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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
Tag Rush
Starts; Motorists
Have 2 Days Left

The anticipated eleventh. hour
rush for automobile identification
tags for 1926 started today at the
District Building. when hundreds
Of proCra stinatinG motorists formed
long lines in the basement Corri-
dor waiting their turn for applica-
tions. For the past 10 days not
more than 10000 tags were issued.
Wade II. Coombs, superintendent
of licenses, announced that there
are vet 0.oOO tags remaining for
distribution.
The time limit for procuring the
tags will no: be extended. the
Commissioners announced EN-
phatically today, and motorists
without the new chrome yellow
and black tags of 1926 will not
be permitted TO venture on the
streets with their cars New Year
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
Charge Reduced to 6 Tokens
for SO Cents, Effective
en- January |.
MERGER HINT HALTS
HEARING ON EXTENSION
Transit Company and Capital Trac.
ton Agree to Frame Sys-
tematic Service.

The Public Utilities Commission &C
cepted an offer of the Washington
Rapid Transit Co. this afternoon tc.
Immediately reduce its fare on its
bus lines from five tokens for 4o cents
to six for so cents. The cash fare
will remain al 10 cents. The new
rate will become effective January l.
The companys offer TO voluntarily
reduce its fare was made at public
hearing by George =. Hoover. Legal
representative OF the North American
Co. new owners of the Transit Co
The plan accepted provides that the
reduction remain in force for short
but indefinite experimental period.
In the meantime the commission, il
was announced by Engineer Commits
soner Bell, chairman, would study
the results of the experiment in order
to determine whether further cut
could be made.
William Mex. Clayton, chairman of
the public utilities committee of the
Federation of Citizens Associations
pleaded for free transfers between
busses and street cars at Thirteenth
and F streets and Seventh street and
Pennsylvania. and a rate of three
tokens for 25 cents. Chairman Bell,
however, promised that these ques,
tions would be taken up at the next
public hearing
Announcements of the rate reduction
came after 4 morning session of the
Utilities Commission, at which a hear
ing to consider extension of existing
bus routes in the District was halted
abruptly after Mr.. Hoover got the
consent of the Public Utilities Com.
mission for a continuance on the
ground that the various agencies now
operating motor busses would get TO.
Sether and work out cooperative
and systematic schedule that would he
entirely in the interest of improved
Continued on Page >, Column 4.j
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CONFERENCE
OF L CORN STATES
Iowa Governor Seeks Imme.
diate Program to Help
rd-Pressed Farmers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa. December so.
"A program for immediate relief of
Middle Western States, Is sought by
Gov. Hamill of Iowa, who expects TO
call corn belt conference in a few
days
Plans for this conference and an
insistence on a farm products export
corporation were among the principal
measures adopted at the "all-1owa'
marketing conference here yesterday
under the auspices of the Iowa Bank
erS' Association.
Iowa's entire congressional deleSa-
ton spoke in favor of the principle
of the McNary- Haugen bill" as Sen
ator A Is. Cummins expressed 1t.
Others. especially Senator Smith A.
Brookhart and +. T. Meredith, former
Secretary of Agriculture, advocated. in
addition, a price-fixins Federal farm
board.
Enjoyed by Industries.
Tariff protected Industries enjoy
tive Gilbert N Haugen. There is
nothing paternalistic or socialistic or
difficult about fixing prices.
Senator Brookhart was sharply criti-
cal of the part he said the bankers
played in debating the farmer five
years ago. which Is just now bearing
fruit. His proposed export corporation
would start with 81 500 900, 900 of Gov
ernment capital, add per cent TO the
farmers cost of production and set
that as the price. After several exten.
sions of his allotted time the chairman
cut him short in the midst of an at
tack on the Federal Reserve Board.
Demand for Results.
Several others of the speakers were
also cut short, including Senator Cum
minis and Mr.. Meredith.
Gov Hamill warned the Washington
delegation that the people of Iowa,
long patient, were after results, and
not words.
I'VE do not want paternalism or
charity" said the governor, but only
what has been done for. every other
industry"
The authority of the bankers mar
keting conference to speak for the
challenged by the Farmers Union. AS
the authorized spokesman of mil
lion farmers" the Union telegraphe
President Coolidge to await presenta-
ton of their farm relief program,
formulated here Monday at d confer
ence of "a farm organizations. The
Union called the marketing conference
'prosumptuous."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
ARLINGTON FARM
APPROVED AS PARK
Fine Arts Plan Also Calls for
transformation of Village
of RossIyn.

Carrying a recomme ndation that the
town of RoSSlyn. a. the Virginia end
of the Key Bridge. with its miscel-
ianeous collection of factories. Saso-
lire refineries and various small in
dustries. be transformed into what
the commission considers an approach
10 Washington on a par with other
approaches to the Capital and to fit
in with the beauty of the new .ArlinS-
ton Memorial Bridge and its ap-
proaches, the Fine Arts Commission
and Secretary of War Davis have ap-
proved plans for conversion of the
area now occupied by the arlington
Experime Farm into a park area,
with a part to be included in Arlington
Cemetery.
Rosslyn is looked upon as a par
ticuldrly unsightly entrance from the
west and northwest to Washington.
and its transformation is contemplated
in the broad plans for completion of
the memorial bridge and its western
approaches. Moving of the Arlington
Experimental Farm will give back TO
Arlington National Cemetery and to
the engineers in charge of the bridge
approaches and the park DEVELOPMENTS :
at the western end of the bridge about
320 acres. Much of this acreage will
be within the cemetery wall. prob
ably assigned TO soldiers of the World
War as an addition TO the already
extensive World War section.
The plans. which have been ap-
proved by the commission over the
protest of officials of the Department
of Agriculture, were drawn up by
James II. Greenleaf, landscape archi.
teCt member Of the Fine Arts Com
mission. Agriculture Department off
Cials protested. when the move was
first suggested several months ago.
that moving of the experimental farm
would destroy the results of many
Years of labor and effort and result
in considerable delay in important
agricultural experiments.
The entire area between RoSslyn
and the present Military road. which
leads to Arlington, would come in for
development under the plan proposed
by Mr.. Greenleaf. with its central mo-
tive a great park and plaza marking G
the western end of the Arlington
Bridge. Connecting roadways. 120 feet
in width, will run from Rosslyn to
Alexandria and Mount Vernon tieinc
in with the west end Of the new
bridge and crossing the line of the
Lee highway.
The Lee highway, under the plans
approved by the commission and Sec.
retary Davis. will start on Columbian
Island. at the north end of pro.
posed driveway and plaza. at each end
of which monuments may be placed
and will continue on through the ter
ritory north of Fort Myer to Falls
Church to tie in with the present
boulevard.
Present plans of the Lee Highway
Association call for a broad boulevard
Continued on Page ., Column 81
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CAPPER SOUNDS WARNING.

BOSTON, December 80 CD.-Warn-
ing was issued today by Senator Cap
per. Republican. Kansas. that unless
the tariff was made to apply to aSri-
cultural crops its protection proba bly,
would be removed from manufactured
products.
Addressing the Boston Chamber of
Commerce, the Senator declared that
some practical and sensible way"
must be. found TO take care of farm
surplus.
Something must be done, and
speedily. in regard to the trouble
some matter OF crop surplus he said.
1T is inevitable, il seems to me, that
some arrangement must be made
whereby. when there is Il surplus to
export, that the surplus, say 10, Is or
20 per cent of the crop, will not gov
ern the price Of the entire crop.
This simply means that some feast
BILE system must be worked out so
that the surplus can be moved into
foreign conSumptive channels, sold
for what it will bring and the loss
properly distributed among the pro-
ducers, who will then be able to sell
their remaining crops in the home
markets free of the drag of this ex.
cess production.
Need OF Tariffs.
This must be done in a way that is
pra ctical and sensible. a way the en-.
tire country will accept as such.
Either our tariff must apply effective
" to agricultural surpluses or its
benevolent protecting hand is likely,
| fear. to be removed from our sur
pluses of manufactured products
Declaring that national prosperity
was dependent on agricultural pros
perity, Senator Capper asserted that
public opinion everywhere should sup
port the farmer in his economic diff
ficulty. He pointed to the general de-
preston in 1920 as indicative of the
disa strous national effect when the
farmers buying power slumps.
THE interests of the East and the
A C1l..x,,x,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
HOFFMAN Is EXPECTED
TO KEEP CUSTOMS POST
Has Been Collector for This Dis
trict for Several Years-Gertman
Also Proba bly, Will Continue.

Charles H. Hoffman of Cumberland.
Md, was understood today to be favor
ably considered by the administration
for reappointment to the position of
collector of customs for the thirteenth
district, with headquarters at Balti.
more, and including the District of
Columbia.
Mr.. Hoffman has been the collector
for this district for several years. and
his reappointment. it was understood
today, is practically assured His term
expired last Spring, but he has been
continuing in charge at Baltimore.
The deputy collector of customs in
charge of the District of Columbia
customhouse at Georgetown is Leo
A. Gertman, who, it was also under
stood, will probably continue at his
pOSt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
Movie Extra Girls
Unable to Smoke;
Director Aghast

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 30.-A
motion picture director received
the surprise of his life when 20
out of 80 extra girls" employed
in a new Metro GoIdwyn- Mayer
production confessed they did not
know how to smoke cigarettes.
group Of Notwithstanding
f1appers was needed in scene,
when the director. Benjamin
Christianson, told the property
man to pass around the cigarettes.
Then the girls admitted that they
could not smoke.
What 4 blow to the true con-
fcsslon' type of magazine that
makes movie girls appear so
sophisticated" said Christianson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
CHANG ATTACKS AGAIN.

LONDON. December 80 P.-The
Peking correspondent of the Daily
Mail reports that Marshal Chang
Tso.Lin is reattacking from the
north, threatening the line of COM
munications of Gen. Feng Yu.Hsiang.
who is rushing up reinforcements.
The forces of Gen. Ii Ching-L Ling.
former civilian governor of Chihli
Province, who has been unable to pur-
sue after defeating them in the
vicinity of Tientsin, have joined with
the troops of the governor of the
Shantung, Gen. Chang Tsung Chang,
ally of Marshal Chang Tso.Lin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
FATE OF BRITISH SHIP
CONTINUES IN DOUBT
Steamer Coron ado, Carrying Prom
inent Personages. Flashed Distress
Signals Without Repeating.

e. the Associated Press.
LONDON, December Sl.-Nothing
further had been learned this morning
of the plight of the British steamer
Coronado. distress messages from
which were picked up at Lands End
last night.
The Coronado. bound from Avon.
mouth for Jamaica, carries so pas
sengers, including the Bishop of
jamaica, Lord and Lady Invernairn
and Sir Archibald and Lady Emon-
stone.
Elders and Fyffes, Ltd, owners pf
the Coronado. think the calls were
picked up by some foreign vessel
which mistook either the meaning or
the name of the ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. december 30.-Manu-
featuring methods are being used in
efforts to turn the butcher, baker and
candlestick maker into literary
artists. in the opinion of authors here
for the literary group meetings of
the Modern Language Association of
America.
University courses for writing and
mail order firms that guarantee to
teach the parlor maid and the chauf-
feur how to become famous authors
by studying at home" come in for
special denunciation.
university teachers are lock step
ping over the courses of literature,
says Christopher Morley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
Literary Lights Hit Mail Order Method
OF Turning Trades People Into Authors

Fiction teaching is no part of the
true university, nor SaleSma nship,
advertising or special trades. 1t is a
delusion that works of art can be
produced by the methods of successful
commerce.
William McFee declares that "the
cheer leaders of literature say only
believe in your side and yell loud
enough, and you overturn the laws of
nature and score a goal. Many thou
sands are tagging away at writing
who are destined to disillusion who
might have had true happiness in
making clocks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
French Flyer Sets New Record.

PARIS. December 80 LP).-Aviator
Darque. flying in a hydro-airplane
carrying ! ,102 pounds weight, yester-
day established what is said to be a
world record for 100 kilometers 62.14
miles,.
His average time was 1885 miles
an hour. although gale of nearly so
miles an hour prevailed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
CITY FLAG BILL O. KID.

The District Commissioners today
sent to Senator Capper, chairman of
the District committee, a favorable
on the bill 70 create Il commits
sion to design a flag for the District
of Columbia. The Commissioners told
Senator Capper that most of the
States have a distinctive flag, and that
Washington should have oua.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
MINES NEED REPAIRS.
Operators May BE Forced to Ask
More Maintenance Men,

LANSFORD, Pa. December 80
(P).-Some of the anthracite mines
are beginning to show the effects of
the four months idleness, and if the
New York negotiations between miners
and operators fail it will be necessary
for the coal companies to appeal to
the union for permission to employ
several hundred additional mainte-
nance men. Early repairs are said to
bc necessary if Il complete breakdown
Is TO be avoided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
MANY DIE FROM COLD,

MEXICO CITY, December 80 UP.-
There have been numerous deaths
throughout the country recently due
to the almost unprecedented cold
weather. AS a consequence bill has
been introduced in Congress propos.
ing the appropriation Of 500, 900 pesos
to be used in the purchase of clothing
and providing warm quarters for the
Door.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
q ARE SENTENCED
IN BIC RUM PLOT
Penalties in Daniels Case
Range From 4 Months to 2
Years and $1,000.
BY the Associated Press.


INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. December
3O.-State Senator Michael J. Kinney
of st. Louis. one of 90 men convicted
in Federal court here December 10
for conspiracy to milk the Jack
Daniel Distillery, in St. Louis, of S91
barrels of pre-war whisky, was grant.
ed q new trial by Federal Judge Rob
crt c. Baltzell today Kinney's counsel
contended he was convicted on in.
sufficient evidence.
All of the - defendants. except Ben
Doncaster. alleged Cincinnati rum
runner. asked new trials.
New trials were denied to all of the
defendants but Senator NJ. J. Kinney
and the court also declined to grant
arrests of Judgment. In overrulinS
the motions Judge Baltzeu said he
felt that Arnold J. Hellmich of st.
Louis former collector of internal rev
enue for the eastern Missouri district.
lis one of the men who helped carry
out this conspiracy from its incep-
ton
Four Get Two Years.
Arnold J. Hellmich. Nathan Gold
stein, Harry Levin and Morris Null
tin. all of st. Louis. were sentenced
fined $4,000 each. Judge Baltsell re-
ferring to them as the heads Of
this conspiracy
Hellmich is former collector of in
ternal revenue for the eastern Mis-
souri, district. Goldstein is former
Circuit Court clerk and Levin and
Muffin were alleged to have had part
in the buying and selling of the
whisky.
William j. Kinney of St Louis.
former deputy collector of interna!
revenue under Hellmich was SEN
fenced to Is months in prison and
fined 1000.
Edward Meininser of Cincinnati.
manager of the Daniel distillery after
its purchase by the syndicate. was
sentenced to prison for Is months and
fined $1,000.
Rum Runners Get Light Terms.
Sentences of Is months and fines of
$500 each were imposed upon Daniel
O'Neil and Edward j. O'Hare. both for
mer deputy constables of St Louis
County; on Robert L. Walker and
John Connors, members of Walker
| White Bill Posting Co. of st. Louis,
on whose property part of the whisky
loading was said to have been done
ana on Harry +. SITdtIen Oh 1lnCln-
natl. alleged rum-runner. :.
Clifford Sampson, Carlisle Sampson
and Bernard Brink of Cincinnati. al
alleged rum runners, who pleaded
guilty, were sentenced to four months
in Jail, as were 1sadore Muffin of st
Louis, alleged member of the buying
syndicate: Richard F'itzgibbon of ST
Louis, watchman at the Daniel dis
tillery. and Ben Doncaster of Cincin
| natl, the alleged rum runner whose
arrest in Indiana was the basis for
bringing the suit here.
Sidney Muffin. called a member OF
the buying syndicate. was sentenced
to six months in Jail: Don H. Robin.
son of Chicago, an alleged stockholder
in the Daniel syndicate, was dis
charged when the court learned that
he had testified before the grand jury
at ST. Louis.
Thomas l.. McCaffrey of ST. Louis
former Policeman, was sentenced to
so days in Jail.
Michael J. Whalen. Democratic poll
tician of st. Louis, was sentenced to
two years in prison and fined $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
i. S. Coast Guard
Drives Rum Baron
Into Bankruptcy
By the Associated Press

LONDON, December 30.-The
activities of the American Coast
Guard and prohibition agents
mainly were responsible for the
appearance in bankruptcy court
today of Sir Brodrick Hartwell,
Ensland's rum-running baronet.
Sir Brodick said that after
several successful shipments of
liquor to the United States one
shipment of $4,000 cases was seized
by the prohibition authorities. He
estimated it to be worth f250,00
Sl,2oO ,000), but he had received no
return on it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
TURK WAR COUNCIL
|nSECRET SESSION
Devise Plans in Conformity
With New Russian
Treaty.

By the Associated Press
CONSTANTINOPLE. December so
The Turkish war council went into,
secret session at Angora yesterday
afternoon to devise plans in conform
ity with the new Russo-Turkish treaty
and regarding the decision of the
council of the League of Nations put
ting the Mosul region of Irak under
British mandate.
Cen Djevad Pasha. former military
commander of Constantinople, who or
sanized the Turkish forces on the
Mosul front, participated in the coun,
ell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
TURKS STUDY DEFENSE.
President Mustapha Forms New
Supreme Army Council.

LONDON, December 80 P).-A dis.
patch to the Daily Mail from Con
stantinople says a new Turkish su-
preme army council was inaugurated
Monday by President Mustapha
kemal Pasha. Mustapha declared it
was essential to prepare for the de.
fense of the country and to study
ways for increasing the army's fight.
ing value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30
S1.OO0,OOO IN RUM SEIZED.
Sweeping Pre-New Year Raids Staged
i'm New York.

NEW YORK. December 80 OP).-A
million dollars bootleg prices) of high.
grade liquor was seized yesterday by
prohibition agents, whose efforts, com.
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w WEATHER.

II. 5 Weather Bureau ForccastN
Cloudy and warmer tonight and to-
morrow: lowest temperature tonight
about &c degrees. Temperatures
Highest. 90 at $50 pm. yesterday:
lowest l3 at am. today. Full report
on page g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-30

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-01
URBACH GOING OUTSIDE.

Leon Urbach, leading clothier of Seward, will leave on Saturdays boat for Los Angeles and other California cities. Mir. Urbach will visit his mother in Los Angeles until May, when he will be joined by Mrs. Ur- bach and children, who are now in New York when the family will mo- tor back up the coast to Seattle talk, ing ship for Seward While Outside Mr. Urbach will do considerable boost ing for Seward and this vicinity, wis iting chambers of commerce and dis tributing a number of the folders re gently printed by the chamber. MT Len Olson will be i'll charge of the store while MT Urbach is Outside.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-01
ADMIRAL WATSON HERE
 WITH MANY PASSENGERS

The Admiral Watson arrived Ill port Monday night about ten o'clock with big freight cargo and full list of passengers. She sailed yesterday morning about for Kodiak and westward points, returning to Sew ard sometime Friday.
 For Seward-Leo Speybrook, Mary Greenfield, Geo. Gullufsen, Mrs. G. Gullefsen, c. NJ. Osborne, Roland Os- borne, Ralph Gage, Mrs. c. M. Os- borne, Adah Osborne, Calvin Osborne J. A. Strutevant, David Kuhn, L. Ken nedy and four steerage.
 For Port Graham-Wm. Ackley, l.. Osborne, Robt. Jacobson, Ed Jacob son, Carl Johnson, Harold Johnson, E. Norman, F. Norman, John Totland, Emil Nyman, Victor Locke, c. North,
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-01

Wm. Wood John Loken, Anton kel- ly, Stanley Arnson, Fred Sparrenen, Henry Strand, John Olson, Mark Han- son, John Casey, John Mass, John Hendrickson, Bill Ecklund, Alfred An derson, Mrs. A. Anderson, Robert Stevenson, Henry Bartel, Ralph Err ickson. s. B. Hursley, Thos. James, Matt Yeeth, Elmer Norman, Henry Norman, A. Westerlund, Emil Sorti, M. Lloyd, Wm. Groch.
 For Seldovia-Mrs. Chas. Peterson, R. V. Anderson, E. J. Fribock, J. P. Hanson, John Erickson, Joe Patton, C. L. Vickers, Mrs. w Simpson, A. Ursin
 For kodiak-Jack Kline, H. w. Barton, Miss K. Trout, J. M. Blinn, Wm Blinn, Mrs. H. Wills, Marion Wills, Frank Wills, Verna Wills.
 For Uzinkie-John Salater, Emil Jorgensen, Axel Jorgensen, Zigler Jorgensen, Henry Ober, l.. Moen, W. King, J. c. Haddon, Nick Tarassuk, Ted Austensen, J. w. Smith, Thos. Alger, Harry Bell, Pete Enge, J. w. Lawless, H. Huffman, Nels Benson.
 Those leaving Seward for West ward points were H. J. Emard, Ii. Brochard, and Tom O'Dale, for Sel- dovia; Karl Albertson, J. A. McGill, Jack Chrisholm, A. P. Balderston for Kodiak
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-01
REBEkAH CARD PARTY.

The Rebekah card party given last Monday was very successful affair. Both bridge and whist were played. A large crowd attended the party altho a larger one was expected, the storm preventing many from attending who would.
 Mr. R. B. Heastan and Miss Mathews won first prizes in bridge.
 MT. E., L. sweek, consolation prize.
 Mrs. V. Pierce and Mir. Gerhard Johnson won first prizes at whist.
 Mrs. P N. Anderson won consola-- ton prize.
 Refreshments were. served after the games
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-01
LOCAL NEWS

Mr. Carl Lottsfe1dt will arrive from Anchorage on tonight's train to take a position with the Bank of Seward, starting tomorrow. Mir. Lottsfeldt has been employed in the Bank of An chorage for the last year and resign ed when the recent merger was made MT. c. c. Hinde has been operating the Bank of Seward by himself since Miss Waugh left, which has been a large-sized job