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Evening star., 1925-03-31
STOCKS BAD TRADE
INDEX, SAYS HOOVER
Business Basically Good, Despite
Wall Street Slump, Secre-
tary Holds.

The continuing fall In. stock ex-
change and grain pit prices has not
induced Secretary Hoover 10 change
his opinion that the outlook for
business activities is good, he said to-
day. but it has raised question as
to the efficiency of the stock exchange
as a business barometer"
80 far as the production, distrib bu-
ton and employment in the United
States continues to be as satisfactory
as they are the Secretary said. 81
do not feel that it is possible that
there will be any recession of busi-
ness activity. These are the matters
that must concern any governmental
administration rather than the specu-
lative movements which are essential
ly evanescent phenomena.
Doubts Market As Guide.
"The action in the security markets
raises the question as to how good a
barometer the market is of future
prospect OF course, the speculative
tremors are not things that one likes
to see They are not in the interest
of sound business and a lot of inno-
cent people get hurt It may be
remembered that a year ago the
stock market securities declined and
the large number of people who be-
lieved the market discounts the future
insisted that bad business was in
prospect for the Fall months.
THE result forecast by the market
was not experienced. 1t seems likely
that the situation is repeating itself
The fact is that the speculative mar
ket movement is always exaggerated
Evening star., 1925-03-31
5OS0[D|ERSLOST
IN FALL OF BRIDGE
Reichswehr Company, With
Full Equipment, Plunged
Into Waters of WeSer.
By the Associated Press.

ny NHe AshofidltO fTtss.
DETMOLD, Germany. March ST.
Fifty members of the German Reich
swehr were drowned in the River
Weser this morning when a bridge
being constructed by pioneers in con-
nection with the reichswehr ma
noeuvres collapsed. The victims were
part OF column marching in full
field equipment which attempted to
use the temporary structure.
More than 100 soldiers were pre-
into the river when the pom
toon bridge gave way, and the first
estimate of so drowned may be ex-
.ceeded- The men thrown into the
water had to struggle against the
handicap of their heavy equipment,
and it was feared that the inability
of numbers Of them to free themselves,
from it might greatly increase the
death list.
The pontoon bridge. which failed to
sustain the marching column of in
fantry. was constructed over the
upper Weser at the point where 1t
joins the rivers Werra and Fulda,
between the towns of Housberge and
Wertheim.
large contingent of various
Reichswehr units, engS ged in field
practice since the early morning, was
scattered over a wide area and when
the accident occurred the officers in
command Immediately ordered a roll
call In an effort to learn the identity
of the victims, the number of whom
had not definitely been established
at late hour
Among the missing is one officer.
The accident is believed to have
been due TO the overlooking of one
of the pontoons.
Evening star., 1925-03-31
Question Involves Future.

1t was said today tnat settlement
of the question of civil service juris-
diction will not affect the status of
Director of Traffic Eldridge or the
assistants that have already been ap-
pointed. So far as could be learned,
the question deals with the procedure
to be followed in making future ap-
pointments.
Director of Traffic Eldridge, it was
pointed out, was in the United States
Bureau of Public Roads, a governme mt
agency, for 25 years, while his assist
ant, Col. /. c. Moller. was actually in
the Government service in the Public
Roads office at the time of his appoint
ment to the traffic Office.
Although the Commissioners were
not prepared today to discuss the
matter, it is understood they may
ask Corporation Counsel Stephens for
an opinion as to whether he believes
the traffic office is under civil service
jurisdiction as a part of the Police
Department.
Director Eldridge has arranged to call
the first conference at the District Build
ing tomorrow night of the advisory COM
mittee he has orga pized to assist him in
getting the views Of the public on new
traffic methods and regulations.
The members of the committee thus
Federation of Citizens Associations
Rudolph Jose. the Automotive Trade AS
sociation; Joseph McGarraghy, repre-
senting the corporation counsel's office
Charles w. Darr, Chamber of Com
merce; Pearce Rayner. Board of Trade
Edward Brashears, Washington division
of the American Automobile Association
and Inspector Albert J. Headley of the
Police Traffic Bureau. A representative
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association has not yet been named.
Commissioner Oyster today desig-
mated Director Eldridge to represent
Washington at the Eastern Confer
ence of Motor Vehicle Commissioners
to be held at Richmond, Va, April
"a. This conference will discuss
uniform treatment of those phases OF
the traffic problem which can be
handled the same in various juris.
dictions.
Commissioner Oyster also took oc.
casion today to express his approva
of the manner in which Directo,
Eldridge has approached the big
problem of improving Washington's
traffic system. The Commissioner ap-
pealed to the public to cooperate
with the traffic director in the carry.
ing out of his plans
Mr.. Eldridge said today he has not
yet decided on the thoroughfares thai
are to be recommended to the Com
missioners for arterial highways
Selection of the streets probably will
await completion of the traffic survey
Evening star., 1925-03-31
QUESTION STATUS
OF TRAFFIC CHIEF
Officials Discuss Whether
Post Comes Under Civil
Service Commission.

Question as TO whether the person
mel of the Office of director of traffic
comes under the Civil Service Com
mission has been raised, it became
known today, and is now the subject
of discussion between the District
Commissioners and civil service Off
cials.
Neither the city authorities nor the
Civil Service Commission were pre-
pared today to make any announce
ment, for the reason that the question
of procedure has not been settled.
The Civil Service Commission, it is
understood, wrote TO the District Com
missioners several days ago. express
ing the belief that the language of the
law placed the new traffic office under
the superintendent Of police, and that,
since the Police Department is under
civil service the traffic Office also would
be subject to civil service.
Evening star., 1925-03-31

An apparent miracle in which the
palms of the hands are made into
eardrums and the deaf enabled to
near is being accomplished at
Gallaudet College.
Not only do the experiments now
IN progress under the direction of DR..
Robert Fl. Gault. professor of psy-
chology at Northwestern University,
promise to restore the hearing of
dear mutes. but there Is a possibility
that the method will enable the un-
fortunates to teach themselves how to
talk.
Advance Over Lip Reading.
In this respect alone it is a great
advance over the lip reading and sign
language, which have been hitherto
practically the sole means of COM
munication for those born without
voices.
DR.. Gault's method was developed
at Northw estern. He is In Washing
ton on leave of absence under the
auspices of the National Research
Council. At Gallaudet he Is enabled
to work with all classes of students
from rather carefree freshmen to
serious minded research students.
The principle behind the experiments
is simple. Its application is extremely
tedious and difficult, although probably
Evening star., 1925-03-31

suggestion. Col. Sheriff. NAV have
peen mindful of the fact that the
economy aspect, while important
is not the only point which the
plan has to recommend 1t The
suggestion, at any rate, will he
received with acclaim by the vic
TINS of the fresh-air fiends. IL is
understood.
To assist this office in COM
plying with the wishes of the
President" says the letter. "tbe
cooperation of the heads of the
various departments and iude
pendent establishments housed in
buildings under it's supervision is
requested. This cooperation NAV
be shown by keeping requests for
alterations and repairs, partitions.
new flooring, painting. etc, down
to minimum. The cost of cleo
tricity Tor light and power may be
reduced materially If the employees
will see that unnecessary lights
arc not left burning and current
for electrically-opera machin-
cry is turned off when the ma
chimes are not in use"
Evening star., 1925-03-31
FAMILY OF AMERICANS
MURDERED IN MOROCCO
Chicago Relatives Learn DIR. Ham
merstein and Children Were
Killed by Natives.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 31.-Word that
DR.. Hans L. Hammerstein. his three
children and their governess were
killed by natives in Spanish Morocco
has reached Chicago relatives from
Barcelona, where, Ii was said, his
wife. seriously wounded, is in a hos
pital.
DR.. Hammerstein was an explorer
and zoologist and had been granted
some virgin forest in Morocco by the
Spanish government for cultivation.
He lived here 90 years ago and con-
tributed some valuable animals to the
Lincoln Park Zoo, among them a
Shetland pony feet 10 inches in
height.
Evening star., 1925-03-31
TEACHER WINS $500
FROM HAIRDRESSERS
Given Verdict for Injury to Scalp
J While Securing Per-
manent Wave.

Miss Mary P. Clary, 1916 Sixteenth
street, a teacher at Business High
School was awarded a verdict for $500
Damages this afternoon by a jury in
Circuit Division 2, before Justice
stafford. against Leon Butte and Jules
Vaugon, trading Leon G Jules,
1882 II street, for injuries received
while securing a permanent wave to
: her hair. She claims the covering
over the tubes used in the operation
were not properly frightened by the
assistant in charge, and that the
heated tubes came in contact with
her scalp, burning the hair away and
leaving a bald spot. The accident oc-
Cured November 8, 1928.
MISS Cleary said she paid $25 for
the services.
Counsel for the hairdressers had
one of the permanent wave machines
in court and through the services of a
model explained the operation to the
Jurors. Miss Cleary had asked for
$4,000, but the jury considered $500
sufficient compensation. She was rep
resented by Attorneys Wilton j. Lam
bert, r. H. Yeatman and A. F. Can
field Attorneys Frank J. Hogan and
Edmund Jones appeared for the de-
PENDANTS.
Evening star., 1925-03-31
''fresh Air Fie''d'' Curb Suggested
In SherriII's Economy PROGRAM


The Office pest in the Govern
ment departments who throws the
windows wide open when the
radiators get too hot for him Is
not only the bane of his col
leagues existence, but is directly
bucking President Coolidge's econ
omy program.
Such is the inference drawn from
an announcement today by Col.
Clarence o. Sheriff., director of
public buildings and public parks.
Col. Sherrills statement, in
pointing out how employees in
Government buildings under his
supervision may help in bringing
about a necessary saving of $74,-
600 from the 1925 appropriation,
declares:
"A considerable saving in fuel
can be made II employees. will turn
off the radiators when the rooms
become too warm, instead of open
ing the windows. wider than Is
necessary for proper ventilation"
1t is said that in making this
Evening star., 1925-03-31
so Killed, 100 Hurt
In Terrific Crash
Of Russian Trains
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. March 31.-Nearly so
persons were killed and 100 others
injured in head-on collision be-
tween the Tashkent express and
Moscow suburban train last night.
The heaviest loss of life occurred
on the Moscow local, the three
coaches of which were crowded
with workers on their way home.
The locomotives, which were big
oil burners of the American type,
were reduced to tangled masses of
metal, while the coaches were rip
ped apart like SO much tinder.
The locomotives telescoped one
another, scattering fuel oil, but no
fire followed the terrific impact.
Nearby residents ministered to
the suffering and removed the
dead, who were pinioned under the
wreckage.
Evening star., 1925-03-31
WHEAT K|NGSFALL
AS PRICES TOPPLE
Bull Spectators Back to
Bedrock, and LuckIess
Retinue Wiped Out.
By Consolidated Press.


CHICAGO, March 31.-The 1925
wheat kings, enthroned in golden
splendor by the wild speculative orgy
they started last November, today
were unseated with every prop
knocked from under their recent
high pedestal.
One of the mighty monarchs of the
wheat pits, two months ago referred
to as a s30,000000 winner, now is
accepted as being back among the
common herd with a measly million
or so to show. His short reign on
the Board of Trade pedestal of fame
was considered ended by Mondays
price crash.
Along with him have gone other
members Of the royal household of
bull spectators in wheat. Fortunes
so glibly accepted but a few weeks
ago at their face value on paper
have dwindled until their holders
are being ciassed once more among
the somewhat impecunious speculative
nobility.
Drop Has Been Steady.
One short and sweet swoop wiped
out the lambs that innocently follow
ed the leaders into the first happy
slaughtering ground prepared for un-
sophisticated gamblers in grain But
it was a slow and torturesome process
that the bull wheat kings went
through before their teeth and their
fortunes were pulled. While the kill
ing was going on they've had allur-
ing prospects dangled before them
from time to time in the form of price
advances that looked assuring, but, on
the whole, the drop of 81 cents a
bushel has been relentlessly steady.
The explanation now is that the
erstwhile wheat kings did not play
their. cards right. They jumped into
the pit too early with their cry of a
world wheat shortage, stampeding a
violent price advance. Time still re-
mained for the word to economizs
on the use of wheat, and it's just that
thing that the word has done-so that
instead of a wheat famine, as antici-
pated, estimates now are that approx
imately 50,000.000 bushels of whea,
will be carried over in this country
out of its 1924 crop. A normal carry
over is 100000 bushels
With this situation clearly evident
while Americans still held huge quan-
titles of cash grain in their elevators
a crash from So wheat was taken as
| Inevitable.
But 1t is another matter to say tina,
present prices are not too low.
Evening star., 1925-03-31
WILL COLLECT BALLOTS
IN IOWA VOTE CONTEST

Edward P. Thayer of Indianapolis,
who has been appointed representa-
tive of the Senate subcommit &c in
vestigating the Brookhart- -Steck sena-
torial contest in Iowa, will leave hext
week for Des MoineS to supervise col
lection of the ballots. They will be
placed in locked mail sacks and guarded
on the trip back to Washington.
Mr. Thayer expects to complete the
work in Iowa by May 10, SO that the
subcommittee can begin actual con-
sideration of the contest soon after
that date.
Evening star., 1925-03-31
CELEBRITIES SUMMONED
IN FRENCH WAR TRIAL
Rr the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ORLEANS, France. March 31.-Po-
litical, diplomatic and military ce-
lebrities have been subpoenaed to ap-
pear at the court-martial, which is
being resumed today, of Capt. Jacques
Sadoul. He was sentenced to death
in 1919 on charges of deserting to the
Bolsheviki while-a member OF the
French military mission to Russia.
He returned to France last December
and demanded retrial.
The defense has called, among
others, former Premier Cafllaux and
former Minister of the Interior Malvy,
who were granted amnesty last No
vember for wartime offenses.
Although no manifestations are ex-
pected, precautions have been taken
to cope with possible incidents.
Evening star., 1925-03-31

President Coolidge will be known
hereafter by the name Bear hos
to the Sioux Indians of the Stand
ing Rock Indian Agency at Fort
Yates, y. Oak.
Comparing the President with
former chief of the Sioux who
tried to teach the Indians the
white mans way 35 years ago.
committee of the Sioux tribe
wrote Mr.. Coolidge today that the
Indians Endorsed his farseeing and
progressive policy and therefore
named him Bear Ribs in memory
of the aforesaid chief.
Because Bear Ribs was a far
seeing, progressive man, we now
give you the name Bear Ribs, by
which you will be known to our
Evening star., 1925-03-31
Indians Name Coolidge "Bear Ribs
In Memory of Late Progressive Chief

tribe" the letter said. At the same
time the committee said it had
mailed to the President a pipe and
a beaded tobacco bag.
Presidents in the past have done
much in reference to the Indian
and his destiny, but 1t remained
for you to give to the Indian that
citizenship which he hoped Tor
through many years." the letter
said. I'VE desire to express our
heartfelt appreciation for the citi-
zenship granted US and also for
the good Judgment shown N pro-
tecting our property rights by not
turning them over to the indians
without supervision"
The letter added that the chief
mentioned was slain by Indians
who objected to his advanced ideas.
Evening star., 1925-03-31
DR.. MARX RE.ENTERED
IN PRESIDENCY RACE
Center Party Backs Former
Chancellor and Support of Two
Others Is Predicted.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 31.-The executive
committee of the Center party this
afternoon decided to run Dr. Wilhelm
Marx, former chancellor, for the Ger
man presidency in the second cleo
tion to be held April 26.
The first election, Sunday, resulted
in no choice. DR.. Marx polled 1884,
s77 of the nearly $4,000, 900 votes cast
in this election.
Otto Braun, the Socialist candidate
in Sundays election for the presi-
dency, will be put forward by the
Socialist. Democratic and Center par
ties for premier of Prussia.
The interparty pact which resulted
in the decision to nominate Braun. is
believed in political circles to presage
the nomination of DR.. Marx as Joint
candidate of the three Republican
parties for president in the second
and deciding election, to be held April
26
Evening star., 1925-03-31
Easter Egg Rolling
At White House Is
Officially Pledged

A custom of many years stand
ing will be observed again at the
White House this year. when the
younger generation OF Washing
ton will be invited to take part in
the annual egg-rolling frolic on
the grassy slopes Immediately
south of the White House on the
morning following Easter Sunday.
The announcement was made at
the White House today.
The youngsters of the city will
not receive formal invitation.
They don't have to. They know
the custom and will again flock to
the White House Easter Monday.
The Marine Band will furnish ap-
propriate music.
Evening star., 1925-03-31
c. & 0. MERGER
WITH 'B|G5 VOTED
Stockholders Act After All
Night SeSsion-Protest
Filed by Minority.
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, March S1.-Lease
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Co. to the Greater Nickel Plate sys-
tenn was formally approved by the
stockholders of the former shortly
after noon today. The vote was $685.
SAP shares of stock for ratification of
the lease and 152.s1s against. The meet
ing adjourned at 12:45.
The vote followed charges of fraud
and misdealings in interlocking direc-
torates by group of minority stock
holders opposed to the lease, who
pledged their efforts through the courts
"or in any way possible to defeat the
merger plan"
formally voted at 1906 o'clock this
morning in favor of the lease as a
unit of the Van Sweringen Big Five"
system.
The vote then was also announced
as 506.542 to 152.S1S. 1t followed an
all-night session of the stockholders
and % hours continuous labor by the
inspectors of election IN certifying
and checking proxies.
Opposition Is Raised.
After official announcement of the
examining committee had been made,
the poll was declared still open for
objection or motion. and Thomas B.
Gay, representing minority stockhold-
ers opposed to the proposed lease,
noted an objection under section 3799
of the Virginia Code, which provides
that any proxy must be voted within
IL months of date of execution.
mo substantial majority of prox-
les voted for the merger" Mr.. Gay
said, were dated nor showed any evil
dence of when they were executed"
President w. j. Harahan of the
Chesapeake and Ohio was then elect
ed chairman and the secretary read
the notice of the meeting, setting
forth its time, place and purpose.
Proponents Are Victors.
The contracts by which the proper
way Company would be leased to the
Nickel Plate as a unit of the Van
Sweringen merger were read, where
upon Mr.. Gay proposed a resolution
declaring that whereas there is no
justification for the action OF the
board of directors of the Chesapeake
and Ohio on Jauary 20, 1926" which
action directed and approved the
lease of the railway, at is declared
to be in all effects detrimental to the
stockholders and violates their rights
under the laws of Virginia"
A vote on the resolution was re-
quested by Mr. Gay and the result
was announced-152.S1S shares for
and 506,542 against. Then came the
final ratification.
In Session All Night.
President Harahan, the two Van
Sweringens, a small knot of stock
holders, officials and newspaper men
composed the group that maintained
the .all-night vigil, as the proxies
were checked, prior to the merger
vote.
Declaring that the meeting was
convened until the report of the in
spectors was rendered, the railway
head refused to consider requests
that the session be recessed at 8
o'clock.
There had already been three re-
cesses since the initial convening of
the meeting at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning.
In the inspection room Newton D..
Baker, former Secretary of War, and
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Evening star., 1925-03-31
SHOOTS HER 2 CHILDREN,

SOMERvJLLE, n. J., March 81
Mrs. Catharine Sheridan, wife of
farmer at North Branch, miles from
here, shot and killed her daughter
Helen, II, and critically wounded her
son James, IA, as they slept today
and then shot herself three times
Neither the mother, who is believed
to have been temporarily insane. or
her son, who was shot twice, is ex-
pected to recover, hospital physicians
say