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Evening star., 1925-06-01
CITIZENS TO HONOR
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Members of Board Guests of Co.
lumbia Heights Association at
Final Meeting of Season

Members of the Citizens Advisory
Council will be honor guests at the
last regular meeting of the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association, to he
held tomorrow evening at s o'clock
at ST. Stephens Hall, 30l7 Fourteenth
street.
The guests include George r. Wales,
civil service commissioner. Jesse c.
Suter. president of the Federation of
Citizens Associations; Charles A. Bak-
er, from Conduit Road Association;
DR.. George C. Havenner of the Ana
costa Association; Harry n. Stull of
the Stanton Park Association, and
William s. Horbett, Rhode Island Ave
nue. Association.
The presidents of other citizens as
sociations have been invited, including
George A. Kicker of Kalorama
Heights Association, Charles e. Con.
saul, Mount Pleasant Association; Ed
gar r. Henderson, Piney Branch AS
sociation and others. Refreshments
will be served and an opportunity will
be given for the people of the North
west to meet the members of the coun.
Gil and explain needs in this rapidly
growing part Of the city.
Evening star., 1925-06-01
SPANISH bonn BING
RIFF GRAIN FIELDS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MARSEILLE, June Military oh
servers arriving here from Morocco
say the Spanish are making new eff
forts to subjugate the Riffian tribes
men by dropping bombs on the newly
sown land and upon the ripening
crops of barley and wheat in the vicin-
ity of Alhucemas Bay. Every day
since May 25 air squadrons have left
Melilla for the Alhucemas district. but
the aviators report their efforts seem
ingly have had little effect, as the
Riffians worked calmly in their fields
both before and after the aerial ia
tacks.
The opening of the major Spanish
operation, the landing on the shores
of Alhumecas Bay, is expected within
10 or Is days.
Weeks of aerial activities have pres
ceded the movement and all assis-
tance possible will be given the army
to make the campaign a success. A
large number of small warships will
partially blockade the coast line,
closely approaching the shore line in
the bay. When the moment of land.
ing arrives the vessels will spread a
curtain of fire under the cover of
which two groups or regular native
troops will land from RATS.
Evening star., 1925-06-01
MARSHALL DEATH
SHOCKS INDIANA
Friends Had Expected Re-
CoVery and Return to
Quiet Home.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS, June News Of
the death of Thomas r. Marshall at
Washington came as a shock to his
home State. His many friends in all
political parties had hoped illness
would be overcome.
Mr.. Marshall, following his retire
ment as Vice President in March.
1921, had maintained a home here,
although he was absent from the city
much of the time on speaking tours.
He had praCticed law here in a casual
way. accepting only q few cases and
declining to become involved in any
that would prove unduly burdensome.
Since leaving the vice presidency he
has been almost inactive in politics.
His only public appearances have been
on the speaking platform, where he
continued until the last to expound his
quaint philosophers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall purchased
home here in September, 1922, at 1889
North Illinois street, in the heart Of
one of the old residential districts. In
seeking a house Mr. Marshall said he
would require a place with a front
porch, a back yard and a nook for his
books. Included in his $500 volumes
he said he had "a little of everything
from Abe Lincoln to Abe Martin"
The home which Mr. Marshall pur-
chased apparently met all Of his ideas
for il had a COmmodious veranda,
deep back yard and the house itself
was of the architectural period of high
ceilings. big rooms and general mas
SiVaneSS.
Evening star., 1925-06-01
Coolidge Shocked
BY Ne,Cs of Death
Of His Predecessor

President Coolidge. who succeed
ed Mr.. Marshall as Vice Presi-
dent, expressed his sorrow in =
letter to Mrs. Marshall today.
just this moment the shocking
intelligence has come to me of the
death of your distinguished hus-
band, the President wrote. and
hasten TO express to YOU not ONLY
my deep sympathy and condo
lences, but the real sense of per
sonal loss. AIr. MarshaWs long
and notable public service. both in
indiana and as Vice President for
eight years. had won for him
recognition for high character and
exceptional abilities Beyond
thlS, and something that he yOu1d
nave priced even more dearly. he
mad drawn TO himself truly re-
lharkaDle power of riendS and
friendships extending to every
part OF the Nation, and beyond il
his delightful fund of humor
Illuminated d philosophy of life
ana aHalrs that had made for him
a unique place among public men.
he leaves place that there is
none to occupy,
Mrs. Coolidge joins in nv ey.
preston of sorrow and syn1natbv
to you and yours in this time of
your bereavement"
Evening star., 1925-06-01
TRADE COMMISSION
POWERLESS IN D. C.
Has No Authority to Enforce Or
ders on Merchants Here, Court
of Appeals Holds.

The Federal Trade Commission is
powerless to enforce its orders in the
District Of Columbia. the District
Court of Appeals having decided to-
day that there Is no tribunal in Wash
ington clothed with authority TO COM
pei a merchant 10 obey an order Of
the commission. The court. there
fore. dismissed proceeding brought
by the commissioner against Alfred
klesner, doing business as the Shade
Shop. to compel him to obey an order
of the commission to discontinue the
use of the words Shade Shop in his
business or advertisements
Rendering the opinion of the court
Justice Van Orsdel pointed out that
Congress in empowering the commits
sion to enforce its orders by judicial
proceedings directed that such pro-
Ceedings be begun in the Circuit
Court of Appeals" There is no such
court here, the court says, because
in the division of the United States
into the nine circuits Congress ex-
cmded the District of Columbia. 1t
might have made a tenth circuit of
this District, but has failed to do so,
the court declared.
This omission in the law may be
corrected by Congress. Justice Van
Orsdel suggested, if it is found desir-
able.
The commission investigated the
business of Klesner, it is stated. and
directed him to stop the use of the
words within 80 days from the service
of the order. Klesner failed to carry
out the order and the commission
sought to enforce it's order in the
Court of Appeals as corresponding to
the Circuit Court of Appeals in the
various circuits. The court, however,
declared it must be specifically clothed
by Congress with the power before it
has jurisdiction to hear the complaints
of the commission for failure to carry
out it's orders.
Evening star., 1925-06-01
BOY, 7, HANDLING
PISTOL, KILLS MAN
Found Weapon in Coda
ther's Pocket-Discharge
Declared Accidental.

Brown-eyed Steve Kachonis of 323
Jackson Hall alley, with all the
curiosity Of a bright 7.year-old, found
a playthinG in the pocket of the coat
Of his godfather, George Panopolous
proprietor Of a restaurant at 1852 L
street, yesterday afternoon. He took
it up to examine it. Two minutes
later Panopolous had been fatally
wounded. The toy was an automatic
revolver.
Steve was visiting his godfather
during the afternoon. Panopolous
asked him TO look in his pocket for a
match Steve got the match. After
he had given it to his godfather he
returned to discover what the object
was which felt cold against his hand.
He took it out.
Examining il, he pulled the trigger.
There was a crash in the silence.
Panapolous fell to the ground. The
revolver dropped from the hand Of the
terrified boy.
Panapolous died at Emergency Hos
pital three hours later. Coroner
hewitt gave a certificate of accidental
homicide.
Il was playing with it," Steve said
today. Il didn't mean anything" His
brown eyes looked up, sincerity and
frankness glowing in them.
Steve's teacher at the Arthur School.
Miss Lipp, said that the boy was one
Of the brightest pupils of the low sec
ond grade there.
Evening star., 1925-06-01
SPARKLING WIT AND SIMPLICITY
Won MARSHALL LOVE OF NATION
Life Philosophy Rooted in OLd-Fashioned Virtues
NeUer Lost in Exalted OHice-Fairness
Respected EUen by Foes

on amid a thunder of sounding
words, was broken up by a nicely
directed shaft of humor and sarcasm
from the chair. On these occasions
the galleries always greeted the sally
with laughter and handclapping, but
the Vice President, with a straight
face, always responded by drawing
out the cut-and-dried caution pre-
scribed by Senate precedents to curb
applause.
1t was after an unusually tiresome
season of high-fiown oratory in the
chamber, with a long succession of
Senators suggesting a long list of
panaceaS for the postwar health of
the country, that MIR. Marshall de-
iiVered himself of that dictum which
has become the most celebrated of all
his homolies.
What the country really needs is a
good 5-cent cigar"
Had Short apprenticeship.
Like the President with whom he
served, Mr.. Marshall came to high
responsibility after but q short appren-
uceShip in public office. Five years
before his election to the vice presi-
qency he was regarded as permanent
~ established in a comfortable law
practice at Columbia City. Ind, was
~ puI a iIlIllltO IlulilIGE out
SIDE his own community. never had
held elective office and apparently was
without political ambition. But in
l9OS an unexpected turn elevated him
TO the governors 5 chair at Indianapolis,
where he was serving when the Demo,
cratic national convention at Balti-
more selected him as the vice presi-
dental nominee in 1912.
Despite his rapid rise to fame. Mr.
Marshall never forgot his old friends
or put away his old ways. To the end
OF ms days dignity continued to rest
lghtIy on his shoulders and back in
indianapolis he was the same demo-
cratic, easy-going citizen who had
swept into staid Washington like an
eNhlIeratlng breeze in 1913
one of the devotions which he car.
rled with him to the grave was to his
anna mater, Wabash College at Craw-
fordsville, where he graduated al the
age of 10, and upon whose board Of
trustees he served for many years in
later life.
When he was rounding out his eight
years or service in the vice presidency
ne sent TO the Wabash College library
perhaps his most trea sured memento
OF the trying period of his service in
Nashlngton-an official copy of the
treaty of Versailles used by him as
presiding officer of the Senate during
the historic debate over the League of
Nations.
Evening star., 1925-06-01
By the Associated Press

sparkling sense of humor. a
knack for plain speaking, and q
philosophy of life rooted in the old
fashioned virtues made Thomas Riley
Marshall one of the most interesting
life.
His bubbling wit washed out every
suggestion of false dignity, and his
direct manner of expression reached
the understanding of the millions. He
prlded himself somewhat that he was
not diplomat, and that he never
outgrew the tenets of that simple
faith in God and man to which he was
born. Sometimes his blunt express.
sions of opinion and his refusal to put
on the cloak of an exalted reserve in
high Office worried his friends and
dismayed his political advisers, but he
always insisted that a man must first
of all keep peace with his own con.
victions.
Met Supreme Test of Faith.
A supreme test of his fidelity to
that precept came upon him in the
days when Woodrow Wilson lay
stricken at the White House, shut off
from the Nation by a veil of impen-
etrable mystery. Out of the many
whiSperings of others in high places
IN the Government there emerged a
project to declare the war President
incapable of performing the duties of
his office and to elevate the second
IN command to the presidency. The
suggestion even occupied the serious
thought of some members of the Will
son cabinet. But when it was
broached to Vice President Marshall
he declined with characteristic blunt
ness and finality to have anything
to do with it.
If he ever lost a moments sleep
from the strain of those trying
months when so narrow a margin
separated him from a lasting place
among the Nations Presidents, his
close associates never suspected il.
From the first TO the last, in his of
hclal acts and in all his utterances.
he remained devoted to the chief
under whose banner ne had become
hrst Vice President since John c.
calhoun to succeed himself in office.
Decisions Were Fair.
In his capacity as presiding of
ftcer of the Senate he is remem-
bered chiefly for the conceded fairness
or his rulings, and for the biting
rebukes he administered to Senators
who insisted on taking themselves
too seriously. Many a political sham
battle on the Senate floor, carried
Evening star., 1925-06-01
FORCE REDUCTION
ISSUE HELD VITAL
Board Considering Service and
Number of Dependents in
Planning Dismissals.

The vital question of whether
length of service and dependents may
be included in the new efficiency svs
tenn for reducing the force of Govern
ment employees was before the Per
sonnel Classification Board this after
noon at a special meeting the first
to be presided over by the new tenn
porary chairman. G. f. Allen of the
Bureau of the Budget.
Mr.. Allen thought there was
possibility that the board might dis
pose of this question, which holds
much in store for the Government
employees who may be on the ragged
edge of dismissal. Many are to be
dropped from the Government rolls
by July /.
Possible Credits Outlined.
Under the proposal credits would
be provided for length of service and
for the number of dependents in a
Government employees family. The
classification board is not divided over
the principles behind the general
scheme, 1t Is said. and with prospects
OF ironing out details in the circular,
1t was expected that a conclusion
might be reached and the document
signed late this afternoon.
Another classification problem has
been solved, it was learned today. with
decision by Acting Controller General
CHM that vacancies in an administra-
tive unit may not be considered in the
matter of estimating the salary aver
age. of q grade.
Based on Question of Salary.
The question came up from the In
terstate Commerce Commission, which
asked If a salary of $500 could be
paid. NJ. A. Pattison, who had been pro-
20 Ia Of ba
and reviewing section Of the Bureau
Of Valuation.
In holding that Mr.. Pattison could
not be paid $500, but must continue
at 5000 salary. the acting controller
general said: You are advised that
newly created positions. or other exist
ing positions. may not be included in
determining the salary average of per-
sous actually employed in the grade,
unless and until the said positions are
filed by appointment, transfer or pro.
motion"
Evening star., 1925-06-01

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and four were known TO have been
seriously wounded when the police
fired Volley into the ranks of the
demonstrators. Many other wounded
were carried off by companions. A
police Inspector ordered the volley
when a fire hose proved ineffective
as weapon against the strikers
More than 80 per cent of the
Chinese business places here are
closed, although many, after boarding
up their windows, have been operat-
ing surreptitiously. For the first
time in many years the streets are
clear of mendicants since the beg
gars' guild is participating in the
general strike. which is a demonstra-
ton against the trial in the mixed
court of students who were arrested
as the result OF disorders that followed
the arrest of Chinese workers i'll q
Japanese cotton mill.
While the situation remained un-
changed throughout the day, interest
tonight was focused upon a special
meeting of ''ratepayers' tomorrow, at
which several restrictive measures 10
cope with the present situation will
be recommended. The ratepayers'
lilFtkli4B Is bllpONFtl bN NIlllcSt resi-
dents who have no representation in
the organization.
For the seventh consecutive wear the
last scheduled ratepayers meeting. in
April, 1925. failed TO obtain a qualified
quorum OF taxpayers, rendering i'm
possible a decision by the organization
upon new measures introduced.
Fight on Licensing.
I.2rCalV- fhra,ruE Ioa :
civic workers interested in child labor
legislation. the council several weeks
ago assented to calling a special meet
ing. The Chinese are not particularly
interested in the child labor issue, but
they are vigorously opposed TO meas
ures proposed 10 provide for the
licensing Of printing establishments.
another increasing wharfage dues and
a third licensing stock exchange.
Elaborate preparations have been
made to guard the town hall where
tomorrow's meeting wilrbe held. The
street activities Of student agitation
slackened somewhat tonight.
An inquest held over eleven victims
or saturdays disorder resulted in a
verdict that the students were killed
when police fired in quellins a riot.
Gen. Ii Kwei Yuen, chief of staff
of the first Mukden army. is renort.
ed TO have been killed. and Cheng Quo
tul, commandant Of the 2Sth Brigade,
and Iuen Chi Flu. chief of court-nar.
tial, seriously wounded Saturday aft.
ernoon in a quarrel arising from a dis.
agreement during conference at the
Mukden army headquarters at Cha.
Pei, suburb of Shanghai. The ques
ton under discussion was the local
opium traffic. and a fight ensued. To
hainp Oh
1t, Gen. Ii jumped from a window
and broke his neck
Evening star., 1925-06-01

sympathy for his fellow men. Mr..
Marshall had a quaint and subtle
sense of humor which the pail of
senatorial dignity failed to dampen
Many times the humor was expressed
at the expense of some Senator. Mr..
Marshall was n good story teller and
nothing delighted him more as Vice
President than to steal out of the
Senate chamber into his private office.
smoke a pipe and entertain friends
by reciting instances of his expert
ences as a country lawyer.
Mr.. Marshall was an omniverous
reader, but, as he once expressed to a
friend, mot at all a thoughtful read
er." He had a penchant for detective
or mystery stories and frequently sat
up all night to complete the reading of
tale. He also was a Bible student
and oftentimes while serving as Vice
President could be seen sitting in his
office reading from the little vest
pocket Testament which he alwavs
carried. OF moderate financial cifcum
stances, he was always interested in
educational, church and charitable
work.
There are 80 many views as to what
constitute true success, ] have no sug-
gestions to offer" he once wrote to a
friend in reply to an inquiry. MY
views of success are not generally ac-
cepted, ! think any man is successful
who is content to do well with regard
to the rights of others in the particular
thing God fitted him to do
Mr.. Marshall was Presbyterian an
active thirty-third degree Mason, as
well as a member of the Phi Gamma
Delta and the Phi Beta fraternities.
He also held the honorary degree of
LID. from several colleges and uni
yersitses, ).
Evening star., 1925-06-01
Acting Like Animal
Is Not Evolution
Proof, Bryan Says
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June William Jen-
nings Bryan, an outstanding de-
fender of Tennessee's law which
prohibits the teaching of evolution.
declared today that there is no
such thing as evolution"
"Ass's milk" he explained, IS
the kind most resembling human
milk, but that does not prove that
man is descended from the ass. Nor
does the fact that men act like
animals prove that animals are
their ancestors.
Men have never succeeded in
developing one species from an
other. Burbank? All, he merely
produced variety within a species.
He never crossed the line of
species.
Evening star., 1925-06-01
BELGIAN ENVOY, LEAVING,
PAYS VISIT TO. COOLIDGE
Declines to Say Whether He Dis
cussed Debt in Conversation
aE With President.

Preparatory to leaving for Brussels
to discuss the debt situation between
the United States and Belgium, Baron
de Cartier de Marchienne, the Bel
gian Ambassador, made a call at the
White House today and paid his re-
spects to President Coolidge. He will
leave New York on the Lapland
Tuesday, June 9.
The Ambassador declined to say
whether any reference to the debt
had been made in his conversation
With the President
Secretary Kellogg was waiting to
see President Coolidge while the Am
bassador was chatting with the Pres
ldent, but did not join them.
Evening star., 1925-06-01
RICH BROKER DIES
IN NMYSTERY BLAZE
Conflicting Tales Confront
Chicago Police Probing
North Side Fire.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June I. - Conflicting
stories confronted police today in their
efforts to account for a mystery fire
which caused the death of Dec Reyn-
olds Parsons. wealthy broker and
clubman, in his apartment in fash
ionable North Side neighborhood Sun
day morning.
Firemen found Parsons body, partly
clothed, in the burned drawing room
of his home. In the apartment at the
time We're Mrs. Parsons and James
King, a policeman, who said he had
accompanied the broker home several
hours previously.
Mrs. Parsons, an amateur singer
and known to her friends as a motor
ist and horsewoman, suffered slight
burns on her face and hands, while
King was severely burned and also
injured when he fell from a second
story window
Many Attracted to Scene.
Many persons about to attend serv.
ices at a nearby Michigan avenue
church and millionaire residents of the
Gold Coast were attracted to the
scene of the blaze.
Mrs. Parsons said that she did not
know of her husbands death when
she greeted firemen who entered the
apartment
At first informing the police that
she and Mr.. Parsons returned home
at 1890 o'clock Saturday night,
she later fixed the time at 1870 am.
Sunday morning. saying she had re
tired Immediately. Neighbors, how
ever, reported they had heard the
two talking loudly in front of the
building about 4.30 o'clock in the
morning.
Awakened by smoke about 10 am.
Mrs. Parsons summoned Japanese
servant and sounded the alarm. The
Japanese said that previously MIR
Parsons had awakened him early in
the morning TO prepare breakfast for
the Clubman and Policeman King.
Breakfast over. the butler went back
to bed, he said, leaving Parsons and
his guest in the living room. The
firemen believed that Parsons, holding
a. lighted cigarette, may have fallen
asleep on the divan. thus starting the
fire. Beside the body was found an
unexploded revolver cartridge, but
its presence there could not be
accounted for.
Kings Statements.
King. who was questioned at a hos
pital, said that he had just ended his
patrol duty on Upper Sheridan road
when an automobile careened toward
him. was halted at his side, and the
single occupant, Parsons. introduced
himself and invited the policeman to
help him drive home
King accompanied the broker to the
latter's apartment. where they were
served breakfast, after which, he said
he departed.
He had just reached the downstairs
entrance. he related. when a man
rushed up and said the apartment was
on fire. King went back, entered the
living room and closed the door, he
said. Unable to open il again, he ran
to the window, hanging to the ledge
until his strength gave way, and he
fell
Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons were married
IN August, 1922. He was 40 years old.
Evening star., 1925-06-01
Yale Freshmen Are Facing Probation
For Rioti1g and Drenching Professor

the old freshman fence, which has
stood for years.
Locked in the oval by the college
officials, the students swarmed
about the inclosure, and many tried
to scale the iron gates.
The campus police were power
less to stem the outbreak. Prof.
F. II. Bangs of the English depart
ment attempted to check it, but
was forced to retreat to his room.
Three times he faced the students
and left the scene only when a fire
extinguisher was turned upon him.
Threats Of placing the class on
probation and recalling the fresh
man crew and the appearance on
the scene Of Registrar John r. Ellis
finally put an end to the celebra
tion. The campus was covered
with wreSkage.