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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
DISASTERS

Nature was not kind to the human
race during the year, for earthquakes,
tornadOes and floods took heavy toll
of lives and property. In the United
States the spectacular disaster was
the destruction of the great navy diri-
gible Shenandoah in a storm over
Ohio on September as the airshiD
was on her way to some state fairs
in the Middle West Commander
Zachary Lansdowne and 10 men
of his crew were killed. Another mis-
fortune befelI the navy on September
"a when the submarine S-51 was
rammed by a steamship off the Rhode
Island coast and went down with 33
men, Among other disasters were
these: In February: Mine explosion
in Dortmund Germany, killed 1873 :;
Kansas City live stock pavilion and
motor show burned, the loss being
$2,500,000; mine explosion at Sullivan,
Ind, killed 81. In March: Thousands
died in earthquake in central China !;
tOrnadoes in southern illinois, Indiana.
Missouri, Tennessee and Alabama
killed about 500. In May: Mississippi
river steamer capsized. % drowning !;
destructive earthquake on Japan's
west coast; explosion in North Caro-
lima coal mine killed 81 In June ::
Seventeen killed by mine explosion at
Sturgis, KY, As killed in train wreck
in New Jersey; earthquake wrecked
Santa Barbara. Cal, killing II and
destroying S25,00O0OO in property. In
July: Fifty killed by collapse of dance
hall in Boston. In August: Fifty
killed by boiler explosion on excur-
sion steamer near Newport, r. l. /;
Italian submarine lost with crew of
40. In September: Mine explosion in
Corea killed $50. In October: Eight
cen killed in train wreck near Mem
phis, Tenn. In November: British
submarine lost with crew of 8; three
million dollar fire on New Orleans
docks; west coast of Floi ida ravaged
by storms. In December: Fifty-three
miners killed by gas explosion near
Birmingham, Ala.
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sources, and the minor violations Of
the law were left largely to local au-
thorities. The coast guard was called
upon, and all summer its vessels were
active along the Atlantic seaboard espe-
cially, with the result that the rum
fleets which had been lying off the
New England coasts were dispersed.
Early in December the federal agents
in New York uncovered a big liquor
smuggling plot, which involved the
bribery OF coast guardsmen.
The vets did not relax their eff
forts to have the prohibition amend
ment repealed or the Volstead act lib
eralized. When congress met a large
number of bills with this in view were
introduced.
There is little need to remind read
ers of the Scopes trial in Dayton,
Tenn, in which the school teacher was
convicted of violating the state law for
bidding the teaching of any theory of
the origin of mankind contrary to that
found in the Bible. With William Jen-
nings Bryan leading the prosecution
and Clarence barrow, Chicago atheist
as chief counsel for the defense, the
contest was between fundamentalism
and liberalism, and the people of the
country learned more about Charles
Darwin and the theory of evolution
than they would otherwise in life
time. However, there could be no de
cision" in this contest. Mr.. Scopes
was found guilty on his own admission
that he had violated the law. Only a
few days after the close of the trial, on
July 90, Mr.. Bryan was found dead in
bed.
Col. Charles r. Forbes, former d.
rector of the veterans bureau, and
John w. Thompson, millionaire con.
tractor Of st. Louis, were found guilty
on June 30 of having conspired to de-
fraud the government on contracts for
soldiers hospitals and sentenced to
fines and Imprisonment.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31

for the Davis cup, but lost In tina,
Anal contest William Tilden retained
the mems national championship, and
title. Championships in golf were won
as follows: British women, Joyce
Wethered: British amateur, Robert
Harris; American open, Willie Mac
Farlane; French women, Glenna Col
lett of America: British open, Jim
Barnes of America; western open,
Macdonald Smith; western amateur,
Keefe Carter Of Oklahoma; women's
western, Mrs. Elaine Reinhardt; ma
tional amateur, Robert T. Jones; ma
tional professional Walter Hagen !;
wOmen's national, Glenna Collett
Dartmouth was conceded to be the
best football team among the Ameri-
can colleges and universities. Uni
versity of Michigan won the western
conference championship, and the
University of Washington eleven took
first place on the west coast. The
sensation of the football season was
provided by "Red" Grange, star back
VI Tic university OF 1l1IuOIS JGdlDs
Ills playing was so remarkable and
the publicity given him so great that
at the close of the season he went
into professional football with con-
tracts that netted him many thousands
of dollars, and also signed a contract
with moving picture company that
paid him 100000 for the first picture
Jake Schaefer won the 1872 billiard
title in March by defeating Willie
Hoppe, but lost it in December to
Edouard Horemans of Belgium. Bob
Cannefax retained the three cushion
championship. The Kentucky Derby
was won by Flying Ebony, and the
English Derby by Mamma.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Politics in Great Britain were not
especially eventful The Liberal party
recovered somewhat from it's crushing
defeat in the elections Of 1924 and
Herbert Asquith, who was raised to
the peerage as the earl of Oxford
was continued as its leader. LLOYD
George pledged to him his unqualified
loyalty. The Labor party did all
in it's power to combat the Baldwin
government but was itself badly split
between radicals and conservatives
All these parties and elements ex-
cept the radical Laborites were kept
busy fighting the schemes of the Com
munists. The government refused to
admit foreign Communists to the
country to attend the conference of
the British Communist party in Glas-
cow, and later Cancelled the permits
Of many Communists to live in Great
Britain.
What was called one of the most
important events in the postwar his
tory of the British empire occurred
on April %, when Great Britain re.
turned to the gold standard. Aus
tralia and New Zealand took this
step at the same time and the Union
of South Africa followed suit on july
1. Canada was already back on a
gold basis, so that at the mid-year the
currency of the entire empire was
virtually on a pre-war footing.
Frances troubles, aside from the
warfare in Morocco and Syria, were
mainly financial. Premier Herriot
held on until April 10, when the gov
ernment's finance bill was defeated
in parliament. Paul Painleve there
upon became premier and he gave
the finance portfolio to Joseph Call
laux, who was convicted during the
war OF treason. Aristide BRAND took
the post of foreign minister Caillaux
was NO more successful than his pred
eceSSOrs and the cabinet resigned
October 81. Painleve formed a new
ministry, but this went on the rocks
in November BRAND was made
premier again and Louis Loucheur
one of the wealthiest of Frenchmen.
became minister of finance. His plans
were rejected and he gave place to
Paul Doumer.
The revolt Of the Druses in Syria,
held by France under mandate, be-
came serious in July and the tribes
men defeated the French forces sew
eral times. They filtered into Damas-
Gus and started an uprising there in
the suppression of which the French
shelled the Moslem quarters OF the
ancient city and battered it to pieces
Reinforcements were poured into
Syria but the tribesmen kept up a
harassing guerrilla warfare which
was extended into Lebanon.
Germany's new reichstag convened
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD


Standing far above all other events
Of the year 1925 is the signing of the
Locarno treaties. Though they do not
mean the immediate coming of the
millennium, they do mean that the
European powers have decided that
war does not pay, and they give to
western Europe at least a measurable
assurance of security and peace. This
holds good so long as the signatory
powers keep the promises made in the
pacts, and should any Of them fail to
do so, the League of Nations is ready
to step in. Germany has resumed
her place in the family of nations,
and as the year drew to a close there
was great hope that soviet Russia
would abandon her voluntary isola-
ton and consent to closer association
with the ''capitalistic powers that
she has so long condemned Locarno
was a magnificent triumph for Aus
ten Chamberlain, Aristide BRAND, DR..
Hans Luther and Herr Stresemann,
the statesmen mainly responsible for
the treaties, and for the legislators
and people in their respective. coun-
tries who gave them hearty support.
Another important development of
the year was the growing revolt of
Islam against the rule of Christian
powers. This manifested itself espe-
cially In the war in the Riff main
tanned against France and Spain
throughout the year by Abd-el-Krim,
and IN the rebellion against the
French regime in Syria The latter
was primarily carried on by the
Druses, nonmoslem tribesmen, but the
Mohammedan Arabs took at times an
active part in it, Turkey took war
like measures because she was con-
WINGED the League of Nations would
decide the Mosul dispute in favor Of
Great Britain; and in Egypt there was
unrest that occasionally broke out into
violence.
Twelve more months Of almost In
cessant civil warfare, complicated by
Bolshevik plotting and threatened up
risings against foreigners, was the
record of China. Nevertheless the
central government was maintained
and the international conference at
Picking held out some promise of set
Ting the affairs of the distracted
country.
The United States was blessed with
general prosperity and progress dur
Ing the year, and this was reflected in
the bill introduced In the Sixty-ninth
congress providing for reduction of
taxes which would reduce the nation
al revenue by 1925, 100000. Enforce
ment of the prohibition law continued
to be a serious problem, but toward
the end of the year the government
adopted a new policy that promised
to go far toward keeping illicit liquor
out of the country. During many
months storm ragged around the air
services of the army and navy, due
largely to the sensational charges
made by Col William Mitchell. for
which he was tried by court-martial,
and suspended for five years. His
plan of an Independent department
of aviation was turned down by
a board Of inquiry appointed by the
President. The controversy was ac-
centuated by the tragic destruction of
the dirigible Shenandoah in a storm
and by the failure Of an attempted
nonstop airplane fight to Hawaii.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS

Prompted by Great Britain the Ger
man government suggested the inter-
national conference that finally re-
suited in the LocarnO treaties. but
there were months of Conversations"
exchanges of notes and secret talks
before the great fact was accom-
plished BRAND was forced to move
cautiously because of political compli-
cations, and Luther and Stresemann
always had the irrecOncilable German
NationalistS to contend with 1t was
on October that the foreign minis
ters Of France, Germany. Great Brit
ain, Belgium, Italy, Poland and Czecho-
slovakia came together in the little
Swiss town of Locarno. Eleven days
later they had completed their task,
and on December 1 the momentous
treaties were formally signed In Lon.
don. The main treaty, known as the
security pact, binds France and Ger
many and Belgium to respect the
boundaries between those countries
as fixed by the Treaty of Versailles:
each promises not to attack either of
the others; and Great Britain and
Italy guarantee the inviolahility of
the frontiers. Provision is made for
referring disputes to a Cancellation
commission. the permanent court of
international Justice or the council of
the league. Arbitration treaties were
signed between Germany and Poland
and Germany and Czechoslovallia, and
I'm subsidiary pacts France guaranteed
the carrying out of these. The allies
made immediate plans for speeding
up the evacuation of the Cologne area
and the reduction of their forces in the
Rhineland.
AS soon as the security pact be-
came a certainty. President Coolidge
let it be known that he would like to
cali an international conference on
land disarmament in Washington. The
reaction to this in Europe especially
in France, was not favorable because
the League of Nations was planning
the same thing. Early in December
the leagues disarmament council an
nounced that a special commission
would be created to prepare for such
a conference, and the United States
and Soviet Russia were invited to APP
point representatives on that COM
mission.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31

anew woman and have recommended
it to others, and they say the same.
keep bottle of it in the house all
the time for sometimes / have a back
ache and take the medicine and am
all right. Mrs. WIN. KRAFT, 1888
Vinewood Avenue, Detroit, Mich.
Rockford Illinois. - SCI have had
nervous brvak-downs many times, but
not since / started to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. /
was weakand run down, but the Veg
etable Compound has helped me and
feel better now. recommend it to
all women who need more strength. :"
- Mrs. GUST. GREEN, 401 Lincoln
Park Blvd, Rockford, Illinois.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
SPORTS

Baseball, tennis, golf, football and
indeed all lines of sport had a sue
cessful and interesting year. The
Washington baseball club won the
American League pennant and the
Pittsburgh club captured first place
in the National league. In the worlds
series the Pirates won four of the
sew N games and the worlds cham
pionship. In tennis the French team
won the right to play the Americans
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31

Epound does me q
|lotof good. One
dayI saw your adj
|vertisenentin the
News and told
my husband / was
going to try it. /
had bearing down
feelings and was
very weak. After
the first bottle |
began to feel bet
ter and / took six
bottles. I feel like
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Merely Times Change

'The ambition of the young man of
today" laments an eastern educator
and so far as we're concerned he'll
have to do his lamenting alone-"is to
acquire a fiivver and flapper,' says
the Detroit Free Press.
Well, what of it, and what can be
done about 1t? The ambition of his
dad and his grandad probably, was
to acquire a gig and gal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

Presidential electors of the states
met January u and went through the
Formally of voting for President and
vice president of the United States.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
EVENTS OF 1925
SEEN IN review
Noteworthy Happenings of
the Past Year in the
United States and
Elsewhere.
ILOCARNO PACT SIGNED

Powers of Western Europe Make
Treaties That Promise Security
and Peace-ReVolt of Islam Is
Growing-Prosperity and Tax
Reduction for Americans
Storm over Air Service.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
TWO MORE |
SICK WOMEN
Benefited
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
ham, Vegetable Compound
for Their Illness

Detroit, Mich. I'll have found that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Corn-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
Once More

rs it true that poor old Bill has
married again?" Eyes; he's under en-
tirely new management"
The Washington times., 1925-12-08

Mrs. William Medill Hackett an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Catherine Isabelle
Hackett, to Edgar w. burlington,
of North Carolina. Mr.. Turing.
ton, who is in the Foreign Service,
is at present engaged in research
work for Columbia University. He
was for time assistant solicitor
of the State Department and served
previously in the Division of Near
Eastern Affairs. He Is graduate
Of the University of North Carolina
and Of Oxford University, England.
Miss Hackett, who is a graduate
of Mount Holyoke College, is at
present engaged in newspaper work
and is on the staff of the Christian
Science Monitor. She grew up in
Atlanta but she and her mother
came to Washington several years
ago and they make their home at
1910 Mintwood Place. Announce
ment of the engagement was made
on Sunday to few intimate friends
of Miss Hackett and Mr.. Turing
ton. The wedding will take place
Miss Hacked has recently re.
turned to town from a hunting
trIp"-for antique furniture.
The Washington times., 1925-12-08

J. Osgood, who takes as his sub.
ject "Chinese Art. Airs. Gtnel
knight Pollard will be hostess.
Among those who have made reser"
vations are Miss Grace Cummings,
Miss Anna Cummings, Miss Amy
C. Leavitt, Mrs. Alice M. Minch,
Miss Mate B. Lewis, Miss Clara l..
Smith, Mrs Ada Mills Payne, Miss
Grace Rohleder, Miss M. Daniel,
Mrs. Henry w. Seymour, Miss Laura
-. Berrjen. Mrs. Frank Hiram
Smell, Mrs. j. Garfield Riley. Mrs.
Charles Wilcox, Mrs. Francis Fl.
FAIR, Miss Eta Austin. Mrs. Ella
McCrystal, Mrs. Albina Carroll, Mrs.
Henry T. Rainey and Miss A. M.
Stewart.
=. 4 + u
Mrs. Robert Hollister Chapman
nineteen guests, at tea
at the Mayflower Hotel yesterday
in compliment to Miss
Louise McLanahan.
Mrs. Robinson f. Downey. who
spends the winter in Washington,
arrived today at the Willard, where
she has taken an apartment.
The Washington times., 1925-12-08

prising the large number of people
who seem to realize this fact and
have already ordered tables of any
where from four to four dozen
Can you imagine anything more
fun than New Year Eve in the beau
tiful setting which the Mayflower af-
fords. Mrs Effingham Townsend is
arranging for the affair to take place
in the Main Ballroom.
Today there is concert and ex-
hibition in the hotel by Prince Serge
Romanovsky, which will attract
fashionable audience.
By the way, have you ever dis
covered the Yellow Dragon, the cum
ming little Oriental Shop near the
he Sales street entrance? 1t has really
authentic importations-very fine.
The Washington times., 1925-12-08
* MAKES SEVERAL INTERESTING BEFORECRSMAS VISITS TO WASGO

James e. Freeman, Madame Eken.
gren, Mrs. Henry b. Brown, Mrs.
Maclkay Smith, Mrs. Randolph Nc
Kim, Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant,
Mrs. Charles Foulke, Mrs. Mimi
gerode Andrews, Mrs. Henry w.
Fitch and Mrs. Charles L. Marlatt'
~
Arrivals in the Congressional
colony at Wardrnan Park Hotel are
Congressman and Mrs. NJ. Alfred
Afichaelson of Chicago, Congressman
and. Mrs. Loring HI. Black of Now
York. Congressman e. M. Irwin Of
Illinois. Congressman Clarence j.
Mcleod of Michigan, andd Congress
man and MRS. f. M. Davenport u
New York.
Francis p Caravan. former Alien
Property Custodian, and Mrs. Gar
van. have arrived in Washington
from New York. and are guesss al
The Mayflower.
Others of interest at The May
flower are. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Murray Crane, jr., of Dalton, Mass:
and George AIDE, the humorist, OF
Indiana.
The Washington times., 1925-12-08
NEW WORKERS
HERE FOR
RECITAL
Mrs. Lawrence Town
sends Morning Musicale
to Be Gala Event

Paul koShansk the celebrated
Polish violinist, who is to play at
the first of Mrs. Lawrence Town
sends morning musicales at the
Mayflower tomorrow will arrive in
town today accompanied by Nine.
KoShanska and they will be guests
of the new Minister of Poland and
Nine. Ciechanows' a att the legation.
Lawrence Tibbett, who stopped
the show" when he made his debut
with the MetroI olitan Opera last
year and who is to appear with
M. Koshanski at Mrs. Townsend's
recital is bringing Mrs. Tibbett with
him and they will be guests at the
Mayflower OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman
Kendall, who are also entertaining
William M. Sullivan, of New York
Mrs. Otto TT. Kahn and1 her
daughter. Miss Margaret Kahn, will
stay with Mrs. Townsend for this
auspicious occasion and will be
guests at the Iur .heon which Mrs.
Townsend in Pursuance of a pleas
ant custom of long standing, will
ave tomorrow for the artists APP
pearing in her r",ita1. Other New
TOrkers who are coming on to at
tend the recital are Mrs. Paul ID.
Cravath, her daughter, Mrs. Cra-
vath Larkin, and her sister, Mrs.
Lathrop; Mrs. Richard T. Wilson
and Mrs. Stephen H. P. Pell. Both
Mrs Kahn and Mrs. Pell are box
holders for the series of recitals
which Mrs. Townsend is sponsoring.
Mrs. PeIl, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Lar
kin and Mrs. Lathrop will be
among the guests at the luncheon
which Mrs. Kendall is giving after
the concert tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1925-12-08
When.,I A4Uake
Christmas Day

II hope I viii find in my Christmas
packages some photographs Of dear
ones, far away. Nothing they could
send me would please me so much.
The sentimental appeal of a photo.
graph as a Christmas gift is In keep
ing with the Christmas spirit II you
decide to give your photograph to your
family and most intimate friends, you
have made the wisest decision in the
world.
When you go to Underwood and
Underwood's' for your Christmas pic.
lures, you will know you are having
them made at studio which has the
worlds stamp OF approval. There is
an Unacceptable charm about the quail
ity of an Underwood photograph which
places it in the portrait realm.
Christmas is the proper time to give
photographs, and there is yet time
to have them made. Call Underwood
and Underwood today for an appoint
ment.
The Washington times., 1925-12-08
WASHINGTON DEBUTANTE
PRESENTED IN BALTIMORE

Miss Mary Selden, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Selden, who
is making her debut in Washington
this winter, was presented in Balti-
more last evening at the Bachelors
CotilIion.
Others from Washington who at
tended this brilliant ball, at which
the group of Baltimore debutantes
make their first official" appear.
ence. were the Minister of Austria
and Nine. Prochnik, Commander
and Mrs. Robert Henderson, Miss
Virginia Selden and William Bowie
Clarke.
The Counselor of the Swedish
legation and Nine Wiedel will be
guests of Colonel and Mrs. Robert
N. Harper in their box at the
Auditorium tonight for the Wash
ington Opera Company's presenta-
tion OF Romeo and Juliet" others
in their party being Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Barnard and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Selden. jr.
*% +
The subscription dinner of the
business and professional section,
Women's City Club, will be held
tomorrow evening. The guest of
honor and speaker will be Albert
The Washington times., 1925-12-08

SUMMERTIME salt water and all that.
Well, Miss Ogilvie will tell you just
what to do to make your hair. rich
and glossy again, and SO listeners-in
win find her talk very helpful.
The Ogilvie Sisters Salon at HOS
Connecticut avenue speciaIizes in care
of the scalp and hair, but gives COM
pIete beauty service also. Their salon
is unusually attractive. with a charm
ing color scheme of pale green with
painted black hangings very restful
and soothing. hsa *,
Remember to listen in tomorrow
morning.
The Washington times., 1925-12-08

actually gets under way. From now
on every evening is brilliant occa-
sion for those of society, so 1t IS
small wonder that women are order
ing from Nine. Ash not one handsome
evening gown but several, each more
lovely than the other.
At the Cabinet dinner at the Execu-
tive. Mansion last week a prominent
social leader appeared in. an exquisite
model of pale blue and silver, which
came from Nine Ash and which was
spoken of as one of the loveliest
gowns present.
The Washington times., 1925-12-08

and on it a red Bohemian glass SER
vice was laid. The effect was stunning.
The lamps and lamp shades in the
Brandon Shop are different than you
will find in most places. The variety
and number are apparently unlimited.
I've never seen so many!
Some of the shades are pleated of
twill with early American scenes.
cabins and going.west stuff, quaint
in the extreme.
An oblong shade for a bridge Iamp
has French hunting print set in very
effectively.