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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-05
SKOWHECAN
Funeral of Mrs EIizabeth n. Nys
Feb5,thurs until may7

Funeral Of Mrs Elizabeth n. Nys
seThe funeral service for Mrs. Eliz-
6beth Hoxie Nye was held Wednes-
day afternoon at one o'clock at the
Federated church conducted by the
pastor: Rev. George l.. Thurlow. The
bearers were Gerald c. Marble, Ma
hum S. Steward. Willard c. Eaton
and Eugene Tarbox. The Priscilla
Rebekah Lodge atte..ded in body
and their impressive was given. The
remains were placed in the tomb at
the Southside cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-05
s. S. S. Club Meet

All members of the S. s. S. Club
we're present at q meeting at the
home of Mrs. Austin Sprague on AL
der street Tuesday afternoon. The
hours were passed sewing aid social
ly, The hostess served sherbert,
cookies and cake. The next meeting
of the s. s. 8. ladies will be held at
the home Of Mrs. Thomas Thomson
on Mount Pleasant avenue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
READY
To START ON
BRIDGE
Waiting for Congress to Pro-
vide Arlington Memorial
Funds, He Says

Work on the Arlington Memorial
bridge will be begun Immediately
when Congress makes sufficient APP
preparation for the project, Colonel
Clarence o. Sheriff., in charge OF
public buildings and grounds. said
today.
The bill which recently passed
Congress authorized first appro-
priation of $500 1000, but did not
actually provide the money.
An estimate for this sum to be
included in one Of the appropriation
bills now pending in Congress has
been submitted to Director Lord, of
the Budget Bureau, by Colonel Sher-
rill.
II the money Is appropriated Col.
onel Sheriff. will organize a force
Immediately to draw plans. Fol-
lowing their completion, dredging
will start and also work on the
caissons.
This will constitute. it is under
stood, the first years work on the
project.
Should Congress fail to make the
appropriation it will not be possible
to start work until next December
at the earliest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
SENATOR IS
To TAKE
THIRD
WIFE
Mrs. Wayne e. MccasIin Will
Become Bride March ~.
Honeymoon in Florida

The engagement of Senator
Thomas Sterling of South Dakota
and Mrs. Mayme E. McCaslin, an
employee of the Interior Depart
ment, living at the Falkstone
Courts, Fourteenth and Fairmont
streets northwest, was announced
tOdyy. The marriage will take
place March II, at the Cleveland
Park Congregational Church.
The wedding will be third for
Senator Sterling, who is seventy
four years old. His first wife,
Anna Dunn, of Bement, Ill, died
in 1881, and his ssecond wife,
Mrs. Emma R. Thayer, Of North
vile, S. D., died two years ago.
Honeymoon In Florida.
Following the marriage Senator
moon trip to Florida where they
will remain for several months.
News of the engagement sur.
prised the Senator's friends on Cap.
itol Hill today. Many messages Of
congratulations were sent to his
office throughout the morning.
Senator Sterling was born near
Amanda, Ohio, in 1851 and moved
with his parents to Illinois three
years later. He was graduated
from the Illinois Wesleyan Uni
versity in 1875 and became super
intendent of schools at Bement, Ill.
Later he studied law and practiced
in Springfield.
Senator Sterling moved to South
Dakota in 1882 and after many
years Of official life in the State.
and as dean Of the State university,
came to the Senate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
SHIPPING BOARD SUED FOR
$4,000 BY EMPLOYE

Joseph Misciwejeski today filed
suit in the District Supreme Court
against the Shipping Board and
Emergency Fleet Corporation for
$4,000 damages for alleged per-
sonal injuries.
Plaintiff, represented by Attorneys
r. B. Fleharty and George Forbes,
claims that he was employed as a
wiper on the defendants steamship
Conehatta, and that while in port
at Baltimore, December 80, last. he
was ordered by his superior officer
to clean boilers.
Plaintiff alleges that the swash
plates covering the boiler tubes had
to be removed in order to afford
him access to the boiler and should
have been held in a safe position.
He claims that one of these plates
fell and smashed his hand, injuring
him seriously and permanently.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25

Horrible, atrocious and almost un-
believable deeds to their persons
have been brought to my attention
by women testifying against their
husbands for wife beating. An UNI
usual number Of cases Of this ma
ture appeared before me one morn
ing last June and it was then
decided to stop this terrible crime
against the weaker sex
Upon serious thought, the whipp-
ing post was, in my opinion. the
surest, quickest and most thorough
way for it's abolition. The nutnilia-
ton Of being pointed out by he
community at large as the man who
had his back dashed with the cat
o'nine tails by the law, had his
hands dashed to the cell door or,
wherever punishment was admin
istered, in my opinion will cause
the individual to show more re.
spect for the law.
The punishment is none too
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
R { 7 IRE ME- n I
LAW CHANGES
UP To HOUSE
Leaders See Suspension of
Rules" as Only Means for
Immediate Action

A fight to jam the retirement bill,
passed by the Senate yesterday.
through the House during the clos
ing days of the session, was launch
ed today.
House leaders, however, hold out
scant encouragement for recogni-
ton of the measure. The only hope
is that the bill can be called up
under a suspension of the rules.
The House Civil Service Com
mittee will meet tomorrow morning
to take emergency steps to bring
the measure to vote.
The bill probably will be report
ed to the House in the same form
as 1t passed the Senate House
leaders believe that II any amend
ments are adopted, the bill will be
defeated.
The measure affects more than
$4,000 Government employees In the
District and throughout the coun.
try. 1t increases the maximum
annuity from 1920 to $1,000 a year
and liberalizes the retirement pro-
visions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
$4,000, 900 LUMP SUM
SEEMS LIKELY NOW
Coloring Process Strs
London's Egg
Curiosity

LONDON, Feb. 25.Spotted
eggs have appeared in the Lon
don markets recently in such
numbers % to arouse not only
the curiosity Of naturalists, but
Of food authorities as well.
Investigation revealed that the
spotted eggs had been dipped in.
. solution Of coffee to give them
! brown tint and that in many
instances, If left in the liquid
for an insufficient time, the
eggs became spotty after being
withdrawn. II often happens
that eggs left in the coffee solu-
ton long enough for the brown
ing process to be completed,
take on ! coffee flavor.
While in some. parts Of the
United States white egRs bring
the best prices, It Is the brown
eggs which for years have been
sold in London at q premium.
It is only Of late that poultry
dealers have taken 20 coIoring
the shells with the coffee solu-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
THREE FREED OF CHARGES
IN MAIL FRAUD CASE

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-FederQl
Judge Winslow today dismissed the
indictments against three Of the de.
PENDANTS on trial with Charles A.
Stoneham. owner Of the New York
Giants, accused of using the malls
to defraud. The three are Horace
A. Stonehalm, brother Of Charles,
and Fred Andrews and August
Stroh, clerks in the defunct firm
Of e. D. DER & Co.
Motions to dismiss were argued
and the court reserved
decision until today. Judge Wins
low refused the same action in the
cases Of Stoneham,- Ross Robertson,
and Gilmore D. DER. The defense
spent the day in summing up to
the jury.
This is the seventh week Of the
trial.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
Bill
[)RAF TED
TO[NE
Gilbert So Declares in House.
Was Never. TO Be Reached
for vots, He Asserts

The knell Of the District rent
bill was sounded today BY The
House Rules Committee. After
hearing the half-score Of Wit
nesses, the COMMITTEES tabled the
resolution to bring up the bill out
Of regular order.
Friends of the legislation still
see one faint hope for bringing
up the bill in the House. If the
Speaker can be persuaded to rec
ognize a member Of the District
committee to bring up the meas
'ure under suspension of the rules,
House action may be taken.
'RaiIroaded'' Is Charge.
In view of the action of the
Rules Committee, however, it is
exceedingly unlikely that the
Speaker will entertain such q
motion.
1t was charged before the Rules
Committee today that the rent
measure was "railroaded" through
the District ! Committee, despite
the fact that a majority of mem.
bers of the committee opposed
the legislation.
Congressman Ralph Gilbert, of
Kentucky, told the Rules Commit.
tee that the bill was reported and
put on the House calendar with
the tacit understanding that it
never would be reached"
Congressman Tincher, Of Kansas,
declared that in his opinion, Con
gress could do nothing more vicious
than to pass the rent law, which ne
declared, strikes at the funda-
mentals Of government.
Congressman Blanton, Of Texas,
told the committee that the rent
law has resulted in abandonment
of construction for rental purposes
statement was questioned by Chair
man Smell.
Blanton declared that he is con-
WINGED the President will veto the
rent bill, If passed in its present
form. The chief argument in favor
Of the bill was made by Congress
man Lampert, chairman Of the sub
in charge of the measure
in the House.
The White House today had no
comment to make on the refusal
0 fthe House rules committee TO
grant a special rule for the con-
of pending rent legisla-
ton.
1t was said that President Cool.
idge has made his final statement
on the rent situation here, at least
so far as Congress is concerned.
The Senate will not take the in
itiative in acting on the pending
rent bill affecting the District, and
ii the House fails to act, the Senate
will permit the measure to die.
Chairman Ball, of the District
Committee, and Senator Copeland
Of New York. champion Of the bill,
seemed resigned today that there is
no chance of it's passage at this
session.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
NO.
TlBIu(5
0N0lL|N
Total
insists That Original S.. oo0. !:
600 Shall Stand Senate
Compromise Rejected

Having received word, just prior
to adjournment today that the
House conferees were authorized
to meet with the Senate conferees
to seek agreement on the 81, OO0,-
900 lump sum appropriation in the
District appropriations bill, the
Senate acquiesced in proposal
for a conference tomorrow morn
ing.
It is thought that, in the end,
the Senate will give in to the &c.
OOO, 900 figure demanded by the
House, as it is recognized that the
House is obdurate and any other
course will mean failure of the
entire bill.
The Senate conferees, at tomor-
rows meeting, will probably try to
obtain compromise on $10,ON0,OOO:
The House, however. is standing
pat on 100000.
H0Gn0E Dill SuOuAu DlOs
House conferees have indicated
that they would rather have tlles
entire bill die in conference than
permit an increase above the 81
O00, 900.
The conference disagreement was
brought to the House by the con.
ferees twice yesterday afternoon
and further instructions were asked.
Both times the House insisted. by
overwhelming votes. on the $4,000.
600.
At the last session Of Congress
the District bill narrowly escaped
this fate as a result of a deadlock
over the same provision.
A resolution had been prepared to
extend the provisions OF the previ
Gus appropriation bill before the
Senate finally yielded and agreed to
the House proposal Tor a $9.000.0U9
lump sum.
In case the bill is allowed 10 die
in conference this year the District
will be plunged into maze Of legal
difficulties in operating during the
coming year.
I In case the bill Is allowed to die
Congress will be asked. to adopt a
resolution duplicating the current
bill for 1926.
TangIe In Duplication.
This would renew appropriations
for scores of projects which already
have been completed, including con.
struction of schools, purchase OF
school sites, paving of streets and
other items. No new projects OF :
any kind would be possible.
Only two other provisions are
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES
FOR ALLEGED ISLANDER

Elmer G.. Woodson today filed
suit in the District Supreme Court
against Thomas Murphy for $4,000
damages for alleged Islander. The
plaintiff, represented by Attorney
T. Morris Wampler, alleges that
December II. last, the defendant
charged him with a dishonest act
in connection with using material
in the building of a garage which
defendant claimed as his property.
The plaintiff declares that his
good name. reputation, and credit
has been injured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
SENATE ORDERS PROBE OF
CENSUS COTTON REPORTS

A thorough investigation of the
Census Bureaus system of issuing
cotton reports was ordered today
by the Senate. A joint commission
of three Senators and three Con-
gresham. would be named to con-
duct the inquiry.
The commission would determine
fair methods for compiling reports
on cotton carry-over, production,
consumption and amounts now on
hand" and report its findings to
Congress for corrective legislati ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
ESTATE
VALUED AT $4,000

Mrs. Elizabeth c. Wickerham,
who died February 8. last, left an
estate valued at $150,O0O according
to a petition for letters testament
tary filed in Probate Court today
by the American Security and
Trust Company.
Included in the estate is the
home at 1901 Calvert street north
west. Morgan w. Wickersham, a
son, and Jane Gray Syme, a daugh-
ter, are the principal beneficiaries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25

Gastric Hemorrhage Cause Of
Sudden Demise of illinois
Legislator

Senator Medill Mccormick Of
Illinois, died here this morning in
his apartment in the Hamilton
Hotel.
An early visitor tried to see
the Senator about 10 o'clock,
and unable to arouse him by
knocking at the door, summoned
the hotel management. The
door was broken open and the
Senator found dead in bed.
Doctor Noble Barnes, who was
immediately called. stated that Nc
Cormick had been dead about an
hour.
Died of Henlorrhage.
Doctor Barnes stated that Senator
Mccormick had died of a gastric
hemorrhage He. then notified Nc
Cormicl's secretary and several Of
his friends and colleagues. including
Congressman Nicholas Longworth,
who Immediately came to the hotel.
Senator william E. Borah Of
Iadho. one Of McCormick's closest
friends. was advised that the dis
covery OF the body was brought
about by William Hard, a news
paper correspondent, who called at
the hotel to keep an appointment
with Mccormick.
Mrs. Mccormick is enroute here
from Chicago, having accompanied
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth there
when the latter's baby was born.
Was Believed i'm Good Health.
At the time of his death, McCcr-
mick was generally believed to be
in good health, and the news OF his
death occasioned great surprise
throughout political and social cir
cles in the Capital.
Despite his defeat at the polls,
Mccormick had not intended to re-
tire to private life and was under
consideration for appointment as
United States ambassador to Paris
or some other important European
post.
Senators Express Sorrow.
Expressions of sorrow were
heard on every side. Senator Spen.
Ger, R.) of Missouri, said: '"Sena-
tor Mccormick was one of the most
outstanding, fearless and able mem
bers of this body. His death is a
loss. both national and interna.
tional, that will be hard to fill.''
Senator Lenroot RD of Wiscon-
sin, said: HE was a strong, force.
full leader with deep convictions and
always fighting valiantly for his
ideals, with no thought but that of
public welfare. The nation has
suffered a very great loss in his
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
DRY RAIDERS DESTROY
STILLS AND MUCH BEER

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Feb. 25.-
Prohibition officers returning early
today from raid in Roane county,
near Hartman, reported the cap
ture OF still and the destroying
OF more than a thousand gallons
OF beer. Only a small quantity Of
liquor was found. The "oerators
escaped.
Chief ]. w. Winn led another
raid in Blount county, arresting
two men and destroying the still
and a quantity of beer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
British Steamer AbIaze

LONDON, Feb. 25.-The British
steamship Teessidir was afire off
Mas lightship today, said a Cen
trail News dispatch received from
Hook of Holland. Tugs are hasten
ing to it's rescue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
Air Service to Panama Asked

The postmaster general would be
instructed to establish air mail ser.
vice between New Orleans and the
Panama canal under bill intro
duced in the Senate today by Sena-
tor Ransdell CD Of Louisiana.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
By MAGISTRATE J. SCOTT BOWER.
Written Exclusively for International News Service


HAGERSTOWN, Md, Feb 25-The only for the
uncurbed brute instincts Of the wife modern
society may fown the practceis the whipping post
Medieval punishment should be melted out for medieval
crimes.
Going still further back support the Biblical saying an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
WhippingP ostReDival
Defended BY Judge

Editors Noc-MagGte j. Scott Bowe Of Hogersto'on first
0hpping post punishment for wfe beas first
drunken automobile driver OrO today for Inerna
tOnGL NW Service the FOLLOWING outline hGt prompted his action
in both coses
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-25
THE WEATHER

tonight and possibly tomor-
followed by clearing tomor-
colder tomorrow afternoon.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-02-28
Oldest Bookkeeping
Records Are Found

Philadelphia.-W are believed to
be the most ancient business records
ever found by Psychologists have been
unearthed by the joint expedition of
the British museum and the museum
of the University of Pennsylvania at
Ur of the Chaldees, the buried city of
Abraham, according to an announce
ment.
The first report from G. Leonard
Woolley, head of the expedition, was
made public by DR.. George Byron Cor
don, director of the University mu-
scum. This report contained the an
nouncement Of the finding of the book
keeping records of the Temple Of the
Moon Cod" in the former capital of
the Babylonian empire, before the
time of Abraham.
The Psychologists have also uncOv-
cred, the report said, "Hall Of JUS
tice," erected in all probability by
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-02-28
Texas Girl Bobs Her
WAY Through College

{ San Antonio, Texas.-Miss Mary
Mccall is sole owner and operator Of
what is believed to be the only exclu-
sive college woman's barber shop in
Texas, perhaps in the world. This
shop, located on the first floor in one
Of the dormitories Of Baylor college
for women, Bolton, is marked by the
customary pole just outside the door.
An attractive price list near by
beckons bobbed and bobbing young
women in for new trim.
Tradition plays up the long-haired
poet, but Miss Mccall has one on
tradition in the fact that she is long
haired barber. Although she has en-
ioyed cutting off other girls curls for
some time, her own never have been
shorn. Miss Mccall Is one Of the $50
girls attending Baylor college who,
despite the handicap OF too few dol
lars. are keeping their scores even
With those Of their sisters.
II started work in the department
Of education, tipping letters. still do
four hours of tipping, take three liter
airy subjects and physical education
find time besides that to run my
shop. l am learning the value of a
minute, and like it, says Miss Nc
Call, who has all the regulation
barber-shop equipment except the n.y.
draulic chair.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-02-28
Reduced Prices for 1925
HARRISON'S NURSERIES
BERLIN, MARYLAND
DELICIOUS

Winter Brilliant dark red shading to yellow at the bios
paratvely recent introduction, ranks with the best
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-02-28
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
AMERICAN HOMES
English Visitor Impressed
by "Inanaculateness."

do not believe that since the world
began there have ever been such spot
less, shining homes as these (of New
York;, so clean, SO comfortable, so full
Of beautiful and wisely chosen things.
Tidy they are to degree that
shames the English housewife, says
Rebecca West in the New Republic.
Partly this is due to the strange fact
that, though servants are much scarcer
than they are in England. and demand
from double to five times the wages,
they do far more work. A house with
two servants in America is better kept,
both as regards the service of meals
and the OrderlineSS Of the rooms, than
house with five in England. The par
quet floors are glass-smooth the cur
tains are invariably crisp as If they
had come that day from the cleaning;
the silver and the crystal on the table
is brilliant as if It was the sole care
Of superbutler, and the linen Is fairy
fine; the bedrooms are as decorative
and as apparently undisturbed by use
as stage bedrooms; and the bathrooms
likewise.
One needs special style Of the
Apocalyptic to describe the American
bathroom. In extreme cases 1t turns
into a young Turkish bath. I am de-
scribing now a middle-class house or
apartment, but the working-class home
as 1t is seen in the modern tenement
and apartment houses has at least the
same ideals. Its principal room is
probably rather larger than hat box,
but the plumbings and fittings are sure
to be admirable. To the returned
traveller the average English home
seems horrid cave.
And it ought to be noticed that this
house Is not maintained in Its perfec-
ton like the French home by any pol
icy Of immolation Of the female on the
altar Of domesticity and exclusion Of
the stranger. The American woman
Is far less tied to her home than the
Englishwoman. She will be out Of her
house at eleven, not to do the shop
ping. but to hear some lecture on cur
rent affairs or foreign policy; she will
stay out all day till half an hour be-
fore dinner, and then preside over a
dinner party that looks as If she must
have spent all day concentrating on
its perfection.
And her home is constantly flooded
by the high tides Of her hospitality.
She loves to fill 1t with guests and
give them "gay party" And her hos
pitality is real. 1t is not merely de-
sire for social display, it is genuine
and beautiful desire to give happiness
on ones hearth. Strangers who meet
one in the train and know nothing Of
one save that she is foreigner travel
ing In a strange land entertain her as
lavishly as hostesses who are under
the delusion that she Is celebrity.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-02-28
Solid Mass of Pearls
Found in Oyster

Tampa, Fla.-The most remarkable
freak of nature ever seen in Apalachi-
cola was revealed at the Gulf Beach
Packing company's plant when a
shucker opened an oyster that was n
solid mass of pearls. ranging from the
size OF a pin head to n cowpea.
The pearls are colored black,
brown, cream and snow white, and
are embedded clear through the body
Of the oyster, With thin tllmy skin
covering them through which they
can plainly be seen on both sides of
the oyster. which is nice sized one
and contains perhaps 800 pearls. Only
the great muscle. g.lls and mantel of
the oyster are free from pearls.