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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
ROXY AND GANG
ARRIVE FOR
CONCERTS
Famed Radio Artists Guests
Of National Press Club
at Luncheon

8. l.. Rothafel roxy and his
gang" breezed into Washington TO.
day for the series of four enter.
tainments to be given by the Capitol
Theater artists under the AUSPICES
OF the National Press Club.
The Gang" was greeted at Union
Station by d delegation of news
paper men, and squad of camera
men. After undergoing fire from
these they were plotted to the Press
Club quarters in the Albee building.
where they had luncheon, as guests
Of the board of governors.
Roxy" and the. Gang" incud-
ing the Studio Orchestra, who have
endeared themselves to Washing.
tonians in their weekly radio con-
certs, will appear at the Audi.
forum at matinee and evening per
fOrmances today and tomorrow.
The entertainments will not be
broadcast.
Henry l.. Sweinhart, president Of
the Press Club, announced TODAY
that all seats for today's ner.
formances have been sold. Seats
for tomorroW's concerts are on sale
at the Auditorium. the Peoples
Drug Stores, and r. N.tIiur Smith,
agency.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
FAKE WIFE TRAPPED
AS SHE ASKS DIVORCE

CHICAGO, March 6.-Posing as
the wife Of the man she loved in
order that he might obtain di-
vorce and marry her, Mrs Helen
Frederick, Of Hammond, Ind, %
and pretty, took the witness stand
here as complainant in a divorce
suit against James Grippanda.
Mrs. Frederick. posing as Mrs.
Grippanda, testified Grippanda had
deserted her and two children two
years ago. Grippanda obiigingly
corroborated her statements when
Judge Joseph SABBATH startled the
courtroom by turning to Mrs.
Frederick and inquiring suddenly:
us that man you ask a divorce
from really your husband?"
Mrs. Frederick then confessed
that she and Grippanda had con-
ceived the idea after the real Mrs.
Grippanda had refused to divorce
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
RUSH PLANSF FOR
: NEW SCHOOL
BUILDINGS
Outside Architects May Be
Employed to Aid Dis
trict Craftsmen

Outside architects may be en-:
ployed to aid the District Archi-
tect's office in drawing plans Tor
new school buildings provided for in
the $4.176,5Oo appropriation just
made by Congress.
Engineer Commissioner j. Frank
lin Bell said the Commissioners
were anxious to get the five-year
building program under way az
soon as possible.
''The additional Job of drafting
plans for these schools will flood
the architects office with work. -
Commissioner Bell said. IF the
school work Is to be completed
soon, it probably will be necessary
to get outside architects"
Any outsiders employed viii,
however, be under the supervision
OF Albert L. Harris, District Archl.
tect.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
SENATE Gives
TRUCE TO
DAWES
Vice President Satisfied He
Has Started Something
in Public Mind
By GEORGE r. HOLMES.
international News Service.

A truCe-of uncertain duration
prevailed today in the warfare be-
tween Vice President Charles c.
Dawes and the Senate, which he so
enraged Wednesday by his slashing
attack on its methods of conduct
ing legislative business.
There is needed, however. only a
spark to set it off again. for the
ruffled feelings of the Senate over
the dressing down" given it by
it's new presiding officer are not
easily smoothed. 1t was only with
difficulty that Administration Sena-
tors prevailed upon several of their
colleagues to withhold speeches of
fiery denunciation of the Generals
conduct.
give En- He'll" Is Message
Meanwhile. General Dawes puffed
his undressing pipe and smiled to-
day over the flood Of congratula-
tory messages that has descended
upon him from all parts of the
country. Go TO it, said several of
the messages and one said, Give
EN- hell.
The General is satisfied, his friends
said today, that he has started a
movement in the public mind that
will have far-reaching effect. In the
summer recess ahead. it is said, the
Vice President will take the occasion
to make a number of speeches in
which he will elaborate upon his
theory that the Senate is an inef.
ficient cog in the machinery OF Gov
eminent.
The public platform affords the
General the only forum he has Tor
the expression of his own views.
The constitutional limitations Of
his office prevent him from 'ex-
pounding his views any more to the
Senate's face In this respect, az
least, a continuation OF the battle
between Dawes and the Senate will
be a battle for public opinion.
Fight Over Rules Likely.
A fight over amending the
Senate rules is considered certain
although it may not come until the
converting Of the new Congress
next autumn. Although the Gen
erals slashing attack on the rules
| in his ceremonial inaugural ad
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dress was generally condemned by
Republicans and Democrats alike
there is, nevertheless, considerable
sentiment in the Senate itself Tor
tightening up it's rules.
In this fight organized labor VIII
make itself heard. Labor is con-
sistently hostile to General Dawes
because of his organization of
Minute Men, in Chicago to curb
the activities and influences OF the
unions, and this, coupled with
labor's traditional policy Of cham
pioning minority rights, will be sIf-
ficient to bring out against the
General whatever influences labor
can command in Congress.
Off the Senate floor, individual
Senators continued today to criti.
else Dawes, spectacular assault on
the right wing of Congress.
At a public dinner to Senator
Walsh CD of Massachusetts,, last
night, Senator Reed Dem.l Of Mis-
souri, sarcasticaIly referred to- those
who set their wills against the
ancient traditions of the Senate.
Reed Favored Rebuke.
Reed was the author of yester-
DAYS resolution adopted in the SEN
ate, formally ''rebuking" General
Dawes for his first days activities.
when any man. said Reed,
standing for the first time on the
platform where stood Washington,
Clay, Webster and other great
statesmen, tries to assail the Sen
ate. quoting from Kipling: He's an
Injia rubber idgit on a spree.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
JAPANESE ILLNESS
MAKES VICTIMS LAUGH

TOKYO. March s. - Laugh and
grow fat" says the old adage.
II that is true. lots Of japanese
at okayama should soon be fatter
than tbs proverbial pig.
Several cases Of q mysterious
laughing malady have been discov-
cred at okayama. The victims
laugh ali the7time; it Is impossible
to stop them; and, finally, they 30
to violent extremes, waving their
arms and dancing themselves into
exhaustion, all the while emitting
wild peals OF laughter.
Doctor Okuma, OF the Okayanta
Medical College. believes the NAL
ady Is caused by an injury to the
outer main channel of the nerve
system; but physicians have thus
far found no remedy for It.
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cessful so far, but this is due to
"the great odds with he has to
contend said Doctor Abbott. I'm
proVement of mathematical methods
of determining the suns tempera-
ture, now being steadily made,
should result in increased accuracy
until uniform success is attained"
John A. Roebling. of Demands
vile, ". j., has been the financial
hacker OF the work. Funds are
available for its continuation until
June 80. 1925.
Clayton's forecasts are based on
delicate mathematical observations
at Mount Harqua Hala, Ariz.. and
Mount Montzuma, Chile.
Solar measurements are cabled
daily from. Chile and Arizona to
Clayton who then compares them,
makes the necessary calculations
and then sends his forecast to the
Smithsonian Institution.
Has Regular Cycle
The sun, Doctor Abbott revealed,
passed through cycle of maximum
and minimum temperatures every
ten years.
The world at present Is receiving
a minimum\ of solar heat because
of relative lack of sunspots which
increase temperature in the same
manner that kicking dying embers
causes them 10 glow.
These periodical changes gave
science its clue in the present work
During the next two or three
years the Sun will grow hotter,
with a resulting increase in tenn
perature recorded on the earth, be-
cause there will be. more sunspots
to stimulate solar radiation.
1.-THE total change over the ten
year cycle during which sunspots
increase and diminish approximates
2h per cent of the total heat re.
ceived by the EARTH" Abbott said
The unusual feature of the ph0n'
omenon is that it requires nearly
ten days for solar heat, or the rela-
tive lack of it, to affect the earth.
When the sunspots are literally
raising their biggest commotion
and throwing off enormous heat
rays, the earth does not notice the
disturbance for ten days, because
Of atmospheric conditions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
ITALIAN STEAMSHIP
AGROUND OFF CAPES

NORFOLK, Va, March s. The
italian steamer Sierra Moreno, in
bound, is ashore on a sand bar off
Cape Henry and the coast guard
cutter, in response to radio calls.
was sent to the scene and is stand.
ing by ready to render aid II the
crew leaves the ship. A fifty-mile
northwest wind is blowing and the
waves are breaking over the vessel.
The Sierra Morena went ashore
in a driving rain and gale at 2:lO
o'clock this morning. according to
the observer at the Cape. No ef-
fort has been made to take off the
crew, they report.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
GEORGIA WOMAN
FACE.SDEATH !.
ON G|BBET
Shot Down Mother-in-LaW in
Presence of PoIice-Long
Fight Waged
by III. C. HAMILTON.
international News Service.

ATLANTA, Ga, March 6.-Wor'
ried and fearful of what the coming
days may bring TO her, Mrs. Ida
Hughes, a pretty young woman,
sits in the Fulton county Jail here,
faced with the prospect of being
executed on the gallows for the
murder Of Mrs. M. G. hughes, her
husbands mother.
Her attorneys already have
waged a spectacular fight for their
client which involved most uncon-
mon points Of law!
Mrs. Hughes slew her mother In
law in the formers home in East
Point, an Atlanta suburb, In the
presence of officers who had &C.
compAnied the elder woman to the
house to search for clothing which
had been left there.
The shooting, Mrs. Ida Hughes
said. was the elimination Of years
Of abuse which drove her mad.
The story began several years
ago, when the young woman went
to. live in the Hughes domicile in
Birmingham There she met the
youth who later became her hus-
band.
Charged CarOusing.
Coming to Atlanta, Mrs. Hughes
said she and her young husband
were very happy. Then the elder
Mrs. Hughes became lonesome. and
she, also, wanted to. come here.
Despite numerous previous quarrels
with her lnother-in-law, the young
wife consented to share her home,
and the elder woman came on.
Mrs. Hughes charged her mother
.in.law with having brought young
girls with her. They sat up
until late hours of the night drink
ing and carousing. the young woman
said, until conditions became so bad
she told her husband his mother
would have to leave. Hughes in
formed his mother, and she con-
scented.
1t was only a short time later,
Mrs. Hughes said after the shoot
ing, that her mother-in-law went to
the police station and requested
that officers accompany her to her
sons home, where she had left some
clothing. She Is said to have de-
clared she was afraid of her son 8
wife.
IT told her when she came 20 my
door that she was welcome to come
In and get whatever was hers and
she knew it." Mrs. Hughes said, in
speaking of lhe killing.
Driven Mad
"She came in and began to scat
ter things about. Then she grabbed
a trunk which belonged to me and
which she well knew contained moth
ing OF hers. I told her she must
not open or search 1t, but she
wrenched the lid up and began. TO
curse me In vile language. 1t
seemed l just couldn't. stand more.
/ rushed from the room and got
the gun from where it always was
and came back and shot her.. i
was driven nlad"'
When Mrs. Hughes was convicted,
neither she nor the judge Of the
court was present when the verdict
of the jury was read. Attorneys
seized upon this fact and presented
the case to the State supreme court.
contending Mrs. Hughes had been
deprived of her rights as. a citizen
in not being brlught into court
to hear the verdict. The supreme
court, however, upheld the lower
court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
TWO coNVIcTs SOUGHT
AFTER ESCAPE FROM CAMP

RICHMOND, Va, March G.
Search was still in progress today
for two of the five convicts who
escaped from a prison camp in
Clarke County. The other three
we're captured late last night by a
rosse headed by Sheriff Pannctt fol.
lowing q gun battle in which a mum.
her fshots were exchanged
Governor Trinkle was requested
10 order a company of national
guardsrnen to aid in the search. but
declined to do so.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
ARMY BALLOONS TO FLY
IN ELIMINATION RACE

Two air service balloons will
participate in the National Elinlin.
alton Balloon Race to be held at
st. Joseph, Mo-, on May ], the War
Department announced today.
The race is an annual event for
the purpose of selecting three teams
to represent the United States in
the Gorden Bennett Balloon Race,
which is an international contest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06

Doesn't hurt one bit! Drop Il
little "Freezone" on an aching col1.,
instantly that corn stops hurting.
then shortly you lift it right off
with fingers.
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle
of "Freezone" for a few cents. sur
ficient- to remove every hard corn.
soft corn, or corn between the toes
and the foot calluses. without sore
ness or irritation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06

A wide variety of data, gathered
yer more than twenty years of
dtudy by Smithsonian scientists has
revealed facts which indicate that
man for the first time in history
may soon be able to anticipate the
vagaries of nature.
Since December of 1928, Fl. H.
Clayton, affiliated with the instttu-
ton, has, from a small office IN
Canton, Mass, has been making uni
formIv accurate forecasts of New
York city temperatures 3. 4. and D.
days in advance.
Methods Are Novel.
The methods are entirely revolu'
tionary in that they are based on
solar observations rather than the
familiar barometric pressure OF
present-day forecasting.
Clayton's forecasts twenty seven
days in advance have not been sue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
BULLETS RoUT THIEVES
AT MOVIE CHIEFS HOME

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Mar g.
The home of j. Stuart Blackton.
motion picture director, was the
scene of a pistol fight today when
Gerard Marvex, fencing instructor
shot and wounded two burglars
who were robbing silver chests in
the directors residence.
The thieves escaped after the gun
duel had arous> Mrs. Blackton and
her three .childfe,n. Blackton was
absent on vacation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
Temperature Changes
Due to Sun Spots
Bv FRED ]. WALKER.

The problem of accurate weather forecasng months or
even longer in advance of the great mysteries of the
ages be solved.
Il was revealed today by Charles G. Abbott head of
observatory of the Smithsonian Institution
that variations in the suns heat caused by sunspos
believed o he the kew successful weather forecastng
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06
Certified for Postmasters

The Civil Service Commission to-
day certified to the Postoffice De,
partment that George +. Corbin,
Richard p. Chevraux and Charles
z. Kennedy, are. eligible for the
postmastership at Anthony, Kansas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-06

her husband. Mrs. Frederick's
lawyer learned the truth and in
formed the court, which went
through the trial to trap the. couple.
They were sentenced to- jail for
six months for contempt of court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-03

SHOP EASILY and breeziIy-
Christmas problems disappear when
you take them to the ShOp-O-scOpe.
See TOday's Classified Section.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-03
Crime Era Blamed on
.Jazz-Mad Youth
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN
International News Service

NEW YORK Dec 3-Jazz youth utterly unresralned and
bevond the control of parents responsible for the
era Of strange homcdes sweeping America Doctor Edward
Young president of the society for the prevention OF crime
exclusive interview with international News
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-03
Electric Light Rate
Reduction Near
William r. Ham Offers to Cut
Price to Consumers Here
January I

Voluntary reduction in the rates
OF the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany. two months before the date
set by the United States Supreme
Court. has been suggested by Will
lam r. Ham, president OF the conf
panV.
In q letter to the Public Utilities
Commission received late yesterday,
Mr.. Ham indicated that from a com.
pilation .of the records tlp to and
including October, from January, an
excess OF the ia per cent profit
could be expected.
An agreement between the electric
light company and the Public Uti1i.
ties Commission made last year
specified that one-haK Of all such
excess profit should be returned to
the consumers In rate reduction.
Mr.. Ham pointed out that II would
be necessary to make an estimate
on the business Of the company fof
November and December OF this
year. The ratio OF reduction could
be made from this estimate. Mr..
Ham said.
It IL not expected that the com
mission viii decide ia wait until the
first Of the year before estimating
the excess profits as this would post
pone the date Of rate reduction to
about March !. the day agreed up
o. last year. but which has been
waived by the Potomac Electric
Power Company
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-03

When pretty Nancy Stuart Gam
non, the eighteen-year-old daughter
or Captain Sinclair Cannon Of the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. told
her parents yesterday that she was
going to washington to attend q
tea at a friends home. they did not
think that in q few hours they
would have d naval officer for q
son-in-law. But today they know
better.
When Miss Cannon left the
academy grounds yesterday morn
Ing she met Ensign VIII s. Hays,
who is on duty on the y. s. s.
Seattle.
Together they came to Washing
ton and instead OF going to her
friends home the two went TO the
marriage license bureau IN the
court house and obtained mar
rage license.
Then they went to the study Of
the Reverend Henry s. Scott, Of
the chapel OF the Epiphany, where
they were married.
When Washington frienls missed
their guest they telephoned Cap
tain Gannon's residence at An
napolis, and when the young couple
came back together explanations
we're in order.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-03
|AW|BL0C REFUSES
II c. 0..P. OFFER
fcontinued from FIRST Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
that ID, participate in Republican
meetings conferences and cauctises.
When the Senate Republican con-
ference meets Saturday, the La
toilette group viii be missing. That
Il the practice the Progressiyes
have pursued for years. and Y Is
the one they are going to follow
this session.
such a breach on the part OF the
insurgents only last year caused
fo11r Of their number to be read
ont" Of the Republican party.
It probably VIII mean no such
thing now, as Administration chiefs
are anxious to smooth over the
rows OF the past and go before
the, country, conservatives and IN
surgents, under the banner Of Re-
publicanisrll.
Instead, Republican lieutenants
went forward today on the assump-
ton that the insurgents, after all,
are to be treated as members IN
good standing In the party.
They are to receive the usual let
ter from the committee on commit
tees urging them to take assign
ments as Republicans.
Already the Progressives have de-
cided upon the reply they viii make
to the letters. They vii say, in
effect. Yes. Y,1 r~.*. nl-+-r---
Republicans. We demand commit.
tee assignments as sucl4.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-03
RACHNAN |N0FF
MAKES ART
DYNAMIC
Great Russian Pianist Proves
Master Of Superb Genius in
WiIson-Greene Concert
By JESSIE MacBRmE

Truly Rachmaninoff, Russian
composer pianist, ranks foremost
among the great pianists Of today.
He gave evidence again Of his SUI
perb art In his recital at Polls
yesterday afternoon to capacity
audience as the second artist in
Mrs. Wilson's r0ene's Artists
Course" OF concerts.
Variety Of Moods
Rachmaninoff reveals q lifnitless
province Of tone color in the piano.
He spins silken, gossamer. sl1im-
mering tones in rainbow hue. The
very life OF this quality belongs to
the modern world OF piano tone.
Yet he also bites out raucous tones
at tines, that give Substancesto the
great or miniature dramas that his
music becomes.
One IL impressed with the ''ar.
claitecture'' Of Rachmaninoff's inter-
pretatiOns whose phrases, as such.
seem not to exist, but are bound
together in a dynamic whole by
force of his compelling rhythm.
Then his dramatic spirit relates
his mtlsic.stories with beauty
and an eloquerce that makes him
q peer Of pianists.
PurisG he becomes. in the perfect
detail Of his Bach, in the glistening
OF his Schubert "Impromptu" that
yet sings. q love song with such
deep emotion. And surely no rarer
Chopin has BEEN heard here in ag4s.
He played the Sonata, B minor, with
an eloquence that was sheer poetry,
with all boldness Of tone gone,
rlingling It's virtuogity with moon
tones and slow dialogue so impress
,SiYe that the individual Chopin
charm gained something ineffable
and exquisite.
Plays Modern Things
Into the modern field he took us
with some fantastic ''arrangements'
OF his own. His final setting for
piano Of Kreislef's "Liebesfreud
waltz was tantali2fng In its caprice,
alive with vagrant modulations that
were a delight and that ran Sc
ductive passages in astonishing
thirds, that capered az only an
Olympian master pianist could. The
Schubert transcription of THE
Brooklet" was rich in inner turbu.
Ience. but lesa the pure Schubert.
Distinctive is the Russia Of Raoh.
mammoth, in tone. His Medtner
Fairy Tale" brought another world
in thought as fresh as childhood, but
also a wistful ''berceuse" of the
Russian soul. The sleighbells glis-
tened in these tone-landscapes of
his own "Etude Tableau" and the
Tschaikowsky "Troika," the latter
as encore.
And the beloved prelude, G sharp
minor, shared popularity with three
List interpretations OF which the
"Dance of the Gnomes' was a gem
Of virtuosity.
The Beethoven Turkish March
was his final encore completing a
beautiful canvas of sound that a
master hand had wrought.