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for the man who cannot drive
in now.
If, for any reason, you are un-
able to come in now, telephone
us and we will hold 5-gal. can
for you.
The free oil will be waiting
whenever you call.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
HEAR
HUMBERT IS
To WE'D
Crown Prince Betrothed to
Spanish Infanta, Says
Florence Paper

ROME. Aug. 31.-Italian society
was agog today over report that
Prince Humbert, crown prince, Is
engaged to the Infanta Beatrice,
eldest daughter of the Spanish SOW
ereigns.
The report was published in La
Malone. of Florence, but was un-
confirmed by other sources. and in
some quarters it is seriously doubt
ed, due to the youthfulness of the
Infanta Beatrice.
Prince Humbert, who is the idol
of Italy, is twenty-one and a cap
tain in the Italian Grenadiers. He
has been several times reported en-
gagged to the Princess Marie of Bel
GUM.
The Infanta Beatrice was born in
1909, and is of the same type Of
English beauty as her mother, the
Queen.
If the engagement has been made
it is not believed that the marriage
will take place for at least two
years.
An alliance between the royal
families of Italy and Spain would
be welcomed by the Italian people
and would have the favor of the
Fascist government, for Mussolini
has long been endeavoring to So
lidify relations between Spain and
Italy, it being generally believed
that he hopes that unity between
these nations will make possible the
Mediterranean union of nations
which he has long cherished.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
SEES I YEARS.
PERSECUTION
NEAR END
Mrs. James Shewan Causes
Arrest-FamiIy Victims OF
Big Theft and Fire

. NEW YORK, Aug. S1.--Mrs.
James Shewan, wealthy society
woman and widow of a shipyard
nlagnate, today believes she is close
TO the solution OF seven-year cam
paign of intimidation. including
jewel robberies, labor troubles and
arson.
The latest phase in the mystery
resulted in the arrest at Ridgefield,
Conn, of George Alcorn, twenty
two. employed until recently on the
Shewan country estate at Garrison.
n. Y. Police are questioning Al.
corn about the destruction by fire
of a $4,000 cottage on the Shewan
grounds.
Alcorn admitted he had sent
threatening letters to himself while
in Mrs Shewan's employ, accord
ing to police, but denied writing
communications Of similar char.
acter received by members of the
Shewan family.
A burglar invaded Mrs. Shewan's
home here last May, stealing a
50, 500 diamond bar pin.
A month later the home of her
son at Southampton, L. l., was
'jimmied" by a burglar who took
pearl necklaces valued at $500
Fire caused $500 900 damage in
the Shewan shipyards in Brooklyn
in 1920. Origin of the blaze was
undetermined.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
CONCERTS

At Marine Barracks. at p. M. by
the u s. Marine Band, William
H. Santamann. leader. Tayor
H. Branson. second leader, con-
March Salute TO Mexico" Brooke
Overture, "StradeIla. Flotoow
Funeral March of Marionstte.
Trombone solo, Recltative and
Song: .'Oh, Thou Sublime,
Sweet Evening Star" from
''Tannhauser" -. wagner
Musician Albert Bennert..
Grand scenes from Maritana,
Characteristic, THE Butterfly, !"
second Polonaise ............ List
Marines Hymn. The Halls OF
:Ths ssarsspanglsd Banner"
BY a section OF the United states
Marine Band. at Mcmillan Park,
First and Bryant streets north
west, at 1880 p. m. Taylor
Branson. second leader. conduct
Marsh-"Gate city, -. weldon
Overture"Don Caesar de
ch sTas1 Tiptos,
Chinese 1dyl-"Lady Picking
Excerpts from Rose Marie" Frinil
Melody 1880. -. =. 80. Frifnt
WAftz-..Artist.s Life -. Strauss
Scenes from Tales Of Hoff-
mann .............. .Offenbach
THE star Spangled Banner
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
CARBON D|OX|DE
NO POISON, SAY
SCIENTISTS
Old Notion DispeIIed by
Physicians-Has- Stimu-
Iative Effect

Once upon a time 1t was ger.
orally believed that malaria-as the
name implies-was caused by bad
air." and that might air." particu-
larly, brought sickness. Likewise
we were taught that carbon dioxide
was a poison.
Modern scientific investigation
fixed the blame for malaria" upon
the gpestiferous mosquito and opened
our bedroom windows. And now
science, in defense of carbon diox-
ide-the gas that puts the bubbles
in bottled carbonated beverages,
declares: ~,
IF anyone has the old. notion
that carbon dioxide is poison, let
him forget-it. 1t is a normal ele-
ment of our blood and has a slim
ulative effect on the respiratory
center at the base Of the brain
which controls the rate of breath
ing. We would probably smother
in it If 1t crowded out the oxygen
in the air, but in that sense water
is poison because we would
drown in it,"
Doctor Woods Hutchinson. an
authority on health and hygiene, Is
one Of these scientists who declare
that carbon dioXide has been the
victim of false accusations. Warn
ing Of the danger of being overcome
by carbon monoxfde from the ext
hausts of automobile engines, ne
has this to say concerning carbon
dioxide, which is being widely used
In the treatment OF the victims Of
these fumes:
Carbon dioxide was at one time
regarded as very dangerous. And
as it is one Of the main constituents
OF our breath it was believed to
form the chief problem of VeiltiFn-
ton. But we have found out that
you literally had to swim in it to
infale enough, and were not pois-
oned but simply drowned"
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
GOOD BUSINESS
PERIOD AHEAD,
FORECAST
c. ]. Columbus Sees Record
Fall Wholesale and Re-
tail Trade Here

A record autumn business for
Washington's retail and wholesale
houses was predicted today by
Charles j. Columbia, secretary of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association.
with the close of the vacation
season. on Saturday, the execttiveg
and personnel of Washington 8
business. interests are busy prepar-
ing for an unusually good selling
season, Mr.. Columbus asserted. Be-
ginning with next Saturday; Wash
ington stores will be open all day,
but will close all day next Monday.
Labor Day.
II Expects Many Visitors
while Washington is1 an attrac-
tive place OF abode in the summer.
1t is even more .sos during the
autumn and winter, and: during the
next few months will be visited by
thousands of Americans and foreign
ers, taking advantage Of their ans
nual piIgrimages, said Mr.. Colufn.
bus. .. Z $50
Business houses are hearkening
to the change OF the season with
window and interior displays of fall
goods. Householders and others are
beginning to arrange for the new
order of things, including the re-
opening of schools.
In Washington this not. only
applies to the public and private
graded schools but to the many uni
versities and exclusive finishing
seminaries and schools which make
Washington the Gnecca Of the. stu
dent.
Forsees Good Business
There is every warrant for tho
prediction that Washington will
have a brilliant autumn and fall
business season as 1t is also eHcele
ling itself in other directions.
Our commercial institutions have
In this year and during this year
taken on an impetus that has not
been equalled in any previous wear.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
BURBANK FARM
LIKELY To BE
!. ENDOWED
-
~ =
-.
McAdoo, SpreckIes and Other
Rich Men May Make, It
University Property

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31.-The
life work of Luther Burbank, noted
plant wizard. is to be perpetuated.
A movement is under way 10
have his, experimental farm taken
over by Stanford University and
endowed with large enough fund
to carry on Burbank's work when
the aged horticulturist ceases his
labor of creating new plants and
flowers and improving on present
species.
Among the prominent men and
women interested in the plan, In
ternational News Service learned
today, are Herbert Hoover, William
Gibbs McAdoo, David Starr Jordan,
Rudolph Spreckels, Mrs. A. s.
Spreckels. Doctor Ray Lyman Will
bur. James Rolph, Mrs. Margaret
Satoria, Herbert Slater. and Judge
Emmett Seawell.
For period of fifty years.
Luther Burbank has been doing
marvellous things in the field" of
horticulture. things that have con-
ferred immeasurable benefits upon
the human race,"/said McAdoo to-
day in a statement discussing the
project.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
BOB LAWRENCE
CONCERT IS
PLANNED
Program at Masonic Temple
Auditorium Will Be Last
of Season

The last Bob Lawrence concert of
the summer season will be given
tonight In. the Masonic Temple
auditorium, corner Thirteenth street
and New York avenue northwest,
under the auspices of the Com
munity Music Association. The
concert will begin at o'clock and
conclude at 10. The entire pro
gram will be, broadcast by station
WCAP.
William G. White. principal Of
the Army Music School, will pre-.
sent the concert band of that In
stitution sunder the direction Of
Edward Holloway. The band will
render compositions by Schubert,
Mendelssohn, Verdi. Strauss. Halo
way and Lake. The first concer-
tho. by Guilaud. will be played
panied by the full band.
The solQiets Of the evening will
be Jane Smith, contralto; Evelyn
Hercum. pianist; Howard Lloyd,
marimbaist, and Robert Lawrence,
baritone. Miss Smith is recent
conner to Washington and her APP
pearance tonight will be her de-
but before the community singers
and the radio audience. She will
be accompanied on the plano by
Mrs. Lawrence =
There will be 300 free seats. and
200 reserved for those desiring spe.
cial seating privileges at Is cents.
No children under four years of
age admitted. The doors on New
York avenue will open at 7:30
o'clock. The usual collection will
be taken.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
D KEEFE FAILS
To RECOGNIZE
HIS WIFE
Pig Sucker is Either Annesia
Victim or An Extraordinary
Actor
BY International News Service

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. 81
from Austin, Mimi, to
New Orleans to see her husband, who
mysteriously disappeared last May
and then not even awakening a
gIeam of recognition in his eyes was
the sad experience of the wife of
Lawrence O'Keefe.
Mrs. O'Keefe arrived here last
light and went to Salvation Army
headquarters, where O'Keefe has
been cared for since he walked into
that place several days ago, de-
clared his mind was a blank from
1920 until July, 1925, and asked as
sistance in Identifying himself. lie
was identified as Larry O'Keefe,
pig sticker of Austin. Mimi. who
created a sensation last February
with the story, proven a hoax. that
he had inherited a baronetcy and
estate in Ireland and who disap-
peared from Chicago, May 6.
O'keefe had gone to his bed room,
Just a few minutes before the ar
rival Of his wife, and she entered
the room alone and unheralded.
A few minutes later they came
out together. She had her arm
around his shoulder, and there was
a culver about her lips. as she said
with a tremor. che doesn't know
me-
"But he is the right man. your
fusband?" queried Adjutant Swan
son of the Salvation Army.
He absolutely is" replied Mrs.
as her arm closed tighter
around the man who could not re-
member her. And 0 keefe returned
the embrace.
1t was queer moment and
stamped O'Keefe either as ore >of
the most puzzlins victims of am
resia or a wonderful actor of al
most supernatural self control, Sal
walton Army officials declared.
He was polite, natural, delicately
affectionate to his wife, but there
appeared in his face no realization
of her as his wife.
There was no recognition in his
eyes when I walked into the room,
she said, sadly.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
OHIO DRY DIRECTOR
NAMES HIS ASSISTANTS

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 81
Colonel e. l.. Porterfield. Fede~aI
prohibition director for the new
Ohio-Michigan district has an.
nounced appointment of the follow.
ing aides:
W. Fl. Walker, Hillsboro, to be
assistant administrator in charge of
enforcement OF operations; James
r. Davis. Lansing Mich, assistant
administrator, in charge of. the per.
nit division; Attorney A. b.. Stroup,
Boston, to have charge of the east.
ern Michigan Federal judicial dis
trict, headquarters at Detroit; Ma
than C.. Clark, Columbus, to have
charge Of the northern Ohio div.
sior..- headquarters at Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
HERDS ARE
MENACE IN NYASALANp

JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 81. -
Elephants have become a pest and
a menace to. public life and prop
erty in the Malingunde district OF
Nyasaland. Seven people have
been trampled to death, and there
IS hardly garden that has not
been destroyed by the herds of
marauding behemoths.
The population of the district
have had many remarkable escapes
from the herds. and native police
are to be requisitioned from ad.
Jacent Zomba to drive them over
the border to Portuguese East
Africa, where they originally
emanated.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
BUSINESS DULL
At WALDORF
NOW
Sheriff and Justice Find Pick
ings From Motorists Have
DwindIed to Nothing

How business can. be so good on
one Sunday and so terribly bad on
another is a puzzle to the sheriff
and the justicesof the peace at Wal.
dorf, Md.
Sunday before last twenty-seven
motorists were arrested, 1888 was
collected in fines. and the sum re-
ceived from this amount by the
sheriff and the justice fthe peace
was not to be sneezed at. especi-
ally in these hard times. with coal
strike coming on and what not.
Yesterday, with practically the
same number of motorists passing
through this little Maryland town
as on the previous Sunday. not one
n.otorist was arrested for violation
of the speed limit. Business was so
slow that Justice or the Peace Will
kerson went to his farm to attend
to necessary chores. leaving the
court in charge of the sheriff $
daughter. It was a dull day for
Miss Howard, but it gave her a
chance to read all, the Sunday
papers.
covering traffic" Sheriff Howard
said.
Charges of an alleged speed
trap at Waldorf caused motorists
yesterday to drive through the
town at an. unusually low. rate. of
speed. In fact, the procession at
times was so slow that a traffic
jam along the entire road was
narrowly averted. Approximately
5000 motorists passed through the
town over the weekend to and
from Maryland resorts. And no
one was arrested for speeding.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
PACT
FOR EUROPE
EXPECTED
frances Fear That Germany
May Annex Austria Seen
As Only Obstacle
By international News Service

LONDON, Aug. 31.-Opening of
the conference of experts OF the
allied nations to discuss the pro-
posed European security pact was
postponed today, on account Of the
non-arriVal of Signor Pilotti, the
Italian jurist.
Signor Pilotti is expected to ar
rive in London tonight and the
conference. will open tomorrow,
when it is hoped that negotiations
may be started which will lead to
a general conference In Lausanne
in October.
Herr Stresemann, German chan
cellor. may possibly go to Switzer-
land to meet the French and
British leaders after the close of
the League of Nations assembly.
Prospects for complete agree
ments opening the way to a pact
conference are bright, and the only
possible cloud on the horizon is the
reported doubts of the French re.
garding Germany's attitude towards
Austrian annexation. S6sx
France is somewhat fearful lest
Germany desffes to a1hexfsAuztria,
1t was reported in. some. circles
today, and With this fear In mind
many suggest that the questions of
delimitation of the Austrian.
borders, in accordance with the
treaty of Versailles, be incorporated
in the proposed pact.
Informal conversations between
the various experts and their
permanent ambassadors in Great
Britain were. in progress today.
Although .he Un\ed States is
not directly interested IN the con.
ference which opens tomorrow, 1t ts
understood that Ambassador Hough-
ION will: by courtesy. be kept in
formally advised Of the negotia,
tions.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
j. 5. MOVES To
SAVE OYSTER
INDUSTRY
Department of Commerce De-
nies Disease Scare'-Rich
in Vitamines
By FRED j. WALKER

The Federal Government today be-
gan a determined drive to put the
oyster back on the American dinner
table after the disastrous slump ex-
perienced by the industry during
the disease scare" last fall
On the eve of the opening of the
'sR'' months, when the shellfish are
regarded as fit for human consump-
ton. the Bureau of Fisheries Of
the Department of Commerce began
an educational campaign, ernphasiz-
ing the extreme care with which. the
bivalves finding their way'son the
market are now inspected.
Urging It's Consumption
The value of the oyster as an
all-round food was pointed out by
the bureau in urging the American
public to give it leading place on
their dinner tables.
''The United States and many
State and municipal governments
are now awakened to the advisa-,
bility Of supervision and inspection.
and a close scrutiny of oysters
finding their way to the markets
is now being maintained" the bu-.
reau asserted.
"Oysters today are more sanitary
and better than ever. There is as
sufficient guaranty of their
wholesomeness as there is Of milk,
Strawberries, lettuce and other
foods not usually cooked for con-
sumption The oyster cooked is
a double guaranty of sanitation"
Alleged discovery of disease-car-
rying oysters last fall caused a
sensational slump in the industry.
throwing thousands of fishermen
and scores of factories out of bust
ness.
1t was to counteract this fear,
which competent authorities declare
Is groundless. that the Fisheries
Bureau began. its campaign.
Recent investigations by the bu.
reau revealed that oysters and
other shellfish contain more iodine
than other edible marine food
iodine, it was pointed out, as
part of marine food is the best
preventative of thyroid gland dis
turbances and goiter in humans.
Rich in Vitanlines
at behooves man to seize every
occasion to consume raw food, rich
in vitamines, and oysters and other
mollu care in particular. most
valuable resource, the bureau de-
ciared.
The oyster industry normally EN-
ploys about $1,000 persons and has
an annual turnover of more than
S14. 000. 900. America consumes an
average of 100000 bushels of j
oysters annually
Maryland leads in American. if
not world. production. with an an
nual harvest of 4,500,0 900 bushels
and aggressive steps have been
taken by the authorities there to
put the industry back on it's feet.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
SWEEZY CHOSEN HEAD
OF MARYLAND LEGION

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Aug. 31.--
Colonel Claude B. Sweezey. former
warden OF the Maryland Peniten.
tiary. has been elected commander
OF the American Legion of Mary
land in annual convention here.
land. His only opponent was Major
George Parker.
Sweezey's election was assured
when Colonel John Carmichael, OF
Hagerstown, declined to permit his
name to be put in nomination. Car.
michael also resigned as national
committeeman of Maryland because
of business.
Major General Douglass Nc
Arthur, of the Third Army Corps,
praised the r. o. &c. corps in
the principal address. declaring that
America would be prepared for the
next war. The convention closes
today.
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
JAPAN WORRIED
BY FARMER
BOY
industrial Development Is
Forcing important AgricuI-
turaI Problem on Nippon
By LUTHER A. HUSTON

TOKYO, Aug. blow to keep
the farmer boys down on the
farm is becoming an increasingly
important problem in Japan as in
dastrialfzation. OF the country de-
.yesops. As onec means OF aiding IN
the solution. of the problem the
government fs contemplating radical
charges irE the system of education
Prevailing in the rural schools.
An attempt will be made. by the
introduction of text books specially
designed for pupils in the rural
schools, to liberalize the education
OF the country children. The object
of these text books will be to teach
the children on the farms how they
ii Il make their life in the agri-
cultural districts more enjoyable and
more profitable.
''One Glaring deficiency in the
Japanese educational system" said
Tetsuta Kawakami, parliamentary
councillor to the department of
education, "is the infIexibility of
the method Of teaching. School
children in the rural districts are
forced to >recite from the same text
the city schools. Much of tn ma
terial in these text books has no
practical bearing upon the life Of
the country.
THE majority of school chill
dten ir the rural districts must
work on the farms after graduating
from their schools. The country
youth should be provided with in.
formation that will have practical
bearing upon his life after leaving
school The strength of the nation
depends upon the young men Of
the rural districts. the majority of
whom do not attend school after
from the primary grades
without higher education. Therefore.
they must be given a civic train
ing and their economic efficiency
must be raised while they are in
sol,on1
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
FLOCK OF SNOWY ECRETS
TARRY IN CONNECTICUT

MILFORD, Conn, Aug. 81. - A
flock, of snowy egrets spent August
in Indian river. where IT meets
Long Island sound here, much to
the interest of passing motorists
and to the joy of State bird clubs
which have been making pilgrim
ages to the spot to observe a bird
the students have little chance to
see in the North
Game wardens kept watch over
the birds in the event that desire
to obtain an egret overcome some
individual who recognized the crea-
lures. Apparently the flock will
go South in as full force as 1t
came North
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
MODERN INDIAN RETAINS
TRAITS OF BEING BRIEF

WATERLOO, Iowa, Aug. 81. -
The modern Indian has not lost
his characteristic brevity, made IA
nous in the Leather Stocking Tales
of ]. Fenimore Cooper.
Archie Kelsey, Winnebago Indian
southpaw, signed by the Waterloo
club of the Mississippi Valley Base.
ball League, was in doubt as, to
when practice would begin.
So he wrote to Manager Cletus
Dixon. The full text Of the letter
follows:
Dick: When report? Archie"
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
TENNESSEE DRY SPELL
WORST FOR SIS YEARS

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 81
Drouth conditions are the most seri:
Gus in fiftyfive years through
Tennessee. 1t was revealed today
by Roscoe Num-, local weather bu.
reau chief. Records for fifty-five
years were broken when rain pre-
for the four crop-erowing
months in 1925 showed only 6-S9
/ 1ches, or a. per cent of normal.
Damage to crops is serious, with
the exception of cotton. Livestock
is suffering because of dried up
pasture lands and scarcity of water
The Washington times., 1925-08-31
AUTOPSY PUTS END TO
THEORY OF STAYING

FRANKLIN, N. j., Aug. 31.-An
autopsy on the body of William
Lacey. a property owner here who
was found dead in his home dis
closed that he had died from
natural causes.
The finding of the pockets of the
clothing turned inside out, and the
mans wallet empty on a table.
caused the local police to believe at
first that he might have been
murdered by a robber.