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Evening star., 1925-09-23
CALL MASS MEETING
ON CHILD HEALTH
Parents Groups Meet to Discuss
Plans for Session to Be Held
on October 26.

Plans for a big mass meeting to be
held on October Is at Central High
School were discussed by q general
committee called by Mrs William
Wolfe Smith, representing the Moth
ers Congress and ParentTeacher
Association of the District OF Colum-
bia. held this morning in the studio
OF Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher. di-
rector Of the public service and edu-
cational department of Crandall
theaters.
Mrs. Smith presided. The meeting
was attended by representatives OF
the several organizations for the pro-
motion of child welfare in the Dis
H. Craig, director child health, edu-
cationai department, washington Tu-
berculosis Association; Miss Ellen c.
Lombard, Board of Education. chair
man home education, Mothers Congress
and Parent-Teacher Association; Mrs.
Edith H. Hunter, community center
department.: Mrs. w. T. Bannerman,
chairman legislation, Parent-Teacher
Association; Mrs. G.. W. Lady, chair
man pre-school education, Parent
Teacher Association; DR.. Lois Meek
educational secretary, American As
ISOLATION Of University Women; Miss
Edith M. Peckham, assistant to na-
tional director. American Junior Red
Cross; Mrs. Joseph Sanders and Mrs.
Albert Baggs, Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation; Mrs. Del Rose Macan, dra-
matte director, Philadelphia Inter
state Dairy Council, guest speaker;
Ivan c. Weld. vice president Cham
ber Of Commerce and representing
Chestnut Farms Dairy. guest speak
er, and L. r. Alderman, specialist
adult education. Bureau of Education.
Entertainment features for the day
of the mass meeting were discussed.
An autsta nding feature will be a play
which will be presented by Mrs. Del
Rose Macan. Mrs. Macan's health
plays" have been most successful In
Philadelphia and elsewhere. She will
be assisted here by Mrs. Edith M.
Hunter.
They also discussed the showing Of
motion pictures depicting in detail
methods by which the care Of tho child
can be taught. 1t is proposed to have
showings OF these films in the neigh
borhood houses throughout the city at
stipulated dates. at which time an ao-
companying address will be made by
a member of one of the child welfare
organizations.
It is planned that the entire program m
on the day of the mass meeting will
be broadcast 80 that the benefit will
be far-reaching.
Evening star., 1925-09-23

Thus pinned down. Admiral Moffett
admitted the service would he i'm
proved, brought up to 100 per cent.
which 1t Is not now" IL the ma atter of
selecting the officers and men for the
nying corps were left entirely In the
hands OF the Bureau of Aeronautics
He further admitted that not all of
the recommendations of the bureau,
manned by flying men, were approved
by the Bureau of Operations, manned
by non-hying men.
The whole Navy, as represented at
the hearing, was as jumpy as a cat.
Numerous times Secretary Wilbur
prompted the chief Of the Bureau of
Aeronautics and once. seemingly dis
tressed by Admiral Moffetts answer
to a question. he mumbled that "the
admiral might not be listening care
fully" Then came the formal de-
nouncement from Admiral Eberle.
The chief of naval operations, to
wrom Admiral Moffett Is responsible
as his superior officer. recalled to the
stand. frankly said he believed the
Navy air chief had given the wrong
impression" as to how many of his
recommendations had been rejected
by the Bureau of Operations. Admiral
Eberle took issue with Admiral Moi
Bureau of Aeronautics complete con-
troll over air personnel.
Navy in Tight Place.
He took the position that IL the
Air Service were given autonomy, so
should the Ordnance Service and all
other branches be given equal rights.
Admiral Eberle avoided going into the
highly special nature Of the Air Serv-
ice. however. pointing out by general
statements that we wouldn't have
a Navy II each branch of the service
were permitted to detail its own per-
sonnet"
1t was an unfortunate situation for
tho Navy, and the Navy visibly
squirmed The atmosphere Of the
whole hearing room seemed to teem
with a fear that somebody might say
something that was not Just So" that
somehow somebody might uncon-
sciously spill tho beans" And sew
eral times when those precious beans
rolled dangerously close to the edge
Secretary Wilbur leaped into the
breach and shooed them back
Evening star., 1925-09-23
SEAMEN TO END STRIKE.
Trouble to Be Settled in Few
Hours Melbourne ReportA

LONDON, September % CP.-Ad-
vices to the Exchange Telegraph from
Melbourne. Australia, quote a prom
inent trade union official as asserting
that the seamen's strike will be set
tied within a few hours
The waterside workers are said to
have decided unanimously to com
mence work on all ships, even II
fresh crews are obtained. and this is
expected to hasten termination OF the
dispute.
The seamen went out in protest
against the action Of their union
officials in agreeing to a wage reduc-
ton of approximately IS a month.
Evening star., 1925-09-23
RUBBER SEEDS OFFERED.
Filipino Senate Passes Bill to Spread
Culture In Islands.

MANILA, September 23 R.-The
Senate yesterday passed a bill ap-
propriating approximately $3e,o 900 an
nually for the free distribution of
rubber seeds to farmers. The spon-
sors OF the bill hope to develop the
rubber industry on q large scale in
Z few years through the free distri-
button Of seeds
The bin goes 10 TIA HOUSE -
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Continued from First PaRe)
suspended for a time on the control
wires running into the interior of the
ship and back TO the rudders.
The weight of the car, thus swing
ing In the air, as the Shenandoah h
tossed about, probably caused the
wires to cut through other frames
of the craft amidship before they
hnally parted and the control car
plunged a thousand or more feet to
the earth.
This theory, as we'll as the condi-
tion of the gas cells and the valves
by which the helium could be let out
OF the ship, will come In for more de
tailed attention later, when additional
experts are called after they have
examined the wreckage. and the state
ments made to the court by the
survivors,
just when these experts and the
other witnesses who are to be ex-
amined will be called IL a matter
upon which the court Is expected
to pass within the next few days
1t may be that to facilitate the in
qulry the court will move later to
Washington, where many Of the ex-
perts are located.
NAVY DEFENDS ACTION.
Evening star., 1925-09-23

Miss Kate O'Flanigan. recently ap-
pointed assistant secretary of the
Western Union Telegraph Co.. ts the
first woman to win an executive Do
eition with ,that compsnys
Evening star., 1925-09-23
NAVY DEFENDS ACTION.
Says Whole Issue Was Concerned
With State Fair Dates.

With State Fair Dates.
By the Associated Press.
Navy Department officials said to-
day a misa pprehension evidently had
developed III testimony before the
naval court OF inquiry into the Shen-
andoah disaster at Lakehurst on the
position of Lieut.. Comdr. Lansdowne
in reference to the time of making
the flight.
These officials declared the dirfg1ble's
commander in suggesting a date for
the flight had been actuated by a belief
that IL would be impossible for the
Shenandoah during the fiWt week of
September to take in all the State
fairs she had been ask ed to visit in
the Middle West. On August 4 he
suggested that the flight he made the
second instead of the first week in
September, saying that thereby ad-
ditional time would be gained for
preparations at Scott Field Ill,
Evening star., 1925-09-23

A resolution introduced in the Flor
ida Lagislaturs forbids the use Of the
word 'tnappe<' when refsrring to-Nny
yonnAn 4
Evening star., 1925-09-23
HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES
TOMORROW.

FIRST RACT-Purse. S2,ooos ciAin1inEj
miles.
bon acourt -. 13S Distant Shore .. lS4
Comdr Inrrahsm 131 Jim Cohroth. -. i41
FoIcatcher -. 13l Double Tip. -. 14e
Evening star., 1925-09-23
BECOMES BRIDE
in SCENE OF RARE BEAUTY
Art Treasures ShOwered
on Italian Princess as
Bridal Gifts.
Royal Families of Nine
Nations Are Represent
ed at Ceremonies.
BY the Assocf ated Press,

BY the Assocf ated Press.
RACCONIGI, Italy, September %
With time hallowed ritual beautifully
simple, yet rich in dignity and So
lemnity, Princess Mafalda, the youth
ful second daughter of the ruling
house OF Italy, today became the
bride Of Philip, Prince Of Hesse.
Members of the royal families of
Italy. Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ru-
mania, Serbia. Belgium, Austria and
Montenegro and representatives of
the dynasties of Great Britain and
Spain witnessed the ceremonies.
The function of this morning in the
great hall and chapel of the ancient
Savoy Castle Of Racccnigi was un-
usual, not only in the assembling of
remarkable gathering of princes and
princesses of the blood" but in trans
cending the wounds of the war and
uniting the daughter of the Catholic
Italian royal family with the son of
Protestant German house famed for
its early welcoming of Lutheran re-
forms.
Evening star., 1925-09-23

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1925-09-23
LANSDOWNE APPEAL. FOR DELAY
In FLIGHT DENIED, STEELE SAYS
Lakehurst Commandant Tells Probers Shenandoah
Chief Wanted Time for Improving Mooring
Facilities in West.

Continued from First PaRe.)
Evening star., 1925-09-23
Praises Morale.

Carl F. Egge. superintendent of the
air mail service, who followed Mr..
employees Of the service is 100 per
osnt perfect, OF the Jas perEpna EN-.
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numbered several hundred

tons here have started a campaign
against the activities here OF young
women designated as "vamps" and
men called "sheiks," as a result OF
official disclosures touching on She
night life OF Miss Dorothy Filing.
son. 16, who shot her mother to
death when the parent objected TO
the company and hours her daugh.
ter was keeping.
Mrs. Ellingson revealed after her
arrest In a roomlng house
here. S hours after the
shooting. that she had taken s4h
from the room In which she killed
her mother and danced and drank
at a party on the evening following
the killing.
The Staying OF Mrs. Ellington by
her daughter was the subject of
much comment from the pulpits OF
various churches yesterday. Some
of the most prominent pastors OF the
city dwelt al length on the episode.
All OF the discussion stressed the
need OF more solidarity in the home
and society.
Up until yesterday the girls age
was accepted as sixteen. Word
received from Los Angeles. how
ever. set the authorities off on a
new angle OF investigation. Mrs.
Eric A. Bloom. who claimed to have
had the care OF Dorothy in Decem-
Der, 1919 and January 1918. notified
the police here, they said, that she
was positive that her former charge
was now more than 10 years old.
In response to this development.
Dorothy said yesterday that she
would be " on next April. She
said that her father vas going to
send East for her birth certificate.
Meanwhile the police announced
that II II were developed that the
girl is II she could be held Liable
to tho death penalty instead OF life
imprisonment. although q woman
has never been subjected to CAPT.
tai punishment in California.
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Two STARS IN
CONCERT HERE

Richard Crooks. tenor. and Mieczy.
slaw NUM-, pianist. are to appear at
the America theater this evening
at s:l5 O'Clock in joint recital.
This event will be the third OF the
seasons series of concerts held In
this city under tho auspices of the
Woman's Departmental club and for
the benefit OF its charity divisions
milk fund for undernourished school
children.
There is little doubt that the
Crooks-Munz recital this evening
will be acclaimed outstanding in the
series. for both OF there artists have
attained world wide prominence for
their accomplishments.
Tickets will be on sale In the lobby
of the America theater until the time
OF the concert at s;l5 o'clock. The
request is made that children In
arms be left in competent care SO
that there will be no interruptions
during the program.
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SHOTS FIRED BY
WIFE ARE FATAL
To LARAMIE MAN
Woman Says She Acted
In Self Defense in
Killing Husband.

LARAMIE, Wyo., Jan. 10.
w. D. Richmond, a grad
uate pharmacist, who for
merly lived in Kansas City,
Mo-, died Sunday of gunshot
wounds he suffered last
Friday and his wife. in a hysterical
condition since the shooting. is UNI
der guard at a hospital where au-
thorities are investigating the trag-
edy.
Mrs. Richmond admitted. accord
ing to the county attorney. that she
shot her husband in self-defense.
The tool charge of the
case and will conduct an inquest on
the body of the dead man today. The
Rlchmonds came here from Kansas
City last September. The victims
father. c. S. Richmond, of Kansas
City arrived here late yesterday and
was with his son when he died.
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3x.coL. w. H. HUNTLEY

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan.
19.-(Special to The Trib-
une.) = This morning the
members of the eighteenth
legislature will resume
their crocheting, having en-
joyed a two days of doing nothing.
Many of the members ar" back in
the city from the stock show or from
n brief visit to nearby homes. Those
who reside at the farther orner of
the state for most part remained in
the city dividing time between the
legislative halls, hotel Hobbies and the
picture shows.
This mornings trains will bring
the remainder OF the membership
and then with the decks cleared for
action for the first time since organ
ization. law making will begin in
earnest.
To date there is nothing to attack,
except two subjects over which con-
troversy can arise, ana these are the
three cent gasoline tax and bank
guaranty. 1t is just possible that
there may no be so much dust
stirred urI over these matters as
some members anticipate. If the pro-
p~onents OF bank guaranty get to-
geth on a reasonable program OF
~etterment of the banking laws.
coupled with proper protection of de-
posters, with all the frills and i'm
possible and unsound theories elm.
mated. there is a fair chance for the
ucc Of such an act. But the acts
so far presented need considerable
modification before any n o. them
can successfully run the gauntlet Of
committee scrutiny much less the
Continued on Page Eight
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TAX ON GAS AND
BANK LAW HOLD
MAIN INTEREST
Highway Commission in
For Censure in Lavish
Expenditure Of Money

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 19.-The
resolution for ratification of the
federal child labor amendment came
back to tho senate Of the Wyoming
legislature this morning without re-
commentator by the judiciary COM
mittee. 1t probably will be consid-
cred in the committee of the whole
senate this afternoon, the second
Of the session to reach the
committee of the whole stage I'm
either house. Ratification Of the
amendment is regarded with dis
favor by a considerable element in
10th houses and inasmuch as the
rsaifying resolution must receive n
two-thirds majority in each house
its prospects r uncertain.
Both senate and house were In re-
cess during the greater part OF the
morning, awaiting reports by stand
ing committees. Both adjourned
until 2 p. m.
4 joint committee OF the two
houses will consider tho advisable.
ity of recommending al adjourn
ment for a day or two In order to
enable legislators desiring to do so
TO attend the stock show in Denver.
Senate members OF the committee
were appointed this morning.
Five bills were brought in this
morning. three in the house and
two in tho senate. They increased
the total introduced to date. the sew
enth day Of the forty-day session,
tr Sc.
The house this afternoon will hear
resolutions memorial Of members Of
the legislature and prominent state
pioneers who have died recently.
, 1925-01-19

cTIOe III urueF 10 protect It's interests.
"C2) The conference al Paris was
not a body. agency, or commission
provided for either by our treaty
with Germany oil by the treaty OF
Versailles. In taking part in this
conference there was no violation
of the reservation attache by the
senate to the treaty of Berlin.
"(S The agreement reached at
Paris was simply for the ALLEGATION
of the reservation attached by the
Dawes plan. 1t does not provide for
sanctions or deal with any questions
that might arise II the contemplated
payments should not be made. With
respect to any such contingency the
agreement in Paris puts the United
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One 81 Bill Is
Able to Produce
Much Happiness

When Jim Avery let loose OF that
$40 bill the other day he started
something that made a dozen other
people happy and never STOPPED
until he had the $40 bill back again.
II was the druggist who first was
favored with Jim's present ION
account"
And the druggist smiled. for he
was able to pay the shoe store for
n pair Of slippers his wife had
gotten.
And the shoe store proprietor
smiled, for he was able to settle with
the music store for some records.
And the music store owner smiled.
for he was able to cover his bill at
the hardware store.
And. In the end. It was Jim who
was smiling. for that $40 bill had
made the "pay-your-bills" round and
was home again. II always works
out that way.
TIE moral Is:
Pay a bit-and when you pay an
other pays, and soon there'n be
dozens doing II.
, 1925-01-19
FORUM MEETS
TUESDAY NOON

C. H. Kircher. general manager OF
the Wyoming Sugar company at
Worland. Wyo.. will be n of the
speakers at the chamber OF com
MERGE forum luncheon scheduled for
Tuesday noon at the Henning no
tel.
Local speakers scheduled to APP
pear on the program are Walter
Schultz. whose subject will be THE
Future of the Wholesale Grocery
Business in Casper" B. It. Cullen.
whose subject will be THE Future
of the Wholesale Fruit Business in
Casper" and r. C. Gather, whose
subject will be What the Wholesale
Business means to the Bankers of
Casper"
All members who are engaged in
the production. distribution or sale
OF food stuffs are especially invited
TO attend.
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CHAPMAN TO
BE HELD FOR
Federal MEN

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Jan. 49,
Gerald Chapman, to whom crimes
ranging from robbery to murder
r attributed. and who was arrest.
ed at Muncie. Ind. yesterday will
be held for the warden Of the At
lanta, Ga. federal prison, Alexander
G. Cavins. United States district at
torney. said today. Chapman es-
capped from the Atlanta institution
in March. 1923, a few months after
he had been sentenced to serve rs
years in connection with the $2.-
400 1000 mail truck robbery in New
York in 1921.
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schooner, Captain ellis fought to
protect his cargo of 800 cases of
beaten with iron bars. When his
o went to his assistance he also
was attacked. Then father and son
were trussed up with ropes and
fastened to the anchor chain. The
hijackers then started the schooner's
engine to drown the groans of their
victims. ellis and his son were
drawn and churned about in the
waters as the schooner strained at
its anchor. After their groans had
ceased. the bodies were torn from
the chain and sank.
The hijackers removed the liquor
and escaped.
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SHANGHAI. Jan. 10. CBy The As
ISOLATED Pressp-The telegraph wires
have been cut and the Chinese Tel.
egraph Companies are not accepting
messages.
Twelve thousand Of Chang Yuen
Ming's troops. who had been in.
termed in the foreign settlement
here after Chang's defeat at the
hands OF Chi Hsleh Yuan. have en-
barked for the Tslng Tao District
, 1925-01-19

A hunt is on in two countries for
another of the alleged hijackers,
Harry F. Sowash.
Inspector Dunwoodie said the
murder of Captain william j. ellis
and his son William, Jr.. aboard
their auxiliary schooner, the Beryl
C. in the early morning OF Septem-
Der 16. was OF the most ruthless
crimes of which he had ever heard
Awakened in the middle of the
night. when the pirates boarded the
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States under no obligation legally
or morally and the United States
will be as free as It ever was to
take any ourse Of action 1T may
think advisable.
20 The agreement at Paris
neither surrenders or mobiles any
treaty rights OF the United States.''
Mr.. Hughes statement was said
by White House officials to have
the full approval of President Cool.
idge who It was said had been fully
advised of all angles OF the con.
troversy.
Suggestions that the Paris agree.
ment requires submission TO con.
gress are not regarded by admins
Continued on Page Four.)
, 1925-01-19

where they will probably be disband.
ed.
1t is feared that Chi Hsieh Yum.
who is a supporter OF the ousted
Picking government. will shortly be
defeated by the qualification CONF
missioner" Lu Yang Hsiang. leaving
the foreign settlement again endan.
gered by routed troops.
The presence OF a brigade OF Rus.
slams with Eu Yung Hsiang Is also
expected to complicate tho situs.
ton.
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The resolution asking for a COPY
of the agreement, proposed by sena.
tor johnson, Republican, California.
is pending in the senate with the
approval of others of the irrecon.
liable veterans of the Versailles
treaty fight. From these and other
quarters the state department has
heard charges that the Paris agree
ment. signed by Ambassador KEEL
logg, the secretary OF state desig.
nate. had drawn the United States
officially Into an involvement against
which 1t had been guarding itself
ever since the close of the war.
The Hughes statement said:
Tho portion of the agreement
reached at the recent conference in
Paris which relates to the participa.
ton of the United States in the
Dawes annuities has already been
published in the newspapers. The
full text OF the agreement is on its
way lto-this county, and will be
published as Dol as received. In
the meantime 1t may be said;
ID The conference of finance
ministers held at Paris was for the
purpose Of reaching an agreement
as to the ALLEGATION of the payments
expected through the operation Of
the Dawes plan. In view of the In
elusive character of these payments.
it was necessary for the United
States TO take part in tho confer.
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CiloCtclItQ ny Lue last
jammed around the Center street
entrance Of the club to witness the
proceedings. 1t was the first day
light raid OF its kind In Casper and
those who were In the vicinity
quickly gathered to watch the fun.
Those taken in the raid gave the
names of Frank Maher. j. C. Burns,
George McCortos, IT. Bentley. John
Donovan. Tim Mccarthy. John
Wamhoof, Tim Crowley and Tim
Donovan.
This list includes three who were
taken in Saturdays raid. Maher
Burns are held for operation of the
club and the others as frequenters.
All prisoners taken in both satur-
days and today's raids are schedul-
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All New England
|Shipers in Grip
OF Winter Blast

BOSTON Jan. 1o.-Northern New
England shivered today in temper.
atures reported from some points
to be the lowest In 27 years. The
official thermometer at Gardiner.
Maine. registered 80 degrees below
zero. the coolest weather recorded
since 1898.
In Barre. Vermont. the mercury
sank to S6 degrees below zero. while
Montpelier thermometers registered
from 25 to 80 below.
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head OF the forces encouraging them
to resist the invaders.
Her courage was u~navailing. as
the fortress wa betrayed and capt.
ulated on February ~, 1851. Naples
became united with Sardinia in one
kingdom and the royal pair fled.
afterward leading a wandering life
in Austria, France and Bavaria
, 1925-01-19

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-Pros.
pective profits cannot be recovered
from the government on war con.
tracts. the supreme court held today
I'm a case brought by the College
Point Boat corporation of Long
Island. New York.
, 1925-01-19
WINTER ASKS
BIG PRESERVE

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-Pur-
chase by the government OF 1860
acres in Wyoming as an addition TO
the Winter game (elk) reserve,
established under a law passed in
1919. is proposed in a bill Introduced
today by Representative Winter. Re.
publican. Wyoming. Appropriation
of s2f3.150 for acquiring tho tract ID
carried in the bill.
, 1925-01-19
L. s. Unentangled By
Conference at Paris
secretary or State Hughes Declares That "No Obligation,
Legally or Morally, Was Imposed and This Country
ISFTee from Commitments in European Matters"

WASHINGTON Jan 19-Seretary Hughes issued +od,v formal +.+or.+ .s
itemi mnnsoJ e "a aef aG GTnent reached IN Paris at the conference ofh he alice finance min
$780, p so nc oohgalon leganyo or morally" or the United States and that this
ri, s as reel rom commitments in European matersas it ever was
nd ~ me sI aI eH sale efuI text of the agreement signed ~ Ambassador Kellogg
III we ouer american presentaives would be made uhi as soon ast Wa receMed