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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
REPORT B|GMOSUL
AWARD TO 0BR|T|SH
Advices Set Trade Pacts
With Turks as Condition
of Decision.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
GENEVA, Switzerland, December
15.-After an hours secret session of
the League of Nations Council today
"a report was circulated that it had
been unanimously decided to fix the
provisional Brussels line as the def
mite frontier of Mosul thus awarding
the greater part OF the disputed terri
Irak
As conditions, the reported decision
directed that economic treaties favor
able to Turkey be negotiated, and that
Great Britain formally engage to ex-
tend her mandate over Irak for %
years.
Report Not Confirmed.
There was no official confirmation of
the report. However, it was accepted
as a fact in some circles, where 1t was
openly declared that the council logic
ally had been driven to 1t through the
impossibility of handing over Mosul
to Turkey in consequence of an addi-
tional report by Gen. Laidoner, the
leagues investigating agent.
This report. issued today, presents a
terrible picture of massacres of Chris
d
prepared in Mosul by three assistants
of Gen. Laidoner, of Spanish, Italian
and Esthonian nationalities. The re-
port charges that the massacres were
committed by officers and soldiers of
the 62d Turkish Infantry.
The report estimates that 5000
Catholic Chaldeans have been deport-
ed from the Mosul-Turkish frontier
1t accuses the Turks of violating and
Staying Christian women. All Chris
tians were deported from the village
of Merga, north of the provincial line.
which was fixed at the Brussels con-
ference pending definite demarcation
OF the frontier.
Five Buried Alive.
Five aged women who were unable
to keep up with the marching col
umns are declared to have been
buried alive under piles of stones and
left to their fate. According to Chris
tians who escaped, those remaining
in the Turkish concentration camps
are not supplied with food by their
captors and are forced to live on
acornS.
At Jaijo alone, the report saws. 40
men were shot down in cold blood.
During marches from other villages
the deportees were given no food for
10 days, and those falling by the
waysfde were Immediately killed by
the soldiers, who used their bayonets
and rifle butts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
Commissioners Seek Legal Holiday
In District Dec. 26 at Banks Request

semi weekly board meeting. The bank
ers pointed out that the Government
departments would be closed on De-
cember 26 and that the day falling
on Saturday also was a half-holiday
for the banks and that they felt that
there was little need for the banks to
remain open.
In the delegation were Robert v.
Fleming, president of the Riggs Ma
tional Bank, and Corcoran Thorn,
vice president of the American Secur-
ity & Trust Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
Center Poles Removed.

The Capital Traction Co. notified the
Public Utilities Commission today that
all of it's center trolley poles between
Albermarle street and Chevy Chase
Circle have been removed. The next
step, the company reported. calls for
removal Of the poles between Alber-
marie street and Klingle Road Bridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
PILL KING s WIFE
WINS FINAL
DECREE
Mrs. Brandreth Gets Custody
of 2 ChiIdren-CouId Not BE
Reached at Home

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Mrs. Guy
Stuyvesant Brandreth, who in 1908
married son of the late Ralph
Brandreth. millionaire pill manu-
facturer. has obtained divorce
and the custody Of their two chill
dren, records at Nyack show. The
interlocutory degree, granted Sep
tember "a, set forth it would be.
come final ninety days from that
date.
Mrs. Brandreth and her two
daughters, Cornelia and Isabelle
Wilson I'd, live at No. 5S5 Newark
avenue, Elizabeth, N. J.. At her
home one of her daughters said
her mother was III Of tonsilitis and
could not be disturbed.
In 1911 Ralph Brandreth, jr.
brother of Guy, assigned all his in
terest in his fathers property to
Guy for $4,000. Ralph Brandreth
ST., was declared insane by a
sheriff's jury. His widow in 1907
having decided Ralph, the SON
should 90 on a world cruise, bought
the yawI Taornlina for $4,000 and
fitted her out at q cost Of 81, 600
She reached Sandy Hook, where
she ran first into a four-masred
schooner, then into a coal barge,
Two other fruitless starts were
made, then the yawl was levied on
to satisfy a grocer's bill Of $500.
Ralph, his fiancee, Miss Edith j.
Armstrong, and her aunt. Misc
Martha McKeen, were in an auto
mobile accident in 1909 near Monroe
N. Y. When the date Of the wed
ding arrived the three were still IN
bed. The beds were moved into one
room and the marriage ceremony
was performed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
Sleuths Recover Gems
Before Loss Is
Noted

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. g.
Quick action by City Hall De-
tectives Brown and Robinson
resulted in the arrest of two
negroes who burglarized the
home of Mrs. Margaret Good,
and stole jewelry valued at
$4,000. The arrest was made
before Mrs. Good had discovered
the robbery.
The detectives were driving
down Lombard street when at
Eighteenth they noticed the
negroes, each carrying a bag.
Becoming suspicious, they told
the pair to halt. One of the
men, who gave his name as
Reginald Doyle, of Lombard
street near Eighteenth took to
his heels. Detective Brown ran
in pursuit and after firing two
shots captured Doyle after
chasing him two blocks. The
other man gave his name as
Roger Coles,
At city hall the negroes were
grilled but refuses to state
where they got the jewelry. A
set of burglar tools was found
in their possession and each had
q gun.
While the detectives were
questioning the. man Mrs. Good
reported the robbery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
WOMAN DOCTOR
IS BURNED TO
DEATH
Another Woman Saves Life by
Leaping Into SnoWdrift
From Flames

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-A woman
physician, Doctor Marie Lederer,
Was burned to death, q snow bank
saved the life Of another woman
when she jumped two stories, half
. dozen persons had narrow, e.
eapes and scores Of residents Of the
hrftocratic Irving place district shiv-
Ared In the cold when fire destroyed
D fashionable rooming houses &C n
irving place today.
The body Of Doctor Lederer, =
htudent at Cornell Medical School
was found near a window on the
ehird 00or.
Mis- Margaret Hill, who roomed
n the third floor, leaped one story
20 the roof Of an adjoining building
and then jumped two stories into a
snow drift. She was only slightly
injured.
Mrs. Armada Colby. also a third
door roomer, who tried to escape
en the same way was caught by
o fireman as she neared the snow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
w HI I EMAN' s
! PROGRAM
Please
Jazz Symphonic Concert at
Polls Wins Generous
PIaudits of Audience
BY JESSIE MCBRIDE.

by JESSIE N1CDASAOAJs
Paul Whiteman-with the finest
''jazz symphonic concert" America
is apt to lnear-brings to his
public what is boldly termed "Teal
American music" doubt it. The
term is presuming too much on
that delightful but not inclusive
group Of Americans, the fu1-lovers.
They are a merry race--may their
tribe increaseL-but they are not
all Of us. Not in this sense.
AT yesterdays concert OF Paul
Whiteman and his concert orches.
tra'' at Polls Theater, the audience
was strong in it's plaudits. They
adored It! Fun! Col Lots Of
appeals to humor, for sheer clever
ness! That's what Il was, with q
compelling rhythm that is probably
the base Of it's strongest lure-in
this day Of the dance.
Comedy often takes greater art
than the serious drama. So, the
players in Mr.. Whiteman's orches.
ira are perfect masters Of their
instruments-the American jazz
Orchestra.
It's the clown in music today.
Openly, proudly, the clown-with
more Of the comic soul than the
now classic "He Who Gets Slap
ped" Of stage and screen, for that
He has a tragic soul.
The one parallel that kept COM
ing to my mind, in classifying this
serio-comic art, that has certainly
ing parody, from the laughing
sax to the chuckling clarinet all
the way on to orchestral colors
that are a joke in themselves, a
real "bon mot" Of the after dinner
BY the same token the music does
belong to the cafe, with a dance
floor in the center. And nothing
escapes it's humor, from grand opera
to songs Of the moon.
"Synconata," a Washington pre-
miere Of Leo Sowerby's ultra and
serious ''jazz' coming from a ''pro-
lessor" Of an American conserva-
tory Of music, takes the aria form,
dramatizeS It, PAROLES 1t, gives it
sob-stuff in extravaganza in allur-
ing blues" and then using the
Russian themes Of Rimsky-KorsA-
koff as a symphonic background
that he treats with fine dynamics.
Yes, he brings in, too. something Of
the animal world In music-s1ch az
alice in Wonderland" must have
heard. So again 1t grows American
in the spirit Of American humor.
Rudolph FrimI, Of pure musical
comedy, contributed q Chinese
Suite" in four parts. II sauntercd
between Puccini and "Mme. But
terf1y" to the Mikado, with a bit Of
Russia thrown in. One Of the worst
phases of calling this American is
that 1t is stolen-without apology
from any composer of any land
where music is an expression of the
senses, more than the soul. F'riml
sttIl writes IA the light opera vein
Of orthodoxy.
Harry Perella, as solo pianist with
orchestra for Rhapsody in Blue"
Of Gershwin, abounds in wizardry
and an ingratiating manner in his
rhythms that is quite irresistible.
The Mamma yucca waltz Brilliant"
for encore, was subtle and rich in
embellishments for virtuoso pianist
in the Johann Strauss manner.
Michael Pingatore, the banjo wiz
ard, was stormed with applause for
his "Linger Awhile" varia tons. How
that Ginger" did rush along. Isham
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
.ANC|ENTS KNEW
WELL VALUE
Of GEMS
Many of Precious Stones OF
Greeks, Hebrews, and Per-
slams Are Still Extant

A few words on gems. a subject
almost as old as history itself, for
old nations have left abundant evil
dence of their admiration for pre-.
cious stones.
The paintings found at Kouyuni.
iik and Khorsabad represent the
Nihevites of Jonah's time with
pendants in their ears; and the
tombs Of the Pharaohs yield up
their treasures of gold and craven
gems as perfect as when deposited
there in the days Of Abraham and
Joseph.
The high priest Of the Hebrews
bore on his breast plate twelve
precious stones, each inscribed with
the name Of a tribe; and earlier in
the history Of the Hebrews It is
recorded that Abraham's servant
took earrings and bracelets, "jewels
OF silver and jewels of gold, and
gave them to Rebekah; he gave
also to her brother and to her
mother precious things"
History records that the ner.
chant princes of Tyre traded with
Syria for diamonds and pearls in
the time Of Ezekiel; and Homer
says that Juno wore jewels in her
ears. @ ~
There 10 an engraved ring in one
OF the museums once worn on the
finger Of Cephrenes, builder of
one Of the pyramids, of the gen.
uineneos OF which no Egyptian
scholar has any doubt.
But the art OF the lapidAry at
tanned the highest perfection among
the Greeks. Gems were engraved
at Hellas in the seventh century
B C. In the time Of Alexander
the Great it was customary In
Athens to wear magnificent rings
with engraved stones, The great
DemOstheneg wore jewels, It IL re.
corded.
The Etruscans cultivated this
fine art, and ornaments Of
Etruscan workmanship are still
worn in Italy. The world is. great
ly indebted to collectors" mad as
they have been called. They
preserved for posterity whatever
we possess of ancient gems, medals
and objects Of art.
Mithridates, King Of Pontus, was
q collector. His treasures fell into
the hands OF Pompey, and his col
lection OF cups, vases and gems
was dedicated to the Capitol. Julius
Caesar is said to have made six
distinct collections, and to have
exhibited them all in the temple Of
Venus Genetrix.
Such Of these treasures as are
now extant were preserved through
the Dark Ages in monasteries and
churches. Their presence in these
repositories undoubtedly contrib
uted greatly to the renaissance of
art in later times. The Medici
family aided in it's development and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
HAWKINS WINS FIRST
MOVE IN FRAUD FIGHT

DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 3.-Morton
s. Hawkins. central figure in the
alleged 100000 Hawkins Mort
gage Loan Company fraud Of Port
land, Ind, today had won the first
round in his attempt to resist re-
turn to Indiana for trial following
his arrest here and complete iden-
tification.
Hawkins was taken before United
States Commissioner Andrew S.
Iddings, late yesterday who con-
tinued the case and fixed bail at
$4,000. This, Hawkins was unable
to raise and he was remanded to
Jail until January IL, when he will
enter a plea of not guilty after
waving the reading Of the indict.
ment against him which consists
of 1872 pages.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
SMALL 0 Pc n s
REAL ESTATE
OFFICE
Builder Says Rapid Growth OF
Business Makes Expansion
Necessary

In a statement made yesterday,
C. H. Small, the builder, said his
firm had just opened a general
real estate office, which will be
run in connection with his con-
gtruction business.
Small said the rapid and success
full growth of the building depart-
ment. with the many projects now
under way and those planned,
necessitated organization Of the real
estate department, not only for
handling his own operations, but
sufficiently large to engage III and
transact all business covering the
realty field in general.
DeNeal Is Manager.
The management Of this new de-
partment will be under direction Of
George C. De Neal, well known in
local real estate circles, and who
until recently was connected with
the sales department Of Shannon
and Luchs. specializing in the sale
Of residential properties.
The Small Company recently
moved into its new offices at No.
S26 Fifteenth street, in the Saul
Building, where the more spacious
and comfortable quarters affor1 all
departments increased facilities.
Report Progress.
Much progress is reported by the
firm In their Gallaudet Park opera
ton, which was opened December J,
six Of the first eight houses 81
ready have been sold and the sec
ond group Of twelve will be ready
in about q week. Ground VIII be
broken shortly for a group Of
twelve homes on Quebec place, SINH
lar In design and construction TO
those erected there some time ago.
Many pending operations covering
ether types of construction viii be
announced in the next few days,
which indicate an active year Tor
this firm.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
X-Rays On films.

I'VE are within sight of making
X-rays cinematotgraphically, which
is highly important. for it viii
show how hidden things actually
function. Electrical storage win
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03

Jones' SPAIN" the jazzed "Coq
dor" Lieurance's lovely ''By the
Waters of Minnetonka," given with
more beauty than any other COM
position, were all a part of this
fun-mesh of the modern orchestra,
set in a minstrelsy OF extravaganza.
Why sit up so seriously? It's the
greatest indoor sport Of the hour
Paul Whiteman and his delectable
and clever orchestra.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
Zine Homes Il Specially"
Telephone Main 1851

NE OM extend and aUelcome a cooperation between
contemporaries the Real EJ0te field and ourselves the
sale of homes and other properties NE uvite Hstngs Of
all kinds of property for sale rent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03

be improved. Through this win
came new methods Of warefare, !
believe 1sa6 WIN witness remarkably
long airplane flights. Planes win be
constructed Of steel, fully Enclosed
and will burn oil.
Our unemployment problems are
likely to lead to real investigation
OF tidal power.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
NEW SCIENTIFIC
| WONDERS DUE
| THIS YEAR
Prof. AmloW Young, British
Leader, Sees Harvesting
Atom As Greatest

LONDON, Jan. 3.-Science was
mankind's best friend in 1924. The
new year will witness even greater
wonders.
There will be new electrical war
weapons, new means for the crea-
ton of artificial light, and there Is
even a possibility Of new harness
ing Of electrical energy.
The prophecy is that Of Professor
Amlow Young. British scientist who
headed the British experimental
laboratories during the war.
THE most remarkable develop.
ment" he added, from the stand
point Of natural science, however.
viii be a better understanding Of
the construction OF the atom.
Between chemistry and physics
there will come a closer relation.
ship. This relationship will be
aimed at research into colloQuia1
chemistry. Great benefit will come
to the manufacturers Of such sub.
stances as silks and feathers.
Great Forward Steps.
Perhaps one of our greatest
steps forward viii be our realiza-
ton there is no such thing as q
fact. Belief in definite facts has
been hindrance to the develop
ment and realization. Through this
understanding we win be led to
moro rapid progress in wireless,
radio science and atomic knowledge.
I'VE can look for Improvement in
such mechanical processes az the
limitation OF cold, and expect an
improvement in methods for obtain.
Ing artificial light. We must realize
that we only get 2A per cent eff
cheney through our present methods
Of obtaining artificial light. No one
knows what light Is, but radio
science is going to teach US.
There will come, too, improve.
ment In the sending Of photographs
by wireless; television may be de-
veloped. / have had a successful
television machine working for ten
years, but ! do not yet see a chance
of bringing 1t to commercial stage.
X-Rays On Films.
I'VE are within sight of making
X-rays cinematotgraphically, which
is highly important, for it viii
show how hidden things actually
function. Electrical storage win
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03

Public parks win have % giyN
way &c amusement places because
they win be needed Cor plans land.
ing stations.
1.-THE advance Of science will make
people less content with govern
nents, they win be discontinued
with mistakes and win demand
something better for the world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
BACK BROKEN, HE DIES
AFTER IS MONTHS FIGHT

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-After fiji
teen months in the Marine hospital
at Clifton, Staten Island, a helpless
paralytic from broken back. Jo-
seph w. Breckenridge, thirty-nine,
Of Chelsea, Mass, died yesterday.
Breckenridge, sailor on a col
lier, was injured by falling on a
pier at Tottenville when skylarking
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03

the study of gIyptics revived under
their powerful patronage. In the
excellence of their work the artists
of this noble house rivaled the
ancients, and this is the highest
praise that can be given them.
The collection of gems, canoes,
and intaglios made by Lorenzo,
COsnno, and their SUCCESSORS is still
in Florence, and Is probably the
finest In the world.
THE CONNOISSEUR.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-03
1924 BUILDING OPERATIONS
NOT As GREAT IS IN 1923

John W. Oehmann. inspector of
buildings, announced today that
building operations valued at SAL
kOS, 900 were authorized in the
District in 1924, about 5000, 900
1aes than in 1923.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-20
Former College Head
And Three Quarter
Club Man Visits Here

DR.. Charles F.. Meserve of Raleigh,
N. c., president emeritus of Shaw
University in that city, and his wife
are guests for a few days at the
home Of Mrs. Meserve's brother.
Frank B. Philbrick on College av-
enue. They have just closed their
summer home on Squirrel Island
where they have passed a long sea-
son.
Although DIR. Shaw is a member Of
the Southport Three Quarter Century
club he does not believe that his ad-
vanced age should curb in the least
his activities. For many years he
has served as president of the SPUR
rel Island Chapel association and
during the summer, in the absence Of
Prof. Albion H. Brainard of Airing
ton, N. J., secretary and treasurer of
the association, he directed all the
affairs Of the organization. He is
also member of the landscape COM
mittee and through September and
part OF October he supervised the
thinning out and identifying Of sew
eral acres of heavy spruce forest on
the south side of the island.
For more than 25 years DR.. Me-
serve was president of Shaw Univer-
sity and he still maintains close in
terest in the affairs Of that institu-
ton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-20

ing material from Waterville, ada
cent summer camps and Maine in
general. including road maps for
which there is a great call;
assisted many tourists to plan
their routes through Maine and into
other states as well;
solicited and obtained 81 men,
bers for the Maine Traffic Associa-
ton at 50 each, the money being
used to defray expenses of counsel
at the hearings of the Interstate
Commerce Commission on the in
crease in freight rates in Maine:
conducted the campaign for the
Three Quarter Century club in Wa
terville and Winslow, obtaining 1917
members in this city:
carried on campaign for a state
highway between Waterville and
Belfast and arranged for a hearing
in Augusta on June % at which over
800 men from Waterville. Belfast
and intervening towns were present;
arranged for a dinner on July z
at the Elmwood hotel, at which
about 40 camp owners and proprie-
tors were entertained by members of
the Chamber as the preliminary to
forming an organization for their
mutual interests;
established summer citizens
bureau at which state and Game
Commissioner Parsons was present
and the fishing situation was fully
discussed;
sent out questionaires on the
subject of fishing in the nearby
lakes, preliminary to taking action
to improve the same for the purpose
of attracting more tourists TO this
region;
provides headquarters for COM
munity service. the work of this
organization being done from the
office of the Chamber;
has turned over the former
Eagles property on Temple street
to the Waterville Boys Club for a
headquarters;
arranged an exhibit of Water
vile made goods. at the Central
Maine Fair that was a credit to the
Chamber. the city and the fair. The
chamber was pioneer in this en-
deavor three years ago, the plan
having been adopted since by sew
eral other chambers in the state.
Inc secretary is member of the
No-Maipe Products Committee ap-
pointed by Gov. Brewster to boost
the using of Maine products by
Maine people, thus giving the Cham
Der prominent place in the move
ment.
AT her personal expense the sec
rotary made the trip along the
Maine coast from Portland to East
port with the governors party in
July to better inform herself as to
Names beauty and opportunities
and be prepared to disseminate the
information gained"