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The Washington times., 1925-03-23
BLIND VETERAN
PASSED AUTO
Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Refuses to Issue War
rant of Arrest

Howard T. Lewis, semi-blind
world war veteran. waited at his
home today for a policeman with
warrant charging him with mis-
representation in obtaining an auto
mobile operators permit. But the
hours went by on leaden feet. and
the bluecoat failed to Inaterialize.
The reason was that Assistant
Corporation Counsel Joseph McGar-
raghy refused to issue a warrant
on the information given him.
McGarraghy said, after a study
of the traffic regulation involved,
that it was up to the Traffic Blu
reau to say whether or not Lewis
could see we'll enough to drive zen
automobile.
Did Not Falsify.
According to the information
given McGarraghy by Policeman
Groves. who approved the applica-
ton for the permit, Lewis didn't
volunteer any information about
his eyesight, and consequently
did not falsify. AS far as is known,
pleted the driving test.
HC AdIAS udSc VI Tic IGSuId tlO1
does not impose upon the applicant
the necessity of stating any nhysi-
cal defects said Mr.. McGarraghy
today" although he probably should
have done so. The regulation simply
says that no permit shall be issued
to a person having such defects,
and this puts the onus on those
examining the applicants"
Can Be Held Though.
1t was intimated that it might
be possible to hold Lewis on the
charge that he did not make out
the entire application in his own
handwriting. if this can be proven
and if the law can be so interpre.
ted.
Inspector A. j. Headley, chief of
the Traffic Bureau, said however.
that as far as he is concerned, the
prosecution of Lewis is closed, and
the law will content itself with
revocation of the veterans permit.
In the meantime. the Veterans
Bureau is investigating the case. as
Lewis is a beneficiary of the Gov
eminent
The Washington times., 1925-03-23
BODY OF GIRL BABY
FOUND ON NAVY BEACH

A body Of a still-born female
baby, badly decomposed, and with
out vestige of Identification, was
found on the beach at Naval Air
Station. Anacostia, early today.
Chief Gunner's Mate w. j..
Harris said he was sweeping up the
beach in front of the hangers when
he came upon the body. He turned
it over to Chief Pharmacists Mate
Fl. c.. Gore. The body was sent to
the morgue.
The Washington times., 1925-03-23

Officials Doubt Efficacy Of
Publishing Employees
Records May IS

The first efficiency rating
under the new publicity plan, as
provided in the classification law,
win be promulgated in the Federal
departments on May Is.
All Federal employees will have
an opportunity to compare their
ratings with those Of their fell
low workers in the same bureau,
and thereby to know exactly how
they stand in the promotio list
Of civil service workers,
Officials Dubious.
This il the first time since the
efficiency rating system was estab-
lished that the Federal employees
have been permitted to make a com
parison Of their ratings with those
of other employees. and department
officials generally doubt whether
the experiment will be success
They declare that the tendency
under complete publicity for eff
cheney ratings will be for the ad-
ministrative officials to avoid coz
troversy and friction by making all
the ratings more or less uniform.
They do not want to put them
selves in the position of being
charged with favoritism or of stir
ring up interbureau jealousies by
giving certain employees better
ratings than those given to the
majority.
|. Employs Can Appeal.
For this reason, they believe that
the efficiency rating system, so far
as determining promotions is con.
cerned, will become useless, to a
large extent, as long as the Federal
workers are permitted to examine
them. The test of the system, how.
ever, will come on May Is, and in
the six weeks following before the
fiscal year begins, in which promo.
tions and increases of salary will
take effect.
with their efficiency ratings, are
permitted under certain limitations,
to make an appeal to the personne.
classification board. It is expected
that great many such appeals will
be made, and that in all cases
where efficiency ratings show mark
ed differences, there will be allega.
tons of favoritism. etc, against the
administrative officials. For this
reason it is possible that Congress
may be asked to modify the provis-
ion of the classification act provid-
ing for publicity Of these efficiency
ratings.
The Washington times., 1925-03-23
MO I HER 6
SLAYER IS
INSANE,
CLAIM
Dorothy EIIingson to Be De-
Tended by Alienists-Mind
Is Normal State Holds
BY international News Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, March %

BY International News Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, March %.
Dorothy Ellingson, sixteen years
old "Jazz baby was to 60 on
trial today for the murder of her
mother.
As the case was called IN
Superior Court, attorneys for the
girl backed by an imposing array
Of alienists were prepared to
fight for her liberty.
With the same imperturable
calm which mas been broken but
once since the girl was arrested
for shooting her mother, Dorothy
faced the prospect today Of .
bitterly fought trial in which her
liberty for the balance of her
days was at stake.
Staying Impulse" Defense.
She rose early today at the coun-
ty jail and donned the dress she
wore at her preliminary hearing
one Of those she hastily packed and
carried with her when she fled from
the cottage in which she shot her
mother following a reprimand Tor
staying out late the night before.
The trial today was expected to
bring about one Of the greatest bat
ties of alienists ever staged in the
West.
Psychiatrists, psychologists, medis
cal experts and paEnologists will an
be called by the defense in an eff
fort to show that Dorothy was un.
able to resist the Staying impulse.
that her deed was the result Of her
constitutional make up.
The defense Is not expected to
make a strong plea for the girls
release but will enoeavor to show
that with proper training and med
ical care Dorothy can be returned
to society safely.
Sane, State Contends.
Selection of jury was to require
the greater part Of today ana pos
Sibly all or tomorrow.
Dorothy has expressed the hope
that women will not sit as her
Judges on the jury. There are many
women in the jury panel from which
the selection will be made.
The State, demanding life Inn
prisonment, contends the girl liz
sane and was sane at the time or
her deed.
Dorothy shot and killed her
mother about two months ago In
their little Richmond cottage home.
The mother was tying her shoe
when her enraged daughter snot
her through the back, according to
the police reconstruction OF the
The girl packed her suitcase and
fled the home, taking room In a
downtown rooming house.
Her love for company led to her
apprehension three days later.
phone call to a male friend DetraN-
ing her to the police.
Blamed Dope Fiend.
At first she contended her mother
had been slain by a dope tlend
Then she made full confession
that she had, in moment OF anser:
slain her mother because she nao
reprimanded her for her jazz Ire:
with marvellous sang frold the
girl kept up a brazen attitude unth
the INQUEST into the death or her
mother. Then she broke down
when a picture of her slain m0tner
was flashed on a screen SlncS
Continued on Page 2, Column II
The Washington times., 1925-03-23
Mexico Hopes to See Wales

MEXICO CITY, March $3.50
ciety of Mexico City was interested
today in the report that the Prince
of Wales may visit the Mexican
capital at the completion Of his
South American tour.
The Washington times., 1925-03-23
Named Egyptian Speaker

CAIRO, March 23-Zaghlul Pasha
was elected speaker of the Egyp.
tan chamber of deputies today.
The Washington times., 1925-03-23
WORKOUTS
AT BOWIE

BOWIE, Md, March 23.-The foi-
lowing horses were clicked today:
Three Fights.
Night Shade .36 As Racing Star. 81 2-S
The Washington times., 1925-03-23
THE WEATHER

official Weather Bureau RepOrs
Fair tonight; lowest tenn
perature tonight about ~
degrees; tomorrow increas-
ing cloudiness and warmer;
gentle to moderate north
east, shifting to southeast
winds.
The Washington times., 1925-03-23

Half Mile.
,55 2-5tNillageI
The Washington times., 1925-03-23

That illness was part of the
fraiItX that made him teach the
"Lightfoots" parliamentary law.
handicapped him and sent him
home from Davidson. put him in
executive places rather than
active work in athletics in Prince
ton, barred him from the team
and sent him home from the Uni
CONTINUED on Page 5, Column 81
Evening star., 1925-11-11
NEW RULE APPLIED
TO AUTO TAG ISSUE
Car Owners Filing Application
Must Give Name of Head
light They Use.

Traffic Director Eldridge today re
ply for their new automobile tags at
the District Building. in December.
they must give the name of the head
light lamp or device on their cars.
Application blanks for the new tags
have been made out at the District
Building. based on the information
given by motorists last year. but at
that time car owners were not re
qIired To state on the blank what kind
of headlights they used
Those motorists who still have the
same machines they had when 1925
tags were bought, will lind a blank
prepared at the District Building bur
the make of headlights will have to he
inserted.
Mr.. Eldridge explained that the
list of approved headlights and lenses
is printed in the traffic regulations
and that motorists Will find the name
stamped un the glass or the reflector
of their headlights. If they have
ent time they must change them be
fore new tags will he issued.
The traffic director also wrote a
letter today to all automobile dealers
reminding them that the regulations
require that all machines must have
approved headlights when they are
sold He requested the dealers to
notify his office whether they are
equipping their cars with the ap-
proved lenses as listed in the regu-
lations and. if so, 10 give the name
of the lenses.
Evening star., 1925-11-11
HAVE SILENT PERIOD
IN HONOR OF WAR DEAD
Hyattsville Elementary Schools
Hold Patriotic Exercises in Cele-
bration of Armistice Day.

Special Dispatch to The star.
I1YATTSNlLLE. Md, November
n.-Armistice day in the Hyattsville
elementary schools was marked by
patriotic exercises in each room from
II o'clock until noon. followed by a
period of silence in honor of the
World War dead.
Tonight. at O'Clock. members of
Oriole Lodge, No. a. /. O. O. T.. of
HyattSville, are to assemble at the
lodge hall in Spencer street here and
proceed, in a body. TO the Prince
Georges County World War Memorial
Cross at Bladensburg. upon which
they will place a wreath in honor of
Odd Fellows who gave up their lives
in the war.
The annual roll call of the county
chapter of the American Red Cross
got under way today, to continue
through Thanksgiving. William S.
Hill, Upper Marlboro, is treasurer of
the chapter, and will receive contri-
buttons. will also Mrs. A. b. Ga
han, Berwyn, secretary, and other
officials of the chapter.
Evening star., 1925-11-11
NEGRO IN POLITICS THEME
Race Rela tions to Be Discussed at
Round Table Here.

discussion Of the political situa-
ton as it affects the negro will be
held at the first meeting Of the
National Political Round Table at
the> Musalit Club, 1927 K street this
afternoon. The conference was called
by Bishop \. !. Cary of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. who has
invited a number of prominent negro
men from IS different States To at
tend.
banquet will be held at the New
Liberty Hotel tonight and tomorrow
the delegates will call on President
Coolidge at the White House
Among the other matters to be
taken up are the economic out look
in the country, particularly as il af-
fects the negro race, residential seq
regation, industrial relations and
race relationship.
Among those who are attending the
meetings are B. j. Davis of Georgia.
Perry w. Howard of Mississippi,
Bishop Il. G. Ransom of New York.
Rev Henry a. Boyd of Tennessee.
j. f.. Mitchell of st. Louis and Melvin
J. Chisum of Chicago. =
Evening star., 1925-11-11
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, November 1.-THE
giant liner Leviathan stood in to port
yesterday, 24 hours late and minus
her wireless aerial which went by the
board Saturday in a hurricane off
Cape Race. She brought in the tale
of another epic of the sea. in which a
little oil tanker, one of the jaunty
pygmies of the deep, was the heroine.
Saturday morning the giant craft
was barely making steerage way in
the face of mountainous waves when
from the air flashed this wireless mes
sage: Bridge wing gone in violent
hurricane. Stack caved in. Entire
midships section wrecked. NaviSat-
ing instruments carried away. Capt.
Holmes seriously hurt"
1t was from the w ID. Anderson a
3,636-ton tanker that might have been
set on the deck of the SO ,965-ton Levia-
than.
Shall we stand by?" the liner asked.
The little tanker, 200 miles away,
did not Immediately answer the Levia-
than's query. After awhile:
"Captaln'S leg caught under wheel
house. No feeling except when moved.
Cannot be extracted. Using iodine
and belladonna salve. Can you give
us medical advice?"
place pillows about and under the
captains legs" DR.. G.. b. Whitmore.
the Leviathan's surgeon wireleSsed.
Keep the member hot by some means
Evening star., 1925-11-11
THIEVES VISIT AUTOS.
Packages Stolen From Parked Cars,
Police Are Informed.

Numerous reports Of theft of arti-
cles left i'll. parked automobiles have
been received by the police the past
few days. Three such thefts We're
reported yesterday. A suit Of clothes
pair of driving gloves and case of
soft drinks We're taken from the car
of Frank II. Carroll. 2lI Park avenue,
Takoma Park. Nd, in front of 9l6
Connecticut avenue.
Thieves robbed the automobile Of
Mrs. Virginia Woodin. Lyon Park.
Va, parked in front of 1886 G street
and also slashed the cushions and
curtains. School books-aYfd other ar
tiCles were taken from the car.
Mrs. Henrietta See, visiting at the
Argonne. told police of the loss of a
straw suit case containing school
books, n camera and clothing. The
theft probably was committed while
Mrs. See was in one of the public
buildings.
A leather handbag containing $36
was stolen from the automobile of
Mrs. Lena KotZin. 1873 Eighth street
southeast. yesterday afternoon. She
explained to the police that she gave
a young white man Il lift" from
Brokoland to Michigan avenue and
North Capitol street, and after he
alighted from the car and disappear red
she missed her handbag.
Evening star., 1925-11-11
MUM SHOW THRONG
IS MAKING RECORD
Thousands, However, Await
ing Sunday for View of De-
partmCnt'S Rare Exhibit.

Even though the attendance at the
mum show of the Department of
Agriculture is daily larger than for
the corresponding day last year. there
are still thousands of people waiting
for sunday. So that the whole family
can view the exhibit. To meet this
demand DR. William \. Taylor. chief
Of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
under whose administration the show
is conducted. announced today thai
the show will he kept open next sun
day. closing at 9 o'clock SUNDAY night
The attendance vest erday was 2.9n6
larger than for the fifth day last year.
Today a still larger increase is noted.
with a particular interest in the
plants selected by the committee of
local florists who awarded certificates
of merit yesterday. e
Mrs. Jardine GreetS Visitors.
Mrs William NJ Jardine. wife nf
the Secretary. with her niece, Miss
Rita iIulme, is at the show daily
greeting visitors from the cabinet and
official Washington, as We'll as the
special guests Of the Department II
Agriculture
The decision of DIR. Taylor today to
keep the show open Sunday means
that a force of gardeners will he keIT
busy all Friday might in completely
ment plants with 500 blooms on each
are to he banked with the best pom+
ponS ut each end of the ConServa tory.
Several hundred new Japanese blooms
will he entered for the last two DAYS
of the show.
Several visiting high school parties
from Pennsylvania. New Jersey and
Vermont attended the show today.
There were more than 30 members
of Congress with their wives at the
mum" show this morning as guests
If officials of the department..
Naming of Seedlings Completed.
The naming of seedlings. new W.
rIeties OF ChrySanthemumS originated
by the Department Of Agriculture.
which are IN the show for the first
time this year, was completed today
with the following sanctioned by the
Secretary's office-all of which are To
he grown commercially next season:
Jessie Wigmore. semidouble red;
Dorothy Meem. large pink double:
Mrs. Mary G. Larcombe. large white;
Josephine G.. I.awlor. feathery pink;
Eliza beth Tucker, pink and white; r.
Hagen. unusually large wine-red with
silver cast: Marguerite Shea, lavender;
Ruby A, Robertson. pink; Helen NJ.
Mckenna. pink: Ida May. bronze vel
low: Clara Y. Fitch white. and Helen
MAY Rloedorn. creamy white.
Three new commercial varieties of
Japanese blooms We're put in the show
today-the Gladys Pearson, Bronze
Turner and the w. a. Bilney.
More than 100 students from the
Maryland Agricultural College. s0
from Forest Glen Seminary. 120 froro
Trinity College. 20 from Holy Cross
Academy and - from Visitation Acad-
emy are 10 attend the show tomorrow.
Evening star., 1925-11-11
STATES RIFLE RANGE
OBJECT OF LITIGATION
Development Firm Seeks to Re.
strain Right of Firing Across
Property.
Special Dispatch 10 The star

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
RICHMOND. Va. November IL
The suit Of the Sunrise Development
Corporation Of Virginia Beach
against the State rife range, To-
Gated at the same place, is under
way The development company is
seeking to restrain the State from
having soldiers fire across the ocean
front property of the company, as
was claimed to have been allowed
when the property was acquired.
The range property is now valuable
for home sites and other purposes,
and while the State and the Gov
ernment. have expended large sums
on the tract, it is believed that the
state can sell and salvage as much
as has been spent. If the suit goes
against the State a rifle range at
some other point. either the Valley
or southwest Virginia. will he chosen
as Il rife ranEes The State is resist
ing the suit of the development com
pany for the reason that the present
range is an ideal one in every respect.
Evening star., 1925-11-11
CATHOLIC MISSION
SOCIETY IN SESSION
Churchmen and Laymen Meet
in Chicago to Consider
Work for Year.
BY the Assnclated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. November -11.-High
Catholic churchmen and prominent
la Nmen were here today for the an
nual meeting of the Catholic Church
Extension Society of the United States.
the official home mission orga MIA t1on
of the church in the United States
and its dependencies.
Much of it's work. including the
naming of officers. had been arranged
beforehand. Reports ready for con
sidcration showed that the society'S
returns for the last fiscal year aSSrc-
gated 81 HUa .000 Three-fuuIt hS Of
this was expended for the relief of
missions and missionaries, the other
fourth being held in reserve for the
society'S endowment and annuity
funds
Cardinal Mundellin. chancellor of
the organiZa tion, WAS the presiding
official The Right Rev. Francis G.
Kelley. Bishop of oklahoma, president
of the society for ~ years. WAS prom
inent among those in attendan
Other members of the Catholic hier-
archy were Archbishops Curley of
Baltimore. DAGGER of Santa f'e.
Mex. and Messmer of Milwaukee:
Bishops Muldoon of Rockford. III.
and German of Boise. Idaho. and
other prelates.
Prominent laymen included r.. +.
Carey. president of the Pullman CO.:
Richard Dean. vice president. the
Pullman CO.: Edward t. Hines, preSi-
dent the Hines Lumber CO.; John -.
Ryan of the Anaconda Copper Co. and
Charles NJ. Meier. president. the First
National Eank, Fort Wayne. Ind.
Archbishop Sebastian 6. Messmer
of Milwaukee was reelected vice
chancellor and the Rev. Eugene J.
McGuinness of Philadelphia was
chosen first vice president. the l;ev.
Patrick IL. Griffin of Indianapolis
second vice president and Joseph -.
EalE third vice president ana generaI
counsel. Charles c. kerWin. Chicago.
became treasurer To succeed John y.
Lynch who resigned after - years in
the office
Evening star., 1925-11-11
Poland Shuts Off U. S. Flour

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
WARSAW, October %. - Poland
also has had an unusually good har-
vest this year, and there is no longer
any necessity to import foreign flour,
of which last year America sent over
500, 100000 worth. To make further
importation impossible the govern
ment has placed an import tax of
$50 per hundred kilos on -four.
Evening star., 1925-11-11
Heavy Loss of Life in Mines.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, November
ll.-Heavy loss of life in the coal
mines has caused the State Depart
ment of Mines to put into service 10
automobile rescue trucks. In Septem-
Der ~ miners lost their lives in the
underground workings of the State.
Twenty-seven were caught under falls,
II met death in mine car and NINE
motor accidents: 10 were electrocuted
or killed by explosives: two were killed
hv mining. machines and two were
listed as miscellaneous.
Evening star., 1925-11-11
STORM DELAYED,
BRINGS TALE OF SEA HEROISM
Reports That Tanker Badly Damaged, Its Captain
Hurt in Gale, Declined Aid Other Than Radio
Directions for Care of In ured Man.

or other and discontinue other treat
ment."
"Thanks,' flashed back immedi-
ately.
For several hours the w. ID. Ander-
son was not on the air. Finally an
other message came through to the
anxious Leviathan.
Under way" it said. Boats com
pass badly damaged, but think we can
use. Captains leg not broken. No
assistance required, Thanks
few minutes later came the last
word:
"Steaming for the States. See you
there. Good bye"
Evening star., 1925-11-11
Demands Husband Support Child.

Mrs. Rose Dorsey today asked the
District Supreme Court to compel
her former husband. stephen W.
Dorsey, to support their child. She
was granted "A divorce March 81, 1922,
and tells the court the father has not
contributed toward the support of
the child for two years. Attorney
Albert -. E,Sher appears for the
plaintiff.
Evening star., 1925-11-11
BULGARS FIX INDEMNITY.
Damage by Greek Raid, 81, 900, 900
Leva, Commission Says.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, November II (E).
The special commission sent to the
Macedonian frontier to estimate the
damages caused by the Greek inva-
sion of Bulgarian territory and the
occupation of Petrich and 10 sur
rounding villages, has fixed upon 81,
900 900 leva as indemnity. CA lev nor
mally is worth about 10 cents, hut
under the present rate of exchange
its value is less than ] cent?.
Evening star., 1925-11-11
Fturopc's Press TramnIcicd.
Oil Men Sentenced to Jail.

TENARkANA. Ark, November II
Cp).-Arch Brewer. former head of
The ST.. 900 Arch Brewer oil Trust.
was sentenced YESTERDAY in Fedora |
District Court here To serve three
months in Jail. Erewe" pleaded
..1iIty to a charge of using the mails
10 defraud in connection with stock
sales.