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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-19

Dry hard wood fitted, 81 per load
also furnace wood. Dry kindling
wood, 81 per load. Tel. 65-R.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-19

Dry hard wood, stove, furnace and
fireplace. Tel. 585-M. dec5eodtf
Owing to the increase of our
Optical business, we have added one
of the best, up to date, lens grinding
machine, which is capable of grind
ing eight lenses at time. Kryptoks
Invisible Bifocals any kind of a
frame, $1,000. These lenses are
Mfg. by American Opt. Co.. and
Bausch & Lomb Opt. Co. Glass Eyes
Fitted.
r. H. WILLIS.
Eye Sight Specialist,
Gardiner.
Dacia22.24
Evening star., 1925-01-23
Disputes Effect of speech.
TRIBUTE TO ATTUCKS.
Colored Press Club to Honor Vic
tim of Boston Massacre.

Tribute will be paid the memory of
Crispus Attucks, colored victim of the
massacre on Boston Common, March
), 1870, at the colored Press Club to-
night at 1901 Eleventh street, when
an oil painting of Crispus Attucks,
done by william Sam Noisette of this
city, will be unveiled with appro-
pirate ceremonies.
Monroe Mason OF Boston will deliver
the principal address, and President
c. Lucien Skinner of the Crispus At
tucks Press Association will read the
following letter from President Cool
idge:
II have been pleased to learn that
the Crispus Attucks Press Association
is to unveil in a few days hence, in
its clubrooms, a painting of Crispus
Attucks. 1t seems particularly ap-
propriate for such an honor to be
done to the memory OF this colored
man, who, as a victim of the Boston
massacre of March 5, 1870, was one
OF the very first Americans to make
the great sacrifice in the cause of our
country's independence. L send my
good wishes to the club for this oc-
casion."
The unveiling will mark the initia-
tion of a campaign to place a bust of
Crispus Attucks in Statuary Hall OF
the Capitol.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
SUN ECLIPSE SCHEDULE Il
AND FEATURES TO MTCH

he
the earth and the obscurng the
i'm 1922 9O4
minutes in other sections of totaity area
(The 95 cent total here)
$50 miles in
Islands
A shadow will black smudge in
shaped like a sickle on the earths surface
night will prevail OF toaty with varying
o.
20,0OOo00 will view phenomenon
will be localities
a
Guard in rob
berries burgares.
One
hat one m
horizon
lost n so
make nib o
which
ar he
$50 am-Suns surface half obscured
a daylight failing rapidly. Looks
approaching shadow bands sides
breaks
glittering light These BaIys beads.
Day has appearance of a
80 according locality
gradually
1922 am-Od Sol himself
Impor of
of
variable
effect phenomenon
effect of the
electricity of atmosphere
observation:
fl
clo
Department
description be
Special Will transport favorable localities
Evening star., 1925-01-23
SCIENTISTS DIVIDE STUDY,
Yerkes' Group Announces Eclipse
Program.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press
WILLIAMS BAY. Wis, January %.
Division OF labor will guide scien-
tiHc observations of the solar eclipse
tomorrow, Prof. Edwin b. Frost, di-
rector of Yerkes Observatory OF the
University of Chicago, said TODAY az
preparations were made for observa-
tions here
Although conditions here were not
expected to favor tests of the Elm
stein theory of relativity, tests will
be made by one or two parties in
the East, said Prof Frost.
Many American observatories will
nave temporary stations at permanent
colege observatories in New York or
Connectlcut, where the records
promise better weather conditions
than farther West" he said. For
example, a party from Swarthmore
CoIlege will make the Einstein tests
at Yale Observatory New Haven.
conn, and will take photographs for
Prof Charles Lane Poor of Columbia
University
The Einstein theory requires that
the rays of light from a distant BODY
Oh star VIII be bent out from their
path when they pass very close to
some massive body like the sun. Just
as II the rays of light were attract
eo py the sun as matter is attracted.
Stars Usually Lost.
1T Is only during the moments
when the sun is covered by the moon
that we can get photographs of stars
whose rays nearly Craze the sun; at
other times these stars are wholly
lost In the brilliance OF the sunlight.
PICTURES are taken with the same
telescope of the same group of stars
at night, half a year before or after
the eclipse, when the sun Is nowhere
near that part Of the sky.
The distances between the stars
in the plates are measured to the
| one-ten- -thousandths of an inch OF
less, and 1T has been found, at two
recent eclipses, that the light of each
of these stars was bent out of its
path by very small amount, as ex-
pected by the theory. Thus eclfpses
have confirmed the Einstein theory
The present eclipse will not be
well suited for repe. ting this test
| as the sun is so low in the sky in the
| early morning.
The sun will be near the constel-
: lation capriccrnuA No very bright
Evening star., 1925-01-23
NEW FLAG RAISED
AT KEY HOME SITE
George E. Killeen Legion Post Re
places Tattered Emblem After
Story in The Star.

A bright, new Star Spangied Banner
waved this afternoon from what re
mains of the old home of Francis
Scott Key near the Key Bridge in
Georgetown, replacing the thread
bare, faded wrath of one that has
hung there most of this Winter.
The new edition of Old Glory was
put on the building this afternoon by
a sturdy group of World War vet
Grams belonging to George f. Killeen
Post, No. 25, of the American Legion.
Aroused by the account given in
Yesterdays Star of the torn and di-
sheveled banner that served s the
only marker at the home of the man
whose inspiring verses have won for
him everlasting fame, officers OF the
post got together last night and ar
ranged for the fiag-raising ceremony
today.
The ragged remnant of the National
coIors was carefully removed from the
front of the brick building, now an
unoccupied store. and the legion's flag
was put in its place The brief
but impressive ceremony was wit
messed by a small gathering OF inter
ested spectators.
The old flag. when first flung to the
breezes by a woman's patriotic organ
ization. was an excellent replica of
the one that Key so proudly hailed at
Fort McHenry in 1914. but wintry ele-
ments had played havoc with it. The
store that now hides the old home has
been vacant for some time.
The committee was composed of
Comdr. Arthur c. Probey, Senior Vice
Comdr. William L. Harrington, AdJt-
william F. Franklin, and Patrick j.
Curtin, r B. Brewer and Roy Bate
man, members of the post.
Following the ceremony Condr.
Probey announced that the post viii
see to it that a flaG in good condition
is kept always on the building.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
POSTAL BILL HANGS
ON POINT OF ORDER
Question Raised by Swanson
to Be Decided Today-In-
wolves Rate Increase.

The fate OF the postal pay and rate
increase bill in the Senate rested to-
day on pending point of order to
eliminate the proposed rate advances.
A vote on elimination of the en-
tire half of the bill carrying the rate
increases went over until today after
the point Of order had been raised yes
terday by Senator Swanson, Demo-
crat, Virginia, on the ground that all
revenue-raising legislation must orig
mate in the House, under the Con-
stitution. He was supported gener-
ally by Democrats in the ensuing de-
bate on the question.
Should the point of order be sus-
tanned, the legislation, then carrying
only the pay increase, would be left
in the same form as previously given
a veto by President Coolidge that was
sustained by the Senate. Senator
Moses, Republican, New Hampshire,
who has charge of the combination
bill, indicated that in that event he
would not press the bill for Senate
approval.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
FIRE IN SCHOOL BUILDING

Fire in the Edmonds School, Ninth
and D streets northeast, shortly after
$50 o'clock today, drove the princi-
pal and four children to the streets
when an overheated furnace ignited
woodwork between the walls of the
first floor and basement.
Miss A. E. Hopkins, principal, and
the pupils were on the second floor
when the fire broke out, and through
clouds of smoke escaped to the street.
Miss Hopkins was warned of the fire
by Richard Shaw, substitute janitor,
who discovered the blaze when he
was making his rounds of the school
preparatory to opening the doors for
the morning session. Shaw found
flames licking their way through the
first foor woodwork and pulled the
private box of the school. He fought
the flames with fire eXtinguishers un-
til the apparatus arrived.
The blaze was extinguished after
large holes had been smashed through
the flooring. The building was closed.
for repairs.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
BY ROBERT II. SMALL.

NEW YORK, January 23.-Total
eclipses of the sun occur in this
neighborhood only now and then
every 400 years or so--but the one
this year Is we'll worth while, for 1t
has given blase New York severe
case of the jumps. Absolutely i'm
mune to shock or thrill from any
earthly spectacle, New York has
found a new sensation in something
over which 1t has no control. At
that IT would have felt more assured
from the first If It only could have
put the arrangements for the show
in the hands of Tex Rickard or Flo
Ziegfeld-Tex, because he always pro-
vides the right kind OF weather for
any and every sort of outdoor carni-
val, and Flo because he knows all
about stars and spectacles.
For New Workers the eclipse has
not been regarded as extending much
beyond Broadway. If the provinces"
lying within the valley of the shadow
looked forward to the most awesome
display of natures handiwork in fix
ing for all eternity the every day
affairs of the universe as partly their
show, It was merely their good luck
10 be in the line OF march. The gods
OF the universe have been slow in
reaching Broadway, have had many
trials in other parts of the hinter-
land, but at last a solar eclipse has
"arrived"-and New York has been
puzzled what to do with 1t or what
to do under it.
Has Some Skeptics.
Murders. prizefights, princes, world
series base ball games. international
polo, crossword puZzles-all these
phenomena of the finite mind-leave
New York absolutely cold Even the
eclipse has found Its skeptics among
the population. Not that they doubt
ed the ability of the astronomers TO
FIX the event almost to the fraction
of a second, but the confirmed New
Yorker, oscillatinE between the Bat
terry and the Bronx, has made more
or less merry with the elaborate ar
rangements going on everywhere, and
II he could find a "follies' or an in
door fight on tap at the moment Of
totality he was prepared to forsake
the sky and stick TO the precious bit
of earth that he knows so well, for
what, after all, is the white light of
the sun compared to the white lights
of New York after dark?
Evening star., 1925-01-23
Sky VIII Be Clear
For Eclipse Fans,
FOreCHSter SAYS
Mercury to Take Drop to
10 TOnight-LOtUest
Today %.

Washingtonians stand a very good
chance of getting q clear view of the
eclipse tomorrow morning, from the
way the meteorological aspects ap-
pear to Forccaster Weightman at the
Weather Bureau
Fair weather and cold is the out
look at present for tonight and to-
morrow, he said today, but he doesn't
want TO be held responsible if a cloud
or two should slip by his blockade
and mar things at the strategic mo-
mert Such might happen, he ad-
mits, but the probability lies the
other way.
Late this afternoon I can tell
about it a whole lot better" Mr.
Weightman stated. With additional
Information then at hand, I will issue
special eclipse forecast which
should hit the mark pretty accurately.
West May Lose Out.
totality will be generally favorable
tomorrow morning, he said, but the
Western path of totality may lose
out on the big event. 1t looks as
though the Western section will be
overcast or partly so.
Eclipse fans had better watch the
big show indoors or else bundle them-
selves up in heavy clothing, as a de-
cided drop in temperature is predict
ed overnight a low mark of about
Is is expected tonight. but as the
winds diminish it will warm UP
slightly tomorrow. The mercury last
night went down to % degrees
Government employees hurrying to
work this morning witnessed the phe-
nomenon of snow falling while the
sun was shining. A playful snow
cloud that had wandered away from
its fellows was held responsible.
Evening star., 1925-01-23

in the Municipal Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia to hear and adjudi-
cate complaints as to rents, charges
and service and to determine and fix
the fair and reasonable rent to be
charged, and
Resolved, That decisions be rem
dered as in all other matters prop
erly presented to the Municipal Court,
subject to the same appeal, and
Resolved, That failure to obey the
orders and decisions of the court
shall be regarded as misdemeanor,
punishable by fine, not exceeding
81, 900, or by Imprisonment for not
exec eding one year. or by both, and
Resolved, That money be apprO
priated for an additional Municipal
Court judge, in order that the court
may be able to handle rental mat
ters.
Representative Blanton declared
that it would take 500 additional
Municipal Court judges TO handle all
these rental matters. He said that
he was more opposed to the Copeland
plan than to the Whaley bill.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
PLANS STUDY. IN AIR.
Astronomer to Ascend 10000 Feet
to See Eclipse.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, January ga
raymond A. Gordon, secretary OF the
Cleveland Astronomical Society, hopes
to see and perhaps photograph the
eclipse of the sun tomorrow from an
airplane, which will fly to Dunkirk,
n. Y, into the path of totality and
rise to an altitude of about 10000
feet. The plane will be piloted by
Cyril c. Caldwell, test pilot of the
Glenn l. Martin plant here.
Other members of the society, head
ed by Prof. J. j. Nassau, professor of
astronomy at Case School of Applied
Science, arranged to leave here to-
night with telescopes and cameras on
a special train for Buffalo. Several
hundred other Clevelanders also
planned to make the trip.
Evening star., 1925-01-23

tials, but only of housing, he added.
Senator Ball wanted to know. why,
II rents had increased so little, OBJ
lection was now made to a Rent Com
mission. The commission, he said.
was intended only for those who
charged exorbitant rents.
Mr. McKeever insisted there are
plenty of houses and apartments In
the District and that through compe-
tition the rentals were coming down.
Senator Ball said that he himself
had gone around the city, but had
been unable to find many apartments
for less than S75 or 500.
Representative Hammer criticized
the statistics placed in the record oy
Mr.. McKeever, saying that he under
stood the Department of Labor was
furnished with these figures by the
real estate people.
Mr.. McKeever denied this and said
that the department made Its own
investigation. Mr.. Gore suggested
that representatives of the depart
ment be called before the committee.
The witness told the committee
that IL some rents are beyond the
reach of Government employees, 1t Is
not because rents are too high but
because salaries of Government en-
ployes are too low. In order to Keep
pace with the increase in living costs
generally, salaries should have been
increased s0.2 per cent, he said. AS
a matter of fact, Government salaries
have increased only 20 per cent.
The wages of persons employed in
trades, on the other hand, he said,
have increased from ia per cent to
1913 per cent.
Representative Blanton, who has
onposed the Whaley bill, told the
committee that his secretary received
many telephone calls stating that un-
less Mr.. Blanton let up in his oppo-
sition, they were going down to my
district to fight me in the next cam
paign"
Representative Blanton said that
many employees OF the Government
Evening star., 1925-01-23

Jupiter, which was especially fine.
The larger part of the apparatus in
the observatory grounds belongs to
the Sproul expedition from Swarth-
more College, under charge of Prof
Miller.
Every man in the expedition and
every Yale man, under Prof. Ernest
w. Brown, attached to the observa-
tory went through his assigned task
about IL times.
tomorrow the observatory grounds
VIII De entirely closed to visitors be-
fore the eclipse and until half an
hour after it is over.
In the city preparations were being
completed today for handling the
crowds of observers. 1t is expected
the central green will hold thousands
OIL persons, as observation of the
eclipse there will be unobstructed
Evening star., 1925-01-23
APPARATUS TESTED
Scientists Rehearse for Eclipse OBJ
servation.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW HAVEN, Conn, January %
A jubilant group of college professors,
most of them astronomers, were gath
cred on the Yale Observatory grounds
on top of Prospect Street Hill this
morning to practice handling the
apparatus set up for securing data
concerning tomorrow's eclipse.
No veteran "vamp" on a town fire
pump ever moved with more zeal than
did the professors who had the han
ding Of the steel framework of the
special piece of apparatus which,
focused on the sun, will determine
the diameter of the moon at the time
of totality of the eclipse, and the
framework which holds twin cameras
with which the eclipse photographs
will be made.
The professors were happy because
the forecasts were for ideal weather
tomorrow. Most Of them were out of
bad early today to note the spectacle
of the planets Mercur9v Venus and
Evening star., 1925-01-23
Layr1en Warned.
CLEAR SKY FORECAST.
Scientists Fill Rhode Island Town
for Eclipse.
BY the Associated Press.

WESTERLY, r. l., January 2s.-
This town, selected as one of the
vantage points for viewing tomor-
rows eclipse of the sun, today was
crowded with thousands of scientists
and enthusiasts.
Among early arrivals were Thomas
A. Edison and party from West
Orange, n. ]. Many astronomers and
students were arriving to look over
the ground and prepare to take
photographs of the eclipse.
The atmosphere was very clear and
it was predicted that conditions to-
morrow would be ideal for making
observations.
The view to Montauk Point and
Block Island, in the direct path of
the shadow, was pronounced perfect
Three high hills, Westerly Hospital
Hill, Hinckley Hill and Vose Park
Hill, have been selected as observa-
ton points. Many persons planned
to go to local shore resorts and many
Summer places have been opened.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
Lecture on Hudson RaY.

A lecture on Hudson Bay and it's
nimal life and vegetation, illustrated
by lantern slides, will be, given by
Frits Johansen of the Canadian De-
partment of Marine and Fisheries of
ottawa, at the National Museum, to-
morrow, at pm. In 1920 Mr.
Johansen explored the east coast of
the bay north to Richmond Gulf in
the interest of the biological sciences.
The lecture will be free.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
ANT|-PYRAM|D|NG
BILL INTRODUCED
Ball Offers Plan to Base Sale
Values on Property
Assessment.

bill TO stop pyramidinE and 10
eliminate fraudulent practices fu
real estate operation in the District
Of Columbia was introduced in the
Senate today by Senator L. HeisIer
Ball OF Delaware. chairman Of the
Senate District committee.
The measure provides for two
year penalty for any one who is con
victcd Of entering into a contract.
combination or conspiracy to fix or
control rentals and sales Of property
in Washington
The bill also provides that no deed
of trust. mortgage or other instru-
ment 10 secure payment Of loans shall
be valid TO secure title to property
unless accompanied by a statement
Of the person executing such instru-
ment in three parts: the amount Of
money received as consideration
therefore; kind and character Of CON
sideratio other than or in addition 10
money consideration of fair market
value thereof. that no part Of said
consideration has been returned to
party giving it or paid or transfer
red to another for the benefit of said
party, and that the said statement
shall be sworn to by party executing
it and statement shall constitute
part Of the deed.
False Statement Felony.
False statements in the afidav.t
shall be ciassed d 3 felonies, with a
term of Imprisonment up 10 two years
In cases where there is other con
sfderation than money the statement
shall set forth that 1t is of certain
value and the president or cashler q
a bank doing business in the District
shall give q certificate Of this value
ply with these provisions shall be
legal to put in the land records OF the
District.
No deed shall constitute a lien upon
real property or be recorded in the
District of Columbia IL it be for an
amount in excess of 10 per cent more
than the assessed value.
Requires Sworn Statement.
The bill provides however that any
instrument executed to finance new CON
struction or improvement on real prop
erty shall not be deemed 70 violate the
section Of the bill if not in excess of 10
per cent above estimated cost but such
instrument must be accompanied by a
sworn statement signed by the person
executing it, setting forth character OF
construction, estimate Of the same
name of the person who makes the est
mate and that the judgment Of the per
son making the deed Is that the estl-
mated cost is fair and reasonable.
The bill makes it unlawful TO ad-
vertise or sell a trust, note, or papef
that does not comply with these re
strictions and makes such matter
non-mailable in the United States.
The term person shall include all
corporations, partnerships, assocl&-
tions or joint stock companies.
Evening star., 1925-01-23
CUSTER OF -FOUR
TENANTS SOUGHT
Eviction Notices Served on
Darlington Residents Re-
fusing to Pay More Rent.

The owners and tenants contro-
versy, after a dormant period Of two
months, again took active form at
the Darlington apartments. 3033 Six
teenth street, last night, with the ap-
pearance of the Municipal Court mar
shall, who served eviction notices on
four occupants.
Late I'm November the Quinter, Thorn
as Co, agents of the building, served no.
tice of increase in rent. This brought
forth a complaint from the tenants,
with a subsequent mass meeting Of
the Tenants Lea que of the District,
which was addressed by Mrs. Henry
c. Brown, its secretary.
Nothing further was heard after the
meeting until last night, when, ac-
cording to the marshal, he served
summonses for the following persons
to appear in court and show reason
why they should not be dispossessed
of their apartments: w. F. Sunny,
Frank F.. Maxwell, Odell H. Whipple
and Sydney Buckler.
Declares Payment Refused.
According to Mr.. Maxwell, the build
ing was bought for $4,000 and was
assessed at S171,7s2. He states that
the reason for the eviction notices is
that the four tenants have refused to
pay the increase IN Ine rents he
states that he personally has tender
ed his original rent on two occasions,
and it has been refused.
Mr.. Quinter Of the Quinter. Thomas
Co. states that he is acting under direc-
ton OF an out-of-town owner of the
apartments. He says that action
has been brought against some of the
tenants for non-payment of rent since
January l, and that he has had diff
Guilty in getting prompt payment of rent
on number of occasions. He also
states that the rents of the apartments,
because of their location at Sixteenth
street and Columbia road, were not un-
reasonable.
S77.S0 Is Asked.
Mr. Maxwell stated that his rent when
he first moved in eight years ago was
only $3.50, and that there were subse-
quent raises, with the final determine
tion of the Rent Commission setting the
rent at $3.50. The Quinter. Thomas Co
now asks S77.50 for his apartment
which, he declares, is composed of four
rooms, kitchen and bath. He complains
that 1t is very small.
Mr.. Maxwell added that he will op-
pose the rent and the suit, and that he
is about to bring the matter to the at
tention of Senator Ball, chairman OF
the committee investigating rental con-
ditions here.