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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
OFFICIALS UP IN AIR
ON EXHIBITION STUNT
Gen. Patrick and War and P. o.
Assistant Chiefs Ride in
Huge Fokker Plane.

Government officials, including Cen
Mason NJ. Patrick, chief of the Army
Air Service; Assistant Secretary Of
War MacNider and W. Irving Glover,
Second Assistant Postmaster General,
in charge of the Governments Air
Mail Service, yesterday were taken on
exhibition flights in the huge Jonas
senger Fokker monoplane, Fl. which
was flown here from New York Sun
day by A. II. G. Fokker, designer of
the Fokker planes used by Germany
during the World War The plane
left for Florida early today.
Gen. Patrick evinced great interest
in the monoplane, which he himself
has piloted. He declined to give any
intimation that the Government was
interested In purchasing Fokkers for
any Of its services, but readily praised
the flying qualities Of the ship.
Other officials who were taken in
trips over the Capital included Maj.
W. G. Kilner. of the Army Air Service;
Brig. Gen. J. F.. Fechet, Capt. Stan
ford E. Moses, u. S. N, former COM
msnder of the air squadron Of the
ba tile fleet; Mrs. Patrick, Maj Henry
Holcombe. assistant engineer commits
sioner Of the District, and 4 number of
officials of the Commerce Department.
o. 1ne plane was pllOted by Lieut..
George X. Pond, L. s. N. who now Is
on leave.
The FIT has a wing spread Of 621a
feet has four commodious wicker
seats in the fusilage for passengers,
and a dual control for the pilot in the
cockpit. 1t has a cruising speed of
100 miles an hour and a top speed
of 100 miles an hour. 1t carries a load
of 200 gallons of gasoline.
The ship Is propelled by three 200
horsepower Wright IA Whirlwind
motors, one in the cockpit and the
others slung on the underside of the
wing, with one at each side of the
fusilage. Any one of the motors will
fly the ship. The plane has been flown
II 600 feet about the country on ex-
hibition trips.
Mechanics accompanying Mr.. FOX
ker are John McPhale and P. V.
Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
10PERSONS HURT
IN B. & 0. WRECK
Broken Rail Sends Pullman
and Coach PIunging Down.
Embankment.
Ey tho Associated Press.

FAIRMONT. w. Va, December Is.
Ten persons We're injured in the de
railment of Baltimore and Ohio train
No. 81, ClarkSburg to Pittsburgh. at
Niropa. near here, late last. night.
Several We're reported in serious
condition at the West Virginia State
Hospital here today.
Those injured We're occupants Of a
Pullman and a day coach. which left
the rails and, after plunging down a
steep embankment, landed on the
banks of the West Fork River,
Advices received at division head
quarters Of the railroad at Grafton
rail.
A relief train carrying physicians
from nearby points was rushed to the
scene and the injured. after receiving
first aid treatment, were brought to
Fairmont. The balance of the train
later continued to Pittsburgh with the
uniniured passengers.
The seriously injured are:
Clyde Huffman, y, Mahoningtown,
Pa, cuts about head.
Edward Schwartz, Weston, w. Va,
internal injuries.
Mrs. G. b. Perkins, West Newton,
Pa. badly bruised and injured hip
C. B. Perkins, West Newton, Pa,
injured back.
Mrs. Lilly May Schwartz, Weston,
w. Va, ribs fractured.
Among the less seriously injured
were Frank Fagen, Pittsburgh, con-
ductor of the train, and G. M. Bling,
PlatnWew, Nebr., a passenger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
DAVIS WOULD END
CHILD BEGGARY
Says Enforced Slavery, of
Many Rowing Minors Re-
quires Federal Action.

Protection of citizens against Tov-
ing bands of children under the wing
of persons who keep them in slavery
and live from the proceeds of their
begging is a subject of national CON
Germ which may require Federal ac-
ton Secretary Davis said today
From time to time he said, the
ChildrenS Bureau is asked To assist
in tracing persons who travel. from
state To State with bands of children
collecting money for their support
lie cites one notable ease of child
who had been sold to gypsy band
for s. TOO.
Mainly to protect themselves
against the importation of certain
classes of children likely to be public
burdens or undesirable citizens, y
States have enacted laws regulatinc
the importation of children for place
ment in family homes" Mr.. Davis
said.
These laws usually require that
bond of a specified amount or other
guaranty satisfactory to the enforcing
agency he given. In addition, the
written consent or formal license from
the enforcing agency Is required In Il
States. The laws of few of these
States have, however. more altruistic
provisions designed to safeguard the
welfare of these children, some of them
requiring that the homes into. which
they are to he placed be investigated
and certified suitable by the enforc.
ing agency; that the children remain
under supervision for specified ne
Rod of time. and that the persons with
whom they are placed he made respon
sihle for their proper care, education
and training.
-Four States have made legal pro
vision regulating the sending of chill
dren out of the State for placement.
twenty States are still without legIsla
ton OF this character, which affords at
best only partial protection and does
not touch the rowing bands of children
who are taken from State to State for
purposes other than placement in fam.
lily homes. 1t is believed that the sub
Ject Is one of national concern which
may require Federal action"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
TOMEET
COAL CITIES HEADS
Harrisburg Conference To-
morrow Third Move to
Settle Strike.
By tho Associated Press.

BY tho Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December Is
His two previous efforts having failed,
Gov. Pinchot has made another move
for settlement of the hard-coal strike.
In addition to listing the anthracite
controversy for consideration by the
Legislature. which he has called in
extra session on January 13. the gov
ernor is to discuss the situation in
Of more than 20 cities and villages in
the anthracite region.
The governor did not reveal what
he had in mind. 1t was understood,
however, that one purpose of the meet
ing was the governors desire to as
certain sentiment of the mining COM
munities toward his action in submit
ting the controversy to the Legisla-
ture.
Maj. w. w. Inglis, chairman of the
anthracite operators wage negotiat-
ing committee, said the governor S
latest move had been expected by the
operators. and that they were mot at
all 'stampeded." John l.. Lewis. presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers,
withheld comment. The miners leader
said that so far as he knew the strike
situation remained unchanged.
With the suspension entering upon
it's fifteenth week today, there were
reports of scattered cases of destitu-
ton among the idle miners and of
shrinkage. of deposits of banks in the
anthracite region. At Edwardsville,
near Wilkes Barre, soup kitchens have
been opened by prominent women,
and In some other communities, a few
cases of restitution have been re-
ported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
HOOVER DESCRIBES
TRADE RETALIATION
Informs Capper of Steps That
Might Be Adopted Against
Foreign Combines.

Methods that the United States
might adopt in economic retaliation
toward foreign monopolies of raw ma
terials were described today in a let
ter to Senator Capper. Republican, of
Kansas. by Secretary Hoover. submit
ting with the description an estimate
that rubber producers alone We're TAX
ing from American consumers this
year $3.50. 900. 900 more than q fair
price. Mr.. Hoover said the Nation
faced similar eXactions in the case of
coffee and several other commodities,
and had now to consider how ito de-
fend ourselves against trade war be-
ing made upon us"
He suggested that American ban
ers should be discouraged from Civ
ing American credits to the support Of
these combinations" that consumers
should be organized by a strong sys-
tematic campaign to restrict their use
OF the products monopoliZed; that use
of substitutes should be stimula ed
that production in new quarters of
the globe should be encouraged, and
that legislation to allow American buy
erS to combine for the emergency
against the foreign monopolies should
be provided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
SANTA GENEROUS
TO WALL STREET
100000. 900 in Cash Dis
bursements to Be Dis
tributed This Year.


NEW YORK, December 15.--Santa
Claus already has started the round of
Wall Street. which IS beginning the
celebration of the most prosperous
Christmas in Its history.
Dividends to stockholders OF large
companies. which represent extra, In
crea sed or resumed cash dsburse-
ments, payable around the holiday sea
son. already exceed S75, 900 900 Indi-
cations are that the total OF such dis
burSemeGts Will be we'll above $780,
600, 600.
To Reach High Figure.
1t is generally conceded that Christ
mas bonuses TO employees will exceed
those OF last year, which were esti-
mated at 100000 to $4,000, 900
Employees Of stock exchange and curb
market firms and investment banking
houses will reap awards because OF
the record breaking volume Of stock
transactions and new financing, which
have involved many hours of extra
toll. .
The General Motors Corporation so
far has distributed the largest Christ
mas dividend. SIS a share extra on
5.51 $500 shares, making a total extra
disbursement Of S25,SOS.000. At least
seven other corporations have cut
Christmas melons of a million or more.
Wall Streets prosperity has been
reflected in the steadily rising costs
of memberships on the two principal
securities markets. A seat on the
New York Stock Exchange recently
commanded the record breaking price
of $4,000. Curb memberships have
advanced from $500 to $4,000.
Salary Bonuses Heavy.
Christmas bonuses range all the
way from to 80 per cent Of the
years salaries. Every one Is In
cluded. from scrub women and mes
senger boys to managers and general
partners. In addition to cash bonuses,
several corporations distribute stock,
or rights to purchase stock on a par
tial payment plan below market
value. A few firms present turkeys
to married employees and 50 or SO
gold pieces to unmarried persons, as
well as cigars, cigarettes and candy
Among the bonuses announced so
far are two of % per cent of a years
salary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
ADMIT ACTIVITIES
TO GET DIPLOMAS
Prosecution Witnesses Tell
of Work for Oriental UNI
versity on Stand.

Sam KapIan of st. Louis, Mo-, who
represented the Oriental University
from February to September, 1921,
and who was Jointly indicted with
Bishop Helmuth p. Holler, president
of the university, and DR.. Ralph A.
Noight of Kansas City, Mo, on "a
charge of using the mails to defraud
in connection with an alleged diploma
mill" took the stand for the proSecu-
ton today. He has pleaded guilty to
the indictment.
ksplan told the jury that he got a
degree of doctor of medicine from the
university for himself and received II
applications for degrees. of which 10
We're for pharmacy and one for doctor
of philosophy. One Of the applica nts
was q Russian, he stated. who had
been in the country only three months.
The witness sent all the applications
TO Holler In a bunch, it was said.
Doctor on Stand.
DR.. Robert Adcox, also of st. Louis.
who also admitted his connection with
the alleged unlawful use of the mails
by pleading guilty, testified for the
Government. He told of his CORE
spondence with Bishop" Holler and
declared he had secured only five ap-
plications for degrees. Each Of these
applicants was qualified. the witness
said, having regular medical degrees,
but wanted degrees in pharmacy.
William p. Saks, former minister
hut now in the newspaper business in
ST. Louis. also testified. He told of
conversations with Voigt in st. Louis
I'm 1921 and said the defendant told
him he could get any degree from
doctor of divinity to bachelor of arts.
Noigt, according to the witness, said
the diplomas were pretentious, bear
ing the signature of the Secretary Of
State
Tells Of Bride.
Herman w. Reuter-. former head of
the examining board of pharmacy of
Missouri, testified to attempts to get
him To pass II applicants to conduct
drug stores for the purpose Of dis
pensing whisky. The witness said he
was offered $4,000 as a bride To put
the men over.
Assistant United States Attorneys
Rover and Mccall are conducting the
prosecution and expect to complete
the Government case today. Attor-
news Harry A. Hegarty and Joseph d..
Kelly appear for the defendants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
WIEGAND LEFT NO WILL.
$685. 96 Estate Will Be Divided
Among Widow and Children.

Martin Wiegand, lumber dealer and
director Of the Chamber of Commerce
who died December 2, left no wifi.
This fact was made known today to
the Probate Court, when his widow,
Mrs. Elizabeth Wfegand, through Az
torney A. Leftwich Sinclair, filed n
petition for letters of administration
on his estate.
The widow gives the value of her
husbands estate as s636.7e 6.7s and
states that his debts, exclusive of his
last Illness, will not exceed $1,000 He
owned real estate in Washington Of
the assessed value of S134,434 and real
ty in North Chevy Chase, Md, assess.
ed at S2s,s0o His personal estate. in
Guiding stocks. bonds and other Sc
curfties, is estimated at s473,5s2.7s.
Since there is no will. the estate
will be distributed among the widow
and the three children, Henry NJ, Vie
gand, Anna r. Wiegand and Martin T.
.Wiegand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
Staying SUSPECT
BELIEVED TRAPPED
Youth Sought in Deaths of
Woman and Girl in
Arkansas Hills.

b" tho Associated Press.
YELLNILLE. Ark, December IS
Officers last night believed they had
Arnold Conner, Is. slayer OF Charles
Moore, a fur buyer; Mrs. Sarah Boyd,
so. and her granddaughter, whose
bodies were found yesterday. trapped
in the vicinity of the famous Bonanza
mine. The officers We're closing In
The youthful backwoodSman disap-
peared from his home near Buffalo.
Wednesday, armed with a .3S-caliber
pistol and is believed to have supplied
himself with other arms since.
Suspect MOuntaineer.
Moore and Mrs. Boyd were both
shot with a .3S-caliber and officers
have stated that they believe the
youthful mountaineer guilty of the
slayings and other depredatfons in the
vicinity of Buffalo since he disap-
peared.
Robbery was believed the motive in
the slayings, as the home in which
Mrs. Boyd and her granddaughter
were slain has been ransacked and the
contents of bureau drawers and trunks
strewn about the house.
A series Of robberies had thrown the
community of Buffalo, an milan ham
let. situated among the mountains on
White River, into a state of excite
ment and the slayings yesterday
caused citizens to rise up in arms.
Two posses headed by sheriffs of
Baster and Marion counties began a
search for the slayer.
Escape Net.
Early in the day young Conner was
believed surrounded on Smiths Isla nd
located in the mouth of picturesque
Buffalo Creek, but later it was be-
lieved he had escaped to the dense
bush country far back in the noun
tains.
Four older brothers of young
Conner were placed under guard yes
terday at their home, not far from
where Mrs. Boyd and her granddaugh-
ter We're found shot, with their heads
crushed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
Glad Nephew Works Way
Through Yale, But Regrets Publicity

Mrs. Rockefeller was the first in his
business career during which he did
not keep in touch with his Office. He
went abroad for a rest, he said, and
left orders that under no circum-
stances was he to be consulted on
business matters.
Father was here" he explained,
''and he is worth dozen of me-
MIR. Rockefeller did not amplify
this remark, which seemed to indi-
cate that the elder Rockefeller still
keeps in close touch with the bust
ness, although he retired many years
ago, Business associates later aC-
knowledged that in the sons absence
they often consult with Mr.. Rookie
Teller, ST., on important business mat
tiers o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
DENY COLONY RELEASE.
Portuguese Legation officials Re.
flute Rumors Here.

Reports that Portugal is preparing
to give up some of her colonial pos
sessions led the Portuguese legation
yesterday to issue this statement:
I'm view OF rumors that from inter
ested motives have been given cur
rency the legation of Portugal has
been directed by the Portuguese gov
eminent to state most emphatically
that Portugal will neither sell, lease
nor in whatever manner ALLEVIATE any
part of the colonial possessions
Those at all eonversant with the
state of feeling in the country cannot
fail to be aware of the fact that public
opinion would Immediately force from
power any government that favored
such a step"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
VALUE COON AND 'POSSUM.

The elusive coon" and the sly and
toothsome possum should both re-
ceive greater protection, according to
the Department of Agriculture. which
declares them to be important: sources
Of fur food and sport
The opossum, and the. reccoon rank
third and fourth, respectively, as the
most important fur-bearing. animals
Of the country, being only exceeded
by the muskrat and skunk, the re-
port states. Protection during the
breeding season Is urged for both anil
mails. 49,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
ENDORSES Amendment.
Women's Bar Association Backs
Changes in d. c. Code.

Endorsement of three proposed
amendments to the District Code, de-
signed to remove disabilities for
women under present law. was given
by the Women's Bar Association of
the District at meeting last night at
the headquarters of the League of
American Pen Women.
The amendments would alter the
law affecting the contractual capacity
Of married women. end discrimination
against the female line in laws of
descent and distribution and make
women available for jury duty.
The association heard an address
from Corcoran Thorn on the effect of
the present code provisions on women
In business pursuits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
PLAYS in London
Follow Dictates
OF the Audiences
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, December 15.-Plots
TO order have become popular in
London theaters, where the trend
of the play is decided by members
of the audience.
1t is the villain who demands
decision from those sitting in the
plush seats across the footlights.
The villain. in one play, just as
his fingers are about To close
around the neck of the heroine,
turns to the audience and shouts:
Shall II" As the ma iority in the
audience replies, so the plot pro-
ceeds to the next critical period.
In another sketch there are sew
eral haltS in scenes between the
villain and other principals, and
again the audience is asked
whether this or that is desired as
the method of procedure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
EXPLAINS DISMISSAL.
Prussian Minister Says He Sum-
marily Discharged Won Schillings.

BERLIN. December Is R.-Dr.
Rocker. Prussian minister of educa-
ton. emphatically declared in the Diet
that he had summarily discharged
Max Won Schillings as director general
of the Prussian State Opera and that
he would not he reinstated to his ho,
rner post. Won Schillings was dis
charged late in November, after 4
long dra wn-out controversy with the
Prussian state authorities. who were
accused by Won Schillings of attempt
ing to interfere with his administra-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
WILL DISCUSS GAMBLING.
DR.. Louis j. Schwefel Announces
Synagogue Subject.

A lecture on Gambling and Reli-
gion" will be delivered by DIR. Louis
J. Schwefel at the final celebration
of the feast of lights, Friday night, at
the Sixth Street Synagogue. The spe
cial service will include music rem
dered by Cantor Louis Novick and his
choir of IA adults.
In announcing this subject Rabbi
Schwefel said "misinterpreted ira
dition has associated some innocent
forms of gambling with the festival
of Chanukah, now being celebrated,
and the subject therefore will be APP
propriate for consideration at this
time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
Business Men to Elect.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON. Va. December 15.-
The annual meeting of the Arlington
County Business Mems Association
will be held tomorrow night at
o'clock in Clarendon Citizens Hall.
Besides the election of officers for
the wear the meeting will have sew
eral important matters up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
Dog Stays Home
AS Hunter Takes
Gun for Suicide
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CUMBERLAND. Md, Deem.
Der 15.-George F.. Conn, SO, COM
mitted suicide near his home at
Snydertown, near Connellsville. by
firing bullet in his brain.
He told the family he was going
out to kill Il mink. His dog re-
fused to follow him. His body was
found sitting almost upright on a
pile of stones. He served in the
Philippines and was member Of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
His wife and two Sons survive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15

NEW YORK, December 15.-John
D. Rockefeller, jr., returning yester-
day on the Mauritania from a vaca-
ton of 10 weeks in Europe. praised
his nephew. John Rockefeller Prem
tiCe for working his way through
Yale as night telephone operator in
2 New Haven, hospital, but expressed
regret that the fact became known.
He is Young he said. and it is
not good thing for a young man to
be so much in the limelight."
we have all known that he was
working. He is a bright boy and he
has 1t in him. He's the kind of chap
who does not like to see himself fail. ."
Mr.. Rockefeller's vacation with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
Sues for $4,000 Damages.

The Washington and Rockville Rail-
way Co. has been sued in the District
Supreme Court for s25 900 DANA ges
by John Sherry, who says he was
struck by car of the company on
the Rockville pike September IS,
1924, and sustained serious injury He
is represented by Attorneys Halper.
Sadler & Schweinhaut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15

Golf is all very well, but any young
man who devotes himself to such In
dividual games is not playing his full
part" declared Sir John Gilmour, sec.
rotary of Scotland, at Glasgow re-
Gently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
Congress Pay Day Advanced.

Employees of Congress are to be paid
their December salaries Saturday un.
der a resolution approved by the
House and Senate yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15
Crowded Yeast Cake.

In a Scent cake Of yeast, 1t has been
estimated, there are % times as many
yeast cells az there are people in the
entire world,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-15

The Russian Soviet Co. Is operating
= 2ao-mile automobile passenger and
freight auto service in Persia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-16
HYLAN LOSES IN
new YORK VOTE
Walker Wins Mayoralty
With Al Smiths Backing

NEW YORK. Sept i6.-ny U. Pl
Gov Alfres H Smith today
emerged victorious from the bittarest
battle OF his political career having
reduced 20 shreda the influence or
William Randolph Hearst. publisher
la this state,
Tho end 81 Hearsts domination
over New York ei,y's politics came
whom Mayor John r. Hylan, whom
he had supported thru his news.
papers for eight years. suffered "A
crushing defeat At tho hands Of state
Senator Jimmy Walker Tammany
candidate and friend and protsEo OF
smith.
Walker won the democratic mayor.
nll,y nomination By an indicated ma.
jonty Of $4,000
In the November election Walker
viii bo opposed by Frank u Water
man. fountain pen manufacturer
who overwhelmingly won the repub,
llcan nomination from former seerc.
tary OF state John Lyons and WI.
liam NJ. Bennett.
Returns from ..SsS OF the eity's
$3.50 election districts gave Walker
ss9.2is and Hyland ii7.liT
Republican returns from 2,i55 dis
trlcw gave Waterman Si,sit, Lyons
ls0i6, Benuett 9l6i.