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Evening star., 1925-01-23

mittee on electric car VS., motor bus
for Wisconsin avenue will be acted
on.
Evening star., 1925-01-23

The Good Fellowship Club Will give
get-acquainted dance tomorrow eve
ming at the Cairo. Strangers in city
Invited. Visitors welcome,
Evening star., 1925-01-23
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Tivoli Pastime Club viii give a
dance tomorrow, pm, In private
ballroom of Arcade. Strangers in
vited. Visitors welcome.
Evening star., 1925-01-23

The Georgetown Citizens AssOeia-
tion will meet Monday, 8 p.m, in Po-
tomac Bank Hall. Report of COM
Evening star., 1925-12-27
TOPIC OF financing
WILL Be DISCUSSED
Problem of Making Industrial
Property Liquid Security
Before Realty ParIey.

The financing problem of making
industrial property a liquid security
Will be emphasized in the divisional
conferences of the industrial prop
erty division at the Midwinter meet
ing of the National Association Of
Real Estate Boards, in New Orleans,
January 19 to 81. inclusive.
A study of the building construc-
ton and management as related to
industrial property. as security for
loans has been recommended to the
division by the executive committee,
which has just met in executive
session at national headquarters. in
Chicago. That body has made the
topic of financing a problem for re-
search and investigation throughout
the year as we'll as the principal
subject for the January meeting.
James b. Fisher of Brooklyn, n.
Y, has been made chairman of a
committee to gather material on the
financing of Industrial property.
In laying plans for the years pro-
gram of activities the executive COM
mittee of the industrial property di-
vision has taken into consideration
the project of the national associa-
ton for compiling an encyclopedia Of
information on real estate. A list OF
subjects for specialized study has
been compiled and assigned to men
Of authority in the field by members
of the committee. These subjects
covering industrial economics, in
dustrial management, finance, ap-
praising. developing Industrial prop
erty. the services of the Industrial
realtor TO his community, his client
and his profession, Will be used as
topics for speeches. research reports
and papers that will furnish material
for the annals of the national asso-
citation.
The executive committee plans the
work Of the division and makes out
the programs for all conferences of
the Industrial property division that
take place during the national Mid
winter meeting and the annual con-
ventton.
Committees appointed for the year
include cleaning up rights-of-way
committee to cooperate with rail-
roads, municipal bodies and indus
tries in clearing the territory along
railroad tracks. an exchanged of data
committee to determine what infor-
nation the division needs and to
gather the material for the division;
an ethics and practice committee: q
committee on relations with Federal
bureaus to encourage the Co-opera
ton of members of the division with
such bureaus. and committees on
education, convention program.
membership, research. publicity and
industrial appraisais.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK. December 26.-"Sup-
pose ken and C,-CMs-COOH were
heated in the presence of excess of
alkali. would you get good yield of
maltonic acid?
The answer to that question in ad-
vanced organic chemistry was to
have been a Christmas present. A
young German. whose ambition was
greater than his material resources,
thought his sister would receive more
enjoyment from a display of his
progress in learning than anything
he could buy. But the answer was
written by the hand of death.
Brother and sister were found dead
this morning in the brothers room
In furnished rooming house. On
the table was found the apparatus
and the chemicals necessary for the
experiment that would answer the
question. The Bunsen burner was
still shooting its fame against a
beaker containing a small quantity
of dry powder.
His name was Oskar P. Hoffman,
81; his sisters, Selma. She was "a,
unmarried and employed as a maid.
Hoffman arrived in America from
Silesia four years ago and was fol-
lowed by his sister two years later.
He obtained employment as a waiter,
and, by working long hours. saved
enough to pay his sisters passage and
to matriculate in the Columbia Uni
yersity Extension School, where for
three years he had been studying
chemistry. According to friends, he
would work night and day for sew
eral weeks as a waiter and, when
enough money had accumulated, re-
turn to his classes and to constant
experimentation in the improvised
Ia laboratory in his small room.
Christmas night he had taken his
sister to his room to show her the eX.
pertinent with ken, potassium cyan
ide-a deadly poison-and ca CMa,
COOH-chloracetic acid. 1t was ques-
Evening star., 1925-12-27
SMITEY STILL ACTIVE.
Motor Car Has Not Driven Black.
smith Shop Out of Business.

From the Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Although the clanC of the anvil has
been dulled by the exhaust Of the
motor. blacksmiths in this and foreign
countries still do thriving business.
There are IT'S 900 men in the occupa-
ton in the United States today, accord
ing to statistics gathered on the in
dustry. The total yearly output Of
horseshoes is estimated at 1850 600
l00-pound kegs. 4 peak year was reg
istered in 1918 when the product was
valued at S12 900 600, due largely 10
the demand occasioued by the World
War.
Approximately i, 900 900 mules and
horses are employed in agricultural
work in the United states. and many
of these need the blacksmith : atteu-
ton. The industry has been known
for more than 800 years. ana the
methods of horseshoeing have no.
changed greatly since the days of The
early settlers and of Lonfellow's vii
lage Smithy.'
Evening star., 1925-12-27
INDUSTRIAL FAIR
PLANS MATURING
c. of C.. Groups to Intensity
Efforts in Event After
Holidays.

Plans for Washington's second an
nual industrial exposition have pro-
1ressed rapidly during the last week,
1t was announced yesterday by the
Chamber of Commerce committee in
charge of the event. Choosing of
,-ubcommittees to direct various
1ases of the work has been started,
y Ne applications for space are being
received from former exhibitors as
well as from commercial houses
which will enter for the first time.
The general committee and subcom-
mittees will speed up their activities
after the holidays. Their efforts will
be concentrated on a program de-
signed to induce all the Capitals in
dustrial enterprises to acquaint Wash
ingtonians with little-known side Of
the Capitals life by a wide variety
of displays.
The three District Commissioners
head the reception committee list
chosen by Isaac Cans. The commit.
tee, in addition to Commissioners
Rudolph. Fenning and Bell. includes:
United States Marshal Edgar c.
Snyder, Hoke Smith. John II. Smith,
j. Callahan, DR.. L. j. Battle, NJ. \.
Winter. A. A Weschler. D. y. Wal
ford, William Phelps Emo, Simon
Lyon. T. d. Dulin, William J. Eynon.
P. J. Haltigan, John II. Hanna. Ivan
G. Weld, William +. Guide. Leonard 2.
Schloss, Elliott Goodwin, s. Lansburch,
Louis Bush. Ralph ". Lee, c: c. Cal
houn. Arthur J. May. William T. CALI
her. Myer Cohen. +. +. Sandidge.
Charles ". CIagett. Guy Withers, c.
Meredith Winship. Harry Wardnau.
, Charles H Tompkins. William Hahn,
Morris Cafritz, John T. Crowley, VII
| liam Il. Hardy. Charles W. Darr, Sam
uel Cans, Max L. Rubel, Herman a.
Schulties, y. A. skinner W. ". Spa.d,
| William Dove, Merritt O. Chance, :.
! 4. Norman, David 1. Dorian. Fl. =.
Omohundro. Charles a. Camalier, VIII
! liam +. Ham. Brig. Gen. Samuel j.
Rockenbach and Maj. L. S. Grant, Cd.
Members Of this committee will be
on hand nightly during the 10 days OF
the exposition, which starts March 3,
( in the Washington Auditorium. to
conduct notable guests to the various
interesting exhibits
Evening star., 1925-12-27
FENG is IN DANGER.

Capture of Tientsin by the military
dictator of north China, Feng Yu-
Hsiang, and the simultaneous victory
by forces of the Manchurian war lord.
Chang Tso-Lin, near Mukden, appar-
emily restoring Chang to complete
power north of the Great Wall. have
left China's military-political warfare
still in "A serious muddle.
American destroyers are en- route TO
Shanghai from Manila, but the move
ment is not believed to have any spe-
cial significance in view of naval ad-
vices to the effect that the foreign
quarter Of Tientsin had not been trou-
bled during the fighting there.
The outstanding feature of the
weeks military developments, aside
from the victory of Chang, which was
almost as sudden and unexpected as
his apparent complete collapse a few
weeks ago, was the extension of
Feng's control over the entire north
ern zone of China proper from the
Mongolian border to the sea via Tient-
sin. Despite the apparent greatness
of his triumph, however a strong feel
ing prevails in military and other cir
cles in Washington, which are watch
ing Chinese events most closely, that
Feng is now exposed to attack from
both sides and is in a more dangerous
position than he has been at any time
since he rose to the first rank among
China's rival war lords through be-
trayal Of WI Pei-Fu.
Feng now has a grip on a wide
strip of territory from Mongolia to
warm water sea outlets, which has
frequently been discussed by observ-
ers Of China's political troubles as a
possible route for new trans
Siberian railroad. His friendly rela-
ed much speculation as to whether
the underlying Russian. purpose might
not be to create such a rail route as
an outlet into the Pacific
Running down through Mongolia
from Lake Baikal, via Feng's old
Evening star., 1925-12-27
SAFER THAN WALKING.
Among 931 Million Rail Passen-
gers in 1924 Only 149 Fatalities.

From the Nations Health.
Itai.road travelling is now safer than
walking. As a result of safety cam
paigns conducted by the railroads,
grade crossing accidents decreas sed -
per cent in 1924, as compared with
the yearly average for the years OF
1921 TO 1923. Grade crossing acci-
dents constitute one of the most seri-
Gus safety problems confronting the
railroads Passengers uh railway
trains numbered 93I ,000. 900 persons
IN 1924. with only 14a fatalities. The
number injured was Is per cent less
than the average for the previous
four years and the smallest since
1901.
Despite the fact that the greatest
traffic on record was handled In 1924,
there was a decrease in the number
OF fatal accidents TO employees. fewer
.osing their lives than during any
one year since records were started
in 1883.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
1t Was the Other Girl.
rom the London Ansv ers,

From the London Answers.
He had been invited 10 the we'd
ding of an old school friend. He had
never seen the bride before, but, OF
course, when he was introduced 10
her he tried to be aniable.
II hardly feel like a stranger" he
observed, for old Jack during the
time he was counting you frequently
came to me and regaled me with
extracts from his dear Margaret's
letters"
The bride glared at him viciousiy.
II hope you don't mind his having
read your letters to me?" he asked
anxiously.
My letters she repeated icily. II
fear there is some mistakenly Chris
tian name is JOAN
Evening star., 1925-12-27
SCIENTIST OVERL LOOKS DEADLY
GAS AND 2 LIVES PAY PENALTY
Stealthy Carbon Monoxide Kills Student and Sister
as He Prepares to Show Prowess i'm Solving
Chemical Problem as Christmas Gift.

ton number 4 on an examination in
organic chemistry, Al.
The question sheet was found near
the Bunsen burner. The brother lay
dead on the floor, the sister was
found lying in a chair. DR.. Bean
of Knickerbocker Hospital, who was
summoned by the police in the morn
ing, said death had resulted several
hours earlier-probably before mid
night.
DR.. Charles S. 2. Cassassa of the
Medical Examiners Office conducted
his examination this afternoon. He
found from a preliminary examination
that death had been caused by carbon
monoxide poisoning, with probable
traces of poisoning by cyanide. An
autopsy was ordered and will be made
tomorrow.
According to DIR. Cassassa. the car
bon monoxide had been generated by
the Bunsen burner. Hoffman, al
though advanced in chemistry, had
overlooked an elementary fact-the
presence Of the deadly and odorless
gas in an improperly burning flame.
He had constructed a device of his
own, consisting of two cylinders over
the Bunsen burner on which the
beaker containing the dry powder was
resting. This device, however, did not
permit complete combustion Of the
carbon monoxide present in illuminat-
ing gas.
1t was the carbon monoxide in this
gas. escaping into the room from the
burning flame. which stealthily took
their lives.
John NJ. Nelson, professor Of organic
chemistry at Columbia University,
said Hoffman had been a fairly good
student. The experiment Hoffman
had been considering, he said, was one
in which a poisonous gas-hydrocy-
anic acid-was developed. and should
have been attempted only in a well
ventilated place. Whether this also
WAS responsible for the deaths will not
be known until after the autopsy.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Nero a Spendthrft.
From the Pittsburgh Sun

Students of ancient history agree
that Emperor Nero was the outstand-
ing spendthrift of his day, literally
threw his money to the winds in many
ways, s,-for instance, in honoring
his guests with roses after they had
partaken Of one Of his royal feasts
and were reclining on the couches and
floors.
The historians agree that at many
Of these feasts the cost of producing
the roses thus strewn over the guests
by servants must have been in ex.
cess Of $4,000, and the rose strew.
ing was one Of the customs Nero es-
tablished and maintained to the last,
having the highly developed ideas of
a royal entertainer.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
COLDEST IN MINNESOTA.
iiibbing Furnishes Unofficial Report
OF 30 Below Zero.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, December %
IAD'.-Mlnnesota was the coolest State
~ the Union today. Mild Winter
days scurried from the Northwest be-
Tore an unofficial 80 below tempera-
Iure at Hibbing
North Dakota and Wisconsin ex-
perienced weather similar to that in
Minnesota, while South Dakota re-
Ported comparatively mild tempera-
lures.
In North Dakota the coldest point
vas Minot where the thermometer
registered % below. Other below
zero temperatures included: Virginia.
Mimi, 20; Duluth. II: Minneapolis,
3; st. $aul. H.. 1t was 20 below at
The Pas, Manitoba
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Firing Method Blamed.


Emphasizing that all coal will pro-
duce injurious and fatal gases il not
properly handled when burning. Dr.
hewitt refused to consider the coal
itself. but rather the manner in
which the overnight fire had been
prepared. To his mind the sas would
/ not have escaped had the furnace
door been closed, because the small
draft existing when the plant is
closed for the night would have car
ried it off. In this case, however,
the open door interfered with the
power of the reduced draft and al
lowed the gas to float out into the Gel
lar, through doors aiar. koyholes and
other apertures until. with the time
it had To invade the house, il was of
sufficient concentration To Wreak the
havoc it did.
All windows in the house had been
closed. which also prevented outside
fresh air from combating the deadly
fumes.
DIR. Nevitt. in explaining the little
or no effect the gas had on James
and Mary, declared "a certain amount
of immunity exists In human beings
coming in contact with the carbon
monoXide. To what extent this i'm
munity goes Is not known or a
standard for it probably never will be
known. he explained. owing TO its
deadly nature.
Coal Merchant Agrees.
The coal merchant who sold Mr.
Harris the coal concurred in the
opinion Of DR.. hewitt that the man.
ner in which the fire had been pre-
| pared the night before could have
produced the fumes. This dealer, who
maintains several experts TO instruct
persons in difficulties with substi-
tutes, or different grades OF coal, de-
clared the pea coal which is anthra
cite, and the coke mixture has been
very popular. and hundreds upon
hundreds OF tons have been sold
| throughout Washington.
NO examination of the furnace had
been made by experts yesterday, but
the question was opened by the senior
Mr.. Harris last night that it's draft
may have been faulty. On previous
visits to his sons home, he explained.
he detected odors produced by coal
| coming from the cellar. The ast visit
was Tuesday and at that time, Mr..
Harris added, he was SO impressed
| with the fumes produced by the fur
! mace that he recommended the pea
coal-coke combination.
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Har-
rts and Baby John were not completed
last night. Mrs. Beyer's two sisters
arrived from Schenectady on being in.
formed yesterday of her illness. They
| are Mrs. H. L. knight and Mrs. w. d.
Dunn. Relatives of Mr.. Harris also
| came to Washington. They included
r. B. Harris of Jeffersonton, Va, and
ii. A. Harris of Warrenton, Va, and
Mrs. e. M. Colvin of Culpeper.
Several hours after being released
from the police station. the father
visited James and Mary at Emergency
and Georgetown University Hospitals,
| respectively.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
SIA DEAD IN CHICAGO,
Three of These Frozen to Death, While
Suffering is Widespread.

CHICAGO, December 26 UP-Death,
suffering and fires resulted from the
coldest day of the Winter in Chicago.
Six deaths We're attributed directly
or indirectly to the cold weather to-
day, including three men frozen to
death, hundreds of cases of suffering
were reported TO relief organizations
and calls for coal and food were re-
ceiVed from poor families throughout
The city. More than 100 fires We're re-
ported for the day.
The mercury touched zero tonight
and continued TO fall reaching 3 be-
low two hours later. while the
W Gather Bureau predicted 10 below
Ior tomorrow with little immediate
relief in sight.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Select Their Own Coffins.

In many parts Of China and Japan
"coffin shops" are to be seen on the
principal streets. These people like
to make early preparations for their
demise by purchasing their collins
The shops show an attractive line Of
samples from which to make selection.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
COLD IN MOUNTAINS.
thermometers Near Cumberland
Register 1 Above Zero.

'r1 cIa' Dispatch The star.
CUMBERLAND, December 26.-
halIfoad company thermometers reg
i~tered degrees above zero in the
mountains west of here, this morning.
other temperatures ranged between s
above. in the mountains, to 16 above
here, and in the valleys of this sec
tion.
About inches of snow fell YES.
terday in the Oakland, Terra Alta.
Nltanont and Deer Park section, and
about inches in the E,lkins.
Thomas section. The Potomac River
here is frozen over and other bodies
Of water are ice covered.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Russo-Chinese Treaty.


Moscow'S next maneuver was RuS-
ao-ChineSe diplomatic treaty, concluded
in 1924 Peking was cajoled by eleya-
ton to an ambassadorial post, whereby
the Soviet envoy became dean of the
foreign diplomatic corps In emma.
Russias underlying ambition was not
recognition" by China. but control OF
the Chinese Eastern Railway. Con
troll was bought from China by Ruh-
sian remuneration OF Boxer lndem-
mites, eXtra-territoriality concessions,
preferential tariffs and all the other
things which China, at this moment, IS
trying to retrieve by conference with
the great powers. These moves in
gratiated Russia in Chinese favor. In.
trigue. red gold and Moscow diplomacy
have done the rest The turbulent CON
ditions now rampant in China are the
net result. CiXil war is the aspect
they present to the outside world. To
close insiders and vitaily Interested by
ISLANDERS. like Japan, they present the
true picture. They reveal "a Soviet
Russia as definitely determined upon
an imperialiStic policy in China as ever
was CZarist Russia. Japan made W3r
on old Russia to thwart that policy.
There Is not the slightest doubt in we'll
informed quarters throughout Europe
and America that the Japanese con-
template the time. which may not he
remote. when she will once more have
10 hurl hsr men and ships against the
power that was threatening Japanese
national existence u years ago.
Direct Threat to Japan.
Russian control of the Chinese East
ern Railway is considered at Toxic as
direct a threat to japanese security in
Manchuria as old Port Arthur was q
Z trrestt ar he N-ater elop a Thp
curity of Japan. To meet the Chinese
Eastern Railway threat. Japan has
been building branches of her South
Manchurian Railway. These branches
have an acknowledged justification.
They are designed to nulIify the
Chinese Eastern Railway as an in
strument of Russian military useful
ness.
But the immediate and most prac-
teal for of Russian designs upon
China and incidentally upon Japan, is
Soviet support of Marshal Feng- Yu.
Ilsianc victor of Tiensin." He is re-
garded the Spearhead of the Russian
drive toward the China coast. After the
Boxer outbreak in 1900. Russia bega II
driving toward the coast by way OF
Manchuria, Port Arthur and the Gulf
of Pechili. Now. using Feng'S armies.
Moscow is driving in the same direc-
ton. all the way from Lake Baikal, in
remote Siberia. through Mongolia.
Peking and Tientsin. Russia 5 next
objective is the celebrated Province OF
Shantung. once dominated by Ger
many and later by Japan.
How long the great powers can
stand by and see Japan alone ward off
the Red Bear remains to be seen. That
Toxic looks to the strong support Of
America and Great Britain is an open
fact. Russia's hope has been to en-
broil Japan and America long before
any such assistance could be secured.
The ana ger of the Chinese Eastern
Railway, Ivancff. recently offered to
transport American troops across ST.
IBERIA for use against Japan.
tCopyright, 1921
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Luck.
From the Cine

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
DO you believe it is lucky to pick
up a horseshoe in the road?" inquired
the bore.
Not as lucky as not picking up =
nail or tack in the road" replied
the motoriSt
Evening star., 1925-12-27
MANY ENGLISH TO SPEND
HOLIDAYS ON CONTINENT
France and Switzerland Lure Them
From Firesides Over
Christmas.
Ry tho ssociated preas

By the Associated Press
LONDON. December 26-The lure
OF winter sports in Switzerland and
the desire to baSk in the sun of the
Riviera is threatening the traditional
English love Of spending Christmas
at home. Paris is also attracting
many Londoners, and the cross chan
mel aviation companies have inaugu-
rated holiday excursion rates and put
on extra airplanes to handle the traffic
which began with n rush a fortnight
before Christmas day.
More English people are going
abroad this year for the holiday sea
son than ever, and the popular Swiss
winter sport Centers have ali been
full for weeks. AT Murren, St. Moritz
and Grindelwald many of the rooms
We're reserved even during the sum
mer. Along the Riviera it is esti-
mated there will be several hundred
thousand from the British Isles
among them the Duke of Connaught
Mans love may be of mans life a
thing apart, but it upsets his digestion
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Chang's Casualties Light.

SHANGHAI. December &c CP.-
Japanese reports are that although
the defeat of the forces of Marshal
kuo Sung Ling by the army of Mar
shall Chang Tso-Lin is complete, the
casualties were not heavy.
a communique issued at Mukden
states that Lin Chang Min. student
leader and former minister of justice
and recently kuo Sung -Ling's chief
adviser. was killed by stray bullet
Wednesday
Evening star., 1925-12-27

The membership of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs now
exceeds 100000.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

Twenty.siX dollars a month is the
Hintmun wage paid to stenographers
iu Paris, 49,. ...
Evening star., 1925-12-27
RUSSO-JAPAN WAR
GRIM PROSPECT OF
CHINESE CONFLICT

CONTINUED from First PageD
Evening star., 1925-12-27

ASOIIhIiIH ~ itoiIi 4 ~ = 1 q . 81
he entered the cellar and found the
door of the steam heating plant open.
The fiue draft had been closed and
the fire had been heavily banked. In
quiry at the senior Harris residence
revealed that a load of pea coal and
coke had been received by the doomed
family on Christmas eve and had been
used as q mixture for the first time.
The combination had been suggested
by the senior MIR Harris
Evening star., 1925-12-27

territory previously held by Japan was
relinquished. The red flag was
promptly hoisted over Nladivostok
Now Russia held northern Manchuria
as il within pair of pincers.