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Evening star., 1925-11-14
". R. I. T0RETA|N
EXTENDED ROUTE
Will Not Abandon Silver
Spring Line Until Ruling
on Rights Is Made.

The Washington Rapid Transit Co
Will not make an Immediate move tC
abandon It's Interstate bus line between
Silver Spring and Sixteenth and Bu
chanan streets until II Is definitely
determined whether the company will
be permitted TO carry local passengers
as we'll as Interstate riders it was in
dicated today by Attorney Conrad II
Syme.
Mr.. Syme stated that the colnpa ny
would go before the Maryland Public
Service Commission In Baltimore Tues
day to ask permission To pick up and
discharge local passengers within
Maryland. A similar request To stop
for local passengers on Sixteenth
street is stfll pending before the local
utilities commission.
At the public hearing yesterday tho
question OF allowing the company TO
carry local passengers III the District
did not come up. and the commission
has not yet decided on another public
hearing to consider that matter. There
also is pending before the local com
mission an application from the Capt.
tai Traction Co. To run Il competing
motor bus service on the full length
Of Sixteenth street. which has not
been set Cor public hearing. Il is pos
siblc that il the commission decided
on another hearing both uf these ap-
plications may be considered "a the
same time.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
AUTO SIGNAL LIGHT
POSITION IS CHANGED
Will Be Placed at Truxton Circle
Instead of 22d and @ Streets.
as Originally Planned,

Traffic officials have decided to place
one Of the automatic signal lights at
TruNton Circle. North Capitol street
and Florida avenue. instead OF at
Twenty-second and - streets north
west
The latter location was eliminated
beca use the traffic heads did not be
lieve there would be sufficient room
for vehicles to make the left-hand
turn If the automatic light was placed
in the middle OF the intersection, as
planned.
The light TO be placed at Truyton
Circle is one of three individual sig.
nails TO be erected at busy points in
addition to the system OF synchron-
lied lights that have been ordered for
Sixteenth street and a portion OF
Massachusetts avenue
The three separate lights were
shipped from Syracuse. y. Y. last
week and should be installed within a
few days. The lights for Sixteenth
street and Massachusetts avenue are
expected TO be in service by December
10. Delivery of these lights has been
delayed. awaiting a shipment Of cable
needed for the installation.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
.EX-W|FE UNRAVELS
TANGLE Of ALIASES
Identifies Picture of Weide-
meier as West Virginian Who
Deserted Her Here.

Out Of the maze OF aliases used by
Baron Cornelius Reaverbrook--von
Elder. Won Edwards. Weidemeier-re
sarded by police here as the premier
confidence operator Of the decade, De
tective G. l.. Grant and his assistant
Sergt. Joseph Morgan, today believe
they have stumbled on his true name
j. a. Mason.
The information which led them tc
this inference came in a letter from
Mrs. j. A. Mason Of Huntington. "
Va. which brought. IN addition. 81
story OF desertion on honeymoon in
Washington. with an unpaid board
bill and a stranded bride. who was
forced To wire home 10 friends and
relatives to obtain funds for return.
1t also showed that. Just before the
operations here OF Beaverbrook, Mason
was being sought by the police. II
was on June = that J. A. Mason and
wife, recently welded. registered at
the George Washington Inn. The
bride was Hazel Pryor Of Huntington.
W. Va. a friend OF the early youth
Of the bridegroom.
Mason, according TO Mrs. Mason,
told her that ne had vast property
holdings in Columbia $. {, as Well
as land in Orlando. Fla. and two au-
tomohiles. 4 few days after register
ing, Mason attempted to get the man
ager OF the hotel to cash d certified
check for s570. The manager, for
tunately for him. refused.
The following day. Mason disap-
peared after telling his wife he was
going out to get the check cashed.
It was less than two weeks later
that Baron" Beaverbrook and Mrs.
Virginia Martin were married at
Rockville, with the resultant loss OF
$40, 900 to Mrs. Martin when her hus-
band disappeared very shortly there
AFTER
The police find in Dthe records now
against Mason that he Is wanted for
a 500 board bill owing 70 the George
Washington Inn.
But what is regarded as the princi.
pal portion OF the information com
ing from Mrs. Mason IS that she rec
ogntzed in the picture of Weidemeier,
published IN newspapers at the time
Of his arrest in St. Louis (Which pic
ture also resulted in his being con
nected as Baron Beaverbrook), the
same J. 4. Mason who had deserted
her.
The baron" is still at large, but
the fact that he was known SO long
ago by the wife from Huntington as
Mason" leads the police 10 believe
that, likely. Is his real name.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
DEDICATION TODAY
AT STOCKTON HALL
G. w. U. Law School Unit
to Be Scene of Ceremony
This Afternoon.

Stockton Memorial Hall, the new
$250,000 law school unit of George
Washington University. will be dedi-
Gated this afternoon at o'clock, with
many prominent lawyers and edu-
Gators of the country participating in
the ceremonies.
Dean Roscoe Pound OF Harvard
University will deliver the dedicatory
speech. Speeches also will be made
by Capt. Edward Stafford, represent
Ing the George Washington Alumni
Association, and Col. John Clephane
of the law school, representing the
faculty.
John B. Larner. president Of the
board Of trustees or the university
viii turn the keys of the new law
school over to Or. William Mather
Lewis. president If the institution.
President Lewis will give the keys 10
Prof. William {. Van Week. dean Of
the law school.
The pre-dedicatiou exercises began
this morning when the out of town
visitors We're received at Stockton
HaN. A luncheon followed at the La
Fayette Hotel, and during the early
afternoon the visitors will be taken on
sightseeing trips about the city The
ceremonies will close with a reception
tonight at . O'clock
Evening star., 1925-11-14
DRIVER IS ARRESTED
IN HIT-AND-RUN CASE
Nelson Waller Held After Car
Strikes and Seriously Injuries
w. H. Childs, SO.

Nelson Waller, % years Old. 2l36
last night after his automobile
struck and seriously injured William
H. Childs, 69 years old, sos Maine
avenue southwest, at Sixth and e
streets.
Childs, suffering from a fracture
of the skull, three fractured ribs and
shock. was taken TO Emergency Hos
pital, where his condition this morn
ing was reported as slightly improved
Waller was charged with reckless
driving. leaving the scene OF an acci-
dent without making his identity
known, and insufficient lights.
Three children We're among the VIC
tinas of yesterdays traffic accidents.
One was Thelma Sydman, 9, 1924
Twelfth street southeast. who was
Knocked down near Eleventh and I
streets southeast by the automobile of
Hillard Moore, colored, 1411 Norris
road Southeast. She was treated at
CasualtysH Hospital for a slight cut on
her leg.
Six-year-oN William Brodsky, 1907
seventh street, was knocked down by
an automobile Npear his home and
slightly injured. Nile received treat
ment at home! AliSton Gray, colored
z. 2i3f Virginia avenue, was knocked
down at Virginia avenue and Twenty
second street by the automobile of w.
/ l.. Hall. Sc street, and slightly hurt
Others injured included Samuel
Vance, 7S. 1852 East Twenty-fifth
street, Baltimore. Md: John Harris.
colored. 3S. 1914 Church street; Har-
rison Murray, colored, 1852 Twenty.
seventh street. and James Young, col.
ored. SO, s1Sk Howard road south.
east.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
CENTRAL HIGH GIVES
ANNUAL FALL SHOW
Vaudeville Performance, Embrac.
ing Nine Acts, With Music.
Staged.

4 pretentious and diversified
Vaudeville concoction of nine acts, en-
bellished by a musical program, was
presented by the students of Central
High School last night as their an
pIual Fall show. Another performance
will be given In the school auditorium
tonight at S o'clock.
The chief features OF the entertain
snent were ii one-act farcical melo-
drama, THE Man in the Bowler Hat" "
End a pantomime. The Shepherd in
Ihe Distance" written originally for
the professional stage by Holland
Hudson. The subsidiary attractions
ranged from an acrobatic act to the
various dance steps, which, Of course,
Included the eccentric Charleston.
The cast Of The Man IN the Bowler
Wat" was composed OF Lawrence
Iichnsr. Marian Mcdaniel, Deford
Mills, Douglas Wilson. Richard Bour-
don and Harry Clayton. Those who
Sook part in the pantomime We're
+ ssse Stimson, George Willis, Rupert
Lille, Sumner kittelle, Barbara STRAIT
ron. Leonora Combs, Rosalie Dim
rnstte, Juliet Wood, Andrew Allison
and Nathan Gluubach. Entirely diff
ferent casts will present these two
features tonight.
The acrobatic act was staged by
Willis Lawrence and Donald Thomas.
Jack Reiss, George BeuChler, Bill
.femison and Mees Bryan gave a little
skit, called Lonesome Bell" or The
Call of the Wild The dancers were
1Ssnn and Marie Dobrin, Morse Allen,
Louise Littlepage and Charlie Smoot,
fhe Dobrin Twins, Marie and Reba.
and Morse Allen. Carl BroCkway.
barnet Breeskin. Wayne Van Leer
and Bill Jemison. all versatile mu-
sicians, appeared as The Music
Makers" The Central High School
Orchestra opened the show with an
overture and played during intermls-
Hion. The scenic effects and costumes
were pleasing assets to the show and
n tribute to the handiCraft of the
pupils who created them.
Miss S.byl Baker, the dramatic
kenius at Central, headed the faculty
and student committees which ar
ranged the show.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
MAY GET NEW YORK POST
Col. w. n. Haswen Urged as Head
of States National Guard.

Col. William y. Haswell, United
States Cavalry, has been recommend
ed to Gov Smith of New York for
appointment as commander Of the
New York National Guard, with the
rank of major general. lie was
awarded the distinguished service
medal for neritorious services in the
Field Artillery during the World War
and was commended for efficient serv-
ice in organizing the Russian relief.
He Is a graduate OF the Military Aca-
denny of the class Of 1901. Most of his
service has been In the Cavalry. Fol.
lowing a tour of duty In the Philip
pines few years ago, he was detailed
as or-instructor Of the New York
National Guard. and is still on that
detail During the Mexican bles
he commanded the seth Infantry, Ma
tional Guard.
In case Of his appointment as COM
raander of the New York National
Guard, it Is said, he will resign his
commission In the Army.
Evening star., 1925-11-14

of refugees from Damascus. But when
the writer inquired the people ex
claimed: What refugees" They
knew nothing Of events further than
that support had been given the
Druses by the Syrians. -
In Egypt and Palestine the people
knew nothing OF any uprising beyond
the talk of a sympathetic strike, which
did not materialiZe. and that the Bag
dad automobile caravan route had
been shifted farther to the south, in
creasing the cost of the trip to the
passengers from S125 To $3.50. Later
they learned that the British had oc-
cupied a few Druse localities near the
Palestine frontier.
The real trouble in Damascus was
caused by the panic OF the nervous
population IN fleeing before u few
armed marauders.
In French Syria today the situa-
ton IS like the old frontier times
in America, when the Indians held
the plains and raided the settlers.
Today the Druses raid more for
pillage than to satisfy any nationalist
or anti-foreign teachings. They seem
~ numb but a few thousands and
their cutting of of a French battalion
produced u situation like Clusters last
stand on the Big Horn River.
The situation today Is that the
Druses are making an effort to
arouse the tribes in the Lebanon
Valley.
While approaching Beirut the
writer heard sounds OF artillery fire
and air bombing. The bombers have
orders to spare the settlements and
bomb only groups OF marauders
There are two main bands. one oper-
ating in the Hasbaya region, the
other near Nebek. between Damascus
and HONS. both bands totalling less
than 1000 members altogether.
Nevertheless. some of the people
panic stricken. are fleeing to the
hills.
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Evening star., 1925-11-14
Christmas Tree
Harvest Approved
By Forest Service

The Joy that the Christmas tree
brings to children far outweighs
any damage that the cutting OF
these small trees does to the
forests, the United States Forest
Service declared today in indors-
ing the tinsel bearer of the Yule-
tide.
AS a matter of fact, the service
pointed out. the annual harvest OF
Christmas trees is exceeded many
times by those used in the manu-
facture Of toothpicks. Roughly
estimated. 100000 evergreens
constitute the yearly output Of
Christmas trees, all Of which could
he produced on 5000 acres OF
land. The service compares this
area with the 100000 acres that
are swept each year by forest
fires.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Boston Wont See Play.

BOSTON, November ID GP.-Boston
will not see Desire Under the Eims, "
Eugene. O'Neill's play, that has been
running in New York for many
months, because Mayor Curley has
insisted on such a complete revision
of it's text. Rather than comply with
the censorship requirements. the
producers have decided to cancel the
Boston engagement, 1t was announced
at city Hall yesterday. The play
was to have opened here Monday.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Alien Agents Guns Curbed.

officials of the immigration service
along the border have been warned by
Commissioner Hull to take every pre-
caution against promiscuous or dan
gerous use of firearms. Officers in
charge were directed to see that sub.
ordinates were properly trained in
handling weapons Sporadic com
plants of too free use and exhibition
of pistols by Immigration agents. Mr..
Hull explained, cause issuance of the
order.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
STRIFE AT PEkIkG
AVERTED FOR TIME
Chang Creates Surprise by Re
calling Troops to Pre-
vent Battle.
b. The Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
PEKING. November 1.-THE dan.
ger Of lighting in the vicinity OF
Peking between rival military chiefs
has been averted for the time being.
The chief executive, Tuan Chi Jul,
Is telegra phically informed by Marshal
Chang Tso-lin that, in order to pre-
serve peace, he is willing TO Withdraw
his troops from around Peking to
Tientsin and 10 the north.
The Manchurian war lords troops
near the capital are, in fact, already
III motion, SOME being In the course
oc withdrawal while others have al
ready boarded trains for Mukden. In
addition the Mukden authorities are
removing their army headquarters
l6 miles 70 the east
Chang Tso-lin's action has caused
great surprise in foreign circles.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Eggs Are Currency
In Armenia; Spoiled
Ones counterfeit
By the AAociated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ERIVAN. Armenia. November
14.-Esgs are being used as cur
rency in the Kara Kala district Of
Armenia, where the American
near East Relief Is operating.
Twelve eggs are accepted on their
face value" as equivalent to one
ruble, or fifty cents in American
currency. If any OF the eggs
prove bad, they may be returned
as illegal tender"
The new form OF currency" Is
made necessary owing to the diff
iiculty Of getting the regular
Soviet money to Kara kala. which
is buried deep in the mountains
of Armenia. A pair of American
shoes in Kara Kala costs 200 eggs.
Miss Dorothy Stratton of New
York City. who Is III charge Of
the relief work in that area. re-
ports that live chickens also are
coming into use as currency. one
chicken being accepted as Il ruble
and a half. or u cents IN Amer
iCon money
Evening star., 1925-11-14
C. A. BIRDS WILL FILED,

HORNELL. n. Y, November II
R.-The will Of the late Charles A.
Bird. prominent theatrical man, who
died here Wednesday,, was filed for
probate today. The two principal
heirs are Anna Wheaton Collins OF
New York and Mrs. Clara ID. Master
man Of Hornell. The estate is esti.
mated at a quarter OF a million.
Mrs. MAsterman's husband was for
years a close personal friend and bust
ness associate OF Mr.. Bird. Mr.. Bird
had no relatives. He was manager o1
the West Coast Studios Of the Fol-
Film CorporAt3on>
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Ban Sslacious Magazines,

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Move .Iher IA
gP).-An agreement ending the con-
eroversy' over the sale of alleged sa-
facious magazines has been reached
here. Newsdeaiers plan not to sell or
display magazines which they know
viii not meet official approval. Plans
70 proyide dealers with white list
OF preferable magazines were aban-
doned in a conference with Chief of
Polics Cavender, a legal representa-
sive ef the magazine dealers and a
Neelsgats of The miniatsrtal AsoocaAt3ou.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
PREHISTORIC FIND MADE.

KRASNOYARSK, Siberia, Novem-
Der Ia CP.-Excavstions on Afrontov
Mountain near here have resulted in
the discovery Of several skeletons of
paleolithic men and the remains of
several hundred mammoths. wolves
and bears. The skeletons are believed
by Russian archaeologtsts to be about
80, 600 years old.
Weapons and tools Of hitherto un-
known types also were found. Among
these are curiously shaped cudgsls
made Of tusks of tho naammoth,
Evening star., 1925-11-14
MRS. SUSIE M. HAGAN DIES
Former Proofreader Expires After
Operation at Hospital.

Mrs Susie Mason Hagan. 36 years
old, wife of Clarence s. Hagan, died
in Georgetown University Hospital
yesterday following an operation.
Mrs. Hagan was formerly a proof
reader in the United States Treasury
Department and was an active work
er in Calvary Baptist Church for sew
eraI years. She had not been we'll for
the last two years, IL is said.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the residence, 270l Woodley place,
this afternoon. Interment will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Her husband II the only near rela.
tive surviving,
Evening star., 1925-11-14
100 SLAIN IN CONFLICT.
Bandits Suffer Heavy Casualties i'm
Attack on Village.

BEIRUT. Syria. November II Cpj.--
One hundred and fifty bandits and
forty Maronites have been killed dur.
ing an attack by bands of brigands on
the village of Kawkaba, near Has.
| baya. The information comes from
French sources. When the encounter
ended the munitions of the villagers
were exhausted. and they retired
| toward Mardjeyou, where large
French forces are concentrating in
order to prevent the retreat of the
bandits.
The French understand that the
bandits have treated women and
children with the utmost cruelty.
Damascus is described as no longer
menaced, except for $50 brigands who
have been levying tribute on outlying
villages and for a band roaming to
the northward of Damascus.
-Four Christians have been killed by
highway bandits few miles from
Damascus.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
SEEK HEIR TO $500, 900.
Youth Who Ran Away From Home
Four Years Ago Now Wealthy.

ELDORADO, Ark, November Ii L41.
Authorities today were searching
for a youth who ran away from home
four years ago and has inherited an
estate valued at 100000. Robert
William Bradley, adopted son of MIR
and Mrs. 7. =. Bradley, both of whom
are now dead, has failed to claim the
property beQueathed to him, which
consists principally of valuable oil
lands. His present address has not
bsen ascertainsl by local friends.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Warning by Lewis.

hhiS W Lc"ls
Mr.. Lewis warning appeared III the
current issue of the American Fedora
ZIONIST. official organ OF the American II
Federation OF Labor. Discussing the
Use of anthracite substitutes and deny
ing that the bituminous producers can
tide the Nation over the Winter with
out additional anthracite. Mr.. Lewis
said:
ANY one who has any technical Or
practical knowledge of the relative
substance and form of the two fuels.
bituminous and anthracite. knows full
we'll that the anthracite equipment
Will not burn bituminous coal IN "A
manner that viii protect the health
and safety of the householder.
There are hundreds and hundreds
of miles OF tenement houses in our
great centers OF population in the
Eastern country where the chimneys
are built for anthracite fuel Any at.
| tempt to burn hituminous coal in
those chimneEs will mean the whole
sale aSphyXiation OF whole families
by reason OF the fact that the gases
from the bituminous product cannot
| be carried away by the vents and
orifices In the roofs Of the doniciles.
The American people are due for
q rude awakening. The anthracite
commodity takes care of the fuel re.
| quirementS of some GO 900 communi
| ties in the Atlantic seaboard country
and 1t is physically impossible, even
were other conditions favorable, for
! the railroads to transport enough
, bituruinous coal into these so 900 com
munities to care for their require.
ments, even If they could burn it,"
Plenty of Soft Coal
Even II the anthracite mines were
to resume operations immediately,
MIR. Lewis added, they would not be
able to overtake the hard coal short
age before Spring. He also declared
| that he had been assured by some of
the country's leading industrial engi-
neers that the coke industry would be
! unable to expand its harvest enough
| to become an appreClable substitute
! for hard coal.
| In a statement issued yesterday,
| however, the National Coal Associa-
ton, composed of bituminous oper.
ators, declared that the soft coal
| mines ARE fueling and can continue
| to fuel the entire nation regardless
of what the anthracite crop may be.
The actual fact the statement
said, lis that today bituminous pro
duction is exceeding by several hun
dred thousand tons the weekly aver.
age that it will be necessary to main
tain until March 81. the end of what
is known as the coal year, to meet
the average consumption Of both
anthrac cite and bituminous.
IAN average weekly production OF
| 11,Ss0,7S5 net tons will fuel this Ma
| ton, and. according to the figures oi
| the United States Bureau of Mines
| the production in each Of the last two
! weeks Of October exceeded 100000
tons"
Evening star., 1925-11-14
NAVAL BUDGET IS CUT
BY JAPANESE CABINET
Action on Plan for Ship Replace
ments Is Reported to Have Been
Deferred for a Year.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, November lit is under
stood the cabinet has agreed TO post
pone for a year all discussion of the
navy's request OF an appropriation
of 23,ooo.000 YEN for the replacement
of auxiliary vessels and the budget
for 1926 will contain only small ap-
preparation for minor construction.
a previous compromise between the
finance and navy departments called
for the 23,000,000 yen 10 be spread
over a number of years, but the eco
nomic condition of the couatry caused
the cabinet 10 reconsider the matter
and decide not to name any stated ap-
propriation. which is believed to mean
that only small sum for the replace
ment of destroyers will be granted.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Wife Charges Desertion.

Suit for a limited divorce has been
filed in the District Supreme Court
by Mrs. E;lva M. Gilbert against VIII
liam H. Gilbert, printer. They were
married June %. 1928, and the wife
chAr9es desertion.
Evening star., 1925-11-14
Reinforcements Arrive.

PARIS, November II P).-F'rench
reinforcements have begun arriving In
Syria. The appearance Of the fresh
troops, according to the latest reports.
produced an immediate effect upon the
rebels and the Druse tribesmen, among
the most active of the insurrectionists
returned to the mountain regions.
The country has calmed down, the
dispatches say, and only one small
band of rebels is in the field In the
Damascus region.