Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1925, Page 78

NEV MARRIACELAN N SOVET RUSS Code as Now Arranged Rec- ognizes Church Weddings as Legal. BY JUNIUS B. W0OD Correspondence 8L, THS . Star and Cbicago aily ow MOSCOW, U. S. 8. R., October 18. —Important changes in the much-dis- | cussed marriage laws of soviet Rus- sia have been approved by “Sov-| narkom” (the council of people’s com- | missars) which corresponds to the | cabinets of other countries. They are | now before “Vzik” (central executive | committee) the chief executive power of the country, for final approval and | promulgation. The changes are the most significant since the present code | of family law was adopted Nov. 20, | 1917. Legalizing of religlous, or church, | marriages which hitherto have not | been recognized by the state is a | significant feature of the amendments. "This change is effected indirectly with- out the naming of the church, by a | broad extension of the definition of | the marital obligation | Another new provision makes chil- dren responsible for the support not | only of their parents but of their brothers and sisters in case these de- | pendents are unable to work, in the same way that parents are now legally responsible for the support of their | offspring 1 Marriage Ceremony Not Necessary. | The legalizing of church marriages Is accomplished by a provision that there shall be no distinction between registered and nonregistered marri- nages. Those whose marriages are not registered have the same rights and responsibilities as those who are re istered. While this provision relieves persons who are married by a religious ceremony of the necessity of register- ing, it gives to persons who are living | together without marriage ceremony | and thelr children as well, the same | legal rights. The church record of marriage will be sufficient legal proof for the former, but the latter must have other evidence to prove that they have lived as husband and wife. Hith- | erto persons in cither category did not have a legal marital standing and | in case of the death of one member | of the family, if there were no chil- | dren, the property of the deceased went to the state. “The principles of our party regard- ing marriage are not altered by these amendments,” says a lawyer in ana- | Iyzing the new law. “In 1918 we were forced to struggle against the religi- | ous marriage and to popularize the so: called civil contractural relation. Na- turally under such conditions we em- phasized the fact that participants in marriages in church had no rights and obligations unless the marriages were registered. This necessity has passed and the new code repeals the extreme | attitude. Husband and Wife Equal *“The basic principle of the new laws acknowledges equality between hus- band and wife without the limitations imposed in bourgeois states—such as the husband being the head of the family—and the wife is freed from | obedience to her husband. The obli-| gations between children and parents are based on actual blood relationship, thus protecting the rights of mothers and children. A family, or those hav- ing legal rights to its propert: sists of only parents and the! dren and not, as under the bourgeios French law, grandparents, uncles, | aunts and cousins. Adopted children have equal legal rights as such only | when registered, and they must be | adopted while under age.” | The legal age in soviet Russia is| 18 years for both men and women, | except that a marrfed woman obtains | her rights of citizenship at 16 years. Marriage between insane persons and direct descendants or members of the same family is forbidden. Persons registered as married, or married with- | out being registered prior to Nov. 20, 1917, (by church weddings), canno be wedded .again at a registry offic However, they will have no difficulty in being divorced. struct, | vears brain he has come to the conclusion SEES CERTAIN METHOD OF PROBING THOUGHTS Russian Academician Describes Apparatus! Working as Crystal fet on Radio Waves. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MOSCOW, November 14.—The repu- table Russian academician, Prof. Laza- =v, contends it is possible to con- A mechanical apparatus to pick up the secret thoughts of indi- viduals, just as a crystal set picks up radio waves. Prof. Lazarcv says that after 20 investigation of the human that it gives off waves according to the Macavelli and Hertzian theories, Human thoughts are due to the action of the brain ions upon the nerve centers, Prof. Lazarev says. “These fons are uniform during mental excitement, proving that the brain, when working, gives off a spe- cial kind of a w imilar to those in_wircless tele 3 Prof. Lazarev’s conclusions are now hefore the Moscow Technical Insti tute, which proposes to devise some practical apparatus capable of catch- ing the wave: He will come to Moscow from Leningrad for a conference at the in- stitute. (Copyright, 1025, by ¢ HOOVER PLACES WREATH AT STATUE g0 Daily News Co.) | Pays Tribute to Gen. Von Steuben on 195th Anniversary of Warrior's Birth. Secretary Hoover of the Commerce Department yesterday morning laid a wreath at the foot of the Von Steuben Statue at the corner of Jackson place and H street, leading the ceremony incident to the celebration of the 195th anniversary of Gen. von Steuben's birth at Madgeburg, Prussia, N ber 15, 1730, continental s of the American Revolution rouped around the 'statue dur ing the ceremonial. In addition to Mr. Hoover, Baron Ago Maltzan, the Ambassador from ermany, and representatives of the French embassy participated in the ceremony in memory of the alllance between France and the United States in the War of the Revolution. Dr. John van Schaick, jr., representing the chaplain of the soclety, pro- nounced the invocation. The committee of the Sons of the Revolution in charge of the cere- monles included the following: Elliot H. Goodwin, chairman; Capt. Adelbert Althouse, U. S. N.: Col. Walter C. lephane, Charles F. Diggs, Edward W. Donn., jr.; Don H. Foster, Rich- ard W. Hynson, Willlam H. Saunders, Floyd P. Waggaman and Col. George C. Thorpe, U. 8. M. C. They were accompanied by the color guard of the society, under Col. Henry May, as well as by members of the board | of managers, headed by Brig. Gen. George Richards, U. dent, and Charles GIFTS OF CLOTHING ASKED FOR VETERANS Costello Post Appeals for Garments for Needy ex-Soldiers Under- going Treatment. An appeal for gifts of clothing for veterans of the World War here was issued yesterday by the welfare and hospital eommittee of the Washing- ton department of the American Le- glon, which is caring for the needy veterans. Describing the conditions of the needy ex-service men, Charles Kohen, post commander of the Vincent B. Costello Post, who is chairman of the committee, said: “There are men in some of the hos- pitals drawing compensation as low as $8 per month, with dependents at home who have not sufficient clothing to enable them to go outside in in- clement weather. There are many others walking the streets, out of a Jjob, who are unable to clothe them- . C.. presi- secretary. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., NOVEMBER 15 1925—PART 2. OLHLECTRECAR TES ASTONSHIG Expert Predicts: Revolution- ary Effect on Travel, After Striking Results. Special Dispatch, to The Star. MONTREAL, Quebec., November 14. —When D. Cramble, chief of transpor- tation of the Canadian National Rail- ways, reached Montreal at noon a week ago Saturday he completed a round overland trip between Montreal and Kamloops, British Columbla, in faster time than it had ever been done before. Not only s it the fastest journey on record between these two points, but it is also the fastest over- land journey of 5,500 miles-ever made. Mr. Crambie was a member of the party which left Montreal at 2 o'clock two weeks ago Sunday afternoon for Vancouver on board the ofl-electric car of the Canadian National Rallways, which made the record-making non- stop trip to the Pacific coast in 72 hours overall time and 67 hours actual running time. At Kamloops, which is about 150 miles east of Vancouver, Mr. Cramble left the oil-electric car and boarded an eastbound Canadian Na- tional silk train, which brought him into Toronto, Ontario, a_distance of 2,699 miles, at 11:12 p.m. Friday night, just 12 minutes too late to make con- | nections with the Toronto-Montreal | fiver, which would have landed him at | Boonventure station here at 7:30 o'clock Saturday morning. Instead he caught the Toronto-Ot- tawa train and made the last stage of his journey by that route, arriving in Montreal at noon Saturday. or just 5 days, 22 hours and 30 minutes from the time he commenced the journey west. Toronto the trip was made at an average speed of 41 miles an hour, counting stops. Revolutionizes Travel. When interviewed Mr. Crambie had | | less to say about his personal experi- | ence than about the performance of | the oil-electric car, which he charac- terized as amazing. With other things which the test of this car had proved, | he says, is that it 18 no longer a | dream of the future, but an actual fact | that it is quite posible for a man to | leave Montreal at noon any day and | be in Winnipeg, 1,356 miles distant, at | 7 o'clock the next night, a trip| which now requires 48 hours. | The trip of the oll-electric car | proved that. It left Montreal 16 hours after the Continental Limited, the crack Montreal-Vancouver train of the Canadian National Rallways, passed it at Winnipeg and arrived in Van- couver 22 hours ahead of it. From the time it left Montreal until it reach- | ed Vancouver the engine never stop- ped running, and such minor adjust- ments to the engine as were found | necessary were ‘made by those on board the car without the assistance of any outside help. S. J. Hungerford, operating vice president of the National Rallways, torwhom Mr. Crambie made his report on his return to Montreal, sald the trip of the oil-electric car marked a | step forward In the development of | railway motive power which can be described by no other word than revo- lutionary. Spells End of Water Train. “When, after much thought and study, we undertook to develop these | oil-electric cars, we were convinced we were working along the right lines in the creation of a type of motive| power which would result in the so-| lution of the vexing problems of this branch line traffic and highway bus | competition with which the first-class roads of North America are faced to- d d Mr. Hungerford. “We did . allow our hopes to rise | too high, and above all we did mnot | make any extravagant claims for our invention. “Severe tests on comparatively short runs in Eastern Canada proved | to our complete satisfaction that we | had not been incorrect fn our deduc- tions, as these more or less minor tests proved beyond doubt that we | had evolved a motive power unit of | such low fuel and maintenance cost | as to be incomparably superlor to any | other. type of motive power in use on | From Montreal to Kamioops to | | INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN Free Automobile Parking Furniture Christmas Furniture Carpets W. B. Moses & Sons .- Established 1861 F Street and Eleventh Make This Linens Upholstery Christmas That season of the year is upon us when our thoughts turn to the great day of Thanksgiving—therefore it is wise at this time to pause and consider if the setting is as you would have it for the occasion. Below are mentioned a few of the many beautiful dining room suites here on display. Dining Room Furniture : 4-piece walnut and gum dining room suite. china server, extension table lO-pi’ece walnut and gum dining room suite. Buffet, china server, ::t:n:il?,xt:h fcable. 1 arm, 5 side chairs, slip se'a'ts m $325.00 10-piece walnut an(i‘g.rum 'dmm-g' ro_am -suxte. Beautiful design and finish. Buffet, china server, table, 1 arm, 5 side chairs, 5 side chairs. Seats in haircloth.. ... $495.00 10-piece massive dining room suite, in walnut and gum. Buffet, china server, extension table, 1 arm, 5 side chairs. Seats $ in hair cloth z 395.00 10-piece walnut and gum dining room suite, beautiful design and finish. Buffet, chnia server, table, 1 arm, 5 side chairs, seats in haircloth. $495-00 10-piece mahogany and gum dining room suite, beautiful finish with lsn::ty’ ix?‘;:lert'cfi'ti}li“ server, table, 1 arm, 5 side chairs. $550.00 10-piece walnut and gum dining room suite, very beautiful in design and finish. Buffet, china server, extension table, 1 arm, b side chairs. Seats and backs in red mohair $625-00 10-Piece Walnut Dining Room Suite; hand decorated; buffet, china server, table, 1 arm and 5 side chairs; seats in haircloth ....... i o $965000 10-Piece Mahogany and Maple Dining Room Suite; buffet, china server, extension table, 1 arm and 5 side chairs; $475 00 . seats in haircloth. 10-Piece Maple and Walnut Dining Room Suite; buffet, china seats and Backh o e UPhelter! $698.00 Separate Pieces 0dd Mahogany and Gum Buffet......... Odd Mahogany and Gum Server Table. ... 0Odd Mahogany and Gum China. . 0Odd Mahogany and Gum Table. . Odd Mahogany and Gum Side Chairs, leather seats. . Oriental Rug Salon Announces The arrival, direct from the Orient, of a new shipment of Turkish Rugs. The 9x12 125" Domestic Floor Coverings First Quality Sunll(le s Axminster Rugs. All from regular stock. 9x12. Regularly, $62.00; special. ... $49.50 The new law specifies that no limita- | selves comfortably without assistance [raflroads. It was not, however, with-| tions shall be placed on either marrl- | from the Legion. It is a situation [out some trepidation that we under-| ages or divorce, and that marriages | which should appeal to every citizen |took to authorize the severe trans. shall be without ceremony. |and donations could not be given In c;munemul test which the small ofl- X 4 a more worthy cause. All sorts of |electric car has so successtully com. | Divorce Easy and Cheab |5 5l Ure needied-—suits, 6vercoats, | pleted. ] Divorce proceedings are equally sim- | ghirts, underwear, socks, hats or Value of Oil-Electric Car Cited. 1,000 Yards of Plain Velvet Carpeting. Broadloom Carpeting. Regularly $4 sq. yd. Reduced from $2.60 yd. to Y0 specn $3.505% ™ $7.507% ple. It is sufficent to make a declara- | gno tion at *‘zags” (registry office for cl\'il: acts), where the clerk makes a nota- tion on the applicant's card of identity | and the proceeding is finished—quick- | ly and cheaply. Divorced parents must support their children, and each contribute to the support of the other 1f the latter is unable to work. Men as well as women are entitled to sup- port from their former mates. The soviet registry office corres- ponds to the branch of a county clerk’s office on most American States which registers births, deaths, marriages and divorces. It performs all these func- tions, and its acton is sufficent with- | out action in court. | A marriage costs 50 cents and a divorce $1.75. A divorce, if there are children, means alimony of from one- third to one-half of the wage earner's salary, and it must be pald. Each district has a reglstry office. Mos- cow has eight. While divorce at a registry office is simple, other formalities are more tedious. ~There are obligations to children and rights in property to be settled. These are heard in_ court and require at least a month. In Mosc®v, where the congestion is acute, premises may consist of two, even of one room—an important family asset. Before ita ownership is de- clded between the divorcees, one or both of them may be married again and all by force of circumstances liv- ing in the cramped premises of the | divided fami (Copyright. 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) CONTINUANCE GRANTED ALLEGED EMBEZZLER ' Court Orders Delay s allow Thomas F. Karr to Obtain a Lawyer to Defend Him. Thomas F. Karr, charged with the | embezzlement of nearly $6,000 from the main office of the Old Dutch Mar- ke:, was granted a continuance in Police Court yesterday until Novem- ber 20, Judge John P. McMahon granted the continuance for the pur- pose of allowing the defendant to se- cure a lawyer. Karr was arrested Friday by Headquarters Detectives Arthur B. Scrivener and Edward Kelley. Ac- cording to Detective Scrivener Karr had worked at the Old Dutch Market for more than two years and had gotten the ‘money by raising and turning in false vouchers. It is alleged by the police that Karr served three years in the At, lanta Penitentiary for embezzling from a local insurance company. The bond was fixed at $5.000 for his appearance November 20. All of the 280,000 gallons of alcohol 5. Contributions of such articles may be sent to any of the hospitals where veterans are under treatment, or a place for their delivery will be desig- nated, upon application, by Comdr. Kohen, at 519 Fourteenth street, phone Mafn, 5619. Coal Second French Industry. Coul is next after textile manufac- turing in France as an industry of major importance. There are five dis- tinct and separate districts in France where coal is mined on a large scale. The number of men employed drop- ped from over 200,000 in 1912 to 50,000 in 1915, due to the war. France, however, consumes more coal than it mines by 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 tons. “The report of that test makes it evident that by working @long present lines we can solve, through the ofl- | electric car, not only interurban and | branch-line traffic difficulties, but rev- olutionize transcontinental traffic as well. The results of this test trip make it evident that a single locomo- tive of this type could handle passen- ger trains clear across the continent without being relleved. Conceivably | it could start with a sufficient supply | of fuel to make the entire trip. It would result in fewer locomotives be- | ing required for a given train service | and it would eliminate delays in| changing engines at terminals, the | taking on of coal and water en route, | thereby making it possible to have | shorter over-all schedules than is pos. | sible with steam locomotives. =t C. G. Sloan & Co., Inc., Aucts. 715 13th Street u’i‘-.he Morrey-Hills Sale (By Catalog) Comprising over 100 Paintings, Wster Colors and Mezzotints by well- known artists, such as Walter Paris, J. W. Champney, W. H. Holmes, H. Moser, R. L. Johnston, Robert Reid, Lamasure, Max Weyl, Lucian Powell, R. N. Brooke and others from the estate of the late J. B. Morrey, well- known connoisseur and art dealer. Together With Rare Chinese and Japanese Draperies, Embroideries, Silks, Persian and Ch¥ese Rugs, Diamond Jewelry, Silverware,. Antique. and .Modern. Furniture,. China, Curios, Ornaruents, Brasses, Bronzes, Portiers, Mirrors, etc., from the Estates of Jamie Walker Hill and David A. Gourick 2nd others. others made in Syria and Greater Lebanon is made by peasants and practically every drop of it is used as a beverage, Terms, Cash. By order of the National Savings & Trust Co., and To Be Sold at Public Auction Within Our Galleries, 715 Thirteenth St. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday November 18th, 19th and 20th, 1925 At2P. M. Now On View C. G. Sloan & Co., Inc., Aucts. Each Day 8185 Drapery Department Lace” Curtains and Portisres Ready to Hang Make your home attractive for the Thanksgiving gathering. Buy from our immense stock and assortment. Numerous opportunities to purchase at savings worth while. A few suggestions are mentioned Ruffled Curtains Fifty pairs Plain and Cross Bar White Voile, 214 yards long. Regular price $1.60. Specially priced $1.00 pair. Fringed Lace Panels; Regular Price $2.25. Now $1.50 pair. Fringed Lace Panels; Regular Price $2.76. Now $2.00 pair. Fringed Lace Panels; Regular Price $3.76. Now $2.75 pair. Fringed Lace Panels; Regular Price $5.00. Now $4.00 pair. New Irish Point Lace Curtains Choice of beautiful patterns and fine qualities. White. Regularly $3.75; Specially priced White and Ecru. Regularly $4.50; Specially priced. Ecru. Regularly $6.00; Specially priced. ... ..$4.75 pair. White and Ecru. Regularly $6.75; Specially priced. ...$5.00 pair. Ivory. Regularly $10.00; Specially priced..............$7.50 pair. Portieres In all the wanted colors and styles, plain and figured. Deouble face weave armure in Mulberry, Green and Brown solid colors. Reg- ularly $6.00 per pair. Now $4.50 pair. Mercerized Armure—Green, Brown, Mulberry and Rose. Regularly $10.50 and $11.50. Specially priced $9.00 per pair. Satin finish Derby Damask. Regularly $15.75. Now $12.00 pair. Soft hanging materials in single and two-tone effects. There are still some of the made up Draperies and/ Curtains from the furnished apartments, recently redecorated, we are selling at half the regular price of materials and trimmings. Measure your windows and doors as they may be just. right for your room. ..$2.75 pair. ..$3.50 pair. —— e e e ) I PERIOD FURNITURE EXHIBIT, SIXTH FLOOR ] The Linen Shop $6.76 Pure Linen Table Cloths, size 2x2 yards; Reduced to $5.00 Each $8.50 Pure Linen Napkins, size 22x22 inches, Reduced to $6.50 Dozen Mohawk Cotton Cases, size 45x36 inches Reduced to 39¢ Each Mohawk Cotton Sheets, size 90x99 inches, ; Reduced to $1.80 Each White Bath Towels 86c White Bath Towels re&uced 0. .. 50c White Bath Towels reduced to....... 76c White Bath Towels reduced to $1.00 White Bath Towels reduced to...... $1.25 White Bath Towels reduced to Art Gift Shop Mahogany Junior Lamp with all-silk shade. In various colors. Camplete........ $27.50 Mahogany Bridge Lamp with 14-inch silk shade. $19 75 Adjustable arm. In various colors. Complete. . . Iron Bridge Lamp with decorative purchmentl shade. Complete ....................... Pottery Boudoir Lamp and Shade. In rose, blue $3 50 and rose, gold, and black and orange. Lol . 29c each 39c each ....60c each | Purchases Forwarded Prepaid to Any Shipping Point in the U. 5. INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN