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Evening star., 1925-05-26
Harry Tha,O Reported on broadway
Again, GiDing Large Tips in Cabaret

asylum in Pennsylvania after a
series of sensational legal battles
that began when he killed Stan
ford White in Madison Square
Garden 10 years ago.
Every pretty woman received a
costly corsage bouquet at the club
late last Sunday night, the stories
relate. A $500 tip went to the or
chestra. Tens, twenties. fifties and
even hundreds went to walters.
The cost of his evening is esti-
mated as at least 81 500, and invita-
tions to future entertainments are
said to have been extended He is
said to have marveled at changes
in the style of chorus raiment.
Thaw danced every dance with
Fawn Gray and once gave an ex-
hibition of the Charleston, it is set
forth. When Monday morning
was well under way he disappeared
in a taxicab. Inquiry at the hotel
where he was staying elected no
information. He is said to have
used the name of Eliot.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
WARN j. s. CLERKS
BEFORE DISCHARGE
Government Will Tell of In
efficiency Ratings 80
Days in Advance.

Government employees slated for
dismissal or demotion on account Of
inefficiency are given additional pro-
lection under provisions of a circular
issued today by the Personnel Classi-
fication Board.
The two principa. features Of the
circular are that the employe will be
given an opportrnity to present his
side of the case. and the department
should notify the persons concerned
at least 80 days in advance.
Many Affected.
A large number of Government en-
ployes in the various branches of the
Government service are understood to
be affected, as any person, under the
rules of the classification boaru, who
falls below a grade of 65 per cent is
subject either to demotion or dismis-
sal from the service. In view of the
approaching end of the fiscal year.
June 80, and the smaller budget in
most departments for the next year
il is anticipated that action will be
taken soon by the departments and
establishments in the case of all EN-
ployes whose efficiency is so low as to
require official notice.
Departments under the circular
approved today may not dismiss or
denote employees. however, without
first obtaining approval of the board.
The circular on this point says: "All
demotions and diSmiSsals required
under the efficiency rating rules
should be reported to the board for
consideration. and further action de-
ferred. until the boards approval is
formally given"
Inquire Into Case.
the boards new regulation says: 1.-The
board will inquire into each case of
proposed demotion or dismissal on ac-
count of inefficiency to determine
whether or not the efficiency rating
has been made in accordance with
the rules and regulations approved
by the board.
"In connection with this inquiry.
the employe will be given opportunity
to present such information as may
be pertinent thereto.
The board will formally act on
each case presented and inform the
department of it's action. The board
believes that the department should
communicate the decision to the en-
ploye 80 days in advance of the date
of demotion or separation from the
service"
This afternoon the board planned to
take up another matter-proposedr reg
ulations for reducing the force of en-
ployes.
Under these regulations. which were
prepared by the Bureau Of Efficiency
and were said to have received the ap-
proval of most of the departments, an
employe who would be in line for dis
missal on account of reduction in force
would be given the benefit of his
length of service in the Government
and also of the number of depend
ents upon him at home. According to
prospects at noon, there was no hope
of the board reaching a conclusion on
the reduction in force proposals today
Evening star., 1925-05-26
ALGARSSON PLANS RELIEF
May Fly to Spitzbergen i'm Blimp
Following His Ship.

LONDON, May 26 CP.-Grettir AL
CARSON. the young Icelander. who
planned to race Capt. Roald Amund-
sens expedition to the North Pole,
using "blimp" or non-rigid airship,
is quoted by the Daily Express today
as saying that the polar question had
been entirely changed by Amundsen's
continued absence.
1t was not now a question of who
was to be the first to reach the pole
by air, but who would be the first TO
reach Amundsen. The competitors in
this race, he said, would be the Amer.
ican explorer, Comdr. Donald Mac.
milan, and himself.
Ship Almost Ready.
He confirmed the report from Liver.
pool yesterday that his supply ship.
the Iceland, might leave Liverpool
for Spitzbergen without the bIirnp
within two weeks. with the idea of
reaching the archipelago in time to
be Of possible assistance to Amund.
sen. When his airship was ready,
,Algarsson would fly from Liverpool
TO Spitzbergen, join his ship there
and then undertake his polar fight.
If 1t becomes apparent that Amund-
sen is in trouble, the Icelander be-
lieves that by flying direct to Spitz-
bergen he can save 10 days, which
might be vital in a rescue.
Algarsson's plan would be to make
straight for the pole from SpitZbergen
and proceed thence to Cape Columbia,
keeping a continuous lookout for
Amundsen's sledges. He does not be.
leve he would be able to pick UP the
Amundsen party if he found them
as the blimp would have lost consider
able gas after a long flight. but he
could supply them with food and other
stores.
Increasing anxiety was felt here to.
day regarding the fate of the expedi-
tion.
Optimism Prevails.
Optimism continued to prevail in
many quarters and some felt that the
lack of news from him merely in
dicated that he is waiting favorable
weather conditions for his return to
Spitzbergen.
Nevertheless the general feeling
was less confident and more fears
were felt that some mishap had left
Amundsen and his companions with
out the use of their flying boats some
Continued On Page 5. Column So
Evening star., 1925-05-26
HAMMER TO RESCUE.
Awaits Word From Nansen of Fund
for Relief Party.

Los ANGELES, May 26 LP).-
Haakon II. Hammer. who led an ex-
pedition to the relief of Roald Amund-
sen in 1928, today awaited word from
San Diego that would start him on
another Arctic dash in aid of the Nor
Wegian explorer. In Hammers opinion
the passage of a fifth day without
word from Amundsen is almost GER
tam proof that the explorers airplanes
are stranded somewhere north of
Spitzbergen. and that outside relief is
necessary. He has laid tentative
plans for an airplane dash from Spitz-
bergen in search of the missing party
and awaits only notification from
Hans Hansen of San Diego that
the necessary funds have been raised
Nansen Raising Funds.
Nansen, who is a nephew of the
noted explorer, Fritjof Nansen, an
nounced in San Diego yesterday that
he was raising funds to finance the re-
Hef flight and was confident no finan-
clal obstacle would delay Hammers
departure from Los Angeles on the
frst leg of his long Journey Hammer
said he understood Nansen himself
was putting up the greater share of
the money for the expedition
Should the expected authorization
come from Nansen totay, Hammer
which he says is available in Switzer-
land and which would be in readiness
FOR the polar dash by the time he ar
riVes overseas. He counts on Amund-
sens 3O-day supply of emergency ra-
tlon to give him the necessary mar
gin of time for successful relief
Plane i'm Switzerland.
Hammer Saturday telegraphed
Admiral w. II. Moffett. chief Of the
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics at
Washington, d. c., asking for the
services of Lieut.. Ralph Davidson.
L. S. n, as navigator for the air
plane relief party. Davidson is at
present on duty on the airplane car
rier Langley in Hawaiian waters.
Hammer said that there is a plane
available in Switzerland for a dash
by air to the relief of Amundsen and
that he can obtain it fully equipped
on two weeks notice.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
BY Consolidated Press.

By Consolidated Press.
Broadcasters, ever on the look
out for new fields in which to
demonstrate their public service,
have turned their eyes to the
courthouse at Dayton, Tenn, and
the legal battle that will take place
over the Tennessee law against
teaching evolution.
INQUIRIES have been made by
several broadcasting stations as to
the possibility of arranging chain
tie-up that would permit simulta-
neous broadcasting of the trial by a
group of high-powered plants in
several sections of the country.
The broadcasting, if 1t is ar
ranged, would be as unprecedented
as the trial itself. In it's four years
of popular service the microphone
has entered practically every place
of Importance except the COURT
room, and its right to admission
there is vital point which will
need to be cleared up If the broad
cast is to come to pass. A sug-
Evening star., 1925-05-26
PARK Chain ACROSS
CONTINENT URGED
Secretary Work Tells Sky
land "Wonder Route" Can
Be Realized Soon.
BY III. X. PHILIPS,
Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

SKYLAND, Shenandoah National
Park. Va, May ga chain of State
parks spanning the Nation and linking
up the existing national parks of the
West with the proposed national parks
of the East over a model highway of
unbroken natural wonderland is the
pretentious plan for the future con-
ceived today at the fifth national con-
ference on State parks, which resumed
its session here with delegates from
every State in the Union present.
The establishment of at least one
and possibly two great national parks
in the southern Appalachian Noun
tains before next Spring was predicted
on all sides by the men who are lead
ing the Nationwide movement for the
centers throughout the country and
who are here attending the sessions of
the National Conference on State
Parks. There is little doubt, it was
stated, that Congress will take definite
action next Winter with the full ap-
proval of President Coolidge. Scattered
between these preserved bits of primi-
tive mountain Businesses, speakers
pointed out, are hundreds of smaller
but equally beautiful. stretches of un-
blemiShed woodland which should be
taken over by the States as parks and
held intact, so that tourists crossing
the continent few years hence might
ride from the Atlantic coast to the
Pacific slope through an incessant
stretch of primeval nature.
"A Park Every 100 Miles"
Such a plan would bring to fruition
at last the slogan with which the Ma
tional Conference on State Parks came
into being five years ago: "A State
park eevry hundred miles" The DOS
sibility of its realization so soon was
first suggested to this conference last
night when Secretary of the Interior
Hubert Work and Stephen T. Mather.
director of the National Parks Service,
gave virtual assurance in addresses
that the proposed national parks of
the East would become realities soon.
Under plans outlined by those two
leaders in the National Parks Service,
that branch of the Government serv-
Ice may soon undergo extensive
changes whereby small areas now
under their control would revert back
to State jurisdiction as the nucleus of
this 1dealistic program. Today their
utterances found their reaction in the
expressed determination of the dele
gates at this conference, who officially
represent their respective States. to
put the program through without
more delay.
DIR. Work declared that the move
mnet for out-of- door recreation is
sweeping the country, and the estab-
ilshment of suitable centers to which
city-bound populations might retire
in hI
fast becoming one of the foremost
problems of the Federal Government.
10 meet this increasing demand for
restricted reas. the Secretary of the
Interior !, 'nted out. the States and
even the municipalities must lend
congress every possible assistance.
Crave Outdoor Life.
We have gradually established an
artificial life dependent upon the in
doors until now to complete the cycle
we are turning back to the simpler
pleasures found in the woods in con-
Continued on Page 4, Column H.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
Bolsheuiks Display
Cars CrO,U1, Gems
Before Diplomats
By the Associated Press.

MOSCOW. May 26. - Foreign
ministers and ambassadors sta
toned here today saw the Russian
crown jewels.
In order to remove the belief
abroad that the crown jewels had
disappeared or been reduced in
number, the Soviet government in
vited all foreign diplomats to visit
the state vault, where these treas
ures are stored.
The display was dazzling. The
estimated value of the collection
was given as the equivalent of
S50,000.000
The Soviet authorities, it is
said, intend preserving the jewels
as evidence of the lavishness and
extravaganza of the preceding i'm
perial regimes.
Included in today's exhibit were
the crowns of the former rulers of
Russia for generations, as well as
scepters. necklaces, bracelets,
pieces of jewelry and precious
stones of many varieties. Some of
the diamonds weigh more than 100
carats, it was said.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
Coolidge Fauors U. S. Relief
For Amlndsen's Polar PARTY
Not Certain Situation at Point Where Aid
Is Justified-Dirigibles' Use Planned
in Macmillan Emergency.

Governmental relief for the Amund-
sen expedition to the North Pole is ia
vored by President Coolidge. but he is
not certain that the situation has
reached the point where such aid
would be justified.
The President has given no particu-
lar thought to proposals to send one
of the big Navy dirigibleS on a relief
expedition. He considers that the de-
cision on any such project should lie
first with Secretary Wilbur, who said
today that the Navy had given no Off
ciai consideration to it.
Neither was any question of send
ing the Los Angeles or Shenandoah
to the rescue of the Amundsen party
discussed at today's cabinet meeting.
Secretary Wilbur said that any
such expectation could be authorized
only after the most thorough con-
sideration and on the basis of a plan
of procedure which was manifestly
sound and practical in every way. 1t
would be absurd, he said, to send air
ships into the Arctic in a haphazard
way to search for six men over
thousands of square miles of frozen
waste.
The Shenandoah and Los Angeles
Evening star., 1925-05-26
THINKS SECURITY
EUR0PE'S PROBLEM
Coolidge Against U. S. Being
Party to Discussion on
German Pact.

President Coolidge does not think
the United States should become a
party to the present discussion among
European nations, directed toward ne
gotiation of a security pact.
While no such proposal has come
before the President in any official
way, it can be said definitely he has
not changed his opinion that the Sc
curity matter is a problem which Eu-
rope itself must handle.
The administration is anxious to see
the security question worked out sat
isfactorily, and always ready to be
helpful if practical method of help
fulness can be found but it does not
care to begin political participation in
European questions.
The President has been much in
terested in some American proposals
for promoting German industry. He
considers the matter largely busi-
ness affair, but believes the American
Government can be depended upon to
facilitate trade and commerce wher-
ever possible to aid the recovery OF
German prosperity.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
MAY START PROBE.
Woman's Story Held Likely to Re.
open Old Case.

NYACK, N. Y, May 26 LP).-The
arrest in Newburyport, Mass, yester-
day of a man who said he is Harry
A. Kirby, in connection with the mur.
der of Aida Hayward of Winthrop,
Me-, may reopen investigation into
the murder here of Miss Lillian White
in 1922. Kirby's wife has said, ac-
cording to the Maine authorities, that
she married him in Nyack under the
name of James j. Crawford.
Crawford was employed as male
attendant in the Letchworth Village
Home for the Feeble Minded, in which
Miss White was an inmate. He was
questioned by the authorities after
the discovery of the girls skeleton on
a mountain top near Nyack. The
girls skull had been crushed with a
stone and her clothing stripped from
her and burned.
There was no one here last night
who could identify Crawford with
Kirby.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 26.-Two
New York papers today say that
Harry K. Thaw has appeared on
Broadway again lavishing tips in
a cabaret
Somewhere, says the New
York American, "he had found
champagne and had shared sew
eral bottles of it with a man COM
panion and with pretty little Fawn
Gray, a dancer, who graced his
table,
The New York World says the
male companion was former po-
liceman who now acts as Thaw's
secretary.
Texas Guinan's new club In the
Roaring Forties is given as the
scene of Thaw's appearance for
the first time since the quashing
of kidnapping indictments removed
an obstacle to his visiting New
York. Recently he has been a
gentleman farmer at Winchester.
Va, having been released from an
Evening star., 1925-05-26
FOUR DIE IN ARMS RIOT.
Mexican Agrarians Resist Edlct
and Kill Mayor.

MEXICO CITY, May 26 ND.-A
fight in which four persons were killed
and several wounded during an at
tempt to carry out government de-
cree ordering disarmament of agra
rians is reported from Zempoala, In
the State of Hidalgo. The mayor OF
the town, Ascensio Cruz, was 1ataiiy
wounded. Troops were sent from
Pachuca to maintain order and sew
eral agrarian leaders were arrested.
The disarmament order was issued
by the department of the interior,
which said that armed groups other
than the army were Illegal.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
ROYALlST In FRANCE
SHOT THROUGH HEAD
Treasurer Of League of Action May
Die of Wound-Assailant
Escapes in Subway.
By the Associated Press.

PARIS, May 26.-M. Berger. treas
urer of the French Royalist League
of Action, was today shot through the
head, perhaps fatally, in a subway
station by an unknown assailant, who
escaped.
A group of men had followed Ber-
ger from the Royalist League office
and one of them shot him in the head
as he was entering a subway station.
Royalist leaders said they believed
anarchists or Communists attempted
the ASA ssination.
The Royalist leaders explained their
theory by recalling the assassination
in January, 1922, of Marius Plateau,
of the French Royalist League of Ac-
ton, who was shot by woman IN
archist.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
FORTUNE IN GEMS
TAKEN IN HO[D-UP
Daring Chicago Bandits Get
100000 to S150,0OO
in Loan Bank.
By the Associated Press.

BY the AsSOClateU Press.
CHICAGO, May 26.-Diamonds and
jewelry of an estimated value of be-
tween 100000 and S15o,0O0 were
taken by three robbers who held up
three employees in the Adolph Cast
man Loan Bank, in the heart of the
downtown district, today.
The vaults had been opened and
the employees were arranging the win
dow and showcase displays when the
robbers entered, drawing their re-
volvers. They tied up the employees
in a rear room, helped themselves to
the diamonds and jewelry and escaped.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
SPLIT ON NOTE SEEN.
Britain and France Will Have to Com.
promise to Agree.


BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 26.-The Westmin'
ster Gazette says the French reply to
the British inquiries concerning
Frances attitude toward German dis
armament and the proposed security
pact shows a great divergence be-
tween the French and British views.
UNLESS some compromise is reach
ed" the paper remarks, lit looks as
If Great Britain and France will have
to pursue separate paths.
Nothing has been learned officially
regarding the reply, but 1t is under
stood that it will be discussed by the
cabinet tomorrow.
The greatest caution is being OBJ
(Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1925-05-26
Report Quake in Far South.

NEW ORLEANS, May 26 @.-An
earth disturbance 1000 miles south of
here lasting 81 minutes was recorded
on the seismograph at Loyola Uni
versity today, 1t was announced by
Father Abel. The time was 2:23 am
10 am
Evening star., 1925-05-26
LAW NOT TO STOP
A. A. i. RING BOUTS
Gordon Assured That Any
Rules He Lays Down Will
Be Met at Barracks.

Following a long conference today
with Maj. Peyton Gordon, United
States district attorney, officials of
the Amateur Athletic Union an
nounced that the boxing tournament
to decide the championship of the
South Atlantic division of the A. A. U.
will be held as scheduled on June
and at Washington Barracks.
In view of the fact that Mai.
Gordon announced after the confer
ence that he had not altered his
stand against prize fighting in the
District of Columbia as outlined at
the time of calling off the bouts at
the Washington Auditorium last
week to have been staged by the
National Capital Sporting Club, it
was assumed from the A. A. U. an
nouncement that the tournament will
be conducted so as not to conflict with
the law.
The conference was held between
Charles L. Orenstein, president of
the South Atlantic Division, A. A. u:
Capt. J. r. d. Cleland, athletic officer
at Washington Barracks, and Nor
man B. Landreau, commissioner for
the District of Columbia of the A.
A. L.
Must Enforce Law.
Il must enforce the law to the let
ter Maj. Gordon told the sport Of
f1cials. 1T is very specific and plain.
Regardless of the fact that your
tournament is to be purely an anna
teur affair, I have no choice in the
matter, so long as an admission fee
is charged or other provisions of the
law violated
And we most assuredly do not
want to conflict with the law or en-
barrass your Office" Capt. Cleland in
terjected, "and we will comply with
any edict or decision you may make"
While the above statements sum-
marize the situation that existed as
Continual ON Page Column a
Evening star., 1925-05-26
KIRBY IS SMUGGLED
INTO COUNTY JAIL
Violence Feared in Murder
CaSe-Wife Tells of
StranguIation.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Me-, May 26.-Harry A.
Kirby, arrested yesterday in Newbury-
port, Mass, charged with the murder
of Miss Aida Hayward. the attempted
murder of her aunt, Mrs. Emma NJ
Towns, and the burning of their cot
tage on Lake Maranacook, in Win
throp, one week ago, was smuggled
into the Kennebec County Jail here
this morning to await arraignment in
Winthrop.
He was brought here from Portland
in the custody of Deputy Sheriff Will
liam Cole, County Attorney Frank E.
Southland and Detective James r.
Wood of Boston. The party reached
the Jail in two automobiles at 4:0S
o'clock.
Violence Was Feared.
Sheriff Henry F. Cummings arrived
last evening from Portland, where
Kirby was being held in the Cumber-
land County Jail, and announced that
the prisoner could not be brought here
for al least a day or two. The crowd
of several thousand, which had been
waiting Kirbys arrival, and from
which the officers feared violence If
Kirby arrived, quietly dispersed.
Word was Immediately flashed to
Portland that the coast was clear and
the officials took advantage of the
opportunity to bring in their man.
Kirbys wife, found at Saco, was
questioned for more than eight hours
by F. E. Sanborn, chief of the State
highway department.
Although she said that Kirby had
always treated her and her baby well,
she asserted that she was thoroughly
diSgusted with him and never wanted
to see him again.
Tells of Strangling Case.
She told of their meeting when both
were attendants in the State Hospital
at Nyack. n. Y, the chief said, and
of her marriage to Kirby under the
name of Crawford. She told of a
strangulation case in that vicinity
soon after her marriage, in connection
with which Kirby was questioned. She
said that thefts from pocketbooks in
the dormitories occurred a short time
later and that Kirby left Nyack at
that time.
Chief Sanborn said that her infor.
nation was given voluntarily.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
QUEEN MARY Is So.
Felicitated in Messages From
Throughout Empire.

LONDON, May 26 P.-Queen Mary
today quietly celebrated her 5Sth
birthday. She received countless con-
gratulations from all parts of the coun-
try and the most distant domain Of
the empire, including message from
the Prince of Wales, who now is In
South Africa, and Prince George, who
is on his way to join the British
squadron in Chinese waters.
Tonight there will be family din
ner at buckingham Palace.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
RUMANIA TO REPLY.
Will Send Answer to Debt Note of
II s. This Week

BUCHAREST, Rumania, May 26
H0.-An answer to the American debt
note is promised by the Rumanian
government for this week.
The note was received a month ago
and was followed recently by a re-
minder from Washington.
Evening star., 1925-05-26
Eight Killed in Election Riots,

FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique,
May 26 LP).-Reports reaching here
today said persons were killed and
13 were wounded in disorders in sew
eral towns during yesterdays mu-
nfcipal elections.
Evening star., 1925-05-26

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