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Evening star., 1925-01-03
''Disgrace to Seruice,'' Weeks Says
OF Material in Army Uniforms

Uniforms that were "a disgrace
to the service were worn by SOL
diers on the streets of the Ma
tional Capital when the body of
President Harding was taken from
the Capitol to the station en- route
for Marion, Ohio, Secretary Weeks
testified before the appropriations
committee. which reported the
Army supply bill to the House
yesterday.
Il do not think ! ever found out
where those Army men came from,
but ] was positively ashamed
said the War Secretary. II looked
across the street at the Marines,
and then turned and looked at our
men. The Marines wore deep-blue
uniforms. 1t was a most humiliat-
ing thing, and it hurt the enlisted
men of the Army"
Secretary Weeks was explaining
the sale of Army uniform mate
rial. During the war. he said,
Evening star., 1925-01-03
MOROCCAN UNREST HALTS
KINGS TRIP OVER DESERT
Albert of Belgium Had Planned
Auto Trip Through Sahara With
Party of Frenchmen.
BY the Associated Press.


+ BRUSSELS, January 3-One OF
the reasons why King Albert of the
Belgians decided to postpone his pro-
posed trip across the Desert of
Sahara with a party of Frenchmen.
using automobiles with caterpillar
tractors for the journey, was a re-
port from the governor general of
Algeria that there was a certain
amount of unrest among the south
ern Moroccan tribes and that groups
of rebels were prepared to attack
automobile trains
Yesterday word was received in Paris
that there had been an attack De-
cember % by the tribesmen on a
French column about 20 miles from
Colomb- Bechard, in which three na-
tive soldiers, including chief were
killed and several wounded. On re-
ceipt of this information Marshal
Petain and Andre Citroen, the manu-
facturer of the type of car which
has successfully negotiated the sandy
wastes of the Sahara, both of whom
were to have accompanied King AL
bert, sent a telegram to the King
urging him to postpone the voyage.
NJ. Citroen said he would not in
augurate the line to Timbuctoo
until the region was pacified.
Evening star., 1925-01-03
1T. COL. ]. |. POWELL,
LONG IN ARMY, DIES
Veteran of Four Wars, Former
Deputy Surgeon General, Had
Notable Record.

Lieut.. Col Junius L. Powell u S.
Medical Corps, retired, a veteran OF
four wars and the possessor of a long
and notable record, died at Walter
Reed Hospital Thursday Lieut. Col.
Powell was 80 years old and had been
a resident of the District of Columbia
for the last Is years.
Col. Powell first served with dis
tinction in the Confederate Army.
Subsequently he served in the
indian Wars and the SpanishAmeri-
can and World Wars and also in the
Philippine insurrection.
Born in Virginia, he was the de-
scendant of an old and aristocratic
family. Members of his family played
large part in helping mold tradi-
tion of the Old Dominion.
Given Special appointment.
Col. Powell was graduated in medi-
cine from the University of Virginia
and later from the medical depart
ment of the University of Maryland.
Soon after his graduation he was ap-
pointed an assistant surgeon in the
U. S. Army, the appointment having
been made through a special act of
Congress.
During his long service he had
numerous and varied experiences. He
received DECORATIONS IN the lHQldH
and Spanish American Wars.
Col Powell reached the grade of
deputy surgeon general, with the
rank of lieutenant colonel, in 1908,
just one month before he was placed
on the retired list on account of age.
just prior to his retirement he had
served at Fort Riley. Kan, and at
various posts in Georgia and Ala
bama and, after his retirement in
1908, he was for while stationed
at Fort Ethan Allen, VT
At the outbreak of the World War
he received an appointment as re-
cruiting officer and served at CO.
lumbus, Ohio.
Col Powell was a member of the
Army and Navy Club here. He made
his residence at the Dresden, 1926
Connecticut avenue.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Adele Grenet Powell. and daughter,
Miss Adele G. Powell.
Funeral services will be conducte ed
at st. Patricks Catholic Church
Monday morning at 10 o'clock. In
terment will be private, with mill
tary honors, in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1925-01-03
STAMP COLLECTORS
TO HAVE CLUBHOUSE
Washington Philatelic Society Ar
ranges for Permanent Down
town Home.
washington's stamp collectors are

Washington's stamp collectors are
to have a home of their own.
Encouraged by recent additions to
It's membership and anticipating in
Creasing local interest in stamp col
lecting, the Washington hilatelic So
cfety is planning to open clubroom
a 1888 G street, where the members
may meet to talk over stamp col
lection, exchange stamps and hold
auctions. Sufficient furniture has
been collected to furnish the room for
the regular meetings of the society,
and the society will move soon into
it's new quarters.
A stamp exhibition will be held by
the society in the Public Library dur
ing the week of January 26. The re-
ception committee in charge of the
exhibition will include the entire
membership of the society
Arrangements have been made with
the library management to inclose
the exhibits, appropriately labeled. in
cases in which they can be readily
inspected Short talks will be given
each night by members of the society
During the coming season the So
ciety will begin campaign of edu-
cation to the general collector in
pointing out frauds that are being
foisted on the tyro and the detection
of counterfeits by collectors. The So
ciety will hold a special meeting
Monday night in the new clubroom,
when steps will be taken to put the
room in shape for permanent oc-
cupancy. g
The following committees have
been appointed for the exhibition
Arrangements, P. S. Warren, NJ. G.
Skinner. j. F. Du Hamel. H. H. Marsh,
E. l. Crum,- r. T. Hungerford and
c.. H. Vaughn; publicity, ]. F.. Du
Hamel. n. H. Sanborn, w. F. .McKen-
ney, F.. S. Gichener, G. A. Martin, Max
Sanborn and w L. Plant; exhibits.
w. Sahm. ]. D. X. Smoot, w. H Col
Inns, A. n. Candel1, J.-C. Wilson, w.
III. Boatwright, V. Wiergang and J.
Evening star., 1925-01-03
LIQUOR DELAY R0USES
DIPLOMATIC ANXIETY
Foreign Supplies for New Year
Missing Somewhere in
Chesapeake Bay.
Special pisnatc to The Star.


BALTIMORE, January 3.-Wash-
ington diplomats of foreign lega
tions. have been keeping the tele-
graph wires and long distance phones
between here and the Capital City
busy for the past few days.
For today is January 8, and as yet
they have not received their New
Year liquor. Their liquor supply
was due in Baltimore December 81,
but today it Is somewhere in the
Chesapeake Bay. Just where, no one
knows.
Aboard the Leyland liner Scythian,
a British vessel. is the New Year sup
ply of rare beverages for the Eng
lish, French, Italian. Argentine, Bel
gian and Spanish legations.
First the liquor was delayed for
five days as the Scythian fought her
way across the Atlantic in a success
sion of gales to Boston. Then came
further delay due to storms off the
coast between Boston and Cape Hen
ry. Now the snowstorm.
Fourteen cases of champagne, of
port, of sherry, 81 of gin, "A of
whisky, of vermouth, of claret
and burgundy. 1 each of rum and
brandy, 2 of cognac and % cases of
assorted wines form the shipment.
Evening star., 1925-01-03
YOUNG SOCIALISTS
SEEK new MEMBERS
Scope of League Work to Be En-
larged, Leaders Vote in New
York Session.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 3.-Members
of the Young Peoples Socialist
League yesterday discussed plans for
enlarging the scope of the league S
work and a membership campaign at
their fourth annual convention here.
Arne J. Parker of Boston, acting ma
tional director of the organization,
reported that there are "a active
circles in the United States. with a
membership of 1000, in addition to
several inactive circles.
Mr.. Parker announced that the
Vienna Union of Young Socialists.
with which the league was affiliated,
had been dissolved and that the
league now was identified with the
Socialist Youth Internationale, with
headquarters at Vienna. This body.
in turn, Mr.. Parker said, is attached
to the Social Labor Internationale.
eO-Day Drive Planned.
1t was voted to conduct a member
ship drive for period of 80 days,
beginning February l.
A proposed amendment to the con-
stitution, which would have elimi-
mated from membership in the league
any one who voluntarily Joined or
contributed to any military organi-
cation, was defeated by a vote of 81
to %.
Gertrude We'll Klein. editor of Free
Youth; Algernon Lee, head of the
Rand School and former leader of the
Socialists on the Board of Aldermen,
and Roger Baldwin, executive sec
retary of the American Civil Liber-
ties Union, addressed the convention.
Let the older generation die out
and be done with them" Miss Klein
declared.
BY the time men and women reach
maturity, she argued, their minds are
closed to propaganda involving a
change. She proposed the organiza-
tion OF children between the ages of
IA and Is.
Miss Klein expressed disappoint-
ment over the recent resignation of
Albert Weissbord from the secretary
ship of the league to Join the Com
munist party and said she expected
him to, return to- the organization.
Evening star., 1925-01-03
BOTAN|STS BACK
ARBORETUM BILL
National Society Points to
Many Advantages to
Education.

Declaring that national arboretum
is maintained by almost every civil
lied country except the United States,
the Botanical Society of America,
meeting here in connection with the
National Associa ton for the Advance
ment of Science, has adopted reso-
luton indorsing the Pepper-Luce leg
islation now pending for the purchase
OF site for an arboretum on Mount
Hamilton.
The resolution declares that the
proposed arboretum will be of great
value to botanical science, to eco
nomic interests. and to the general
public for the following reasons:
I'D 1t will contain side by side
living representatives of a great
many kinds of trees and other plants
for use in botanical investigation.
VIII Educate Public.
"C2) It will enable the non-bo
tanical public to become acquainted
with trees and plants not ordinarily
availa BILE.
"(5) It will illustrate to our own
citizens the fora of other parts of
the world. and will make known to
visitors from other countries the
botanical resources of our own coun-
try.
"(4b Tt will enable nurseymen. land
scape architects and the private land
holder engaged in planting grounds
to establish the identity of their
plants by comparison.
"(51 1t will provide a sanctuary
where the rare local plants in danger
of extinction through the increasing
density of population may be retained
and protected.
"(6) 1t will provide permanent
place for representative specimens of
newly introduced economic plants
"(D 1t will provide valuable mate
rial for work by plant breeders.
VIII Decrease Losses.
"(S) 1t will supplement the National
herbarIum, which might advantage
ously be housed at the arboretum,"
continues the resolution. The herba-
rum and arboretum together will
make a very strong scientific and edu-
cational unit where botanists. COM
mercial organizations, gardeners and
private growers may have their plants
named and standardized. A large eco
nomic loss occurs each year through
the sale of Incorrectly labeled plants.
Washington is ideally located for a
National arboretum, in moderate
climate, where an unusually large
number of both Northern and South
ern plants may be grown together.
Department of Agriculture and the
extensive development there of the
economic investigation of plants also
make this city particularly appro-
pirate for the location of a National
arboretum. Such an arboretum would
be a great aid to the scientific work
of the Department of Agriculture.
"A national arboretum is maintain
ed by almost every civilized country
excaot the United States. This seems
tG e, an appropriate time to provide
our country with the facilities enjoy
ed by other nations.
For the reasons here stated the
Botanical Society of America urges
Congress to make the necessary pro-
vision for the proposed arboretum."
The Botanical Society of America
which unanimously indorses the ar
boretum project, is headed by Will
liam Crocker. president, of Yonkers
n. Y, director of the Boyce- Thompson
Institute for Plant Research. Other
officers are: Secretary. L Fs Lewis
Evening star., 1925-01-03
WH|TEMAN'S JAZZ
CONCERT PLEASING
Interesting Novelties Offered
by Popular Musical
Aggregation.

Several unusual compositions were
given debut performance in Wash
ington yesterday afternoon when
Paul Whiteman's famous Concert Or
chestra of jazz musicians gave local
music lovers a second performance
this SeaSon of IAN experiment in
jazz" at Polls Theater. The most
striking was Leo Sowerby's "Synco-
nata," written in classical sonata
form adapted to the requirements of
modern syncopation. In it's many
suggestions of mechanical sounds of
everyday life as the whistle of steam
boats the rumbling of train wheels
and other changing noises, the COM
position invited comparison with
Arthur Honegger's Pacific 231." The
Sowerby work, however, seemed at
first hearing. at any rate, to lack
unity in conveying any special effect.
1t was certainly interesting and
seemed worthy of being placed in
the group of ultra jazz works headed
by George Gershwin's Rhapsody in
Blue" which was given a colorful
performance yesterday.
Imprcssionistic Novelties.
Another impressionistic novelty
was Ferdie Grofe's broadway at
Night a tone poem of originality
and much dramatic effect. China
town was suggested in the new Chi
nese Suite" by Rudolf Friml, long
recognized as a leading composer of
light musical works. The suite show
ed extremely Americanized types of
oriental melodies, in no way resem-
bling the ptquant Oriental impress
sions" of Henry Eichheim, yet bring
ing memories of that suite to mind.
msky-korsakoff's Cog dor" was
subjected to a 'jazzation." if one may
coin word to suggest the process
used for many classical and semi
classical works to translate them into
jazz terms. The jazzed version of
Lieurance's Waters of Minnetonka"
was given also. Isham Jones Spain"
was one of the most fascinating of
the shorter works and gave the xylo-
phone many opportunities.
Popular Hits Please.
The audience, as a whole, seemed
most interested in the group of seven
popular hits" including Leo Falls
20 Joseph" Berlin's "All Alone"
Wacka Doo," Isham Jones "I'll See
You in My Dreams" and Vincent
Roses 'Linger Awhile" The last
number was played with remarkabl
solo banjo work by Michael Pinga-
tore, who won enthusiastic bursts of
applause even during the playing of
the work.
Two of the most interesting en-
cores were solos by Harry Perella,
the talented pianist, who was chosen
to play Gershwin's part in the
Rhapsody in Blue" on tour. The
encores were Manna-Zucca's "Valse
Brillfante' and "Coaxing the Piano."
by Zev Confrey. An amusing encore
was a satire on the playing of Pop
Goes the Weasel in "grandpa's day"
The program opened with the usual
contrast between early jazz and the
latest development of jazz dance
music.
Evening star., 1925-01-03
HOudi,,i Performs
Tricks Advanced
As Psychic Proof

By the Associa ted Press.
BOSTON, January 3.-Harry Hou-
dini last night. on d public stage
here, performed several tricks
which he declared Mrs. Leroi G.
Crandon, a Marjorie" had offered
in proof of her psychic powers, for
which the Scientific American had
offered an award of $4,000. Hou-
dini said that he had received a
letter from Prof. William McDou-
gall of Harvard, a fellow member
of the committee appointed by the
magazine to examine Mrs. Gran
don's ability, written to clear up
the Misunderstanding between
them. He reiterated his contention
that he could duplicate by trick
cry anything which Mrs Crandon
had done in her seances.
Neither Mrs. Crandon nor Prof.
McDouSall was present at the ex-
hibition
Evening star., 1925-01-03
FAVOR L|bERAL|TY
IN CIVIL SERVICE
AIcorn and Mccoy Compare
U. S. to Cities and States in
Benefits to Workers.

In furtherance of the bill liberaliz-
ing the Civil Service retirement act.
now pending on the Senate calendar
and included in list OF bills which
the Republican steering committee
has recommended for action at the
present session, Senator Stanfield of
Oregon, chairman of the Civil Serv-
ice committee, yesterday caused to
be published in the Congressional
Record statements prepared hy Rob-
ert H. Alcorn, chairman of the joint
conference on retirement, and Joseph
+. Mccoy, actuary of the Treasury
Department, strongly supporting the
bill.
Holds United States Niggard1y.
The data laid before the Senate
indicates that the Federal Govern
ment is niggardly in it's treatment
of its superannuated employees, as
compared with municipalities and
various State government services.
For example, it says:
The highest retirement annuity
paid by the United States Govern
ment to it's civil servants under the
act of May %, 1920, is $50 a month
The average annuity paid is s4S a
month. To obtain this, practically a
lifetime in the service must be spent.
In contrast with this, Chicago
pays a maximum of $3.50 per month;
Philadelphia pays s1O0 a month; Bos-
ton pays the annuity which the en-
ploye's accumulated contributions
will purchase plus an equal contribu-
tion by the city.
"A higher maximum than is paid
by the Federal Coz 5ernment obtains
in the State services of New York
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecti-
cut and Massachusetts,
Provisions for Retirement.
TN the United States service no
provision whatever is made for vol
untary retirement, so that an en-
ploye may serve 40 years or more and
yet receive no retirement benefit, un-
less by that time he has reached the
age of compulsory retirement. ThiS
for railway postal clerks Is 62 years; !;
for mechanics, letter carriers and post
office clerks is 65 years; for clerical,
subclerical, technical, professional and
scientific positions. 20 years.
In contrast with this, in the States
of New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania and Massachusetts provision is
made for optional retirement at 60
years. and in Connecticut at So years.
I'm the Chicago municipal service
provision Is made for optional retire
ment upon annuity at SO years, and
in New York City, Philadelphia and
Boston the age is placed at Co..
NO foreign country appears to re-
.quire attainment of 20 years before
permitting retirement. Sixty years
has been widely adopted. while France
has adopted SIS years for the active
branch Argentina goes as low as SO
years.
'In the United States civil service
the employees contribute 2H per cent
of their salaries toward the retire
ment fund In Connecticut and Maine
the employe makes no contribution.
In New York, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania the employe and the State
pay each one-half. I'm Massachusetts
the employe pays per cent of salary,
limited to $3.50. in New York City
the employe and the city pay each
one-half. In Philadelphia per cent
of salary is paid. with a limit of 81
per month. In Boston 4 per cent OF
salary is paid. In Chicago the en-
b Il
Evening star., 1925-01-03

ploye contributes 4 Y per cent and
the city z II per cent.
'In Denmark, Germany, Great Brit
ain and Norway no contribution is
required from the employe.
'The Federal employees ask the pas
sage Of Senate bill 3011 as amended.
1t provides for retirement, after 80
years of service, at a rate not to ex-
ceed 500 month. Optional or vol
untary retirement is for the first time
provided for after not less than 80
years of service and attainment of the
age of 63. with provision for such re-
tfrement of letter carriers, post office
and railway postal clerks, mechanics
tribution of the employees to the re-
tirement fund is increased from 2h
per cent to 81 per cent"
Evening star., 1925-01-03
Opera Is Held Up
To GiUe An.ericar,
Singer Applause
By the Associated Press.
NE" VnPK Ja1

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 3.-An in
cident without precedent in the
annals of the Metropolitan opera
House occurred last night when an
audience held up performance
of "Falstaff until a young Amer
lean. Lawrence Tibbett, who re
Gently Joined the company. was
permitted to come before the cur
tain alone to receive the applause
for his performance as Ford in the
opera.
AT the end of the second act in
which Tibbett appeared with An
tonic Scotti, playing Falstaff. both
singers came before the curtain,
but the audience made il plain that
it desired Tibbett alone. He was
not sent out Immediately and the
applause of the audience held up
the performance until his appear
ance after some minutes.
Evening star., 1925-01-03

professor of Biology, University of
Virginia; treasurer, Irving w. Bailey
of Harvard University. and councillors,
Charles E. Allen. University of Wis
consin; Henry C. Cowles, University
Of Chicago; Benjamin NJ. Duggar,
Missouri Botanical Garden. St. Louis:
William H. Robbins, University of
Missouri; William r. Maxon, Smith
sonian Institution; Herbert S. Jack
son, Purdue University: Albert F.
Blakeslee, Carnegie Institution; Dun
can s. Johnson. Johns Hopkins Uni
yersitys
Evening star., 1925-01-03
Woman Robbed by Trick.

Mrs Elizabeth Ford, 1884 Columbia
road, reported that an unidentified
white man robbed her of 500 yester-
day afternoon. He obtained the
money, she stated, by operation of the
envelope trick, valueless paper being
placed in the envelope instead of
money. 90 .'-r -.s'' E
Evening star., 1925-01-03
Siege Is Extended.

RIO DE JANEIRO, January 3.-The
government has, extended until April
80 the state of siege in the federal
district states of Rio de Janeiro, Sac
Paulo, Mattot Crosse, Parana, Santa
Catherine and Rio Grande do Sui.
Evening star., 1925-01-03
Lecture on "Reinearnation. "

special lecture on "Reincarna-
tion, will be given at the United
Lodge of Theosophists, 1871 K street,
northwest, Thursday at $50 pm. The
usual Sunday talk will be given this
week at pm. The subject II THE
New Cycle"
Evening star., 1925-01-03

While the law forbids the use of
motor cars in Bermuda, there are
now two motor vehicles, light truck
and a street sprinkler, both the prop
erty Of Hamilton City.
Evening star., 1925-01-03

Woman sculptors in the United
States now number nearly $4,000.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-06-10
EL SECRETO DE
UNA ACTRIz

Descubre La manera de telir ell
cabello con una preparaei6n casera.
La senorita Joicey Williams, ia
famosa. actriz americana, acaba de
hacer p1blica la siguiente manera
de eliminar. las canas cpn una pre-
paracion casera:
"Cualquier persona puede facil-
mente hacer en- su casa una prepa-
racion que aplicada al cabello hace
desaparecer las canas gradualmen.
te y devuelve al pelo SUI color natu-
raj Y 10 deja sedoso Y lustroso. Bas-
ia aiiadir a medic ftro de aqua, rs
gramos de bay rum, una cajita
de Compuesto de Barbo y z gra-
mos de glicerina.
Estos ingredientes pueden corr
prarse en- cualquier botica cues
tan muy POGO. Aplfquese esta pre-
paracion al cabello dos veces a la
semana hasta que Sc haya logrado
dar al pelo el matiz deseado. De
este modo una persona canosa pa
recer; ser veinte aiios mas joven.
Dicha preparation no mancha el
pericraneo, no es pegajosa nj gra-
sienta y no Sc quita con ell roce de
las manos, del peine del cepillo.
Adyt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-06-10
NUEVA FUERZA Y ENER-
.GIA PARA LOS DEBILES
Y ANClANOS

Para ser active, fuerte, vigoroso go
ear de perfecta salud, usted debe tener
bastante sangre pura, sangre rola de "a
calidad que "STRICHNo FERRARS'
ayuda a producer. Miles de personals TO-
man s'Strichno Ferrars'. Ell dnico 10
nice que con rapidez lie recuperara sus
fuerEas energias le ayudara a gozar
de salud envidiable. Consulte a sn Med1-
co Compre nm frasco hoy rismo con-
venzase. Envie 20 centavos por un fras.
quito de muestra q Longrock Pharmacal
Co 1856 Liberty st.. New York n. =.