Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1925, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1925. SENSATION OF NEW YORK'S OPERA SEASON. Last Friday night Lawrence Tibbett, a young American, sang in a revival of Verdi's “Falstaff,” at the Metropolitan Opera House. Antonio Scotti was Falstaff; the baritone, Tibbett, took a minor role. Prolonged and enthusiastic ap- plause greeted the young singer. The opera was not allowed to continue until he appeared before the curtain. Wide World Photo. OPENING OF HOLY DOORS INAUGURATES THE HOLY YEAR. in St. Peter’s, Rome, by the Pope, was followed by the opening of other holy doors in the churches of Rome. This photograph shows the ceremony at the St. Giovani Church, with Cardinal Pompili at extreme right The holy door of St. Peter’s was opened by the Pope on Christmas eve. Copyrizht by P. & A. Photos THE WAY NEW YORK CLEANED THE DOWNTOWN STREETS. The metropolis was faced with a big proposition when dawn came Saturday morning, after an all-night snowstorm. But 20,000 men were put to work, the snow was cleaned from the car lines and sidewalks, then removed with steam shovels and trucks. The work continued night and day until very little snow remains'in the city. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. ——— e The ceremony of opening of the door She warns that the end of the world Miss Christobal Pankhurst, oncé"a military apostle of suffrage, is near. POPE IS FIRST TO ENTER HOLY DOOR. Pope Pius XI, with cr in hand, kneeling at threshold of the holy door in the basilica of Peter's, Rome, during the opening of the Holy Year ceremony on Christ mas eve. The Pope divested himself of miter and gorgeous raiment, 10 indicate that he was the first repentant sinner to enter the basilica throegh higidadr: Wide World Photo. HEROIC CREW OF A TUGBOAT. These men, who form the erew o the tugboat Kaleen, stood by the blazing liner Mohawk. rescued 2 passengers, and then took off the captain and officers. The liner wa sinking while the rescue work was being carried on. Copyright by P. appeared at the Episcoral Ascension Memorial Church yesterday and called upon New York to repent. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. PRESIDENT NOW BELONGS TO THE STATE FENCIBLES. Members of the Pennsylvania organization % vesterday called upon President Coolidge at the White House and presented him with a certificate of membership. In center: Maj. Emanuel Furth, the President and Col. Lanard. National Photo & A. Photos | | " LS ANGELES WL ' BE USED N ECLIPSE Four Cameras, Built, to Take Pictures From Dirigible. Four cameras, built at the United States Naval Observatory under the direction of George H. Peters, will be used aboard the dirigible Los Angeles to photograph the eclipse of the sun, January 24. The cameras have just beon completed, and tomorrow will be shipped to Lakehurst, N. J., the home of the Los Angeles, from which place the expedition will start Aboard the Los Angeles will be Capt. E. T. Pollock, superintendent of the Naval Observatory, and in charge of the undertaking; £rof. F. B. Littell, Mr. Peters, C. B. Watts of the observatory and C. C. Ki of the Bureau of Standards. Walter Lo Richardson in cha Bureau of Aeronautics, two of the cameras The plan of photographing the sun’s corona from an airship is mostly ex- perimental, Prof. Littell explained to- day. Of the four cameras. two are aerial and two belong to the observa- tory. They have been mounted in paire, one above the other, and will photograph simultaneously Two Minutes to Work. The largest camera or pair of ca eras is composed of two long boxlike objects, one with a focal f 463 s and the other with a length of 33 inches. The diameter the 1 the 4.6 while on latter is 6 inches, shutter, ated by a lever at opposite end of the lens, will both plates at once. Only about avallable to work ntly Mr. Richardson istants are planning on work in switch- effect it will re- on a warship at will operate m- focal inches One the on former is th, 120 reconds will in and some rigid practice ing the plates. In semble a gun crew work ‘The smaller pair are the same way, one above the One has a focal length of 913 and a lens diameter of 3% and the other a f 1 length of 20 inches and a 3li-inch diameter. Therefore the scientists will get four distinct “shots” at the astronomical phenomenom while, in fact, operating only two cameras. In addition to the “still” photographs to be taken, mov- ing picures also will be attempted These undoubtedly will be made from the cockpit of the Los Angeles on the top of the plane, the others will be made from the cabin. and ¢ constructed other inches inches Expect Important Data. The expedition will be purely a Naval Observatory ome, the Bureau of Aeronautics furnishing the “ve- hicle” for the undertaking. the observations to be made by the scientists aboard, much data is ex- pected to be obtained, including accurate determination of the ative positions of the sun and moon in thefr orbits and the form corona with relation to the sun spot cycle. The wonder of the eclipse will be wvisible only to those in the area of totality. In Washington, if viewed shrough gmoked glass, the sun il Especially} | sateague. | bevona the network of b |1ands forming the isolated counties of | eastern Virginia, may soon be to the | sailors of the east Atlantic what the | Canartes are to those of the west, a | haven of refuge. | enlisted the aid of commercial o of photography, | | Assateague | the shoals and treacherous waves. length of | 4100 | teague | sands. °X- | take a | and rel- | | that of the | critical moment. Haven for Vessels ‘PRA'SES S'I’[]NE’S Planned on Sandy Island Off Coast Shipping Interests Fight to End Heavy Loss In Storms. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., January a densely wooded island, snores are washed by the waves of the open Atlantic, lying just s and is- 6.—As whose Coastwise shipping interests, weary | of the huge toll of ships, goods and j men exacted when the fury of Winter storms descends from the north, have inter- ests of Virginia, Delaware and New England in their plea for the United tes Government to establish off a haven for tempest- driven ships. Steamers towing barges of Virginia | coal consigned to New England ports hav that and many cargoes had to fight terrific seas along particular portion of the coast, have been lost in In recent years 42 vessels and 22 lives | have been lost within a few leagues | of where the haven of refuge is plan- ned alone Property loss in these wrecks has been estimated at above 000 Only a few people live on Assa- Island, a strip of p The greater portion of the island is given over to the raising of wild cattle and ponies. Fishermen livelihood from the sea in much the same fashion as their an- cestors did on the British Isles. ‘Wants Marriage Annul ed. Annulment of marriage is asked in a sult filed today in the District Su- preme Court by Mrs. Nellie Miller against Louis Miller. They were mar. ried May 31, 1924, at Clarendon, Va., the wife charges that her hus- band failed to make known his phy- sical condition at the time of the marriage. She is represented by At- torney David L. Riordon. resemble a crescent at the maximum of the eclipse, or about 95 per cent. There will be & noticeable difference in the light of the morning here, but in the area of totality it will be about as dark as a quarter or half hour after sunset In photographing the sun’s eclipse | | many things must be taken into con- | sideration, | the ship, its roll or pitch or contact From | with bumps. such as the movement of The dirigible will rise to a height of about eight or ten nd feet, or to an altitude Comdr. J. H. Klein will be sure Il not be beneath may put in appearance at the By being above the clouds, the photographers will be sure of geiting a focus on the eclipse, while those on the earth must take the chance of being beneath a canopy of clouds just when the moon passes between the sun and the earthy | takes occasion, In an article |to res and | any clouds | . EFFICIENCY RULE Federal Employes’ Head Criticizes Majority of Per- sonnel Board. Praising the’ decision of Attorney General Stone, which held that the new efliciency ratings should be made public to all employes within a de- partment or establishment, Luther C. Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal Employes, in the current issue of the Federal Employe, criticize sharply the majority of the Personnel Classification Board, particularly the Bureau of Efficiency. His article, Mr. Steward explained today, was written in pursuance of the policy of the federation, which is endeavoring to abolish the alleged control of the Bureau of Efficiency in classification affairs, and to obtain passage o fthe Lehlbach bill, which would put classification in the hands of the Civil Service Commission. Mr. Steward in his article is caustic in eriticism of the three questio propounded to the Attorney General by the board regarding publicity of efficiency ratings, and which the At- torney General answered in the neg- ative. Concerning the last question in which it was asked if the ef- ficlency ratings might be made public by the use of numbers, instead of name: Mr. Steward says, “This os- trichlike strategy of deleted names was to create a semblance of com- pliance with the law that the cur- rent ratings for each grade or class thereof shall be open to inspection by representatives of the board and by employes of the department, under conditions to be determined by the board after consultation with the de- partment heads.” Mr. Steward says the Personnel Classification Board should have gone to the Attorney General before in its administration of the act. “Its his- fory,” he sald, “‘might then have been less marked by disregard, evasion and perversion of the act the board was created to administer. YOUNG MAN HELD T0 JURY ON PURSE-TAKING CHARGE Miss E. R. G. Sibley Says Albie Mullinix Took Abcut $50—He , Denies Accusation. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 6.—Aft- er he had driven her from Cedar Grove, this county, to Mount Airy, Md, and back, and helped her carry bundles from' the automobile into the house, Alble Mullinix, & young resident of the Cedar Grove neighborhood, so Miss E. R. G. Sibley charged in the police court here, picked up her purse, which she bad placed on a table in her home, stuck it in his Rocket and refused to give it up. The purse, so she explained, con- tained about $50. Although the young man denied the accusation, Judge Riggs thought he should be held for the action of the March grand Jury and fized bond at §200, Painting Sold for Song in Germany Declared to Be Original Rubens By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, An oil painting, purchased in for a few marks at an auction at Frankfort-on-Main, by a Philadelphian, was declared today by Prof. Pasquale Farina, local authority on old masters, to be the original Peter Paul Ru- bens' painting. “Daniel in the Lions Den.” The purcha: and owner of the painting is Max A. Krankel, proprietor of a dental laboratory. Prof. Farina said worked over the painting for years, testing it by every knswn method and submitting it to many recognized experts on Rubens and BRITAIN’S DOMINION PARLEY CANCELED Proposed Conference to Consider Geneva Protocol Will Not Be Held. F A 08 sale January rmany, that he had By the Associated Press. MELBOURNE, Australia, January 6. —1It is stated In circles close to the government that the proposed confer- ence of dominion representatives wit members of the Baldwin administra tion at London on the attitude of the | British Empire toward the Geneva se- | curity and disarmament protocol will not be held. One of the reasons advanced by the British government for requiring postponement of consideration of the Geneva protocol by the League of Na- tions council was the necessity of consulting the dominions on the subject. Recent news dispatches from Aus- tralia said the commonwealth’'s views could be stated by writing or by cable, and that the general feeling was not favorable to Premier Bruce going to London -to take part in a conference. AMNESTY LIST PUBLISHED France Promulgates Records of Pardons Headed by Caillaux. PARIS, December —The court records in the cases of 50,000 persons cleared by the amnesty bill voted in parlfament last week are promulgated in_the Journal Officiel today. The foremost of the beneficiarfes is former Premier Caillaux. The list in- cludes deserters, strikers and persons charged with minor offenses, not ex- cluding speculators. Among those pleased by the passage of the measure are the state prose- cutors, who now are able to shelve 50,000 dockets which weighed on their overcharged hands, e S i Dies on Eve of 107th Birtaaa,. JERSEY CITY, N. J., January 6.— Mrs. Catherine Matuzak, be the oldest woman in New Jersey, died yesterday at her home, a week before her 107th birthday. She was born in Prussia. Three sons, 31 grand- children, 11 great-grandchildren and € great-great-grandchildren surviye, believed to | the art of that period. that he original. Controversy over Rubens’ “Dan- iel in the Lions' Den” has waged among art circles more than half a century. Most of the experts claimed that the picture in the castle of the Duke of Hamilton, in England, was the original, declar- ing that it had been sold by Ru- bens himself in 1618 and presented to King Charles I Prof Farina says the Hamilton picture, which ha been sold twice since 1882 was a “poor copy” of the original, although he admits the master may have painted it as a duplicate of the original upon order for presentation to Charles L JUGOSLAVIA REPLY TO ALBANIA PUBLIC League Announces Answer to Pro- test Against Raids Which At- tacks Ex-Premier Fan Noli. He declared was satisfied it was the By the Associated Press. GENEVA, January 6—The League of Nations today published the_text of Jugoslavia’s reply to the récent Albanian protest against alleged Jugoslay raids in Albanian territory A summary of the reply had already been sent out from Belgrade. The reply is chiefly an attack on former Premier Fan Noli, who re- cently fled from Albania to Italy. It attacks Fan Noli as & man who was “periodically lodging fantastic and ill- intentioned accusations against Jugo- slavia.” The latter country, the note says, has merely been seeking Alban- ian independence. The communication states that Jugoslavia replies to the Albanian protest only out of deference to the league. The note denies each of Fan Noll's allegations regarding Jugo- slay interference in the domestic af- tairs of Albania. The league now is awalting a re- sponse from Ahmed Bey Zogu, the new Albanian leader. If Zogu repu- diates Fan Noli's protest, the league will consider the matter ended. owing to the fact that the Zogu Darty now is in control in Albania. 7,000 FACE WAGE CUT. Thread Company Announces Re- duction of 10 Per Cent. WILLIMANTIC, Conn., January 6.— Announcement was made at the plant of the American Thread Co. here yes- terday that the wages of its oper- atives will be reduced 10 per cent, effective January 12. The reduction will be general in all plants of the company. Twenty-five hundred operatives will be affected here and 7,000 in the en- tire system. The present reduction will return the scale to the 1921 schedule. How much real value stands back of the stock or bonds you are asked to buy? POLICE BODK TWO FLEEING AUTOISTS One Man Arrested Faces Charges of Driving While Intoxicated. Police last night booked two more “fleeing motorist” collision cases, the arrest of one offender later resulting in charges against him of driving while intoxicated, colliding and fail- ing to make knowr his jdentity. The man arrested was Albert H. MacKenzie, 37 years old, of 30 S street. His automobile struck a parked car at Thirty-fifth street and Prospect avenue, damaging the latter car and obstructing trafiic. Trafll policemen on duty nearby went in search of the driver and found him two blocks from the scene of the acci- dent, his car being near the bridge to the north of Georgetown University. He was released on bond The other “hit-and-run"” driver dis appeared after his car had collided with a mail truck near 3rd and L street Joseph H. Dickens, 961 Twen: fifth street, driver of the truck, reported the accident. Taxi Driver Arrested. Flmer M. Carlson, 23, 1336 K street, a tax! driver, was arrested at Tenth and F streets last midnight and held on a charge of driving while intoxi- cated. His taxicab had not been in a collision, police stated, and only the one charge was preferred. TUn- able to furnish bond for his appear- ance, Carlson was locked up. Lafayette Washington, 632 Q street, was driver of a Government automo- bile that collided at Mount Vérnon place and Ninth street yesterday with a motor delivery vebicle belonging to Judd & Detweler, Florida avenue and Eckington place. Only slight dam- age resulted. AUTOIST IS FINED $250 ON ‘HIT-AND-RUN’ CHARGE Robert Tinsley Accused of Striking Amelia Barr, 15, of Ta- koma Park. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, January 6. Autoists who play the “hit-and-run game need not expect to get off as easily in Montgomery County as they do in some other jurisdictions, if the action of Judge Samuel Kyle, in the Police Court at Takoma Park, on Sun- day, is a criterion. Amelia Barr, aged 15, of 262 Ethan Allen avenue, Takoma Park, was struck by an automobile and pain- fully injured about 8:15 o'clock Sat- urday night, the accldent occurring within a hundred yards of her home. Robert Tinsley was arrested soon aft- erward by Policeman Earle Burdine and a charge of falling to stop after an accident was preferred against him. In the Takoma Park court Sun- day he was adjudged guilty by Judge Kyle and a fine of $250 and costs im- poved, German Charges France Protects U.S.Trade Group. Holds Financial Power of America Wins French Over. BY E R ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News BERLIN, January 6.—The curious tendency of French interests and government to protect American in- terests in their commercial negotla- tlons with the Germans is noted by the manager of the “community of the interests of German agricultural machine factores” in a confidential memorandum to the factory manager which has fallen into the hands of the writer. The German negotiators at Parls asked the most favored treatment of the French nation for their agricul- tural machinery. This the French negotiators refused, declaring they ould not permit the importation German binders and reapers into France because the Americans, owing to their high costs of freight and | packing, wonld be put at an extraor- dinary disadvantage, since the Ger- man offers already were 50 low as to compete with the Americans, even without their tariff advantages On: this account the writer of the note warned the German manufac- turers to make no more offers dur- Ing the negotiations, lest he should “spill the beans”” The memorandum is dated December 17 The Germans consider Amerlcans, owing to their financial power, have a practical guardian- ship over French industr (Copyright, 1925, by C that the g0 Daily News Co.) SCHOOL BUILDING * PLAN IS OUTLINED Supt. Ballou Explains to Commit- tee Draft of Five-Year D. C. Program. The five-year school building pro- gram recently drafted by the Board of Education was outlined by Supt. of Schools Frank W. Ballou at a meeting of the committee on school extension of the District Public School Association last night in the Franklin School. Dr. Ballou also answered critics who charged that he too readily abandons attempts to secure appro- priations for school playgrounds by saying that when money is short he deems adequate housing of school children with access for each pupil to full-time instruction relatively more important than play space. The building program, the super- intendent pointed out, is based on two fdctors—first, that annual surveys of school population indicate 20 new classrooms on the average must be supplied each year to accommodate the Increased enrollment, and, second, that accumulated congestion required provision of 350 rooms to catch and produce normal seating of puplils, 80 that it was contemplated to build 90 rooms a year for a period of five r8, and after that 20 rooms each ear, | applicants for of | up | GOVERNOR URGES DIVORCE REFORMS New Rhode Island Executive Asks Changes in Laws to Prevent Abuses. By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, Reform of Rhode Island’s divorce laws, including submiss of mony in open court to prevent fraud, was urged by Gov. Aram J. Pothler today in his inaugural address to the new general assembly. “The legitimate privacy with which divorces now can be had is an incen- tive to dishonesty,” the governor said. “The problem is how to handle divorce without injus- tice to meritorious ca and with the greatest obstruction collusive or dishonest ones. January 6.— to Open Court Evidence. therefore, believe that in all divorce cases should in open court u the reason makes a special order the contrary. The number of special mas- ters in divorce cases should be lim- ited. They should have more power than that of mere listene as present. Such changes can, and I hope . be speedily made. would suggest that a more lels- urely consideration might develop a workable plan to reduce the number of divorces even where some causes honestly exist. Much unknown good work is done by members of and clergy in discouraging th Ing of cases. My thought is that, i addition to such private efforts, per- be given less court for | haps the parties might be brought to- gether in an informal way prior to a legal trial to discuss their situation with some officer or judge of sym- pathy, tact i firmness, backed by the power of the State. In this way many a threatened disruption of fam- life might be averted.” Prompt passage of emergency ap- propriation measures to correct the situation existing in Rhode Island be- cause of a deadlock in the last legis- lature, which prevented transaction of State business, was urged by the governor. He advocated several reforms in the State administration which have long been the cause of partisan bit- terness. ARKANSAS BANK CLOSED. Is Unable to Realize on Large Out- > standing Loans. PINE BLUFF, Ark., January 6.— The Citizens' Bank of Pine Bluff was in charge of the State bank commis- sioner yesterday, when it was forced to close, so far as cash transactions were’ concerned. because - of large loans upon which the bank had been unable to realize. According to a from bank officials, $3,034.099.28 and Of the liabilities, deposits. statement obtained liabilities total $3,013,733.69. $2,044,099.28 is in A vessel so infested with red ants that cyanide was needed to rout them arrived at an English port from the, Far East recently,