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Evening star., 1925-12-04
MAN BELIEVED DEAD
HELD AS DESERTER
Charles w Bowman, Former Navy
Patient in Hospital, Is Identified
by Fngerprints.

Charles Wesley Bowman, % years
Old Of 29l6 Vista street northeast, who
was thought by the Navy Department
to be dead, was arrested today as .
Navy deserter because he aroused
the suspicious Of officials in the Of
fee of Public Buildings and Grounds
by disappearing recently after his
finRerprints had been taken with
those of other employees there.
Thinking his summary departur"
strange, the officials communicated
with the Army and Navy Identifica-
ton Bureaus and at the naval branch
it was learned that the fingerprints
taken of Bowman matched those
taken of a man supposed TO be dead.
The original finger prints on file in
the naval identification bureau be-
longed to one Bowman, who was sent
TO the Naval Hospital here as a pa
tient in 1924: who obtained leave OF
absence in July of that year during
convalescence, and who was reported
killed In a snowslide out West, in u
letter ostensiblv written by his father.
in December. 1924
Further checking up resulted in
Bowman being turned over TO the re-
ceiving ship at the Washington Navy
Yard as a deserter.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
LANGLEY REFUSED
REHEAR|NC IN CASE
United States Circuit Court
of Appeals Denies House
Members Plea.
By the Associated Press.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. December A.
The application for a rehearing in the
case Of Representative John W. Lang
ley of Kentucky. convicted on charges
OF having conspired to violate the Vol
stead law. was denied by the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals here
today. Langley IS under sentence of
two years in the Atlanta Penitentiary
Langley was sentenced in May. 1924,
by Judge A. NJ. ]. Cochran in the Fed
eral District Court at Covirgton. KY.
The conspiracy involved alleged re-
moval of 1 400 cases of whisky from
the Belle Of Anderson distillery Of
Lawrencehurg, Ky.
Milton Lipschutz. Philadelphia, was
convicted with Langley. and also SEN
fenced to two years in the Atlanta
Penitentiary.
The conviction Of Langley and Lip
schultz was affirmed by the United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals re-
Gently. Langley filed a motion for a
rehearing, which was denied today.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
FOUR VICTIMS CLAIMED
BY MYSTERIOUS POISON
Three in One Family Killed by
Substance Doctors Fail
to Identify.
Rr the Associated Press


EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, December 4.
A mysterious poison. which ply
sicians and investigators have been
unable TO identify, claimed its fourth
victim and the third member OF one
family with the death here today Of
Miss Mildred kuhlman, y, Of Mary
Vile. III.
Miss Kuhlman's death followed that
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
kuhlman, October "a and November
b. respectively.
The Kuhlman family. including a
12-year-old son. orvtlle. were taken
i'll in October from what physicians
at first believed to be the result of
drinking milk from cows that had
eaten white snake root weed a poison
Gus plant. John McGinnis. neigh
Dor. was similarly stricken and died.
An examination OF Mrs. Kuhlman's s
stomach contents at St. Louis Cniver-
Sity Medical College revealed TO trace
of poison. An autopsy was ordered on
the body of Mildred Kuhlman IN a
further effort TO solve the mystery.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
SHERR|LL EXPECTS
TO LEAVE CAPITAL
Will Announce Decision on
$4,000 Cincinnati Post
Tomorrow.

Enthusiastic over the offer ten
dered him by the city council Of
Cincinnati, Ohio, to become its first
city manager at a salary of S25, 900 a
year. Lieut.. Col. Clarence O. Sheriff.
director Of the office of public build
ings and public parks Of the National
Capital, returned to Washington this
afternoon.
The decision on the matter will be
made tomorrow morning, Col. Sheriff.
said. The council Will meet then, and
inform him by telegraph of it's action
and if in his favor he will have ready
his decision and wire an immediate
reply.
Col Sheriff. made it plain that he
personally was intensely interested in
obtaining this position, which would
offer him such a great opportunity in
his work of city planning and devel-
opment, to which he has given so
much time since he has been with the
National Capital on detail from the
Army Engineer Corps.
Resignation Necessary.
There are many things he must con-
slider before definitely accepting, he
pointed out, among them his long
service III lIlc al lliS Win lctll
|, only a year off. He made it plain that
one of the prime factors in making his
decision would be Mrs. Sheriff.. He
has not talked over the matter of his
resignation from the service with any
Of the War Department officials, but
he said that if he accepted the posi-
ton it would be necessary for him to
resign. as there is a law which would
prohibit him from obtaining leave to
take the position, pointing out that in
his case it is different than with the
Marine Corps, which loaned Gen. But
Ter to Philadelphia as director of pub
lie safety.
1t did become known that he has
ToptIpued an Page Column A.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
OPEN DRIVE
TO END DRUSE WAR
Shell Rebel Stronghold and
Prepare Roundup of
5000 Still in Field.
BY tho Associated Press.


BEIRUT. December Almost
simultaneously with the arrival of
Frances new high commissioner IN
Syria, Henry de Jouvenal. the French
have gone on the offensive against
rebel Druses in southern Lebanon
Yesterday they began throwing shells
from their artillery against various
points occupied by the Djeoel Druses
preparatory to maneuYer In ~nlch
il is hoped to surround and capture
the 5000 rebels who are still in the
field.
After the bornbardment has been
completed. infantry and cavalry are
expected to be thrown into the Tray
against the tribesmen, who, at a coun-
Gil of war at the headquarters OF
Sultan Attrash, their leader, an
nornced that 1t was their purpose
to give combat to the French to their
last man.
The shells Of the French yesterday
had as their principal target the town
of Hasbeiya. to the southwest of Da-
mascus. and report has II that this
stronghold Of the Druses was slowly
being leveled. No civilians were In
the town.
NJ. De Jouvenal, on his first day in
Beirut, said that order and security
must be restored before peace with
the rebels could be discussed.
Peace TO those who want peace:
war 10 those who want war" he
added.
He received pledges of cooperation
from the 10000 persons comprising
delegations from all the political and
religious groups Of the country, with
the exception Of the rebel Druses.
The Druse tribesmen are declared
to have suffered serious losses when
they attempted TO bar the route to a
French column proceeding to the vii
lage OF Medtel Cham on Wednesday.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
'.Bargain Hunter at Post Office Sale
Increases His Own Lone Bid Six Times

ters and dead parcel post in the Post
Office Building, at Twelfth and Penn
sylvania avenue, is expected to fall
considerably short of that Of last year,
when $500 was raised, as the mer-
chandise is being sold at about one
third of its real value.
New automobile tires of varying
sizes are going for SO and less. One
17-jewel watch went for $3.50 yester
day, and the rest Of the goods are
going for correspondingly low prices.
Stolen jewelry that has been recov.
cred but never identified went on sale
this afternoon and those in charge of
the sale believe that 1t Will swell the
revenues somewhat, as il Is OF a con-
siderably higher grade than the est
From all appearances, the sale will
be continued tomorrow, and Mr.. Sta
lev has announced that In this event
the auction room Will he opened at
the usual time.
Evening star., 1925-12-04

Pride or an uncomfortable desire for
self-assertion cost one of the buyers
at the sale of dead parcel post $1.b0
yesterday when he raised his own bid
on an article that would have gone
to him for $1.75 to 1925.
While the rest of the patrons looked
on in dazed silence, the lone bidder
raised the price six times. despite the
fact that F. c. Staley, director of the
sale, repeatedly urged him to stop
bidding as the merchandise was safe
ly his. When the auctioneer, deciding
that the farce had gone far enough,
handed the goods to the buyer, the
latter. head erect, left the room, as
serting in an audible tone that "he
had certain personal rights at any
auction sale and If he chose to bid,
no mere postal official could stop him
from so doing"
The total Of this sale, which Is be-
ing held by the division OF dead let
Evening star., 1925-12-04
BRANDS FISCAL
POLICY 0. K. NEAR
Initiation Measure Before
Senate After Stormy Vic
tory in Chamber.
B. the Associated Press.

D. liIc hseOClSteu
PARIS. December Am political
circles there seems to be no doubt
that the government proposed law.
which calls for imitation OF the cur
rency by $500 100000 francs and
fresh taxation OF from 20 to 100 per
cent, soon will be an accomplished
fact. The bill yesterday successfully
weathered the storm in the Chamber
of Deputies, and last night 1t was TAX
en- up by the finance committee OF the
Senate. which accepted 1t in full and
will recommend that the Senate take
favorable action upon 1t.
BRAND Issues Warning.
After a sleepless night and day NJ.
BRAND appeared before the finance
commission and issued an ultimatum
similar to that given by him in the
Chamber OF Deputies Wednesday eve
ming. in effect that If the bill was not
adopted as II stood mo government
was possible" Previously in commit
tee, numerous notifications to the bill
had been discussed and inserted in
It, but when the premier had spoken
the members of the committee yielded,
and under their recommendation 1T Is
virtually certain llldt lfle senate VIA
adopt the measure.
The upper chamber will begin dis
cussion of it this afternoon, and while
its safety apparently is secure, it per-
haps Will not go through without first
being strenuously debated pro and
con.
With passage by the Senate, N.
Briand's troubles by no means will be
over. Next week he will have to de-
fend in the Chamber Minister Of
Finance Loucheur's big financial re-
form plan, which will provide for re-
demptfon of Frances floating debt.
This measure Is quite distinct from
that voted in the Chamber yesterday.
which was an emergency bill to fill
the empty Golfers Of the treasury. 1t
IS likely, however, to retain and make
permanent some of the temporary tax
increases contained in the imitation
bill and will replace the Painleve
capital levy plan. which died with the
downfall of Painleve's ministry.
The Senate today began discussion
of the bill. Senator Berepger, gen.
eral secretary Of the finance commit
tee. advocated voting the bill as
adopted by the Chamber of Deputies
Evening star., 1925-12-04
new RULE HITS HACKERS.

Under the new taxicab regulations
agreed upon today by the Public
Utilities Commission all operators of
cabs and also individual hackers will
have to show financial responsibility
to the extent of $1,000 for one ma
chine. $1,000 for two machines and
81 900 more for each additional cab
up to 48.
The individual hackers opposed tho
regulation on the ground that 1t
would place an unnecessary burden
on them and make II difficult for then,
to earn a living.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
RUSSIA ON SPREE.
Many Deaths Follow Resumption
of Vodka Drinking.

MOSCOW, December 4 OR.-Disor-
ders arising from vodka drinking have
become SO prevalent that the govern
ment has found 1t necessary to form a
special commission to draft measures
for dealing with drunkenness. It has
already taken steps to limit the num-
Der of liquor stores in the neighbor-
hood of factories and to restrict the
sale of vodka on Sundays and holi-
days. A S25 fine for drunkenness is
in contemplation.
Many deaths are said to have result
ed from the introduction of the new
40 per cent vodka. Delirium tremens,
heretofore an uncommon disease IN
Russia. is declared now to be fairly
prevalent.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
Engineers to Meet in California.

NEW YORK. December CP).-
The Spring meeting Of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers will
be held in San Francisco next June
% to July I, 1t was announced at to-
days session Of the society's annual
convention. An industrial prepared
convention, with Secretary OF War
Davis and e. H. Gary among the
Speakers
Evening star., 1925-12-04
MANY ARE HOMELESS.
2 KILLED IN TORNADO
BY the Associated Press.


JACKSON. Miss, December 1.-Two
persons were killed, more than a score
injured and from SO to 100 families
made homeless by a tornado which
struck Yazoo City early today, accord
ing to message received by State
headquarters of the Red Cross from
Mrs. r. G.. Thornton. representative
at YaZoo City. The tornado swept
into the city from the northwest.
blowing down houses and buildings
and leaving a trail of destruction in
It's wake.
PADUCAH, Ky. December LPl.---
Messages reaching here indicated that
a wind storm of cyclonic proportions
struck near Kuttawa, KY, at
o'clock this morning. Roofs were re-
ported blown off houses and a church
demolished. No information regarding
deaths or injuries was available
Evening star., 1925-12-04
40 or IS EntOmbed
By Blaze in Mine;
Gas Causes Alarm
By the Associated Press.

BOULDER. Colo, December A.
Between 40 and 45 men were I'm
prisoned In the Cardinal tunnel. a
property worked by the FaiTview
Mining Company. by a fire that
broke out In the workings early
today. The mine Is 20 miles west
OF here. Six rescue crews left here
for the scene.
Mine officials said they feared
the imprisoned men were uncon-
scious from the heavy smoke that
is pouring from the mouth OF the
tunnel and that has prevented
workers, who were not equipped
with masks, from entering.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
Auto Rum Train
And $4,000 Cargo
Taken in Florida
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, December A
train of liquor ears and trucks was
captured and assorted whisky val
ued at approximately $500 We're
seized today near Bradenton, Fla.
patrol inspectors from the United
States immigration office here an
nounced today.
Four men We're captured. officers
say, after a running pistol fight.
They are now being held in jail
at Bradenton.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
DEBT STAND SAME
LOUCHEUR DECLARES
Cables Winston Reminding Him of
Paris Conversation Last
May.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 4.-Finance Min
lister Loucheur has cabled Garrard
r. Winston. Cndersecretary Of the
American Treasury, reminding him Of
a conversation they had on the wa-
debt question when Mr.. Winston was
in Paris last May.
NJ. Loucheur said he was of the
same opinion now as then. 1t IS un-
derstood ne told Mr.. Winston that
he was for France paying her debts
to the limit of her capacity and that
he had been misunderstood In other
utterances attributed to him.
Washington dispatches yesterday
said Secretary of the Treasury Mel
lon had received word from NJ
Loucheur expressing hope for early
renewal of negotiations for funding
Frances debt to the United States.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
Volpi Gets Great Welcome.

TURIN, Italy, December co.
Finance Minister Count Volpi, return
ing from his successful debt funding
mission to Washington. received
great popular welcome when his train
arrived here today. Later he left for
Roma
Evening star., 1925-12-04
Explains Talk to Press.

He said that there were certain later
developments at the scene OF the
Shenandoah crash that he felt ought
not to be published and so stated to
the newspaper men present, but de-
clared these matters were not con-
nected with the cause Of the disaster.
Col. g. D. Hall, an Army survivor
of the Shenandoah, who was the Air
Service observer aboard the ship on
her fatal flight, denied that the wreck
was caused by anything other than
the dynamic forces of the storm,
and expressed the opinion that para
Chutes would not have prevented loss
of life at the time.
John +. Victory, assistant secretary
of the National Advisory Committee
on AeronauticS, produced a technical
report on the design of the Shenan-
doah with a view to showing the court
that the Navy Department had con
suited aeronautical experts in design
ing the airship. The report was adj
mitted in evidence without the dis
closure of its contents.
Lieut.. K. G.. Mayer, one of the de-
signers and constructors OF the Shen-
andoah, was recalled to answer this
question by Mr.. Reid: Did you ever
read a report by the other designers Of
the Shenandoah or hear them state
that the Shenandoah had certain
Weaknesses which would affect her
disastrously if she encountered bad
weather.
Il recollect d statement made to the
effect that under certain conditions
the Shenandoah could he broken" the
witness replied.
Lays Crash to Storm.
Col. Hall denied that the Shenan-
Soah was wrecked because % the
pressure of gas bursting her cells. He
said that the dynamic forces of the
storm" We're to blame. The valves
had no connection with the disaster
ne declared, but later admitted under
cross-examination that 1t would have
been unnecessary to employ manual
methods of operating the valves If
there had been sufficient automatic
valves He said that parachutes as
now designed would have been useless
on the Shenandoah. explaining under
cross examination that the crew would
would not have had time to use them,
anyway.
Capt. Lincoln was introduced as the
naval officer who prepared tnstrdc-
ttons for the movement of all naval
vessels and as the man who prepared
the orders for the last flight Of the
Shenandoah.
He testified. under direct eXami-
nation, that Comdr. Lansdowne. did
not object to him about making the
fatal flight, but had expressed an
opinion to the chief of naval opera
tions in his presence as TO the best
time for making the trip. He said
that the latter part of August or early
in September was suggested by the
Shenandoah commander. The witness
asserted that Comdr. Lansdowne ex-
pressed himself as satisfied with the
plans TO make the fight, first to him
self Capt. Lincoln and later to Ad-
miral Eberle.
When Mr.. Reid took over the wit
ness for cross-eXaminatton the wit
ness stated he was not flying Of
fcer.
do you know enough about air
ships to navigate one?" asked Mr..
Reid
The witness hesitated for some mo-
ments, and started TO reply but Mr..
Reid objected. and the question was
reframed as follows:
DO you consider that you know
Continued on Page s. Column b
Evening star., 1925-12-04
SOLID TIRE TRUCKS
BARRED FROMFOUR
TRAFFIC ARTERIES
Order of Commissioners Also
Bans Horse Vehicles From
Main BouIevards.
WILL RELIEVE PRESENT
CONGESTION AT CIRCLES
Massachusetts,. Rhode Island. New
Hampshire Avenues and Six
teenth Street Named,

Solid-tire trucks and horse-drau.
vehicles will be barred from portions
Of four main arteries. except IN MAJ,
ing actual deliveries, by action OF the
District Commissioners today.
The regulation reads as follows:
Commercial vehicles. equipped
With solid tires and horse-drawn We
hicles shall not be operated on Six
teenth street between II street and
Colorado avenue: New Hampshire ave
nue. between Washington Circle and
L street: Rhode Island avenue te-
tween Connecticut avenue and North
Capitol street, and Massachusetts
avenue between Fourteenth and
Twenty second streets, except for the
purpose of making delivery or loading
and for such purposes such vehicles
shall enter and leave at the nearest
intersection to such delivery OF load
ing point: provided. however. that the
vehicle using said highways for the
purpose herein permitted shall at all
times obey the parking regulations in
force thereon"
One Modification Made.
This far.reaching regulation was
adopted with one modification from
the language In which It was recon
mended by Traffic Director Eldridge.
when he submitted the other amend
ments to the traffic code recently. The
director had first proposed that the
restriction on Massachusetts avenue
extend from Union Station to Sheri
dan Circle. The director agreed TO the
modification.
The chief object Of this new phase oc
ira F1n {c 70 cd ho
ding OF the large flow OF vehicles
that daily pass Dupont. Scott and
Thomas Circles, which are btsected by
the highways from which trucks are
being barred. The rule Will also have
the effect of expediting the movement
Of traffic on these thoroughfares.
Claim Cost Increase.
When the public hearing on all Of
the traffic amendments was held ner
chants and truck operators vigorously
opposed this recommendation on the
ground that IL would increase the cost
Of commodities by curtailing the
transportation OF materials by motor
truck.
The regulation will become effec
tive 10 days after II has been ad-
vertised as a legal notice.
The Commissioners also approved
an amendment TO the traffic code
which was held over from the public
hearing providing that vehicles NOV
ing over any highway on three or
more axles not less than 90 inches
apart shall be exempt from the gross
weight limitation of $4,000 pounds.
Another amendment relieves truck
owners of the present requirement of
painting the weight and load on the
sides OF trucks. since these weights
are now being recorded upon the reg
| istration certificate which goes with
! the truck.
Another amendment approved to-
| day repeals the present requirement
| that only amber colored glass may
| be used on stop lights on the rear OF
automobiles. Mr.. Eldridge explained
to the Commissioners that satisfac-
| tory amber colored glass IS not al
ways availa Bile.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
Eberle Conceived Plan,

The flight, the board was told. was
originally conceived by Admiral
Eberle, the chief of naval operations
and its primary purpose was TO train
the crew. Col. Mitchell has claimed
that the Shenandoah went to her
doom while engaged in a propa ga nCIa
mission for the Navy. Much of the
correspondence passing between
Comdr. Lansdowne and the Navy De
partment regarding the itinerary of
the proposed flight, already made
public by the Shenandoah's court of
inquiry. was entered into the record
of the Mitchell trial today
Col. Mitchells charges that efforts
We're made at the time of the Shenan-
doah's disa TO "muzzle" the press
We're denied by Comdr. !. II. Klein of
the Lakehurst naval air station. He de
Clared the statement of Il newspaper
man. called by the defense. to the eff
feet that he tComdr. Klein had asked
him not to publish a story about the
probable cause of the disaster, was
incorrect"
Evening star., 1925-12-04
MITCHELL CHARGES
IN ND|R|G|BLE CRASH
DISPUTED BY NAVY
LanSdoWne Had Full Re-
Sponsibi|ity on Flight,
Officer Testifies.

Col. William Nitchen's charges
that the Navy Department was Grim
inally negligent" IN sending the
Shenandoah on her last flight We're
disputed today by high officers of the
Navy Department called by the pros
ecution 10 testify at the Mitchell trial
today.
Capt. Gatewood s Lincoln Of the
Bureau Of Naval Operations. the Off
Ger who prepared the order for the
Snenandoah's flight To the Middle
West. denied that Comdr LausdOWne
objected to making the flight. and as
serted further that the latter had
"ful! discretion" to ignore the in.
structions of his superiors if he had
felt conditions warranted
While admitting under cross-eXami-
nation that he was not flying of
hcer,' the Eavy's star witness of the
day denied that he voluntarily com
manded the movements OF the Shen-
andCah, and declared that Comdr
LansdoWne alone was responsible for
the actual movement of the ship on
her Minneapolis trip.
Evening star., 1925-12-04
WEATHER.

Rain tonight and tomorrow; some
what warmer tonight, colder tomor-
row afternoon or night.
Temperatures-Hig 50. at noon
today; lowest, As. at 6 am. today
Full report on page I.
Evening star., 1925-12-04

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered TO Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.