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Evening star., 1925-01-21
BUS AND CAR LINE
MERGER FAVORED
Commissioners Tell Senator
Ball More Than Repeal of
Present Act Needed.

The District Commissioners believe
the Washington Rapid Transit Co
should be included in any merger of
the street railway lines OF Washing
ton, they advised Senator Ball today
in a new report on the question of
consolidation.
The city heads also told the Senate
District committee they believe it will
require more than a mere repeal of
the anti-merger act to bring about a
consolidation of the street car com
panies. The report reads. in part, as
follows:
Support Is Pledged.
The Commissioners are very inter
ested in the question of the consoli-
dation of the two street car com
panies of the District of Columbia.
and will be glad to lend their sup
port to any practical legislation which
Will tend to bring this about. At pres
ent, although paragraphs 54 and "A
of the public utility law permits this
consolidation, the anti-merger act of
March 4, 1913, expressly forbids it.
If it is desired merely to remove
this prohibition, repeal of the anti
merger act will accomplish the pur-
pose. 1t is believed however. that it
VIII take more than the mere author
ity to accomplish a consolidation. To
this end, consideration of Senate bill
2176, modified to include the Wash
ington Rapid Transit Co, is suggest
ed. This bill represents the views of
the Public Utilities Commission form
ed after careful study of the question.
1t includes a penalty for failure to
merge and, by a slight change in
wording section 3, which relieves COM
panies from payment of traffic police
men, may be made a reward for con-
solidation. The passage of Senate bill
27T6 by this Congress is recommend
ed"
Tax to Force Merger.
The bill referred to by the Commits
sioners seeks to bring about merger
by substituting for the present tax of
per cent upon the gross receipts Of
the railway companies, a tax of 20 per
cent upon the operating incomes of
the companies. The bill further pro-
Ytdes that as soon as the companies
are merged the old tax basis of per
cent on gross receipts shall be re-
stored.
The same bill would permit the
Washington and Georgetown Gas
Light companies to merge.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
YaChtsn,an Alone
Sails 4-TOn Vessel
On 35-Day Voyage
BY the Associated Press.

BY th@ Associated Press.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, jan
uary 21.-Harry Pidgeon, sailing
singlehand the four-ton Amer
lean sailing yacht, Islander, ar
rived here today, completing a So
day voyage from Ascension.
The lone navigator left Los
Angeles November IS, 1921, on a
round -the-world cruise in his
small craft. He visited places of
interest in the South Pacific, In
dian and Atlantic Oceans.
After oyerhauling the boat, Pid-
geon will endeavor to return to
California via Central American
ports and the Panama Canal He
hopes to arrive in Los Angeles
next September.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
JAPAN GETS RIGHT
TOEXP[OIT RUSSIA
New Treaty Provides for Oil
and Coal GrantS-Nippon
Quits SaghaIien.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PEKING. January 21-The treaty
between Japan and Russia providing
for resumption of diplomatic relations
which was signed here at midnight
consists of seven articles.
Among these is Soviet recognition
o. the validity of the Portsmouth
treaty. but it is understood that Rus
sia does not assume responsibility for
the completion of the provisions of
that treaty.
All other treaties concluded prior to
conference TO be held shortly.
Both Russia and Japan promise to
restrain their nationals from acts like
ly TO endanger the order and security
Of the other country. Both also prom
ise to restrain persons in governmental
service or receiving governmental
financial assistance, from such acts.
Neither party will permit in its ter
ritory organiza tions pretending to be
the government of any part of the
territories of the other party, or aliens
carrying out activities for such or
,aniZationS.
Agrees to Concession.
The Soviet agrees to give coal and
oil concessions to approved japanese
on advantageous terms for a period OF
% or so years; also the right to eX-
plot oil fields
The Soviet royalties in the case
of coal will amount to s per cent
and in the case of oil from 5 to II
per cent with 45 per cent where gush-
ers are brought in. Materials re-
quired for such enterprises will be
admitted free of duty.
The Soviet representative expresses
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1925-01-21
TWO HELD I'M MURDER.

HILLSBORO. Ohio, January 21.-
While statewide search was being
made for two robbers who shot and
killed Harry P. McGill, deputy county
surveyor, and wounded E. w. Lemon
a policeman. here early yesterday
Hillsboro officials were investigating
two suspects detained at Springfield
last night.
The men gave their names as
Harold and Frank Barnes. brothers.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
o. S. POSITION CLARIFIED.
Text of Agreement Reveals No
Mention of Penalties.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Examination Of the official text of
The agreement signed at Paris re-
Gently by the allied and associated
powers fails to reveal that the United
States is in any way bound to par
ticipate in any penalties that may
hereafter be imposed on Germany in
the event Of a default in payment of
Preparations.
Until the actual words were read
here, there was uncertainty as to
whether America had committed her
self to an implied obligation to help
collect sums due from Germany.
When Secretary Hughes made his
statement that the United States was
under no obligation, legally or NOR
ally it was assumed by the critics
that he meant with respect to every-
thing in the agreement. but attention
is called to the fact now that he used
his phrase with respect to any such
contingency" and that specifically re-
ferred to penalties. The Paris agree
ment upon examination will be found
TO be without penalties at all-in
fact 1t does not deal with any ques-
ttons that might arise if the contem-
plated payments should not be made"
Covered by Versailles Pact.
This is really where the allied press
made it's mistake and where the pre-
IlleTS ol Europe IalIeu TO draw a dis
tinction between the American back
ground and their own.
The Paris agreement presupposed
go far as most of the allied powers
are concerned that the Versailles
treaty is binding That treaty con-
tains penalties for default to be i'm
posed after due action by the rep
arations commission. The United
States is neither a signatory of the
Versailles treaty nor a member of the
repara tions commission. There is no
doubt that the acceptance by any of
the allied powers of the Paris agree
ment commits them all just as much
to the collection of reparations as the
reparation clauses of the Versailles
treaty. Their status has not been
changed, but made even more ex-
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Evening star., 1925-01-21
FLOOD CONDITIONS
IN SOUTH IMPROVE
Death Toll Remains at Ten.
Georgia Highways Damaged
100000.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, January 21.-Sec-
tions of five Southern States, food
swept nearly a week, turned their at
tention today to rehabilitation as the
waters slowly receded, although
southern Georgia and portions of
Alabama and South Carolina re-
mained inundated. Conditions in
Louisiana and Mississippi were well
on the road to normal.
The death toll remained at so.
Damage to Georgia highways was
estimated at 100000, those being
the only figures available from any
section.
Railroad service in Georgia still was
impaired today, and trains in South
Carolina and Alabama continued to
run on altered schedules.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
MAYFIELD CONTEST UP.
Committee to Make Decision To
daY on Texas Senator's Status.

Action on the election confess
against Senator Mayfield, Democrat.
Texas, will be taken late today by the
committee which Investigated it.
After hearings last session, the
committee declared charges of exces-
sive expenditures of money in the
campaign had not been sustained.
The charges remaining to be de-
cided aiiege fraud and intimidation.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
BUSHMAN AND WIFE
AGREE TO LIVE APART
Beverly Bayne Quoted as Saying
Divorce Prospect Not
Immediate.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, January 21.-Fran-
els X. Bushman, motion picture actor
and his actress wife, Beverly Bayne.
have separated, the Los Angeles
Times said today, quoting Miss Bayne
to the effect that while no divorce
action was in immediate prospect,
Mr.. Bushman and 1 just decided 1t
would be more agreeable to live apart ;"
The Bushmans were married in 1918
and have a five-year- old son, who
lives with his mother in Hollywood
Bushman is in Europe with a Holly
wood motion picture company.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
HARTS MAY "MAKE up
Wife Tells of Proposal for Reco1
ciliation.

SAN FRANCISCO. January 2l
Rumors that the William S. Harts C..
motion pictures might be reconcile
rather than be precipitated int"
further litigation were lent color IN
a statement by Mrs. Hart upon tn,
eve of the "good-bad mans" depart
ure for vacation trip to New York
II gave up the trust fund estab
lfshed for me by my husband and
agreed not to return to work at any
time If he will let me come back to
him." said Mrs. Hart in commentinE
upon the court decision which per
mitted her to resume screen work
under her name of Winifred Westover
Hart Il have no plans to return to
pictures at present"
Evening star., 1925-01-21
Greeks Face Turk Reprisals.

LONDON, January 21.-A News
Agency dispatch from Constantinople
states tnat the government has in
structed the authorities there to be
gin reprisals against the Greeks J.
is reported that all the estates o!
Greek subjects residing in Constanti-
uoDIe were to be seized
Evening star., 1925-01-21
SPANISH ATTACKING
MOORS AT ALCAZAR
Three Warships and Eight Planes
Used in Onslaught From
Straits.
BY the Assoc ated Press.

BY the Assoc ated Press.
LONDON, January 21.-Three Span
ish warships and eight airplanes are
bombarding the Anjera tribal forces
from the Straits of Gibraltar, off
Point Alcazar and Seguer, and to the
east of those positions, according to
News Agency dispatches received this
afternoon from Tangier.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
RENT HEARING HALTED.
Session of House Causes Cancella.
tion Tomorrow.

The hearing on the rent bill for the
District of Columbia which was
scheduled for tomorrow night has
been postponed, it was announced to-
day, owing to the fact that the
House is to hold a night session to-
morrow, and the House members of
the joint committee conducting the
hearing wGaid be unable to attend
the committee meeting.
When Senator Ball, chairman of the
committee, returns to Washington
another date for the next rent hear
ing will be fixed.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
MOOR REBEL LEADER
BESIEGED IN HOLY CITY
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MELILI1A, Morocco, January I'll
A bd- Ell -Krim, commander of the
Moorish rebels, is besieged with his
Riffian warriors IN the holy city of
Xauen by kabyle tribesmen, who
have surrounded the place and cut off
the water supply, according to pri-
vate advicea
The Spaniards report a successful
raid in enemy territory near here by
a native column under Comdr. Varela.
Airplanes co-operated with the col
umn. The rebels suffered heavy casu-
alties and were put to flight.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
S2,O)O,O)D SW|NDLE
LAID TO S1OO LOAN
Head of Young Judea in New
York Reported to Have
Admitted FOrgerieS.
By the Associated Press


NEW YORK, January 21.-Moe Tur-
man, son of a Chicago rabbi, president
of Young Judea" in this city and
prominent in Brooklyn social circles,
was reported by authorities today to
have confessed to forgeries totaling
$1,000, 900 in the business Of the Equity
Finance and Service Co, of which he
was managing director.
Assistant district attorneys who are
said to have heard the confession be-
fore Turman's arrest said the total of
reach $4,000, 900.
Il tried to be a Napoleon of finance
"a Ponzi-but Topped" Turman's
story concluded, the prosecutors said
He is 81 years old.
His career as a swindler, according
to the alleged confession. started
several years ago, when, coming to
New York. he borrowed 500 to send
his widowed mother and her five
children in Chicago. He borrowed
from Peter to pay Paul" until he
evolved a scheme to borrow money
from friends to loan merchants for
discounting bills, keeping for himself
half of the discount saved his clients.
Lenders Chief Losers.
Unfortunately" Turman is renortad
to have confessed, "the Equity Finance
and Service Co. which 1 organized, dis
counted my forged notes s well as the
notes of my merchant customers. NV
bubble bursted just when it looked
most real"
Persons from whom Turman bor-
rowed the money to loan merchants
are alleged to have been the chief los
ers. They claim to have lost sums
ranging from SIS, 900 to $4,000 each.
Forged notes in sums ranging from
thousands to hundreds of thousands of
dollars and bearing the name of promi-
nent business men are in the hands of
prosecutors
A week ago. when authorities began
investigating the business of the
Finance and Service Co. Turman dis
appeared. He said that he had gone to
Buffalo, st. Louis, Jefferson City and
Kansas City, and then decided to re-
turn here to take the medicine" His
wife accompanied him to the district
attorneys office, where. in her pres
ence. he is alleged to have confessed.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
WEATHER.

w. .. "ehtlleE buTthu rpTeCdsIJ
Fair tonight and tomorrow; rising
temperature; minimum temperature
tonight about freezing; gentle to
moderate southwest winds. Highest,
AZ, at pm. yesterday; lowest. %.
at s am. today. Full report on page 5.
Evening star., 1925-01-21

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.
Evening star., 1925-01-21

CONTINUED on Page ., Column g.
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nevertheless not what will. but
what thou wilt"
That is the sublime experience Of
life-to be able to yield ones self
up to God and to the fulfillment Of
His purposes.
There is sadness in his words to
Peter, "Couldest thou not watch one
hour?" But his thought is still for
his disciples.
falling themselves than about their
failing him. Watch We, and pray,
lest ye enter into temptation. The
spirit truly is ready. but the flesh Is
weak"
And Jesus went away and prayed,
and he came again and found them
sleeping, and he came again the
third time.
But he no longer reproaches them.
He has faced Gethsemane alone.
The way is marked toward Calvary
and Jesus is ready-'Lo. he that
betrayeth me is at hand"
And because Jesus dared to face
henceforth ever need face Gethsem-
ane alone, for has he not said. 10,
am with you always even unto the
end Of the world"
No one shared Gethsemane with
him, but he shares Gethsemane
with us.
He is captain Of our salvation"
made perfect through suffering.
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WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

meaning Of these last great expert
ences in the life of Jesus in which
he fulfilled the divine purpose even
to pouring out His soul on Calvary.
He was revealing the fulness of
divine grace by travelling a human
way.
We do not understand why the
innocent suffer for the guilty, but
1t is the law of life.
A righteous father and q gentle,
loving mother bear the agony Of a
child's disgrace and sin. The mar
tyr, dying for his principles. expiates
the sins Of hose who put him to
death.
All through life is this same law
this law Of vicarious suffering. And
it was this law that Jesus fulfilled
In His work of redemption.
Gethsemane has become the sym
hol of the suffering of righteous men.
When one is bearing ignonliny, pain
and sacrifice on behalf of conscience
we speak of him as passing through
Gethsemane.
How true to life is this story!
There is the revelation OF the per-
|sonal struggle.
Jesus prays, and He prays as any
OF us might pray, Take away this
cup from me"
Every normal man instinctively
shrinks from suffering and sacrifice.
But that spirit has made Jesus
true to His mission adds at once
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his anniversary sermon.

pTSdCu6S ulo di11ANC1SdAy SCAAAlOu.
DR.. Wicks came to All Souls
Church on Dec. 10. 1905. from the
First Parish Church of Boston. In
celebration of the anniversary the
Indianapolis Unitarian Bulletin, the
official organ OF All Souls Church,
has issued a special edition contain
ing picture of the pastor and
greetings from a number Of promi-
nent men of the city who have been
associated with him In his numerous
civic and club activities.
r Hugh NICK. Laldon says: when
courageous devotion to liberty Of
thought, answering loyalty to
truth, and forgetfulness of self are
required In any emergency. Frank
Wicks can be depended upon"
The Rev. H. L. Haines says:
~ congratulate you on the notable
work you have accomplished outside
the church in the realm Of our city
charities and our civic life. For
these twenty years you have given
your personal efforts so untiringly
to lines Of benevolent and social
welfare service, you can look back
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munal righteousness among u.s."
In twenty-five years time. DR..
Brown has seen many things. happen
in this city. The entire complexion
Of the community around his church
has changed from a neighborhood
district into a. business one.
When he came here, his church,
was in the center of homes. Today
DIR. Brown is the pastor Of an up
town church, made so by the prog
ress and growth Of the city.
DR.. Brown is a thirty.third degree
Mason and is an officer in the
Scottish Rite He organized St.
Margaret's Hospital Guild and for
years has been leader in work at
the city hospital.
Dr. Brown is known IN the State.
because of his many addresses and
work for civic and social betterment
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on the arduous greatness OF things
done and rejoice"
Francis H. Gavisk says: ''Dr.
Wicks came a stranger representing
what to most of us is a very I'M
orthodox cult. As his anniversaries
have gone by he has steadily grown
in the estimation Of all of us. for
his generosity, his public spirit. his
broad altruism. and the sanity of
his views. indianapolis would be
even a more pleasant place to live
In with more men like DR.. Wicks."
Rabbi Morris NJ Feuerlicht says:
Though Unitarian, DR. Wicks has
consistently and ubiquitously prac-
ticed a fine trinity of Characteristic
virtues, oren-mindedness, open
heartedness and n-handedness.
He is mighty factor
for spiritual and social and COM
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Dr. Lewis Brown Celebrates Sunday His 25th Ami
versary as Pastor of St, PauPs-Dr Wcks Crowds
Two Celebrations Into One Day,

Sunday will be important day at St Pauls Episcopal
Church and a all Souls Unitarian Church.
At ST. Pauls Dr. Lewis Brown will observe his twenty fifth
pastor.
At All Souls Church, Dr. Frank s. c. Wcks observes his
hreth Of entrance into the ministry and his fyseventh
birthday.
These events will be observed not only by the two
gegaons but business and professional and have
in showing their appreciation of the rendered
these two church leadars
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BY WILLIAM e. GILROY,, D. D.,
Editor of The Congregationalist
I'll HE significance of Jesus for
i humanity is that in his reve-
lation of God he shared in
his earthly life the life of humanity.
He did not come as one incapable
of suffering and as one immune
from temptation, WEAKNESS and
want, but "in all things it behooved
Him to be made like unto his breth-
rem that He might be mercifuI and
faithful high priest in things per-
tanning to God to smake reconcilia-
ton for the sins Of the people"
Sons people fear so much to
weaken in any way the insistence
upon the divine character of Jesus
that they fail to grasp the full
meaning CT the Incarnation.
The New Testament teaching is
that God was made flesh and dwelt
among us''-that Jesus did not come
as an angel Heb. 2:16), or as a diff
ferent order of being, but that He
was, as Paul calls him, ''the man
Christ Jesus" and as such ''in him
dweit all the fulpess of the god-head
bodily"
He was alike the Son of God and
Son OF Man.
It y necessary to remember this
If we would understand the full
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DR.. Harry Andrews King A basket
dinner will be served at noon.
Sunday night Bishop Leete will
preach the dedicatory sermon.
The Rev. May announces that
services will be held each night next
week, as follows; Monday evening,
special music, The Rev. w. r. Thorn,
speaker; Tuesday evening, music by
choir, speaker to be supplied;
Wednesday evening, special music,
DR.. r. H. Toole. speaker; Thursday
evening, music by choir, The Rev.
ID. w. Noble, speaker; Friday eve
ming, special music, speaker to be
supplied.
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Church will speak at the First Me-
ridian Church In the morning on
THE Unrecognized Christ" At
night he will speak at his own
church on 1.-THE Joy-Lfe."
THE BOOK you ARE WRIT
ING" is the title Of the sermon to
be delivered by Rev. Otto B. Moor,
pastor of the Immanuel Reformed
Church, Prospect and s. New Jer-
sey Sts-, Sunday at 1890 a. M At
the evening worship at 1870 he will
preach on What Does Sunday Mean
to Your"
THE BAPTIST MINISTERIAL
UNION will meet on Monday at 10
a. m. at the Baptist headquarters,
1923 N. Illinois st. The program
follows: Devotions, Rev. Clyde Glib
bons, city; William IAshmore, Rev.
F. M. Huckleberry, Franklin, Chris
tianity In China Today" Rev. U. M.
MCGUIRE, Chicago. The theme for
the day will be China"
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Pastor Dedicates Himself TO
Modern Christian Program
Baseball Diamond Is Now
Site. for New Church
Institution,
BY THE VISITOR.

III HERE a baseball diamond
WI once grew" in a community
1. there is now the first unit of
a new church.
/ When the congregation of the
Fountain st. M. E. Church took
over additional space for the build
ing of a modern unit plan structure
the youngsters who played '.ball''
on the vacant lots were net for
gotten.
Instead Of building first a church
auditorium for Sunday worship
alone, Rev. Philip 8. May, pastor,
decided that the youth of the COM
munity should be served first.
On Sunday night Bishop Frederick
d. Leete will preach the dedicatory
sermon of Fountain Street NJ E.
Sunday school and community cen
ter building. This structure cost
s45, 600.
Large gymnasium space has been
provided in this two-story building
where the boys may play basketball
during the week to their hearts
content.
On Sunday this space will be used
for Sunday school and religious
purposes.
Youth First
''Our church is located in mile
zone which is unchurched," the
Rev. May said "That is. there isn't
another church within mile on all
sides Of this church.
eve have a duty toward the
youth of the community. There
used to be many vacant lots where
the boys could play ball. Now these
lots have buildings on them.
THE church must provide mod
ern Christian program which will
meet the demands Of the growing
community. And that is what we
have attempted to do by completing
the Sunday school and recreational
building as the first unit of our
church program.
I'VE are not concerned so much
just making Methodists as we are
in making Christian men and wom-
en-
The Rev. May says that he figures
that youth is 60 per cent of the con-
gregation.
Good Program
On Sunday morning a sunrise
prayer service viii be held at a. m.
in the new building. Sunday school
service will begin at $3.50 a. m. The
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