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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29

William F. killgore, N adventurous
American youth from Shreveport, La
whose enlistment in the French For
eign Legion resulted in months of cor
respondence between the ashington
and Paris governments, is en- route
home from France after the influence
Of the Washington authorities had
been twice invoked in his behalf He
sailed form Marseille December "a.
The Louisiana boy, who is 1S years
old, reached France more than a year
ago on an American merchant steamer.
and promptly decided on career of
adventure in the famous French For
eign Legion. Although he was under
age for enlistment. he satisfied the
French authorities on that point, and
was accepted and sent TO Algiers to
begin his military service
The life proved not as alluring as
the youth had hoped and on his ap-
peal to his family. the good offices of
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana and
other members of Congress, and even
Of Senator Borah of Ida no. were called
upon in an effort to get him released.
The State Department took the mat.
er up in Paris only to find there was
no legal grounds for urging his release
and that French policy with regard to
the Foreign Legion and for disciplin-
airy reasons made it almost UMPIRE
cedented that soldier in the Legion
should he liberated from service be-
fore the eXpira ton of his contract
Meanwhile young killgore's detach-
ment had been transferred to Mo-
rocco and Joined in the fighting there
against Eff tribeSmen. The louisa ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
FIRST SHOOTS GIRL,
THEN TRIES SUICIDE
bad Boy" of Sd Leaves
Body of Woman Lying Un-
der Christmas Tree.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 29-Harrv
Cowan, who described himself as
just a bad boy" despite his "a wears.
lay seriously wounded in a Rrooklvn
hospital today.
Last night he was found 4 few
feet from the body of an attra ctive
young stenogra pher Miss Edith Bur
ton. whom he had killed before he
attempted suicide in her Brooklyn
home.
Found under a Christmas tree with
three bullets in her body. she was
victim. police believe. of Cowa n s
anger when she refused his suit.
\ charge is pending that Cowan
absconded with $1,000 from a hotel
in 1923. Two notes that he wrote
throw some light on his career.
In one he said: Il did not 20 very
high in public school. My fault
was just bad boy. no matter how
hard | tried to be 4 good one. Please
forgive me. Goodbye"
The other note. addressed to Emil
II. ReimerS. manager of the Hotel
Latham. said: Il would like to give
the money back. but can't because
| gave So 900 to 4 friend and a
blonde; her mother and brother black
mailed me out of the rest. Reimers
"a id that Cowan had abSconded about
the time he met Miss Burton who
was stenocrapher at the hotel.
Mrs. Ada Burton. mother of the
slain girl. who found the victims of
the tragedy. said that Cowan also
was known to her as Arthur Rogers
and long had been an attentive caller
on her daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
SCIENTISTS DEBATE
ON ORIGIN Of MAN
Dr.. Hough Denies Likelihood
of Pre-GIaCiaI Humans in
Western World.

BY tho Associated Press
NEW HAVEN. Conn. December
29.-The problem of the origin uf man
is gins the attention of some 500
scientists here today for the dedication
of the Peabody Museum at Yale.
One section of the museum has eX-
hihits outlining the theory of evolu-
ton. The visiting scientists already
have had Engagements at meetings.
DR.. T.. p. Goddard of the American
Museum of Natural History in New
York aroused a mild controversy by
his assertion that man may have eN-
listed in America prior tn the last
glacial period. contrary t" prevailing
scientific belief. which holds that man
crossed the BerinC Straits from A S.j
after the last prehistoric ice foe.
In part of his opinion Dr. Goddard
cited the finding of hints found under
IS feet of glacial gravel. and under
fossiiZed bison in such a position aS
to indicate they were shot into the
animal.
DR.. Walter Houch of the United
States National Museum at Washing
ton took exception to Dir. Goddard'S
conclusions on the ground that the eN-
amples found were so advanced as To
preclude the possibility of their being
old and inquired if 1t were To he
Sumed that man sprang full grown in
America without undergoing the usual
evolution as eXemplified in Europe
DR.. Goddard reported that Western
Europe in primordial times was no.
toriously backward. He may provoke
me into saying that man originated in
America. and / don't want To do that.
he declared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 29.-Ja1
Dastur c. Payry, young Columbia Uni
Hersity student, who speaks the latest
American slang and knows all the
latest dance steps, today is on his way
somewhere east of Suez to succeed his
dying father as spiritual head of In
dia s 1000 900 fire worshipers."
In. correct American garb he sailed
Yesterday aboard the Majestic, care
fully explaining that the religion OF
his ancestors is not fire worship at all
but that fire is merely the Zoroastran
symbol of absolute purity.
Although only 26, the future leader
Of his church is a doctor of philosophy
and is an authority on his religion
He has been studying for the past
four years at Columbia to fit himself
to succeed his father.
Known among his classmates AS
"Jal," the young Indian is described
as regular fellow" who is an expert
on all the latest dance steps and is A
popular man on the campus. The fact
that he speaks English, German,
French, Italian, Persian, Greek, Sans
krit and Pail, the secret language of
Buddhism, has not interfered with his
mastery of American slang.
Il would like to marry one of your
American girls-but l cannot, you
know" he said, before he sailed
Fellow students recalled that some
time ago "Jars" father, as high priest,
decided that a French girl who mar
ried parSee could not become mem
her of her husbands church. beca use
Zoraster. the founder. forbade inter-
marriage.
1T pains my heart to leave this
country" said DR.. Pavry yesterday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
500, O0O, 900 Profits Grabbed.

Senator Hennessy not only charged
that 700,000,000 excess rubber profits
were being taken from this country
by the British rubber monopoly. but
that news stories indicated British
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29

can. She has been barred from Civ
ing performances in the United
States. in Germany, in England and
other countries.
Her greatest sorrow, however,
came in April, 1913, when her two
children were drowned in the River
Seine. They were riding in their
mothers automobile, accompanied by
maid. The chauffeur descended
from the car to remedy some trouble,
and the machine started and ran over
the embankment and plunged into the
river. The children We're Beatrice. 5.
md Patrick. aged 3. The maid also
was drowned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
SERVICE FOR FARMERS.
Cooper Would Give Them Continu
Gus Economic News.

NEW YORK, December % LP).-A
continuous economic service for farm
ers that will advise them when and
where to sell to best advantage, what
crops to raise and how much to raise
similar to the economic services fur
nished by private agencies to investors
and industrial leaders, was suggested
Yesterday by T. P. Cooper, chief of the
United States Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. His remarks were made
at the opening session of the American
Farm Economic Association
A continuous economic service to
farmers, he said, was being attempted
IN an experimental way in several
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
PREDICTS FARM RELIEF.
Mckinley Says Congress Wants to
Help Agriculture.

CHICAGO, December 90 CP.-F'arm
relief of a substantial nature as re-
suit of the bills relating to agricul-
ture now before Congress was pre-
dicted Yesterday by Senator William
B. Mckinley of Illinois.
General business os good" he told
the University of Michigan alumni
1.-The steel mills are running about IS
per cent capacity and the railroads
are having large gross earnings. In
this rejoicing, however, we must not
overlook the fact that the greater
part of our community, the farmers
are not in that prosperous condition"
Sentiment at Washington, the Senator
said, was overwhelmingly in favor of
doing something for the farmer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
Warrenton Teacher Dies.
Special Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dlspatch 70 The Star.
WARRENTON. Va. December %
Miss Katherine Carr, teacher of Eng
lish in the Warrenton High School
died in Stanton Park Hospital. Wash.
ington, Yesterday morning of pneu.
monia The funeral was at her home
Hamilton Va. this morning. Miss
Car was u years old and a 1915 grad
uate of William and Mary College, and
a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She
was successful teacher, and very
popular in Warrenton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
LIBRARY NAME CONFUSED.
Public Institution Does Not Bear
earn esie Name. Head Explains.

Public Library, in a statement today.
advised the Washington public Of the
necessity of using the correct name
of the library in corresponding With
it in order to prevent confusion with
the library of Howard University.
which has been officially renamed
The Carnegie Library" and with
other institutions here bearing the
Carnegie name. While Mr.. Carnegie
donated the building for the Public
Library. Mr.. Bowerman points out, his
name is not included in that III S,,v
library and its use in designating the
library leads to confusion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
UNCLE SAM SECURES RELEASE
OF BOY, Is, WHO FOUGHT RIFFS
Wounded Louisiana Lad Finally Homeward Bound
Has Hard Time Getting Discharged-Finds Adj
ventures With Foreign Legion Unallurng.

boy was wounded and sent back to a
hospital I Casa Blanca and finally to
the depot at Oran. Pressure on the
French authorities for his release ha d
continued and about A month ago it
was finally ruled in Paris that as an
act of friendship ii the United States
he should be discharged, although his
enlistment had several years to run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
FLOUR PRICES DUE
TO ECONOM|C LAWS
u. S. Dealers Deny Increased
Quotations Were Aimed at
British Rubber Monopoly.
BY the Associated Press


CHICAGO. December 29-F,Cn-
nomic laws and not reta liza tory meas
ureS are responsible for an increase
in the price of -four in England
american millers have replied 10
English suggestions that wheat mer-
chants Of this country are seeking
revenge for BritainS rubber mo-
nopoly.
The present wheat price increase
has its Immediate cause in the
wheat shortage in Argentina. said
John Crosby. president of the Wash
burn Crosby Mills. At Minneapoli
II was explained that the effect was
world wide and not confined To Eng
land. which was surprised by an
unexpected rise of shill ings in
the price of $50 pound sack of
-four.
The crops there failed heavily.
so that it is natural the price should
go up bit" Mr.. Crosby said.
Basis for Contention.
Supporting the contention that the
increase was not confined to Eng
land alone was the fact that the
best grade of -four on the Mime
apolis market advanced L. cents a
barrel yesterday, being quoted at
$3.50 barrel in 9s-pound sacks, for
carload lots.
Gables from London said that the
flour increase had aroused consid-
cradle adverse comment because OF
the fact that the government sta
tistics indicated a world surplus of
wheat, and that the subject would
be inquired into by the Master Bak q.
ers' Protective Society. A member of
this organization was quoted as say.
ing that american wheat mer-
chants. knowing that British deal
ers have the whip-hand in rubber,
are retaliating in wheat
Classed as "SilIy Talk"
Mr.. Crosby called this SILLY talk"
in declaring that the United States
exports comparatively little to Eng
land. which receives the bulk of its
North American wheat from Canada
We don't send enough wheat to
dominate the markets. Furthermore.
all wheat prices are fixed at Liver
pool"
But while American millers dis
claimed any intention at retaliation
for the rubber situation, one indi-
vidual effort in that direction was
noted in the days news. Senator
William E. Hennessy of Boston in
troduced a bill in the Massachusetts
Senate seeking ''reprisal against
Great Britain" for artificial hard
ship" IMPOSED through increased rub:
Der prices.
s,oO O,, O0O Profits Cr.bbed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
SERCE| YESS|N|N
COMMITS SUICIDE
Poet. Former Spouse of isa-
dora Duncan, Ends Own
Life in Moscow.
Nv III. Associated Press.

NEW YORK. December 29.-Sersei
Yessinin. the eccentric Russian. poet
has committed suicide in Moscow He
was the divorced husband Of lisa dora
Duncan. the classic dancer. whose
emulation of TerpSichore while bare
footed and in dishabile made her fa
NOUS throughout the world.
Yessinin was about 30 wears old
some 10 wears younger than Miss
Duncan. They We're married in 1922
and the wife divorced him last wear.
Shortly after the wedding the young
holshevik writer came to the United
States with the dancer. After some
trouble with the immiGra tion author
tiles they We're permitted to enter the
country.
Miss Duncan went on a dancing
tour. visiting numerous cities. but was
barred from appearing in several
places because of the ScantineSS of her
attire and the added fact that she was
wont TO wrap red flag about her.
Pusnacious When Drunk.
Yessnin accompa his wife on
th+ tour and seemingly WAS a mild
hammered youth. Then stories heea n
TO break about his puGnaciousneSs
. when he partook too freely Of the
flowing bowl
At party here Yessinin was de-
clared TO have blackened the eyes Of
Miss Duncan. which prevented her
from carrying ont one of her pro-
grams 4 similar incident was report
ed later from Paris. and the dancer
WAS declared To have shipped him post
haste back tn Russia. Before depart
Ing he engaged in tsticuffs with a
couple OF eX-RusSian soldiers.
Yessinin got into trouble with the
police in Moscow for alleged anti
q
time in prison. Miss Duncan. who
also had returned to Russia. insti-
tuted a divorce suit under the Soviet
law and was freed from Yessinin.
She is declared 10 have said that he
was impossible" and thai moon
shine" had made him crazy.
Was Tall and Blond.
essinin was tall and had curly
III nd hair and blue eyes. At the be
ginning Of their honeymoon Miss
Duncan appeared TO he highly plea sed
with her choice. She described him
3 : the greatest poet since Pushkin;
the greatest genius since Edgar
Allen Poe. He's man of spirit,
a lofty soul. He is my inspira ton, y
declared the dancer.
Later, when Yessinin had allegedly
carried out one of his pugilistic in
sEila tons. with the wife the receiver
il general, she was reported to have
y;,id:
Everybody knows he is crazy. He
j. 70 more deserving Of tears than
laughter He is better off in Russia
where he is loved. even if he is fool
i-h He can smash things in Moscow
and nobody cares, because he is a
poet.
All hay rot been rosy for Miss Dun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29

interests were planning to support
similar Brazilian coffee monopoly"
Declaring that the British have in
reality declared trade war against
the United States and have invteG
reprisals," the bill would seek in
formation on the operation of British
Insurance concerns in AIasea husetts
as a prelude to reprisal action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
Marine Engineer Dies.

MANITOWOC, Wis. December %
HO.-Capt. William E. Elliott, IS.
chief engineer of the Goodrich Transit
Co.. died here yesterday. Capt. Elliott
was national vice president Of the
Marine Engineers Benefit Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-29
INDIAN YOUTH QUITS COLUMBIA
TO RULE "FIRE WORSHIPERS''
Student Who Speaks Tongues and American Slang
Who Loves u S., to Succeed D. wing Father
as Leader of His Sect.

your Manhattan-this wondrous isle
Of blue-eyed maidens. where all is
beautiful-and amusing. | love 1t.
love the people. But l must so. l was
sent here by my people that | might
qualify to be their religious ruler. My
DUTY lies before me-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-03

crime, MrS. Blake, because fALnryIl
was to have child and it's SO won
derful that Mary has one? That's
what made Kathryn bitter. She
loved the man. loved him terribly.
She thought they had the right.
don't know-of course. But it
seems queer that a thing can be so
holy and beautiful after few
words are said and so shameful and
hideous without those words"
"Ah no, Chickie! That's not it at
all Marriage isn't instituted to
make an immoral thing moral, as
some people seem to think. 1t is
instituted to safeguard the race
the child. We must do this. 1t
Isn't a question of right and wrong
at all. There is no evil and no
shame in a fine human emotion.
Marriage doesn't alter this. It is
merely a question of experience. And
marriage is the device that helps
us to meet honorably the cSnse-
quences of our deeds"
IF that were true, Mrs. Blake,
1 should think there could be an
other devics-a better one-and
when a girl like Kathryn was to
have a child. it wouldn't be thought
a crime and she wouldn't be fright
ened off the earth. They'd let her
have the child. But even you say
it Is an awful thing-just awful"
Yes. Chickie. it is awful to bring
a little, helpless thing here when
we know the struggle before it is so
cruel; 1t is awful to bring child
here that the world will not re-
ceive F.. :"
That's the worlds sin, I should
think-not the girls"
ARTHA smiled: II think SO,
iMI too, Chickie. But rather the
E worlds blindness. Some day
we'll have a different attitude to
this race of ours-to all childr IN.
We will do homage to motherhc cd.
The coming of the child will In it.
self legahze the union which pro-
duced it. We will awaken to the
absurdity Of placing at the threshold
Of birth a paltry human placard
reading: Thou shalt not pass!
Life laughs at this and ignores it.
The child comes! 1t is above the
law. It's right to be-to live-is the
simple fact of its arrival. It's COM
ing is mockery, complete and sub
lime, of our barriers"
Without raising her eyes, but
keeping her hand over her mouth
to hide Its tightness, its pitiful
working: THAT won't make it any
easier for a girl like Kathryn or
that Lily Tassman. will it, It
seems hard that they should have
to pay, and so many girls do the
same thing and get away with 1t.
They don't get away with 1t,
Chickie. A woman never does!
Life is not Knocked or cheated.
but these girls are. They drain
one shallow cup after another. and
in none is any vintage that salts
fies."
"Oh - you don't know Mrs
Blake Why. they do get away
with It. And they're just as happy
as any one else in the world. know.
Why, I've been to house parties and
all the girls came with their
steadies--"
Steady, Chickie? What do you
mean?"
"Oh-the fellows they go with all
the time and that other girls aren't
supposed to fiirt with"
Martha ran her hand across her
eyes: "Well-steady-that used to
be servant girl talk"
Its slang. suppose. But these
couples went everywhere together,
and there were week-ends galore.
Some of them thought that as long
as they were engaged and were to be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-03

married anyway It was all right
Lots of them are married now and
as happy as any one else. So they
do get away with It'll And others
don't want to marry-they want Ia
be free. They get away with 1t, too
They have everything they want and
they go everywhere, and it's just one
good time after another. You don't
know"
mo, don't know, Chickiel Still
say they don't get away with 1t.
A few years of this, and what have
they? They come to the hollow
forties and look back upon empti-
mes s-they look forward to destitu-
ton of the heart and of the spirit.
Saddest of all. Chickie. they are
isolated; they have no connection
with their kind, no link in the great
immortality of the race"
What good is that. Mrs. Blake?
Janina says old-fashioned women
are pawns that life uses for its
own ends. She says the women of
the past were duped. Life beat them
over rough, hard places, and the
lash she uses is love. And they run
along with their backs breaking I'M
der their burdens. And in their
hearts they wonder what it's all
about and they envy women who
are free. but they won't admit It.
They get themselves into this blind
alley and can't get out. So they
rationalize their stupidity and call
it nobility or virtue"
ARTHA chuckled, her dark,
IMl beautiful face lighting. I'm
G deed. Rationalize our stud
pidity! I suppose my stupidity
means Jimmy and Mary anad Tom.
my. etc. But in ten years, Chickie.
how shall Janina rationalize her
license? Tell me that. I can look
at my children, and it is easy to
rationalize. such stupidity as mine
Janina will look at her empty hands.
What shall she rationalize?"
Yes. but suppose your children
weren't so good-suppose one of
them did an awful thing that broke
your heart? You wouldn't have any
more compensation than Janina
Will have"
Mrs. Blake went on earnestly:
only a coward, Chickie, runs from
a fight because there's chance to
lose. We have to take that chance
be brave to meet It"
ITO Be Continued
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