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Evening star., 1925-11-29

with the President. but since the MAJ
Jority report Of the commission -71r.--'1e-
Cludes in large measure the generalz>
principles Of the Underwood bill. il Is
likely that Senator EQderwpof will in "
troduce another shoaB biIl at the cdniS g
ing session.
4 While the minority report, which
was signed by Prof Harry A. Curtis
of Yale and William Mcclellan of New
York, was not made public: it Isl w
dersto6d To opp So Gowerrrnent opefa-g. >
ton of Muscle Shoals unddr any cifs q
cumstances. Tho majority report
recoVl,nefds he leasing Of the prop
elsy 10 private operarcFsF if suitable
terms can he obtained, but II thIe -.
not be done il seeks Government
operation TO demonstrate the possibili-
ties Of the propertE. rsrs.
Regardless Of the commissions rt|tr~
port or the Presidents recOmmenda
tions. chairman Norris OF the SerssqR
agriculture committee. plans TO renew
his fight for Government ownals ship
and operation Of Muscle ShoalS. He
has obtained additional information
from visits to power plants in Canada
during the summer, and declared that
he is more convinced than ever that
the Government should operate the -,
shoals properly 20 give the farmers /
cheaper fertilizer and break the "ciec-t
trlc monopoly. -
Evening star., 1925-11-29
ROSA P0NSELLE TO SING
AT MUSICAL IN CAPITAL
American Prima Donna of Metro
politan Opera to Appear
Here January 13.

Announcement was made Yesterday
by Mrs. Lawrence Townsend that
Rosa Ponselle. the American prima
donna of the Metropolitan Opera
House in New York. who sang the
leading role IN La Gioconda," aon
the opening night of the present sea-
son at that house, will appear in
Washington in morning musical
under her management January 13 in
a joint program with Jacques Thi-
baud, the French violinist.
The announcement Of Miss Pom
selles engagement completes the list
for the morning musicals at the May
flower Hotel this season.
Lawrence Tibbett, the young Amer
lean baritone of the Metropolitan, and
Paul kochanski, Polish violinist. will
be the artists for the first program
December 9. Other singers from the
Metropolitan who will be included in
the list for the musicals are Elizabeth
Rethberg and Maria Mueller sopranos
and Rudolf Laubanthal, German
tenor Miss Ponselle has not been
heard in Washington for number of
Evening star., 1925-11-29
M. F. SCHWAB HEADS
DINNER COMMITTEE
Appointed Chairman to Arrange
Annual Banquet of Washington
Board of Trade.

Milton F. Schwab Of the member.
ship committee of the Washington
Board of Trade has been appointed
by President Cunningham as chair
man of the boards Midwinter dinner
committee.
The annual Midwinter dinner of the
organization viii be held at the New
Willard Hotel Saturday, February g.
John I. Bardroff was appointed vice
chairman and William r. Ellis secre-
tary OF the committed
The following subcommittee were
appointed:
Dinner = John Saul. chairman;
George Miller, John +. Mcclure
Eugene Gallery, vice chairman. Music
T. Brooke Amiss. chairman; Her
man F.. Carl, vice chairman. Pro
gram and printing-Odell 5. Smith
chairman; 4. y. Waite, vice chair
man; Hugh w. Barr. Seating
George B. Farquhar. chairman; Will
mot W. Trew, vice chairman; Will
ence A. Miller. Invitations and re
ception-J. Harry Cunningham. chair
man; r. c. Graham. vice chairrna II:
w. ". Ross. +. j. Murphy. Ben T.
Webster. Arthur Carr. George Pitt
Waiter H. klopfer, Fred ]. White
Entertainment Luther Linkins.
George Miller, +. c. Brtndenburg
chairman: Charles J. Waters. vice
chairman: George Fisher. Lanier B.
McLachlen. Publicity-Richard l..
Conner, chairman. Sale of tickets
r. &. Thomas. chairman: Harry
Grove. vice chairman; Harry RidgeN.
F'loor-t'red Alien. chairman; Harry
Mockbee. Max Cunningham, w. G.
Wits, George II. Davis. F. +. Gun
ningham, W. l.. Wise, vice chairman;
Frank Il. Strunk, Charles w PimIer,
L. Lee Combs.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
DRY LAW RESULTS
WILL Be REVIEWED
"CIean Movies" and Sabbath
Problem to Be Discussed
Before Reform Body.

What Has Prohibition Done?" will
lie the subject Of an address by Rev.
Clarence True Wilson Tuesday night
in connection with the thirtieth an
nual meeting of the International Re
form Federation at the Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church, Fourth and B
streets southeast. Other speakers will
be Rev. William Sheafe Chase. on
The Crusade for Clean Movies; Rev.
John Ferguson, on Solving the Sab
bath Problem; and T.. l.. G. Hohen-
thai, on THE Prohibition outlook in
central Europe" Virgil q. HinShaw
will preside, while Rev. c. II. Butler,
pastor of the Metropolitan Church.
VIII pronounce the Invocation.
\ meeting of the board of trustees
of the Reform Federation will be held
Tuesday afternoon at the headquar-
rerS, 200 Pennsylvania avenue south
east. AT 6:3O there viii be a banquet
and fellowship hour at the Metropoli-
tan Church.
Following is a roster of the truS-
tees who will attend the Tuesday
board meeting: John j. Coffin OF
Florida, DR.. d. Leigh Colvin of New
York. prohibition candidate for Vice
President in 1920, and historian for
the prohibition cause: Prof. George :.
Duncan of American University, H
prohibition presidential nominee in
1924; William \. HARRISON of Pitts
hurgh. capitalist and philanthropiSt;
George u. Harger of Pittsburgh. Viz
gil G. HinshaW, superintendent; +. l..
G.. HOhcnthal of Connecticut. inter
national secretary for Europe; elm
ton y. Howard of Rochester. \. Y.
lecturer: w. w. MILAN of Washing
ton, attorney y-at-law: Robert II. Pat
ton of Springfield, H., attorney: DR..
Daniel \. Polling OF New York City.
president of the United Society of
Christian EndeaVorers; H. \. Pringle,
assistant superintendent: DIR. Charles
Scanlon OF Pittsburgh, general secre-
tary of the board of temperance and
moral welfare of the Presbyterian
church. Milo J. Sfith of indianapolis,
general secretary of the board of
temperance of the Disciples Church;
l)r. Robert Watson, president OF board
and pastor of First Presbyterian
church, Boston: DR.. c. +. Welch of
Nesttield. y. Y. manufacturer; DR..
Clarence True Wilson, general secre-
tary of the board of temperance, pro
hibition and public morals of the
Methodist Church; Rev George
Zurcher of North Evans, y. Y. pas
tor of st. NincentS Church
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Al JO[S0N COMING
HERE NEXT SUNDAY
Will Take Part in Perform
anCe for Benefit of Stone
Mountain Memorial.

AL Jolson, Nine. Adele Patterson
the operate singer. and DR.. Henry
Louis Smith. president of Washing
ton and Lee University, are to take
part in a benefit performance ar
ranged by the local committee of the
Stone Mountain Memorial Associa-
ton to be held Sunday, December 6
in the Washington Auditorium. Ad'
miral Cary r. Grayson, chairman, an
nounced last night. The performance
will le held at 2:30 o'clock in the
afternoon and will formally open the
intensive drive for bulk sales of the
Stone Mountain Memorial coins, TO be
conducted during the Today period
from December to II.
Services of all artists, entertainers
and speakers have been given the as
sociation free, and the proceeds will
go toward defraying expenses OF the
giant sculpturing project near At.
lanta, Ga. &
JoIsOn Given Hour.
Al Jolson, the Washington per
former, has been given one hour OF
the program Short speeches Will be
made by Augustus Lukeman, the
Virginia sculptor engaged to execute
the Stone Mountain Memorial, and
HollinS y. Randolph of Atlanta,
president of the association.
Admiral Grayson will use the occa'
sion to present to Senator Smoot OF
Utah and Representative McFadder
of Pennsylvania owo silver plates
containing the fifty-fifth and fifty
sixth of the special memorial half
dollar coins minted for the benefit of
the project, inaSmuch as they intro
duced the bills authorizing the coins.
William Hard, associate chairman of
the local committee, will introduce
the speakers and entertainers
Answers Criticism.
In reply 10 criticism made in New
York hy :. X. Winn, charging that
the figures of Gen. Lee and Gen
Stonewall jackson on the Stone
Mountain Memorial models are fail
ures. Admiral Grayson last night
said:
Mr.. Winn is entirely correct il
his statement that the figure oi
Gen. Stonewall Jackson, contained in
the Augustus Lukeman model, is not
a proper likeness. 1t was never in
tended to be. At the time the model
was cast Mr.. Lukeman announced
the figure of Gen. jackson was merely
to show his position in the centra
group.
If Mr.. Winn finds fault with the
figure of Gen. Lee, his conception OF
the Confederate leader is at consid
cradle variance with that of all the
Southern officers and generals tC
whom the model was submitted
Evening star., 1925-11-29
LAST HORSE-DRAWN MAIL WAGON
GOES OUT OF SERVICE TOMORROW
Truck to Begin Serving Woodbridge Route, But W. S.
Crawford Will Still Deliver Letters to People
,..,->. !: i'm Vicinity of Station. "

severely injuring him and killing the
horse he was then driving. He has
driven Fannie since.
No more VIII the people living in
the vicinity of Woodbridge, Langdon
and other sections in the immediate
vicinity see the familiar sight of the
old wagon. However, Mr.. Crawford
Will cover route, on foot, in the
neighborhood of the Woodbridge sta
ton, while the motor rtuck is eX-
pected to speed up deliveries in the
outlying districts.
Edward w. Turner, superintendent
of the Woodbridge station, commented
yesterday on the wonderful memory
Of Mr.. Crawford-who is said never
to have to make a written memo.
randum of the mail he has to deliver.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
CiUics.

As time nears for Congress 10 con
vene, House leaders are already max
ing their plans for the formation of
the new House. On one item they
move slowly. 1t is their desire to get
the tax bill passed and out Of the wav
quickly, and for this reason they pre-
fer not to take any chances in tying
up this program by launching into
the tedious question of organizing the
new House imraediately after the CON
ventng of Congress. The trouble lies
with the 'insurgent Republicans" and
what to do with them. A plan, now
held tentatively. is to postpone or
ganlzation of the committees until
after the tax bill IS passed. In this
connection ii is expected the regular
Republicans will follow the policy
adopted in the last session and with.
hold "insurgent Republicans" from
tmportant committee assignments.
II. G.. Dalton of Cleveland, Ohio. has
completed an investigation. made at
the request of President Coolidge, of
the Shipping Board and the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation, and his find
ings have been made public. He
recommends that the Shipping Board
be stripped of its executive and admin
1stratlVe powers and confined In its
duties to work Of a semi judicial and
regulatory nature. The frequent trou-
bleS evident between the Shining
Board and the Fleet Corporation be
cause of overlapping authority and
duplicated effort provides President
Coolidge with one Of his most vexing
problems. The Dalton report probably
will form the basis of recommenda-
tions to Congress at its coming session.
New legislation effecting the Shipping
Board and the Fleet Corporation is
expected
Evening star., 1925-11-29
M|N0R|TY'S REPORT
ON. SHOALS IS FILED
Is Understood to Oppose US.
Operation Of Alabama Plant
in Any Manner.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The minority report Of the Muscle
Shoals Commission was fled yester-
day with President Coolidge, who now
will take under advisement the whole
shoals problem with the view to sub
mitting recommendations to Congress.
He called in Senator Underwood,
Democrat, Alabama, who led the fight
at the last session for passage Of a
bill that incorporated the policies of
the President. The Alabama Senator
declined to discuss his conference
Evening star., 1925-11-29
FOREST FIRES REDUCED.
Maryland Official Says Loss Is $50,
600 Under Last Falls.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DspatCh TO The star.
BALTIMORE, November 2S.-Rec-
ords of the State Department of For
estry show a marked reduction in
forest fires for the season as compared
with the Fall of 1924, according to
an announcement by John r. Curry,
assistant State forester. This is due
to favorable weather conditions and
an aroused public sentiment.
Statistics show that thus far this
season forest fires have cost the State
and owners $4,000 less than in the
Fall of 1924. Then there We're 17S
fires, involving a total loss of S52 1856
This season 80 fires have been re-
ported. Last year 22,474 acres of
forest land We're burned over, as com
pared with 2,077 this year.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Education.

Experience is he best teacher of
English, according to a report made
to the National Council of English
teachers, meeting in Chicago last
week. The report, drawn up as the
result Of sending out some $4,000
questionnaires to representative busi-
ness men, showed that the average
man has difficulty in using English
properly in half of his business and
social relations reports, but the great
est Improvement was recorded as the
men became more accustomed to the
use Of the language.
Congress is experiencing Somethin
of boomerang as the result of its
enactment of the compulsory educa-
tiOn law. But it is d harmless boone
rang at that, and concerns the uues-
ton Of appointing pages to the House
and Senate. Heretofore. boys serving
as pages in the houses of Congress
and in the Supreme Court have. in
many cases, been IA years and under.
Two of them have already been drop
ped from the Supreme Court, and the
list of eligibles for the positions in
the House and Senate must be extern
SiVely revised because of the new
law requiring children up to IA to at
tend school.
An interesting example OI the
heights to which a body of college
students will rise in celebrating the
prowess of it's foot ball team was
shown last week in Evanston, Ill.
when 1900 men and women students
of Northwestern University went on
a rampage which ended only with
the coming of the cold, gray light of
dawn. Starting out to celebrate the
triumph of its foot ball game, the
students burned a fraternity house,
set fire to a wooden stadium, knocked
the mayor of the town senseless, gave
the chief of police a black eye, dam
aged the fire departments equipment
or made off with it, stripped the po
lice Of their badges and beat them
with their own nightsticks. Four
students were arrested.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Current News Events
Summary of Important National Foreign
and Local Affairs Specially Arranged
for the Convenience of Students.

eign Minister Stresemann to proceed
TO London, where the treaties will be
formally ratified and signed. Foreign
Minister StreSemann will then apply
Tor entry into the League OF Nations.
Both the Locarno treaties and Ger
manys proposed entry into the
league have been opposed in the
Reichstag by the extreme Nationalists,
the Communists and the German Ma.
tionalists.
England buried a beloved queen la ST
week. AleXa ndra, her queen mother.
passed in her last royal procession
through the streets of London. On
Friday, her casket. receiving a fieecy
blanket Of snow. mindful of the day.
o. years ago, when she came to Eng
land from Denmark To be the bride of
Edward VII Behind the casket
walked her son. the King OF England,
and with him members of the royal
family and their relatives, now the
reigning monarchs of Belgium. Nor.
way and Denmark. In Westminster
Abbey a short funeral service was
held. The body lay in state for a few
hours and was taken to Windsor for
burial in the royal chapel.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

This specter is the possibility of a
strike in the soft coal mines. Com
ing, as it would. when the anthracite
mines of Pennsylvania are now
closed, the possibilities would be seri-
Gus, though not necessarily danger
GUS President Lewis of the United
Mine Workers and the general forces
now engaged in the anthracite strike
sounded out the Government atti-
tude last week when he wrote to
President Coolidge and, after stating
that some operators are breaking
their wage agreement with the work
ers, asked this question: "If it should
occur that the Federal Government
is not disposed to intervene for the
projections of a meritorious wage
agreement, might the mine workers
believe that their own efforts in that
direction may be considered as justi-
fied?"
This was taken to mean that if the
Government does not interfere in the
soft coal labor controversy, a strike
may be in the making. President
Coolidge has replied to the letter, but
The reply has not been made public.
Building construction for the first
10 months of this year has exceeded
last years total, according to a state
ment last week from the American
Construction Council. but the larger
volume of residential construction
has not met the country's real hous-
ing need. This need is for suitable
housing for persons of average
means, the statement said.
October was a record month for au-
tomobile production, the Department
of Commerce announced last week
Manufacturers turned out 392,648
passenger cars and 44,129 trucks.
The previous high record was in
April of this year.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

When labor in the Belgian coal in
dustry asked for a wage increase the
government advised employers to ac-
cede to the demand inasmuch as they
had received contracts fer fuel for
government railways recently.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Religion.

Col. John T. Axton. chief of chap
lains of the Army, submits interesting
, figures in the annual report made
public last week on church attendance
in the Army. The average for the
year, he said, was 13 services per
man. The attendance last year ex-
ceeded by half a million that of the
preceding year, although there was
no increase in Army personnel. He
attributed the increase on a growing
interest in religious matters on the
part of the commanding officers.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Frederick ex-Sheriff Dead.
.c,sI Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
FREDERICK, Nd. November IS
Luther c. Derr died Friday at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Benjamin
+. Grove, after a long illness. He was
so years old. For years he was one
of the leaders of the Democratic party
of Frederick County. He was sheriff
in 1885.
Evening star., 1925-11-29
Economic.

Economic.
A new figure, (which might be re-
garded as an alarming specter, is be-
ginning to loom on the horizon, its
shadowy outlines becoming more dis
tinct las the weather grows colder.
Evening star., 1925-11-29

The German Reicf1stag ratified the
Locarno peace treaties last week by a
stable majority and voted for Ger
many to enter the League, Of Nations.
Approval Of the treaties by the Ger
man legislative body now permits For
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26
State. And Peninsula News

An unusual ercord was made in the
ferry freight service between Cape
Charles and Port Norfolk on Deem
Der 5th when Barge No. 9, in tow Of
Tug "Pocomoke," left Cape Charles
at 6.55 A. NJ, made the trip to Port
Norfolk and was back at Cape
Charles again at 2.4O p NJ, or a
total time of seven hours and forty
five minutes for the round trip.
When it is understood that two
round trips in twenty-four hours is
the usual time allowance in this SER
vice, Captain Harry S. Ball of the
Tug "Pocomoke," and Capt. Thomas
B. Atherton, of Barge No. 8, as we'll
as the crews, attracted attention for
this fine performance.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26

The announcement made last week
Of the new Claiborne-Annapolis Fer
ry steamer now in contemplation,
was received with much commenda-
ton by the large ferry patronage.
Since the publication of the item the
Ferry officials have been to Whining
ton and have practically approved
the plans drawn for the new boat,
and another trip shortly will be made
to give final approval.
Ex-Governor Harrington, president
Of the Company, says that "within
two years we hope to have two such
steamers on the route, both double
end boats with speed that will make
the trip in an hour and ten minutes. I"
This means that the company is con-
templating on another boat which
certainly will take care of all possible
traffic offered the line.
The first of the two boats may be
on the route next year, this depending
or how soon the plans and arrange
ments can be made. A meeting will
be held at Claiborne in the near flu
ture when prominent men from all
parts of the shore will attend and will
hear about the plans to greatly devel-
op the Ferry business.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26
GIVE YOURSELF
XMAS PRESENT"
SAYS DR.. FULTON
Recommends Complete Physical Ex-
animation As Most Important
Gift 10 Everyone.

Are you going to give yourself a
Christmas or New Years gift? If you
have any doubts as to what it shall
be, DIR. John S. Fulton, Director of the
State Department of Health recon-
mends that you solve the problem
by giving yourself the benefit of a
complete physical examination by
your family doctor.
BE at least as considerable of
yourself" he said, cas- you are of your
automobile. You know that your car
will wear out and go to pieces if you
don't take proper care OF it. Conse-
oucntly, you keep your eyes open for
signs of break or even of weakness
in any part of it. But we are inclined
to treat the human machine as tho
it would run on forever without any
special care or attention.
IF the vital organs of your auto
mobile wear out, you can replace them
by new parts from the factory. Re-
placements are not possible in the hui
man machine, but you can keep the
machine in good shape and geared up
for efficient service by submitting it
for thorough inspection at regular
intervals to your family physician.
Each of us has certain amount of
physical capital. If we give it intel
hgent care, it should yield us salts
factory returns in the way of health
If We draw upon it too heavily, we
become physical bankrupts. A timely
auditing of our resources at regular
intervals, may reveal unsupported
weakness, and will show us where we
reed to conserve our energies.
Health examinations of babies and
young children, at regular intervals
are arranged for now, as matter of
course, because every up-to-date young
mother knows that is is easier TO keep
a baby we'll while it is we'll. The
boys and girls of school age arc form
ing the habit, too, of regular eXamina~
tons by the family doctor or dentist,
through the medical inspection which
is now matter of routine in the
schools. 1t is only some of the grown
ups who have not walked up to the
fact that careful examination may
prove to be the ounce of prevention
that will save them the pound of cure.
"Here are the periods at which
physical examinations of persons who
are to all appearances well, and in
good health should be made regu-
larly:-
Birth to 6 months-once month.
6 months to one year-every two
months.
/ year to years four times a
year.
6 years to IL years-twice a year.
After ~ years-once year.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-12-26
IN MEMORIAM.

In sad but loving remembrance o
Winnie Carey Atkinson, who depart
ed this life nine months ago Marc
%, 1925.
Dearest Winnie, thou has left us,
And thy loss We greatly feel,
But it's God that has bereft US,
An dour hearts He'll surely heal.
Winnie, you were kind and loving,
Gentle as the summer breeze;
Pleasant as the dew of evening,
AS it floats among the trees.
Heaven now retains our treasure;
Earth the caskct only keeps;
And the sunbeams love to linger,
Where our darling Winnie sleeps.
SO we bow now in rem'brance,
To the Great Eternal One;
Strive midst our grief to answer,
Oh! my God, Thy will be done.
BY her husband and mother,
EDGAR ATKINSON
MRS. J. LEE CAREY.