Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1925, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, THE EVENING the 500 boys STAR” PARTY Is. little gu ARRIVES AT MARSHALL HALL, of The Star, arrived at the river res left Wa and who are inmates of the Distriet homes for orphans, one big festival. CALLING ON THE HOME FOLKS. The President and Mrs. Coolidge motored over to Plymouth. Vi, a few days ago, and then went on to Proctorsville to see “Aumt™ Sarah Pollard, a cle of the Coolidge family for many y Mrs. Coolidge is holding “Aunt” Sarah’s pet cat. .~ FRANGE MAY DELAY MANLEADS POLICE ars. This photograph was snapped just as ort to spend the day. The children, ogton yesterday morning, and the whole day was Washington Star Photo. The beach shawl is the latest. The oldfashioned bath robe has passed, and the new <hawls are made of the finest materials in the brightest of colors. Shirley Mason, movie star, St plioty By Acme Photos DRIVE UPON MOORS N STREET CHASE: Petain’s Trip to Morocco Is to Decide Date for Opening of Offensive. After Alleged Stealer of Vest. By¥the Asso PARI Pagis s Moroceo offénsive tc n ated Pre Downtown crowds today viewed police chase of an alleged to hav stolén a and late reports ind that god would have to look to his laurels. It before the hue and cry was raised vest, cated Mercury of Krim's pow next = noon was shortly ing of th w By th thé p fogees will 72 0f them ing for 1 tween Fez The g ure of & colored man darted from th Eighth department e of wd toward 1 street After him policeman the precinct V! him! street door of Lansbu store and stie 1sed ran- a first Stop) went u T AL cagitulate her, it s declaved suspend operatic Crowds Open Path the crowds in front gone suddenly deaf un ide pathway for the He streaked through lanes riple-quick one-man parade. He turned to the left on and there made his big mistake. sauntering down toward street from Police Court stolen clothi ters—Cox, King and Murphy. All bu Murphy had bundles of clothing unde their arms. had their day in court.) And of him ming e French see mtil April 200 Rebels. 7] Spanish Rout MADRID D stree that or officer e came between wational horder ar The rehels left f ead hehind Drive. 18 (P) ind 2 mixed brigade French of the activities. wheeling south again on D street. and he didn't hes was w terri lane for the escaping fug n lifting his heels and st muscles. ne a shot. An inder e, Murphy his head shoulder. . “Don’t shoot put on more turned over hi: mmunic eed. velled: And Bullet Speeds Pay FOUR FIRMS ENJOINED IN PATENT DISPUTE States The increased Murphy's speed. ine sed the speed the man w asing. About as it takes to read all 4 sped south to Pe and the fugitive had dived acros: trac an this, United Gypsum Wins Long Fight—Damages of Company | nue the street ca Several Millions Foreseen. whiskers of By the Associated Press CHICAGO, August States Gypsum Co. from Federal Judge James H. Wilker- | jns ‘dive at the man son. a perpetual injunction against|ended on the bottom. four compet companies enjoining | from infr upon its pat improvements plaster. The | wre the Best the Ameri the Beaver aver Products | brakes. 18 The United | terday obtained the chase ended. Murphy togk a fly nd the latte the prisoner. At the first precinct the ve his name as John Smith of 3 Maine avenue southwes: charged with petit larcer Capt. Flather, after inv discovered * that Policeman Le !fired the shot in the air during th chase. involving prisone 1 defend: - Wall can 1t companies anufact ' Cemen srrison was appointed master in chancery to Assess damages which are reported to amount to sev- | a1 million « ent, granted has heen a tion, Statistics that percen he found whites. er show the highesi n in 191 tinual litiga- among the A opened fugitive. like a Seventh the squad from headquar- (The clothing squad had | re still opening a tive he ining | he | sound of that bullet discharge But it also he | half as quickly | the two sylvania ave. s under the very | approaching street | {car while the motorman jammed on At the south side of the intersection A crowd formed a little ring around the detective and age of working women are to native-born Downtown Crowds See Race e i speed, when The fig- LITTLE and girls, day, » mates of the Distriet 1 ga nd contests w 0 last evening. | ON MARCO ISLAND Peace Reigns, But Duration Is Problematical—Hearing Seen Tomorrow. t & | Murphy canght a panoramic glimpse He noticed the man sventh from By the Assoctaiad Press {\ TAMPA, Fla., Au; | reigns over Marco I and its par. ticipants in_the “Lost Land’ contro versy early” today, following the con cealing of arms by members of the | two factions on guard vesterday. How long the quiet will last is a | question that neither the settlers on the island, in agreement with Barron G. Collier, New York advertis- ing man over possession of certain the islands, or can answer. Both sides ex bellef that trouble m: 18.—Peace However, no guns are seen on the | island toda and the guards patrol- |ing the disputed lands merely walk |about and appear uninterested. “The announcement that T. C. Havell, |acting commissioner of public lands, | With a Federal agent, will visit the |island soon in an attempt to have | them iron out the differences, is be- lieved to have been responsible for {the putting aside of the arms. These settlers, who are asking in a petition for the removal of Sheriff W. R. Maynard and his deputies wil prob. bly be given a hearing by Gov. Mar- tin on his return tomorrow. s £ T g Pirates Slay Philippine. Official. MANILA, August 18 (#).—Municipal | ® | President Patero and his wife of the town of Corona, on the Island of Pala- wan, were murdered vesterday by a dozen Moro pirates, who robbed the house of money and jewels. The pi- rates fled in a sailing vessel, pursued , by Philippine constabulary t i, backers of | TAKES PICTURES OF THE BULLE Standards and the photographic a photographs of bullets when they are expelled from a rifle. of sensitized plates and the spark fron TS. Philip P. Quayle of the Burean apparatus which he uses in making With highly 1 an_electric wire, several separate photographs of the bullet in flight are made on the same plate. “ONE-ARM"” WOLFE CAPTURED STUDENTS WHO TOOK PART eight students of George Washingt were mentally alert and physically ing the sleepless hours con FOLLOWING VENGEANCE KILLING. Wolfe (in center), with Detee- tive Brown and Chief of Police Dandolph (left), and Capt. Fred Putkett (right), following Wolfe Muncie, Ind. killing of Hance and his wife, near The latter is charged. through a death-bed statel Muncie. The double Killing is claim trayal of the bandit Gerald Chapman. s institutions for children, ere arranged, prizes were awardes river re By the Associated Press. ) | W YORK; August 18.—Only 19 hits have been madeyin 16,000 shots, { which anti-aircraft machine gun bat teries at Fort Tilden fired during a | test of the ability of coast defense to protect the port of New York from | attack by air. | Representative F. H. former major in the A | observed the tests, port to Congress that the u he were an ‘“‘absurdity.” ““To observe the pomp, glamor, | maps, bugles, bells, signals and com- mands with the resulting low per centage of hits,” he added, “reminded me of a child chasing a bird on the lawn trying to put salt on its tall to catch it. “The synthetic defense of the port of New York certainly has not the kick of the synthetic gin that I am| tald is sold on Broadway. Hypotheti- ( cal hits are bunk. Enimies are not defeated that way.” Targets at Low Levels. The enemy airplanes during the | tests yesterday were represented by | | two sleeve-shaped targets towed by | two planes at altitudes of from 700 to | | 1,700 feet. said to be much lower than | enemy bombers would actually fly The targets were of canvas, colored | a deep biue. A | | One plane towed its target back and | | forth over the land batteries 18 times | while 50-caliber machine guns fired | | 8.000 shots and_scored only five hits |at an altitude for the targets of 900 to 1,700 feet. The other plant’s target was back and forth at an altitude of # La Guardia, | service, who id he would re-| defenses sort yes and “ea | nessed 1ALL erd ats” were sery HAI The 1 almost all day long. |{ARMS ARE SHELVED |19 HITS S(JJRED IN 16,000 SHO'T FIRED AT LOW-FLYING TARGETS| H0STS IN ARGENTINA 'Test of Hand Guns Defending New York Shows “Tremendous Advance” in Defense Against Aerial Attack, Maj. Gen. Hagood Says. 700 to 900 tered in 8,000 shoi Representative La Guardia said on any one of these trips either bomber could have annihilated Fort The tests were similar to thq ducted at Fortress Monroe, \ March. Tmprovement € Maj. Gen e con- last imed. Johnson Hagood, who with more than a dozen officers wit the tests, said the practice showed a tremendous advance in anti aircraft defense since the war.Others admitted that the tests bore out the assertion of Col. William Mitchell, former assistant chief of the Army Air Service, that guns on land were virtually useless against hostile air- craft. Similar tests with land batteries assisted by powerful seagchlights to locate the targets are scheduled for tonight. They were postponed last night because of low clouds and haze. “T am greatly pleased by the demon- stration,” said Gen. Charles P. Sum- merall, commanding general of the 2d Corps Area. “We have apparently secured results showing as high a state of efficienc antl-aircraft machine gun tests else where. This is purely a problem of efficiency of personnel and equipment and is not a problem involving the defense of New York." Officer Quits Army. The resignation of First Lieut. Hen- ry G. Lambert, Corps of Engineers, ri ently stationed at Fort Dupont, Del., has been accepted by the President. ent of Ben | steamer Charles Ma Tnited States Army Band provided music - feet and 14 hits were regis- | Tilden. | here as in Dre\'lm!!‘l ce, with having a part in th d 1o have been revenge for the b Copyright by . & A. Phe alester carried 500 hoys aring the he Macalester arrived back at the Washington Star Photo WALES FELICITATES ! | Voices Gratitude for Good Fortune That Permitted South American Visit. By the Associated Press | BUENOS AIRES, The st a in August 18 | Prince of Whales completed his f { day’s stay here with attendance at banquet given in his honor the governmental palace last night Speaking before a brilliant em- blage, in reply to welcoming ad- dress by President de Alv the roval visitor said he considered hir self fortun: while ot South 'African tour were yet {fresh in mind, to be enabled to 3 {a similar visit to the southern part | of the American continent. | Both were new lands, he continued, with different problems to solve, but | both were working confidently for human progress and civilization. | Refering to the celebration of the centenary of the treaty of amity and commerce between the United Provim- | ces of the River Plate and Great Britain, he said the treaty had in- augurated relations of friendship and commercial intercourse between the two countries which had been unin- terrupted for a century, “and w I am sure will be prolonged indeffh- itely. e, the experiences h i i e Klan to Parade. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. August 18— The Police Department has issued a permit for a K. K. K. parade here September 10, the members, however, being required to parade with their hoods back and faces unmasked. An ordinance prevents the parading of masked organizations. o sted of auto driving, cla -| $4,000 and $8,000, IN SLEEPLESS TEST. After 80 hours without a wink of <leep, two of the on University who took the severe test conducted by Prof. Fred A. Mos« active—to all appear: failing 1o show the I of ep. The te: dur; itending hase ball games, etc tudy s P. & A. Photc AMERICAN CHAMPION IN ACTION tenni Helen Wills, one of the greatest players ever developed in America, on the courts at Forest Hills d. where the internationad matches are taking place. Mise Wills defeated Miss Kathleen McKane of England in the odd set for the Wightman trophy Cony & A Photos 20PGT. SURTAX GUT U. 3. ASKS §7.470.000 - SEEN BY TREASURY: GERMAN HOLDINGS 'Reduction to Be Passed Be- | Petitions B. & 0. for Transfer fore New Bills March 15, of Stock to Alien Prop- Sponsors Say. erty Custodian. debated Nation's taxes app { taking a somewhat definite form ‘\ That the administr: { leaders are busily engaged in working out a tax reduction program wa dicated from two sourcés yester Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot, chairman of the Senate fin committee, assured President Cool idge at Plvmouth, Vt., that a tax re duction bill would be enacted by ) gress before first_payments of the |sents a new year due March™5 000 20 Per Cent Surtax Cut. the Tre study condition convinced of at it would not be un. | reasonable to consider a reduction of the surtax to 20 per cent, and of the maximum. normal tax to 5 per cent In discussing the matter with the President, Mr. Mellon and Senator Smoot expressed the belief that many miscellaneous taxes could be elim | inated, and that a substantial reduc | tion also could be made jn both the | surtax and normal rates. | Although Mr. Mellon made no defi | nite recommendations to the Chief ecutive, or Smoot and Rep | resentative Tilson of Connecticut | Republican leader in the next House, declared for a cut in the surtax rate {on incomes of $12,000 and over from | the maximum of 40 to 20 or even 15 per cent. The much of re { ducing the { session question at the next of Congress to be pre | . District ansfer about 74,500 stock to the credit of Hick: n properts he shares are now held in the names B shares of Frederick custod on the company’s b of the Deutsche Bank N 1 stockholde tes Attorney ted as legul Mr. Hicks. The book value of appro. Payment -of dividends on elopped in 191% 1, Mitchell Palmer, then custodian ceks on's and c in. 1 ire N of shares order of A lien property Mr. Hick v > cancel all of the stock certificates held by these liens during the World War and to have duplicate certificates made out in his name as alien property custodian Jame! Carter, assistant United ates attoreny, said the Baltimore and Ohio wants a court review of the | case before it takes action. Mr. Car lter said he did not know what dis position the alien property custodian | might make of the seized stock. It | was pointed out, however, that other 2oods seized by Simultaneously known that try's fina | ficials there t the Government in a | similar manner have been sold and the money held by the Government as security for Germany's war debt 12.000:YEAR-.0LDCULTURE IN MONGOLIA IS REPORTED Small Tncome Cuts. American Museum of Natural His- | They also fave i normal rates from ! incom { $4.000 and under, from 4 o 3 cent on incomes hetween and from 6 to 5 per { cent on incomes over that umount | “Although the Treasury has not dis closed its attitude on the 11 ed reduction of to 1 per cent on tory Expedition in Asia Finds Strange Relics. By the 0« NEW Y Dex ited Press Extensive evidence of n culture in Mon golia 12,000 or more years ago have o taaas e oh as those o auy | been unearthed by the third _Asiatic otadblicar andt aa humber | expedition of the American Museum P \ have ndve. | of Natural History, according to a ca od o removal of all these lovies oy | Dle from the leader, Roy Chapman An- the ground that they have a bad b "”}“,‘\v Ry Dy e fect. on buainess. The hope of. the [MAgazine, which co-operated in organ | p 2l the | izing the expedition. :‘T;;fi‘.’g,{ér::sfl:};{“:;;}l‘;1:.i:“§§_hh}h‘g Among the other results reported 1 5 » 2 " r'e isc ¢ o ) 0! | will cause the least dislocation of |'® the discovery of 40 din ur eggs, of | % ™ X ,000 ars 3 & skel S business and will bring the maximum | 1000000 vears old; dingsaur skeleton return to the Government. 1 skulls, two pre-Mongul human | skeletons, remains of ancient animals |and a large collection of stone weapons |and utensils of the pre-historic dwell | ers of the Asian plateau. Trolley Hits Fire Truck. Struck by a Capital Traction car in| The archeological material was con front of 1136 New Jersey avenue about | sidered of great importance by mu {10:30 o'clock last night, the apparatus | seum officials, who hope it will throw fof No. 4 Truck Company .““‘?,J",‘L,S.‘:,‘i.".',‘flfir.'.‘““‘ on late paleolithic human of commission and taken to repair | 2 |Shop. where It was estimated that | Dr. Andrews: cable said that because damage to the truck amounted to|©f the political unrest in China the ex $1,000. Motorman H. V. Arbogas | pedition worked under difficulties, be. Alexandria. Va. in charge of the|ing held for a month at one point by |street car, explained that slippery con. | Soldiers. dition of the tracks made it impossible for him to stop. The truck was stand ing still at the time. No one was in Jured. Burns wrote some of his he was a plow- i Robert best poems while | boy. >