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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-16
BOYS CLUB REPORT
RECORDS PROGRESS
Greater Interest Shown by
Members and Public. Su-
l perintendent Says.

The Afth annual meeting If the
eficers and board of the BOYS club Of
WASHINGTON last night elected officers
and trustees for the ensuing wear ana
received the annual report of Supt.
2. V. Thompson, in which he spoke
enthusiastically of the work Of the
club during the past r91r and us
prospects for much greater work IN
the near future
only had the $40 boys enrolled in the
club shown greater interest in its
activities during the past wear. hut
that there had beer much greater
interest shown by the public also.
especially since the campaign for
new club home was started last
September.
Urges Visits by Public.
The greatest need in promoting in
terest in the club. Mr.. Thompson said,
was TO get the public TO visit it. and
he urged the officers and trustees TO
do all they could in this direction.
The superintendent report review
ed the various athletic activities of
the club as we'll as the interest shown
IN its library. its woodwork and print
Ing classes and dramatic classes. and
the excellent work of its Scout
Troop during the past year. He hailed
the club Scout Troop as the cham
pion hilir troop of the District.
The library, he said. was often not
large enough to hold the crowd. espe-
cially when the librarian is reading or
telling a story of high adventure or
ghosts"
Developed Good Teams.
Despite the small and Inadequate
gymnasium in the present building
and the fact that the club has no field
of its own large enough for its base
ball and foot ball teams, Mr.. Thomp-
son reported that the club has devel-
oped teams in all sports that were
outsta nding in their class during the
year.
With more space in the new build
Ing which it is hoped 10 construct, the
club, he said will he able TO offer a
program that will hold the interest OF
the older boys.
The following officers were reflect
ed: President, Frank r. Jellef: first
vice president. John Dolph: second
vice president. William l.. Radcliffe;
councillor. simon Lyon; secretary,
Francis V. Thompson.
Trustees were named as follows.
Byron S. Adams. Henry \. BraWner.
ir.: Merritt o. Chance, Edwin c. Ora
ham, Clark c. Griffith, Ward W. Crit
fifth. Clarence l.. Harding. Robert NJ.
Hicks, Ralph w. Lee. Claude W.
Owen, William +. Russell, Raphael
Semmes. Beverly ]. Smith. jr.; Gen.
Anton Stephan, s. Percy Thompson,
Sidney West and Roger J. Whiteford.
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S. A. R. TO MEET.
Annual Gathering for Nomina ton
of Officers Tonight.

The District of Columbia Society Of
the Sons Of the American Revolution
will hold its annual meeting for the
nomination. of officers in the La Fay
cite Hotel tonight AT o'clock. Rem
resentative Albert Johnson of Wash
ington State. chairman of the House
committee on immigration. and nat
uraliZation. will be the principal
speaker of the evening.
The annual election Of officers will
he held February -
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Disputes Authorship.
Robbed of S195. Woman SAYS.

Lucy Banks, Colored. sos Blair
court northeast, told police that col
ored man stole s195 from her when
she responded to his request for
change of 500 bill today at Eighth
and II streets northeast She had just
drawn the money ont of bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-16
ARMED MEN PATROL
BELFAST BARRACKS
Striking Constabulary, Angered by
Disarmament Order. Demand
9200 Bonus as Recompense.

BELFAST. Ireland, December Is
Armed sentries, posted by the striking
a Special constabulary. today pa
trolled the entrances to the Princes
Dock Barracks, sternly warning
strangers away
Strict Sobriety is being mainta ned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-16
Greeted by HyIan

Durham took city hall by storm
Yesterday. Major Hylan greeted the
aged minstrel and heard old barn
dance favorites such as Turkey in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-16
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NELLIE DUNHAM :
TO co ON STAGE
Famed Fiddler Signs Con-
tract for Appearance in
Vaudeville.
BY tho Associated Press.

BY tho A Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December is Nellie
Durham, the white haired fiddler from
Maine, reaped the first cash harvest
of his journey from Norway, Me, TO
Detroit. with its attending publicity
when he signed a contract with the
Keith Albee vaudeville circuit to tour
its stages.
His first appeara n was an
rounced. will he in Boston during the
Christmas holidays. to be followed by
others in Washington. d. c.. Balti-
more. Philadelphia and other large
cities. The amount he Is TO receive
under the contract was not made
public.
The 72-year-old fiddler and snow shoe
maker went TO Detroit last week at
the request Of Henry Ford TO play
old-time dance tunes at barn dance
for the Ford employees.
Reports have also been circulated
chat Nellie is negotiating with Tex
Rickard concerning monster barn
dance in Madison Square Garden.
Greeted by HyIan.
, 1925-07-06

da Cunha, known as the loneIiest island
of the British empire. have demanded at
least one mail ship a year, under threats
of emigrating. A missionary and teach
er who had spent three years on the is
land declared the 140 inhabitants, half
castles. are law abiding and industrious,
and have no diseases and no crime. They
fish half the year and farm the other
half. They have a sociaJistic raRi ne and
are satisfied except for the isolation. At
ter deciding to return the preacher had
to wait more thar a year for a boat.
The Pathfinder.
, 1925-07-06
ROOSEVELT Parry ARRIVES

The RooseveIts, Theodore and Kermit,
VINO are leading an expedition 10 central
Asia. arrived with Their party safely at
Leh in the valley OF the Indus. They de-
parted Tor KashRar, eastern Iurkestan.
Their wives are expected 20 come to Srin,
agar to meet them on Their return 10
September. Ibid.
, 1925-07-06
FIGHTING CHICKEN KILLS
MAN.

A cock fight at Porac, Pampanga pro
vince, resulted in the death OF one Of the
promoters, Adentes Mercada. Merca
do was sitting in the pit. His bird
armed with razor-like gaff, after kill
ing its adversary turned on hin, striking
him in the abdomen. He died al hour
later. Ibid.
, 1925-07-06
WILL SELL CZAR'S GROWN.

Ii was announced that (ha soviet fin
aGce committee had decided to sell the
crown Of the former ear together with
all the royal regalia. This includes the
scepter set with the famous Orloff dia.
mond. The whole is estimated to be
worth $3.50, 600, 600. 1t was said that a
commission would be sent to the United
States to seek purchasers Ibid.
, 1925-07-06
CAMILLE F~LAMMARION DIES.

One Of the best known astronomers IN
tile world, because he wrote Of astrono-
my for the layman, Camille FIammarion,
died at Paris al the age Of 81 His writ
iuRs we're translated i0tn many languages.
He stoutty held thal Mars Is inhabited
by human Beings. and IN his late years
he was strongly given % ~sDlrltuaIlsm. r
lbjd.
, 1925-07-06
HONOR GARABALDTS MEMOIR

All Italy paused to celebrate The ami
versaty OF Giuseppe t'arabaIdl. the patriot
who unified Italy. Services were held a.
his tomb in Caprera ana thousands Of We
terans marched IN red shirts, contrasting
with the black shirts OF the fascist who
marched with them. Wreaths were laid on
the bust OF the hero at Rome. I6ld.
, 1925-07-06
cimary to advance of Ioz. Fighting has
extended along fifty mile front.
Effects of a HaiIStOrm ON
Sugar Cane and Other Guilt
waited Plants
Dir. Eva Mameii de CaIvino. Chaparra
Experiment Station for the Cultivation
Of Sugar Cane.

" OuSdI OdiiCs
On April 9Th at las p. m. a terrific
haiIstorm fell at San Manuel, Province of
Oriente, Cuba, and lasted about three
quarters of an hour.
This phenomenon, although very I'M
usual in the tropics, was continuous and
violent. Hail fell accompanied by rain,
and this is not the case IN temperate re-
gions where there is very often hail with
out any rain, which aggravates the evil
effects on vegetation. But in spite OF
having fallen accompanied by rain, the
nail stones were OF such a large size that
wherever they fell the plants remained
torn. lacerated or perforated. The dia-
meter OF these hail stones varied from
3 tC 4 ems. lone to one and a half inches),
and their shape was SpherIc or discOid.
AS | said, the bailStOrm lasted about
a quarter OF an hour, a sufficient time for
the hail stones to accumulate at several
places and to fail in the middle of the
cane leaves.
During the storm the rainfall went up
as high as two inches (5.08 ems and the
direction Of the wind was from north
to south.
After the storm was over, we found
out its effects on sugar cane and other
plants belonging to the Experiment
Station.
The cane fields appeared entirely trans
IJrmeu; The caves were cut lengthWise,
forming strips more or less narrow, at
times not wider than a few ems, and re.
malned hanging from their shields and
showing The cane points which seemed
damaged only III the most developed
leaves. The appearance of the plants
was that0t a very entangled bunch Of fill
formed leaves as II they were some gra-
mIHtouS plants very different from sugar
cane, that Is, gramlneOuS plants with
very long and marrow lea YES.
Most ot the stalks did net seem dam
aged. but me canes at the cane avenues
ana those Ut the ls0latea Stocks showed
at me north side much damage and their
oaks we've laceraIed- In certain cases
some pieces OF bark had fallen down
from the stalks and the latter showed a
great deal OF their hbers. In other cases
holes about q half centimeter deep show
ed NE places where the strokes had been
stronger. Where The wounds were iarg4
or The strokes had been many in a small
zone, the stalks were split the whole
of the JOINTS.
Nely lew Slajks were down, and these
were unes which haG been thIckly plant
, 1925-07-06

deeply planted.
AS a Whole, the damage suffered by
canes was slight, because they had not
been broken, aid their points were not
damaged. In fact. two weeks after the
storm the appearance OF the cane was
different; the leaves which received most
of the damage had fallen and the new
ones had begun 70 develop. One month
after the storm there remained very few
damaged leaves, and only a lew sears
were seen here ard there in some Of the
stalks. The coming Of spring favored
the growing of cane points and he de,
veIOpment OF new leaves.
On the other hand, the other plants
under cultivation at the Experimental
Station suffered d great deal. Ihe to
bGcco crop was entirely lost; he tomato
plants bad many Of their branches torn;
and all their frui 5 green and ripe, fell
off. CabbageS were SO severely struck
by the hail stones ithat they entirely lost
the upper part OF thei" exterior green
leaves, and the interior white leaves re
manned uncovered, showing a circular
area ard making them appear like large
white flowers. A few days after they
were rotten. Lettuce and bananas we're,
naturally, very heavily damaged; their
fruits we're very badly injured and this
prevented their maturity. But the plants
on which the effects of the hal}5torm
were most evident were The Widl and
thick leaves of AgaVes FoUrcrea5 and
OpuDtjdS. The leaves of jule >AgHUe
toUrcrOjdeS) and the spatheS (ciudOdlHSJ
OF the OpuntlG 50. appeared spiashed
with numerous wounds, mostly small,
but soma as large as 5 m diameter.
MANY leaves in spite Of being very thick
"a little less than one en- were iacera-
red.
On The other hand, small leaf plants
having separated limbs, suffered very
little Oh no damage. 1t was interesting
to observe, for instance, d nursery lot IN
my garden at home U.here some Stuchy
tarpbetH indjca VGhL. plants were grow
ing, the leaves o. which are deeply part
ed ana Uniformed, and some capuchina'
plants (Ir0pGeOJunt majuS, Lin the
leaves OF which are wide and p%eltate.
Now, while our 'Verbena" plant ap-
peared after the nallstOrm almost IN
touched and with some flowers here and
there, our "Capuchina" plant had all lis
leaves or the ground, crushed into very
small pieces by the strokes.
Our Carbon" (EUphOrbjO IGcted HaW.)
had its leaves so severely struck that a
few days after the storm they acquired a
pretty yellow color, and they all fell off
and lett their stem entirely bare, with
the appearance Of some "EutOrUia adIa."
SAN MANTET, Cuba Nav 10 1925
, 1925-08-19
MIRROR REAL AMERICA

Turning from the city newspapers to the small town press
exchanges that comes to the editors desk. is like steppinp from
, lne snms ~ f9h of vile, into al old-fashioned garden, sweet with
iaVenoar and thyme and the scent of perennial flowers. The
pages of the big daiies are so full of murder thieverv i'm
morality and selfshness, that the better news is obscured bv
the glarlng shatter1ngs of the Decaogue. One puts the papers
ASIDE Wit a seeing OF depression and heartache that the world
Is so full of terrible and unhappy things.
Then picking up the papers that record the happeninps of
the people around us in Cody, one gains renewed faith in life
Here r. set forth only that which uphfts a communicative
activities OF the business men, the church news, the civic good
accomplished by the women, school items, the happy social
gatherings of the people, the marriages, births. and deaths
farmers items, and all the thousand and one daily occurrences
that make up the simple annuls of the great common people
who are really the foundation of this broad country of ours.
Scandals are seldom published in the country newspapers
but II 1T so happens that decency demands it, the ugliest details
are omitted, or given a kindly touch that is wisely different from
the unfeehng publicity of the city press. The offenders NAV be
our neighbors, or people we have rubbed elbows with all our
hves- They are real human beings to their home town paper
while to the great city dailies they are merely grains of a sort
that are ground out hourly in the news nil.
Sometimes people speak lightly of the country newspaper
but 1T IS one OF the most potent and uplifting factors in our ma
t1onal existence. The great daiies have their mission, but their
scope is too big to touch very closely to the inner things of life
, 1925-08-19
"OUR SOUTH"

The South is rapidly coming into its own, according to the
August number of the National Republic, and its development
at the present time is little short of marvellous.
per1ty during the past quarter of a century than has the South, y
the National Republic asserts. 1.-The figures tell a remarkable
story of expansion. The aggregate wealth of the southern states
has multiplied seven fold since 1880, and four fold since 1900.
Total bank deposits in that section increased 233 per cent be-
tween 1900 and 1928. The population of the south increased
IN round numbers from twenty-seven to thirty-seven million in
That twenty-three year period; the true value of property from
less than seventeen. billions to more than seventy-one billions
the value OF manufactured products from a billion and a half
to nearly seven billions; the value of farm property from about
i've billions to nearly twenty-five billions; foreign exports from
less than five hundred millions to one billion, four hundred thou
sand; foreign imports from ffty-two million to four hundred and
eleven million; but most significant of all, school expenditures
from thirty-eight million to three hundred and fifteen millions.
Railroad mileage has increased three and one-half times in the
south since 1880. The south now produces half the nations lum-
Der, twenty-nne per cent of its corn, eighty five per cent of its
tobacco, seventeen per cent of its wheat, eighty-three per cent
of its rice, and thirty-one per cent of its fruits and vegetables.
The south is no longer a one or two crop country. The south
produces one third of the worlds petroleum. The amount of coal
produced has increased twenty-eight times since 1880.
"The market for most of this production is within the limits
of the United States. Because that is the best market in the
world the hmitless resources of the south are enriching that
section. 1t is only in the beginning of its progress. The next
quarter of a century will witness more rapid development in the
south than in any other single section of the country, for the
reason that it has the climate, soil, resources, home markets and
a new spirit of enterprise which makes this possible. Our grow
ing trade with Central and South America will also prove espe-
ciany advantageous to the south"
, 1925-08-19
SELF SERVICE

Many good folks are lamenting the passing of the era when
men and women concentrated their lives to unselfsh service and
prepared themselves to become ministers, missionaries, teachers
or country doctors, that they might administer to the spiritual,
mental and physical needs of humanity without thought of large
worldly gain. They ar not in error when they charge that
modern men and women are choosing vocations today in which
they can do the greatest service to themselves.
People today II coming to the belief that the best way they
can help others is to produce much that their profit shall be
large and that they shall never become dependent upon society.
The old idea of service was direct. The new service is indirect.
Twenty years ago it was still thought that only ministers, doc
tors and teachers served humanity. Today every workman who
carries his whole days wage home is known to have earned that
wage in service to society.
Ebert Hubbards version of the Golden Rule was, "Do unto
others as though you were the others" but an even more up
to-date version is do yourself much good and no bad to others"
Getting something for yourself is reprehensibe only when it is
gotten at the expense of another.
, 1925-08-19
Why Not Get Together?

adjacent ads in Colorado Springs
Gazette)
Bargain-Wife gone east, husband
staying to sell nice, modern S-room
home. Will take $4,000 for quick
sale; close in.
Am anxious to join husband. Want
to sell equity in 4-room modern
bungalow. Only $500.
, 1925-08-19
POISONED ON
GRASS CREEK RANGE

+ About "a head of cattle were
found dead on Grass creek last
week and an investigation by the
sheriff's office and an examination
by Assistant State Veterinarian N.
b. Walker led to the belief that the
cattle poisoned. Parts of one
, 1925-08-19
Any One OF Whom

you know Poster, the chap who
was always telling the bright things
his son did? Well he was found shot
dead today-no clues"
Good Lord! 1 thought he didn't
have an enemy in the worldi"
Maybe not, but he had lots of
friends"
, 1925-08-19

The good old days-An article in
the Midwest Review of July, 1925,
speaking of the wonderful crops
grown in the Pine valley. over in
Johnson county, in the year 1891,
declares that a yield of 9,237 bush
els of spuds were taken from one
acre of that fertile soil. "Some
spud crop"
, 1925-08-19

of the cattle were sem to the state
chemist for examination. If 1T is
proven the cattle died from poison
a thorough investigation will be
made. Most of the cattle belonged
to Frank Bremen and Frank Har-
best. A few were owned by Geo.
Fuller and Thoreen.
, 1925-08-19
A Complicated Family
(Harrodsburg. KY. Herald

NY, HtraIuJ
Thomas Hughes King of Prince
ton, KY, a member of the 1929
General Assembly, presented a sily.r
mounted gun used in the early
1S5O's by Miss Mary Hughes Of
Caldwell county, KY, a young hunt
ress, who after her marriage to Dr..
Joel A. King. of Nashville, became
his mother.
, 1925-08-19

The nice thing about being a mar
is you don't have to stay at home
after you wash your head.
, 1925-08-19
Not DishOnored

S Casey pleaded not guilty to a
charge of fghtin'?"
H did mott" retorted Mrs.
Casey proudly. He pleaded not
present"
, 1925-08-19
Going Up

A colored soldier at Camp Logan,
Texas, had been SO attentive to a
Houston girl that he had been re-
stricted to quarters and given extra
duty for overstaying his pass. Not
having seen him for two days, the
lady decided to look him up at the
camp. and discovered him manicur-
ing the ground about the inciner-
ator.
"Whaffo' yo' dom came to see me
fo' so long?" she demanded.
"Ah couldn' honey
"Lissun, honey, didn' All tell yo'
All gwine be pummoted? Well, Abs
been pummoted to incinerator SER
geant.
The greatest place on earth is
usually ONE other place.
No matter which way you drive,
if you don't drive the right way it
may be the way to Jail.
, 1925-08-19

There is trouble in the New York
Four Hundred again. The bricklay-
ers have gone out on a strike.
, 1925-08-19

1t may be that the mills of the
gods grind slowly because they gef
paid for overtime.
, 1925-08-19
The Same Result

Going to Paris this year,"
mo, I'm going to stay home,
drink my own brew and look at the
pictures in the hosiery advertise
ments."
, 1925-08-19

Anyhow you havn't heard Abdel
Krim boast any about eating Christ
mas dinner in fez.
, 1925-08-19

Horses used to get scared when
they saw al auto Now they get
scared when they don't see an auto
, 1925-08-19

A French savant says the coming
winter will be as hard as the one
in 1858, and as we don't remember
how bad hal one was we are not
going to worry about it yet.
, 1925-08-19

Dads pocketbook after the family's
vacation.
, 1925-08-19

Golf may be a pastime for the
aged, but it certainly does wonders
for the vocabulary.
, 1925-08-19
Literal

Deacon White had been pacing the
station platform for twenty minutes.
Rather hot under the collar, he Went
back to the ticket window,
Il thought you said the noon
local was on time today" he roared
at h station masters youthful as
sistant.
ter"
, 1925-08-19

The world court will be all right
if they can find somebody big
enough to serve the bench warrants,
, 1925-08-19

And so the earth is losing speed
Well, that sounds hopeful. Per
haps it is on the upgrade.
, 1925-08-19

1t might help some if the man
ufacturer would use a miniature fl
cure of a coroner as a radiator cap
ornament.
Seven parts of virtue consists in
the knowledge that neighbors are
watching.
, 1925-08-19

The inevitable: A lazy mans alb
, 1925-08-19

An eye specialist says green quiets
the nerves. This is especially true
of greenbacks.
, 1925-08-19

The greatest place on earth is
some other place.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-23

all at once everything seemed to
pail on Karl. and so We are leaving
for Paris week from today and
from there will 30 to Spain, which
country Karl has never visited.
I'll tell you more about my travels
In my next lettor, for just now
want TO write you about something
that has happened which Is not only
very strange but very disturbing to
say tho least.
Yesterday Karl went out with
some friends on walking trip, and,
after lac had been gone an hour or
two, ! had q visit from very pretty
girl, II total stranger, who asked II
wero Mrs. Graves Hamilton. the
mother OF Mrs John Alden Prescott.
I told her was. and sho said,
81 realize you know nothing about
me, but am EnRa Alpnugh, and |