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Evening star., 1925-11-25
TEXAS GRAND Jury
REPORT IS AWAITED
Results of Probe Into State
Departments Expected to
Be Given Today.
By the Associated Press.


AUSTIN, Tex. November 25.-An
expected report by the Travis County
grand jury. which has been investi-
eating conditions in State departments
for the past two months, held the
center of attention in the State
capital today.
The grand jury. which yesterday
questioned Frank V. Lanham, ousted
chairman of the State highway com
mission. must tender it's report be
fore the present court term ends Sat
urday. II was indicated that the re-
port would be made today.
Official circles also were looking
with interest to Gov. Miriam A. Fergu-
son for some indication as to the
action she would take regarding the
special session of the Legislature that
now is declared inevitable. She has
failed to act upon petition and
subsequent ultimatum resolution sign
ed by Legislators who demand spe-
cial session to look into conditions in
the State departments.
Yesterday the governor refused to
see Representative Alfred Petsch. who
called to deliver the ultimatum of the
legislators. but he presented it to her
secretary.
Following his appearance before the
grand jury Lanham held a conference
with the governor and her husband.
former Gov. James f. Ferguson, but
what took place was not disclosed.
AS the situation stands the gov
ernors continued failure to call an
extraordinary session will mean the
fulfillment of the announced threat of
Speaker Lee Satterwhite TO convoke
the assembly after December 15.
This, he declared. he will do on the
authority of the petition addressed
to him by So legislators who ask for
a special session for "impeachments
and Investigations"
Evening star., 1925-11-25
LAST WAR FRAUD
CASE IS DROPPED
Indictments in Sale of Old
Hickory Plant NolIe Pressed
by United States.
Ry the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
The last Of the war fraud indict-
ments was wiped off the criminal
records OF the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia today when
United States Attorney Gordon, at
the request of Attorneys Frank j.
Hogan and William r. Leahy, for
the defense, entered a noole pros
before Justice Jennings Bailey of the
conspiracy indictment against Everly
NJ. Davis of New York and Ernest
c. Morse of Cincinnati, former direc-
tor of sales for the War Depart
ment. growing out of the sale of
the Old Hickory Powder Plant at
Jacksonville. Tenn.
Alexander Phillips of New York,
who was jointly indicted with Davis
and Morse, has died since the indict-
ment was reported in August, 1922.
The powder plant cost the Govern
ment $4,000, 900. and sale to Davis
and Phillips. representing the Nash
vile Industrial Corporation, in which
were interested a number of promi-
nent merchants of Nashville, Tenn.
was for $3,500,000. The theory of the
indictment was that Morse conspired
with Davis and Phillips to shut off
competition on the sale and prevent
the Government from realizing the
IuIl value IOunSel IOF the defense
pointed out that the sale resulted
after competitive bidding. and there
was no ground for the charge of con-
spiracy.
A civil proceeding brought by the
Government in Tennessee to set aside
the contract of sale resulted, accord
ing to counsel for the defense, in the
upholding of the contract.
The Old Hickory was the first OF
the celebrated war fraud indictments
to be returned, the last to be disposed
All the others resulted in favor OF
the persons accused.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Twelve Big Turkeys at White House;
President Will Give Away Eleven

mans conscience can he clear as to
who fired the fatal shots.
In recent years there has been no
such procession of gobblers to the
White House as has confronted the
Coolidges. Possibly because they are
the first New Englanders to occupy
the Executive Mansion in something
like rs years. 1t has been been thought
they would more deeply appreciate
the spirit Of the day and the motives
Of the turkey donors. Nearly always
the Thanksgiving festal board at the
White House has been graced by a
turkey gentleman from Vermont.
This year the victims of the sacrificial
ak have como from all parts of the
country.
II the President and Mrs. Coolidge
should retain all their turkey day
presents they would be eating turkey
hash and turkey soup until Christmas,
but they will follow the usual White
House custom of donating the extra
birds to the executive employees with
the largest families.
(Cepyright. 192s.l
Evening star., 1925-11-25
WAY OF MAKING STEEL
DIRECT FROM CRUDE ORE

BIRMINGHAM. England. Novem-
her 25.-A Swedish waterfall now
and workable iron direct from the
crude ore, developed recenaly by
Henning Flodin of Stockholm, Sweden.
may influence the industy and shift
some of the worlds iron and steel
manufa curing centers. The process
Uses electrical power, but it will be
economical only where water power
for generating electricity may be
cheaply obtained.
Mr.. Flodin described his process to
steel manufacturers and scientists at
a conference held here recently. He
claims it has been thoroughly tested
out, both in the laboratory and on a
large scale in the plants of the Hag-
fors Iron Works, in Sweden, where he
has made ia test patches of iron and
steel.
He used Swedish hematite ore.
English coal and Swedish charcoal
in furnaces taking from 25O to 300
kilowatts of electrical power. The
process is continuous and feeding
only needs to be interrupted when a
batch Is poured. The phosphorus
and sulphur content of the product
is almost negligible and carbon Is as
low as two-hundredths of l per cent.
The process Is particularly well
adapted to the making of high-grade
tool steels.
Evening star., 1925-11-25

Continued from First Page.)
the defense in support of Col. Mitchell's 8
contention that large sums of money
were being spent by the Government
on anti-aircraft guns which were use
less, while aviation was permitted to
suffer. The ordnance expenditures
were quoted in general support of
Mitchells statement that 81 1000 .000,-
600 had been spent on coast defenses
during the 10 years prior to 1920. Col
White admitted to the court that the
figures offered by the War Depart
ment covered expenditures made dur
ing the war and that, therefore, they
must be taken for what they are
worth.
Col White then began the introduc-
ton of numerous Navy documents
embracing a wide range of subjects.
He read an order covering arrange
ments for the Hawaiian flight, a list
of flights made by the Shenandoah h
reasons given in the Shenandoah or
ders for the expeditions cited and Off
cial reports covering the corrosive cal
cium chloride
The Shenandoah's record showed that
the various lights of that ship were
made with the incidental" intention
of giving cities n opportunity TO view
the dirigible. This point was stressed
each time by defense counsel.
The entire correspondence between
officials of the Navy Department and
f. +. Mcdonald of the Zenith Radio
Corporation, Chicago, who was radio
officer of the Macmillan Arctic expedi-
ton, also was introduced into the
records by Col. White.
The correspondence, the high points
of which were made public last Sum.
mer, was climaxed with an order by
Secretary Wilbur that unless the bat
tleship Floridas spark set" was
taken along on the expedition, the
Navy would withdraw It's claims. AS
a result the destroyer Putnam iva s
rushed to Sydney. New Zealand. and
the set was taken aboard the Terry,
although, to accommodate it's weight
and bulk, $50 gallons of aviation gaso-
line had to be sacrificed.
On conclusion Of the reading, Mai
Gullion asked If Mr. Reid intended
this to be introduced in the records
as his evidence, and the chief de.
fense counsel replied. II want a five.
minute recess" The request was
granted and the question went un-
answered.
Evening star., 1925-11-25

Continued from First Page)
the anthracite strike was called Of
1872, ,604,0O0.
After the minimum stock REQUIRE
ments had been subtracted from this
supply 1T was figured that there were
available for immediate use on August
o. Soz 'oo4 900 tons of bituminous coal.
This would leave 207, ,396, 900 tons to
be produced from August 81 to AnriI
to care for the estimated bituminous
consumption, or an average of 9,572,-
lz5 tons a week. Add to this 2,3O8.662
TONS a week to make up the lost
anthracite output and the total ton
mage needed weekly would be l1.8sO.
785 from the day the anthracite strike
started
Since the anthracite strike began.
however, the bituminous mines have
been humming along at a rate bet
ter than $4,000 900 tons a week. In
adoltlon there is tremendous sup
ply OF anthracite already in the eel.
lars of a large percentage of the
nara coal burning population. With
these factors taken into considera
tlon. officials have no fear that the
100000 or 100000 tons of soft coal
that could be produced weekly in the
non-union fields would fail to care for
demands until Spring.
All Of the soft coal demonstration
stations under supervision Of The
Star and the Coal Merchants Board
OF Trade will be closed tomorrow,
Thanksgiving day. The will open
again at the regular hours Fri.
day. however, and remain running
through Saturday. Beginning next
week, however, it is probable that It
will not be necessary to keep all of
the stations in operation and one
located as centrally as possible may
be provided instead.
The burn bituminous" campaign IL
now reaching far beyond the limits
OF the District Of Columbia A letter
was received from North Carolina
today asking The Star to help the
people Of communities there open
demonstration stations. On Monday
the people Of Hyattsville were shown
how easily and efficiently bituminous
coal can be made to perform the work
previously done by anthracite, and
now a request has como for a similar
demonstration in College Park, Nd,
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Motor Car Output
In October Breaks
All i. S. Records

Production of automobiles in Oc-
tober set new high record, the
Commerce Department announced
today, with 3e2.64S passenger cars
and 44.129 trucks turned out in the
United States. With Canadian
production added, the North Amer
lean output of passenger cars for
the month was 406,56 and of
trucks 45,s23.
The previous high record was es-
tablished in April of this year,
when 375.7S7 passenger cars and
1921 trucks were produced in the
United States. For the 10 months
OF 1925. including October. the
United States produced 3.073. .OO7
passenger cars, against 2,771.7l9 in
the same period of last year. while
truck production was 404.510
against 307,1S last year.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
SOUTHERN DIVISION A. P.
NAMES HEISKELL HEAD
Advisory Board At Atlanta In
dorses Progressive Policies of
General Manager.
BY the Associated Press


ATLANTA, Ga, November 25-
Matters of interest to the Associated
Press were considered yesterday bv
the advisory board Of the Southern
Division, which met here in annual
session.
J. n. Heistell, publisher Of the Ar
kansas Gazette. Little Rock, Ark, was
unanimously elected chairman He
was authorized through a resolution
introduced by Frederick Sullens Of the
Jackson, Miss, News TO take the sug-
gestions of the members of the boa rd
of directors in New York.
On motion Of j. T.. ChappelI Of the
birmingham News, the following res
Olution was adopted unanimously:
Resolved That the advisory board
Of the Associated Press. Southern Di-
vision, go on record as heartily ap-
proving and indorsing the progressive
policies adopted by the general man
ager, Kent Cooper, during the early
months of his administration. and as
expressing its sincere appreciation Of
his earnest efforts directed toward
eliminating petty friction. inducing
greater harmony among the members
and particularly in creating greater
efficiency in the service
Clark Howell, publisher of the At
lanta Constitution and director of
the Associated Press. entertained the
members at luncheon.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
BUMPER CORN CROP PRICE LESS
THAN REAL COST, GROWERS FIND
Midwest Farmers Stand to Lose Money on One of
Finest Harvests Ever Known-Means of Relieving
Situation Sought by Agricultural Experts.

the greatest in history. The Ohio
average of 4S bushels an acre is the
highest in the Middle West.
Iowa Has Great Crop.
Iowa the principal corn State, has
a tremendous crop--175, ,000, 900 bushels
more than last year. Yet the Iowa
Farm Bureau says the farmers will
not receive as much for 1t as they
did for last seasons short crop.
Illinois. second in corn production,
will receive $50 ,O00, 900 less than last
year for its 394 900 900 bushels. says
the Illinois Agricultural Association.
In many sections excess moisture
acquired during the late Fall has
operated to depress the farm price
of corn, while lack of an adequate
credit system. according to some agri-
cultural authorities. hinders the farm
er in holding his corn for better
prices.
Current corn prices fall far short
Of paying the costs of production"
says the Illinois Agricultural Asso-
citation. "and will entail IA loss Of mil
lions to the farmers If they continue.
Farmers of Illinois are not so much
Interested in devices to make more
credit available TO enable them to
hold their corn as they are in some
means to handle the surplus that fol
lows a normal crop. to prevent II from
breaking down prices disastrously."
In the last 5000 900 .000-bushel year,
1923. the farmers received S2.217.229,-
600 for their corn, but in 1924, for a
crop 600, 100000 bushels less. the corn
income of the country was $500 0O0,-
900 greater.
The 1928 crop was 1858 .557 900 and
brought an average of ~ cents d
bushel. The 1925 crop, according to
November ! estimates OF the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, will total g.
10000, 900 bushels on which the farm
price now averages around 50 cents.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
DOUMER IS UNABLE
T0F0RM CABINET
Called Upon After BRAND De.
clines, Senator Cannot
Marshal Forces.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Pr.ss
PARIS, November Ex-senator PAM
Doumer Informed the President this
afternoon that he was unable 10 form
a cabinet.
The premier designate earlier tode,-
explained that last evening 3 gala nigh
AT the opera had somewhat DELAYED hte
work, as most of the prospective mir.
lsters were attending the performance
and could not be reached This morn
ing he visited NM Chautemps and
Schrameck, respectively, ministers of
justice and interior in the late Pair
leVe cabinet. Political observers de
clared the initiative in the crisis had
apparently slipped from NJ Doumer 10
the various groups in the Chamber Of
Deputies, which were meeting through
out the day 10 discuss various com
blnations and whether to support or
oppose the premier designate.
Socialists Active.
The Socialists and Radicals were
those most active in these caucuses
while the parties of the right and
center bided their time
Aristide BRAND yesterday failed IN
his attempts to form a new ministry
and the prospects of Senator Doumer.
who later was requested by President
Doumergue to take up the task,
seemed far from bright.
NJ. Doumer, for various reasons. was
not pleasing candidate to the RAD.
Gals and their support. although nul
withheld, would not have been or a
nature warranting reliance in q yot.
in the lower house Of Parliament.
A new factor has been added 10
the already confused situation by the
IA ptd evolution of the Socialists who
last week held 10 the principle of
non participation in a hourEeotse gov
ernment. but now, after q long 10
liberation, announced that they MOI
only will participate, but will form
a government. take the princfpaI
portfolios. provide program. notably
the financial part of it, and accept
the collaboration OF Radicals in minor
roles.
The situation is as uncertain rs
ever, and It is thought that political
maneuvering of a most skillful kind
VIII be required If the crisis TO be
settled before the end OF the present
week.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
RH|NELANDER ASKS
TO CHANGE CHARGE
Attorneys Want to Amend
Complaint Dealing With A.
legged Deception.
BY the Associated Press

WHITE PLAINS, y. Y. November
25.-Leonard Kip Rhinelander now
Is seeking annulment Of his maria ee
on the ground that his bride failed
TO tell him she was a negress.
Attorneys for the suffering million
are sought yesterday to amend the
complaint to read that Alice Beatrice
Jones, daughter OF negro taxi driver.
deceived young Rhinelander into
marrying her by failing to inform
him she had negro blood The COM
plaint now reads that she deceived
him by saving she was white.
The dusky wife was listed to go on
the stand today as the fifth witness
for the defense. Her ATTORNEYS said
yesterday that she was too i'll and
nervous to go on the stand.
Robert Brooks, Virginia negro
Alice's butler brother-in-law. woke nm
long enough to take the stand yester.
day and testify that Rhinelander had
played cards with him and his negro
friends. Brooks had been present
every day, one of the best dressed men
in the courtroom, but has slept most
Of the time
He testified that he and RhineIander
called each other Len and Bob.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
DANCING INSTRUCTORS
DECLARE FOR THE TANGO

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 2.-Dancing mas
ters, and dancing mistresses have de-
creed that the tango must be danced:
that it Is the last gasp in rhythm and
the poetry Of motion. But the DEGREES
are lost on most of the visitors to
Paris. Even Frenchmen decline it.
Spaniards and South Americans
make a majority of the dancers in
ia ashionable clubs and cafes when the
tango comes on. This is especially
true at afternoon dances, when most
OF the participants are not in formal
dress. Street clothes and the tango do
not go well together, and it cannot
be done at all in Oxford bags.
One American girl who refused the
tango at a tea party laughingly apollo
gized: Il have given it up. l have de-
cided that it could only he danced
with some man one is desperately in
love with and should be done on a Sc
cluded verandah in the moonlight. 1t
is too hard to stage it properly
Evening star., 1925-11-25
CANADA STANDS FIRM
ON WATER DIVERSION
Adheres Strictly to Terms of
Agreement Regarding Quantity
Diverted at Chicago.
BY the Associated Press.

OTTAWA, November 25.-It was
said here last night that. the atti-
tude of Canada toward the diversion
of water at Chicago has been that
the terms of the international agree
ment permitting the diversion of
1000 cubic feet per second should be
strictly adhered to.
The Dominion government fire.
ouently has placed its view before
the United States Government through
the British Ambassador at Washing
ton. it was added, and at the hear.
ings before the Supreme Court of the
United States last year on the ap-
piication for increased diversion the
Canadian government was repre-
scented.
In the matter of the St. Lawrence
River Canada always has acknowl-
edged certain general equal rights of
navigation and power development
with the United States. These two
phases of the St. Lawrence River de-
velopment scheme are at present
under examination by an engineer
Ing board appointed by the two gov.
ernments.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
BIZ Consolidated Press.

Thanksgiving day In all its stark
New England simplicity will be cele.
brated at the White House, and one
of a dozen big turkeys either already
on the ground or en- route to the
Executive Mansion kitchens will be
eaten by President and Mrs. Cool
idge and their house guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank w. Stearns Of Boston.
So far as could be learned today no
announcement will be made as to the
particular turkey which will be chosen
for the President. Therefore. every
donor of a notable gobbler can imag-
inc 1t was his own. The choice will be
entirely in the hands of the Presidents
kitchen cabinet, although Mrs. Cool
idge, good housewife and housekeeper
that she Is, may be called upon as
final arbiter. The ethics of the selec-
ton are something like those employ
ed when a person faces firing squad.
One gun always is unloaded, so every
Evening star., 1925-11-25
BY the Associated Press.

ny bne hSsocllle0 fress.
CHICAGO, ILL.,. November 25.-The
bread basket section Of the country
has grudge. 1t stands to lose money
on one of the largest corn crops ever
raised.
Farmers in the nine Midwestern
States that raise two-thirds of the
country's corn say it costs them about
6S cents a bushel to- produce this
years ears. They want to know
where the justice is in selling it at
so TO so cents at the farm.
They are willing to forego taking
into account the 16hour day of
blistering work between steaming
corn rows and to figure only on n
basis of dollars and cents-something
presumably understandable to the pale
man in city canyons.
Seek Means to Aid.
So yesterday a group of bankers.
cials met in Washington with Secre-
tary Jardine to discuss a means OF
aiding Iowa farmers. at least, In
marketing their corn to better ad-
vantage.
What other industry, the farm
ers inquire. could stand a loss of over
$500 900 900, which faces the farmers
on the basis of present prices. When
crops are short the farmer frequently
makes money. When crops break
records he frequently loses, as the
producer has no control over the laws
of nature.
Estimates of the crop as of. Novem-
Der l for the Nation show that this
years is the fifth over three billion
bushels. but likely the smallest of the
five to exceed that figure.
The nine principal States all show
gains over last year except South
Dakota. while in Ohio the crop is
nearly double that of last year, and
Evening star., 1925-11-25
MORE THAN 100 PERISH
IN FLOODS IN ATHENS
Torrential Rains Wash Up 38
Tombs, Five Mummies and
Gold Ornaments.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 25.-More than
100 persons are believed to have per
ished in floods in Athens, following a
torrential rain of an hour and twenty
minutes Tuesday, says a dispatch 10
the Daily Express. Many houses in
the refugee settlement collapsed. The
inmates were buried in the ruins and
many were swept away and drowned.
Flood waters from Mount Lykabet-
tos washed up 38 tombs in Anaenosto-
poulou street here. Five mummies
and numerous gold ornaments and
vases were uncovered. 1t is not
known to what epoch the tombs and
mummieS belonged.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
CATTLE TO GET RETEST.
: Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE. November 25.-As
move to protect the milk supply of
Baltimore and nearby cities Gov
Ritchie announced he has approved
the raising Of $4,000 additional for re
testing of dairy cattle for tubercular
infection. This sum viii he matched
by $50 900 more from the Government.
The governor explained that the
new funds will not be used TO extend
the first tubercular tests to new herds.
but TO retest cattle which have had
one test. Experience has proved, he
said. that in the first tests a small
percentage Of slightly infected cattle
do not react. They do react however.
TO second tests. If the second test is
not made these cattle will reinfect
the entire herd. causing double loss
The $4,000 will be financed upon
notes from farmers entitled 10 indem-
mites.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Lipstick Lessons
Offered Women
By Berlin School
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, November 25.-The real
art of welding lipstick, rouge pad.
powder puff and eyebrow pencil
soon will be taught to the Berlin
maiden at so cents per lesson. The
scope of a school for training
theatrical makeup artists has been
extended to embrace the women in
the capital.
The theory is that more users of
cosmetics are to be seen on the
streets than on the stage and the
makeup of some of them is not
always highly artistic.
Evening star., 1925-11-25
Glen Echo Entertainment Set.
Ispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CABIN JOHN, Md, November 25-
The Parent Teacher Associa ton of
the Glen Echo School will hold an
entertainment in Town Hall on
December at s pm. The Rev.
p. Rowland Wagner of Rockville will
be the speaker. Light refreshments
will be sold and admission charges
will be 25 cents and 10 cents for
children