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Evening star., 1925-06-02
STEPHENS ILLNESS
DELAYS FRAT CASE
Court Defers Action Until Friday
to Give Corporation Counsel
Chance to Recover.

Because of a temporary illness OF
Corporation Counsel Stephens, who is
TO defend the Board of Education in
the mandamus proceedings brought b?
the fathers of three high school stu.
dents to test the validity of the
boards 'anti-frat" order, Justice
Bailey in Circuit Division l of the Dis.
trict Supreme Court today deferred
hearing of the case until Friday. Mr.
Stephens was in court and expressed
a Willingness TO proceed despite his
illness, but when Assistant Corporation
Counsel Hart had explained TO the
court the facts in the matter of Mr.
Stephens health the court decided
not to go ahead with the hearing.
While ready and anxious to pro
ceed Attorneys John E. Laskey and
Richard c. Thompson for the boys
consented to the arrangement tC
Evening star., 1925-06-02
u. S. BORDER GUARD
| IS HELD IN CANADA
Killing Of Alleged Drug Rob-
Der Raises International
Question of Jurisdiction.
By the Associated Press.

ISLAND POND. Vt, June Amer
lean and Canadian officials today were
| investigating the shooting of Antoine
Bilodeau of Sherbrooke, Quebec, who
was killed early Saturday while fleeing
| from United States narcotic agents on
| the international boundary line near
Canaan. While Edward Murtz Of Bos-
| ton a Federal narcotic agent, Is held
on a charge Of manslaughter and John
Price and Louis Nadeau Of Canaan,
companions of Bilodeau, are on $1,000
| bonds for hearing later as poSSeSsors
| of narcotics, officers of the two neigh
Dor countries tnrashed out the problem
wehther Bilodeau was shot on Ameri-
can or Canadian soil.
| Five Federal agents from Boston
who came north some time ago TO
| investigate the operations of an al
legged narcotic ring with headquarters
at Canaan, early Saturday stopped an
| automobile on the Hereford road In
the car were Bilodeau, Price and Ma
! deau. While the officers were ques-
tioning the men Bilodeau, according to
the agents, attempted TO snatch a re-
| volver from the pocket of one of his
| tinuuisitors He failed, and all three
ran. A shot was fired and Bilodeau
| fell, with bullet in his side. He died
on the way to the ColebrOok, y. H,
! hospital.
| Illicit Drugs Seized.
| Price and Nadeau were arrested
after a chase and charged with pos
session of narcotics valued at several
thousand dollars, which the agents
| seized.
| The agents asserted that they were
on the American side of the boundary
when they questioned Bilodeau and
his companions, but admit that only a
few feet separated them from Canada.
The question has arisen as to the po-
sition of Bilodeau at the time the shot
was fred. At that point the line sepa-
rating the States of Vermont and New
Hampshire meets the international
boundary line and there has been a
controversy as to whether the man
was shot in Canada, this State or New
Hampshire.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
POLAR PLANES TESTED.
Ma acMillan Craft Being Given
Thorough Going

PHILADELPHIA. June 2 CP).-Sat-
isfactoTy progress in experimental
tests on the two Navy OL-2 type am.
phibian planes to be used by the Mac
MILAN Arctic expedition, continue at
the navy yard here. A number of
changes in the power plants of the
machines have been tried out, and to-
day the planes were flown to test their
radio apparatus The third plane TO
be used by the expedition will arrive
later in the week.
world record for nonstop flight for
seaplanes by remaining in the air 2S
hours 36 minutes, has been shipped to
San Diego, Calf. The plane is aboard
the steamer Lewis Luckenbach, and
is due at San Diego about July 12
when it will be prepared for a flight
to Honolulu.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
SEVEN KILLED IN EAST.
New York and New England Bore
Brunt of Storm.


NEW YORK, June 2 GP).-Seven
persons have been killed and a score
injured in wind and rain storms ac-
cOmpanying a heat wave in the East.
Seven heat prostrations were report
ed here and three in Albany. Two
deaths directly attributed TO the heat
were recorded in Pittsburgh. One died
in Newark. while the storm took a
fourth life in Greenfield, Mass.
Three deaths have been reported in
northern New Jersey as result of the
excessive heat which began yesterday.
The temperatures broke all records
for the first day of June. but fell sew
eral degrees below the record for this
year registered May %. 1t was 95 de-
grees in Philadelphia, SO in Pittsburgh,
SS In New York and Albany.
New England Towns Hit.
Central New York and New England
bore the brunt of the storm. Six towns
were thrown in darkness in Massachu-
setts. Trolley and telephone services
were disrupted. Heavy rains and fall
ing trees blocked highways.
Morris j, Duryea of Greenfield,
Mass. died of heart failure during the
excitement of the storm a little girl
in South Deerfield received a fractured
skull when a falling tree hit the auto
mobile in which she was riding with
her mother. a farm hand at Suf.
field, Conn, was struck by lightning
but escaped with a fractured jaw
Worthwhile, n. Y, and surrounding
towns in the Adirondacks We're isolat-
ed. Reports reaching Cloversville told
of heavy damage but no loss of life
Hail and wind caused more than
100000 damage in Ontario, Canada.
Stables and buildings at the Devon.
shire race track. at Windsor, were
wrecked. The roof of the pari-mutuel
building was blown several hundred
feet onto the municipal golf course
and narrowly missed several golfers
Greenhouses were ruined by hail at
Brampton. Ontario. The damage will
exceed $4,000. No loss of life was re.
ported.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
P. R. R. OPENS DRIVE
TO CUT ACCIDENTS
"Think, Driver, Think" Is
Slogan to Reduce Cross
ing Deaths.

A campaign TO save life and to pre-
vent accidents was inaugurated today
by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Efforts will be concentrated in edu
eating motorists to exercise greater
care in crossing railroad tracks. The
campaign slogan is Think, Driver
Think.
The campaign. the fourth nationa,
one conducted under the auspices OF
the American Railway Association ir
which the Pennsylvania Railroad has
participated, will be continued until
September 13. An order was sent out
today calling on all officers and en-
ployes Of the railroad to cooperate In
the campaign.
Motorists are asked to remember
that 2 ,149 persons were killed last yeal
at railroad crossings. The injured
numbered 6,525. of which S5 per cent
We're occupants of automobiles.
Care More Vital Yearly.
This year the number of automo
biles in use will probably reach 20,
600. 600 and crossing accidents will as
a matter of course show ma rked in
crease. unless automobile drivers use
greater care when approaching anC
driving over railroad highway cross
ings." the railroad campaign commit
tee warns.
The elimination of all grade cross
ings in the United States by overhead
or undergrade construction would cost
at least SIS, 900, 100000 Such an enor
nous cost renders elimination on a
large scale impossible. The only other
means Of preventing crossings acci
dents is to see that all the rules Of
the railroad designed TO prevent then
are obeyed and that reasonable means
are employed TO impress upon auto
mobile drivers the necessity for using
proper care when approaching anc
driving over railroad highway cross
inps" !"
Evening star., 1925-06-02
WILL GIVE BUILDING
TO PHI BETA KAPPA
DR.. Charles F. Thwing, Head
of Fraternity, Here on Way.
to William and Mary.

DR.. Charles F. Thwing, president
of Western Reserve University. the
national president of the pioneer
Greek letter fraternity, Phi Beta
Kappa. and DIR. Oscar NJ. Voorhees,,
the national secretary, are in Wash
ington today en- route for Williams
burg, Va, where tomorrow they will
take leading parts in the exercises of
laying the corner stone of a memorial
building. in honor of the Fifty
Founders" of that society. which
originated at William and Mary Col
lege 149 years ago.
This building is being erected at a
cost of 100000 by the 10000 mem
bers of the society and DR.. Voorhees,,
who is largely responsible foT raising
the fund for this purpose is to deliver
the principal address. William and
Mary College was founded in 1898.
and the great Chief Justice John
Marshall was one of the founders of
Phi Beta Kappa.
No man in the world knows the
history of this society, the biographies
of its founders and the records of
Phi Beta Kappa men, who have taken
notable part in our public affairs for
the last century and a half better
than DR.. Voorhees,, who delved into
the original manuscript records or
the first meetings of the society
during his student days.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Barrymore at Hollywood.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, June CF)-
John Barrymore, who recently scored
a considerable success in England
with his Interpretation of Hamlet
arrived yesterday for Is weeks of act.
ing before the camera. He is under
contract to make two pictures.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
SEEKS FOOD FOR FLEET.
Navy Takes Advance Steps to Meet
Cruise Emergencies.

The Navy Department has requested
the State Department 70 authorize the
consulS general at Melbourne, Well
ington, Sidney and Auckland to con-
tract for food in quantities to serve
the fleet during the Australian and
New Zealand cruise this Summer. in
addition to the supplies of staple food
carried by the fleet itself Fresh vege-
tables and fish in quantities totaling
100000 pounds will be needed. as well
as 100000 pounds of ice, 5000 gallons
Of fresh milk and 3,400 gallons of ice
cream.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Warships on Way.

Defense measures are being taken
by the municipal and special police,
assisted by volunteers, but assistance
is requested of foreign powers Amer
lean and Italian marines We're landed
today. Several foreign warships are
steaming here.
Many isolated attacks were made on
Japanese in different parts of the
city this morning. This mob threw
a Japanese policeman into a creek
The policeman swan to a boat and
fired at his attackers. killing one and
woundinS three.
The propaganda of war continues
Every house. lamppost. door and
shutter is covered with anti-foreign
posters. Most of them are hand
drawn. featuring the turtle. the filth
est animal in the Chinese cosmogony
(Cnnrrizht 1ael hr Chicarn naiIr Saua ca 4
Evening star., 1925-06-02
CHINESE RIOTERS
WOUND AMERICAN
IN STREET ATTACK
Continued from First Page.)

transport director also was appointed
to organize transportation facilities.
The council is determined to main
tain essential services, calling upon
volunteers to assist.
The trouble seems likely to last, as
the students of Peking, Hankow,
Tienstin, Mukden and other cities
have offered TO support the Shanghai
students. They are endeavoring TO
make the local trouble a national
issue, urging abolition of extra ter.
ritorialty and foreign citizens. Shang-
hai students have declared a strike in
all schools.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
DROWNING is PROBED.
Admiral Mutton Orders Inquiry
Into Officers and Nurses Deaths.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, June 2 P)--An
investigation was started today into
the drowning of Lieut.. Gerald Seloy'
U. S. N, Medical Corps, and MISS
Lucille Merrill of the Naval Hospital,
whose bodies were found in the Severn
River yesterday
Admiral Louis NJ. Mutton, Naval
Academy superintendent, named
Comdr. R. B. Horner TO head the
board conducting the investigation
The couple were canoeing when the
tragedy occurred last Tuesday night
Evening star., 1925-06-02

wait until Friday in the hope that Mr.
Stephens may recover by that time.
A number of the high school stu
dents with their parents were in court
to hear the legal battle between the
frat" members and the board.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
Japanese Action Seen

LONDON June . Op).-A Reuters
dispatch from Toxic today said ia
pans previously announced policy OF
'watchful waiting" regarding the
Shanghai situation anticipated com
bined action of Japan with other
powers concerned should such a step
become necessary.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
27 DEATHS Is TOLL
OF STORM AND HEAT
IN EAST AND WEST
Continued from First PageD

Springs, Wyo., and other high altitude
points were visited by eight inches
Of snow.
Weather forecasts for Middle and
Central States generally predicted
unsettled weather and thunderstorms,
with fresh or strong winds.
Evening star., 1925-06-02

They are selling phonograph records
to be played while one performs re-
ducing exercises. The melody. of
course, is. oh. listen to the Pant
Evening star., 1925-06-02

An estimate given in the foreign mis-
sions conference was that not half the
world has yet had the gospel Of Jesus
Christ preached to il.
Evening star., 1925-06-02
FRENCH FORCE ADEQUATE.
One Ship Counted Upon to Guard
Nationals i'm China.

PARIS, June CP.-French au-
thorities are satisfied their one cruiser
at Shanghai needs no reinforcement
1t was said at the foreign Office today
Officials said they would rely upon
the French authorities now in Shang-
hal to take measures to protect their
nationals during the disturbances in
that citV
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10
Pistols That Figured in Affairs of Honor
Observation-Disclosures

Apropos of the Nomad's dueing
stories, a correspondent, says the Bos-
ton Transcript, sends the following:
"Dear Nomad-This regarding the
duel between Hamilton and Burr may
be of interest to YOU:
"Some years ago, in passing through
Geneva, n. Y, | was guest of Mr..
Richard Church, an old family friend.
In talking on things of historic inter-
est, Mr.. Church paused and. STOPPING
down, reached under the sofa and re-
vealed to my expectant gaze mahog-
any box. On opening the box. he
showed me the original fiintlock pis-
tolls used in the Hamilton-Burr duel
Mr.. Church informed me that these
same flintlocks had been used also in
TWO other duels-the Wilkes-Burr duel
and the Church-Burr duel. Mr.. Rich
ard Church was a descendant of the
opponent (Church) of Burr in the
Church Burr duel Mr.. Church showed
ME that one of the flintlocks was
broken and informed me this break had
occurred while he was lad In shoot
ing while at play. Mr.. Church has
passed away and do not know the
present whereabouts of these historic
fintlocks. Perhaps they fell to his
daughter, who at the time of my visit
was the wife of Rev. DR.. Hart Of st.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10
CHAPTER TX

Winter had come again when the
Parmalees had settled into a quieter
life In New York. Brena had turned
the back of her interest upon dining
out and the amusement Of new ac-
quaintances.
There is a manner of savoir faire
to be acquired in it. Compton," she
admitted to her husband II have ac-
quired it little. no doubt-a kind of
veneer of ease which is like a glass
covered surface of troubled waters. 1t
makes the pool of personality appear
calm down to the bottom"
Yours Is" said he. Yours has
shown me the difference between the
old deep streams and the new tor
rents"
"You know how they say that con-
tact makes BREADTH" Brena went on.
''They mean that touching the elbow
of a statesman or an artist at dinner
provides the glib phrases of foreign
relations or allows one to mention cas-
ually the newest Spanish painter But
it is all surface. For instance there's
Mrs. Balmer- Roseboro in London Her
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and his own life. He spoke no word
Of this realization to Brena. After all,
the two were far apart, and the girl
only sensed, as one who hears a low
murmur of coming tempest, the men,
ace which hung over them.
There are times when you look at
me as If ! were the bearer of some
evil" she said.
sit is absurd" he told her, but his
face had shown the sudden twist of
fear.
"You have some knowledge that l
have not" she asserted accusingly.
None" he answered. For a long
time he looked at her and then said,
"Your father was interested in Aztec
architecture"
"Yes.' Her eyes had opened in
amaZeemnt.
"He went to Mexico more than
once" said Parmalee. "He considered
that the civilization of the Mayas was
far more extraordinary than even ex-
perts like Thompson and Nightingale
have represented it. He believed that
they had developed forces quite I'M
known to modern life."
How did you know this?" she asked
sharply.
Parmalee was quite nonchalant; he
said, you forget that my library is
full Of documents and books and mono
graphs which your father asked per
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10
CHAPTER VIII

The extraordinary transition In
Compton Parmalee began with his
marriage.
Apparently an inexplicable fear had
seized him within a few minutes: in
applicable fear little by little took pos
session of his life and made him
source of the contagion of unreason-
Ing dread.
There was six-month period after
the departure of the strange bride
from Dallas wherein, whatever emo
tions of apprehension he may have
felt, a struggle was made to conceal
them and to fulfill his bargain to give
Brena Selcoss the variety, content and
luxury that he had said should be hers.
He, who never had more than touched
her hand with his own cold. refined
fingers. sometimes burst forth with all
the Jealous energy he had put into his
speculations and with all the assurance
in his own mystic powers of foresight
which lad made him great gambler.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10
Wife Was His Memory

"Your story of the absent-m minded
minister" writes contributor to the
Youths Companion. reminds me of q
minister whom | knew in little Wis.
consin town many years ago. He had
a wretched memory, but for all that
he was nothing less than a saint
His Observation-Disclosures was chronic.
He seldom could remember his text,
and, being averse to notes, he depend
ed on his good wife to come to his
rescue He would lean over the pulpit
and say, What was my text for today,
my dearT
"She would tell him, and he would
them proceed to preach fine sermon
from it.
lone Sunday after the singing of
the second hymn he opened his Bible
and, leaning down, made the usual re-
quest: My text for today, my dearr
az don't know, I'm sure, composed.
ly replied his wife. You forgot to tell
mel"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10
The Danishinq Men

"Not at ALL" said he, hitting out
squarely with his pungent frankness.
That's all right. I've been stupid.
You are too big to be satisfied with
this low-neck nonsense. 1t is not
enough to be the wearer of a cleaning
skin in the magnificence of authorized
exposure. You want"
He stopped.
What do I wantw
Either love, man, children or else
labor. output, selfassertion, product,
a separate personality standing on its
two legs alone"
Brena said, 81 have an idea that no
woman quite knows whether she wants
both or can have both or can choose
or stick to either. Whatever happens
there issalways the haunting desire for
more of the other thing"
81 know" said he, looking at her
with brimming eyes, at is the tragedy
Of big women"
Not only because of his words, but
equally because of the elf-effacement,
the sympathy that he at moments
could cast down from some calm emil
hence which his spirit had learned to
climb, Brena always remembered this
moment as that which marked the best
in him, as that which justified the bar
gain she had made to salvage that bet
ter part.
The contest between that better part
and the other-the well-known Comp
ton Parmalee with his ruthless daring
instinct for hazards and his almost
frantic interest in selfpreservation-
was losing fight for Brena. She knew
as he knew. that her power lay in no
words, but only In the threads of I'M
derstanding, conduct and high aims
that she could weave with him into his
life. Moments had come when she had
even believed that If she had won she
might have loved him. The things
worth saving in him were so rare! She
would have thrown herself into new
labor-the reclamation of his youth.
1t was not to be. Perhaps he him
self knew this as he felt slipping from
him the power to resist the habits of
mind of years of fierce avarice and the
passionate love Of his own welfare
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10
Courtship Among
Lo,Der Creatures

Methods of love-making are just as
varied among animals, birds, and in
sects as the methods used by human
beings. According to well-known
scientist, the male spider, diminu-
tive creature compared with the fe-
male, attracts the attention of his
mate by vibrating one of the fibers
of her web, thus transmitting mes
sage of love along the wires"
The chirp Of the cricket, caused by
the male rubbing leg and wing to-
gether, appeals to his mates sense of
hearing, and was the first known ex-
ample of instrumental music being APP
piled to courtship. The frog also ex-
ploits the sense of hearing, the male
emitting that very resonant sound so
often apt to interfere with ones sleep.
The croak of the frog was the first
known instance of vocal music being
applied to courtship.-Grit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10
SYNOPSIS

Out of uniform, at the end of
the World war, with the rank
of major. Peter DeWolfe, young
American of wealth and family.
is urged by an English comrade
in arms, Eversby Benham. to visit
the Benham home and meet the
Englishman's mother and sister.
and, incidentally, Brena Selcoss,
young woman about whom there
is an air of mystery. Muriel Ben
ham, Eversby's sister, becomes
infatuated with Peter, but he Is
interested only in the mysterious
Brena Selcoss, of whom he mas
had only a glimpse. Muriel urges
him to forget her. warning him
that IL she (Brena) should ike
him he is in danger of vanish
ing-like the others" Peter meets
Brena in a tea room. After a rev
days companionship the feeling
between Peter and Brena ripens
into love- Brena confesSes that
she is married and that her hus-
band has vanished" Brena's
life story is out of the ordinary.
Her father had been forced to
leave Greece because of revolu-
tionary Affiliations, and his death,
following quickly upon that of
his wife, leaves Brena penniless,
at Dallas, Texas. She secures
work. and meets Jim Hennepin.
He falls In love with her. He
urges her to meet him in st.
Louis. Brena returns to Dallas
alone. Compton Parmalee, Hen
nepin's employer. middle-aged
and walthy, visits her, seeking
news of Jim, who has disap-
peared. Parmalee tells Brena
Hennepin's intentions toward her
were dishonorable, which she had
suspected. Some months later
Parmalee makes Brena an offer
of marriage, admitting that he
seeks only her companionship.
and promising her freedom.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10

Marks church, Rochester, N Y. Mrs.
Harris mother was one of the Schuy-
lers, and was christened Angelica
Schuyler Church. Perhaps some read
er can give data as to the present
owner of the flintlock. DAMON"
That the dueling pistols used in the
Burr-HamiltOn affair should also have
served in two other encounters in
which Burr was concerned is a pretty
good Indication that Burr kept him
self supplied with weapons. But in the
Church affair his pistols seem to have
gone to his antagonist. The veritable
weapon with which Burr killed Hamll-
ton must be valuable possession for
collector.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10
Pu5lic-Spirited Citizen

An anonymous donor has given the
sum of 100000 ($2OO,000) to the Brad
ford (England) Chamber of Commerce
the interest to be used to send Sc
lected young men to the continent
for periods of six months or more
to study languages, especially Rus
sian and Spanish, and to learn some
branch of the textile industry. The
purpose is to enable these young men
to assist Bradford to develop perma-
nent trade relations with foreign coun
tries.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-10
Music Cure for FloUers

F. c. Billings of Milwaukee, Wis,
says flowers will retain their orig
inal blooms many days longer If
treated" with good music. Certain
rhythmic waves set up in the atmos-
phere by strains of music have a
beneficial effect on flowers, he main.
tains, after some interesting expert
ments. The effect is similar to the
reaction from light waves. he says.