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Evening star., 1925-04-01
Buried Baby Aliue
With Dead Mother,
Charge Against 2

By the Associated Press
DURANGO. Colo, April 1.-Mor-
mon Joe, aged medicine man of the
Ute Indian tribe, was arrested today
at Cortez, Colo. following the death
OF an lS-day old girl. who, it is al
legged, was buried alive, in accord
ance with an ancient tribal rite. The
girl was the daughter of Mormon
Joe's son-in-law, Plat Nae, who is
being sought as an accessory to the
alleged crime
According to information obtained
by the district attorneys office, Nae
and his wife were treated during a
recent illness by Mormon Joe. Soon
after Nae's recovery his wife died,
and Nae, in carrying out the rite of
burying the child with its mother. is
declared by authorities to have acted
on the advice of Joe.
Evening star., 1925-04-01
AUTO BRAKE TEST
RULE CONSIDERED
Eldridge May Make ReguIa-
ton Part of New Traffic
Code.

Police inspection of automobile
brakes as a means of preventing ac-
cidents is being considered as fea-
ture of the Districts new traffic code,
Director NJ O. Eldridge announced
today
The present plan of the director is
to have a regulation requiring a mo-
torist to keep his brakes in such con-
1ition as to be able to stop his car
within a given number of feet while
going at a specified rate Of speed.
Mr.. Eldridge contemplates having
at least two traffic officers take a
course of training in brake testing at
the Bureau of Standards, after which
they would be sent out on the streets
to inspect cars.
The director said that for service
brakes the rule probably will be that
the car must be brought to stop
within SO feet while going at 20 miles
an hour. For emergency brakes a
greater distance would be allowed.
Simple Device Used.
There is device for testing brakes
which the policeman would carry
when getting into a car. and which
would show at the end of short ride
whether the brakes were efficient. 1t
would take only few minutes, Mr..
Eldridge said, for an officer to test
car.
at do not believe a man should be
arrested the first time his brakes are
found to be inefficient" said the di-
rector MY idea would be to have
the officer instruct him to have the
brakes repaired and meet the po-
Iiceman a day or so later for a sec
ond test. When the brakes are found
to comply with the regulation, seal
could be placed on the car. which
would be good until another test is
made"
Mr.. Eldridge said it might be a
good plan to have these policemen
examine the brakes on cars after
they have been involved in an acci-
dent, but at other times these officers
should be at liberty, he said, to halt
a motorist on the street and test the
brakes.
Boulevards Not Chosen.
AS made known in an interview in
The Star Immediately after his ap-
pointment 10 days ago, Mr.. Eldridge
Is proceeding with plans for arterial
highways and higher speed limits on
the outlying sections of such arteries.
The director said today, however, that
no definite decision has yet been
reached as to the selection of these
main highways or the exact speed
limits to be applied to them.
Col. /. G. Moller, engineering as
sistant to the director, said today
that he plans to make some hurried
traffic counts. beginning about April
Continued on Page 4. Column /.
Evening star., 1925-04-01
HOPE OF SAVING SO MEN
IN ENGLISH MINE is DIM
Even With Pump of 1000 Gallons
a-Minute Capacity Water Can
not Be Removed in Weeks.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEWCASTLE, England. April l.
A new pump, with a capacity OF OOO
gallons minute, was taken to the
Montague colliery, Scobwood. todav
but the crews attempting to rescue
3S miners trapped by a food in the
pit Monday believe that even with
this machine 1t may take seyerel
weeks to pump out the water.
fartles coming out of the mine
this morning said the continued in
rush of water had halted every effort
to penetrate the workings where the
men and boys were trapped. Hope
OF a rescue was virtually abandoned
yesterday, but the rescue parties, new
ertheless. are continuing their work
fevorishly
Evening star., 1925-04-01
HEAR TROTSKY HAS FLED.
Soviet officials Scof at Dispatches
From Riga.

BERLIN, April 1.-Dispatches from
Riga report that former War Minister
Trotsky has fed from Suchum, in the
Caucasus where he was staying for his
health, together with the Communists
Katz and Nikolenko, who had been sta
toned there to ''observe him.
The Soviet embassy here today char
acterized the dispatches as nonsense"
adding:
1--WE have just received a telegram
reporting that M. Trotsky's health is
greatly improved. Only recently he de-
livered public address. He is busy
with his literary work at Suchum.'
Evening star., 1925-04-01
DRY UNIT PLACED
UNDER NEW HEAD
IN TREASURY SHIFT
Andrews and Gregg Installed
as Assistant Secretary
and Solicitor.
FORMER TO TAKE OVER
PROHIBITION DIRECTION
Officials Refuse to Elaborate on
Mere Announcement That
Change Is Minor.

Important changes in control over
Treasury bureaus, including the pro-
hibition unit, took place today coinci-
dent with the installation of two
new officials-Assistant Secretary
Lincoln c. Andrews of New York sue
ceeding Eliot wadsworth, resigned,
and Solicitor of the Internal Revenue
Bureau Alexander W. Gregg succeed
ing Nelson T. Harrison, resigned.
The internal rearrangement does
not effect any change in the policy
of handling matters within the de-
partment," said a statement by Act
ing Secretary Winston, land the pro-
hibition unit will continue to act as
heretofore through the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue, as provided by
law"
Dry Bureau Changed.
In the realignment OF functions
among Secretary Melons advisers,
however, it was noted that the pro-
hibition unit has been moved from
the Jurisdiction of Assistant Secre
tary Moss and placed with the Gus
toms service and Coast Guard under
the control of the new Assistant
Secretary. Andrews, who thus obtains
jurisdiction over the three principal
branches of the department charged
with prohibition matters. Gen.
Andrews is a graduate of West Point,
commanded a brigade and was deputy
provost marshal general in the
A. T.. F.
At the same time the Bureau Of
Internal Revenue is retained under
Mr.. Moss This apparent separation of
the prohibition unit from it's parent,
the Bureau of Internal Revenue, how
ever, is not to be actual, according
to Mr.. Winston's statement, who in
sisted that the prohibition unit
would continue to function "as here
tofore through the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, as provided by
law"
officials Are Silent.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Blair, Prohibition Commissioner
Haynes and J. j. Britt, counsel for
the prohibition unit, were among the
large group of officials representing
all branches of the Treasury present
at the ceremonies at which Gen
Andrews took his oath of Office. But
high officials when asked for any
further amplifcation of the an
nouncement concerning Treasury
shifts replied that there was nothing
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1925-04-01
W0ODLOCK Is SWORN IN.
Recess Appointee to Commerce
Commission Takes Oath.

Thomas F.. Woodlock, who was
given a recess appointment to the
Interstate Commerce Commission by
President Coolidge, took the oath Of
Office today.
The Senate failed to act upon Mr..
Woodlock's nomination at both the
last regular and special sessions, but
under his appointment he can serve
until the end of the next regular ses-
sion of Congress.
Evening star., 1925-04-01
VILLAGE is RAZED BY FIRE

By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
VIENNA, April 1.-The prosperous
Hungarian farming village of Gyoer-
fyszeg. near the Jugoslav frontier,
burned Tuesday night Only 10 of
the several hundred houses in the
village remain. The inhabitants found
shelter in Jugoslavia
(Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News 70 \
Evening star., 1925-04-01
France May Boost
Its Circulation by
FiUe Billion Francs
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, April 1.-An increase IN
the circulation from forty-one Dill
lion to forty-six billion francs is
one of several measures being
considered by the government TO
relieve the embarrassment OF the
treasury and furnish an increased
amount of ready money for com
mercial needs, II was said at the
ministry of finance this afternoon.
Among other propositions being
studied, it was stated. are a heaVy
increase in the tax on alcohol ana
alcoholic beverages. direct con-
tribution by capital to be paid IN
one levy; a general increase In an
direct taxes and a lottery measure.
Evening star., 1925-04-01
Forbes Shows Improvement.

BOSTON. April 1.-Col. Charles r.
Forbes, former head of the United
States Veterans Bureau. who sus-
tanned shock last Friday. was rest
ing comfortably today and his condi-
tion showed slight Improvement
Evening star., 1925-04-01
MEXICAN GENERAL SLAIN.
Two Wounded by Stray Shots by
Army Officers.
nv the Associated Press.

-.
MEXICO CITY, April 1.-Gen Abe
lardo Acosta was shot dead by three
men, said to have been identified as
army officers, while he was entering
the war department last night.
Two persons were wounded by
stray shots. The assassins escaped.
Evening star., 1925-04-01

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1925-04-01
WEATHER.

20. s. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair tonight and tomorrow; not
much change in temperature; moder-
ate northwest winds. Tempera lures
Highest, So at 4:30 pm. yesterday
lowest AZ, at am. today.
Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1925-04-01

CONTINUED on Page 5. Column II
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Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1925-04-01
OmciaIs Are silent.

Continued on Page 2, Column !.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-21
When the Dawn Of Under
standing Came

The caller was undeniably large.
When he walked he rippled and one
had the feeling that should he sit
down suddenly he'd splash.
Dressed in the simple overalls Of a
husbandman, he wal!owed into the
office Of a lawyer in the foothills Of
the Tennessee mountains
Having given his name and his post
Office address, he stated that he de-
sired to bring suit against neighbor
for $4,000 damages on account Of
libel.
"How did he libel you?" asked the
lawyer.
'"Well, subj" stated the aggrieved
party, .'he up and called me hippo
potamus- that's wut he done, consarn
his picture!'
when did he call you this name r.
Its a goin' on two years ago."
.When did you first hear about itY'
"That very day."
Indeed" said the lawyer; ''then
why did you wait nearly two years to
begin taking steps to bring suit
against him?"
"Well, subj" stated the prospective
plaintiff, "ontil that there Ringing
Brothers circus showed yistiddy in
Knoxville an / went down fur to see
1t I'd thought, all the time, that he
wuz payin' me compliment"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-21
Wild Creatures Die
Fast When CapfiUes

The average person who visits zoo
for study and enjoyment often fails to
realize the expert care and heavy ex-
penditure demanded in it's upkeep.
Death takes frequent toll among the
animals and the birth rate cannot be-
gin to make replacement. The four
corners of the earth must be secured
or many an empty cage would con-
front visitors, says the New York
Times.
Every month proportion OF the ia
miliar animals die, and rare beasts and
birds with strange names also sue
cumb. Every month purchases are
made that may range from 25 certs for
a box tortoise to $500 for pair OF
Gelada balloons.
Usually the highest mortality Is
among the birds. Next come the man.
mails, the severest financial loss. Rep
tile casualties are lowest. A report
of the Bronx geological park shows
the death of twelve mammals, includ-
ing q bonnet macaque and white
faced sapajou, Of three reptiles, croco-
ollie and two tortoises and fifty birds in
a single month. However, the increas-
ing skill of curators and keepers In
the handling of wild animals is keep
ing the death rate within bounds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-21

she found that life was shaped without
Intervention Of her own. She allowed
herself to be dragged along with her
mixed load of conceptions drawn from
a helter-skelter reading. Among other
conceptions was that eternal fiction of
the gallant and perfect fairy story
prince whose bride she would one day
be. To be a bride meant little more
in terms Of real life than to become an
angel.
IF / ever have daughter" said
Brena Selcoss, II will never allow her
to have this dangerous dream of a
Prince Charming. 1t is the common,
foundation upon which girls throw
sensible Judgment to the four winds
and come to critical moments with
out thought of the flowing years of
real life which are to come. 1t might
have wrecked me when / was seven
teen"
While Brena was seventeen, indeed,
many landmarks had been set up in
her development. Her mother had
died quietly in bed the year before
without gasp Of warning, without a
murmur, smile upon her engaging
lips. Brena had been asleep in the
next room, and Demetrius, having one
of his spells of insomnia, sat almost all
night long on the porch of their cot
tage in Dallas, Texas, in a rocker
which squeaked a little as his bulk
moved He had come up at dawn to
find his wife, with the first rays of
summer sun thrown through the shut
tiers and onto the happy, lifeless fig
ure in bars of gold. 1t shimmered on
her lovely hair; in all the red-gold
mass there was not one strand of
gray.
"This is the time for great ca1m,'',
he had said to Brena as he woke her
with his giants hand upon her shout
der. "The life has gone from your
mothers beautiful body, my daughter,
but she will live always with us be-
cause she was a brave and tender soul
which endures forever"
II thought that she had endless
life," he said after pause, burying
his beared face in his sun-browned
hands. 1T is the way with me always
II am unprepared- always unpre-
pared
This was the only flinching brought
out in him by the death of the Irish
girl he had adored so completely, to
whose songs he had listened while his
life went askew and in whose smiles
he had warmed the chills of bitterness
and whose arms had stilled the rest
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-21
SS11S1'SdS17S1SSNbNSVs S7a'S-s47SSAN|
MY FAVORITE
STORIES
By IRWIN S. COBB
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
(Copyright.)
Speaking of Carrier Pigeons

Speaking of Carrier Pigeons
Speaking of carrier pigeons-al-
though no one has done so lately-re-
minds me of a yarn that may or may
not be true-it sounds almost too good
to be true-that was related at the
front in 1915 The version most fire.
quently told had it that a half COM
pany of regiment in the Rainbow di-
vision, on going forward early one
morning in heavy fog for raid
across No Mans land, carried along
with the rest of the customary equip
ment homing pigeon. The pigeon in
it's wicker cage swung on sne arm OF
a private, who likewise was burdened
with his rifle, his extra rounds of am
munition, his trenching tool. his pair
Of wire cutters, his steel helmet, his
gas mask, his emergency ration and
quite number of other more or less
cumbersome items.
1t was to be a surprise attack be-
hind cloak of the fog, so there was
no artillery preparation beforehand,
nor barrage fire as the squads climbed
over the top and advanced into the
mist-hidden beyond. Behind, in the
post of observation and in the post OF
comnand-."P. O." and "P. c." those
were called in the algebraic termi-
nology of the war-the colonel and his
aides and his intelligence officers wait
ed for the sound of firing. When after
some minutes the distant rattle of the
rifle fire came to their ears they be-
gan calculating how long reasonably 1t
might be before word reached them by
one or another medium of cOmmunica-
ton touching on the results of the
foray. But the ground telephone re-
NAMED mute, and no runner returned
through the fog with tidings. The sus-
pense increased as time passed.
Suddenly pigeon sped into view,
flying close to the earth. With eager
eyes following it in its course the
winged messenger circled until it To-
Gated its portable cote just behind the
colonel's position and fiuttering down
it entered it's familiar shelter.
An athletic member of the staff
hustled up the ladder In half a min
ute he was tHmbling down again,
clutching in one hand the little scroll
Of paper that he had found fastened
about the pigeons leg. With fingers
that trembled in anxiety the colonel
unrolled the paper and read aloud
what was written upon it.
What he read, in the hurried chirog-
raphy OF kid private, was the fol-
lowing succinct statement: "I'm tired
Of carrying this In bird"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-21
CHAPTER IV-Continued

YES dear, / understand. can re-
sist you, Peter 1t would be hard, but
/ could do it. do not want to do it.
The promise was for your sake, Peter.
Not for mine alone
1--WE asked you nothing-no ques-
TONS" he said, putting his hands upon
each OF her shoulders and holding her
at asTp's length.
"Na, Peter, none"
because / did not care" said he.
"eo matter what might conner
s'No matter what might come"
He drew her toward him and took a
breath of the unperfumed fragrance of
Brena Selcoss. And then, with eager,
hungry yearning, expressed only
through the restraints of tenderness
and profound respect, as if indeed he
had some ancient deity in his arms, he
kissed her lips, he pressed his cheek
into her hair, he touched the back Of
her neck with his fingers.
81 love you," he said. "Can you I'M
sderstand all / mean by those plain
words love you?''
Il love you, Peter"
"You must never leave me now"
She sprang back, tearing herself
from him as If he had treacherously
plunged a knife into her.
"Not that, Peter Not that! 7
thought you knew. / thought this was
good-by."
Like one in great pain which must
be borne in silence, she threw back
her head and stood quivering and
tense
"You can't have misunderstood I"
she said In breaking voice. rs this
my punishment-tha you have misun-
.derstoodY'
II want you, Brena-forever.
could have sworn / never would want
anyone-like this
peter, it cannot be-"
she seized his hand and, leaning
over, pressed her wet cheek upon his
wrist
1T cannot be, Peter. 1t happened
when was no more myself-the one
1t happened when was less than
eIghteen-Seven years ago. am mar
ried"
Married." he gasped, putting his
other hand lightly upon her cheek.
Where, then, is he? How long ago
did he"
"Go?"
Eyes"
"Three years. I loathed him. I
loathed his eternal fright
'And where is he now?" he asked.
II do not know
She shuddered
"He-"
Vanished
Peter was white. Breathing hard, he
said, "You-Brena will you tell me
.everythingY
eyes, Peter-before go. will tell
you everything. 1t will show you why
am afraid-for you"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-21
CHAPTER v

Brena Selcoss had been born on
American soil.
One OF her most vivid memories was
that of her father, an austere man,
who all his life long had carried about
in the great and muscular body with
Its slow movements and its suggestion
of latent giant power, a restless soul,
ever seeking to find its way hither and
thither like strong giant ant of I'M
.ceasing activity looking for new work
She could remember dimly that her
mother, whose hair never lost the red
gold Celtic glory until she and her sec
ond child died together when she was
forty-two, had referred with whispered
awe TO the turbulent career of her hus-
band, Demetrius. There were vague
recollections of the mothers pride in
the fact that he had risked ard lost his
career, begun SO early in life and so
brilliantly in chemical research and in
a professorship in Athens, that he had
tossed aside all consideration for HIM
self to labor for constitutional Greece
and to risk his life in conspiracy for
freedom.
Mary Vaughn, as her name had been
before her marriage, knew something
OF insurrection herself; she had had
the III fortune to be the daughter of
the famous Tom Vaughn who was
forced to fee Ireland with his family
after the unsuccessful and forgotten
Secession Plot" of the sos Mary,
from the time she was child, sang
like a bird. She might have become
4 famous contralto, for her voice had
ltat anne warnl, rich quality inherited
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-21
Eosv to See That

The young man had taken his old
grandmother to picture gallery. She
had never been in such place before
and accordingly she was very critical
Of all that she saw. Together they
wandered round looking at the paint
ings with interest
Finally they stopped before cam
vas which showed man seated in a
high-backed chair. Tackled to the
frame was small white card.
what does 1t say on the card2"
asked the old lady.
"a portrait of F. E. Jones, by him
SELF replied her grandson.
The old lady went closer to the pic
ture.
"What folks these art people must
bel" she muttered. ANY fool can see
that the man is by himself; there's no
one else In the picture"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-05-21

for the moment, was known TO the
male eyes of Dallas as an unsolved
riddle. The other fact was that she
was the half-sister of the mother Of
Jim Hennepin Of Virginia.
Jim HeInepin, VINO liked to attach
to his name the words ''of Virginia"
was the last Of a line which had been
brought to American soil by refugee
Huguenot connected distantly with the
great explorer of the headwaters of the
Mississippi. There are those who re-
member him in his escapades in Dan
vile, and felt relief when his father,
who had himself dissipated the small
remainder Of the Hennepin wealth
and tobacco lands in futile specula-
tions through a Washington broker,
said to Jim, "You can go down to your
mothers sister in Texas. She will put
you up and have a job all ready for
you with a cotton buying and commits
sion house in Dallas There is moth
ing left in my own pockets. The only
genius. you have is for getting into
trouble; your only talent is for figures.
AS time goes on the accountant is play
ing an ever-growing part in American
business, just as the drunkard is play
ing lesser part. Do you get my mean
ing, son?'
This accounted for the presence Of
Jim Hennepin in Texas. He had been
there two years. Compton Parmalee
& Co. had found nothing to criticize in
his bookkeeping In fact, it had quail
ties of genius which sometimes make
bookkeeping not only cold record, but
vitalized inspiration of business.
Hennepin was a useful addition to
Compton Parmalee's small staff. He
drank at the club, but with a modera-l
ton considering his resistance to the
effect of alcohol. He was popular
young man in Dallas, and the fact that
so many men in that Texas city have
now forgotten that they ever heard of
this youth is only a commentary upon
the truth that the impressions most of
us make are not even fine scratches
when times roller has passed once or
twice over mems memory and today
mas D0COIUO So IuuCU more Important
than yesterday and that which is in
sight covers that which is gone like
new strata in a geological period.
It would be untrue to deny that Jim
Hennepin was an attractive figure. If
he had craft and viciousness, as some
have said he had, it was belied by
the Hennepin smile an inviting smile,
invoking the cheer of the moment like
smile of boy. Furthermore, he was
tall and graceful, like an oarsman In
an English college eight. He was more
like the bad son of an earl than a
bookkeeper, and persons often in
quired who he was, especially before
they had heard him speak in his care
free modern American slang figures,
and were surprised to find that ne was
older than he looked, had fought his
education for several wasted years at
the University Of Virginia and was
earning forty-three dollars week and
spending fifty-nine when he was over
thirty.