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Evening star., 1925-03-19
WRGINIANS TO HONOR
MEMORY OF ORATOR
150th Anniversary of Speech by
Patrick Henry Will Be OBJ
served in Old Church.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


RICHMOND, Va, March 19.-The
150th anniversary of the speech by
Patrick Henry, in Old ST. John's S
Church, will be observed by patriotic
societies of Richmond tomorrow
night. The old church is in good re-
pair, the old pew from which the
fiery young Virginian arose to cleo
trify the world is used every Sunday
by worshipers of that congregation.
The main part of the structure is as
it was in the days preceding the
Revolutionary War.
DR.. Roosevelt Page, a brother of the
late DR.. Thomas Nelson Page. is to
be one of the speakers, and the pro-
gram will embrace patriotic songs
and addresses of a historical char
acter. Distinguished Virginians will
make up the audience. Gov. Trinkle
and members of his official family be-
ing given special seats for this oc-
caSion.
For many years Antonio Graffigna
who has been in charge of the build
ing and the grounds, and who has
repeated part of the speech of Pat
rick Henry to hundreds of thousands
of visitors. standing in the same spot
is expected to be called on to repeat
that speech on >the evening OF the
anniversary. Nh Graffigna has been
ii charge of thd building for nearly
tifIy years, and he is never happi er
than when asked by visitors TO re-
peat the celebrated speech
Evening star., 1925-03-19
Pershing Finishes
Tour of Duty as
ENJOY to Latins

Gen. Pershing surrendered yester-
DAY his title as Ambassador extraor-
dinary and Minister plenipoten-
tiary, and reverts again to the
status of a general, U. 8. A, re-
tired.
The diplomatic rating disap-
peared when he terminated his ap-
pointment as head of the commits
sion which represented the United
States at the Avacucho centennial
celebration in Peru and visited
an-Amelican republics on his re-
turn home.
Before ending the diplomatic as
signment he visited the White
House and orally reported to Presi-
dent Coolidge, accompanied by
Rear Admiral Dayton and former
Representative Hicks of New York,
his colleagues of the commission.
Later the general conferred with
Secretary Kellogg, and called at
the embassies and legations of the
governments he had visited to ex-
press appreciation for the cour-
tesies and hospitality extended
him.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
FRENCH DEPARTMENT
AMENDS SCHOOL RULES
Allows Three Communities ir
Alsace-Lorraine to Have Unde-
nominational Regime.

BY the Associa ted Press.
STRASBOURG, France, March l9-
On the final day of the school strike
against the institution of intercon-
fessional or religiously neutral schools
in Alsace- Lorraine, the prefect of the
Bas Rhin department issued a decree
authorizing the three communes of
Strasbourg. Schiltigheim and Grafen-
staden TO introduce an undenomina-
tional regime in their elementary
communal schools. These three dis
tricts ask ed for permission to have
such schools
Official figures supplied by the pre-
lectures show that the third day of
the strike saw ah absentee list at
Colmar of only 40 per cent, while at
StraSbourg there was no absentee
Evening star., 1925-03-19

1t is estimated by artists that only
1 woman in 80 has perfect feet.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
WOMAN AND BABY SAVED
WITH SHIP'WRECKED CREW
Bingham Yacht Rescues Party of
Eight Marooned on Island
in the Bahamas.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, March f9.-Six men,
woman and a 6-month- -old baby, sur
viving the wreck of the schooner
Beatrice, bound from Havana to Mas
sau, have been rescued from Green
Cay, Bahamas, by Harry Payne Bing-
hams yacht, Pawnee, according TO a
wireless dispatch from the yacht re-
ceived last night
Capt. Clear commanding the
schooner, his wife and child, and five
others are the ones rescued, accord
Evening star., 1925-03-19

ing to the wireless dispatch One Of
the men was injured. The Pawnee Is
proceeding to Nassau.
Green Cay. lin the tongue of the
ocean, extends through the Bahama
banks toward Nassau. 1t is close to
a direct shipping lane. and attention
of the yacht was attracted by signal
flares. The Pawnee is cruising through
the Bahamas and the Caribbean Sea
on a scientific expedition. Louis l..
Mowbray, w. S. Braisin, an artist;
G. Fl. Thompson and Francis West are
in the owners party.
Evening star., 1925-03-19

The fashion section in this April issue
includes the smartest selection of adj
vance Spring and early Summer styles for
women, misses and children. You can
select from pages and pages Of them
shown in all the popular new colors.
Get your copy now at any Pictorial
Review Pattern Agencv or any newsstand
-15c copy.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
R3 S@h~A1 new printed pattern talks byou'
NO other pattern in the 7Oorld has the adyanta,
of the new Pictorial REVIEW Printed Pattern

No other pattern is easy Instructions printed
the pattern tell you how your cloth without
te-how match each piece easily and accurately.
Equally mportanthe Pictorial Review Printed Pattern
Ut ready No margins to confuse off fold
You aat you cutting and uhere you cutting
Try of these patterns. Prove how easily you
smarttng dress. Leading throughout the United
and Canada handle these smpifed Pictorial Review
1ted Patterns Visit the Agency and them
Evening star., 1925-03-19
Wife Files Suit.

Mrs. Flossie 3. Padgett, who dom
ned mans attire last December and
led the vice squad in a raid in which
her husband James F. Padgett, was
Evening star., 1925-03-19

found with another woman, has made
the visit the basis of suit for an alb
solute divorce. The Padgetts were
married in 1910, and lived together
until last December when the wife
asserts her husband deserted her for
another woman.
Evening star., 1925-03-19

At the age of % years. Mile. Stan
islaws UminskS a Polish girl, has
the distinction OF being the youngest
practicing attorney in the courts of
Paris.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
.nuy Trophies Ordered.
WOULD CURB DESERTI0NS
Navy Urged to Promptly Pay Re
wards Offered for "Stragglers.

Prompt payment of rewards TO
those who deliver stragglers or de-
perters from the Navy to the au,
thorities is urged by Rear Admiral
W. r. Shoemaker in letter sent
Yesterday to all ships and shore sta
tions of the Navy.
Admiral Shoemaker said that every
effort must be made to retain the
good will and cooperation OF the
nolice authorities, and this can best
he accomplished by early settlement
Of inst claims for payment for de-
livery of stragglers and deserters'
Stragglers are enlisted men who nave
failed to return to their stations or
ships at the time of the expiration
of their liberty, but who have not re-
mained away a sufficient time TO be
declared deserters.
Evening star., 1925-03-20
La PLATA SCARED
AS OIL VATS BURN
Marylanders Flee Homes as
Big Tanks ExpIode--Heroic
Work HaItS Flames.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

LA PLATA, Md, March 20.-Ex-
plosion Of 100 steel drums of oil near
the railroad station here yesterday
afternoon, attended by dense smoke
and flames leaping 400 feet or more In
all directions, terrified this community
and threatened widespread destruc-
tion of property. Damage, however
was confined mostly to the loss OF
oil and steel drums, which was eStt-
mated at about $500.
Workmen who we're filling the
drums by a line from tank car on
the Pope Creek Railroad tracks, start
ed a fire under the hose to cause the
oil TO run more freely. on split on
= the ground when the hose was dis
connected was ignited by the fire and
before the full extent of the danger
could be realized the drums began
exploding
J. A. Sanders, station agent, the
first to reach the scene, made an un-
successful effort to check the blaze
with fire extinguisher. S. G. Bird
risked his life in an effort TO remove
the top of the dome of the 5000 gal
lon oil tank to prevent overhe atinG
and further explosion. A third man
praised for heroism was Frank Vac
chiano.
Flecs Wearing Five Dresses.
the threating flames and the black
smoke. residents made rapid prepara-
tions to desert their homes. In the
hurry to evacuate, reports have it
that one man removed valuables from
his house and inadvertently locked
his wife in. In another instance, a
woman appeared on the street wear
ing five dresses, her most valuable be-
longings.
The fire started about $50 o'clock
and was not extinguished until three
hours later. No. 25 Engine Compa ny
from Washington reached here after the
crisis had passed, but in time to do
excellent work. Sergt. Rose in charge
of the fire company, had his men
obtain q supply of water from the
plant of the local ice company. After
about 80 minutes work, however. the
supply became exhausted, but by that
time the fire was about extinguished
Flames reached II. c. Bowie's bust
ness establishment, which is 400 feet
from the scene of the explosions, and
they also reached a point fully 500
feet above the surrounding buildings
The tank car carried oil shipped
from Philadelphia for road repair
work, chiefly between here and Rock
Point. Destruction of the oil will
delay work on the road.
Residents in surrounding parts OF
the country saw the bright lights and
heavy smoke and Immediately a
flood of telephone inquiries was re-
ceived to learn about the welfare Of
relatives and friends, il being the i'm
preston that the town was burning
down. Approximately $500 specta-
tors motored here from distant points
Evening star., 1925-03-20
Details Withheld.

probably will have three seaplanes
for the race.
Evening star., 1925-03-20
CREAM OF EUROPE,S AIRCRAFT
TO ENTER PULITZER 1925 RACE
England France and Italy to Send Finest Types OF
Flyers to Compete Wuh American Army and
Navy in This Years Event.

High-speed airplanes and sea-
planes, the products of Europes best
aircraft factories, Will be pitted
against the best efforts of the Army
and Navy in the 1925 Pulitzer air
plane races to be held in the Fall, 1t
developed today. Aircraft from
Great Britain, France and Italy are
about to be entered against cham
pion racing planes of the Army and
Navy OF the United States, and for
the first time in years Europe is COM
ing to American to try to take away
its aviation honors.
Interest In the Navy in the Pulitzer
races this year has been resumed
after an absence from the event last
year. Following the winning of the
1928 Pulitzer race by Lieut.. A. J. Will
liams of the naval air station here
1t was announced that the Bureau of
AeronauticS would not enter any
more land plane races, owing to the
expense involved in competing in rae
ing plane building. Tho bureau, how
ever, declared this did not apply to
the annual seaplane classic for the
Schneider cup, which was held at
Baltimore last year without foreign
competition and which again Will be
held at Baltimore this year.
Little Known of French Planes
Little or HoLHlHS is known dpoul
the types of any of the planes to be
entered by the various countries, ex-
cept in one instance. that of France.
The "Ferbois" monoplane, which
broke the maximum speed record held
by Lieut. Williams, OF 266.59 miles
per hour, by flying 27S.4S miles per
hour in the hands of Adjt Bonnet,
now is undergoing changes to COM
ply with the rules of the Pulitzer
contest. The speed record ESTABLISHED
by the monoplane was for 3
kilometer dash. and no minimum
landing speed was required. How
ever, inVthe Pulitzer trophy. IS miles
an hour must be attained by the
Evening star., 1925-03-20
EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY 1925.

which B. Russell Shaw of this city Is
chairman, will close it's entries for
the race the first of April. Mr.. Shaw
does not have any official information
as to what planes and from what
countries will be entered because. he
said today, they usually are not en-
tered until the last minute.
-Four Cities Want Race.
The location of the race course
has not been selected the committee
now having under consideration offers
from New York, Chicago, Wichita,
Kan, and ST. Louis. In addition to
the Pulitzer event which always has
been the head-liner of past meets,
radical changes will be made in the
races among other types of planes.
IF present plans work out" said
Mr.. Shaw, the 1925 races Will sur
pass anything in the history of
aviation meets. The record for the
best meet now Is held by st. Louis,
which even wants to support 1t
another year"
Pilots for the Army and Navy rae
ing planes have not yet been selected,
Evening star., 1925-03-20

plane in landing. Therefore 1t Is
understood more wing surface is
being added to the little plane to cut
down its speed. Flying a closed
course OF 125 miles. however, the
plane is not expected to make the
same speed as on a dash without
turns.
From England will come at least
two planes, one of a hull seaplane
type to be in the Schneider cup, an
| innovation IN racing seaplanes. The
motor is understood to be in the hull
and the propeller will be turned by
extension gears. A speedy seaplane
also is about completed. which may
enter the Pulitzer race as a land
plane and substitute pontoons for
wheels for the Schneider event.
Italy. which in the past has been a
contender for the Schneider cup, now
held by the American naval aviation,
Evening star., 1925-03-20

PROBABLY Will nave three SeapIaneS
for the race.
Details Withheld.
Details of the planes to be entered
withheld for the present, 1t being ex-
planned in fact by all parties con-
cerned that they do not wish to re-
veal the limit of their ability. The
Army and Navy however, are having
some new racing planes built as their
supply is very much depleted at
present The Army has only two
aged planes left from its days of
record smashing. Curtiss racer built
for the 1922 Pulitzer races and Yer
ville-Sperry monoplane, which took
the cup at Dayton last year at less
than 220 miles an hour. The Navy
has no land racers left OF the four
original ones. Three crashed and
the remaining racer. which was flown
by Lieut.. Williams, was converted
into a seaplane. In order to substi-
tute pontoons for wheels, certain
changes had to be made in its con-
struction. In addition to this sea-
plane of about 227 miles an hour
speed, the Navy has two other sea-
plane racers which were used as land
planes in the 1922 event. This pair
won the Schneider cup in England in
1923 and established new seaplane
speed records at Baltimore last year,
but they did not go over the 200
mile an hour mark.
The contest committee Of the Ma
tional Aeronautic Association, OF
Evening star., 1925-03-20
GUEVARA GOING HOME.
Philippine Commissioner Leaves
Sunday for Visit to Islands.

Pedro Guevara, one of the Resident
Commissioners from the Philippines.
will leave Washington Sunday on a
trip to the islands. He plans to sail
from Seattle on the President Nc
kinley March %, to arrive in Manila
April II. He will rem I in in the Phil
ippines until July before returning to
the United States.
The purpose of the missioner's
visit is to get first-hand information
as to conditions in the islands and to
confer with his advisers
Evening star., 1925-03-20

nor is 1t known who will fly the
foreign planes with the exception OF
AdJt. Bonnet OF France, who undoubt-
edly will be at the stick of the
famous "Ferbois"
Between now and April 1. a de-
tailed announcement from the Army
and Navy on the 1926 racing meets
will be made
Evening star., 1925-03-20
Chinaware Inquiry Begun.

Acting upon the request of i'm
poTters of German chinaware the
%Tartff Commission has ordered an In
vestigation into the costs of produc-
tion in foreign countries of varieties
of china produced for toilet and table
use. The importers complained that
present rates discriminate against
the German wares, as compared with
those produced in some other coun-
tries, notably England.
Evening star., 1925-03-20

An effort is being made in Penn
sylvania to make 16 years the
minimum legal age for girls to marry
Evening star., 1925-03-20

Mrs Sarah Helman of Woodcliffe,
n. Y, celebrated her 102d birthday by
waltZing with her grandson.
Evening star., 1925-03-20
JEWEL TONES ARE NEW

Typical of Spring-are these jewell
toned bags-developed for us-of soft,
lustrous, velvet lizard. The prices in
this leather begin at $4.75.
illustrated is the new monogram bag
which may be had in either jewel-toned
velvet lizard or MORE. The octagon Of
contrasting moire with Sterling is for
the monogram-priced at $22.5O.
Evening star., 1925-04-14
Ancient Footwear in Special Display

In the windows "Iahns" interesting and val
liable collection of ANCIENT BOOTS
10Th Centuries Curious old slippers from all parts Of
the wordany
Evening star., 1925-04-14

Youngsters are not vet old enough TO
stand the excitement.
Two hundred children of the poor
We're made happy at the outset of the
day by that number of Easter baskets,
given them by the American Chill
dren's Aid Society of 219 c street
northeast The society also contribut-
ed a crate of oranges, 200 balloons
and a supply of clothes and shoes.
Evening star., 1925-04-14
200 DRY AGENTS ADDED
MAKES u. S. TOTAL 1900
Men Are Being CHARTERED in Places
From Which They Can Be
Concentrated Quickly.

The number of prohibition agents
is increasing, it was revealed last
night by the prohibition unit, 1900
agents now being on the rolls, with
200 having been added during the
current fiscal year,
The new enforcement officers have
been added gradually being quartered
in places where they are available for
quick concentration at points giving
the authorities the most trouble.
The prohibition unit, it is explained,
is able to maintain this augmented
force through an increase of almost
S2.000,000 in the current appropria-
ton. Many new agents also have
been added to the narcotic law en-
forcement staff, an additional $500, 900
allotment permitting this increase.
Evening star., 1925-04-14
WILL TAKE ACTIVE PART.
Veterans Defense League Allotted
Night at Style Show.

The Veterans Defense League will
take an active part in the Summer
style and sport show, which is to be
held in Convention Hall. April 27 to
May 2, and arrangements have been
made to have Thursday night, April
80, set aside for, Veterans Defense
League Night" it was announced to-
day. Many features are to be arranged
for the special occasion and the funds
raised are to be used to carry on
fight for better treatment of Federal
employees.
The committee in charge Of arrange
ments for the veterans is as follows:
William Homer Carroll, department
commander of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, chairman; Judge Hosea b.
Moulton, commander, q. A. r.; DR..
Charles V. Pettys, G.. A. r.; Arthur H.
League, commander United States
War Veterans; James A. Burns, judge
advocate general, u. S. w. v; Maj.
Fred G. Lucas, junior vice commander
Veterans of Foreign Wars; Maj. Rob
ert p. Perrott, judge advocate gen
eral V. +. w; Frank l.. Peckham,
commander American Legion; Fran
els +. Miller senior vice commander,
American Legion; d. +. Hussey, com
mander Disabled American Veterans,
and George r. Martin, d. A. V.
Evening star., 1925-04-14
100-YEAR FARM STUDY ON
United States Believes Past Will
Be Index to Future.

Going on the assumption that the
past is an index TO the future. the
Department of Agriculture is engaged
in compiling figures on farm market
ing conditions for the last hundred
years.
The economists will gather data
from files of country newspapers,
farm magazines, storekeepers' ac-
count books and farmers diaries, with
the hope of throwing light on mar
keting problems. Prices over d cycle
of 100 years. the experts believe, will
afford valuable information in the eff
fort to get the farmers buying and
selling power closer together.
Evening star., 1925-04-14
ADMITTED TO BAR.
R. T. Boswell Qualified for Su-
preme Court

Russell T. Boswell, an employe OF
the Office OF Indian Affairs and
native of Philadelphia, was admitted
to the bar of the United States Su-
preme Court on motion of Solicitor
James NJ. Beck today.
Mr.. Boswell, who resides at 1892 r
street, is a graduate of Dickinson Col
lege, Carlisle, Pa, and of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania. He Is one Of
the charter members of the Pennsyl-
vania Bar Association and a member
of several other organizations, includ-
ing the National Federation Of Fed
eral Employees and the Chi Phi Fra
ternity
Evening star., 1925-04-14
ATTACK ON CREDlBILITY.
Government Files in Court John w.
Thompson's Court Record.

The United States Court of Claims
Yesterday permitted the Government
TO file a certificate of the conviction
ana sentence in Chicago of John w.
thompson, st. Louis contractor, as
affecting his credibility as a witness in
a pending case.
thompson, who was sentenced on
conspiracy charges with Charles r.
Forbes, former director of the Vet
erans Bureau, is suing the Govern
nent for $800,000 for a steel tanker
Communicated during the war.
Richmond, Va, claims to have the
largest cigar factory in the world.
Evening star., 1925-04-14

Forty women in Los Angeles who
are employed as traffic managers by
railway, steamship and other trans
portation companies, are forming a
traffic club
Evening star., 1925-05-09
VESSELS FIND RADIO
COMPASS VALUABLE
Shipping Board Liners, Sc
Equipped, Report Instrument
of Great Utility.

Practically all the big liners of the
Shipping Board now are equipped
with radio compaSSeS used as aids in
navigation. particularly in ascertain
ing the location of vessels with re-
spect to shore stations, harbor light
houses at entrances and other ships
at sea.
OF the 20 ships so equipped are
on South American routes, 6 on trans
atlantic lanes and 10 in the Pacific.
The first vessel to be equipped with
radio or direction-finding compass.
two years ago, was the President Nc
Kinley.
Recently Capt. Hartley OF the S. S.
Leviathan reported that in bad fog
his radio compass was found of great
benefit. enabling him to make port
when due.
Finds Compass Valuable.
Capt. January of the President
Pierce, out of San Francisco saws that
he has found his new radio compass
'of great utility and a safety factor
of no mean Importance" During a
voyage from Manila in typhoon
weather he was able to pick Waglan
Light, on the China coast. in haZv
weather. with very low visibility. by
means of the compass. arriving at
port on schedule. Leaving Honckong
for Shanghai, he encountered tvphoon
gales, accompanied by heavy rains and
no visibility. He was not able TO pick
up any lights after leaving Breaker
Point and had lost his deepsea sound
ing leads.
Later on he was able to run in and
pick up Heisha Light by means of
radio bearings taken from the s. s
President Hayes, which was in sight
of land and could give him his poSi.
ton. This saved him waiting for.
clearer weather and at least one tide.
probably half days running time
The time saved on this voyage on
which he encountered more bad
weather than in over a year, was ap-
proAimated "a hours. a direct result
of radio compass service. 1t is he
iieVed that on the one voyage the
compass more than paid for itself
Evening star., 1925-05-09
RADIO Is DEVELOPING
PR0FITABLY IN BRITAIN
English Fans More Constant Than
Americans as Programs
Are Paid For.

Radio broadcasting and receiving in
Great Britain are becoming more and
more popular II is now estimated
that there are about 400 900 licensed
receiving sets in operation. and if
there are four listeners in every home
as is supposed TO be the case in this
country, then there are about five and
half million listeners in Greater
Britain alone.
Receipts from broadcas sting licenses
last year totaled f613.30O, of which
f472, 100 went TO the British Broad
casting Co. and fl41 200 to the post
office department. British fans are
probably a bit more stable and con
stant than those on this side of the
Atlantic. as they not only pay for
their entertainment. but listen in res
ularly to get their moneys worth.
over here, where we are all dead
heads" so to speak, we are a trifle
blase when it comes to programs un-
less they are over par.
The British Broadcasting Co. stands
ready to build a second 10-KW station
in London, ii is reported, although
il already faces a loss due to the
and obSolescence of their
present transmitter, and anticipates a
possible reduction in license fees.
which would reduce it's annual in
come. However, what was originally
sporting proposition to Great Brit
ain a year or two ago, seems to be
developing into paying public service.