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Evening star., 1925-06-11

S. N; Lieut. c. J. Harter, u. S. N,
and Lieut.. B. w. Shumaker, U. S. N.
Officers Are Reelected.
At the business sessions during the
afternoon national officers We're re-
elected as follows:
Mai. Gen. Amos A. Fries, president;
Col. Christopher Van Deventer of Chi
cago, first vice president; Col. Her
bert A. White of Texas, second vice
president; Col. John T. AXton, chief
of chaplains. Washington, Chaplain;
Capt George F. Unmacht of Chica-
go, secretary and treasurer. Mem
bers were elected to the board of trus-
tees as follows: Maj. Gen. John A.
Lejeune, Capt. N. j. Blackwood, U.
S. N; Col. Rssell P. Reeder of Homo
lulu; Col. Carl Reichman of Mime
sofa, and Admiral r. E. Coontz.
A resolution was adopted indors-
ing July 4 as Defense day and
pledging the entire membership of
the organization to sacrifice the holi-
day if necessary in order properly to
support the defense movement and
make the day a success.
The body also adopted resolution
to appoint a committee to meet to
formulate plans for securing ade-
ouate educational facilities for chill
dren of men in the service. Under
the law, it was declared, the children
of men in military service are unable
to attend public schools, although
their parents pay taxes. The commit
tee consists of officers in the military
service and they were instructed to
meet in the near future to see what
can be done through legislation or
otherwise to remedy the condition.
Evening star., 1925-06-11
Officers Are Reelected.

S. N; Lieut. c. j. Harter, U. S. N.
land Lieut. B. w. Shumaker, u. S. N.
Evening star., 1925-06-11
TRAFFIC HALTS AS THAW
ENERGIES FROM CABARET
Curious People Pursue Him
Through Park and Force Him
to Return Indoors.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 11.-Traffic was
jammed this morning when Harry K.
Thaw, who came back to Broadway
last night after a weeks absence at
Winchester, Va, emerged from a
cabaret. He spent the evening and
early morning there doing nothing
much but responding to welcomes by
Rialto bellies and slipping ice water and
orangeade. Several hundred curious
persons crowded to the doors to see
him. He seemed startled and fled to a
taxicab. Curious folk pursued him
through Central Park, then left him
alone when he returned to the
cabaret.
His bill for the evening, which in
cluded 50 table d'hote dinners for him.
self and two male companions.
amounted to S35. OF this amount SIS
went for a tip to the head waiter, S3
to his table waiter and 81 to the hat
checker
A bevy of chorus girls amused him
during the evening and he was intro
duced to all who took part in a revue.
He told one girl she reminded him of
Lillian Russell.
Thaw declined to dance, as he said
he had not kept up with the modern
steps. Even an old fashioned waltz,
played for his benefit, failed to shake
his determination not to appear on
the floor. He said he was going to
stay in New York until he had seen
every cabaret
Evening star., 1925-06-11

Another popular ticket is "The
Unicorn" 1t is operated on identi-
cally the same system as 1.-The Pen
nant," and offers the same amount
weekly in prizes. Then there is the
Columbia" and several others, all
tempting the players with the high
cash prizes.
Promoters Of the base ball pools
furnish every new player with a card
giving the amount of weekly prizes.
The first prize (which goes to the
holder of the ticket whose six teams
score the greatest number Of runs
during the week, as has been pointed
out, amounts to $500.
The player with the next highest
score receives S175, the third $50, the
fourth $40 andth fifth $40. The player
whose six teams make the lowest num-
Der of runs during the week is entitled
to $3.50, the next lowest 800, the third
$40, the fourth $40 and the fifth SIS.
Then there are a number of daily and
mtdweek prizes, in addition to so con-
solations worth 81 each.
The midweek prizes are tabulated
after Wednesdays games are played;
the week prizes at the close of Satur-
days games. The prizes, however, are
promoters say, ito the necessity of
strict comparison and verifcation of
forfeited and protested games"
High Weekly Profit.
The frs midweek high pays $50,
the second $50, while the first mid
week low is worth $50, and the sec
ond midweek low SIS. There are a
number of other smaller prizes
designed to make the game more
engrossing. To the player whose six
teams collect the largest number of
runs each day goes a daily high prize
of $50. The second daily high amounts
to $25. The first daily low pays $40
Evening star., 1925-06-11
Pocketbook Disappears.

A pocketbook containing $101 and
a Masonic card disappeared from
the pocket of William L. Burch, 1926
Massachusetts avenue, while he was
on a kenilworth car riding from New
York avenue and Ninth street to
Kenilworth last night. Burch told
the police he may have been the vic
tim of pickpocket or he may have
lost his pocketbook.
Evening star., 1925-06-11
BASE BALL POOLS REAP
$4,000 WEEKLY HERE;
SCHEME BREAKS LAW
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
are prizes for high scores and prizes
for low scores. There are daily prizes,
there are midweek prizes and there
are the grand weekly prizes. To the
neophyte it seems almost impossible
to go through the week without win
ming something. But the law of odds
must be reckoned and the clever
mathematical juggling or figures con-
Sidered.
Mathematics will show that it is
possible to create S,00S different COM
binations of out Of 16, representing
the number of teams in the two
major leagues. Thus, the odds
against the player winning the grand
$500 prize are 8.00S to /.
Vie for Patronage.
There are at least half a dozen of
these base ball pools conducted by
different promoters at the present
time. All apparently are fiourishing
for the little envelopes are seen almost
anywhere. When you see a person
studying the sport page of a daily
newspaper, pull out a pencil and
write down a. few figures, it is GER
tain that he invested 6O cents on
the $500 prize with the odds against
him S,00s to 1. The rivalry between
the various promoters, too, is in
tensely keen. A quotation from the
literature published by one of them
says: THE Ticket With a Reputa-
tion-Ask For It." 1t also announces
that owing to the big demand we ad-
wise you to place your order with
your agent early each week"
THE Pennant Weekly" is the one
quoted from. 1t appears to be the
favorite ticket among the base ball pool
devotees. Agents for this ticket are
in virtually every office building and
Government department. They are
only known, however, to the players
The only credentials required to meet
Evening star., 1925-06-11

There are only 16 bridges over the
Thames River, London, between the
sea and Kingston. 1t is now sug-
gested that nine new ones should be
built to relieve the congestion of
ira ffic.
Evening star., 1925-08-10
ROOMS AND BOARD.

YOUNG LADIES. who are looking for up-to.
date home in modern girls club. centrally
located handsomely furnished. where
cejjept me sls, are served in beautiful sur
roundngs with entertaining features at rea-
eouabIe rates can find accommodations at
1Io1 18th ST NV. corner L: large room
southern exposure. private BATH: suitable
for two or three also large double front
roo., twin beds: second story: excellent
m as: $40 Der person. To-
1877 10th ST tScott Circle Girls Club:
beautiful home: all conveniences: walking
distance Frank 691. II
OPPOSITE FARRAGUT SQUARE. $40 18th
St Comfortable room for two gentle
men With two meals daily. $50 month each.
Third-fioor apt. -
1905. CLIFTON sTr- NV Double and single
room with excellent board. IL
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1924 Rickenbacker sedan ST $50
Evening star., 1925-08-10

TREW MOTOR CO.,
1909 14th ST.
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WILLYS-kNIGHT AND
ON ERLAND HEAD
QUARTERS.

BLUE RIBBON USED CARS.
Evening star., 1925-08-10

Beautiful broom and bath apt. all out
side rooms. and porch in heart of Mt.
Pleasant convenient TO cars and bus line.
churches and theaters: recently redecorated
very reasonable. Apply ianitor.
Universal Real Estate Corpn.,
132a n ST. NV. FRANK. coll
Evening star., 1925-08-10
FOR SALE-AUTOMOBILES.
----. fContinued.1
BUICK
Used Car Department.
LARGE.
SMALL,
OPEN,
CLOSED.
You'll find well worth looking
You'll find we'll worth looking
Liberal Terms

Liberal Terms.
Open Evenings and Sundays.
STANLEY II. HORNER, Inc,
l0l5 14th St. Main 52o6.
Evening star., 1925-08-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
100 PARK RID.

TWO ROOMS KITCHEN. BATH. 2104
18th st NV. Phone North 100sI.
Evening star., 1925-08-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WALKING DIST DEPTs-5 ROOMS AND
bath: electricity: continuous hot water:
ispitor service: no children. iii M NV.
Evening star., 1925-08-10
SPECIAL OFFER.

Unexpectedly available in fashion able. ex
elusive modern ant. BLDG. finest equipment
parouet floors; tile baths: extra large. 4
s9S9ms SO ,r3or rms rm bath in
off Conn. ave Also downtown. near Govt.
dents; in ..story. freproof hldg s4-hour u
$50, so, See ianitor: the Plaza, Pa. ave. at
Evening star., 1925-08-10

ALsTON APARTMENTS. 1921 21st ST.
NV. around the corner from Connecticut
ave. cars-DeIightfully arranged. attractively
furnished. very comfortable. modern conven-
fences. choice location.
Single room, dressing alcove. bath 81 B
3 rooms hall bath. housekeeping rs
rooms. hall; bath. housekeeping no
Apply premises.
MADDUX. MARSHALL. MOSS & MALLORY.
INC.
Evening star., 1925-08-10
Observation-Disclosures
VI ain 1890

DOWNTOWN -sEMIBAsEMENT APART
rent of rooms and bath Rent. s45.5o
monthly. 2o20 st. NV. Open.
Mi, aeeo I43o x st NV
Evening star., 1925-08-10
RENT ROOMS-FUR. (Cont'dl.

l2i MARYLAND AVE. NE.-Two large
housekeeping rooms back porch, private
bath. second floor. S3S. Lincoln 43l6. IL
10Th AND G SITS. NV. Apt. Al. the Maury
Large. bright room downtown location
newly decorated 1O'
Evening star., 1925-08-10

e434 PA. AVE. NV. APT. No. 3-yERY
desirable apt. containing large rooms, rec.
hall. bath and rlassed-in porch: $50 80.
Evening star., 1925-08-10
VISITORS TO CITY.

Get hotel accommodations at less than
half price in some of the finest apt. bdss. ..
elevator switchboard: housekeeping apis: ::
con1pletely furnished. Clifton Terrace. 14th
and Clifton sts.. = rooms and bath. S57 DO
4 rooms and batn 500. Phone Col. 7744.
Argyle-Finest corner bldg. Mt; Pleasant !;
Adams 1851 a13s California st-Exelu-
ssive. fashionable location. 1 m. bath, $40;
and Penn SYLVIA ave. overlooking park. .
rooms. S57 so. Will pay you to see these
before renting anywhere. For further de-
tails phone Main 5437.
Evening star., 1925-08-10

We do not claim that the
above cars are the lowest priced
in the city, but we believe that
1t is not possible to purchase as
much unused transportation
anywhere for the price asked.
Look these over and ask for
a demonstration.
Open Sunday and Evenings.
Main 434O.
WARDMAN MOTOR CAR
CO., INC,
1l0S Vermont Avenue NV.
1922 Conn. Ave. NV.
Where Satisfaction is
Certainty
Evening star., 1925-08-10
RENT THEM NOW.

finest group: freproot elev. bldg: walking
distance downtown, OPP. Central Htsh
Ing entire city; nearly 3 acres of beautiful
lawns and shrubbery: extra large rooms.
o4-hr elev. and switch board service. most
efficient in city. Families with children OF
HIGH SCHOOL AGE
make reserv alton immediately. as later in
Extra low rent: rms, 2 rec. halls. con
crete porch and bath e low ss ss5: worth =,
and bath $50 50 or Renoyst.d tks bSs neGi Ci,,,o,
,nli a a
Evening star., 1925-08-10


PACKARD 3lz Ton truck. Ford ton truck,
Rainier truck: sacrifice. Edgar Baum, ST.
5th st. NV.
FORD DELIVERY BODY. very good Ar
cade Market office. 14th and Park I'd.
FORD LIGHT DELIVERY-Motor in per-
feet condition and hrand-new open body;
S175 cash. See Mr.. Pierce. Donohoe Motor
Co., 215 Pa. ave. sc.
FORD TON TRUCK-Good condition; must
scrifce 1851 Vermont ave.
FORD LIGHT DELIVERY. in good running
order: $40. Robey Motor CO.. 1929 L ST. n W.
SIGNAL. IN ton. stake body. ~ dump:
reconditioned: guaranteed. Archer. West
Abs.
REQ SPEED WAGON. 1924: express body:
excellent mechanical condition. rebuilt; ;
terms $3.50.
REQ Speed Wagon. 1922: express body;
completely rebuilt: $3.50: terms.
Ford Panel Body Wagon. 1923 good me
chanlcal condition: bargain terms: STD.
TREW MOTOR CO.,
50a 18th 81.
The Washington times., 1925-10-15
GARRETT p. SERVISS ON THE
WORD EVOLUTION"
Teachers of Evolution Are Apt to Extend Meaning Of
Word Beyond the Original

Is true that we see transforma-
tons going on BY means Of
which complex atom breaks
down and changes over into =
simpler one. But all Of these
changes. says Professor Hull. are
associated with degeneration.
I'VE have no evidence whatever
for the opposite process. the
building up from simple to COM
pick, and we have no evidence
whatever that the atoms OF chem
icaI elements have by slow ac-
cretions acquired their present
structure and Characterization. "
The sentence quoted abcve from
Professor Hull describes what
evolution, in its accepted scien-
tific sense, means, and what
should always be in the minds
n 4hnse who talk about evolu.
ton. Il they wish 60 speak and
a4gue accurately and definitely.
Whether running down the scale,
as when he1ium changes into
evolution, or inverted evolution,
may be q subject for discussion,
but 1t certainly IL not evolution.
To quote Professor Huh again:
Plain Enough
The teachers Of evolution,
am afraid, are apt to extend the
meaning Of the word beyond the
original, and to see evolution in
the Illumination produced by the
striking of a match. This ple-
nomenon is not unlike that asso-
ciated with the so-called birth Of
q star. But II we want to know
what happens when a match il
struck or a star is born we must
study physics and chemistry, not
evolution"
However, what Doctor Osborn
really meant seems plain enough.
Evidently 1t was that the spon-
taneous changes taking place
through radio-activity, and other
chemical phenomena, without re-
gard to the direction OF such
changes, indicate the universal
tendency In nature to mutation Of
form and structure, and so testify
In favor OF evolution as an ex.
preston of a general law in &C.
cordance with which the universe
and all that 1t contains have been
brought into existence and are
still governed. What offends the
''fundamentalist" Is simply the as
sertion that man himself. at
least as q physical being, Is no
exception to this law and that his
earthly career has not been a de-
generation.
The Washington times., 1925-10-15
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
~ DOCTOR FRANK CRANE
Uncle Tom Up to Date

4 NEW edition Of Uncle Tom has been prepared TOT
A English theater-goerG
- Uncle Tom shoots the vllanous Leeree and comes
IN at the end Of the show bearing big wedding cake Tor the
marriage Of Lucy Rivers Eliza with her hounds and ICE
cake has been eliminated.
comedy character by the OF Jim Crow mas been
introduced and we are the spectacle Of Uncle Tom
himself doing the Charleston across the stage 70 Inc tune q
ssThem Cotton Pickin Blues
About the only pathetic portion Of the play left the
death Of Little Eva who dies and disappears at the enc q
rope, as she has always DONE
This illustrates the influence Of modern ideas upon
classic story.
In these days insist happy ending and the elm
nation Of tragedy
But we forget that children love pf blood They
like peoples heads chopped off and nothing short Of
plenty gore satisfy the infante mind It Is
but fact the less that sweet little
children tales Of blood They enjoy when the wolf
ttle Red Riding Hood springs up and deyours the
heroine Probably the new will change the wolf into
and the heroine will sit down at the end to dish Of
lamb chops
Primitive stories and POEMS can see By reading
Percys Reliques specialize in death and calamity Just
how tar they will be improved by the substituting Of Polly
endings is question.
The Washington times., 1925-10-15
RAPHAEL'S
TRUE LOVE

HREAT ladies' smiled on Ra.
~ phaeI: family, and friends
busted themselves In selecting 4
high-born wife for him. but IN
all his thirty-seven years his true
love was the bakers daughter,
whom he first saw when he
peeped over d garden wall and
beheld her padding in foun.
tain.
Scarcely more Is known Of the
bakers daughter Fornarina,
to use the nickname given her
long after. her death. Legend
endows her with q mind and
spirit lovely enough 70 charm
such q man as Raphael 30 that
he could not live without her, as
II was written. In an early copy
Of Vasari's life OF Raphael some
owner scrubbed the name Mar
garita in the margin, opposite
the paragraph In which Vasari
says Raphael loved her till his
death. In Rome three houses are
pointed out as homes OF La For
marina, and on one there Is q
tablet, which replaced an earlier
tablet, saying: Tradition states
that one who became so dear to
Raphael, and whom he raised to
fame, lived In this house" An.
other OF these houses was Occu-
pied in 1913 by francesca, who
was q baker and from Siena; the
fact is recorded In census.
II Raphael raised her to fame
In his own day, 1t was doubtless
with little ptrposeful thought Of
turning the worlds eyes to her.
Vasari says Raphael painted .
very beautiful portrait of her
and perhaps a second one. and
provided for her In his will, and
he tells also q story which shows
His friend Chigi engaged Raphael
to decorate his palace. But
Raphael, though a prodigious
worker, loitered. He dropped his
work at all hours to be with La
Fornarina. So at last wise and
weary Chigi invited La Fornarina
to his palace, and the work pro-
gressed under her eyes.
At the end Of this half-seen
story Of Raphaers love, there Is
only q bit Of circumstantial evil
dence. In the ledger of the Con-
gregation Of Saint Appollonia, in
Trastevere, q refuge for repent
ant women, there is an entry
dated four months after Raphael's
death. 1t reads: To-day has been
received into our refuge thu widow
Margarita, daughter of the late
Francesca Luti Of Siena. The
Mentor.
The Washington times., 1925-10-15

nest and viewed the horizon with
delighted eyes. No joyous young
human adventurer was ever more
eager to be up and at II than
were those baby sparrows with
their pudgy little bills and diminu
tive tails. An appealing picture!
But there was no sentimental
weeping for Mr.. and Mrs. Spar
row. Those eager fIutteringe Of
Hedging wings had but one
significance to them-IT WAS
TIME THOSE KIDS WE'RE
HUSTLING FOR THEMSELVES.
The parents needed q rest, the
youngsters needed the experience.
the traditions Of the whole spar
row tribe demanded It. So after
q day or two Pa and Ma gave
them a shove and the youngsters
are off and away to make ca
reers for themselves.
What a pity that we human
parents have forgotten all we
knew when we were first cousins
to the sparrows?
Every day the f1edglings pass
through my office
FledgIings with pin feathers
hardening into bitter spikes be-
cause they are not allowed 10
grow into adventuring feathers.
Who won't allow 'em? Mama and
Papa Human.
Billy's twenty-five. He has
worked since he was seventeen.
He's earning as much as Dad
is now. He has a Job in the city
and commutes. Forty minutes
every morning 1t takes to go 70
his work-forty minutes every
night he spends in coming back.
And when he comes back he
leaves all his friends In the city.
Billy wants to take room ~
a Bachelors Hotel in the city. he
wants to be near his Gang. They're
q good Gang, lively, healthy, am
bilious youngsters, mostly In MS
own line-auto statesmen. SeveraI
Of them are married. Billy would
like to sit around in the married
homes at night like the other iel-
lows do. He'd like to marry NM
Ma and Pa say It's his duty to
The Washington times., 1925-10-15
By Garrett 2. Seryiss
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular

Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest.
FHE word evolution has def
= mite scientific Specification. It
Is one OF those manufactured
words based on Latin roots which,.
like the Latin ratio in its own
language. are keys to open many
different doors Of thought. But
the principal languages Of our
time have become so verbally
rich, both by borrowings and by
growth of knowledge. that these
scoop-shovel terms are now un.
necessary, llnwieldly, and often
misleading. Wherever you meet
someone trying to put over" q
pseudo Science" or purposely to
obscure any subject, you will find
praniuEn gatherum words fitting
about amidst the mental gloom
like bats In the twilight.
1t is q misfortune for science
that so many of the terms that
1t has invented to express its
ideas have been forcibIy shaped
out of Greek and Latin roots. In
many cases the result has been
not 50 much to clarity and strict.
~ limit scientific expression as to
render II subject to uncertainty,
nlisapprehension and misrepresen-
tation. Thus the exact contrary
Of what was aimed at in the in
vention of the alien phraseology
is attained, especially for the
great world OF intelligent readers,
but also for the devotees Of other
branches OF science itself.
Mother Tongue
1t Is the mother tongue alone
that opens the heart Of the truth.
And 1t Is perfectly capable of ex-
pressing all that science knows or
IL likely to know.
But, to return to evolution.
have been reading in Science an
article by Professor G.. r. Hull Of
Dartmouth College, taking excep-
ton to DIR. H. F. Osborn's recent
statement that "in chemistry and
physics the evolution of the
chemical elements has recently
been demonstrated"
Professor Hull points out that
such a statement is not justified
II we take the word evolution In
the sense in which It is ordi-
narily used. In radio-activity 1t
The Washington times., 1925-10-15
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses.

I--By Bert MOSeS-
Love doesn't get very far on
an empty purse.
No man can begin to grow
until he gets over the itch to be
handsome.
: Smart men listen to all advice
offered, and then ignore most OF
1t.
Honest men frequently enter
into politics; rarely does an hon.
est man come out.
Watch people eat, and you will
then understand why patent med.
iclne men get rich.
What a. happy world this would
be IL the poor could get money
and the rich could get titles:
Hez Heck says: "a widder
with properly has more real
trouble comm to her than a wild
der with children"
Clean teeth and clean spark
plugs save lot of trouble.
Hez Heck says: when a fell
Ter begins to lose his hair and
teeth, he begins to lose his nagW0
at the same time"
The Washington times., 1925-10-15
FIRST u. S. POWDER WORKS

over the world and a distribution
depot for the Pacific States at
San Francisco.
The founder, Elenthere Irenee
du Pont, landed at Newport, r.
l., In 1900, and located ON Brandy
wine Creek. Lafayette knew the
family In France, where they
bore an illustrious name. In this
country they have distinguished
themselves not only. in supplying
the American navy with powder,
but with admirals.
The little State of Delaware
became too crowded with the nu-
merous members of the du Pcut
family and Antoine Biderman du
Pont removed to Kentucky in
search of new opportunities.
There a son, T. Coleman du Pont,
was born, who, in 1900, was Of
fered the presidency of the Du
Pont Powder Company.