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The Washington times., 1925-11-17
MIR. ATWILL DESERVES
A BETTER DEAL
By HAROLD PHILLIPS

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certain force which exe at times than passive interest
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Evening star., 1925-09-08
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Regularly 25c, good heavy weight,
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size.
Evening star., 1925-09-08
CIRCUIT OF ACTORS
THEATERS PLANNED
Equity Players of New York
Intend to Extend Work
Throughout u. S.
ny the Associated Press.

Pv the Associated Press
CHICAGO, September S.-Of1cers
Of the Actors Theater, the reincor-
porated Equity Players of New York.
yesterday announced tentative plans
for establishing a circuit of actor
controlled theaters which would eX-
change production units on a plan
similar to that operative on vaude-
willie circuits.
Successful in its fourth season in
New York and making its debut in
Chicago this week with Shaw's
Candida the organization now
looks forward to the possibility of
enEag gements in Cleveland, Cincinnati
and other cities.
The Actors Theater is A Co-opera-
tive enterprise. sponsored and oper-
ated by members Of the profession,
with more than 100 prominent citi-
zens of New York and Chicago as
Euarantors. Among the financial
supporters are John d. Rockefeller
ir., Otto II. Kahn Marshall Field, Sd,
and Mortimer Schiff
In defining the aims of the or
Sanization. Dudley Digges. producing
director, and Davis Wallace, man
aser. said the theater came into ex-
istence through the natural desire of
members of the profession to eX-
press the ideals for which the actor
stands and for which the ordinary
commercial theater gives limited
Soutlet."
So long rs rent governs the the
ater and producers have TO guarantee
a house large sums of money. only
those entertainments can survive
which spring into instantaneous ia
Vor. There is no opportunity for the
selectiVe appeal which unusual PLAYS
exert as thoughtful plavgoers seek
1hem out. These are the facts which
drive commercial producers into
frantic efforts TO find popular hits
usually of mediocre quality. Also
they trighten away those eager to
produce fine plays. to make the the
ater field for intellectual expert
mental art"
Evening star., 1925-09-08
FOOCH0W DISTURBANCES
DECLARED NOT SERIOUS
Governor, Backer of Canton Gov
eminent, Deposed and Replaced
by WI Pei-Fu Follower.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
AMOY, China, September S.-Recent
disturbances at Foochow were not of
serious nature, resulting merely in
change of military governors. Ad
vices received here said the deposed
governor, who was reported sympa-
tnetlc with the Canton government,
had been replaced by a follower of
Gen. WI Pei-Fu. Conditions in Annoy
remain quiet.
A dispatch from Annoy dated
September said trouble was immi-
nent in Foochow between opposing
military factions and that fighting
had been reported within the CITY.
Vellore. India, with 225,O0O popula.
zion, is considering installation Of it's
'nSst electric light plant
Evening star., 1925-09-05
1000 HOMELESS
IN LOUISIANA FIRE
ESQ Dwellings in Nine City
Blocks Burn-Mysterious
Blast Cuts Off Water.
By the Associated Press.

SHREVEPORT, La, September 5.
Nine city blocks, embracing more
than $50 dwellings, in which lived more
than 1000 persons, We're leyeIed here
last night and early today by a fire
which broke out shortly after some
mighty force had wrecked the city
water mains in three places.
Property loss was estimated early
today at upward of $780, 900 exclusive
of losses by public utilities.
Three blocks of the fire-swept area
were occupied by homes of moderately
well-to-do persons. while the remain
ing six blocks, which extended up to
the business district, housed poorer
persons and negroes. Six persons
were injured, two seriously
The fire originated in the bathroom
of the home Of o. Childress, a barber
at 1886 Garden street, and whipped
by the heaviest night wind in many
weeks, quickly got beyond control.
FlimSy structures in its path were
pulled down and hundreds of persons
formed bucket briSades in an effort
to stem the rushing tide of flames
For five hours, however, the city
was left virtually at the mercy of the
fire until finally the breaks in the
main were repaired and water pres
sure was restored.
The fire started in a house owned
by a former fire department chief and
across the street from fire station
No. 4.
The breaks in the water mains re-
mained unexplained early today. One
theory was that they We're caused by
dynamite used in a nearby construc-
ton work.
Mayor L. E. Thomas called a cit
izens' meeting for 10 o'clock this
morning to plan relief measures for
the homeless.
National headquarters of the Ameri-
can Red Cross today telegraphed its
chapter at Shreveport to act as it's
representative in whatever relief
measures are needed for those made
homeless or injured in last nights fire.
Should local facilities prove made
quate to fully meet the situation, the
Shreveport Chapter was authorized TO
call on national headquarters for help.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
GEN. LEjEUNE HON0RS
VIRGINIA BOY SCOUTS
Marine Corps Head Awards Medals
to Thirteen From Orange After
Training at Quantico.

After reviewing 40 Boy Scouts from
Orange, Va, who have been training
at Quantico under the watchful eyes
of the Marines for the past week
Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune was amply
convinced yesterday that they had
mastered the Army methods. and re-
warded 13 of them with medals.
The Scouts came to Washington on
the u. S. s. Swan and marched to the
Rejecting Pool. where they gave their
demonstration on the strip of, ground
between the pool and the Navy Build
ing. They built fires without matches,
applied first aid, and signaled in ap-
proved Army fashion.
The medals were presented by Capt.
]. j. Staley, U. S. NJ. C, who had
charge of the boys while they were in
camp.
This is the second consignment of
Virginia Scouts TO be drilled at Guam
tico. While there they were under the
direct supervision of members of the
Marine Corps.
In rewarding the boys Gen. Ie-
jeune said, These medals show that
you have made progress in your un-
dertaking, and that is the greatest
thing any. one can do in any under
taking or position"
Those receiving medals for first aid
were Stewart Smith and Charles Grei-
ner: for signaling, Charles Troland
and Ralph Happel; swimming, Charles
Carpenter and Blair Rouse; best all
round Scouts, Pitt Watts. Harry Talia-
ferro and Vincent Phillips; 100 per
cent duty, Henry l.. Grusty, Detma
Twyman and Courtney Mcintosh;
decorated with first class Scout badge,
Goree Waugh.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
BIG CORN CROP Is LOSS
TO FARMER, EXPERT SAYS
Bumper Yields Net Less Money
Than Lean Years, Weather
Reporter Ayers.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DES MONIES Iowa. August 20
A bumper corn crop does not neces-
sarily mean prosperity for the Iowa
farmer. More than likely it means
money out of his pocket, says c. D.
Reed, director of the weather and
crop reporting service.
In his bulletins Mr.. Reed has been
repeating More corn-less dollars.
Basis for the statement was found in
a fact pointed out by the late Sec
retary Of Agriculture Wallace. sub
stantiated by figures in Mr.. Reed :
own Office. The reverse is equally
true. he declared, Less cOrn-more
dollars
take the crop of 1924 said Mr.
Reed. 1T was the poorest we have
had since 1901. The average yield
was only % bushels TO the acre. De-
spite the yield being 1872, ,0OO, 600 bush
els shorter than the previous crop and
that it was of inferior quality, it
brought the Iowa farmer $4,000, 900
more than the year before.
THE 1921 crop-Iowa's greatest
is another example. The average
yield for that year was 43 bushels an
acre, a bumper crop even for Iowa,
only S133, 100000, compared with the
S250,000,00 which the average corn
crop brings"
In that year Mr.. Reed said the
gross return for land that grew corn
was $3.50 an acre, the lowest figure
since 1902.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
BOBBY JONES UP
ON GUNN AT FINISH
OF FIRST 18 HOLES

Continued from First Page.)
a 2o-foot tap by few inches to halve
the hole.
There was another half on the third
in fours.
Jones drive carried fully 32O yards
to mid-fairway and his pitch carried
him to within 20 feet of the pin. and
he was down in two puts for par A.
Gums drive was long and bounded
into the rough at the left He brought
his second to the green, 80 feet to the
right of the pin, and also holed out in
two puts for the third straight half
Gum Takes Lead.
Gum took a lead of one hole by
scoring an eagle 3 at the fourth
His second shot was played with a No
l iron and stopped 10 feet beyond the
flag and he dropped the putt Jones,
who had equaled Gums drive down
the middle of the fairway, spooned
into trap at the right and his third
crossed the green. His fourth was
barely five feet from the pin; then he
picked up.
A birdie 8 gave Jones the fifth and
squared the match. Both drives were
well down the middle and Jones pitch
ed to within Is feet of the hole and
stayed on the edge of the green with
his niblick and required two to go
down for a par 4.
Jones FORCES Ahead.
Jones won the sixth hole and be-
came l up.
Both were on the back edge of the
green with their tee shots on the
short sixth, and Jones nearly holed
his first putt of 35 feet, taking a 8.
Gum played his second from a bad
lie and overran the cup by a matter
of 8 or feet. His third was inches
away from the hole and he took 4.
Gum took the seventh hole.
Jones drove into ditch on the
seventh. Gums shot was 250 yards
out on the fairway and the young
ster's pitch was 40 feet from the pin
He went down in for a 4, while
Jones hit the edge of the green on his
second and rolled into a trap. He was
out we'll 10 feet from the cup, but his
putt was wide.
Jones won the eighth hole, making
him l up.
The champions spoon shot from
che tee reached the eighth green and
his putt fell two feet short of the
cup and went down in for par.
Gum drove with an iron into a.
pitched out well to within Is feet of
the pin. His putt overran the cup by
a foot and he required 4.
Gum won the ninth and the match
was all square.
Their cards:
sann, sGnss, out. out 444S3363 5-ssee
Bobby drove uphill from the ninth
tee into trap. Gum had powerful
Evening star., 1925-09-05
GIRL BEGINS RECOVERY
FROM WOUNDS EFFECTS
Grace Cook Rallies From Operation
After Slashing Own Wrist
With Knife.

Grace Cook has started her fight
back to health.
After an operation on the tendons
which were severed when she slashed
her wrist with butcher knife out
side the home of her employer, Scott
f. Welker, 1920 Nebraska avenue,
early Wednesday morning, the 25-year-
old English girl has rallied remark
ably, physicians stated and is almost
out of danger today.
The shock incident to her rowing
about the woods in back of American
University all day Wednesday, while
searching parties sought her in vain,
is being gradually overcome at George
town Hospital The desire to live is
strong in the patient now, physicians
said, and this may have more of a
curative effect than all the outside aid
of medicine and surgery she has re-
ceived.
The girl explained fully to physi-
clans her symptoms of neurasthenia,
stating that it was during a depressed
period. haunted by indescribable fears,
she arose, Slashed her wrist, and at
tempted to walk far away before
dawn Wednesday morning.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
OVERTURN|NG AUTO
KILLS WOMAN, AZ
Mrs. Elizabeth NutWeII Pinned
Under MaChine-Three
Others Hurt.

Mrs. Elizabeth Nutwell, AZ years
old, of 1105 Maryland avenue north
east, was killed and three others
were hurt when an automobile over
turned on the suothern Maryland
pike near Hughesville about 2 o'clock
this morning.
Police at the ninth precinct were
told that the machine in which Mrs.
Nutwell was riding with John NJ.
Hamlein Of 43S New Jersey avenue
southeast, Andrew L. Chappalear of
l31 A street northeast and Hariette
Mcfarland of 1407 w street was
forced to the side Of the road when
another car passed, with the result
that it slxidded into a sandbank and
turned on it's side. Mrs. Nutwell was
pinned under the car.
Mrs Nutwell was taken to Casualty
Hospital with the others by Elmer
NJ Quade, a passing motorist. She
died a few minutes after arrival.
Hanlein and Chappalear were treat
ed for slight bruises about the body
and shock and Miss Mcfarland was
treated for bruises to the head. Her
condition is not serious.
Evening star., 1925-09-05

candidates for mayor is that about 90
per cent of the voters in New York
City are Protestant and the other 80
per cent are divided between Catho-
lies and Jews. Still another estimate
is that the population of Greater New
York is divided as follows: One-third
Protestant, one-third Jew and one
third Catholic. The last estimate
probably places the Protestant figures
too high. 1t is easy to see, however
that whichever estimate is correct
much may be done in a political way
through stirring up religious and
racial issues here. Out of a popula-
ton of over 6,000,00 people. 2 900, 600
are foreign-horn and 1000, 900 of for
eign stock The number of Jews in
New York city is about 100000.
KIan Causes Line-Up.
The two Democratic candidates in
the present contest are both Cath
olics, while the Republican is a
Protestant. Because of the activities
of the Klan, the Catholics and the
Jews have been thrown more or less
into one camp.
In the last analysis, the Demo
cratic national convention of last
year was not the cause of the trou-
BILE over religious issues in politics
today 1t was only the vehicle which
served to bring the matter more
clearly to public attention and to
rouse still further the religious and
racial feeling. At the bottom of the
trouble is the effort of the Klan and
other organizations to dictate in re
gard to political candidates and
issues.
Efforts to make political capital of
religious and racial issues are not
without precedent in this country.
The American party, popularity
known in it's day as the know
Nothing" party, adopted a platform
in 1856, declaring against any person
holding office who was not American
born, and also brought in the religious
issue with Catholicism as its butt. II
is clear that if one church downs
another in a political battle the vic
torious church may become domi-
nant factor in the Government itself,
which is contrary to the American
principle of keeping church and state
separate.
The metropolitan press of New
York generally have denounced edi
toriaIly the effort to drag religious
issues into the present campaign
both in connection with the can
didacy of Mayor Hylan and that OF
Mr. Waterman. These newspapers
with the exception of the Hearst
papers, are opposing Mayor Hylan
and supporting either Walker or
Waterman.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
GETS WOMEN'S CLUB JOB

Miss Josephine Junkin. who came
to Washington two years ago from
her home, in Red Oak, Iowa, has
been appointed director of the head
quarters of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, succeeding Miss Ida
Hafford Of Carrollton, Ky, who re-
signed July / after holding the post
for six years.
Miss Junkin's appointment, effec-
tive at once, is permanent. She is a
graduate of Wellesley College. She is
26 years old, and is the youngest ex-
ecutive in the federation. She was
highly praised by Mrs. John d. Sher-
man, president of the federation, on
whose recommendation the appoint
ment was made.
Miss Junkin viii reside at the Head
quarters House. 1874 N street.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
SOMERSET Is AGAIN
ACCUSED BY HUSBAND
Skeet Gallagher, Vaudeville Come
dian, Names British Author
as Correspondent.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, September 5-An-
other chapter in the love affairs OF
Pat Somerset, English author and
husband of Edith Day, musical comedy
star, is in print as the result of a
divorce suit by Skeet Gallagher, a
vaudeville comedian, naming Somer.
set as correspondent.
In his petition filed in Brooklyn,
Gallagher accused Bertha Irene Mar
tin Gallagher, another figure in vaude-
vile, of so conducting herself with
Somerset in Los Angeles as to war
rant a divorce in New York
Somerset once was involved in de-
portation proceedings as the result of
his relations with Edith Day before
their marriage. Carle Carleton, an
Englishman, then married to Miss
Day, asked that Somerset be deported
but withdrew the application when
he learned of a child and noted the
record of divorce proceedings brought
by Somerset's former wife, Margaret
Bannerman. Subsequently Somerset
and Miss Day were married but
Broadway hears that they have not
been on good terms recently.
Anthony Richard Gallagher was
married to Bertha Irene Martin at
Portland, Greg, nine years ago. His
complaint AYERS that she apparently
intends to remain in California indefi-
uitely.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
British Monk Had Proof 900 Years Ago
That ''As an Appel the Urthe Is Round

Moreover he might have learned
many other scientific facts of which
his own and succeeding ages seem to
have been ignorant. He would have
been told, for instance, that the moon
itself gives no light, but reflects that
of the sun like a mirror; that the
earth is bigger than the moon, and
the sun 165 times bigger still than
the earth. The sun is so far away,
wrote this savant of 600-odd years
ago, that a man could go more than
40 miles a day for 5000 years before
he reached it, and if Adam had set
out on the day of creation he still
would have 1000 years journey to
perform.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
LOCAL R|FEEMEN
ARE RANKING HIGH
Both Civilians and Guards
men Perform Well in Camp
Perry Matches.

CAMP PERRY. Ohio. September 5.
District Guardsmen and civilians dis
tinguished themselves by taking
honors in both the individual and
team matches on today's program.
The Guardsmen placed high up among
the winners in the A. z. +. Rumanian
trophy match, fired at. 200 yards off
hand and 600 yards prone. At the
time of leaving the first stage the eX-
cellent scores of the team seriously
| threatened the leaders, consisting of
the Regular Cavalry and Infantry.
When the Guardsmen reached the 500
yards firing point, the teams target
assignment was switched back and
forth three times and the delay and
confusion made itself felt.
Errors Are Felt.
The first inkling came when Sergt.
P. F. Bernsdorf plowed up the dust in
front of his target, instead of getting
his usual bulls eye. Coach c. S. Shields
promptly discovered that the sergeant
was using his 200-yard sight setting
for 600-yard work. Technical Sergt.
F. B. Kaye was so intent on the work
of his teammate, Sergt. Alex Thill, on
target IS that when Kaye was called
up TO fire on target 20. he absent
mindedly pumped in his first two shots
on SerEt. Thill'S old target, and this
lapse cost him nine points fortunately
in an Individual, and not a team
match.
In the Navy match, requiring 20
shots offhand at 200 yards, Sergt,
Thill of Company A, 121st Engineers,
rolled up 80 points out of a possible
100, and Lieut.. J. c. Jensen. 121St En-
gineers, scored an IS.
In the same match Marcus w. Din
widdie of the District of Columbia, ci-
william team and Hugh Z. Riley, EN-
ploye of the Patent Office, banged out
a 80 and an SO, respectively. All of
these scores place the local boys on
the official list of prize winners.
Civilians Get Prizes.
The District of Columbia civilian
team, firing 10 shots for each man at
200 yards and 10 shots at 600 yards in
the Port Clinton trophy match,
squeezed into the last place among
the prize winners with 511 points out
of a possible 600.
James NJ. Barry of George Washing
ton University. youthful captain of the
District of Columbia civilian team,
showed the way for his teammates in
the individual civilian club members
match with a total score of 80 over the
200 and 600 yard courses. He is in the
list of place winners.
Engineer Guardsmen of Washington
took four of the prizes in the members
of the National Rifle Association con-
test at 600 yards. The lucky men are:
Lieut.. Jensen, Sergt. Thill, Sergt. E. D.
Andrus, Company e, and Capt. G.. S.
Shields, Company l, all with ASS out
of so.
Col. c. Z. Stodter of Washington,
former national director of civilian
craftsmanship under the Secretary Of
War, took a prize place in the long
range, small bore individual match
fired at IT'S yards with % caliber. His
score was 9S out of 100, of the 20
shots being VS. or dead centers.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
Symbols Introduced
HIGH BERLIN PRICES
DRIVE AMERICANS AWAY
Hotel Man, However, Says New
York Is Most Expensive
City in World.
Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
BERLIN, August 6.-High prices
are not enough for the visitors
money is the answer of Kurt Luep~
schuetz, general manager of the Ho~
tel Operating Company, why so few
American tourists visit Berlin. Writ
ing in the Weekly Berlin, he expressed
that opinion, at the same time declar-
ing it possible for foreigners to live
cheaper in Berlin than in Paris, Lon
don or New York.
The prices charged by hotels in
Paris and London, the writer said,
are at least so per cent higher than
in Berlin. not to speak of New York.
Hans Lonert, head of the largest
hotel and restaurant syndicate in
Germany. recently returned from a
trip to the United States. He ex-
pressed the opinion that nowhere in
the world is the cost of living so high
as in New York.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
Home for 10 Days
Sentence of Jail
Employees, Drunk

You can both go back home for
10 days" was the decree of George
Fl. Macdonald in Police Court yes
terday to two employees of the Dis
trict Jail, convicted of intoXication.
The court later gave the defend
ants, Charles O'Hagen and James
Z. Colbert, an alternative of paying
SO each. According to the evidence
both men had become intoxicated
yesterday while on duty at the
penal institution.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
Make Prisoners
Support Families,
Request of W.C.T.U.

Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND, Va, September o
Prisoners in the county jails of Hen
rico and this city are to be put to
work on a farm and made to support
their families, if "a suggestion of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
is adopted. The recommendations
have been presented to the mayor and
county judge.
1t is pointed out that there are sew
eral able-bodied men in the two pris-
ons who have been convicted of mis-
demeanors, and whose time is being
wasted while their families are suffer
ing for food and clothing. The idea
is to have the prisoners work, to
give them credit for their services, and
to apply the same to the care and
support of their dependents.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
BISHOP T. B. NEELY
DIES AT AGE OF "a
Retired NJ. E. Pre1ate Was Known
as Historian and Writer on
Church Topics.
BY the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, September s.
The Rev. Thomas b. Neely, retired
bishop Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, died at his home here last
night. He was 81 years old. Bishop
Neely, who retired 13 years ago, was
an authority on the history of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, a parlia-
mentarian and an author
He was elected a bishop in 1904, and
his first charge was to supervise the
work of the church in South America.
He travelled extensively in the south
ern continent, and visited more than
100 widely scattered missions Bishop
Neely's headquarters We're at Buenos
Aires. His work extended to Panama
and Bolivia, where he opened mis-
sions. He also served for the church
for a time in Mexico.
Bishop Nicely returned to the United
States in 1908, and presided at many
annual conferences. He was born in
Philadelphia. His wife died in 1912,
while he was stationed in New Or
leans.