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4 ¥ THE \EVENING S8TAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢ WOULD BAR MAIL AGAINST FIREARMS Expert Tells Scientists Ea\sy3 Sales Methods Increase Number of Murders. vancement it untey is slow and “Murder a Trade.” er | United profit- | condoned by an he said nz. Of the 1 ) per cent \ Fed through the S by State the ¢ the cost 1dard rinent ht. York, d rity of intel- country, i is extremely salarles durir has been vy ed intellectual physical effort the demon- lity and POLICE CONTINUE JAY-WALKER DRIVE: SCORES ARE CAUGHT mued from 1es will not be neces- ted today be shown the the time being, - appearance (dopte < the public from and therefore the judge stated 1'bonds taken ppeared be- - the regulation fore me is 2 new one in has been in use Yong time. “Soon, however, fines will be im- poeed, and If it comes to the knowl edge of the court that second offend- ers are being brought in, fines will ba osed now. I do n nk that will e likely, for the public soon will nun derstar and appreciate that the regu- latlon is not a harsh one, but one for their henefit.” Then asked as to what would be the | result if lceman perso for d ted by a po. % his signal hame, and there- ant, the judge re- f cases of that kind orders wil be ziven violators immediately down 1 court. The handing out a card sum- moning one down to court at a later me is only a courtesy an be made at any time.” AUTO FUEL ONE OF LEAST VALUED OIL PRODUCTS Johns Hopkins Expert Says Other By-Products Are of More Worth to Producer. By the Assoclated Press. ROCHESTER, N. Y., December 31. ~The principal problems in refining petroleum have changed from how many gallons of gasoline the producer can obtain and how many miles to the gallon the consumer can make, to how valuable a product may be de- rived, Dr. E. Emmett Reld of Johns JHopkins University iold the First Na- tional Symposium on Organic Chem- istry here yesterday. Dr. Reid described processes where- vy he has found it possible to derive om the petroleum through oxydation ith air under both high and low pressure, virtually all the organic chemical compounds, and he declared that the motor fuels produced from petroleum probably are among the less valuable products that may be obtained. BOOK DEMAND INCREASED Half People Do Not Have Access to Libraries, Says Association Head AGO, December 31 (#).—The demand for books has considerably in- ed since the war, but half the people of the United States do mnot liave access to public librarfes, libra- rians attending the American Library Association convention here were told sterday by President Charles F. Eolden, of Boston. War-time reading by service men rtlmulated interest in all subjects, President Bolden said. ‘“Today’s libra- an {s more than a mere book tender. Now -he not only must act as an ad- he reading public, but must Relieved From Tokio Post. Maj. Willam C. Crane, jr., Fleld Artillery, has been relioved from duty as a student in the Japanese language at Tokio and assigned to the 1st Field Artlllery at Fort Sill, Okla. On his way to his new post he will report to the assistant chief of staff, War De- partment, for temporary duty in his office. Second Lieut. Robert M. Burklin, Quartermaster Corps Reserve of this ity, has been assigned to active duty training at the general inter- mediate depot, this c. he | ited | ctent of | that | . although it | t n other citles for a| and a change | {Etchings of Lee . And Jackson Are Bought by Museum Ltchings of ¢ ind Stonewall Jackson i special exhibition of etchings and awings at the Corcoran Art Gal tery il Fuchs. Austrian ardst and scuipt have been pur hased the Confedetate Muse rt B 1 included in made from photo s luaned the artist by Edward Valentine of Richmond. are said to be the finest like the Confeder ener vecord They i Aiu | Dillon, Read & Co. Reported Planning Financial Coup. | | By the Associated Press NEW YORK 1 & Co., b ancial worl Dodge Brothers’ { over the bid of J. P, reported to | inancial coup, Ditlon, tled the the purchase of motor interests Morgan, are now arranged another the hase of the National (‘ash | F vho st i v illon, has th 38-vear-oli head of come into promi st decade, has investizations, in. 1d $70,000,000 of and the deal is expected to mated this week of the cash re > been sought by the death in 19 terson, its founder Named in 0 Merger. The name of Dillon, Read & Co. ¥S a prominent part in Wi Jorts that the Geny Py and the Union Oil Co. of ¢ nerge into an organization hav- 231.000.000 ts. The banking company now holds the Unfon Oil Co A. L. Weil, vice president of the General Petroleum Co.. however nied last night merger was cor is absolut n { report,” nenc | beer Iving $60.000 ities ister inter. v bank- of also treet nplated o foundation foi ood that deal inve by inactive fami change mana Frederick B. ed as presic 1th of his f: itinue In cha has been known : deal, which in- he has handled noted for th the young Pment tter h Mr. Dil the Do $146.000.004 financ { volved im bankers Born in Texas, & femploye in Chicago 10 | Consider Stock Issue. eir interest in the Cash Register Co. to the Dillo 1 & Co. today » offering of the lving between 0,000—in_ com- Sly wil wrly next mark_tha i a salaried w In Nat public, | were ng on t | entire | $60.000,00 [ Such a tra one of the la tations since the wi in this respect the D arranged for Dodge same bankers early this vea $£85,000,000 in Dodge d to the public, the major portion was in the form of prefe ence shares, whick carried a bonus of common stock. WON'T CHAN even exceediug blic finan Bros. by a 5 POLICIES. Persounel of Cash Register Firm to Remain Same. DAYTON, Ohio, Decem J. H. Barringer, first v and general manager of ths Cash Register Co., in a statem said negotiations with finz sts in New York will in no way ct the company’s organization. his reorganization,” Mr. Barrin- ger’s statement said, “will in no way change or disturb the policies of the company or its pe the world over. Frederick B. Patterson owns the controlling inte t in the firm, and under his leadership as president the s will go forward along the of progress which have marked history from the beginning. “Business never was better with us, Prospects for the coming year are ex- ceptionally brigh There are approximately 6,500 per- sons employed by the company. The company now holds a national reputation for its welfare work for its emploves and representatives and maintains a large staff of experts who conduct such work. Since acquiring control of the con- cern’s interest Mr. Patterson has been instrumental in building up the busi- ness. Various new devices in addition to the cash registers have been per- fected and manufactured by the con- cern within the past several years. Chief among these iz a bank posting machine. P LT {PLAYERS MEET COOLIDGE. Members of Michigan University Troupe Taken to White House. Members of the Mimes, the Univer- sity of Michigan musical comedy or- ganization, who came to Washington for a New Year eve performance, wers presented today to President Coolidge. They were accompanied to the White House by Senator Ferris and members of the Michigan delega- tion in the House. s president tional e YOKOHAMA REBUILDING. Quake Causes Many to Return. Correspondence of the Associated Press. TOKIO, November 30.—The destruc- tion of Yokohama by the 1923 earth- quake drove many foreigners from that port. There were but a few hun- dred left after the catastrophe. The progress of construction work, how- ever, caused many to return, and at the end of October it was estimated there were more than 3,500 foreigners living fn Yokohama. This is less than one-half of the number who resided there at the time of the earthquake. e Compulsory Education. From the Boston Transcript. An old Alabama cook said to her employer: “Law, missle, what makes yo' pay money to send de chile to school? I got one smaht boy named Moses an’ T larns him myself.” “But, Aunt Maria,” said her mis- tress, “how can you teach your child when you don’t know one letter from another?” “How I teach him? T jest make him take de book an’ set down on de flo an’ den I say, ‘Moses, vou take vo' eve from dat book, much less leggo him, an’' I akins you alive,™ Construction Following FIRM SALE ISNEAR 1 NEWS PRINT SOLUTION FOUND Scientists Say |, Brazilian Source Will Cut Im- ported Price. Associated P DISON, Wis., December $1.—A that will give a plentiful sup- Py of news print paper at low cost 4s been found by the forest products j luboratory of the University of Wis-| sin | Successtul experiments conducted by | the laboratory have resulted in the | | production of paper from eucalyptus | wood grown in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A | | small roll run through the press of a | Inewspaper here showed favorable | printing quallty and ample strength | or use in high-speed presseseexperi- | | menters satd today | Dr. Edmundo | who observed the experiment. said he believed that the new product would | bring paper manufacture into promi- | | nence in Braz he paper can be pro- duced at about half the cost of the | present’ imported news print, the labo. | | ratory estimated | eucalyptus can be grown in| | Californta, ¢ Mexico, Arizona and | the climute is such | would probably reach | in less than 10 arch workers believ | perpetual supply of paper to | fill the shortage due to depletion of | spruce. CAPITAL PREPAREé TO GIVE NEW YEAR MERRY WELCOME Page) | (Continued as their deep-throated voices boom | 0ss the jovous city, one by one bells will take up the cry from | their towering belfr: The “shouts of men and women, the rattles and | wails of mech: 1l noise produlers, | and even the crash of fire crackers, | will join in the reeling chorus as the | Federal City extends its hand to littla 1926 And t tomorrow. carrying | will probably be New, program of |people of Washington | Will hear the chimes of jand another hemisphere |brings to waiting thousands on_this | |side of the Atlantic the song of the {famous chimes in Westminster Cathe- | London. Later, Amerfca will| ate by flashing across the At-| > a concert by two of its most dis- uished artists. Fair Weather Promised. For hoth tonight und tomorrow the weather man today promised falr| | weather. He promised that the tem- | wture this ¢ ng would not drop low 22 and said tomorrow would ightly warmer, with a temper- sibly a trifle above freez- comparison with the last such a temperature would alinost comfortable, particularly those who will stand in line at te House, walting to shake with the President and Mrs. | Coolidge. Nothing out of the ordinary bheen anged for nbserving Year eve at the White House night. dent will not even remain up_ to reet the arrival of 1926. Last New | Year eve he retired before 11 o'clock. It is thought that the President will follow his nightly custom of re- i £ for the night shortly after i0 ck. . and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of ton, Intimate friends of the Cool- who spend considerable time at White House during the Winter months. returned to Washington to- after spending the Christmas | at their Boston home. Be-| s two or three other close friends | have been asked to “drop in" | ng the evening they will be the | guests at the White House to- | | on with the greatest all times, the and Amer] another | Lt | to- | { | night. ‘Will Visit Grandfather. John Coolidge, who has been visit ing his parents during the holid will leave Washington tonight for Plymouth, Vt., where he will visit his grandfather, Col. John C. Coolidge, for several days before returning to Ambherst College. Antleipating a strenuous day tomo row, the President made no for engagements today. It was his inten- tion to give his undivided attention to the study of some of the more im- portant pending matters. He did, however, receive Senator Smoot of | Utah, who had several friends from New York, who are visiting here and who were anxious to meet the Execu- tive before returning. The President also received Representative Line- berger, who wanted to present a con- stituent. He &lso conferred with Sec- retary of War Davis. Arrangements have been made by the White House force for an un- usually large number of persons at tomorrow’s reception. With a prom- ise of clear weather and a higher temperature, the indications are that the public will turn out in grand style and large numbers to shake the hand of the President and the first lady and to exchange the season's greetings. Is Democratic Custom. Because of the cosmopolitan and democratic nature of this reception, which has been a White House tra- dition since there was a White House, it is looked upon by the older resi- dents of the city and the older at- taches at the White House as the most Interesting and most colorful of all the functions held through- out the year at the White House. Because of the conglomerate nature of those who file along the receiving lines on these occaslons, when the humblest and poorest rub elbows with affluence and prominence, the New Year reception is typically American. With only a few exceptions recep- tions have been held annually by Presidents_since Washington's time. He and Martha Washington intro- duced the reception idea at the Execu- tive Mansion in New York. John Adams, the first occupant of the White House, followed the custom. It was Andrew Jackson, however, who intro- duced the public feature of these re. ceptions. Formerly the guests had been invited or else they were present because of the position they occupied. But the real democracy on such occar slons was_brought about by *Old Hickory” the first New Year day he was in the White House, when he threw open the doors to any and all who wished to come within and ex- change greetings with him. Record Held by Roosevelt. ‘Theodore Roosevelt's last New Year reception, in 1909, holds the record for the largest attendance. On that ecca- sion more than 10,000 persons were in the long line. President Harding’s first reception, in 1921, drew. more than 6,500. There were 3,900 at last year’s reception and 4,890 the preced- ing vear. The President and the First Lady personally shake hands with each one in the line. This is no small physical task. After President Harding’s first reception his right hand was limp and | swollen and he said he never had ex-| enything ke It, And A i I | his 101st birthday, | men, and who about a vear aviuro de Andraedo, | ¥ Me., | hapy In all probability the Presi- | g, | avenue, West Executive avenue, road | jPi | cturesque Figure Gave ! Rum and Tobacco | Credit for His Years. H s Annual Prediction of Death Is Borne Out at Last. Within less than three weeks from | the time he would have celebrated Ambrose Hinds, a robust char r downtown bus | pletur. amiliar aue and to many tributed his longevity to the ood rum and tobacco, died early to. in the arms of his son in the at 1200 1 street | Hinds would have completed first year beyvond the century mark January 19. In accordance custom Le adopted nearly 10 ago of pred e another birth repeated this s me sincerit The death of Mr. Hinds remove close love and relationship between | father and son which has been evi-| dent to hundreds of pers downtown restaurant district past_seven ve The son, Hinds, 60 years old. a restau countér man quaintan: was a true pal to and the | father displayed th attitude | toward him. Rarely ey ever | seen on the streets in eac n\ other's company. Mr. Hinds was born in Portland, 1825 and lived the life of an in his vouth, plying in between Boston and Maine ports. His parents, vonsldered in those days to be well off, planned a college education for thelr son, but | he rebelled. He mlso fought off the| proposition that he follow the trade of | a telior, preferring to live a_carefree, | life. When the Clvil War brok out, he, following the footsteps of his father, a Revolutlonary war veteran, applied for enlistment, but was re fused due to & physical disability at that time. At the age of 40 he = wife died about 30 ye: 20 with er times. : same were th except in rried and his rs ago. Three THURSDAY, Fred, Weston, M sachusetts tarmer, and Miss Clara ¢ L Boston school teacher. Miss Hinds will arrive in Washington tonight Le senior Hinds visited his son frequently in Washington during the o decided pently. me life hildren survive, - his home here pe: ded, up until retired from with his daught that ve ed after the arrival of Mi he day before his 100th birthday | inniversary last Mr. Hinds ted an interview to several news- At that time he d life was due t i &z paper men his long and healthy %ood rum and toba for his political atfiliations, phatically replied he was Demo crat, and I'd_rather be shot before I'd vote the Republican ticket.’ | President Harding was anything but | puny and his hands were large and | strong. Mrs. Harding wore out thri pair of wh kid gloves on that oc-! casion. President Coolidge showed no ill effects after his two receptions. He | admitted, though that he knew he had been using his hand In Good Condition. th Maj. Coupal, Preside | sonal physician who calls a House to look th morning, d today the President was slcal condition. With no engagements him the Prestdent di | office as early as usua After reading thoroughly sever ning newspa pers he gave his attention to the lar stack of routine papers an6 later be- | came absorbed in some of the more | important matters that are awaiting | his decision. One of these is the question of developing commercial aircraft in this country. The President has that he is anxious for former ov; his ca plendid in Mronting t come to his | at this session of C make this possible same time, will tend to regulate ci-| vilian a ics. He conferred with | Commerce Hoover on| subject vesterday afternoon and | took the matter up with Secre- of War Davis. said afterward that | an administration bill is to be pre-| pared which will embody practically all of the major featu A recom mendatfons of the report of the air-| craft Inguiry committee headed Dwight Morrow and which report has been forwarded to Congress by the| President. | The President also received Charles | C. McChord of the Interstate Com-| merce Commlssion, who recently ten-| dered his resignation to President Coolidge. It was agreed that Mr.| McChord will continue to serve until} his successor qualifies. RECEPTION TRAFFIC PLAN. Schedule Arranged for Vehicles at | White House. The following police arrangements in connection with the reception at the White House tomorrow are an- nounced. The vehicles of those entering by the south portico of the White House will be subject to call as required at the south portico. These vehicles will enter the southwest gate on presenta tion of ticket only and will be parked south of the White House grounds, and when called will reenter the south grounds of the White House by the southeast gate, proceeding to the south portico for passengers, leaving by the southwest gate and going north on West Executive ave- nue. The vehicles of those entering by the east gate will proceed southward on East Executiva avenue and will be parked south of the White House grounds. When called_they will pro- ceed northward along East Executive avenue to the east entrance. Citizens desiring to be received by the President at 1 pm. will form in column from the northwest gate of the White House grounds, ex- tending west along Pennsylvania ave- nue, thence south on Seventeenth street along the walk facing the State, ‘War and Navy Bullding, as may be necessary. All of those desiring to be received should be in this line not later than 2 p.m. The following roads will be closed to vehicle traffic, except as indicated above, between the hours of 10 am. and 2 p.m.: Road south of the Treas- ury (Treasury place), East Executive south of the State, War and Navy Building (State place) and the road- way north of the Ellipse in the White Lot (South Executive avenue). OBJECTS TO BRANDING. Initiation to Buddhist Priesthood Too Much for Boy. SHANGHAT (By Malil).—Because of the manner of his objection to the initiation ceremony it was necessary for him to undergo to become a ‘Buddhist priest, Tsz Fah, a 15-year- old boy was taken before the inter- national mixed court to answer to a charge of attempting .murder. The abbot of a Shanghai temple took the boy into court but changed his mind about pressing the case and asked the foreign assessor to explain to the accused the seriousness of the charge against him. He further asked the court to expel the youth from the in- ternational settlement. When Tsz managed to get in a word of his own, defense he explained that he thought the initiation ritual a trifle too se- vere. It was the necessity of being branded on the head, he explained, that goaded him to desperation and led him to attack the abbot with a knife. He was sentenced to a year in jail and ordered expelled from the settlement for five years following the completion of his term. —_— One test of prosperity is when you can always get credit enough to live Rayond your means, | | mestically. CARS SCHEDULED FOR WATCH NIGHT to! Announced H Special Service Handle Crowds Attending will run the follo 0 wharves M to Rackvilla M to Alta Vista M to Somerset Mt Pleasant and ( Wis. ar Wis iarf to Ga. ave. and W st G to Mount _Ranie G o Beltevill n Fourteenth and streets and Thirty-s Dupont Circle and Between Treasury H streets nort lumbia line) tive teamboat Wharves 1 RBrightwood. Between | North Capitol street and Michizan venue and North Capitol street and Massachusetts avenue. All divislon superintendents h been dlrected to keep in touch with affic conditions on their respective lines, in order that adequate service | will be furnished. Special attention will be given thea ters and churches. Later cars will be operated on ous lines, than indicated on this sc ule, by supervisory force, if condition Justifies JARDINE SUMMONS FARM LEADERS ON SURPLUS PROBLEM | (Continued from_ First Page) Mount | nd Fif- | (Co- sant. h and abroad when compared to the prices received for the crops consumer do- This might be accom- plished successfully in the case of produce which was handled through co-operatives. But some of the staple crops, like wheat and corn, are not handled co-operatively in quantities that approach a majority, it is said. For that reason some other plan must be devised than that of working through cooperatives to spread this loss on export surpluses, at least until the co-operatives are more fully de- veloped. Toe Dickinson bill, which has been put_practically in final form for in- troduction, not only deals with the surpluses, ‘but places the Government behind the co-operative movement. In the latter declaration of policy it agrees in the main with the adminis- tration’s co-operative marketing bill, already Introduced in both houses. The Dickinson bill provides for the establishment of a Federal farm ad- visory council and for a Federal farm commission. The council will nomi- nate to the President 18 persons eligi- ble for appointment to the Federal farm commission, and will consider and make recommendatfons in respect to co-operatives and co-operative mar- keting. The commission would be com- posed of seven members, and would be established in the Department of Agriculture. This commission would have authority td aid co-operatives through advice and information, and to keep advised of probable surpluses and to proclaim “‘periods of operation” and to ald in dealing with the sur- pluses during those periods. - Swiss Attitude Toward Russia To Be Unchanged By the Assoclated Prees. GENEVA, December 31.—Advices from Berne, the capital, to the Geneva mnewspapers say that the Swiss federal government is dis- inclined to change its.attitude to- ward Soviet Russia in consequence of the intiative of the Geneva state council, which fears the Soviet refusal to attend League of Nations conferences held in Swit- zerland may cause the removal of the league to some other country. The authorities, however, are de- scribed as ready to accord every police protection to delegates of countries, wishing to participate in meetings’ held under league aus- ploes. DECEMBER | ended ve | & 31, 1925. PAPER ;AMBlg;‘SI]ZmI‘:t[NIg% ’]!)]}EEN%NVEI‘{I;EARY AU'I'[] FA'I’A“'“ES Sun Spots Visible CREATLY REDUEED 73 Deaths in 49 Weeks, | Against 94 in 48 Weeks in Previous Year. Reviewed ficures of automobile fataliti brought up to December & show that trafiic deaths in Washing ton this vear considerably below the total for a shorter period r, according to returns to the De- artment of Commerce, Sevent; three deaths were laid to traffic ac Washington from Decem- | 1924, to December 4 persoun met death in such idents from nuary 1 to Novem- ber 30, 1924, nd the total of deaths for the entire year of 1924 was 108. At the same time the department placed the national death rate from all causes in the United States during 1924 at 11.9 per 100,000 of population, s compared with 12.3 in 1923, 11.8 | in 1922 and 11.6 in 1921 The figures covered the entire reg tration area of the country, which accounts for about 85 per cent of the population. The number of deaths regis: d in this territory during 19 i 9 4 | was 1,178,99 0,494 popula tion. ght persons s in Wash Dece death frc weeks e traffic d placed died in traffic acei-| 1zton in the four weeks ser 5, while seven met n like cause in the four ded November 7. The 1924 ith rate in Washington was 2 per 100,000 population. ed to be much ec s and a larger population Throughout the country sons were killed in automobile acci- dents in the four weeks ended Decem- ber 5, compared with 612 in the pre. ceding four weeks; 524 in the period ended October 10, 521 in the one September while in the May the total was 1 number of automobile fa- cities surveyed from De- . 1924, to December 5, 1925, 55, compared with 4,875 in the period from January 1, 192 to No- vember 30, 1324. Of the fes. 33 reported a larger number of fatalitles up to December 5, 1925, than in the corresponding perind for 1824, New | argest number | 19, while talities 1 cember i se was found to be th al cause of death in the ge eral registration area in 1924, account- for 176,671 fatalities, a slight in- e over the previous vear. Can- cer, likewise, took a_ heavier toll in 924 than in 1923, 91,941 deaths being | attributed to this cause. Deaths from | s, on the other h numbering 89, =d with 90,732 3. Ce-| hemorrhage, p and s were other large factors in d, show n 1923, | slone 14,411 Iner: cides 1 2,061 were mu; noted in both sui- fers, suicides totaling | CHURCH GIVES FETE. Recitations, Songs and Playlet Features at Thrifton Village. ial Dispatch to Th THRIFTON VILI ber 31.—A Christr entertainment juvenile songs, recitations and a given last evening by the copal Church of Thrifton ation of onducted under wrence Mankin | nd his corps of | direction o of the Sunday school teachers. “The Night Before Christm recited hy Mrs. Catherine Harrison, one of the senior teachers, with scenes | of children in bed and the arrival of nta us. ‘““The Christmas Rooster | nd His Traglc End” was recited by | Evelyn Bowers. What Is Forgotten | in which Miss Helen | represented the average dis-| penser of Christmas presents, was| given. Presents were distributed. HYLAN ENDS REGIME. Gotham Mayor and Police Com- missioner Enright Retire. NEW YORK, December 31 ().— The eight-vear regime of John F. Hylan as mayor of New York City has ended. At midnight last ninght, one full day before his term was to have come to its conclusion, Mr. Hylan stepped out of office, having resigned in order to protect his pension rights as a public officer. With him resigned also Richard E. Enright, police commis- sioner. Mr. Hylan is eligible to retire on a pension of $4,205 a year and Mr. Enright on $5,000. FIVE GET COMMISSIONS. District Men Are Given Appoint- ments in 0. R. C. of Army. Commissions In the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the Army have been issued by the War Department to the follow- ing-named residents of this city: John S. Connolly, 2700 Connecticut avenue, as a lieutenant colonel in_the Signal Corps; Harry M. Forker, 3314 Seven- teenth street northeast, as a captain and quartermaster; William E. Cressy, 1619 R street, as & second lieutenant and quartermaster; Frank A. Swart- To the Naked Eye | moked Glas CHICAGO, December 31.—Spots on the sun, one group about 112 000 miles long and the other about 5.000. were vesterday visible to the naked eye, through a smoked glass, Prof. Edwin B. Frost, director of the Yerkes Observatory of the Uni versity of .Chicago, reports. The same groups were visiable around Thanksziving time. the sun having wmade one rotation in the mean time. panied accom- Hghts, having kes Ob- phenomenon was by the northern flashes from the auror: been observed at the servator Daily appearances of the north- ern lights in the early morning were reported by Prof. Frost. He sald that there have been more and larger sun spots in the last two ruonths than have been expected, as it is only two vears since the minimum, when they were scarce and small. No appreciable effect on the weather has yet been recog nized with definiteness at the ob servatory MASONS ASK S, Ye TOFILEPROTESTS - Scottish Rite Council Stirred| by Outrages to Members in Europe. Aroused by reports reaching it of the persecuti mobbing, and even murder, of members of the Masonic order in several Furopean countri the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Masonry in the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States has adopted res- olutions calling upon the American Government to lodge officlal protests | with the governments of those na- ile no country is mentioned by name in the resolutlons, John H. Cowles, grand commander of the S preme Council, let it be known in a statement that the protest is directed rticularly to the situation in Italy and the acts alleged to have been ommitted there under the eyes of the Mussolini gqvernment. Masonic meeting places are being broken into and property and records stolen, the resolutions declare, by rauding bands of lawless people s of the law charged riminal inquisitions and esp! | and Masons are declared to have been victims of “brutal murder.” As citize: cannot any of a free republic, we contemplate such acts with hing but a feeling of extreme hor- ror,” the resolutions declared. Mr. Cowles declared t since the decree issued by Premier Mus- solini two years g0 against any member of a secret order holding of- e government, 12 of the 1 Ma temples throughout Ital nd even the headquarters of the upreme Council of the Scottish Rite in Rome, have been “attacked and aged, and records and equipm shed, destroyed or carried a arted and even murder com- “The bitternes: Masonry with being & political and secret or- ganization instead of a fraternal one, which it truly is, and whose object is charity and universal brotherhood.” SWISS FILE PROTEST. Declare Vorovsky Assassination Has no Soviet-League Connection. G A, December #)—The difficulties between Switzerland and | Soviet Russia growing out of the assination of Vaslav Vorovsky in 1923 took a new angle today when the Swiss government sent a com- munication to the League of Nations, declaring that the question should in nowise affect the problem of Russia's attitude toward the league and her participation in the forthcoming dis- | armament conference. CRAB INDUSTRY DROPS. Special Dispatch to The St BALTIMORE, December 31.—The crab industry of the Chesapeake Bay has declined 50 per cent in the last ten years, according to a report of the State Conservation Commission. The report is based on a survey made by the Federal Bureau of Fish- eries. ‘The Federal report declared that a total of 50,300,000 pounds of crabs were caught in the Chesapeake Bay in 1915. In 1924 the catch had fallen to 24,800,000 pounds. el FRANCE YIELDS HOLD. WIESBADEN., Rhineland, Germany, December 30 (#).—The occupational authority in the Wiesbaden zone, fol- lowing the evacuation of Cologne, was turned over by the French to the British today at a simple military ceremony on the Schlossplatz, outside the French genera! headquarters. The tri-color was loweded and the union jack hoisted, after which the troops marched in review. Escaped Prisoner Returned. Detective Dennis Cullinane today returned from Detroit with Harry Mec- Vicker, 36, who escaped Thanksgiving day from Occoquan, where he was serving a sentence for hotel room wout, jr., 12 Iowa Circle, as a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery, and Lewis R. Dennis, 126 Webster street, as a second lieutenant and quarter- master. thefts. McVicker was arrested in Detroit as he was leaving a hotel room and was turned over to local authorities as a fugitive from this Jurisdictio: NG ARAN ARARAARCR AUR AR O LANSBURGH&BRO E message everyone has for every body else—the message we have for you. Happy New Year! SUES FOR RETURN 10 BUREAU J0B Stenographer Hit by Econ- omy Says Removal Violates Civil Service Law. M Annette of ¥. Gudger Ric mond, recently discharged in a red tion of force at the Richmond region office of the United States Veterans Bureau, today appiied to the Distric: Supreme Court for rit of 1 damus against B Hines, rector of the bureau, and H. W. Long fellow, chief personnel officer, 10 co pel her reinstatement. Mrs. Gudg was a stenographer and roceived notit cation Novembs she wonld be dropped from ti roils of the bure, December 175 Points to Her Recq ie petitioner dec from: office law She decl ai i res her remova Viclates the civil sery which entitles k ployment Septembe N. H., and Stenographe: was on serve Navy De June, 1920, when she obta position with the In: which she r of her son entered th ploy Heard No Complaints. Through Att D. of Richr Rossa of the local bar, Mrs. G record in the civ and she heard no co after she the order e O} Dow bega Hines and F 1o sh why Mrs. Gudg restored to her position Marseiliaise.” first time was heard on was sung by tionists frc 133 years ago, more tha ed the municip: ds of ammun: der 1 magazine of . ion, und on Av they took part in the mas: 800 Swiss guards of ti Tuileries, officials and servants, mark first day of the reign of time the original words of hem were tely been retored words and music to the original Just Admirable. CHURCH "NOUNCEMENTS =T HOLIC. St. Mary’s Church 5th St. NN\W., Bet. G & H Sts. New Year’s Day First Friday All Low Masses at 6:15,7 3enediction. . Last Loy v Mass at 12:10 p.u LUTHERAN. T TRINITY LUTHERAN CHRUCH NW. Living € PISCOPAL. ST. THOMAS’ 18th Bet. P and Q Thursday, 11:15 P.L Rev. A. Cheetham. Watch Night Serwice New Year's Day Services 8 and 11 am. 11—Address by Wm. S. Bishop, D.D, METHODIST EPIS Foundry Sixteenth St. Near P St. "OPAL. Frederick Brown Harris, D. D Minster. “Watch Night” Dec. 31, 1925 9:30-10:15 p.m—“Living Calendar 10:15-11:00 p.m.—Social Hour. 11:00 p.m. to 12:01 am.—Watch Night Service WELCOME. 'HODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH WATCH NIGHT SERVICE Mt. Vernon Place M. E. Church South 9th and K Sts. N.W. Rev. W. A. Lambeth, D. D., Pastor. Tonight from 10 to 12 midnight. Friday night, All-States Reception, 8 to 11 p.m, No matter where you be- long you will find some one here from your home State to greet you. A welcome for every one.