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Evening star., 1925-11-25

Charles Ray in "Some Pun'kins" and
comedy, THE Green Horn; We'd
nesday, George Walsh in Blue Blood"
and comedy, ''The Dumb Waiter;
Thursday. Jack Perrin in 'The Can
yon Rustlers" and comedy, "a Win.
ming Pair; Friday, Ethel Clayton ana
Cullen Lands in THE Mansion Of
Aching Hearts" and comedy Work
ing for a Rest; Saturday, William
Mix in "Battlin' Biz, comedy Hello
Bilr' and wild West" No. 2.
HOME
Sunday, Edmund Lowe in "The
Winding Stair" and 0. Henry's com.
edy. Shoes; Monday, Eleanor Board
man in THE Circle" and Johnny Ar
thur in THE Tourist; Tuesday, Bet.
ty Bronson in THE Golden Princess
and Jobyna Ralston in "Whistling
Lions; Wednesday. Lowell Sherman
in Satan In Sables" and comedy
The Greenhorn''; Thursday, Matt
Moore in His Majesty Bunker Bean"
and Aesop Fable; Friday, Pete Nor
rison in stampede Thunder" and
Lige Conley In Below Zero; Satur-
day, Betty Compson and Ricardo Cor
teZ in THE Pony Express" and 1.-The
Ace of Shades" No q
Evening star., 1925-11-25

in the Papers: the second. Great
Men 1 Have Met at the Stage Door"
The music by the De Reszke Sing
ers, who made their first local appear
ance here last season, will include
old English, Spanish and American
negro folk songs. The quartet is
composed Of Hardesty Johnson, Floyd
Townsley, Howard Kellogg and Err
wyn Mutch.
Seats are on sale at Mrs. Wilson,
Greene's Concert Bureau, 1900 G
street northwest.
RACHMANINOFF- - Wednesday, De-
cember 3.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, famous Rus
sian pianist and composer. will give
his only Washington concert this
Winter at Polls Theater. Wednesday
afternoon, December 2, at 4:30 o'clock.
Bach, Schubert. Chopin, Liszt and
other masters will be represented.
Transcriptions of two Schubert Sc
lections. 'Impromptu" and "The
Brook" will be played for the first
time: another transcription to be
given its premier will be Rachman-
inoff's arrangement for the piano Of
his own "Etude Tableau" and his ar
rangement of Fritz Kreisler's "Lieb-
esfreud Prelude"
Seats are now on sale at Wilson
Greene concert bureau, 1900 G street
northwest.
LOUIS GRAVEURE-Dece 3.
Louis Graveure. popular baritone,
will give a recital Thursday, Decem-
ber 8. at the National Theater at
4:30 pm.
Mr.. Graveure has not been here for
several years, though we'll known in
Washington. He has gained In arts
tic power since he made himself
known here. and a fine program is
promised.
Tickets are on sale at T. Arthur
Smith Concert Bureau, 1880 G street
northwest
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
u. s. Drops elemental
Offer As Worthless;
Holds to Own Policy

The ShaIIoWneSS OF Frances re-
cent proposals" for settling her
"a 1000, 900 war debt was emphasized
here today by an official announce
ment that no meeting OF the Ameri
can Debt Funding Commission will
be called to consider the terms pro-
posed in the Clementel Inemoran-
dunn.
After a thorough examination Of
this remarkable document, admin
istration officials have reached the
conclusion that M. Clementel has
not proposed, even informally and
unofficially, anything worth con-
For the time being. IT appeared
today, the French debt discussion
will mark time. 1t is the view OF
administration officials that little or
nothing can be accomplished until
the Allied Fiance Ministers con-
clude their meeting in Paris.
Ii, as expected, an agreement is
effected Il. " III
ceftainty that now exists over the
Preparations problem, pressure will
be exerted on France to begin
serious funding negotiations.
The British PROPOSAL for a gen
eral war debt conference at Bfus-
sells next spring has been abandoned
because of american opposition.
Despite British denials that Win
ston Churchill was behind such a
move, it is known here that Colonel
James A. Logan and Ambassador
Kellogg at Paris informed the Brit
ish Chancellor that under no cir
cumstances would this government
participate in such a parley. In
the face of such unyielding cpposi-
ton by this government, there was
nothing for Churchill to do hut
abandon his project.
The United States. it WAS reiter-
ated today, will continue to deal
with her debtors separately and
indiVidually-in the same manner
that the money was secured from
the Treasury.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
COOL|DGES EAT
PRIZE ROAST
TONIGHT
Roy carruthers. Noted Hotel
Man, Sends Choicest Beef
Cut Of Year

President and Mrs. Coolidge will
dine tonight on a roast of beef that
has been officially adJudged the
choicest cut of the year. 1t was
presented today by Al. S. Thon6p-
son, messenger for Roy Carruthefs,
o. the Book Cadillac Hotel, Detro36.
When the President and Mrs.
Coolidge were in Chicago recently
they were highly interested in the
prize winning steer at the Interna-
tional Live Stock Exposition. The
animal, a. wonderful Western prod
uct, was purchased by Mr.. Car
rpthers for the Defrolr hotel, with
the promise that the President and
the First Lady should dine from
the choicest cut from it..
Today the messenger arrived, with
the roast all done up IN fancy wrap
pings Incidentally, The messenger
himself was decked in q nah1aer
betting the oecasior. Observers
who witnessed his entrance to the
White House precincts, his uniform
"gIistening with twelve colors and
gold" his trousers creased to knife
blade edge, thought they were see.
ing an unexpected visitor from for.
eign royalty.
Thompson was accompanied to the
White House by Frank s. Hight, OF
the New Willard Hotel
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
Session
|. HIT BY SENATE

Continued from First Page)
Senate's Appropriations COMMITTEES
and particularly in the COMMITTEES ;
veteran chairman, Senator Warren
of Wyoming, and also in the com
n1ittee's veteran clerk, Kennedy F..
Rea.
Senator Warren, who won the
Congressional Medal in the war be-
tween the States and who is now
eighty years. old, himself personally
reported the combined Postofffce
department and Treasury depart
ment bill to the Senate and put
through this bill with its. combined
appropriations Of more than three
0ilarters of billion Of dollars in a
total net debating time Of approx
mately nineteen minutes.
Legislative Medal.
That meant nothing except that
the Senate was satisfied to accept
the Judgment of Senator Warren
and 1t amounted to handing him a
kind of legislative medal to add tc
the supreme military medal which
he earned in his youth.
Is UGICN6u The navy DIP
propfiation bill, which is yet to
come, may provide some controversy
and may lead to some consuming of
time in debate, but it begins to be
thought that possibly the Senate,
after all, may catch UP with the
House and get all the appropriation
bills safely passed before this short
session ends.
If this turns out to be the case and
if the President is enabled to avoid
having to call a special session of
The next Congress, It is thought that
he will owe it to the Well-known day
and-night drudgeries that Senator
Warren performs in his committee
room and to the apparent willingness
of the Senate to let the approptia-
lions committee look after the ap-
while it resumes chew
ing the cud on Muscle Shoals and
other strictly legislative propositions.
Copyright. 1925, by, Current News
Features. Incl
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
ALLEGED DRUG
VENDOR GR|LLS
CHIEF GRANT
'chappy' Acting as Own coun-
eel eulkzss Head Of
D. c. Detectives

Guilty or innocent, Stafford Eus-
tace severn, alias tChappy. who Is
on trial before q jury In Criminal
Court No. 1, Justice Siddons presiJ-
ing. on charge Of violating the
Harrison ahti-nareotic law, and who
appears al his own counsel, today
continued his defense. fighting every
inch OF ground to convince the jury
that he II not guilty Of the crime
charged and that he has been
framed
severn was arrested July 26,
1922, charged with selling cocaine
to Samuel Rakusin, a narcotic In
spectof. He was released on $4,000
bond and jumped his bail. He was
trailed to- Plattsburgh, n. T.; and
on the morning the Capitol detec-
dives arrived to take Severn back
he had effectsd his escape BY saw
ing the windows Of the cell. He
was caught again by Canadian
authorities ana finally returned TO
this city. At an earlier trial the
jury disagreed and at that time
Severn had an attorney who was
fined so fer contempt of court on
account Of certain phases OF his
conduct OF the trial
Grant, chief of detectives, Severn
wanted to know whether or not
anything was found III his pos
session (the aecused'D when he
was arrested; he also wanted to
know whether it was not custom
arE to enter on the docket OF the
police department the various
articles taken from persons ar.
rested and he also asked Chief
Grant whether he had ever heard
that the accused had ever been
arrested before or had ever before
been charged with any illegal
action.
CHIEF Grant replied that he could
not explain why no entry was
made on the police docket regard
ing articles taken from Severn,
when arrested, If any were taken
from him. He admitted that he
had no personal knowledge Of a
previous criminal record of Severn,
to which the latter replied in the
Kings choicest English, ''Thank
you very much, CHIEF Grant: / am
sorry to have taken up so much
Of your time"
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
WILBUR CITES
NAVY NEEDS
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Continued from First Page.)
navy" said Secretary Wilbur. ''They
cover all we desire to say, but 1
win be glad to answer questions
and make explanations"
Congressman Britten, Republican,
of Illinois, asked Secretary Wilbur
what was responsible for a condi-
ton that has sent the navy below
the 6-5-3 ratio.
Boilers Cracked.
"The battIeships are dealt with
particularly in the treaty" said Sec
rotary Wilbur. 1--WE have stated
their ratio was 5.4-3. This is due
to the condition OF the boilers in
four OF these ships It is due to
their long use. Some Of them are
cracked. We found 1t unwise to
carry fun pressure steam on them.
Three Of these ships have had this
defect corrected. The Florida still
has defective boilers.
I'VE have asked new oil-burning
boilers in these ships, and have held
back the Improvement until we can
have authorization for moderniza.
ton OF all four Of these ships. With
the boiler of the Florida improved
and with faodernization Of the ships
We win regain the 5.5-3 ratio foi
our capital ships.
Great Britain was allowed an
excess tonnage under the treaty be
cause Britain was to replace -four
old ships with two new ones. When
these ships are completed England
Will have still slightly excess ton.
mage
Bfitten suggested that, assuming
Congress would appropriate S22, 000,-
900 for modernization OF the bat
tleships, It would take over two
years to do the work.
TT will be done in two years, .
said Secretary Wilbur.
''I have presented the matter of
construction to the President" the
secretary added, who has in
Stfucted me that the expenditure
contemplated and the appropriation
proposed are in conflict with his
financial program"
Wilbur admitted in reply to ques-
tons by Congressman Andrew of
Massachusetts that the American
battleships were deficient in range
and speed to the British battIeships.
I'VE have specialized in arma-
ment and other details which must
be considered in dealing with effec-
tiVeness,' he said.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
INDIAN NUPTIAL
DATA BANNED
IN PROBE
House Committee Against
Lowe-Barnett Case-Facts
Said to Be Sensational

The circumstances surrounding
the marriage in 1890 of Annie Lowe
to jackson Cray Jack" Barnett
rich Creek Indian developed by De-
paftment of Justice agents, ana sub
fnitted confidentially to Cato Sells,
then Commissioners of Indian Affairs.
on April %, 1920, viii not be admitted
to- the record of the investigation Of
alleged maladministration against
Charles I'll. Burke, present commits.
sioner. of Indian, Affairs, 1t was an
nounced today.
This decision was reached today
by the House Committee ON Indian
Affairs, now conducting hearing on
the charges against Burke. The de-
cisf0h was reached in an executive
session.
while favoring the widest latitude
in this investigation, the con1fhitte
has decided that the nature OF the
report is such that no good purpose
can be served by including it in the
record or giving its publicity" Chair
man Snyder announced. The report
will not be admitted in evidence, but
will have the consideration of the
committee in executive session"
The report is said TO be highly
sensational and went into all the de-
tails of the alleged Kidnapping Of
Barnett, his removal to CoffeyviIle,
Kansas, where his marriage TO Mrs.
Lowe took place. One Of the reasons
that is said to have actuated the
committee in placing seal of Sc
crecy upon the report was that as
Mrs. Lowe now Mrs. Barnett had
no opportunity to make any defense,
it would be unfair to her to give
publicity to the investigation of her
affair with Barnett.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
DEATH FLOWER
FOUND. BESIDE
TONG VICTIM
Chinese Dagger Plunged
Through Neck Of n. n
Dentist

NEW YORK, Jam Chinese
tonamen have another notch ~
their hatchets. Today police were
investigating the murder Of Doctor
Wah 81 Chan, Chinatown dentist.
who YVES found murdered last night
in his office. A leather hilted dag
ger was found thrust through his
neck.
Diners in Pell street restaurants
were startled by q commotion
among the Orien3aIs The report
spread that - man had been
killed. Who brought the news.
and where he disappeared to was
still mystery today.
A search by spolice Of neighbor-
hood houses dis
Doctor Wah stretched on the floor
OF his little office. Besides the
body was another dagger with
Chinese figures an the carved hilf.
On q tablo lay d white floWerthe
token Of death.
Doctor Waln was graduate Of
Columbia Univerinity and . member
OF a prominent family, three Of
whom have been murdered.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
TRADE BOARD TO FRAME
POLICY ON RENT MEASURE

The framing of the policy of the
Board of Trade in opposing pend
ing rent legislation has been placed
i'm the hands of a committee Of
three appointed by President Sam
uel j. Prescott, it was announced
today.
John Joy Edison heads the com
mittee which includes also Howard
Moran and George w. Offutt. The
board is on record as being opposed
to rent legislation. The specia
committee probably will express Tho
boards opposition at the Capitol. i.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
FORT MYER CAVALRY
AND ARTILLERY TO DRILL

The annual series of exhibitions by
cavalrymen and artillerymen at Fort
Myer will begin at 3 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon in the Riding Hall and
will be held every Friday afternoon
during the remainder of the winter.
Colonel III. S. Hawkins, command
ing officer at the fort, announced
today that free tickets may be had
by application by mail or telephone
to the adjutant, Captain Morris S.
Daniels, jr., at Fort Myer, telephone
West 20nn Rranch 101
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
MUSCLE SHOALS
VOTE IS DUE
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will be defeated vixen the final vote
is reached in the Senate, " said Norris.
He meant that the Senate finally
either would enact no Muscle Shoals
legislation at this session. or adopt
n commission or compromise meas
ure in preferences to the Underwood
proposal.
II expect to see my bill substi-
tuted today for the Norris plans de-
clared Senator Underwood, Dem.J, of
Alabama. '+If It IS, it VIII be finally
enacted"
Senator Curtis, Of Kansas, Repub-
Iican leader, predicted the Jones plan
would be the Senafe's ultimate MUS
Gle Shoals legislation.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
WANT
NEWS

IERE ARE A. FEW OF THE NEW
WANTS APPEARING IN TODAY;S
CLASSIFIED SECTION:
DOG-Lost: fox and bull terrier,
black ana white, reward offered.
FORD touring. 1921. $4,000. terms.
18TH 4 EYE SITS. N. ,w-one
room, kitchenette. bath.
DAVIS sedan. 1922. perfect con-
dillon; will sacrifice.
CASHIER and bookkeeper wanted;
reference required.
WYOMING AVE. N. w.-12-room
house. 5 baths; every modern
convenience.
GROCERY clerk and butcher
wanted; steady job, good pay.
eth ST. s. E.-s rooms and hath
unfUrnished, &40.50.
FORD coupe. 1922, new fender ana
paint: lock wheel. spare tire;
$4,000 terms.
FOR EURTHER DETAILS TURN TC
The CLASSIFIED SECTION
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
SHOOK QUITS IDAHO POST
TO BE ATLANTA WARDEN

BOISE, Idaho. Jan. 8.The State
prison board today was rendered
the resignation Of Warden John
Snook OF Lemphia county effective
as soon as possible" so that he may
become warden Of the Federal prison
at Atlanta, Ga.
Warden Shook will succeed A. y.
SartAin at the Atlanta prison.
SartaiIl il under indictment. re-
turned following an investigation
81 charges that he had accepted
bribes Tor s'sokt bertha to prison.
ers.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
BEAUTY MARRIED IN CRASH,
SHE SUES FOR SIC, 900

ELIZABETH. N. j.. Jan. s.
Miss Vera Gordon, 0e Elizabeth,
has filed suit against Jacob
Pfefferstein, of Bayway, N. 4, ana
William and AIDE Insel, Of Linden,
III. r., asking $4,000 damages TOT
marring of her beauty and injury
from d nervous shock, received
when automobiles belonging 70
VETERINARIAN and the Insels coIlided
ST Newark last November IS.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
POISON SYMPTOMS LEAD
TO PROBE OF DEATH

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. s.
Symptoms Of arsenic poisoning that,
according to the family physician OF
William Merryman. thirty, of Ow-
ings Mills, Md. became manifest in
Merryman's last Illness: have re-
suited In police probe of his death
and the order for - autopsy upon
the body here today.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
is HURT, 8 SERIOUSLY,
WHEN TRAIN IS pITChED

EsCANABA. Mich, Jan. s.-Fif-
teen persons were injured, three
seriously, when the 500 Line fast
passenger train. running between
Minneapolis and Sault st. Marie.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08

went into the ditch near here yes
tePdAy.
Three men are In q hospital here.
They are p. L. Broadway, Hernans.
Vile. Mich, cut head. body bruises;
James Enge, Minneapolis, leg
broken, head cut: p. j. Mccain,
news agent, Minneapolis. loss Of
blood great from cut arm.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
HEARING
On JAN. 10
Continued from First Page.)

phone rates. A public hearing was
held on November 19 and the com
pany asked the delay in rate re-
vising plans to allow them to com-
plete an inventory and submit the
results to the commission.
This inventory, the Commission
pointed out, may have some effect
on rates.
The Commission consented to a
postponement of action for rea-
sonable time. This inventory as
now completed, and experts are
checking it.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
BEST FOR
SERVICE,
CLAIM
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Proctor were indicted by the grand
jury several days ago for brutality.
These two men and four others
are now before the trial board on
similar charges.
Pierson and Proctor are not on
active duty. being suspended the
day the indictment was handed
down.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
BRITAIN NOT To
ACT ON BORAH
CRITICISM
Senator'S Charge That Eng
lang Encourages Bootleg
ging Creates Interest
BY International News Service.

LONDON, Jan. 8.-Senator Will
liam r. Borah's criticism of Eng
land Tor encouraging bootlegging''
was given considerable prominence
by evening newspapers today. In
official quarters it was said that
no reply would be made unless
the American Government makes
q formal representation
1t was pointed by officials that
when the liquor treaty was under
consideration Great Britain promised
to do all possible to check the ex-
porting of liquor. Boards Of trade
have been active In this regard, but
have not made much progress,
The great difficulty, as Britain
views the situation is that most of
the liquor which finds it's way into
the United States goes to British
colonies first. 1t is u delicate thing,
officials declared, for England to
tell the colonies what trade they can
and cannot have.
NEW YORK. Jan. 8.-'The criti-
cism of Great Britain was made in
telegram which United States
Senator Borah sent to the commit
tee of one thousand for law ell.
forcement. Borah's telegram said
that England should stop her col
onies from transshipping liquor to
America. Borah is chairman Of the
Foreign Relations Committee OF the
Senate. The telegram was read mt
q luncheon of the committee at
which John ID. Rockefeller, ir.
Ebert II. Gary. chairman Of the
board of the United States Steel
Corporation: Mayor Dever, of chi.
cago and other prominent men ware
guests.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
ENGLAND Gets
PARIS OFFER
To PAY
CIementel Wants 80 YA-+A 20
Liquidate, With 1o-Year
Moratorium
By DAVID M. CHURCH.
international News Service.

ADtCGudVtOHnl ENCWB 6NENhCCs
LONDON, Jan. S.---A proposition
for French payments-on long time
terms and at lew interest rates, but
none the less q definite proposal to
pay-has been made by Finance
Minister Clementel to Chancellor of
the Exchequer Churchill, official
circles here reported today.
BY the terms of Clementel's re-
ported proposition, France wOuld
ray Great Britain and the United
States at the same time, q point
on which the British have insisted.
France would pay its debt in
eighty years, but wants a ten-year
moratorium first.
The interest rate in the first ten
years of payment following the
moratorium would be half of I per
cent and in the second decade |
per cent, with arrangements Tor
payment of the principal left for
the present to future negotiations.
Diplomatic circles also were dis
cussing the information informally
transmitted to. Britain by the tinted
States, advising Britain that under
no circumstances can the United
States enter a general debt con-
ference unless Congress- amends the
debt funding law.
This information was inclined TO
crimp British hopes for such a con-
ference.
The foreign office frankly was
pessimistic about an inter-alhed
conference on the whole subject OF
war debts.
The greatest importance was at
tached to the informal conversa-
lions which Chancellor Of the
Excheuuer Churchill is having with
Colonel John A. Logan, American
observer on the Preparations com.
mission.
The Washington times., 1925-01-08
ProsDers AT Conference.

PrOsuers At Conference.
PARIS, Jan. Sour converse.
tons are progressing normally .
said Colonel John A. Logan, Amer
lean observer on the separations
commission when he came out of an
hours conference with Chancellor
Of the Exchequer Churchill, of Eng
land today. The conference was
held I'm the British embassy.
Colonel Logan went direct to the
American embassy where he report
ed to United States Ambassador
Herrick and Kellogg on what had
been made toward a settlement done
on Americas war claims.
At the conclusion OF his informal
conversation with Colonel Logan,
Churchill Immediately took up with
Finance Minister Clementel further
negotiations looking to settlement
Of Frances war debt to England.
1t is reported that Churchill had
asked Colonel Logan to promise the
/ aid Of the United States in restoring
the pound sterling to its pre-war
value In return would support
americas war claims, the report
said. The British embassy, however
denied today that Churchill had
made such a statement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-25
EUR0PE'S 4 | R
LINES DO BIG
BUSINESS
4 900. 900 Miles Of Flying
Completed in -
Months
h Tnsernatlonal News serviee.

LONDON, June 5.-Imperial Air
ways commercial airplanes, main
tanning several separate air routes
between England and the continent,
have completed 100000 miles Of
flying during the last thirteen
months.
During that time $1,000. passen.
gers have been carried across the
Channel and approximately 1000
tons OF urgent merchandise has
been transported. Bullion to the
value Of 10000, 900 has been car.
ried.
The same company win shortly
inaugurate an Egypt to India air
line, carrying passengers, mail and
merchandise from Port Said Co Ka-
racIli.
Imperial Anyways. Limited. is the
British subsidized company organ.
lied thirteen months ago through
the combination Of several private
companies that were operating com.
.petings services across the Channel