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The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20

New York, June IS, (P,- The North American Newspaper AL liance annouhced that Roaid Am undsen had returned to Spitzen- bergen from the North Pole flight. It was reported that a message came from Amundsen reading I'm all right"
The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20
COOLIDGE PRESENTS A
 DIPLOMA WALT JOHNSON

Washington, June 16. R)-From the hands of President Coolidge, Walter Johnson, veteran Senator pitcher received an embossed di- pioma Tuesday proclaiming him the most valuable player in any club of the American League last season.
The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20
ACQUTTs ARMY NURSE
 CHARGED SMUGGLING RUM

Washington. June IS. R- At a general courtmartial. Miss Ruth M. Anderson, nurse was quickly acquitted of the charge Of tm- porting liquor on a transport,
The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20
THURSDAY tTglGoRAPHIc,
AMUNDSEN RETURNS AS
 PLIERS START SEARCH

Advent Bay. June IT. (R-Two aviators of the Norwegian Amund- sen searching expedition hoped of today for Kings Bay.
The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20
SAYS WHOLE SIX OF
 AMUNDSEN PARTY SAFE

New York, June IS (R-Bernon Prentice, brother-in-law of Lin- coin Ellsworth. co-leader of the Amundsen expedition, said that he had received word that all six members of the expedition had returned safely to Spitzbergen.
The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20

Harvard College observatory has just got word of the discovery of of the eigth mag nitude. However, the public is much in- terested in heavenly bodies it is in movie CLouisville Coruier- -Journal.)
The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20

Joywaer containing alcohol up 8 per cent will be legal in Soviet Russia. but don't look for any great immigration Russia from these dry United States.-(Bosto Globe)
The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20

The Iowa bank which failed a short time ago and later paid 100 cents the dollar has dan gerous precedent.-(Des Moines Regster)
The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20

SAYS EXPLORER MISSED NORTH POLE BY ONE
 HUNDRED MILES
The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20

dollars for returning letter ex- pressing interest fn' Bacter0l0gy.
The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20

ANCNDSEN SENDS WIRE
 "I AM ALL RIGHT
The Nome nugget., 1925-06-20

Publish ALarsh n. Aprfl |. Il 1s. H, May !. ,, 1e. n. %. Juns [, IT. ss. 1925.
Evening star., 1925-09-16

In nearly all industries outside Of
building and book printing lines,
wages in Austria are the same or less
than those Of pre-war times -
Evening star., 1925-09-16
VETERANS PREPARE
PERSONNEL REPORT
Committee Outlines Draft of
Resolution to Be Urged at
Omaha Convention.

Consolidation Of the four Govern.
ment agencies now concerned with
personnel affairs under one agency
the Civil Service COMMISSIONERS
again urged by the veterans joint
committee at a meeting last night in
the McLachlen Building. A prelimi-
nary report was presented to the COM
mittee by Maj. Charles w. Freeman,
assistant legal adviser to the COM
mittee, which will be drafted into
shape in the form of resolutions to
be taken before the convention OF the
American Legion at Omaha beginning
October 4.
The report was intended to show
conclusively that consolidation of the
four personnel agencies would result
in a definite saving of money to the
Government and would greatly les
sen duplication Of personnel work.
Consolidation Of the personnel bu-
reaus would facilitate administration
Of the classification act and would
result in better administration of the
veterans preferment acts, according
to Maj. Freeman.
The committee has consistently
advocated the consolidation urged,
taking stand with the National
Federation of Federal Employees that
the present division of personnel ad-
ministration agencies works for
waste in personnel and in money, be-
sides resulting in less efficient ad-
ministration. The final report will
be presented to the committee in time
to draw Up resolutions to present to
the national convention. Harlan
Wood, chairman of the committee,
presided.
Evening star., 1925-09-16
CATHOLIC COUNCIL
PROGRAM PLANNED
Entertainment to Be Provid.
ed for Delegates to Ses-
sion in Capital.

Elaborate plans for entertainment
of out oft town delegates to the three
day national convention of the Ma
tional Council of Catholic Men, which
opens tomorrow are being carried out
by st. Martins Council, which will be
the official host.
The convention will be opened with
a pontifical mass sung by Bishop Sha-
han in ST. Martins Church tomorrow
morning at 9 o'clock. Immediately
following a new flagpole and flag will
be presented by ST Martins Council
to the parish school.
The services of the Navy Band have
been promised for the flag raising
which will take place at Mount St
Martins at 1915. w. w. Husband
Assistant Secretary of Labor, will be
the principal speaker. while it is
hoped that Admiral William S. Ben
son, president of the national organi-
zation, will consent to make a brief
president of st. Martins Council, will
preside and will be assisted by com.
mittee Of which F. B. McGivern is
chairman.
Business sessions of the convention
will be held in the Lafayette Hotel.
A sightseeing trip is planned for
Saturday afternoon, and many of the
delegates are expected to remain in
the city for a testimonial dinner,
which will be rendered to Admiral
Benson by an honorary committee of
100 prominent men of the country,
headed by Secretary of the Navy Will
bur.
Maurice H. Lanman is chairman of
the general committee appointed by St
Martins Council to arrange the pro-
gram Of entertainment for the con-
vention. Ushers at the pontifical
mass will be members of the council,
in charge of P. H. Walsh.
Evening star., 1925-09-16
MRS. WACWHORTER DEAD.
longtime Resident Buried in
Rock Creek Cemetery.

Mrs. Mary C. MacWhorter. widow
of George T. MacWhorter, died at her
residence, els Sixth street, Sunday
after an illness of about a month.
She was in her early seventies and
had been a resident of Washington
nearly all her life. Funeral services
were conducted at the chapel of J..
William Lee. undertaken, 332 Penn
sylvania avenue, yesterday afternoon.
Interment was in Rock Creek
cemetery.
Mrs. MacWhorter Is survived by a
stepson, ]: H. MacWhorter of Ell
Paso, Tex; stepdaughter, Mrs.
Ralph E. Holt of Chattanooga, Tenn,
and two sisters, Mrs. Carrie E. Cox
of Washington and Mrs. Charles F.
Shattucks of Cleveland, Ohio.
Evening star., 1925-09-16
UNION VETERAN DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
George Watkins, 80, Former EN-
ploye Of Pension Bureau for
Period of 2S Years.

George Watkins, 80 years old, vet
eran of the Union Army and formerly
an employe of the United States Pen.
sion Office for 2S years, died at his
residence, 1929 Clifton street, yester-
day after a long illness.
Mr.. Watkins had been a resident
Of Washington since 1892, when he ac-
cepted a position in the Pension Office.
He was ?erred soon after the retire
ment ao1 cent into effect in 1920.
He seitrisd with Company B, 129th
Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the
Civil War, and participated in many
of the major engagements, includ
ing the battles of Fredericksburg,
Antietam and Charlottesville. He
was severely wounded at the latter
place and was removed to the Merid-
was a member of Lincoln Post, G. A
here.
Mr.. Watkins is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. James l.. Ewin, Miss
Daisy Watkins and Miss Rhodes
Watkins of this city, and a son, Daniel
S. Watkins of Du Boise, Pa. His
wife, the late Mrs. Mary Slobig Wat.
kins, died in 1916.
Mr.. Watkins was born in Pottsville
Pa, and for awhile taught in the
public schools of Saint Clair, Pa.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence Friday afternoon at
1870 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Frederick
Brown Harris, pastor Of Foundry M
E. Church, will officiate. Interment
will be in Arlington Cemetery
Evening star., 1925-09-16
DR.. STRAT0N REPEATS
HE SAW TWO HOLD-UPS
Witnessed Both In Same Morning
In Chicago, Pastor Says, Answer
ing Challenge.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. September 16.-Dr.
John Roach Straton last night reaf-
firmed the charge that he saw two
hold-ups in one morning in Chicago
on visit there in August.
He said that while driving near
Jackson boulevard and Lincoln street,
the driver Of his car called his atten-
ton to the first :hold-up. DIR. Straton
said that he saw the end of the affair,
when two women who appeared to be
intoxicated, broke loose from the
grasp of two men, who escaped.
Two blocks further, DIR. Straton
said, he saw a man robbed by two
other men, who escaped after rifling
his pockets.
"I haven't got the dates and place
exact" he said, ''but will have, and
I will claim that 500 and give it to
the Illinois Fundamentalist Associa-
ton to fight the cause of all this
crime in Chicago"
The Chicago Evening Post yester-
day offered to give 800 to any charity
he might name in return for informa-
ton regarding the two hold-ups, which
the clergyman announced in his SER
mon Sunday he had seen in one
morning In Chicago. ~
Evening star., 1925-09-16
SUES TO SAVE TRUST FUND
Banker Accused by Woman of At
tempt to Shirk Obligation.

NEW YORK, September 16 @.-
William G. Wilson, a prominent
restaurant man and banker of Cleve-
land, Ohio, yesterday was sued in
the Supreme Court by Mrs. Margaret
G. Robinson, formerly of Philadelphia,
for whom he created trust fund of
100000 in 1920.
Mrs. Robinson sued to have a tenn
porary injunction continued which
would prevent him from canceling
the trust fund and $4,000 life in
surance taken out by Mr.. Wilson as
security for the fund. She alleged
that Mr.. Wilson had threatened to
annul the fund unless she consented
to ''readjustment."
Mrs. Robinson alleged in the suit
that the settlement was made to
avert breach of promise SUIT after
she learned in 1920 that Mr.. Wilson
was married -
Evening star., 1925-09-16
SEES SFULF|LLMENT
Of HARDING DREAM
Willis Predicts World Court
Entry at dwelling of Me-
mortal in Vancouver.
By the Associated Press.

VANCOUVER, B. c.. September
16.-Belief that ';Iarding's dying wish
for the entrance Of the United States
into the World C.nrt will be graft
fed was expressed Ny Senator Frank
B. Willis of Ohio at the unveiling of
the Harding international good will
memorial today.
THE committee on foreign relations
of the United States Senate will, at
the forthcoming session o.. Congress,
report in favor of entrance into the
World Court under the plan proposed
by President Harding Secretary of
state Hughes and President Coolidge,
and the Senate WILL by substantial
and sufficient majority, ratify Sais
action" Senator Willis said.
Greeted by Kiwanis.
The monument was erected by the
kfwants international in Stanley
Park, where the late President spoke
while en- route to Alaska in 1923.
Senator Willis represented the United
States and DR.. J. H. King of Ottawa,
minister of public works for Canada,
represented the Dominion.
The design Of the memorial is semi
circular, with an elevated center con-
tanning a bronze tablet with Hard
ing's profile in bas-relief, and an ex-
the center two bronze female figures
symbolic Canada and the United
States on guard over the man, and
the words of international amity he
uttered there in July. 1923.
"CitiZens of the United States and
Canadians all realize that the con-
ception Of peace written in the hearts
and minds of all North Americans is
the best guarantee of perpetual peace
and good understanding between u.s."
said Senator Willis. What the rest
of the world has achieved by machin-
cry, Canada and the United States
have already achieved. Our two coun-
tries do not have much international
machinery, but we do have, and al
ways will have, peace. War or sert-
Gus misunderstanding between our
peoples is impossible, unthinkable.
Not "Machine-Made."
Peace is a state of mind, not a
machine-made entity. War can be
abolished only by a determination Of
peoples to have peace. Wars cannot
lie wiped out by pronunciamentoes any
more than fire can be abolished by
resolutions. Canada and the United
States are unique in their relations.
History shows no like example of two
countries absolutely independent Of
each other, which work together for
their mutual good as do these two
countries"
Evening star., 1925-09-16
ROLLING STUMP CAUSES
DEATH Of ART STUDENT
1S-Year-Old Girl. Killed by Part
of Tree Loosened by
Laborers.
By the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCiaboQ Press.
PHILADELPHIA September 16.-
A tree stump weighing nearly ton
rolled down Mount Pleasant Hill in
upper Darby, near here, yesterday.
and killed Nora Rhoads, 18-year-old
art student, who was making land
scape sketches.
Two laborers, Washington Murphy
and Nicholas Drizelo, had uprooted
two stumps at the top of the hill and
started them rolling down. not know
ing any person was below. After the
stumps got out of hand the men
sighted Miss Rhoads at her work, di-
rectly in the path of the stumps.
Both men screamed a warning, but
the girl was unable to avoid one of
the stumps.
Her skull was broken and her arms
and legs were fractured and torn.
Miss Rhoads was an only child Of
William S. Rhoads, insurance COM
pany official. and was introduced to
society last Fall.
Evening star., 1925-09-16
CIV. WHITNEY FINED $1OO
FOR VIOLATING GAME LAW
New Yorker and Friend Given
Choice of Paying or Spending
Term in Jail.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
!. VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
September 16.-Cornelius Vanderbilt
Whitney, son Of Harry Payne Whit
ney of New York, and Harry P.
Davidson of Locust Valley, Long Is
land, were fined 500 each and costs,
with an option of 80 days in Jail, be-
fore a magistrate at Windermere,
British Columbia, near Vancouver, for
violating the provincial game regula,-
tions, it was learned here yesterday.
Two hams and roast of venison were
reported to have been produced as
evidence against the two hunters.
Mrs. Whitney, formerly Miss Marie
Norton of New York, who married
Whitney in Paris last March, is also
a member Of the hunting party, which
went into the mountains of the south.
ern interior of British Columbia sew.
eral days ago.
Evening star., 1925-09-16
MRS. MARTIN DODGE DIES
Washington Resident Succumbs
After Protracted Illness.

Mrs. Martin Dodge, wife of Martin
Dodge of 1913 o street northwest,
formerly of Cleveland. Ohio, died yes
terday at Catonsville, Md. Mrs. Dodge
had been i'll for a number of years.
She was born at Riceville, Pa, in
1858, but removed to Cleveland when
a young woman. She was married at
Cleveland in 1886. About 1904 Mr.
Dodge removed his family to Wash
ington, as he then occupied the po-
sition of director of public roads of
the Federal Government. The family
has resided at Dodge Park, Md. and
at the city residence since that time
Mrs. Dodge's maiden name was Anna
Merchant.
Mrs. Dodge is survived by her hus-
band and four children, Miss Daphne
Dodge, Miss Esther Dodge, Mrs. Jacob
Geyer and Homer Joseph Dodge.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been completed.
Evening star., 1925-09-16
HISTORIC VIRGINIA FORTS VIEWED
In QUEST FOR NEW PARK SITES
Planners of Greater National Capital Find Many Ad-
vantages for Expansion of Beautifying Sys-
tenn While Preserving Valued Spots.

now Is going up on this site, which In
sures its preservation.
Then passing around the Union
Station in Alexandria and onto the
Telegraph road to Fort Lyon, is a
sparSley settled section below AleXan.
dria, where, If purchases are made
soon, land can undoubtedly be bought
at low figure. This fort is built on
both sides of the road, which cuts off
the main road at Temple Corner. The
fort is reached by a long steep climb.
The parapets here command this road.
Cameron Run, Little Hunting Creek
and the Potomac Valleys, and a most
wonderful view is afforded Of the sur
rounding country. It would make an
ideal park site, and as well preserve
for posterity an historic place. Here
the high breastworks have failed to
crumble during the long years, and
even the firing steps" used in those
days are there, permitting one to step
to them and look over the breast
works to great distances. The old
bomb proofs" can be seen, although
their roofs have long crumbled. These
were holes dug in the ground and
covered with earth, tar and timber,
where abe garrisons lived and would
go in the event of bomb attacks.
Retracing this road, the party fol-
lowed the Little River Turnpike to
Fort Williams, and then to Fort Ward,
opposite the seminary. Fort Ward was
formerly the estate of Col. Herbert,
who commanded a regiment during
the war. The works there also are in
Fort Howard then was visited, and
then along the Falls Church road to
within a mile Of Falls Church, where
the works Of Fort Buffalo were ex-
amined and found to be in a good
state OF preservation.
Other Forts Not Visited.
There were several other forts along
this ridge ending with Fort Ethan
Allen. commanding Chain Bridge, but
these were not visited. Representa-
tive Moore said that while he had
nothing in mind at this time looking
to the immediate purchase Of these
sites, he was intensively interested
in their preservation and made the
trip with Maj. Brown to view them
in their present state.
Maj. Brown brought with him a
number Of military maps of the Civil
War period, showing these various
forts, and had in mind much Of their
history which Is studied at the Engi-
neers School. where he was stationed
before his assignment to Washington.
Maj. Brown said that the park COM
mission has no present intention of
purchasing these properties. as there
were other projects which should come
first. but thought that in the future
when the commission started to turn
in the direction Of Virginia 1t would
be well to give some attention to these
beautiful sites for park purposes and
preserve them. He thought that
these sites should be preserved, not
only for park purposes In the develop.
ment of the metropolitan area, but
also for the study by military officers
in connection with present-day mill.
tary Information and practices.
Evening star., 1925-09-16
SEES CHINA JUR|ST
NEEDED IN PARLEY
U. S. Hopeful Provisional
Government Will Aid In
quiry at Shanghai.
,.suV ...sas s.as
IN b. AHAkAhAAka4 a4sA.As..
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Administration officials are strongly
hopeful that the Chinese provisional
government will participate in the
judicial inquiry at Shanghai, arranged
through the diplomatic corps at
Peking.
Compliance Of the Peking govern
ment with the request Of the diplo-
mats that a Chinese jurist be ap-
pointed to take part in the proceed
tEgs. in the opinion of officials here,
would assist materially in the other
aspects of efforts to smooth out con-
ditions in China through customs re-
vision and an investigation Of extra
terrisoriality.
The announcement from Peking that
plans for the Shanghai inquiry had
been completed clears away one Of
the incidental obstacles encountered
in the effort Of Washington, in asso-
citation with the British, japanese,
French, italian and other interested
governments, to solve the dificult
problem presented through the violent
anti-foreign outbreak in China.
Municipal Council Objected.
That obstacle arose through objec-
tions made by the municipal council
of the international settlement at
Shanghai to certain findings Of the
diplomatic committee which first in
vestigated the rioting and bloodshed
there. The council raised the ques-
ton as to the authority of the gov
ernments to control it's actions, when
1t was elected by the rate payers Of
the settlement.
While the Washington Government
has received no official report on the
presentat ton of the diplomats plans
to the Peking authorities, 1t is evil
dent that Minister MacMurray and
his diplomatic colleagues have
worked out program satisfactory TO
the municipal authorities. If the
Peking government will participate
in the judicial inquiry, 1t is believed
that very definite progress will have
been made toward a peaceable and
satisfactory agreement as to respon-
sibility for the outbreak.
Previous unofficial reports from
Peking have credited the provisional
government with the intention to rs
fuse to participate in the judicial In
quiry and insist that the findings OF
the diplomatic committee be made
the basis of settlement.
Findings Not Yet Published.
Those findings have not been pub
lished, but they have been described
in Peking adyices as placing some
degree of responsibility for the shoot-
ing on the Shanghai police. Since
the proposal made by the diplomats
includes suspension of the chief Of
the Shanghai police pending the
judicial inquiry, it Is hoped that the
provisional authorities win see their
way to appoint a member.
Announcement of the plans for the
inquiry initiated the third step in the
program for rectification of relations
with China, which the associated
powers have worked out. The other
two phases, the customs revision con-
ference and the inquiry to determine
the feasibility of curtailing extra
territorial privileges, have been
handled directly by the foreign
Offices and the State QepaTtmsnka
- - -a.4 '.z . 50 7s ~ - =
Evening star., 1925-09-16
FAMINE AREA FLOODED.

PEKING, September 16 @.-Ad-
vices from the famine relief commit
tee at Tsinan-fu, Shantung province,
say the dikes of the Yellow River
have broken, but reports regarding
the extent of the damage and casual
ties are conflicting.
1t is known, however, that condi-
tions in the district affected are bad
and relief work will be started as soon
as possible.
Evening star., 1925-09-16
COPPER FIND VALUABLE,
Deposits in Sweden Held Among
Largest in World.

STOCKHOLM, September 16 Cp).
Deposits of copper ore, recently
discovered at Skelleftea in the north
of Sweden. have been declared by
mining experts to be the largest
copper finds discovered in Europe
for many years.
1t has been pointed out as a coin
cidence that the discovery of these
deposits happened in the same year
as the celebration of the Tooth ami
versary of the Great Copper Noun
tain Mining Co., said to be the old
est industrial corporation in the
world, which In the seventeenth CEN
tury alone produced more copper
than came from any other country
in the world.
Evening star., 1925-09-16
BELGIUM GETS FUNDS.
Receipts From Dawes Plan Will
Paw United States Debt.

BRUSSELS, September 16 R.-
Belgiums share in the Dawes plar
receipts for the first year amounts
to 93,457,G00 gold marks.
The financial experts say that if
this average is maintained it will
finance Belgium's payments to the
United States under the Belgian.
American debt-funding agreement
geached-at Washington last month.
Evening star., 1925-09-16
Cuba to Deepen Harbor Channel.

HAVANA, September 16 R).-Sec-
retary of Public Works de Cespedes
announced that work will be started
Immediately on deepening the chan
mel leading into Havana Harbor. He
says that when the task is completed
the largest of the transatlantic liners
will be able to enter port
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
Who's Who

Today's BUSINESS SERVICE advertise
ments in the Classified Section of The
Times offers large variety of different
services offered by reliable Washington
firms and individuals.
The Washington times., 1925-05-15
Goings-On

POLI'S-Fay Banter In "The
Dream Girl"
BELASCO-Ruth Gordon in THE
Fall Of Eve"
PRESIDENT-"Bringing Up
Father -
KEITH'S-Laurette Taylor; Ben
Meroff's Band; others.
EARLE-Tabloid musical COM
edy; other acts and films.
STRAND-Mal F'ranklin's Revue;
other acts and films.
GAYETY- Rube Bernstein's
Bathing Beauties" Burlesque.
MUTUAL-Pat White and
Round the Town" Burlesque.
COLUMBIA-Marion Davies in
"Zander the Great" second
week.
METROPOLITAN-Star cast in
Zone Year to Live; Mary
Fish. soprano.
RIALTO-Doug MacLean in I'm.
troduce Me-; Tabloid revue;
other features.
PALACE-Alice Terry and Lewis
Stone in Confessions OF a
Queen"
TIVOLI-Lon Clancy in ",rhe
Monster"
AMBASSADOR - Percy Marmon:
in The Clean Heart"
CENTRAL-Cnaplin and Coogal
in "The Kid
SAVOY--Johnny Hines in Tho
Early Bird