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The Washington times., 1925-12-08
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SENDS HIS
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Breaks Wilson and Harding
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on Pages 20 and 81. Pictures
to refresh those who weary Of
reading. Five-minute summary
on Page 20 for those whose
time n limited. Condensation
into 133 words viii be found
on Page for those who sim.
ply can't Be bothered.
The Washington times., 1925-12-08
MRS. KNOX SUES
HUSBAND
FOR FUNDS
Declares Sum Provided Is Not
Enough to Support Their
Daughter

Hugh Smith Knox. son of the
late Secretary of State Philander
Knox. was today sued in the Dis
trict Supreme Court by Mrs. Kath-
arine McCook Knox. 1912 Twenty
first street northwest. who divorced
him in 1915 on the ground Of
cruelty, for increase of maintenance
of their thirteen.year-o daughter,
kathleen c. The child was awarded
to Mrs. Knox at the time she re-
ceived her decree from Pitts
burgh court,
Represented by Attorneys Wilton
J. Lambert and Rudolph H. Yeat-
man, Mrs. Knox says that her
Continued on Page 2, Column ~.
The Washington times., 1925-12-08

OFFICIAL WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Mostly cloudy; fair and colder
Wednesday; moderate winds Wednesday.
Temperature yesterday, high, 64i low &c.
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The Washington times., 1925-05-11
DRIVER
FINED S175
IN COURT
Dorothy Hoffman, Without
Permit, Must Pay or
Serve Jail Term

The first woman to fall under the
new traffic act which makes the
charge of driving without a permit
a United States case to be tried by
the United States District Attor-
ney's office. received a sentence to-
day from Judge Gus A. Schuldt to
pay a fine Of $3.50 or serve sixty
days in Jail on no-permit charge
and SIS or fifteen days in jail on
a charge Of reckless driving.
The woman, Miss Dorothy E.
Hoffman, pretty twenty-twoyear
old dancer of Grant place north
west, heard the judges decision
with a sad face and was led back
to the dock by a bailiff of the
court because she did not have
enough money to pay her fines.
Unless some of her friends come
to her aid she will have to spend
seventy-five days in jail.
1t was testified in the traffic
court that she was driving an auto.
mobile along the street when hailed
by Policeman Van ID. Hughes, or
No. 1 precinct According to the
officer she zig-zagged across the
street and nearly collided with him
before he could run her to the curb.
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ACCUSES D. A. R.
MEMBERS OF
BAD FAITH
Mrs. N. E. Harris, of Council
of Women, Denies Civil
Suit Is Planned

Charges that members of the
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton have been seeking to pro-
mote ill feeling with the Interna-
tional Council of Women were
made today by Mrs. Nathaniel E.
Harris, president of the American
delegation.
Mrs. Harris declared that the
i. A. r. had acted in bad faith in
rot keeping their word to loan
Memorial Continental Hall to the
council for it's meetings.
Three years ago Mrs. Anthony
Wayne Cook, president general of
the d. A. r., promised us the use
of their auditorium" Mrs. Harris
said. Last October we were sud
denly notified that we could not
have the auditorium.
"No explanation was given other
than that the time was "incon-
venient.'
Rumors that the international
Council of Women intended to
bring civil action against the D.
A. r. for the loss OF money used
in obtaining a new auditorium for
the convention were denied by Mrs.
Harris.
There have been a large mum.
ber of reports and rumors flying
around here, and 1 wish to say
that no one here is authorized to
speak of any action by the council
other than Mrs. Philip North Moore
and myself.
There is absolutely no truth in
the statement that we intend to
bring action against the D. A. r..
or any other organization"
With harmony apparently again
restored, the International Council
of Women, today, passed the second
section OF the disarmament resolu-
tion which Saturday threw the con
Vention into an uproar. The Amer
lean delegation abstained from
voting.
Pro-disarmament forces having
overwhelmingly demonstrated their
strength, argument on the resolu-
tion was limited to details and the
customary rOll-call was not re-
Quested.
The resolution read:
THE Council draws the atten.
tlon Of it's members to the spirit
Of the protocol drafted by the
Fifth Assembly of the League of
Nations and recommends careful
study before the meeting of the
Sixth Assembly, when the discus
sion on the protocol will be re-
newed."
The council later went on record
as favoring special educational ad-
vantages for racial minorities left
in various nations by treaties.
Spirited opposition developed Over
the phraseology of the resolution.
Some delegations felt it might him
der the workings Of national melt
ing pots"
After Intellectual efforts 10 amend
the measure it was passed by a
viva VOCe vote.
The resolution said:
'"The council urges all national
councils to assist the League of
Nations by devoting special atten-
ton to the educational conditions
in regions where groups of differ
ent nationalities are living together,
as in districts which have changed
sovereignty, or in frontier zones.
1t urges that in the schools of such
districts as well as in every aspect
Of culture and education the char
acter and genius of each nation be
fully respected"
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
U. s. ARGUES RIGHT TO
INDIAN LAND PROFITS

The Government can recover from
the Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany the amount of money re-
ceived by it from sales OF public
lands, enormously gwen it, B. F..
MCGOWAN, counsel for the Forest
Service argued today before the
Congressional Commission investi-
eating the railroad company's land
grants.
This would apply, he siad, to the
l 300, 900 acres OF Crow Indian
lands enormously given the rail
way company and to all other
lands which the Government has
contended the railway company got
through error.
MCGOWAN cited the opinion of
the United States Supreme Court
in the Southern, Pacific case where
it was held that the railNlly had
to pay in money to the Govern
ment for lands enormously given it..
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
ALLEGED RUM RUNNERS
ARE TAKEN IN FLORIDA

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. May IL
Two Asheville, N. c., men who gave
their names as r. J. Hearn and A.
T. Short, were arrested here early
today as they passed through jack
sonville in a large automobile load
ed with 140 quarts of alleged Scotch
whiskey. according to a police re-
port. The men were turned over
to the Federal authorities.
Their machine was punctured
with bullet holes. indicating trouble
before they reached Jacksonville.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
MIDGET BANDIT MUST
STAND CHICAGO TRIAL

CHICAGO, May 11.-Efforts to
extradite Henry Fernekes, midget"
bandit wanted in Pearl Harbor, N.
Y, for the murder of a bank
cashier, ended today when Fernekes
was lodged In the county jail here
to await trial on a charge of
numbering a south side cashier.
Decision to subjugate the extra
dition proceedings to the Chicago
case came after three weeks of
continued and futile effort to obtain
a confession from Fernekes, whom
police charge with five killings.
If the Chicago courts fail to con-
vict him. he then will be taken
east, police said.
Mrs. Jennie Mulhall Saunders,
Fernekes supposed wife, had not
been located today.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
OPERATORS SEEK NEW
ORDER AGAINST UNIONS

WHEELING, West Va, May IL.
-Operators threw a bomb into the
defense of United Mine Workers
members, arraigned in Federal Court
for contempt today. when they filed
a bill of complaint asking for a new
Injunction to supplant that now in
force and under which contempt
proceedings were instituted.
The new injunction is along
drastic lines and Is modelled after
the injunction granted some years
age to the Hitchman Coal Com
pany against John Mitchell, then
miners head and others.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
Capricious Weather
Greets Circus
Week

April weather will predom-
mate on this, the first day of
"Circus Week."
Showers, sunshine, a bit O.
wind and cooler weather tonight
is forecast by the United States
Weather Bureau.
The occasional showers this
morning, however, failed to
dampen the ardor of the school
children who took holiday to-
day in honor of the parade of
the 1O1 Ranch Wild West ag-
gregation.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
WANT AD ?
NEWS .

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE NEW
WANTS APPEARING IN TODAY'S
CLASSIFIED SECTIONS.
BRACELET: lost. gold link; re-
ward offered.
WAITRESS; experienced; $500
week.
11TH ST. s. E.-Two beautiful
rooms newly papered.
BUICK touring, A condition;
1900. X st. n. w. after p. nj.
MASSAGE treatments at your
home; graduate nurse.
USED clothing. ladies. gents. house
hold goods, quick service, hon.
est prices.
FIRST CLASS electricians helper
wants work at once.
DODGE Touring. recently over
hauled; good paint. new battery,
a good hill climber; $3.50. Frank
lin st. N. e.
NJ ST. N. w.-One room and bath
furnished apt; summer rates.
FIREMAN. white for sand dredge;
apply.
olds.. 1928; A condition; terms;
apply 3rd st. N. E.
TRUCK drivers; two experienced;
for milk routes.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS TURN TO
THE CLASSIFIED SECTION,
PAGES 20 and 81.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
MEXICO DECLARES AUTO
IMPORTS ARE TAX FREE

MEXICO CITY, May 11.-Secre.
tary of Treasury Panis announced
today he had issued a decree ex
empting from Mexican income tax
articles purchased abroad. This or
der, he said, referred particularly to
automobiles.
Automobile dealers in Mexico look
for a heavy increase in the importa-
order,
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
ONE DEAD, SIX HURT
IN AFRICAN RUM RIOT

LONDON, May 11.-One native
vas killed and six native detectives
were seriously injured in rioting
in suburb Of johannesburg,
South Africa, a despatch from
Johannesburg to the Central News
said today.
Seven hundred natives, egged on
by their wives, stoned the detectives
who were searching for Illicit
liquor.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
florists
RAP CLARE
LIGHTS
Complain of Danger on Long
HiIIs-Law Defended by
EIdridge

The general use of bright head
lights, many of them glaring,
dazzling and binding, has made
streets of Washington dangerous,
according to complaints by motor
lists and pedestrians.
Unaccustomed to the very bright
lights now being shone at all
times of the night, motorists are
reporting difficulty in detecting
pedestrians at intersections and in
preventing collision with other
machines.
The situation on Sixteenth street
is, according to many motorists,
extremely bad.
Risky for Pedestrians
II drove out Sixteenth street last
night" said one complainant, land
l never felt so unsafe in all of the
years I have been driving. For
many blocks I couldn't see the
road ahead of me. particularly on
hills.
Some action should be taken to
remedy this condition. 1t makes
driving unsafe and pedestrians can
only cross intersections at great
risk for it is impossible for motor
lists, with bright lights shining in
their faces, to see them"
In sections Of the city where the
streets are poorly lighted, motorists
report that a bright headlight is
extremely dangerous.
Most of these bright lights" one
motorist said. show up the road
on both sides. A motorist coming
in the opposite direction is unable
to see the road. He cannot see
people crossing at corners"
Defense by Eldridge.
Director Of Traffic NJ. o. Eldridge,
defending the new headlight law
which became effective last week,
declared today that lights properly
focused are neither dazzling, blind
ing nor glarng.
I'VE cannot be expepcted to cor
rect all headlights within ten days
after the regulation is effective,
he said. The regulations we nave
here were drafted by the Bureau
of Standards after numerous tests
and have been adopted generally
by cities in the Eastern part OF, the
United States.
However, no headlights have
been designed which will not
shine upward coming up or down
a hill. For this reason, the regu-
lations provide that motorists com
ing over the brow of q hill must
dim their lights and slow down.
II these regulations are obeyed to
the letter, I am confident that at
night the streets will be safer
than heretofore"
1t was pointed out today thar
the regulations only apply to dim
ming lights when coming oVef
the brow of a hill"
Danger on Long Hills.
hills, like on Sixteenth street,
inquiries a motorist. 'At some
places. motorists travel upward for
four or five blocks before the
brow Of the hill is reached. Mean
while their lights shine upward,
dazzling and binding others In
front.
THE same situation exists after
motorists have passed over the
brow OF the hill and are going
down. The man at the bottom or
the Hill gets the full glare or the
lights and Is unable to see the
roadway
Many motorists declared they be-
lieve the old regulations requiring
dim lights in the city were more
effective than the new rules, point
ing out they eliminated the bright
lights entirely.
Director Eldridge today asked
William S. Shelby, inspector OF
police, to call attention Of the force
to the regulation requiring motorists
to dim the lights while coming
Continued on Page 2, Column p
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
GHQ' HERE
KEEPS TAB
ON RUM
SHIPS
Coast Guard Commander HaS
''War Map" in Office to
Show All Moves

By ROBERT S. THORNBuRGH.
Rum runners and the Govern
ment's dry navy were playing a
gigantic game of hide-and-go-seek
off the Atlantic coast today.
Reports to coast guard head
quarters showed that the liquor
ships are shifting their position
and that rum row apparently is
scattering.
The marine "secret service" was
keeping check on the whereabouts
of the forty foreign vessels which
make up the Atlantic liquor
colony.
Watch Chesapeake Bay.
Coast guard cutters and patrol
boats were close on the heels Of the
liquor ships which have deserted
rum row. When escorts were
not available the Chesapeake bay
fleet was notified by radio to be on
the lookout for the southbound rum
runners and to inform "GHQ" at
Washington of the new location.
The big war map in the office
Of Admiral F. C. Billiard, command
ant of the coast guard, showed a
different aspect than on the first
day of the drive.
MI r1a
blackheaded pins which represent
the ''black fleet" Of the enemy"
Red, blue and yellow headed pins
showing the general disposition Of
the Government fleet-were dotted
all over the New York sector,
which takes in the coastal waters
off Long Island.
Mobile Fleet Ready.
A section of the mobile fleet was
ready to be dispatched in any
direction to meet a possible con-
centration of the main body Of the
rum navy in waters farther south.
Radio advices were being received
hourly from the prohibition flag
ship" Everytime a radio dispatch
came to "GHQ" a pin moved. "Se-
cret service" message on movement
Of the ships occasioneI a quick dis
patch of radio instructions to other
sectors of operation from Florida
to Maine.
Admiral Billiards. office indicated
that a lull in the battle is on, with
the enemy" marking time and
awaiting more favorable oppor-
tunity for a dash to the shore of
dry America.
Waiting and Watching.
The prohibition navy was forced
to wait and watch. The starving
out process, it was explained. while
Slow and tedious. is the only weapon
Of the Government unless the rum
runners make sally in the neutral
waters protected by international
treaty.
The coast guard officially de.
clared that it is prepared for any
attack attempted by the rum fleet
in the Atlantic City, Chesapeake bay.
Carolina or Florida sectors. Off
cials pointed out that about a year
ago the Government broke up
rum fleet in the Chesapeake bay
district which resulted in the forma-
ton of rum row off New York.
Destination of the cutter Mojave
as flagship of the prohibition navy,
was announced. The ship heading
a special patrol of ten cutters is
by Commander w. J.
Wheeler.
Bids for three 100-foot patrol
boats to be added to the Goverp-
dry navy, will be opened
here May Is, the coast guard an
nounced today.
The boats viii be Of steel con-
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
DURKEE IS
KISSED BY
STRIKERS
President Of Howard U. Tries
In Vain to Address
Students

Doctor ]. Stanley Durkee, pres
ident of Howard University, was
hissed by several hundred striking
students today when he attempted
to address a meeting in one OF
the main building corridors.
Human barricades we're formed
at the entrances Of the classroom
buildings, and while there was no
disorder, the strikers succeeded
in preventing 'luke-warm" stu
dents from entering the class
rooms.
Officials Of the alumni associa-
tion declared they would confer
with the faculty and indorse the
demands of the striking students.
Students Hold Rally
These, in brief, are the outstand-
ing features of the strike of 1900
students at the big colored institu-
tion today.
Seeking refuge from the rain. sew
eral hundred pupils gathered in one
of the main building corridors to
hold a mass meeting.
There was a hush over the assem-
blage when their president appeared
on the scene.
Gentlemen" Doctor Durkee be-
gan. Let the old man handle
this thing"
Greeted With Kisses
He was interrupted with catcalls
and Kisses.
Tell it to the students council, I"
shouted one leather-lunged striker.
Perceiving he could not maintain
the attention of the crowd, Doctor
Durkee departed from the corridor.
Doctor w. L. Smith, member of
the national executive committee
of the Howard Alumni Association,
said there would be a meeting Of
the association and faculty in the
near future at which the alumni
would indorse the students de-
mands against compulsory military
and physical training.
The strikers continued to heckle
Doctor Dudkee and members Of the
faculty, particularly Colonel c. q.
N. Howard, head of the military
science department, with signs on
the campus and in front OF he
officials offices.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11

Million Wait in Line to Greet
Field MarshaI-Aalt
"Red" Strike

HANOVER, Germany, May II.
President-eIect Paul Won linden
burg left Hanover this afternoon
en- route for his triumphal entry
into Berlin.
81 will continue to do my duty"
Hindenburg said to crowds at
the station just before his train
left for Berlin. "I know only
unity can save us. promise
special consideration for the poor
and miserable. will work
toward unificatiOn of all classes.
hope to lead the people from
strife back to unity"
"HOch Deutschland! he called
from the parlOr car window.
Thousands answered his cry
with cheers, then burst into the
strains of Deutschland uber
Allies"
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
WIZARD IS
At HEAD
Of BIC
FORCE
Congress Propaganda and
Wide Recruiting Going
On, Claim

Tucked away in an out-of-the-
way corridor in the Southern
Building, almost within the
shadow of the White House, is
said to be national headquarters
of the Knights Of the Ku Klux
Klan.
From this suite of offices, pre-
sided over by Imperial Wizard
81. W. Evans and his royal
retinue of dragons, goblins and
kleagles, is daily pouring into
Uncle Sans mails thousands of
pieces of literature, preaching
400 per cent Americanism," ac-
cording to information.
In short, this great fraternal
organization is maintaining in
Washington perhaps the greatest
machine for lobbying ever known,
New Policy Adopted.
The change of national head
quarters from Atlanta, where ex-
Imperial Wizard Simmons built up
an elaborate organization, to Wash
ington, the seat of Government, had
not been generally known until
today.
II is understood the change was
decided following a closely guarded
conference at which kleagles and
dragons discussed and mapped out
q program entirely different from
that pursued in the past.
Political leaders in Washington
interpreted the move as designed
to facilitate propaganda of the
klans aims through national legis-
lation.
1t is understood that the organiza-
ton maintains in the Southern
Building an organization greater
than that of the national headquar-
tiers of either the Republican or
Democratic national committees.
Recruiting Going On.
All recruiting work and Organiz-
ing Of new klaverns goes on daily
from the new headquarters.
The entrance is through a modest
appearing office with no name on
the door. A pretty stenographer
and a tall. thin man with an in
scrutible countenance met the re-
porter.
rs Mr.. Evans in?" the reporter
asked.
Mr.. Evans?" the man repeated.
ST don't know any Mr.. Evans"
he ~ nf he
Ku Klux Klan?" was asked next.
with chilling calm.
Isn't this Mr.. Evans Officer"
was asked.
"I don't know" was the reply.
DO you mean TO tell me you
don't know If Imperial Potentate
Evans occupies this Officer"
The man, although seeming very
much at home, repeated that he
didn't know.
Establishes Home Here.
Plastered on the walls were
"America First" placards. To the
other offices from which came the
busy hum Of typewriters.
Officials of the Southern building
said they understood" the klan
maintained headquarters in the
structure and admitted Imperial
Wizard Evans visited the offices
several times a week.
AS an indication Of the per.
Tnanency Of the national headquar-
rers, Evans has acquired home in
Massachusetts, avenue northwest.
Evans home is said TO be referred
TO as the Imperial Palace"
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
By InternationaI News Service.

BERLIN, May 11.-Ten thou
sand members of the Berlin police
force were mobilized today to
crush in its infancy any attempt
of communists to use the entry
into Berlin of President-elect Paul
Won Hindenburg as the occasion
for a demonstration.
Streets were patrolled by motor
cycle officers, motorboats guarded
waterways and police dogs were
in leash for emergencies.
Police Guard From Air.
Police airplanes droned over the
many miles of city while officers
looked down through field glasses
AT the vast concourse awaiting to
witness the arrival Of the former
field marshal and war hero. Each
airplane was equipped with radio
apparatus, with receiving sets in
temporary police field headquarters
set up about the city.
As precaution against trouble
a police order was issued denying
the 200, 900 members of Nationalist
organizations the right to use their
bands during the parade. The
order declared that any organiZa-
tion bringing its band would be dis
solved Immediately.
100000 to Line Way.
The Nationalists planned to make
Hindenburg's arrival from Hanover
a day Of triumph for their party, as
well as one of adulation for the
victor. The distance from the sta
tion where Hindenburg's train ar
rives TO Wilhelmstrasse Palace is
four and a half miles, and along it
l 900 900 can crowd. Early crowds
indicated there would not be foot
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
DRY FLEET SEALS CHESAPEAKE
Today's Scratches
And Jockeys At
PinlicO

The mutueI numbers I'm the left
hand column enable readers to
tell the program handiCapperS'
selections and the field horses.
Weather, cloudy; track, fast.
The Washington times., 1925-05-11

International News Service has the exclusive rights
to o republication in any form, of all news
DISPATCHES It otherwise credited in
this paper also exclusively entitled to use for
all the local undated news pub
lished herein. well all special dispatches
The Washington times., 1925-05-11
THE WEATHER

official Weather Bureau Report
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight; tomorro
fair; moderate winds. Temperature yeste
day-Highest, IA; lowest 56.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1925-07-10

to $500O0O and may be sentenced to jail from so days 10
months for each offense With hard road expansion
and increasing municipal restrictions dance.
halls have grown highways but outside of cities
and villages Freedom from restrictions and lack of
pervision quickly led conditions of lawlessness which
the law seeks prevent in the future. remen-.
dously important consideration in connection with the
dance hall law is the membership OF the County Board
of Supervisors Too often citizens very much inter
ested in and national candidates but pay little at
tenton the selection of their local county officials 1t
is becoming increasingly important that local officials be
required up to high standard of loyalty to
their official duties. The Illinois prohibition act gives
the citizens OF each county powerful weapon for de-
Tense against liquor lawleSsness through the choice OF
their own county officers. The new dance hall law adds
to the increasing Importance OF local elections.