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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-29

back-room sessions, hoard mem
bers say.
In the face of councilmanic re-
bellious and political troubles,
board members have kept signing
away and have actually trans
acted twice az much business as
any former board OF works. sta
tistics show the board paved sixty
seven miles of streets and alleys
and dug fifteen miles OF sewers in
1924 and indications are that
more than 300 miles Of streets and
alleys will have been paved be-
fore the administration is ended.
Coffin now is serving under his
ninth mayor. He was a member
of the park board twenty-five years
before he became president of the
board of works.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-29
CITY SEEKS DAMAGE.

Suit has been filed in Circuit Court
by the city Of Indianapolis against
the Hoosier Roofing Company and
the Globe Indemnity Company for
$12. 900 damages alleged to have been
caused by a lealy roof on the city
hall.
Complaint charged that nothing
can be done to improve the roof,
laid in 1923, except to replace II.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-29

and the balance in small weekly
payments, and you will have a
new, up-to- the-minue coat when
the cold weather comes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-29
TEACHERS HEAR REPORT
General Meeting Held; Community
Fund Work Outlined.

Miss Flora Z. Drake. assistant
superintendent Of schools. Monday
afternoon reported on the Interna-
tionel Education convention, held
during the summer at Glasgow, Scot
land, before a general meeting of
Indianapolis teachers at Caleb Mills
Hall.
Homer w. Borst, executive secre-
tary of the Indianapolis Community
Fund. outlined the work OF the or.
ganiZation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-29

deal with the situation and wise
enough to enable China to get her
just obligations and to work for her
salvation on lines equitable to her
self and the world"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
LAWYER CLERK
ON TRIAL IN
MIR. A CASE
Newton, Alleged Co-conspira-
tor in BIackmail of indian
Prince, Is Crown Witness
BY DAVID NJ. CHURCH.
international News Service.

LONDON, March William
Cooper Hobbs, elderly lawyers clerk
pleaded mot guilty" in loud
steady voice when arraigned in old
Bailey today charged with defraud-
ing Sir Hari Singh, wealthy and
handsome young prince of India, Of
$3.50, 900.
Hobbs was smartly dressed in
dark morning clothes and his beard
was meticulously trimmed. Adjust.
ing his spectacles, he personally
inspected each juror.
TraVers Humphreys, counsel
opening for the crown, admitted
that Montague Neel Newton, as
sociate Of Hobbs in the alleged con-
spiracy which cost the young prince
$3.50, 900 for his amour with Mrs.
Maude Robinson in Paris, was
evidently "a man of bad character"
whom the crown would rather see
in the dock than in the witness
box.
To CorrObOrate Story.
Humphreys told the jury they
would not be asked to believe
Newton's testimony against Hobbs
unless it was corroborated.
Dealing with Charles Robinson,
husband of the pretty woman who
met Sir Hari by appointment in a
Paris hotel, Humphreys said it was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02

, was journalistically conscious, emo
| tiOnally conscious, of the immense
responsibility which he undertook
and assumed wheiI ne dared to 90
against what seemed to be the al
most universal desire of this couE.
try and Of the world.
That responsibility tortured him
For many days, for many nights,
he pondered with anxiety, with pain.
Then he resolved, and he never
flinched or fell away from the reso-
luton.
He was an fisherman. Genera.
ton after generation In this coun.
try his Scotch.Irish family married
into other Scotch-Irish families. He
himself married into a Scotch irish
family. In his school-boy days at
Groton he was confirmed into the
Episcopal church. This veneer of
Episcopalianism never sank in.
Steadily he reverted into Presby.
terianism. Steadily he became more
and more an fisherman, determined
to slay the wicked.
1t gave him his recent defeat in
Illinois. Friends begged him To
fight only for himself and not also
against Governor Small. They
begged him to let anybody. be gov
ernor, if only he himself coul1 be
senator. He would not listen.
Small was wicked. according to
him. Small must be removed. The
wicked must be smitten, slaughter
ed. He essayed to do it. He fell,
essaying.
Body Gives Way.
His career as a Newspaper pub
Usher, had been interrupted by his
departure from the Chicago Trib-
une. His career as a public man
was interrupted by his defeat in
the Illinois Republican primary.
With his body giving way more
more under him, he faced the neces-
sity of riding forward to find and
make a third career.
1t was too much. The body
stopped. 1t just ran down and
stopped. When 1 found him in his
bed. he was as If asleep. There
had been no struggle. His bed
clothes were about him, undisturb-
ed, covering him gently. His body
was in the posture in which he
loved to sleep. His head was bent
upon his hand. 1t had sunk in ex-
hausted obedience to the last sum-
mons, quietly, unproLeSLlngIy.
/ like not to think of that poor
body which would not serve him. /
like to think of him himself.
like to think of that mind, 40
tolerant about people. so resolute
about issues, so gentle, so COM
bative. l like to think that 4
that mind lives. it can at last
without any physical fight, without
any daily struggle against flesh
and bone, look serenely and happi
ly down upon the triumphant part
it played in the organizing and
establishing of great decisions by
the United States OF America. Great
decisions, I tell myself, are not ac-
complished by small men; and it is
not friendship, it is not only
friendship, that makes me here
write this one little last story
about the quality of my friends
greatness.
Copyright Current News Features)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
SUN IS CALLED
VARIABLE
STAR
Solar Heat Has Been Below
Normal for Two Years,
Smithsonian Reports

The Smithsonian Institution has
Just published a paper by Assistant
Secretary c. G. Abbot giving daily
values of the suns heat since 1920.
Results given show that for over
two years the solar heat has been
below normal, but now is just
reaching normal again.
Comparison with the number OF
sunspots gives the reason. When
there are few sunspots, as in 1923
and 1924, the sun burns low, like
a. fire that is not stirred. The time
for many sunspots is now approach
ing, and. like a fire when the fresh
Goals are raked forward, the sun
will soon send out more heat.
Two observatories under the
Smithsonian are carrying on this
work for the whole world. One
station is in the nitrate desert Of
Chile on a mountain $500 feet high.
It never rains there, so that all
food and water have to be hauled
twelve miles. The ground there is
as bare Of life as an asphalt roof.
The other station is on a mountain
In the Arizona desert. where 1T
seldom rains. but when it does, 1t
comes down aplenty and lightning
comes with it.
Daily kilograms bring results from
both stations to the Smithsonian.
Some promising experimental fore
casts of weather conditions have
been attempted by Fl. II. Clayton.
based on these results. These will
be reported on later. Since all life
and weather on earth depend on
the sunrays. it is reasonable to be-
lieVe that measurements like these
hold out some promise of useful
ness. At any rate scientific men
and men Of affairs all over the
world are. asking for them.
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| His life was truly an heroic one,
because it was one long struggle
between a mighty mind and the
frail body which enclosed it. His
energy Of brain, his energy of nerve,
were Astounding, unending, rapid
| with q rapidity almost unrivale1
The poor body came on afterward,
tagging, sagging, whipped, spurred,
| exhausted. falling. 1t could be said
| with literal truth that his mind
willed his body. ~
Made Two Careers.
Thus tragically constituted. he
| nevertheless made not only one
career but TWO careers. He was
first a newspaper publisher, and
a great one. He was then a public
| man with a record OF profound con-
tributtons to the two greatest de-
cisons made in the city Of Wash.
lngton during his service there.
If / ask myself if my friend VIII
be remembered in the history Of
his days In Washington, / have
the happiness to know that he viii
be. The largest international affair
Of his days in Washington was The
League of Nations. The largest do
mestic affair was The establishment
Of new administrative ordering
OF our Government through the in
PRODUCTION of the Bureau of the
Budget.
Always q Journalist.
Mccormick, though he had be.
come a public man, remained a
journalist with a journalists eye
Tor the big story, for the main
motion OF the moment. He saw the
story in the budget and he went
out to get it-and to make it.
Week after week, month after
month, he worked at it with hardly
anybody else interested. He perse-
vered. Little by little he pulled
that story from the back page more
and more toward the front page of
national attention. In the end he
had it there; and the budget system
was enacted by the Congress.
He had authoritative recognition
for this great service when Vice
President.elect Dawes, the first
director of the Budget, sent him
what was think the first report
OF the Budget Bureau and on the
fly leaf addressed Mccormick as
the father Of the budget idea in
this country.
Organized League Fight.
In the matter Of the League Of
Nations the real work done by Nc
Cormick was never known. His
speeches against the league were
but a minor part of it. His speeches
indeed were not so important as
those Of Reed, Borah.. Knox. John
son. McCormick's telling work was
behind the scenes. It lay. in the
organizing and drilling Of the inner
circle of The Battalion Of Death.
1t lay in the organizing and
financing CT the appeal to the
country. While others spoke bet
ter and more. Mccormick organized
most and best.
The decision ultimately made by
the Senate, whether 1t was right or
wrong, was our most momentous
ma tional decision since the war be-
tween the States; and it was char.
acteristic of Mccormick that he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
BILLIE BURKE KEPT IN BED
BY HER AUTO INJURIES

WEST PALM ACH, Fla.
March Billie Burke, who was
injured in an automobile accident
here Friday, in company with Mrs.
Gurnee Mum. was still confined to
her bed today. She will not be
fully recovered for several days yet,
Il was stated at the residence of
Mrs G. A. Mum. which has been
rented for the season by Miss Burke
and her husband, Flo Ziegfeld.
Owing to the pressure of business
engagements, Ziegfeld will not be
able to come to Palm Beach for two
weeks or more, 1t was said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
D. c. BUILDERS OPPOSE
ENGINEERS LICENSE BILL

A veto Of the bill passed by Con-
gress which would compel MI en-
CINE operators in the District to
obtain a license was urged upon
President Coolidge today by a petit
ton from the Builders Operators
Association.
The measure, which was enacted
upon the recommendation of the
District Commissioners, amends the
present law regulating steam en-.
cheering in the city. 1t would
force the operator Of even a pump
engine or a gravel mixer to under
go eligibility tests.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
SHE DENIES GAY
PARTIES At
HOTEL
Mrs. Edna Scott, in New York
for Evidence, to Refute
Detectives Story

The trail Of evidence bearing upon
high life in the National Capital,
which is being pursued in the di.
vorce suit brought by Congressman
Frank D. Scott Rep) of Michigan,
against Mrs. Edna Scott, branched
ont today to encompass New York.
Mrs. Scott was in New York to be
present at the taking of a deposi.
ton from a women we'll known in
Congressional and social circles in
Washington.
In both cities the testimony be.
ing heard today is designed to i'm.
peach one of the principal witnesses
heard last week in behalf of
Congressman Scotia former de-
tective at a hotel here where Mrs.
Scott stayed for while after her
separation from her husband.
This detective told in his de.
position of alleged parties in Mrs,
SCOTS apartment which he said
were featured by heavy drinking
and general hilarity, mentioning
particularly the New York woman.
AS a means of discredting this
testimony, w. w. Peck, of Detroit,
counsel for Mrs. Scott, summoned
officials of the Washington police
SCpelA LHISHL IOudy WHO brought rec
ords showing that the detective had
been dismissed from the Washing.
ton police force.
The New York woman is expected
to deny the detectives story in it's
entirety.
Irwin Garfield. of Alpena, couu.
sci for Mr.. Scott, had served notice
he would take a deposition from
the wife OF another Congressman
Friday, but at the last minute she
failed to make an appearance and
he announced that, because of H.
ness, she would be unable to testify
before March 6.
One important announcement
from the defense came today when
Peck declared he had reversed his
previous plans and would again
place Mrs. Scott on the witness
stand when the court proceedings
are resumed at Alpena.
Ii is understood he will question
her in such a manner as to elaborate
upon her previous charges of high
flying and hard drinking" in the
Washington Congressional set.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
HONDURAS HAS RATIFIED
ARMS LIMITATION PACT

The Honduran national congress
has ratified conventions for the
establishment of ar international
Central American tribunal for the
Limitation of ornaments, and for
the establishment of international
commissions Of inquiry to prevent
war. Announcement was received
by the State Department today from
American Minister Franklin e.
Morales.
The pact, although rejected by
Salvador, now goes into effect.
having been ratified by Costa Rica,
Nicars qua. Honduras, the United
States and Guatemala.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
SLEEPING CARS DERAILED,
BUT NO ONE Is INJURED

OIL CITY, Pa. March 1.-Two
sleeping coaches of train No. 9O4,
southbound Buffalo Pittsburgh ex-
press, were derailed this morning
south of Red Bank, on the Ale
gheny division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
No person was injured. il was
stated at division offices here. and
the accident was due to- a broken
rail. Passengers We're transferred
to a relief train and continued on
their way to Pittsburgh. A special
train bearing division officials left
here to investigate the wreck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
D. c. COMMITTEE, IN LAST
SESSION, DROPS MILK BILL

The final meeting of the House
District Committee during the pres.
ent session of Congress took place
today.
The Committee was called to-
gether by Chairman Stuart F. Reed
to consider the Senate bill pro.
viding for labelling of all milk bot.
ties and containers.
Representatives of diaries and
delegates from several citizens as
sociations attended. Owing to the
early converting Of the House, the
committee was in session only five
minutes and no action was taken.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
What's Doing Today
and Tomorrow
Today.

Today.
Lecture-.'walter Hampden. Man and
! Actor" by Carlton Van Valkenburg
under auspices OF the Shakespeare So
ciety. at Corcoran Hall, tonight.
Dinner-The Tau Nau Tau Sorority
at the Mayflower Hotel. at o'clock
DInner-The American Horsemen 6
at the New Willard Hotel, tonight.
Meeting-The Washington Practical
Psychology Club at the Playhouse al
Seetins-The English Village Citizens
| Association in the assembly room OF
| the Cleveland Park Congregations
| Church. at s o'clock.
Dance-Under the auspices OF tne
Reception and Dance-The Georgia
state Club at the Washington Cluo'
17O1 K street, at O'Clock; ~.
Lecture-"The Flowers of the ma
tional Forests" under auspices of the
College Women's Club. at O'Clock.
O. "f 8. s.. in honor of George Pitt,
recently elected associate grand patron
of the grand chapter of the Distrlc'
of Columbia, tonight ~ ,o,,
Meeting-The Booklovers CIuo at 1SAA
G street northwest, at o'clock
Meeting-The Rebekah assembly DE
gree team confer degree on candidate
from Ruth and Naomi Lodge at the
Meeting-The Benjamin B. French
Lodge No Is in Temple tonight.
Meeting-The Columbia Floral ClLcie
at 1927 Hiatt place northwest tn'A
Meeting-The Fred D. Stuart en-
campment No. Z, of the Odd FeIIo"S'
tonight. No
30 of the knights of Pythias tonisnt.
Meeting-Board Of trustees 81 tne
Odd Fellows Temple at 1890 ooiOck:
Lecture-Recital under the auspices
of fbs WashinEton Society OF Fine Arts
at the Central High School at S:l5.
Dinner-ThN Chemical Society OF the
George Washington UniveTsiy, ton1 Si,,6
" Lecture@Mrs. Nanette B. Paul in the
club rooms Of the susan b. Anthony
Meetins-Congress Lodge Chapter. No.
A Sdress-By jesse c.. Suter. presi-
dent of the Federation Of Citizens AS
sociations at the meeting OF the stan
ton park Citizens Association In the
Peabody School tonight.
Tomorrow.
Patriotic balI-Under the auspices OF
the DANES Of the Loyal Legion, tne
Washington Unit of the Women
Overseas League at the Willard Hotel
tonight. .. A.,
lerton- under the auspices of the Park
View Community Center at O'CLOCK:
ReceptiOn-Under the auspices Oh
the Massachusetts society OF aShlhS
TON in honor of Governor Avian II
Fuller at the Washington Club tonight
Ball-Under auspices of the board OF
governors of the Congressional Country
Club tonight.
Debate-Princeton University versus
George Washington University At Cor
coran Hall tonight.
Concert-Under auspices of the Com
munity Music Association at the Gen.
trail High School tonight.
Meeting-The Scottish Rite at the
temple at 1880 o'clock.
Meeting-Mount Horeb chapter OF
Their oval Arch Masons tonight.
Lecture-By Horace Alwyne. English
pianist at 1874 ~ street at 4:3O o'clock.
BaII-Under auspices Of the Martha
Washington Lodge No. of the Re-
bekahs at the Odd Fellows temple to-
night.
Reception-The Maine Society of
Washington in honor of the Governor
of Maine at the Roosevelt Hotel 90
night.
Dance-Under the auspices OF the
Missouri Society at the Washington
Hotel tonight.
Athletic night-Under auspices of the
EIks drill corps at the Elks Hall. s19
H street tonight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
MARX IS LIKELY
To SUCCEED.
EBERT
Hot Controversy Over Choice
looms-Prepare for Funeral
of Dead Leader
By s. d. WEYER,
International News Service.

BERLIN, March 2.-While the
Nationalist press continued today to
throw mud on the record of the
late President Ebert, whom the re-
dictionaries blame for the fall of
the empire, the bulk of the German
nation participated in nationwide
mourning for the dead leader.
Wilhelmstrasse was thronged all
day long with thousands who came
TO pay homage to the former sad
die maker who became Germany's
first president. Through the silk
curtains behind the great window
they could see the Pickering candles
at his bier.
Two Reichswehr soldiers stood at
rigid attention under the huge
black-draped chandeliers in the en-
trance Of the palace.
United States Pays Respect.
Diagonally across from the palace
the Stars and stripes fluttered at
half-mast over the American en-
bassy, the first of the foreign le-
cations to half-mast it's colorS Sat
urday in token of sympathy.
The official program, of mourn
ing includes a memorial ceremony
at the presidential palace WedncS-
day afternoon, where Chancellor Luz
Their will eulogize the leadership Of
the President. Then the solemn
cortege will pass down Inter den
Linden, through the Brandenberg
gate to the Reichstag. where the
nation, through the deputies, wilt
bid farewell to Eber'.
Funeral At Heidelberg.
The body will be taken Wednes-
day evening to Heidelberg. where
the funeral will be held Thursday
morning.
Meanwhile a hot controversy over
Ebert's successor was in full swing.
The most frequently mentioned
candidate seems to be former Chan
cellor Marx, who can carry the
votes Of all the middle parties
Centrists, Social Democrats, Demo
Grassland probably many other
parties.
Doctor Hugo Eckener, hero Of
the transatlantic flight Of the
IRA now the Los Angeles, whose
prospects as presidential choice
were first revealed by Interna-
tional News Service in November,
Is prominently mentioned as the
only man remote from party strife.
However, his candidacy seems most
doubtful because he still has big
plans for Zeppelin development. in
GLIDING a flight over the North
Pole.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
BOTANICAL SOCIETY
TO SEE PASTEUR FILM

Showing OF an official French
government film Of the life Of
Pasteur. made in recognition Of the
great scientists services to hui
mainly, will be feature Of a meet
ing OF the Botanical Society Of
Washington at s o'clock tomorrow
night in the assembly hall OF the
Cosmos Club, Madison place and II
street northwest.
C. C. Thomas will give an illus.
trated lecture on the rate Of growth
Of bamboo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
Mccormick Was Hero
in Life, Says Hard

would like write just little last story about Medi
Mccormick
knew him better perhaps than almost anybody else out
side his family; and brought the who took down
his door go INTO his and take of him
he before he is taken to his farm Byron
be put into the earth into which must all and into
the special ground which he specially loved would like
write just little last story about him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
U. S. PROTESTS SEIZURE
OF STEAMER IN CHINA

PEKING, March 2.-The United
States has sent strong protest to
China for the infringement Of
American sovereignty when the
American river steamer Chichuen
was seized by Chinese authorities in
the upper Yangtze recently, it was
learned at the American legation
here today.
The captain and passengers
aboard the Chichuen were arrested
and were refused permission to
leave the ship for several days, &C
cording to the protest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
CALIFORNIA; SCHOOL
CHIEF MAY COME EAST

SACRAMENTO, CALI. March 2.
win C. Wood, State superintend-
ent of public schools, admitted to-
day to International News Services
that he had been offered einliIAr
post in Pennsylvania under Gov.
ernor Pinchot.
II have been considering the
offer for two months" Wood said,
''but as yet, I have not determined
what course to take"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
TRAINING SCHOOL BOYS
ARE SOUGHT BY POLICE

Police were today asked to look
out for three boys about fifteen
years old who are said to have
escaped from the National Trailing
School.
Their names are Clarence Akers,
Bruce Bowie and Michael Giaco-
mino. all dressed in blue trousers
and blue striped shirts when they
left the institution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
Naval Radio RiII siened

President Coolidge today signed
q bin extending Cor one year the
use Of naval radio facilities for the
transmission OF press messages
across the Pacific.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02
Chamber Board Session

The board Of directors uf ,he
Chamber of Commerce will meet at
8 o'clock tomorrow night. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-02

possible he may not have known
what was going to take place and
may not have been, in the early
stages Of the conspiracy, a party
to it. Robinson would not be
called, he said.
Humphreys revealed that after
the success OF the Paris plot, Cap
tain Arthur, aide de camp of the
prince, visited a London solicitor
named Waters and said that a
friend of his had been caught in a
compromising situation with a
married woman whose husband
threatened divorce.
No Defense.
Waters advised Arthur that his
friend had no defense and could
not avoid being made a correspond
ent, even by staying out of Eng
land. Humphreys intimated that
the plotters then went ahead with
the conspiracy, assured they had
Sir Hari trapped.