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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-05-23
TOOK MONEY FROM BODY.

che had paid the debt of nature
and rested well. Women from the
ne ghboring houses proceeded % hU"-
riedly go to The residence and just
then car driven by Funeral D;rec
tor John Everett Price came up Sew
enteenth Street. He offered the Edi-
tor seat and few moments later
he was again in the Planet office.
Willie Moore is reported to be 20
gears Of age and the woman he MUIR
dered IS somewhat older. After he
killed Sarah Ann Hart. it is reported
chat he took money from the body,
pulling up her skirts and extracting
a roll of money from her stocking.
Then he waited until the officers
came after which he left hurriedly
for parts unknown.
SURRENDER TO THE POLICE.
On Monday. he surrendered him
self to an officer and he is now in
the Richmond city jail, awaiting the
action o. the grand jury. 1t seems
that the party that left the Hollaway
home took "a short CUT, going up
the Tenth Street hill. The tragedy
occurred soon after they ger TO
the top, in the middle of the street
just in front of the second brick
garage counting from the west. The
whole neighborhood was aroused.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
BABY DIES IN HER CRIB
or FIRE SET nv HRoTHEF

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 49,.
Three.year-oId Jean Sivils was
burned to death as she was DOING
IA her CRIB ID 4 first.fIoor apart
ment.
AZ the flames spread through
the apartment. ner brother John
IenEy slIvis. five, was making i
heroic but futile attempt ID stamp
out the blaze. which lie had start.
.ed Few minutes before III the
kitchen with i small bonfire On
the floor.
The flames ienited hts clothing,
80 that when flremen arrived they
found him severely burned but
still beating at the flames with 3
little Shoe John Henry Is IA the
Presbyt Hospital, III d criti.
cal condition.
An Englishfnan has invented =
machine that weaves fabric Tor
automobile tires in the shape 81 81
to be used and rtibberizea Il Ct the
same time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
i. s. AID IN ARMS
PACT URGED

American participation ~ the
proposed disarmament conference
to Be staged by The League Of
Nations, Is considered vital 70 the
success 81 the Undertaking, II was
revealed today when the State De-
partment made public the text Of
the Leagues invitation to The
United States to Be represented
st the preliminary gathering
which IL to map out . program.
The League Council attaches the
greatest possible value To the CO..
operation Or the United Staes. said
the invitation
The invitation revealed also that
the League proposes To tackle dis.
armament from 8 scientific stand
point, taking into e0nsidera ton
every phase Of govern fnental activity
that has q bearing On preparation
for war.
Natural resources. ge0graph ieal
location, systems of communities
lions. poptla Ion every thing - 10
b considered "a IT, application tO
armament
President Coolidge Ii now ION
sldering whether To accept tlse itls
vitation.
The text made public today was
cabled. Additional details are be-
ing forwarded BY mail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18

A new pocket cigarette case holds
the contents Of an entire package In
the original box, pressing "a button
causing 8 spring to open its top and
push the cigarettes forward.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
Russian Guards Held
Ii Monarchist
Hoax

MOSCOW, Dec. ia weird
hoax, planned upon the Russian
people, has been uncovered by
the arrest of fifteen white
guards, who called themselves
the Romanoff committees.
These white guards, it was an
Cunced, had circulated the re-
port that Czarevitch AIexei had
not been killed as reported and
had been in hiding il Odessa
and would be shortly cofonated.
The soviet alleges that tsese
white guards had induced 3
pretty stenogTapher to pose as
the Czarevitch and had proposed
her coronation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
Train BANDITS
LOSE BOOTY

JERSEY CrTYs II. j.. Dec. IS.
'rhe bold attempt of bandits 70 loot
Chicago-bound Welis-Farso ex-
press train. fourteen miles from
here early today. proved . dismal
failure. Investigation BY the an.
thorfties disclosed.
Although the train. speeding over
the Erie railroad carried 81 900 900
worth Of giIlxa, the bandits managed
to loot only two of the cars. In
these cars were about $4,000 worth
OF Christmas packages. The ban
dts tossed them onto the right d
way, apparestly To be taken away
by acccmpIlces Their plans went
wrong and most Of the packages
we're recovered.
New Jersey State police were
securing the vicinity for the rob
Reports to this city, fourteen
miles from the scene of the rob.
berry. first werethat the bandits
pensive wOmen's wear ana other
material
Loot Thrown From Cars
IL ID believed the bandits secreted
themselves on the train as ft pulled
out of Jersey City.
The conductor On the rear car dis
covered the robbery. He saw bales
Of silk goods strewn AIong the
tracks ~ the last car whizzed BY.
The train crew, armed with
seArchIig hts, found that the seals
on the door Of two of the cars had
been broken. As large amount OF
merchandise was strewn along the
way.
Hating Of the train blocked
freight and passenger traffic.
Passengers aboard one Of the
trains that was halted assisted iii
the search for the bandits, but no
trace 0f them could be found.
The train that was looted carried
no passengers It was sixteen
car train, composed Of whole car
shipments for Chicago and points
beyond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18

Of the suns heat. Some experts
virtually constant since the begin
that It Ii gradually burning out.
May Aid weather Forecasts
An accurate determination Of 80.
lar radiation may be the basis for
new system Of weather forecast.
ing, experts said. pointing to this
fact as an indication Of the i'm.
mense economic value that may
result from the studies to take
place next month.
While In the Far East, DR.. Cob.
lenz plans to continue his studies
Of star heat. Several comets which
have appeared within the last few
months probably will come under
his scientific eye.
More information may be devel.
oped on Mars. This glowing roamer
of the solar, system recently was
described by Coblenz as having a
variable temperature suited to the
existence of animal life.
Interest was so great In Coblenz e
findings as to Marian days and
nights that he has received thou.
sands OF requests to press his
studies to q more definite conclu.
sion. In the more .advantageous
surroundings OF the East Coblenz
may be able TO make new deduc.
tons Of far-reaching Importance, Of.
ficials declared.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18

BY ROBERT s. THORNBURGH
A scientific inquiry from which
may come : more accurate knowl-
edge Of how much longer the
Sun win continue to serve hui
manity, win be performed on the
other side Of the world, in Sum-
atra next month.
Dr.. w. w. Coblenz, of the
United States Bureau Of Stand
adrs Dr.. @. 9. Abbott, 81 the
Smithsonian Institution, and other
scientists are in the Orient, maxi
ine preparation to study the solar
eclipse IN January.
DR.. Coblenz, bureau officials
said today, is equipped with
radiometer. so sensitive that it Is
RESPONSIVE to the heat of candle
at & distance Of 100 miles.
win Test SUMS Heat
T,la remarkable instrument will
IL 11aed TO get new determination
- ire suns heat. ComparisonA
with similar measurements made In
United States last year and other
observations viii determine the heat
variations Of the sun.
The Bureau Of Standards used the
ra1ionneter in measuring the heat
Of Mars. Venus, Jupiter and hum
dred other planets and stars with
which DR.. Coblenz has an intimate
ACQUAINTANCE. If the heat Of all
the stars in the far-away Milky
Way. in the degree of its intensity
on reaching the earth. could be
concentrated on bucket Of water
ii would require several years to
produce a boiling temperature, ex-
perts said.
The solar party is equipped with
q number Of other delicate devices.
developed at the Bureau of Stand
ards. as the result Of data complied
during studies of the suns last
eclipse. observed in northeastern
United States a year ago.
Bureau officials said that the 1925
investigation is expected to develop
many important and startling dis
coveries.
The scientific world is in a tur.
mott over the question OF variations
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18

A rubber recoil shock absorber
that will fit the stock of any re-
volver has been invented by q Cali
fornian.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
LEAP INJURIES FAMOUS
GERMAN SCREEN STAR

BERLIN, Dec. 1S.-Lya De Putt.
q famous German film star, once
mentioned as a sweetheart Of
Count Salm, attempted suicide to-
day by jumping from the second
story of her home to the street.
She suffered only bruises.
Lya had a dispute with a man
friend, who left her home in a
rage. She called to him from the
window and when he ignored her
calls she jumped to the street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
VAN DYKE LEGEND TO BE
PORTRAYED AT CHURCH

A dramatic adaptation OF DR..
Henry Van Dykes Christmas
legend, 1.-THE Story of the Other
Wise Men," will be presented in
the afternoon and night Of De-
cember "a and the night of De-
cenlber % at the Luther Place
Memorial Church, at Thomas circle.
The cast includes Walter w.
Beck, director of the presentation,
as Arabian, the Other Man; Mrs
Frederic E. Harrington, as the
Narrator; Miss Nine German, as
the young Hebrew mother; Miss
Judy Lyeth, as the Parthian slave
girl, and the Rev. George M. Diffen-
derfer, as the Hebrew rabbi. Bess
Davis Schreiner, who dramatized
the piece, will assist in the direction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
PARKHURST IS.
GIVING ALIBI
CONTINUED from First Page

Continued from First Page,l
he stated that he saw Miss offie
Van Horn enter q car with other
friends. In his own machine, Park
hurst said, he followed this ear fol-
a distance and then went home.
The Van Horns were called to the
stand and corroborated Parkhurst's
testimony. Miss Van Horn, q
pretty blonde, told the jury that
she had seen young Parkhnrst at
the carnival and later had seen his
car in close pursuit Of the one In
which she was riding.
Saw Him Again, Later
Some time later, she stated, she
saw ParIhurst outside the Van
Horn house.
AS the court recessed for lunch
con, other defense witnesses were
being introduced tolshow that Park
hurst had attended the carnival
and could not possibly have been
at the scene Of the attack at the
time 1t is said to have occurred,
Parkhurst himself said he was
wearing today the same clothes n
which he was dressed on the
night Of the alleged assault and ]
apparel said to have been worn BY
the youth on that night were IN
PRODUCED as additional evidence.
Under q crose-exarninatton Park.
hurst said he had been out with
Mary Price few times, and had
taken her twice to the home Of his
parents, stopping and parking the
car in which they were riding on
the way home.
Judge Stops Questions
He stated that they stayed III
the car maybe q half an hour,
maybe an hour.
Judge Robert Peter ended this
line OF examination on the Ob1ec.
ton OF Defense Counsel Magruder.
Throughout Parkhurst's testi.
rnony Mary Price smiled at him
scornfully, shaking her head in con.
tradiction Of many Of his state.
ments.
The witness, however, did not
once glance in her direction.
State Rests Case
The State rested its case yester.
day afternoon, following testimony
by county officers regarding their
investigation Of the assault. Most
Of the day, however. was given over
to a consideration OF the five state.
ments the Price girl admits she
signed. but under duress, exonerat.
! ing the accused youth.
More than once Judge Robert
Peter, ruling on the propriety II
questions, protested that the line
OF interrogation was irregular and
likely to admit considerable ex
traneous matter. States Attorney
Cissel and Defense Counsel Ma.
grauder bowed to the Judge. and
soon again were in a maze OF
details.
Everybody in Rockville knows or
could easily ascertain, that the
trial OF ParkhurSt Is no simple, as.
sauit and battery trial.
Doctor Refutes Her Story
The Price girls story on the
stand yesterday indicated attempt.
ed criminal assault by Parkhurst.
But DIR. Howard M. Hewlett. OF
Silver Spring, Md, testifying YES.
terday, said his careful examination
Of Miss Price after the alleged at.
tack showed bruises on the body,
but no evidence OF f0rcible assault.
He also said, hesitatingly, that the
girls reputation in the community
for truth and veracity was bad
and counsel also drew from DIR
Hewlett the statement that he
would not believe Mary Price un.
der oath.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
TRADE COMMITTEES
SCHEDULED TO MEET

Two Washington Board OF Trade
committees will meet tonight In
the board rooms: Public Health and
the Winter Dinner committees
Doctor D. Percy, Hickling, chair
man Of the health committee, has
called his meeting for 7:45 O'Clock
and Milton r. Schwab will begin
discussion of plans for the dinner
at o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
J. S. CONSUL DENIES
ASKING JAPS INTO CHINA

The American consul general at
Mukden did not join in any interna.
tional request that Japanese troops
occupy Mukden, the State Depart.
ment was advised today by. Consul
General Samuel Sokobin. stationed
In the Manchurian metropolis.
Cable advices from Tokyo have
reported that the Japanese entered
the city in response to requests
from the foreign consuls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
Girls Greed Forcing
Men Into Crime, Says
PoIiceWoman

NEW YORK, Dec. l6.6ack
Of almost every crime that is
being perpetrated in New York
8 figure Of woman or young
girl looms, Mrs. Mary Hamilton,
head of New York's police
women, declared today. She has
Just finished three months
survey of vice conditions.
Girls, greedy for jewelry and
good times, are freeing young
men into lives Of crime, she
said.
s.The girls Of today have no
moral CODE she asserted
Mrs. Hamilton said conditions
ii the high schools fare almost
unbearable, " she urged parents
to watch their children closely
and suggested that the old
fashioned spanking, il revived,
would in 9 measure help to cut
down crime.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
ROSES BLOOM LATE
DOWN AT WILDWOOD

WILDWOOD, N. j., Dec. 18.-
For the SECOND time this fall a thin
coat Of ice has appeared in Wild
wood.
Roses are blooming in at least a
half q dozen yards. ana the pre-.
dicted early winter has not arrived.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18
LIEUT.. COLONEL KLEIN
HONORED At LUNCHEON

A luncheon in honor of Lieut.
Col. j. Klein was given at the
Army and Navy Club yesterday.
Lieut.. Col. Klein is leaving the
War Department general staff to be-
come chief Of the division OF
higher education in the United
States Bureau Of Education.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-18

NEW YORK, Dec ls.-rancez
Bretano,s pet kitten Molly. skipping
about ii the dark kitchen cf the
Bretano home, playfulIy pushed its
paw against gas burner and rs.
leased flow Or gas that killed
It's 4-year-o1d mistress.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03
Debutantes Must Harken
 to the Lord Chamberlain

LONDON, July 3 (P)-Frocks worn at court functions at Buckingham Palace must not be too flimsy, accord ing to a special ruling on the sub- ject recently by the lord chamber lain's office which has charge of so- cial affairs for King George and Queen Mary The ruling was prompt ed. it was explained by the tightness of dresses, but in this connection the lord chamberlain let it be known that there had been no ban on narrow skirts so long as they were full enuf to permit the curtesy to be gracefully carried out by the wearer.
 With regard to the flimsy frOcks the lord chamberlain said it appeared from reports in his hands that some of the debutantes at last years court did not wear sufficiently substantial undergarments and consequently, in some instances, even knees were wis ible, which was not to the liking of certain officials. AS the outcome of the lord chamberlain order a new material has been brought into use by modistes to meet the occasion. It is very heavy crepe de chine and made into specially designed slips to be worn under court gowns.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03
CALIFORNIA CLUB USES
 U. S. MAILS EXTENSIVELY

LOS ANGELES, July 3. (R-Ap- proximately 3,O00,000 pieces will con- stitute the outgoing mail of the Au- tomobile Club of Southern Califor- nia this year, it was indicated in statistics released recently by the headquarters of the organiza tion. The figures were based on the amount of mail matter sent during 1924.
 First-class letter postage of the motoring organization averages $500 letters a day. In addition 2,000 pieces of second-class mail matter and some 150 parcel post packages are sent, totafing for the daily out going mails an average of 5,650 pieces. The figures, allowing 300 working days in the year, revealed that the club sends out annually l. 695,000 pieces of mail.
 However, this is but fraction more than 50 per cent of the total outgoing mail, for the organization sends out approximately 100000 cop ies of it's monthly magazine.
 In addition some 100000 letters and packages are carried to 30 branch offices by the highway patrol fleet which the club maintains.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03
VETERANS OF KANSAS NEGLECT COLLECT BONUS FROM STATE

TOPEKA, Kan, July 3. (P-Scat- tered all over the globe are some B. 900 World War veterans entitled to share in the s2,5OO,OOO remaining in the Kansas soldier bonus fund, but ignorant of the fact that the money belongs to them.
 "Sadder still," remarked Leslie E. Edmunds, state bonus director, those veterans, who probably need the money, will not be able to get cent of it after June 30. The state legislature has extended the time once, but will not do so again.
 About 1000 claims have been paid by the state since the legislature ex- tended the time for considering ap- plications. Most of these were paid to veterans in other states, or in foreign countries, who had just learned that Kansas was paying bonus to men who were bona fde residents of the state at the time of enlistment or conscription.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03
HOLY YEAR VISITORS TAX
 ROME'S ABLEST LINGUISTS

ROME, July 2. (P)-The linguistic attainments of policemen, taxi-chauf- feurs, hotel employees and other work CTS who have to cater to the needs of Italys vast tourist population have been severely taxed this year-some- times beyond the breaking point-by the influx of Holy Year visitors.
 Hotel managers, porters and val cts who once were able to satisfy their clients by a passing acquaint- ance with Italian, English, French and German now are frequently re- duced to conversation by eloquent gestures. Hotel notices and other tourist information posters which un- til this year had been printed in three or four languages, now in some cases boast as many as six or seven.
 Recently taxicabs and cabs were provided with booklets setting forth the scale of prices in Italian, French, German, English, Spanish and Polish
 And even the expert philologists who boast of being able to make themselves understood in Russian Serbian, Rumanian, Hungarian and all the other Central and Northern Europeans languages are often con-
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

Miss Barrett Willoughby, Alaskan girl, whose story, Rocking Moon" just concluded in the American, and since has blazed forth in book form, and who is rapidly forging ahead in the world of literary art, writes Jack McCord in Seward from San Fran cisco, that she is homesick for the North and anticipates making a trip to Alaska this year.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03
FORMER SEWARD RESIDENT
 AND EMPLoYE OF A. E. c.
 IS NOW LIVING IN FRISCO

Eugene s. Juaccard, former official in the engineering department of the Alaska Engineering Commission, now the Alaska Railroad, is now located in San Francisco and doing well, ac- cording to arrivals in this city who visited with him a short time ago. MT. Juaccard resided in Seward for a number of years, leaving here for California in 1919
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

MT. and Mrs. Harold McCutcheon, former Seward residents, who left for California last winter, are resid- ing in Los Angeles. They took in the recent Shriners' Convention and met a number of friends from Alas ka
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

In a recent mail from the South, Len Olson of Urbach's store, receiv- ed word from his boss from Los An geles. MT. Urbach stated in his let ter he was awaiting in Los Angeles the arrival of Mrs. Urbach from New York. He did not say when they would be coming home.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

Miss Mate Long, former private secretary to R. J. Wier, engineer in charge of the Seward division of the Alaska Railroad, is now employ ed in the purchasing department of the railroad, at Seattle.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

Many local citizens had planned to spend the Fourth of July down at Russian river but as the day of the Big Celebration approaches the most of them are beginning to change their minds, deciding to stay and be one of the merry-makers.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03
Section Two

fronted with a more bafling difficul- ty by the presence here of peasants from remote sections of their native lands, particularly Italy and Germa- ny, who know no tongue other than their respective regional dialects.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

MT. Torksberg, a former newspa- per man of Anchorage is now mem- Der of the editorial staff of the Seat tie PostIntelligencer, according to recent arrivals in Seward.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

The huge dock at Unalaska is said to be the finest and largest wharf O the Alaskan coast and is of suffi- cient size to dock any seagoing yes sel with ease
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

Governor Nellie T. Ross of Wyo- ming has become a member of the business and professional women's club at Cheyenne.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

toned in Seward for many months by the Alaska Engineering Commis- sion, are now engaged in States highway work in Nevada. Both de- parted from Seward for the States about three years ago.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

Five cities in the United States have hospitals with staffs composed entirely of women.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

Dick Windle and Robert Monroe, former construction engineer, sta-
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

Join the Chamber or Commerce.
New Britain herald., 1925-10-28
WASTING HALF MILLIOl
CAN RE FORGOTTEN

Babe Ruth became baseba|Fs
bad boy" because public nduation
and prosperity turned his head,
His admission. made In an inter-
view. of having wasted $500, 900 in
one way. or another makes of him
a horrible example OF misapplicd
effort off the ball field.
But the "homo run king" is at
tempting to stage a Comeback"
The confession Of past folies indi-
Gates he is sorry for the past and
hopeful of the future. II he is SIN
cere the public will be inclined TO
help him. After he reformed" the
latter part OF the past season he
Immediately began turning in a
goodly assortment Of home runs
As long as he can turn that trick
the public will be with him and
wish him well. But woe II he be-
gins striking out regularly. The
public is tickle and has little com
passion upon a shattered idol.