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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
RECREATIONAL WORK
OF Y. w. C.. A. PRAISED

Praising the recreational work Of
the Y. w. c. A, Judge Kathryn Sell
ers Of the Juvenile Court addressed
Y. W. G. A. campaigners at headquar-
ters in the Franklin Square Hotel yes
terday.
Proper recreation diverts criminal
tendencies, Judge Sellers declared. She
attributed juvenile waywardness to
four causes-laxity in the home, the
schools, the churches and the commu-
nifty. The home, she said, is some
times at fault not in itself, but in fail
ing to overcome external conditions.
The schools do not always make
study of supplying what is omitted in
the home. The churches confine their
attention too much to members and
TOO little to non-communicants, and
the community commentaries it's
amusements, she said.
Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe presided at
yesterdays meeting Of the woman
teams, at which $3.50 in pledges were
reported. At last nights meeting the
business and professional women's
division Of the campaign reported
SIS, 094, bringing the total to date to
S282,6S2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
NYE APPOINTMENT
DECLARED PROPER
Voigt Defends Gov. SorIie's
Action-Fought by Burt
ness for G. o. P.

Arguments for and against the seat
ing of Gerald p. Nye as Senator from
North Dakota were heard today by
the Senate elections committee.
Representative Voigt, Republican,
Wisconsin,, appearing as counsel for
Nye. argued that Gov. Sorlie had full
authority to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Senator Ladd under
the laws of North Dakota, and that
even If these laws did not specifically
mention the method they should be
interpreted broadly to permit the State
to have full senatorial representation
under the Constitution.
Representative Burtness Of North
Dakota, representing the Republican
State central committee, contended
that the State law passed in 1917
which Mr.. Nye claims permitted such
an appointment as his, was enacted
to give the governor authority to APP
point only States attorneys. and could
not give him power to appoint Sen
ators without contravening the seven.
teenth constitutional amendment.
Mr. Burtness declared that a Sena-
tor could not be regarded as State
officer. because he takes the oath of
allegiance to the United States and
not TO the State. is paid out of the
Federal Treasury and the Constitu-
ton is explicit on the manner in
which Senators shall be elected. how
they shall vote and the number per-
mitted each State.
Counsel for Mr.. Nye presented a
brief in which 1t argued the claims of
the appointee at length.
Claiming that the Legislature of
North Dakota took the necessary ac-
ton after the passage OF the seven
teenth amendment by re-enacting In
1917 the statute providing for appoint
ment to fill vacancies, the brief con-
coded that the language was inept to
provide for the appointment of a
United State Senator, but maintained
that in the view OF the long settled
policy of North Dakota to fill va
cancies in every office whatever, with
out exception, where there was no
constitutional provision to the con
trary, the language included the Of
flee of United States Senator. If
the Legislature had intended other
wise, the brief contended, the law
would have said "all vacancies, except
the office of United States Senator"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
TRAFFIC RESTRICTION
TO GET FAIR CHANCE
Protest Against Ban on Solid Tire
Trucks and Horse-drawn
Vehicles Fails.

There is little likelihood Of the new
regulation barring solid-tire trucks
and horse drawn vehicles from certain
streets being modified until 1t has
been given proper experiment. despite
the protest of John II. Hanna, vice
president of the Capital Traction Co,
and Others it was indicated today by
officials of the Public Utilities Com
mission.
Diverting of heavy traffic off Six.
teenth street to Fourteenth street, Mr..
Hanna protested, will hamper street
car traffic. Members of the utilities
commission are inclined to believe.
however. that as soon as automatic
traffic lights are installed on Sixteenth
street this thoroughfare will attract
light traffic from Fourteenth street,
giving the solid-tire trucks and horse
drawn vehicles the street virtually to
themselves.
The regulation, 1t was pointed out.
was adopted primarily to alleviate
congestion around the circles. and is
deserving of a fair trial before mod
ification is considered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
AlRPLANES TO REDUCE
TIME OF TEXAS MAIL
Will Bring Lone Star State Cities
Closer to New York
and Chicago.
By tho Associated Press.

By tho Associated Press.
DALLAS, December 11.-Afr mail
is TO bring Texas cities from 20 to %
mail hours" closer to New York and
10 hours closer to Chicago.
1t now requires from As to so hours
to send mail from here to New York
and about 20 hours to reach Chicago.
When the air mail becomes effective,
some time this Winter. the time to
New York by way of Chicago will be
- hours, and that to Chicago about
II hours.
The city has leased Love Field, a
wartime training camp OF SO acres
5 miles north OF the city. From this
landing place the mail will be brought
to Dallas by trucks-about IT minutes
after landing.
The Dallas Chamber of Commerce
mas guaranteed 100 pounds of mail a
day for six months. The air-mail rate
10 Chicago will be about 20 cents an
ounce, of which the National Air
Transport Co, the successful bidder
will receive three-fourths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11

guard against rum smuggling. and
reiterated that the department. policy
was to attack sources of supply rather
than to attempt local police work.
With reference to funding Of the
foreign debts, Mr.. Mellon reported
gratifying progress" and pointed to
the II arrangements under which
ST ,434 900 will be paid back 10 the
United States. That leaves s4.699 1885,
coo on which no action has been
taken, including the s4.21O, O0O. 900
| against France. Mr. Mellon hoped
that other settlements would be con.
cluded soon. but did not name any of
the powers to which he referred The
treasury, he said, was mindful" of
the condition of the Government s
debtors and had granted liberal terms
for the earlier years. The amounts
We're made up in later years in each
instance, he added, because the OBJ
Vious recuperative powers of the ma
lions assured that they would be able
to meet their commitments then.
Cites Press.C Comment.
Included in the Secretary's report
was one by the American Debt Com
mission, of which he is chairman.
That report made mention of frequent
press comment respecting refusal Of
the administration to sanction foreign
loans here when the powers seeking
new money had not funded their debts
to this Government.
Early. in 1925, after much con-
sheraton the commission report
said. 1T was decided that it was con
trary to the best interests of the
United States to permit foreign gov
ernments which refused to adjust or
make a reasonable effort to adjust
their debts to the United States TO
finance any portion Of their require
mentS IN this country. States, munich
palltleS and private enterprises within
the country concerned were included
In the prohibition. Bankers consulting
the State Department were notified
that the Government objected to such
financing. While the United States
was loath to exert pressure by this
means on any foreign government to
settle its Indebtedness, and while this
| country has every desire to see it's
surplus resources at work in the eco
nomic reconstruction and DEVELOPMENT
OF countries abroad, national interest
demands that our resources be not
permitted to flow into countries which
10 not honor their obligations to the
United States and through the United
States to its citizens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11

The ladies Of the Household bless
EN- They are just about as attrac-
tive a trio as could be gathered to-
gether. in politics or out of it. They
also are three distinct types.
Speaker Nick Longworth insists
upon calling them ''gentlewomen of
the House." just as he says gentle
men of the House"--the Speaker be-
ing of the opinion that in these days
of sex equality the old salutation of
ladies and gentlemen" Is an an
achronism. And it is perfectly true
that they are gentlewomen, these
three, but somehow or other 1t seems
more natural to speak of them as
the ladies of the House.
They have assumed their places in
the scheme of national Legislative
things with a grace and modeSty eN-
ceedingly becoming as feminine at
tributes. On the opening day of the
session the two ladies of the Repub-
lican side relegated themselves TO
seats in the two very last rows. The
lone lady of the Democratic side
and she is said to be the first woman
ever elected to Congress as Demo-
crat-waS equally unaSSuming, taking
her place in the last row of occupied
seats, although there We're several
empty rows back of her. AS matter
of fact, there seemed to be many
Democratic vacancies that day.
Some have been filled since.
The three ladies of the House are
Mrs. Florence Prag Kahn OF San
Francisco, widow of the late Repre-
sentative Julius Kahn; Mrs. Edith
Nourse Rogers of Lowell, Mass.
widow of the late Representative John
Jacob Rogers; and Mrs. Mary T.
Norton of New Jersey, who isn't a
widow at all. but who has left per
fectly good husband back in Jersey
City so that she might come on to
Washington and help administer the
affairs of the Nation.
Mrs. Kahn and Mrs. Rogers are
the Republican members of the fair
trio: Mrs. Norton IS the Democrat.
During most of the session there will
be fourth feminine figure on the
floor of the House. for Miss Alice
Robertson Of Oklahoma is back in
Washington as a newspaper CORE
spondent and already has exercised
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
Mellon Tells Congress Urgent Need
OF More Federal Buildings Here

enterprise for the space they oc-
cupy.
I'm many instances related activi-
ties are scattered about the city In va
rious locations, entailing great loss,
delay and inconvenience in the trans
action of the public business, and in
numerous instances the valuable rec
ords Of the Government, the loss of
which would be irreparable, are stored
in non-flreproof and insecure struc-
lures under conditions which invite
disaste
Mr.. Mellon also called attention to
conditions in Federal housing through
out the country.
In view Of all the conditions af
fecting the public building situation
he said, st would be prudent, with a
reasonable limitation upon the
amounts that might be expended an
nually. to resume the work of con
structing and enlarging Federal build
ings"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11

Calling attention Of Congress to the
pressing need for construction of
Federal buildings In many communi-
ties not already so provided. and for
the extension and enlargement OF
those Federal buildings in which con-
gestions exists" Secretary Mellon, in
his annual report, stresses the unfa-
vorable situation in the National
Capital.
Here at the seat of Government
said Mr.. Mellon, "a few only Of. the
executive departments occupy build
ings constructed by the Government
for their purposes. and such as are SO
occupied provided inadequate accommo
dations. The remaining ones. as well
as many OF the independent estab'
lishments not under any executive
department, are either housed in un.
suitable and insecure temporary build
ings erected to meet emergent war con
ditions, or are dependent upon private
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
Drunken Driver Jailed.

A sentence of SO days and a fine Of
500 was imposed today on Narcotics
p. Smith of 22i Linworth street south
west, who withdrew his former de
mand for a jury trial and entered q
plea of guilty before Judge John p.
Mcmahon on a charge OF driving while
intoxicated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
POSTAL RATES CONTINUED

Congressional action was completed
today on a resolution to authorize
continuance of existing postal rates
until the next session Of Congress,
next December.
The House adopted a Senate reso-
luton to continue the existing rate
structure to enable a further study Of
it's effect on postal revenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
LOCAL TEACHERS
GIVEN $95,785.57
Secretary Mellon Reports on Pay
ments From Retirement
Fund for Year.

Annuities and refunds were paid to
District of Columbia teachers from
their retirement fund during the past
fiscal year to the amount OF sos, 1857.
Secretary Mellon has reported to
Congress. The total amount of securi-
ties held in the investment account on
June 80, 1925, was 81 ,139 100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
16 Die in Trawler Wreck.

VIGO, Spain, December II R.-
Sixteen men persisted in the sinking Of
a trawler at the mouth of the River
Vigo, near here, today. The trawler
ran on the rocks near Bousas and her
boiler exploded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
Fears Realty Speculation.


1T is hoped. furthermore, he add
ed, that the speculative tendency in
real estate in some communities may
not proceed to the point of undermin
ing the spirit of caution in business
Although Mr.. Mellon was convinced
that the promised tax reduction had
added impetus to business plans he
COunSeled against too great a cut, de
claring that some of the reductions
advocated were dangerous and would
involve the Treasury in new borrow
ings. He asserted that it was unSounG
for any nation not to reduce its out
standing obligations as rapidly as pos
sible, and he regarded the good eff
fects of the Treasury's program ir
this respect as having been fully dem
onstrated
The country is prosperous now and
well able to liquidate its debt at rea
sonable rate" he continued. Thai
will gradually reduce the tremendous
interest charges. The perpetuation OF
a large public debt has never proved
10 be a sound policy. On the con
trary, it has often been great handi
cap in an emergency
Touches Dry Enforcement.
Mr.. Mellon reviewed the depart
ment's work in enforcement of pro-
hibition, and expressed the belief that
progress had been made in reducing
the supply Of Illicit liquor through
the reorganization directed by Assist
ant Secretary Andrews. He suggested
that EXPANSION Of the Coast Guard
was necessary if it were to continue
efficient work in it's dual capacity as
conserver Of life and properly and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
TAKES REFUGE IN u. S.
Nicaraguan Vice President in New
Orleans

NEW ORLEANS December II LP)
Juan Bautista Sacasa. Liberal vice
president of Nicaragua, who fed that
country a month ago in the face Of
threats from the ChamoriSta faction.
is in New Orleans. Although he has
not announced his plans. friends sug-
gested that he probably will establish
a temporary residence here. Accom-
panied by Sonora SacaSa he arrived
from his home at Leon yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11

has the public debt retirement pro-
gram, he said, but there is some tend.
ency for the consuming public to buy
every conceivable commodity 'on
time and mortgage future earnings
on the other hand, he found business
men conducting their affairs with re-
straint and caution, in order that the
prosperity may not bring on careless
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
WORLD STABILITY
AND U. S. PROSPERITY
SEEN BY MELLON

Continued from First Page. J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-24
PREPARE FOR
HAWKINS CASE
Attorneys File Motion to Dis
miss Suit.

Preparati tons for the trial of Nor.
ton S. Hawkins, former president OF
the Hawkins Mortgage Company of
Portland, Ind, scheduled to begin
in Federal Court before Judge Rob-
ert c. Baltzell Monday, were under
way today.
When the case Of Hawkins and
sixteen others charged with con-
spiracy to use the mails to defraud
was called for trial in Federal Court
last year Hawkins jumped his
$4,000 bond and disappeared. Later
he was arrersted at Dayton, Ohio,
and made a long, bitter fight to
evade removal to Indiana. He has
been in Jail here for several weeks.
A motion to dismiss the case was
filed today by the firm Of La
Toilette and Brill, Hawkins attor-
neys. The motion maintained the
indictment was not valid because it
did not contain any description of
the scheme or plan alleged to have
been devised fraudulently and un-
lawfully. Judge Baltzell did not rule
on the motion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-24
OPENS
new OFFENSIVE
Attorney Files Complaints in
Bus Suits.

A new step in the traction-bus
war was taken today when VIII
H. Latta. attorney for the T. H, 1.
& e. Traction Company filed two
amended complaints to injunction
suits.
Latta filed an amended complaint
to the compsny's petition in Circuit
Court to restrain the public service
commission from granting a certifi-
cate Of convenience under ninety
day clause of the bus law to Hiner's
Red Ball Lines, Inc, to operate a
bus line between indianapolis and
Richmond. The amended complaint
asks that the commission restrain
temporarily the certificate without
a hearing
Latta filed a similar amended
complaint in Superior Court Three
seeking to enjoin Joseph Gregg from
continuing to operate bus line over
State Rd. between Terre Haute
and Harmony, Ind.
The new complaint follows a rul-
ing Saturday whereby Circuit Judge
H. o. Chamberlin and Superior
Judge Sidney S. Miller Sustained de-
murrers filed by Attorney General
Arthur L. Gilliom in the suits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-24
Kissing Is Not
Ground for
Divorce
New York Judge Recog-
nizes New Course of
Conduct.

Rp United Press
EW YORK, June 24.-Kissing
I'M another mans wife no longer
III constitutes divorce evidence,
the New York Supreme Court held
today in taking legal cognizance of
a new course OF conduct" per.
missable to the younger generation.
Justice John Ford said:
In these days a young woman's
conduct alone is not sufficient to es-
tabhsh evidence for a divorce ac.
ton. We old fellows must take into
account the fact that customs have
changed"
Jurist Bewildered
The question arose during the clos
ing stage of the trial Of Thomas II.
Symington's suit for divorce from
Ida May Symington, rendered SEN
sational by the admission of niscon-
duct with the defendant by a witness.
Talbot w. Chambers. The latter
was promptly arrested and charged
with adultry, pleading not guilty.
He has until p. m. to decide
whether to let that plea stand and
be arrested for perjury or face a two
year prison sentence on the former
charge.
Symington's attorney referred to
Mrs. Symington's course of conduct.
and here Justice Ford interrupted
proceedings.
No, no." he said, Mr.. Young,
customs and courses % conduct have
changed. I'll admit I am bewildered
at what girls and young women do
nowadays.
Times Have Changed
They're just as pure and just as
straight as they were years ago. but
if we go ahead with our standards
Of the '90s. we are going to draw
wrong conclusions. Actually, I'm
lost. all at sea, in Strengthening out
the present young female of the
species and her actions.
Il asked my daughter about it
. about nice people drinking cocktails
and kissing. What did she tell me?
She said:
Why nice people go TO cocktail
parties and Esther even gives them.
Esther is my daughter, gentlemen. A"
kissing, even with anothers
wife, is no divorce evidence. Now.
years ago if a young woman were
seen in the places and doing the
things they do today, she would
have been ostracized. But that's not
true now"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-24
TWO INJURED IN
SCAFF0LD FALL
Drop Ninety Feet-Hurts
May Be Fatal.

Two men, pointing brick in the
rear ofthe Star Store, S4s w. Wash
ington ST., were seriously injured
thi safternoon when the scaffold on
which they were working collapsed
and they fell ninety feet to a shed
below.
The men, John Donahoe, So, Of 7O2
e. Georgia St.. and John Murray.
Al. Of 1901 Central Ave-. were emI
ployes OF Walter Wise, city council.
man and brick contractor.
Both men were injured internally
and were sent to the city hospital.
Hospital attaches said their injuries
may be fatal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-24
RADIO CRISIS
FOR M'MILLAN
Navy May Withdraw Planes
In Dispute.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON. June 24.-Refusal
Of Commander Donald B. Macmillan
of the Polar expedition to carry
naval radio equipment has pre-
cipitated a quarrel with Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur which may cause
Wilbur to withdraw the naval planes
and personnel from the expedition.
Wilbur has sent peremptory
message to Lieutenant Commander
Byrd, in charge OF the naval flyers
and the three planes of the ex-
pedition to get Macmillan to discard
his commercial short wave wireless
equipment, substituting for it the
long wave navy equipment.
1t is authoritatiYely learned that
Byrd has been instructed to leave
the expedition il Macmillan refuses
to comply with Wilbur's request.
A naval destroyer is pursuing the
Peary. airship of the expedition with
the naval equipment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-24
BELIEVE MORGAN
SECURE DESPITE:
REORGANIZATION
Possibility He May Be
Named Head of New
Dry District.

Both Bert c. Morgan, Federal pro-
hibition director for Indiana, and
James r. Davis, Michigan director,
may be kept on the Government
pay roll, despite reorganization Of
the prohibition department through
out the country, scheduled for Aug.
l, according to a Times dispatch
today from Washington.
Indiana and Michigan are to be
combined in one district, with head.
quarters at Detroit, under the re-
organization plans, which call for
abolishing of State directorships and
the formation of twenty-four dis.
tricts with an administrator in
charge
1t is possible that either Morgan
or Davis will be named division chief
in charge of administration, and the
other placed in charge of enforce
ment.
There Is little doubt that Morgan
will have the support of the forces
of Postmaster General Harry s. New
and the opposition of Senator James
E. Watson.
Reorganization Of Federal prohibi-
ton forces throughout the country
has aroused wide interest ar,ong
leaders Of various prohibition or
ganizations in Indiana.
Although 1t wholly a matter Of
organization, a matter with which
I am familiar, I feel that any plan
Lincoln c.! Andrews, assIstatt Sec
retary of the treasury, works out
deserves a thorough trial. His sue
cess in the rum fleet was on the
Atlantic coast make SINE confident
that his plan means better law en-.
forcement," the Rev. e. S. Shu-
maker. superintendent of the In
diana Anti-Saloon League, declared.