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Cambridge, Mass. Jan. 10th. The
most distant object seen by man, anO-
Their universe Of stars has been discov-
cred and measured. Photographs made
at the Harvard Observatory here, show
that a faint and luminous haze IN the
sky in the constellation of S~aglttarils,
the Archer, is another universe like ours,
although perhaps smaller. Announce
mept to this effect will shortly be made
in the bulletion of the Harvard Observa-
tory by Or. Harlow ShapIpy, director.
1t takes light a million years to travel
from the new universe to earth. DR..
Shapley estimates from his photographs.
So far as is known. this is the most dis
rant object ever seen by the eye of man.
The most distant stars and clusters. or
nebulae, in the universe known prior 10
this measurement are only about "A, OuO
light years away. The new universe Is
six quintiliion miles away.
Brest, Jan. 1lth.--The Italian "Tas-
mania" foundered in the heavy seas off
the French coast during the storm. One
of her small boats with a number Of the
crew was picked up, but another boat
containing the cap ain and remainder of
the crew. IS said r. have drifted away.
Newcastle, N. :. ", Jan. lIJh,
R~everhulme, interviewed here, expressed
the opinion that the White Australia"
policy was retardil 2 the devel0pme It Of
the Commonwealh. He declared that
it was IMPOSSIBLE D develop the north
ern territory Of A I~stralia while su:h a
policy was maintal ned
Portland, Eng. Jan. 1lth.-An object
believed 10 be the British sub marine
LA, which met disaster off this coast
Yesterday in a COLI sion with the dread
nought Resolution " has been located
off the coast at a depth Of 30 fathOms,
ACCORDING 20 official here:
London. Jan 1lJh.-Until further in
vastigati0n has baeo made it is impJssi-
bic to tell Just how the disaster 10 tho
LA occurred. However, one Of the late t
reports says the Sg0marlne rose beneath
the 'ssResoiltiOn' AID struck the %latCer's
bow. Hope Of the crews safety has not
been entirely abandoned yet most ex-
perts think it Will be miraculous it the
men are rescued. The submarines com
mander was d man Of great experience
and there is confidence that he would
know as we'll as any one, what to do in
the tragic circumstances.
Athens, Jan l0th.-Gen. DaIiz, Chair,
man of the Venizel0s Party. has been
asked By the Regent to form a cabinet.
Athens, Jan. IL b. M. VenizeIos de-
cided this morning to form a cabinet in
which he will be Premier without port
folio, with M. Roussos, Republican Lib
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trace OF the JII-fdt3u y2SS"I was OUu0'
There is a bare possibility, naval men
say. that there may b1 some Survivors II
The submarine can be brought TO the sur
face. Depending upon how the vesSei
was struck. the crew may have been bic
to close the water tight Compartments,
il which case they might survive FOR as
hours. After the disaster the Resolution
returned TO Portland barbour, where she
will be examined by divers at day break.
A court OF enquiry will be held on bolfd
rue Resolution tomorrow, Wh4n ais"
salvage efforts. interrupted by darkness,
will be resumed, This was not the only
accident, for the submarines AZ, ana
k-l2 also co'i;ded near the same place,
both benz slightly damaged The Al.
mIraity has issued a list OF he names or
those on board the L-24, which untor-
t|uuateIg carried a much Iarger crew tran
customary, eX RI men beng on Ooa'd
for trailing purposes. the hlng mas
telegraph d a message OF confidence
ADD sympathy to the relatives or the
crew.
Lisbon. Jan. 10Jh The coast Of Port
ugal has been swept by violent stofGlS
tor the last 48 hours anu considerable
damage is reported. MourIaInouS seas
flooded the owns OF Casaes and Oeiras,
mar Lisbon, destroying the sea wall
and a bridge. Oporto is IL darkness,
the theatres are closed and the stations
Illuminated by torch ligat. Several
steamships are reported in collision, ana
others are stranded. The excessive ram
fail has caused floods in many parts or
the country and telephone and te!egra-
phic COMMUNICATIONS are int rupted,
London, Jan l0Jh.-Ina work OF
swearing in The members u the new
Parliament was competed today and the
House adjourned unul next lue day,
wnea the ceremony OF the openlng IN
state will occur. A cabinet council was
in session for more tnan tive hours; and
the speech from the Throne, to be do
livered az the state opening, was draft
ed. Its terms were keep secret, our II IS
upders ODD to have been decIIed that the
speech viii only refer 10 the p9lcy 81
tariff pEo5ecti0n as having Ocen reJec ed
bv the electorate. Ii VIII propose, how
ever. 10 90 on with the preference du!Ies
promised to the British Domlnions.
Halifax, N. S, Jan. llth.-HaItaX.
which was the birthplace Of The Canadl.
an West Indian trade, IS again coming
into its own. Yesterday MeSsrs. A. u.
Jones and company announced that they
had received notice of their appointment
as agents for The Red d Line OF steamers,
sailing between New YORK, Porto Rico
Curacao and Venezuela. tnis Will make
Ave lines OF steamers ruPnlng from this
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Known from coast to coast for their shape-retai
and perfect wearing qualities, they need but little
duction.
This famous brand of full-fashioned thread silk
is presented in extensive variety of modish sp
coors.
Aredale, banana, beige. nude Aztec oriental p
dawn jack rabbit cocoa, tanbark and black white
FLOOR, LAHssuReH
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DERN TRAVEL EASY
gALONG THE ORIN0C0
South American River, Which e. S.
Explorers Will Visit, Is
Like Missouri.
CATTLE HELPED FREEDOM
Rubber. Chicle and Hides Carried
Downstream on Rats.

The Orinoco river, which an Ameri-
can party is 70 explore within the
next few months with the aid of an
siirplane, lends itself well to this
modern method of travel. says 4
bulletin from the headquarters here
"f the National Geographic Society.
This is because, though in the tropics.
the river is bordered on one side by
extensive level prairies instead OF by
impenetrable forests such as those
through which the Amazon flows.
In a way" says the bulletin. 1T Is
as If the Missouri We're being eS-
plored where it flows through the
great plains of the West: but in such
compar son il must be kept in mind:
of course. that Venezuela Is tropical
country and that the grasses ana
shrubs of its nanos are ranker than
those on which our buffalo used to
browse.
Cattle Helped Freedom.
Just as great herds of bison
roamed our prairies. so vast droves
of half-wiId cattle covered the level
llanos north of the Orinoco in Nenez-
ucla's colonial days. These cattle
played an important part In making
independence possible in Spanish
speaking South America; for the
armies Of liberation and their guer-
rilla forces lived on their meat. These
inruadS almost exterminated the
herds however, and il is only in re :
cent years that the cattle industry
has shown indications OF resaininS
its former Importance.
III il were not hard by the Amazon.
I0ishtiest river of the earth. the ORR
Toco would stand out as a tremen
douS stream; for, judged by the total
volume of water which il yearly
Fmpties into the sea, il is probably
one of the half dozen greatest rivers
Of the world. In length the orinoco
cannot compete with other great
streams: the distance from its source
IL its mouth is about 1900 miles 1t
has many huge tributaries. however.
which give ii i high rank in length
"f navigable waters, about $500
miles.
Has Huge Delta
The river finds its way into the
Atlantic through huge delta cover
ing some 1000 square miles. The
first Introduction which the river
navigator gets to the Orinoco leads
him TO class il as a second Amazon
for on its low, moist delta forest
ErowthS run riot. One sails between
the massive gre"n walls formed by
rank growing strands of thousands OF
rambling vines
Above the delta, however, a hun
dred or more miles inland the
screening effect of coastal mountains
comes into play, and the plains or
lanos begin. Even in the prairie
region trees fringe the river banks,
hut back from the stream, where the
dry seasons make themselves felt
only little clumps of stunted palms
and bushes break the monotony of
the grass covered plains. South of
ne river are great forests like those
"f the Amazon besin, and from these
tree-covered regions flow numerous
large tributaries, some OF which are not
well known.
Lumber and Chicie.
ocean ships sail up the Orinoco
as they sail up the Amazon, though
not so far. Cuidad Bolivar, 260 miles
from the ocean, is the New Orleans of
Venezuela, and is the country's fourth
mort
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would not withstand the be"uty and
witchery oil Washington maids and
widows. But he passed through all
the sessions from the Fifty-frSt to
the Sixtieth Congress and then was
promoted into the Senate. all the time
holding the record of being one of
the distinguished bachelors of the ma
tional legislature and setting a rare
example for gallantry and punctil-
lou ness in social affairs Mr.. Bur
- rssnd out OF thte Senate on the
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THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, C., TUESDAY,

receding wave of republican power
in 1912. but he was always prominent
in national affairs and each President,
honored him through appointment on
various commissions. He has always
been prominent in the interparlia-
mentary unions and has attended all
the international coferences held in
different countries during the past
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FOLKS

Theodore z. Burton, NJ. c., from
ohio's twenty-second district. is the
senior bachelor of the legislative set
and in two ways. He is the NestoT
Of the statesmen who make the ma
sional rules and regulations in the
number of birthdays which he has
passed and of the years in which he
sat in Congress. When Representa-
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parliament, Capt. Hilton Philipson
said today in discussing the rumor
that Mrs. Philipson, the former Mabel
Russell, and one of eight women hold
ing seats in the house of commons.
would retire from public life shortly.
The Philipsons have three young chill
drer. and the captain said that be-
cause of the hard work involved in
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twenty-five years. In these confer
ences he has been a steadfast advo-
cate for peace and disarmament, and
some of his confreres aver that Mr..
Burton, being from, his youth upward
a consistent upholdhr of peace, he has
thus avoided matritnony In Novem-
ber 1920 Mr.. Burton was reelected
to his old place in the House and has
held II ever since. He is now turn
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caring for them and attending to-
her duties in the house of commons,
his wife would probably put the cali
of the nursery first.
Mrs. Philipson refused TO give any
information on the subject, but il ~
understood an announcement con-
cerning her plans will be made when.
the Conservative Association of Ber-.
wick meets April 26 .
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tive Burton came
TO Washington as
N e IN b er fro m
Cleveland, Benja-
min Harrison had
just been elected
President, and he
was swept into
prominence on the
wave of republi-
can victory hich
sent Grover CieTe-
land into private
life. He was a
mere yout h in
hose days. SO to
speak. being in the
IN | q die thirties.
and no one doubt
l.
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ing his seventy-third year and has
never had matrimonial rumor con-
nected with his name.
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Mile. Adrienne Boiland, noted
French aviator, has been made a
knight of the Legion OF Honor in
recognition of her successful flight
across the Andes mountains.
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Doesn't hurt one bit! Drop little
"Freezone" on an aching corn, in
stantly that corn stops hurting, then
shortly you lift it right off with fin
gers.
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of
"Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient
to remove every hard corn, soft corn,
or corn between the toes, and the foot
calluses, without soreness or irritation.
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WOMAN TO QUIT COMMONS

Call of Nursery Stronger Than
That of Parliament.
LONDON, April 1.-THE call OF
motherhood is stronger than that of
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Everywhere that s1nartly garbed women
are found you will see these and similar
styles. Automatically correct and fashioned
along the lines that have met with popular
approval. Simple, graceful in style and
charmingly trimmed with metal braids,
white erminette, landings or novelty
buttons.
Developed in polaire, camelaire, i'm
ported Benclough, suedine and fine twlls
Burgundy, moss, tan, gray, navy, black and
magpie (black and white) effects. Sizes
10 to 49,
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Lumber and Chicie.

ocean ships sail up the Orinoco
as they sail up the Amazon. though
not so far. Cuidad Bolivar, 260 miles
from the ocean, is the New Orleans of
Venezuela, and is the country's fourth
port
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-31
BILLS ENHANCE.
BEAUTY Of
CAPITAL
Way Paved for Roosevelt Me-
morial-BotanicaI Gardens
to Be Moved

Important strides In the artistic
development of Washington are
promised as a result Of the passage
Of District bills by the Senate yes.
terday.
The bill authorizing the Roosevelt
Memorial Association to prepare
plans for the erection Of a memorial
south OF the Washington monu.
ment was enacted.
The tentative plans call for the
construction of q memorial on the
axis Of Sixteenth street and will re.
quire the filling in Of a part Of the
Tidal Basin.
The Association plans a project
which will compare with the Lin
coin Memorial in artistic Importance
to the city.
Preliminary plans for the re.
moval of the Botanical Gardens
from the Mall to the Federal area
south Of the Capital also were pro-
vided for In legislation passed by
the Senate. This project, which is
sponsored by Senator Pepper,
chairman of the Senate Library
Committee, win place the Botanical
Gardens, on an enlarged scale,
between the Capital and the Ana.
costa River on parcels Of land to
be acquired by the Government.
This project has been under consid.
Grafton for several years.
Both bills already have passed
the House.
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COL..G.LENNAN|S
|. PROMOTED To
GENERAL
Officer Has Been in Charge
Of Walter Reed Since 1919.
Was Awarded D. S. NJ.

Colonel James d. Glennan, in
command of Walter Reed Hospital,
today was promoted to the rank
Of brigadier general by Secretary
Of War Weeks.
Colonel Glennan has performed
distinguished service as command.
ing officer Of Walter Reed since
1919, and his promotion is brought
about by a vacancy caused by the
retirement of Brigadier General
Robert E. Noble. Colonel Glennar
becomes assistant to the surgeon
general Of the army as a part Of
his promotion.
During the world war, while IN
charge Of the disqualification division
OF the office Of the chief surgeon Of
the A. e. F., he directed the equip
ment OF all the American hospitals
In France.
He has been awarded the Dis.
tinguished Service Medal by the
American Government and the Lee
gion Of Honor by France. He is a
graduate of the old Columbian Uni.
verSty, now George Washington
University, Of this city in the class
of 1885.
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Q!-1 nave moved several times.
I cannot recall the exact length
Of residence at each address. VIII
this interfere with my claim?
A-No. In filing your claim,
state approximate dates of resi-
dences at each address. The
electric company will check on
their books and get the exact dates.
OIL live in an apartment house.
VIII my landlord get the rebate
for the entire apartment?
All the bill comes to you and
you pay 1t, as Is the case in most
every apartment in town, the re-
bate is due you. Your landlord
will get a rebate only on what he
actually paid to the electric COM
pany.
Q.-I live in Maryland and have
been a patron of the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company since this I'm
pounding fund started in August
1917. l have paid for electricity at
the rate Of 10 cents per kilowatt
hour, the same as consumers in
Washington. Why am not en-
titled to a rebate?
A.--Tbe impoundlng fund was
started by order Of the District Su.
preme Court. Orders OF this court
do not apply to the cOlnpany's
property in Maryland. Therefore,
no impounding was made Of any
Of the money collected from Mary
land consumers.
Q.--Is 1t absolutely necessary that
file claim for my money?
Ayes. according to present
plans for disposition of the fund.
Q.-Why should I file a. claim?
Records at the company's office
show the amount am entitled to.
A.-'rhat is true. But II the cleo.
trio company sent out checks to
every person listed on its books,
Thousands Of these checks, would
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A CROSS" WORD PUZZLE.

Dear BiH! Your readers observe
40h0t has happened IN the picture
above. The problem u, toh0t 70 this
guy saying! The lady stGmd4mg
above him 70 his AOife. One tOord
that he frequently matters as he
pulls aud Drugs at the pstnctWred tire
Is of FOUR letters and the sound
of the 1Oord e almost the same as
the 1Oord Of three letters 4Ohsch de-
scribes a place srhere the sCGter Of
rtoer or creek Is pestned up.
HIS aoIfe Is Saying to him: "WAy,
jim, aren't you GshGmed of your
self"
With thts Gs clue, please haze
Jour readers 0tVe you some Of the
things he 70 S0yin0. JUMBO JAKE.
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undoubtedly go astray. For in
stance: Suppose you changed your
address five times In the past seven
years. The company's records have
you listed at five different addresses.
The money Is mailed to you at one
OF these addresses. What guarantee
has the company that 1t will reach
you? Meme. The use If a claim
blank Is merely to insure the return
of the money to the Lroper persons.
1t Is for your protection, also the
company.
OIL have all my electric bills
since August, 1917. Last night /
went over them and found my
average bill was $3.50. Would /
get my money today II took
these bills to the electric company?
A.--No. In order to accurately
determine how much is due you,
the company must compute 6 per
cent interest on every one Of your
bills. With $4,000 accounts this is a
stupendous task. The company can.
not look up individual accounts and
make rebate now. 1t would destroy
the efficiency Of their system.
Own my rebate be credited on
my account with the electric com.
pany or will it be paid in cash to
me?
Alt win be paid in cash, prob.
ably by check.
Own the Public Utilities Com.
mission supervise the distribution
OF the $3.50, 900 fund?
Ayes. Major William e. r.
Covell, Assistant Engineer Commits.
sioner, made this announcement
yesterday.
Care blank forms for claims
available?
A.-No. They probably win be
ready for distribution the end Of
this or first Of next week.
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BILL
FOR BIC
POWER
PLANT
BIanton Alone Of House Body
Opposes Measure, Which
Is Adopted 4 to I

A favorable report on the bill
for Governmental development o.
hydro-electric power at iGrea
Falls has been drawn up by thu
subcommittee Of the House Dis
trict Committee to which tbs
measure was referred.
The measure, with few minor
provisions, has been accepted BY
the subcommittee by a vote o;
a to l.. Congressman Blanton O
Texas, is the only member op
posed to the bill. Favorable t
it were: Congressman Zihlmar
chairman Of the subcommittee
Keller, Of Minnesota; Gibson, O.
Vermont, and Hammer of Nort
Carolina.
Statements Prepared.
The report, together with a STAT
ment outlining the subcommittee
decision. will be presented to rh'
House District Committee at it,
next meeting.
Provisions added to the original
bill by the subcommittee authorize
the Federal Power Commission to
issue licenses for the utilization OF
surplus water and water power in
accordance with the terms Of the
Federal water power act.
1t is provided. further, that actual
construction shall not commence on
any unit Of the hydro-electric de.
velopment program until the neces.
sary land and the easements Tor
flowage have actually been pur.
chased, condemned, or agreements
made for such purchase on terms
deemed reasonable by the Secretary
Of War.
A third provision prevents com
mencement of construction until
guarantees have been obtained III
such p form as viii satisfy the Fed
eral Tower Commission that the
power developed can be disposed of
on terms that win protect the in,
vestment of the United States, and
conserve for the public interest the
navigation and water resources of
the Potomac.
The first step in the hydro-elec-
trio program calls for the con.
struction Of a $4,000, 900 plant at
Chain Bridge.
The subcommittee will state IN
its report that it is the belief OF
the members that the Government
does not intend to go into the
actual sale of water power, but
rather prefers to lease the water
privilege to private interest.
The total cost Of the hydro-elec.
trio development program is esri-
mated at $4,000, 900.
Testimony before the subcommit-
tee, however, indicated that out
side interest would bear one-third
of the expense If they were favored
with long term leases.
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ELECTRIC RATE
GUT WILL GET
COURT D. K.
Signing of Decree by Stafford
Will Make Reduction
Effective at Once

Justice Wendell p. Stafford, Of
the District Supreme Court, today
will be asked to formally approve
the agreement reached last Satur-
day between the Potomac Electric
Power Company and the Public
Utilities Commission.
Attorneys for the corporation and
commission met in the District
building this morning to formulate
q consent decree" which probably
will go to the court this afternoon.
The signing Of this decree by
Justic Stafford-he has previously
indicated he will o. k. twill have
the effect Of reducing electric bills
20 per cent and start the work Of
distributing $780, 900 among 81, 900
electric consumers here.
A. @. Neal, comptroller Of the cleo.
trio company. said that If Justice
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-31
TRANSPORT
CHANGES
URGED
r. B. Warden Submits Plan
Thought Capable Of Aiding
Northwest Residents

Another proposition to i'm
prove transportation facilities to
the far northwest section OF
Washington was received by the
Public Utilities Commission to.
day and is being studied by
Major William E. r. Covell, AS.
sistant Engineer Commissioner.
Four Chief Items.
The suggestion comes from r.
Bruce Warden, Of 1920 Idaho ave-
nue. northwest. 1t follows:
/. Carry the washington Rau.
way and Electric line from Wiscon-
sin avenue and Keokuk street,
through Keokuk Tor any other
street that might best serve the
purpose) to Connecticut avenue.
2. Remove car tracks on Wiscor.
sin avenue from Keokuk south to
Massachusetts, avenue. CThis would
necessarily include the single track
now running from Wisconsin ave.
nue. and Macomb streets, west
through Macornb to Massachusetts
avenue and thence northwesterly on
Massachusetts, avenue to Western
avenue.
3. Install switch at Wisconsin
avenue and Massachusetts Avenue
and run cars through Georgetown
as at present, north 10 this point.
4. Run bus line from Dupont
circle northwesterly along Massa.
chuSetts avenue to- Wisconsin
avenue, thence north on Wiscon
sin avenue to Keokuk. Also run
bus line from Dupont circle north
westerly along Massachusetts ave
nue. to Western avenue.
Mr.. Warden declares the result
would be greatly superior service
obtainable by buses, due to the
great frequency with which they
can be run and their great elastici.
ty in following lines Of traffic.
1T would supply a much needed
service to all that section lying be.
tween Dupont circle and Wisconsin
avenue, along and adjacent to
Massachusetts avenue, property
that In value represents hundreds
OF thousands of dollars" he says.
THE moments are propitious-
as the tracks on Wisconsin avenue
are to be removed at least temp.
orarily for the paving of Wisconsin
avenue"