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The Washington times., 1925-01-24

Samples will be more liberal than
any previous night and their will
be many bargains. 1t will paw
every housewife in Washington to
visit the show tonight with a full
sized market basket and stock up
for the future.
Contest Winners to Be Named.
The winner of the Washburn-
Crosby Gold Medal flour loaf;of
bread contest will also be announc-
ed at their booth tonight. Hundreds
OF visitors to the show have entered
a guess as to the weight OF the
mammoth loaf Of bread in this dis
play. Guesses range from twenty
to over ene hundred pounds. A
barrel of flour is the reward to
the winner. $3.50 .
The National Pressure Cooker
Company will award a $34 cooker
tonight to the visitor who has
made the nearest correct guess OF
the number Of beans in the seven
quart cooker in their booth. !
The cooking school will be held
this afternoon at o'clock for the
last time. Recipes, demonstrated
by Mrs. M. A. Rich, in charge OF
the classes during the last three
sessions, are printed elsewhere in
today's paper.
Both of the clever better homes.
furniture and interior decorating
lecturers, will make their farewell
bow to the public tonight at $40
o'clock. Visitors to the exposition
have found their talks interesting,
despite the fact that they were un-
able to illustrate their lectures on
the stage, as the Washington Audi
forum Company did not have the
stage in shape.
The Washington Times has not
spared any expense to make this
the most interesting and entertain
ing show ever held here This
newspaper went to an expense. Of
nearly $4,000 for features. including
the cooking school, better homes
lecturers and music.
The auditorium agreed to turn
the building over complete to The
Times the Monday before the ex-
was not lived up to and it has
seriously handicapped this news
paper in presenting its program
The public will appreciate that The
Times has regretted disappointing
its readers and that this newspaper
was not to blame in any way.
Happy Walker and his orchestra
which has been a decided hit during
the exposition, will make his fare
well bow on the stage. at 8:16
o'clock tonight, although he will
continue to play on the first floor
until closing time. II you have
not heard his act on the stage, do
not miss it tonight.
There has been a record-breaking
attendance at this show, and de.
spite the handicaps this paper has
been under, it has been a great
success land everybody has left
haDpV
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
SUFFERED
FORS|X
YEARS
Private Charles Burnshire
Cheerful Through It All.
Helped by Radio

HAGERSTOWN. Nd, Jan. a.
Six years of suffering, during
which he underwent thirty-four
major operations, has ended for
, Private Charles Burnshire, a hero
Of the famous battle Of Chateau
the Thierry. Burnshire, who had
been a patient at the Mt. Alto
Sanatarium, in the mountains near
this. city, died yesterday.
Despite the agony Burnshire
suffered since he was struck down
by a German shell on the battle
field in France, he never COM
planned. He was, the doctors and
nurses said, one of the most cheer
full patients in the hospital. Burn
shire was member Of the famous
10th Infantry. His regiment was
one of the suicide" outfits that
helped stem the German tide.
Few of his regiment came out
unscathed.
Radio Brought Relief
1t was in July, 1918. that Burn.
shire was picked up on the battle
field with his left leg shot away
and his right leg riddled, The
right leg, surgeons said, could be
saved and they also worked to
save the other one.
For many months after the war
Burnshire was in Walter Reed
Hospital in Washington. From time
to time surgeons decided to cut
away more of his injured leg. It
was Burnshire's only hope. they
said, and he was game. He did
not complain.
The radio ended Burnsl1ire's drab
existence. ether waves bringing re-
lief, and the veterans pain on the
operating table every few weeks
grew less.
Between operating periods Burn |
shire read and studied, hopeful OF
recovery and preparing hi-aself for |
some vocation of usefulness. ~ /
He was moved to the Mount Alto |
hospital to recuperate. His vitality |
was low and. it was thought, the
bracing mountain air would help |
him in his fight for life.
A week ago the last OF the thirty |
four operations was performed. The |
spark flickered and finally went |
out-and q game man died. He |
was played out" the surgeons said. |
Burnshire's body has been taken |
to his old home in Tyrone. Pa.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
LIGHT RATEFOR
HYATTSV|LLE
TO BE GUT
Letter From Company Tells Of
Plans to Lower Costs
on February !
INTERaATEUNAI NEWS REEL

EVANSVILLE. Nd Jan. pa
According to a letter from C. Mel
win, Sharpe, executive assistant of
the Potomac Electric Power Com.
pany, to e. A. Fuller. editor of
the HyattsvilIe Independent, the
company has under consideration
reduction in rates to Maryland
consumers. probably February i.
At the regular meeting this week
OF the mayor and common council
of Brentwood an estimate from
the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany of $212.50 year for ten
street lights was considered too
high and an effort is to be made
to obtain a lower figure.
A committee from Brentwood
council has been invited to attend
a meeting next Monday night in
the HyattsvilIe council chamber,
when plans for getting Rhode
Island avenue extended from Hy-
attsville to Mount Rainier win be
discussed.
Grand Master w. James WillxinA
son and officers Of Zone No. had
charge OF the installation OF the
following officers Of Harding
O. u Il y
Bowie, Prince Georges county,
elected to serve the ensuing six
months term: Noble grand, Ellis
G. Day; past grand, Henry G.
Kuhl; vice grand, Mfllard n. Scha-
fer: secretary, e. r. Johnstoni
treasurer, Paul Mense; warden, F.
P. Mcclure; inside guardian, Nor
man C. Clark; outside guardian,
J, IS. Thornton. Thomas Jefferson,
president of. the officers associa-
ton, assisted in the installation
mad gave an address on Odd Eel
lowship.
the organization Of the lodge.
Condition OF the Clinton Bank,
at Clinton, Prince Georges county.
is excellent and since the institu-
ton was organized four years ago
it has suffered the loss or not q
cent. according to reports submit
ted at the annual meeting OF the
stockholders.
Directors were reelected as fol-
lows: Wallace r. Pyles, Frank
Small, jr.,, Thomas s. Gwynn,
Charles III. Gardiner, william T.
Thorne, John B. Pyles, r. Lee
Manning, w. Gilbert Dent, William
E. Penn and Grafton c. D. Town
send.
The directors again chose w.
Gilbert Dent, president; William
E. Penn. vice president; ]. Frank
Dent. cashier. Frank Selby, an
employe of the bank. was elected
assistant cashier, which position
carries a substantial increase in
salary.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
WHEELER CASE
IS BLOCKING
STONE
Fight Against Alleged Perse-
cutors Also Involves War
ren's Confirmation

Confirmation OF the appoint
ments Of Attorney General Harlan
F. Stone to the Supreme Court and
of Charles e. Warren, of Detroit,
to be Attorney General, became in
volved today in the bitter political
warfare that for more than a
year has ragged between the Adj
ministration and Senator Burton
K. Wheeler (Dem.) of Montana.
Friends of Wheeler in the Sem
ate were openly threatening today
to block the combinations unless
Stone abandons what they call the
persecution" of the Montana
Senator.
Trial Delayed, Charge.
This persecution" they say,
consists of delaying the trial of
Wheeler in Montana on an indict-
ment charging him with accepting
money from constituents for APP
pearing for them as an attorney
before Government departments,
while in the meantime seeking a
new indictment in the District Of Co
lumba.
As to this new indictment, little
information is available, except that
on one hand 1t is reported that 1t
is to be based on the original Mon
tana case, while other reports indi-
cate that Attorney General Stone
plans an entirely new case against
Wheeler, involving other persons,
some Of whom may be connected
with the Government.
Stone is Determined.
The Attorney General, despite his
desire to leave the Department Of
Justice and assume his new duties
with the Supreme Court, has served
notice through his friends that he
will not be inundated by the
threats, and that he intends to go
through with any litigation now in
prospect.
Wheeler first came into nationa.
prominence when he directed the
Senate investigation of former At
torney General Harry M. Daugher.
ty.
1t was in the midst of this IN
vestigation that an indictment was
returned in Montana against Wheel
er.
He charged on the floor of the
Senate that the Republican nation
al committee connived at this in
dictment, but an investigation by
a special Senate committee showed
that the Department Of Justice
was chiefly responsible for the
Montana action.
Led to Investigation.
Wheeler's repeated attacks on
Dougherty finally led to the latter's
retirement from the Cabinet and
the Senate investigation of the De-
partment of Justice soon slowedNup
and came to a halt while Wheeler
joined the La Toilette independ-
ents and ran for Vice-President.
During the campaign, the case
against him in Montana was called
to trial, but delay was arranged
until a later date.
In the meantime, the Department
of Justice has arranged for new
grand jury inquiry here, and At
torney General Stone has issued a
subpoena for Wheeler as one of the
witnesses.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
BILL FAVORS CABINET
PRESENCE IN CONGRESS

Members Of the Cabinet VIII be
required to appear on the floor OF
the Senate and the House II, Con
gress passes a blu which has been
introduced by Congressman Charles
A. Mooney Of Ohio.
The measure entities the depart
mental heads to participate in de-
hate on matters relating to the
business of their departments. 1t
requires that they shall attend ses-
sions Of the Senate on Tuesday and
Friday Of each week and sessions
of the House on Monday and Thurs.
day unless excused by special order.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
RACE CONGRESS
To MEET IN
MARCH
Executive Committee Changes
Time So Delegates Can Be
Present at Inauguration

Reverend Doctor w. II. Jernigan,
pastor OF the Mt. Carmel Baptist
Church, Third and / streets north.
west, and president of the National
Race Congress, announced today
that at a recent meeting of the
executive committee Of the con-
gross it was voted to change the
date of the annual meeting Of the
association from the first week in
May, as has been the custom, to
the first week in March. The an.
nual sessions are always held in
Washington.
Doctor Jernigan points out that
the committee felt that since many
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
CLAUSE
IN RENT ACT
OPPOSED
Employees Should Be Under
Civil Service, Declares
Commission

The Civil Service Commission to-
day sent to Congress a resolution
opposing a provision in the new
District rent bill, exempting GER
tain employees of the rent commits
sion from the civil service laws.
Under the bill, as it is now
drawn, the attorney. assistant attor-
neys and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
field engineers and stenographic re-
porters are exempted from the civil
service law.
The commission opposed the ex-
emption of the secretary-treasurer
field engineers and reporters. The
attorneys and assistant attorneys
already are exempt by law and this
provision Is unnecessary. the COM
mission reported.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
c. Is
STATE BANK
!. BRANCH !.
=
Win Be Opened for Business
Monday Citizens Back
Mays Bus Line

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va, Jan.
ga branch bank Of the Peoples
state Bank OF Cherrydale win be
opened in Ballston, Cashier III. B.
Green, announces. Wednesday open
house will be the order Of bust
ness for the day. The president,
Samuel F. Cooper, pointed out the
need of q branch in Ballston. The
authority to open It was received
yesterday from the chief State bank
examiner at Richmond.
Fire yesterday, caused from q
defective flue, threatened the home
OF Miss H.. III. Mahoney, of Airing
ton on Columbia Pike. The dam
age, estimated at 500, IL covered
by insurance.
At a special meeting OF the execu.
tive committee of the Civic League
of Potomac, held last night at the
home Of Roy T. Craver, in Mt.
Vernon avenue. resolutions favor
ing the granting Of charter to
Robert L. May to continue his bus
line were passed, and copies will
be sent to the State Corporation
Commission. In addition to the
resolution many letters are being
II
The progress made toward estab-
fishing the community sewer as
planned by Hugh Reid win be the
outstanding business at the meeting
Of the Thrifton Improvement
League Monday night In the Parish
Hall Of Grace Episcopal Church.
Mr.. Reid, who with special COM
mittee, has spent many months In
making Investigations, and draw
ing plans, will be the principal
speakers of the evening.
Al special meeting OF Columbia
Lodge will be held in the Masonic
Temple at Clarendon tonight, at
which time several candidates will
receive their degree.
Doctor p. M. Chichester, health
officer OF Arlington county says
that eighty-seven pupils Of the Fort
Myer Elementary School have re-
ceiYed the preventive diptheria
treatment The work at the school
said Doctor Chichester was greatly
aided by the cooperation Of Miss
Mary Carry, principal and the
teachers.
The Riddle Bible class OF the Bali
ston Presbyterian Church which
has been conducting q membership
contest for the past month, will
have social meeting tonight Ut
the home Of Mrs. Ruth Cathcart.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
Or. Darby VIII Speak

Doctor w. L. Darby, secretary
OF the Washington Federation of
Churches, will give an address to-
morning before the Rain
bow class of the Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Episcopal Church
South, Sunday school. This Is q
class Of young women, a majority
of whome are Government employees
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
Doctor Briggs Returns

Doctor John E. Briggs. has re.
turned from fortnight's stay in
Florida and will preach tomorrow
morning at Fifth Baptist Church
on 1.-THE Kind of Revival We Need )"
His evening theme will be THE
Story Of My Life"
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
EIGHT FOREIGN WARSHIPS
TO HONOR VASCO CANA

LISBON. Jan. 24.-Eight foreign
warships are expected as honorary
visitors when the Vasco Cana Cen
tenary celebration gets under way
here tomorrow
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
SHIRANE VOLCANO IS
AGAIN ERUPTING

TOKYO, Jan. 24.-The Shirane
volcano near Kusatsu is again pour
ing out ashes and smoke and the
populace fled from the vicinity in
great alarm today.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
Better Homes Show
to Close Tonight

The second annual Better Homes Exposition and National
Capital Food Show closes tonight at 10 80 in the New
Washington Auditorium 1t will be the last chance to
the largest and exposition Of its kind held in this
city Tonight will be give away night at the Food Show
The majority of the exhibitors will try to dispose of their
stock closing eliminate hauling and shipping.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24

Solution to Thursday Puzzle.
Evening star., 1925-04-01
N|TRATES ARE SNAG
IN SHOALS PUZZLE.
Power Experts Anxious to
Dodge That Phase of
Huge Enterprise.
BY j. C. DOYLE.
Special Disps tch to The star.

Special Dispatch 20 The star.
MUSCLE SHOALS. Ala, April l.
The first obstacle on which Preside mt
Coolidges committee to investigate
the proper thing to do with Muscle
Shoals will stub It's foot is the manu-
trates are mentioned prospective
seekers after the right to operate
the great hydro-electric power de-
velopment on the Tennessee River
duck with the unanimity of untried
troops hearing the whine OF a rife
bullet
There is no question that big
financial interests desire to lease the
electric power of Muscle Shoals over
a long term. The tremendous in
dustrial and commercial development
of the South now in prospect assures
that. The trouble is they want to
'let George do 1t" when it comes to
manufacturing nitrates Congress
has specifically provided that the
nitrate plants must be maint aimed
and operated, to provide material for
munitions in time of war and to
provide ingredients for fertilizer in
time of peace.
Nitrate Costs Unknown.
The truth is. nobody seems to know
just how much 1t is going to cost to
make nitrates. The two nitrate plants
have a capacity estimated at 10000
tons year. There is no doubt that
nitrates can be manufactured from the
air in the plants at Muscle Shoals and
utilized to form practically any COM
mercial product containing nitrogen in
conjunction with other chemical ele-
ments. The process. briefly. is to COM
press air to liquid form and force 1t
through Jets over a bed of intensely
hot incandescent lime in an electric
converter, releasing the nitrogen in
Evening star., 1925-04-01
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
Tragedy of the German Mark.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

On the 9TH of July next the cur
tain will be rung down on what Is
probably the greatest specIl ative
tragedy in all history. On that day
will expire the privilege extended to
marks to turn them in for the new
reichs marks. At the present rate
the value Of one quadrillion marks
is about $3.50.
No one knows how much money was
lost by Americans and other non
German purchasers Of these paper
marks. Estimates as to the cost to
investors" range all the way from
$3.50, 100000 to $1,000, 100000. All
the speculative riot which has ended
to disastrously. At the height Of the
craze not only the marks themselves
were dealt in but so-called Options"
were bought and sold, and this by
people without financial experience
and training and who could i'll afford
the loss.
The argument was that some day
Germany was bound to recover it's
time prosperity and again TAX e
her place among the world powers,
and then there would be such rapid
appreciation in the value Of her
mark currency as to make purchasers
rich beyond their widest dreams. It
turned out the other way. There was
no fallacy in the theory of eventual
German recovery. The mistake was
in assuming that such a recovery
would include her paper currency
Money made" by the printing-press
process depreciates in direct proper
tion to the quantity turned out. Turn
your mind back upon this German
mark episode and remember that
every opportunity for speculative gain
is accompanied by the possibility of
speculative loss.
Copyright 1825.)
Evening star., 1925-04-01
COMMODITY NEWS
WLRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-The ma
Jority of the Bradford system warn
spinners In the district are arranging
Tor complete shutdown. They are
convinced that this is the only policy
that can reduce yarn stocks sum
ciently to put their business back on
a paying basis. Demand continues
generally dull
WILLIMANTIC, Conn, April 1.-The
American Thread Co. has informed
the citizens committee Investigating
the strike at its plant that 1t Will not
accede to the demand for restoration
OF the 10 per cent wage cut, even IL
that means closing for an indefinite q
period.
BOSTON, April New England
manufacturers of leather betting re-
port operations at about 60 per cent
of normal with prices tending up-
ward, stocks lower than a year ago,
and the labor situation quiet. Buy
ing is on moderate scale.
NEW YORK, April 1-Distributors
OF canned foods here are buyipr
slowly, many of them already having
covered part of there future REQUIRE
ments and preferring to wait for the
remainder until nearer the canning
season. when they hope prices will be
down. Tomatoes are weaker and peas
and corn steady.
BROCkTON, Mass, April Brock
ton shoe factories report some i'm
provement in orders, but the average
of orders on hand Is considerably
below the level of the past two or
three years. About so per cent of the
shoe workers are employed on part
time schedules
Evening star., 1925-04-01
", B. "a. IN DRIVE
TO CUT EXPENSES
Electric Road May Adopt New
Type of Car-Recent
Gain in Earnings.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, April 1.-Whne the
annual report Of the Washington.
Baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Railway Company for 1924, was not
so favorable when compared with tho
previous year, figures for the first
quarter of this year, although not
yet available, are said TO show con
siderable improvement over those for
the corresponding period a year ago.
The management also is hopeful
that the exhibit for the full calendar
year will be better than it was in
1924. Word has gone out to econo-
rniZe in every department and il is
said results already are in evidence.
The management is seriously con
sidering the adoption of a new type
Of equipment known as the "artic-
ulated car" There is a considerable
saving in first cost and expense Of
operating also Is lower The ad-
vantages claimed for the new type Of
car, which at first Will be used on the
main line only are increased com
fort, lighter weight and faster sched-
ule.
If final plans and estimates now In
the hands of car builders are salts
factory, contracts for the new equip
ment will be awarded at once.
Weakness of the company's 3 per
cent bonds is due more TO prospective
bus competition between this city and
Washingt ton than to the unfavorabIe
results of operation in 1924, accord
ing to the view held in the financial
district.
Evening star., 1925-04-01

the air and combining it with other
elements.
The commercial chemicals formed.
such as calcium nitrate and others,
are of some value, but no one in this
section seems willing even to guess
what profit or loss might be encoun-
tered In the manufacture of 10000
tons of nitrates a year.
Government Aid Sought.
The Ford offer, now withdrawn
provided for the operation of the
plants on a cost-plus basis. 1t is
understood the American Cyanide in
terests might be willing to operate
the plants under guarantee against
loss by the Government, but the nitrates
continue to fly in the Muscle Shoals
ointment.
Well informed men here do not
minimize eeither the war or peac
time Importance of the nitrate, but
they point out that this Importance
may easily be overemphasized. They
declare that, while 10000 tons a year
might serve an invaluable purpose
in a defensive war, it would scarcely
fill the national needs in a protracted
struggle. In the World War the sums
paid for nitrates to Chile by the
United States were large enough to
run that South American government
No thinking man in the country
minimizes the Importance of furnish
ing cheap fertilizer. Still it is an
admitted fact that the cotton planters
will use less by far than In 1924. The
South is In better shape, even at
that, than the West, since here. with
an eight or nine month growing sea-
son, IL is possible to revivify the soil
by plowing under the legumens, such
as cowpeas, and thus restore nitro
gen to the soil. Animal fertilizer Is
decreasing. The day when every
town had at least one livery stable
is gone and prices have risen in con-
sequence.
Leasing Offer spurned.
Nevertheless, men who might take
over operation of Muscle Shoals
have learned that the farmer Is like
ly to buy what he wants, not what
he needs. Therefore, they are per-
fectly willing for some one else to
do the experimenting with nitrates.
The Alabama Power Company, which
in conjunction with other electric
power concerns of the South made
an offer TO lease the current from
the Muscle Shoals project, offered
free current TO operate the nitrate
plants to any one who would operate
them, but nobody surged up with an
acceptance. Any temporary leasing
of the power developed here is mere
ly a stop-gap in the situation.
Evening star., 1925-04-01
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct The Star Once

were from n fraction to 4 points above
the Tuesday close. Ware RADIO,
Freshman, Music Master, joined In the
upturn, while Il lasted.
Along with the radio shares the in
dependent oils were in better demand.
In this quarter Gibson Oil attracted
some attention on reports of impending
drilling operations.
The Standard Oil shares were scarcely
changed the public utility stocks heid
firm and mining issues developed httle
activity. The market generally seemed
content to pursue a leisurely course
awaiting fresh stimulus TO carry II out
of its rut.