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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-21
SYLVIA LENT RE-ENCAGED
BY DETROIT SYMPHONY

Sylvia Lent, violinist Of this city,
who appeared with the Detroit Sym
pbony Orchestra in Buffalo on De-
cember 1. under the auspices of
the Buffalo Musical Foundation, has
been engaged to appear with the
same orchestra in Detroit IN n pair
Of concerts on February 25 and, rs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-21
st. Marks, Lutheran
Church q Transflguration

At st. Marks Lutheran Church,
Eighth and b SITS. S. W., the mu-
steal program for Christmas morn
ing, at $3.50 O'Clock, will be:
Anthems, There Were Shep-
herds" CVincent); Festival TIE Deum"
dudley Buck; 1.-The Shepherds of
Bethlehem" 0orenz): tenor solo,
might of Nights" Wan de Water),
H. Granville Leef; bass solo, "Naza-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-21

reth" (Gounod), William M. Hanft.
The instrumental music will be
given by a trio, Russell Phipps,
violinist; John Auer, ceIlist, and
Lucy H. PAUL. organist and director
OF the chair, and viii include ISL
lent Night, Holy Night" s.To the
Evening STAR sTannhauser,' (Wa9
ner), and Intermezzo from s'Cavel.
leria Rusticana" (Mascagni). Organ
postlude, March of the Magi
Kings" (Dubois).
The entire program will be re.
peated at the II o'clock service on
Sunday following Christmas Day.
The public is cordially invited.
Saint AI0ysius Church
Music at the Midnight Mass on
Christmas Eve, at st. Aloysius'
Church, under Victor L. Boenau,
choir director and organist, win be
given by the regular quartet choir,
composed Of Agnes Whelan, so
prano; Theresa X. Hubner, con-
traIto; Louis Annis, tenor, and
Gerald Whelan, bassO, assisted by
Florence Sindell, soprano: Thelna
Smith, contralto, George e. Ander-
son, tenor. and Leroy Lewis, bari
tone.
ST. calir's MASS in O. tradi-
tional with this church, win be
given. The "Adeste. Fideles'' will
be sung at the Offertory and
Silent Night" after the Mass.
The accompaniment will be
furnished by an eight-piece orches.
ira with Mr.. Bonau directing at
the organ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-21
B { n f | I
!. BY GREAT
POLE
MUSIC CALENDAR

TO-DAY. 4:3O - Paderewski ALL
Chopin recital, for the American
Legion Endowment Fund. Polls.
TUESDAY, 7:3O-First symphony
concert, United states Marine
Band orchestra, Captain Santel'
man. leader. Marine Barracks
CHRISTMAS EVE-Music in the
churches.
UHRISTMAS DAY-Special music
in the church services.
SUNDAY. 4:3O and S:3O-Music-
dramaIof The Other Wise Man
/. Of Henry Van Dyke, arranged by
Bess Davis Schreiner. Harp,
Katherine Riggs; Nina Norman,
soprano, and fifty others. Luther
Place Memorial Church.
MONDAY, December %, S:3O-Mu-
sic-drama. OF 1.-THE Other Wise
Man.. third rendition. Luther
place Memorial Church.
WEDNESDAY, December 30, p.
Morgan recital, by Warden
Frank L. Sealy, OF New York,
A. q. o., and F.. A. @. O., IN
: the Christmas carol service OF
the D. C. Chapter, American
Guild Of Organists. Epiphany
: Church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-21
PADEREKsKI FOR LEGION
Noted Pianist Plays Tonight

With high officials OF the Gov
eminent and prominent social lead
ers already announced as subscrib'
ers. the American Legion Endow-
nent Fund for Disabled Soldiers
anticipates great success in the
Paderewsli benefit concert at Polls
fhis afternoon at 4:30 for the fund.
All but a few remaining seats were
sold late yesterday evening, accord
ing to an announcement by MIS-.
WiIson-Greene who Is managing
Paderewski,s concert for the Ameri-
can Legion. ,
Padarewski has selected an an
Chopin program. It win include
Chopin,s Fantasia, Opus -; four
.preludes. Nos. Is. is. 81 and -; two
Nocturnes. Opus Is: Sonata. Opus
IS: BalIade, r minor; three Etudes,
Nos. II. Z and 8, Opus 10; Scherzo,
q sharp minor, Opus, SO; Mazurka,
r sharp minor. Opus So: Polonaise.
A major, Opus 40, and Valse,
Opus AZ.
The great Polish pianist, who has
declined to play in Washington Tor
Drofft recently communicated with
President Coolidge and asked the
President to designate some worthy
national cause to which he might
contribute the proceeds of a concert
m washington. Mr.. Coolidge imme.
(llatelv named the American Legion
endowment Fund for Disabled Sol
diers. Mrs. Coolidge is expected TO
attend foday's concert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-21
Psychology Club TAX

Two addresses on the subject
What Rules the World" win be-
given before the meeting Of the.
Pratical Psychology club tonight At
s O'Clock Ut the Playhouse, 1914 ~
ST. The speakers win be Harriefte
Augusta Curtiss and b. Homer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-21
SAINT MARGARET's CHURCH

The Children's Sunday School
festival will be given at st. Mar
garet's Church, Connecticut Ave.
and Bancroft Pl., ono Christmas eve.
at 4 p. m. There will be music by
the junior choir, under the direction
Of Percy Van Ness.
Midnight service. Christmas eve.
Music by the vested choir.
Christmas day, IL a. m. morning
prayer and holy communion. Pro-
cessional, Adeste Fidels: Festival TIE
Deum (Calkin); Jubilate Dec (HalD;
Introit, 1T Came Upon the Mid
night Clear" (Sullivan): offertory
anthem. "Singr o Heaven" Toursl;
Scantus (Stainer); Benedictus Qui
VENT (Sounod); Gloria in Excelsis
and Nunc Dimittis (chantedG recess
SIGNAL, "Hark the Herald Angels
Sing" (Mendelssohn).
Solists, Mrs. M. M. Marks. Mrs.
w. H. Beck, w. w. Gantz and A.
Fl. Lambdin; D. B. Macleod, organ
list and choirTnaster.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-21
Sc. Stephen's Church

Christmas Day at st. Stephens
Church, Episcopal, 3O17 Fourteenth
st. N. W., the Rev. George #.
Dudley. d. D., rector, the music
will be:
Professional. 20 Come All Ye
Faithful untroit; NOW Is Come
Salvation" (Cuthbert Harrissl:
Gloria Tibi" (Gounodl: anthem,
1T Came Upon the Midnight
Clear" (Stainer); "Sanctus" (Stan-
ford in b flat; "Agnus Del" (Gou-
nod; Gloria in ExceIsis' (Oid
Chant; occasional, "Hark the
Herald Angels Sing
Soloists, DIR. George F.. Dudley
and George G.. Stonebracker. Or
ganist and choirmaster, III. Nor
man Taylor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-21

The Congressional Country Club
entertained its members and their
guests at a tea yesterday afternoon,
the first Sunday afternoon tea Of
the season.
"A program of music was given
by Hazel Wegner Bachschmid. so
prano; Elizabeth Gardner Coornbs.
pianist, and Clayton Lindsay. flute
soloist of the u. S. Marine Band.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-21
ST. PAUL's CHURCH

Three special Christmas Day SER
vices will be held at st. Paurs
Church, Rock Creek Parish. Rev.
Joseph Fletcher. rector.
These will include the first cele-
bration of the Holy Communion at
the Chapel of the Holy Comforter,
1880 a. m. Second celebration. morn.
ing prayer and sermon by the rec
tor. at the mother church, 1880
a. m. Festival carol service OF the
Sunday school, Saturday at 1880 p.
III. AT this service "a large tree will
ne provided for the children. and a
Christmas play will be given, to-
gether with gifts for each child and
the singing of the carols.
AT the 1890 a. IN. service Christ
mas Day, the following music will
be rendered under the direction of
II. Fl. Freeman, organist and choir
master. The solo parts will be sus-
tained by Mabel Foote Whitman, So
pranO; S. Elizabeth Kerr, contralto;
w. S. Frick, tenor, and Horace A.
Lake, bass.
Professional hymn, 20. Come All
Ye Faithful" (Adeste Fideles); Ven
tie, (Angelican Chant; Festival TIE
Deum in e flat major, dudley
Buck); Jubilate Dec in G major,
(Calkin); Introit anthem. "Shep-
nerds Christmas Song" austrian
Folksong 1870. arranged from Helm
rich Reimann, by Clarence Dickin-
son: Service of the Holy Commu-
Mon in F. fiat major, Eyre); hymn,
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
tMendelssohn); offertory anthem.
Silent Night" melody by Franz
Gruber OS18. arranged as a Christ
mas carol for soprano solo and
chorus by John f. West: occasional
hymn, angels, From the Realm Of
Glory"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-21

1t Keitf's Theater wednesday, un-
fer the auspices Of the Bible de-
partment OF the Federation Of
WomenA Clubs, the quartet fur
nished the musical portion Of the
services with q group Of Christmas
songs. And on Thursday evening
they gave the music for the Christ
mas dinner party at the Chevy
groups Of Christmas songs and car
els, as well as many selections from
their regular reDertory.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
40 PILOTS SET
FOR BIC AIR
EVENTS
Fatal Crash at Mitchell
Field Fails to Damp
Enthusiasm.

mitchell FIELD, y. Y. Oct. p
pa fatal crash at the opening OF
the national air races failed to lessen
enthusiasm for the events on the three
day program designed to speed the
progress of aviation.
Forty pilots were primcd for the
three races for military and civilian
pilots. In the other event there is 10
chance for disaster, it being the Mulvi-
hill trophy duration race for model
planes, in which sixteen contestants,
young and old, are entered. Seven OF
these are from Chicago. The contest
requirements for the trophy and $500
in prizes are that all planes must be
hand launched and the power derived
from rubber bands.
Mechanics and pilots continued prim'
ing high speed machines for the an
nual Pulitzer trophy race, tomorrow,
the final event on the program. The
army and navy have entered two spe-
cially built baby speedsters which will
be navigated respectively by Lieutcn'
anst Cyrus X. Belts and Alfred J,
Williams. The Pulitzer classic Is for
the trophy donated by Ralph Pulitzer,
Joseph Pulitzer Jr., and Herbert Pu-
liter. and $4,000 in prizes. 1t is open
to all corners. The distance is 20N
kilometers 124.27 miles,.
Clarence ID. Chamberlin Of Has
BRONX, y. j.. whose home built mono.
plane crashed yesterday from a height
Of 100 feet in the first race, was re-
covering from slight injuries today
Lawrence Buranelli, his passenger, was
killed.
Officials of the field say they had
warned Buranelli not TO make the
the plane with sand ballast instead OF
a man.
The program for today follows:
$3.50 a. m.-Mulvihill trophy race.
II a. m.-Aviation Town and Coun.
try Club of Detroit trophy race for
light commercial speed planes. civilian
pilots only. Prizes Of $500. Distance,
100 miles.
I p. m.-Dayton Daily News light
airplane trophy. 80 miles, civilians
only. Prizes of $4,000.
Sp. m.-Detroit News transport tro,
ply race for large capacity planes
flown by military pilots only for 120
miles. Prizes. $1,000. Planes must fly
So miles an hour or better with a min
imum 2000-pound load.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
MATE BREAKS NOSE,
So BRIDE RESIGNS

CHICAGO. Oct. 0. - Weening. Il
little German. bride. Mary Schram'
told Judge Lupe in the Domestic
Court that six months after her hus-
band brought her from Germany he
began to neglect her for widow from
Detroit named Rose. last name I'M
known. She protested. and William
having broken her heart, literally
broke her nose.
"Oh. the widow-that's nothing.
was Williams comment. intended to
be casual. Il know her-yes-but,
pshaw, that's nothing:-
Nothing? Why. judge. he told me
the widow is getting alimony from
her first husband, and my husband
has been married twice before. i
thought l was No. l."
Williams parents gave bond that he
would support Mary, who said, NO.
don't want him. 1 know all about
him now,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
Sfemer Swears
OHSmoking-
For q While
Smoke. commissioner"
.Can,t fakn IL. Thanks. .

Smoke. commissioner"
Can't take il. Thanks
This scene was repeated sew.
eral times in the office Of Paul
f. SteffIer, street commissioner,
Friday.
4 large basket Of flowers on his
desk with a note from his family
revealed that he is so years old
today.
Congratulations. commission
er, Just \ little present." a
caller exclaimed. handing him
two boxes Of cigars.
But ! swore eff smoking this
morning." he protested.
a smouldering cigar preceded
Mr.. Steffler as he wen. out TO
his lunch.
These two boxes and then no
more" he said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
BODY
lin GAS BLAST
| RECOVERED
Injured Total 81 in St.
Louis Explosion; Loss
I Is 100000.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9.-LP-Shortly
b<fore dawn Friday, another body Wa
lprne from the debris, bringing TO
four the total fatalities of re-
srigernting tank explosion in the ten
story Laciede Gas Light Company's
downtown office building here Thurs
day. 1t was that of Bert Reynolds,
%, an electrician, in quest of whom
searchers had toiled all night.
The bodies of Mrs. Anna StOll,
widow, a clerk, Carl Brewer. an en-
gineer, and Armund Marquardt, main
fensnce man, were removed from the
wreckage shortly after the explosion,
which occurred in the rear base.
nent.
sAll-night checking increased the il
jared list to 81, most of whom were
employees and who suffered shock.
minor abrasions, bruises and effects CT
ammonia fumes. 4 few we're burned
By flames that followed the explosion.
Fred Bristow and Anthony kahler,
clerks, however. were in a critical con-
dition today, while seven others were
confined at hospitals. The remainder
had, however, returned 10 their
hcmee.
Company officials remained at
loss TO name the exact cause Of the
disaster. the refrigerating machinery
being found intact. Inspectors turned
their investigations upon the tank TO
see, # possible, what caused it 10
burst.
No official statement was made OF
the loss incurred. Contractors as.
serted that the building structure was
uhimpaired and it was pointed out
that the damage was of surface ma
ttre, restricted to the first and mez
zsnine floors, the basement, and the
zenith floor supply rooms.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
TACK MAKERS AGREE
TO QUIT PRODUCING
299 OF 485 SIZES

WASHINGTON, Oct. o. up
Manufacturers agreed today to quit
making 200 sizes of tacks and confine
their activities to only 1856 sizes. The
action was taken as result of the
Commerce Departments campaign to
reduce commercial waste.
Tn the rcclassification Of the 49,
sizes, the old carpet tack" barely
survived, the manufacturers pointing
out that changes in interior decoration
in recent years had made it nearly
obsolete. A compromise finally was
reached by agreeing to select another
name for the tack.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
U. S. COTTON REPORT
PLEASES ENGLISH

MANCHESTER. England, Oct. o.
-LP)-Ihe United States govern
ments cotton report has been re-
ceived with qualification throughout
the cotton trade area. The people
are in hopes that with plentiful sup
plies Of raw cotton at reasonable
price trade will improve and employ
ment increase.
Some Of the dealers, however. are
not fully pleased with the report. They
expect a further fall in prices from
yesterdays decline, with resultant dis
turbance 10 trade.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
SHOOTING SUSPECTS
RELEASE IS SOUGHT

Release of Ben Lopez, charged by
complaint with the killing of Miguel
Rivas, victim of a stray bullet at st.
Cecilia garden last Saturday night,
was sought in a habeas corpus hearing
at 5 o'clock Friday in Thirty-sevehth
District Court.
Lopez was remanded to Jail without
bail following a preliminary hearing
before Justice of the Peace Ben s.
Fisk Thursday.
A second man charged with the
same offensc has been released on
$500 bail.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
WOMAN, SURE BABY
KIDNAPPED, FINDS TOT
UNDERNEATH STORE

''He's been kidnapped, Oh. where's
my baby screamed an anguished
woman Friday. in front OF a Labor
street grocery store. "a Il
"A man took him out Of bis car
rage. my cook saw him carrying the
baby she told Detectives Higgins
and Hartman.
He took him while I was making
purchases in this store. oh. know
my baby is gone said the heart
broken mother.
And all the while. the detectives
nervously scribbled the data in their
report books.
Just then a pink little face was
spied peering from beneath the store.
Goo" chortled baby.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
SPECTATOR SEXES
REARING HORSE AND
SAVES AGED PIONEER

Death which threatened a member
Of the Old Trail Drivers was cheat.
cd Thursday afternoon when Tempt,
Calhoun. assistant district attorney.
seized plunging horse before he could
drag his rider across the pavement on
Main Plaza.
The horse SHE'D SIS the aged plains
man turned onto the plaza. The lunge
threw him halfway ont Of the saddle,
one foot hanging in the stirrup. Thea
the horse started to run.
Calhoun was standing on the side
walk. He made a leap and grabbed the
reins just rs the horse reared, throw
ing his rider beneath him.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
S. A. CHIROPRACTORS
WILL CHARTER CAR
TO ATTEND MEETING

San Antonio Chiropractors en- route
to the state convention in Dallas. will
occupy special car on the Southern
Pacific train Friday night, according
10 Tom Hood, assistant general pas
sengcr agent
Chief among matters Of discussion
At the meeting will be plans To meet
the proposed campaign Of the Medical
Association against them.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
NAVAL LIEUTENANT
| browns IN RIVE R

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.-P)-
Lieutenant W. s. Jackson, of the U. s.
S. Hannibal, was drowned carly to-
day, when he fell from the deck of the
vessel at the Philadelphia navy yard
1t is believed he slipped on the freshly
washed deck and fell into the river.
striking his head against the side OF
the pier in the fall. Lieutenant Jack
son was % years old and was grad
uated from the naval academy in 1921.
He had been attached to the Hannibal
ever since. His home could not be
learned.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
NUECES-GALYESTON
TOLL ROAD PLANNED
BY TEXAS COMPANY

AUSTIN. Oct. 9.--CR-Building of
toll road from Corpus Christi to
Galveston is the purpose Of the Gulf
Coast Causeway Company, charter for
which was granted today by the sec
rotary of state. Counties the road
would touch are Nueces. Arkansas, Re
fugio, San Patricio, Kennedy, Klc'
berg. Willacy. Cameron, Calhoun, Vic
toria. Jackson. Matagorda, Brnzoria,
Galveston and Harris. The road would
form n link between Brownsville, Cor
pus Christi. Galveston. Houston, Port
Arkansas and Rockport.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
DIR. HUGO PREUSS DIES.

BERLIN, Oct. o.-GP)-Dr. Hugo
Preuss. Democrntic Reichstag deputy,
and principal author of the German
Republican constitution adopted at
the Weimar conference. is dead. DIR.
Preuss was minister of the interior
under the CHARACTERISTIC of Philip
Scheidemsnn in 1919. He was born
October IS. 1860.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
SOY
FOR DAM EQUIPMENT

Appropriation for S107 TO pay for a
motor pump and equipment for use on
one of the Golfer dams at the Olmos
dam site in Alamo Heights will be
made at the meeting of the city COM
mission Monday.
An ordinance to this effect was
drawn up and filed with City Clerk
Fred Fries Friday.
No date for the Mckenzie Construc-
ton Company TO begin pouring con-
crete has been set, according TO advice
at the flood prevention engineers Of
flee.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
DIES OF BURNS,

BURkBCRNETT. Oct. 3.-Mrs.
Thomas Hatcher. %, is dead from
burns suffered September % while
lighting wood stove from an oil stove
reservoir. which exploded. Her hus-
bands hands were badly burned in ex-
tinguishing the flames.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-09
MANS NECK BROKEN
IN ACCIDENT AT GIN

BLACKWELL. Tex, Oct. 9.-E.
J. Gore. farmer. while working at the
Mcdonald gin was caught in the press
and his neck broken. He was rushed
10 a hospital at Winters. where doc
tors say there is little hope for his re-
coYery. 4 slipping belt saved him
from instant death.
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-07-15

shall not again attempt to vote, 9r he permitted to vote, in the same or any other pre:;nct at the same election.
 Section G. That no ballot cast at any election by any person without the ability to read and write as herein required, except as herein provided, shall be counted, returned or canvassed, and every such vote or ballot shall be deemed fraudulent and illegal.
 Section '. That any person who violates any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine of not more than Five Hundred Dol lars, or by Imprisonment in jail for both fine and imprisonment.
 Section 8. That this Act as whole shall not be or become in validated by reason of the invalidity of any particular section or pro- visions hereof, or by reason of the invalidity of the Act with reference to any of the elections herein men, toned; and it is the hereby eX pressly declared intention of the Legislature, that the invalidity, or adjudication as invalid, of any par ticular section or provision of this Act, or of the Act generally and as a whole to any of the elections herein mentioned, shall not affect the validity of any other section or provision hereof, or the validity of the Act as a whole to any election or elections to which it may law fully apply.
 Approved April "A, 1925
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-07-15

she appears to the election officers or any of them not to have the ability to read and write as herein required, or if he or she be chal- lenged upon the ground of inability to read and write as herein required, then he or she shall be required, be- fore voting, to read in the English language, publicly and in the pres cnce of the election officers, anl under the direction of the election officers or some or one of them, a pa sage of not less than ten lines, chosen at random by the election officers or some or one of them, from the Constitution of the United States, and to legibly write in the English language passage of not fewer than twenty-five consecutive words chosen at random by the cleo Cn officers or some or one of them from the Constitution of the United Sta .es, and dictated by one of the election officers to such pro- posed voter.
 Section 1. No person claiming to b. exempt from the provisions of this Act by reason of physical dis ability shall b. permitted to vote at any such election, unless it is ap- parent to the election officers that such physical disability exists, and that except for such physical dis ability the proposed voter would be abe to read and write in the Eng fish language as herein required. And if any person should claim eN- emption from any of the provisions of this Act, because of having pre- viously voted legally at any election mentioned in Section 1 of this Act, said person shall be required to swear, under oath, as to the time and place of having SO voted.
 Section ,. Any person who is re- fused permission to vote at any election in any precinct by the cleo ton officers of such precinct on the ground that the proposed voter is unable to read and write in the Eng
 isn language as herein renrirc&,