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, 1925-11-23
ADOBE WALL IN NEW MEXICO

TIE ruins of a prehistoric structure
near the Gran Quivira monument in New
Mexico were found by two boys while
playing. They became interested in a
slight elevation. Digging into it about
eight or nine inches they reached the
top Of a rock wall. The rock extended
down only about a foot; from there down
it was made of adobe. While the boys
were digging they found many bits of
pottery and food bones. 1t appears that
the wall is built around a rectangular
space 100 feet long and 80 feet wide.
This region. the Gran Quivira national
monument, was set aside by presidential
proclamation in 1909 in order to preserve
one Of the most important of the early
Spanish mission ruins in the Southwest.
The monument also contains the ruins of
ancient pueblo habitations. ibid.
, 1925-11-23
PASSENGER AIR LINE.

The John Wannamaker store of New
York and the Ford company of Detroit
wiz operate a line of PASSENGER airpIanes
between New York and Miami, Fla,
The planes are made by the Stout Metal
Co.. belonging to the Fords. The first
plane, priced at $25. 900, was placed in
the show window of the Wannamaker
store. Ibid.
, 1925-11-23

Pays $500. Gets 5733, 900. Six years
ago John Neal chauffeur for K. C. Gil
lette. safety razor magnate, bought a
lot for $500 in Beverly Hills, Cal. He
has just leased it to a Los Angeles
banker for SO years at a total rental of
$733, 900. He got $40, 900 cash and $500
a month. Ibid.
, 1925-11-23
MITCHELL PRIZE TO MRS. LANS,
DOWNE.

A prize of $1,000 offered by Col. Mitch,
ell for bravery was awarded Mrs. Zachary
Lansdowne, widow of the commander of
the Inflated airship Shenandoah. She
will divide it among the relatives of the
men killed in the disaster. Ibid.
, 1925-11-23

ger printing to those continents. 1t was
used to ide. tIfy wOrkmen.
In the United States the finger IriDt
method is chiefly employed by the police
in keeping records Of criminals, for Iden-
LITIGATION of the dead. for paying employ
ees and for guarding aQaintt admission
Of Undesirable aliens. The sc, 0OO men
in our navy are identified on pay day by
finger-prints.
From the earliest known fnger-print
to the present day no instance has been
known to the skilled eye where two fin
gers print alike. The nearest alike are
those of twins. Sir E. R. Henry of Eng
land, exponent of finger printing, has
divided the hand into over 800, 600 subdi-
visions for purposes of identification.
There are four types Of rings and 60 i'm
ger-ridge character isjics.
There is no known inStance--Outslde
of detective stories--W here finger prints
have ever been successfully faxed Sears
have, but finger prints never. Chce a
navy Pharmacists mate tired to change
the characteristics Of his finger markings
with acids. 1t failed. A Southern edl-
tor convicted Of forgery by means OF tin
per-prints WAS only saved from senterce
b cause. while being taken to court, he
ran lis IlHS6lS, iIploNF I VI EOHHN ~
mical, through his hair and changed the
color of it So changed w { his appear
ance that The judge refused to sentence
hin! despite he tell tale story OF the iii,
ger prints
The celebrated Frazier-LOrez identity
case discussed in cur June 6 issue la8t)
vas Gully decided by frger prints. Sew
Cnty witnesses identified a man for what
he was rot. The Government proved in
a friendly trial that the ran was an
imposter by comparing his finger prints
with those Of a veteran killed in France.
The case was one of the strangest on re-
cord because q couple identified the m
poster as their dear dead son.
Not long ago the country was alarmed
by tales that pirates were operating off
Hampton Roads, Va. A bottle was found
containing a note presumably writeten
By a skipper who had been captured by
pirates. The government proved that
the note had teen written by a halt. wit
who said be had found the bottle.
However, Argentina, is the only coun-
Try to have national finger. printing. For
that reason it is claimed to be the one
country where it is impossible for a per
son to lose his or her identity. There is
a record of the finger prints of every one
Of that country's nearly 10, 900, 600 in
habitants. The Pathfinder.
, 1925-11-23
RECORD SEAT PRICE.

The recent sale of a seat on the New
York stock exchange for S135, 900 set
a new record.-Ibid.
, 1925-11-23
CRUELTY CHARGE.

A man and his dog went out riding
one day in a Ford car. When they got
out in me rural district, the car poke
down and the man knowing no other
, 1925-11-23
Wit and Humor.

John-'Say. Willie, do you know they
are going to paint all iii" Ford cars ba-
NAM color next year?'
WiIlie-''Why, what's The idea?'
John-''So they can sell them in
lunches"
''Wha came over Jones lately? He
used to be the life of the party with those
funny Ford jokes Of his"
'Haven't you heard? He has Ford
car Of his own now. and he realizes it's
no joke"
The Washington times., 1925-11-11
THE WEATHER

Official U. $. Weather Bureau Report
Fair tonight and Thurs
day. Slowly rising tempera-
ture; gentle south winds.
T e m perature yesterday
Highest, 81; lowest, 20.
The Washington times., 1925-11-11

A launch from the Harbor pre-
cinct left today to drag the river
in the vicinity of Four-Mile Run,
Virginia, and the Naval Laboratory,
BeJIeview Magazine, D. c., for the
body of Conrad Napoleon Powers,
Of 2O9 Ninth street southwest. who,
it is believed, was drowned yester'
ddy.
Police are working on the theory
that Powers stopped on his way to
work to shoot duck and fell from
his canoe.
On the river bank the automobile
he had always driven to work and
mis- cap were found. In midstream
was found his canoe, overturned.
Charles A. TraVers, of Alexandria
Va, has reported to the police that
while he was shooting duck yester-
day morning, he saw a canoe cap
size and a man go overheard, but
there has been nothing to definitely
establish that Powers was the man.
Powers was twenty-five years old
anG was employed as a fireman
at the magazine. The first intima-
ton that anything was amiss came
when he did not appear for work.
The Washington times., 1925-11-11

Referee O'Gorman's Opinion
Supports Charges Against
Trustees of His viii

NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Fornaerl
United States Senator and SUI
preme Court Justice James A.
OaGDfman, who for the past year
has been taking testimony as
referee in the case involving
charges by children of the late
Jay Gould, railroad king, against
trustees under their fathers will,
today handed down a sensational
opinion declaring the trustees
guilty of the charges.
Action Is Involved.
The opinion covers thirty printed
pages. TIE action in which the
hearings were held was brought
by Kingdom Gould and Schuyler
Nelson Rice, executors Of the will
of George J. Gould, and by Edwin
Gould, Howard Gould, Helen Gould
Sheppard as executors and trustees
under the will of their father, the
late Jay Gould, against the same
parties individually and as executors
and also against George J. Gould as
receiver Oh the MlSSOuEl EdChlC
Railway.
In this litigation which is exceed
ingly involved, Anna Gould. Ouch
css OF Tallyrand and Pergord and
another OF the beneficiaries under
Jay Gould's will, filed charges
against the trustees under the rail
road kings will. that they had
grossly mismanaged his $84, 900, O0G
estate and had used its funds
Wrongfully in speculative railroad
enterprises.
Sustaining these charges Referee
O'Gorman said in his opinion:
Referees Opinions
The investments now challenged
by the objections were made by the
trustees in pursuance of a plan
adopted by them to give financial
support to the Missouri Pacific rail
Continued on Page ., Column 81
The Washington times., 1925-11-11
Court Faces
"'East'' in Silence

Across a seven years void, an
echo of humanity's greatest con
flict came today to halt the court
martial Of Colonel William Mitchell
while he, his jury of gray haired
generals. and an audience of sol
diers, sailors and civilians PAID
silent tribute to Americas world
war dead.
At two minutes of II o'clock, the
hour when hostilities ceased seven
years ago, Major General Robert
L. Howe, presiding, called the
crowded court room to order. Inc
droning voices of counsel, witnesses
and Judges were silenced.
The nine high ranking generals,
their chests blazing with decora-
tons. arose at the jury table to
stand Stiffly at attention.
Before them, Mitchell had leaped
to his feet, his own chest much
beribboned with war-won badges OF
honor. They faced to the east, all
veterans of the great war, for two
silent minutes of tribute to those
who never came back from France.
1t seemed a queer twist of fate
that these men. comrades III the
great battles across the sea. were
here arraigned on opposite sides.
But whatever emotions sWayed
the actors in this little drama. none
gave outward sign.
The demonstration was suggested
first by Congressman Frank X.
Reid (R) of Illinois, Mltchell
counsel, but the court itself had
planned it.
seven years ago there came to
an end the greatest war humanity
has ever seem" said Howe, when
he called the courtroom to order.
''Au persons here Will agree with
The Washington times., 1925-11-11
TRUCE DAY
MARKED
BY CITY
Two-Minute Silence Period
observed-cooIidge Decks
Unknown's Tomb

Quietly, reverently, Washington
IS observing the seventh am
nis1 SlEry of the signing of the
Armistice, an event that in 1918
sent war-weary world into the
streets, laughing and cheering IN
hysteria of relief and joy.
This occasion, originally a day
of wild rejoicing, has taken on .
more solemn aspect with the pass
ing years, as the nation has come
to realize the awful cost of war.
So today the logical meeting place
for those who desire to observe the
anniversary is in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery, where thousands
of heroes of all wars lie in their
last, long rest
COOlidgeS Take Lead
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
led Washington today in the act 1T
commemoration. Shortly before IL
o'clock, several automobiles, headed
by the official car, left the White
A1Od6C EAOAIldS anu SAAAAIOCA IAAC ~
ginia slopes to the national GENE
terry, where the Chief Executive AMI
his company stood with bowed
Heads as a wreath was laid on the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
For two minutes, the President
stood in silent meditation, and then
the motors whirled out of the GENE
terry, followed by thousands of
eyes-the eyes of other citizens who
! had come to show the dead that
they remembered.
In the Government departments
and at the District Building, en-
| ployes ceased their labors at IL
| o'clock for two minutes, in fleetins
tribute to the brave men who made
the supreme sacrifice fors their
country.
Except for this brief respite from
Continued on Page 2, Column So
The Washington times., 1925-11-11
Today's Scratches
At Lexington

SECOND RACE-Dinwiddie
FIFTH RACE-Dudley.
SIXTH RACE - Smacker, May
Fair and Little Cook
Weather, clear; track, slow
The Washington times., 1925-11-11
Love Crazed
Girl Dies
By Fire
MISS NELLIE B. MACKLEY

Coroner hewitt has issued GER
tificate of suicide in the death of
Miss Nellie B. Mackley, thirty-four,
stenographer, who set fire to her
clothing and was fatally burned in
room at the Chevy Chase SAM
/, tarium yesterday afternoon.
1t was revealed today that Miss
Mackley, who was taken to the
sanitarium several months ago with
nervous breakdown following a
tragic love affair, had a mania for
self.destruction and had repeatedly
tried to end her life. being espe-
cia1ly morbid about cremation.
She had asked attendants TO
throw her into the furnace, and
once Was caught y just before she
could crawl into the fire.
Nurses and attendants had kept
a strict watch over her, but in
some manner she got some matches
and awaited her opportunity, which
came yesterday.
Going to the room and locking
the door. she stood in the middle
of the floor and ignited her cloth
ing. falling dead across the bed
and firing the sheets as Miss Lena
Jones, nurse, broke into the
room.
She made no sound Of pain as the
| flames ate into her flesh, and only
the reflection of fire revealed the
tragedy.
Previously, Miss Mackley, whose
home was at 16 S street northwest
had tried to starve herself at the
| hospital. refusing food until she
weighed only seventy-five pounds.
For several weeks, it was neces-
sary to feed her forcibly through
tubes. Her parents and a brother
survive. Her mother, Mrs. Arthur
B. Mackley, advanced in years, is
| i'll at her home.
The Washington times., 1925-11-11

unit located on the
West Coast.
TWenty-seven per
cent Of all fatal
air crashes since the
war were due to de-
fective equip m en- t,
with a cost of about
40 lives.
z America is without
= an effective avia-
ton reserve force, be-
cause the air reserve
is a ''paper" organiza-
ton, unframed, with
out airplanes and vir-
tually unorganized. (
e Of the 5000 world
U war veterans en-
rolled as res erve
pilots, only 500 would
be useful In war time
because of lack of
training, each man
getting an average of
only IS minutes flying
a year.
Y The national guard
Z air units In fifteen
Ska%na ava An.prS~~4I
The Washington times., 1925-11-11
del" FELLOWS, CONVICT,
STILL ELUDES POSSES

ASHLAND, N. H., Nov. IL
Del" Fellows, escaped Tennessee
convict and mountain outlaw, had
succeeded in eluding several hun
dred men on his trail today.
Early today report was received
that Fellows was believed to be
cornered near the town house in
Center Harbor. Several automo-
bile loads of armed men FASTENED
to Center Harbor. but Fellows
could not be found. Police Chief
George Dow, shot down by Fellows
here, was much better today.
The Washington times., 1925-11-11
MITCHELL TO BE ACQUITTED
IF HE CAN PROVE CHARGES
Mitchell's Charges
Proved By Experts

Col William MITCHELL being coWrt-npGrttGled for
barring the defects of the army and Macy air services,
has so far proceed through qualified experts
taken from the War Department itset-ond also
through official documents, that
4 Americas air force is far below authorized
i peacetime strength, lacks supplies and is dam
gerously to being destroyed.
- Seventy-five per Of all the planes in military
service sevenyears old, built during the world
war and of antiquated models, unfit for war use.
81 The Pacific Coast is defenseIess 50 far as army
q aviation IS concerned, having single combat
The Washington times., 1925-11-11
WITNESSES
BACK Up
N()RE0
Ct AIMS
Veteran Flying MAJOR BIan1ss
War Department Itself for
Lack OF Funds
By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON
Colonel William Mitchell scored

BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON.
Colonel William Mitchell scored
distinct victory at his court
martial today, when the jury Of
generals ruled the flying colonel
could offer testimony to prove
the truth of his criticisms against
the administration of aviation as
an absolute defense to the
charges under which he was
brought to trial.
The ruling was handed down
by Colonel Blanton Winship, law
member, and concurred in by the
full court. As a result the War
Department will call thirty-six
defense witnesses from all parts
of the country to testify in Nit
chelrs behalf.
Raised by MOreland
The issue was raised when Colonel
Sherman Moreland, trial Judge advo-
cate, contended the defense could
cali witnesses only in "extenuation
or mitigation
This proposal was bitterly opposed
by Congressman Frank r. Reid
tRep) of Illinois. Mitchell's counsel,
who said the flying colonel would
prove all his charges 'as an abso-
lutte defense"
After a brief secret session, the
court upheld MitchelPs counsel.
Under the statement made by
defense counsel about the inn
portanc to the defense of summon.
ing these witnesses, it is my opinion.
they should be summoned,'' said
Winship.
On the motion of Major General
William s. Graves, the court re-
tired to determine the issue. 1t
upheld the defence.
At the opening, Reid announced
that Captain Robert Oldys, defense
witness, had erred yesterday in
naming General Charles p. Sum-
neral as commandant at Hawaii,
when Major s. H. Wheeler was
killed after being "bawled out" by.
the chief. Of staff.
Reid said Summerall had not vet
appeared at Hawaii when the fatal
accident occurred.
When the list Of witnesses was
produced by the defense, Winship
asked:
The court would like to know
whether this evidence is being of.
fered in extenuation. There seems
to be some doubt about it since the
trial judge advocate announced he
would admit it in mitigation and
the defense counsel has never res
piled. The court would like to de-
termine this issue now.
1--WE intend to prove the truth or
every single charge made by Colonel
Mitchell as an absolute defense,
Reid replied sharply.
Claimed as Right
1--WE claim it as a matter Of
right, law, and justice that we be
permitted to prove the truth OF
e-.ery statement made by the ac-
cused. The trial judge advocate
NAV have any thought he desires.
We can't help it, but we do ask
for these witnesses as matter Of
right and Justice"
"The court would like to decide
that question now" said Winship.
well, if any question of expense
is being raised, Wen withdraw our
request and Enmmon az detenaA
H
The Washington times., 1925-11-11
5 Pc IRISH
ASHOUSE
BURNS
Father and Four Children Die.
Mothers Leap Saves
infant
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By international News Service
EAST ORANGE, n. j., Nov. IL.
Five persons were burned to
death when flames swept their.
apartment on the third floor of
a six-story frame dwelling at 400
Amherst street early today.
The victims, a father and his
four children, were trapped in
their bedroom. The mother es-
capped death by leaping into the
arms of a neighbor, with one of
her babies in her arms.
Four Are Injured
Four persons were injured. one of
whom is expected to die.
The dead:
Joseph De Stefano, the father.
Mary De Stefano, eight years old.
Minnie De Stefano. six years old.
Rose De Stefanc. four years old.
Nancy De Stefano. two years cid.
The mother. Mrs. Anna DE Stef-
ano. was the first to awaken after
the fire broke out She seized her
fourteen onth-old baby, Carmillo,
and rushed to window. She leaped
10 the roof of porch thirty Feet
below. Then she hurled the child
into the arms of George La Sala, a
neighbor, who stood on the ground.
Both mother and baby were suf-
fering from burns. and they were
taken to Orange Memorial Hospital.
Fireman Is Hurt
The other injured were Fireman
Peter Loughlin, who was burned
about the hands and face and over
some by smoke. and Thomas Riley
ninety years old.
Mrs. De Stefano screamed to fir
men to go back and get her hus'
hand and the children, but when
firemen reached the bedroom all five
were dead.
So was the family's pet, the play
mate Of the children-a little puppy.
His charred remains We're found
close 10 those of the children. lie
had crawled over 70 the children
as IL for their protection.
Six Families Homeless
The fire spread. to barn back
of the house where six horses
we're stabbed. The horses were
led to safety and the flames quickly
brought under control.
Origin Of the fire could not be
determined. 1t is believed to have
started in the DE Stefano apart
ment. 1t spread through the entire
structure. leaving six families
homeless. They escaped in their
night attire.
The Washington times., 1925-11-11
NAVY BOARD ON WAGES
TO MEET HERE MONDAY

The naval board of wages review
viii meet here Monday to rearrange
the wage scale of civil employees of
the navy for the coming year, Sec
rotary of the Navy Wilbur an
nodnced today.
Captain Frank H. Clark. chief of
the Navy Yard division, was named
head of the board
The Washington times., 1925-11-11

me, we should pay tribute to the
heroic dead of both the military
and naval forces of the United
States, who gave their lives to their
country and joined the invisible
choir. Those immortal dead live
again in our lives, which are made
better. l ask you to face to the
East in silence for two minutes"
And so the tribute was paid
The Washington times., 1925-11-11

APPROXIMATELY $1,000
people WITNESSED the
Princeton. HarVard FOOTBALL
clash last Saturday. TWICE
as many people read the
HERALD and TIMES daily.
FOR the best Classified Adj
RESULTS-Use The HERALD
and TIMES Combination.
THE combined strength Of
these TWO big mediums
offers advertisers BIGGEST
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CITY.
TIMES and HERALD read.
ers are RESPONSIVE to fair
appeal.
YES-yOu may phone your
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you desire.
Callahan 5260-and ask
for an ADTAKER.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-24
A|RSHIP USEDBY
NAVY SCIENTISTS
Astronomers Study Eclipse
From Los Angeles,

ABOARD THE u. s. DIRIGIBLE
LOS ANGELES. EN- ROUTE FROM
NANTUCKET. Mass, JAM 24--CBy
wireless to United Press. Lifted a
mile closer to the sun by the navy
dirigible Los Angeles, the United
States Navy observatory astron
omers had a perfect view OF the total
eclipse. During the two minutes
four and six-tenths seconds OF total
ity not a cloud marred the spectacle
A battery of four astronomical
cameras secured eighteen photo
graphs and two motion picture
cameras and spectogfaph were in
operation.
The latter instrument recorded the
spectrum lines Of the helium gas
which holds the Los Angeles aloft.
Hydrogen, which heliun superseded
was also recorded. since both helium
and hydrogen occur In the outer lay
ers Of the sun.
Perhaps when the plates OF to-
days expedition are developed a new
element or new secret will be re-
vealed to science, Just as years ago
helium was discovered in the sun
during a total solar eclipse, long be-
fore 1t was known on earth, sci
entists believe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-24
LIGHT HOG PRICES
40 CENTS HIGHER
Heavies and Mediums Rule
Unchanged.

With decided change in demand
towards lighter weight hogs, prices
on this grade advanced fully 40c a
hundredweight at the = indianapolis
market Saturday. Heavy hogs and
medium weights ruled unchanged at
$11.10@11.20 and $10.90@11, re.
spectively. Light hogs sold at
$1,000 compared with $1,000, Friday.
Light lights sold at s10.50@10.s0
NTop price was $11.20 and the bulk
of the 5000 receipts brought 5000
@11.10. Holdover was 220. Pigs
were quoted at s6.50@10.50, UP rs
050c. Sows were unchanged at
$1025 down.
Receipts of hogs showed a marked
decrease over, preceding weeks. APP
proximately $4,000 hogs were sold
here compared with 74,4Oo the week
before and nearly $1,000 two weeks
ago. Despite this letup In the Of.
ferfng. packers are not supporting
the market and are reluctant about
paying higher prices. Quotations on
the bulk of hogs, however, are $50
40c over the weeks opening while
the top remains at $1120.
Cattle trade was inactive on light
receipts today. The market for the
week has been cut by many cross
currents. Steers have presented one
Of the poorest markets seen at the
local yards for some time. There
has been too much short fed stuff in
the offering and this coupled with a
slump in the dressed beef trade of
the East, has all but wrecked" the
market, dealers assert. Prices are
25Q50c a hundred weight lower,
heavier grades losing the most. No
betterment may be expected, traders
say, until receipts are lighter. the
quality better, and the dressed beef
trade improves. Heavy heifers
started the week in a slow fashion,
but toward the end finished strong,
at $5@7.50. Choice baby beef type
heifers were quoted at $S@9. Cows
have practically been steady at $40
$50, although weakness developed
towards the weeks end and prices
were slightly impaired. Feeders
were steady. Bulls were steady to
strong at s495.5O.
Veals were steady at SIS for
choice, $14Q14.5O for good stun. IS
|. OIL for mediums and $5@7 for com
mons. The market for the week
has been without feature, the above
prices prevailing the greater part of
the week.
Sheep and lamb market was with
out feature. Choice native lambs
sold at S1S and few good fed
Westerns brought s1S.25. Good
stock was quoted at s17@17.50 and
heavies, common to good, sold at
$12014.50 Sheep held nominaIly
steady at $3.50 down.