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Evening star., 1925-06-08
SIX ARE CONVICTED
IN DRY CONSPIRACY
Colored Group Sentenced From One
to Two Years-First Case of
Kind Won by U. S.

One colored woman and Ave colored
men were sentenced today by Chief
Justice Mccoy in Criminal Division 2
for conspiracy to violate the national
prohibition law. The case is the first
of this character to be won by the
Government in the District and was
prosecuted by Assistant United States
Attorney Frank J. Kelly.
Lawrence Hall. considered by The
court one Of the instigators of the
conspiracy. was sentenced to serve two
years in the penitentiary. James
BraXton and William Wright. were
each given term or l8 months in
the penitentiary, while Blanche Brown.
Edward Blackwell and Charles Bran.
nan were each TO serve one year a nd
one day in the penitentiary. The de-
PENDANTS noted an appeal and bail
was fixed al 81 1000 for Hall and
81 900 each for the others.
John Phoenix. another of the origi-
nators of the scheme, turned States
evidence and testified for the prose
cution. He was not called for sen
tence today.
The alleged conspiracy was un-
earthed when the police were investi-
eating about four years ago the sud
den death of man named Mcdonald.
Evening star., 1925-06-08
Scientist " Weighing
World in Chamber
IS Feet in Ground
Hopes to Finish Check Up
On Figures Within Year
At Standards Bureau

Working in chamber 81 feet un-
derground to Offset unbaIsncing In
huences which might affect his deli.
cate instruments. DIR. Paul r. Heyl
of the Bureau of Standards expects
to finish his task of measuring the
weight of the world within a year.
DR.. Heyl has been working for several
months in his underground laboratory.
checking up on the figures of other
scientists and arriving at new con-
clusions of his own.
The world has been found TO weigh
about six Thousand million million
million tons-in figures, followed
by i21 ciphers.
DIR. Heyl is measuring the weight
of the earth with a mass of steel
weighing $40 pounds. accurate within
grain of weight. and bah of gold
Weighing an ounce and half, all in
cased in an alright chamber TO keep
out the disturbing influence of other
moving bodies. So delicate ia the
mecha nism that the motion of person
within short distance affects 1t.
Evening star., 1925-06-08

10 give the dealers the fullest op-
portunity to clean their own houses
so that they can not go 10 court and
plead that they were not given time
TO ascertain the meaning Of the law.
Mai. Gordon desires his cases to be
absolute and alright against tech
nicalities.
The district attorney suggested
that Washington should follow the
example OF Boston and establish
commission here to investigate maga-
zines offered for sale each month.
This board. he pointed out, could de-
vote its undivided attention to sala-
cious literature and obscene pictures
and within short time rid the city
entirely of that classd of merchan-
disc. Although he is confident his
campaign will drive most of these
publications from the newsstands. he
thought their numbers have reached
a point where they deserve the at
tention of board burdened only with
that work.
Evening star., 1925-06-08
Gems of Paraguay
Refugees Offered
To State by u. S.
By tho Associated Press.

BY tho Associated Press.
rBUENOS AIRES, June s.-The
American legation at Asuncion.
Paraguay, says La Razon. has sent
a note TO the chancellor. Offering
10 return to the government
sealed case containing jewels hand
ed over by Paraguayan families to
the American Minister in 1868.
when they were obliged to abandon
the city during the advance of the
allied forces of Argentina. Brazil
and Uruguay.
For long time. the paper saws.
the jewel case was kept at Rio
.lsneiro. Later ii was conveyed To
Washington and now is deposited
in q bank at Montevideo to the
order OF the United States legation.
According To documents which still
are preserved. the case contains
jewels of great value. There also
is a list OF the owners. most OF
whom are now believed TO be dead.
Evening star., 1925-06-08

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vicinity of II Fairgrounds as a means
of giving the children OF the city a
cooling shower under saft supervision
during hot weather.
7. S. Garland, superintendent of the
Water Department, demonstrated Sat
urday that the sprinklers can be made
at a small cost by perforating sections
of lead pipe and mounting them on
tripods.
Mr. Garland said today that a large
number of children gathered late Sat
urday under the sprinkler erected for
test purposes in front of the water
pumping station at Second and Bryant
streets.
Commissioner Fenning. who has
charge of the playground department,
said today he preferred to discuss the
question with Mrs. Rhodes before de.
Gliding what should be done about the
sprinklers. He said, however, that
the idea of giving the children relief
from the heat in this way appealed to
him if the water can be spared at
certain hours of the day.
Evening star., 1925-06-08

CONTINUED from First Page
announced today by the Weather
Bureau.
With the prevailing east winds. the
bureau said, the metropolitan district
would be assured of at least a dav
or TWO more of cool weather.
Under the influence OF the cool
Atlantic breezes the thermometer
and II pm. Sunday. registering a
drop of Is degrees in is minutes
At am. today the temperature
was SO.
New Jersey and the Hudson
Valley shared in the relief from the
hot spell as well as New Engla nd
The forecaster warned, however. that
in 4S hours the wind might shift to
the southwest. bring more warmth
After claiming 149 lives yesterday,
Il in Philadelphia alone. and more
than 400 during the spell in the East
the torrid weather gave way in front
of brisk northeast wind. Begin
ming on the New England coast
temperatures catapulted as much as
40 degrees in five hours. The chilly
breezes swept over New York City
shortly before midnight. continuing
over New Jersey and part of Penn
sylvia The Weather Bureau at
Washington predicted that the effect
of the cool winds would be felt as
far as northeastern Virginia.
The final day Of the torrid wave
was the worst in point of fatalities.
One more day of heat would have
eoualed the nine-day record stretch
in the 90s. Millions f1ocked to the
beaches. In addition to the heat
fatalities about 40 lives were lost by
drowning. Eleven persons died in
the waters -about New York. 10 in
New Engla nd and at least 20 in other
parts Of the East. There were 81
heat deaths here.
Crowds al Shore
1t was estimated that $50. 900 jam
med Coney Island. Bathhouses turn
ed away thousa nds. At least $50. 900
fiocked TO Atlantic Cit.4 and 10000 10
Long Beach, \. Y. Subways here
were jammed to suffocation. One
woman's neck was fractured when she
was knocked down in the mad rush
TO board Coney Island train.
Rays of the sun focused on a barn
by new milk can at Preston, \. Y,
set fire to the structure. The flames
wiped out all buildings on the farm.
Maximum temperatures of 100 de-
grees were common until the Atlantic
breezes brought relief. From 81 at
IL am. yesterday the mercury drop
ped to 81 at noon in Boston. Early
this morning 1t was 90. At Provi-
dence, r. l.. the drop was Al degrees
in five hours. New York City record
ed a 15-degree drop in as many min.
utes. The ma Ximum during the day
was "a. AT midnight 1t was 66.
New York had a spontaneous out
burst of joy over the advent of cool.
ing winds. Tugboats in the Hudson
footed. Children danced in the streets
Folks about to retire poked their
heads out windows and laughed
Throngs returned from open areas
to sleep at home, pleased over the
goose flesh caused by the chill.
Evening star., 1925-06-08

Amateur operators are requested
by the Navy Department to listen
in on wireless tests when the three
amphibian planes Of the Macmillan
Arctic expedition ny from the
naval aircraft factory at Phila.
delphia Wednesday to Boston.
whence the expedition will sail
June II. The call letters of the
planes are NADK, NAFK and
MACK, and amateurs are urged
to report results to Washington.
Tests with both the short wave
and the long wave Navy standard
set radio apparatus were conduct
ed at Philadelphia SEVERAL days ago
Evening star., 1925-06-08

the whole truth of this tragedy will
never be known.
Toward sunset the battle died down.
Three companies OF legionnaires We're
left at the Astar hlockhouse, whose
previous garrison had so tragically
vanished. Four companies of Alger-
ians were left in the ravine opposite
the village Ii was the unenviable
duty Of these units 10 remain all night
TO hold these precarious situations.
exposed IT, snipers and the murderous
creeping natives. in order to hold
off he Riffians and cover the left rear
Of the operations 10 relieve Skier and
Skier Intermediary. which were TO
start the next morning.
Copyright 1925 10y Chicago Daily News CO..
Evening star., 1925-06-08
Boy Father Tossed From Sinking Boat
Lost on Lake After Drifting Many Hours

began to fill with water and the
father. rowing rapidly. broke both
oars. Determined to save the
eldest son. at least, Mccoy bound
life preserver around him and
threw him overheard. expecting he
would drift ashore Two Younger
children waited in the slowly sink
ing boat for the help they expected
their brother to bring.
Meanwhile persons on the shore
had noted the plight of the fishers
and the Coast Guard sent out a
rescue craft. 1t had returned to
the station before 1t was discovered
that Jimmie had not drifted ashore
A report OF the boys plight has
been telephoned TO the wireless sta
tion at Port d, Edward. Ont. and
messages have heen started to ships
that might pass In the vicinity.
Evening star., 1925-06-08
Refuses to Pass on Law.

The Supreme Court today refused to
pass on the constutionality of the
New York building zone Law. The
ton had not been raised in the lower
court in the case under considera-
ton. which was brought by the Rose
vale Realty Co. and arose from dis
pute over erection of building in
Wildwood Manor, Brooklyn. The court
denied the writ under which the case
had been brought up. holding that
1t did not properly present any ques-
ton on which ruling could be made.
Evening star., 1925-06-08
DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENT,

Seven-year-old Dorothy Bryant's
death in an excavation near her home,
2227 Shannon place southeast, Satur-
day afternoon was declared by a
coroner's jury at an inquest held at
the morgue today to have resulted
from an accident.
1t was in evidence that the watch
man in charge yof the work about the
excavation had warned and driven
children from the danger spot on
numerous occasions. When Dorothy's
father missed her from the vicinity
of the family home he was given per-
mission to remove earth that had
piled in the bottom of the trench as
result of a cave-in. 1t was while
he and Policeman Hicks were remov.
ing the earth that the body was
located
Evening star., 1925-06-08
TRUNK CATCHES FIRE.
Blaze in Apartment on New York
Avenue Does Little DAMAGE.

mysterious fire started in a trunk
In a rear apartment on the third floor
OF siZ New York avenue this morning
Much excitement was caused bv re.
port that there was man asleep i'm
the room, but when firemen made
their way into the apartment they
found no trace of any one.
The nre evidently had been burning
some time before the smoke attracted
attention or occupants of other apart
ments and f1remen summoned, 4
hole was burned through the trunk
and floor before firemen succeeded in
extinguishing the blaze.
James E. Prisvalis occupies the apart.
ment. Fremen and policemen exam.
ined the premises after the fire had
been extinguished, but were unable to
determine the origin of the fie. Dam.
age to building and contents was es-
timated at 5000.
Evening star., 1925-06-08
Old Saying Has History.

Everybody has heard the saying,
Don't give a rap" or It's not worth
a rap" but few know how the saying
originated 1t comes from ancient
British commercial transactions. AS
a matter of fact it actually stands for
X. a. p. in the old Indian or Hindu ac-
counting system, meaning rupees,
annas and pice or pounds, shillings and
pence in the British system.
Evening star., 1925-06-08
By tte Associated Press.

PORT HURON. Mich. June s.
Somewhere on Lake Huron James
Mccoy, a 13-year lad of Harbor
Beach. has been drifting since Sun
day afternoon, when he was put
into life preserver and thrown
from a sinking row boat by his
father. John Mccoy.
Mccoy and two other children
were rescued by the Harbor Beach
Coast Guard. but Jimmie" had not
drifted ashore. as his father ex-
pected. The family had gone to
the lake shore for the day and
Jimmie's new rowboat. which he
purchased with money saved
throughout the Winter. was being
given its maiden run on q fishing
expedition.
Two miles from shore tne, cra4
Evening star., 1925-06-08
FRENCH BIC GUNS
SENT AGAINST RIFFS
Reinforcement and Heavy
Artillery Rushed Forward
as New Attack Looms.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FEZ, French Morocco. June s.
Further fighting between the French
end the Riffian invaders is anticipated
on the Bibain Heights, where the
tr-1besmen are extremely numerous,
the district affording them excellent
cover. The French have sent rein
forcement and heavy artillery to that
sector
-. Abd-elKrim. the Riffian chief, is
continuing his work of propaganda
and. according to the French intel
ligence service, already Is represent
ing himself as operating under the
walls of Fee. He is in fact at Fez Ell
Bali. little village on the Ouergha
River more than 30 miles from Fee,
buf as an important quarter of this
city also is called F'ez FL Bali he is
taking advantage of the confusion in
names.
Evening star., 1925-06-08
amateur Radio Operators to Report
Tests on Macmillan Party Planes

with satisfactory results. The
short-wave apparatus operates on
3sa meters, while the standard set
operates on 425 meters. In the
recent tests the short-wave set was
heard at Hartford. Conn.,, zoo miles
away, while the standard set has
demonstrated dependability at
400 miles.
The short.wave set is expected
10 be heard at much greater dis.
tances, due to the faculty it has
developed Of jumping over silent
areas In the air to points thoNa
"a nds of miles away. The exa8f
time OF the flight to Boston w$d
be announced latsf.
Evening star., 1925-06-08
Nutrition Glasses to Graduate.

Graduation exercises of the children
in the nutrition classes OF the Ban
neker. Cleveland, Garrison, Lincoln,
Logan, Phillips. Mott. SlaterLang-
ston and Stevens Schools will be held
in the Miner Normal School Audi
torium tomorrow afternoon at 4
n clock
Evening star., 1925-06-08
Statue $500 Years Old.

Scientists sent out by the University
of Pennsylvania have unearthed at Ur
of the Chaldees a clay statuette that.
Is said TO be $500 years old, and a
portrait of the goddess OF tn. time Of
Father Abraham. She was a g0ddaa@
In the temple of the Moon god.
Evening star., 1925-06-08
May Circulation
Daily 97,6O5
Sunday 1O4,387

District of Columbia. S.:
FLEMING NEwBOLD. Business Manager
of THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR. does
solemnly swear that the actual number of
copies of the papers named. sold and dis
tributed during the month of May, A. D.
1925 was follows:
Evening star., 1925-06-08
Lloyd to Preside.

James T. Lloyd. president of the
Board of Education, has been desig-
mated to preside at thss
exercises of Central i High School in
the school auditorium June II. at s.
PIN.
Evening star., 1925-06-08
PLANS ARE COMPLETED
FOR SURVEY TO END
POLLUTION OF RIVER

CONTINUED from First Page.l
Evening star., 1925-06-08
LEWD LITERATURE
ON STANDS AGAIN;
POLICE RENEW WAR

Continued from First PageJ
Evening star., 1925-06-08
MINES BUREAU MAY
JOIN STANDARDS
AS ECONOMY MOVE

Continued from First Pagel
Evening star., 1925-06-08
SHOWERS TO MARK
HEAT WAVE BREAK:
QUICK DROP DOUBTED

Continued from First Page
The Washington times., 1925-04-15
MACHADO To BE
GIVEN HIGH
HONORS
Lunch With CooIidges Is Part
of Program for Cuban
President-EIect

Headed by Assistant Secretary Of
State j. Butler Wright, represent
ing Secretary Kellogg, a delegation
of high officials of the Army and
Navy will greet President-elect
Machado, of Cuba, who arrives in
the National Capital at 1:25 o'clock
this afternoon for a three-day visit.
An elaborate program of enter
tainment has been arranged for
him, including a luncheon by the
President and Mrs. Coolidge, din
ner by the Belgian ambassador,
dinner by the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Kellogg, and reception
at the Cuban embassy.
President Coolidge has also
offered the use Of the Presidential
yacht Mayflower to President-elect
Machado for sail down the
Potomac to Mt. Vernon.
On arrival at Union Station
today, President Machado will be
escorted to his hotel by a troop OF
the Third Cavalry from Fort Myer,
Va. The Army Band of about
ninety musicians will participate in
the reception at Union Station.
The first call to be made by Mr..
Machado will be a courtesy visit
to Secretary of State Kellogg this
afternoon. The visitor will be ac-
companied by the Cuban minister
of foreign affairs and the charge
d 'affaires of the Cuban embassy.
Following the State Department
visit, he will call at o'clock at
the White House, where he will be
received by President Coolidge.
The Washington times., 1925-04-15
RADIO WILL TRY
TOF|ND HEIR
TO ESTATE
Patient Died Intestate at st.
EIizabeth's; Seek Faher;
Brother Is Insane

Chief Justice Mccoy, Of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, today au'
thorized Colonel Frederick A. Fen
ming, administrator of the estate OF
Charles P. Regan, to spend $40 or
the estates funds to broadcast by
radio description OF MfchaeI
Regan, who is supposed to live
somewhere in California.
Charles Regan died July 3, 1871,
at st. Elizabeth's Hospital, and the
only relative so far located Is
brother, also insane.
Should Michael Regan. the father,
be alive, he would be entitled to the
estate, as the son died intestate and
unmarried. Should the father be
dead. the setate would go to the
brother.
The radio station KPO, at San
Fnacisco, is to do the broadcasting.
The Washington times., 1925-04-15
]. s. SARGENT
PAINTER,
IS DEAD
Famous Artist Expires in Lon
don Home Few Hours
After Stroke
PAUL PAINLEYE.


LONDON, April 15.-John Singer
Sargent, famous portrait painter.
died at his Chelsea home here to
day, a few hours after suffering
a stroke. He was sixty-nine old
The painter retired at his usual
hour last night after an active day
at his work. The maid carrying
his breakfast to him this morning
found him dead.
Physicians who examined the
body decided that Sergeant died
about 3 O'Clock, as the result Of an
apoplectic seizure. A consultation
was held with the coroner to decide
whether an inquest would be neces-
sary.
1t is believed his body will be
cremated and the ashes taken to
America.
Sargent's death was lent a Pc
culiar form of tragedy by falling on
the eve Of his first trip to his home
land in many years. 1t would have
been q virtual repatriation of the
celebrated artist.
He has been without an Ameri-
can passport for years. but only re-
Gently went to the American consul
late and filled out his papers and
secured a passport. Although he
was an American citizen, for years
he had been a .self-exile.
Sargent, the son Of a Boston phys
ician, became the most famous por-
trait painter OF his day. He was
born in Florence, Italy, In 1856 and
was educated in Italy and France.
His study as an artist was mainly
under Carolus Duran and he was
but twenty-three years old when
his work was first exhibited at the
Salon.
Since that first success, In 1879,
his paintings were continually ex-
hibited in the famous art salons of
the Continent.
He was a member Of the Royal
Scottish Water Colour Society and
in recognition of his merit was
made a Royal Academician in 1897
He was an officer of the French
Legion of Honor and held honorary
degrees from Oxon and Cambridge
Although Sargent's work has been
little seen Of late he has been paint
ing steadily. For the last eight
years he has done little portrait
Tainting, practically giving up this
work in favor Of landscapes.
He has exhibited almost nothing,
therefore it is expected that he is
leaving behind him many undis-
played pictures whose value will be
enormous.
The Washington times., 1925-04-15

ST. EIizabeth's Authorities
Find Patient Responsible
for Series of Fires

After a search of more than q
week, in which inmates of st.
Elizabeth's Hospital were rer-
rorized by a series of fires, Off
cials today located the "firebug" !"
"He is a feeble-minded inmate
with a mania for starting fires
and consequently most danger
ous," said Monte Sanger, assistant
to the superintendent Of the Gov
ernment hospital.
"We made : careful investiga-
tion, and by a process OF elimlna-
ton, discovered the offender. he
has been isolated.
Began Several Weeks Ago.
Several weeks ago. it was learned,
two or. three fires occurred at ST.
EIizabetll's which aroused the sus-
picions Of the officials. Then there
came a lull, until about week
ago when the present series OF
fires began.
Most of the blazes were In waste
heaDs or brush piles. but several
were perilously near the buildings
according to Mr.. Sanger.
can investigation was started 10
determine the nature OF the TRES
hut until today We were unsuccess-
full" said Sanger
The last fire was on Monday IN
a waste heap, 1t was said.
Since then, parole of o NUMBER
of suspected inmates has been re-
yoked and the fires have stopped.
The Washington times., 1925-04-15
SLAYE ROF'
26 COOL
AS AXE
FALLS
Attempt to Deliver Address
He Had Long Rehearsed
Prevented by Headsman
u InternatIonaI News serviee.

by HnfernntIonaI News Service.
HANOVER, Germany, April
15.Fritz Haarmann, confessed
slayer 81 twenty-six young men
and boys, was beheaded 1t sunrise
today. The eAttic Ogre cOn-
victed Of fourteen Of his many
killings, was executed on the
guillotine.
Hanover is the only city in
Prussia where the guillotine has
replaced the headsman's axe.
His Address Stopped.
Haarmann walked calmly to the
scaffold. He said he repented hia
sins and started to make speechs
addressing the limited number OF
officers and official witnesses per.
mitted to see the execution. He
got no further than: Now, gentle
men, I want when he was in-
terrupted by the prosecutor, who
told him he was not allowed to say
anything further.
The condemned man looked blank
" from one witness to another, an
expression of unspeakable disap-
pointment coming over his face.
He evidently had planned dra-
matte exit after bombastic speech
which attendants at the jail had
heard him rehearsing for weeks at
night in his cell.
Was "Unafraid."
The executioner's helpers 'ad-
vanced toward the killer and start
ed to lay their hands on him, but
Haarmann realized that he had but
a moment left for drama.
mo, please leave me alone.
am unafraid,'' he said. and unflinch-
ing, he stepped up the scaffold and
walked to the block.
With lightning swiftness he was
strapped beneath the bright, keen
blade. The actual execution lasted
exactly forty-five seconds.
German newspapers today w1ths
held detailed descriptions OF his
death. The Hanover press merely
The Washington times., 1925-04-15
ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM
EXPECTED FOR CAPITAL

Another thunderstorm like that
which featured last nights meteor
illogical entertainment, has been
billed for matinee today.
This afternoons shower is ex'
pected to usher in cooler weather
tonight and tomorrow.
The temperature climbed steadily
throughout the morning today rising
from 81 degrees at o'clock, 20 -
degrees shortly before noon, when
the sky clouded over a slight drop
in temperature followed.
Last nights thunderstorm was
the first violent storm of its kind
this year, though thunder was heard
in Washington twice during Feb
ruarV
The Washington times., 1925-04-15
BOSTON JUSTICE AGENT
GOES TO SAN FRANCISCO

F. H. Bonner, of Boston, agent
in charge of the Bureau Of investi-
CATION of the Department OF JUS
tice in New England, has been
transferred to San Francisco to sue
ceed M. P. Fahey. the Department
of Justice announced today.
Fahey's retirement and Bonner
transfer were made in the interest
Of efficiency and in line with the
general reorganization of the Bu'
reau of Investigation started by
former Attorney General Stone.
Officials said that there was no
specific complaint against Fahey.
hut that he would not be connected
with the Department of Justice in
the future. They also said no sue
cessor has been named for Bonner.