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Evening star., 1925-02-14
DETECTIVE SHOT DOWN
WHILE EXAMINING NEGRO
Assailant Escapes, But Two Com
panions Are Wounded by
Dead Mans Partner.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 14.-Detec-
tive Christopher Hagen of the New
York Police Department was shot
and killed by an unidentified negro
early today as he was questioning
the man and two companions while
searching for highway robbers in the
Bronx. The assailant escaped, but
his two companions were brought
down by shots fired by Policeman
Hegney and were captured.
Hegney and Hagan, touring the
district where many holdups have
been reported, stopped the three
negroes to question them. One of the
men dropped tapewound cable wire,
fashioned like a blackjack, and as
Hagan stopped to pick up the weapon,
the negro whipped out his revolver
and fired two shots into the detec-
tive's body Hagen died within a
short time. AS the negroes fled
Policeman Hegney emptied his re-
volver at them and then used Ha gems
pistol, which the latter had handed
him. The two wounded men gave
their names as Harry p. Whitman
and Norman Robertson. The iden-
tity of the slayer is being sought
through them.
Evening star., 1925-02-14
DENIES PROPHET
MADE ANY PROFIT
Mrs. Rowen's Attorney AS
sures Prosecutor She Gain
ed Nothing Financially.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Calf, February IA.
Mrs. Margaret w. Rowen. Hollywood
seeress, made no financial profit from
her end of the world prophecy, which
failed to materialize last Friday, the
city prosecutors office has been as
sured by DR.. B. f. Fullmer, her chief
adviser.
DR.. Fullmer and W. Andrews, attor-
ney for Mrs. Rowen, called on the
prosecutor yesterday IN response to
his request for information concern
ing alleged donations made to Mrs.
Rowen by believers in her predictions
that February would see the end of
the world
Mrs. Rowen never has made cent
out of her church work." said DR..
Fullmer. She has been supported by
her husband, a working man, and
still is being supported by him. She
has no property of great value. None
of the property of the church (Re-
formed Seventh day AdventisD is in
her name.
"As to the allegations that a group
of New Jerseyites under the leader
ship of Robert Reidt had turned over
all their property to Mrs. Rowen,
Fullmer added, "let me say that they
have contributed less than $780,
The doctor explained that Mrs
Rowen preferred to remain in seclu-
sion for the present, due to dozens
of threatening letters" sent to her.
Inquiry into the doomsday prophecy
will be. continued Monday
Evening star., 1925-02-14
DISTRICT MILITARY
BARRED IN PARADE
Inaugural CurtaiIment Affects
~ r.
Cadets, Militia and Re-
serve Officers.

The High School Cadet Corps. District
National Guard troops and units of the
Reserve Officers Training Corps at
tached to colleges in and around Wash
ington have been definitely eliminated
from the inaugural parade.
Although it had been expected that
participation of these organizations
would have to be denied, it had been
hoped some means of giving the high
school cadets a place in the line of
march would be found. 1t will be the
first time in many inaugurals that they
have not appeared.
When William T. Galliher. chair
man of the inaugural committee, sub
mitted his list of organizations that
had requested permission to partici-
pate to Brig. Gen. Rockenbach, chief
of staff to the grand marshal, Maj.
Gen. Hines. it contained provision for
both the Cadet Corps and the National
Guard. Faced by President Coolidge's s
request that the parade be limited to
troops of the Regular Army, Navy
and Marine Corps and the governors
of States and their staffs, however,
Gen. Rockenbach was obliged to cross
the two Washington organizations off
of the list.
Same Treatment for All.
Other elements necessitated such
action, too. From every part of the
country have come requests from his
toric military organizations for per-
mission to come to Washington at
their own expense and appear in the
line of march.
1t was pointed out that such a gem
erous outpouring of patriotic spirit
from every section of the country
made it imperative that the same
treatment be accorded all, and the
same message was sent to each-that
the President desired his Inaugural
ton to be without display and os-
tentation, and that the parade would
be limited strictly to the units he had
indicated.
Little interest is being shown in
the purchase of seats in the grand
stands that may be erected by private
concerns along Pennsylvania avenue.
: Railroads Cut Rates.
: The railroads represented by the
Southwestern Railroad Association
informed the inaugural committee to-
day that they had advertised reduced
fare rates to and from Washington.
The letter added that the reduced
rates would apply also to the Ma
tional Railroad of Mexico.
The fireworks committee, which
ceased to function with the rescind-
ing of the appropriation for fireworks,
will hold it's last meeting at the
Willard Hotel Wednesday and imme-
diately begin to function as the con-
cert committee, having charge Of the
Marine Band concert to be given in
the Washington Auditorium the night
of March 4, from Z until 9 o'clock.
Charles f. Crane will remain chair
man of the committee.
Ma Ferguson, woman Governor
of Texas, is expected to attend the
inauguration with her State delega-
ton. Two hundred Texans have
chartered a special train. The inaug-
ural committee was also offered the
assistance of Gen. Ballinger Booth,
president of the Volunteers of Amer
ica, who will be in Washington.
Evening star., 1925-02-14
VETERANS REQUEST
SUBPOENA QUASHING
Disabled Soldiers League Heads
Claim Sufficient Cause Has
Not Been Shown. : -

John T. Nolan, commander. and
James F.. McCann, treasurer, Of the
National Disabled Soldiers League,
through Attorney Abner Siegal. to-
day asked the District Supreme Court
to quaSh subpoenas issue against
them in John Doe proceedings before
the Federal grand jury. The sub
poenas asked the officials Of the
league to bring before tn grand jury
records, books. documents and all
other written matter relating to the
business of the league from January,
1921, to date"
Mr.. Siegal contends that the sum-
monses do not describe with sufficient
detail the documents and papers de-
sired; that he is not apprised of the
nature of the proceedings against his
clients and that the demand for the
papers constitutes an unreasonable
search and seizure. No proba BILE
cause is shown, he asserts, of the
necessity for producing the papers re-
quired.
United States Attorney Gordon ad-
mitted that subpoenas had been is
sued in an investigation before the
grand jury into transactions of the
league through the sale of lead
pencils for the benefit of disa bled
soldiers. The prosecutor admitted
that the books had been requested in
order that the grand jury may see
how the money, said to amount to
$3.50, 600, collected by the league since
1922. had been expended.
Attorney Siegal stated that a COM
mittee of the House of Representa-
tives will also begin a hearing Mon
day concerning the affairs of the
league Hamilton Fish, jr., of New
York, is chairman of the House COM
mittee before which witnesses, in
cluding Director Frank T. Hines of
the Veterans Bureau, have been sum-
moned.
Evening star., 1925-02-14
GIANT SKELETON FOUND
ON COAST OF FLORIDA
Discovery May Have Bearing on
Theories of Sections Inhabitation
Before Arrival of Spanish.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BOCA GRANDE, Fla, February IA.
Discoveries of skeletal remains
here which may have an important
bearing on theories of a giant race
believed to have Inhabited the Flor
ida west coast before the coming of
the Spaniards were made yesterday
by workmen grading the island road
near the Charlotte and Lee County
lines.
The discoveries include a skull and
a femur or thigh bone, both so high
ly mineraliZed as to be almost pure
silica and limestone and kept from
crumbling only by immersing in gela-
tin solution before measurements could
be taken.
The bones are thought to be those
of male and indicated, according
to local authorities, probable height
of not less than seven feet.
The specimens will be sent to the
Smithsonian Institution in Wash
tngton.
Evening star., 1925-02-14
AUTOISTS INJURE 3
AND SPEED ONWARD
Collisions Noted by Police Include
Double Crash on W Street
Near Fourteenth.
Two automobiles failed to stop after

Two automobiles failed to stop after
colliding last night.
The first accident occurred a Thir-
tyfourth and Nj streets. when T. E.
Scheffel, 36. of Arlington. Va. was
hit on the leg by a passing automo-
bile when he was standing on the
curb. His injuries were slight.
The second was a double collision,
in which one motorist upset another
machine against a third car and kept
going on w street near Fourteenth
street. Hattie Kirkland, 81, colored,
of 949 Q street. passenger in the first
automobile struck. which was oper-
ated by Harrison Dickson of 1905
Fourth street, suffered severely from
shock and was taken to Freedmen's S
Hospital for. treatment. Benjamin
Murphy, 1923 Church street, another
occupant of the machine. was bruised
in the smash-up, and lost his gold
watch, he told police. The third car
which was parked at the curbing, is
owned by Leona Bell of 143o w street.
Evening star., 1925-02-14
SAYS FRANCE MUST
CUT DEBT INTEREST
Deputy, Presenting Budget,
Declares People Cannot Be
Taxed So Heavily.
BY the Associated Press.

Ds iHt !tssuSidleu
PARIS, February 14.-In presenting
to the Chamber of Deputies today the
estimated receipts of the new budget
for 1926, which will total $4,000, 900, 600
francs. Deputy Eiollette, reporter for
the finance commi sSion, declared the
French were the most heavily taxed
people in the world and cannot again
be asked to pay as they must this
year"
France is paying more than half
her income in debt interest, he point
ed out, staggering under a burden
which amounts this year to 19,600,-
100000 francs.
If We do not find a legal method
of reducing this interest" said NJ.
Viollette, then we never can continue
to pay it regularly, for it is abso-
lutely impossible for a state with a
budget of 81. 900, 900. 900 francs to devote
f9,500, 600, 900 each year for the service
of its debt"
The commissions reporter said there
must be a refunding and some of the
debt must be paid off The refunding,
he added, must be on terms attractive
to investors for some other reason
than interest. for the interest must
be reduced.
Regrets Debt Publicity.
"A corporation facing such situ-
alton would not hesitate" Deputy
Fiollette continued. Recognizing it
self crushed by the interest on such a
great debt, it would reduce its capital
stock and would start afresh on new
basis to make money. The French re-
public, however emphatically repudiates
such a solution.
Deputy Viollette expressed regret at
the public controversy over the inter
allied debts, which subject, he said
ought to be discussed privately. He
was satisfied, he declared, that the
countries which sent their youths to
fight for France would be just
1T would have been useless to save
US, only to ruin us now" he exclaimed.
There was a mistaken idea, particu-
larly in England, that the wealth OF
France amounted to about 100000
10000 francs. while in reality about
1000, 600, 100000 of convertible wealth
should be considered. The English, he
said, paid only third of their f2,500,-
10000 income, while the Americans
were taxed only one-twentieth of
their gross income of s71,000.000 ,OO(
from their wealth of 100000, ,00O, 900
He explained that the budget, which
the government originally presented
as $4,000 100000 francs, had been in
creased only for bigger pensions and
increased pay for employees.
Evening star., 1925-02-14
WIS NOTABLE FIGURE.
M1leff Beloved by Bulgarians, Was
Prominent Editor.

BY Radio to The star and Chicago Daily News.
SOFIA, February 14.-Nicolas Milef
was assassinated on the streets of
Sofia, near his own house, Friday night
The assassins are reported to have es-
capped.
Only last week the American Gov
ernment consented to Mileffs nomi-
nation as Bulgarian minister pleni-
potentiary to Washington. to replace
the present Minister Panaretoff, and
he was due to proceed to the United
States shortly.
Mileff was also most eminent Bull
Sarian journalist, the editor of a
newspaper called the Slovo, and he
was president of the local press as
sociation as well as being a deputy.
He was modest by nature and beloved
by all who knew him.
He was a Macedonian by birth and
sympathy.
AS yet, the motives underlying the
crime are not known. One theory is
that he was the victim of the Com
munists, whose policy he recently at
tackled vigorously. And another is
that his Macedonian adversaries COM
passed his death, which has caused a
tremendous sensation.
Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Coz
Evening star., 1925-02-14
DEMOCRATS TO MEET
AT SHOREHAM HOTEL
National Club Lists Senator Harri-
son and Representative Rainey as
Speakers Tuesday Evening.

Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi
and Representative Henry r. Rainey
of Illinois, chairman of the Demo
cratic caucus, will be the principal
speakers at a meeting of the National
Democratic Club, Tuesday evening, at
8 o'clock. at the Shoreham Hotel.
Senator Harrison will speak on the
present session of Congress from the
Democrats standpoint. and Represen-
tative Rainey will discuss the Demo-
cratic outlook for the next two years.
There will be short business meet
ing before the addresses. The speak
ers will be introduced by Fred p.
Myers, newly elected president of the
club.
A program of activities for the cur
rent year has been outlined by the Of
Evening star., 1925-02-14
BULGARIAN ENVOY
T0U.S...SHOT DEAD
Assassination Motive Un.
known, Three SIayers Es-
cape After Sofia Crime.
6v tie Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. February 14.-An agency
dispatch says that three persons were
concerned in the assassination of
Prof. Nicola Mileff. yesterday, at
Sofia. and that they escaped after
shooting him down in the streets.
Prof. Mileff who was recently ap-
pointed Bulgarian Minister to the
United States. was a member of the
Chamber of Deputies, supporting the
government and also was editor of
the newspaper Slovo. He had been
conducting a campaign against boil
shevism.
Evening star., 1925-02-14
KING GEORGE is DONOR.

Sir Esme Howard, the British Am
bassador to Washington, mas accept
ed an invitation to present gift
from King George V to the Flora
Macdonald College of Red Springs,
N c., at commencement exercises
May 90 The gift is a corner stone
commemorating the Scottish heroine
for whom the college was named,
and bears the inscription:
This tablet of granite from Bal
moral is gifted by His Majesty King
George V to the Stuart Society for
presentation to Flora Macdonald Col
lege. in honor of a Scottish heroine,
and as another bond between Britain
and America
Evening star., 1925-02-14
Naval Officers Transferred.

Lieut.. Comdr. Richard Fl. Miller,
Naval Medical Corps, has been trans
ferred from the Annapolis Naval
Academy to the Naval Hospital, Phil
adelpha: Lieut.. Herbert j.. Shinn,
Medical Corps, from the marine bar
racks, Quantico, Va, to the U. S. S.
Sirius; Capt Arthur st. c. Smith, to
the United States fleet, and Lieut..
Daniel w. Tomlinson, from the Naval
Academy to the Naval Air Station,
San Diego.
Evening star., 1925-02-14
Convict Again Escapes.

ATLANTA, Ga, February 14.-Abe
Powers, convicted of completely in the
activities of a group of confidence
men two years ago in Atlanta, has
escaped a second time from the State
prison farm at Milledgeville, it was
learned today. Powers Is said to
have admitted his real name was
Frank Pollard of Waco, Tex, and
his wife is in Boston.
Evening star., 1925-02-14

-ficers of the club. who are, besides
the president, r. III. Fravel. first vice
president; w. s. Murray, second vice
president; NJ B. Young, secretary, and
James r. Baker, treasurer. G. q. Nc
Cullar Is chairman of the publicity
committee and j. r. Baker is chair
man of a special committee which Will
be in charge of the arrangements for
clubrooms for the club members;
Other committees will be appointed by
the president Tuesday night.
Evening star., 1925-02-14
"MAGIC CLOTH" is RADIO.
Inventors League Reports Simplest
Receiving Set Yet Devised.

The League of American Inventors
announced here today that one of it's
members had satisfactorily tested out
a magic cloth which, with the aid
of only a crystal detector. a ground
wire and a pair of earphones. made a
perfect radio receiving set.
No coils are needed in the new
method, it was asserted. In the try
outs it was claimed the earphones,
connected with a fixed crystal held
near the cloth, afforded perfect re-
Ceptfon, without physical contact.
No aerial was used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-14
Housewives Who Dust Need More Food
Than Women Of Leisure, Tests Show

The industrious housewife, who
does her own busting and takes care
of other laborious domestic duties,
| needs far more food TO give her extra
| strength than the woman of leisure,
| who intrusts the heavier duties of her
! home to service, according to a dem
| onStration at the annual scientific eX-
! hibit OF the Carnegie Institution of
Washington, now on view in the ad-
building. Sixteenth and
| = streets.
BY means of specially prepared ap-
paratus, science Is now in a position
to determine just how much energy
each kind of human labor burns up
in the body, and as a result. how much
supply that added energy. The nutri-
ton laboratory of the Carnegie In
stitution has arranged an exhibit
which illustrates how this is done.
oxygen produces body heat by
burning food for body material. Each
liter of oxygen, equivalent to about
a quart, represents five calories of
food. Tests have shown that the aver
age person burns up two calurieS
every ten minutes while lying down.
While standing, however, 1t requires
only nine minutes to exhaust the two
Calores, and when walking, only
three and a half minutes.
BY the same tests, the nutrition
laboratory has discovered that the
average woman burns up two calories
minute while busting. To illustrate
this, two young woman attendants
from the laboratory go through the
motions of busting or ironing with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-14
MAN SUFFOCATED
IN RESCUE EFFORT
Sought to Save Youths Over.
come by Gasoline Fumes;
SuCCumbS Himself.
B the Associated Press.

WEST POINT, Miss. December IA
M. NJ. Mont gomery, 50. met death
ate yesterday while attempting tc
rescue three boys who had been over
come by gasoline fumes while playing
III two empty gasoline tank cars here
Montgomery was suffocated by the
fumes.
The boys who were rescued from
the ears by others, but who are in a
serious condition, are Robert Lilly,
aged IL; Bruce Ayricl<, 10, and Ebert
\yrick, -.
Two other members of the rescue
party, John Burnett, a section fore
man, and Michael Blanchard, a negro
workman, were seriously injured when
= lighted lamp placed near an open
ing of one of the cars exploded
The three boys were seen playing
on the cars late yesterday. The shouts
of one of them brought assistance,
Montgomery being among those who
FASTENED to the rescue. Robert Ivey,
Il local merchant, went down into one
of the cars with f1ashlight and
brought out two boys. Montgom-
cry went into the other car to
rescue the third boy, Ribert Lilly, but
was quickly overcome by the fumes.
lie was dead when brought out of the
car.
Robert Lilly was reported in a dy-
ing condition late last night. but it
was said there was chance for the
recovery Of Bruce and Albert Ayrick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-14
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

NatiOnal-"No. No Nanette." must
cal comedy, at $40 pm.
POli's-'Song of Flame" musical
play. at $40 pm.
BelascO-Thurston, the magician, at
$40 pm.
keith's-Avon Comedy Four. vaude.
vile, ct 2:l5 and SIS pm.
Earle-Vaudeville and pictures. 70
$50 pm.
Observation-Disclosures, continuous from
1880 to II pm.
Gayety-'Powder Puff Frolic." bur.
lesque, at 2:15 and $40 pm.
Moonlight Maids" bur
lesque, at 2:30 and $40 pm.
COlumbia-''The Vanishing Ameri-
can" at 1880 am, 1850, 3, sos, 7;05
and 9:l5 pm.
MetrOpOlitan-"The Beautiful City
at $40 am, 80, 3:35, $50. 7:45 and
$50 pm.
RialtO-"East Lynne" at 11:25 am.
1:2o, $3.50, $50. 1880 and 9:35 pm.
Paiace-''A Woman of the World. -
at 11:20 am. /, 2:40. 4:3O, els, 1855
and $50 pm.
Tiyoli-'"The Lost World" at 1:40,
$40, 5:35. 7:40 and $40 pm.
AmbasSadOr-"Th Beautiful City"
at 6:15, s and $50 pm.
satan in SableS." at
1870, >, $50. ), $50, and $40 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-14
SLANG CHANGES QUICKLY.
Play Ten Years Old Must Be Re
vamped for British Audience.

LONDON. December il (R-Be.
cause of the speed with which Amer
lean slang changes. II. A. Fachell the
playwright, has found it necessary to
revamp the AmeriCaniSmS used in his
play "QuinhyS," which is to be revived
In London after a rest of 10 years
The play was first produced in London
IN 1915 and was Il marked success
One of the characters is Cyrus T.
llunsaker. a Middle Westerner After
he had read the play over Mr.. Eachell
came to the conclusion that Hunsak-
er's Middle Westernisms sound very
ancient. American slang has to be
brought up to date every few months. =.
Mr.. FaChell lived in California for
many years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-14
SET BAN ON PLANT ROOTS.
Importation of Stocks May Be
Stopped in 1929 and 1880.

Unless present plans are altered, i'm
portation of root stocks bf fruit trees
into the United States will be prohib-
itei after July l, 1880, and importa-
tfCn of root stocks of roses prohibited
after July 80. 1929.
The restrictions were definitely fixed
for those dates yesterday by the Agri-
cultural Department at the request Of
leading nurserymen and horticulture
lists.
AT the same time. however. Secre-
tary Jardine suggested that the whole
subject be considered again at a con.
ference to be held in June. 1928
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-14

handicapped by limited shipping IA
cilities and by intense competition Of
Russian and Rumanian grain-espe-
cially rye. which is Poland's most Inn
portant item of grain expectation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-14

exhibit. are from 2:30 pm. to $50 and
| from to 10.
This evening, the exhibit will par
ticularly feature studies in biology,
while tomorrow evening physical
forces will be featured. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-14

the recording apparatus attached. The
on-looker can then watch for himself
as the results are registered.
The exhibit, which includes many
other branches of scientific research,
is open to the public today and to-
morrow. The hours for viewing the