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Liable for Injury

'It may seem heartless to pass by
a child when one has room in ones
car for four or five additional pas
sengers, but that is only the super.
fetal view Of the question in the
opinion of traffic officials. Motor
lists must realize that they are liable
for any injury that may come to a
child thus given,a lift and unless
they are capable of driving and at
the same time keeping a close watch
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Nearly twelve THOUSAND husbands
are reported missing from London.
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TOOTH PASTES
FEMALE REMEDIES

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Dr. Whitley Is Preach

The Rev Earle whitley viii preach
tomorrow morning and evening at
the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church. There will BIZ special music
~ MIS-. SI1reve and the choir At
both morning and evening services.
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By zIANG SUNG WAN

Washington Times COD
Today take another section Of the soaed confession
by the killing Of three members Of the Chinese
Mission In separate columns presented the actual ques
and answers which signed without reading and an
analysis OF the statements therein.
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DR.. PIE CE BACK
FOR 81. RVICE

DR.. Jason Noble Pierce. minister
81 the First Congrega tional Church,
has returned to washington for i
few days. and wilI conduct the serv
ices tomorrow at the washington
Auditorium
His morning subject at II o'clock
win be To An Unknown God e
and III the evening at o'clock
he viii preach upon Where
Two Seas Meet with the follow
ing snbtopics Texas Cyclone
Preacher Morris Shoots Straigh
.sSesqui and Sunday, Green y
1sicker Party, and Money Mad
Elections
The phot0play to Be presented 81
the evening service IS The Puri-
fans. one Of the Yale Historical
Series.
The story related BY this play re-
calls & keynQtA period IN American
history when with sturdy heroisfrl
and dauntless faith, this small
group % people N pioneer New
England colony underwent severe
their ideals.
Il0S f4ACl10n CSAAGfS oDOut I1t1 80
forts OF enemies Of the colonists g
have the charter granted to them
by Charles / rescinded and how
these efforts were foiIed By the
coIonists under the leadership Of
their governor, John Winthrop.
The following quartet win sing at
the services Mrs Ruby Smith
Stal1l, soprano; Mrs. Nellie Newton
Shore, c0ntralto Louis IL Annis,
tenor, and Charles w. Hull, bass.
with Charles T. Ferry at the organ.
The Sunday school meets at 9:45
q. nj. III the assembly room Of the
auditorium, and the Senior Society
of Christian EndeaVor n $50 b. M.
fl the same room.
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Special Preacher

The special preacher St the Church
.of the Epiphany tomorrow will be
the Rev George q oley y. III, IL
the Philadelphia Divinity school.
DR.. Foley viii occupy the pulpit st
the II a. nj and p. n. services.
The first quartet of the church will
render the music during the month
Iof August.
There will be d celebration Of the
Holy Communion { &. M AMI
again at ia Tlne. summer 5essi0n
of the church school cOnvenes AZ
.9:45 II. M and tflf weekly meeting
of the Young Peoples Society will
be held 1t s b. N.
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SECTION VI
Questions 42-49. inclusive

WI said Wednesday : (Gfterm0onl
you come oTer tonight and tDe got
to fiE the check He told me he
fCds going ont to dinner and that
Doctor Wong and Mr.. Hsie acre
Going out to dinner too, that is irIy
/ AGENT over Wa left the front
door open for me and said he tcoulH
be home as soon as he finished his
dinner party l q1ent to the mission
about o'clock 1pben met Knm0
III. He came to the door after Il
had been IN the house 40 or IL
minutes.
This is mostly an assumption by
the detectives and I knew nothing
then to the contrary. They had
learned upon investigation that WI
had dined with a group of friends
at the Oriental restaurant ana
assumed that it was dinner p3rty.
Trial testimony later disclosed thar
1t was actually spontaneous ar
rangement made just as they left
school Wednesday evening at six
o'clock. Therefore it was impos.
sible for WI to have known about
1t or to have told me about it.
Opening the door for Kang Ii
lat about seven o'clock is CORRECT
and that much told them or veri-
fled.
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M: VS. OF PRINCE
GEORGES

4 +
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY,
Nd. July S1.--It appears that there
win be an unusually large number
Of candidates FOR sheriff 81 Prince
Georges county at the elections the
coming fall. Five aspirants, three
Republicans and two Democrats
are in the field. Al. G. Thompson,
constable for surratts District. Is
the latest q. d. z. candidate. w.
Harry C'rozier, suitland. and on
stable Thomas HI Garrison, Hyattss
vile, having announced earIies
Deputy Sheriff Harvey O. Maehen,
Hyattsville, and Walter ". Ora.
FcrestviIle, are the candidates SO far
for the Democratic nomination.
Sheriff John Fink, Of NBerwyn,
Democrat has announced he III
not be q candidate to succeed i'm.
self.
Permission to hold boxing con.
tests at the Kenilworth Arena on
August s. 10, III "a 81, and Seps
TENDER Z, IL, III, and 2S has been
given e. r, Bennett by the county
commissioners.
The commission have author
lied John Berbericlk to build 81
bridge on the Glenda ie- Good Luck
road. west side Of the railroad sta
ton, and a bridge on the road from
Upper Marlboro 70 Brown Station.
John B. Alsop. prominent trucker
of Bladensburg election district,
ernor Richie q Judge of the or.
phans court fo succeed the se
John Snowden. has been sworn.
Associate Judge John A. Schultz
Cf Seat Pleasant. has been named
chief Judge. which post has been
vacant since Judge Snowden's
death. All three members Of the.
court will be chosen at the election
this fall The tenure Of office is
four years.
Funeral services for Harold VIII
son, SO, who died Wednesday At
his home in Upper Marlboro, were
held yesterday morning az ~.
Marys Catholic Church thers.
Interment was In Mt. Carmel
Cemetery He is survived by his.
mother. Mrs. Maggie Wilson, and
Mrs Everett Suit, Of Washingto
Misses Katherine. Ruth and Edith
Wilson, sisters, and Charles and
Sydney Wilson brothers.
Delegates ana alternates to the
annual convention of the Prince
Georges County Volunteer Fire.
mems Association August IL at
RiverdaIe, elected by the Riverdaie
Heights volunteer fire department.
are q. C. Gardner, Walter
Hardester. Charles Gale. G.. s.
Herman. Harold Stansfield. M ~
Watts, b. o. Closuit, Il. w. Nell
son. Il. A. LeIaeheur,
SouthtoTrb The department holes
it's next meeting dit the fire house
Monday night at o'clock.
The Stephen Citizens Association
Of East Riverdale will hold &
carnival on the grounds on the
Edmonston Road the evening Of
August and the afternoon and
evening Of August
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w A II
His Own Story
Seven Years. in Jail
TRIED THREE TIMES FOR KILLING
HIS FRIENDS
Freed By Government, Which Failed to
Convict Him

The Washington Times presents today another section
of the amazing story 0T Zdaty Sung Wan held J0tL tor
than gears tried three times for killing Of
members Of the Chinese mission, and finally discharged
custody by the Government which could not coqvct
him.
1t Is remarkable commentary the methods enpoyed
the United States to send to the Od0Ds and It re-
rtes for the first time, the personal story Of WGn
Barred IN the death CELL he planned his o1Cs fight Tor
freedom aUe others passed has door to pay the supreme
penalty for their crimes
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Ex.KaiSer Says:
Confusion and n1iscOnception of orders lost
Battle of the Marine" in Sundays Herald. The
former Kaiser's inner thoughts 0bout the clos
ing years OF the ID0rs and encompossing of the
Central Pouers defeat and his o.Dn abdication
are st0rtlingIy revealed.
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The stephen Citizens Association
of East Riverdale will hold q
carnival on the grounds on the
Ednonston Road the evening Of
August S and the afternnon and
evening Of August Z.
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The Confession

the hotel to see you? How
many times did WI come TO
to the hotel to see You?
Monday he did not come.
]s29. Burlingame Did he come TUES.
day2
Wan Outside we met Tuesday.
30. Burlingame Did you see him
again Wednesday?
Wan Yes.
81. Burlingane What did he say?
Wan Tuesday he tore off the
check.
SO. Burlingame Out Of the mission
check book?
Wan-Yes.
sS. Burlingame Did he bring the
check to your
Wan-He did not show me the
check and he wanted my
brother to hurry up and come
and / sent telegram that
night, after or o'clock.
/ "a. BurlingameYo You saw WI again
Wednesday.
Wan--Y es
IS. Burlingame What time of day.
Wan Early afternoon.
/ So. Buriingame What did he say?
Wan-He said DR. Wong had
found out the check had been
stolen from the mission
check book.
81. Burlingan1e Did he say that
DR.. Wong had said anything
to him about it?
Wan (fol. 1O1pHe said he was
blamed.
So. BurlinganeDi Did Mr.. WI say
! anything to you then that DIR.
Wong had blamed him for
the missing check and that
he was about to be sent to
China in disgrace2
Wan--Before that he thought
he would lose his place.
don't know what was the con-
neetion.
! SO. Burlingame-vAnd he told you
on Wednesday Afternoon when
he came to see you that DR..
Wong had missed the check
from the mission check book
and had blamed him for 1t
and that he was about to be
sent back to China disgraced;
is that it?
Wan--I don't know; he don't
say that.
40. Buriingame--Just what did he
say?
Wan--He said DIR. Wong found
out the check and had blamed
him for it.
al. Burlingame Anything else? Did
he say DR.. Wong had sent
for police2
wan-He said DR.. Wong had
| blamed him for it and had
called up the police. He said
he thought Hsie had told
Wong.
AZ. Burlingame-Did he say any
thing about you going over
to the mission house that
night?
/ .Wan--W Wednesday?
40. Burlingame-Y What did he
say?
Wan-Hs said, you come over
tonight and we got to fix the
check.
A. Burlingame- Did he tell you he
was going out to dinner?
Wan-Yes.
45. Burlingame-Did he tell you DIR.
Wong, and Mr.. Hsie were
going out to dinner, too?
wan SS1 THAT - why went
over.
46. Burlingame-Did you have a
key to the door?
Wan-No; WI left the front
door open for me.
AZ. Burlingame-Dtd he tell YOU
what time he would be home
to meet you?
Wan-He said he would be
home as soon as he finished
his dinner party.
| 4S. Burlingame-You went to the
mission at what time2
Wan--About o'clock when /
| met Ii.
/ 40. Burlingame-How long had you
been in the house before Mr.
! Ii came to the door?
! Wan-ADout 10 or Is minutes.
Another section of VANS con-
/ fessiOn, with his analysis of it, ]
viii be published in this paper
Monday.
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Another section of VANS con-
fessiOn, with his analysis of it,
viii be published in this paper
Monday.
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nsisoiUin6sD Of Doctor Wong that
Wednesday night Of 4chicH DR.. u
y. Yen made mention to ,tetUa-
paper Teporter9
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The Analysis
SECTION NV
Questions 1888 Inclusive

Mondav WI did not come to The
hotel to see me. met him outside
TuesdaY and 10 said that II'itesduyl
he tore of the check out OF the
mission cIleckbOol No, he did rot
sho1o me the check. He acdntcd utU
brother TO hurry Up and come and
sent telegram that night after 3
or o'clock.
Why Kelly and Burlingame have
WI tear the check out Of the check.
book on Tuesday, cannot under
stand at all unless they had some
information back OF this that ! did
not know. A blank check would al
ways be available and It would be
quite too stupid to tear II out be-
fore ready to use it, especially to
tear 1t out where it would be no.
ticed.
There IL slight discrepancy here
In regard to the second telegram.
The detectives have me send +
after S or s o'clock. Actually. I
sent it around noon-tIme verified
by testimony and Van arrived
about midnight
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Go to Church Sunday
Peas, If 500 Years
I. G., Grow Crop
III England

LONDON, July 81 "a Nor
witch gardener has successfully
germinated crop Of peas from
4 handful Of seed removed from
the coffin of an Egyptian NUNS.
nv buried 500 years B. g.
The peas are being sold tel
local inhabitants who declare
them to be better than the
usual English variety.
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What's Doing Today
and Tomorrow
TODAY

TODAY
Observation-Disclosures Council No. ss2
National Union, to Marshall Hall.
Steamer Charles Manchester leaves the
Seventh Street wharf 10 a. M. $3.50
and 6:45 p. m.
Dance--Nationat Fellowship Club,
Washington Hotel Roof. p m.
concert-Soldiers Home Band Sol.
d4eHS HoH4ev ks4S ~ nav
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John F. Hylan

former Mayor Of NelO York city, continues his
DiUid and timely lOarning as to political cOndi-
Gons in the biggest u. S. city, sOhich is of ma
tion-lOide interest. He tells hon he fought
against control of the city BY morey polUers.
The problems New York faced in fighting the
big and little grofters are important to every
honest citizen" declares the former Mayor.
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By DAVID P. sENTNER
international News Service

NEW YORK, May IS. After
keeping the wheels of justice
waiting for an hour today, beauti-
full Joyce Hawley, the 'wine bath"
girl, tripped unabashed to the
witness stand to reveal the tale
Of the tub at the Earl Carroll
perjury trial.
Dressed in her Sunday best, the
charming Joyce seemed upper
turbed at her narrow escape from
a bench warrant due to her tardy
appearance.
The pretty showgirl. who. half
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Is Shot
AndHusband
Is Sought

While Mrs. Irene L. Haag, 20
years old, of Cottage Hill, D. c.,
lies at home today with bullet
holes in her leg and h b, the
police are searching for her hus-
band, August j. Haag, "a, of 1911
Sixth st. N. E.. from whom the
young wife and mother has been
separated for about q year.
Mrs. Haag was seated in q
swing on the porch Of the home
of her parents. at the Cottage
Hill address about midnight, talk
ing with John e. Rupert, 10, of
934 d ST. S. w. a former roomer
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LONDON, May 25.-Two hun
dred persons are dead, 1000 are
missing and 1000 are homeless
in a volcanic eruption from the
mountain range Of Tokaehi in
northern Hakkaido, according to
advices from Tokyo today.
Several distinct eruptions have
occurred, the worse taking place
at 4 o'clock, Monday afternoon.
They are continuing.
Rescue parties have already ar
rived on the scene but fumes and
copious flow of Lava is hindering
search for the missing.
Lava Covers Villages
Two violent eruptions occurred
They came without warning.
The Tokachi range Is 5000 feet
above sea level and the speed and
fury of the lava flow was such
as to sweep all before It into the
waters OF the Sea Of Okhotsk
which lies at the northern base OF
the mountain.
Rescue parties, coming from
other parts Of Hokkaido. known
popularity as Yezo. have thus fal
been unable to get near enough
to search for the missing.
They are badly hampered by the
lava flow and the fumes, which
are still rising in clouds from thu
| crater.
Rough estimates place the mum
Der of missing at 1000, but IL
many quarters this was regarded a.
far too conservative a figure.
The slopes Of Tokachi were thick
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New York;.
BOStOn........

play, went down to defeat by one
hole in the second round at the
hands Of Dennis Kyle, the Roe
hampton star.
Robert Gardner, captain Of The
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ADVERTIsEMEMT

Memorial Day twesk-endl excursion. May
q. 80. 81. .Riehmond. 800; Er6deFic4usburG.
40. ruand hip. cOnSuH =. E.& ?. Agents.
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Marshalling their forces for a
V.finish fight" within the Baptist
churches for supremacy, two
groups, modernists and fundamen-
ealists occupied the center Of the
stage at the opening of the North
ern Baptists convention today at
Che Washington Auditorium.
A third group, representing
Hmiddle Of the road" Baptists,
Unanswered to avert a split in the
convention by compromise. Secre-
tary Of Labor James ]. Davis led
nearly 5000 delegates in prayer
mt the conclusion of an address
IN the nature Of an appeal for
harmony.
Situation II Tense
With the atmosphere electrified
BY the sparks Of dissension engen
dered by the controversy over
believe in immersion. or one who Il
merely "sprinkled," and modernism
against fundamentalism, the Rev
y. Whitcomb Brougher, pastor Of
the First Baptist Church, Of Oak
land. Cal. delivered q, Keynote ad
dress which many hope will pre-
vent disruption OF the convention.
Classifying the groups of Baptistl
hs to the shadings Of their beliefs
into four classes, Doctor Broughel
declared there was very small rep
Continued on PAGE 2, Column L.
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CHAMPS NACKS
IN TWIN BILL
Bx LOUIS A. DOUGHER

SHIBE PARK PHILADELPHIA,
May 25.-Beautiful, but cool, was
the weather today as the Griffs
and Macks squared away at Shike'
Park for their first double-header
Of the glad new year.
Connie Mack selected Lefty Grove
to oppose the champions IN the
opening game with Stan CoveleskleI
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
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DEMOCRAT.
CALLS II
LEGAL
A WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON

~ WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
In the face Of almost over.
wheImfng Republican Opposition
Senator Thomas y. Walsh CD q
Montana. q dry leader. arose ~
the Senate this afternoon and de-
tended the legal right Of Presidens
Coolidge "a issue his prohibition
order, pinnfag federal badges On
state ofglclaIs.
Valn declared the President
rs IDLY within Ilis riehts.
He 81 ne lad hided H. time
ssSaIfine f0r some one On Tire
ether z6e tEepubllca1il Of the
Chanlber 10 defend Slls President /"
II ses ~ grouIlEs whatever for
the criticisms tIlat have been
directed at the President from the
floor. = said Walsh.
The storm Of dissension over
President Coolidge's order pinning
Federal prohibition badges On
State officials from governors
down to village constables, spread
to the House today while the Sem
ate prepared to launch an investi-
cation to determine It's consti-
nationality.
Although the Treasury Depart
mert declared tho order would Be
confinad to California for the
pressn the AZ ia for its abol-
ishment entirely grew by leaps
and bounds with Republicans and
Democrats alike protesting against
letting it stand as q precedent for
all time to come. Vets and drys
joined voices in endorsing the
King resolution, calling on the
Senate Judiciary Committee to
Immediately investigate the legal
ity Of the order,
VETS Plan Offensive
The vets organized little offen.
sive Of their own to smash down
the Presidents. order. Under the
direction Of Senator Edwards R.) Of
New Jersey. they were preparing
bin to prohibit the use Of any State
officials IN enforcing the national
dry law. # may Be offered as "a
bill II not called up for enactment
as & separate measure.
In the House the clamor against
the order drew protests from both
the wet and dry camps Represen-
tative Douglass Cd OF Massachu
sets. q wet. denounced it as an IN.
vasion Of States rights. and an at
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NJ KENZ|E loses
To SCOT STAR
By ROBERT HARLOW

MUIRFIELD, Scotland, May Is.
Americas invading army OF golfers
met with misfortune today In the
second round of the British anna
teur championship, for two Of the
star players went out.
Roland Mackenzie, the Washing
ton, D., c., youth who made such
. bEilliAnA showing In yesterdays
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

American Walker Cup team, was
beaten in the first round, and z,
by H. M. Dickson.
Bobby Jones and Watts Gum,
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