davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1925-03-17

the continental press by Wound trip
pers".
| will therefore, candidly state in be.
ginning that my view Of conditions in
our neighboring islands is that OF a week
ender'.
Just why Congress and the National
Administration preserved to this little
group the name given tot by Columbus in
1893 when he discovered it on his second
voyage would seem to be due TO a fine
difference to romance and to the glory of
the great navigator.
] had made several trips to the islands
under the reign of king Christian. and |
was present in St. Thomas VIXEN the
WhIee cross of Denmark was lowered and
the airs and stripes were raised.
In my possession are numerous snap
shots" taken in those days.
Applying a term of the moving picture
art there was no occasion for a CLOSE
up then for a near study Of the ply
siognomy Of The people or OF their scenic
setting.
Under Danish rule there was 10 move,
ment to justify a record upon a photo
graphic plate or screen for purpose Of
entertainment or instruction.
Flag day, aside from its patriotic
thrills 10 those present, Dane OF Yankee,
offered nothing definite in the way Of
p0rtraying or anticipating the drama or
the con edy to follow. AS | entered the
bay of St. Thomas on a recent morning,
holding some of the old snap shots in ms
ham, there lay before me the Identical
haroor line, and the alpine slope with its
water color effect given by the homes OF
the hill climbers who inhahlt Inc quaint
old town OF Charlotte Amalia, The Cap
itaI'' city.
Though the views Of today and those
Of yesterday, taken from the harbor,
were as much alike as two eggs, ! found
soon after landing til [ whilst the egg Of
yesterday was for The breakfast omeIette
the egg OF today was a laying egg and
that il has a lively chick within it
scratching for iiDerty, and release from
it's containing shell.
In my little travels away from home"
have always tried to interest myself N
other things than post card views, native
handiWork. and provincial cri &c SIN.
So | decided TO visit tie hiII climbers
in their cha.eUa percned above the town
and still rocedjug from the rattle OF the
tin llzjRs that announce the reign Of a
new era.
With the coming Of fifty Fords ro-
nance is dead.
With my stick and my rather r~ecalci-
trant legs | assembled to the strata OF an
official and official VirUinitV.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
MCARL AND WILBUR
CITED IN INJUNCTION
Controller General and Secretary
of Navy Summoned in
Naval Pay Suit.

Justice William Hitz of the Dis
trict Supreme Court today issued
rule on ]. Raymond McCarl, control
Ter general of the United States
and on Curtis D. Wilbur, Secre tary
of the Navy, to show cause Febr Iary
13 why they should not be enjoined
from withholding any portion of the
pay of Lieut.. William D. Thomas,
U. S. N, and of 81 other naval officers
Despite injunction issued
against the officials by Justice Hoehl-
ing at the suit of Lieut.. Comdr. Cox,
U. S. n, in which the court held that
there is no authority of law for
withholding pay of the naval officers
for a supposed claim of the United
States, the court is told by Lieut.
for himself and on behalf of 81 other
naval officers similarly situated, 20
per cent of his pay as fixed by Con-
gress is being withheld to meet a
ruling by the controller general.
Controller General McCarl has ap-
pealed the Cox case and so continues
to decline, it is stated, to permit the
payment of full salaries to those
officers against whom he contends
there exist claims in favor of the
United States for unauthorized pay
ments of certain allowances to these
officers. Attorneys John w. Price.
Leckie, Cox & Sherier appear for the
naval officers.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
Senate Is Asked
To Punish Papers
In Secrecy Breach

The proposal to discipline news
papers that print secret proceed
ings of the Senate has been
brought forward in definite form
by Senator Reed, Republican,
Pennsylvania, as a result of the
publicity given to a recent execu-
tive session for discussion of the
Stone Supreme Court nomination.
Senator Reed has submitted to
the rules committee a resolution
under which newspapers which
permit news about executive pro-
ceedings to appear in their columns
would be barred from representa-
ton in the Senate press gallery.
Senators, however, appear to re-
gard the likelihood of any such
step as remote. and many of them
greet with smiles any suggestion
that the immemorial practice of
publishing news about executive
sessions can be stopped. Senator
Reed, however. is convinced some
thing can be done about it and
VIII urge the committee to bring
his proposal to a vote
Evening star., 1925-01-29
STUDENT SHOOTS
WIDOW; ENDS LIFE
Woman Expected to Die.
Shot After Refusing to
Wed Youth.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated PresS.
CLARKSBURG, w Va, January %
-Neeson C. Woods, %. a freshman in
the law school of Yale University
shot and killed himself early today
after he had fired two shots into the
body Of Mrs. Georgia Warder. 23-year-
old widow of Bridgeport. w. Va. The
tragedy was believed to have been
caused by Mrs. Warder's refusal to
marry the young student.
A taxicab driver who had driven
Woods and Mrs. Warder from Clarks-
burg to the home of Wades Sanbridge.
her brother. in Bridgeport, where she
lived, heard Woods say as he stood
upon the steps of the home: Well,
II you don't marry me nobody else
can have -you.r
The couple went into the house and
soon the driver heard the shots
Neighbors rushed to the house and
Mrs. warder was taken to hos
pital where 1t was said she probably
would not live. One bullet entered
her head and the other near her heart.
Woods and Mrs. Warder, accom-
panied by the students mother, Mrs.
]. Hop Woods, had dined together in
Clark ksburg in the evening. They had
visited for time at a hotel where
Woods and his mother were stopping
and the young couple left Tor Bridge
port in taXicab.
Woods father, J. Hop Woods. was
n rominent attorney in West Virginia
and died a few years ago. The stu
dent, who was graduated from West
Virginia Wesleyan last June, entered
Yale last fall and came to Clarks-
burg for visit this week.
Mrs. Warder is a native of Bridge
port, Her former husband, Oran
Warder, was killed, accide ntally, a
few years ago. She has a son, Oran,
about years old. She and Woods
had been friendly for some time, but,
it was said, her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H Sanbridge, had opposed her
marriage to the student.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
Resume 'Caucus' Designation.
DEBUTANTE IS KIDNAPPED,
THEN LEFT ON ROADSIDE

By the Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, January
BINARY Ellen Mellon, 19-year-old
debutante, was kidnapped, gagged,
bound and left on the roadside by
two burglars, who entered the home
of her stepfather, R. d. Halliburton,
head of a large department store,
shortly after midnight.
Miss Mellon was hysterical when
found by a watchman for hospital
and was suffering from shock today.
She said the men entered the house
soon after the rest of the family had
retired and left her downstairs alone.
They dragged her to their car, she
said, and, after taking her several
blocks, deposited her unharmed at the
roadside near a hospital.
She said the men made no attempt
70 rob or otherwise harm her.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
nv the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
JUNEAU, Alaska, January 2s.-
Deer are starving to death in great
numbers on Baronoff, Admiralty
and other islands southwest of
here after the heaviest snowfall in
many years, according to official
reports received from Sitka and
other points today.
The crew of a gasoline, boat ar
irving from Gambler Bay Admi-
ralty Island, counted nearly zoo
carcasses on the beach between
Point Hugh and Point Arden,
where they were driven by the
cold to eat kelp.
e. NJ. GODDARD, game warden at
Sitka, has requested from officials
in Washington, D. c., authorize
tion to employ men to cut hem
lock and other brush for the deer.
BATUM. Georgia, January 2s.-
Vineyards and orchards valued at
Evening star., 1925-01-29
OLD SERUM IS USED
|NNOME EPIDEMIC
Anti Toxin of Five Years Ago
Aids in Stopping Diph-
iberia Sweep.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associate Press
NOME. Alaska. January 29.-Epi-
demic-stricken Nome. lighting against
the spread of hundreds OF cases of
diphtheria today with antitoxin units
five years old, was demonstrat ting to
the medical world that aged antitoxin.
thought worthless after six months
retains it's curative powers for years
Under the press of necessity medi-
cal men here were forced to expert
ment with the old supply of antitoxin
while dog teams were racing over 500
miles of snow-bound trails, fastening
to this town from Anchorage and
Nenana with 100000 fresh units DR.
Curtis Welsh In charge of the forces
hghting the epidemic pointed today to
the results obtained from the use OF
the old serum.
Most of the deaths have been among
Eskimos, whole families being affiict-
ed in many Instances The Barnett
family lost small boy and their
young daughter had contracted the
disease. although she has shown i'm
provement after Injection Of a supply
of old serum.
Goes TO Meet Dog Teams.
Leonard Seppalla, dog sweepstake S
winner, left yesterday with a ia st
Siberian team of 20 dogs to meet re-
lay teams from Nenana which are
carrying 100000 autitoxin units sent
from Anchorage by DR.. ]. r. Beeson.
Seppalla has to drive 500 miles.
going nearly 400 miles toward Nenana
and then returning on the same route.
Prof Rynning, superintendent of
public schools has been taken i'll with
diptheira. but his condition has i'm
proved. Mrs. William Cameron, an
other patient also is improving.
The board of health declared the
epidemic conditions were somewhat
better.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
FORBES.CASE GOES
TO JURORS TODAY
Veterans Bureau Trial Nears
Completion After Session
of Two Months.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Jnauary 29-The Veter-
ans Bureau conspiracy trial was near
its end today after more than two
months. Only the final argument of
Government counsel and the court s
instructions remained for the morn
ing session, with indications the case
would be given to the jurv soon after
the opening of the afternoon session.
Counsel anticipated a quick verdict.
Charles r. Forbes, former director
OF the United States Veterans Bu-
reau. and J. w. Thompson, wealthy
building contractor of Chicago and
st. Louis, went to trial before Fedora
Judge George A Carpenter on No
vember "a last, charged with con-
spiracy to defraud the Government
through veterans hospital contracts.
The proceedings grew out of SEN
satonai charges of corruption, coIlu-
sion and loose management in the
Veterans Bureau under Forbes in
1921 and 1922, related before the Sem
ate investigating committee in the
ran OF 1928 by Elias II. Mortimer
:" ashlngton agent and self-styIed
shipper of official red tape"
First OF Many Defendants.
Ihe defendants were the first per-
sons brought to trial in criminal pro-
ceeolnss as result of the far-fiunc
series OF Senate investfga tions which
crowded the history of 1923 and 1924
Inlrty-three overt acts were speci-
ned In the Indictment or which the
triai was based, among them CO. :
splracy to prevent free competitive
bidding, favoritism for certain con-
tractors In the announcement of con-
templated projects and the passing of
confidential information relating to
selection of sites.
In its opening statement evidence
and argument, the prosecution con-
tended that Thompson and his part
ner, j. w. Black of st. Louis, since
deceased, entered into a conspiracy
with Mortimer and Forbes early in
1922 to obtain preferential treatment
for the bids of the subsidiary and
associated companies of Thompson
and Black.
MOrtimer's Part in Case.
Mortimer, who posed, according to
the trial record, as a close friend of
President Harding and one who COM
manded entree in the highest circles
of official Washington, was taken into
the enterprise, he testified, because of
his pretended influence with Forbes
Forbes, it is charged, having pre-
viously been partner of C. B.
CONTINUED on Page s. Column 1
Evening star., 1925-01-29
70 ON SHIP FEARED
LOST OFF VIRGINIA
Schooner Rawlings Struggles
Five Days in Storm to Stop
Leak and Disappears.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NORFOLK, Va January 29.-Sig-
mailing for help in a stiff gale off
Winter Quarters. Va, the schooner
Herbert L. Rawlings has disappeared
and is believed to have gone down.
The Coast Guard cutter Gresham
which was sent to the aid of the yes
sci. reported that no trace of the
Rawlings could be found.
The crew, consisting of about 90
men, had been working desperately
for five days. bailing water from the
hold. where it has been rolling in as
a result of a buffeting heavy sea.
The schooner was first reported by
the American tank steamer Tulsagas
which sighted her about $50 miles
south Of the Virginia Capes. The
Rawlings was caught in a storm last
Saturday and veered off her course.
Carries Cargo of Salt.
Bound for New York from Turks
Island with a cargo of salt. the vessel
is said to have made tedious prog
ress until Saturday. when the leak
was followed by the raising of a
distress signal. The crew was be-
lieved to have been almost fatigued
by its struggle with the pumps
against a great inflow of water. and
their work was hampered by an
endless surge of the stormy pillows
Off Winter Quarters, the vessel was
20-odd miles from shore, and there
was little chance that her human car
go could have been rescued if her
fate was to go down in the sea, for
no other vessel was near enough to
lend assistance when the Gresham
started out for the scene.
The storm of the past few days has
been so heavy that the Shipping e
Board vessel Paria was unable to
take on a pilot and was given the
attention of the cutter Carraba ssatt.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
Alaska Deer Starue In SnOU Drifts:
Cold Ruins Vineyards of Caucasus

millions of dollars have been de-
stroyeo by the unexampled cold
which prevails throughout the
Caucasus. The famous Abraudurso
vineyards in the northern eau
casus, which have supplied Russia
with its finest champagne, are
completely ruined, and many vine
yards noted for white and red
wines have suffered a similar fate.
Great areas Of lemon and tango
rine trees in the Batum district
have succumbed.
There is three feet of snow in
the Tif1is and Baku districts and
all the oil wells are idle. Anxiety
is felt for the effect of the con-
tinued freezing weather upon next
years wheat crops.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
500, 900 of O,on Money Spent
By Hoouer to Pay u. S. Experts
Uses Private Fortune
to Make Up for
Small Salaries.
Instance ShOtUs Need
for Increases for
Scientific Men.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE,

herbert Hoover spent 100000 in
iszf-of his own money-to promote
elhciency in the Department of Com
merce- The funds were mainly de-
voted to the remuneration of en-
pioyes necessary, in Hoovers estima-
tioh' to maintain the right kind of
standards in his department. When
the Secretary of Commerce realized
that 1t was impossible to obtain ade-
quate appropriations from Congress
ne determined to delve into his pri-
vate fortune for the purpose
There is no official record of this
wholly unprecedented and unselfish
contribution to national service 1t
has not been revealed by Mr.. Hoover
himself. Ii comes to this writer from
an unquestionable quarter in connec-
tion with discussion, now rampant in
every department of the Government,
of President Coolidge's insistence
upon dismissal of superhuous Federal
employees. The Hoover plan of self
help, where the budget cannot help,
Evening star., 1925-01-29
Nonstop Flight,
Paris to Ne,U York,
Planned in France
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS. January 29.-The under
secretary of state for aeronautics
is credited by the evening news
papers with organizing a nonstop
airplane flight from Paris to New
York.
1t is said that the trip will be
made in 500 horsepower SINGLE
motor monoplane and that it is ex-
pected the voyage will require 80
hours
Evening star., 1925-01-29
PLANE MAY BE USED.
Navy Department Approval Sought
by Sutherland.

Possibility that an attempt might
be made to send anti-toxin to Nome
by afrplane was revived today, when
Delegate Sutherland of Alaska oh
tanned from the Department of Jus-
tice permission for Roy s. Darling. a
department investigator and a for
mer Navy flyer, to make the trip
from Fairbanks. Before arrange
ments for such trip can be COM
pleted, however, he said, the NAVY
Department must pass on the pro-
posal.
Meanwhile. Mr.. Sutherland said. ar
rangements for taking the anti-toxin
by dog team were being carried out.
Conditions at Nome, he said, showed
some improvement. The temperature
today was about IA degrees below
zero, and atmospheric conditions were
favorable to flying. landing. he
said. could be made on the sea sur
face off Nome.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
C0NFESSES KILLING GIRL,
Army Private Says He Was JeaI-
Gus Of Comrade.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., January %
Private George Carmark Cordy, %,
stationed at Fort Adams, Newport.
today confessed, according to the
police, that he killed Mary Gleason,
whose body was recently found in a
deep moat at the reservation of Fort
Adams.
Cordy said he formerly kept COM
pany with Miss Gleason and resented
her engagement to Private George p.
Henderson, comrada.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
House Committee, Submitting
Measure, Attempts to Continue
Lump-Sum System.
DECLARES CAPITALS FINANCIAL
CONDITION ONE OF BEST In u. S.
Says Return to 6O4O Basis Is Oues-
ton for Congress to Decide in
Granting Appropriation.

The District appropriation bill for the year beginning
July next reported the House today CARRYING appro-
pratlons toanS S5lOo95, which increase of ST 8
over the appropriations and
the budget recommendations.
The House appropriations committee reporting bill
attempts continue the lump-sum contribution (SoOOOOOO)
which Is law for the year only to the
sharing by the Federal Government the Capitals
says, however, that
Whether should continue the lump sum policy nau
Surated IN the appropriation
or some other proportonae percentage plan Con-
deermine 1t the division of expense ar
length.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
20 SLAIN, 20 WOUNDED
IN STRIFE IN SHANGHAI
Battle Follows Effort of Victors
to Disarm Defeated Army of
Chi Hsieh-yuan.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, January 29.-Twenty
oersons were killed and 20 injured
today in thickly settled section of
the Chinese district when small
contingent of victorious troops, rep
resenting Gen. Lu Yung-hsiang and
the Central Chinese government, were
resisted when they attempted to dis
arm about 1000 defeated Kiangsu
troops of Chi Hsieh-yuan. deposed
leader.
The spirited exchange of shots was
ended by the appearance of reinforce
ments, which compelled the Kiangsu
troops to submit to disarmament. The
panic that resulted when the sooting
started resulted in the death or in
Jury Of a number of non -combatants.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
FLYER OFFERS TO AID.
Dog Teams, However, Are Regard
ed as Safer.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, January %
Although an aviator and volunteer
mechanicians were available to f1y
400 miles to Nome in one of three
airplanes stationed here, arrange
ments were made today to rush by
tast dog teams, running in relays, a
supply of 100000 units of diptheria
antitoxtn on receipt from Seattle via
Seward, Alaska, to the quarantined
town of Nome.
Roy S. Darling, special investigator
for the Department of Justice and a
former Navy flyer, volunteered his
services. but Delegate Dan Suther-
land sent word from Washington tina
the dangerous trip must be made by
dog teams instead of by airplane
The antitoxin units are to leave
Seattle Saturday on the steamship
Alameda. q
DIANE NAV DE- rrcrr.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
INSURGENTS OUT
OF c. O. P. CAUCUS
Republican Leaders Exclude
La Toilette Followers From
Party List.

Republican House leaders moved to-
day to bar La Toilette insurgents
from the party caucus. which will ba
held February 81. to select candidates
for Speaker and floor leader
Invitations to the conference wera
sent out today by Representative
Wood of Indiana, chairman OF the
Republican congressional campaign
committee, who was authorized by the
Republican committee on committe as
to invite all Republican members elect
of the House to participate.
No invitation was sent to Represent
ative Nelson of Wisconsin. leader oe
the La Toilette insurgent bloc. and
manager of the La Toilette presi-
dental campaign. or to any other of
the nine Wisconsin Representatives.
who, although reelected as Repub-
licans, supported Senator La Toilette
for President.
The call also excluded Representa-
tives Keller of Minnesota, Sinclair of
North Dakota and LaGuardia of New
York, all of whom have been active
in the insurgent group.
Half a dozen or more Representa-
tives who have been allied at times
with the La Toilette forces, were in
Nlteu 10 the CAUCUS OTSdHlZdtlOn ledu-
ers holding that during the recent
campaign they did not show open hos
tility to the Republican national
ticket.
The move today is in line with ac-
ton already taken by Senate Repub-
licans, who have barred from party
councils Senator La Toilette and
other Senator's, who supported him
for the presidency.
Resume Caucus" Designation.
Representative Wood designated
the meeting as a Caucus" indicating
that Republicans of the House will
resume the practice of binding their
membership to decisions reached at
such conferences. For several years
meetings of House Republicans have
been called conferences" and deci-
sions have not been binding.
Coincident with the issuance of the
caucus Invitations, Representative
Frear of Wisconsin, one of those not
invited, defended his activity as a
supporter of La Toilette in a speech in
the House.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
TR0TSKY QUITS MOSCOW
IN SEARCH OF HEALTH
By the Associated Press.


MOSCOW, January 29-Leon Trot-
sky, the former Soviet war minister.
who recently was relieved of his
duties as chairman of the revolution
ary war council by the executive
committee of the Communist party,
has left Moscow for southern Rus
sia, according to an announcement
made by the Rosta Agency, the
official Soviet news bureau.
Trotsky, who has been in falling
health for some time, will endeavor
to effect a cure for his ailment under
the balniy climate of the south.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
Woman to Cast Wyoming Vote.

DENVER, Colo, January 2s.-Mrs
f. C. Giddihgs of Fort Collins, the
first white child born in Larimer
County, will cast Colorado's six elsc-
toral votes for President Coolidge
Mrs. Giddings is in Washington
awaiting the meeting of the electoral
college.
Evening star., 1925-01-29
HEALTHY FINANCIAL CONDITION

There probably is municipality country in a
healthier financial condition than the Capital" the
port emphasizes.
Evening star., 1925-01-29

GU. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Snow this afternoon and tonight,
moderately heavy; not quite so cold:
minimum temperature about Is de-
grees; tomorrow fair. Highest, 80, at
noon today; lowest, IL. at 2 am. today.
Full report on page TO-
Evening star., 1925-01-29
MOrtfmer's Part i'm Case

CONTINUED on Page 5, Column II
Evening star., 1925-01-29

The report caused much comment,
as the Attorney General is the chief
law officer of the Government and
also has been appointed by the Presi-
dent to be an Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court which may be
called upon to pass on the constitu-
tionality of rent legislation that may
be enacted by Congress.
Senator Ball said today that he
would call a meeting of the joint
congressional committee to consider
CContinued on Page 2, Column a.