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Evening star., 1925-10-23
II GIRLS ATTACKED
BY ELUSIVE SLASHER
Baltimore Police Hunt Culprit
Among Street Car Crowds.
$500 Reward Offered.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ated Press
BALTIMORE, Md, October 23-
Reports by IL young women that
their clothing has been slashed while
they were riding on crowded street
cars caused police yesterday to begin
a search for the perpetrator of the
alleged attacks.
All of the victims reported that
the gashes were about seven inches
in length and sharply edged. although
in only one or two instances had their
skin been pierced. Plain clothes men
have been stationed on a number of
cars and the United Railway Co. Of
fered a $500 reward for apprehension
of the slasher
Evening star., 1925-10-23
Claims Largest Beet.

SCOTS BLUFF, Nebr.. October %
(P,,-John kellum of Morrill,. Eebr
has Just harvested 32-pound beet.
which. he believes, refutes the claim
Of Fort Morgan. Colo. root to the
title Of worlds largest sugar beet
The Colorado beer weighed s6h
pounds, advIces received here said.
Evening star., 1925-10-23
Island in Florida
Made Bird Haven
By Coolidge Order

Creation of a reservation in Florida
for the protection of native birds was
authorized today by an executive or
der issued on the recommendation of
the Secretaries of Interior and Agri-
culture.
The refuge, named the "Brevard
Reserva tion,' embraces a small is
land of public land containing about
II acres near the southern extremity
of Mosquito Lagoon. Brevard County.
1t will he placed under the jurisdic-
rion of the Biological Survey of the
Department of Agriculture.
Evening star., 1925-10-23
WINTRY SNOW HITS
SHENANDOAH VALLEY
Mountain Section of Maryland
Also Visited by Heavy
Precipitation.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HARRISONBURG, Va, October
23.-In the clutches of an unusually
early Winter. the Shenandoah Valley
experienced its first heavy snow Of
the season today. The precipitation
continued for over an hour, more
than an inch of snow remaining on
the ground. Light rains which fol
lowed the snow destroyed much of
the white blanket.
FROSTBURG. Md. October %
P).-Two inches of snow fell here
yesterday, and a heavy precipitation
continued last night. The storm, the
first this Winter, was general
throughout the mountain section of
Maryland.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
WOMAN HIT BY AUTO
is SERIOUSLY HURT
Found Unconscious, But Recovery
Is Expected-0ne Arrest Made
on Intoxication Charge.

Mrs. Mary Sherry. 52 years old. of
1918 a street southeast was knocked
unconscious last night when she was
struck by an automobile at Fifth and
streets, driven by Lloyd Thompson
of | street northeast. Her recoy-
cry is expected.
Carl G. Aufrecht. 26. 2916 Georgia
avenue, driver of a taXicab. received
painful bruises early this morning
when his taXicab hit post of the
safety zone at Pennsylvania avenue
and Twentieth street. The taxicab
was badly damaged Aufrecht re-
ceived treatment at Emergency Hos
pital.
George j. Richardson, Silver Spring,
Md, was owner of an automobile
parked at Sixteenth and u streets
that was damaged by the automobile
of Ernest a. Kline, also a resident
of Silver Spring, yesterday afternoon
Kline was treated at Freedmens s
Hospital for an injury to his head
and arrested on a charge of driving
while intoxicated.
Mrs. John Franks, 80. 1924 Co
lumbia road, was slightly hurt YES
terday afternoon when an automobile
in which she was a passenger struck
tree in front of 2574 Sherman ave-
nue.. She was taken home and given
medical aid.
Four-y year. old Marguerite Herman.
1915 F street northeast. ran against
an automobile at Tenth and F streets
northeast early last night and was
slightly injured. She was given first
aid at nearby drugstore.
Mrs. M. Biron, 2531 Fourteenth
street, was slightly hurt by an auto
mobile while crossing at Seventh and
M streets yesterday. She was able
to go home unassisted
Evening star., 1925-05-09
NAVAL RESERVE OFF
ON TRAINING CRUISE
District Men Start for Bermuda
Target Practice in Chesapeake
Will Follow Sea Trip.

With officers and 80 enlisted men
of the Naval Reserve of the District
of Columbia aboard the L. s. :. F,a gle
56 left her dock, at the foot of Water
and O streets southwest shortly after
noon today on the first of the reserve
annual training cruises. Lieut. Comdr
+. w. Jones. L. s y. r f.. corn
mands the ship.
The vessel will anchor tonight in the
lower Potomac River and early tomor-
row morning will up anchor and head
for Norfolk for fuel and supplies and
liberty for the men. After putting
aboard the stores she will leave Nor
folk May 2 for the Bermuda Islands
and will be en- route three days. After
spending four days in the harbor at
Hamilton. during which the officers
and men Will be given an opportunity
to see the island. the vessel will pro
ceed to Tangier Sound. in Chesa-
peake Bay, for target practice She
is scheduled to return to Washington
May %.
There was much enthusiasm among
the men as they prepared the ship at
the local dock today in prospect for
the hrst foreign cruise which the
local reserV1sts have taken since the
war. Lieut.. Ralph A. Philbrook will
be executive officer on this cruise
When the vessel returns from this
trip she will be prepared for a 30-dav
cruise, beginning June 20. when tho
vessel will so to Cuba. Haiti and the
Virgin Islands. This will be the last
OF the foreign cruises, as the others
are to be aboard the DESTROYER Toucev
Whlch VIII touch only small American
ports.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
TRIAL FOR MUTILATION
IS NEARING CONCLUSION
Rebuttal Testimony to Be Followed
by Argument on Charge Brought
by Tobacco Salesman.

BY the Associated Press
WIIhIAMSTON. N c.. Nav o
Rebuttal testimony was begun here
today in the trial in Martin County
superior Court of four men charged
with the mutilation of Joseph Needle
man. tobacco salesman. The crime
was committed March 2S, after Needle
man was forcibly removed from the
Martin County Jail, where he had been
confined awaiting arraignment on a
charge of attacking a young girl.
The defense rested its case yester-
day afternoon after the four defend
ants-Claro Heath, Henry d. Griffin.
Julian Bullock and r. w. Sparrow.
sr.-had presented witnesses in sup
port of their alibis, that they We're not
present when the crime was commit
ted and had no part in it's planning
Needleman previously had identified
Griffin as the man who performed the
operation, and the others had been
implicated as principals in the affair
bY three defendants who turned
States evidence.
Following the rebuttal testimony
the arguments of attorneys for both
sides We're to be made. The opinion
was expressed that the case probably
would not go to the jury before Mon
day.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
GIRL, 16, ACCUSES HOWAT,
KANSAS STORMY PETREL
Former Leader of Mine Workers
Arrested on Charge of Young
Boarder in His Home.

BY the Associated Press
GIRARD, kans.. May 9-Alexa nder
Howat, storm center of Kansas union
labor circles for years and former
president of District IA, United Mine
Workers, was arrested yesterday on
a statutory charge involving a l6-
year-old girl. He made bond of 81 900
for his appearance in court MAY 25.
The complainant had been living
at the home of Howat and his wife in
Pittsburg, Kans., where she attended
a business college. The offense is al.
legged to have been committed April
last.
Howat in a brief statement assert
ed he would prove his innocence when
the case came to trial. and would
not discuss the matter further.
The girl, the daughter of a miner
living at Breezy Hill, one of the min.
ing camps of this county, boarded
with the Howats while attendine
school, through the friendship he.
tween Howat and her father.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
President FarOrs
Flying Course for
West Point Also
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Future Army and Navy officers
at West Point and Annapolis. Pres
ident Coolidge believes. should be
trained to a familiarity with avi-
alton as thorough as their knowl-
edge of their respective branches
of the service
The President approves Secre-
tary Wilbur'S recently announced
plan to expand aeronautic courses
at Annapolis. and feels that a sim
liar development at West Point
should be encouraged. Mr. Coolidge
has taken a personal interest in
aviation training accorded the
cadets and midshipmen and is
ready to lend his influence to its
enlargement.
A study of aviation problems now
in progress. under supervision of
the Army general staff. is expected
to lead to an increase in the y
ber of hours devoted to the sui
at West Point.
Lieut.. b. K. Holcombe of the
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics will
confer Monday with Naval Acad-
envy officials regarding the new
courses there
Evening star., 1925-05-09
lEAPING FROM PURSUED
CAR, WOMAN BREAKS LEG
Police Seize Vehicle and 40 Gal
Ions of Whisky-Auto
Wrecked on Curve.

An automobile and 40 gallons of
corn whisky We're seized by Police
man Carl Ramstad of the tenth pre-
'cinct early today after an exciting
pursuit that ended at Benning road
and Fortieth street northeast, where
the car was ditched and overturned.
and where Burdette Rodgers, a young
colored woman, one of three occu-
pants, received a broken leg.
Ramstad and his brother in law
were returning from Baltimore when
the supposed rum car was seen. and
pursuit started. The driver one of
two colored men in the car. stepped
on the gas. A curve in the road
ditched the auto.
The two men jumped and escaped.
Burdette Rodgers also jumped. but
her leg was broken, and she sue.
ceeded only in crawling to a nearby
house, where she was cared for until
taken to Casualty Hospital Police
reported the car as the property of
Daisy Bell Clark. 1852 Fifth street
They succeeded in establishing the
identity of the driver. and will pro
cure a warrant for his arrest
Evening star., 1925-05-09
MRS. R. H. WEBB DIES.
Funeral Services This Afternoon
Death After Operation.

Mrs. Robert II. Webb resident of
this city for the last six years. died
at Garfield Hospital yesterday fol.
lowing an operation. Funeral services
VIII be conducted at the s. H. Hines
Company funeral home this afternoon
at $50 O'Clock. Rev. James Shera
montgomery assisted by Rev. John
Paul Tyler. will officiate. Interment
VIII be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mrs Webb was native of Penn
sylVanla and before her marriage was
Miss Catherine Ann Miller. She lived
in Staunton, Va, before coming to
this city.
She is survived by her husband,
daughter, Mrs. Philip f. Banfield;
TWO sons, $. Henry and William Her.
bert Webb. all of Washington. two
sisters, Mrs. Isabel Appleby of Shir-
leysburg. Pa, and Mrs. Josephine
TRIMMER of Carlisle. Pa, and two
brothers, W. Scott Miller of Mount
Union. Pa. sand David f. Miller Of
Athens, Ga,
Evening star., 1925-05-09
Germans Lost Far
ByDrinkng Allies
Liquor, Drys Arer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
kOENIGSBERG, Germany. May
9.-Did the big German offensive
on the Western front in 1918 fail
because the German armies ran
amuck among the huge stores of
wines and liquors left behind by
the allies? This question was raised
by one of the speakers in the
koeniSsberg Local Option week.
which closes today. and initiates "A
nationwide drive to make Germany
dry.
Referring To an allegation by Dr..
Schmidt. professor of theologys at
the University of GieSSen. to She
effect that German soldiers became
intoxicated on looted alcohol. one
of the speakers at the numerous
meetings held throughout the city
in the past week declared that Gen.
Iudendorff when confronted with
the statement exclaimed. Il cant
contradict it
Evening star., 1925-05-09
BARNETT GUARDIAN STAYS
Justice Dismisses Motion Made by
Rich Indians Wife.

Justice Hoehling of the District
supreme Court has denied an appli-
cation to remove Elmer S. Bailey of
OkIahoma as guardian of jackson
Barnett, said to be the richest Indian
Ihe motion was made by Mrs. Anna
Laura Barnett, who claims to be the
wife of the Indian.
Baliey and Mrs. Barnett are both
seeking control of liberty bonds of
S2oo,o0o on deposit in the Riggs Ma
tlonal Bank belonging to the Indian,
who is IS years old
Evening star., 1925-05-09
College Gym Destroyed.

CANTON, n. Y. May 9-The gym
nasium of st. Lawrence University
was destroyed by fire of undetermined
origin early today with a loss esti-
mated at $4,000. Students. using the
village fire apparatus. fought the
flames and succeeded in saving near
by college buildings.
The gymnasium was being lacked
up preparatory To moving il to an
o. her site under a new building pro.
gram a memorial chapel is to be
built where the gymnasium stood.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
0RLA E. HARRISON DIES
IN PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL
Was Prominent Attorney and For
merly Connected With u. S.
Department of Justice.

Orla E. Harrison. 50 years old, for
many years a prominent attorney and
formerly a member of the antitrust
law enforcement staff of the Depart
ment of Justice, died at Emergency
Hospital last night. He underwent an
operation al the hospital last week.
Mr.. Harrison was native of Ohio.
He was educated in that State, and
was at one time a State senator there
He was a member of the law firm of
Ellis. Harrison, Ferguson & Ellis, of
this city, becoming a partner about
four Years ago.
He is survived by his wife, two sons,
Edison Harrison and Ellis Harrison,
and daughter. Miss Barbara Lou
Harrison.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence, 3409 Woodley road,
tomorrow afternoon. Interment will
be at Greenville, Ohio.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
Engineer Corps Changes.

Maj. Charles r. Pettis, Corps of
Engineers, has been ordered to Balti-
more for duty as engineer of that
river and harbor engineering distr;ct
He succeeds Maj. Joseph C. Mebaffey.
Corps of Engineers, now attached 10
the Bureau of Public BUILDINGS and
Public Parks. and in charge of the
construction Of the Memorial Fridge
hlaJ. Pettis IS AT present on duty in
the ONCE of the Assistant Secretary
of War.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
Seek Ex-Soldier; Mother Dead.

Efforts are being made to locate
William l. Frey, former soldier. who
was discharged from Walter Reed
Hospital February IA. His mother
died at Cordell. Okla, Thursday and
her funeral will take place Monday,
according to a message the local po-
lice received from the Cordell authori-
ties.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
"Food Drunkords" Gorging on Sugar
Called Product of VnIsto,d E
Diabetes Rapidly Spreading in Nation. Asserts Doc
tor, " no Claims Dempsey ''Was Knocked Our
By Operation on His Nose.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calf. May 8
Food drunkards." who appease their
craving for alcohol by eating rich
foods containing a great amount of
sugar. have replaced the heavy drink
ers of pre-NOlstead days and as a
result diabetes is claiming hundreds
of new victims. DR.. Richard f. Tom
lin of San Francisco declared in an
address yesterday before the conven-
tion of the California State Homeo-
pathic Medical Society.
These persons love the flesh pots,
but try to convince their physicians
that they are light caters, he as
serted. They are just as much
drunkardS as the man who drinks
liquor to excess and the consequences
are equally serious. The NolStead law
has lured the dissipation to the sugar
containing products and diabetes is on
the increase.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
HELD AS ARMS RUNNERS.
oilers on Ward Liners Seized by
Police in New York.

NEW YORK, May 9.-CharSed with
attempted smuggling of small arms
and ammunition into Mexico and
Central America from this country,
Two Seamen were arrested last night
in a lodging house, and II 900 rounds
of % and 80 caliber ammunition were
seized by police.
The men described themselves rs
.Aurilio Alvarez and Frank Augnanio.
Both are employed aS oilers on the
Ward Line steamship Monterey, moor
ed IN the East River.
The ammunition. according to the
police, was bought here,
Evening star., 1925-05-09

In an address on plastic surgery,
DR.. George Warren Pierce. San Fran
cisco surgeon. declared that science
delivered the knockout punch which
ended the ring career of Jack Demp-
sey. heavyweight champion of the
world when he underwent an opera
tlon for the remodeling of his nose.
Il was fully convinced that Demp-
sey would never fight again when the
news was published that he had un-
dergone an operation for the re-
shaping of his nose" Dr. Pierce said
"One stiff blow would completely shat
ter Dempsey's false nose. and he was
undoubtedly told so before his opera
tion.
DIR. Pierce denounced beauty spe-
cialistS" who attempt face lifting and
nose remodeling by the injection of
paraffin. asserting that these people
constitute one of the worst type of
criminals in the country "
Evening star., 1925-05-09
WILL PLANT TREE
IN MOTHERS HONOR
Woman'S Clubs to Conduct
Ceremony on Capitol
Grounds Today.

Uncle sam" and George Wash
ington." before aG children. represent
ing each State in the Union. this
afternoon at o'clock win plant a
perfectly shaped birch in the Capitol
grounds in honor of the mothers of
the Nation.
The ceremony is sponsored by the
I conservation committee of the Dis
trict Federation of WomanS Clubs to
carry on the custom of thus paying
tribute to the motherhood of the
country, which was nationaliZed by
the American Forestry Association
The association provided a white
birch for the occasion. Mrs. Mary u.
Sherman, president of the General
Federation of Woman's Clubs. and
Mrs. Virginia White Speel. president
of the District federation, Will meet
the children garbed as Uncle Sam
and George Washington" and their
many escorts at the Capitol andE
plant the tree.
Navy Band viii Play.
Forty eight little girls. costumed t6Y
represent the flowers of the variouSa-
States. each escorted by boy bearinSI.
the pennant of the State, will march,
to the tree from the Peabody Schoolf4
Ihe Navy Band VIII play and theF
children viii sing several appropriate {
selections. arranged under the direc, y
tion of Miss NJ. G.. Young. their prin. =
cipal. Following the planting of thekI
tree short talks will be given bvE
Secretary of Labor James j. Davisl
William Tyler Page, ovid NJ. Butlerz
and others. Z
Troop No. 20 of the Boy Scouts wiILI
form an honor guard for little MisSs|,
District of Columbia, who will appearfI
in her American Beauty rose dress.t !
given her by order of the Commissiori-E
ers April L. when this flower wash
declared the official emblem of theL
District.
Author of Plan to Attend.
Solan l. Parks of Reading. Pa who.
conceived the idea of thus honorineF.
the motherhood of the Nation. viii he,
present at the ceremony today. The
spade with which the first Mothers
tree was planted on the shores of
Lake Antietam, near Reading. Pa.
will be used in the dedication at the,
Capitol 1t was presented to the
Forestry Association AFTER
the initial planting.
The white birch was chosen. Mr.
Park said. because it so well tvpifies
its dignity and beauty
The planting on the Capitol grounds
was brought about through the efforts.
Of Mrs. Eva G. +. Chase, chairman .f
conservation of the District Federa
lion of Woman's Clubs. assisted nv
Mrs. Edgar snyder. vice Chairman.
and the committee.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
Ordered to Take Treatment.

Lieut.. Col. Aristides Moreno, gen.
eral staff, and Maj. Walter s. Smith,
Dental Corps. 1T the General Hos
pital, Hot Springs, Ark. have been
ordered to this city for treatment at
Walter Reed General Hospital.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
Col. w. F. Martin Assigned.

Col. William F. Martin. L. s. In
fantry, on duty with the National
Guard, Madison, Wis. has been as
signed to the command of the gem
eral reserve depot at Columbus. Ohio.
He will relieve Col. Harry j. Watson.
Infantry, who is detailed as eXecu-
tive officer at that depot.
Evening star., 1925-05-09

The highest telephone station in the
United States is maintained by the
Pixies Peak Highway Association on
the summit OF Pixies Peak In Colo
RADIO, at an elevation Of 14.1l0 feet,
Evening star., 1925-05-09
Assigned to Langley Field.

First Lieut. George f. Hodge. Air
Service, at the War Department. has
been assigned 10 duty at Langley
Field. va.
Evening star., 1925-05-09
JARD|NE DESCRIBES
DEPARTMENT SCOPE
Says Every Fireside Feels
Effect of Agricultural
Experts Work.
Br the Assnctatcd Press

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. May g.-Secre-
tary Jardine emphasized in an ad-
dress before the Union League las
night that the Department Of ASri-
culture was not in Washington but
was in the United States. with 10000
employees. scattered all over the
country, working fC-, the advance
ment of humanity from innumera BILE
angles.
The work Of the department is felt
at every tireSide. he asserted: its sci
entific research has opened new ave
nues of opportunity. its dissemination
of Information has improved the lives
Of many citizens. and it's enforcement
of some 80 laws has protected the
health and rights of thousands of in
diVidualS.
Covers Wide Field.
Although the interests of the de-
partment are mainly centered on ag-
riculture, he said. it's activities are
10y no means confined to the farm
The Weather Bureau, he pointed out.
has saved the lives of many a seafar-
ing man with its storm warnings
property damage has been minimiZed
10y its flood warnings. and fuel bills
of real estate owners have been re-
duced by observing the weather fore
casts.
The Bureau of Chemistry, through
the food and drugs act, he declared.
stands guard at every ones kitchen
door, and the Bureau of Animal In
dustry is a bulwark against the serv-
ing of diseased meats on the Ameri-
can table, while the Dairy Bureau is
working to improve the milk supply.
The department. activities. he
summed up. range all the way from
giving advice on what quality of
thread should he used in sewing on a
shoe sole 10 the sort of material to be
used for highway construction.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-08-20
UNION

Ben Linn is moving Herbert Dalton
and wife on his farm.
Ezra Brown and family Of near Sue
cess spent the week end at his mothers,
Mrs. Hinton.
Sorry to learn of the bad accident
last Tuesday. the results were that
Grandma Jones stumbled in the yard
and fell and broke her shoulder and
bruised her self up very badly. At
last reports she was betting along very
well.
Henry Luter and family spent last
Friday with his daughter, Mrs. Esta
Swindle.
Mrs. Cline. who has been near POca-
hOntas for the past week. has return
ed home with her little daughter, who
has been under treatment Of DR..
Hamil. The little girl is suffering with
three ulcers in her eye.
Misses Helen Parker and Glen
Phipps spent Saturday night with
Hazel OdOm.
The dinner guests of A. f. Swindle's
Sunday were, G. w. Green and fam
| lily. Earl Johnson and wife, Greeley
Swindle and family and Glen Roberts.
Several around here attended the
show at MiddlebrOOk Thursday night.
Claud Phipps and family spent Sun
day with Ollie OdOm and family.
Raymond Rapert and wife spent Sat
urday night and Sunday with Ray
Johnston and family.
Henry Ford can soon begin to take
the lights off his cars because there
are so many Stars on the road now.
Mrs. G. w. Green and baby are at
Maynard with her granddaughter, who
is very ill with pneumonia.
Dee Mock and Mr.. Horigan spent
Monday night with Earl johnson.
Mrs. Alice Witt is visiting relatives
here for few days
Mrs. J. l. Smith and Mrs. Almus
Murrell attended the reunion at w. NJ
AtOr's last Sunday
Henry HagOOd and wife Of Kansas
City are at home for a few weeks
visit.
Abe Mock visited special friends
here Sunday.