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Evening star., 1925-10-21

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''tn%raLulaJIpr are beius snowercil
on the Prince "f Wales. Ills ability
u tour tle world without saying i
word which could y.nIse e,nharrslss-
nent is Justly regarded as Il historic
echieNemeu
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His press censorship would indicate
a determination on the part Of Mus
solini L. berour, Is powerful man
a George Crecl used t. he
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Evening star., 1925-10-21

O. Can ailanthus. chestnut ana u.aoN
gum be used TO make excelsior.
:. l., W.
A. Experiments have been carried
on under the direction OF the f0reSL
Service on the suitability OF allanthus-
chestnut and black gum Tor making
excelsior. Black gum produced q. good
grade of excelsior but chestnut and
ailanthus We're found to he unsuit
able for extensive use on account ot
hrittleness. chipping and other und'
sirable qualities.
Evening star., 1925-10-21
Dignity of Art.

'Who was that dignfied looking
man you were dancing with"
THAT must have been the dancing
teacher" replied Miss Cayenne. II
can't imagine any one appearing digni-
fed When dancing unless it's person
vino regards it az a profession and a
means OF livelihood"
Evening star., 1925-10-21

Jud Tunkins says there are some
things that money can't buy, but
none of 'em are things that he seems
to find any particular need Of.
Evening star., 1925-10-21

O. How many children did John.
Brown have? DID any Of hts sons
aid him ut Harpers Ferry p. ii. O.
A. John Brown was married twice
and had 20 children, eight OF whom
died In early childhood. His sons aid.
ed him in all his undertakings. and
two were killed at Harpers FefTE,
Owen Brown, who died in 1883, was
long the only survivor Of the attack
q. Who gives the trophy 10 the
champion cowboy? Who got II titi
year?-R. d. II.
A. The Roosevelt trophy. issued by
the Roosevelt Hotels Of New Nor
is given 70 the champion cowboy each
year In order 70 gain the troph
the contender must win the m"-t
points. both at Cheyenne Frontier
DAYS Celebration and AZ the Roun0
Up at Pendleton. Greg. This year IN"
winner was Bob Crosby In order ="
retain perma ncnt possession Of tn"
trophy 4 cowboy must win II three
times.
Evening star., 1925-10-21

Gov. Smiths declaration that while
he is not an avowed candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomination in
1928, he would not refuse it if the
Democrats offered it to him will be
variously interpreted. Some will see
in it a sincere announcement that he
will not seek the nomination. Others
will read between the lines to find a
receptive mood on his part, leading
his friends in New York and In other
States to rally to him when the time
draws near for d selection.
It cannot be denied that Gov.
Smith is the outstanding figure TO-
day in his party, even though many
of the Democratic leaders would see
In his candidacy for the Democratic
presidential nomination another con-
flict within the party which would re-
suit seriously for the Democrats in
1928. But whether he is a candidate
or not his will be an important voice
in the selection of the next Demo
cratic standard bearer.
Evening star., 1925-10-21

derives It's name from the name of
its sire. These horses are prevalent
through southern Colorado and New.
Mexico. where they We're used for
running dash or quarter-mile races
and called quarter horses. They are
saddle horses. The predominatiug
color is gray.
@. What part did Eddie Foy take
in assisting at the Iroquois Theat"r
fire in Chicago?-W. IL. w.
A. Eddie Eoy, chief comedian -
"Mr. Bluebeard." which was playing
at the Iroquois Theater on Decemb"r
80, 1903 was the hero Of the traei"
fire which cost nearly 500 lives. Jie
| ordered the leader Of the orchestra
to play and shouted TO the audience
to keep in order and file out quietly.
The Coolness of Foy, who begged tn"
audience to hold itself i'll check. and
Gilla. the leader Of the orchestra.
probably saved many lives on th'
! parquet floor. Foy was the last man
! on the stage, and did not leave until
| the flaming scenery was dropping al
around him.
Evening star., 1925-10-21

Tomorrow: WHO Gets Them
Evening star., 1925-02-24
BOrah Is Sarcastic
At "Lackeyisn'' in
Taking Decorations
Hot Debate in Senate
OUer Honor Paid By
France.

The Senate indulged in some strong
language today before 1t accepted,
40 to 81, a proposal to authorize Fed
eral Judge Henry D. Clayton of Ala
bama to accept a decoration given
him by the French government.
A brief but spirited debate ensued
when Senator Underwood, Democrat,
Alabama, called for consideration of
the bill, although it is the unwritten
rule of the Senate that such measures
be considered as coming within a
special and privileged class.
Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho
explaining he did not refer specifically
to the Legislation under consideration
decried the "Iackeyism exhibited by
certain people" in their search for
these fantastic honors."
1T has gone far enough in other
circles" he said, without invading
our judiciary"
The Idaho Senator was Joined by
Senator Lenroot. Republican, wiscon-
sin, who declared he would not OBJ
ject ''if the decoration was for per-
sonal achievement"
The Senate should understand that
this decoration is conferred because
of the courage displayed by the
judges late brother, an Army officer
on the west front" said Senator Len
root.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
about to See Self
In MOUies, Woman
Dies of Excitement
Inmate of Home, IS, Had
Been Chosen as ''Type''
for Production.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, February 24-Death
yesterday robbed Mrs. Fanny Vein
traub, S5, of the greatest experience
of her life-watching her debut as a
motion character actress-and thus a
theater party from the home of Old
Israel was turned into a funeral pro-
cesSiOn.
Several months ago the monotony
of life in the home was broken by
the arrival of a film director who
was searching for three tenement
types for a picture. Mrs. Weintraub
and two other women, one los and
the other 20 years old, were chosen
The women at Old Israel talked of
nothing but the picture during the
weeks it was being filmed.
Sunday saw its premiere here and
arrangements were made for so of
the inmates to go to the theater yes
terday.
But when Louis Singer. president
OF the institution, told Mrs. Vein
traub, the news and excitement was
too much for her. She tainted and
the house physician pronounced her
dead of a heart attack.
When the automobiles arrived to
take the women to the theater there
were only 40, and these went instead
to Brooklyn cemetery, where Mrs
Weintraub was buried.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
Martha" to Be Sung Here:

Tonight and tomorrow night at S
o'clock the Estelle Wentworth Opera
Company will present a tabloid YER
sion of Martha in five acts, at the
First Congregational Church, Tenth
and G streets northwest Estelle
Wentworth will direct the music and
Albert Parr. will be stage director.
The cast of characters is: Lady Har-
riett, lady in waiting to the Queen,
afterward known as Martha. Eliza
beth Thornberry: Nancy, her com
panion. Nina Norman; Sir Tristan, an
old beau and admirer of Lady Har-
rfett, Woodruff Youngs; Plunkett, a
rich farmer, Russell Cordrey; Lionel,
his foster brother, afterward known
as the Earl of Derby, Ellsworth Con-
dron.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
CONDUCTOR FATALLY
STRICKEN ON "RUN''
James B. Nagel, 40 Years in South.
ern Railway Service. Dies
Before Aid Is Obtained.

James B. Nage1, SO years old. a pas
senger conductor on the Washington
division Of the Southern Railway for
40 years, died of apoplexy in Char
louisville, Va, yesterday morning.
Mr.. Nagel resided at 9O1 Butternut
street, this city
Funeral services. with Masonic
rites, viii be conducted at the resi-
dence Thursday afternoon at
O'Clock. 1nterment will be in Ivy
Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Va
Mr.. Nagel had started his last run
with the Birmingham special train
No. 80, from Salisbury, NC. At
Charlottesville he carried the train
orders to the engineer; while talking
to him he was stricken with apoplexy
and died before he could be carried
to the University of Virginia Hos
pital.
Mr.. Nagel was born in Baltimore
and after serving in the Navy en-
tered the service of the Southern
Railway. He was a member of the
Elks' Lodge of Alexandria, Va; My
ron NJ. Parker Lodge, No. 27; F. A.
A. NJ of this city, and was also a
Royal Arch Mason and a knights
Templar.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
w. A. Nagel; a son, James Nagel;
daughter, Mrs. Pauline NJ Brady; a
sister, Mrs. John J. Heinrich, and a
brother. Charles Nagel.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
SMALLPOX CAUSES
QUARANTINE At JAIL
No Prisoners to Be Freed Nor
None Admitted at Alex
andria Institution.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, February "a
Alexandria city Jail is receiving no
more inmates nor is it discharging g
those whose time happens to be up,
because a quarantine has been placed
on the institption following the de-
velopment of case of smallpox.
Airing of alleged Irregularities in
connection with the administration
of the Jail were threatened today by
w. w. Simpson, father of Samuel
Simpson. who learned of the quaran-
tine when he appeared with money to
free his son, who. was jailed yesterday
in default of a $50 fine. Simpson ap-
peared informally before Judge Fred
erick G.. Duvall this morning seeking
to determine his course of action.
Although it is said that the case of
smallpox was discovered Saturday,
the ban was not put down until yes
terday shortly after noon, according
to James T. Sillex, jailer who 81 con-
fined to the Jail with his charges.
DR.. Walter A. Warned, Jail physi-
clan, was at the Jail about 10 o'clock
yesterday vaccinating the patients,
according to Sillex. Shortly before u
o'clock Samuel Simpson. with four
other prisoners, was transferred from
police station TO the Jail They were
vaccinated upon being admitted, and
shortly afterward learned of the ban
Police say they had not been notified
at that time.
According to Sillex. Watt Wash
ington, colored, on Saturday began
to show signs of the malady. He
said that DIR. Warfeld was notified
Saturday and again on Sunday. FL
nally, yesterday, he said, the matter
was proved. DIR. Warfield could not
he located this morning.
The first general knowledge of the
quarantine came when Simpson s
father made an Intellectual attempt
to free his son by payment of the
fine. DR.. Louis E. Foulks, city health
officer, said he could not think of
lifting the ban in the case of Simp-
son nor of any other prisoner, be-
cause of the uncertainty of fumiga-
tion, and in view of the deadly type
of smallpox which is now more or
less prevalent.
Washington, the victim, was sent
to the Jail February 9, according to
Sillex. Douglas Fleet. Robert Stapler,
Edward Gorham and Otha Hicks were
the other prisoners confined with
Simpson.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON.
Cosmopolitan Club Celebrates
Birthday of First President.

More than 100 members and guests
of the Cosmopolitan Club celebrated
the 1880 anniversary of the birth of
George Washington at a dance held
at Blossom Inn last night. The mem
bers of the club were the guests of
Frank Fenwick
Following a supper and dance pro-
gram other entertainment was provid-
ed. Miss Gladys and Miss Gale Hunt
sang several duets. Miss Marguerite
Petit. soprano, accompanied by Miss
Marion Lawson, sang several French
numbers, and Mrs. Walter A. Gawler,
accompanied by George Wilson, also
sang.
A number of souvenirs in the form
of hatchets and George Washington
hats were distributed to the guests.
George Luke was in charge of the en-
tertainment. The regular weekly
luncheon of the club will be held at
the Franklin Square Hotel Thursday.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
SENATE CONSIDERS
| RETIREMENT BILL
Measure LiberaIizing Civil
| Service Debated Under
Unanimous Consent.

A bill liberalizing the Civil Service
retirement act came up for considera-
tion in the Senate this afternoon at
sent agreement entered into on
Saturday.
Senators interested in the bill
predicted that it would pass before
adjournment today. At 2 o'clock
debate will be limited so that
Senators may speak not longer than
five minutes on the bill or amend
ment offered thereto.
The bill, which is known as the
Stanfield bill, increases the maximum
annuity which may be paid retired
Civil Service employees to $1,000 a
year. The maximum is now $3.50.
The bill also lowers the age of
voluntary retirement after 80 years
OF service.
Compromise Is Reached.
Senator Stanfield, in charge of the
bill, announced that a compromise
agreement on the age of the retire
ment had been reached by himself
and other members of the committee
and Senator Smoot of Utah which he
would offer as an amendment to the
committee amendment. This COM
promise hxed 90 as the voluntary age
or retirement for the general run of
civil service employees and 62 as the
age of voluntary retirement for GER
tain classes, including railway mail
clerks
The bill as reported by the Senate
would have made these ages 6S and
bS. Senator Stanfield said that he
thought it was so important to enact
this legislation that the compromise
should be adopted. He said that he
had been assured by the House that
II the Senate would pass the bill it
would be put through the House be-
Tore the close of the present Congress.
Senator Ransdell, a member of the
civil service committee, took the same
view. of the matter as Senator Stan
neId, declaring that it was most i'm
portant to get this bill passed now
and not to keep the employees waiting
another year.
Entire sympathy with the bill was
expressed by Senator Bruce of Mary
land. He said that all his life he
had been in favor of the merit sys-
tenn of employment for Government
employees and against the old spoils
system He said that when a. sub
ordinate officer of the Government is
elected for merit and kept in office
Tor merit. it is only fair to help him
make provision for his old age. and
therefore he was heartily in favor
or the retirement law and the an
nuities it provides
Evening star., 1925-02-24
Aiding Sightless Veterans.

Volunteer workers of the Clerical
Corps of the District Chapter of the
American Red Cross will transcribe
Braille for the use Of the war blind
at Red Cross headquarters, 16 Jack
son place, today and the remainder
Of this week. Workers are needed to
assist in this work, which is of the
utmost Importance to the service men
who lost their sight in the World
War. No previous experience is
needed, it Is stated, as instruction
will be given by Miss Anna c. Koer-
per, chairman of the Clerical Corps.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
S5|D,OIO PLEDGED
TO MASONIC SHRINE
George Washington National
Memorial Association Gets
Cheering Reports.
Special Dlspatch.to The star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, February "a
Growing National interest in the tenn
pie being erected here by the George
Washington Masonic National Me-
mortal Association is growing, it was
evidenced yesterday. when reports to
the fifteenth annual convention of tn e
body showed 100000 pledged during
1924. OF this amount checks for
s175,000 were presented at the initial
session.
Already more than S1,250,OO0 has
been put into the temple, which, when
completed, will cost more than
S4,000,000. After Col Louis A.
Watres, president and j. Claude
KEEPER, ecretarytreasurer, made
their reports, the most favorable ever
submitted, construction of the build
ing to the aves of the first story was
authorized.
Appropriations Immediately of $780,
600 were made, 100000 more will be
ready for appropriation shortly,
and another s35O.000 will be ready
by June l, 1926, insuring steady
building until August Is, 1926, by
which time more will be collected.
Report Large Gifts.
Among the larger donations re-
ported were: Illinois. $4,000: New
York, $4,000; Pennsylvania, $4,000;
Missouri, $4,000; New Jersey. $4,000;
Maine. $4,000, and the General Grand
Council, $4,000.
After the business sessions yester-
day the $50 delegates, including high
Masonic officials from 35 of the ~
Jurisdictions, witnessed the raising of
a huge 11-ton section of one of the
eight 60-ton green granite columns
which will grace the Memorial Hall
of the temple. Harvey Wiley Corbett
New York, designer and architect,
told the delegates of the architec-
tural significance of the building. and
explained that the building was pri-
marily Masonic throughout, lacking
the usuaIAframe of steel.
The buAding will stand $50 feet
above its hpundation when completed
The foundation itself rests 162 feet
above the level of the Potomac River
which it overlooks from the eminence
Thomas Jefferson once selected as the
site of the National Capital
Judge James B. Ruhl, grand master
of Masons in Ohio, was chairman of
the committee which visited Mount
Vernon to place a wreath on the tomb
of Washington. Delegates were
guests of Alexandria Washington
Lodge last night at the annual Wash
ington's birthday celebration.
Final business sessions will be held
today, and officers will be elected this
afternoon before the convention ad-
journs to meet again in Alexandria
next February.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
JAIL FOR DRUNKEN
AUTO|STS URGED
Mid-City Association Also
Recommends Revocation of
Permits as Penalty.

Revocation of permits and Jail SEN
tences were demanded in a resolution
adopted at a meeting of the Mid-City
Citizens Association in the auditorium
of the Thomson School, Twelfth and L
streets. last night. as punishment for
those found guilty of intoxication while
driving automobiles and other vehicles.
The resolutions set forth the belief
that this form of punishment, II
the District, will materially aid in check
ing reckless driving on the thorough
fares of this city.
Morris Hacker COmplimented.
This association feels proud of the ef-
fort maue by Morris Hacker, superin-
tendent of street cleaning during the re-
cent SHOWS. in clearing the streets. and
went on record to that effect last night.
A resolution commenting Supt. Hacker
was passed unanimously. The meeting
also indorsed Commissioner Bells pro-
posal of a 1915, 900 loan for snow re-
moval purposes.
The greater part of the meeting
was devoted to an observance of the
anniversary of the birth of George
Washington The hall was appro-
priately decorated for the occasion.
A. j. Driscoll, president of the asso-
citation, paid a tribute to the first
President
The principal address, however,
was made by Representative John c.
Box of Texas, who, after discussing
the life of Washington, said he
doubted If the present generation
fully appreciates all that Washing
ton did for this republic. He stated
that the Nation has the right foun-
dation, but if it is to grow along the
lines Washington and his asso-
ciates of the early days of the re-
public intended, people must develop
the power to think and leadership
must be developed.
The entertainment program in
cluded a ukulele solo and monologue
by James ]. Furlong, a one-act play,
Let the Buyer Beware" with Miss
Christine Cox and Robert Clear, and
readings by Miss Mary Ikels.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
BANDITS CHOKE AND ROB
OIL STATION MAN OF SIPS
Robert A. Davis Refused to Yield
Cash to Two Colored Highway
men Armed With Pistols.

Choking Robert A. Davis, manager,
into semi-consciousness when he re-
sisted an attempted holdup of the
Penn Oil Co. filing station at Wiscon-
sin avenue and Ellicott street last
night, two unidentified colored ban
dts robbed him of S125
Davis, who lives at 550S Wisconsin
avenue, was alone when the two men
appeared. They displayed revolvers.
He refused to surrender the money
on their first demand. They then at
tempted to strangle him, and after
succeeding in subduing and robbing
him, departed, leaving him lying on
the floor. Shortly after they left
DAVIS recovered sufficiently to go to
the Tenleytown police substation and
report the holdup.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
HUMPHREY is GIVEN
SENATE'S APPROVAL
Nominee for Federal Trade Com
mission Confirmed by
Vote of As to 10.

The nomination of William E.
Humphrey, former Representative
from Washington, to be a member
of the Federal Trade Commission, was
confirmed by the Senate yesterday
after an hours discussion in execu-
tive session.
The vote on Mr. Humphreys nom
ination was 45 to 10, with Senators
Borah, Idaho; Johnson. California; !;
Norbeck, South Dakota; Norris, Ne
braska- Republicans: Copeland, New
York; King, Utah. Pittman, Nevada
and Reed, Missouri, Democrats, and
Johnson and Shipstead of Minnesota,
Farmer-Labor, opposing confirmation.
Opposition to the nomination CEN
tered about contention that he was
"reactionary" in his political affilia-
tions.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
u. S. OFFICIAL DIES
IN CONSTANTINOPLE
Herbert ?. Middleton of Paris EN-
bassy Staff, Graduate of
G. w. u, Expires.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 24.-Herbert p.
Middleton, special disbursing officer
of the United States embassy in Paris,
died at the American Presbyterian
Hospital in Constantinople Monday
night of pneumonia, the embassy was
informed today.
Mr.. Middleton, who was disburser
in the London embassy from 1915 to
1922, came from Washington, D. c.
He was a graduate of George Wash
ington University. He leaves a wife,
whom he married in London, and a
young daughter. Mrs. Middleton left
Monday night for Constantinople to
rejoin her husband on a furlough on
which he hoped to recuperate after
an attack of rheumatic fever.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
MRS. PILLSBURY, IT, DEAD
Widow of Rear Admiral Is Buried
in Arlington Cemetery.

Mrs. Florence G. Pi1lsbury, II
years old, widow of Rear Admiral
John e. Pillsbury. U. s. N, died at
her residence, 1856 Q street, late Sat
urday night. Funeral services were
conducted at the residence at 2
o'clock this afternoon. Rev. DR.. L.
G. B. Pierce officiated. Interment
was in Arlington Cemetery.
Mrs. Pillsbury was born in Port
land, Me, the daughter of the late
William Aitchison and the late Mrs.
Helen Langdon Sirius Aitchison. She
married Admiral Pillsbury in 1873
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Edward B. Richardson of Bos-
ton
Evening star., 1925-02-24
WILL SHOW MINE FILM.
Community Center to Present
Movie at Eastern High.

The Community Center department
will present a program of motion
pictures tomorrow night, at s o'clock,
In the auditorium of Eastern High
School, in cooperation with the Bu-
reau of Mines. The public is invited
A motion picture, When a Mans a
Miner" shows the value of the safe
ty inspection service, as instituted
by the Bureau of Mines, and the res
cue work conducted by this branch of
the United States Government.
Saturday evening, The School for
Scandal" by Richard Brinsley Sheri-
dan, which is to be given Thursday
evening at Central High Center, un-
der the direction of Marie Moore For
rest, will be repeated. No cards are
necessary for admission to this per-
formance on Saturday evening. A
special program by the United States
Army Band will be rendered in con-
nection with the play.
Evening star., 1925-02-24
President Would.
B0r French Debt
As Topic in u. S,

President Coolidge is disin-
cliRed to foster discussion in this
country of the French debt prob
lem unless there is reason TO be-
lieve that such discussion will be
helpful in bringing about state
of mind IN France which would
lead to settlement. The Presi-
dent sees no advantage in reiter-
ating from time to time the ad-
ministration's attitude Such dis
cussion, he feels, might be con-
strued abroad as an attempt to
coerce the French government
That attitude of mind would not
be calculated to lead to an early
adjustment