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Evening star., 1925-03-06
DUTCH RUM SHIP
IS TAKEN BY i. S.
Federal Judge Garvin Rem
ders Unique Decision
Against Zeehond.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press.
NEW YORK. March 6.-The Dutch
schooner Zeehond and $500, GOO
cargo of wines, seized Is miles of
shore in 1928. were ordered forfeited
Yesterday under an unprecedented
ruling by Federal Judge Garvin of
Brooklyn, authorizing the Govern
ment to confiscate vessels landing or
purposing to land liquor in the
United States from any point on the
high seas.
Judge Garvin held that the venture
of the Zeehond constituted attempted
fraud. as described in section 592 of
the tariff act of 1922. This section
says that if any person enters or at
tempts to enter merchandise into the
country by means of false invoice,
declaration. or paper of any kind, or
by means of any fraudulent practice.
such merchandise shall be subject to
forfeiture.
Decision Held Unique.
The Zeehond decision is considered
by Federal authorities to be unique
and far-reaching in that it upholds
for the first time the Governments
claim to the right to capture and con-
fiscate alien rum smugglers outside
the 12-mile as we'll outside the 3-mile
limit.
The Zeehond was captured as she
lay off Fire Island on December :,
1928. She carried 2.1S0 cases of cham
pagne and wine, taken aboard at Zee
brugge, and destined, accordin g2s to
the ships papers, for Cholera Banks.
in which vicinity the craft was cap
tured by revenue cutters.
Captain, supercargo and crew were
acquitted last January of charges
that they had conspired to violate the
ITo1z n
however:
IT do not think the defendant will
seriously contend that there was no
thought of violation of, law on the
part of at least some of those con-
nected with the Zeehond
Log Entries Are Cited.
There was some suggestion that
she was bound for Halifax. but 1 can
not give it consideration. The log en-
tries show that Cholera Banks was
her destination. The Irresistible con-
clusion is that she proposed to land
her contraband within the United
States.
"She reached the banks on Decem-
ber 1, but before that date her
original supercargo, named Goyens,
reached New York and established
connections with one Leveque, a
dealer in intoxicating liquors, COM
monty known as bootlegger.
"It is apparent that the captain of
the Zeehond knew of the movements
of Goyens. Leveque and Goyens
visited the Zeehond, by launch from
Freeport, Long Island. There is much
more in the record which clearly es-
tablishes that it was the purpose
to send the cargo ashore on Long
Island"
Evening star., 1925-03-06
ICE CAUSES FLOOD,
RESIDENTS FLEEING
Plea for Planes to Bomb lam
in Missouri River Refused
by Government.
By the A ssocis ted Press.

By the ssocis ted Press
YANKTON, s. Oak. March g.
Nearly a score of families living on
the Nebraska side OF the Missouri
River above Niobrara were driven
from their homes yesterday when the
heavy ice in the stream gorged and
backed water over a wide stretch of
lowlands, according to word received
here. The victims were forced to
abandon stock and other property in
their hurried fight. and some were
able to reach higher ground only by
using boats.
The Niobrara gorge is reported near
the mouth of the Niohrara River and
the wide bottom on the Nebraska side,
comprising more than 1000 acres, is
> sa Id to be under water. Considera bl e
stock is believed to have perished.
Only partial movement of the ice in
the river is reported from points
along the river below Niobrara.
Warnings have been sent to resi-
dents on the lowlands down stream
to be prepared for higher water when
the gorge breaks.
Efforts are being made by residents
of Niobrara to secure the services of
Government airplane to assist in
scouting and in dynamiting the jam.
Evening star., 1925-03-06
BY FRANK III. sIMONDS.


BERLIN. March 6.-what of the
German economic situation? This is
a question of hardly less interest and
Importance than that of the political
situation, but it is even more difficult
to answer because of a variety of
conflicting circumstances.
Germany is Enthusiastically in a
better situation than year and a
half ago. She is, in fact. passing
through. if not boom, perhaps a
boomlet- Unemployment is not i'm
pressively above normal. Part time
exists but that, too, is partially
seasonal. All things considered, her
people are at work again. The human
machine is functioning at something
under normal efficiency, but en-
ployers who a year ago protested that
their men were not producing at pre-
war standard are now blaming taxa
ton for their difficulties.
BoomIet Not Healthy.
But the depressing factor in the
German situation lies in the fact that
the explanation of the existing BOOM
let is to be discovered rather in
credit imitation than in normal,
healthy expansion. The domestic
trade of Germany is fair, perhaps
good, but the export balance remains
enormously against Germany. Ger
many is, in fact, living beyond her
domestic income. She is able to do
it only because of the loans and
credits which have been made in
recent months.
The high cost of living resulting
from credit imitation makes it impos-
sible for Germany to compete sue
cessfully with Belgium, Britain or
France in many directions. The bogy
of sudden swoop of German COM
petition has not materialized; there is
no present prospect that 1T will.
Instead of further. even more rapid
recovery, many sound observers be-
lieve Germany is approaching new
crisis when foreign loans and credits
begin to diminish and disappear. or
even the time comes for liquidating
them. The German hope seems to be
that the flow of credits and loans will
| continue, that they will more and
more take the form Of long time
notes, that SO far from seeking to
1iquidate their loans, foreigners Will
be satisfied to leave them as per-
manent investments in Germany and
merely draw interest. But this is not
likely or even possible. At least
many observers here doubt it,
Wages Below Normal
The mass of German labor Is working
at a wage which is on the whole sub
| normal. II there are several members
of family who are wage earners the
situation Is tolerable, but in ordinary
cases where there is single wage
Garner the situation, IL not desperate,
| is on the whole bad Living conditions
are ,wretched. The cost of living, If not
| quite as high as in America, is higher, i
| am sure, than in Britain, France or
| Belgium, while the wage of the German
L.. Oh IL
sometimes below that.
At the moment the working man is
emerging from much the worst situa-
| ton, he is escaping from something
which is pretty close to starvation; in
many cases Improvement for him is
so great that he is still on the whole
| bearing up with patience. but the great
question is how long it will be possible
! . hold him on q wage below the cost
Evening star., 1925-03-06
G. O. P. C0L0RED WOMEN
IN CONFERENCE HERE
National League Host at Meeting.
Head of Organization Guest
at Reception.

A conference of Republican colored
women followed by a reception was
held at the Metropolitan African
Methodist Episcopal Church yester-
day afternoon and last night. The
National League of Republican Col
ored Women was host, and addresses
were made by Miss Anna E. Hendley
and Mrs. Nanette B. Paul of the
Susan b. Anthony Foundation and
Mrs. George S. Williams, colored ma
tional committeewoman from Georgia.
Other Speakers were William C.
Matthews of Massachusetts, Charles
l. Mitchell of West Virginia, DR..
George E. Cannon of New Jersey, F..
r. Horner and the Rev. w. III. Jer-
nagin, president of the race congress,
now in session at the Mount Carmel
Baptist Church. Miss Mamie H. Bur-
roughs presided.
A joint reception of the local branch
of the league and the Political Study
Club, headed by Mrs. Mary Church
Terrell and Miss jeanette Carter. re-
spectively, was held last night at
the Wheatley "Y" for colored women
of political organizations of the
country.
The Community Center Department
of public schools held reception and
musical at the Dunbar High School
last night in honor of Miss Halle
Q. Brown of Ohio. president of the
National Association of Colored
Women. The hostesses included Mrs.
Gabrielle Pelham, Miss Eva A. Chase,
Mrs. Carrie ]. Knox, Miss Eta John
son, Mrs. Rebecca ]. Gray, Miss n.
NJ. Quander Mrs. Florence Neal, Mrs.
Lucy s. Robinson, Miss Rachel Bell,
Mrs. r. r. Horper, Mrs. Madge Quincy.
Mrs. Eva n. Wright, Mrs. Pearl
Hughes, Mrs. NJ. Madre Marshall, Mrs.
S. d. Milton, Mrs. Mildred Coleman.
Miss Ella Boston. Mrs. Daisy E.
Welch and Mrs. Susie Fountaine.
Evening star., 1925-03-06
FIVE PERSONS HURT
IN MOTOR MISHAPS
Woman Government Worker Sus-
tains Fractured Leg When Hit by
Auto-0ther Minor Injuries.

Theodore Richardson, 81, College
Park. Md, riding a motor cycle on
Bladensburg road beyond the District
line last night about o'clock, is re-
ported to have been crowded off the
road by an automobile in which two
colored men were riding. He sus-
tanned painful injuries to his body
and was brought TO Casualty Hospital |.
Arthur Middleton. Portner apart
ments. Fifteenth and u streets, was
driver of an automobile that skidded d
against and injured Emily Given, 81,
1441 w street. near the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing. where she is
employed. yesterday afternoon. The
Government worker is reported to
have stepped from in front of a
parked automo mobile directly in front of
Middleton's car.
Middleton made a quick move to
prevent an accid ent, but the car skid
ded and knocked down the pedestrian
emergency room in the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing and treated by
DIR. John w. Grove for a. fracture of
the left leg and other injuries. She
was transferred to Garfield Hospital.
Anna Brown, colored, 10, sos
Twenty-fourth street, was knocked
down at Twenty-sixth and I streets
yesterday afternoon by an automobile
driven by Theodore G. Buehler, 1121
Park road, and slightly hurt. She
was treated at Emergency Hospital
and taken home.
William Brapson, colored, 75, 1892
V street. was struck by an automo-
bile at Connecticut avenue and CAL
iforria street last night. He said he
was not hurt.
William Stokes, colored % 1902 V
street. was knocked down at Ver-
mont avenue and u street last night
about 9:45 o'clock by an automobile
driven by w. l.. Marsden, jr., 47OS
Ninth street, the automobile also
striking a car parked in front of 1917
Vermont avenue and damaging it.
Stokes was treated at Ere reedmen's
Hospital for shock
Evening star., 1925-03-06
PHONE RATE HEARING
WILL BE RESUMED
Public Utilities Commission Sets
Date for March 10 to Debate
Valuation of Plant.

Hearings on the valuation and rates
of the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co. will be resumed before the
Public Utilities Commission at 10
o'clock, March 10, Earl V. Fisher, sec
retsry to the commission, announced.
The company is contending its plant
is worth s25,000,000 at present price
levels. The commissions value of the
property on December 81 was some
thing less than s19,000.000. This lat
ter figure represents the original val
ue of 1915, with net additions to plant
since that time added The company's
claim is that its entire property
should be revalued because of the
change in price levels
Whether telephone rates are to be
reduced at this time will depend on
how much is added to the company S
valuation.
Evening star., 1925-03-06
CIenlenceau Misses
Eulogy by Failing
To attend Wedding
Absent From Church Be.
cause of His Anti-CIeri-
ical Vie,ps.
Rr the Assnciated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 6.-M. Clemenceau
active as ever and still anti-Clerical
missed hearing a long eulogy on him
self yesterday by failing to attend
the religious wedding of Mile. Edmee
Mordacq, daughter of Gen. Mordacq
and Andre Raiga, Clemenceau's great
nephew.
The cure of st. Clothilde's Church
thinking he saw in the audience
Frances grand old man, who had
served as witness a the civil cere-
mony, turned his marriage oration
into praise of the Tiger" to the
detriment of the present government
Clemenceau, however, dislikes church
affairs on principle. When Gen
Mordacq asked him to.come he agreed
to be a witness at the City Hall, but
remarked: So
Il never attend marriages or
funerals. L will go to no funeral but
my own, and there is.not time enough
ahead of me for marriage"
Evening star., 1925-03-06
GERMAN TRADE BOOM STANDING
ON FAR FROM HEALTHY BASIS
Situation Better No,U Than Year Ago, But Many Fac
tors Point to Possible Change for Worse in
Situation at Any Moment.

of living. On the other hand to raise
the price OF labor at a time when Ger
many can with difficulty, il at all, COM
pete with the outside world must have
obvious consequences.
1t follows then that the best OBJ
servers here look with complete skepti
cism upon the immediate prospect of
any dangerous, enormous German COM
petition such as was so widely forecast
in the years following the close of the
war right up to the imitation period
Such Germans as see some promise of
great progress base all their hopes upon
some optimistic Interpretation of for
eign purpose, upon American loans,
upon British loans, and similar bless
ings, which, to say the least are by no
means sure to arrive.
Living Conditions Bad.
Germany is poorer than before the
war. She is much poorer with relation
to her neighbors, by comparison with
their present situation, than all
occupied before 1914. Much of her pop
ulation has been starved and semi
starved, much is now living under con-
ditions of food and shelter which are
almost unbelievably bad. One stag
geringly patent fact is that there is no
present prospect of far reaching, rela-
The German trade balance is in
deed so bad for the past year that
some authorities assert the figures
are unbelievable, but it is obvious
that Germany can only continue buy
ing abroad seven hundred and fifty
million annually more than she sells,
for the time that she can get foreign
credits or until she has exhausted
her own relatively limited resources.
The process must, moreover, work in
vicious circle. to increase the cost
of living, to raise the rate of in
terest here, which is already enorIh-
ously high, and is cited as one of the
main factors in the situation. All
in all, am bound to say that his
summary of Germanys present
economic situation-I have by no
means relied largely upon a German
source-is, to say the least, the op-
posite of brilliant
Needs Foreign Market.
l. Germany Is working, she is produc-
ing, her domestic trade is good, but
she is%not selling abroad. While it
is possible the tide may turn in the
new year that the conditions of last
year were abnormal, there is little
to suggest here to foreign experts
that this will take place
Indeed, I gather the impression that
the foreign expert believes that the
process of giving German credits has
gone farf enough, and should be re-
stricted shortly and sharply to avoid
new disturbance, am adjustment of
national economy to bring Germany
back within her own income, which
she Is now living beyond, seems a
remedy which finds favor with many
who look with anxiety upon the next
year or two, particularly If credit
imitation continues
Copyright, 1925 by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
Evening star., 1925-03-06
Melody by Da,ues
Is Held Valuable
As Hysteria Cure
Doctor Says Composition
Has Quieting Effect on
Nerves of I'LL.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 6.-"Melody in
A ajor," composed by Vice President
Charles G.. Dawes, was played yes
terday before members of the South
land Club at the Waldorf Astoria, as
an example of the curing powers of
music in cases of hysteria.
DIR. Willett Dentinger, who selected
the composition, said that it's smooth,
soft flowing melody had a quieting
influence on the nerves of neuras
themes.
DR.. Dentinger lectured on 1.-The
Healing Power of Music" introducing
a number of compositions, which, he
asserted, would relieve certain ills.
The music-cure is not new, the
doctor said, recalling that Solomon,
in his great wisdom, often sought
solace in the soft strains of a harp.
Evening star., 1925-03-06
City's Scales to Be Tested.
special Dispa tch to The Star

DANVILLE. Va. March 6.-Every
pair of scales and every measuring
device used in Danville stores and
establishments will be tested, start
ing May 1, in conformity with the
new State law. The task falls on
Sealer of Weights George s. Dyer.
who believes the task will consume
fully three months.
Evening star., 1925-03-06
Bombs Are Refused.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March Sword
was received from Washington last
night, following a plea by citizens,
that Army bonn bing planes be sent to
break up an ice gorge in the Mis-
souri, River near Niobrara, Nebr., 100
miles north of here. that it would be
Impossible to send the planes because
of the danger of bombs exploding en-
route.
Evening star., 1925-03-06
Italian Revenues Gain.

ROME, March 6.-The semi official
Stefani Agency gives the Italian gov
ernment's revenue receipts for the
first eight months of the current
financial year as 1902, 200, 900 lire, an
increase of SS6.00o,00O lire. as com
pared with the same period for
1924.
Evening star., 1925-03-06
HESSE GETS new TITLE.
Chief Clerk Becomes Assistant Su-
perintendent of Police.

Under clause in the District ap-
preparation act, Edwin B. Hesse.
chief clerk of the Police Department.
will be given the rank of an assistant
superintendent July 1. Hesse, who
has been connected with the depart
ment for more than 25 years. will
continue as chief clerk, directing the
clerical work of the department.
Evening star., 1925-03-06

Statistics show that in the matter
of matrimonial chances the spinsters
have the better of widows up to the
age of forty four, but after that, the
widows stand the better chance of
being led to the altar.
Evening star., 1925-03-06

Women under 4 feet II inches in
height are not admitted to Australia
as immigrants. California is the only
State of the Union which has elected
two women to Congress.
Evening star., 1925-03-06

Mrs. Robert Mcbride of Corunna.
Mich. whose husband has been justice
of the peace for 25 years, has an
nounced her candidacy to succeed him.
Evening star., 1925-03-06

A hydro-electric project in India will
have an artificial lake with capacity
of 1,0e0, 100000 gallons Of water.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-03

tir ell record de Bailey, puesto que
ha dejado de ser aficionado.
Siguen a los nombrados, Noes
kops, con victorias, y Friol,
con 2.
Es curioso comprobar que Kra-
mer, que fu6 durante dos amos cam
pe6n de America, solo una vez ha
Avisto fgurar su nombre en- el cua-
dro de honor, aunque es justo con-
Fl gnar que no ha participate en- to.
ldas las competencias.
Deciamos mas arriba. que en bo-
xeo y en- carreras pedrestres no
existian competencias de conjunto
que permitSn establecer un record
de campeonato del mundo. Para
establecerlo tendremos en- cuenta
el tempo que su poseedor hs rete-
nido el titulo.
I'm boxeo ell record corresponds
a James J. Jeffries, quien fue du-
trante amos campeon del mundo
de todas las categorias,, con II
victorias. ~
Jack Dempsey viene inmediata-
mente despu6s de eI con victo-
rias obtenidas en- cinco ados. -5'ero
Dempsey contintia en- la brecha y
es mpy possible que llegus IN dia,
81 no a superar, al menos igualar
el record de Jeffries.
En- carreras pedestres La palma
corresponds sin disputa nuestro
Frande y lamentado campeon Jean
Bouin, q,iien. desde 1918, es pose
dor del mas hermoso de los records,
el de la hora, con 10 kilometros p
metros.
Jean Bouin va no existe, pero 81
que siendo, desde hace IL afios,
nuestro campe6n del mundo.
Nurmi vi4ne luego. Ha sido cam
re6n olimpico en- 1920, titrllo que
mantiene en- 1924, y posee ademas
un nGmero incalculable de records
del mundo. va que hablamos de
Nurmi, Sc nos permitir& contar ma
anecdota que resulta aqui oportu-
ma. Como Sc lie iniciara a intentar
la conquista de record de la hora
de Jean Bouin que el podia qui-
"a batir, Nurmi Sc rehus6 dicien-
do: mo quiero tocarlo; Jean
Bouin ha muerto gloriosamente por
su pals. Quiero que su nombre
queds por siempre undo por ese
record la memoria del gran cam
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-03
1924 1925

Ha expirado ell ano de 1924, de-
sapareciendo, hundiendose en- las
prof1ndidades de la fatidica no.
che del destino de una historic lu-
minosa de hondas ensohaciones, de
her6icas remembranzas e inhnitos
recuerdos.
Aparece Ell aho 1926, aho nuevo
que seguramente nos traera algo
grande, majestuoso, como la apa-
rici6n en- ell azul del infnito de un
nuevo Cometa, segdn las predic-
clones del celebre astr6nomo fran
ces Sadi Carnot, orgullo de la as
tronomia contemporaries.
Su potente lente, enfocado des-
de su hermoso laboratorio astron6-
mico, ha podido descubrir ese as
teroide en- ell entrante aiio de 1925
on el cielo azul del infinite.
Ese cielo cuajado de estrellas
en- noche clara y serena, hermosea-
do por ese Cometa, probablemen-
te sea el punto trascendental y
culminante del despertar de una
nueva Ease de grandeza y prospe-
ridad en- los comienzos del aiio
1925.
iQuiera el Dios del Sinai que
este ano de 1926 sea pr6spero y
sea de SECURE 6xito para toda la
humanidad!
Antonio CALIMANO
Maunabo. p r.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-03

peon frances
Esta delicade2a hace honor al
gran campe6n que es Nurmi. Ella
prueba que un bnen atleta es capaz
de hermosos sentimientos, dicho
sea con perd6n de Paul Souday.
He aqui, pues, como Sc establece,
seg1n nuestros documentos. la lis
ia de nuestros campeones del mum
do.
ciclismo.-stayer; Meredith,
victorias; sprinter: Ellegaard, s
victorias.
Boxeo. - Jim Jeffres IL yicto-
rias. carreras pedestres.--Jean Bo-
uin, recordman de la hora desdS
hace II amos.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-01-03
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