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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-22
STUDENTS SEE COOLIDGE.
Members of George Junior Re
public Indorse World Court Stand.

President Coolidge Yesterday re-
ceived four officers of the George
Junior Republic. F'rieville, y. V, who
presented To him a resolution indoors
ing his stand on the World Court -
outlined in his last message TO Con
gres. They were presented to the
President by Representative Reed of
Mex York In the delegation were j.
Warren Horn. acting president; Coral
Royce. vice president; Peggy Gran
ming of this city. secretary of state,
and Evelyn Raglin. secretary of COM
merce. The President later posed
with his callers for photograph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-22
FOR DRY REFERENDUM.
Rabbi Says Time Has Come to Test
Actual Sen timent.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December pa ma
tional referendum on prohibition is
urged by Morris Lazaron, rabbi of one
OF the largest syna gogues here.
1T has been declared so often that
the ma jority of the people desire pre-
hibition and would vote to retain it
that it is accepted as u fact.
II believe the time has come to as
certain exactly what is the sentiment
Of the citizens of the country. l be
lieve resolution should be introduced
in Congress calling for a special ma
tional referendum on the dry ques-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-22
PROBE START DELAYED.
Cost of Living Study Here Not to
Begin for Month.

The cost of living investigation
covering the National Capital will not
get under way for about a month.
Representative Henry r. Rathbone.
Republican. of Illinois. who introduced
the resolution for the investigation at
the meeting of the House District
committee last Friday and who was
made chairman of a subcommittee to
conduct the investigation, said yester-
day that he finds it impossible to get
his subcommittee together until after
the recess of Congress, which extends
to January 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-22
DENIES EMPIRE PLAN.
Reported italian January l Proc
lamation Called Fantastic.

ROME, December % R.-Semi-
official denial was given yesterday to
the report published abroad that plans
are on foot to proclaim Italy an en-
pire on January l.
The Stefani Agency, official news
disseminating organization. says:
I'VE are authorized to declare that
this absurd news is absolutely fan
tastic. and has been spread with bad
intentions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-22
For Colds. Grip or Influenza

and as a Preventive take Laxative BROMC
QJININE Tablets. 4 Safe and Proven Rem
ody. The box bears the signature of f. w
Grove. 0C-AdVertIsement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-22
Retired From Army.

First Sergt. William Reid, jr., serv-
ice detachment. District of Washing
ton, on duty at For Meyer, Va, and
First Sergt. Harry ID. Hines, Goa st
Artillery detachment. at Fort Monroe
Va, have been placed on the retired
list of the Army on their own applica-
tons, each having had more than 80
years active service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-22
JUGOSLAV COMMISSION
ON DEBT TO SAIL JAN. 6
Headed by Belgrade Finance Min
ister-May Seek Loan
in America.

LlF sA-~WITdIVVI
BELGRADE. JuGoslavia. December
22.-The Jugoslav commission to ne
Cotiate a settlement of the Jugoslav
war debt TO the United States will EN-
bark at Cherbourg for the United
States on January s. The commission
is headed by NJ. Stoyadinovitch. min
lister of finance, and will stop in Paris
for a discussion of the JuSoSlaN debt
to France.
In addition TO the debt question. it
is understood the mission will seek d
loan in New York.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
BUS NV make
CITY RAJ N
CENTER
Nearly Every Town Within
100 Miles Has Connection
Here More Planned

washington Is fast becoming 9
great interurban bus center, with
transportation facilities extending tC
every town OF any size within loo
miles Of Washington.
Application for bus routes or ex.
tensions in this city are being re.
ceived at the rate OF two q week
by the Public Utilities Commission,
Major w. e. r. Covell, Assistant
Engineer Commissioners. announced
today.
The commission was notified TO.
day that q Virginia transportation
company plans to operate busses to
Luray. Va.
Recently petitions for bus routes
to Annapolis and Atlantic City
have been received. A bus line to
Baltimore is reported planned.
In several months corporations
operating motor cars from Fred.
erick, Nd, have extended their
route to include Hagerstown and
Cumberland.
In fact, virtually every nearby
town in Maryland is now connected
with Washington by buses or bus
lines are in contemplation.
In Virginia, busses are running
10 Ale1anurias ChSETJOd1Ss EsdtStUh'
Clarendon, Falls Church, Fatrfn K,
Middleburg and scores Of smaller
towns.
Within the District of Columbia.
the Capital Traction Company and
the Washington Railway and Elec.
trio Company are plunging head.
long into the bus business. They
have virtually abandoned extension
of service with street cars.
Yesterday permission was given to
operate q bus line through Chevy
Chase and also a de luxe line on
Connecticut avenue.
Other bus routes in various parts
Of the city are being considered.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
COOLIDGE FINDS
VAGA ION IS
RKS0|V
Attaches Expect Him g Begin
Hard Work Again With
IN 1 Week

BWAlGPSCOTT, Mass, June 26.--
'Preside nt Coolidge somewhat lacking
in true vacation complex. was cast.
ing about today for some means Of
diversion to fill the hours that IN
Washington have been spent at
work.
Comfortably settled in l1is eiabor.
ate summer White House here. and
duly thankful for the prevailing cool
weather. the President frankly IL at
loss as to exactly how he will
ap1llse himself over a two months
period.
Golf, tennis, swimming, boatine
and all other usual forms of re
creation do not especially appeal to
Mr.. Coolidge and he liz asking hil
friends just what he will do with
his newly found spare time.
Solution May Be Work.
For the present. of course, he
plans to relax and enjoy a com
plete rest. But he anticipates q
continued rest may pail as the
summer progresses.
The Mayf1ower Is anchored of
marblehead for such cruises az he
desires to take and the White
House limousines are in the white
court garage should he prefer 9
motor trip. but cruising and motor
over doses.
Those attached to the Presidential
encourage are predicting he will
find the solution to his problem
In work. A.
Attaches are specializing as to
Just how long 1t will be before
President Coolidge decides to spend
two hours daily at the temporary
executive offices at Lynn, where he
can work amid the usual hustle
of clerks and assistants that mark
the White House offices at Wash
ington.
StrOIIs as Surf Roars.
The majority agree on a week
at the outside.
At the summer executive offices
today the first mail pouch with Of
fetal mail arrived from Washington
and the routine got under full
swing.
Everett Sanders, Secretary ia
the President, has made no engage
ments Tor the President. One In.
vitation to speak at banquet was
declined.
After breakfast today, President
Coolidge, under. lowering skies and
within sound Of roaring surf
kicked up by a strong east wind,
took q short walk within the con
fines OF the grounds Of White
Court.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
I'VE IGHT
NEAT SAL /
CHARGED
Markets Superlntendetat to
Swear Out Warrant for
Arrest q Clerk

~ 4
Following npgchargsB Of the De-
partInent Of Agriculture against
meat dealers In washington and
six other cities. George g. Roberts,
superintendent Of weights. measures
and markets, today announced he
il seeking warrant for clerk in
a local meat store on q short weight
charge.
Two employees OF Superintendent
Roberts office are witnesses ann re.
port uncovering two violations Of
the law.
Their report says:
81 (employe Of the 0epAftmenu
asked the price per pound. and II
was stated to be 1871 cents.
then selected a shoulder and said
that I would take that one.
The clerk placed It on the scale,
removed 1t quickly before / could
see its weight and told me II
came to $I.l5. The weight was
five pounds. It should have been
a little over six pounds at the
Price quoted.
About a half hour later another
employe of the department went
to, the same address and bought q
smoked shoulder from the same
clerk. The same method was fol
lowed, but this inspector was
charged $1.4S. The weight received
was five pounds and three.fourth
ounces. At the price quoted II
should have been eight pounds.
Mr.. Roberts said today he be.
lieved the facts warranted asking
severe penalty.
superintendent Roberts today
reiterated the need Of additional In.
spectors as with his present force
it Is impossible to keep a close
watch.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
COMMENCEMENT HELD
At EMERSON INSTITUTE

The colonization Of America was
the fruit Of unbearable despotism,
Matthew Page Andrews told grad.
yates of Emerson Institute at com.
mencement exercises last night at
the City Club.
Diplomas were presented to sixty
six graduates. The invocation was
offered by the Reverend John G..
Palmer. Winslow II. Randolph,
principal Of the institute, awarded
the diplomas.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
OLYMPIA MAORI WILL
STAND TRIAL SECOND TIME

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,, June 25.--
Olympia Maori, slayer of John Bag
nano, alleged father Of her baby
will be tried for q second time on
q charge Of first degree murder
but her trial will not be held In
New Haven, where the shooting &C,
Cured, and where her first trial
was held and resulted in disagree
ment by a Jury.
Judge John n. Booth. in superior
court, today granted the States mo
ton for a change of venue. which
Of the eight Connecticut counties is
to have tho trial, is a matter yet te
be decided.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
YOUTHS ARDENT LOVE
LANDS HIM M PRISON

ST. Adams, England. July U.s.
Fear of hanging does not brighten
me. am seriously desperate"
Thus wrote Frederick Polman, q
seventeen.year-old ardent swain, to
pretty Ivy Tuckett.
Frederick fell in love with Ivy
- pressed his suit 30 vigorously
that he was eventually brought into
court, charged with threatening to
kill.
Ivy rebuffed Frederick, who then
wrote: II will wait ten to twenty
years for you. II you do not want
me, you and viii die, even if ]
wait ten or twenty years for a suit
able chance"
Boon after Ivy received this let
ter Frederick found himself Il
5pEiSon.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
STEAL 0
a0THE
GIRL
Mrs. G. &. Crawford Takes
Sheet 81 Bills From En-
craving Bureau

Al mothers passion to provide
her seventeen-year-old daughter
with the ordinary comforts 81 lifs
and prevent the repetition ot m.
fortunate escapades which slel
baby" had figured in, today brings
shame to . squalid little home
nestled IN . valley near River
dale, Md,
Under bond on ! claarge " steal.
ing eight unsigned so bills IRON
the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing, where she worked Is !
'tissue strippern for ten years,
Mrs. Grace 4. Crawford, the
mother, is today walking the
streets with her daughter, Ethel
Crawford, looking for : new job,
House Burned, Husband Gone.
Meanwhile uniformed Of the dis
tress which has visited his mother
and resulted in Mrs. Crawford
making a full confession Of her
theft to United States COMMISSIONS
Needharn C. Turnage. her son,
thirteen years old, Is playing about
the deserted Riverdale home.
Riverdale neighbors who for sew.
eral years have aided Mrs. Craw.
ford, both after her home burned
down and when he husband Is said
to have deserted her, were as.
founded today when they learned
what had happened.
The neighbOrS attribute Mrs
CrawfOrd'S delinlna 10 her win II
give her daughter more than she
can afford, and the woman her sell
informed Commissioner TuFnagC
that she took the bills to purchase
her daughter clothes.
Daughter In Escapades.
II was recalled by the neighbors
today that on two occasions Mrs.
Crawford's daughter has figured in
escapades which have resulted in
newspaper notoriety and they said
that the mother was always trying
to give the daughter enough to save
her from temptation.
Fellow employees Of Mrs. Craw.
ford were today most surprised to
learn that she had been guilty Of
taking the missing sheet Of $40
bills.
It was said that the women in
the room had been locked in on
several occasions during the past
five days and Mrs. Crawford had
helped them look for the missing
sheet.
Threatened Self Destruction.
Secret service men who took
Mrs. Crawford into. custody are said
to have been alarmed yesterday
morning, before they took her be-
fore Commissioners Turnage, as she
broke down and threatened SELF
destruction, they say.
It Is the task OF Mrs. Crawford
to. remove a thin covering Of tissue
from the sheets Of engraved bills
as they come from, the drying
room.
The wind, one day. according to
her alleged confession, blew three
sheets of money from the table OF
the worker next to her onto her
working place. She returned only
two, 1t is alleged. secreting the other
among her effects and taking It
home with her. The sheet con-
tanned the eight SO bills, unsigned
and uneealed.
1t was discovered by secret serv-
Ice men that one OF the bills had
been used to purchase street car
Continued on Page coln,nn s.
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&c IS s175
IN DARING
AY N5HT
Thief
People Were Passing Door as
Thief Takes Money at
Pistols Point

In a daring daylight robbery, q
handsome young wenty-year-oid
bandit. operating as 3 lone wolf,
held up and robbed Mrs. Betty
Motley, proprietor Of lunchroom
at 611 e street northwest. Of $fT5
shortly before 8 a. m. today.
Entering the lunchroom at q
time when no one was there -
cept Mrs. Motley, the bandit told
her that he had been sent in By
the owner Of grocery store next
door to get > SO bill for two
fives.
Woman Gets Purse.
Mrs. Motley. IN order to accom-.
nlodate the Young STRANGER. OBJ.
tanned 4 purse II which she carried
currency OF the LARGER denbnina.
tons ana took out ten dollar bill
You have lots OF money there. :"
the young man said with a smile.
II have lots to get. Mrs. Motley
replied
.swefl give it to me- be said.
Il certainly win not. / had to
work too hard e set this" Mrs.
Motley said, thinking the. young
man was joking.
Reaches for Pistol
Suddenly the bandit snatched the
.S.,..~. -.~akE. - x.o~.S ga ,.,,aI,I.s,S
into his hip pocket and obtained q
revolver with the other.
you make one sound and III
blOw your brains out" he said to
Mrs. Motley, who was still holding
onto the purse. And let go that
purse. quick"
He then forced Mrs. Motley 70
walk into the kitchen OF the lunch
room where he ordered her to let
him out Of q side door.
Mrs. Motley, in order to gain
time, hoping that someone would
walk into the lunchroom TO whom
she could appeal for help, began
o tumble with the lock. This
continued, she said, for about two
minutes when the bandit becoming
impatient, snatched the key out Of
Ter hand and opened the door
himself.
"If you make my attempt to
follow me. I'll shoot YOU" he said.
He then closed the door and ran
from the building.
''I was so frightened and dazed
ut the sight OF his revolver that I
couldn't move for several minutes =
Mrs. Motley said. when I suffi-
ciently recovered my sclf-possession.
rushed into the grocery store next
door and asked the proprietor II he
had sent a man in 20 obtain a SO
bill for two SIS bills. He appeared
surprised and said no. then ax-
planned to him what happened ami
called the police.
People Were Passing.
During the time Of the hold-up,
Mrs. Motley said, she could see a
number OF people passing by her
place on their way to work, but
she was afraid to make any out.
cry for fear the bandit would shoot
her.
She described the bandit as being
about twenty or twenty-one years
old, about S feet eight inches in
height and wearing a gray suit
ana gray cap.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
b. 3. WILLENsKY WOULD
CHANGE NAME TO WYLAND

David B. WillenSky. who says he
Is temporarily employed for the
Bureau OF Internal Revenue at
Chicago, ILL.,, has filed a petition
IN the District Supreme Court to
change his name to David
WylandS"
Petitioner. represented by Jean
nette Willensly, declares that his
name Is difficult to spell and pro.
nounce and causes him incon-
venience and annoyance in con.
nection with his employment as
well as in a social way. Petitioner
says that almost all his male rela-
tives, formerly Willenslxys, have
changed their names to Wyland.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
MRS. J. PIERPoNT MORGAN
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT

GLEN COVE, N. Y, June 25.-
Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, wife of
the financier. VIII has been seriously
I'll with sleeping sickness. showed
marked Improvement today.
Today, for the first time since
she passed into a stats OF coma =
week ago last Sunday. shs yawned,
leading to the BELIEF ste WAS about
~ awaken from h r "alenn..
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
GOVERNMENT OF GREECE FALLS
IN BLOODLESS REVOLUT
Donald LoWrie, Noted
rison Author Dies
OF Consumption
b lnternh tlonal News Service,

A-4-A-NAA-N-A
PHOENIX, ARK, June 25
Donald Lowrie, famous as the
author of two widely published
books on prison life in which he
related his own experiences,
died today, 8 victim Of tubercu-
losis. His last book was u1-
finished
he was released from the
Arizona State Penitentiary less
than two weeks ago and was
under the care of friends. His
book will Be finished from notes
he left.
His personal story, Back In
Prison ~ IS now running
In the mag azines pages Of The
Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
Writsrs' League Meetlng

The Writer'S League OF Wash
ington will hold a meeting In tn
Mt. Pleasant branch library, Six.
teenth and Lamont streets north.
west, tomorrow night.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
Ships Warned Of Storms

The Weather Bureau today
ordered storm warnings displayed
from Eastport, Me-, to Providence,
r. l., and small craft warnings
south of Providence to Delaware
Breakwater.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
Confirmed At Paris.
Crisis Faced Several Weeks.

Inc Greek government mas Deen
facing q political crisis for several
weeks, there having been three
new cabinets within q period of
two weeks.
The political situation came to q
head June 10 when General Kon.
dylis resigned as minister Of tbs
interior.
General Kondylis has q strong fol-
lowing in Greece as had M. Micha-
lakopoulos, who was premier until
today.
Kondylis, in resigning pledged the
support Of his party to the Mick1-
lakopoulos regime. but dispe2ciaes
today would indicate either t&at ha
began an offensive against Micha-
iakopoulos or that he As not
able to control his foIlowe-.s,
The resignation of Michai--A0pop.
los followed an incipient revolution
of Armenian and Greek refugees in
Greece June z.
The refugee settlement committees
had bee building Camps It Poda-
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
0ATNN
AID 10
NE ON
V S Delegate Charges Score
takl Breaks Dry Law 70
Serve Wine Here

PARIS June 25 The United
States wants France 10 pay her
war debt besanss America needs
the money to meet the expense Of
her prohibitlon Iaw. chauncoy Haze.
kett. delegate 81 the American A.
ISOLATION Against the Prohibition
Amendment. declared here today in
an address bSfOre the conference Of
the Enterna tional League of OpDon-
ants Of PrOhfbation.
HacIxett sid that It waa costing
the United states "over i biIlion
dollars ! year to enforce IT. pro-
hibition laws. ana that repeated
demands on France for debt pay.
ments may be regarded e q re-
quest that France assist the United
States IN meeting this expense.
Discussing prohibition enforce
ment In Washington, Hackett said:
Even the present Secretary Of the
Treasury. charged with the en-
f0rcement Of prohibition. Is obliged,
In order to serve wine on mis- table,
to violate the law, which he has
done either personally or through
agents, by buying cellars of Wash
ingtonians who. under the law. are
not able to take out Of the District
OF Columbia alcoholic beverages.
''No one can blame him for de-
string to be hospitable and under
the law he Is unable to use his pre-.
prohibition supply because 1t would
be q violation Of tho law to bring
any OF It into the District Of Co
lumbia. i
For this reason, and not because
Of inability to obtain a permit, the
Secretary Of the Treasury Is forced
to violate the Volstead act as he
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
Racket Prominent Here.

Racket Prominent Here.
Chauncey Hackett, general coun-
sci Of the American Association
Against the Prohibition Amend
ment, is the official representative
OF that organization to the Paris
conference.
He is a law partner Of Henry
Lane Wilson, with offices in the
Munsey Building. According to
information given at the associa-
tons headquarters in the Lenox
building today, Mr.. Hackett stated
before sailing for France that he
would accept full responsibility for
the charges made in connection
with prohibition enforcement and
Secretary MELONS, alleged purchase
Of Washington cellars.
Mr.. Hackett is a member Of the
Chevy Chase, Metropolitan, and
Racquet Clubs in this city. has q
high social position and considerable
wealth.
He married Katharine Jennings.
daughter Of the late Henning Jen.
nIngs. News recently reached the
United States that Mrs. Hackett is
seeking a divorce in Paris.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25


SHANGHAI, China, June Is
The American Government was
called upon by Americans in China
today to take an active hand in
suppressing disorder growing out
Of the general strike Of Chinese
against foreigners.
At the same time, the Chinese
government stationed troops al
the meeting place where Chinese
were to stage q monster anti
foreign demonstration this after
noon, and announced it's deter
(continfysd on Page 2. Column ~
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
AMERICANS in
CHINA SEEK
j. s. AID
Call on Government to Join
Other Nations-Blame
Disorder on Soviet

PEKING, June 25.-RepIying
orally to China's note requesting
immediate revision Of existing
treaties with foreign powers, the
senior minister OF the diplomatic
corps this afternoon reiterated the
desire Of the powers for the Inn
mediate appointment Of Chinese
commissioners for negotiations.
Although thousands Of students
and workers paFaded hero today
carrying anti-British and anti.
Japanese banners, the deHn0nStra-
tlOn passed off without untOward
incident.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25
Rp0L IS
Fl TED
BY ARMY
CHIEF
Coup Sudden and Successful,
Il Joined 81 Navy and Re-
publican Leaders
~ Tnt.rnnlioraI Nssvss service.

by International news DekNaees
LONDON, June 25 All Greece
Is III the throes 81 i revolution,
dispatch from SaIonilka via Paris
sid today. The revolutionsrieu
che sai0nika dispatch added. were
IA complete control. There was
no bIoodshed.
Officers Of the garrison under
General Pangalos established
military government and occupied
an civil and military Institutions.
The Greek navy, the dispatch
further stated, joined II The re-
volt.
CoEnnnuniques By Leaders.
General Pangalos. long = leader
Of the republican patty IN Gresce.
ten days ago gave Premier Milalak-
opoulos an ultimatum that he must
resign. The ten days expired LAST
night. Thereupon $50 army Officers
signed q demand that MikaiakO-
poullls must surrender his office.
Admiral Adjikiriankoa and Gen
eral Otheons were said to be active
supporters Of the Pangal0s repub-
lican party.
Military leaders Of the revolt L.
sued a communique in which it
was announced that the revolution
lists control the situation through
out Greece and that no resistance
is being encountered.
The navy contingent, which
Joined in the movement, was led
by Admira. Adjikiriakos. The ad-
rniral addressed the following tele-
gram to the president Of the re-
public:
I'VE proclaim that your govern
ment has fallen. We consider the
council Of ministers responsible for
the splitting OF fraternal blood.
Confirmed at Paris.
PARIS, June 25.-The AfichaIa-
copulos government was depOaed
and General Pangalos. leader Of the
revoluttonists, was proclaimed the
new president Of the Greek republic,
adv.ces say.
The army and navy co-operated in
overthroWing the government, the
dispatch added.
The Washington times., 1925-06-25

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