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The Washington times., 1925-01-02
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several times in Peter PAN, is to
me quite intolerable, and degrades
the scenes in which it occurs"
Then Professor Scott took up the
interesting section which begins
ION the other hand" He wanted
to know what the untutored Eng
lishman could make Of ''our smart
staggering, often illiterate slang
phrases, spawned by the hundred
every day and perishing almost as
soon as they are brought into exist.
ence."
He quoted, for example, kid
lOp in the velvet NIT, ''stewed TO
like q plush horse" and even the
nation shout Of approval, Alta
boy!''
When the American has run a
hundred yards for a train, and
drops painting into a seat, does he
remark In the g0od-natured phraS-
ing OF Professor Scott, II feared
for moment that j would be late
for this train and so miss an i'm
portant engagement"
AAASSlSAaG0 =
fessor. AS he wipes his beaded
brow, he gasps, Huh! Amt I the
husky little sprinter?'"
The American works fast, thinks
fast, plays fast, according TO the
professor, and consequently he
talks fast.
As American Tells Il.
It is fortunate. that the dIverg-
ence in the English ana. American
speech has come in the common
places, Professor Scott concluded.
There is no such break between .he
intellectual and commercial ele-
ments OF the two nations.
At the conclusion Of Professor
SCOTS address, one eminent philo-
gist was heard to murmur to an
other Yankee brain-worker: Say,
brother, I never lamped that boZo
before, but when 1t comes to dish
ing CAB off both arms at once. he
sure is the hot bigcuits!"
you tell 'en, Demosthenes," re-
piled the eminent scholar. 1--WE got
q stone in my jaw!'
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FRANCE READY.
To NEGOTIATE
ON DEBT
Foreign Office Considers Time
Ripe to Open Converse
tons With U. S.
By FRANK e. MASON,
International News Service.

PARIS, Jan. 2.-Franee "consid-
ers itself on the threshold OF con-
versations with America on the sub
ject Of the Franco-American debt. =
The foreign office IN making this
statement today added, while the
note Of Finance Minister Clementel
to. the United States, is not binding
and is only semi-official it serves as
point Of departure for negotia-
TONS"
Terms specified in Clementel's
semi ficial note were learned by
International News Service. Glenn
entel suggested ten-year mora
torin1n, after which payments would
cover a period Of eighty years, with
interest at one-half of i per cent.
All payments would be completed at
the end Of the ninety years.
The full text Of the NOTE will be
made public next week.
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re-enlistments have reached IS per
cent.
Hurt In Plane Crash.
It is understood that Commander
F. M. Perkins and Lieutenant M.
e. SeIby, naval officers on duty
with the battle fleet on the coast,
we've injured in a seaplane crash
on December Is, at San Pedro,
California. Commander Perkins is
on the staff OF Admiral Robinson.
He took of in the seaplane 10,
attached to the u. s. S. California.
Lieutenant Selby was his pilot.
me plane went into a nose dive
ana struck the water. Boats were
dispatched to the scene and the
OFFICERS were fished out of the
water and taken to the u. 8. S..
Colorado.
Admiral Robinson Immediately
ordered q court Of inquiry, of
which Commander F. B. Freyer is
the senior member, to make inquiry
into the cause Of the accident.
Navy Rewards Announcement.
Announcement has just been
made by the Bureau of Navigation,
Navy Department, that in order
to avoid any question by the Gen
eral Accounting Office of the
propriety of the payment of re.
wards for stragglers because the
award has apparently lapsed, each
case where doubt exists as
whether q reward is still in effect
will be Immediately made the sub.
ject of a dispatch to the bureau.
prior to payment Of reward.
To expedite matters and cause as
little delay as possible in paying
the civil officer responsible for the
delivery of any man in question, It
is essential that the bureau be
furnished the mans name ia full,
service number, rate and date of
actual delivery.
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COAL GIVES OFF
DEADLY GAS;
BOY DIES

So HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. "A
thirteen-year-old boy was asphyxi-
ated and his four sisters overcome
at their home in Paxtang yester-
day. The dead boy is Irwin
Hetrick. ...ss
The timely arrival of Mrs. Eliza
Ruhle, the housekeeper, who re-
turned from a New Year party at
o'clock this morning, probably
saved the lives of the four sisters
and the father.
Mrs. Ruhle detected the odor of
gas as she entered the home. She
stumbled across the' body Of the
boy in the upstairs hallway The
other members of the family we're
found unconscious.
The girls and the father J. H.
Hetrick, are in a critical condition,
physicians SAY.
Coroner J. H. Kreider, who
started an investigation immedi-
ately, found that a pile Of river
coal, which had been banked close
to the furnace, had ignited and
was giving off the deadly fumes.
One of the sisters regatned
consciousness long enough to ex-
plain that when they were retiring,
shortly after midnight, the boy com
planned Of a headache. About two
hours later. she said, she heard
him get out Of bed and start for
the bath room.
He was apparently overcome at
that time for his body was found
lust outside of his ROOM
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
Britain Hopeful u. S..
Will Share Equally
Paris Debt Payments
international News service.

AutGFW8GAOnNl MOVIE 6CGVlGoe.
LONDON. Jan. 2.-Great Britain
has made an informal suggestion
to the United States Government
that when France begins making
payments on its debt to the United
states 1t 'shall make equal and
simultaneous payments to Eng
land:
THIS information was learned in
unofficial quarters today by Inter
national News Service.
The British Suggestion" il said
to make no mention OF the question
Of a moratorium for France or a
lower interest rate than England IL
paying America
Great Britain has no intention Of
'.encroaching upon the rights Of the
United States" I'm the matter Of the
Franco-American debt. The British
foreign office make this quick and
sharp reply today to g despatch
from Washington which appeared In
the Morning Post.
Great Britain made q generous
offer" to the United States saying
1t did not object to the United
States granting q moratorium to
France or q lower rate of interest
than England was paying, the
despatch recited. Great Britain
would though, the despatch said,
be agreeable to q plan whereby
the United states would share with
Great Britain all payments made
by France.
'The Treasury has made no such
offer and we are not aware Of any
such offer being made to the
United States the Foreign Office
declared.
It was added that such an offer
undoubtedly would be Offensive"
to the United States.
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u. S. Officials Pleased
By Paris Debt Move,
But FrOWn on Terms
BY GEORGE r.. HOLMES.
international News Service.

AuVCHhAtAO0AA MOVIE OcEVACCs
While Administration officials
choose to throw an atmosphere Of
secrecy around the numerous "con-
versations" and under-cover diplo-
matte moves now going on In Lon.
don, Paris and Washington anent
the whole foreign debt problem,
there appeared to DO in official par
tiers here today more optimism than
there has ever been that out OF
this activity will finally emerge a
complete settlement Of the six.year-
old controversy.
Dispatches from Paris to the ef-
feet that France 10 finally about
to initiate real settlement negoti-
atoms were received with marked
satisfaction in Administration circles
and particularly in the Senate,
where criticism of the French debt
policy is daily becoming more pro-
nounced.
Open Way for Farley.
The terms reported to have been
suggested by M. elemental, the
French finance minister, for a ten
year moratorium on the French
debt of $4,000, 900, 900, with an in
tersst rate of one-half OF 1 per
cent, and all payments to be made
within ninety years, did not strike
officials mere but the opinion was
expressed that they at least offer
a basis for negotiation.
concession to France, for the Brit
ish settlement, which has served as
the model for the Polish, and other
small agreements, provided no mora
forum, interest at 3 and 3h per
cent, and payments to be completed
within sixty-two years.
Even these terms came in for
round criticism in Congress, for It
was pointed out that the United
States is paying interest running as
high as AZ per cent on this same
money, to holders of Victory and
Liberty bonds. To now reduce that
interest rate to Y Of 1 per cent
as France suggests-wOuld throw
burden of millions of dollars an.
nually onto the American taxpayer.
Anxious To Fund Debt.
France, it is believed, is DESTROYS
of funding her American and Brit
ish debts simultaneously and on the
same terms, on the theory that by
so doing the enormity of her obi.
cation will be more impressive to
the financial world and work ulti.
mately to her securing more ad-
vantageous terms than if she dealt
with British and the United States
separately.
It is known, too. that Great
Britain favprs threecornered
agreement, for the spectacle of
France paying the United States
first has aroused the British tax.
payer to an extent that has made
the British government extremely
DESTROYS Of obtaining some sort of
immediate settlement.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
ARSON TRIAL IN
Al EXANDR|A
DELAYED
Controversy Between Attor-
neys Over Procedure
Holds Up Case

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, Jan. 2.--
Due to q misunderstanding between
the attorneys for the defense and
the Commonwealth as to which OF
the four men indicted for arson in
connection with the burning uf the
wharf OF the Washington and NCr-
folk Steamboat Company Christmas
Eve should be arraigned first. the
trial of the men set for today was
postponed until January IL.
Through an agreement made be-
tween the attorneys when tho men
were brought into the corporation
court and advised Of the grand
Jury action, It was decided that the
commonwealth attorney, William
p. Woods, should tell Noel Garner.
H. p. Thomas and Brook Howard,
counsel for the defense. who should
be tried flrs6
On Monday Of this week the
Commonwealth attorney advised
that he would like to try alI9of the
men together but If this could not
be done he would probably select
Carl Mander as the first to face
the bar. Arrangements were made
by the defense counsel to proceed
in the Mander case but today Mr..
Woods declared that he would try
Guy Wood first. The objection
raised by Mr.. Garner to this action
was sustained by the court and a
motion for continuance was hen
made by the Commonwealth
attorney ana the case set for
Tuesday.
Carl Mander, Guy Wood and
Babe Mills, the three to face trial,
were implicated in the firing Of
the wharf I'm a confession signed
by orthur L. King, who declared
that the four men set fire to the
what to spite the police.
A five-day sentence in jail was
added TO a fine of $50 in police
court today against w. II. Aylor,
twenty-six, of Bristow, Va, charged
with colliding and leaving after
colliding.
1t was testified that AyIor ran
down Malesia jackson, aged colored
woman, as she was aIighting from a
street car at King and Henry street,
December 26.
Aylor declared that he did not
know whether he had killed the
woman or not and that, he did not
know anything about the law con-
corning collision. The Jackson
woman was severely injured on the
legs.
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VAN RIPPER IS
DISCHARGED
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ing him of gross disregard Of the
Government interest in handling
the duties of his office"
{ ''Your explanation of these de-
linQuencies does not in my opinion
place your case in any more favor
able light" Attorney General Stone
said.
Stone demanded Van Riper's res
ignation to become effective Janu-
airy Is. Van Ripper has already In
Dictated he would refuse to resignA
and it was also indicated at the
Department of Justice that he would
be removed from office.
Attorney General Stone received
VIZ Riper's refusal to resign today.
1t was understood he would take
official steps upon it within a short
time.
Stone Writes Van Ripper.
The text of the letter. to Van
Ripper made public today follows:
"Since our conference at this de-
partment l have again gone over
the entire situation OF your
handling Of the duties Of Assistant
United States Attorney. The re-
port Of my examiners sets forth
what I regard as a very serious
condition. The particular counts
against you are grave indeed and
amount to what I consider a gross
disregard Of the Governments inter
est in the handling of the duties of
your office. Your explanation of
these deliQuencies does not in my
opinion place your case in any
more favorable light For that
reason, feel that you should at
once discontinue all participation in
the work Of the office OF the United
States Attorney in New Jersey.
Leave Granted.
eff you file your resignation at
once, effective as of January 15,
you may be given a leave of 4.
absence until that date.
II have tried to be both pains
taking and patient in this matter,
and have given consideration to all
of your explanations and state
in our various conferences in
the letters you exhibited to me.
In view, however, of my official
duty l can take no other step than
the above"
Van Riper's reply was made
public by him in New Jersey. The
text of his letter however has not
been seen as yet by the Attorney
General, but it was expected that
the official announcement of Van
Riper's removal would follow
Stones persual of his letter.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
WANT1AW.
NENkC/

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE NEW
WANTS APPEARING IN TODAY'S
CLASSIFIED SECTIONI
TWO AIREDALE dogs lost; re-
ward offered.
IOWA CIRCLE-ROom, combina-
ton kitchen dining room, COM
pletely furnished; $500.
GAS DOMES-2, compTete; also
parlor fixtures: entire lot, $500.
EYE ST N. W,-TwoT large warm
front rooms. $500.
NORTHEAST~-The only available
new homes within easy walking
distance; $6,975.
WOMAN wanted, white, to care
for children.
MT. PLEASANT ST.-Large room,
kitchen and bath; also other
apartment.
MEN wanted; neatly dressed; for =
permanent outside sales work.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS TURN TO
THE CLASSIFIED SECTION.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
Army and Navy Shifts
Many and Varied
DIR. GILBERT GRosVENoR

Upon confirmation by Congress, Major General Anton
Stephen commanding general of the District of Columbia
National Guard and the Twenty ninth Division National
Guard will be the first officer Of that rank receive
mission in the army of the United States This is the
form of commissioning and national guard officers
Heretofore they have been commissioned in the national guard
and the officers corps Now they will
stoned alike
The flying field Camp Custer Michigan has been desig
mattel by the War Department "Fox Field in honor
dan Ill
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
NEW PITTSBURGH PAPER
HAS NO PARTY TIES

PITTSBURGH. Jan. 1.-The first
issue of the new Daily Dispatch
was issued here New Year day.
According to an editorial an
nouncement the policy of the news.
pepper will he complete independ-
ence from affiliation with any exist.
ing political party.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
A. S. LESSER FILES
BANKRUPTCY PETITION

Aaron S. Lesser, merchant at
526 H street northeast, today filed
a petition in voluntary bankruptcy
in the District Supreme Court
He lists his assets at $1,732.03
and his liabilities at $2,S0e.6i., At
torney Milton Strasburger repre-
Sents Lesser.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
Detroit Fast in Snow

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 2.-Detroit
wrapped itself up in a nice coy
blanket OF snow during the night,
the depth of which is estimated at
five inches. Downtown traffic was
delayed
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
WORLDS BIGGEST CLOCK
is WOUND BY ELECTRICITY

The Colgate clock at Jersey City,
a landmark for many years, has
recently been replaced by a new
one which its owners assert Is the
largest in the world. 1t has a
diameter across the dial of fifty
feet. The minute hand is thirty
eight feet three inches long and the
hour hand Is twenty seven feet six
inches long. The aggregate weight
of the hands alone is 1925 pounds.
More than 200 electric lamps
placed at regular intervals on the
hands provide adequite illuminate =.
The clock is wound by, one.
quarter horsepower electric motor.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
Trains on Time
Maryland Is snowbound.

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jan. O.
This section of Maryland is under a
blanket Of ten inches ut snow this
morning, the deepest fall in recent
years. Snow is still falling; and
State and county roads are blocked.
A northeast wind Is causing the
snow to drift.
Snow plows are being operated on
the Stota roa6s cost and west Of
Hagerstown. Traffic on steam and
electric roads is interferred with,
and bus lines are operating on de-
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
Danger Reported Past.
BY International News \

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Officials OF
the Clyde line today reported receipt
of message from Captain j. NJ.
Staples, of the steamship Mohawk
stating a fire started in the hold
Of the vessel at midnight, but was
under control at a. m. today.
Captain Staples said the steamer
was proceeding under it's own power
to Delaware Breakwater.
The Mohawk left New York yes
terday noon bound for Charleston,
S. c., and Jacksonville, Fla, with
cargo and 200 passengers.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
layed schedules. The storm began
at o'clock last night.
n. Y. Digs Itself Out Of Drift

n. Y. Digs ITSELF Out OF Drift
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-The first
real snowstorm of this winter
swirled down on New York today
from the Southwest, delaying office
workers and spelling punctuality
resolutions for the New Workers.
The snow caused the thermometer
to rise to "a degrees. It was 90
degrees yesterday. One year ago
the mercury registered 80. The
Weather Bureau reported ~ inches
of snow fallen at a. m.
Drifting snow under a medium
northeast 24-mile wind sifted into
subways and across surface car
lines, holding up traffic.
Harbor craft went slowly in the
face of the heavy screen of snow
flakes.
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
Plot, Says Postmaster Wiggle.

DETROIT, Jan. 2.-Peter Wiggle,
Detroit's acting postmaster, today
characterized his suspension and
charges of Irregularities filed at
Washington as a plot on the part
of opponents of the postal pay bill.
Wiggle in defending the activi-
ties of the National Association Of
Postal Supervisors said:
This. looks to me like an at
tempt by opponents Of the postal
pay bill to befog the issue. The
action in Washington is an unjust
attack upon the integrity Of men
who have served their country
faithfully for years"
The Washington times., 1925-01-02
Winter. Tourists on Board.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. a.
The Clyde Line steamer Mohawk,
reported afire off the Delaware
coast, left New York yesterday and
is due in this port Sunday, accord
ing to the Clyde Line officials here.
The steamer is carrying approx
mately $50 passengers, most Of
whom are winter tourists to
Florida.
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R|EDESEL QUITS
POSTAL BERTH
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convention Of the supervisors a
few months ago, and thanked them
both individually and collectively
for the substantial appreciation of
his services in their behalf over q
period of years.
It is the drawing of Mr.. Riedasel
into the unfortunate McDermot,
which has incensed the friends of
the postal salary measure, and
caused them to renew their first
suspicion that the ill-timed and
elaborate publicity given the Nc
Dermot case, admittedly not suf-
ficiently wrong to warrant legal &C
ton, Is nothing more than a subter-
fuge to be used later as a reason
for the defeat Of the promised wage
increases at the present short ses-
sion of Congress.
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247 RESCUED IN
LINER BLAZE
MRS M. "a. RICH.
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tugs, according to word sent the
steamship company here this after
noon.
The survivors. said these mes
sages, are being taken to Lewes,
Del, where special train is being
made up to take them to their des-
tinations, Charleston, s. c., and
Jacksonville. Fla
Captain j. M. Staples, the skip
per, is preparing to beach the yes
sci on Delaware Breakwater to
prevent it's loss.
The. fire was extinguished at
dawn. Captain Staples kept thirty
five of the crew aboard to man the
ship.
When the passengers were aroused
by stewards soon after discovery
of the blaze, they made their way
to a forward deck. There were 105
women among them. Men in the
group volunteered their services
and hlped the sailors Quench the
fire.
zoo on Mohawk.
LEWES, Del, Jan. with
about 200 passengers on board, the
Clyde liner Mohawk was reported
on fire today off Brandywine Light,
Delaware bay, near here.
A wireless from the steamer
early today reported that the fire
was in it's after hold and was
spreading to the after salon.
Four boats are reported standing
by prepared to take the passengers
off.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-25

His companions yelled for help.
Mcdonald, smoking his pipe on a
nearby pier, responded. Fully
clothed. he sprang to the rescue.
Several hundred men and women
gathered. Many Of the women
cIasped their hands and prayed for
Mcdonald and the 10y.
After nearly three minutes had
elapsed and the spectators were be-
ginning to think Mcdonald. too. had
persisted, the rescIer appeared with
the boy slung across his back. A
patrolman hauled the pair ashore.
Mcdonald had diyed several times,
always out Of sight of the praying
crowd.
Mcdonald. who was covered with
ooze and exhausted. assisted an
ambulance surgeon and a pulmotor
crew of the Consolidated Gas Com
pany to revive the boy. An hour
later the boy became conscious and
asked for his parents. He was TAX
en- home as the crowd cheered Nc
Donald. The driver grinned, picked
up his pipe. and started for home.
Police of East Fifty-first tsreet
station said MsDonald has other
rescues to his credit. but he re-
fuses to discuss them.
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ENGLISH TEACH.
LITTLE ]. 5.
HISTORY
Only Three Schools Provide
Study in England, Says
Oxford Professor
BY international News Service

LONDON, July 25.-There are
only three English schools where
the history of the United States is
taught. according to Professor S.
E. Morrison. retiring Harmsworth
professor of American history at
Oxford.
English history has been taught
to three generations of Americans
In thousands of schools and colleges.
and has done much to dissipate old
prejudices." Professor Morrison said.
AT present the youth of England
get their ideas Of America largely
from motion pictures, and American
films present a distorted view OF
American life to The British public.
American films arc produced largely
for the greatest finn market-The
United States-whel they provide
romantic compensa ton for the hum
drum life of Main Street. Against
that background they are all very
well.
Their effect on the people OF a
country with differ ent background
Is, / believe. unwhUlesome."