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Evening star., 1925-08-21

Criticizing DEPARTMENT of Justice
methods in represent. ing the Govern
ments side of the a nous case of
Herbert s. Ward whose sl5o meal in
Alexandria has been Thea bone of con
tention for months. Controller Gen
eraI AcCarl in "a letter 40 the Al,
torneV General said the 81 9b would
not be allowed in spite OF d decision
by the United States Court Oh Claims
in favor of Ward.
The Department of Justice h, ndied
the Governments case before the
Court of Claims in such fashion as
TO draw down the ire of McCarl, Nvho
in his letter said he had no furth er
suggestions to make TO the depart
ment as to their procedure in the
Ward case. But the Controller Cen
eraI continued TO lay down d set of
principles for your consideration in
determining such question of further
proceeding therein or in similar
cases"
The question of whether Ward had
really travelled away from his station
was said by McCar1 to have been
vital point in the case. Ward, Gov
ernment employe, had travelled to
Alexandria, eaten a meal, put in an
expense account for S1.50. had it dis
allowed by McCarl, taken it to the
Court of Claims and gotten favor
able decision. Now McCarl says he
will not allow the payment in spite
of the count decision.
Charging that the Department of
Justice attorney had not used the
vital parts. of a memorandum brief
prepared for him by the office of the
Evening star., 1925-08-21
MANOR PARK SCHOOL
SOUGHT IMMEDIATELY
Citizens Association Urges Quick
Construction of Eight Room
Building Authorized.

Carrying further the fight of the
immediate construction of their eight
room extensible school building au-
thoriZed by Congress. f. II. Pullman.
president of the association, has laid
before Commissioner Rudolph the re-
suits of conferences he has had with
officials of the Bureau of the Budget
and the General Accounting Office.
The commissioners have gone he
yond the authorization of law. accord
ing to Mr.. Pullman. in having plans
drawn for "A l5-roum school building
instead OF the eight-room eXtenSible
building for which Congress appropri-
ated $4,000.
The Bureau of the Budget has given
him the plain intimatiun. Mr.. Pullman
told Commissioner Rudolph, that
there would he much difficulty in oh
tanning the additional 10000. which
the Commissioners estimate it would
be necessary To obtain -54fsu&h sup
elemental appropriations this Winter
10 complete the larger SChOOlhOuSe for
which plans have been drawn. Off
cials of the General Accounting Office
Of which Controller General McCarI
is C>ief. have also given the intima-
tion TO Mr.. PuilmaN he told Commits
Flotef RuuOlph, tn'' Ine question
is formally raised. in all likelihood, as
the law now stands. the Commission
ers could not go ahead with IA plan
for a 15-room building when Congress
appropriated for only eight rooms.
Commissioner Rudolph was said To
have taken the matter under advise
ment.
Unless favorable action is - tn
coming by the Commissioners to pro-
ceed shortly with the building author
lied. Mr.. Pullman declared today he
planned to bring the matter formally
before the Controller General.
Evening star., 1925-08-21
LAWSON WILL REST
UNDERPLA|N STONE
Marker Bearing Only Dates
of Birth and Death to
Be at Grave.
By The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. August 21.--Eo preten-
tious monument will mark the grave
in Graceland Cemetery where Victor
Fremont Lawson. owner and editor of
the Chicago Daily News. VIII be buried
Monday.
Only marker. carved with the
dates of his birth and death. will be
placed at the head of the grave in
keeping with his antipathy for show.
His wife's body will he iisinterred
and placed beside his In one Of the
two lots he owned in the cemetery.
The funeral services will lac held at
II am Monday in the New Englan nd
congregational Church, of which he
was member.
The officia ting minister will he DR..
,OZura Stearns Davis. president of the
Chicago Theological Seminary Rev.
John Heyworth. pastor of the New
England Church, is in Canada on
vacation.
Tributes and expressions of condol-
ence from persons in all works of life
continued today to pour into the Office
of the Daily News. Added TO the mes
"a ges from President Coolidge. Vice
President Dawes Melville +. Stone.
counselor of the Associated Press, his
first business partner and associate in
founding the Associated Press: Frank
B. Moves president. and Kent Cooper,
general manager of the Associated
Press. were expressions from those
with whom he had worked untiringly
for years.
They told of the more intimate and
human side of the aggressive journal
list. about whom traditions had grown
in the public mind that he was lonely,
cold and aloof.
He had a sense of humor. they said.
and rewarded joke with robust
laughter. even when 1t cost money.
uuently made use of his employers
humorous susceptibilities. Field s
methods of approach for loans were
always different. There would be a
long murmrr of argument broken by
a guffaw from Mr.. Lawson, which
meant victory for Field.
They told of him that he never
listened to pickering or petty scandals
of office politicians. Once when a
trusted employe who had been as
sailed sought an opportunity to repel
he slander the noted editor took him
to luncheon. listened to his statement
and at it's conclusion beckoned the
waiter to bring an especially choice
brand of wine. When the glasses
were filed the publisher litter his.
bowed and said, Your health, my
friend
\ special meeting of the city council
was called for tomorrow to take ap
propriate action on the death of Mr..
Lawson. Tributes TO the publisher
will be radioCast from station WIS
Tuesday night.
Evening star., 1925-08-21
Hands and Feet Of British Women
Get Larger, Due to Strenuous Life

a larger development in the hands.
feet and physique of women. Sir
Arthur Keith. Hunterian professor
at the Royal College of Surgeons,
is in agreement with them. but he
points out that in order to ascer-
tain the degree of development it
would be necessary to have the
measurements of 100 women of ten
years ago and their measurements
of today.
with all this increase in exer-
cises' said Sir Arthur. "and the
greater amount of walking done by
women. 1t is obvious that the size
Of the hands and feet will be de-
vefaped. But after all, good big
shahsly hands and feet are batter
thanelittls hands and feet"
Evening star., 1925-08-21
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associ ated Press.
On September %, at 1:44 pm.
Greenwich civil time, the sun win
cross the Equator, going. south in the
constellation of Virgo. Autumn will
then begin. in the Northern Hemi-
sphere and Spring in the SoutherB
Hemisphere. The planet Mars, which
has been too close to the sun to be
seen for some weeks, will be In con-
junction with the sun on September
13. 1t will be at it's greatest distance
from the earth on September 4. when
it will be about 247 800. 900 miles away.
One of the features of the skies on
September nights. says bulletin by
the American Nature Association. is
the Northern Cross. in the Milky Way,
surrounded by field of stars of great
beauty. From midlatitudes of the
Northern Hemisphere. at in the
evening, one may see athwart the
meridian and directly overhead this
cross, in the constellation of Cyonus.
the Swan. Adjoining it on the east
is the small constellation of. Lyre, the
Harp. with it's brilliant Vega.
Unlike Crux, the. Southern Cross,
pride of the Southern Hemisphere,
which is remarkably small and com
pact, the Northern Cross is large and
Evening star., 1925-08-21
Sites \ Hard to Find.

The problem of finding available
sites in the sections where play
facilities are most needed is serious
one. due to the congestion of build
ings. The downtown section of the
city is urgently IN need of a large
playground. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes.
director, points out, but where TO put
ii is apother question.
Mr. Sanford favorA a policy here
similar to that followed in Rochester.
\. Y. where municipal authorities
have bought up the central portions
of built-up city blocks IN the down
town section, and converted these
courts into well equipped Fairgrounds,
with high fences around them to pro-
tect windows from batted balls.
He believes that Congress should
appropriate money enough 30 estab-
lish such recreation harborsS in the
very whirl of the city's congestion,
spaced some two or three blocks
apart, so that the children now driven
to the hazardous streets will find safe
refuge amid healthful play induce
.meDtS,
Evening star., 1925-08-21
POLICEMAN IS HELD
IN FLOGGMG CASE
Was, One of Band That Whipped
Alabama Tailor, Latter ssWom-
an Companion Says.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, August 2k
w r. Compton. policeman. was
under bond of $500 today following
his arrest in connection with the
alleged fiugging of Oscar Tomlin, a
barber, Wednesday night. The arrest
was made upon complaint of Miss
Mary Bowden, who said she was rid
ing with Tomlin at the time he was
fiogged Compton is under suSpen-
sion pending hearing of the charge.
+ Police announced that warrant
charging William Chance, Storkeeper
of Shorts, Ala, and brother in law
ito Miss Bowden, with being mem
ber of the same f1ogging party had
been issued at the instance of Miss
Bowden.
. Preliminary trial for Compton, who
denies the charges, was postponed
until next Tuesday at the request of
defense attorneys. Compton said he
can established an alibi.
I Miss Bowden said the fiogging took
place about miles from Montgom-
cry on the Selma road when band
of men with handkerchief masks
nosed, their car to the side of the
road by cutting in ahead of them and
took Tomlin from behind the wheel.
Following the application of the lash
Miss Bowden stated that the men
| Drought her part of the way back
TO town, leaving her to walk the
remaining distance.
Evening star., 1925-08-21
ACCUSED TAX EVADER
TO PAY $685., ,OOOAPENALTY
San Francisco Paper Says Strange
Will Avoid Trial for Perjury
and False Returns.

BY. the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 21.-The
Examiner said today that Ralph r.
Strange. Burlingame millionaire. has
agreed to pay the Government $685. 900
10 escape trial on five Federal indict-
nAent charging perjury and making
false income tax returns
Strange, who was formerly manager
# a large manufacturing concern here.
pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in
Federal Court today and was fined
50, 900. He was indicted in 1921 and
1922 on charges that he made false
income tax returns for 1918, 1919 and
1920
Evening star., 1925-08-21
WILL AID NAVY YARD MEN
Electricians to Seek to Organize
Ship Plant Workers.

SEATTLE, Wash, August u OPD.-'
The International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers decided Yesterday
To intensity efforts to organize work
ers in American navy yards md to
seek better pay for them.
The American plan of open shop and
orga niZatiOns fosteredI by employers
We're condemned. Workers and the
general public We're warned against
rganization of the hydraulic interests
of :he country into a super power
trust.
The convention adopted tribute to
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin, de.
ceased. and stood for one minute in
his honor.
Evening star., 1925-08-21
VICTOR LAWSON Is EULOGIZED
AS FEW In HIS GENERATION
Press of Nation Recognizes assing of Rare Example
of Devout, Philanthropy, Citizen, Content
oLabor Solely for IA lblc Veal

Garded Ia newspaper as anything but
a public ! rust. Something to be used
not for advancement Of persona
ambition but for the good of the
community, and the country,
Fairness -, and impartialty We're
characteristic Of his directions. No
matter how , -anSled or complicated
the problem "a >. every one VINO hsd
dealings with \ i'm always felt that
once the case, ~, uld be presented tn
Mr. Lawson tho, verdict Wonid De
Just.
Might Have. Ha,; High Office.
Such a man misA have been a
United States SENATOR ana mGht nave
even been a members, Of a cabinet of
"A President He did lot scorn pub
tic officials. He had 10 cynicism for
them. He was full oS sEmpathetle
understanding. whether thfE were
i;epublicanS, or Democr s. fhouSh
he supported the Repubil an nominee
for President in 1916, he u Yer joined
the ranks OF those who + ncuien or
bitterly assailed the late .'resfoeh'
Wilson. With the democl a tlc pol
icies Of Mr.. Wilson he was 'or the
most part IN absolute disaGr,N ment'
but on the Wilson effort to ao, alere
a leadership in foreiGn affaira Tor
America the Daily News stood sh ad,
fast for the cause of internati.n al
cooperation. He had great admin I
tion for President Coolidge and paA
ticu!arlN the tax policies Of the aIS
ministration. for he believed unscien- ,
titic taxation to be, one of the ex-
ceSses thai the war brought. and
from which. American business had
40 he freed in the next few years
or pay penalty in curtailei initia,
tive and ultimate contiscation Of the
fruits of earning power.
Lived Enviable Career.
As an editor. as a business man. as
a philanthropist. asa devoted hu sband
and kindly friend TO his fellow man
Victor Lawson lived an envIable ca
reer. On one account alone was he
difficult 10 understa nd. He rarely dele
gated responsibility. He kept to the
very end in the closest touch with the
minutest details Of his newspe per. He
did not heed the advice of friends or
relatives. that he lei down and take
a rest. He worked Ia hours a day till
the last three days before his death.
He would not let go.
Il used to feel sorry for him. SAYS
Walter Strong, business mana ger of
the Daily News. who worked alongside
OF him. but I finally ceased to- for i
found that work was his life and joy
1t was his reCrea ton. He had no other.
Golf he tried TO take up to please Mrs
Lawson. but he dropped 1t. saving. I
can't get mad at it,.
So he toiled joyfully 10 the end and
then he left great legacy-a news.
paper with a tradition To carry out.
newspaper with remarkable executives
on il who were trained in the School
of Lawson. who will hereafter be
spoken of in the me list of nota bles
in American journalism as Dana,
Pulitzer and Greeley. He was differ
ent from them all He handled prob
lens unlike theirs. Yet his influence
will be as lasting as that of any editor
in American history. for both in news
gathering and newspaper making ne.
has left behind standards that will be
fitting memorial to his useful career.
Evening star., 1925-08-21

(Cantinued from First PageO
believe, should be consid-
cred canefully by the traffic authori-
ties in glanning regulations, for II
shows that speeders and reckless
drivers are not always stupid and
that they KNOW what to do under the
watchfuI eA-e of a traffic cop.
1t meanA they say. that there
must be more elimination of unfit
drivers. In which event it would be
needless to iheckle the better class
of motorists with q long string of
unnecessary Qne-way streets. park
ing and stopping restrictions, togeth-
er with a multiplicity of turning and
bending Instructions that are we'll
on the way to break the back. not of
the motorists. bpt the whole scheme
of traffic direction.
Evening star., 1925-08-21
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

CHICAGO. August 21.--A privte cit
izen with more influence than many
men in public life have ever enjoy.
ed has passed out OF the world. and
newspapers from one end of the. coun-
try to the other are eulogizing him
as they have few personalities of this
generation. For Victor r Lawson.
editor and publisher of the Chica go
Daily News. was a truly great man
q rare example, of 4 devout. earnest
hilanthropic citizen who never as,
pired to public office and who lived the
kind of life to the end OF his IS
Years that Ire had deliberately plan.
ned 10 live.
All Chicago mourns his loss. The
Chicago Tribune in front-page ear
toon today entitled 'Lost-A Great
Citizen indicates the tenor Of the
expressions from business rivals.
friends and opponents alike.
Outside of Chicago. newspaper edi-
tors and publishers knew Victor Law
son as one OF the founders OF great
news gathering agency-the Associa ted
Prcss-and as contributor to a spe-
cialized agency known as the Con-
Solidated Press Association. in which
has been embodied the Chicago Daily
News foreign service. something on
which he labored painsta ltingly to
the end. For he believed in foreign
news truthfully and accurately told.
His associates on the Chicago Daily
News in "A final editorial thus pay
tribute to him:
Fought News Monopoly.
Victor Fremont Lawson for many
years was the dominating figure in the
struggle for freedom in the news. He
led the historic fight 80 years ago
against the creation of a news monop-
oily in this country. He was the
pioneer in establishing a world wide
foreign news service free from the
domination of foreign news agencies
and foreign newspapers. in order that
the American people might have the
truth and be liberated from propa-
Eanda asauefading as news.
He died in harness. as he wished
10 die, with his mind full of plans by
which To help humanity. We shall
not look upon his like again"
And so with other expressions from
President Coolidge and members of
the cabinet down TO the humble folk
whose benefactor he was in charities
SO extensive that they will never be
known. ModestN was his outstanding
characteristics. So long as he lived he
never permitted anything about him
TO be printed in his newspaper beyond
the mereSt mention of his name when
the news of the day compelled such
mention.
Independent and Fearless.
The people of Chicago probably
never knew until today about the won.
derful work he did. Politicians knew
him as independent and fearless. He
told the writer a story once about
political ambition as he viewed II.
One day" he said. "a prominent
political leader came to me and sus-
gested that | become United States
Senator. | smiled and said. My good
fellow. why we make United States
Senators here in the Daily News.
And the truth is he not only made
United States Senators. but he. un
made some of them. He never re-
Evening star., 1925-08-21

playground should be large enough
TO permit the playing of at least
two regulation base ball games stimuli
taneously, one participated in by
Eoung boys and the other by older
players. Only in this way can the
Fairgrounds help to solve the gang
ing problem. he believes.
The Rosedale playground, at Seven
teerth and Kramer streets northeast.
and the Plaza playground. opposite
Union station, are two grounds boast
ing enough space for more than one
base hall diamond. The Rosedale which
is probably the largest and best
equipped municipal recreation spot
in the District. has three diamonds.
a swimming pool. a wading pool, sew
eral teTN1iS courts and numerous
other ATTRACTIONS. The Plaza. scat
tered over portions of several ada
cent blockS, has two diamonds. sew
eral tennis tcourts and a large cinder
track.
Evening star., 1925-08-21
LAW BARS MAYA.
Herb Doctor Brought From Mexicos
by Archeologist

NEW ORLEANS. August 81 GP).-
Lasaro Hernandez, Maya herb doctor,
brought from Mexican wilderness as
the most interesting specimen" found
IN the Maya region by Franz Blom.
Tulane University archeologist, was
confined in the Algiers. Louisis ma i'm
migration station today, unable to
gajn admittance tor the land he left
his native jungle to see.
Newspaper men who inquired into
his plight were unable to learn
whether Lazaro would be allowed to
enter. An application for his entry
has been forwarded to the Department
of Labor.
Evening star., 1925-08-21
LOST OFFICER DXOPPED.
Capt. Connell, Who Disappeared
Still Sought. However,

Having failed to find any trace Of
Capt Robert NJ. Connell. former Ma
tional Guard Instructor at Lancaster
Pa, who disappeared when ordered to
duty at Fort Hancock, y. J., the War
Department today dropped his name
from the rolls of the Army. The
search for him, however, will con.
ttpues - :
Evening star., 1925-08-21
By the ksaociated Press.

LONDON, August 21.-Owing to
the more strenuous life they are
leading and consequent greater
muscular development, British
women today are taking bigger sizes
in gloves and shoes. Careful OBJ
servers assert that the hands and
feet of women are larger than they
were five years ago. This assertion
has been confirmed by the buyers
for big stores. They say that girls
are demanding gloves at least two
sizes larger and that there now Is
little demand for the small tight
shoe except by persons of slight
build.
Evening star., 1925-08-21
Bow Mute 3 Years
Receivers Speech
When Hit by Auto
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOCKPORT. \. Y, August 21.-
An automobile accident has re-
stored speech and hearing to Swear
old Harold F'atZ. The child had
been a mute since an attack of
infa ntile paralysis years ago.
Last Saturday he was struck by
an automobile but not seriously
injured.
He now is able to talk clearly
in short sentences and listens to
a phonographS
Evening star., 1925-08-21
TURN LAW"'TEST DELAYED.
Rain Prevents Painting of Lines; Trial
To Re Given Monday.

Because weather conditions delayed
painting Of arrows To guide motorists,
the new plan for vehicles intending 10
make right and leff hand turns at
Fourteenth street apd Pennsylvania
avenue will not be tried out befers
Monday. officials saidttoday.
Evening star., 1925-08-21
MUD FLIES FREELY
IN NEW YORK FIGHT
Candidates Busy AssaiHng
Members of Own Parties
in Mayoralty Race. :
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. August 21.-Candi
dates for the four-yeaL term as
mayor of the country's largest city
are assailng rivals in their own
parties with vehemence. The pri-
mary campaign has Just entered the
red-fire. torchlight. brass band stage
Three lilies with all the pic
turesdue methods. of old time. cam
paigns yesterday aroused Broadway,
Greenwich Village and Brooklyn.
State Senator James J. Walker.
Tammany candidate against Mayor
Hylan. speaking at what he called
talk in the kitchen to the neigh
bors," assailed the mayor and
shouted: I'D rather stand on my rec
ord than caddy or understudy for a
windmill"
Mayor Hylan invaded BROOKLYN in
an attempt to stem rumblings of dis
content His county leader, John H.
McCooey. warned that the Tammany
Tiger must not be allowed to cross
Brooklyn Bridge.
Bands and hundreds of followers
greeted former State Senator John J.
Lyons. one of two insurgent Repub-
lican. candidates for mayor. at the
railroad station on. his return from
Florida They marched up Broad
way singing, Hail. Hail, the Gang 9
All Here"
Lyons Raps Waterman.
All Republicans want of his reg
ular" rival, Frank D. Waterman. Mr..
Lyons told the crowd. is his "foun-
tain pen and his pocketbook"
MIR. Waterman and his chief sup
porter Charles d. Hilles. who re-
CARDS the Democratic row as a
Hearst Smith battle. took no part in
the evenings noise.
Rev. DR.. Norman Thomas. Socialist
candidate. declared he was glad to
see that most of the candidates had
been compelled to adopt planks calling
for municipal ownership and operation
of transit lines.
Senator Walker said he would make
his fight on his 16-year record at AL
| bany.
| That's a record of action" he said.
Evening star., 1925-08-21

and let me tell you there's no blath-
erskting in that. | am for the scent
fare. | will always be for IT, | am
for the scent fare with a seat: not
Tor the 5-cent fare with a strap"
Hyian Attacks Tammany.
Mayor Hylan and his friend used
the. Brooklyn rally for An attack on
Tammany after four Brooklyn State
senator's had. objected to an, onslaught
by the mayor on Gov. Smiths $780,
100000 bond issue proposal to elimi-
nate railroad grade. crossings.
Though | have given Tammany
leaders both recognition and patron
age, the mayor said. and extended
every possible consideration, the in
f1uence of the traction interests seems
% have been greater than that of the.
man and public official who wanted to
keep peace in the, party"
Mr.. Lyons told his followers that
while there were plenty of Republican
possibilities, including DR. Nicholas
Murray Butler, they were not prop
erly persuaded
Mr.. Waterman was selected to fill
the breach he said What thew
wanted of Mr.. Waterman vas his
fountain pen in one hand ana his
checkhOok in the other. Let him lock
up the checkbopk and he will find out
how popular he will be-"
William NJ. Bennett. another RE.
publican candidate, for the September
Is primaries. was waiting watchf,illy
as the. oratory lasted well into the
nighLs
Evening star., 1925-08-21

Be honest In small things. Some day
a reputation for honesty may stand
you in good stead : -.
Evening star., 1925-08-21
PLAYGROUND SPACE
LACKING, ACTIVITIES
SUFFER RESTRAINT

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