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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-25
Al T XANDR|ANS
JOIN HANDS TO
BOOM CITY
Concerted Movement Begun
to Draw Manufacturers
to the Town

ALEXANDRIA, April 25.-ln
concerted movement for a more
progressive Alexandria" the cham
Der of commerce, the city council
the booster club, and the Southern
railway, have joined hands in ad-
'vertising this city's advantages as
manufacturing center and are
seeking closer cooperation with the
neighboring county of Fairfax. At
the recommendation of w. B. Nc
Grorarty, industrial agent Of the
commerce and the city council
have each appropriated $500 to be
used in advertising, through mag
azines, the city's unusual adVan-
Iages of location, with regard to
markets and terminal facilities, for
manufacturing
The booster club at meeting
yesterday. made appropriations for
the erection of a number of road
signs in Fairfax county, Prince
William county, and contiguous
territory. Plans have also been
made to extend an invitation to a
number of prominent farmers of
Fairfax county to attend a meeting
of the executive committee for the
purpose of securing closer CO.
operation to the mutual advantage
of both sections. The Alexandria
club plans to make a number of
trips during the summer months.
A delegation of five women from
Fairfax county, headed by Miss
Lucy Steptoe, yesterday appeared
before the executive committee of
the booster club and asked for the
of that body in con
Quoting the Better Homes Con-
test" in their county The booster
club aided in this project last year
by offering a number of prizes and
1t is expected that the club will
repeat their offer in the coming
contest.
Additional suits against persons
who have failed to meet their pay
ments Of hotel stock have been in
stituted by the Northern Virginia
Hotel Corporation. managing com.
pany of the George Mason Hotel
now under construction here. Alex
andrians subscribed $500, 900 worth
of stock in the 100000 hotel and
less than 10 per cent have defaulted
In their payments. The hotel com
pany has been victorious in all Of
it's suits to date.
With the launching of two new
shells the Old Dominion Boat Club
today began practice for the sum
mer racing season. The oarsmen
will journey to Philadelphia in June
to participate in a regatta which
will mark their initial appearance
of the season.
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the Council of Chaplains in Wash
ington.
Defense of the policy of pre-
paredness on the part of the United
States also was Endorsed by the
council
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Y. M. n. A. TO ENTERTAIN
AT BI-WEEKLY DANCE

The bi-weekly entertainment and
dance of the Young Mems Hebrew
Association will be held at it's head
quarters, Eleventh street and Penn.
sylvania avenue northwest, tomor-
row night.
Special entertainment features
have been arranged by Louis Gold
berg, chairman, committee on ar
rangements
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-25
WEEKS PUT
N|(JzzLE
OMIT
secretary's Order Is Echo OF
Mitchell Row-Others Take
Over Publication
Bv LLOYD LEHRBAS

The Air Service controversy
which had Congress excited some
weeks ago, and which finally re-
suited in the demotion of Brigadier
General William Mitchell, is not
vet ended. The embers of con-
troversy still shoulder under the
surface.
It was learned today that fly
ing officers of both Army an
NAVY services who have been as
ISOLATED with the official Air ser
vice journal have been forced by
their respective departments to
sell their stock in the corpora
ton publishing it, and sever all
connection with it.
Had Been MuZzled.
The action was taken, according
TO flying officers who would not
allow their names to be used De-
cause of fear of disciplinary action
after the magazine, known as the
''U. S. Air Forces Magazine, had
been muzzled during the recent
upheaval.
The magazine has been published
by the Army and Navy All oerV-
ices Association, composed OF 1ly-
ing officers in both the army ana
navy. of which Major General
Mason M. Patrick, chief of air
service is president.
Associations of infantry, cavalry
artillery, quartermaster and other
service branches. similar in char
acter to the Air Service officers
organization, publish similar maya
zines. No action has been taken
with regard to them.
Demanded By Weeks.
During the Air Service con-
troversy, it is alleged, the maya
zines were prohibited from publish
ing any articles or editorials which
had any bearing on the subject in
any manner whatever.
Closely following the Congress
sionaI investigation into the air
service, Secretary of War Weeks
is reported to have written a letter
to General Patrick demanding that
all army officers withdraw from the
magazine.
General Ps.trick Immediately call
ed a meeting which dissolved the
publishing corporation and ended
the magazine.
Secretary Of the Navy Wilbur is
reported To have joined id the
action by demanding that all Navy
officers also withdraw.
Publication of the magazine is to
be continued, however. by the
United States Air Forces Associa-
ton, an independent organization OF
flyers and former flyers. headed by
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, the ia
nous ace, which was formed during
the united air force controversy.
The new organization is a frank
champion of Br1gadier General
Mitchell and his policies.
General Mitchell, who will be de-
NOTED to colonel Monday when he
retires as assistant chief of air
service, will be frequent contribu-
tor to the magazine, it is stated
and has promised that there will
be no more muzzling."
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SCORES of homecoming Opp0Etuni-
ties are listed in the Classified Adver-
Using Section OF tOdayss Times. Read
for profit!
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TREATY WITH MEXICO ON
SMUGGLING DISCUSSED

Initial discussions of the pro-
posed anti-smuggIing treaty with
Mexico, to be considered at an IN
ternationai conference at Ell Paso,
Tex, May Is, were held at the
Treasury today.
Representatives of the State,
Treasury, Justice and Labor Dc
partments presented their ideas as
to what should be incorporated in
the treaty.
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Andrews is chairman of the
American mission which will meet
the Mexican delegates at Ell PaSo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-25
PLAYHOUSE IN
BALTIMORE
BURNS
Lyceum Theater, Famous for
Two Generations, Destroyed
With 100000 Loss
BY international News Service.

BALTIMORE. Md, April Is
Starting in the basement, fire
early today destroyed the Lyceum
Theater here with an estimated
loss of 100000
The blaze was discovered shortly
after the last of party of merry
makers had left a dance cafe on
the second floor of the building.
Despite the Roadway gained by the
flames. the fire was prevented from
spreading TO nearby apartment
houses. Several firemen were over
come fighting the blaze.
The Lyceum Theater has been ia
nous here for two generations. Of
late il had been used a. q motion
picture house.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-25
RUSSIAN CITIZENS
MOSTLY FARMERS

MOSCOW, April 25.-Soviet Rus
sia's population is "a per cent agri-
cultural, according to a recent CEN
sus.
Soviet Russia is $4,000 square
kilometers smaller than was Car
istic Russia, but its population is
133. 1927 900. OF this number IS per
cent live in European Russia.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Object Most Remote.

DIFFERENTIATION that the object
in the universe most remote from
the earth among those visible through
the highest powered telescopes is the
faint star cloud known to astronomers
as NGC 6S22 is one of the latest con-
tributions of the Harvard College OBJ
Servatory to astronomical lore.
Through studies made under the su-
perviSion of Prof. Harlow Shapler, di-
rector of the observatory, it has been
estimated that this star cloud is about
million light years distant. In the
language of the layman, this means a
distance of approximately sixteen
quadrillion, seventy trillion, four hun
dred billion miles.
NGC 6S22 was thought by the as
tronomers Perrine. Duncan and
Hobbs TO be analogous to the Magel-
lanic clouds. Studies made at the
Harvard Observatory, however, seem
to indicate that it lies well outside the
Milky Way system. 1t has been esti-
mated that dirigible making a non
stop flight and travelling night and
day at a speed of so miles an hour
would require 33,315 900, 600 years to,
reach this distant spot. f2
Evening star., 1925-05-03
BY LUCRETIA f. REMINGTON.

r n spite of scientific discoveries and
the reading of many riddles in
recent years, life still has it's
i mysteries, not the least of which
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Army of 100000 Takes Field

This same year l had two short horn
calves, but they were too young and
not the right type and l did not then
know much about fattening, so the
profit was small. The next year / had
an Angus calf. He got so badly burned
that did not think he would live. but
pulled him through, he fattened
wonderfully and l made a good profit.
By now l was also raising poultry and
at the county fair won three firsts,
two seconds and one third with my
poultry entries.
Finally, after raising another calf,
L took a course in stock-raising at
Blacksburg. made the State team,
and went to Atlanta, where Virginia
stood second in the competition"
Peggy concluded her story by say
ing her ambition is TO be a dairy
farmer.
So more than half a million Peg
gies and their brothers are girding
for the battle of making this the ban
ner year in the long, fine history of
the Boys and Girls Farm Clubs of
the country. Most of them already
have experience in crop and stock
raising, and all have determination.
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Continued from Fourth Page.)

Agriculture carefully standardizes the
programs undertaken. For this rea-
son comparison of work accomplished
by groups in different counties can
readily be made and turned to good
account in furthering the work.
All of the major activities of the
farm and home receive attention at
some time. Just now, of course, in
terest is concentrated on crop and
stock raising. A big factor in keep
ing up this interest is the frequent
visit of the county extension agent,
who helps start the club members
work, watches it's progress and makes
suggestions to improve results.
And, speaking of results, here is a
striking but not necessarily record
breaking example close at hand: In
Hartford County, Md, there is a club
of 80 boys, ranging in age from IA to
1S, engaged in crop and stock raising
on their own account. Every one of
them has a substantial bank account,
the average running over $1,000. The
cities have their ambitious, indus
trious and productive boys and girls,
but may it not be doubted whether
they have many groups of this size
that can surpaSs this showing?
Also near at hand is an individual
OF the farm club boys and girls have
accomplished and will again accom-
plish this year. Peggy Keith is a
Virginia girl who seems to know a
thing or two about cattle and can tell
in orderly fashion how she progressed
literally from small potatoes" to a
livestock judge to be reckoned with.
When l started club work." says
Peggy, II was years old and had
25 feet of potatoes. I planted and hoed
and worked them myself and got a
crop of which l was very proud The
next year | had an acre of corn. |
hired a man to plow and order the
land. tested the seed as our county
agent had shown us, by the rag-doll
method, and made a good stand. 1
plowed and worked the patch myself
and would have had a good crop, but
the cattle got in and DESTROYED it.
But / was not discouraged, and the
next year I ordered the land myself
and had better luck. raised Is bar
rels-75 bushels.
when I was II I joined a canning
club and had a tenth.acre of toma-
toes. put up 73 quarts OF tomatoes
ana "a quarts Of green tomato pickels.
Evening star., 1925-05-03

DANIEL, in those days. was op-
~ pressed by vague but singular
apprehensions. He became suddenly
convinced of the fact that he was be-
| ing watched. that he walked all the
time in some sort of danger. Win
| dergate, too. seemed to have lost all
I interest in tracing the murderer of
Israel Kasters. and remained curl
ously aloof. Even Ann, resentful of
] Rockies frequent fits of ill-temper,
| became unapproachable. One morn
| ing he sent for her. He was feeling
| particularly depressed and bad-tem-
pered.
Miss Lancaster" he said. II saw
| you dining at the Milan last night
with Windergate."
Did you?' she remarked quietly.
What the mischief's the matter
with Windergate and you and all of
| them?" he burst out. You seem to
| dry up into monosyllables whenever
/ come near. and Windergate avoids
the place as though we had the
plague. Tell me. is Windergate a
fool enough to think that I killed
| Israel Kasters?"
Mr. Eindergate does not talk to
me about such Matters she an
| swered.
What does he talk to you about,
then?"
She smiled
II think that Mr.. Windergate ad-
mires me- she confessed
II suppose you are a good looking
girl" he admitted. 1--WE nothing, of
course, to do with your private rela-
tions with Mr.. Windergate, but 7
should like to know whether you two
are up to anything behind my back"
| He looked at her steadily.
You've nothing to say to me?"
Nothing" she replied with a little
choking in her throat
Very good" he concluded quietly.
That night Ann unburdened her
| self to her new friend.
| Mr.. Windergate," she confided.
| cant something be done about Mr.
Rookie? He is looking so ILL
| Il suppose we shall have to come to
an understanding very soon" Winder-
gate admitted. Let me see, what is
| Rookie doing?" he added.
| Il sent you copy of the page from
| his diary"
Il passed it on to Inspector Gres-
! son. he said. LAS a matter of fact.
| | remember. though. He is dining
with Prof. Mayer up at Hampstead
I'll just see how they are doing their
| job
* :: x *
| \ T a few minutes past eleven that
evening a very dramatic little
scene was being enacted in street
| upon the outskirts Of Hampstead. A
| girl, apparently recovering from
| faint. was seated on the ground with
| her back to a tree. Standing by her
| side was a uniformed policeman with
a notebook in his hand. A man who
Evening star., 1925-05-03
The Salisbury Avenue Murder
BY OPPEN1EIM
Whose Cunning Can Outwt Two Super Detectives?

that she earned 3S shillings a week,
that gentlemen were sometimes gen
erous, that she liked her companions s
tie and his voice, and that she had a
weakness for gray eyes: that she
loved the pictures, but preferred the
theaterS when a suitable escort pre-
sented himself. Confidence having
been thoroughly established, he ven
tured, as though the matter had sud
denly come into his mind, to ask her
a question.
What were you going to say to
Mr.. Rookie if you had found him
alone this afternoon?" he inquired
curiously.
She leaned forward in her chair.
Are you friend of Mr.. Rocker"
she asked.
Certainly"
well, / came in to ask him." she
explained, why he hadn't kept a
promise he made me some time ago.
What promise did he make?"
at was on a certain afternoon, not
so very long ago." she continued mys-
teriously II took him down from
the sixth floor alone, and he gave
me the biggest tip I'd ever had
half a sovereign. Look here he
said, just before he stepped out, I
want you to forget that you ever
brought me up, in case you should be
asked. Wipe it out of your mind
you understand
II asked him what the game was,
but he didn't reply. You do as
ask" he insisted, and thereIl be
nice little sum for your banking ac-
count Just then we reached the
ground floor and out he shot. In
about five minutes, if you please. in
he came again, just muttered Sixth
floor and got out when he arrived
there, without as much as a word or
a good afternoon. That's how he's
been all the time since, as stand-off-
ish as you like. I made up my mind
I'd go and have a talk with him"
Did the day you are speaking of
happen to be the day on which n
man was murdered in Mr.. Rockies
office?"
Yes"
Were you at the inquest?" he
asked after a pause.
NO" she replied. THE other girl
was. The day the thing happened
was really my afternoon off. / was
standing talkingao Bessie-that's the
other young lady-when a boy she
wanted to speak to came down the
stairs. A bell rang from the sixth
floor. and I took the lift up so as to
give her a moment with him.
And you found Mr.. Rookie waiting
for YOU on the sixth f1oor?"
Yes. Why are you Interested"
she asked.
Because I belong to the c. I. D.
at Scotland Yard" he said.
"A tec'i" she exclaimed. II thought
you were a gentleman, l thought
you'd brought me out to tea because
you liked the look of me-taken
fancy to me. Seems now as though
you'd been kidding all the time.
"I haven't" he assured her.
You're a dear" she answered.
You haven't half an hour to spare
for the pictures now. | suppose?
she asked wistfully.
"Come along he invited. We'll
go opposite. I can just manage an
hour"
Evening star., 1925-05-03
Fines for Bobbed Hair.

IN town near Sac Paulo, Brazil, the
mayor decreed that any barber cut
ting a woman's hair without permis
sion from the father. husband or the
male member Of the family having
authority over her would be fined 50
milreis about So.
Evening star., 1925-05-03

out hands between the heavens and
the earth, and his memory recalls the
similar achievement of Rameses II
some 1895 years before the Christian
Evening star., 1925-05-03

ing the agony of the man, driven to
madness by the constant though
merciful use of his knife upon the
screaming hordes of mangled sufferers.
Evening star., 1925-05-03

era, doing the same gigantic thing on
the rocks that, like a wall lift them
selves above the Nubian Nile at Abu-
Simbel for all the world to wonder at
Evening star., 1925-05-03

And side by side with the memory
of these haunting horrors there crept
into Daniels brain a curious depres-
sion, engendered by the sight of that
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
STRANGERS JAILED
ON WHISKY CHARGE
OFFICER JENNINGS ARRESTED
EUFAULA MEN SUPPOSED TO
BE LIQUOR PEDDLERS.

County Policeman W. T. Jennings,
while doing police duty in the city
early Friday morning, arrested two
young white men for the illegal pos
session OF liquor.
The arrest was made about sunrise
The officer, having been notified to
keep watch flor a stolen Ford, asked
permission to search the car, and
found a small jug containing about a
pint OF whisky and a flask with an
equal amount. The men also had a
rubber tube about FIVE feet long that
smelled strongly of whisky, and
two barrel shoppers, wrapped in hand
kerchiefs, likewise had the pungent
odor.
The occupants of the car gave their
names as W. T. Hardy and Z. B. Gull
pepper OF Eufaula. They were lodged
in jail, and Friday entered pleas of
guilty before Judge Edwards in the
city court and were sentenced to
twelve months in the chaingang or
$500. The fines were paid Monday and
the young men released.
1t is believed that the men carried
whisky in large key which could
easily be concealed in the back of the
car, and siphoned it out through a
rubber tube in such quantity as the
customer might desire.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
BRIDGE PARTY.

On Saturday afternoon Miss Nellie
LANG entertained with lovely bridge
party comp1imenting Mrs. w. r. Mel
ton, who leaves this week for her new
home in Cuthbert. The color motif OF
pink and white was used in decorating
the rooms, where the tables were ar
ranged Baskets made of pink crepe
paper holding sailed almonds were
placed on each table. AT the conclusion
OF the game a contest was enjoyed,
Mrs. Clyde Newman received the prize
for completing the best toast written
to Mrs. Melton Mrs. l. c. Melton
won a deck of cards for high score
in bridge and the guests OF honor was
given a deck Of cardsA Late in the al
ternoon Miss LANG served pink and
white ice cream with cake The hos
tess was assisted by Mrs. L. T. Can
non, Miss Frances Clay and Mrs. c.
Z. Rainey.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07

ter it would create such an unusual
situation as to be the talk OF that par
ticular locality for some time. But
there is little likelihood in 1925 OF any
gallant youth having the opportunity
to say with Redeemed brow and STAN
mering tongue "Honisoil' and its re-
naming thought.
The colors themselves OF these light
and airy things are marvels. The
American dye chemists are evolving
many charming tints for the women.
They are even once in while they
are giving to mems apparel some OF
their unusual discoveries With all the
flowers blooming and getting ready to
bloom and the gay and festive colors
of dresses and other things the whole
world seems bent on beauty
There are great possibilities in Wo-
mems wear and very little lett to the
imagination. As the days grow longer
there will be still less left to the imagi-
nation. 1t is stated with authority that
dresses will be shorter. They are short
er already with lots of authority for
the situation, and while the dress is
below the knee it is not intended to
cover il entirely. This is one case
where the intentions work true to
form. Because of this situation that
the knees should not be entirely OBJ
liberated from the public gaze it be-
comes fact that when the fashionably
dressed woman sits down her knees
become instantly one OF the most
prominent features of the general pict-
ure. As one of the regulators OF styles
recently said What we lose below
the knees is made up around the neck"
are to be the vogue and
long sleeves. However, there's going
to be a new freedom, and one has only
TO watch the change Any new thing
which will add tor making knee beau
Liful will be in great demand from
now on, and those whose knees are
hopeless will not be 50 diaphanous.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-07
MISS LANG IS HONORED
BY SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
St. Patrick's Day Idea Carried Out
In Enjoyable Program.

The S. P. l. class held their regular
meeting at the hospitable home OF
Mrs. John Clark on Tuesday evening,
March 31st The home was beautifully
decorated with green and white and
shamrocks were in evidence every
where, commemorating St. Patrick
day,
The meeting was opened with the
class song, Higher Ground after
which they were led in prayer by Rev.
w. L. Wright The committees report
ed that much social service had been
rendered. Mrs. Charles c. Mills gave
the Bible lesson, which was very i'm
pressive and timely. The meeting was
then turned over to the following hos
tesses: Mesdames John Clark Roger
LANG, E. H. Hart, O. B. Roberts and
R. R. Jones.
The entire assembly was divided in
to four groups, The Gehooleys" who
wore green coups, THE Obriens" who
wore green rufus, The Murpheys" who
wore green bands around the arm, and
The Flannigans" who wore green
bows. The various families were called
upon to do stunts, such as form a fam
lily group, peel an Irish potato and
give Irish jokes. Miss Nellie LANG
as Bridget Flanagan" sang "Kath
leen Mavourneen.
A very interesting feature of the
evening was the presentation OF a
beautiful loving cup to Miss Nellie
LANG, a member of this class who will
leave the class soon to make her home
in New York The centerpiece OF the
dining table was a lovely pink rose
formed of green and pink paper
Around the rose were small cards upon
which were written good wishes and
toasts to Miss Laing. These cards
were tied with pink ribbon. The class
formed a circle around the table and
read the toasts. AS the center petals
Of the rose were pulled back. disclos-
ing the loving cup which had been
concealed. Mrs. c. A. Harris gave
beautiful toast.
The class then sang Aud Lang
Syne." Miss Laing responded with
very appropriate verse in her usual
charming manner.
Refreshments consisting OF green
and white cream and cake and sailed
nuts were served at a late hour.