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Evening star., 1925-08-27
PHYSICAL EXAMS
OF DRIVERS URGED
Full Mind and Body Tests
Stressed by Police Sur
geon in Letter.

Closer observation Of r11e mental and
physical qualifica tions of applican ants
for automobile operating permits was
suggested today by DR.. James !. Kill
roy, one of the police surgeons, in a
memora ndum to the Commissioners
which Commissioners Rudolph referred
to Traffic Director Eldridge for study.
1T is respectfully suggested in the
above connection" wrote DR.. Kilroy.
that while complete and exhaustive
physical examina ton requiring trained
specialists would not Unnecessary, 1T
would nevertheless be possible and
practical TO have applicants undergo
a general Xamina ton that would at
least catch ma anifestly dsqualfying
physical defects.
Complete Tests.
Such examination would embra ce
the following tests: Mental alertness,
general intelligence, visual reading,
with and without glasses: hearing,
ability to interpret sounds promptly:
limbs and joints, to determine ability
to function properly; blood pressure.
in all cases over 40 years old and
defects that may be a menace
'EXa limitations along the above
lines could be accomplished very
quickly and especially when appli-
cants are assembled in large groups
at a time"
Director Eldridge and Inspector
Brown of the Traffic Bureau stated
today that most of the things sug-
gested by DR.. kilroy are watched for
by the examiners with the exception
of the blood pressure test.
Inspector Brown pointed out that
policemen when they examine appli.
cants orally as to their knowledge, of
the regulations observe the mental
alertness and general intelligence of
the applicant. The vision OF the ap.
plicant is observed, Inspector brown
said. by the ability of the new driver
to read traffic signs during the demon
Stration.
Many Temporary Permits.
Approximately 500 persons have oh
tanned Today temporary permits to
drive automobiles and have never re
turned to bet their permanent cards
as required by the regulations, In
spector Brown said.
Inspector Brown warned that they
cannot drive with a temporary per.
NIT after the ten days have passed and
said he would recommend to Acting
Superintendent Evans that the police
precincts check up on these persons
who passed examinations but who
never returned after the Today per.
init had expired.
The purpose of the Today permit
is to enable the police to verify the
name and address and other informa.
tion furnished by the applicant at the
time -. passes the examination. In
spector Brown said that these persons
who have not returned are able to
arrest If they drive with the tenn
porary permits.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
CHILDREN FACING
PLAYGROUND LOSS
Chevy Chase Site to Be Sold
in Lots Unless Money Is
Raised for Purchase.

Four thousand children. residents
Of Chevy Chase. will have no play
ground next Summer unless action
ia taken by the National City Parks
Commission to assure the purchase
OF their only playground and athletic
field before March l. 1926. according
10 Mrs. f. +. Wilcox. president Of
the Chevy Chase Eecrea tion Club.
The three-acre plot al 41st and Liv-
ingston streets. providing one of the
few really adequate playground CEN
terS in the District. is leased from a
local real estate firm, which. Mrs.
Wilcox SAYS, has signified It's inten-
tion of selling the property for build
ing purposes next March, when the
three-Near contract expires. II is the
only available space in the Chevy
Chase district for playground pur-
poses. she declares. and unless a n ap-
propria ton is made to purchase the
property il will be irrevocably lost to
the hundreds of children who play
there daily.
Purchase Attempts Failed.
An attempt was made several years
ago by the Chevy Cha Sc Recreation
Club to raise sufficient funds to pur-
chase the tract by popular subscrip-
ton, but the amount raised was in
adequate to meet the advancing real
estate prices and the money acquired
was spent in improvements, which in
cluded four tennis courts, base ball.
basket bail and foot ball fields and
equipment and a recently erected field
house.
The playground authorities request
ed an appropriation for the purchase
~ II, VI
budget. but the item was not allowed
and subsequently the matter was
placed before the National Ga pital
Parks Commission. Fifty cents a
~2Vare foot is asked for the property.
according to Mrs. Wilcox. and this is
considered too high by members of
the commission. The Willow Tree
playground site for Colored children in
Southwest Washington was purchased
at 20 cents square foot.
improvements Planned.
Mrs. Wilcox believes that should
this properly be purchased for the
children of Chevy Chase. the Recrea-
ton Club will raise funds to plant
trees and build a swimming pool to
add to the improvements already there.
She says that between $50 and 300
children use the ground daily and that
it is becoming more and more popular
with the juvenile element of the sub
urb.
The playground was started three
years ago by group of representa-
tive citizens who organized themselves
into the Chevy Chase Recreation Club
for the purpose of providing an ath-
letic field TO take care of the outdoor
activities of its 4 900 children. II was
equipped entirely by funds given by
interested citizens. and the project
Twas at once justified by the great
numbers of boys and girls who flock I'd
TO it's gates and by the ever-increasins
number of boys between the ages of
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Commissions Issued

Commissions in the Officers' Re-
serve Corps of the Army have been
issued by the War Department to
Pinckney ]. Balaguer, 2205 Cham
plain street. and to Howard B. Cham
pelle, 337 Seventeenth street south
east, as second lieutenants in the
Quartermaster Corps, and TO staff
Sergt, James F. Burt. Qusrtermaster err
Corps. at Camp Meade. Md. as n
second lieutenant in the Quarter mas.
ter Corps.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Misconduct Charged.

Absolute divorce Is asked in a suit
filed in the District Supreme Court
by Mrs. Lulie o. Davis against John
H. Davis. They were married at
Norfolk, Va, December 20, 1911. and
have two children. Misconduct Is
alleged and a correspondent named.
Attorney John P. Mullen appears for
the wife.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Young Coolidge, in Training Camp,
Drills His Squad Before Cameras

riod But yesterday more photogra phi
ers were on the scene than when the
President reviewed the Yankee Divi-
sion. Would he return next year?
Young Coolidge said that he planned
to, hoped to. and had enjoyed this
years encampment very much-in
fact, very much more than last year.
1t was said on reliable authority
that If he does return next year, as is
regarded probable, he will hold the
rank of sergeant.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
KILLED IN ELEVATOR.
Duluth Woman Meets Death in Lift
in Miami Hotel

MIAMI. Fla, August 81 C).-Mrs.
Clara des Lauriers, wife of DR.. a. A
des Lauriers Of Duluth, Mimi, was
killed in a Miami hotel last night
when she was pinioned between an
elevator and the shaft while attempt
ing to enter the car. Employees told
police that Mrs. des Lauries missed
her footing when she pushed through
the partially opened door as the ele-
vator moved. She came to Miami
FIVE days ago
Evening star., 1925-08-27
$4,000 Homes Hit
By Flood in Japan;
Six Die in Slides
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC. August 21.-F'loods that
caused 10000 houses in Toxic and
10, 900 in Yokohama to be partly sub
merged are subsiding.
Six deaths resulted when land.
slides overturned a tramcar and de
rallied passenger train.
Large areas of the Saita ma pre-.
lecture were flooded. News of the
damage in the outlying district is de-
layed by the interruption OF com
munication. The floods were due to
heavy rains and thunderstorms.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

IL and 90 who keep the foot ball and
base ball fields in constant use.
Miss Ruth Coleman. from play
ground headquarters. was assigned to
the ground as director. nd the head.
quarters has co-operated heartily with
the recreation club in making this an
ideal spot for the children
Evening star., 1925-08-27

Gen. Lee will measure from the
crown of his head to the hoofs of his
horse 153 feet.
II estimate that the time required
to carve the central group on the
mountain will be not more than two
wears"
Evening star., 1925-08-07
FOUR TAKEN IN RAID,
HELD ON DRY CHARGE
Alleged Moonshine Paraphernalia
Are Seized by Police in
Italians Garage.

- Capt Charles r. Peck of the ninth
police precinct headed raiding party
In the premises OF Dominick Fagio.
63o A street northeast. last night and
seized alleged moonshine para pher-
MALTA and quantities of alleged in
toxieants. Included in the raiding
party were Lieut.. w. r: Hess and
members of the forces Of, the fifth
and ninth precincts. Besides Capt,
Peck and Lieut.. Hess. the raiding
party consisted of II. NJ. Hilldrup.
George NJ. Little, F.. e. Thompson.
r.. l.. Smith, George NJ. Little, |. F..
Bridges, A. &. Ycwell. G. G. Thayer
and r. J. Fraser.
2" With both the front and rear of
the premises guarded, members Of
the SQUAD made a rush IN an effort
10 seize occupants of the house be-
fore any trouble could start. Fagfo,
an Italian. and three fellow country
men were found seated at table
in "a basement room, and they re-
mained QUIET while the raid was be
ing made.
On the second floor of the garage
in rear of the house the raiders found
rs barrels. They contained no mash,
but the raiders destroyed them.
In a. rear room on the lower floor
of the house were found three 20
gallon crooks. and they were likewise
destroyed. Other alleged moonshine
para ph6rn MALTA was seized. A small
quantity Of mash left In one of the
barrels and several gallons of alleged
intoxica xhs were held evidence.
While the smashing of the barrels
and other containers was-in progress
Evening star., 1925-08-07
BRILLIANT PARTY CELEBRATES
BIRTHDAY OF BOLIVIAN FREEDOM
lO0th Anniversary of independence Observed at Gay
Function in Pan-American Building, With
Society i'm Full Force.

lower house, Army and Navy officers
stationed In Washington, lesser Off
cials of the various departments and
large contingent OF residential So
ciety. Many of the guests came from
their Summer homes near Washing
ton for the event.
Among those AL the party were:
The Ambassador of Argentina and
Sonora de Pueyrredon. the Senoritas
Pueyrredon and Senor Pueyrredon,
son Of the Amba ssador; the Ambasss.
dor of Mexico and Sonora de Tellez.
the Ambassador of Japan and Nine
Matsudaira the Minister Of Guate
mala and Sonora de Sanchez Latour.
the Minister of Panama and Sonora
de Aifaro.. the Minister of Esthonia
and Mime Pip, the Minister of the
Dominican Republic and Sonora de
Aria, he Minister of Greece and
Nine. Simopoulos. The Minister Of
Haiti-and Nine. Price, the Minister OF
Honduras and Sonora de Bogra the
Minister of Austria and Nine. Proch
mix, the Minister of Latvia, Mr.. Soya:
the charge d'affaires Of Uruguay. Mr..
de Pena. the military attache Of the
Chilean embassy and Sonora de Espi
nosa; the secretary OF the Belgian en-
bassy and Nine. Timont, the secre-
tary of the Colombian legation. Senof
Don Jose M. Coronado; DIR. Bedoya of
the Peruvian embassy, the second sec.
retarN Of the CZechosiovakian legation
and Nine. Hanakoya. the Acting Sec
retary of the Navy and Mrs. Theodore
Douglas Robinson. ~
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Lejeune. Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. John A. Hull and their
guests, Mrs. John A. Griffith, Mrs.
Emily Griffith Sawyer and Miss
Nancy Griffith SAWYER: Mai Gen.
Amos A. Fries and Miss Fries and
their guests, Maj. and Mrs. Earle j.
Atkinson; the Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury. Judge Mckenzie Moss:
District Attorney and Mrs. Peyton
Gordon and Miss Evelyn Gordon: Miss
Ramona Lefevre, the secretary to the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Villa m
II. Beck Elena Calderon, Mrs. Charles
Selden jr.; Miss Mary SeIden. Mr..
Beverly H. Harris, Mrs. Enos A. New
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter A. Drury.
Mrs. Noel and Miss Kathleen Noel.
Miss Donna Ruth Crissinger. Mrs.
Medorem wford, Miss Dolores
era wford, Miss Catherine Wrenn, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin, Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin Barber Clark, Miss
Frances Clark. Nine. Soyez. Miss Lifi-
ia Dawson, Miss Muriel Flea nor Gray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Clement Watson.
DR.. Fenton Bradford. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest =. G. Walker, Mr.. Mannix
Walker. Mrs. George y. Hope. Mr..
Herbert Hengstier and Capt. Paul
McGahan
Evening star., 1925-08-07

I. A brilliant Midsummer party was
held al the Pan-American Union
Building last evening in celebration
of the Tooth anniversary of Bolivian
independence. with the Minister of
Bolivia and Sonora de Jaimes F'reyre
AS hosts. The Secretary of. State and
Mrs. Kellogg received with them in
the stately hall Of the Americas.
The company Included official. diplo-
matte and resident society as far as
was in town. Two orchestras played
alterna tely throughout the evening
beginning al 10 O'Clock, when for an
hour they played the characteristic
music of Latin American composers
while the guests were being received.
The concert lasted until the playing
Of the national airs of Bolivia and
the United States. and after l / o. clock
the guests danced. Palms and ferns.
with the flags of Bolivia and the
United States. formed the setting for
the orchestras in the south end of
the hall.
Senior Dr. Ricardo Jaimes Freyre
stood at the head of the receiving
line Just inside the hall Mrs. Kellogg
stood beside him. wearing a becoming
costume of powder blue chiffon en-
broidered in tiny crystal beads, sew
eral strings of pearls about her neck
anu SH6 carried a uONt gray lSdlneJ
fan. The Secretary stood next and
then Sonora de Jaimes Freyre, who
had a gown of black Spanish lace
draped over orchid crepe. and her
ornaments We're of emeralds. Beside
her was the consul general of Bo-
hvia in New York. Senor Ramon
Panda. Senorita Yolanda .Iaimes
Freyre. daughter of the hosts. also
received and was in white georgette
festooned with tiny white crystal
beads with few black beads inter
mingled. The gown WAS made on
straight lines. quite short, and large
white rose was caught on the left
shoulder.
Beside her stood her brother. .Senor
Don Victor Jaimes F'reyre. secretary
of the legation. and then the former
military attache of the Bolivian lega-
tion. Capt. Liziera. wearing the uni
form of his country.
The entire diplomatic corps was in
Vited 10 the celebra ton, as well as the
ca binet. Senators and members OF the
Evening star., 1925-08-07
RTA|NG1VESC0At.
TRADE s5O,0jl,O)O
Government Scored for Sub
sidy to Prevent Strike-In-
dustry 10 Be Probed.
Rx the A:snciated Press

LONDON. August Having sue
pristion to prevent nation wide coal
strike. the government turns its at
tention TODAY Ia the commission which
il promised would Investigate the coal
industry
The selection Of The members of
the commission. IL all the parties are
10 he satisfied, will undoubtedlv he
matter of grea; difficulty The gov
ernment is expected however. to take
time for its selections. and il is hoped
that the feelings aroused over the.
Suhvenuon to the mine owners may
have lost their acuteness by the time
the commission is completely made up.
All the members of the House of
Commons, except Is and a handful of
conservatives, who abstained from
voting last night. indorsed the f10,-
400. 900 subvention. The position had
been generally accepted as inevitable
under the circumstances, but it was
not expected that the vote in favor
Of the appropriation would he any
thing like 55l TO is.
Defended by Baldwin.
Premier Baldwin began the debate
which did not take the acrimonious
course that was looked for. by offer
ing as justification for the govern
ments action in proposing the sub
Sidy the fact that faced with a great
alliance of trade unionists who had
IT i'm their power to cause ire para BILE
damage to the country. unusual
means had to he adopted to ward off
the danger.
Former Premier Lloyd George and
the former Labor premier Ramsey
Macdonald were among those who
found fault with the governments
action. Mr.. Macdonald while he op-
posed the subsidy in principle ad-
mltted there was no other alterna tive
for the government after having been
inactive for a long time when II
might have endeavored to effect
settlement of the mining dispute. Mr..
Lloyd George chara cterized the sub
'sidy. because ii had been made with
out stipulation regarding the con-
d1ttons of trade during the months il
was in effect as nationa lizatiou in its
Evening star., 1925-08-07

Mrs Fagio complained OF the noise,
saying 1t would disturb her sleeping
children. Fagio. questioned by the
police, declared himself innocent of
the charge of having violated the dry
law. He had rented his garage and
gone to Baltimore. he said. and when
he returned and found the liquor plant
ne made his tenan move.
Then came the question of whom TO
arresta The three men at the table
had nothing to do. with the affair.
Fagie declared. Two of them were
visitors from Baltimore, he said,
and were about. to depart when the
raiders appeared. He and Joseph
Fowler, Al years old Joseph Bonec-
coiso, 1S 129 Eighteenth street south
east. and Samuel Spenhell. As, occu-
pant Of the house that was raided.
were taken to No. 9 and charged with
violating the Volstead law. BeHecciose
deposited $3.50 collateral for. his ap-
pearance in court. The others re-
manned in the station over night.
Police officials and those conducting
raids have often wondered how many
Evening star., 1925-08-07
E. VAN SiCKLER DIES.
Succumbs at. Home After a Linger-
ing Illness.

Ernest Van SickIer a salesma n
for Horizons wholesale grocery store.
died at his residence. 4ioS Fifth
street. today after lingering illness.
Mr.. Van Sickler was 81 wears old and
had been a resident of Washington
for the last 80 years
Funeral services will he conduct ed
at the residence Monday morning at
IL o'clock. Interment will be in Glen
wood Cemetery.
He is survived by a daughter Mrs
Clay Whias, and two sons. Carr Van
SiCkler and Robert Van SickIer. all
Of this city.
--s --
Artificial sun baths are given BY a
special lamp to bathers in the swim
ming pool of an ocean liner who wish
TO acquire coat Of tan.
Evening star., 1925-08-07

barrels of mash could be kept in a
buildingtr thickly populated sections
without attracting attention of neigh.
bors. and last night they learned the
secret While in the A street house.
Numerous bottles of a germicide prep
aration. labels on which declared that
it "combats foul air, dispeis obnoxious
odors.' was the explanation.
Evening star., 1925-08-07
Attacked by Press.

The government is severely scored
on q variety of grounds by editorial
commentators today. and Premier
Baldwin is especially attacked for
telling the miners and owners that no
subsidy would be granted and then
granting one.
Aside from this. the Westminster
Gazette charges that the government
Gid nothing TO avert deadlock al
though Ii saw il coming.
Declaring that the ministry lacks
craftsmanship and a sense of bust
ness. the Mail explains: NO won
der the country's business is suffer
ing when its methods of adminfstra-
tion are what they are"
The Daily Express says that Pre-
mier Baldwin's iustifca ton does
"redit to his heart. not his states
manship. The paper finds proof in
the premier's speech that he is an
opponent of the worker. -... t-.t-..
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-09
SINCLAIR'S NERVE

1t is hard to abandon at once hab-
its of years standing. This is es-
pecially true of multi-millionaires
who have been accustomed to give
orders to cabinet officers, dictate i'm
portant governmental action, and
lavishly buy their way the world over
This explains why Harry Sinclair, har-
assed by courts in Wyoming, threat
ened by grand juries in the District
of Columbia, his friends standing in
the shadow of criminal prosecution
and his associates in disrepute, but
himself as yet unscathed and still an
enormously rich man, has the ap-
parent effrontery to send hired en-
issaries to the state department at
Washington to plead for American
recognition of the Soviet government
of Russia, in order that certain Rus
sian oil concessions may be saved for
him,
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-09
HONEST ADVERTISING

The Worlds Ad. Clubs are to meet
soon in Houston, Texas. A few
months ago there was an ardent move
for honesty in advertising and yet
every day we read "You can do bet
ter at Soulim Seraphim's," "No such
values were ever offered at Poobah
Mendozas," and "You can save lit
tie on everything at Soakem Saups." J"
What bunk! When two railroads try
to cOmepte against each other on
freights between Los Angeles or Ell
Paso, what happens? The inter, or
intra, state commerce commission is
called in and the rates are fixed so
that one road may not have an ad-
vantage over the other. prices are
fixed to stop competition and the
result is that whatever commodities
are transported, both roads handle
them at the same rates. So, too, the
merchant who handles the same goods
that another does, naturally pools his
prices with him, because if he didn't
the wholesaler or manufacturer who
dictates the prices on his product
would step in and tell the price cutter
to stop it or his supply or goods will
be cut off. Do you suppose that No.
6 of Pay'nTakit would be allowed to
undersell Pay'nTakit No. IL? Why,
all the trade would go to one store.
Every Standard Oil Station sells at
one and the same price. There is
no competition allowed. 1t is only
matter of convenience to the pur-
chaser that counts. So it is with
universally all other dealers, whether
It be stove wood or Steinbloch
Clothes. The only merchant that is
not subject to the order of the produ-
Ger or manufacturers prices is Mack
Gardner, the Phoenix diamond mer-
chant. He finds many people who
come to Phoenix broke. His oppor-
tunity comes when they need money
and he buys their diamonds at what
he wants to pay for them. When he
sells, he does SO at his own price and
dictation, and can undersell anybody
in the diamond business that he
chooses-and does it with impunity.
Arizona state miner., 1925-05-09
THE POLITICAL POT is BOILING

From all points of vantage it seems
to be foregone conclusion that Gov
Hunt will seek to run against Senator
Cameron. Senator Davis will run for
Carl Hayden's place in the house of
representatives. Poor little Milford
Winsor wants something, but in feel
ing through his pockets can't find a
cent to run on. 1t takes money to
combat the democratic machine now
in control of Gov. Hunt, and he's as
tight as BULBS tail in fly time. So
there is no other alternative for Viii
sor but to run for governor, posi-
ton already claimed by the friends
and adherents of Amos A Belts. In
hunting around for timber to run
against Hayden, the Silver Belt of
Miami suggests Gel. John c. Green
way. Now, Greenway is all right,
but he would dam the Colorado river
and everything in connection with the
highliners, so the full force of the
Huntski machine would be rolled over
him. The Huntsk machine has got
to be monkey before it is
humanity possible for either Belts,
Stanford, Winsor, or any other candi-
date to get the nomination for any
thing in a political way that the gov
ernor is trying to fill with his poems.