October S.--Rallroad
profits totaled ten billions of dollars
in the last IL years and are now run
ming at approximately a billion u
year, f. H. FitzGerald, president OF
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Freight Handlers and Station En-
ployes, declared in opening the wage
hearing involving the brotherhood
request for restoration of 1870
wage rates before the United states
Railroad Labor Board today.
FitzGerald cited the increa sin
prosperity of the industry as ground
for a reconsideration Of present wage
rates by the board The rates estab-
lished by the board in 1920 were cut
by 1t during the depression extending
through 1921 and 1922, when. he said.
the board stated it would be able to
give increased consideration TO the
scientific adjustment of a living and
saving wage" when the condition or
the carriers was improved
Question Of Wages.
The union president argued that in
view OF the fine condition of the rail
roads today the board should make
good the implied promise to recon
slider the justice of wages set in prev
ious decisions. He quoted statistics
OF the National Industrial Conference
Board and Government figures in All
effort to show that wages OF other
wage earners were close to or above
the 1920 level and contended that the
employees he represented should be
accorded the same measure of justice
Their earnings, he said, fell more
than 10 per cent short of enabling
them to obtain as good living for
!. I.s,s Snv : ~ nf O
provided.
After FitzGerald's presentation, the
railroads will present their side OF
the case.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
20 ELIGIBLES NAMED.

Twenty candidates for appointment
in the newly organized United States
foreign service qualified at the recen,
entrance examination in June last
and have been certified to the State
Department as eligible for appoint
ment to vacancies as they occur. The
list follows:
Joseph P. Ragland, District OF
Columbia; c. Warwick Perkins, jr.
Baltimore. Md; William H Beach
Concord Wharf, Va; Edwin Schoen-
rich, Baltimore. Md; Rufus II. Lame
jr., Falls Church. Va: Harry c.
Hawkins. Reed City. Mich; Winthrop
s. Greene. Worcester, Mass. Arthur J
Gravelle, Cedar Rapids. Iowa: C;eorg,
Alexander Armstrong. New York city
George ]. Haering. Huntington Sta
ton, n. Y; Paul HI. Alling, Hamden
Conn; Joseph T. Gilman. Cambridge
Mass; Prescott Childs, Holyoke. Mass.
Benjamin M. Hulley, De Land. Fla.
Joseph C. Satterthwaite. Tecumseh
Mich: Ellis A. Bonnet, Eagle Pass
Tex; Cyril L. Thiel. Chicago. ILL., John
r. Ives, Ann Arbor, Mich; Howard c
Taylor, Meckling, s. D., and w
Maynard Stapleton, Pottsvile. Pa
Evening star., 1924-10-08
SEES SEDITI0N CHARGE
BACK OF REQUISlTION
Fugitive Sought in Bank Fraud
Claims u. S. Would Punish
Him for Pacifsm.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associa ted Press
LONDON. October S.-John Wesley
De Kay, fighting eXtradition proceed =
ings brought on charges of fraud in
connection with the failure of the At
lantic National Bank. in Providence.
II. l., in 1913, today charged that the
American Government is seeking the
extradition in order to punish him
for paciffst activities during the war
De Kay said that he had published
a. book on the World War in 1917,
which the American minister at Bern
told him the Government considered
seditious. The minister, the defend
ant stated, told him that the publica-
ton of this book was punishable un-
der United States war legislation.
De Kay testified that he had as his
guests in Switzerland in 1919 Pre-
mier Macdonald, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Snowden and several other
prominent British internationalists.''
He said the American consul in Bern
had told him he had been instructed
to warn him that his actions were
contrary to American law and pun
ishable by Imprisonment.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
AMERICANS ARE BIDDING
ON GREAT EASTERN RY.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
VICTORIA, B. c., October S.-United
States capital. which already controls
much of British Columbia's vast nat
ura1 resources, may gain dominant
position in the development of this
province through the purchase Of the
government-owned Pacific Great East
ern Railway, running from Vancouver
north to the Canadian National Rail-
ways transcontinental line. A group
of New York capitalists Is about to
open negotiations with the provincial
government for the purchase OF the
railway. Meanwhile two powerful
English syndicates aresendeavoring to
reach an agreement for a similar ven-
ture, and the Canadian National Rail-
ways itself is considering the advisa-
bility Of using part of the line to
round ~out it's nationwide system.
The Americans who wish to buy the
Pacific Great Eastern insist that the
government hand over to them vast
areas of land to be used for COLOMBIA
ton purposes. This the government
would be prepared to do, as it is anx-
ious to dispose of the railway at all
most any cost and so avoid the an
nual deficits which are the heaviest
expense which the treasury must
carry. The provincial government is
anxious to have the valuable northern
areas tapped as soon as possible.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
WHEELER CARRIES
FIGHT TO CALIFORNIA
Begins Five-Day Tour of State.
Will Have Spoken in "A States
at End of Drive.
By the Associated Press.

WHEELER SPECIAL, EN- ROUTE,
TO SACRAMENTO. Calf, October 8.
Oregon, the 18th State in which
Senator Wheeler of Montana has
pushed his campaigning tour as vice
presidential candidate on the Progress
sive party ticket, was being left be-
hind today as he Travelled to fill speak
ing engagements laid out for him
during five days in California. One
stop at Roseburg, Ore, intervened to
break the jump between Portland
where he spoke last night, and Sacra-
mento. where he will begin his ap-
peal to the last of the three Pacific
Slope States, which he has invaded
Itinerary changes approved this
week have added three States to the
already long list ahead or previous
ly visited. Texas, New Mexico, Cali
fornia and Arizona, along with Okla
homa, Kansas and Missouri. will make
his total reach "a by October "a.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
DUBLIN REBUILDS P. o.
Starts Restoration of Structure De.
stroyed in 1916.

DUBLIN. October S.-The Free
State government has at last started
rebuilding the Dublin post office de-
stroyed in the rebellion of Easter:
1916. Work has now commenced on
the old site with view to preserv-
ing the tradition and character of
the original building intact.
Dublins next most beautiful build
ing. the Four Courts, was destroyed
in the fighting of Ju1ys 1922. The
dangerous parts of the ruins have
been repaired and the walls are con-
sidered good enough to justify the
rebuilding of the whole edifice. The
restorationS SO far designed are in
keeping with the treatment of the
original eighteenth century archite"'
James Gandon, and stone simi;s-. I,
that in the original structure is
being used.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
PENNIES DROP WRONG.
Matching With Stranger Costs
Visitor $25 at Station.

They don't match pennies in PUNK
sutawney, Pa, the way they do it
here, according to Charles Ware. one
Of Punxsutawney's native sons, so,
naturally, Charles could hardly ex-
pect to, win last night when he join
ed in a game with two strangers at
Union Station.
After trying to learn the local an
gle for quite a while, during which
time he gamely drew on his reserve
finances to the extent of $25 worth
Of pennies, the Pennsylvania gave
up in disgust and with a grave sus-
picion, withal, that there are several
ways g matching pennies. =
The police are looking for the two
Young men who showed the visitor
the new way of playing the game,
and Charles is rapidly becoming con-
vinced that the PunXsutawney meth
cd is more according to Hoyle.
Evening star., 1924-10-08

ineton Division, called upon Mrs.
William Kinnicutt Draper. chairman
of the New York County Chapter, the
largest chapter in this country, to
tell how the national organization
looked to a chapter chairman. She
showed how the success of the whole
depends on the success Of the chap
ter. And the chapters success, in
turn, depends on the enthusiasm
and INTEL lligence of the individual
workers. The great task. she said,
was to find people who are willing
to serve and to set them at work =
William Fortune, civic leader of In
dianapolis, paid tribute to the work
Of Mrs. Dougherty and of Miss Mabel
Boardman in the cause of the Red
Cross. The benediction was pro-
nounced by the Rev. DR.. Robert John
son of Washington. The United States
Navy Band Orchestra and the Colum-
bian Male Quartet furnished music.
Round-TabIe Discussion.
Sessions yesterday afternoon were
devoted to informal round-table dis
cussion of several problems confront
ing the Red Cross. Discussion topics
and the leaders were: Nutrition,
Miss Clyde Il. Schuman: war service
Robert r. Bondy: volunteer service,
Miss Mabel T. Boardman: civilian
home service, Robert T.. Bondy, and
Junior Red Cross. Arthur W. Dunn.
Dinners of the various divisions were
held at five hotels last night prior to
the night meeting of the Washington
Division.
Statistics are before the convention
showing that during the year a total
of $737603.9 was expended in reliey-
ing distress and in rehabilitating the
survivors of 1872 major disasters
More than 10000 Red Cross nurses
are on active duty. Instruction in
home hygiene and care of the sick
was given to 52,106 students during
! the year
The important influence Of food on
health was taught to l35,4S children
and I3.201 adults during the year.
! Through the Boy Scouts Of America
and other organizations nearly 1000,
| 600 people have been reached during
| the year with instruction in life saw
| ing. This nationwide campaign to
send the annual toll of drownings has
| been made possible by the activities
| of nearly $4,000 certified Red Cross
! life saving examiners. The Red
| Cross first aid car. now travelling z
| over some of the principal railroads
! had audiences of 10000 persons up
| TO October l. During the year the
| American Junior Red Cross show ed
an increase in. enrolment of $50
schools. comprising 22.414 school
| rooms, with new members aggregat-
| ing 10000. This puts the entire en-
| rollment in that organization over
| the 5000. 900 mark.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
KlAN INQUIRY CLOSED,
Alleged Branch of Order Accused
of Violating New Law.

BUFFALO. n. Y, October s.-The
John Doe inquiry in City Court TO
determine whether the Walker law
had been violated in Erie County by
an alleged branch of the ku klux
klan closed yesterday.
Attorney Henry W. Killeen, who
conducted the case against the Klan.
requested Judge Maui to postpone
action on the evidence submitted un-
Ill a decision has been made by the
supreme Court on the constitutionali-
ty of the Walker act
Mark A. Hubbell, publisher. one
OF the witnesses called yesterday, re-
FUSED to answer a question regard
ing his membership in the Khan.
Judge Maui reserved decision on Hub
oeils alleged contempt, in refusing
TO answer
Evening star., 1924-10-08
DIES OF FOOT BALL INJURY
Boy Found Wandering, Mind
Blank, Succumbs.

MERIDEN. Conn, October S.-The
body of Harry r. Fontanella, 81. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Fontanella of
this city. was received for burial to-
day from New York, where he was d
sophomore at Columbia and member
of the varsity foot ball squad. His
death followed several days of un-
consciousness after he had been
found wandering with his mind a
blank. He was last seen by college
mates after engaging in a foot ball
scrimmage.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Arrest Sightseeing Lecturer.

Charged with the larceny of $3.50
after trust, Harry Otis Ferguson, 1925
X street. lecturer on sightseeing au-
tomobile. was arrested this morning
by Detectives Fowler and FIaherty.
1t is charged that he failed to bank
thte money that was entrusted to him
by Miss Catherine Belle, 719 9Th
street. Ferguson told the detectives
he returned the money to Miss Belle
b va messenger instead of deposit
ia& It: The latter. did not receive it
Evening star., 1924-10-08
PLEA FOR ASSYRIANS.
DR.. Putney of American q. to Urge
Naturalization.

Dean Albert H. Putney of Ameri-
can University has gone to Chicago to
Chicago to make a plea in the United
States District Court in behalf of the
naturalization of Assyrians. Here
tofore they have been considered the
same as Hindus and barred from cit
izenship. They are classed as Ori-
entails.
Dr. Putney, who formerly practiced
law in Chicago, will represent an
AsSyrian resident of Chicago. Great
interest is attached to this test case
as it involves all other Assyrians now
in this country
Evening star., 1924-10-08
SAVES WIFE, BUT MAY DIE
Man Probably Fatally Burned in
Atlanta Fire.

ATLANTA, Ga. October S.-John
Moore. connected with the Georgia
State Board of Entomology, was prob
ably fatally burned here early today
in fire which gutted a large apart
ment house. Moore brought his wife,
who was severely burned, out of the
flaming building and collapsed. The
fire was of undetermined origin and
started at about 1 o'clock.
Colored handkerchiefs should be
soaked in cold water for short time
before they are washed.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
JAPANESE SCIENTISTS
TO STUDY IN MONGOLIA
Son of Former Premier Kiyoura
to Lead Expedition Designed to
Link Territory to Toxic.
By the Associated Press.

By the ASSOCIATED Press
TOXIC. October S.-Tsunemichi HI
youra, son of Viscount keigo XII
youra, former premier, will lead a
party of Japanese explorers and sci
entists into Mongolia next Spring, ac-
cording to plans recently announced.
The purpose of the enterprise is to in
crease japanese knowledge of Mon
golia and to link that large and un-
developed territory more closely cul-
turally and economically with Japan.
The scientific researches in Mongo-
liza by the third Asiatic expedition OF
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, under Roy Chapman Andrews.
has been an incentive to Japanese ex-
ploration in that region.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Officers Assigned.

Maj. w. u. ~ Anderson. Corps o;
Engineers. assistant oommandant OF
the Engineer School, Fort Humphreys
Va, has been detailed as a member OF
the Army Educational Advisory
Board, vice Col. Harry Burgess. CORPS
of Engineers, transferred to duty in
the Panama Canal Zone.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Two Navy Officers Transferred.

Lieut.. Comdr. Ralph E. Depnet has
been transferred' from command OF
the Q. S. S. S-53 and Lieut.. Comdr
Joseph Y. Dreisonstok from command
of the S-5s to the T. S. S. Texas
Lieut.. August V. Zaccor has been as
signed to the command of the L, s
S. R-l1.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Zanni to Continue Flight
Bv the Associated Press.

SHANGHAI, October s.-Maj. Pedro
Zanni, who has been delayed here by
bad weather, plans to continue his
Argentine air cruise, around the world
tomorrow by flying from Shanghai to
kagoshima. Japaa.
Evening star., 1924-01-15
new FALLS CHURCH
| CHARTER APPROVED
Ready to Be Placed Before Vir-
ginia Assembly for Enact !,
( ment Into Law.
DIFFERENCES ARE ADJUSTED
Committee Named to Attend Hear.
ings at Richmond.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

SPECIAL plspAtcH 10 Inc StaF-
FALLS CHURCH, Va, January 10.
Council at its regular meeting last
night completed consideration of the
proposed new town charter and it
will be sent to the legislature. now
in session, with the request that it
be enacted into law. The members
OF the council, with Mayor Fellows
as chairman, were appointed COM
mittee to go to Richmond when the
matter comes UP for hearing before
the senate and house committees.
Except for minor changes, council
approved the charter as revised by
q committee Of ten citizens appoint
ed several months ago under a council
resolution. The committee consisted
Of three members of council. three
representatives of the citizens IS
sociation. one member Of the school
board and three citizens at large,
appointed by the mayor.
brought Up TO Date.
Most OF the changes proposed are
i!erely to bring the charter up to
date and looking to more efficient
administration. and were agreed to
Unanimously. both in the committee
and by council. Differences of opin
ion chiefly centered around the pro-
cedure in issuing bonds and the max
imum tax rate council is authorized
60 levy. On these two points the
recomn endations Of a majority of
The committee were accepted by
council.
The present charter provides that
before bonds can be issued there
must be freeholders' election, at
Which at least two-t thirds of those
voting shall vote in the affirmative.
;snd that this two-thirds must be
equal to one-fourth the entire num-
licr of freeholders. The proposed
new charter provides for a majority
vote of freeholders. with the proviso
that no such election shall be valid
unless one-half of the whole number
of freeholders shall have partici-
pated. This was approved by the
council by a vote Of five to one. The
maximum tax rate of $1.40. recon-
mended by the committee, was ac-
cepted by council by vote of
four to two. with the proviso that
rhis maximum need not necessarily
Evening star., 1924-01-15

short time the fund will grow to such
proportions that the interest will
more than pay the average losses for
the last ten years. The state is pro-
viding freproof buildings in vast
majority Of Its new structures. thus
reducing the fire risks to the mini
mum; This Is one of the recon-
mendations of the commission on
simplihcation Of government III
Unreasonable and unjust" Is the
GAIN or Senator Alfred c. Smith Of
NorIolk county, in resolution which
ne IS preparing urging the state cor
poration commission to repeal and
annui the surcharge of so per cent
on sleeping-car rates in this state,
and directing the commission to inn
tax. Senator Smith declares that the
tax has been allowed to continue
under the color of the federal law.
that there Is no reason for Its con-
tinuance and he holds that this is
one way In which the expenses of the
travelling public can be relieved.
The Virginia senate paused yes
terday for a brief tribute to the late
Col. Robert F. Leedy OF Page. whose
death was announced. He had served
two terms in that BODY ana was one
of the most popular men In the legis-
lature. He was considered on OF
the most fearless men in hte legis-
islature, and when a matter appealed
to him as right was to act In accord
with that view. regardless of whether
1t was popular. He had served in the
house Of delegates for several years.
He was identified with the military
of the state and was considered one
of the best soldiers in the service.
He was too old for the world war
and was retired with the rank of
brigadier general. He was a lawyer,
having educated and equipped him.
self for that profession and was un-
usually successful.