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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
PLANE AIDS IN BARING RITES
OF GUINEA HEAD HUNTERS
Helps to Get Photographs in ''Long Houses OF
Weird Ceremonies of Savage Tribe-Lec-
turer Tells of Mysteries.

BY the aid of seaplane and a
motion picture camera Capt. Frank
Hurley was able to invade and make
the first Photographic record of the
strange rites of New Guinea head
hunters. performed in their mystic
rous long houses" amid racks of
gruesome skulls.
Capt. Hurley's pictures were shown
before the members of the National
Geographic Society at the New Ma
sonic Temple last evening and ex-
planned by NJ. y. Greenwood Adams.
Mr. Adams, an Australian, said that,
while the Papuan natives are savage
in their practices, they are highly
skilled and intelligent, so that in sew
eral decades more they probably will
be working on copra and rubber plan
tations.
From the moment the expedition
approached New Guinea dangers and
strange happenings confronted them.
The shores are so thickly grown that
trouble is had TO find landing place.
and when one is found crocodiIeS are
apt to be lying in wait for intruders.
The streams of the island are YER
liable aisles among thickets of jungle.
darkened by the overhanging trees.
and these trees frequently are over
grown with the scarlet D'Albertis
creeper. Many of the native villages
are built out over the water. for pro-
lection, and from one to another run
tboardwalk which give the shore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
RED GROUPS FOUND
At MILITARY DRILL
New York Police Hold Three
and Take Fifty Rifles and
Supply of Sabers.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March IA - Bomb
squad agents last night arrested
three men whom they found drilling
so others with rifles at the Ukraine
Society headquarters. Later the
agents seized SO rifles and 25 sabers
at headquarters of the communist or
workers party headquarters.
Three men were arrested in the
Ukrainian Society raid They were
Sol Zalon, Henry Winograhoff and
Aaron Eimen. They were under COM
mand of Abe Furman. who, police
said was a former soldier.
Drill for Rehearsal.
In Night Court the prisoners said
their drill was merely rehearsal for
scene at Madison Square Garden to-
morrow, when communists will cele-
brate the anniversary of the Paris
commune, in 1872.
Furman and his aides were charged
with violation of an ordinance which
prohibits non-citizens carrying or
possessing weapons.
pears on the surface" was all that
Capt. James Gegan of the bomb squad
would say about the raids.
Spectators in Night Court sought
to tell the court that police substitute
ed serviceable rifles for obsolete
arms, but the magistrate ruled such
evidence "trrevalent" and held three
of the prisoners in $4,000 bail each.
Furman was released when the au-
thorities learned he was a naturalized
citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
$4,000 Is NEEDED
IN BOY SCOUT DRIVE
Campaign to Be Continued Until
$50, 900 for Two Years
in Raised.

The Boy Scout drive to raise $780,
900, two-year budget, will be con-
tinued until the sum has been
reached This was the unanimous
reply of the $50 team workers when
they were asked by President L. A.
Snead If the drive should continue.
at the MONDAY luncheon of the work
ers at the Franklin Square Hotel. He
pointed out that $45,102. had been
raised in the campaign, which was to
have closed yesterday noon.
Mr. Snead pledged the executive
committee to raise $1,000 of, the
$4,000 needed The workers will
raise the balance. The MONDAY
meetings will continue at the Frank
lin Square Hotel.
Team No. 4, captained by Colin H.
Livingstone, won the bouquet for
turning in the largest amount of sub
scriptions yesterday. This team was
also promised ride In an aeroplane
under direction of Gen. Patrick of
the Air Service, who announced that
the offer was made in appreciation
of the many services and cOurties per-
formed by the Boy Scouts. Mr.. Living
stone and his teammates. however de-
clined the invitation, but the offer
was accepted by team No. 5, which is
captained by Lester G. Wilson.
]. p. Hovey, ]. *. Lawson, /. N.
Flucky and George w. Pryor won
the dinner tickets given by the man
agement of the La Fayette Hotel for
the largest number of subscriptions
obtained by individual workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
2PLAYS CLEARED
BY CITIZEN JURY
Third Partially Cleared by
Group Chosen to Aid in
New York Cleanup.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March 1.-Two of
twelve Broadway plays under fire as
Objectionable were exonerated yester-
day by citizen play juries under
system which District Attorney Ban
ton approved to avert a formal CEN
sorship of the theater.
A third production was tentatively
cleared pending changed acting of
one scene, which the producer agreed
to make last night.
The two plays cleared outright were
Desire Under the Elms," the Eugene
ONeill drama Mr.. Banton himself
deemed too improper for even revi-
sion, and They Knew What They
Wanted" a theater guild production.
THE Firebrand" of Edwin Justice
Mayer, based on the life of Ben
venuto Cellini, offended in one scene.
A play jury attended each perform
ance in secret, the members unknown
to one another and yesterday at police
headquarters voted on two questions
whether the plays should be sup
pressed or corrected.
The jurors had been drawn in
groups of IL by Police Commissioner
Enright from venire of 1870 promi-
one jury was found two members
short, but under the rules of the play
jury system nine votes were sufficient
for decision, and the decision of the
remaining 10 jurors, unanimous, as
were both the other juries, was &C
cepted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
SCHURMAN MOVE TO
BERLIN is DELAYED
Situation in China Held to Require
That He Remain at
Post in Peking.

President Coolidge still is consider
ing the transfer of Minister Jacob
Gould Schurman, now at Picking, to
the post of American ambassador at
Berlin, but is not yet entirely con-
WINGED that such a transfer would be
advisable.
The Picking assignment is regarded
as particularly important just now
because of the uncertain state of Chi
nese affairs, and Mr.. Schurman is re-
garded here as eminently qualified for
the place he now occupies. Before
he is sent elsewhere, the President
wants to make certain that a man
thoroughly conversant with the Chi
nese situation can be found to succeed
him.
Consequently, final decision as to
the Berlin post is being delayed, and
several names still are before the
President. Several other vacancies
also are in prospect, including the
ambassadorship at Buenos Aires, and
the Washington Government has COM
municated to various capitals the
names of men it expects to appoint,
but there has been some delay in the
receipt of replies.
If the Senate adjourns within few
days, it probably will be necessary to
give these diplomats recess appoint
ments, which will mean that they
must serve without pay until confirm
ed next session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
Expedition to Seek
Big Game IL, WiIds
Of Western africa
Viii Go Under Direction
of Ne,U York Museum
to Get Giant antelope.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 14.-Another
scientific expedition to remote
region, said to have been previously
UNEMPLOYED, by an American party was
announced yesterday.
1t will be a big game expedition
of the American Museum of Natural
History to Portuguese West Africa,
under the direction of Arthur S. Yer
nay, an English sportsman, naturalist
and collector. who lives in New York,
and who has headed and financed per-
sonally two expeditions to India to
gather specimens for the American
Museum. He also will bear the ex-
penses of the Portuguese West
African expedition.
81 do it," he explained, because l
love to, because l think it is selfish
pleasure, and because / hope to pro-
mote Anglo American friendship by
contributing something to this great
American collection"
The advance guard of the party,
Herbert Lang, African explorer, and
Rudyard Doulton of the museum staff
will sail today on the Aquitania- Mr..
Vernay will join them in Africa in
the middle of June.
Specimens of the giant sable ante
lope of which none is in America, it
is said, are among the most important
trophies the party hopes to bring
back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
PERSH|NG IS BACK;
GROWING STRONGER
Still Feels Effect of Illness.
Will Rest Briefly in
New York.
By kilograms.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 14.-Gen. John
]. Pershing, returning from the CEN
tennial celebration of the battle of
Ayucucha, in Peru, which he attended
a Am bassador extraordinary, ar
rived yesterday fror Havana on the
battleship Utah.
He appeared a little drawn as he
stepped, with Rear Admiral Plunkett,
commandment, Brooklyn navy yard,
from the naval tug Iuka to the West
ThiTty-ffth street pier. where Maj
Gen. Charles P. Summeran, COM
mander, I'd Corps area, and a recep-
ton committee of Army officers and
American Legion members were wait
ing.
The general said he still felt the
effects of his illness in Havana and
was mot entirely WELL but felt much
better.
He spoke with enthusiasm of South
America, saying:
II think one who has not had the
opportunity to see what we have seen
can hardly appreciate the countries
in South America through which we
passed. l was gratified by the cor
dial welcome extended to US every
where"
The mission, which returned with
the general, comprised Admiral John
H, Dayton, Minister Plenipotentiary;
Frederick c. Hicks, Maj. ]. G. w
Quekemeyer and Maj. Edward Bow
ditch, jr., the generals aides; Ralph
Curtain, his secretary; Maj. Edward
Studevant. and Comdr. John R. Bear
ball, Admiral Dayton's aides, and
Raymond e. Cox of the State Depart
ment, secretary of the commission.
Gen. Pershing will proceed to Wash
ington after a brief rest here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
new POSTAGE STAMP
AVAILABLE TUESDAY
0ne-and- Half Cent Denomina-
ton to Meet Increased Rates
Bear Harding Portrait in Sepia.

The first issue of the new l u cent
stamps, designed for use on third
class mail under the increased post
age rates authorized by Congress,
will be off the press Tuesday They
bear the portrait of President Hard
ing and are printed in sepia brown,
the same color as that used on the
present Accent Martha Washingto on
stamp.
The Post Office Department already
has received requests for 1,400, 900, 00o
of the new II cent stamps, Post
master General New said today, add
ing that less than half the country
has been heard from. Since the new
rates win go into effect April 10
and many advertising firms through
out the country have on hand large
numbers of the old 1-cent stamps,
some of which are already affixed to
the mail prepared for mailing after
the effective date of the new rate,
the department is preparing to issue
new aa cent stamp, which may be
used with the 1-cent stamp to supply
sufficient postage.
The same situation applies to the
1-cent stamped envelope 1t is a
physical impossibility, the Post
master General said, to issue a suffi-
cient number of Il cent stamped en-
velopes before April Is to supply the
demand. The proposed " cent stamp
therefore will meet an emergency
situation by being affixed to the
1-cent stamped envelopes, making
them mailable under the new rates
1t was declared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14

line a resort appearance when pho-
tographed from the air.
The PapuanS are very musical, though
their only instrument is a drum, and the
rhythm of their dancing to these drums
is remarkable. Their padding of their
long canoes is another exhibition of the
poetry of motion.
The curse of these tribesmen, Mr..
Adams said. is their implicit belief in
their medicine men and their sorcerers.
Their head hunting is not so much the
result of savagery at the present time
as of their tradition that the more
victims they kill in this world the more
slaves they will have in the next. The
pictures showed rows of human skulls
of relatives of the natives, and these,
in reverence. had been highly decorated.
The most amazing headdress, built
up for feet or more, and so cumber-
some that it has to be supported by
hands as well as heads, is used in tribal
ceremonies. Ordinarily the decorations
OF chieftain consist of bird of para
disc feathers, mother-of-pearl shells and
dog teeth.
The islanders belief that their visitors
were white gods not only helped insure
their safety, but provided them with
portions of their food supply. Each
night the islanders would place a pig
on the bow of the seaplane. which they
called the flying Demon" and the
visitors had to remove this pig by
stealth and eat it to keep up their
prestige for divinity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
Col. Coolidge Back
At Hill Farmhouse
In Perfect Health
Drives II Miles to Home
and Arriues Day Before
Expected.
BY the Associated Press.

PLYMOUTH. VT, March 14.-CoL
John c. Coolidge was back at his
farmhouse here yesterday, after at
tending the Inauguration of his son
Calvin as President The coloners ar
rival was so quiet and unexpected
that few persons, either here or in
Ludlow, were aware that he had re-
turned. The holding of a train at
Bellows Falls for an hour and a half,
he said, enabled him to reach home a
day earlier than he otherwise could
have done.
The Presidents father went from
Ludlow station on his arrival to the
boarding stable where he had left his
horse, and then drove the 10 miles
from the station to his home here. He
said he had had a pleasant "trip and
did not bring back a cold, although
many of the Vermont delegation re-
turned from the inaugural trip with
colds
Col. Coolidge's maple sugar orchard
here, which has been leased to a
neighbor, A. A. Johnson, was tapped
yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
S11,OJO FOR PROOF
SELDOM HAD WIFE
Mother of Long Missing Girl
- Would Still Rumor That Her
Son-in-LaW Is Bigamist.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 14.-Seeking to
refute intimations that Norris Seldow,
or Seldowitz, had a wife before he
married Mary Woodson of Washing
ton, D. c, Mrs. A. Is. Woodson.
mother of the girl. yesterday offered
a reward of $4,000 to the person who
produces Annie Mitchell, with proof
that she is SeIdow's wife. Bernard
Sander, attorney for Mrs Woodson,
added $1,000 to the offer.
The mother-inlaw made the offer
after examining a marriage license
record showing that Jack Seldow"
married Annie Mitchell in 1921
Mrs. Woodson, after a two-year
search, recently found her daughter
in Brooklyn, the wife of Seldow.
While plans were afoot for the
Seldows to go to live with the
Woodsons at Washington, he was
arrested on the charge that he vio-
lated parole after serving sentence
for grand larceny.
He was to have been resentenced
today, but the court delayed action
pending investigation of the Mitchell
angle of the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
FERGUSON AMNESTY
CASE BEFORE SENATE
Upper Body of Texas Legislature
May Reconstitute Itself as
Special Court.
By the Associated Press.


AUSTIN, Tex, March 1.-THE Ques-
ton of James E. Fergusons vindi-
cation came up in the Senate again
yesterday, almost before echoes of
the fight in the House over the am
nesty bill had died down and before
the bill had been approved by the
wife of the ousted governor.
resolution 20 convene the Senate
as a court of impeachment to take
up again the Ferguson conviction of
1917 appeared unexpectedly. 1t was
referred to committee by viva voce
vote.
1t provided the Senate should again
become an impeachment court for
the purpose of considering, modify
ing, changing or setting, aside the
judgment of impeachment, against
Ferguson, "as in its judgment it
may have the right to make"
Mrs. Ferguson delayed signing the
amnesty bill yesterday because the
measure did not reach her Office until
late. 1t probably will be signed to-
day, her secretary said. The bill re-
moves the civil restrictions imposed
on Ferguson by the act of impeach-
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
WHITE SLAVERY CHARGED.
Movie Operator Held on Complaint
of 16-Year-Old Girl.

John Weikert, %, Waynesboro, Pa,
was held for the action of the grand
jury under $4,000 bond. The arrest was
made by Lieut.. Burlingame and De-
tectives Flaherty and Dowd of. the
sixth precinct, on complaint of Bertha
Mcdowell, also of Waynesboro, moth
er of 16-year- Louise Mcdonald, al
legged to have been enticed here. by
Weikert.
Weikert, moving picture operator
came here about month ago, leaving
his wife and child at home Core
spondence with the young man and
Rose Mcdonald resulted in the latter
coming here in a taxicab two weeks
later, and, it is charged, occupying a
room with the former at 1113 Elev-
enth street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
Thompson Rites Monday.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Nd, March IL
Funeral services will be held at Q
o'clock Monday for DR.. Toilet B.
Thompson, chief of the division of
documents, Library of Congress. who
was killed by train at the Riverdale
crossing yesterday. The services will
be conducted at Gasch's undertaking
establishment, in Hyattsville, by the
Rev. B. Andrew Matzen, pastor of the
Berwyn Presbyterian. Church, assisted
by the Rev. Mr.. Winters, assistant
pastor of the First Congregational
Church Of Washington, D. C.. Burial
will b IN Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
DEFEATED FOR GOVERNOR,
MAY BE ST. LOUIS MAYOR
Victor j. Miller Leading for Nomi-
nation With More Than
Half of Vote In.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 14.-Victor
j. Miller, defeated Republican candi-
date for the Missouri gubernatorial
nomination last August, was appar-
entity nominated for mayor of st.
Louis in yesterdays primary cleo
ton. Returns from $50 out of 624
precincts recorded lead for Miller of
approximately 5000 votes over Louis
P. Aloe, former president of the Board
of Aldermen. The vote was 26,909 to
1884.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER DIES.
Sir James Outram Long Noted in
Canadian Rockies.

VICTORIA, British Columbia, March IA
Sir James Outram of Calgary, said to
be the third baronet and grandson of an
Indian mutiny hero, died yesterday. Sir
James, eldest son of the late Sir Boyd
Outram. also a mutiny hero, was born
in London. He came to the Canadian
Rockies in 1900 and devoted himself to
Alpine pursuits, ascending Mount AS
siniboine in 1901.
Mount Outram, the highest peak of
the west branch of the north fork of the
Saskatchewan range, was named after
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
0. r. C. Commissions Issued.

Commissions in the Officers Reserve
Corps of the Army have been issued
by the War Department to Repre-
sentative b. Carroll Reece of Ten
nessee, 459 House Office Building, as
a lieutenant colonel and staff special
it's; to Walter A. Gawler, 1892 Penn
sylvania avenue, as a captain in the
Quartermaster Corps; to Warren w.
Grimes, 1903 Ingomar street, as a
captain in the Military Intelligence
Division; to Roy E. Blick, 1921 NJ
street, as a second lieutenant in the
Quartermaster Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
Commander Crosses New Post.

Comdr. Charles E. Crosse has been
transferred from the Navy Yard,
Mare Island, Calf, to the cruiser
Seattle; Lieut.. Comdr Frank j.
Lowry from command of the cruiser
Pensacola to the Naval War College,
Newport; Lieut.. Thomas c. Edring-
ton, Supply Corps, from the Pensa-
cola to the Navy Yard, Mare Island,
and Lieut.. Calvin NJ. Bolster, Con-
struction Corps. from Lakehurst, n.
j., to the Naval Air Factory, Phiia-
delphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
WEAF LEADS IN TEST.
Shows No Deviation From Assigned
Frequency-Others Praised.

Citations have been awarded seven
broadcasting stations by the Bureau
of Standards for maintaining their
tranSmissions during February with
a sufficient degree of constancy to be
available as radio frequency stand
ards. The stations measured included
only a number of those in the East
and South. The honor stations were
WEAF. New York; WRC and WCAP,
Washington; WSB, Atlanta: WGY,
Schenectady; WIZ, Springfield, anCfS
KDKA, Pittsburg. WEAF showed no
deviation from its assigned frequency.
WRC, WCAP, WGY, WIZ and KDKA
showed one-tenth of j per cent and
WSB showed two-tenths of / per
cent deviation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
Nurses Home Contract Let.
iaI Disna tch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
LYNCHBURG, Va, March 14.-Con-
tract has been let by the Virginia
Baptist Hospital here to w. T. Jones,
Lynchburg contractor, for erection of
a nurses home at that hospital, the
cost of the building to be $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
CONTRASTS" HIS THEME
Rev. DR.. Pierce's Announcement for
Tomorrow Morning.

At the First Congregational Church
Tenth and G. streets northwest, Rev
DIR. Jason Noble Pierce will speak
tomorrow at II am. on Great Con-
trasts," and at s pm. he will continue
his series of Sunday night addresses
on who Is Jesus Christi" At 4:45
pm. there will be a devotional mu-
steal vesper service.
At 10 am the Culbertson Bible class
for men viii meet to discuss "Zephe-
niah and the Beginning of Judah's
Decline" under the leadership of
William 5. Culbertson, vice chairman
OF the United States Tariff CommisE
sion, teacher of the class
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14
Girls Escort Held on Bond.

Special Dispatch to The Star
HYATTSVILLE, Md, March IL
On charge of attempting to at
tack Miss Katherine Aldridge while
auto riding with her near Chillum
Md. last Wednesday,, Frank Moore
20 years old of Silver Spring, Md,
was held to the grand jury yesterday
under $500 bail. At a hearing before
Justice of the Peace Herbert J. Mof-
TAFT here Moore denied the charges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14

Two blind girl stenographers are
employed in the offices of the British
ministry of pensions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-14

Five million gallons of gasoline
is the daily production of one oil re-
.finery In Richmond, Calf
Evening star., 1925-05-28
COMMONS DEFEATS
CENSURE OF SPEAKER
Unusual Procedure Aimed by Lib
erals at Own Party Mem
Der Is Voted Down.
sx the A5soclated Pres..

BY the Associated Pre6s.
LONDON, May 2S.-The House of
Commons. by a vote of 300 To 81, to-
day rejected a Liberal motion Eor Il
vote Of censure of the speaker. ,he
Right Hon. John Henry Whitley
The motion to censure the speaker
a very unusual proposal in the House
of Commons. had additional import
ance from the TACT that il was made
by the Liberal party, of which the
Sneak is a member.
The expressed grievance of the
Liberal party against the speaker was
that contrary TO recent precedents'
he granted closure of the first DAYS
debate during the second reading OF
the finance bill, thereby preventing
the Liberals from making as strong
a case in the debate as they desired
The motion for censure maintained
not accord the Liberals the protection
due minoritieS in the House.
The motion was supported by
David Lloyd George, Sir John Simon
and other Liberal leaders.
The office of Speaker of the British
House of Commons is not involved in
partisan politics, and is regarded as
almost sacrosanct. The last ccasion
when the house was called upon to
discuss a motion to censure the
speaker was in 1902. In the debate
on that occasion it was said there
had been no similar discussion In
parliament since 1870.
In moving the censure Capt. Wedge
wood Renn of the Liberals said there
was no reflection intended upon the
speaker. but the motion was onered
as a vidication of great principle.