Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1921, Page 2

UNABLE T8 FiND " DEVALERAINERI Inquiry in Dublin and Along frish Caast Fails to Verify Report. By the Asmdiated Prews. DUBLEN, December 31.—lnquiry: to- night elicited the statement that neither the Dublia Castle officials nor the newspapers of Dublin know any- " tming concernimg the arrival of Eamonu de Valefa.~ The American -steamer Pontia ar- rived at the North Wall quay in the River Liffey today and was" boarded by.armed sofdiers. A machine gun was placed on Hoard and armored cars alang the quay frained their guns on the ship, which was thoroughly searched. Aetording to reports nobod: who was being sought was found oi board. No News of de Valera. LONDON, December 31—The Ex- change Telegraph says that inquiries at Queenstown and along the south coast of Irelang have elicited no news of the landing of de Valera. The report that Eamonn de Valera had _reached Ireland has not yet been confirmed from any source. Irish cir- cles in London are inclined to dis- credit it. Tonight being New Year eve all the government offices were closed and no Sffiotal view was obtainable. the sumers have begun to spread tha de Valera was coming to =overnment has carefully avoided any defipite statement as to- whether b would be arrested if he landed in Ire- land. Measures were taken to watch | Trish ports, but it was generally. ui derstood de Valera would not be ar-| rested. ¥ it is confirmed that de Valera| really has arrived, it is said, it will be minediately assumed - that he comes connection ith the truce negotia- ions through unofficial intermedi- aries, which have never been alto- gether suspended, although they have heen more or less at a standstill over the Christmas holidays. Satliags Recently. NEW YORK, January 1.—Since the disappearance of de Valera, the pas- senger steamships Aquitania, Adriatic and Kaiserin Auguste Victoria have left this side for British ports. - the only one clearing fer Dublin from New York_ being the steamer Pontia, ! which was due there today, but had agents here. Mr. Boland. secretary ta President de Valera, declared it would be treason for him to disclose how his chief left this country. but intimated that .he sailed from a United States port. “1 am mot only .gratified but proud of the arrival of my president” said : Boland. 0 evade the watchful enemies of Ire- | land. 1 cannot go into detai ge for obvious reasors.” 'ust say that he went over on the ' added. Irish presidential yacht,” he REPORTS ON CORK FIRES. Gen. Strickland’s Findings Receiv- ed at Irish Office. LONDON, J ward Stricklan the destructive fires was re- ceived at the Irish bfle! here yester- day. -M was presented to the cabinet, 'l“ bc made public early next week. Well e in Dublin are declared to assert that the cabinet has known th. tenor of the rvpor‘ for some days. The London le this that an attempt to ob- uh ‘unnhu more effactive than a cesmation of ly Mail, which adds it| dence that munitions or ‘money rm Feiners from the Uni in America and Eamon de Valera.' NEW YORK., Jaguary 1.—Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney, widow of the Iate d mayor of Cork, has received the and freedom of the city of New York from Mayor in accordance with & fimluli- recent- [ m«(n& ho‘,rd " aldermen. e o ting Sixty-ninth” Nattoms! Giard - Regiment New York viayed Snd Teish 2irs as she dnto the city hall by mvmlflp-l officials and a committee of women. . s:'l.:m l::-»er n.—'l'mzy~ ve persons were killed or died from ww.u Ireland December and Deou 29, covering the ('hrk-u-.- holida. The fatalitien . Included. - nineteen avilians, among them two ‘women. five . policemen and one soldier. VALERA'S CAREER COLORF¥UL. Escaped rrvn English Jail—Sud- dmly‘ms!n' 8. NEW YORK, January 1.—After h 8 vaferious ssoape trom prison Vi appeared in Parie d 2 month later of his €lect: "prul dent of the Irish republic.” - He appeared in Ireland and uenied the : inn h""l‘c&"l’.‘;fim‘“ A few later he n, su 1 M I mission: to England. v o De Valera's '.‘!!lbou(t &ltlnuod 4 mystery until Jume 22, 1319, when e suddenly appeared in this eoun- iry and took a lmfln-n ulte at the| Waldorf-Astoria here, begin appesl for funds in Mhllf of UIF Irish republic.” ' He ‘also started a ;2mpaien to bring about the recogni- {ion of the “republic” by the United| States. After makiog & numhr of ad- dresses in eastern citles. de Valer: began a lllllon-'lj speaking tour of lhe counuy in behalf of the Sinn Fein lic.” He was received with high nonu- in many cities and was by varfous degrees at a number of ‘universities. Several state :.I-a L‘.‘Mb’ the “Irish pres- ident™ Recefvéed With Disfaver. the expulsion of His appearancé In some sections of the fewntey. was reesived with com- While & second. tour in be- Ralf of the "n-na republic loan” in ‘Oetober, l"ll he was lollfl.‘ of his udd lent™ of the Sinn De - Valerg -um June 3, 1920. bat & d"‘r 8o later peared’ in' Chicago, where the rei tican _mational conv-nt.ion was _in :;vmfl:dpl Inxnd\wuon ank the platform. M réopgnition by th h ll( to the demo- Trate uuoul convention st San . but his - e uum plank also was re 'I'Iu- A‘.-... .....mr., x5 vu.n .3:'."'.,. was followed iublic by Mr. - ufuype:r!d i urope the | number of freighters also have gone. | not arrived this morning, accerding o” “It was no, easy task for him | of his| jangery 1—Gen Sir B4 s report reiative o] Cork Ipick-FooT MEN REPORTED LIVING IN MARSH LANBS Cross-Atantic Cable Service to The Star. LONDON, January 1.—A tribe of duck-footed men is reported by the resident magistrate of New Guinea. They are called Agmambu, and the skin of their feet is sdid to be “as tender as wet blotting paper. They live in marshes and #re se much at home in water “that they | seem to stand upright in that element. without effort.” . According to his Teport they catch ducks by diving under them and catchiug their legs. Their diet consists chiefly of fish, water fowl, sago and the roots of water-lilles. They live in huts built overtie water on ten-foot poles, ‘and keep pigs in cradles under the huts, Iving on their stomachs with their legs stuck through holes in the cradles. These they feed on fish and sago. On especially ceremoniai occasions the pigs are barbecued. Their dead are buried by being tied to stakes, well aboye the | water level. { | —_— t announcement of ‘three | Gdresses preparcd by tho Irish president” before his _departure. They included a “Memorial Address | fon the Late Terence MacSwiney.” “A {St. Patrick’s Day Message” and an {address on “the republic of Ireland. The addreeses, however, made no rel- orence to Mr. de Valel departure from the United States to_Ireland. The message of farewell to America follows: Land of the free and home of t brave! Farewell! May you ever remal I have known you. the land of the enerous hearted and the kindly. M d through time as they wou! who love you—liberty’s it by chosen never know s .romgn master's lash. “I came to you on a holy mission, !the mission of freedom; I return W my people who sent me. hot indeed as | I had dreameq it, with the mission ac- {complished, but withal with a message ithat will cheer in the dark d4ays that ihave come upon them, and that will i inspire the acceptance of such sacri- tces as must yet be male. ‘Se_farewell! Yo mighty, fortu- jmate lan express urself the agony of a| oung, Vo wish that I can an measure the depth of my oxteom {for you or my desire for your we ana” your glory. And farewell e !many dear friends I have made. and | {the tems of thousan@s who, for the reason that 1 was the representative ! of a noble nation and a st ing cause, gave me homor they Gemied te princes. You will not need to be | | asenres that Treland will mot forget| {and that Ireland will not be ungrate- | ] INEW YEAR IN LONDON i Revelers in Prosperous Sections of City Make Celebration Last Uatil Daybreak. By the Ammocizted Press. LONDON, January l.—Lendon's pros- {perous section hailed the sdvent d the New Year with nolsy gayety su passing anything seen m J-n-uy neve, crossed their paths ifi the fofm of ool- lectors of funds for the unemployed. who shook money boxes on street or- | MR perticos mers and 1n the p The large West End {hotels Vied with ome amether In stag- ing attractiens for their patrens, and ‘were lavish big hetel was IITQ-IM {a big airship eighty feet in annh from the tapacious cabins of yw-z '&u dreswed as uu-u- fi-n-ltnt-l fts among w 50ld-l‘ime Champagne Missing, But of m-‘rd {New Year cetebration i in the rlflol\, 14 birth of W restauraats IQ Illefl with of merrymakers uatil a late whi dands before the war and prohidbition. use of pocket containers n - lnnn-r of hotels and restaurants {reported, but the large nuunty the celebrators were content with toasting 1921 with cups that spar- i1 kled, but refused to cheer. . Popping Betties in Mexice. DOUGLAS, Arfz., January 1—Wm.] dispatches eoming from eastern ci 1 i H | ol ies portraying the desert dryness ; the eastern United States, southws ern border imbibers arranged to see the old year out in Mexico. Agua Prieta, Mexioo, just across the border from this city, greeted the New Yeur ! with cabaret ' life, popping bottles, llinun. gin and foaming { GIRL SCOUTS’ NEW HOME. Local Headquarters Transferred to 1606 20th Street. { The headquarters of the Girl Scouts 'nr the Distriot of Columbia was trans- ferred yesterday from the Woodward Kard: hun building to the Mason House, 20th street, where a room set aside for their purpose. . ‘White, from the New YM'K ‘h-d Quarters, is in temporary Girls wishing to affiliate Wwith the organization can receive information at the new of A great nesd I8 felt for captains—women who will nnd'rtake the formation and conduct of troops. Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke is commisefoner. SENATORS DEBATE JUDGES Becond Meeting of G. U. School of Law Set for January. ~ Senator Selden P. Bpencer of Mi t nom*.unuuy between the and menlors. The question to batea is “Resolved, that shi of American registry should be exempt from Panama canal tolls.” Rmmntln the Junior Debating Society are Charles Willlam Faulkner of l(lnsu‘hu:ell!, Hdwll’l Pletoher Brecht of Washington and Frank Jo- seph -Albus of ashington, umn-- tiv The senior debaters will Frank Willlam Cullen of New York. John Joseph Darby of the District of Columbia and John Emmet Haltigan o fthe District of Columbia, aiterna- as H. Gardiner of Rl-dl!lul. it of the Junior D‘.u.l cmy, yun preside- ! IS GAYEST SINCE 1914 i ,Imnfly m-mmaed and the rector, filam Norman Guthrie, waiting for | “haem' with an invitation' te come in- e. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SN GOLDENGATE New Year Row. 3 tie Avsuc N FRAM d Press. {cording to witnesses. Twenty the Central Emergency treatrsent, in ambulance. for the purpose. CELEBRATION HURT - Walk Over Excavation Falls With Crowd—Four Cut in OISCO, Calif., January 1. |—About fifty New Year merrymakers were Injured, several seriously, {a temporary sidewalk over an exca-| vation for a new theater building at {Market and Taylor streets here col- lapsed early today. A thirty-foot section of the walk e way, falling twenty feet into the (-xclvlllon with about 100 persons, ac- verson} were removed to Hospital for | patrol ons and =utomobiles commandeered N8 fatalities {curred, according to early accounts. when wag- JAMUARY 1, 1921-—-PART 1 LAST-DAY SEEKERS FOR AUTO LICENSE TAGS CROWD HALLWAY OF THE _DISTRICT BUILDING | l clal).~~A sound and substantial growth j tarded. b ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 1 (Spe- &nd. progress in all lines was made in Alexandria during the year. just closed. Despite the fact that somsé of the in- dustries are not handling rush orders the growth of the city has not been re- There are fow w. houses the city, and ~realtors report a mdi demand. for real -ute to rent from perSions employed here who live in | ington-and other places. Bpsiness mén_generally look forward to & pros- | perous yeas, - The Alexandria naval tofpedo su-! tion is one of the big plants here that now gives efiployment to several hun- Several smaller industries both male and female help Shipbuilding Corpor: addition to the five vessels launched during the yeaf, had a number of big frelghters come hero to undergo | WELGOME N 1924 Members of Association Mect at Engine House to 6'o-+ * serve Event. est Inhabitants of the District Columbia today at the Union enk! house, 19th and H streets, held the X New Year meeting. An interesting feature of the meet ing was the visit of Pugene Brooks president, and Geerge Stewart P 4 o¢- Four men, all suffering from prob- ably fatal knife wounds, were twken to the Migsion Emergency Howpital early today, according to the police, after being attacked at a New Year joust by five other men. of the men were not given. San The names Francisco_ushered in the new he i Year With all it# old-time zest. The in |ahnual parade down Market street was a little smaller than that of last yea r, but the confetti, as' in eruge: rets were at & premium. own” would not be permitted. 800 SLEEP IN N. Y. CHUECH:| Homeless, Arranging to Break Into St.. Mark’s, Greeted by Rector. NEW YORK, January 1.—Eight, hun- dred homeless and unemployed men | the New Year the pews of one of New York'| historic churches—St. Mark’s, ‘The New Vear ove aud planned to linto the church for the he nights } {if wamtmnce Cleegyman's Addrens. ! When the motley créwd had settled in the pews Dr. Guthrie addressed th mm‘ hat while it ‘would he said, “to show themsel | confiden. Dr. Mfle then told the men he had | give them 3 sub- ‘There was no dfs- ‘with clergyman's ‘part Protestant Episcopal t the Chatch, locatsd amost. in the heart of | fne Tor Sunlermenth: the charch ™, Ity of I 7 P = {pald the penalty of imconvenience for Petrus Stuy- ::vlng fllletl to get tags early In Tits to er the men Adistened spectful attention to the remarks. Mark’s the lower Eant i i gl gy} i%ig ] i i pot, 1 ire hll .ndnnely $100. Prompt fire muu work by nnry of the Sterea- Brightheart, an empio, {typing room of emflld several 'he Star, ers flames as they were be; nnlnfl o paih hbadway, Eepe the department. Awaits Senate Action § § s ‘ot | the | part of a crowd of more;enforcing the law against owners of tlanl* mttlnu‘o'u's'hlflon avenue they found l‘l ND'; “out ""0 ipresent sesston of To Assume New Duties At the War Department L i ‘the molse and t of revelry were the.same : ‘HF{WIM;:ll lh;“ l:‘\ hldbn\)l may you idammed 8o foreibly the flow of bev e alculated to aid in the merry {making. Tables at cafes wnd caba- More cele- brators were turned away at several of these than found repm ingide, not- withstanding the announcement. from federal prohibition enforeement offi- GIBX' that the rule of “bring your DR. BALLOU BACK, PUSHES PROGRAM Confers With President Si= mon on New Buildings Requested. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superinten- piént of schoels, ushered in the New Yeat by epending most of the morning in his office at the Franklin Schosl, studying the proposed emergency building program now before the Senate subcomimittee ©on appropria- t'l:;h minus $1,000,000 of the 33,500,000 i spread infection to Italy. ba i;:“n:’e’:::ce?;::y:p:rlmr;:;: {réturned to Washington unexpected- Iy last night from Potsdam, N. Y., his home, where he has been mast of the week Visiting his parents. Dr. Ballou went into eonfersncs with Dr. Abram Sjmon, president of GERMAN FAILURE CITED BY FRENCH s e its present f 2 et ok A Iar ot &p'rnpriltlon of npmxmuely zz- Sehool «;1 have pointog oat that at Jo;cl 3,500,000 is needed 50‘0”‘”0 Tk on the profiosed $5,- n tha v{lcn estimates ho Benats_spproprie s subSommittee the Commiabion: H 75 oiabhod abost $1,00 révenues bfficiale of inted as neéded at o n@ Mlfirmlflm |CLASH OF ITALY | Otoan-Atlantic Cable Service to The Star. | JSeen in the movements of Gen. | his soldiers have taken refuge in | of 1921 Licenses. - slavs to absorb 10,000 refugees of TAGLESS AUTOISTS 4o rravce seen TAEN BY POLCE 222 70 Fc | ROME, January 1.—Danger of a { clash between Italy and France is I"&fly Foroed to Go to Station 1 Wrangel's army into Italy and ad- | HOUSeS secause Of Abseflce ;' Jacent territory. Four thousand of i ! Cattaro. The French government has taken steps to induce the Jugo- Police early this morning startea| MIZTOTSSE o o e of Mi- lan says that Italy Will not tel- erate this attempt to make Cattaro @ Russian point of support by order of France. It points out that France, having éxtended its rec- ognition to- Wrangel's armies. It should take in the defeatéd forces. The Rofne press in a body protests against the landing of Wrangel's army in Cattare, which it fears will automobiles who appeared on the; streets without the 1921 license tags| displayea on their cars. Scores of| owners, many of them under the| impression _that geveral days' gracei would be allowed and others pleading forgetfulness, were stopped by the| police and required to go to a police station. ‘As many as a dozen motorists were in the ninth precinct station early| lin the morning waiting to have th i names tecorded as alleged viol the law, while in_ other stations the nembers increased until they prem- ised to total hundreds. Nineteen ar- rests were made in the business sec-| tion before 10 o'elock. | Collateral Is Exneted. | Kach person arrested was required | deposit 35 collatergl for his appear- | an in Police (‘snrth d‘t’y:lo“tr:‘r.:: Be"cagen-in court Mondey morning (Pans Declares Allies Wil | Consider Non-Fulfiliment of Spa Engagements. will be great endugh to keep one By the Assoeiated judge busy most of the day. Several hundred motorists spent of the d: standing patiently striot bullding wait- Tor 1321 automobile tags. 'In n | Sition to the Price of the tag, they BERLIN, December 31 (Havas).—It {s semi-officially stateq that the Frénch government his handed s note .:' Balipu stated todey thet he had to the German ambassader calling at- |5 formed gny fufthér plans for uri- tentioh te the fact that Gernany has|IN& Congtess to grant the funds hece not fulfilled the engagéments she en- | S9BREY to begin Wwofk 6n the sihos! tered inte at the Spa eontlrsaet. It n-im.w, how- After @eclaring the French geverh: authofiti will ment hias neted violalions of the ent, the communication to the bashador says the allies will have To tonsider the matter. Discussed at Pirley. LONDON, -December 31.—The Ger- man ambassador loday was sum- Toned" 1o the Breign whete he went into contaance. with " Eafl ‘urgon, the forelgn sécretary. The conversation which fellowed is re- ported to have been especially direct: ed toward the situation arising svet struct uermuy's failure to out the Spa_agreement. Nothing omial in fortheoming with regard té Gfeat Britain’s pesition in the new crisis, But It is understesd generally the Fov- ernment is awaiting an important ah nouncement from Gen. Maurice Nol. chief of the Frenoh military, mi sion in Berlin, and Mafshal Foch's re. port. A miners’ delegation from the Rubr {regon has arrived in Berlin, aécord- ing to a Berlin despatch te the Ex- change Telegraph Company, for the FINANCIAL SITUATION TAKEN UP BY HARDING (Problem’ of Cutting Down Ex- |order o énd the constant thréat of : l uphtion of the Ruh¥ region by penses Canvassed in Conference |='(;in?::| troops.” It is added that the With Leaders. miners l\ ve decided to withhold the MARION, Ohio, January Wade B Coombq superifitendent of censes, had his olerks on the job at 10 o'clock this morning and kept the ofice astil 2 o'clock for the ac- | At'11 o'clook the superintendent esti- mated he would sell 1,608 tags to- day. Total Isvued, 29,000, Yesterday the license office disposed of 3,000 applications, bringing the total issued up to 29,000. i The police were notified yesterday | to artest any motorist who drove his car today without.a 1921 tag. A policeman en route to headquar- 're this morning noticed a machine thout (he mew blue.and-grey (ag. hailed the driver, who assured the ho had a new tag. When the policeman informed him the tag wes not on the machine the motorist looked in the tonmeau and @imcovered that he had forgotten to inplay the piate in its proper piace. He notified to meet the officer n mwe Court. —— ndthing short of u:a pfepHation requested i . w4 build- te relievé presei| bvemnvued m?g ditions in the schosls, atid that un- Iess it is earried out comj }(-tely many 1ar r will be n undestrable flhll’ 60 per oen! Pelitiohs to Be Drawa. While school authorities are mak: ing plans furthér to I(mpress on members of Cohgress the urifent ne- céssity of caftying out the émer- &eney school building prégransy; rept résentati ivie . o S S LA B D 3 £F8 b leg- islative bodies at t ‘Capitd) s {0 gf:kn! x J, Drisesll, president of the Mia- Euy Citizens’ Assoclation, stated to- ay that he would get in touch with the heads ot the two:score citigens’ jeir relpe ive otganisations e the steps uecé-ury to show Congre: tiat Washington Uemands more ani benar schoois. said Mr. Driscoll aswociation will un"" ¢oal supply of Bavaria if the Bava- ernment “refuses to listen te ~=The May Call Premiers.. PARIS December 31-<Francé prob: ably soon will ask for 2 mséting of the ‘mllfed premiers to eonsider the question of what action should be uken to enforce the disarmament of | every other improvement wuntil fl Germany. It is sald in official circles | get the schools in shape, fit for our expenses were llent nled Hnrdln‘ yesterday ja con- {te congressional leadets oflefl.l-l of the Federal Reserve Pl:mmng Ttip to Moon. SOII :é-"na.;"" 7 &n-en op- | W m?nm tnm education vir|P! inizations | Thi llle $3500000 asked by the school | d ]wmm Proctor of Gibbons street, €= | morning. aged eighty-nine years, He ! .| his ntum to Rockville at the repairs. The new census, completed dur- ing the -year, shows Alexandria has a { Population of 18,060, an increase of 2,731 over the previous census, or 17.5 per cent. A total of 3,500 individuals paid theif income tax through the local office. The new city assessment, just com- pleted shows a steady increase in the value of realty holdmgs here, the m% city assessment being $8,070.790, or increase of $1.288.753 over ihe preced: fiyw Thin, therefors, means it will feld the city approximately $28,000 taxes annually. A number of ve beén erected @ufing the being eighteen by’ : streets, and in lddl(lon, a large number of fine hbuses have been erected in Rose- m%r:lt and peints directly north of that subdivision. Five 9,400-ton steel freighters were launched during the year by the Vir- ginia Shipbuiiding Corporation, as follows: Clemence C. M!‘)’.’m Janula? Colin H. .Amm E. Morsr. ie ML vingstone, Morfie Oeluber e | Amohg the new industries located; {during the year are the Blue Ridge M-nunmmng Company, _making rts, at the corner of Wilkes Sua Celumbns ltroetx. and the Alex- andria Manufacturing _Company, the second floor of 317 King -treeL The vity completed the motorization of its fire departnfent last Februsry with the-purchase of a moter steamer to-take the plle:‘ o!llhe ©01d Columbia | cot hotse-drawn apparatus. 'nle school eensus shows Alexandria 5,121 of school age, of which mnnber 4,109 are white and 1,612 eolof ‘Wonien of the city during the yea? for the first time voted in the elec- tion in November, a grand total of 1,389 qualifying to vote. Duncan, - Alexandria’s new the freins the mayer, city government September 1, when the newly elected councilmen aiso were inducted into office. The city is operating along consel tive lines and many things are in store for the new yeaf. Washington Memorial Lodge of Purtection, No. 7. Seottish Rite Ma- sons, uired the handsome resi- denea :{quu southeast corner of Al- fed and Cameron streets. Which it Tibos 44 its tomple. The Master Ma- sons’ Club also u:quir‘:d the B dential property the -on e corner of Canieron and St. Asaph Streets. A non-squipment branch of the Y. M. C A. was organized here dnflng IQQA o by pord t! bulldlh‘ I-t 319 and Izl King has remodeled into - oo, The Parker-Gray School, for colored children, one of the best comstricted sohools in the eity, wss completed uring the year. Seversl eomven- tiona wers 1 npm during the year. The his firefién hdld 2 Suc- it m!lon heré in August, merchants of the stite Greup No. 8, Virginia Bankers’ “’m..u..fi'.‘?m..m N-' Y&u is being observed h y mlllloll of b.flfi.—. have been m h! tofl l\ M.tlei.ll' an b Ih- cobseq y, although sorie the smaller -um remained 8pe till the noon hour. eRr Was lmhi d Ob'l.lll o! persons on the gr«l as in lomel‘ ration was not.up to .the standerd of former years to welcome the birth of a new year. A féw minutes before the midnight hour the bells of the Rrehouses and city hll!to“ai the death knell nf 1920, and to hey 81l burst forth at mid léfl aim the advent of thé néw Whistles lllo ]alna‘ in, and mn“ce‘:ud p-nies llel:r B"l'llt-ll'.sq were and many of the nnn!‘l at lfifi: lt differ- Here ssémbly, nights of Cotum bal the awditorium of tfiz'%' P hlel\ was attended e gllher- ig of members of the nn&f and their e ral of Mrs. M 6 n e of Ell\ m}y n. uxly-eint T "y W mf: g¢ Julian Simpson wh: ied naflenly ursday 422 Queen Steoet, will hke X 2 o'clock Motiday aftémoo! her late residence. &mnfl flll ‘bE con- T by Rev. Hill, pastor of the hodlut Protemm Church. Bur- 12l will be in "").‘I‘ eeihetery. Her husband and seve; children ate liv- ing. fla caondition of ene Procto; the six-year-old son glu‘flr. and Mre. ‘:nu injured Thursday aftern ing struck b; js ntmhsbne uv!ry truck at and * Fairfax Strests; iB stéadily |mm'|n aceord- ing te the nlirses at the A)exandria noamm ROCKVILLE. 2 ROCKVILLE, Md., January 1 (Spe- cial).—James Anderson, Rockville's | oldest resident, died here vesterday | liad be-n in failing hgaith for 2 long | time. He leaves thre8_children—Miss Mary Anderson of_Rockville, and | James and John W. Anderson of Texas. He also leaves a brother, G. Minor Anderson of Rockville, who. is conneoted with the United States De- partment of Justice, at Washington. . Anderson died several years ago, | t. Anderfon was a native of vice president, of the Colored Associ ation of Oldest Inbabitants, President Theodore W. Noyes ex- ténded the season’s greetings to the visitors and Mr. Brooks replied in be half of the colored organization. A valuable vollection of phote- graphs of civil war days in Washin ton was presented to the associalic by Gen. Charles H Ourand. The ool lection included viéws of the old Lon bridge, old Anacost: eral of the forts which defended th capital during the war with the south Capt. Evans Reads Review. Capt. Géorge W. Evans, chronicler of the association, read to thie meeting hir annual review of important events of the io-f 1920, indudm‘ matters of interest the city.as a whole as well as to the aswociation. Benjamin W. Reiss, recording secre- tary of the association, announced the death of Theodore Fricbus since the last following new members elected: Henry €. Adler, 1436 Fair {street;” Clarence €. Allen, 2310 1%th street; George W. Carll, 919 Tth street lnor(heu! \ulur " Carter, 1624 Hobar? streed Dougles, 17 stree Damcl A Bdwards, 904 Penn- sylvania avenue southeast; Maurice ¥ Fiynn, 407 6th street southwest; Thomas H. Godfrey, 2142 I street; William F Gude, 3509 New Hampshire avenuc L, Hall. 415 4th street northeast dmes T. Henshaw, 1516 Columbia road Charles Jacobsen, Sterling Hotel: Harrs King, 1779 Lanier piace; S. Dana Lin- 1432 Girard Frank ~ A. Tootier, 3416 13ih svects Homard R Norton, 3725 New Hampshire avenue: LA Oliver, 162§ 30 stroet: William Schospberger. 1221 6th strect southwest. J. Whitaker, 1730 Oregon an& and Samuel 8. Yoder, 203 M land avenue northeast. orginal John Clagett Proctor read the foliow ing original poem: WHO KNOWS? ‘Who will be bere on New Year dar orinctesn twenty.two— or sh we love most dear cheer the friends Who will be here to give us Ta Bimeteen twents-two? Is all a mystery; -""',-‘.'h-l'“ re Ang t endless life prepare Destined for you me. twenty-| SEE BRIGHT FUTURE - FOR-U. 8. BUSINESS o (Contivned frofn FiEst Page. oy | S0l 7 ecanse, the dolier would not asing of l:: s ried d‘l.ls d(mi 2nd they rén’t able to buy new ciot! ©other necessities. e Now, . however, ;fio”e levels, nd_ the dollar going back to semething like a reasonable parchas. ing power, buying will come more Beavily foom the salariod ciass Thon from any other in the immediate fu- fure. Sainé reasoning holds froe. However, with respect to ail = of people who have postponed buying until prices come down. Amswer to Downward Tremd. OF course, the refaller's pricés earry the, answer to the whole downward muvement of prices, just as do land- lani's reats. in both ifistances cer- charges prevent retailers (-na u.mnen;a from réducing orlor-s fucl l.ni Wr‘f‘ l mn( M'.vn- Nev- ertheless, to induce buslhg and to get e larger volume of business. re- tailegs are expectéd, now that Chrict- mas Is over, to put on clearance sales everywhere and get rid of much of the stock on their shelves to make way_for mew goods which will be purchased at a lower cost than before. Just as soon as Spring comes and building materials drop, which is th> earnest hope, naturall f men éverywhere, the erec of more dwellings will affect the price of rents o all classes of peopie Many concerns are forcing the price et 12bor down by nmmn down their or_stores an This process l' !of readjustment Will ‘in’ Fome cases ibe justified and in others unjustified. No generalizations are being induiged in b{ governmént officials except onc en the price of everything that is to be bought comes down there will_be no excuse for the price or labor staying up. Must Come te End. Broadly speaking, government ex- perts figure that the era of il lr\l» | vised legisiative proposals to cure business difficuities has about and that the raising of false fiopes and the creating of artificial situa- tions by appeals to Congress and th overnment have come to an end. All e agitation for a revival of the War ce Corporation and the demand that the Federal Reserve Board ex- nded Rockville and was a son of the late Col. James W. Anderson, also a Hle- long resident of Rockville. A= member of the 35th Battalion, V ginia Cavalry, he served in the Con-| fedérate army throughout the civil| War, entering as a first lieutenant ! ard being promoted to captain. Upon | lose of the he became g member nl’I the h.cull! of the Raekv-llle Acad- emy, teaching there for several years. For four years he was county Sur- veyor, for elevéen yeafs esunity su- perintendent of public schools and for twelve years clerk of the circuit court fér the county. He was 4 mem- ber of ontgomery of -Masons of Rockville and for a long s & result: of tnxlur&;!nv:nll{ B L den, * 8 8t , Al an ;:‘ nt streets about 1:15 & o | oraink. t-h ohn Moran, 229 B street. morth- M, ‘was knocked down by a Capital- T ear at Penusylvania avenue. mu: Strest yeilel‘d-y afternoon, no received no serious injury. collision tweéen automobiles dfinn by D. imbert, Wood: ;namg, and Frank Sill, 2301 Niohols courred at 16th and K Birvetn about 12:10 oolflck this morn- ing. Both Vehl d. g Rarticular concern was shown byfthat this question now is deummy children.” Mr. Harding in the curtailment of|pefore the powers, as the comnci) The Caitfal Labor Union at- its Army and Navy appropriatipns at the | ambassadors has referred it to t i eoting Monday night in Musicians' Congress, and he | governments, and hal Foch hnll il Is expected to take action re- {went over that subject in detail with | submitterd o full Tépolt on Gebfnary’s | iterating its stand in favor of the {Representative Mondell of Wyomihg, | military equipment in cmlunu|emylu out the school building proj- mbnm leader of the House, and | with ati urgent Fequest 8f the amn-)ect as proposed by the school hoard. ntative Anthony of Kansas, | passadors. * The Federation of Citizens’ Associa- | ‘In.\mnn of the House B"bcomm ttee | The attitude of the British govern-|tions also is likely o take some 'which framed Army approbristions|ment regarding the intimstion bf Dr.|ilon ofi the quest'on at its meeting easures. Recenfly he had a simjlar wuur Simon, the German foreign | hext Baturday night. conference with Representative Kelley | miniater, taet Gefmany witl be unabie ot Michigan, chairman of the appro:to come to- an SEreémenl on repara- priations subcommittee on naval ex-|tjons if further -to dishand her penditures. police organizations is.not kKnown hére offictally. ports” from Lohdon that the Brit- Re from Lond ish cabinet has decided to give Franhce Otber Trafic Incidents Reported by a free hand in dealing with dermany n diarmament are not cohfifined offi- the Police. . shlly. but it is mnnted 1 - oes not waat a 3 A team of horses owned by Wise | QS8 100 VoL S TEL, BEnd Lo e i | Bros., dairymen, 3206 N #treet, ran|provided for in the agréement I it away from-Wisconsin aveniue ahd O tan be avolded. The Rght valley is street abbut.5:30 oelock this mopn- | DSSomIng lefegatiractive to the French, ing. The Wwagon broke an electric{ing rapid wtrides toward the preswat LIt poy pt.the MUdivER. mn';“ ¥ e menac 18 invol¥ad in the French Wisconsih and Prospect avenues. The [ 0 mensce 18 in n tha el . ed out by a hi wagon was damaged to the amount |oficial " fhere (8 Al ere re bratiitt of HE and one horse was injured. he said, of application nz the penalti D. . Hefman, 5103 Georgia |provided if Germany refuses to fulfill e, and O E. Graves, 785 Web- |her obligations, but the Frencl view 18 ter street,. were drivers of automo- |that the ménace comes froin the Ger- biles that collided jon ck Creek | mans, who took a step unprecedented u-\mmnk Slfice the war when Dr. Simohs ealléd e to bo nes resulted. . . onl -Charles Laurent, French ambassa- An nutomoblle ofiud and driven by | ddr to Germany, ahd told him virtnally 9. Coltmbia'road, | that Germany probably. would une a col- lable to pay the Feparations If obliged to disband the polite. BANTTA Chile, December 31, Thée soclalist party of sion here, ado| tion_providing ‘ar third, or_ Moscow inte: t was decid¥d to reo anue thn gnny. which at present i# not rzvre in the lutlon-l congress. \seiiom oo pekn, |- UPPER MARLBORD. . STAUNTON, Va., January 1.—Absa- UPPER nawono. m “n.?ry it Jom Koiner, for mahy years state “ (‘m‘%lnue-‘c?{a“ & former prosident of the|lute m!am!’%«% é Hiea here Jay ot ’£ &l ot rore & “ , re e e o 45 B e e b e S Va. was deserted Aygust §, 3917, B lfl of ninety-seven. gorn in Augusta county, 1, tine Was its troasurer: belonged to Riggely Brown Camp of Confederate Veterans of this county, and had long been promineny, identifleq ~wi with | Chrlet ol ABnouncemesit rm been Mane. that marriage of Miss Alice E. Hep- for a number of \ufl of the faculty High School, and A’].ton C. lle t ty, ‘ashin: hll w.xn:rn.-;uwr o¥ the fi.‘n BROWNING FOR GOVERNOR. 'ROANOKE, -Va, nn!ond Plnon and owland Chutch. tend more liberal credits has abour izzied out. President Wilson will vcx.. he war finance resolution, and if Co Egress passes the measure over th, Yoto it in 2 safe bet that the machin. of the War Finance Corporation will never get going under the present ad. ministration. Having no particular fiouuul axi grind for a while the present ad- mlmltrluen wants to go out of power wlg:’ (& Fecord of sound finance and steadiness, y _democratic offi- eers insist t .glt the i'ep-bllunu will pursue the same wol when they once get inside the Treasury build- ing and examine the State of govern- ment finances as a consequence of the war expenditures. The return to normalcy will not be precipitated, but gradual, and- un uld see’ the change the people have waited for so expeoctantly sl the armistice in 1918 (Copyright, 1950.) $190,000 GEM MYSTERY. rested, after displaying 8f fine cut stones to & mwtlu buyer who becamme nlvicu-s and called tb Members of the Association of ¥d-™