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Evening star., 1925-01-09
Mixture of SnOau
and Rain Predicted
For Washir, gtor,

Snow or rain, or perhaps a little
of both, Is In prospect for Wash
ington tonight and tomorrow, ac-
cording OF the weather man.
1t looks as though a slightly
above freezing temperature to-
night may save the city from an
other snow paralysis, but then.
again. the skies may take a colder
view of it and provide the Capital
with its second snowstorm within
a week.
Forecaster Weightman says the
storm is now over the Mississippi
and heading east-nor'east with
some ado. If it selects a coast
wardly route north to Washington
we may get good deal of wind
with 1t, too.
Meanwhile Mr.. Weightman, Mr..
Hacker and Mr.. Ankshus Public
will await developments with in
terest.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
COUNT IN ST. ELIZABETHS
Jury Finds Leopold Ferri Is of
Unsound Mind.

Count" Leopold Ferri was today
adjudged of unsound mind by a jury
in Criminal Division l before Justice
Siddons and was committed to the
Government Hospital for the Insane.
Ferri had been in custody on a
charge of threatening to shoot a
friend and was transferred to Gal
linger Hospital for mental observa-
tion.
The count" claimed to have been
decorated by every European country
and asserted he has diplomas" to
prove it, He declared he was en-
ployed by the Department of Justice
to watch the bolshevist movement
during the war. He is engaged in
writing a book on the real secrets of
the World War, he said, from which
he expects to make millions. The
verdict of the jury did not seem to
affect the count. who proceeded with
poise and dignity to take a seat
among the other unfortunates about
to be returned TO st. Elizabeth's.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
PARK CHAIR OCCUPANT
PAYS PENNY DUE 10 YEARS
American RENTS Sum to Con-
science Fund of Landlord of
London's Resting Places.
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON. January Remit
tance of money long owed to various
departments OF the British govern
ment is not unusual, but NJ. w. Shan
ley, the chair king of London, who
has placed thousands of chairs about
the city's parks which he rents for
pence EACH has received from Amer
lea his first conscience money, a
penny which an unknown American
forgot to pay for the rent OF a Hyde
Park chair 10 years ago. The penny
and the letter have been preserved
as priced souvenirs.
Mr. ShanIey's business is the only
one of its kind in England, and was
established by his father so years ago:
Stanley now owns more than .15o, 900
chairs and employs a large force Of
men to go about collecting the
tupenny rental. Receipt tickets are
given. and the occupant may retain
the chair the entire day for his 2
pence.
Most of the chairs are placed in
groups of two, but 1t was an eye for
business. not a desire to befrfend
lovers, that dictated the grouping. ac-
cording to Mr. Stanley. He noticed
that people generally went about in
twos, and that groups of three or four
were much in. the minority. So he ar
ranged his chairs accordingly.
Evening star., 1925-01-09

Continued from First Pagc.)
TO complete the original plan for an
extension OF the building.
The fve-year building program to
house high school pupils. the report
declares, consists OF items for junior
high schools as well as those for
senior high schools, since pupils Of
high school standing are enrolled in
both types Of schools. The items for
junior high school buildings, how
ever have been listed with the items
for elementary schools because about
two thirds of the pupils in any junior
high school are of elementary school
standing.
4s2 Annual Increase.
DR.. Ballou shows in the report
that the average annual increase I'm
the high schools from 1913 to 1920
was 245 pupils; from 1920 to 1924 1t
was s27 pupils and for the whole
period it was 492 pupils. The
striking increase in enrolment dur
ing the past few years may not con-
tinue in the immediate future" said
the superintendent. Perhaps an in
crease of s27 pupils per year may not
be anticipated; certainly an increase
OF 492 pupils per year is too low to
use as a basis for computing future
needs. Consided from all points of
view, 1t would appear that adequate
preparation for increased enrolment
will require increased accommodations
each year for at least $50 high school
pupils. This figure is used in the
estimates for a fve-year program"
Excess Exceeds 1000.
Included in the statistics in the re-
port are figures showing the excess of
pupils in 1924 in the high and Junior
high schools, as follows: Business,
303; Central. S54: Eastern, As; Nc
Kinley. 273; Western, 4GS; Columbia
Junior High, 81; Armstrong, 754; Dun
bar, 4ss, making an excess of 3,21s
The tabulation shows that every
high school is overcrowded and that
there were 3,216 pupils of high school
standing enrolled in the senior and
Junior high schools in excess of capacity
of those buildings on November /.
1924. Fourteen hundred and fifty of
this excess, 1t is pointed out, will be
accommodated in the Powell Junior
High School. which will open Febru-
ary 2; the addition to the Armstrong
High School, which will be completed
soon. and the Western High School
addition, now under construction
After deducting the 1,450 pupils for
whom accomm odations will be pro-
vided the report shows that there
Will still exist large excess of pupils
Evening star., 1925-01-09
MARKETING AS PHASE
OF FARMING DISCUSSED

Nearing the end of it's delibera-
tions on methods of assisting the live
stock industry, the Presidents Agri-
cultural Commission had arranged to
hear today the views of the National
Council OF Farmers Cooperative Mar
keting Associations, as represented
by a special committee.
Orderly marketing of the cattle
mems products is one of several
phases of the industry being consid-
cred by the commission, which ex-
poets to draw up It's recommends
tions by the end of the week. The
national council has recorded itsel
as opposed TO any sort of govern
mental aid or subsidy for co-opera-
tive marketing organizations.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
INCREASE SCHOOL
FIGURES $4,000
Subcommittee Submits Fund
for District Building
Repairs.

Owing to the illness of Representa-
tive Charles r. Davis of Minnesota,
who is chairman of the subcommittee
on District appropriations the sub
committee was not able today to COM
plete its draft of the District appro-
priation bill for the next fiscal year.
1t is hoped that this can be done to-
morrow.
committee has agreed on an increase
of about $4,000 over the Budget Blu
reau recommendation for repairs on
school buildings in the District and
to make this money Immediately
available instead of forcing the Dis
trict officials 10 wait until after July
l before making these necessary re-
pairs.
Police Matter Unsettled.
The subcommittee has not yet
reached an agreement on the number
of additional policemen TO be provided
for in an effort to relieve the serious
traffic situation. Additional informa
tion from the Police Department has
been called for. 1t seems probable,
however, that the number OF new po-
licemen will be more than 60 and pos
sibly nearer 100.
The subcommittee thinks that the
streets are not yet in condition so that
they can make a survey, and this also
has delayed the final draft of the Dis
trict bill.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
RENT BILL OPPOSED.
Thirteen Club Goes on Record
Against Law.

Opposing the rent bill from every
angle, the Thirteen Club, at its BIZ
monthly meeting, went on record last
night against that legislation. An
other resolution adopted by the club,
which meets in the City Club, asked
the Commissioners to utilize the
water hydrants to wash away snow.
Edgar Norris explained the rent
bill. Another speaker, Stephen H.
Takes. discussed The Custom of
Mankind" Officers elected at the
last meeting were installed in office
They were Vernon Lowrey, president;
Stephen H. Takes, secretary; George
O. Dillingham;, treasurer, and Charles
H. Bemis and Marshal Houser, parlia-
mentarians. The governing board in
stalled was Charles II. Pimpe-, Claude
w. owens and Joseph Randall.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
OPERA BOX FOR COOLIDGE
President Invited to Faust
Opening New Auditorium.

President Coolidge this afternoon
was rendered a box for the opera
Faust" in which Chaliapin will ap-
pear here, at the opening of the new
Washington Auditorium January 26.
The invitation was extended by Edou-
ard Albion of the Washington Opera
Co.
After the conference with the Presi-
dent, Mr.. Albien said that the Presi-
dent said he hoped he would be able
to attend. He pointed out, however,
that is the night when the meeting
of Government officials on the budget
will be held. Mr.. Albion asked him to
at least try to be present for one act
of the opera.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
lBANEZ FEARS KIDNAPPING
COUP BY ROYAL FOES
Guards Against Plot to Return
Him to Spain to Face Pun
ishment From King.

By Cable to The Star and New York World.
MENTONE, January s.-Vicente
Blasco Ibanez is now guarded day and
night by detectives at his villa here.
There is real fear of a. Spanish royal
list coup, which might take the form
of kidnapping and rushing the PAM
phleteering enemy of King Alfonzo
and the Rivera dictatorship over the
frontier to Italy, a few miles away.
There Dictator Mussolini would GER
tainly raise no difficulties nor OBJ
stacles to the smuggling through of
the novelist to Spain and to the mer-
ries of his imitator, Dictator Rivera
Ibanez carries a loaded revolver at
all times, and no one is permitted
near him who has not been thorough
ly searched and vouched for as
friend of the exiled republican.
Copyright, Ie25.)
Evening star., 1925-01-09
Canadian Society to Meet.

Addresses and a program of music
will feature a meeting of the Cana
dian Society of Washington in the
Playhouse. 1914 n street, Friday night
January 16, at 8 o'clock. The meet
ing will open with Canadian folk
songs. conducted by Mrs. McFaul Nc
Master. This will be followed by
Ontario Observations" by Tom King.
The remainder of the program will
include vocal solos by Mrs. Stanley
Henderson, a CLAY Talk by Uric S.
]. Dunbar, a reading by Miss Jean
Wilson, a piano solo by Miss Wini-
fred Michaelson and storytelling by
DR.. McFaul McMaster. All Canadians
are especially invited.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
NAVY CROSS AWARDED
TO HERO IN BOAT FIRE
Chief Machinist's Mate Saves Life
of Comrade and Averts Grave
Danger to Subchaser.

Secretary Wilbur announced today
approval of the award of a Navy
cross to Chief Machinist's Mate Ru-
pert Otis Cavennah for heroism in
saving the life of comrade aboard
SubChaser No. 223, when a backfire
started a fire in the engine room. w
+. krolak, machinist's mate, second
class, was on duty when the fire
started and remained at his post un-
til overcome by fumes. Cavennah,
who was off duty, went into the en-
gine room and put out the fire almost
unaided, then carried his comrade to
the deck.
"Cavennah's prompt and courage
Gus action in all probability saved
the life of krolak and undoubtedly
averted grave danger to the sub
marine chaser and crew." the an
nouncement said.
Cavennahs wife lives In New York
City.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
WALTER REED BILL
REPORTED TO HOUSE
Measure Carrying 100000 for
Permanent Improvements Ap-
proved by Committee.

A bill to authorize the appropria-
tion of $4,000, ,o00 for permanent con-
structton work at Walter Reed Hos
pital, Washington, was reported to-
day by the House military committee.
The money would be used for COM
pletion of two wings to the main hos
pital building, containing the wards,
and a rear addition TO the same build
ing to provide space for dining
room, kitchens. wards and library.
A part of the sum also would be
allotted for maintenance OF wards for
patients and those af-
fiicted with infectious diseases.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
BROOKE JOHNS SIGNED.
VIII Appear In Ziegfeld's "Comi,
Supplement" Revue.

Florenz Ziegfeld has given Brooke
Johns of Washington a contract for
his appearance in the Forthcoming
Comic Supplement" revue when it
opens here at the National Theater
on January 1s, according to word re-
ceived today.
Mr.. Ziegfeld will control all the
work of Brooke Johns under the con-
tract, who was given the appointment
because "he is so representatively
American from the standpoint of per-
sonality and music and will fit in
admirably in this revue"
Evening star., 1925-01-09
DENoUNcEs RENT ACT.
Realtors Head Criticizes Govern
ment Regulation in District.

PHILADELPHIA, January Gov
ernment regulations Of residences in
the District of Columbia was criti-
cized by Charles G.. Edwards, presi
dent of the National Association OF
Real Estate Boards, at banquet OF
the Camden, ". j., Real Estate Board
here last night. He denounced the
Ball rent act" as establishing a dan
gerous precedent, declared that 1t
was communicate In nature, and tina,
the result of such legislation would
be a serious housing shortage.
United States Senator Frank B.
Willis of Ohio also spoke.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
SHIPS NAME FOR CITIES.
,nondence Of the Associated Press.

Co--"snondence Of the Associat ted Press.
BERLIN, December 10.-Gerrnany.
building new steamships, has decided
to name them after cities of the re-
public. In other days the names of
royal personages were popular in this
field and not a few vessels carried the
appellations of famous authors But
old mariners reminded the shipbuild-
ers that many steamers named after
writers had come to untimely ends,
and adherents OF the republic are not
interested in reminders of the mon
archy. =. ..,ss
Evening star., 1925-01-09
MEXICAN STEAMER LOST,

MEHICO CITY, January 9.-Hope
OF locating the Mexican steamer
Isidoro, which left Frontera for Vera
Cruz on December %, has been aban-
doned, according to Vera Cruz dis
patches.
II is feared the Isidoro, bearing 80
passengers, including we'll known
Mexicans from the states of Tabasco,
Campeche and Chiapas was lost in
the furious gale which was sweeping
the Gulf at the time
Evening star., 1925-01-09
YACHT CLUB ELECTS,
G.. w. Forsberg Again Chosen
President of Group.

G. W. Forsberg was reelected COM
modore of the Capital Yacht Club at
its twenty-f1fth annual meeting last
night at the new clubhouse, Eleventh
and Water streets southwest The
other officers and the entire board of
directors also were reelected, includ-
ing the following: Vice commodore,
j. Maury Dove; secretary-treasurer
Richard S. Doyle; measurer, Lyman
+. Hewins. and as board members,
Daniel II. Fowler, Henry Harrison
Lewis and Eugene f. Hartley. Judge
Daniel Thew Wright was re-appoint-
ed fleet captain. Refreshments were
served following the meeting.
Some penny slot machines in the
New York subways make 400 sales a
day
Evening star., 1925-01-09
BOARD PICKS COMMITTEE.

The committee authorized to be ap-
pointed by the Board of Trade to ex-
press the organizations opposition to
the Whaley bill consists of John Jov
Edison. chairman: Howard Moran and
g. w. O0utt. Ihe COMMITTEES was in
structed to inform Congress OF the
Board OF Trades objections and op-
position to rental legislation OF any
sort.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
CONFEREES ARE NAMED.
House Disagrees to Senate Interior
Department Bill.

The House went through the routine
procedure today Of d!sagreeing 10
Senate amendments to the Interior
Department appropriation bill and
asked for a conference with the
Senate.
Representative Cramton of Mich
igan and Murphy of Ohio. RepubH-
cans, and Carter, Democrat, of Okla
homa. were named House conferees.
Included in the Senate amendments
is 100000 item for the Spanish
Springs. Nevada, reclamation project.
Evening star., 1925-01-09

Electronagne, $ are being used to pick
clinkers from coal that is not burned in
furnaces so THAI the unused fuel may
be saved.
Evening star., 1925-01-09

After battling a horse and other
wise raising havoc near Scarborough,
England. n 2year-uid stag weighing
nearly 900 pounds outwitted the hun
ters and escaped.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
COOLIDGE ASSURED
CURB WILL BE PUT
ON UNFAIR RENTALS

Continued from First Page
Evening star., 1925-01-09
FIVE-YEAR GROWTH
IN SCHOOLS CITED
FOR BUILDING NEED

Continued from First Page
Evening star., 1925-01-09
EMANUEL'S CROWN
DECLARED IN PERIL
IN ITALIAN CRISIS

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Evening star., 1925-01-20
CHAMBER TO ELECT
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
James T. Lloyd Unopposed-Due
to Succeed Cans as
President.

Officers of the Washington Cham
Der Of Commerce for the ensuing
wear will be elected at the annual
meeting OF the chamber tonight at
o'clock. at the Willard Hotel A
president. first and second vice presi-
dents and ten directors will be voted
upon.
There appears to be no opposition
to the advancement Of James J.
Lloyd from his present office or hrst
vice president to the presidency OF
The chamber. it was learned today.
Second Vice President Martin A. Leese
is a candidate for the first vice presi-
dency and Ivan c. Weld is the only
man nominated, so far. for second
vice president. The froegoing terms
will be Of one years duration. The
retiring president is Isaac Cans.
The directors whose terms expire
with the meeting tomorrow night
are George II. Brown, William F.
Ham. James B. Henderson, Ernest f..
Herrell, Simon l.. Nye, Charles J.
Stockman, w. Nick. Stowell, Leon :.
Juman. f. A. Van Reuth and Ivan
e. Weld.
Twenty-Five nominations for direc-
tors to fill these 10 vacancies We're
made. but ten nominees declined. The
Is nominees are: Leo B. Abernethy,
A. c. Case, Henry c. Cole, Harry c.
Cragg, Charles W. Darr, Ralph A.
Davis. Joseph D. Dreyfuss, Jerome
FanciuIi, William &. Hardy, George
i. Killian, Samuel 4. Kimberly,
Henry Lansburgh, Arthur c. Moses,
oscar A. c. Oehmler and William A.
Rogers.
Annual reports OF the president,
treasurer and secretary will be re-
ceived at the meeting. Several special
reports are scheduled.
Evening star., 1925-01-20
Deny
They Haze Set Day
For End of World
Repudiate Prophets Who
Predict Judgment on
February 6.

VIII the end of the world occur on
February 6?
According to the general conference
Of Seventh Day Adventists. which has
its headquarters at Takoma Park, d.
G, "a group of people having no con-
nection with the Seventh Day Ad-
Ventist Church have assumed the
name Of this organization and have
set date for Christ's second advent,
announcing February as the time
for this event"
The executive committee of the
seventh Day Adventists today issued
the following reputation of the date
setting announcement, as follows:
I'VE hereby place officially on rec
ord in the minutes Of our general con-
ference our repudiation of all time
setting and record our protest against
connecting the name Seventh Day
Adventist with this propaganda
Anew we declare to the public that
throughout our history our witness to
the signs of the times that show
Christs second coming near at hand
has ever been based on the scriptural
teaching, that of that day and hour
knoweth no man."
Evening star., 1925-01-20
AMPH|b|AN PLANE
MEETS TESTS HERE
House Committee Impressed
by MaSterful Demonstra-
ton of Craft.

A masterful exhibition of flying
was given at Boiling Field late yes
terday afternoon by Lieut.. Wendall
II. Brookley of McCook Field. Day
ton, Ohio, before the Lampert air
craft investigating committee of the
House, which visited the field to in
.spect the new Looming amphibian
plane, orders for 10 of which have
just been placed by the Army.
While the committee huddled in
automobiles from the cold, Lieut..
Brookley, known to Washingtonians
as the famous sky-writer of past
Army Air Service carnivals, handled
the big plane with the facility Of
pursuit ship. eliminating only the
acrobatics. Taking off from the field,
he landed shortly after to show the
committee the adaptability of the
craft as a land plane and then again
IN the air he threw an electric lever
which folded the wheels into sockets
in the hull of the plane. Then side
slipping down over the Naval Air Sta
ton, he put the ship in the water.
Lands on Potomac.
Four landings in the water were
made altogether, and then, seeing
Capt. Robert Oldys Of the office of
the chief of Air Service idling about
In the air in De Haviland, Brook
ley climbed and came alongside.
Both pilots then threw the throttles
wide open, and down the field they
came, wing and wing, with huge
streams Of black smoke trailing from
the exhaust Soon Capt. Oldys was
far behind and the huge amphibian
had beat the trim De II. The in
verted Liberty motor in the amphib-
ian was turning up 1,700 revolu-
tions per minute for a speed of .127
miles an hour
On landing the committee saw the
wings Of the amphibian covered with
sheet ice. Water spIashed on the
wings when landings in the river
were made had frozen in the air
Enthusiasm over the performance
was expressed by the members 10
Grover Looming, the builder of the
ship. Mr. Looming, it is understood,
is building two more Of this type for
the Navy, with slight notifications.
All three will be tested thoroughly
before decision is made to purchase
and go into production. The plane
will remain here several days TO be
flown by both Army and Navy pilots.
Evening star., 1925-01-20
FATHER is ARRESTED
AS MURDERER OF CHILD
Accused of Giving Three-Y ear-Old
Boy Phosphorus to Obtain
Legacy
By the Assoc ated Press.

MILWAUK EE, Wis, January 60
Arthur Haufschild late yesterday was
arrested on a warrant charging him
with the murder of his three-year-
old son, Roy Haufschild, who became
mystertously i'll a week ago and died
from what has been ascertained to be
phosphorous poisoning.
The arrest was made at the con-
clusion of an inquiry in the office Of
District Attorney Eugene Wengart
where Haufschild and his wife, who
was the child's stepmother, were
closely questioned.
The boy was heir TO an estate
valued at about $4,000 left to him
by his mother. In event Of the childs
death the mothers bequest provided
the estate was to go to Arthur
HaufschiId.
Analysis of a salve found in the
Haufschild home showed presence Of
d small quantity of phosphorus A
little of the salve had been taken
from the container but not enough
was missing to account for the guam
tity of poison found in the child's
body.
Evening star., 1925-01-20
EXPERTS TO GIVE
VIEWS ON SCHOOLS
Tigert, BalIou and Miss Bar
rows to Appear Before
Committee.

With Supt. OF Schools Ballou, Com
missioner of Education Tigert and
Miss Alice Barrows, platoon expert
of the Board OF Education. as wit
nesses, the joint committee Of the
House and Senate District committees
expects today to get valuable data
on the fve-year school building pro-
gram which 1t is considering.
Although members Of the commit
tee practically are unanimous for an
extensive building program for the
schools Of the National Capital. they
feel that by means OF an informal
hearing, in which they can ask for
pertinent information, they Will be
better qualified to pass on the pro-
gram as outlined.
Cnpper Explains Cost.
Senator Capper of Kansas, chair
man of the Joint committee, in calling
the first meeting yesterday, explained
TO the committee that the probable
cost of the program recommended by
the Board of Education would he be-
tween 100000 and SIS, 600, 900. He
said that this amount. spread over a
fve-year period, would be about ST..
100000 per year more than would
normally be appropriated over that
period. but that in his opinion the
condition of the schools necessitated
larger appropriations than had been
the rule.
Senator King of Utah agreed with
the chairman that the schools in
Washington did not have adequate
Facilities to take care of the rapid
growth OF the city, and said that al
though the ''catching-up process
would undoubtedly cost a good deal
in money, IT would have to be done.
Architecture Discussed.
There was some discussion among
members of the committee regarding the
architecture used in the construction
of the school buildings here, and II was
unanimously agreed that the best avail
able architects should design the new
The Nations Capital should have
the very best in schoolhouse construc-
tion," said Representative Rathbone of
Illinois
Although the flve-year program does
not provide for appropriations to carry
it out, the committee believe that If
passed by the House and the Senate ap-
will be made as needed