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Evening star., 1925-08-16
OLD PERIODICAL CLUB
AIDS MISSIONARIES
Literature Goes From Church Body
All Over World to Amuse
Workers.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. August 15.-The
Church Periodical Club. a unique CO.
operating agency Of the Episcopal
Church. has prepared an appeal 10 the
general convention of the church a.
New Orleans next October for books,
magazines, pamphlets, even neWspa
pers-old and new, and on every sub
ject-to carry on the work which It
voluntarily assumed 81 years ago.
This organiza tons task is 10 keep
the mission workers of the church,
especially in the out-of-the-way places
of the world, supplied With reading
matter. A globetrotting lady, enter
ing the hut of a missionary in one OF
these waste places some years ago.
found him perched on a ladder, his
head bent back, scanning the columns
OF an old newspaper, which had been
pasted over a stovepipe hole. II was
the only thing he had TO read. That
was the inspiration for the founding
of the Church Periodical Club.
In the intervening years its work
has extended to every part of the
world. i supplies not only Bibles,
prayer books and hymnals, but sclen-
tific works. fiction, magazines, news
papers, picture cards and calendars,
games, sheet music and phonograph
records, all free. 1t maintains a score
of travelling Libraries" and is practi-
cally the sole support of half a dozen
we'll equipped permanent libraries IN
various parts of the world.
The particularly appealing feature
of the clubs work is in supplying read
ing material to those who are isolated
in the far-off places. =
The children of the missionaries are
not neglected, for to them are sent the
latest children's books and games.
During the past year 31,I6l current
periodicals from 13 .009 friends Of the
club were sent to the workers all over
the world: 2.1S8 Bibles We're distrih-
uted. 1856 prayer books, 63,S9s books
of theological or secular character
we're supplied to institutions or in
dividuals; and 521.1S8 old magazines
and papers, 212 ,o29 Christmas ana
Easter cards, 33,052 pictures and
games and 9,254 pieces of music and
records were put into the hands OF
workers all over the globe, who other.
wise would have had little, II any, OF
these diverting agencies of civilization
to beguile their leisure hours.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
HOLDS 1ODA BAY
TO STEAL PAY ROLL
Bandit Escapes With $4,000
in Stolen Car After Wound
ing One Man.
By the Associated Press.


DENVER, Colo, August 15.-An un-
masked robber today held up three
employees of the Frank Kirchoff Con
struetion Co., ard, after shooting one
man, escaped with SIS. 600 pay roll
The wounded man is Earl Hershey.
son OF r. w. Hershey, manager Of
safety of Denver.
The robbery occurred in a small
shack on the site of the Denver Uni
versity stadium, which the company
IS constructing.
One hundred employees waiting out
side the shack to receive their weekly
wages were held off by the robber q
the point of a revolver. while ne
backed three men in the shack againsl
a wall and scooped the pay roll money
into q small satchel.
Several employees of the company.
coming for their pay, started 10 enter
the shack but were ordered out AZ
the point of the bandits gun. He
then ordered the three to run across
an adjacent field. AS they did 50 he
fired, wounding Hershey in the hip
When the robber had difficulty start
ing his automobile, he commandeered
machine belonging 10 Kirchof,
finally leaving II to enter another with
two men, apparently confederates.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
Locomotives Less Efficient.

Locomotives in use by the railroads
25 years ago were available and eff
cient for regular service about 70 per
cent of the time, whereas today they
are available and efficient only about
As per cent of the time. This drop in
available efficiency is due, it is said,
to reflnements in construction and to
increasing the hauling capacity of the
individual engines. The American
Railway Association is not convinced
that all of the trouble can be found in
these causes, but indicates that some
OF it may be due to deficient under
standing of the possibilities of the
modern locomotive.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
CRIPPLED AIRPLAkE
SWOOPS ON BATHERS
Pilot Badly Injured, Two Others
Hurt When Craft Plunges
Into Water at Beach.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Speclal DlSpatcn 10 Inc star.
NEW YORK, August 15.-An avi-
ator and two companions were hurt
one seriously, and thousands of bath
ers narrowly escaped injury when an
airplane, disabled SOC feet above the
Coney Island beach at 7 o'clock to-
night, plunged. falling. thanks to the
pilots dexterity, in the water at the
edge of the bathing throng.
The plane, with another, had just
arrived from Curtiss Field and had
doomed back and forth a time or two
above the upturned faces of bathers,
the hum of the motors sending shiv-
ers through those who watched. Sud
denly a gust of smoke escaped from
the first plane. Something was seen
to drop from the machine. The plane
dipped and the crowd, seeing 1t COM
ing swiftly down toward them like
hawk after chickens, scampered
shrieking from the water and the
beach.
Reinhold Esslinger. %, Hicksville,
Long Island, an employe of the Cur
tiss Exhibition Co., was the aviator.
Thomas Darling. 30, a photographer,
and Jack Hickey, 21, a reporter, were
the passengers.
landing gear fall. The plane kept
veering oceanward as it approached
the water. Then it plunged into the
water 200 feet off shore and disap-
peared from sight. Presently it's
wings foated. The three crippled
men, grasping the sides of the cock
pit, put up their heads.
Policemen rescued the men. An
ambulance surgeon said Darling had
suffered concussion of the brain and
a possible fracture of the skull.
I.
abdomen. Hickey was badly shaken
up.
The companion plane followed the
first plane earthward. then seeing
rescue was In progress, sailed away
toward Curtiss Field
Evening star., 1925-08-16
TAHITI CAUSED BOTHER
BY FRANC FLUCTUATIONS
Local Currency Goes on Sympa-
thetic Strike Every Time
Value Goes Down.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
PAPEETE, Tahiti, July 12.-The
instability of the French franc has
revived talk in Tahiti of establishing
a local unit of value independent of
the fluctuations of the franc. Opin-
ion is expressed that as Tahiti is so
remote from France, and is in the
position of having a constant credit
trade balance, the financial difficulties
of the home country should not be
allowed to unsettle values and dis
turb business in this colony.
AS a matter of fact, the money
used in the colony is a local paper
currency issued by the Tahiti branch
of the Banque d'Indo- Chine, but it
fIuctuates in sympathy with the
franc.
A settled form of money is the only
thing necessary to usher in a period
of great prosperity to the island.
Both the vanilla and copra yields are
increasing and are commanding good
prices.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
SUGGESTIVE SUBTITLES
IN MOVIES ELIMINATED
Hays Says Progress in Last Six
Months Is Gratifying-Praises
Industry.
By the Associated Press.


HOLLYWOOD, Calf. August Is
The fight against suggestive titles to
motion pictures has made definite
progress during the last six months,
Will H. Hays, director general of the
Association of Motion Picture Pro-
ducers and Distributors, declared on
his semi-annual trip to the Hollywood
film plants.
1.-THE press books for the coming re-
leases of pictures contain only three
Objectionable titles" MIR. Hays stated.
"The open-door policy of the pro-
ducers and distributors has met with
gratifying response all over the coun-
try in the shape of letters of sugges-
ton as to the Improvement Of motion
pictures. Further suggestions from
the public are solicited"
He concluded by praising the sen
sible business administration" of the
motion picture industry at the present
time, and predicted one of the most
successful years in recent film history.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
Paper Money Test
Seeks Longer Life
Of u. s. Currency

In an effort to iengthen the life of
the Nations paper money, the Bureay
of Efficiency and the Bureau of Stand
ards are making a combined study of
the wearing qualities of the compost
ton of about IS per cent linen and 20
per cent cotton, which the Govern
ment has been using for years.
Studies are being made at the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing to
ascertain If there Is any truth in the
assertion of veteran printers that the
paper in going through its many
manufacturing processes gets tired. y
II so, some officials believe Congress
should provide a hundred tons or so
of stock to allow greater rest" for
the paper between its evolutionary
periods.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
FINDS PISTOL IN ROOM.
Federal Agent Discovers Gun at
Home of MansAccused of Threat.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, August Is up.
William H. Davenport, Federal se-
cret service operative, today announc-
ed that a pistol had been found in the
room of VIII K. Reeme. prominent
Kansas City prohibition crusader, ar
rested Thursday on n charge Of mail
ing an indecent letter" to Andrew W
Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury.
The letter, Davenport said, threat
ened the life of Mr.. Mellon for al
legged failure to properly enforce the
prohibition laws.
Mrs. Reeme has refused to surrender
the pistol without a search warrant.
Reeme was arraigned yesterday and
pleaded not guilty. He was renaS,dsd
to Jail in default of s7,60e bond to
await trial in Federal Court August 10.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
Sea Worms $4,000
Years Old Found
On River by Boy
Special Dispatch To The Star.

BALTIMORE. Md, August 15.-Ex.
ploring the clay cliffs on st. Mary's
River near the monument marking the
landing place of Lord Calvert, Richard
Pembroke, Is years old, discovered a
bed of fossiliZed sea worms, probably
%, 600 years old.
This indicates, according to Dr.
Francis Child Nicholas, dean of the
Maryland Academy Of Sciences. that
during a comparatively recent geologi-
cal era southern Maryland was visited
by an internal upheaval which mar.
rowed Chesapeake Bay to its present
confines.
1.-THE fossils" said DIR. Nicholas, ARE
located among the sands and clay of
the miocepe formations, as indicated
on the geological map of Maryland
and indicate that recently the embay-
ments of the Chesapeake were. much
more extensive, and that not only SEN
dimentation but also a period of ele-
walton from interior pressure occurred
in Maryland. The fossils are covered
with concretions of clay and iimonite
and hydrous oxide of iron"
Evening star., 1925-08-16
Col. Coolidge Disagrees With Sons
Views on Fishing, Voiced in Capital

President has been invited to present
his views before the Isaak Walton
League Of America. He declined.
The rsh were presented to the Presi-
dent by Earl Kingsley, Republican ma.
uonal committeeman from Vermont.
He did not see the President, but
talked fishing, crops and politics with
Col. Coolidge. He found that the
colonel did not hold the came views as
his son as to fishing The latter said:
Il am not opposed to grown men fish
ing, but l think they might find some
thing more useful to do and just as
good for their health" He thanked
Mr.. Kingsley for the speckled beauties.
and said that he enjoyed the delicious
taste of brook trout
Evening star., 1925-08-16
BUILD COLONIAL PAVILION
Havre Wood Importers Construct
Building for Exhibition.
nondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
HAvRE, July 20.-Havre wood i'm
porters and carpenters have provided
one Of the most interesting exhibits
of the Decorative Arts Exposition. At
the request OF the minister of colo
MES they have built pavilion fash
woods.
The various woods contained in the
pavilion came from the ivory Coast,
Indo- China. Siam, the Konge, French
Guiana, southern Gabon and NADIA
gascar.
Skilled workmen, mostly graduates
of the Havre technical school, were
selected to build the pavilion.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
RACE FLYERS CHOSEN.
British to Send Two For Schneider
Cup Contest,

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 29.-It has been de-
cided to send Henri Baird and Hubert
Broad to America to represent the
Royal Aero Club as pilots in the
Schneider cup race at Baltimore in
October. Baird will fly Supermarine-
Napier monoplane and Broad a Clos
ter III Napier biplane.
AS a result of recent tests, it has
been decided to fit Broad's machine
with metal floats. On the question of
speed the makers of the British planes
realize that America is aiming at fast
machines, and their efforts are also
being concentrated on speed as we'll
as strength.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
By a staff Correspondent.

BY STAFF Correspondent.
PLYMOUTH, VT, August 15.-
President and Mrs. Coolidge and the
others of the family had a trout
lunch today. The fish were caught
early this morning. the last day Of the
season, and were taken from the
brook not far from the Coolidge farm.
This is the same brook in which the
President said he liked to fish when a
boy at the time he made his famous
declaration that fishing was for ju-
veniles and not for grown-ups.
He was led to declare against fish
ing in discussing the proposal to stock
the Tidal Basin in Washington. Since
he attacked fishing as a recreation the
Evening star., 1925-08-16
Hundreds of Trees in Paper.

Hundreds of spruce trees or trees
of similar variety are used daily by
any one of the typical large newspa-
pers of the country. 1t Is figured
that one tree produced about 500
pounds of dry pulp from $4,000 to
$4,000 pounds of paper in a single
edition. In other words, one edition
of a single paper may call for 800
trees. Much Of this paper Is used
over again. however. as old paper is
new being rselaimsd and made into
new pulp.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
GOVERNOR OPENS
EVOLUTION MAIL
Bryan Letter Praised Law of
TenneSsee-Bishop Called
/ 1t "CaIamitous."
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, August 15.-Praise
IN the highest to ridicule unprintable
Is found in letters received by Gov.
Austin Peay on evolution from the
United States and foreign countries.
They were received during the trial
of John Thomas Scopes.
The governor tonight opened to the
Associated Press a mass of communi-
cations. little of which he had read,
dealing with the action of the State
Legislature in passing the Butler hill
barring teaching of the theory of
evolution from the public schools and
with his approving 1t.
Peay's only comment was. Il want
the country to know what kind of
people is in IT,.
Though a majority of the letters are
commendatory to the governors ac-
ton. Caustic criticisms are contained.
directed toward Tennessee and the
South, written by individuals.
Bryan Letter Commendatory.
Excerpts made public include:
William jennings Bryan: please
accept my cordial congratulations on
the great service you have rendered
The Christian parents of the State
owe you debt of gratitude for saving
their children from the poisonous in
fluence of an unproyen hypothesis
that gives man jungle ancestry and
chills his spiritual nature. The South
now is leading the Nation in the de-
fense of Bible Christianity. Other
States. North and South, will follow
the example of Tennessee
Rt. Rev. James Maxon, Bishop Of
Tennessee, Protestant Episcopal
Church: 80 l consider such re-
strictive legislation not only un-
fortunate but calamitous."
r. ". Deuthat, Huntington, w.
Va: Il have the honor of offering you
my congratulations for your approv-
al of the act Of brave Legislature to
cut of the dragon head of evolution
'deyil-ution'."
Writes From Germany.
c. H. Mohr, Wohnsaft, Stuttgart,
Germany: 81 read here in Europe of
your efforts TO perserve the version of
the Bible on the creation. The Ku
klux Klan seems to be of the same
opinion"
Leonard Joy. Detroit: THE uni
verse is too immense TO be easily
conceived and explained by any half
learned mortal man, be he even d
Darwin or a Darrow."
Rev. ]. c. Coggins, South Norfolk.
Va: g. there is absolutely
nothing that so paralyzes the moral
sensibilities as this devilish doctrine
fathered by European infidelity."
R. T. Perry. Washington, D. c.: ITO
be consistent, l think your schools
ought to teach Jehovah's Justice
eye for an eye etc"
Henry Clay Babel, Buffalo, n. Y:
81 devoutly covet your progressive
State the most auspicious success in
the approaching trial"
John Cranston, Wyandotte, Mich:
No doubt you have received con.
gratulations from Wilbur Glen Voliva
of fat world fame"
George f. Crawford. Newark, n. j.:
Il hate and despise ignorant, lying,
higoted, fanatical religion that has
caused more trouble than anything
else"
Evening star., 1925-08-16

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Chapman, but that he had to "clear
my conscience" The bodies of the
highway victims were taken to Eaton
for burial.
Wolfe maintains stolid indifference
as he denies allegations placed
against him.
Held in default of 100000 bond
Wolfe has been identified by numer-
Gus persons as the man who rode
IN the slayers car as it swooped
alongside the Hance machine and
poured barrage Of bullets against
1t.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
Bafin Island Third Largest.

Baffin Island, discovered by F'robi-
shsr nearly $50 years ago. is the third
largest island in the world. It is a
part Of British North America west
Of Bafan Bay and Davis Straits. Lit
tie IL knswn about It. despite its great
ara
Evening star., 1925-08-16

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tie difference except for the sleepy
looking eyes of the marathoners.
Last night, up until midnight, was
occupied by dancing. The students
had resurrected a much-abused music
box and some records which they
played over and over. But none
found such popular favor as the
familiar waltz, Three O'Clock in the
Morning." From IL until this morn
ing was to be used for mental tests
and careful examinations as to the
conditions of each person in the test.
At 8 o'clock the entire group was
to begin an automobile trip. Those
accustomed to driving were to take
| their turns at the wheel while DIR.
| Moss made careful notations as to
their ability to handle the car after
being without sleep for nearly two
days In the meantime the others
might keep themselves awake by
singing to the tune of a ukulele until
DIR. Middleton's home was reached and
the ninth member Of the party called
from his bed. Breakfast was the next
| order of the day.
USED to 1t Now"
Feel badr' exclaimed every mem
Der Of the test group interviewed.
why, of course not. We feel just
about like we would if we stayed up
| for a dance or something. Naturally
we would have been in bed by this
time, but we're used to it now. Sure,
we could sleep, but, as for myself, 1
certainly am not dying on my feet"
Those taking the test, besides DIR.
Moss and DR.. Middleton, follow: Miss
Katherine Omwake, % years old, 1846
| Ingleside terrace; Miss Thelma Hunt,
| 81, Berwyn, Md; Miss Louise Om-
wake, IS, 1876 Ingleside terrace; Rob-
ert Ward. 10, 701 Varnum street;
| Watson Monroe, IT, Lamont street;
| Miss Alice Haines, 20, 1926 Riggs
place, and Lester Petrie, %, Of Pet
worth.
Yesterday afternoon some Of the
| sleep dodgers went to see the game
between the Nationals and the Yam
KEGS, some sang and four had game
Of base ball OF their own. In the lat
ter group was DIR. Moss, who assumed
the role of pitcher, and DR.. Middle
ton, who received DR.. Moss curves.
The itinerary for today is being kept
secret to prevent the clinic from being
interrupted by crowds.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
WARNS CALF ORN|A
Of MORE QUAKES
Prof. Jaggar, Seismic Expert,
Sees Danger as Cities
Grow in Size.

CThiS is the second of q series Of
four articles on the DolodnO aud
earthquake researches Of Prof.
Thomas 4. Jdggdr of the Hdlcaiidn
Volcano ObScrfdtoryD
Evening star., 1925-08-16

A good deal of imagination that
should go into the making of great
American poetry seems to be diverted
to naming new shades for flannel
trousers, says the ONCE Boy.
Evening star., 1925-08-16

In China girls and even tiny ehil-
dren wear earrings. bracelets and In
numerahie ornaments frem the uso-
ment they are first dressed as babies.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
$1,000, 900 FIRE CUTS
MEAT PACKING PLANT
Closed Building and Shaky Floors
Handicap Firemen Fight
ing Blaze.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 15.-Fire late to-
day gutted the six story cement struc.
ture of the G. H. Hammond Co.,
meat packers. in the heart of the
stockyard district, causing damag sc
estimated by firemen at upward of
$1,000 The cause is undetermined.
The fire started on the second floor,
after the plant had been closed for
the day, but while several hundred
employees were still in the building.
They left without excitement
The flames spread to the highly
fnf1amnlable grease and storage watts,
then burned through to the third floor,
which is of wood with heavy cement
block flooring. Firemen worked on the
second floor in constant danger of
their lives. while the third floor threat
ened TO give way. Firemen were
finally called from the building and
shortly thereafter the five stories col
lapsed.
twenty-five companies responded to
special alarms and were unable to
control the flames. and 20 more COM
panleS were summoned. Water towers
were erected, and from these vantage
points water was poured on adjoining
DulldlngS ana railroad treStleS.
The G.. II. Hammond Co. is owned
by Swift & Company.
Livestock Is Killed.
More than $50 cows and $50 sheep
were burned to death or suffocated.
and $50 hogs We're saved from a
like fate by being forced down a
runway leading to pens outside the
building. Melted butter in vats stored
in freight cars close to the building
leaked out of the cars and into the
Chicago River and the river for sew
eral blocks was a floating mass of
melted butter.
The flames We're brought under con-
troll shortly after 8 o'clock, but fire.
men said the blaze would not be ex-
tinguished before morning. One of the
walls of the building finally gave way
and crashed. One fireman was injured
when struck on the head with the
nozzle of a hose
Evening star., 1925-08-16
ANDERSON HIDING
IN MUNCIE, POLICE
SECURING CITY, SAY

Continued from First Page,
Evening star., 1925-08-16
EIGHT DANCE AWAY
SLUMBER IN TEST;
NINTH GETS SLEEP

Continued from First Page.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-23
PALERMO

EAST-visitors Sunday at w. Fl.
Grady's were Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Trask
and daughter Bessie, Mrs. Hattie f.
Trask Of Libertyand Gerald Witham.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Scates were sun
day callers at A. Y. Scates'.
Miss Ethel Trask of Liberty was
weekend guest at Doris Gradys.
Mr., and Mrs. e. J. Howard and MIR.
and Mrs. F. E. Howard were Sunday
callers at G. l.. Fuller's, Mrs. Howard
remaining with her daughter for a few
days. .
Friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Full
Ter extend congratulations on the ar
rival Of a little daughter.s
NJ. G. Norton was a business caller
on Level Hill Friday.
Stanley Powell was thrashing beans
for the farmers in this vicinity last
week.
Harry Grady was visitor Of his
cousin, Norman Davis, few days last
week in Augusta.
There will be a Christmas tree at
East Palermo Grange hall Thursday
evening, Dec. "a.
MIR. and Mrs. c. E. Scates took a
party on a straw ride to Augusta Sat
urday. The party consisted of Marion,
Clifford and Gabe Bourassa. Miss Zoa
Cyr and Mrs. Ina Marston and son
Willard.
C. e. Scates is hauling hay from
the Russell farm.
W. II. Grady and children. Harry
and Doris, and Herbert Moody were
business callers in Augusta Tuesday.