MO|> MEAN- MOP, AND THE OFFICER MAKES I I PGAIN. This business of slowing down, then easing BELGIAN DEBT COMMISSION NOW IN WASHINGTON FOR CONFERENCE. The financial expert*
.rilin' . f/; " h, T " , ,'t "' r p0 ’ a,CO 7 ,n . g '“ ,h ? ' raffi ';. M l? a, |- . Hpr '' ", e ha ' r °® ,er M,1,0n Sf "»b ) old son of the general 1,, ..ken , i,d. with a P.ri* automobile factors a » \ arrived in New York yesterday and came directly to the Capital. Left to right: F.mile Francqui. vice gov
,,, .. O , nl, 1 ,ho real ™« n, "R »{. the word Mop Hesitating at the s.gns wt I not answer. The _ , P ' , L. automob Isa tory as ernor of the Soeiete General* de Belgique; Former Premier Georges Tlieuni*. Felicia.. Fattier. Baron de
motort't must bring Ins car to a full stop, shift his pear-, and see that h.s passape ahead is clear. a sort of vacation. In the Winter he attends school at Lausanne. < • (; artier de Marrhienne. Belgian Ambassador to the C,tiled States; William Phillips, the Fnited -tales Am
I nTAC.ALLON -STIIJ, AM) CORN IHISkY TAKES IN RAID. TUo him ,-rt■ arreMr.l ultra Cttpi. ] VOli GET nils Wllll.l. .Os SI.EEP. At baM. rmSs to th, SECRET \R. DAVIS AND Ell. A\T A 1,1. ACE HOPPER AT COST! ME 8A1.1,. It wa. a .am t tiro., ass
Headlej former head of the Traffic Bureau, now in command of No*4 prennet, led a raiding party to 1252 7 delieate o scales wh/eli'ls being' u'cV’i" eTpeOments to determine’' how i aboard the steamship Homeric, hound for England, and the Secretary of Labor and Miss Hopper, the “62-
arro burp placp southwest a b° u l noon jesterday. Twenty-five gallons of corn whisky ami a still Here car- much Height is lo't hv sleep and b\ perspiration. j year-old flapper,” Jed the grand march. The photograph shows the two surrounded by other merrymakers,
ried away by the raiders. Washington Star Photo. } ’ Copyright h.v P. kA. Photos. ) Copyright hy Underwood & Underwood.
RAPS SCIENTISTS
FOR DOGMATISM
Dr. A. R. Millikan Bespeaks
More Caution in Making ~
Claims on Knowledge.
By th* Free*.
LOB AXGKIjES, August 7.—Scien
tific dogmatism as well as the re-i
ligious brand was denounced by Dr. :
R. A. Millikan, Nobel prize winner
and internationally famous physicist, ;
in an address before the American
Chemical Society.
Dr Millikan, who opened a new' era I
in scientific investigation with his ex- j
plnration of the atom, declared that
the developments of the last quarter}
century of all the physical
should teach men of learning to be '
“more modest and thoughtful.”
"We must learn to get away front
our assertiveness and dogmatism.!
w hether scientific or theological. I |
see overassertiveness front scientists)
in connection with such things as the'
]ate evolution trial, and I see on the
other side assertiveness on subjects
about which I know nobody knows
a nvthlng.
Progress Is Cited.
"Tn the last quarter of a century we
have accumulated a remarkable col
lection of facts and data, a group of
rew phenomena which are henceforth
the permanent heritage of the race. I
"It looks, at first, as though we |
now could see it all, as tough we i
could begin to interpret the universe
in terms of these simple relations, but
there are many things we do not know, j
“How, for instance, does the beta j
ray shoot itself out of an atom with J
terrific velocit> ? ’Whence comes this !
amazing energy? AYe don't know: we I
are completely up In the air in j
understandings of what, it's all about. !
"The pathetic thing is thatwe have ,
scientists who are trying to prove ;
evolution, which no scientist can ever
prove. Now, I don't want you to think !
I am on the other side. I am not. I j
a.m only asking for more caution.”
.
DISEASED HERD SLAIN. |
Texas Foot-nnd-Mouth Quarantine
Zone to Be Enlarged.
HOUSTON, Tex., August 7 <A>). —
Sixteen dairy cows wore destroyed I
near here yesterday by the authori- j
ties in a campaign to eradicate foot- J
and-mouth disease among cattle in;
this section. Only one of the ani- ;
mals was infected, but it was the :
second case of infection found in ap- i
proximately the same area. Alto- i
gether about 100 head of cattle have j
been slain and their bodies burned)
in the second campaign for eradica- |
tion of the disease in this vicinity j
within less than a year.
Several hundred head of contact
cattle also will he destroyed, accord-I
ing to Dr. .Marion Imes- of the I
United States Bureau of Animal In- j
dustry. who is In charge of the sltiia- |
tion. Plans are being made to ex- ]
tend the quarantine area of about,
II square miles to include a protec- 1
live strip of land atound it.
m
Tooth of Mastodon
In Maryland Brook
New History Trace
Special Dispatch to Thp Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md„ August 7.
James Amick. living near Bedford,
has found the tooth of a mastodon i
"In a stream on his farm. It weighs)
4 pounds, is 8 inches long, 4 inches |
wide Bnd about 8 inches thick. The 1
formation is very plainly tooth- j
shaped, the points are worn, but the i
enamel is in good condition.
John S. Smith, well versed fn this 1
line, made a sketch of the stone and
forwarded It. together with a oom
i plete description, to the Smithsonian
Institution, Washington. A reply has
just been received from Mr. Gilmore,
curator of vertebrae palenotology, ,
1 who confirms the belief it is the |
tooth of a mastodon. The depart- ;
j ment is interested to know if other i
parts of the skeleton were found and
stated further that while it had
, numerous mastodon teeth in the col- i
lection, it would be glad to have j
i this one as representing a new lo- ;
cality if Mr. Amick would care to;
donate it to the national collection. I
A further search will he made.
AIR OFFICER CLEARED
IN DEATH OF PRIVATE;
Wilbur Wright Field Commander
Denies Any Action Is in Prospect !
Against Lieutenant.
By the Associated Pres*.
DAYTON. Ohio. August 7. —Maj. A.
W. Robins, commanding officer of the
Wilbur Wright Flying Field, emphati
cally denied yesterday that any action
has been taken or is contemplated
against Lieut. J. R. Adams, reserve
| officer, of Wheeling, W. Va„ in con-
I nection with the death of Pvt. Osceo
ila Rexroat of Dayton at the field,
j The private's death was purely acci
' dental, he said.
A report was circulated to the ef
i feet that action had been taken lead
ing to prosecution of Lieut. Adams
on the charge of having contributed
! to the death of Pvt. Rexroat.
[ Pvt.’ Rexroat was killed when
I cranking an airplane by “spinning ”
the propeller. The ship was occupied
1 by Lieut. Adams, who is on active
I duty at the field with a training camp.
1 WILL DRILL IN STREET.
Guardsmen to Use Road While
Armory Is Being Remodeled.
The Disrtict National Guard was
; given permission by Commissioner
t Penning yesterday to drill on New
York avenue between Fifth and Sixth ■
streets northwest while the drill hall l
jin the armory is being remodeled.
Police will be instructed to keep
; the block clear of traffic from 8 to
1 10 o'clock on drill nights.
j BROOKHART IN FRONT.
With 40 counties completed, the
Senate recount of votes in the lowa
senatorial contest today ‘gave Stock j
i 151,140 and Brookhart 153,066 vtneon-
I tested votes, and showed that Steck ,
had challenged 2,737 and Brookhart'
725 votes.
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. I). C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 7. 1925.
CAPITAL TRACTION
ASKS ZONE REARING
Will Accept Commission’s Of
fer for Discussion of White
Line Dispute. ,
! ’ j
The Capital Traction Co. will ask i
the Utilities Commission for a hear- j
ing on the desirability of establish- ,
, ing safety zones for passengers by
painting white lines on the street.
This was made known today by
j John H. Hanna, vice president of the
! company, after he had received the
letter written by the commission
I yesterday afternoon. In that letter
| the commission stated it believed
| it had the right to direct the com
i pany to establish the white line
! zones, blit offered to hear the com
-1 pany further if the company so de
| sired.
Favors Baltimore Plan.
The traction company had objected
; to such safety zones, contending that
■ white lines only do not afford pas- '
I sengers sufficient protection.
Asked today if he would suggest !
any additional protection to go with j
j the white lines. Mr. Hanna said he
favored the plan in use in outlying I
J sections of Baltimore. In that city, j
j he said, they .have the painted zones, j
with a rigid post set in a concrete base
at the end of the zone from which I
traffic approaches. There is a flicker
ing light on top of the post, Mr. Hanna
said.
There will he a hearing before the
Utilities Commission at the District
Building Tuesday morning on the ob
jection raised by the Washington Rail
way & Electric Co. against requiring
street cars to stop the same as ve
hicular traffic before crossing a boule
vard highway.
Stop Problem Considered.
William F. Ham, president of the
W. R. & E., conferred informally to
day with Traffic Director Kldrldgeand
Col. I. C. Moller preparatory to the
hearing scheduled for Tuesday.
Mr. Eldridge said he is trying in
conference with Mr. Ham to devise a
way of solving the boulevard stop
problem with the least possible incon
venience to street car ser.vice.
Before leaving today for a short
vacation Director Eldridge urged
motorists to keep constant watch on
the condition of their brakes and the
focusing of their headlights. The
director said re regarded good brakes
and proper lights as two of the most
important factors in safe driving.
CYRUS H. K.’CURTIS ILL
Recovering From Cold, However,
Returning From Europe.
NEW YORK, August 7. (A 3).—Ar
rangements were made yesterday by
the Holland-American line to transfer
; Cyrus H. K. Curtis, the publisher,
to his private vacht when the Rotter
dam, on which he returned from a ,
(.European trip, reaches Hoboken.
Mr. Curtis was said to have suffered |
I a heavy cold for the past several days, I
'hut it responded to treatment during)
the homeward voyage. *
I *
I Mother, Deserted by Spouse, Admits
She Painted and Feathered Woman
* By thp A««ofiatP<l Pri»s«.
EROS. La.. August 7.—Mrs. Ada
jAA’ard. 37 years old. has assumed re-,
j sponsibilil v for the recent paint and
'feathers attack upon Mrs. May Sims
| Na ve.
In a statement to a representative
of the Shreveport Journal. Mrs. AVard
accused Mrs. Nave of “breaking up"
her home. Mrs. Ward is one of the
defendants mentioned in affida
| vita filed at Jonesboro in connection
with the episode.
| Airs. Ward denied that any of the
i men mentioned in the affidavits, I
■charging assault and battery, had
i had anything to do with the attack.
TRUNK LINES OPEN WAR
ON LOREE RAIL PROJECT I
Tell Commerce Commission Pro
posed Road Across Pennsylvania
Is Not Needed.
The Baltimore and Ohio, New York
Central and Pennsylvania Railroads j
filed today with the Interstate Com
| merce Commission a brief opposing
i the proposal of the New. York, Pitts
| burgh and Chicago Railroad to con
struct a new line across Pennsylvania.
Present facilities were held by the
opposing roads to he sufficient to
meet traffic needs. They also declared
no public convenience or necessity
exists for the new line, that there is
no evidence that it can he built for '
any reasonable aunt, and that there is
no evidence that it can be operated
, at a profit.
L. F. Loree, railroad operator identi
fied with several systems, has pre
viously testified in behalf of the new
corporation that its construction was
intended to be the backbone of a New
York and Chicago trunk line system.
The opposing companies were repre
sented at the hearings during which j
Mr. Loree testified. The commission
will hear argument this Fall before
deciding whether the construction
should be permitted.
WILL AUCTION STAMPS.
Philatelic Americans to Sell Some
Rare Issues.
A large number of AVashington
stamp collectors will attend the three
day convention of the Society of
i Philatelic Americans, which will open
Monday in the Southern Hotel, Balti
more.
The convention program will in
clude business and social activities.
Monday night there will be a
“bourse,” at which the delegates will
exchange and sell stamps among
themselves. The following day the
delegates will make a tour of the city
and that night an auction will be
held. Some rare stamps will be of
fered, including a copy of the Bal
timore Buchanan stamp and some
costly British colonial issues. The
auction will be held at the Maryland
Academy of Sciences. The conven
tion will close AA'ednesdav night with
a banquet at the hotel .
The Philatelic section of the Marv
i land Academy of Sciences is sponsor- j
ing the convention program In Balti- j
more. A full chair of philately re- !
cently has been established at the I
academy.
'Other women, she said, held Mr*.
Nave while she applied stove-pipe !
paint and feathers to her.
Her husband, Mrs." AVard declared.:
has deserted her and her three chll- j
'lren, aces ranging from B to 13 years.
Mrs. Nave. Mrs. Ward stated, went to I
Kldorado. Ark., about the time AVard I
went there from Eros. Airs. AVard j
followed them, she said. Hater Mrs. j
I Nave returned to Eros with Ward's
automobile, she charged.
“Then ladies of my community who ,
had supported me and iny children j
.In the crisis and I hatched up the j
scheme to rid the community of her. 1
which resulted in the attack at the
mill plant.” Mrs. AVard declared.
DISABLED SOLDIERS WIN
I IN PLEA TO QUASH SUIT
League and Other Defendants Ask
ed Dismissal of Action for Ac
counting in Campaign.
Justice Siddons has signed an order j
! sustaining the motion to dismiss a stilt !
; filed by the Pencil Supply Co., Inc.. j
against the National Disabled Soldiers'
League and others. The North Cap
itol Savings Bank, Theodore Michael
and (Jeorge \V. Scott, a former em
ploye of the league, through Attorney
Jle.nry L. Quinn, filed a motion to dis
miss the bill of complaint.
The court held that Theodore
Michael cannot be held individually
liable for any breach of the trust rela
tion which might have existed between
the North Capitol Savings Bank, of
which he was president, and the plain
tiff corporation. The court further
held that the assignment from the
P. C. Smith Co. and the Pencil Print
ing Corporation to the plaintiff did
not give the plaintiff a right to enforce
the trust agreement between the
league and the bank and plaintiff’s as
j signors or to pursue or protect the
; trust fund.
This case arose out of a Nation-wide
campaign under the auspices of the
National Disabled Soldiers League, in
which it was contended that more
than $200,000 was collected for the
benefit of disabled soldiers and sailors.
The purpose of the suit was to enjoin
various local hanks from paying out
1 funds supposed to he deposited to the
| credit of the league or the individual
officers and for a discovery and ac
( counting as to the funds realized by
the campaign. ■'*
SECOND BODY FOUND.
William Heydon Victim of Bay
Drowning Last Monday.
Speci*! Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md„ August S.—The
body of William Heydon, second vic
: tlm of a double drowning of last Mon
day night in Chesapeake Bay, was re
covered early this morning by Henry
AVilllams and William Lucas, fisher
men.
Cabell Peyton's body was found yes
terday, floating in the bay about two
miles from a spot where a boat the
voung men had occupied was found
Tuesday, bottom up. Heydcui's body
had not drifted so far. The police be
lieve one of the vouths was seized
] with cramps and Ithe mother tried to
j rescue him. both going under. They
'lived near Baltimore, and the bodies
I were prepared for shipment to that
city.
STORY OF PERFIDY
OARED IN HOLD-UP
.Pair Alleged to Have Tried
to Get Man Who Be
friended Them.
AVith the arrest of two suspects in j
1 the attempted daylight hold-up of Fred |
j Hocheiser. carpenter, of 208 E street, j
; who frustrated the attempt of a gun- |
man to rob him of $2,000 on the fifth j
floor of a building on the southwest
corner of John Marshall place and C
street yesterday hv putting up an un
expected fight, detectives today un
earthed a story of sordid perfidy,
tinged with the desperation of men
who w-ere "flat broke.”
The two suspects are Wilrose Rel
humeur. 26. of Marlboro. Mass., and
Dennis Smith of 208 Eleventh street
‘ southeast. Belhumeur. who first gave I
| his name as Cote of Baltimore, wasar- j
j rested by Policeman Foster of the j
' sixth precinct outside the engine room
I of the Havenner Baking Co., in an I
| alley at the rear, of 620 C street, into j
which Hocheiser is alleged to have |
chased him after the attempted hold
up. Detectives later arrested Smith.
Befriended by A'ietini.
Two AVashingtonians. one of w hom
was recently released from Oeeoquan.
and who is now being sought, were
broke. Uosinsky, the shoemaker who
was arrested for operating a crap
game at his establishment, 623 E
street, a few days ago, after he report
ed an attempted holdup, is said to
have loaned one of the pair $1 to get
gasoline for his machine only the day
before yesterday. An attempted high
jacking expedition on the road was a
failure because the liquor car that was
to be a victim of the holdup did not
show up as per schedule.
The two men then Went to Balti
more, where they met a third. Here
the perfidy comes in. The one who
was released from Oeeoquan recently
had been befriended, by Hocheiser. It
was Hocheiser who had allowed him
to live in an apartment at his home,
208 E street, ai}ji it was the same
Hocheiser who dug down in his pocket
for $lO5 to obtain this man's automo
bile after he came out of the work
house and needed it. Hocheiser had
assumed the role of his benefactor.
He knew that Hocheiser was in the
j habit of carrying a large sum of
money on his person. He knew
Hocheiser's friends. AA'ith the third
man, therefore, the "friend" of
Hocheiser and the other framed up a
hold-up for this city.
Gunman Fails to Show l T p.
The Baltimorean accomplice, ac
cording to the plan, was to lie in wait
on the fifth floor of the building at
John Marshall place and C street
while Hocheiser went to visit a friend
who would be absent from his room
on the fifth floor there. The local
pair got a message to Hocheiser ask
ing him to visit that house. Hochei
ser went there. He was met there by
the hold-up man.
Meanwhile the other two were wait
ing in Judiciary Square. AVt.en the
gunman accomplice failed to show up,
they disappeared.
That's the story the police have
woven after their investigation of yes
terday and today. They are awaiting
the awest of the third man to make
Army Horse Wins
Honors as Best
Polo Mount Here
Liggett. a United States Army horse
assigned to the War Department here,
a trained polo mount, has heen de
clared the best polo pony in the Dis
trict by the Horse Association of
America, according to an announce
ment by Wayne Dinsmore. secretary.
Each year the best pony is selected
from among: entries in each club af
filiated with the association.
Other awards went to Mary Ellen.
Army horse assigned to Battery K. tith
j Field Artillery, Fort Hoyle, and Pip
I Squeak, owned by Ma.i. Winfrid M.
| Blunt. 3rd Corps Area. Baltimore. Mil.
No attention was paid by the judges
i to breeding or type of horses, placing
. the entire decision on performance of
I the mounts.
Seventy-five clubs, organized in 24
States, are members of the United
States Polo Association, which is co
operating with the Horse Association
of America to encourage the breeding
of good polo mounts.
PICKFORD ‘KIDNAPING’!
! ‘FRAMED,’ IS CHARGE
i
Alleged Plotters Plied With Liquor
by Police Decoy, Spencer
Testifies.
By t!Tp Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. August 7.—Liquor
supplied by a police informer was a
prelude to alleged remarks concern
ing the kidnaping of Mary Pickford.
screen star, at a party in a downtown
Los Angeles hotel May 28 last, testi
mony 9f C. E. Stephens, one of the
three men on trial here, declared late
yesterday.
Stephens testified that Louie Geek,
the informer, brought liquor to the j
hotel, invited the three men to his ;
room and indulged in “kidnaping talk"
■ with them while detectives listened in j
an adjoining room.
Further, Stephens said, when he
was arrested near Mary Pickford's
Hollywood studio the following day,
he did not go there with any intent
to kidnap the actress, but to drive
Geek there to see a friend.
Stephens' dental of the alleged con
fessions he made to the police brought
the prosecution and defense to bitter!
tilts when Stephens declared that he 1
made the statements “in fear of vio
lence and threats" at the hands of |
Harry Raymond, a private detective. |
The defense reiterated their inten- j
tlons of yesterday to prove that the !
whole affair was an “entrapemnt” of
the trio and a publicity plot by George
K. Home, former chief of detectives, j
and -Harry Raymond, while Mary |
Pickford’s name was dragged in for
Its news value.
Dry Navy Is Decreased.
Because of the approach of the
storm season in Southern waters the
Coast Guard service announced today
the -withdrawal of two cutters from
the rum Navy for service In assist
ing shipping. The Yamacraw was or
dered to the base at Savannah. Ga.,
andt the Tallapoosa to Mobile. Ala.
a full report on the case> giving the
identities of the various participants
and their connections with tfie at
- tempted robbery.
13
POSTAL HEARING
SHIFTS TO BOSTON
Rate Inquiry to Open in Bay
State Monday—Lower
Charges Urged.
By lhr Associated Prrs«.
NEW YORK. August 7. —The spe
cial joint congressional committee in
vestigating postal rates completed its
hearing here today and announced
that continued hearings would reopen
in Boston on Monday.
B. E. MacKinnon, circulation direc
tor of the Pictorial Review, resumed
his testimony today, explaining the re
entry system under which the zoning
law was evaded. He said that the
company had stopped soliciting sub
scriptions in Indiana, as an experi
ment to convert subscribers into news-
I stand buyers.
He recommended that the postal
service he placed “on a service com
petitive basis ’ to meet freight and ex-
J press rates. He said the postal serv
ice was more convenient. The Pie
i torial Review, he asserted, paid the
i post office J 165.000 in 1918. and in 1923
*519.000, with a loss of 800.000 in cir
culation.
Citing experiments in Columbus.
Ohio, and Harrisburg. Pa., he told
how 20 of the largest magazines
formed a private delivery system,
which lasted three and a half months.
According to the post office statistics
in those cities, there was no reduction
of employes and no saving to the post
offices, he said.
Senator L. C. Fhipps of Colorado
read a statement which contended
that a change from zone to flat rates
would save 12 clerk hours, with a
saving of *2.700 on 350 publications
entered at Philadelphia,
i R. H. Freck. representative of the
'Guild company, which furnishes mail
ling lists to mail order houses, testi
I tied that his company's business has
decreased by 19,000.000 names in 1925.
due to the increased rates.
Harry H. Bamforth, owner of the
Ramforth company, post card pub
lishers, asserted that if the present
mailing rate on post cards continued
he would tie forced out of business.
325 SHIPS TO BE BURNED.
; Huge Bonfire Will End Career of
War-Time Fleet.
! Fire will blaze the Anal chapter in
j the history of 235 wooden ships built
j as a war measure and which have
j been stripped of thei - engines and
l other metal. The vessels, except
35 of them, are at Tidewater,
Va., in a special anchorage assigned
by the Bureau of Navigation of the
Department of Commerce.
It was said at the offices of the
Western Marine and Salvage Co., at
Alexandria, today that it is not yet
known when these vessels will he
fired, but it probably will be in about
60 days. Before the firing is
started 't will be necessary to con
struct a large inclosure of wire net
ting. large enough to take *35
ships at a time. This precaution
is required to prevent the burning
debris from getting into the channel
and endangering vessels proceeding
up and down the river.