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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
SHIP RESCUE DELAYED.
Heavy Seas Appear to Pound Mo
rena Deeper Into Sand.

NORFOLK, Va, March THE
Danish steamship Sierra Moreno.
which Went ashore al Cape Henry
early Yesterday, was swung around
broadside to the beach and driven
still nearer shore by the heavy seas
and high winds last night and early
today. She appears now TO be firmly
imbedded in the sand.
The weather has been so heay-
since the vessel was stranded that
neither the life savers at the Cape
Henry station nor the crew Of the
Coast Guard cutter Gresham have
been able to launch 4 boat TO go 10
the assistance of the crew of the
steamer. The high winds and heavy
seas moderated today and it appeared
from shore that the Gresham was pre-
pairing TO attempt TO get line TO the
stricken vessel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
NEAR-BEER SALOON
RAID ENTRAPS TWO
Quantity of Alleged Liquor Seized
Accused Once Wen Fight
for Stock.

Frank Hall, 1000 Seventh street
southwest, was arrested last night on
a charge of sale and illegal posses
sion Of liquor, following a raid on a
near-beer saloon at Seventh and X
streets southwest, Of which dry
agents allege he is proprietor.
William Moriarty, 10, of 40 T
street southwest, who was tending
bar, was arrested on the same charge,
but was released on $4,000 bond
The raid was made by Chief Harry
NJ. Luckett and police of the fourth
precinct, who stated they seized a
quantity of alleged whisky, wine and
beer.
Liquors valued at several thousand
dollars were seized by prohibition
officers more than d year ago but
returned, under a court order, to Hall.
Certain irregularities in the warrant
for the seizure of the liquor, together
with the fact that it was proven to
have been manufactured prior to pro-
hibition, were responsible for its re-
turn 1t is stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
RECREATION RESORT
FOR POLICE PLANNED
Construction Already Under Way
in Catskill Mountains for Hous-
ing New York City Force.
By the Associa ted Press

BY the Associa ted Press.
NEW YORK, March "A DO
lice recreation camp is being erected
in the catskill Mountains, near Tan
nersville, y. Y, for the benefit Of the
members of the New York police de-
partment and their families. The main
unit of the camp will be one OF the
finest fireproof Summer hotels in the
United States, which will replace the
frame structure destroyed by fire last
Summer.
The new building will be of steel
and cement construction throughout
and each room will have a bath. In
addition TO the main building, which
will be four stories high, there Will
be an extension in which the kitche n
and bakery will be located It Is
planned eventually to have the hotel
surrounded by a number of cottages.
Richard E. Enright, police commits
sioner. conceived the idea OF the rec
reation camp about four years ago.
At that time the original frame struc-
ture and an estate Of $50 acres were
purchased for $4,000. The property
today is said to be worth 100000 and
when the planned improvements are
completed it's value will be approx
mately 100000.
The primary idea of the camp is to
provide an inexpensive vacation for
the members Of the police department
and members of their families, who
are accommodated for So d. day. The
camp also entertains without cost po-
licemen who are convalescing from
illness or injury. During the sea-
son one of the department surgeons
always is in attendance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
MARYLAND CROPS
WORTH %3,39,o)D
1924 RarveSts Break Record
for Value, Though Not
So Large.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, March THE high
prices prevailing for the grain
crops, particularly wheat and corn.
are proving gloon chasers" for
Maryland farmers, according to John
S. Dennee, Federal agricultural
statistician.
The 1924 harvest OF important farm
crops, the highest in price in five
years, though not the greatest in
output. was valued at $63,3S9. 900.
Better prices placed the value $2.571,-
900 higher than last years revised
total OF $60,S18.000. and 100000
higher than In 1922, when the values
aggregated s53.3s4 900.
The combined producing area was
smaller, 1,7s4,0o0 acres. compared
with 1,s46,000 In 1923, and 1898, 900
acres in 1922. Corn maintained its
rank as king Of Maryland crops.
Corn, planted late on account OF con-
tinued rains, suffered later from
drought. Although production was
nearly 100000 bushels below last
year, the value of this years crop
at the farm gate was about the same
as the 1928 crop, the estimate for
this year being $40, 577, 900, against
2O.6S9,000 last year. Corn yielded
s34.41 per acre-the largest per acre
income from the grain crops.
Wheat took second rank with $l2,-
$4,000. Production was 1900, 900
bushels less than in 1923, but the
farm value of this crop was nearly
a million dollars above that OF 1923,
owing to a very substantial advance
In the per bushel price of wheat
The hay crop was the outstanding
feature OF the crop year. Occupying
almost 10000 acres more than In
1928. with big yields, production was
100000 tons-the largest hay crop
in the history OF Maryland agri-
culture. Tobacco ranked fourth.
with total value of s5.762,000.
Tomatoes had an unfavorable sea-
son. Production for manufacture was
$4,000 tons, against 243. 900 in 1929.
Yields averaged 3.3 tons per acre,
and the crop was valued at s2.675, 900
at the farm gate. Orchard fruits, in
general, made short crops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
"MARTHA" WILL BE GIVEN
BY COMMUNITY CENTERS
Comic Opera to Be Presented at
Central and Eastern
by Big Cast.

A community production of Flo
tow's tuneful comic opera Martha" is
i'll Preparation under the auspices of
the Community Center Department,
District OF columbia public schools.
and under the direction OF Estelle
Wentworth and Albert Pa-, to be
presented at Central High center
Tuesday night, March 81. and at New
Eastern High center, on Wednesday
night, April /.
Owing to the success of the recent
presentation at both school audi
forums, of II. NJ. S. Pinafore" under
Miss Wentworth's and Mr.. PARIS di-
rection, the Community Center De-
partment will make complete pro-
duction of the entire opera of Mar
tina" with principals and large
chorus of 40 local singers, including
Elizabeth Thomberry, Nina L. Nor
man, Ellsworth Condron, Woodruff
Youngs, Russell Cordey and Albert
Parr. This cast has been giving a
number of performances of the opera
in tabloid form with only the cast of
principals.
For both performances, at Central
and at New Eastern, the community
price of % cents will prevail.
Mrs. Lucretia Walker Hardy, SUI
pervisor of East Washington Center,
has announced a program of motion
pictures on Wednesday night. in the
auditorium of New Eastern High CEN
ter, the program being presented by
request through the courtesy of the
Department of Agriculture, which
has worked in close cooperation
with the Community Center Depart
ment all during the Winter in presen-
tation of educational motion pictures
at New Eastern. No admission is
charged for these pictures, which in
clude subjects interesting alike to
children and to adults.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
SEES WASTE IN AIRSHlP
ARCTIC EXPLORATION
Swedish Expert Says Better Scien-
tific Results May Be Achieved by
Old-Fashioned Windjammer
OF the Assoclsted Pre.s.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM. February 16.-Air-
ship exploration of the polar region
is financially wasteful, and better
scientific results can be obtained at
a small fraction of the cost through
the use of an old fashioned. moderate
sized windjammer. according to Capt
Hugo y. Palm, a Swedish explorer
who has placed before the Anthropo-
logical and Geographical Society of
Sweden a detailed plan to investi-
gate one of the still unknown white
spots" about the North Pole. An in
herent disadvantage OF the airship
for polar work, Capt. Palm says, Is
the lack of transportation facilities
after making a landing.
The Arctic region now best worth
studying Capt. Palm considers to be
the one north of Siberia, particularly
the neighborhood of Nicholas II land.
About this territory little Is known
1t may be as large as Nova Zembla,
and may be connected through a
series of islands with Franz Josef
Land. What Capt. Palm proposes to
do is to equip a hunting vessel of
about so tons, having auxiliary
motors, and then stay in the Arctic
at least two and perhaps three years.
The crew he would limit to seven
men, of which three would be scien-
lists. The total cost would not be
over $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
DEPLETION OF TIMBER
ALARMS MARYLAND
ohclal Shows State Becoming More
Dependent Upon Outside
Sources of Supply.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, March 7.-One of the
greatest menaces to the resources of
the state today is the rapid deple-
ton OF forests of Maryland, accord
ing to f. W. Besley, State forester.
The consumption of lumber In
Maryland for 1923 was 3s5. 900. 900 feet
board measure, and Maryland saw
mills produced 62.500.0Oo feet, the re-
manning 370.o00,00O feet coming from
places outside the State" said Mr..
Besley.
The production of lumber in Mary
land has steadily declined, showing
rapid exhaustion of our timber supplies.
In 1920 Maryland produced 10 per
cent of the lumber consumed. in 1922
but IL per cent, while in 1923 it had
dropped to per cent.
THE growing scarcity of timber
and the increasing prices, make it i'm
perative that Maryland guard the fu-
ture of its timber requirements by
taking care of its own forests. We
have an area of forest land in ex-
cess of 100000 acres, which, IL fully
productive, would nearly meet our
timber requirements. A proper appli-
cation of the principles of forestry
would make US, in time, nearly self
supporting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
MUSICIAN LAYS CLAIM
TO COLUMBUS KINSHIP
Hungarian Convinced Records
Show He Is Descendant of New
World Discoverer.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
NEUTRA, Hungary, February IL
Rudolf Columbus, a piano player en-
ployed at a local restaurant bar,
claims to be a. direct descendant of
Christopher Columbus.
Rudolf's father IN 1910 read in a
Vienna paper that the heirs of the
great explorer were called upon by
the Spanish government to make
known any claims upon certain es-
tates left by Christopher. Convinced
from the traditions of his family that
he was a direct lineal descendant, he
began to trace the family tree This
required much money, however, and
searching of official records in
Portugal, Spain and Austria Hungary.
and he died without accomplishing
his purpose.
Rudolf has now announced that he
will continue where his father left
OFF, and will lay claim to the fortunes
OF the House of CoIumbus-Vera
in Spain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08

pruVe conditions at Ellis Island. nos
sipiy stung by the frank criticism of
Or auckland Geddes. then ambasso
oor from Great Britain. WITH tbjs
nat meager sum Mr.. Curran
nos waved magic wand, and the
unAenlpt, crowded, trifiing immigrant
pI, "Hich Sir Auckland so graph
described, has become a COM
hoolous, airy, well furnished hotel
at which intended cftizens =, ~
ohiteo states make their first soiourn
on entering the country. The new
Immigration law had effectually
nhade an end to the horrible practice
VI dumping the entire steerage Of a
great liner into one squirrnine heap
on Ellis Island. An average of 500
arrive daily at the immigrant station.
ana this number can be easily and
comfortably handled both as to the
"oIk OF Mr.. Curran and his assist
ants and for the incoming hordes.
Not content with this tremendous
improvement. Mr. Curran has set
ABOUT TO correct several other glar-
Ing evils. He wishes to eliminate the
steep stairs which lead TO the in
spection rooms. and thus to stop that
sad sight Of immigrant women with
ton load having 10 climb and re-
cIlmD 10 reach the proper officials
he has already fitted up temporary
rooms for this, on the level Of the
wharf where the immigrants land.
Immigrants for inland cities have
special rooms where they may battle,
change their garments and rest
against time. The sleeping apart
ments show the most radical changes,
and look now like the dormitories of
converts or OF hospitals. Mr.. Curran is
a native New Yorker, and filled many
minor roles in the immigration of
the country before he reached the SUI
preme point in the busiest and most
important of all the gateways of the
nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
RANSACK ALEXANDRIA
FOR GIRL IN HIDING
Police Baffled by Letters Frances
E. Sinclair, Is, Sends Rela-
tives and Friends.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, March AFTER
a week of searching police today
were no nearer a solution of the mys-
terry surrounding the disappearance
of Frances L. Sinclair, 15-year- old
Junior at the Alexandria High School.
Her father, y. B. Sinclair, Fairfax
County, and several friends have re-
ceived letters from, the girl saying
that she was still in Alexandria,
working and happy.
The city has been combed thor
oughly and her known associates
have been questioned, but to no avail.
1t Is believed that she is hidden
somewhere in the city. Her parents
are at a loss to explain the dis
appearance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
ENGLAND BUYING AUTOS.
Begins Year 1925 With 3d. 900 In
crease Over 1924.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
LONDON, February 17-England
began the year 1925 with nearly So
600 more private automobiles than
were in use year ago, according to
recent announcement of the ministry
of transport This bring the total
number Of private motor cars to more
than 100000, making one person out
of every 80 the owner of an auto
mobile.
At the beginning of 1924 there were
$4,000 cars on the road in this coun-
try the proportion being / owner
out of every 100 of the population.
The increase in the number OF cars
will, through increased taxes, add
approximately s7.oo0,00o annually to
the governments revenues
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
" oman Parliament
Member Questions
ability After 40
Declares Feminine Work.
ers Past 1aCO Score
Years 'Grare Menace"
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March ELLEN Wilkin
son, the one woman who sits on the
Labor benches in the House of Com
mons, is SO years old, but is already
wondering whether women workers
are not too old for further duty at 40.
When she aired the idea this week
it came as a shock to many wrinkled
and aged suffra gettes who have still
a. lot OF fight left in them. Yet Miss
Wilkinson did not recommend the
chIoroforming of the middle aged as
famous scientist was once credited
with doing; she merely said the posi-
ton of British women wage earners
when they reach middle age lis a
very grave menace indeed
She added that the expression, TOO
old at forty" did not apply 10 pre-
miers, cabinet members or parliament
tarians, Judging from some of the
wrinkied faced gentlemen ! face day
by day in the commons"
Perhaps it was AZ happy after
thought to mention the parliamentary
ians, for in the commons there are
some women who will never see -
again, among them Lady Aston, whose
ready tongue strikes off sparkling
witticismc and much-quoted aphor-
isms with a vivaciousness truly youth
full.
In the absence of Lady Aston. who
has gone to the country for an or
dered holiday, Miss Wilkinson is get
ting to be the life of the parliament.
To begin with, she has red hair anc
she has had it shingled. Upon the
reassembly Of the house after the
holiday recess she appeared In a
vivid green dress instead of a plain
dark frock such as feminine parlia-
| mentarIans have affected ever since
| Lady Aston set the precedent with
| her demure black dresses and neat
| plain collars of white.
After Lady Aston. Miss Wilkinson
/ by what she says and does, supplies
more human interest" copy for thd
/ press than any other member of para
/ lament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
FIRST LEGION POST
HAS ANNIVERSARY.
"a
Original World War Veterans
Body Celebrates Its
Sixth Birthday.

Members of George Washington
Post No. 1, of the American Legion
celebrated the sixth anniversary OF
the organization's founding at a get
together meeting and buffet supper
held last night at the headquarters
1929 I street
The George Washington Post IS the
pioneer post of the American Legion
and was founded February ;, 1919.
Col. Lester Jones, now chief of the
geodetic survey. issued the call,
which was attended by the following
men and resulted in the formation OF
the post:
L. Lester Jones. NJ G.. Greenfield
Ralph NJ. Wolfe, william T. Ashby
Royal c. Johnson. James NJ. Proctor,
John Lewis Smith, Horace T. Jones,
Louis y. Fischer. Oliver Metzerott.
William Bowie, Robert 3. Marshal
and Glenn S. Smith.
Named for General Pershing
On March :. at n meeting at the
Cosmos Club, which was attended by
375 men, the organization rules were
drawn up and the post was then
called Gen. Pershiug Post. This was
changed later when at the St. Louis
caucus of the legion it was decided
not to name the posts after living
persons.
The first officers of the post ms
cluded: Col Lester +. Jones, COM
nander; Lieut.. Comdr. Lewis P. Cle-
phane, senior vice commander; Capt
Howard Peter, junior vice command
er; Lieut.. Howard > Fisk, adjutanr;,
Sergt. NJ. @. Greenfield and Priya =
Ralph NJ. Wolfe, quartermasters.
Addresses Delivered.
The meeting last night was sd,
dressed by Wallace Streater, cofu-
mander of the post, who welcomed the
guests and members and outlined the
history of the American Legion.
John Thomas Taylor, national
chairman of the legislative commit
tee of the Legion, spoke, as we'll as
Paul ]. McGahan. past commander Of
George Washington Post. Entertain
ment was provided by Alice Tupman,
Kin Carroll and the Carolinian Or
chestra.
The present officers of the post are:
Wallace Streeter, commander; Henry
W. Longfellow. first vice commander:
L. Z. Ellis, second vice commander;
J. L. Smith, third vice commander: !.
j. Murphy, adjutant, and f. H. Hardy,
steward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
Fast Train to Link Two Cities.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. March p. \.
Worcester. vice president OF the Big
Four route of the New York Central
Lines, announced today that on April
% there would be instituted a neE
fast train between St. Louis. New
York and Boston. 1t will be called
THE Southwestern Limited" East
bound it will leave st. Louis at 8 am.
and arrive New York at 1850 am;
Boston, l pm. Westbound, leave Bos-
ton at 2 pm; New York, 4:45 pm,
and arrive St. Louis pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
Mississippi Flows Uphill.

1t is said that the mouth of the
River is actually two
miles higher than it's source, but that
1t flows up hill by the aid of centri-
fugal force due to the rotation of the
earth. The scientists claim that If
the earth ceased to rotate at it's pres
emit rate of speed. or changed ever so
slightly, the Mississippi would cease
to flow at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
VIRGINIA WRITER DIES.
Mrs. Eliza Oldham Was Daughter
of Late Edward Cabill Bruce.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, March Mrs.
Eliza Oldham, SO years old, widow of
Charles Oldham, Moundsville, w. Va.
attorney died today while apparently
recovering from an attack of acute
indigestion. Surviving are son, Ed
ward c. Oldham. Worcester, Mass,
and daughter, Mrs. Elise Merritt. wife
of Capt. William A. Merritt, Wash
ington, D, c. Mrs. Oldham, an au-
thoress of note, inherited many of the
characteristics of her father, the late
Edward Cabill Bruce, Virginia jour
nalist, novelist and artist, whose
paintings of Robert e. Lee, stone
WALL Jackson and other Confederate
leaders have been widely copied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
Earth Now Has 1,848, OO0. 900.

There are six great races in the
world, with total population of
1,646,000,oOO. The Monaghan race
has the largest population with ESQ.,
100000, and the Caucasian next with
6a6,000,o00, while the others In their
$1,000 900: Malayan, 52,000,e00, and the
Indian, 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
SLAYER OF GIRL, IS,
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
John Wagner, Patrick County
Va, Sentenced After Enter
ing Guilty Plea.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

STUART, Va, March John
wagner, Patrick County youth, has
been sentenced to life Imprisonment
for the murder of Ada Whalen, Is
years old, three months ago
He pleaded guilty in the Patrick
Circuit Court and the jury, which
had the option of imposing the death
penalty, chose the life term. The
State is asking also d life term for
Fletcher Whitlock, who is indicted
as an accomplish. The men are said
to have waylaid the girl, Wagner
killing her when she resisted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
New Coal Field Discovered.

Discoveries of new phosphate rock
beds in Spain have also led to the
finding OF large area of Ignite coal
beds of good quality. They are in the
Albania de Murica country of Spain.
The coal Is of first-grade quality, it
is said, and vast in extent of area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08

inRtOn, where ne
has come so often
to lay the needs
of his mammoth
charge before
Congress. He al
ways has had the
sympathy of the
Secretary of La
Dor, Mr.. James
Davis, in his eff
forts to humanize
the port of entry,
and he has the
cordial aid of the
C o m m ! S s Toner
general, Mr.. w.
w. Husband. Las
year Congress APP
propriated about
H9El mn f..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08
Quebec Feels Light Quake.

QUEBEC, March Five feeble
earth tremors, lasting several Sec
onds. were felt in Quebec Province
yesterday. At Malbaie and Tadousac
buildings were shaken.