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Evening star., 1925-06-04
LOS ANGELES MAKES
NEW MOORING RECORD
Improved Graphing Hook Enables
Grew to Cut 25 Minutes
From Former Time.
By the Associated Press.

LAKEHURST, y. j., June 4.-The
Navy dirigible Los Angeles was placed
in its hangar at 7:42 o'clock last night
upon its return from It's flight to An
napolis for the commencement exer-
cises Of the Naval Academy.
Among the passengers. on the return
flight were admiral W. A. Moffat,
chief of the Bureau of Aer6nautics;
Assistant Chief Captain W. S. John
son and COmdr. Garland Fulton, who
supervised the construction Of the air.
ship in Germany.
The airships officers. reported the
successful use of a new automatic
graphing hook with which the ship
was attached to the mast of the
Patoka in 33 minutes, 25 minutes less
than the preceding record. The new
hook was developed by Lieut. Comdr.
c. Z. Rosenthal, mooring officer at the
naval air station.
The Los Angeles will be attached to
its mast Saturday afternoon in prepa-
ration for a flight Sunday to Mime
apolis.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

him. l want him to fell trees. swim
rivers. climb lonely peaks. watch the
setting sun. j want TO share his tent.
his fire, his food. I want to sit Of
an evening hand in hand with him
and rest. / want to lean my head
on his shoulder and hear his strong,
faithful heart beat.
But I never met my man OF the
great wastes. my pioneer. 7 have
never tried to be mans rival, but
must also confess that have never
lived the delicious old-fashioned thrill
of being mastered and overruled by
a man-except by my old uncle, the
king. But there was no thrill about
that. 1t was like being terrorized by
a schoolnaster, and was not agreea BILE
In any sort Of way. II simply put
my back up and made me feel revo-
lutionary through and through.
Dislikes German Standard.
attitude toward women. He never In
any way admits that she can be an
equal.
The Kaiser himself is supposed to
have said that women were meant
for kitchen, nursery and church.
There Is little chivalry in that way
Of disposing of women. The German
man always wanted to be pandered
to, considered as a thing apart that
women must be proud to serve.
When he was a splendid Siegfried
riding through the forest on a snow.
white steed with a magic sword n,
his hand, that attitude was -bearabley
But not at all when the lord and mas
ter allowed his tummy to expand
smoked strong cigars and sat in an
armchair with pink stein of beer at
his elbow. No. thank you, that is not
at all my ideal Of the strong, silent
mantle pioneer!
Copyright. 1928. in U. S. and Canada. By
North American Newspaper Alliance.
All Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1925-06-04
HOME FINANCING PLAN
PUT UP TO CITIZENS
Hoover Declares People Must Take
Initiative in Developing
Ball Proposal.

Before any plan of financing local
housing in accordance with the sug.
gestions made by former Senator Ball
Of Delaware can be made effective
local citizens must assume the initia.
tive in its management, Secretary of
Commerce Hoover declared today at
the White House.
Secretary Hoover said he was too
busy with departmental matters to
take any active part in developing the
project. He held several conferences
with former Senator Ball before the
latter left for his home in Wilmington
several days ago, but has no informa.
ton indicating that Senator Ball in.
tends to give any further time or
energy to making his plan effective.
The idea advanced by Senator Ball
provided for the creation of a flnanc.
ing corporation to loan money on sec.
ond mortga ges at reasonable rates OF
interest as a means of reducing build.
ing costs. He furnished President
Coolidge with the details of his plan,
and, at the request Of the President.
furnished the names OF a number OF
individuals who were interested and
who had given assurance Of co.operat
ing in developing the project.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
FRAUD In EXPORTING
OF FRANCS PROBED
Papers in Home Of French Tinan.
cier Seized-Bonds Declared
Basis of Scheme.
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 4.-The public prose.
cutor, acting at the instance of
Finance Minister Caillaux, Is investi.
eating the alleged fraudulent exporta.
tion Of francs in capital through the
Questionable handling OF national de.
tense bonds.
The police, armed with search war.
rants, have already seized papers in
the homes OF French financier and
other persons, including 4 wealthy
woman. The operations are said tc
have been the same in ell cases, the
method being very simple.
A bond, usually of a large amount
and repayable In one month, was pur.
chased and turned over to the Paris
branch of a foreign bank. The branch
bank shipped 1t to its home Office, in
Amsterdam, Geneva or some other
continental city, where at the end OF
the month the bond would be pre-
sented for payment.
M. Caillaux- Is determined to stop
the practice
Evening star., 1925-06-04

the fun. spending the money he earns.
AT least, so il looks to US. But, OF
course, we can never understand that
"a man can find all his joy in a con.
slant rush of business. 1t is for him
the very essence of life, I suppose, so
he does not consider he Is getting
the least pleasant share of 1t all.
Finds Americans Kind.
can only judge American men
from what I have seen of them
abroad, having q rest or come to in
vestigate things from a business view
point. ] have known several In this
way and liked them very much. l
always found them human, kindly
and exceedingly faithful friends. They
used to like to imagine they found
their own spirit of enterprise in me.
That was because l could talk about
what interested them.
/. for one. like a man to be a man.
would even like him to be a mas.
ter. q creature to be looked up to,
admired. even obeyed. Oh, yes! Why
not, IL he is worth obeying? There
Is a delicious thrill in obeying some
thing big and strong and .kind-the
ideal hero of a good old.fashioned
English novel, the strong. silent, hon.
orable' man, the pioneer.
Knows Ideal on Sight.
i have read books and books about
him, and always I knew that would
be my man of men. He gives me the
right thrill. l feel him, so to say. In
my flesh and blood, in my spirit.
When 1 read OF him he Is entirely
fraternal to me. I want to be with
him at his side, his follower, his com.
anion. his co-worker. in fact his mate.
When I meet him in a film recog.
nize him, and again feel that we
ought to have met. that life ought
to have brought us together. want
Evening star., 1925-06-04
KING GIRL Is HELD SANE;
LIKELY TO GET CLEMENCY
Report to Ritch1e Says Slayer of
Babies Shows No Indication
of Mental Disorder.
Special Dispatch to Ths,,stay.

BALTIMOEE, Ma, June 4.-Eliza.
beth King, WoodrnOht girl, sentenced
to 10 years Imprisonment for the
death OF one Of her Two infants, which
she admitted killing, does not show
evidence either of mental disorder or
feeblemindedness, according to a re-
port received by Gov. Ritchie from DR..
Arthur T. Herring, state commissioner
OF mental hygiene.
DR.. Herring stated that he had made
inquiries concerning both the. Flor
enCe Crittent9n Rome at Ivakota. Va,
and the Letha- ~ ats Memorial Uni
versity, which had been commended
BY philanthropisls as homes for the
girE and that he was of the opinion
thar they would not be as desirable as
the Nontrose School for Girls.
Gov. Ritchie said he is considering
pardon or pasoie for the girl, so she
may be placed in a reform school,
but that he had not fully decided
what TO do in the matter.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
PLANS REAL FIGHT
ON RUM RUNNERS
Andrews, Says Work TO Date
Has Been a Mere Pre-
liminary Skirmish.

The drive against rum smugglers by
the United States Coast Guard SO far
has been merely a preliminary skir.
mish" and the Government is now
planning for. the real battle"
This was indicated in an official
statement issued at the Treasury last
night, following return OF Assistant
SecretsTy seer e, OF the Treasury Andrews
from El Paso, whore he was head of
the American delegation. to the border
conference with Mexican officials
Declaring that the first report re-
cetved since his return from Admiral
Billard on results OF the Coast Guard
movement" against the rum feet
was most gratifying" the statement
said that more has been accomplish.
ed than could have been anticipated
from what was in reality a p.slim.
mary skirmish designed TO uncover
the strength and resources OF the
enemy. = = 49,.
Credit Due Coast Guard.
These results nor only give ss the
data on which TO plan the real attack.
put justify us in continuing our activ-
tiles in the meantime. We are now in
a position to plan for the real battle.
Mr.. Andrews insists that no credit
should be given him for the. recent
obSA oeAoIto. ne stAleS tn2L wf1en ne
f1rst called upon Admiral Billiard to
discuss how to handle. the rum fleet,
the admiral laid before him, complete.
ly drawn UP and ready to be issued,
his detailed order for the movement
which had been prepared by the ad-
miral while still under the direction
OF Mr.. Andrews predecessor Assist.
ant Secretary OF the Treasury Moss.
This order was so complete that full
credit must be given to sthe admiraI
Of the Coast Guard, he saws.
Merger Of Force. Urged.
Those In charge OF the enforcement
campaign are now studying the Ana n
cial needs for continuation of the
campaign during next year. Some of
the of7icials expressed the opinion
that q liquor proof wall around the
United States should be the objective.
Fhe attention of the Budget Bureau
has been called 10 Suggestions for a
uniflcation of the agencies operating
on land against violators Of the pro-
hibition,a narcotics and anti-alien laws.
Study Is being given o-the effect upon
Government expenditures of such a
concentration of forces.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
CHIEF OF CHILEAN ARMY
PRESENTED TO COOLIDGE
Gen. Dartnell Luncheon Guest OF
Pan-American Union Direc-
tor Rowe.

Gen. Pedro P. DartnelI, chief of the
Chilean army, was presented today to
President Coolidge by Don Beltran
Matthew, Chilean Ambassador.
Later Gen. Dartnell was the guest of
honor at a luncheon rendered by DIR.
L. S. Rowe, director general of the
Pan.American Union. Others attend.
ing the luncheon were Ambassador
Matthew of Chile, Undersecretary of
State Grew, Maj. Gen. Lejeune, Ma
rine Corps commandant; Maj. Arturo
Fuente, aide to Gen. Dartneil DR.. Es-
teban Gil Borges, assistant director of
the Pan-American Union: Hon. Fred
erfck c. Hicks, Senors Don Federico
Acacio and Don Benjamin Cohen and
Majs. Reginald Cocroft and Arturo
Espinosa.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
TALKS To SAvANTS.
Scopes Counsel Visits Hopkins on
Evolution Study.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, June 4-Ts ".
Gaines Of counsel for John T. Scopes.
Dayton, Tenn, school teacher, who is
to be tried next month for violation
Of the Tennessee anti-evolution law,
Is In Baltimore today to confer with
Johns Hopkins Hospital scientists
with reference to theory OF evolution.
Mr.. Gaines said he wanted to confer
with scientific men to clear up GER
tain points concerning evolution which
will be. stressed In the Scopes trial by
the defense.
The defense of the accused high
school teacher. according TO Mr..
Gaines, will be based to a large extent
on the effect of the anti-evolution
law on the teachings of medicine in
the Tennessee State Medical School.
Beyond this, Mr.. Gaines said. he
was not in a position to comment on
the proposed tactics of the defense
until he hears from other counsel
with whom he Is associated.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
TRUCK-LOADIhW
REPEAL IS ASKED
Owners Petition Claims Reg.
uIation viii Increase Cost
to Consumers.

The District Commissioners are
called on by truck owners and opera.
tors to repeal the section of the new
regulation which prohibits the loading
OF trucks beyond the maximum ca.
pacity set by the manufacturers of
the trucks, IN q resolution adopted
last night by a mass meeting In the
eral Motors Co., 1906 Twenty-third
street, and presented to the Commits.
sioners today.
The restrictions. IL enforced, would
result in an increased cost to the con.
sumers OF from 10 to 80 per cent In
the price OF every commodity or serv.
ice In which hauling Is a factor, the
Commissioners were told.
1t Is. easier to provide streets tc
take care Of overloaded trucks than
1t is to provide streets to take care
OF the additional 2,o00 trucks they say
win be made necessary by enforce.
ment Of the new order, the truck
owners contended.
Joker" Is Cited.
The joker of the regulation" 3. f.
Anderson, chairman of the mass meet.
ing, declared, ''is that we must con.
form to restrictions set by manufac.
turefs Of trucks in other States.
Inc IeSuiauoH, ia eHect1 mas oete'
gated to manufacturers in all parts
Of the country how heavily we may
load trucks operated on District
streets"
Mr. Andersen said the former limi
tation OF $4,000 pounds as the maxi
mum gross weight which could be
placed on a truck was, suficient regu
lation.
Another meeting Of the committee
| win be held Wednesday at the same
place to determine upon further actor
IL the city heads do not heed their
appeal, 1t was said.
Perry West is chairman of the
| committee, and other members includ,
Francis Kane, secretary: p. IT. Nc
Der aott, and George 3. Mullin.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
STRAY BOX OF CHERRIES
RESULTS I'm A RIOT CALL
Dropped From Car Window, Ats
tracts Crowd That Starts
Rumor of Race War.

Responding to riot calls police from
the secoid precinct and detectives
from headquarters sped to Seventh
and P streets this afternoon to find
a box of cherries smashed almost be-
yond recognition and no other casual.
ties.
An alteration between a passenger
and conductor on a street car en-.
gendered the excitement. A timorous
housewife en- route from market be.
came SO agitated that she tossed the
cherries through the street car win.
dow during the verbal clash. The
street car had continued on It's way
minus the cherries and the irate
passenger when the police arrived
Accumulation of school children about
the halted car had caused spectators
to burn up police telephone wires with
well meaning, but poorly considered
reports OF a race war.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
BAND TO PLAY AS ASHES
OF ARTIST ARE BURIED
Iotave's Wish for Interment Be-
meath Pixies Peak Boulder
Are Complied With.
By the Assoeiated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. June
4-To the music of a band, interpret
ing the stirring strains of Wagner's
"Ride of the Nalyries," the ashes of
Carl J. Lotave, New York portrait
painter, will find a resting place be-
meath a giant granite boulder on the
top Of Pixies Peak today.
In fulhllment Of his last request, the
artists ashes will be inferred in an
acre of ground, set aside on the crest
of the continent" as "Colorado's Val.
halla.''
During his last hours in New York
Lotave stood rigidly at attention while
an orchestra played Wagner's master
piece.
Lotave's best known work was
executed during the World War, when
he painted portraits of King Albert
of Belgium, Gen. ePershing and Mar.
sha1s Joffre and Foch.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
WEEKS HAS BEST NIGHT
SINCE LAST SATURDAY
Condition, Lower at 10 O'Clock,
Has Slight Change for Better,
Physicians Announce.
By the Associated Press.

BOSTON. June 4.-Secretary Of War
John w. Weeks, who has been in a
critical condition at the Massachusetts
General Hospital since an operation
for gallstones there a week ago,
passed the best night he has had since
Saturday, according to bulletin early
today from his physicians, Drs. Daniel
Fiske Jones and F. Gorham Brigham.
Secretary Weeks had the best night
he has had since Saturday" said the
bulletin. His condition, while not
quite SO good at 10 o'clock last night
as at o'clock, has again changed
slightly for the better. Temperature
and pulse normal"
Evening star., 1925-06-04
BY QUEEN MARIE OF RUMANIA
MY IDEAL OF A MAN.

MY IDEAL OF A MAN.
About meni Rather a vast subject
and the question Is from which side
to tackle it--personally or in the alb.
stract? 1 suppose the best will be, as
II has to be done in so many words,
TO go ahead from my own point of
view, talking OF my own experience.
But even then so many faces rise
before me, beginning with my ia
theirs. that 1 hardly know how TO be-
gin.
My father was a sailor and very
good-looking into the bargain. with
the most astonishing blue eyes have
ever seen-real sapphires set in face
bronzed by sun and wind. AS he
was constantly at sea, /. saw little
of him In my early childhood. He
used to appear and disappear on our
horizon something in the way of the
Flying Dutchman. This gave him a
special fascination. even -imbued him
with certain mystery which was full
Of charm.
Father Could Re. Cross.
Later on, when his coming and
going was less erratic, he lost some
of his glamour and he could be cross
and selfish like any other man. He
could, we then discovered, be even
glum. impatient. unfair. So there are
advantages in being like the Flying
Dutchman-here,. there. everywhere,
and never too much of him at a time.
Yes. I decidedly advise the mot too
much" of any man. In general the
too much" is a mistake. and indiges.
tions Of any kind are to be avoided
The old-fashioned wife cultivated her
husbands selfishness like a precious
and delicate plant, inducing her whole
household to do the same, to the dis
comfort of everybody and certainly
not to the Improvement of the male
creature to whom she was thus pan.
dering.
1t has often shocked and astounded
me with degree OF energy. intelli-
gence and time wasted by a house
hold, the sole object being to keep
one human being In good humor.
Wife, children, servants, friends and
neighbors all seem bound together in
an often fruitless effort to make one
man more comfortable than he had
any right to be.
Likes American Men.
He was fed with the most tasty
bits, given the softest chair. the best
bed. people hush their voices when
talking to him. his appetites, tastes
habits, fads were studied with reli-
gious care: he was never contradicted,
never disturbed. no one was ever al.
lowed an opinion but him-he was
given in fact an absolutely unjustifi-
able share of all things.
This was especially the attitude Of
the quite Hausfrau" toward her Ger
man husband. American women have
done away with that. They have
taught husbands their places,
The American man finds 1t quite
natural to do all the work and for
his wife and daughters to have all
Evening star., 1925-06-04
BISHOP SAYS FLAPPERS
ARE WORST OF DANGERS
Right Rev. Philip Cook Also Scores
"Grown Men With Spiritual
Equipment. of Pupils"
Equipment OF Tu
speclal Dispa.eh- to The star.

SpeEAai DispdLCuL 20 me otaI'
HACERSTOMN, Md. June A.
"Fiappers wigu their vanity cases are
the worst danger Of the present day"
Right Rev Philip Cook, Episcopal
bishop, of Delaware, declared in an ad-
dress at the seventy-seventh annual
commencement OF st. James School
here today.
The sophistication of the children
and Chiidishness OF adults are two real
dangers also" the prelate added.
Bishop Cook also scored the con-
troyersy between fundamentalists and
modernists, asserting ''ohe Of the sad
things of the present day. is grown
men trying to- get along with the
spiritual equipment Of Sunday school
pupils
TOO many people in the church" ;"
he said, mink Godliness is akin to
stupidity, and that to. be moral one
must be deadly dull.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
$4,000, 900 SHORTAGE.
is Barred IN HAVANA
Public Works Department Funds
Missing, Audit of Its
Books Reveals.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, June A shortage of
81, ,00e 900 in the accounts of the pub
lie works department was announced
today after the regular cabinet meet.
ing at the palace. Secretary of Public
add nothing to the bare announce
ment that the shortage existed.
. An audit Of the accounts of the pub
lie works department. has been under
way since May 20 last, when the pres.
ent administration took ONCE. n
Evening star., 1925-06-04
Coolidge Felicitates George "

President Coolidge yesterday tele-
graphed King George V of Great Brit
ain cordial greetings on his birthday,
and said he trusted that his maj
esty's health had been completely re-
stored "and that the coming years
may hss y health and happiness"
Evening star., 1925-06-04
ARMY POLO TEAM WINS.
Defeats British Team in Practice
- Game in England.

LONDON, June 4 R-The Ameri-
can Army polo team, which Is practicing
for it's forthcoming matches with, the
British army team, today defeated the
Scopwick team, five goals to two, In a
six-chucker game behind closed gates
in private grounds at Templeton.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
POSSE KILLS R0BBER.
Wounds Another and Takes Third
s9@
Near Canton, ILL.,. u

CANTON, ILL.,, June @.-Clyde
Duncan, 3s, OF Peoria was killed: his
stepson, Guy Conkey, Is, was probably
fatally wounded and Ralph Dimon was
captured at Norris, near here. after
they had robbed railroad station and
a general store early today. Duncan
and Conkey were surprised by posse
which had been aroused by burglar
alarm. Two other men escaped.
Duncan recently was convicted Of o.
charge of murder and vas out ON bod
pending a new trial.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
ISIRONG, SILENT, ,MASTERFUL NAN is HER IDEAL,
SAYS QUEEN OF RUMANIA; NEVER HAS MET HIM
Perfect Male Is Found
Only in Movies and
Books, She Says. .
DISLIKES THE TEUTON
Thinks american Men
Haze Been Made the
Best Husbands.

This is the NTH OF series of ar
ttcles by Queen Marie of Rumdnin
'critten FOR The Star and the North
Americas Newspaper Alliance. She
0iues In frank and intimate 1cGy
her philosophy Of life, loUe and
cork. The series marks the first
tire that q reicnin0 member of
royalty has pritten under his or her
oton signature for newspaper.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
OIL CASE SET FOR JULY ID
Belridge Suit Involves Transfer of
Naval Reserve Lands.

Trial of the Governments civil suit
against the Belridge. Oil Co.. pending
for several years has been set for
July IA In the United States District
Court at Los Angeles.
The suit involves the validity of
the executive order issued by Presi-
dent Harding transferring the naval
terror Department. but has no direct
connection with ths iitigatioM in the
Teapot Dome and Elk Hills reserve
cases.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
German Air Derby Resumes.

BERLIN, June CT9.-Thirty-four
|airpianes, including three baby"
planes, started this morning on the
third lap Of the fight around Ger.
many. The s50-miie route includes
Dessau. Erfurt, Wuerzburs, karis-
ruhe, Stuttgart. Bamberg, Halle, and
return to Berlin.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-29
CALIFORNIA CLUB USES
u. s. MAILS EXTENSIVELY

Los Angeles, June 29.--(P)-Ap-
proximately, 3 ,OOO, 900 pieces will con-
stitute the outgoing mail of the Auto
mobile Club of Southern California
this year, it was indicated in stats
tics released recently by the head
quarters of the organization. The
figures were based on the amount Of
mail matter sent during 1924.
First-class letter postage of the
motoring organization averages $500
letters day. In addition 1000 pieces
of second class mail matter and some
$50 parcel post packages are sent,
totaling for the daily outgoing mails
an average of $3.50 pieces. The fig
ures, allowing 800 working days in
the year, revealed that the club sends
out annually 100000 pieces of mail
However, this is but fraction
more than so per cent Of the total
outgoing mail, for the organization
sends out approximately 100000
copies of it's monthly magazine.
In addition some 100000 letters and
packages are carried to 80 branch Of
fees by the highway patrol fleet
which the club maintains.