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s : Texas Will Oust Japanese; News Notes From Over U. S. American Legion Officials Promise Recovery of Money Paid for Land by Orientals—California Appeals to Government in Anti-Alien Case. HARLINGEN, Tex, January 8.— Following a long conference with the two Japanese families which arrived at Harlingen to settle on Texas farm iands, American Legion representa- tives today laid plans for the return of the orientals to California. The legion officials further pledged their aid in the recovery of money paid by the Japenese in the land deal which the orientals declare involced a sum of $10,000. f Lesion attorneys advised _the Japanese that an old Texas law, passed in 1892, forbids alien non-resi- dents of the state to own land. and further informed them that escheat proceedings_ will lie against Z. mata of Los Angeles, from whom the valley land was purchased. The newcomers’ farm implements remain in cars at the railroad yards here. The Okumma brothers declared they knew nothing of the sentiment against {hem here,, adding, “We do not want to live where we are not ‘wanted.” California Senate Acts. % SACRAMENTO, Calif., January 8.— ‘The Californta senate adopted yester- day, 29 to 0, a resolution requesting the national government to agree to 10 treaty with Japan that would nulli- iy the state's anti-alien land law or that would grant the right of citizen- hip to Japanese. 5 T‘;:e res-:;:uon ‘was taken up out of order with unanimous consent of the <enate so that quick action might be I on it. a'er:gre are some phases of the n wotiations that cannot be discussed, Sald Senator Inman, who drew up the measure, “but it can be said that there is danger, serious danger, that the federal government may give the right of citizenship to Japanese on the Pacific coast as & sort of trading agreement. That would be unthinka- ble.” The resolution now goes to the assembly where final action is expect- ed next week. Gas as Police Weapen. ), Ohio.—Toxic gas gre- rades used to prevent the escape of ng the world war have ted by American Legion offi- ery pelice automobile equipped with these bombs was made o Mayor W. S. Fitzgerald by Lieut. Col B. C. Goss of the legion. Gompers in Mexieo. , Tex. —Samuel Goml!ros‘. pers busy day, during :’nany guests, crossed the border at § o'clock. confessed and implicated «r employes. The amount of the defal- cations has not been determined. Ethel Barrymere Eads Dates. CINCINNATI, Ohio—Miss . Ethel Barrymore, actress, who is suffering from rheumatism, has canceled her remaining engagements in this city. She remain in ans said. A Liquer Runners Killed. LAREDO, Tex.—Two alleged liquor ;mugg)eu wor: killed in a fight with Ppack horses were killed in the ex- change of shots. A quantity of liquor was found in the packs the animals ‘were carrying. Prayer Facter, Says Harding. BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—*Prayer is a dominant factor for a successful life,” wrote President-elect Harding to the Rev. Benjamin Root, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Chitrch, in a letter just received. The question had been asked of Mr. Harding as to what he considered constituted “success.” Battle Anatversary Observed. NEW ORLEANS.—The anniversary . of the battle of New Orleans was ob- served here today with the customary ; exercises at Chalmette battlefield. The apniversary being a legal holiday, banks and public offices were closed. Durkam'’s Som te Marry. LONDON.—Announcement is made of the engagement of Terry C. Durham. a lisutenant in the United States artil- ‘ery and son of W. A. Durham of Ap- vomattox, Va.. to Mary, daughter of Sir Leicester Harmsworth, brother of Jord Northcliffe. Preascher Dies Suddenly. VALDOSTA, Ga—The Rev. R. P. Fain of Hahira, well known minister in the South Georgia Methodist oon- ference, who was a victim of sus- pended animation during a meeting of ministers at Hahira Wednesday, + when for more than fifteen minutes he was believed to be dead, died while returning from the station, where he went to bid farewell to departing preachers. Stanford Gets Library. STANFORD Calif.— Prof. Paul Miliukov, Russian secre- tary of foreign affairs, after the revo- fution of 1917, has presented to Stan- ford University his private library on Ruseian history, eaid to be one of the most comprehensive collections in ex- istence, it is announced. Again ta Corn King. LAFAYETTE. Ind. —William H. Representative® C. burn, Va. cause of his death. Farmer-Labor Body to Meet. CLEVELAND, Ohio.—The Bascomb Slemp, was found dead in his office at Coe- Heart failure was the convention of the Farmer-Labor Co. operative Congress will meet in Cleve. land for a three-day session, begin ning February 10, Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, announced to- day. Representativeg "THE EVENING STAR, Tve BosS WAS FOOUSH TO GIVE JEFF A JoB N THE STABLE ¢ THe RunT WAS DUE AT THE TRACK AN HouR AGo WITH TH annual of progressive farm organizations representing over 900,000 farmers delegates of various labor organizations and of several hundred co-operative societies will attend. George Crow Dies at 108, WHEELING, W. Va.—George Crow, who was rejected because of his ad vanced aged by a recruiting officer when he sought to enlist for military service in the civil war, is dead the family Littleton, W at home, Denver Hill, near Mr. Crow recently celebrated his 108th birthday anniver- sary by riding eight miles on his horse to the home of one of his sons. “Birtk Control” Comspiracy Charge. FRANCISCO. — Indictments SAN charging a _conspiracy to use th; mails to defraud in connection witl the alleged distribution of birth con- trol literature among woman stu- dents of the University of California were returned by the federal grand jury yesterday against Dr. ‘Waldo Richardson of Fair Oaks, Sacramento county, and his wife, Mrs. O. B. Rich- ardson. Federal officials said the Richardsons, who were arrested once before in connection with the alleged distribution of _similar literature, were agents of a Kansas City concern. Four Women Eleeted to Office. RICHMOND, W. candidates for municipal ‘Va.—Four woman offices in yes- terday’s elections here and at Sutton were elected, returns tabulated today showed. Mrs. Agnes Duffy and Mrs. C. B. Wright, both democrats, were elect- ed members of the Richwood city coun- ciL Mrs. Kate B. Frame was elected to the Sutton council, while Mrs. B. P. Hall was named school commissioner. Wenst Point Cadet Found Dead. T POINT, N. Y.—Dennis Tot- ten of Milford, Cénn., nineteen-year-old cadet at the military acad found dead on the reservation at lemy here, was 9 o'clock yesterday. A board of officers is _investigating the cause of death. Officials said that Totten,, who was a third-year man, had not been in good health recently. Sick Man Saws Out of Jail. CLARKSBURG, W. Va.—IIl of pneu- monia, Arnold Smith of West Union red | made a daring escape from the Harri- #on county 3ail here today. He sawed in two the heavy iron bars': the window in his hospital room on the third floor of the jail. The police be- succeeded g;u that if he fore he could be recaptured. Threat by “Outiaw” R. R. Men. in" making WAy into the hills he would die be- TOLEDO, Ohio.—Aroused over what they claim are attempts made in Toledo by ‘“outlaw” rallroad organizations to rallroad broth the old the last-named organizations of declared that they are about to face a greater onslaught than.that of last June association over the country. ‘when the Chicago yardmen'’s caused walkouts all To cope with the eituation a meeting ts | of the executive committee of the local brotherhoods has been called for morrow Alleged Counterfeiting Outfit. MACON, Ga.—Secref {eilowing a clue from room in a leading to- trical printing press, paper similar: to that used for money, ink and ruybber stamps were in the room. Threaten Death; Ransatk Home. ROANOKE, Va.—Under threats of death, two unkne Mrs. Walter Leffel lown white men drove and her two children from their home twelve miles east of Tazewell, ransacked the ST gheflt! Harman, with the public highway, they used an automobile to escape. Skip Company Recelvers, men_to sum of money. assistance of the the ‘where it is believed NEW YORK.—IIQ&::’IveH for the Dow- ney Shipbuilding York were here and in Wilmington, Del. The coi pany, which was organized in 1817, a plant at Staten Island, Largest Pemsacola Catek. appointed in the federal court m- has etiverln‘ 165 PENSACOLA, Fla.—The fishing smack Yakima, Capt. vus Hi Gusta ansen, of the lers & Co. fleet, reported in catch ever made by a vessel out of this ‘The Yakima brought in 43,000 pounds of red snappers and 3,000 pounds ing out col share for NEW . YORK.—Announcement made of groupers, after be- twenty-three days. Ten men the crew and each fisher- making the catch was here that the Aero-Marine Plane and Motor Company had taken over $4.000,000 worth of surplus naval aireraft and engines. Included in the lot 125 HS-2 flying boats, used durin fi: war for coast patrol work, which reconstriicted into nulenkier craft. 300 Saved in Hospital Fire. 11 be MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.—Nearly 300 patients, among whom were 75 shell- shocked soldiers from the world war, were carried from the $urning build- ings when fire partially destroyed the Allen Invalid noon. The _ institution is Home yesterday after- noted throughout the south for the treat- ment of nervous and mental diseases. Not a life was lost. The property loss will exceed $100,000. Indictments in Slaying. ATHENS, Ala.—Developments in the investi, John King, tion of the murder of mestone county farmer, which occurred near Stewarts cross roads last December, came rapidly yes- terday, when the grand Jury returnea indictments against a white man and two negroes, charging murder. When the cases of Adz Jones and George Porter, previously indicted for the murder, were called in clrcait court yesterday morning, at the earnest solici- tation of their attorneys, = continuance until the March term of court was graoted. Virginia Road Prejects. ROANOKB, Va.—Two hundred men, representing seven southwest Vir. ginia counties, met at St. Paul and organized the Goos Clinch-Cumberland d Roads Association. Former Gov. . C. H. C. Stuart presided. John W. Paulkley of Big Stone Gap was elect- Baker, whose home is near Lyons, in tireene county, is the 1920 Indiana corn king. He raised an average of 128.8 bushels an acre in the annual five-acre production contest held un- - der the 2uspiceg of Purdue Univer- xity, according 16 an announcement {made at the unifersity. Mr. Baker 2180 was corn king in 1919, producing n average of 121 bushels an acre. ‘fo Operate on Golden Rule Plan. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—The Civi- tan Businessman Club of Chattanooga determined to apply for the incor- + poration of & new industry to operate « under the principles of the goiden rule, as enunciated by Christ in His , "ermon on the mount. The club de- cided to apply for a $50,000 charter for the “A. Nash Company of Ternessee.” A. P. Creekett Found Dead. BRISTOL, Va.—A. P. Crockett, law- Fer, formerly private secretary to o . ed president of the new association, which will boost several important ’ road projects. Has Merit Badge Record. MOBILE, Ala.—Marshall Oliver, Mobile boy, holds the nation’s record in the number of Boy Scquts merit badges he has won, it was announced . Meredith, executive of the ‘This Mobile yoyth has sixty of the badges to his ait. Will Return Stolen Whisky. cre NEW of whisky, wines and cord tured by the police when they the home of a man alleged to ha been implicated laries months, will be turned ‘ver to will be no Volstead act District Attorney Henry nounced, : 4 ORLEANB.—A large quantity ials, cap- ralded in numerous burg: here during the past two the owners without question and there ings, ney aa- g { { i DETENTION HOUSE INBAD CONDITION Inmates Sleep Four to a Bed Under Leaky Roof, Owen Says. Immediate steps will be taken by thé public safety group ‘of the City Club to induce Congress to grant the appropriation asked by the house of detention for its maintenance. Star- tling disclosures of the condition and equipment of the™institution, which has been only recently moved into the nlst Emergeicy Hospital, were made 1ast night at a meeting of the group by Claude W, Owen, who has made an eXtensive investigation with members of his committec. A committee, consisting of Mr. Owen as chairman, Dr. Charles W. Cuth- bertson and E. J. Febrey, was ap- pointed to visit leading members of the Senmate District committee on Monday and urge restoration of the desired appropriation of $38,240, which Wwas cut by the House down to $27,000. Here are some of the conditions re- vealed by Mr. Owen in his report: i All of the beds are of the single type and frequently two, three and four persons have to sieep in the same bed. The springs sag so much that they almost touch the floor, and Just a few months ago there was ex- actly one-half a blanKet for each bed. Gfris Have Two Mirrors. The roof leaks, and when it rains the inmates have to set buckets around to catch the drip. i_The duzen and more girl and wom- an inmates always at the Institution have to fight for two mirrors. There is not a single chair in the boys’.de- partment. There were once twglve whole chairs in the dining room, put as the number of inmates is nearly Blways more than twice this number, the chairs have just naturs bt Just naturally broken ‘Two clerks work ten to.twenty-four ::fi a d?'. l;n;lh(urnm on the side are offere e munificent of $1,000 a year each. e A supervisor, who is supposed to be 2 professional “mother” to all of the inmates and works. about sixteen hours a day, is offered $1,200 a year. A cook, whose “family” varies from ten to forty a.day, is offered $500 a year, and she has to teach the girl in- mates cooking en the side. “These conditions are apalling,” sgid Mr. Owen. “When the institution was moyed to its present site, the old Emergency Hospital building, $18,000 was appropriated for renovating the building, but not & cent was given for equipment. Some Private Contributions. “The needs are so. pressing that it has been necessary to seek private contributions to carry on the work. It is & shame that the Commissioners have to get down on their knees to get Congress to appropriate a paltry sum.” “While these innlates are suffering from Jack of equipment,” said Mr. Febrey, “surplus supplies belonging to the government are golng to rotand ruin in East Potomac Park. The gen- eral supply committee and the War Department have huge supplies of cots, matresses, sheets and blankets. Yet governmental red tape prevents the District from using these sup- plies. ~It all emphasizes the need of na- tional representation for the District. If we had our representatives on the hill we would get some considera- tion. MANY WOMEN KEEP PLACES TAKEN IN WAR Director of Bureau Reports Only Part of Those Have Lost Jobs Because of Beturning Men. CHICAGO, January 8.—Only part of the women engaged in industry during the war period have lost their places through the return of men from the war and lack of employment, Miss Anderson, director of the women's bu- reau of the United States Department f Labor, reports. & to the bureau from hun- po! “Statements dreds of industry heads who employed only women during the war show they have retained their female help, while others state they have replaced their women with male workers,” Miss An- derwon said. “Because of the volume of unemploy- ment throughout the country no accurate figures as to the number of ‘women employed in industries at pres- ent as compared with the war period are obtainable. 41 believe that when figures of the 1920 census are available, they will w_more than 12,000,000 women in gainful occupation. The census, how- ever, will not set forth the present situation uuse unemployment has increased by leaps and bounds since it was taken. “Women won the admiration of em- ployers during the war period by their ability to flll in on men's jobs. Take, for instance, lathe . Thous sands of women became very efficient and still retain their places beside men operators. The war gave American ‘women a new o) ity in industry lation for the eight-hour day is badly needed, she declared, and added that the women must “organize within the "oith the retur_of prosper rel of ity, in- dustries will clamor for woman work- ers, in the opinion of Miss Mary E. McDowell of the University of Chicago Settlement House, who is chairman of the women in industry committee of the National League of Woman Voters. BILL TO AID GERMANS. Senator King, d 3 2 oL, St D con: y = store to German citizens all property taken over by the alien property cus- todian during the war. He pians to introduce it Monday. A special court for the consideration of the claims ‘would be created by the measure, and the United m.g; ‘w"gulfl not pay more than 9,000,000 realized SAYS U. S. WILL NEVER ‘BECOME “LITERALLY DRY’ Commissioner Kramer, However, erally dry prohibition, Commissioner Kramer declared in a statement yester- day, though he expressed the opinion pmmunan’u here to stay. throughout the country, he said, is continually growing stronger for pro- hibition, and practical prohibition will come after the present tion, which is famillar with liquor, is gonle, he continued, though there prob- ably always will be some few individ- uals who will make fntoxicants in their homes. The sons and daughters of the men of today, he asserted, will grow up without a taste for liquor. Believe Differences Can Be Adjust- Treasury Reports 1920 Reduction Ray have been chosen by Maj. Har: have tol wil PICK TWO VICE CHAIRMEN. Claims Blue Laws Of South Dakota Admit of Evasion | South Dakota’s biue, laws must either be repealed or amended %0 they may be enforced, in the opinion Attorney General Payne, who declares the word- ing of present evasion of the “Gainful ece ou; aeclared, designed to prohibit om S days, are made legal by lack of specification, according te the attorney gemeral, ents of a “blue Sum- day” in this state are eager to have the legislature at its com- ing sexsion amend the hiue laws and their seope %0 that they may specifically cover all forms 'of amusement and commeree mot “absolutely esaential” On the other hand, sentiment appears to be developing im favor of the repeal of all blue laws, Backers) of this proposi- tion wrge among thelr ments that the prohibitien of Sunday base byl would mean death of the South Dakota League, Declares the Prohibition Law " Is “Here to Stay.” The Unlted States will never be lit- Sentiment genera- The commissioner declared that despite evidence of lawbreaking in some sections, whole is behind the amendment to the Constitution. New York and the east, he asserted, cannot be considered as reflecting the attitude of the country at large, and in general west of Pitts- burgh the country is dry. “Difficulties experienced with pro- hibition agents were to be expected, he declared, but as a body they were doing their duty. Most of the enforce- ment agents Mr. Kramer described as men who could “take a drink in order to carry out their orders,” but his best agent, he said, was a Methodist minister. the country as a Federal prohibition directors in each state have been asked by Com- missioner Kramer ti dex of purchase liquor, so that a closer su- pervision can be kept o Data. on the cards amount of liquor in possession of each license holder, the amount and kind of liquor bought, the amount shipped and delivered and the name of the person using the permit. RAILROAD HEADS FAVOR keep a card in- -all persons Having permits to such traffic. will show the MEETING LABOR DIRECT _~_. ed Easier This Way Than by U. 8. Board. NEW YORK, January 8.—Adjust- ment of differences between the coun try’s railroads and their labor is a problem that can be taken up more satisfactorily by individual rallroads and their employes than by the United States labor board. This was the decision of executives of approximately one hundred rail- roads, meeting here, who discussed transportation subjects, among them passage of a bill providing that the Secretary of the Treasury make par- tial payments to the roads in settle- ment of the government's gyarantees by the present Congress. It was de- cided to urge Alfred P. Thom, general counsel to the executives, to do every- thing possible to have such a measure carried it was said, involve about $400,000,000. throu These settlemen ——— U. S. COST CUT IN HALF. in Government Expenses. Reduction of more than 50 per cent in the cost of running the federal gov- ernment during 1920, compared with the tures in 1919, is shown in the last mu? ub:,utemenk Ordinary irsements have not yet ‘been reduced to the $4,000,000,000 a year mark set by Secretary Houston, amount thgt would be needed for each of the five-succeeding years, but the re- duction is rapidly approaching that fig- ure, The expenditures outside of pay- ments on the public as the debt last year $5,064,000,000, W‘: proximated ;fih $11,728,000,000 for the year pre- ous. Charles T. Clagett and Charles W. 24 L. Gessford to serve as vice chair- men of the committee on public order. Chairman -Gessford’s selections have been approved by the it men! made next week. inaugural com- e. It is probable that announce- of the full committee will be The committee will be composed of about 500 representative business and men, ttees sul a8 soon as impor- 11 be appointed tant details of the Ynewgural are com “ gy Dleted. PIERRE, S. D., Janusry 8— , | ATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1921—PART T..° MUTT AND JEFF—And When the Horse Yawns, Jeff Slips the Bit in His Mouth. Dewey Shaft for Manila; Condensed News From Abroad U. S. to Be Asked to Appropriate Half of $200,000 Cost for Monument—Train Load of Red Cross Aid at Budapest. By the Associated Press. MANILA, I, Dewey memorial cided ‘The United States Con, international r in the spring. ‘worth of n last two weeks. carioads of erican plies, here the T ‘Wool yarn will be given to 25,000 teachers to make their 0":1 nrm‘ ea‘t: paratory to the reopening of Ecr;ml.l. ‘which now are closed owing to the lack of fuel. troleum in that section. BARCELONA, materials coming from Spanish merchandise, the General and English societies. | overcome by gas. 600 Quake Denaths.’ PARIS.—Dispatches to the Albanian authorities indicate that the recent earthquake ;i‘i:uter ‘Infltho' tElh‘b:a‘s:‘: rict was far more seriou: i ;‘x‘he sho%kqs ere especially heavy in the area be- :vwean ‘Tepelini and Elbassan. city was almost completely Near Tepelini, which is about fifty miles south of Elbassan, moun- away. Six hundred | of persons are said to have been killed, fifteen villages were destroyed and 30,000 persons have been made home- shown by earlier reports. latter razed. tains crumbled less. London. cruisers. culture and labor. ommended in the ministerial program 15 lof the Dew government of President Alessand; January committee today de- upon the erection of a statue to cost $200,000 as a monument to Admiral Dewey on the shore of Manila bay. will be ask- ed to appropriate half the funds and the Philippine legislature to appropriate half. Ask Withdrawal of Questi BERN.—The Swiss federal council has written to the executive council of the bureau a}& & roposing that questions relating Kxflcultun! Jabor be withdrawn from the agents of the international labor conference, which-is to meet at Geneva Prisoner Was “Pantless.” MONTREALS—O‘Beflnm t(ha"solic:! agr-l propriated his sole pair o usel the ground that they bore important marks of evidence, Allbert ibonahn;\fla{gvn red in court “‘pantless” in conn pwim:h a charge of appropriating $10,000 le securities from the American Plumbing_Supplies, Limited, on Christmas day. For modesty’s sake the court loaned him an overcoat, the first covering for his n:ther limbs in the Get Tralm of Red Cross Aid. )APEST.—A_train of thirty-one rioas EsAm Red Cross sup- valued at $100,000, has arrived from Paris for distribution among ospitals and destitute chlfilg‘l;en. New Mexican Oil Find. v MEXICO CITY.—Petroleum has been discovered at San Andres, Tuxtla, fifty miles south of the port of Vera Cruz, ing to advices from that region, which say that preparations are being made for extensive development of the field. This is the first indication of pe- ‘Will Boyestt Spain’s Goods. Spain—All tionary organizations of the world are required to start on January 15 Spain, ucts and to refuse to load and unload or B::irk iw“h materials coming from in in a manifesto issued by Syhdicalist Gen- eral Confederation of Labor. the organizations to which the mani- festo has been sen:”:“’eldth% Indn;lrl‘l:l f the World, New York; e W(lrl(ers'l FedGem!lon, Buenos Aires, and Russian, German, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Itallan Men in Burning Mine. MADRID.—Twenty three coal miners were imprisoned in the lower galleries [of a pit in the Locarolina coal fields, which are afire, 5ays a message from the governor of Jaen province. He fears all the men will be lost as the Dit is not equipped with adequate Gre apparatus. An explosion is said to have occurred in the pit on Thursday when forty-five men were below. Twenty-two of them escaped, and ex- perts believe some of the others were Death by Natural Causes. LONDON.—A verdict of death due to natural causes was recorded by the coroner at_an inquest over the body of Elmer J. Felt of Tacoma,’ Wash., who_died at a prominent hotel in Japanese Cadets Are Guests. SANTIAGO, Chile.—A contingent of 700 naval cadets and sailors of the Japanese cruisers Asama and Iwate, which now are at Valparaiso, visited:| this city. The minister of war ten. dered a banquet to the officers of the| di Deputies Create .IJ-“,. SANTIAGO, Chile.—The chamber of deputies has adopted a bill providing for the creation of a ministry of agri- The bill was rec- ‘Will Ask as to Sentemces. BUDAPEST.—Michael Junghert of 8.—The men are exeguted. Geneva to Jewish leade! CALGARY.—The first was learned today. carrying 3,000 tons. Fire in Guatemala SAN SALVADOR. section of the building flames originated. Many cated, was of incendiary ool Editer Given British port of the allied cause world war. revolu- in a ong ten of Illinois, republican the House naval affairs program. struction of ships. ments, thereby-involving of action in ways and for at present discernible, date be ‘The ten declared, sea ay,” and that trust and . hand, *“and dis with other.” and Paint._ cal Museum, credit ‘with realism. and bullet wounds. high officials. Made Instantly and without a bit of waste INSTANT PosTuM . thetable drirk so many to tea or coffee the foreign office will go 1o Reval, Esthonia, next week to negotiate with Maxim Litvinoff, assistant soviet commissary of foreign affairs, regarding the former peoples’ com- missaries sentenced to death in Buda- pest recently, as the Moscow govern-| [+ ment has threatened reprisals if the Pogrom Victims Would Come. ‘WARSAW.—The minister of the 13; terior has requested the foreign offi to endeavor to obtain the admission of Ukrainian pogrom victims into the United States. The request was made as a result of the efforts of local Alberta Wheat Goes by Canal. shipment of Alberta. wheat to Europe by way of the Pacific and the Panama canal is now en route to Liverpool and French ports from Vancouver, it The steamship is —Fire seriously damaged the city hall in Guatemala City, the civil registrar's office and the municipal library. being in the ords and contents of the library were saved from the fire, which, it is indi- SAN SALVADOR.—Miguel Pinto, di- rector of the newspaper Mario Latino of this city, was today decorated with the insignia of the inost excellent or- der of the British empire, which was awarded him by King George as a token of thanks for his work in sup- WOULD PROCEED WITH | NAVY BUILDING PROGRAM Representative Britten’s Bill Dis- courages Cutting Strength Through Foreign Agreements. Opposing all plans for cutting down the nation’s naval strength through disarmament agreements with for- eign countries, Representative Brit- has introduced a joint resolution to dizect the Navy Department to pro- ceed at once with its big building Coming on the heels of the naval reduction movement in the Senate, the Britten resolution was designed by its author to put squarely before Congress the question whether this country should endeavor to join with Great Britain and Japan in a “naval holiday” or go ahead with the con- ‘The resolution declares “that the United States is unwilling to commit its economic and political independ- ence to the fetters of an international treaty materially limiting naval arma- and warship construction authorized completed in the shortest practicable time commensurate with the nation’s desire for economy and ¥ sound business practice in the private < and government ShIpDUIlAING Yards.” | [ ————————— / Mr. “Brit! in a statement, that there was no human way for the British navy to retain the supremacy thout this so-caled no half-way house between entire no “armament on trust uch arma- ment as we think desitable on the WALLIS OUT OF ARMY. First to Present Wounds in Wax Capt. J. F. Wallis of the Army Medi- ed with founding the first American school in the im- portant art of presenting diseases and wounds in wax and paint, has been from the Army and re- ::drnad to civil life, it was announced ay. Mustard burns and gas Doisoning are shown in Capt. Wallis' wax models The models show gaping shrapnel The value to the War Department of Capt. Wallis’ work has won him commendgtion upon more than one oc- casion, and his retirement from the government service was accompanied today by expressions of regret from (Oopyright, 1821, by H. O. Fisher. Trade mark registered U. S. Pat. Off.) —By BUD FISHER. . ‘ Wireless to Carry | } Sermon and Music ; ! In800-MileRadius | PITTSBURGH, January S— Persons residing within 500 IPACIFIC FLEET HAS FAREWELL BY AIR Weather Favorable on First Day of Cruise—Speed of Twelve Knots Made. By Radio to the Aseociated Press, U. 8. 8. NEW MEXICO, Pacific fleet, en route South America, January . An casy-rolling swell gently rocked , the battleships and destroyers of the Pacific fleet on the first day of tHeis cruise to Panama and South Amer- ica, where they will participate in maneuvers with Atlantic fleet craft. Propitious weather greeted the fleet as it left San Diego and continued throughout the day. The battleships proceeded in col- umn formation, screened by eighteep $ destrogers of the squadron command- ed by Capt. William V. Pratt, Whos flagship, the cruiser Birmingham, maintained the advanced position of the fleet during the day. A speed of twelve knots, the Navy's “economical " was ordered after the flect was ers, will be able to “listen in” on wervices” at the Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church here tomorrow. A manufactur- iag concern, handilng radio telephone equipment, has in- stalled transmitting spparatus reh. Russian »y tors that ihey en| music_and sermon delive the church last Sunday, =i tramamitted om the wireless telephone. Among those who “listened in” last week were operators COSTLY FEDERAL PLANT SOON WILL BE AT WORK important ea. ‘ the fleet cleared San Diego. number of seaplanes and one dirigi- ble from the naval air station at San Diego _fluttered and floated aloft, bid- ding farewell to the vessels and tak- ing pictures of their departure. ‘The colliers, oil tankers and other supply ships of the fléet are one day' ahead, the main body being com- posed only of fighting vessels. Muclh satisfaction was expressed today among officers and men over the ported arrival of the Pacific fleet se: plane squadron at Acapuleco, Mexico, one day ahead of schedule. GIVEN INTERIOR POST. Boston Man Appointed Private Sec- retary to Payne. Appointment of Isidore Shaffer of Boston, Mass., to be private secre- tary to the Secretary of the Interior was announced by Secretary yne, Mr. Shaffer served as official shori- hand reporter to Gov. Cox on board the Cox private train during Octo- ber, 1920. . He was.born in East Bos- ton, Mass., in 1900. He came to ‘Washington in December, 1917, as Al stenographer for the Food Adminis- tration. On January 1, 1918, he was= appointed private_ secretary to the general counsel of the Railroad Ad- ministration and on August 15, 191%, he became private secretary to the chairman of the United States Ship- ping Board. He then went to Okla- homa to engage in the oil business, and was reappointed confldential clerk to the Secretary of the Interior on July 1, 1920. Phome Us for Estimates, R. K. FERGUSON, Inc. 1114 9tk St. Ph. N. 281233 Painting Department As Finishing Touches Being Put on Helium Gas Establishment at Fort Worth. FORT WORTH, - Tex., January 8.— Finishing touches are being put on ‘the federal government’s $5.000,000 helium gas phfi‘z’.' six miles north of Fort Worth, and operations on a large scale are expected to begin soon. This an- nouncement is made by Lieut. Griffin, who is in charge, as the representative of the Nevy Department. The last of the machinery was shipped to Fort Worth_before the first of the year. Established 4n 1917 at a cost of $800,000. the plant has been an experi- ment station thus far. But the worth of the gas and its economy for use by the Navy and Army balloons have been proved to the satisfaction of military e xperts. In addition to. the plant near Fort ‘Worth, the government also has con- structed a private pipe line from Petro- lia, which brings natural gas from the Lope Star. Company’s wells right into the plant. After the argon quali- ties, from whici hellum is obtained, have been extracted, the gas is returned to the mains and burned by Fort Worth and other consumers in northern Texas. The argon or helium plant was erect- ed in great secrecy, a guard of sol- diers - being _constantly maintained around it until after the armistice. Dupring war days admission was de- nied to the public and only picked workmen were employed. ‘The experiments-at the station had been so successful before the armistice that it was predicted the use of the argon gas would speedily terminate the conflict. However, no opportunity was ever given of testing it in battle. ‘The gas is non-inflammable and non- combustible. Its value was discovered before the war, but the process of ex- tracting it was then too costly to make the gas practical. Government agents perf an economical City. where the of the rec- origin. Honor. during the member of committee, - . | ‘The gas is shipped from Fort Worth to Galveston and New Orleans in cylin- mgndt loadedhth'ere aboard Navy De- ent vessels for transportation to balloon flelds. —_— Bar Association Date. NEW ORLEANS.—The 1921 conven- tion of the American Bar Association will be held in Cincinnati on August 30, September 1 and 2. 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