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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-02
WINNER IN ZONE FINALS.

INDIANAPOLIS, May George
Stancell, student of Lakeview High
School, Chicago, last night was award
ed first place in the finals of the
Central States zone oratorical contest
on the Constitution here last night.
Stancell will represent the Central
States in the national finals at Wash
ington May s, which will be attended
by President Coolidge, and will share
in the distribution of $4,000 in prizes.
In case Stancell is not capable of
attending the national contest Frank
3. Schlageter of Canisius High School,
Buffalo. n. Y, will represent the Cen
trail States.
Newspapers which sponsored the
zone contests and provided for zone
finalists were the Indianapolis News,
the Buffalo Express, Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal, Detroit News and the
Chicago Daily News.
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has a seating capacity of 6,756. For
these seats SASS tickets have been
issued.
There will. however, be three
chances for persons who are eager to
hear the finals. In the first place, any
tickets returned to contest headquar-
tiers will be given out to non-ticket
holders who are at the Auditorium by
7:3O next Friday evening. Secondly,
the tickets as printed for the Audito-
rum do not account, by some 300. for
the total seating capacity of the hall,
the seating arrangements having been
slightly altered recently. These seats
will also be given to non-ticket hold
ers who are there on time. The best
chance of all, however, to secure good
seats will be through failure of ticket
holders TO be in line in time to get the
benefit of their reservations. No res
eryations will be held after pm, and
non-ticket holders who are waiting
will be given the seats unclaimed at
the zero hour.
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City Winner to Meet Girl and
Five Boys Chosen
Last Night.

Two girls and five boys, the best out
of the 100000 participants in the
national oratorical contest, have now
been designated to compete here next
Friday evening for the national cham
pionship and $4,000 in prizes. The last
zone meetings We're held last night in
New York City, Philadelphia, Nash
vile, Indianapolis, Kansas City and
Los Angeles. These six zone cham
pions will compete with Miss Asenath
Graves of Eastern High School, Dis
trict of Columbia champion, who was
designated last Tuesday.
Contestants.
The contestants in the order III
which they will speak follow:
Miss Asenath Graves, champion Of
the District of Columbia.
Miss Flora Longenecker of Ilion.
n. Y, champion of New York and
New England.
Robert Sessions of Birmingham.
Ala, champion of the South.
Eugene p McElmeel of Los An
geles, champion of the Pacific coast.
George Stansell of Chicago, cham
pion of the Central States.
Philip Glatfelter. Columbia, Pa,
champion of the Eastern States.
Max n. kroloff of Sioux City. Iowa
champion of the Midwestern States.
II is interesting TO note that in -four
out OF the six zone meetings last night
the zone championship went TO a cor
testant who was representing a State
other than the one in which the zone
meeting was held. The judges at all Of
the zone meetings were outstanding
educators and publicists. Not a single
Judge was from a State whose candI-
date was represented in the meeting
at which that particular judge was
officiating. The Midwestern Judges
were brought in from the Central
States. The Southern Judges were
from the Central and Midwestern
States. and so 1t went through all the
zones.
All OF the contestants spoke within
the 1o-minute limit. and each one Of
them was checked up in this regard
bv three official timekeepers, using
tested stop watches.
Five Of the national finalists will
speak on the subject Of The Constl
tuition"
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ltOntlnueu from FIRST taSe.b
Methodist Church in Alexandria. Rev.
j. NJ. Jennings, pastor. officiating. The
rescued girls and their parents at
tended the funeral and sent flowers
for the grave.
Investigators Come
1t was the pastor who called the
attention of the Carnegie Hero Fund
Foundation to the heroism of the e.
year old member of his congregation.
and to the plight of the bereaved
family. Last January the foundation
sent two representatives here to in
vestigate the situation. They spent a
week here, interviewing every wit
ness to the tragedy and visiting the
widow at her little room in her moth
er-in-law's apartment over store
on NJ street.
They found the widow in extremely
ill-health, making a valiant effort to
provide food and clothing for her chill
dren by working as a chambermaid in
a leading downtown hotel. Unable TO
do the heavy work required of her in
this establishment, she succeeded in
getting night work making beds at
another large hotel.
Yesterday she remarked dejectedly
TO her mother-in-law. Mrs. Edward
Stephens. who has been assisting in
supporting the little family. that her
health was getting so bad she felt she
would have to give up her present
job. The cloud that had darkened her
life seemed to overwhelm her.
Today came the silver lining.
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TIME LIMIT is NEAR
FOR TAX PAYMENTS

Reminder that the second half of
real estate and personal taxes for
the current fiscal year are due this
month was issued to the public to-
day by Chatham M. Towers, collector
of taxes.
Personal tax bills are being mailed
out and the real estate bills are
ready for distribution at the District
Building, or will be mailed upon
written request.
An accurate record of addresses of
real estate owners is being gath
cred as persons call for their bills,
looking to the mailing, out of all bills
in future years.
Persons who failed to pay the first
half of the tax when 1t was due last
November. will find penalty of 6
per cent added to half the bill when
they pay the full amount this month.
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Continued from First Page1
his hope that the election tonight of
the six white members of the council
Will progress with as much decorum
and whole-hearted cooperation as
marked the election last night of the
two colored members, DIR. George n.
Richardson of the Public Interest AS.
ISOLATION of the Northeast, and
George Beason, president of the
Georgetown Civic Association.
Two Members Named,
Councilmen Richardson and Rea son
were selected at q meeting of the
Federation of Civic Associations in
the board room of the District Build
ing. DR.. Richardson was elected on
the first ballot with AZ votes. He Is
a former member of the Board oF
Education and has been president of
the Federation of Civic Associations
for the past three years. He is a.
graduate Of Howard University. He
resides at 300 Eleventh street north
est. Councilman Beason was chosen
on the sixth ballot, with 80 votes,
He is an employee of the Post Office
Department and resides at 1922
Dumbarton avenue.
The colored election closed with the
singing of "Blest Be the Tie That
Binds
II have no fears of filibuster or a
postponement of tonight's election -
Mr.. Suter stated today THE sole
order of business tonight is the cleo
ton of the council, and the members
of the federation know it. The cam
paigning is over and the time for
speechmaking past. 1t is up to the
citizens of the National Capital to
show the country they are capable
of constructive cooperation and civic
advancement"
Engineer Commissioner Bell empha-
sized yesterday the importance of the
council election to the welfare of the
city and expressed regret that the
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FIFTEEN AWARDS ARE MADE.
Five Young Women Rewarded for
Acts of Heroism.


PITTSBURGH, May Fifteen he
role deeds brought recognition from
the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission at
its Spring meeting here late yesterday.
The commission awarded bronze med
ais to the heroes, three of whom lost
their lives; granted pensions aggre-
eating $3.50 annually, gave $4,000
for educational purposes and $4,000
for other worthy purposes. Five
young women were recognized as
heroineS.
The heroes who went to their deaths
while seeking to aid others were:
Louis Joseph Pickens, 6S7 Smith
street, Rochester, n. Y, drowned when
he attempted to rescue a boy from
Lake Ontario July II, 1924 The wild
ow received bronze medal and SIS a
month, with IS additional for a son.
r. Carlisle Stephens, 1896 NJ street
northwest, Washington, d. c., was
drowned June 20, 1924. when he tried
to rescue two girls from the Occoquan
River, at Occoquan, Va. A bronze
each of two children, was awarded the
widow.
Andrew C. Rowe, 1904 Sixteenth
street, Parkersburg, w. Va, was
drowned when he attempted to res
cue man at Vienna, w. Va, July 81,
1924. His widow received a bronze
medal and S75 a month, with IS ad-
ditional for a son.
Five Young Women Honored.
The five young women who received
bronze medals were:
Helen z. Mason. 81. of Johns Hop
kins Hospital, Baltimore, Md, attempt
ed to rescue a girl from drowning at
Vpn1ngO- Pa .JulV 81 1904
Ruth Lysle Justice, Is, of 1915
Beechwood boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pa,
went to the aid Of Miss Mason and the
girl she sought to aid. She rescued
both of them.
Esther r. Beard, 20, of 1885 Market
street, Parkersburg, w. Va, saved a
girl from drowning at oxford, Ohio,
November 3, 1921.
Elizabeth S. Wise, IS, of 113 Haw-
thorne road, Baltimore, Md, saved a
boy from drowning at Chester, Md,
August 10, 1928.
Edna Mae Good, is, PSI South ave-
nue., Bradford, Pa, saved two young
women from drowning at Salamanca,
n. Y, August 2, 1928.
Negro Miner Rewarded.
The other heroes who received
bronze medals were:
Robert j., Royal, general delivery,
Uniontown, Pa, negro miner, res
cued a timber worker from a cave-in
in a mine at Lamberton, Pa. July 10,
1923.
w. j. Bryan Bogart of Kirwin,
Kans., rescued a fellow student from
drowning at Kirwin June 10, 1923.
Homer B. Martz, 242 Winston street.
Pittsburgh, Pa, railroad fireman,
saved an aged woman from being
killed by train at Cumberland, Md,
June l, 1924.
William V. eagle, sos Wayne street,
Baltimore, Nd, a negro, saved a gas
worker from being suffocated in a
manhole, at Baltimore January 4,
1925.
James E. Ruble, Rural Route, No. /,
Parkersburg, w. Va, attempted to
save a man from drowning at Vienna,
w. Va, July 81. 1924.
Lewis Spence Green. aged years.
of Morgan, Pa, a schoolboy, saved
small girl from being killed by an
automobile at Morgan, December S,
1923.
Elisha F. Scott, 81 East Morrill, ave.
nue., Columbus, Ohio, saved a man
from drowning at Cheshire, Ohio, June
"a, 1924.
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S84,523.55 RAISED
FOR JAPANESE FUND
Workers to Meet Wednesday at
Noon, When Final Reports
Will Be Heard.

A total of sS4, 523.55 has been raised
or pledged during the last week by the
local workers in the Episcopal Japa-
nese restoration fund. This amount
was reported at the daily report lunch
con held at Epiphany Church today,
although it was announced that of this
amount only $57,431.55 was actually
in hand. The remainder, however. has
been syndicated among workers who
have pledged to raise it in the next
two years.
Rev. DIR. q. B. Phillips, rector of
Epiphany Church. presided at the
luncheon in Epiphany Church today,
and announced that n final meeting
of the workers would be held next
Wednesday afternoon at the Church of
the Ascension, when, 1t is hoped, ad-
ditional contributions will be an
nounced to meet the Districts quota
of 100000 for the drive.
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TWO ARE INDICTED
IN TAX CONSPIRACY
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 2.-Indictments
charging conspiracy to defraud the
Government by causing false income
tax statements to be made were
brought by the Federal grand jury yes
terday against Ellis A. Laskey, a tax
consultant enrolled to practice before
the Treasury Department, and Maur-
ice Franklin Vernon, an auditor in the
income tax unit of the Treasury De
partment at Washington. Laskey was
also indicted for procuring and advis-
ing the preparation of a false docu-
ment.
The Government alleges that on Feb
ruary / the two men consptred to
cause statements relative to the &C
counts of Holder, Wier & Boyd, Inc,
to be removed from the files of the
Treasury Department and to substi-
tute papers containing false state
ments in order to defraud the Govern
ment in collection of income tax.
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U. S. Seizes British Vessel.

MOBILE, Ala, May 1.-The Brit
ish auxiliary schooner Frances f of
Nassau was seized early today by the
United States marshars Office follow.
ing the filing yesterday of a libel
against the boat by the district at
torney's department. The Frances f
was captured with cargo of liquor
off the west coast of Florida a week
ago and brought into this port by the
Coast Guard cutter Saukee out of
Key West.
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campaign had been featured by "un,
fortunate agitation"
Congress is watching this election
and is likely to form its opinion of the
attitude of the citizens on the basis
of the election. fractional strife, 7
sincerely hope, will be averted." Col.
Bell told Mr.. Suter.
Secretary Babp of the federation
conferred today with Mr.. Suter regard
ing technical details of the balloting.
and final arrangements for the count
ing of the votes were contaminated
The ballot boxes are ready for the
poll, and the tellers, whose names
have not been made public. have re-
ceived their fnal instructions.
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Dodge Stamps Cost $1S,992.

DETROIT. May 2.-Revenue stamps
worth S1S,992.50 were sold to repre-
sentatives of the John f. and Horace
f. Dodge estates today by Fred l..
Woodwork, collector of internal rev.
enue. They will be used on the deeds
by which the real estate involved in
the sale of the Dodge Motor Co. prop
critics were transferred.
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RUSSIANS son WINS.
Max kroloff TO Represent Midwest
Zone Here.
By the Associated Press

By The Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. Mo, May Max
Kroloff, high school boy of Sioux City,
Iowa, here last night won the right
to represent the Midwest zone in the
finals of the national oratorical con
test on the Constitution, at Washing
ton. Kroloff represented the territory
of the Des Moines Capital in the Mid
west elimination contest.
The winners parents were born in
Russia. Kroloff was born in this coun
trv and is Z years old.
George Chumos, who won the Mid
west contest here last year, was Of
Greek parentage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-02
CITY TO DEMAND
P|NEY BRANCH LAND
Seeks Condemnation to Build
LoW-Level Drive-Priced
Too High.

First steps to make possible the con-
struction of a low level driveway
through Piney Branch Valley were
taken today when the National Capt.
tai Park Commission authorized it's
executive secretary, Lieut.. Col Clar-
ence o. Sheriff.. to proceed at once,
through the Attorney General to en-
ter condemnation proceedings to &C
quire the necessary valley land lying
in Piney Branch east of Sixteenth
street.
Condemnation proceedings were
found necessary, it is said, because of
the inability of the commission to pur-
chase the tract at reasonable figures.
Will Cost 100000.
Completion of the drive. which will
cost in the neighborhood of $500, 900.
will give to the citizens living in the
northern part of the District a good
fast road to the heart of the city.
Brightwood and Takoma Park resi-
dents will find the new road beneficial
in saving time to downtown Wash
ington.
Although Congress has not APP
propriated sufficient funds to carry
out the entire scheme, which will
probably take several years, the COM
mission. in acquiring the land, is go
ing ahead on the theory that funds
will be forthcoming when the actual
work is TO be started.
Two other small tracts of lang were
also listed for condemnation by the
commission because it was found i'm
possible to purchase them privately at
reasonable rates. The small triangle
at Thirty-seventh street and Wiscon-
sin avenue, because of its Importance
as a park area in that vicinity, and
a tract of land west of Connecticut
avenue and adjoining klingle Ford on
the north are those on which action
Is to be taken
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VACC|NAT|NG FORCE
TO Be INCREASED
10000 Federal Employees
Ask InocuIation-No New
Cases Are Reported.

Notwithstanding that no new cases
of smallpox have developed in Wash
ington in three days. the Public
Health Service has met such demand
for vaccination by Government en-
ployes that DIR. Draper, in charge of
the program here, plans to enlarge the
force of medical officers on duty from
10 to Is or 80 on Monday.
This has been found necessary. DIR.
| Draper announced on account of the
increasing enthusiasm of Government
workers to be VaCcinated. When re
quests come in from groups of EN-
pIoyes and physicians are detailed
there to perform the vaccination, it
was said, there has been found in
every case from two to three times IS
many employees on hand as had been
promised. This has slowed up the
progress of the campaign through the
| Government establishments. so that 1t
may be many days before all can be
| reached.
3,40O Are Vaccinated.
II was estimated today by DR.. ORA
| per that at the present rate 1t is prob
able that "a total Of 10000 employees
will be vaccinated. Many have al
ready been vaccinated by their physi
clans or by the District clinic, it was
| explained.
In vaccinating Government EN-
| ployes II has been recommended TO
them that they have members of their
| family vaccinated also by their family
physicians. The Public Health Serv
! ice is vaccinating only Government
employees.
To date, DIR. Draper estimates there
have been vaccinated by the Public
| Health Service physicians about 3,4OO
| persons.
Health officer William e. Fowler
! was encouraged today over the fact
! that no new cases of smallpox and no
additional deaths from the disease has
occurred in three days. The people
generally, however, continued to heed
| the suggestion of health officials that
! they be vaccinated.
Clinic Open Sunday.
| There was another long line of men
and women at the Health Department
! clinic, 400 Fifteenth street northwest,
! today waiting to be Vaccinated, and
| DR.. Fowler has arranged TO keep the
| clinic open tomorrow.
| DIR. Fowler does not entertain the
! hope that the present lull in new
cases means the end of the outbreak.
| He said a few additional cases may
| be found at intervals of a week or 10
days. He is of the opinion, however,
| that the disease will begin TO subside
within few weeksIas a result of the
| large number of persons who have &C
! cepted the appeals TO be vaccinated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-02

Most men tell woman that she
is the only one they ever loved merely
from force of habit.
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Continued from E1rSt rage
Washington Monument. DR.. Marvin
might insist that there could be no
object over 500 feet high in the Monu-
ment Lot because, by taking an aver
age of all the millions of blades of
grass, shrubs and other objects, he
found that this average was only a
inches. Therefore he would tell me
that the Washington Monument was
only 4 inches hgih.
1.-THE Smithsonian observers are not
depending on any such methods OF
deduction. We have found that there
is a definite relationship between solar
constants and the weather 1t WILL
of course, be possible to eliminate er-
rors to a. far greater extent when we
have another station in some other
part of the world with which to com
mare results"
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( "Five pounds claimed for rider.
5 item pounds claimed for rider
Z Howard w MAXWELL. J. Moran entry.
I aWoods Garth-S. Flaherity entry.
4 ga Bostwick Francis j. Buchanan entry.
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PIMLICO ENTRIES
FOR MONDAY.

FIRST RACE-Maiden FLIES, 3-year-olds
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Explains Theory.

DIR. Abbot explained his theory by
saving that from 10 to so per cent OF
the solar heat which hits the at
mosnheric blanket of the earth is alb
sorhed in the atmosphere. Some OF
this comes into comparatively clear
atmosphere and is radlated away
quickly. making little actual tempera-
ture change. On the other hand, some
of II goes into cloudy atmosphere,
filed with dust and water vapor, where
II is retained. Thus high and low pres
sure centers are created, and these
nroduce the weather conditions al
over the world.
Present foreca sting is carried on by
means of locating high and low pres
sure centers, but the forecasters must
wait until they actually are formed
and reported to central forecastihs
office. By the Smithsonian methou II
would be possible to forecast me
formation of these centers perhaps for
davs in advance. its advocates claimed:
DIR. Abbot said he had been convinced
Of the practicability of the method
FIVE years ago.
Proposes Test Plan.
DIR. Marvin proposed that a new
station be opened near some one or
those now in use and that an inde-
who would make his observations
without consulting with his neighbor.
At the end of a considerable period,
he proposed, these results might pe
tabulated at a central Office and the
variations for the same days noted.
THE trouble is DR.. Marvin said,
"that I don't know whether these va
riations are of the solar constant at
all. They may be due to something
entirely aside from the SUM-
DR.. Clough said he saw great posi-
bilities for future work at high ele'
vations, where the possibility of err
rors due TO atmospheric conditions
would he greatly 'lessened. He main
tanned with Dr. Marvin that the issue
was one of getting the measurements
to represent actual changes in the
solar constant itself rather than the
changes brought about by errors in
instrumental readings, motions OF the
earth and extraneous matter in the
air.
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walter NJ. Jeffords entry.

j SECOND RACE-The Patapsco steeple-
oh ase: purse. So 900; claiming: 4-year-olds
and up. > miles.
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HUSBANDS HEROISM,
COSTING LIFE, WINS
PENSION FOR WIDOW

CONTINUED from First Page.)
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LONG-DISTANCE SYSTEM
OF PREDICTING WEATHER
MAY GET BUREAU TEST

Continued from First Page)
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h4C. C. smithson-G. G. Brenton entry.
.Apprentice allowance. pounds, claimed
for rider.
sy.Weather clear: track heavy
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DETECTIVES GOING
TO COUNCIL VOTING
TO PROBE LETTER

Continued from First Page)
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cavalier j. Salmon-R. 7. Wilson entry.
iv-H q PedWpll entry.
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SEVENTH RACE-The Hilltop: claiming;
,,rrse 81 200: 3-year-olds and up; Il miles
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Smothered Chicken.

Prepare the chicken as for frying
by cutting it up, seasoning in salt
and pepper and rolling in -four. Put
into dripping pan g. piece of butter
as large as an egg, and when this is
hot lay the pieces Of chicken In it.
The pan should be of such size that
it will be filled by the chicken. Pour
in sufficient water TO two thirds cover
and put to cook in rather hot oven.
Allow one hour for the cooking, turn
ing each piece when 1t has become
brown. Replenish the water in the
pan with more from the teakettie If
there is danger of its becoming dry.
When done remove the chicken and
make gravy by adding one cupful
of milk into which one tablespoonful
of -four has been stirred. If the gravy
does not seem rich enough add more
butter. Boil up once and serve in a
gravy boat.