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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
]. c. ANDERSON FILES
BANKRUPTCY PETITION

Listing his debts at $S1, 0sS.14
with no assets, James C. Anderson
who says he is an inventor and
gives his address as the Franklin
Square Hotel. today filed a peti-
ton in the District Supreme Court
to be adjudged a voluntary bank
rupt.
: His creditors include Pitt K.
Babcock, administrator Of the es'
tate of Clara B. Taylor Of Fort
Worth, Texas, for 10000 shares OF
the capital stock Of the Anderson
Spark Plug Company, $1O,8O8.81i
Richard E. Claughton, 140O n;
street, northwest. this city, 1000
shares, $4,000; 1. T. Dorset OF this
city, $500; Noel L. Anthony od OF
Providence. Rhode Island, $25 5000
and promissory notes amounting 10
S42,689.33. Attorney r.. B. Dickey
appears for petitioner.
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RADIO ED|TOR0 Of
TIMES Goes
TOWRC
William M. Sweets, Listener
in" Conductor. Becomes
!. Studio Manager

William M. Sweets, for fourteen
months radio editor and listener.
i'm of the Washington Times has
resigned his position on the Times
to accept the post Of studio man
ager at WRC, the local broadcast
ing station Of the Radio Corporation
Of America. t.
Mr.. Sweets took up his new duties
at the broadcasting station today
following a brief trip to New York
during which he visited all Of the
large metropolitan studios.
The position f.of studio manager
at WRC was offered to Sweets
after he had gained considerable
reputation in the rIdio world as
conductor OF '.Romping Around the
Radio Dial" column in the Times
During his regime as listener.
I'M on the Times, Mr.. Sweets was
recognized as the country's best
radio critic. His observations were
frequently quoted inspapers through.
out the country.
The Times radio editor recently
gained for himself additional fame
when he produced the Radio
Revue at the Washington Audi
forum for the benefit Of the Wash
ington Radio Hospital Fund.
The new studio manager at WRC
is believed to be well equipped for
his new position through his long
study OF the radio broadcasting sit.
uation from the viewpoint of .
listener-in.
Before he came to the Times in
1923, Sweets was connected with
the United Press offices in New
York and London. He is a native
Of Louisville, Kentucky. and a grad
uate OF Centre College.
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= v-qhin the borders of Stat

Ience within the borders OF States.
Also. il 1t; were not for these
rules, the United States today would
be In the League Of Nations and the
present policy Of the Republican
Farty against the League would have
been frustrated.
Each political party in the Senate
In in. fact on the whole quite salts
fled with the general results flow
ing from the rules; because each
party realizes that the rules pre-
vent the other party from going
to extremes against it during the
periods while the other party is In
power.
Against that basic fact the re-
formistic efforts of Vice President
Dawes seem likely to dash them
selves in vain.
Copyright Current News Features)
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PLANES sink
CANVAS SHIP
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inadequacy of this country's aerial
defenses. Members of the commit,
night for the scene OF the tests.
Congressman in Flight.
Only one member Of Congress,
Patrick B. O'Sullivan Of Connect.
cut, flew with the Boiling Field
forces. Many War Department
officials, however, made the trip
as observers. NeWspapermen and
photographers also. were taken
aboard.
The first flight. a part Of the
ninety-ninth squadron, led by Cap
tain c.. II. Reynolds, left Boiling
field at ! o'clock this morning. 1t
was followed at intervals by two
other groups.
The twenty planes, all OF the
DFI4B observations and light bomb
Ing type, will be used merely as
observation ships. They will nor
take Iart Of the actual tests. They
viii make the return flight to Wash
-ington late today or tomorrow
morning, depending upon time OF
completion Of the tests.
Great Air Fleet There.
The tests today at Fortress Mon
roe resulted in one of the greatest
gatherings of military and naval air.
craft in many months. In addition
to the Boiling Field squadrons,
scores Of planes gathered there from
nearby fields, chiefly Mitchell Field,
Long Island. The tests are being
conducted by 'fliers from Langley
Field.
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Crew MarOOned For
Eleven Days
Saved

KEY WEST, Fla, March 8.
-Marooned for eleven days on
Fort Jefferson, sixty-five miles
from this city, three days with.
out food or water, the crew OF
five, of the American fishing
schooner Emily Sears, of Cara
bella, Fla, was today brought
to this city.
After losing her rudder in q
heavy gale on the night OF
February II, the Emily Sears
went ashore on the reefs at
Dry Tortugas and sank with
her decks twenty feet below
water.
The crew took to life boats
and landed at Fort Jefferson.
Six thousand pounds of fish,
the ships cargo, was lost.
Word of the plight of the crew
was brought to this city by
another fishing vessel and the
coast guard cutter Saukee was
dispatched to the scene. The
cutter succeeded in floating the
sunken vessel and towed her to
this port.
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DETAILS OF NEW SCHOOL
BUILDINGS DISCUSSED

Architectural details Of school
buildings to be erected under pro
vision of the five-year building pro-
gram will be discussed at confer
ences next week between Superin-
tendent Frank w. Ballou, Ernest
Greenwood, chairman Of the build.
lngs and grounds committee Of the
board Of education, and Albert L.
Harris, municipal architect.
Doctor Ballou and MFR. Harris have
been inspecting buildings here to
determine the deslrability Of having
a brick finished interior or plastered
walls. The decision will be reported
to the school board. A tour of other
cities by school officials has been
authorized by the board of education.
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ASKS DIVORCE FROM WIFE
WHO DANCED EVERY NIGHT

PITTSBURGH, March 5.-Ljfe
had heen one continuous dance
since his marriage in 1915, Oscar d
Minor declared in a petition for
divorce filed In court here In which
he asks separation from his wife,
Mary Minor. whom he charges with
deserfion.
MINOR, in his petition, declared
hik wife attended dance virtually
every night and Iisisted upon his
accompanying her. One evening
in 1921. he refused, the petition said
and the wife left home.
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Copyright, 1880 I

been pending before the Senate for
many years. The issue as to its
ratification is non-partisan, and
there is difference OF opinion among
Democratic Senator'S. Justice, how
ever, plainly requires that the
treaty should be disposed Of with.
out further delay.
''The Lausanne treaty-a compact
with Turkey-in all probability, will
provoke prolonged discussion.
"It Is not certain whether de-
cision may be reached during the
special session on the question as
to whether the United States shall
be admitted to the permanent court
Of international justice. Democratic
Senators, 1 believe, are generally
ready to meet and resolve this is
sue"
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PITTSBURGH CLEE CLUB
BOARD OF TRADE GUESTS

Members of the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce Glee Club
were the guests Of the Washing
ton Board OF Trade at a luncheon
yesterday at the Willard.
Before the luncheon the visitors
were. taken in the automobiles of
board, members to Arlington where
wreath was laid on the tomb of
the InknoHa soldier. In the after
noon, they visited Walter Reed
Hospital.
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BEAUTY CHILLED
On LETTERS
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rfed about her night gowns. though
she had testified that at that time
she was troubled over her condition.
ct suppose a woman nearly always
thinks of her clothes, whether she
is worried or not Mrs. Dennistoun
replied.
She admitted that Lady Carnar-
von, who married Colonel Dennis
toun after his wife divorced him,
gave her many clothes and housed
her for some time.
She denied she ever told Lady
Carnarvon her discarded husband
was a ''scoundrel'' or "the man who
sold me to General Cowans."
She Identifies Major
Mrs. Denistoun identified Major
Woevodsky. who was asked to
stand up in the court room, as a
married man she admitted had been
a guest at the same hotel as she
was in Paris, but added: ut was
busIneas trip"
Mrs. Dennistoun admitted she
went to Spain with Major Woevod-
sky to witness a bull fight as the
guests of the Tnatador, Camera.
"Canero was a great friend OF
mine," she said.
The witness said that "Mr. F."
adviser to young Lord Carnarvon'
was willing to marry her. She test1-
fled he was with e. good business
firm and had an income OF $1,000
yearly.
Distresses Countess
Mrs. Dennistoua's cross-examina'
ton was concluded after sixteen
hours on the witness stand.
She was firing under the strain
of four days OF testimony and be-
trayed her nervousness by clutch
ing the edge Of the witness box
lingering her bottle Of smelling
salts and occasionally dropping her
voice until it was almost IN
audible. ="
Fashionably dressed women al
the back Of the curt room watched
the drama through gold lorgenettes.
Dowager Lady Carnarvon once ap
peared distressed by the turn In the
testimony and covered her race
with her hands. She recovered ner
composure after drink OF wafer
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MAN IS SHOT TRYING
TO BREAK INTO HOME

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March s.
Glenn Pettigrew, twenty seven,
was shot and fatally wounded here
early today by Henry Kayser. when
PettigreW and q youth who gave
his name as Neil Garrett, attempted
to break into Kayser's home.
Pettigrew was shot once and
died at the General Hospital thirty
minutes later. Kayser was arrested,
although the police say the shoot
ing was jlistifiable.
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EIGHT POUND TRIPLETs
BORN IN MASSACHUSETTS,

CONCORD, Mass, March 6.--Mr.
and Mrs. John Sabioni Lane are
the proud parents Of triplets, each
weighing about eight. pounds at
birth.
The trp1ets {all boysl are said to
be the largest on record In New
England medical annals. The
mother and, her. three sons are In
excellent health.
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2 Los I. LIVES
WHEN QUARRY
CAVES IN
Reports State That 40 Others
Were Seriously injured in
Madrid Disaster
~ Ynfernational News Service.

ny InteFnotIONnI NOVN seFVICss
MADRID, March 6.Twenty-tsgc
persons were killed and forty
seriously injured in . cave.in alta
quarry here today.
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YESTERDAYS FINES AND FoRFEITUREs

Norman P. Keudig.
Jas. e. Patterson.
Oh. III, D. McKeown
Lilburn B. Brantly
Warner Young.
John Shymonsky.
Thomas r. Pitts \.
John F. Middleton
George Lancaster.
Aubrey Hawkins.
Louis w. Gibson.
Raymond III. Ball.
Abe Arbesman
William Holconbe.
Robert E. Seaton.
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Under Heavy Obligations.

The essential basic fact in the
present situation is that both politi-
cal parties In the Senate are under
enormous obligations to the present
rules. II 1t were not for those rules,
there would today be q Federal
bureaucracy throughout the South
regarding all alleged crimes Of vic.
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DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.
GOnlperS

~aAMUEL GOMPERS was the President OF the American
- Federation of Labor.
~ He recently died. and his death the occasion OF
great display of public appreciation
He was born in England in 1850 He cigar maker
by trade and of the founders of the American Fedora
ton of Labor in 1886 For the hrtyeghth time he had
just been elected its presidency the convention held
at Ell Paso, Texas.
The rise of this English Jewish boy position OF great
prominence in the world significant apart from whether
believes in his ideas No but man who IS
really great could make such rise and achieve the COM
handing position he occupied in the last foryhree years
of his life.
He opposed avoided them whenever he
could do wisely.
He was conservative in his unbending adherence to
trade unoism pure and simple He usuay understood
being opposed to all sorts Of radca1ism.
It largely through his efforts that the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor has replaced the knights Of Labor which
is only memory.
He succeeded in getting laws passed by Congress
State Legislatures for betterment Of labor
ditions.
He held the very last his authority his organiza
ton.
He had idea what would be permanent settle
ment Of the labor question He accepted things he found
themtha there eternal conflict between Capital
and Labor and he the side of the laboring
Once, when Morrison his lieutenant asked: What
going to do with all this growing OF organized
labor? To what ultimate end are you workngG" be re-
piled: God only knows; don t.
Gompers any attempt lead any further
than they could He lost himself in economic
speculation He essentially craftsman for he took
things as he found them and worked for Immediate results
All his he opposed Communism and Boshevism He
also opposed the institution of labor banks and the
ship Of productive enterprise by labor He opposed
prohibon and worked actively against the adoption Of the
Volstead law.
Opinion value his character and work will be
divided But there is difference of opinion the
essential greatness of the
On the whole he sane, conservative and consruc
tive labor leader, and his place will be hard fill
It is significant that the who thus united behind
himself themajory of the labor forces American
He Englishman and Jew.
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m referring those little details Of your past life
which you may not have related to him her. That past
YOUR account to bear and balance not his hers
how the PRESENT. With how much tolerance do
you meet her alien views? With how much generosity do
you treat his eccenrcies With how much rankness
you discuss each other to each other?
Or if YOU'RE workerwhen you enter the front door at
night do you enter Clean peaceful place Of refrshmen
where you put aside the suspicion subteruge and
ton which spols life down the Officer Do you
atmosphere free from pickering and OPPRESSION greed and
petty schemes where you deal with others openly and
frankly? Or you your guard from the moment you
the Threshold Must you hide and pretend and hint
and evade? Must you conform to traditions you do
spect rules you had hand in making restrictions you
consider unjust? Do invisible shackes fall you bind
your soul and thwartng your rghtful purpose?
We rail against the graft and Encouragement which
rupt Government and hurt lives and the OPP
precision of Big Interests and Selfish Capitalists But could
any Capitalist Vested Interest individual Simon Legree
bind and harass bind and harass ourselves
BY OUR DISHONESTY IN OUR OWN HONEST
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lightning than those growing in
drier soil.
Sound trees in general are less
likely to be damaged than those
with rotten wood. Trees growing
in loan and sandy soils are struck
more frequently than those In clay,
mari, and calcareous soils.
Oaks often grow to great height
and mostly in loam and sandy
soils. Moreover. they are d goOd
example of starchy tree, which
is a better conductor of electricity
than an oily tree like the beech.
The oak also is a tap-rooted tree.
with its root system extending deep
into the soil, which constitutes an
other factor of danger from light
ming for it.
Studies in various localities, par
ticularly in western Europe, have
shown conclusively that the .oak
is struck much more often than
other kinds of trees. Elm, asst,
popular, ard gum trees are also
very susceptible to lightning dam
age, while those least attractive
to lightning are the chestnut, maple,
alder, and mountain ash.
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eyes, like him. jim l guess he does make lot of
trouble for you and Ed though doesn't he WE'LL wait and
Maybe he'll turn out to be pretty nice, yet"
What of story this? This true story. This
significant little incident happened recently certain
American home about to say average American
home but this home isn't at all average AS regards equip
ment finances and prospects, it might be any Of
comfortable, middle class homes But when it
ideals it is class by itself For this mother decided
FOUND HER HOME ON HONESTY
Simple little tve-word slogan isn't it? Sounds like one
those beautiful burbs they used in wool to hang
the kitchen sink But don't bet all your money on it's
simplicity AS matter Of fact that slogan as powerful
and difficult to handle TINT bomb For honesty to
this mother docsnt merely NOT TELLING FIBS It
means TELLING AND LIVING THE TRUTH Which is
entirely a different proposition.
For instance, it means that if little Jim has spell when
he doesn't like Baby Ben he quite at liberty to say So
without being misunderstood censured. Also if later on
he and Ed have periods of differing with the policy of
either Father Mother they will be free to voice their
protest Baby Ben voices his This imply that
they will be ride about it. AS Of fact there
little incentive for rudeness where freedom generosity and
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The Society Gentleman
And His Two 1O-Cent Cigars.

Mrs Ferguson first lady of Texas suggests tax
tobacco Two dollars thousand cigarettes ten per
cigars would be her idea Texas would
year from such tax and Mrs Governor Ferguson would
spend it all on the education of children.
touch of Abraham Lincolns simplicity Mrs Ferpuson
statement:
If heightened gentleman of society two ten cent
cigars each day. ne can avoid the twocent tax by giving
smoking
The simple picture of heightened society gentleman sok
ing tencent cigars will be appreciated in many quarters
Before she taxes tobacco however any particular
Mrs Ferguson should the tax on
just before 1776, and the fuss made about that
She should also remember that tobacco has many
out Of great deal of mischief Many hghoned society
gentleman would do something much if you kept
from smoking his two ten-cent cigars day.
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NEW MEASURE OF TIME

INTERNATIONAL business in
terest in the subject of calen-
dar reform will probably be con-
sidered by the council of the in
ternational chamber of commerce
at it's next meeting in Paris.
After much DISCUSSION and con-
sideration by a special commit
tee of the League of Nations,
cooperating with representatives
of the Christian churches, the
question has been reduced to two
alternatives. These are:
The division of the year into
four quarters, each of thirty,
thirty, and thirty-one day months,
with different day names for each
of the ninety-one dates:
The division of the year into
thirteen equal months Of four
weeks, each day name being the
same for the twenty-eight days.
According to the latter arrange
ment, Sunday would always be
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OAK TREE FAVORITE TARGET
FOR LIGHTNING

UVREES with wide-spreading root
systems or with roots that
reach deep into moist soil are
relatively good electrical conductors
and, generally speaking, are in
most danger of being struck by
lightning, says the Weather Bureau
of the United States Department
of Agriculture. The rodding of
valuable trees TO protect against
lightning is therefore strongly
recommended.
No tree is immune; but among
trees OF the same kind the one
standing well above its neighhors
is in most danger, even in a dense
forest. This may be due to the
greater height of the tree or the
kind of ground it stands on.
Trees growing in the open are in
more danger than those in a thick
stand of timber, as are also those
growing along an avenue or border
of wOOls. Those growing in moist
soil along the banks of a stream
or lake are better conductors for
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the first day OF the week. Easter,
Whitsuntide and other religious
feast days would be fixed; Easter
coming on Sunday. April is. The
extra month would be Solstice,
the seventh of the year. Christ
mas would always fall on Tues
day, December s5,
Which OF the proposed plans
American business shall favor is
one of the questions TO be taken
up at the forthcoming meeting
of the international chamber.
The time saved under the
thirteen.month plan, IL Is assert
ed, would mean a saving OF hum
dreds of millions Of dollars. hut
it would introduce confusion into
family records of birthdays and
wedding days and necessitate the
conversion of statistical records
of the past to the .thirteen-month
scheme for purposes q com
parison.
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TRAVEL COMES HIGH

Whether on pleasure or bust
ness bent Americans travelling in
Europe still find that government
formalities involved in crossing
frontiers are, from the point OF
view of cost, on q wartime basis.
Business men have reported to
the foreign commerce advisory
committee Of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States
that charges for passport visas
on European trip frequently
amount to the prewar price of
cabin de luxe crossing the At
lantic.
1.-THE visa charges" says the
committee, imposed by many
countries amount to SO for each
passport and are levied because
of the $40 charge collected by the
United States. In some countries
a new visa at SO each has been
required every time the traveller
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crossed the frontier entering the
country. In the case of COM
mercial travel, where business
men have had occasion to go in
and out of the country several
times, the fees have become on
erous. Further. the red tape In
cidental to obtaining visas often
interferes with the transaction of
business"
The National Chamber has
urged that Congress authorize the
State Department to enter into
reciprocal agreements with for
eign countries to reduce visa
charges and to suspend visa re-
quirements altogether in the case
Of commercial travel when condi-
tons make the visa superfluous.
Secretary Hughes has already
suggested that this be done to
lay this ghost of wartime travel
requirements.
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r sss#9=as ss,ss By ELSIE ROBINSON

fairness exist. 1t simply means that each
person in that home will have perfect right
to Be Himself in the true, healthy meaning
of that expression. They won't be cramped
by sentimental traditions or interfered with
by individual selfishness or stupidity. They
will all observe the usages which make for the
common good, but they will have the chance
tc question or change those usages if they
disapprove of them.
Turn that slogan your own home. Is
your home founded on honesty? How much
freedom of expression is permitted thereinG
Can you discuss the family policy without
starting a row? Can you alter the family
program without raising the roof?
Maybe you haven't been married long
enough to have a 'family policy" Well,
then, HOW HONEST ARE YOU WITH
YOT1R OWN HUSBAND OR WIFE? No
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LISTEN, WORLD!
MOTHER was sitting at the window
W cooling off after an uproarious half
AVA hour. Two-year-old Ed was play

AA hour. Two-year-old Ed was play
ing on the floor with four-year-old Jim.
Even the toy train was running more smooth
ly, now that nap had put the muffler on
little Ben 1t was one of those blissful
moments which only mothers know, when, for
the 3962d time, you have managed to pull
through without murder. The sunlight
streamed through the windows, the canary
sang, the telephone was blessedly silent, all
was at peace. Then up rose young Jim, and
sauntered over to mother lap.
Mother" he said, confidentially, Il like
you n dad and Ed, but I don't like Ben at
all do you?''
An instead of crying out in horror: "You
naughty boy, of course you must love your
little brother!' this particular young mother