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Evening star., 1926-08-21
BANNERS AWARDED
BY EPWORTH UNION
Frederick. Md, and Ballsson, Va,
Honored at Bi-monthly Meet
ing In Virginia.
Specjal Disnatch to The Sta.

Special Dispatch to The Sta.
BALLSTON, Va. August 2i.--The
Epworth League Union OF Washing
ton, Maryland and Virginia held its
bi-monthly meetly last night in the
Central Methodist Church OF Ballston,
with Arthur keefer Of Brentwood
Md. presiding. and large attendance
Supper was served by the women
o. Centre! Church. followed by a So
Gle! hour and scng, led by the Rev.
Edward Sneepe, pastor of the Aurora
Heights Methodist Church.
A play entitled Wanted. n Com
panion" followed. 1t was directed
by Miss Annie G. Smith. !. r. Loan
lee. Ida NJ. Fowler, Anna McAlwee.
Ralph A. Robertson. William +. Mat
tingiy. Maizie l.. Smith, Norman Bin
ger and Jack Guesski took the parts
An echo Of the meeting held re-
Gently at Massanetta Springs was
conducted In the church auditorium,
led by President Arthur keefer.
The attendance banner was award
Ell WarGe!d Chapter of Frederick
Md, and the efficiency banner, Ball
ston.
Among the speakers were Nelson
-
Of the Baltimore Conference, who an
nounced the Washington district leads
in contributions during the year,
while reports on the encampment held
at the Springs were given by Miss
Maude q. Flaherty. Raymond Wood
ward and Raymond Owens.
New officers Of Baltimore Conference
are: Nelson Anderson Of Washington.
president; Joseph Waters Of Martins
burg. w. Va. vice president; F..
Lewis Knowles of Staunton, secre
tary. and Raymond Richards Of Roa.
noke, treasurer.
The next meeting OF the union will
he held at Epworth Methodist Church
in Washington. October Is.
The following churches We're repre-
sented: Epworth. Mount Vernon,
Mount Pleasant, Calvert and Marvin
of Washington; Brentwood. Mount
Rainier. Hyattsyille. Bethesda. Bruins
wick. Savage and Chest terbrook of
Maryland; Alexandria, Baliston and
Clarendon
Evening star., 1926-08-21
TANC|ERS QUESTION.
REPORTED STUDIED
BRAND Is Silent. However, on
Diplomats Conference
Held in Paris.
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, August 2t.-When Foreign
Minister Rriand returned last night
from "A brief holiday at Cochclle and
received the Spanish and Italian am
d'affaires. il was immediately sl"-
cested that TauGicrS was the subject
discussed. The foreign office, how
ever. remained silent as To the object
of the diplomatic calls.
Official circles. commenting on the
demand Of the Spanish premier. Gen.
Primo de Rivera, that TanGiers he
turned over To Spanish control. re-
marked that the international status
nf Tanci"rs having been definitely
fixed hv lahuriouS efforts at q CON
ference in which the Spanish, French
and British participated. il could not
lie changed without the consent Of
all the parties t" thar conference.
Tho French viewpoint is that il
would he impossible Ia turn TancierS
and it's suburbs over to the exclusive
control Of Spain without lengthy ne
gotiationS and that there IS no ap-
parent reason for any change. The
status of the town. il is pointed out,
was studied as carefully as could he
and n decision reached only after
every detail had been lhreshed out
several times. II is understood here
that the British hold the same opinion
AS the French.
tThe convention assuring The nerma-
nent neutrality Of the, Tang ierS zone
was Si&urd lay representatives of
Great Britain. France and Spain De
cemher Is. ,l923, and came into force
year laterD
Evening star., 1926-08-21
SOCKS UNDARNED,
CLERK KILLS WIFE
Iowan. 26, Confesses He Choked
Mate When She Refused to
Mend Hose.
b the Assneiatcd Press

Ry the Associated Press.
COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa. August
ot-Because. his wife refused to
darn n pair of socks for him. Clayton
Van Doran. 26-year-od railroad clerk.
chuked her TO death in their cottage
AZ Carter Lake, near here. yesterday
morning. he confessed last night 10
police.
Van Doran pretended discovery of
her body when he returned to their
cottage after taking his aunt. Miss
Grace Shearer OF Davenport. to the
clubhouse at the resort.
Van. Doran said he choked his wife
into unconSciousnesS, dragged her
body. down a flight of stairs to base
ment and then carried it, back to the
parlor, where she was found. She wore
only Il kimOno over some negNge'
Evening star., 1926-08-21
ALABAMA MAY END
CONVICT Mine WORK
Democratic Nominees to Make
Fight Against System Ex-
posed Year Ago.
BY the Associated Press.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. August a1.-
The Advertiser today said the first hill
to be introduced in the Alabama Leg
islature when it convenes in January
will be for the removal of convicts
from Alabama mines. The Advertiser
bases it's story on a conference today
between Col. Bibb Graves, Democratic
nominee for governor. and w. c.
Davis. Democratic nominee for lieuten-
ant governor, at which this decision
was reached.
Removal of convicts from the mines
was one of the planks in the plat
forms of both nominees and at their
conference today they discussed this
issue.
The convict system. says the Adver-
tiSer, became an issue about a year
ago when the State launched an in
veStigation into the death of James
Knox. who it is charged died while
being "ducked" in a vat of water at
Flat Top mine as punishment. War.
den Davis and several others CON
nected with the case are under indict-
ment charging murder for knox's
death. They will probably be tried in
November.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
BEMOANS EXCESS BOOKS
AND GRAVES IN WORLD
British Chemist Says Cremation
VIII Solve Latter; Hopes It
Will End Former Evil. Too.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, August ol.--Tbcre are
too many books and too ma!f graves
in the world, says Prof. !. +. Thorpe,
r. r. s.. organic chemistry expert.
"CiviliZa ton appears to be confront
cd with two ever growing problems
the increase in its cemeteries and if'
it's libraries the professor declared
in his presidential address to the
chemistry section of the British Asso
citation at oxford. 'The former, no
doubt, will he solved by cremation
Is it too much to hope that a judi
cious exercise of this method may
also be applied to our libraries" Prof
Thorpe asked in the course Of his ad-
dress.
when it is remembered" he
added, that there are some 80 200 sci
entiflc periodicals published through
out the world, the mind stands ap-
palled at the prospect which will con-
front civilization even in so short a
time as 100 years.
'''rhe space occupied by our ever
increasing libraries must cause alarm
to those who contemplate the posi-
bilities of the future"
Evening star., 1926-08-21
FRENCH AVIATOR AMAZED
BY RUSSIAN WELCOME
Brings Back Freshest Caviar Paris
Probably Ever Had-Made
Flight to Omsk.
By the Associ ated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 21.-What struck
Capt. Girier most on his record non
stop straight line flight Paris-O -Omsk
over 9,327 miles. in % hours) was the
welcome the Russians gave him.
Neither he nor his companion, Lieut.
Dordi!,y, speak Russian, and all they
could say on landing was Fran
Zouski' (f'renchi.
At once those who were nearest
hurried through the town and quickly
rounded up it's six inhabitants able to
speak French.
The ayiators brought hack some
caviar from Moscow, probably the
freshest caviar ever eaten in Paris.
as 1t was newly made and Travelled
1925 miles in II hours 81 minutes
Yes said the captain, "the caviar
was dear So was living in general.
We had to pay no less than 300 francs
each for a bedroom in Moscow. where
the simplest attache of the embassy
has to pay $4,000 fra month rent.
"A transa tlantic flight is perfectly
possible, and with existing planes. 1t
is TO longer anything but a question
of fuel carrying and of getting off the
ground at the start. This, in fact. is
the delicate point in these long-dis-
tance flights" ~
Evening star., 1926-08-21
CULTS PLEA DENIED
IN RECEIVERSHIP SUIT
Michigan Asks Injunction Against
"House of David" as Public
Nuisance.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ST. JOSEPH, Mich, August 21--A
motion to dismiss the States receiver
ship suit against the House of David
colony at Benton Harbor was denied
in Circuit Court here yesterday. At
torneys for the colony based their
petition for dismissal on 43 separa te
technicalitieS which. the court held
failed to show adequate reason why
the case should not he brought to
trial.
The State suit asks that the colony
be enjoined from operating and that
the property and assets of the asso-
citation be turned over to the State for
distribution to persons found lawfully
entitled to them, on the ground that
it is a public nuisance.
The complaint alleges that the or
ganiZation is a religious fraud, organ
lied by king Benjamin Rurnell.
fugitive cult leader, and Mary Purnell
for their own profit. and that immoral
teachings and practices alleged to
have been carried on in the orsaniza
ton are against the interests of the
people of the State.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
ELECTRICAL STORM DOES
HAVOC AT CHARLOTTE
Man Stunned by Bolt, Lumber
Hurled About and Wire Serv-
ice Paralyzed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHARLOTTE. \. C., August 21.-
One ma n was stunned by lightning.
heavy lumber and other objects were
hurled through the air, telephone and
telegra ph wires were paralyzed and
other damage was done by severe
electrical storm here yesterday.
X. r. Elwood was stunned when
lightning struck his home. tearing
large hole in the roof and entering the
room occupied by the man and his
four small children. He was only
slightly hurt.
A large timber. blown from one of
the higher floors of an incoInpleted
office building, fell onto an alttumo-
bile. shortly afteward another piece
of timber from the same building was
blown across the street and crashed
into the plate glass window of Il bar
ber shop.
Telegraph companies reported their
wires would be crippled for "a hours.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
GERMAN LAW CUT URGED.
Many Petty Ordinances and Of
fcials Opposed by Secretary.

BERLIN, August 81 tP).--"Ver-
hoten' signs, which for sn many
years have been traditional i'm Ger
many. face serious curtailment under
the reform plans of CnderseCrntarv
Abegg of the Pr1ssian Ministry "f
the Interior. Germany has million
ordinances too many, Secretary .tbeGE
believes.
Another. nuisance. the secretarc
says, IS the multiplicity of bureatr
cratic factotums authorized To enforce
the various ordina nceS Prussia
alone has $4,000 such petty officials
Many ordinances, especially those In
vOlving traffic regulations, date back
a century.
The undersecretary wants the par
liamentS of the various German states
to declare the existing ordinance
void md then To adopt q small body
of Indispensable regulations.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
alse Teeth Stay
in Throat 81 DAYS
After Man ChOkes
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, August 21.-Always
remove your false teeth when YOU
feel yourself start to choke.
DR.. G. S. McReynolds OF Temple.
Tex, has just reported to the
American Medical Association the
case of a patient who accidently
swallowed his teeth in a severe
choking spell and never realized
what had happened. He could
swallow and breathe only with
great difficulty but had no pain.
He WAS treated hy his physician
for diphtheri@.
Examination of cultures from the
throat for diphtheria proving mega
tive. he consulted Dir. McRaynolds
of the Kings Daughters Hospital
of Temple. who located the teeth
hy N-rays. The intruding synthetic
molars were successfully removed
after a 33-dayS' soiourn in the
esophagus, one of the longest and
largest instances on record OF resi-
dence of a foreign body in that
organ.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
PAINT AND VARNISH RULE
REVISION is APPROVED
New Regulation Aids Dealers in
Products Containing Nitrocel-
lulose in Making Displays.

New regulations designed 10 liberal
i2a the present restrictions on the stor-
age and use of so-called pyroxylin fin
ishes. which include all paints and var
nisheS containing nitrocellulose. were
anprovef by the District Commission
ers today They were submitted ny
Ere. chief Watson Yesterday.
The revised regulations were pro
noscl to meet objections of dealers in
these. uruaucIS, who claim that the
present regulations interfere with
sales on account of not being per-
mltled to make the proper display OF
She various colors and sizes OF cans.
The modification. il MAS said. has the
endorsement ri the Underwriters As
s,4niatinnS and the National Assocla-
ton Of Paint Distributors.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
SPEEDY TRIALS SOUGHT
FOR REALTY FIRM MEN
Two Score Accused Of Using Mails
to Defraud and Conspiracy Face
Vigorous Prosecution.
By the Ass l.,1ted Press
JACK SnNAlI l.

By the Ass ,, ittea Press
JAtkSpNNlIIE. TIA. AuguS u.
SPEEDY trials Will l." asked for more
than two score officers and employees
of F'ulfurd -hy the-Sra and Arcadia
Gardens Inc. indicted hy tn" Fed
eral grand jury her" on charges Of
using N" mails "a defralId and con.
spiracy ia defralii. it, Was announced
by United states District Attorney
W. II. Goher
I'VE means business in prosecuting
these apparent frauds in Florida real
estate operations. and Tho solid husi-
ness men at the State are behind the
State officers, in their drive Goher
WAS quoted Is saving.
The indictments followed arrests
made last month Of officials ot both
F'ulfurd hy-tilv- Sea and -A%l';tii;t Gar
ienS, lac Governments fraud orders
have been assured against n"th "nu
Germs barring their letters from lie
mails.
The ac,psrd realty men are n1H on
bail ending their triai, which, MI
Gober said Nil! take place ltie .n tc-
toher or early in NuNenh"r Th" '.tn-
PENDANTS may Ice tried either in Miami
or Tampa. IA
Evening star., 1926-08-21
OSAGE DEATH CASE
Jury STILL IS OUT
Hale and Ramsey to Face
Second Murder Trial if
Freed in Present One.
BY the Associated Press.

GUTHRIE. Okla, August 21.-The
jury that holds the fate of W. X.
Hale. cattle man. and John Ramsey,
cowboy farmer. charged in Federal
Court with the murder of Henry
Roam, Usage Indian, will continue It's
deliberations today. The jury was
locked up last night when il failed
To reach a verdict in seven hours.
If the men are found guilty. Judge
John III. Cotteral said I'm charging
the jury late yesterday. the penalty
must be either life imprisonment or
death.
Ramsey and Hale, who has been
termed the king of the Usage Hills"
have been ON trial here for nearly
four weeks. for the killing of Roam
full-blood Usage. on whose life the
Government charges Hale held an in
sIlrance policy for S25 GOA
Should Hale and Ramsey bn ac-
quilted. they would go on trial in
state District Court at Pawhuska.
September 10, on a charge of murder
ing w. F.. Smith. Fairfax squaw man.
who was injured fatally in an cxrl"-
sion that killed his Indian wife and
a white servant girl.
Both Hale and Ramsey have hecn
in Jail since last January.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
STUDENT PUT IN HOSPITAL
Doctors to Observe Man Accused of
Plan to Rob Mellon Home.

SOUTHAMPTON, y. Y, August Il
R.-Arrested on charges Of attempt
ed burglary when found poering into
the home of Edward j. Mellon. on
Monday night. Howard i. F'oGelson
of Huntington. w. Va. said to he q
Princeton student. was committed to
the State Hospital at Central 1slip
yesterday for 10 days observation.
When arrested he was in his stock
ing feet and carried a screwdriver
and long coil of rope. He said he
had stopped near the Mellon place to
get look at the ocean and his curl
osity had impelled him to peer into
the residence to see what the interior
was like.
Police were informed Fogelson was
working his way through Princeton,
and has an excellent record there.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
Statue of Semitic Goddess Astarte Dug
From Ruins, Revealing Hair as Bobbed

The latest style in bobbed hair is
being displayed in Palestine with
broken statue OF the Semitic goddess
AStarte as the coifcellr model. The
head OF the goddess, with hair carved
short. was found by archAuiogists.
who have been excavating at the site
of MiZpah. in Palestine. The discov
cry is announced by DIR. William +.
Radc. dean OF the Pacific School of
Religion. in California, who has been
conducting the excavations.
That this powerful divinity set her
stamp OF approval on bobbed hair can
not be taken as evidence that bobbed
hair in those days was highly digni-
fed and respectable. for archeo!o-
gists point out that Astarte was the
Evening star., 1926-08-21
1000 AWARDS FOR ROSES
Late British Minister'S Flowers
Were Sought Over World.

LONDON. August 81 4o).--The late
Rev. j. II. Pemberton of Hayering
the grand old man of roses" won
more than 1000 awards at flower
shows. ON retiring from the church
two years ago he became a profes-
sionaI rose grower. His blooms were
in demand all over the world. He was
interested IN roses from boyhood.
After seeing rose show at the Crys-
tai Palace he determined that he
would some day grow better and big
ger roses than those on show then
He eventually did. and became presi-
dent of the National Rose Society
Evening star., 1926-08-21
MISS MILLAY IMPROVES.
Poets Nervous Breakdown Last
Winter Was Kept Quiet.

NEW YORK, August 81 R.-Ed-
ma st. Vincent AIillay, the poet. suf-
fered a nervous breakdown last Win
ter, it was learned yesterday. She is
spending the Summer at her mothers
cottage in Maine and is concentrate
All her strength on the task of finish
ing the lihretto Of an American opera
to be produced here this Fall.
Her sister. Miss Norma Millay. an
actress. said yesterday that her sister
is much better and there Is no doubt
the opera will be completed on time"
News of Miss Millay's illness has
been kept quiet by her friends at her
own request. Her poetry won her
the Pulitzer prize in 1928
Evening star., 1926-08-21

goddess of love. and that throughout
the time of her influence she was ia
nous. even notorious. for her young
IDEAS" Her taste in hair dressing
may have been one more reason why
Samuel and the prophet. jeremiah.
particularly warned the Hebrews
against the wiles of this alluring
deity.
DIR. r. V. d. Magoffin. president OF
the Archaeological Institute of Amer
lea, in commenting on the discovery
of the head. said that a number of
statues have been found showing that
Egyptian women of the same period
and earlier wore bobbed hair.
There is no doubt that bobbed hair
was the style for several hundred
years" said DIR. Ma coffin.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
WOLL is REELECTED.
Heads Photo -Engravers' Union for
21st Time.

PHILADELPHIA. August 81 R).-
Matthew WolI Yesterday was elected
president Of the International Photo
En2raVers' Union for the twenty-first
successive time. Other officers chosen
included Edward j. NoIZ. Frank IL.
Glenn and Charles 1t. lierrock. vice
presidents. and Henry +. Schnntli
seCretary-treasurer.
The report of the finance committee
showed that only $40l7J had been
spent for strike benefits last wear
Receipts tOtaiing s74.lS5 were credited
to the general fund.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
Guatemala Border Guarded.

MEXICp CITY. August 81 P.-
The department of war announced
Yesterday that military forces of the
State of ('hiapas are guarding the
Guatemalan frontier closely Ito pre-
vent Guatemalan revolutionary fac
tions entering Mexico"
Evening star., 1926-08-21
46 Seek Parachute "Job."

ATLANTA August 81 CP).-Forty-
six men and boys have applied for the
job of Jimmy calhoun, who fell to his
death in Il lake here five days ago
when the harness of his parachute
broke during a leap from an airplane.
None of the ~ ever made parachute
jump-few have ridden in an air.
plane.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
Noted Italian Woman Dies.

ROME. August 81 P.-nr. Pau
lima Shift. the first woman in Italy
to hold a professorship. died in Milan
Thursday She was one of the early
cha mpions of woman suffrage In Italy
and a founder of the International
Women's League. She held the chair
of German literature at the Uni
versity Of Pavia for 3G years.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
20 Cents Was Spent
In Kansas Primary
For COvernOrship

BY the Associated Press.
TOPEKA. kanS., August 21.-
Only 90 cents was spent in the
Republican guherna torial cam
paign preceding the Kansas pri-
mary election August 13. And the
loser. Golden Il. Davis, a farmer,
alone "squandered" that sum for
postage stamps.
Gov. Ben Paulen. renominated
for second term, did not spend
a cent.
Evening star., 1926-08-21

Miss Florence Riegle of Bowling
Green Ohio. recently selected as the
hest dressed woman at Ohio NeS-
leyan University. makes her own
clothes.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
Political Leader Dies.

BROWNSVILLE. Tex, August =
(R.--.john r. Greene, Confederate
veteran. newspaper man and politicai
leader, died yesterday.
Evening star., 1926-06-10
$50 SENIORS GIVEN DIPLOMAS
AT e.. w. u. COMMENCEMENT
Sir Esme Howard Among Six Notables Upon Whom
President Lewis Confers Honorary Degrees.
Scene of Largest Graduation Inspiring.

student making highest record In
freshman mechanical drawing, f. F..
Copes.
Sigma Kappa prize for freshmen
with best mark in English rhetoric,
Mary f. Bugbee: Colonial Danes prize
for excellence in American colonial
history, George f. O'Connor; Gene
We've Chat;erton McCutchins prizes
for hest essays on subjects relating to
archaeology or painting, Sonia Yosgour
and Adelaide Dwyer; Alpha Delta Pi
prize for excellence in third-year
French Donald Gooch: Chi Omega
prize in sociology. Alvin McNish;
Livingston prize for highest average
in machine design, w. B. Lawrence;
Arthur b. keaton prizes for highest
grades in architectural design. George
~ Riggs. jr., first, and Donald Cheno-
with Kline and Robert ID. Barnes,
second: Phi Sigma prize in chemistry,
Elizabeth Remission: Delta Zota prize
in botany, Thurza Suter: Gamma Beta
ri medal for botany. Frances Margaret
Milburn.
Law School Prizes.
Law SChool--.Tohn b. Larner gold
medal for member of graduating class
with highest average grade for entire
course. Ernest l.. Wilkinson; Samuel
Herrick prize for member Of gradual
ing class. with the exception of gold
medal winner, who attained highest
grade in the third year, Moses b.
Byington; Ellsworth prize for best
work in patent law course, Clinton
Searl James.
Medical school-Ordroneaux prize
for members of graduating class with
highest average, James I. Boyd, and
Othmar Senitzky. honorable mention,
Lewes d. and Myrtle II. Wilson prize
in obstetrics, Louis Dantzig: prize of
the surgeon general of the Army for
student with highest mark in mill
tary science and tactics, Carlton
Goodiel.
Student activities-Delta Tau Delta
model for student doing most con-
structive work in upbulding student
activities, Sterry X. Waterman; Pi
Beta Phi prize for student who during
her four years has done the most TO
promote student activities. jeanne
Gravatte.
High school scholarship awards in
the department of arts and sciences.
Kendall scholarship--Lew y. Dem
hitz. Central High School: first uni
versity Frank Harvey Weitzel, Wes-
tern: second university. Virginia Shull,
Central: third university. Joseph Sor-
rell. Mckinley: fourth university. John
Reed Swa nton. Mckinley: fifth univer.
sity, William Washington Dyer, ir..
Central: sixth university. Louise Will
ton Cooke, Central.
Those receiving degrees We're:
Bachelor OF arts-Leland Milton AL
den, District of Columbia; Isadore
Meyer Alpher. District of Columbia
with distinction): Howard Carlton
Ameigh New York with distinction),
IL. E 1924 Georgetown University;
Elm Augusta Anderson. New York: