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Evening star., 1925-11-25
FRIES HITS SYSTEM
OF D. c. SCHOOLS
Chemical Warfare Service
Chief Cites Excessive "Home
Work" as One Fault.

Explaining that he had been a
teacher in public schools before en-
tering West Point; that his wife had
been a school teacher, and that their
four children were In the public
schools of the District OF Columbia
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries. chief of
the Chemical Warfare Service, yes
terday afternoon delivered a series
of structures on the school system
here, directed principally at what he
said was too much home work, :"
too short hours in the schoolroomS
and inability 10 teach children to
read.
Gen. Fries told the Dupont Circle
Citizens Association that he was in
favor of longer hours for both teach
ers and pupils in school, to be inter
spersed with gymnastics, in order to
save the child from so much work at
home at night, which was said to be
a, detriment to eyes and a disrupter of
family life.
Cry for More Doctors Heard.
Every day or two we hear cry
for more doctors to inspect children's
ewes and teeth, and vet at the same
time the School Board is putting into
effect a system that will ruin more
eyes a dozen times than the doctors
can save"
Charging that the teachers put in
fewest hours of work in daylight of
any class of employees in the District
of Columbia, averaging about is hours
a week on a yearly basis, as compared
with at least 40 hours for Govern
ment clerks and "A to AS hours for
laborers, Gen. Fries said they could
easily add more daylight hours, even
on Saturday, and at the same time
avoid some of their night work in cor
recting papers.
Gen. Fries also criticized what he
said was the slowness of the schools
here in teaching children to read. The
child should be taught more by obser
vation, repetition and excitation of
interest, according to the general.
The speaker also declared the pub
lie school system is the only one that
can prevent that curse Of European
representative governments. the bloc
system"
Associations Business Session.
Citations of the District behind the
cause of retrieving for the District of
Columbia land now in Virginia was
set on foot by Maj. Clayton r. Emig,
whose resolution. adopted by the aSSo-
c'ation, authorized the law and legis-
lation committee to take such steps
as may build up sentiment here and
cause to be enacted legislation to bring
back the land to the District. Copies
of the resolution reviewing the legal
status of the situation will be sent to
all citizens associations with requests
for approval.
Proposals were made for changing
the time of meeting for the associa-
ton, either to a luncheon gathering
or to a two group affair. meeting both
afternoon and evening. This will be
considered at future meetings of the
association.
Officers nominated for election ut
Evening star., 1925-11-25
DRY PROSECUTIONS
HIT HIGHER UPS
Larger and More important
Cases Show Increase Dur
ing the Past Year.

Improvement in the program Of
prohibition prosecution for the past
year is shown by Mrs. Mable Walker
Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney Cen
eral, in a report TO the attorney gen
eral made public last night.
THE Government is prosecuting
larger and more important cases.
said the report. There has been
decrease in each of the last two years
in the number of cases pending, in
dicating more prompt trials.
The penalties for violations, es-
pecially in the matter of Jail and
prison sentences. are steadily increas
ing. There has been a very sub
stantial increase in the number Of
injunctions made effective"
Average Term 43 Days.
Mrs. WilIebrandt's report showed
that there had been 3S49S conviC-
tions under the liquor law in the
year, with the fines assessed aEEre-
eating 1851, ,947 and sentences totol-
ing 1869 years. The fines levied last
year brought the total for prohibition
cases since the Federal law went into
effect to approximately $50, 600 ,00o
while the aggregate of sentences I"
Imprisonment approached twelve thou
sand years.
As to the length of Jail sentences,
the report showed the average for the
fiscal year 1925 TO have been about
43 days, compared with "a in 1924
and 81 in 1923. Mrs. Willebrandt
believed the increase in sentences
could be expected to continue.
About 1850 more cases were mi
tiated in the last year than in pre-
vious II months, the report said. while
the number dismissed showed n i'm
portant decrease. This was accepted
by Mrs. Willehrandt as proving that
the enforcement corps was preparing
cases better and that the United
States attorneys were finding fewer
cases which they felt would not re
suit in convictions.
by the use of injunction proceed
ings," she said, excellent results are
secured without the crowding of court
dockets. AS soon as evidence of viola
tion of the injunction is discovered.
the offender can be brought in and
quickly punished for contempt OF
court. The number of injunctions re
ported during the last year was
nearly 80 per cent greater than that
of the previous year"
Evening star., 1925-11-25
PLAYS ARE PRESENTED.
Two Productions Given by Art
Club to Be Repeated.

Two short plays were produced last
evening at the Arts Club, 2017 l
street, under the direction of the
dramatic committee of the club, Mrs.
Maud Howell Smith. chairman, in pur-
suance of the regular Winter pro-
gram. The program consisted of THE
Game of Chess" by Kenneth Sawyer
Goodman, and zone Hundred Dol
lars" by Ida LublenZki Ehrlich, the
former being directed by Theodore
Hardy and the latter by Aura Fike
Jones. In THE Game Of Chess the
cast comprised Theodore Hardy. Ed
ridge Monroe. Martin Scranage and
Charming Smith. In 'One Hundred
Dollars" those participating were Will
liam S. Hepner, Harriet A. Murphy,
Grace Peters, Aura F'ike Jones and
Clara S. Hepner. Mr.. Hardy's work
in the first play, a tragedy Of Rus
sian life. was exceptional.
The plays will be repeated this eve
ming, members and their guests ad-
mitted upon reservation of seats.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
COURT TO DIVIDE ESTATE.
Must Rule on Distribution of
So, 100000.

NEW YORK, November 25 P).-
Supreme Court Justice Richard H..
Mitchell yesterday ruled that the ques-
ton of the distribution of the estate of
Mrs. Mary Shanahan CroXson, who
died intestate last January, leaving
more than SO 3,400. 900, must be decided
by the court. He granted an injunc-
ton pending the trial of the assets on
the complaint Of Malcolm Niehuhr of
this city and Mrs. Martha Croxson
Niebuhr of Chica go. who sued to re
strain Abner l.. Fitch and E. Root
Fitch, as administrators of the estate,
from removing any of the property or
bank deposits.
Mrs. Croxson was the widow Of
we'll known wrestler of many years
ago.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
New Device Makes Speeding Bodies
Appear to Be Entirely Without Motion

league from approaching the ma
chinery too closely.
Apparently there is no reason to
suppose that StroboScopes Will be ad-
yertiSed in the near future as a ne
Cessity for Hery home, but the in
duStrial wCi will find them of i'm
portance in permitting the eXamina-
tion of rapidly moving bodies while
in full action. For example,, an air
plane propeller making 1900 revolu-
tions to the minute was shown. 1t
appeared to be absolutely motionless.
1t had a bit of string fastened to one
end Of a propeller blade. This also
appeared motionless in place, but It
assumed a graceful curve under the
air pressure. Spindles when turning
and rapidly running motors and tur-
bines are other examples of things
that can be examined under the stro-
boscope while at work
Evening star., 1925-11-25
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 25.-Stroboscope
to the Academy of Sciences by George
Claude, who apologized to the learned
assembly for having placed a fool
protector" round the exhibit as a pre-
caution.
The new instrument. the invention
of the two brothers Seguin, projects
powerful lightninglike flashes from
tube of neon gas. These flashes,
when directed on anything which is
rotating rapidly, even in full daylight,
make the rotating article appear to
be completely still, or, II 1t Is so de-
sired, to be turning very slowly. 1t
was this apparent immobility of a
rapidly turning object that made Prof
Claude decide to prevent his col
Evening star., 1925-11-25
PARKING PROTEST
|SF|LED BY M. & M.
Commissioners Asked to Re-
consider 2-Hour Plan and
Truck Unloading Limit.

Reaffirming their attitude against
the two-hour parking regulation and
the requirement of licensed op-
orator on parked trucks and In favor
of areas in each block for the un-
loading and loading Of commercial
vehicles, the traffic committee of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation has forwarded letter to
Commissioner Fenning expressing its
regret at the unfavorable attitude of
the Commissioners on these questions
and asking that they give further
consideration to them.
The committee points out that the
result of the refusal Of the Commits
sioners to accept their recommends
iions on these questions will be that
"the expense involved will be enor
nous and at this time incalculable"
to the merchants of the city. The
rommittee expresses it's opinion that
90 per cent Of the traffic problems
would he eliminated by the enforce
ment of the one-hour parking rule
EIdridge's Statement Challenged.
A bulletin has been sent to every
member of the association calling
their attention to the decision of the
Commissioners in diSregarding the
traffic committees recommendations
and that Traffic Director Eldridge
in conversation with o. b. George,
chairman of the traffic committee,
charged that most of the overtime
parking in the downtown section is
done by business men and their EN-
plrYes.
This challenge of the traffic di-
rector is one that is not to he taken
lightly" says the bulletin in asking
every member to make a survey of
his institution to determine whether
this charge of the traffic director
aS to promiscous parking of executives
and business employees in the down
town section is justified
The letter to Commissioner Fen
ming reads in part:
The committee directs me to say
that it regrets exceedingly that the
District Commissioners turned down
the suggestion of the traffic director
with respect to the parallel parking
of commercial vehicles in the District
uf Columbia for emergency purposes,
which recommendation of the traffic
director had the unqualified support
and approval of this committee.
Want Space for Trucks.
"Thc enforcement Of the present
regulation requiring a licensed oper-
ator to man a truck which Is parked
parallel while merchandise is delivered
meets with our most strenuoA objec-
ton. To meet this. condition it will
be necessary for thousands of cars
10 he manned with from one to two
additional men. The expense involved
with he enormous and at this time in
calclllable.
We regret that no consideration
vas given to the setting aside of
places where goods may be taken on
board trucks and other vehicles.
Curbstone space is generally pre-
empted by parked cars. We again
urge that the Traffic Director estab-
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Dismisses Injunction Suit,

Mrs. Ida V. Warren of the Kenesaw
apartments has dismissed her suit
for an injunction against r. Franklin
Schneider and Emmons S. Smith I'm
connection with the sale of the assets
OF the Plaza Apartment House CO.,
Of which Mrs. Warren owned Al shares
Of stock. The plaintiff explains that
she has received her share of the
S22O,00O in notes comprising the com
pany's assets. Attorney w. f. Lester
appeared for Mrs. Warren. while Al
torney Henry +. Woodward repre.
Sentcd the defendants.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Witnesses Drawn
From All OverU.S.
Lack Trial Judge
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. November 25-
Twenty-seven witnesses, subpoena
ed from all over the United States
by Federal Attorney Buckner to
testify at the trial of Jacob
kirschenblatt and other members
of the alleged trunk and key" H.
Quor ring. were sent home last night
because of failure to find a judge
to try the case.
The witnesses, who were alleged
patrons of the ring, came to the
city from Lincoln, Nebr.; Sioux
City. Iowa; Minneapolis, Detroit,
Buffalo and cities in the South.
The trial has been postponed until
the first Monday IN January. when
the witnesses have promised to re-
turn.
The ring operated by shipping
trunks of liquor to a designated
point, a key being sent to the Gus
toner on payment of the agreed
price, the Government alleged.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
WIFE ASKS DAMAGES.
Values Husbands Love at $4,000
in Alienation Suit.

LOS ANGELES, November %
R).-Mrs. Georgette Moore yesterday
filed suit for $5O,O00 damaG Ges against
Miss Charlotte Fisher, charging that
the latter had alienated the affections
of Mrs. Moore's husband, Edwin w,
former business manager for Anita
Baldwin, part heiress of the Lucky
Baldwin millions.
Miss Fisher formerly acted as Mr..
Moores secretary. Mrs. Moore said
her husband and Miss Fisher were in
San Francisco.
Several weeks ago Moore filed suit
for divorce in San Francisco. charg-
ing mental cruelty. His wife coun-
tered with a cross complaint, naming
Miss Fisher as correspondent
Evening star., 1925-11-25

lish and maintain places in the middle
or the end of each block exclusively
for the discharge and taking on of
have made this recommendation be-
fore but nothing has come of it.
investigations that have been made
in other cities where such specs or
islands are established and main
tanned convince us of the wisdom of
this recommenda tiOn.
I'VE trust the Commissioners will
give this matter further considera-
ton"
Evening star., 1925-11-25
IMPRESARIO SUES WIFE.
Threw Cake at Him at Birthday

CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 25
R).-Hearing of the divorce suit of
Mario de Dominicis, opera impressario
and art connoisseur, charging gross
neglect and cruelty, began here yester-
day. Mrs. Beatrice de Dominicis, an
opera singer, is contesting the case
with a cross bill, naming Francesca
Ritali. New York actress.
De Dominicis testified that the trou-
BILE started in Rome in 1913, when his
wife threw a cake at him during a
birthday celebration.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Husband Drinks
Poison to Avoid
Court After Row
Special Dispatch to The Star.

RICHMOND. Va, November %
Following a series of quarrels with
his wife, Herman Woody, "a years
old ended his life with poison to-
day.
He was to have appeared in Po-
lice Court, charged with striking
his wife while under a peace bond.
but went to his mother and said
he would not go to court, as he
had taken poison. He died a few
minutes later. The couple had met
at the home Of a friend to discuss
a reconciliation. Woody was
huckster.
Evening star., 1925-11-25

the next meeting were: President.
Admiral William Rogers; first vice
president, Mrs. Richard Wainwright;
second vice president. Gen. George r.
Scriven; treasurer E. l.. Schreiner
assistant treasurer, Ralph Endicott.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19
8. A. POLO CLUB
AND filters
|NF|NA[

The low goal event of the fall polo
tournament entered the finals We'd
nesday afternoon when the San An
tonic Polo Club overcame a two-goal
handicap to defeat the Eighth Corps
Area second team, II to 6. on Brack-
enridge Park Field. AS a result of
their win, the San Antonio quartet
will meet the Kelly Field team at
Harbord Field Sunday afternoon in
the finals.
Kelly Field reached the finals by de-
feating the Second Division team, 10
to 2, Sunday.
As was the case in their opening
victory of the tournament, bill"
Meadows and Jack Lapham carried
the brunt of the Polo Clubs attack.
The playing of Captain Tom Hastey
and Captain W. r. Wolfe stood out
for the Area team.
Nine teams are entered in the high
goal championship which will be con-
tested upon the completion of the
low goal event. They are as follows ::
Kelly Field two teams). Fifteenth
Field Artillery, Second Division In
fantry, Twelfth Field Artillery, Sec
ond Division, Eighth Corps Area 1.-TWO
teams), and the San Antonio Polo
Club.
The line-ups Wednesday:
San Antonio (12) Corps Area (s)
Bill Meadows :. Captain Tom Hastey
No. ].
Jim Chittim Colonel d. D. Tompkins
No. 2.
A. Nickel 80. Colonel George Gibbs
No. 3.
Jack Lapham :. Captain W. r. Wolfe
Back.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19
SUNDAY SCHOOL LOOP
PREPARES FOR START

All teams wishing to enter the Sun
day School Basket Ball League must
report to the Y. NJ. c. A. within the
next week. The league includes %
teams at present. divided into three
divisions. Play will start the night
Of November 2S on the ~" court.
Glass A Of the league, which at
present is composed Of nine teams, will
play its games on Tuesday night.
Class B and c. with eight teams each.
viii play their games on Friday and
Saturday nights. respectively.
Each Of the three divisions will be
divided into two leagues, with the win
ners meeting for the championship at
the seasons close.
Exponents. based on height, weight,
age and scholarship, are used 10 place
the boys in their proper divisions.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19
$4,000 WILL WATCH
RED At COLUMBUS

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov. 19.-CP)
The largest crowd ever to attend a
Western Conference football game
approximately $4,000 personals ex-
pected to watch "Red" Grange play
his final game as a member of the
University of Illinois team when the
Illini meet Ohio State IN Ohio Sta
dunn Saturday.
All of the permanent seats num-
bering 63,O6S, and the temporary
bleachers seating 5000 more. were sold
last week, but standing room tickets
will be available for 10000 additional
fans. The latter tickets will be placed
on sale at game time.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19
School Teams
Run 123 Plays
In II Minutes

Limiting a football game to n
certain numbers OF plays instead
of to q certain length Of time
doubtless would have brought the
Breckenridge High-West Texas
Academy contest to an earlier
close Wednesday afternoon.
The obvious outcome OF the
game, early manifested, facili-
fated . little Laboratory work"
on the number Of plays used.
In the first quarter, which
was is minutes long-exclusiye,
of course, OF the usual time out
80 plays were run, including
a try for point after touchdown.
In the second, IL minutes play.
ing time, there were "a plays.
In the third quarter, 10 minutes
long, there were but 20 plays,
while in the fourth, also 10 min
utes, there were 80. wholesale
passing attempts, with time out
between, slowing up proceedings.
There were 1913 plays in all,
with a. minutes playing time.
The play system was tried
out recently in the East by
Brown and Boston universities
on basis of 40 plays per 10
minute period.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19
SIMMONS VICTORY
ENDS I'll. A. A. RACE

COMMERCE, Tex, Nov. 19.-The
Cowboys of Simmons University prac-
tically sewed up the T. /. A. A..
championship Wednesday by tramp
ling the East Texas Teachers. IL to
0. Simmons played its first string for
three quarters of the game.
A recovered punt on the 1.yard line
and the interception of a Teachers
pass paved the way for Simmons two
touchdowns. A field goal was planted
through the posts from the 22-yard
line in the third period.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19
Football Results

Breckenridge High So; West Texas
Military Academy o.
Alamo Heights High IS; Boerne
High o.
Austin College 2; Henderson
Brown (Ark.) O.
Howard Payne 20; Texas Tech o.
Simmons IL; East Texas Teach
ers O.
Ouaehits q; Hendrix (Ark.) 2
(tie).
Utah Z; Wyoming 8.
Southwestern (Kansas) 10; Bak-
er 4,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19
BUD TAYLOR BEATS
SARMIENTO IN TEN

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10. - Bud
Taylor, Terre Haute, Ind, bantam
weight. defeated Pete Carmiento in
ten rounds.
Lou Rollinger, Chicago. light-heavy-
weight, and Jack Lee, Los Angeles,
fought six-round draw.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19
CLOUDLAND WINS.

BOWIE RACE TRACK. Md. Nov.
t9.-Cloudland after winning at PIN
lice and making a fine showing in the
$500 Prince Georges Handicap.
came out in the feature race Of We'd
nesday's card, the Century Handicap,
at Bowie, to win in a canter from
Cudgeller, Gold Beater. Black Bart,
and Young Martin. 1t was a dash Of
one mile and a sixteenth for a purse
Of $1,000.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19

ner OF getting
the W e i & h t
shifted. / find
among those
who read my
articles that
this subject is
paramount and
that they can
never get too
much enlighten-
ment about it.
II you grasp
a golf club like
a baseball bat
and swing it
around back of
you your weight
you will OBJ
serve, will au-
tomatically go
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19
ROMERO Furnishes
SMITH IN CL|NCHES

ERIE, Pa, Nov. 19.-CR-Quin-
tin Romero, Chilean heavyweight,
scored a decision over Homer Smith, (
of Kalamazoo, Mich. in ten rounds (
here last night, pounding the West
erner severely in the mitigating.
Romero weighed 1872 IL and Smith
202 1-2.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19
LYLE MAKES BIG
PREPARATIONS FOR
TURKEY DAY RODEO

LYTLE, Tex, Nov. 19.-Visitors
TO Lyle on Thanksgiving Day will he
entertained with the most pretentious
home talent rodeo ever staged in this
city. Some Of the best known riders
in South Texas will participate.
Whippet races are included in the
program.
Proceeds Of the entertainment will
be used to secure utilization for Lytlc
High School.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-19
IRVING HIGH TEAM
C|NCHES A TITLE

Carrying the ball down the field 20
yards and across the goal on the first
four plays Of the game, ~Sako" Sa.
linas, star back of Washington Ire
ing Junior High, scored a touchdown
for his team and started them on their
march to a 2T-to-O victory over
Thomas Nelson Page Wednesday aft.
ernoon. By winning, the classy little
Irving eleven cinched the champion
ship Of Section / (Class Al of the
sunior High School Football League.
The line ups:
Page (O). (27) Irving.
Ooodspeed ................ Murgia
Left End.
-hartln ................ Martinez
Left Takcle.
AoLltE 'sss...... OnOuke
Left Guard.
DeherIitt .'s...- ....... Johnson
Center.
NllAt ....s... ............. Laldley
Right Guard.
PasSmore ................ Galloway
Right Tackle.
1antls ....... Buenroscro
Right End.
W hltney .................. Lopez
Quarterback.
Loessoerg ................. Salinas
Left Half.
oOnmer ..... ............. FalbO
-. Right Half.
Meiugion 90 go. co W. Murray