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Evening star., 1925-07-30

The District Building was all agog
today over the discovery that there
is police regulation against the play
ing of indecent music" in the District
of Columbia.
1t seems that nobody knew it was
there until somebody found II hidden
deep within the covers of the police
regulations. Then, came the storm.
The Municipal Building almost instant
ly became divided against itself, some
officials contending IL was a Joker
and others that the regulation meant
just what ii said.
If ii means what it says, there nat
urally arose the question of what Is
and what is not music of an indecent
character" 10 quote from the regula-
tioDs.
Aligned on the side of the "funda-
mentaAsts." or those who believe the
regulations to be literally true, We're
Assistant Corporation Counsel Ring
gold Hart. who has a keen ear for
good music, and Lieut.. Nina Van
Wrinkle. head of the .Voman's Bureau
of the Police Department, who is an
authority on jazz music and such.
On the side of those who refused
Evening star., 1925-07-30
BUSINESS SECTION
ROCKED BY BLAST
Gas Explosion in Coffee
Roaster Injured 2 Workers.
Damage Is ST 500.

A terrific explosion in the huge gas.
| heated coffee roaster Of the NJ. +.
Swing establishment at 1913 E street
rocked the lower business district at
12:40 this afternoon. injured two per-
sons slightly and caused approximate
ly $500 damage to the building and
contents.
Charles Hardy, colored employe, was
badly cut about the face and neck,
miraculously escaping death. He was
near the coffee roaster on the third
floor at the time. He is at Emer-
gency Hospital, where his condition
was pronounced not serious.
NJ. A. Eagan, another employe, of
lf6 Thirteenth street northeast! was
pitched 80 feet across the top floor by
the force OF the explosion and is be-
lieved to have sustained slight inter
nal injuries. Two woman employees,
Miss Julia Evans and Mrs. Hannah
Laster, on the second floor of the
plant, were slightly stunned by the
concussion, but otherwise uninjured.
Smokestack Is Tossed.
The huge smokestack surmountins
the building was tossed like toy
so feet straight up in the air by the
explosion. The rear windows of the
third floor of the plant, about 25 feet
from the roaster. were smashed; one
front window was blown out. both
large plate glass show windows on
the ground floor Of the building were
shattered and the entire establish
ment was coated with coffee dust.
There is divided opinion as to
the cause. One theory is that a bit
of slow-burning gas or a spark re-
mained in the device after the last
roasting, which served to ignite and
explode the incoming gas for the new
roasting. The second theory is that
Hardy, the colored employe, was
lighting the roaster with too much
gas accumulated from the feed pipes
inside the device. When the flame
was applied the explosion resulted.
In the Monte Carlo Lunchroom at
507 Eleventh street, two guests were
toppled from their chairs and the
rear skylight was blown in almost
on the head of the chef
Crowd at Scene
More than 1000 persons were group
ed in Z street in front of the scene
OF the blow-up within FIVE minutes
Corp. Edward r. Hagenah of the
United States Marine Corps, station
ed at Marine Barracks, was walking
past the front of the store when the
conclusion nearly blew off his hat He
rushed in, believing some persons in
jured. and assisted the two girls down
from the second floor.
Policeman J. G.. Harrington Of the
first precinct, who was more than a
block away when he felt the quaking
effect of the explosion, sent Hardy TO
the Emergency Hospital for treat
ment.
Two remarkable pieces of luck We're
outstanding features OF the accident.
One was the escape of Hardy and
the other was the fact that the smoke
stack after going up like a skyrocket
did not plunge through the roof.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
BRITISH DEMANDS
!. ON CHINA EN- ROUTE
Two Airplane Carriers and
Troops to Accompany
Deputation.
By the Associated Press.

CANyDN. July 31.-Arrival of a
British deputation here to present de-
mands on the Chinese government is
expected within two weeks. With the
coming of the demands it was also an
nounced that two British airplane car
riers are expected from India and
that troops from that country will be
sent to reinforce British units in this
vicinity.
The general strike of Chinese against
foreigners is still effective, and no
business is apparent except the move
ment of a small shipment Of raw silk
by Japanese firms from storage at
Shameen, the foreign settlement.
Reports indicate some dissension be-
tween prominent Yunnanese and
Kwangsi generals on account of acts
of cruelty by so-called red army Of
ficers. It is expected that the Yum
rlanese and Kwangsi forces will be
combined to oust the reds and their
sympathizers from power.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
POLES KILL SOVIET GUARD
Moscow to Take Case Before Mixed
Commission.

MOSCOW, July 80 GP).-The Rosta
Agency has received a report that a
Soviet frontier guard in the Yampol
district who was making a tour of
inspection of the frontier line has
been killed by Polish frontier guards.
1t is alleged the Polish soldiers
crossed the frontier and dragged the
body to their side, leaving 1t in the
frontier zone.
The Soviet foreign commissariat
has protested to the Polish legation.
The case will be brought before the
mixed commission. which is TO leave
soon for the Polish frontier to in
quire into the recent border disputes.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
II CHINESE KILLED AT CANTON
Strikers at officials House Demanded
Cash.

LONDON, July 80 LP.-An agency
dispatch from Hongkong says that IL
Chinese strikers were killed at Canton
by the bodyguard of an official be-
fore whose house a mob had gathered
demanding a daily cash strike allow
ance. The dispatch refers to IAN in
flux of Russians from Vladivostok at
Canton" and says two Russian ships
have arrived at Whampoa, an outport
81 miles from Canton.
The character of these Russian ships
is not indicated. There are large num-
bers of white" Russians in various
parts of China, where they fled from
the Bolshevist regime in their own
country. There are also red Rus
slams in China. The dispatch does not
indicate whether the influx" at Can
ton is by reds" or whites"
Evening star., 1925-07-30
BOY KILLED MRS. BOWEN.
Shot>A American by Accident, He
Tells Swiss Police.

BASLE. Switzerland, July 80 CF.-
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested
and charged with killing Mrs. Mary
Levitt Bowen of Berkeley, Calf. who
was found dead in a park near here
yesterday.
Police say he confessed. but claimed
he shot Mrs. Bowen accidentally.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
Rain-Inducing Rite Before Frog Ends
In Disorder With Eight Casualties

promising to proceed thence and
do his bit. The crowd. however.
refused to move and when the
officials bodyguard attempted to
clear them out a riot ensued.
In the beginning of the affair,
the jar was broken and the frog
trampled to death The infuriated
people rushed the soldiers and dis
armed some of them who We're
belabored with their own arms and
any other weapons at hand. Then
the official gave orders to fire and
eight persons fell dead A priest
Was one Of those killed.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
Sleeping Man Slain
By Pair Entering
Wrong Apartment
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. July 30.-Louis
Leonardo was beaten to death with
hammers by two men as he slept
in his lower West Side tenement
. apartment early today His slay-
ers escaped, one exclaiming in
Italian. We made Il mistake" as
they passed her bedside. Mrs.
Leonardo told police. I'VE are Oh
the wrong floor" she said one of
them said as they threw the
hammers away.
The murderers entered by a rear
fire escape. gagged Mrs. Leonardo
with strips of a curtain and killed
her husband. Police believe the
murder was committed by persons
seeking revenge.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
DENY MUSS0LINi PLANS
TO UNDERGO OPERATION
Officials Scout Reports From. Paris
That italian Premier Will
Go Under Knife

BY the Associated Press.
ROME. July 30.-Denial that Pre-
mier Mussolini of Italy was about to
undergo a surgical operation was
made today In official circles here.
This denial was in response to re-
ports from Paris yesterday that SiSnor
Mussolini might soon have an opera.
ton for the removal of an ulcer of the
duodenum.
Recent Rome dispatches have in
sisted the premier's health is good,
despite occasional roundabout reports
to the contraryl
Evening star., 1925-07-30
WidoU viii Write
Memoirs of Bryan;
Daughter to Aid
By the Associated Press.


CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, July 80.
The Chattanooga News today
says all the memoirs of William
jennings Bryan will be written by
his widow.
When the widow passed through
Chattanooga Wednesday," the
newspaper says. ''she told friends
that she intended to give her atten-
ton to these memoirs as soon as
conditions permitted. She said she
would be aided in writing by her
daughter. Mrs. Ruth Owen, and
the latter's husband, Maj. Regi-
nald Owen.
Mrs Bryan for many years as
sisted her. husband in his literary
endeavors. She is the author Of
the biography Of Mr.. Bryan. which
introduces the collected volume of
his speeches. She is also the au.
thor of the account of the Balti-
more Democratic convention of
1912"
Evening star., 1925-07-30
Hawaiian Official Indicted.

HONOLULU, July 80 R).-The
territorial grand jury has. returned
two indictments charging E. L..
Conkling, city and county treasurer.
with the embezzlement of municipal
funds amounting to $4.170 in con
nection with the sale Of municipal
bonds.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PEKING, July 30.-A shooting
affray as sequal TO rain induc-
ing ceremony is reported from
Taichow, Chekiang, the victims
numbering eight dead and several
wounded. Following an ancient
custom, living frog in a glass Jar
was brought to the head military
official at his residence, his part in
the ceremony being TO kow tow
before the frog and to offer prayers.
Alleging that the time and place
were not appropriate, the official
ordered the frog taken to a temple.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
Felt i'm Kansas.

LIBERAL, kans., July 30.-A slight
earth tremor occurred here at els
o'clock this morning. The temblor last
ed about three minutes and was suffi-
ciently strong to rattle windows and
dishes and move heavy furniture
slightly.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
NEW ANGL0-JAPANESE
TRADE TREATY SIGNED
Modifies Existing Commercial
Agreement and Is Understood to
Be Without Political Import.
Ru the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, July S0.-Baren Hayashi,
japanese Ambassador, and Foreign
Secretary Chamberlain today signed a
new Anglo-Japanese treaty regarding
trade and navigation.
The new agreement modifies an ex-
listing commercial treaty and is un-
derstood to be without political signifi-
canoe.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
French Scenic Trains Collide.

PARIS, July 80 Op.-Two trains on
Paris scenic railroad collided last
night, injuring 16 persons. two of
whom were sent to a hospital. No
Americans were hurt.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
FOUR WESTERN STATES
FEEL EARTH TREMORS
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New
Mexico Are Shaken-Last
Only Briefly.
By the Associated Press.

BY the AssOClated Press
AMARILLO, Tex. July 80. - An
earth tremor of nearly so seconds
duration shook Amarillo and surround
ing towns early today. The shock
was registered here at 6:12 am.
Buildings swayed noticeably. but no
damage has been reported
Reports from New Mexico and
Oklahoma towns near the Texas lines
indicated the tremor extended into
those States.
Evening star., 1925-07-30

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. July 80.
Scores of persons here declared they
felt a slight earth tremor early today.
They said 1t lasted about 80 seconds.
Evening star., 1925-07-30

WICHITA. Kans., July 3o.-An
earth tremor of very low intensity was
felt here about els am. today.
Evening star., 1925-07-30
WEATHER.

q. s. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow
showers; little change in temperature.
Temperatures-His Highest, 81, at noon
today: lowest, 81. at S am. today
Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1925-07-30

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1925-07-05
American Ideas in Spain

was born with many silver spoons in
his mouth and farms and villages
more than he can remember among
his land titles. The duchy which gives
him his titled name was in the
hands of his family 500 years ago, and
since 1855. 1t was the great Queen Isa-
bella'S predecessor, her brother, King
Henry II, who constituted the duchy
for this powerful family. And, curl.
ously enough, Christopher Columbus,
who was a man of the common people
by birth, but did so much for Spain
and the world by discovering America
and was therefore made lord admiral
by Isabella, broke into this grandee
family in the person of Catarina
his descendant and heir in the eighth
generation. Then, for four genera
tions, the Dukes of Alba were also
lord admirals as heirs of Columbus,
and, although this title passed with
the end of the eighteenth century TO
the present Dukes of Neragua, the
Albas still represent the great discov-
erer.
/ have counted up the actual titles
held in virtue of the law of Spanish
grandeeism by the Duke of Alba, who
has set about applying the ideas of
American successors of Columbus in
another way He is duke by four
other titles than Alba; he is a marquis
by ten titles attached to as many diff
ferent landed estates; he is the twenty
fourth Count de Lemos, and his fam
lily on that side goes back beyond the
year 1000 he is count thirteen times
elsewhere, always with family estates:
and he Is Constable of Navarro, which
is not to be sneezed at. His father
before him, from whom he has all this
nobility, died in New York "a years
ago. The son now applies American
ideas, which may be the turning point
in a peaceful but thorough revolution
Of all Spain.
Even this is not quite all the mar
velous and mixed heredity boiling in
the veins of this grandee who turns
to the people. His family name-for
even a duke must have a family and
a name-is FitZ-James, and he is tenth
Duke of Berwick, in Scotland. That
means he is descended straight from
James II of England, the last OF the
Stuarts to reign in that country, and
so, of course, he is an beir of Mary,
Queen of SCOTS. They were unfor-
tunate with their subjects. He steps
down in full greatness to his tenants
and from subjects makes them his
equals. That is true democracy, for
the farming people are the sovereign
people when they own their land.
but it is new to Spain.
Evening star., 1925-07-05

'T thought it was all up with you"
/ said
yes, 1 thought I had got to hand
in my checks" replied A.
THEN we turned to the boys, who
Il were huddling, frightened, behind
tree.
THAT is my blanket" a voice
quavered, and the owner stepped
gingerly out to retrieve his property.
You may thank your lucky star
you were not in it," retorted A.
But 1 was
It was said so earnestly that we
had to laugh. The boy had fallen
asleep by the fire, his blanket in
heap at his back, keeping the wind
off, and the lion had snatched at the
blanket, thinking the boy was inside.
We'll" said A, you can take his
skin off now, seeing he took yours"
The boy thought it was a huge joke.
We turned in again, but 1 could
not sleep The sight Of those gleam-
ing fangs, those fiery eyes, had got
on my nerves. / pulled the lamp
closer and tried TO read. An hour
went by. 1 glanced at my watch
another half-hour and ] would try to
sleep. AT the end of that time l lay
down, leaving the lamp beside me.
sat up and listened. gun in hand.
next went to the door OF my tent
| only to see the fires almost out, the
| boys sound asleep. They had finished
| skinning the lion, and, tired out, had
| fallen asleep while they talked around
the fire. Would they never learn
| wisdom
| shouted and shouted with all my
| might. but did not succeed in waking
either of them or A. Now the oxen
| were getting restless; a horse neighed;
| there must be something about. How
| ! would have liked 10 go out and
| shake them all, But that would have
| been unwise. At that moment there
was q mad rush in the bona. and,
| unable to restrain myself, | fired in
/ that direction. This woke the boys,
who jumped up and seized their
spears, just in time to see leopard
| vault over the bona and disa ppear.
| BY that time a. was also awake.
| and together we went to the bona 10
/ find the bullocks in a state of frenzy,
and one badly clawed on the throat and
shoulder. But for my timely shot no
doubt it would have been killed. This
time fires were lit all around the
bona, the boys sleeping inside. We
deputed two to keep awake for an
| hour, then to wake another two. ]
telling them that / should shoot If l
heard anything, so they had better
shout to let me know they were
awake and watching. Before the
hour had expired, the two were
asleep, and it was 1 who had to do
| the shouting.
Put wood on the fires-put wood
| on the firesr'
IN N'dio, Mem-sahib."
How many times that night I re
| iterated that command, really l do
not know. Suffice it to say that every
| boy slept within a quarter of an hour
| of taking his turn on guard, and il
was / who had to do the watching
| How thankful l was when my watch
said o'clock, and l knew it would
| soon be daylight,
\
A settled down, a roar broke on
my ear-not so far off either
then another, and another, followed
in quick succession. Were they com
ing here? l had not got over my
Evening star., 1925-07-05

fright of a few hours before, and felt
another visit from those wretches
would be more than I could stand.
Nearer they came. Surely they would
wake A. Still he slept on, and so did
the boys every one. Then there
seemed veritable pandemonium.
roar succeeding roar, and, as d
strained my eyes in the darkpessd
one, two, three, four-yes-hve Ind
distinct forms loomed out.
Was 1 losing my senses? Again /
counted. Five, There was no mis-
take about It. They had come TO
within 200 yards when, as nearly as l.
could make out, they sat down and
low groWls took the place Of the pre-
vious roars. Would nothing on earth
wake A? Would the boys wait until
eaten up alive? .H-U
1t sounds too absurd to be true, j
know, but, being accustomed TO the
roars OF lions every night, l myself
slept through 1t all when at home and
safely fastened up indoors. Here 1t
was a different matter. Nothing but
sheer exhaustion could account for
this lethargy. l opened my tent at
the back looked out and crept about
8 yards TO As.
''Win nothing wake you?" shouted.
| do you want to be eaten"
"Hallol What is it?" Was As
somewhat senseless answer.
Lions, l dozens Of lions"
! Then as A. prepared to go outside,
| "Go easy" l said; there are five"
| "Ffve?" A. gave an expressive
| whistle. Boys" he shouted, giving
his voice fun play.
''N'dio, Bwana" Instantly they
We're stirring.
| The lions got up and, still growing.
moved toward the bona. Instantly
circle of fires was kicked into life
and wood piled on until ii was blazing
all around The boys were keenly
alive to their danger now; so were
the bullocks and horses. We could
| hear them running around and around
! the bona. The wounded one had been
| removed and fastened close to As
tent. the smell of blood appearing to
! terrify the remainder. Backward and
! forward paced the lions.
| Every minute seemed an hour.
! They won't dare to rush the fires"
| said A, reaSSuringly.
! What had we better do?' ] asked.
We'll five to two is rather thick,
We had better try firing into the air.
said A
IF that does not do. and they VIII
have it. why, then. they must"
Keep your head, Margaret, Now
A report from both guns. quickly
! followed by another, and the two lions
began walking away; the remaining
three seemed undecided. Meat in
plenty-it was worth trying for.
Ready" said A.
X X
TWO more bullets whizzed through
the air, just over the lions heads.
Instantaneously the three made off.
without waiting for more. A. sent
last shot after then-two more TO ac-
celerate their speed-and that was the
last we saw Of them.
Make haste and get some coffee
ready A said to the boys, and by
the time we were dressed it was all
prepared.
Il want to get home" was all I
said.
A laughed "You would come" he
reminded. Don't you wish you were
! back in Nairobi2'
Even then I could truthfully say 1
did not.
(CopyriEht 1925)
Evening star., 1925-07-05

The result of that hearing is well
known. Miss Case signed a contract
and became a Metropolitan Opera
star in her eighteenth year, the only
American girl ever TO have accom-
plished the feat without the prelimi-
nary of European training and ex-
perienCe. It was the Sequal to a bit
ter struggle to develop a talent which
had sought expression from child
hood, for Anna Cases parents were
poor and to obtain her lessons she
had to borrow, work and scheme in a
way that would have daunted most
young women.
But if Andreas Dippel ended this
struggle by the chance discovery of
her voice that afternoon in the Phila-
delphia hotel, his was merely the
recognition won by an already we'll
developed talent. The honor of hav-
ing perceived the greatness in Miss
Cases voice while it still was unde-
veloped belongs to Miss Katherine
Opdycke, a teacher of voice in the
little New Jersey village of Summer
vile, not far from South Branch.
When her ambition to sing in
sistently demanded fulfllment, Anna
Case, then, about 10. journeyed the
six miles to Summerville and saw
Miss Opdycke. The latter agreed TO
give her two lessons a week for rs
cents.
Her would-be pupil had no money
and there was none to be gotten at
home. She put it up to friend, a
South Branch grocer, and he ad-
vanced it as a loan. Lessons began
Luckily for the girl her teacher
happened to be unusual for com
munity of the size in which she
taught. She had been a pupil of
Nine. Augusta Ostrom- Renard in
New York. AS time passed she per-
ceived Anna Case had a talent.
You have great future" she told
her pupil. You must have bigger
teacher"
She took Miss Case to Nine.
Renard. The latter heard her and
said, II don't think YOU have
future"
However" she added, IN give
you three or four lessons and we
will see."
The pupil went to Nine Renard
with range of an octave. At the
very first lesson, under her teachers
instruction, she reached high c.
1t was enough. Nine. Renard
reversed her previous attitude COM
pletely.
you will have an operatic career"
she declared.
The matter of expense proved not
to be an item. "She will teach YOU
for nothing" Miss Opdycke had told
Miss Case. This proved to be true.
Six months after beginning her
studies Anna Case was attached to
the Metropolitan. But this might not
have happened had it not been for
still another person.
Friends took her to Seagirt, n. j.,
to a dance at the home of E. C.
Stokes, then governor of the State.
After hearing her sing he asked her
many questions about her voice and
her ambitions.
When he learned her financial
condition he arranged to take her
10 a cousin in Philadelphia who had
charge of concerts there so that she
might have. hearing with a view
to an engagement
She got the engagement The con-
certs were those given at the Belle
vue-Stratford Hotel.
And that was how Andreas Dippel
came to hear her.
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