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Evening star., 1925-02-12
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to
the Health pepartmsnt in the last 2 hours:
Winona d. Evans, 5s, walter Reed Hospital
Matilda OLeary, 55. Georgetown University
Hospital.
William = Hillebrand. Il. George Washing
Mary II: Tichener. SO. 1871 NJ st.
Julian Gore. s5. tuberculosis Hospital.
Henry H. Gilfry, 81, 131 st. ne.
Daniel Coughlin. Al, Providence Hospital.
Jane. % Davis; 8, Childaen's Hospital.
Robert n. Mariner. u days, George Wash
James Brown. 43. Emergency Hospital.
walter scoviile: Il: G.llinrer Hospital.
Eva webb, SIS, Freedmen's Hospital.
Charles Tolson, 33. Freedmens Hospital.
Milton 0. Rice. IL months, Freedmen's Hos
Clarence Ford, months 43o franklin ST.
John P McCunisky, A, st. Elzabeth's Hos
Emma A. Tenney. 50, sibley Hospital.
Emeralda Richie, ss, 128 r ST.
Henry Dymek, 20, Walter Reed Hospital
raenry +. Carter, 40. National Homeopathic
Bessie Hsnsen. a. the Woodwork Apis
ssrsh ar.n itsa 1884, vssnum kan.a. at
J1la Williams, 50. Emergency Hospital.
William G. Gallew. 81, Providence Hospital.
Alice II. Allen, 4s. a7os Woodley road.
Emile Louden, 80, Gallinger Hospital.
rDSs.s rI'5s.s " Wsts,s Water. u la iI4S 70
Mary Waters. 16. 174O h St
James d. shazer. 40, George Washington
University Hospital
Infant Of William ]. and Catherine Long,
month. 1434 17th st.
Infant, of Malcolm f. and Catherin. E.
sparrough, days, George Washington Uni
versity Hospital.
Clarence Henson, 50. Gallinger Hospital.
Mary Parker 30. 1929 kslorama road
James A. Grinnage. "a 1884 32nd St
Sarah, Dade. 81 eO6 3rd st.
Agnes Bundy, 56. Pill 11th ST.
Mary E. Wilson, -, Tuberculosis Hospital
Agnes woodward, %, Sibley Hospital
ChFlotte fleck, g., National Lutheran
Home.
Virginia Fisher. 80. Waiter Reed Hospital
Betty 4. Curtin, 5s 1923 St Sc
Thom.s +: Sk!ados. 81, Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital.
Julia M Vogt SO. Home for rncurables.
Sarah STEIN As. Emergency Hospital
EIbert x. Miller, 40, Providence Hospital.
John ". Hawley. rs. 1914 st.
Marcus W. krstz, SO, United States Naval
Hospital. -
Elizabeth A. Smith. 60 12s varnum St
Gertrude L. j. Green. 70. Porter ST east of
Connecticut ave. tDr. Greeu's)
Mary c. Arthur, "a, 1043 Quebec pl
Ruth A. Furiong, D, CAT Maryland ave NE
Julia Nj. Layton, So 523 Florida ave
Margaret A. Beckett, 20, OIL Rhode Island
samuel Johnson, 80. 1904 4th St
Julia Thomas 20, 1855 Swami st.
Samuel Neal, 3s, Walter Reed Hospital
I Mary Brown, 81, Sls 25th St
Mary johnson. 54, 1926 32d ST. --
Richard Turner, 70, 55th nd brooks st. ne.
George Diggs, 81, GallinRer Hospital
Elnora Alien, 49, Freedmen's Hospital
Albert L. Atwell. 81 1903 11th st
CLARENCE D Harris: | month. 9l4 9th st.
Evening star., 1925-02-12
COUPLE UNDER ARREST.
Virginia Physician and Woman
Held for Investigation.
Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ROANOKE, Va, February 12.-Dr.
J. L. Sproles of near Galax, Grayson
County, and Mrs. Dolly l.. Reynolds
of Galax were arrested at a hotel
here for investigation.
Testifying before Judge Beverly
Berkeley in police court. the woman
said DR.. Sproles has been attending
her and arrangements had been made
for him to accompany her here for an
X-ray examination. DR.. Sproles regis
tered as John Peterson of Bristol and
Registered Mrs. Reynolds as his sister,
according to the testimony of hotel
clerks.
Evening star., 1925-02-12
Discuss Cooperative Buying.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SILESIA, Md, February 12.-There
was large attendance at the month
ly meeting of the Broad Creek Citi-
zens' Association, held at the Silesia
School here Saturday. Cooperative
buying was discussed at length. In
this connection the berry box COM
mittee formulated plans for it's ac-
tivities this season. The treasurers
report was submitted, showing
substantial balance in bank.
Evening star., 1925-02-12

BOlivias, BrytoniaS, and fine
Vel0urS In various shades.
Some with Fur Collars and
Cuffs.
Evening star., 1925-02-12

There are beautiful
Dresses in this lot that
should sell for so far
above these Miracle
sale prices that to quote
4 value would seem RI
diculous. BRAND NEW
SPRING DRESSES
that you'd never dream
would sell for 30 little.
Truly, you will be
astonished. Lucky the
woman who selects sew
eral-and sorry the
woman who KNOWS
afterwards what she
has missed if she fails
to attend. Come early.
Evening star., 1925-02-12

High Iustered BoIvias;
some with Fur Collars. Cuffs
and Borders. A rare Coat
opportunity!
Evening star., 1925-02-12
Military Attache Transferred.

COL Robert c. Foy. general staff,
United States military attache at
Bucharest, Rumania, has been order
ed to Constantinople, to relieve Maj.
Sherman Miles, general staff, military
attache at that city
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Atlantis.

The French-American scientific ex.
pedition which is passing from AL
eeria 10 little known part Of North
ern Africa sends reports Of evidence
of human habitation at q time so
distant that In the news report one
finds the phrase Incredibly remote -
Stone implements fashioned by men
have been found and explorers con.
lecture that their age Is 10000 years.
In a stream bed the scientists have
found shells Of marine animals, and
this, says the report, "reinforces the
theory Of many biologists that the
Sahara was once far less desert than
now. II not a yeritable ocean In some
remote period" Since ancient times
mon have found marine fossils in the
mountains Of Southern Europe and
Africa Long ago one explanation
was that these strange things were
put there by the gods. For centuries
during the early Christian period the
fossils were accounted for on the di.
Iuvian theory, which is that they
were deposited on the mountains by
the food of Noah's time. The later
theory Is that those high lands were
once below the sea, but by internal
pressure Of the earth have been raised
above the sea.
No doubt this French-American ex-
pedition to the central and south sec
tions Of Northern Africa Will have
something to say of Atlantis. Homer,
Plato, Horace and others wrote OF a
great island or a continent that sank
beneath the sea. The site Of that
continent was often put in the Allan
tic Ocean west of the Strait Of Gil
braitar. Whether those ancient writ
ers were voicing human tradition
or the invention Of some earlier !naaE-
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Bus and Street Car Rivalry.

A demonstration of the inevitable
competition between street railway
companies and bus lines is being given
in current hearings before the Public
Utilities Commission.
Proposals for extensions or changes
in routing applied for by one or the
other Of the rival transportation con.
Germs are almost sure to bring forth a
volume Of protest from the opposing
side.
Thus, competition is keen, service
improves and the public is the bene-
chief duty Of the commission is to see
that the riding public is given the best
service at the lowest cost.
Bus lines unquestionably will be the
transportation of the future. Traction
companies, in the expansion which will
follow population increases, will in
stall buses instead of street cars;
these busses, in many instances, to act
as feeders to the already existing car
lines.
Motor busses are even now begin
ming TO compete with railroad trains.
A Washingtonian can now step into a
luxurious automobile and be deposited
safely In Baltimore or Atlantic City.
An application is now before the COM
mission for a twoa-day line between
the District and Philadelphia. Travel.
ers' between Boston and New York
Evening star., 1925-11-01
The ATTORNEY General.

| RQmOrS tnat Attorney Generdi Sal
| gent would fit from the cabinet circle
| to the Senate, particularly at the de-
sire of President Coolidge, are proved
to have been premature. to say the
| least. From the White House comes
! the statement that it is the President s
hope that Mr.. Sargent will remain in
| the cabinet and at the head of the
Department of Justice as long as he
remains in Washington. In some quar-
ters II was considered highly signifi-
cant that the Attorney General had
departed for Vermont without taking
the public into his confidence as to his
reasons for visiting the Green Noun
tain State. 1t was whispered that he
was on his way to build political
| fences. But 1t turns out that the At
torney General has become the grand
father of a granddaughter for the sec
ond time, and it was as a grandfather
and not as an aspirant for senatorial
honors that he went to Vermont.
At the same time that the White
House was making 1t clear there was
| no deep plot on foot to place Mr.. Sar-
gent in the Senate, 1t was developed
that Mr.. Sargent had been selected by
the President to be Attorney General
not only because of his ability as d
| lawyer, but because he was not active
ly engaged in politics. In the opinion
Of the President the Office Of Attorney
| General, head of the Department OF
| Justice, should be removed as far
from politics as possible. A distinction
| was made between partisan politics
and just plain politics, a distinction
| which it is rather difficult to grasp.
| The idea conveyed, however, was not
| that politicians and men who interest
! themselves in politics are open to
! criticism because of their inclination
to politics, but rather that the head OF
the department Of the Government
which is intrusted with the duty OF
enforcing the laws should be removed
as far as humanity possible from the
influences Of partisan politics.
This is not bad principle on which
| to go in the selection of an Attorney
| General. If the suspicion arises in the
| minds Of the people that the legal arm
1 Of the Government is Influenced by
partisan politics in calling men to the
| bar Of justice, faith in government It.
self is shaken. If the belief creeps In
that men, because of their political
| partisanship, can violate the Federal
laws with impunity the situation be.
comes as bad as it is possible to be.
| There must at all times be a clean ad-
ministration Of the great Department
of Justice. John Garibaldi Sargent is
q sturdy New Englander Of the old
school. His administration of the de-
partment has been without criticism,
and the assurance he is to remain in
office will be received with satisfaction.
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Gas Plant and PARKWAY

In reporting on the Rock Crcek-
Potomac Parkway thu Commission fof
Fine Arts. indorsing the project as a
whole and proposing some changes In
specific locations, recommends the re-
| moval Of the plant of the Washington
Gas Light Company from its present
I, position. This plant lies In the line of
the projected connecting parkway.
and unless removed will be an obstruc-
| ton. or at best a serious disfigure-
ment. The Commission Of Fine Arts
| report points out that the gas COM
! pany, which for n number of years
has held title to Analostan Island,
has long considered that tract as a
possible future site for the plant. But
the commission indicates that the COM
pany is now willing to forego such a
construction in order not to mar the
river front or to block the consistent
development of the park features on
the Virginia shore opposite the city.
Consequently. IL IS suggested that this
necessarily unlovely establishment be
located below the city.
1t would be n great Improvement to
the appearance of the city II this pro-
posal We're carried into effect. The
connecting parkway between Potomac
and Rock Creek Parks will. when COM
pleted, be a most attrae4ive route for
vehicles. 1t will be park boulevard
along the river to the creek and UP the
creek bed to the geological reservation,
There should be no unsightly features
on its immediate fianks, and certainly
nothing between It and the water
courses.
Analostan Island, or. as it was
known. many years ago. Masons Is
land, falls naturally into the river
park plan. Columbia Island has been
created south of it by the dredging
operations. The natural island itself
should never become commercialiZed.
II 1t were added to the park area there
would be an uninterrupted stretch Of
river reservations from the Highway
Bridge to /the Key Bridge. 1t is a
token Of The public spirit Of the cor.
poration which owns this island that
advantage was not long since taken Of
the opportunity afforded by ownership
of this tract to establish plant there
which, lying opposite the city. would
be even more unsightly and disfigur-
ing than Is the present establishment
a move to acquire this tract as part
of the park scheme should be made at
once.
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Government Employees Compensation
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

about the physical condition which re-
suited in his death. The widow was
awarded compensation for herself and
two children.
Lump Sums Granted.
Occasionally the commission grants
the request OF a claimant for a lump.
sum settlement instead Of the monthly
payments. This is only done however,
after a very careful investigation Of
the particular case. Some time ago a
claimant who had both hands and both
feet amputated as the result of In.
jurfes received In the performance of
his duties asked that he be given a
lump sum in order that he might go
into partnership with q friend. At the
last report the new firm was building
up a good business
1t has been found that the lump
payment plan is not always feasible,
| however, as many times the man
either spends or loses the money and
then finds himself without anything.
Furthermore. when the lump sum is
paid the Government Is released from
any further responsibility in the
mans case. He forfeits all claim to
any medical. hospital or surgical at
tention.
While many interesting cases come
before the commission, one OF the most
| unusual. and certainly the most grue-
some. WAS that Of the survivors of q
Shipping Board vessel which was
blown up in the Pacific. The report of
the first assistant engineer reads like
a paper-backed thriller. After the ex.
plosion some 80 survivors took boat,
and with scant supplies set sail for an
island which was comparatively near
The wind changed, and the current
4
out to sea. Finally q vote was taken
as to whether they should anchor and
wait for rescue or try for the Philip.
pine Islands. The latter was decided
! upon. After "a days the boat, with
about Is Of the 30-odd, sighted land
The boat was capsized, and all but
three were washed ashore. All were
| unconscious and were carried to the
village by natives. Eventually thew
were taken to Manila. and when they
nao recovered sufficiently sent back to
the States.
An Extreme Case.
The gruesome part Is that because
| OF the shortage Of food the bodies nj
two who died during the trip were
cooked with salt water and used by
the crew. OF those who lost their
lives several went mad, and the report
reads that one had to be tied to the
mast because he became 50 violent
! When the second body was being nre.
| pared for food a young naval lien.
tenant who had been a passenger on
the unfortunate ship jumped over.
| board. No attempt was made TO res.
| cue him. as the survivors were in foc
weakened a condition to be of any %.
sistance. All of the survivors Of thi.
terrible disaster received compensa
| tion, as did the dependents of those
who perished.
While this is an extreme case. there
are many instances shown by the
| records OF the commission where en.
ployes Of Uncle Sam have stuck 70
their posts In the face Of great danger
| and many times have made the ~.
| preme sacrifice. In every such case
the commission stands ready and anI.
ious to do all In its power to aid the
who have lost their lives
Evening star., 1925-11-01
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

holes Of his vest, nor does he smoke a
cheroot out of the corner of his
mouth. The Senator is about tne
mildest hammered man In public life
today, and it often and truthfuIly has
been said OF Kim that his rect IRE
generally on the ground. IT would
have been just as easy to believe that
Secretary Mellon put his feet on the
desk as to think Of Mr. Smoot in such
an attitude. Perhaps tho French
made the statement merely as a figure
of speech. II they had said My.
Smoot. aided and abetted hy his col
leagues of the American Debt Com
mission, put his feet on their neck.
that might easily have been under
stood. But not the table. That was
too much. Senator Smoot is decidedly
long of limb. and once he gets his feet
properly fixed under a table he has no
desire to move them.
:: :. ,.
Col. Billy Mitchell is completely eX-
asperated to discover that despite all
of his preachments the older officers
OF the United States Army Still cling
to the theory that the infantry is the
first line Of defense. The colonel sayE
in effect that nothing amounts to
tinker's damn except the FLYING Corps.
He believes all future battles will be
| lOuSHIt "OLl anu Delu myers. } tJS
old Army men shake their heads. They
know that from time immemOrial the
infantry always has had to bear the
brunt, and that no territory ever was
held except by the weight of infantry.
In their ancient acceptance of the
infantry as the main source OF
countrys strength. American officers
do not differ from their brothers of the
other armies of the world. Next 10
the infantry. world military opinion
places the field artillery, but even that
| is regarded wholly as an auxiliary, as
| is the cavalry and the heavy artillery
and the air service.
If Col. Mitchell could have visited
| the trenches while he was flying III
| France he would have got a pretty
good flrst-hand knowledge of the
! doughboys' opinion of the air service
He thought 1t was a "wash-out." He
complained that enemy planes always
were flying over our lines, and that
seldom, If ever, was there an Amer
lean flyer in sight.
This was equally true Of the British
infantry, the French infantry-and
the German. The Germans once com
planned the British airmen were flying
low enough over their lines to sweep
the trench caps off their heads. The
infantry always has felt it has had 70
! fight and win the wars. and II has also
| reserved to itself the inalienabie right
to grouse" about every other branch
| OF the SerTice-partiCularly aviation.
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Evening star., 1925-11-01
The Cultural Center of America

An event Of unusual importance and
significance occurred during the past
week. the opening of an auditorium
erected In the courtyard of the Lii
brary Of Congress, the gift of Mrs.
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge of Pitts
field. Mass. This building capable of
seating 511 persons, modelled after the
theater at Beiruth. is perfect for its
principal purpose, the rendition Of
chamber music. It Is. in effect, an an
mex to the Library, being directly con-
nected with the music division of that
institution. It Is thus a national
musical exposition hall, designed for
the purpose of encouraging study and
the composition and rendition of
music in America. 1t is a noble gift,
which the Government has accepted in
the spirit Of its donation, and which
will render a yalua BILE service in the
years to come.
Mrs. Coolidge's gift is in the line OF
music similar to that Of James Smith
son for the increase and diffusion OF
knowledge among men" The Smith
sonian Institution has evolved from
that endowment into one Of the fore
most establishments of learning and
science in the world. 1t has been Of
incalculable value, not only to the
American people, but to others through
its research and discoveries.
A few seasons ago Charles Freer OF
h 10 NJ a ~
70 the Smithsonian Institution. to be
held intact, housing it in a building of
exquisite beauty, and thus insuring its
permanent maintenance at the Ma
tional Capital as a stimulus to art ap-
probation and study in the United
States.
These are examples Of the wise gen.
erosity that has given to Washington
its present character as a national
center Of not merely the Government.
but Of art and science. Mrs. Cool
fdge's gift is the latest, but II Is to be
believed that it is not the last. Such
gifts are stimulative and usually in
splre others.
The Government of the United
tates, however, should not rely upon
the bounty and initiative OF citizens
Tor the development Of the National
Capital as d center of cultural insti-
tutions. In this matter of musical
appreciation and study 1t could well
afford to carry out to greater degree
the work started by Mrs. Coolidge in
providing from public funds a larger
place Of assemblage for musical pro-
ductions, encouraging to American
authorship and interpretative skill.
II is the hope Of the officials and
citizens forming the May Musical Fes-
tival Association, just organized, that
as d result Of this movement, which
will have its first demonstration next
Spring, there may be esta blished in
this city a national conservatory Of
music. Opening Of the Coolidge audi
torium at the Library Of Congress adds
to the reasons for such a development.
Evening star., 1925-11-01
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D, LII. D.,
Bishop OF Wnshnston.

His cause, have been those who In
their persons reincarnated something
Of His power. 1t was more than the
institution they represented or even
the Book they interpreted; 1t was
rather the power of q life that by
word and deed represented Him. 1t
was said Of His early followers that
the world took knowledge of them
that they had been with Jesus and
learned of Him" There was a subtle
quality about these simple men, most
OF them peasants, that proved SO COM
pellins that even In uncongenial and
sometimes hostile places they won
hundreds and thousands to His stand
ards. One mighty convert to His cause
declared. THE love of Christ con-
straineth me-" and so compelling was
live. yet not l. but Christ, liveth in
me-
Turns Men From Sin.
In our experience with men we have
witnessed what William James de
scribes in his "Eerities of Religious
Experience" namely, the almost mi
raculous power that the personality of
Christ exercises in redeeming and re-
calling men from lives of sin and
shame.
Where argument and evidences Of
the Church's authority seem to fail. the
presentation Of His life as a continu-
ing and Irresistible power succeeds.
The interest in the person of Jesus has
never been greater than 1t is today.
More and more men are turning to
Him as the solver Of the worlds prob
lens. More and more they are feeling
the impact of His supreme life and
realizing the practical value of His
great teachings.
Before the Christian Church and its
allied agencies shall reach the maxi
mum Of their power and efficiency,
they must make Him so evident to the
consciousness Of men that the waiting
and reverent worshipers will be COM
PEELED to cry out, "In this place is One
greater than the Temple"
We need the great Book and we
need the great Church. but above all
else we need Him. Mechanisms and
systems have their place in the scheme
OF things, but where the person of
Christ seems absent or too far re.
moved from our work and worship,
we labor in vain to lift mems vision
or to save them from the corrupting
influence of sin. Said distinguished
editor to me, "No sermon in my judg-
ment Is complete that does not begin
and end with Christ" He was e1-
pressing the conviction that we believe
Is universal. We shall see no great
revival and witness no increase in the
power Of the Christian Church until,
through our ministry, we make Him
30 real to the world that His glorified
life becomes the supreme magnet OF
attractiveness.
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