Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10
Current News Events
Summary of Important National, Foreign and
Local Affairs Specially Arranged for the
Convenience of Students

Soviet Council, returned to Moscow
last week from four months Of Virtual
exile. He has promised to obey strict
iy the dictates OF the government hi
helped to build, and II reported ready
and willing to take anything Ne car
get in the way OF an official position
He probably, will become. commits
ly vacated by Leontd Krassins now
Soviet Ambassador to France.
The second. class at the Nava
Academy last week abandoned for al
time an ancient custom In the Navy
that of baptizing the class rings, q
ceremony which involved a plunge
into the river at Annapolis stimuli
taneously by all members of the class
Last year one OF the midshipmen wal
drowned during the exercises. and
the authorities. with the full consent
Of the midshipmen. have abolished thu
picturesque custom.
The automobile killed $4,000 people
and injured 100000 during 1924, &C
cording to statistics made public LAS
week by the National Bureau Of Cas-
ualty and Surety Underwriters. Since
1908 the deaths from automobiles
have increased until today automo
piIcS cause IHoTc Casualties imam al
other vehicles combined, including
trains and street cars.
The United States Coast Guard
charged with the duty of keepin,
struggled liquor from landing II
America. finds itself up against {
stiff proposition with ite renewed de
termination last week Of absolutely
shutting off rum row from the
coast. Members of the Coast GuarG
itself have been found guilty OF con
spring with the enemy, it's officials
have been threatened with death i
they keep up the drive" and Coas
Guard boats have. been damaged
through explosions and malicious in
jury to their engines.
A rust.covered document, searched
Tor for years by historians, who knew
of Its existence. was found in :
drawer opened for the first time IL
80 years last week in the st. James
Lutheran Church in New York
The document is the original ordina
ton certificate of the first pastor or
dained in America. Rev. Justus Falck
ner, who was ordained in 1908
Aviation.
Airplane passenger service be
tween New York and Yorktown, Va.
was inaugurated last week when q
large airplane transport which flew
from New York settled to tn,
ground at Boiling Field and wa
christened the yorktown" The pas
senger service will be weekly. It Il
sponsored by a historical society, q
country club and the yorktown
World Forum. 1t is designed to Civ,
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town quick transportation.
The country woke up Thursda,
morning to worry for a few hour.
over the disappearance of Mai. Gen
Patrick, chief of the Army All
Service, and his pilot. Capt. st. Clail
Street,, who were flying from
Memphis to Nashville. Tenn. 1t wa,
feared their plane had crashed OF
was forced to land, as no explan tior
of their failure to reach their destina
morning, however, the plane reached
Nashville safely, where the flyer:
explained that darkness had over
taken them en- route, and that they
landed safely to spend the night in 6
town where there was no telegraph
station. o4S
One of the most far-reaching nava
orders in recent years was ISSUED
last week by Secretary of the Nav,
Wilbur, who decreed that from nov
envy at Annapolis shall be trained
in aviation, either as pilots or OBJ
servers. Steps were Immediately
taken to carry the orders into effect
They will result in a thorough
knowledge Of aviation by every nava
officer.
W. T. Van Orman, in the Good
year III, won the national elimina
ton balloon races at ST. Louis, Mo.
last week by remaining a day ant
two nights in the air. during which
time he travelled about $50 miles, re
naming aloft at an average heigh
of 10000 feet and drifting with tn,
wind at a rate of about 25 miles al
hour. He was the victor in las
years races, and will represent the
United States in the internationa
balloon races to be held in Europe.
The dirigible Los Angeles made an
other little cross-water tour last week
visiting Porto Rico and tying up for {
the Nays ship Patoka.
Economic.
A government food council to main
tain supervision over the staple fooC
trades is recommended by the roya
food commission of Great Britain
which has been hearing evidence fol
several weeks regarding food prices
The creation of the supervisory body
was the principal recommendation OF
the majority report. There were two
minority reports.
Peaceful persuasion Of miners te
join the union In the West Virginia
strike zone is not a violation of an in
junction granted in 1913, Fedora
Judge Baker declared last week In g
decision in. contempt proceedings
brought against strike leaders by the
West Virginia Pittsburgh Coal Co.
News last week of estimates from
the Treasury Department that take.
might be reduced by II per cent next
year was followed later in the week
by additional information from thu
same source that President Coolidge
hopes to reduce by $500 ,00O, 900 thu
next annual budget, which would re
duce appropriations by the next Con
gress well below $4,000. 000, 00e. TIL,
Treasury is now figuring on a surplu.
of $100,000,000 for the present fisca
year.
Arrangements were concluded II
two instances between American CAPT
tai and the Soviet government of Rus
STA last week which will permit tn,
re-entry of the former into activitie,
on Russian soil. The Hartman inter
ests signed. an agreement with tn,
Soviet through which they obtain !,
concession for exploiting one of tn,
worlds richest manganese fields il
the Republic Of Georgia, while Len,
Goldhelds, Limited, OF London, Ameri
sions to participate to the extent o
SO per cent In exploitation of Siberian
mines.
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