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Evening star., 1925-12-27
SOLEMN QUEEN BESS
OF NEW PLAY REJECTED
England Prefers Merry Woman
Ruler of Song and Story Yer
sion to Melancholy Old Maid.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, December 3G.--tiood
Queen Bess has always been pic
tured as merry and hri%hJ-and
red-headed-in English song ana
story.
SO when Gwen John made The
hachelor-maid queen into melan-
choly old maid in her new play.
"GlOriana. the public did not like
it. 1t is all right for Hamlet to he
melancholy; he was Il Dane. But
that wont do for the >nappy
daughter OF Henry VIII
The EldZabethan age. as TWEEN
tieth century England conceives il.
was joyous and registering. II was
no time for sad soliloquy and
mournful introspection: it was all
action and go.
Miss Johns new play. which
Zangwill produced. makes Eliza
beth very solemn figure moving
through many historical scenes
The critics say ii is too historical
and not human enough. The pull
lie would like to see more of Eliza
beth. woman. and less OF Elizabeth.
the monarch. involved in weighty
affairs Of state with ponderous Old
men OF history.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
RECALLS DAY u. S. FLAG
WAS RAISED IN ALASKA
Veteran Tells of Ceremony on
Parade Ground at Sitka
in 1867
By the Associated Press.

BY ihr Associated Press.
OAKLAND. Calf. December t.
Bruce W. Stone. who soldiered for
Uncle Sam 90 years ago. is one of
the few, if not the only American.
still living who witnessed the flag
ceremony inaugurating American do
miniOn over Alaska
This military rite took place on the
Sitka parade ground on q plateau
reached by q flight Of 800 steps cut
into a rough cliff overlooking the Pa
cific Ocean.
Il remember the occasion clearlv.''
said the veteran. now S5 years old
Il was q member of the Army Quar-
termaSter Department and was lined
up with the other soldiers for the cere-
mony. We numbered about 80 ana
III rigid, formal line faced an equal
number Of Russian soldiers Between
US was the fiagpOle atop of which few
the Russian standard
In silence the car : banner was
lowered and ours quickly run up. A.
the Stars and Stripes took the breeze
the gunboats in the harbor began to
boom the salute To the flag and the
transfer Of this great northern en-
pires : political allegiance from 81
Petersburg to Washington was ac-
conplshed."
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Reformers All Agree Augustus Caesar
Made Awful Botch of Present Calendar

which will be of single days dura-
lon, SO the working public in Wash
ington can look forward to an eXcep,
tional year without the aid Of a re
viSed calendar.
1t does not appear, however, that
the reformerS are in any wise reach
ing an agreement. one of the most
allurinS plans from J holiday point
OF view is that suggested by DIR. Theo-
dore de Daragiac of New York City
lie proposes Il year of 10 months.
each having six weeks OF six days
each. This would give US 60 Sundays
instead of the usual 90 or So and In
addition would leave five days over
which he suggests might be used as
other holidays. He has suggest Ell
that these days he reserved in honor
Of Christ, Columbus, Henry Ford and
others. While they cant agree on
this change, the refOrlnerS all agree
however. that Augustus Caesar made
an awful botCh of things when he
drew up the present calendar.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

The proposed calendar reform that
- low being discussed by the League
of t'ationS, among many other things.
calls Cor additional holidays. In this
respect the old calendar has provided
amply for the coming year. however.
as the holidays fall in such a manner
a to insure two and sometimes three
days off for nearly all of the official
holidays.
The first is Nashiuston's birthday.
which falls on Monday next year, thus
giving a two-day holiday. Memorial
day comes on sunday. SO the follow
ing Monday Will be the day off. ="
The Fourth of July also comes on
Sunday next year and Monday will
he the official holiday. Labor day, al
ways coming on the first Monday in
September, gives another two days Of
rest. Christmas, the last holiday
comes on Saturday next year. making
another two-day holiday.
This leaves Thanksgiving day as
the only regular holiday in 1926
Evening star., 1925-12-27
FISHING Is ONLY SPORT
BRAND lNDUlGES IN
Applies Teachings of Izaak Walton
Cult to international Di-
plomacy. He Asserts.
By1be Associated Press

BY The Associated Press
PARIS. December e Fishing. just
placid ordinary river fishing with hook
and line, is the only sport pra cticed by
Aristide BRAND, premier of France
for the eighth time. In that he dis
plays "a spiritual kinship with the late
President Benjamin Harrison.
Premier BRAND AYERS his adherence
20 the IZaak Walton cult has helped
aim out greatly in the game of inter
national diplomacy. Give Your OPP
uoneut d little bit of bait" he advises,
but rot too much. If YOU overfeed
him YOU will never be able {" hook
him
His patience in diploma tie dealing.
he asserts. has been vastly enhanced
b. the long hours he has had TO put
in waiting for q nibhle. The only
time he ever deserted his favorite
recreation for another was on mem
ora ble occasion when he played golf
with Mr.. Lloyd George at Cannes dur
ing the famous conference there. That
days sport cost him his seventh pre-
miership.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Itchy Eczema Un
Hands Three Years
Cuticura Heals

Eczema broke OFT en- one o!
my fingers sad soon sT.ead owe:
both nv hands, Tne bgsaEirg out
was in pinap!es ard itched badly
causing me to scratch, NJ hands
were swollen and I could not put
them in water or d. ;!ly regular
york. Il caused 8 terriS.- d;sfg-
uE-1nent and / could not sleep az
nighs on account of TIE irritation.
The trouble lasted sa3It:ATc- years
tried severel different resr ed:-s
and was treated but got no reef.
!. began using Cu.icu-a SoeP and
j Ointment and in two T1onths +
was healed" (S;sncd( Miss Pear
Reynolds, Scottsville, Ky
Daily use of Cuiicurs Scap keeps
the pores active and the skin clcar
and healthy, while the Ointment
heals pimples and other iIrsetions.
Cutieura Talcum 10 q d..icatcly
nedicated antiseptic powder OF
pleasing fragrance.
sosp 2ke ofatnsnt rs and &c raleam 1e. Bold
!crteurs Lshsrstrr;es- nspt. r. Hs,d.s, Mass"
T&& CuH<vra Shs~;-y stris 2sc.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Whiskers Once Popular.

\ New York paper in 1850 stated
that the military fashion Of cutting
the hair close was wrong, as the hair
was a conductor of electricity to the
brain and should never be less than ?
inches in length: the article commend
ed the full beard custom. and stated
that shaving was q harba rism.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Even the Burglar Falls.

From. tho LonCon Punch.
4 burglar. who broke into house il
Geneva. fell in love with a woman
into whose room he had broken. and
left without taking any of the valu-
ables. This just shows the danger Of
allowing sentiment 20 creep into ones
work
Evening star., 1925-12-27

The business revival in Europe has
increased the demand there for
American goods but has brought
keener competition i'll other parts Of
the world to American 1nanufac-
turerS
Evening star., 1925-12-27

Two powerful groups of German air
services have practically succeeded in
domino ting the principal air routes OF
northern, eastern and central Europe
Evening star., 1925-12-27
By the Associated Press


INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. December %.
-Skillfui harneSsing to mans utility
during the war of one of natures most
llluslve elements, nitrogen, has proved
IN its postwar phases to be at once
a distinct boomerang to one branch Of
American industry and a substantial
benefit to agriculture
Steel mills. coking plants and hun
dredS Of municipal gas companies to-
day are faced with discarding millions
of dollars worth Of equipment hither.
10 used TO distill ammonia liquor as "A
by product of gas manufacture because
purer ammonia can now be pro
duced more cheaply from atmospheric.
nitrogen. This was made aVailab BILE
by a process developed primarily to
supplement, during the war. the SUP.
ply of South American nitrates So
vital to the manufacture of high ey-
plosiveS.
In the meantime. farmers also NAV
reap. III the form Of substantially re-.
duced fertilizer prices, the harvest Of
one of the outsta nding pieces of Ea.-
time ingenuity
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Bumsteads Worm Syrup

10 cn. .iuren IN angel - mercy. When dr-
..s.ttOEs are followed II NEVER FAILS.
i,"apite scarcity and euoTIn"us cost Oi SAN
'tUNIN. il contains full dose. stood Vty
"slz' test. sold everywhere OF 10y mail. 50c
IottI..
Est c A yoo-}ees " D. Philadelphia
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Many Red-I.etier Days.

Red-letter days in the annals OF this
society are 50 numerous and of such
outstanding importance that even q
partial list of these events would make
:; leng1 hy recital. But that memorial
Mckinley banquet held at the New
Willard on January -. 1913. and
which was also the Societys official
farewell To President Taft. may he
deemed typical Of tins series. Justice
Day presided ~ POSTMASTER and Pres
ident Taft responded to the toast to
William Mckinley. Former Vice Pres
ident Charles Warren Fairbanks
talked on Mckinley, the citizen, and
Speaker Of the House Champ Clark
made u witty address on the Cincin-
natl Law School. where he had re-
reived his legal training, as did also
President Taft, now chief Justice. Mr..
Fairba nkS and Il host of other public
men. The then Secretary Of State.
Philander Knox. also Il former student
in the Cincinnati Law School gave Il
Evening star., 1925-12-27
SCIENCE WORKERS
MEET THIS WEEK
Sixty-Eight Societies to Con-
vene in Seven Different
Cities for Sessions.

Three million words, 10000 minutes
of scientific reports, will be delivered
by some 1000 scientists during the
coming week of December 28 at seven
centers: Kansas City. New Haven
New York. Cleveland. Ithaca. Madison.
I Wis, and Rochester, y. y. SiXty.eight
different scientific societies will lie in
session during the week. lt is esti-
mated that the 1000 scientific papers
! to be read at these meetings will be
listened to by some , 900 scientists
over 1000 scientific addresses and
papers will be delivered before the
American Association for the Advance
ment Of Science and its Al affiliated
societies and sections during its an
nual meeting the week Of December
% at Kansas City, Mo. The American
association program includes subjects
ranging i'll every field OF science from
astronomy to zoology. 1t is estimated
that at least 3 1000 scientists will attend
the Kansas City meeting. The annual
Christmas meeting Of the American
association is the largest sCientifi,,
meeting Of the year.
Nine at New Haven
Nine scientific societies are 10 hold
meetings at New Haven, Conn. during
the week of December IS, and the new
at Yale University is to be dedicated
in conjunction with the gathering.
The societies that have selected New
Haven as their meeting place are the
American Society of Naturalists. the
American Anthropoiogical AssOcia.
ton. the American Folk Lore Society
the American Association OF Museums.
the American Society of biologists. the
Geological Society Of America. the
meteorological Society of America. the
archaeological Society.
Cleveland. Ohio. and Madison, Wis.
are centerS for the meetings OF sci
entists working III medical fields. All
Clevela nd the Federation OF American
Societies for Experimental Biology
meet. This group includes the Amer
.Cau Physiological Society, the Amer
ican Society for Pharmacology ana t.X-
perim@ntal Thera peutics. the Ameri-
can Society Of Biological Chemists, and
the american Society for Experiment
tai Biology. The Society of American
Bacteriologists is meeting ii the Uni-
versity Of Wisconsin at Madison.
Meetings in New York
SocioloSists. economists. and stats
ticians viii make New York their cen
ter. since the American Sociological
Society. the American Economic AS
sociation. the American Political Sci
erce Association. the American sta
| tistical Association. and the American
Association for Labor Legislation
meet there during the week
At Ithaca, y. Y, the American Psy-
, geological Association holds its meet
. ings. and at the same place, Cornell
; University. the Archaeological Institu-
ton Of America holds its twenty-seT-
enth genera! meeting i'll conjunction
b.a
citation. the College Art Association
: and the Linguistic Society of America.
At Rochester. y. Y. The American
Astronomical Society viii hold a two
day meeting beginning New Year day
while earlier in the week there will be
a conference Of chemists interested in
organic Synthesis.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Distilling Apparatus Scrapped.

Announcement made by the local
Citizens ,ias company oi ire scrap.
PINK of 100000 worth of ammonia.
distilling apparatus and Of it's replace
Hlent with a S25O,000 ammonia SUI
phate plant, brought from Clarence
Kirk. president Of the company. the
story Of tremendous strides taken in
Evening star., 1925-12-27
TESTS PROVE NITROGEN
OF VARYING QUALITIES
War Utility Found Distinct Boomerang to Steel and
Coke Plants, But Beneficial to Agriculture
Equipment in Mills Scrapped

seven years by one Of The America :
newest industries.
Fifteen years ago German scjer-
lists perfected the Haber process ~
fixating nitrogen" Mr. Kirk said. "It
was a great discovery. Mans supp.
Of nitrogen before that time was cor.
fined to natural beds of sodium an,
potassium nitrates found almost ey
cluSiVely i'll Chile. Though nitrogcr
gas harmless in itself. constitute
four-fifths Of the air we breathe. w
could not, until the IIaber process wei
discovered, make substantial an.
cheap use Of the valuable propelt.c
it possesses when in Combina ton With
other elements.
While the Haber process opened
up new fields OF scientific thought i
was unable to fiXate nitrogen in sufi-
cient quantity nor at low enough COS.
to be commercially valuable.
Germany Speeded Up by War.
The war forced Germany and otnor
nations to speed up their work ot
iXating nitrogen and the result vs-
development OF means to obtain an
almost unlimited supply. Then came
the problem Of peace-tirne use for
the product Of valuable equipment arG
1t was discovered that It could nor
only be made into a purer ammom.
than the steel plants and gas com
panleS were manufacturing a. hs
product Of their industries. but :.'-l
could be made much more Cheapl,.
That was the beginning Of the cua
OF the gas company's career "a 80
manufacturer Of straight amnori-
liquor. So completely has this syn.
thetic' ammonia supplanted our proc.
uct. that we are forced 10 turn 10
others fields for use OF our ammonis
and we have now started making ara
.nonia suiphaIe.'
Nitrogen compounds, he added are
basic element in the composition OF
virtually all Soil-riChening fertilizers
and farmers may reasonably expecr
even lower prices Tor such products.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
Brilliant Gatherings.

Organized as social and non-politiCal,
the Ohio Society in the District of Co
lumbia has achieved an enViable repu-
tation for the brilliancy and frequency
of its gatherings. At that first meeting
on January %. 1910. held in the great
banquet hall OF the old Arlington
Hotel. now the site OF the Veterans
Bureau. We're Washington's most dis
tinguished people led by President
Taft and ably seconded by the first
president, Associate Justice Day.
II was five months later. June &.
1910, that, fully organized and its
officers elected. The first leyee was
held in the same spot. the banquet
hall Of the Arlington. The officers in
addition TO Justice Day. were. as vice
presidents, Judge Andrews. George
+. Martin. William Y. Cox and John
JOY Edison.
The secretary chosen then still acts.
W tlliam J.. SymonS. and the treasurer
was Frederic Erchelberger The late
Frank II. Carpenter was selected III"
soCietY'S historian and served until his
death. last year. bhio'S entire d-lega-
ton 10 Congress was entered on the
list II ,~iSinal members nj az tht..;t,
have given way IT, others their sue
cessors have faithfully Joined thu
lauEs. Many namcs familiar in the
civic progress OF Washington are
found th-rc. am"u- them Rudolph
kauffmanu. the late y. :. Wort hing
ton. Ellen Spencer MuSSey. The late
Gus l.. karger and Milton l.. Allies,
Wade Ellis. Judge Robert r. HouSh,
Judge Robert f.. Roam. Miss Mabel 7.
B"ardman and Mrs. Aaron NJ. Wilcox.
Evening star., 1925-12-27
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

Unlike the majority Of State societies
established at the National Capital
which had modest beginnings and
years of struggle to attain their pres
ent prominence, that of Ohio SpranS
like Minerva from the head of Jove,
full grown and powerful from the mo
ment of its inception. Chief Justice
William Howard Taft was Chief MagiS-
trate of the Nation and the Ohio So
ciety was organized under his auspices
on January %. 1910, with the late
William l.. Day, associate justice of
the Supreme Court, as it's first eNecu-
tive.
More than 100 enthusiastic citizens
Of the Buckeye State figure on the
records as charter members, and this
number has increased and multiplied
in these intervening l6 years.
1t happened that this initial meeting
of the Ohio Society fell on the birthday
Of the martyred William Mckinley,
January %. The orSa niZation has ever
since opened the day in memory of
this Ohio President, and the annual
banquet given on that date. which is
one of its most prominent features. is
essentially given over To honoring the
Ohioans who have become Presidents
of the United States and to recalling
in reverence that other of this number
who was Il victim of an assassin
James Abram Garfield.
Evening star., 1925-12-27

II j. not the first loye Chat matters.
Sc j. tbe l.l>-t
, 1925-08-19

Washington.-BeIgium debt commits,
sion here must yield if negotiations are
to continue and talk in Brussels of abitra-
ting matter and calling in conference.
Rome. An attack upon an Italian con
tingent by rebel Arabs is reported to
have occurred OF a caravan route be-
tween Cairo and Cyrenaics. Major Count
Galaretti and an official Of the Colonial
MiniStery were seriously injured and
their caravan destroyed.
, 1925-08-19
Wit and Humor,
HE WAS SATISFIED.

HE WAO SATISFIED.
She was riding on a street car with a
lady friend, and had TO stand up, as the
car was crowded. Presently, when a
lurch came, she caught hold OF a hand,
which she thought was her friends,
After holding the hand for some time.
she discovered that it belonged to a man
that was a perfect stranger to her. She
pulled her hand away with a confused
laugh; saying:
''Oh! | had hold on the wrong hand
The man laughed as he replied;
'Oh! that's all right. Here's the 9TH
er one" Judge.
, 1925-08-19
LONDON HAS 9 MURDERS IN YEAR
THREE UNSOLVED.
Crimes of Violence" Decrease, but Petty
Offenders Number ITO, 900.

O4A0lJNClS 4NOlIlONA sSN5SON
LONDON, AUG. 6.-There were only
nine cases Of murder in London in 1924,
and of these three are unsOlved mystic
ries. This is one Of the interesting facts
brought out in the annual report of Sir
William Norwood, London's Commits
sioner Of Police, which has just been
issued.
Despite the big incre; Sc il crimes of
violence, there was a slight increase in
the number of crimes committed in Lon
don last year, there being ITO, 600 crimi-
nails registered in Scotland Yard, sc,
O57 persons a~pprehended, Is. 438 indie
table offences and 1864, 219 worth of
property stolen.
OF the six persons charged with muir
der during the year one was sentenced
to be hanged. two were found insane,
two were acquitted by juries and one
was discharged by a magistrate.
, 1925-08-19
DRIVER SOUGHT AS NAN DIES
AFTER TARRY1OWN BUS CRASH

DR.. Amos 0 Squire, medical examin.
er of Wcesthester County, has sworn out
a warrant for the arrest Of Mitchell
Quinlan, 897 Columbus Avenue, driver
of the bus wrecked in 1arrytown on
Tuesday night when thirty five persons
were injured, one fatally Quinlan van
ished soon after the accident and has
not been seen again.
, 1925-08-19

The Tarrytown police are also search
ing for the thief who is believed to have
stolen a pocketbook containing $500 and
belonging to Mrs. Harry Gibbs, 1863 Ma
ton Avenue, Brooklyn, which was miss
ing when she reached the hospital.
Ibid.
, 1925-08-19
u. S. WILL TIGHTEN LID ON DRUG
SMUGGLING HERE
From the New York Herald Trlbune'S
washington Bureau

Washington, Aug. g. Plans for more
vigorous Federal warfare against the
smuggling of narcotics, especially
through the Port Of New York, were dis
cussed today by General Andrews, AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury. and L.
q. Mutt chief of the narcotic unit of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue. Mr.. Mutt
was promised additional forces to cope
with the New York situation, as well as
in other sections of the country.
Smuggling in New York is charged
chiefly to crews of European liners.
, 1925-08-19
Shenandoah To Get Ten Ma
chine GUNS Top Fore and Ait
Diriqible Will Be AIMED Within Next
Two Weeks; 70 Leave Hanga~ tuesday
for New Tests at Sea.

LAKEHURSI, N. j., Aug. 6.-The
naval dirigible Shenandoah is to be
equipped with machine guns some time
within the mex two weeks, according
to orders received to day from Washing
ton. Ten guns are to be mounted on
the ship, TWO On the observation plat
form above the framework, two in the
after car, two in the forward control
caDin and one in each Of the four power
gondoIas.
If the euTs arrive here by tuesday
the Shenandoah will remain in her han
gar till they are put in place, otherwise
she will leave for m%aneuvers at sea with
the mastship Patoha. These tests 2Ie
to determine the feasibility of retu-
cling from a mobile base ship, there
by making the cruising radius OF
the ai:shIp prac icalIy unlimited. Both
the Shenandoah and the Los Angeles
have taken on fuel from the Patoka
while the mastship was riding at anchor.
The Shenandoah will also demonstrate
how power can be conserved by undergo
ing tests to see if she can be lowed from
the mast Of the Patoka. During the second
week Of September The Shenandoah is to
leave here Tor The West She will make
a bee lire for Ohio where, the flight OF
the Les Angeles Was stopped by motor
trouble, and will then 90 10 Minneapolis
and St. Paul by way of Detroit, where
she will anchor to the mast erected at
the Ford plant. The ship also will sail
over Iowa and Minnesota.
The Los Angeles will not be armed,
as under the Treaty of Versailles she
can be used only as a peace time ship.
-Ne1U York Herald Tribune.
, 1925-08-19

shall hold office for the term 'of four
years and until their successors are ap-
pointed and qualified, unless sooner re-
moved by the Governor?
"a What about the following provi-
sion:
That Section 81. paragraph 2 Of the
Colonial Law is hereby repealed?