Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1921, Page 2

{ t s » SEE EXENPEROR " AGAIN ON THRONE 4Right Wing” Newspapers MISSGARDENGETS -''PHE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY. JANUARY, 14, 1921. COFFEE AND SKILL INEWLY ELECTED DIRECTORS OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE| Features in the News MARINUZZI'S POST P e A L H S DIRECTING OPERA CHICAGO, January 14.—Appoint- ment of Miss Mary Garden as gen- eral director of the Chicago Opera Association brought all the ru- mors of artistic differences, which MAKELAND FAMOUS {Bananas Also Add to Ro- have joined the Natiomal Association of Real Estate Boards, in the last| | three months. it was announced at the organization's midwinter conference | here.s Decision to appoint a commit- tee to protest to Congress against a proposed amendment to landiord and| tenant laws in the District of Colum- bia on the ground that such amend- ment proposes to make it almost im- on a four-day-week schedule, it wax announced today. Spends Much Time in Prison. BOSTON.—Dr. A. Sidney Mathews was found guilty of the latest of many frauds, which federal officialx said had kept him in prisons much of the time since 18§S. The convic- tion was on the charge that he used P ” . E i possible to evict tenant for any)the mails illegally in the promotion Predict Hohenzollerns’ Re- | have been circulated, w0 a focus to- | mance of Central America, S S T e e e T e e T Ld day. The resignations of Glno 2 precedent” was announced. i:merl:n. hv‘vhmh \:nn said to have H A . tor, be- i s > rought m profits of more than turn After Reconstruction. | Merinuzai. artietic director Says Geographic Bulletin. Would Reduce Wages. £25.000. Mathews, formerly a page in BY GEORGE WITTE. By Cabpe to The Star aad Chicago Daily News. ? Cepyright. 1021 BERLIN. Germany, January 14— Predictions of the return of the Ho- henzollerns to power “as soon as the work of reconstructing the empire is cempleted” are becoming deily fea- cause the disputes of the singers gave him “sleepless nights,” and Herbert Johnson, executive man- ager, were accepted waen Miss Garden was selected. Several weeks ago, on the eve of Miss Garden’s arrival for her opera season, the engagement of Mme. Ganna Walska, Polich sopraro, toap- 'Zaza,” was abruptly called his daily quota of bananas, the residents of * the fiv, and o “When the American small boy eats when his father and mother sip their break- 8t, luncheon or dinner coffee, they are making important contributions to the prosperity of fellow Ame: cans of whom they know very little, Central CLEVELAND, A resolution declaring that wage scales in the | building trades are too high and must be reduced when present contracts expire has been unanimously adopt- | ed by the board of administration of | the Building Trades Employers’ As-\ sociation of Cleveland, Walter Klfe. | ‘Approximately Congress. maintained expensive of fices here while the touring schems flourished. He was arrested recentiy at Baltimore. Atterney Fatally Shot. LAUREL, Miss.—Burns Deavours, twenty-seven years old, attorney, of Laurel, and world war veteran, was fa- tally shot by Kugene Evans in the : man | Pear in K ro- | heart tures of the right wing German = W . re for [American republics which have latel; no intention, Mr. Klie said. of abro- heart of the business district here newspapers as the date of the Prus- | off by Mue, Welskals Aatiio Uy | boon discusaing the Tormation of A gating contracts’ many of which ex- | Death resuited shortly afterward at a elections—February 20—draws nearer. Yesterday the Réichsbote. formerly the official medium of the mperiel famiiy, said, in an artiele titied “Social Democrats’ Fear of the Hohenzollerns”: i ““The monarchistic idea has again taken root among the German people, particularly the laboring classes, and much decper than anybody could ?[fl\'l ped for two years ago, when Ger= | many broke down. HHow well the so-| cial democrats realize this is shown by their enraged campaign against | he German nationalists and the Ho nzoliern family. They ask ‘What are the nationalists after? and then i reply. ‘They want to reinstate the Hohenzollerns.” They ought to know hetter. The nationalists would never think of luring the kaiser family back into the morass of present-day Germany without first completing the work of reconstruction. he social democrats also claim that ‘if the Hohenzollerns had re-| mained in Germany, they would never, liave been able to make peace’ and that ‘the social democrats had deliv evred the German people from the ter- rible ordeals of the world war.’ If the Xaiser had remained very probably s@an DRASTIC STEPS TAKEN Jardon of New York was another Star mentioned in the reported clash of artistic temperaments, which are said to have caused the various changes in the direction of the company, along with the promi- nence of Italian operas in the pro- gram. i 1 don't believe in a star regime, said Miss ‘Garden in an interview %oday on her plan. “I believe in making the opera the thing and not the artist. 1 would have an under- study for every role, and if one artist were il}, another would fill the place and there would never be a change of opera, even if all the principals were sick, as there is no one indispensable in'the world.” The new 'director general, who will receive no compensation for her additional duties other than her salary as a star, i3 scheduled to ap- pear tonight in ‘Monna Vanna. One week from tonight the opera season here closes and_the com- pany then goes to New York for a six-week season. —_— ’p-rt on the plateaus 1 i | sort of America ational Geogra ‘Central ‘United Stat phhic Society of ingly the cffects of geograph tors on a region's development. tinuee the bulletin. X 5 Central says a bulletin issued Ly the America illustrates strik- “All the five re- publics lie on the relatively narrow isthmus between the narrow ribbon of Panama on the sonth and Mexico on the north menis made sool of America were ie of the all on isthmus, for and slopes and of that region, which otherwise tropical climate. Practically the The Spanish after the discovery the Pacific the settle- most. mounta in the mountain valleys temper an tire Atlantic side of the isthmus was a low plain, co ered with a dense tropical j This acted as a great ‘Chinese wall’ erected by nature, which discouraged or actually cut oft intercourse with the Atlantic faces of all the Pacific. and countri coast the “The isolation started b turned Inolated by Nature and Man. nature was ungl the toward |uaminu¢d by the colonial policy of the Spaniards, who for 300 years permitted pire May 1. : First Seminole Buys (¢ i { MIAMI. Fla—Tony Tommie, chief! jof the Seminole Indians of Florida. has bought an automobile, the first | ‘«r his race to drive hix own car. 'rrhn Seminoles continue to wear the | ant i ic garb of their forefathers. | Wanderer Faces Second Charge. | CHICAGO.—Carl O. Wanderer, sel-\u' ing @ twenty-five-year sentence for the murder of his wife, was ordered | placed on trial Monday for the slav- | ing shot to death with his wife in a fake hold-up in the vestibule of the ‘Wanderer home. Bury “Unknown ldier.” NEWPORT NEWS, Va—The skele- ton of the unidentified man found re. cently in a barn near Hampton will be buried in the National cemetery at Hampton as an unknown soldier, the adjutant general's office at Washing- ton having been unable to find any record of “T. V. Barnes.” Working Day. ing of a ragged stranger, who Wan- | derer confessed at one time to hav- | t y Detained at Seatt ! SEATTLE., Wash—. local hospital. The cause of the shoots ing has not been ascertained. Refuses to Surrender Prisoner. VICKSBURG Miss. —Desp fact that Gov. Lee M. Russeli has pa: doned R. T. Goldsby. allexed negr. ‘fence.” of all charges on which h~ is being held in Warren county in o der to secure his transfer to tile st prison farm, from which he escs Sheriff Shannon refused to honor au order from the superintendent of the penitentiary to turn the negro over to state officers. ed Regulates Cotton Acreage. COLUMBIA, 8. C.—Bills were intro- ‘duvod in the senate and house of the South Carolina general assembly to regulate the acreage to be planted in cotton in the state. The proposed act oma dimit the Rereage in cotton ~third of the total of all other crops planted by any farmer. i Vernaux, listed as an icial” 2 s Mcial” a 53id to have been connected with the Cazechoslovak government. was do- it 4 2 3 = {tained by Uni e d the peace conditions would have been the Central American settlers to trade Add H = y United States im far_bhettes BT | BY -REDS IN STRIKES |oniv with the mother country and greatly EWARK. N. J—-William Wepner. | authorities here at the reqnei o v “That is what the majority of peo- | restricted even that commeree. The vari. chairman of the joint conference bourd | Japanese consulate, aecordia o L Mle have come to believe whenever ! of the New Jersey locals of the Amal- | migration officiate. " Avearains o b they compare the present miscrable e g gamated Assoclation of Street and |ficers. de Vernavs fomn omalt O conditions with the former condition imp et of Imprisonment un],nr- zatem: Fhectric Rallway Employes of America. | fhe steamer ut- vk me ery ot of prosperity. happiness and dignity under the Hohenzollerns. The social democrats know that best them: Their embittered attacks on the Men Return to Work is Warning of Soviet. a—were ulso v separated from cach other by { the mountainous nature of the country ck of means of communic announces that the 4.000 employes of the Public Service Railway Company had agreed to work ten hours a day at the same wages they now received for | was placed under arrest on board the ship under wireless instructions from, the Japanese government jand the tios archists only bespeak their great fear rat the monarchists will win after| 21" ' a nineshour day. i Wantd e “mesiia Accepts Modern Dances. -in}'ml(mu. ‘Tenn.—Go CHICAGO.—The ban against uitra- | F. Taylor, smoking his pipe, modern dances has been raised at|P8PDY mood as he and his family Northwestern University, Roy passed through Knoxville en route Flickinger, dean of the facult from Happy Valley to Nashville, nounced foday. He said even melwhm—e the “Little Giant” will be in- LONDON, January 14.—The strikei At the time of the throwing off of situation in Russia has caused the|ine* spanish yoke in 1821, therefore, soviet government to take Srong re- |Central America was made up of medial measures, it is asserted in 8| oy, of communities of rather primi- Central News dispatch from Helsing- | (ive gevelopment scattered along the fors today. 7 Pacific ocean. The settlements were as “The government.” says the MCS.|effectually out off from the ted sage, “has decreed a warning to 81| gites ag if they had been many thou- strikers that unless they sands of miles away, instead of being o werk immediately they will be im- | (0% Crose the Caribbean sea. > i 2 | i r terms cion. throush K. B Quirk, Chiol oX | B e Years and that their families will Coftee Brings Prosperity. amincr. today ordered the P& { pe deprived of food cards. | “The story of Central Americ ton. Baltimore and Annapolis Rail- o= (Pllit o o {Erowths in prosperity and importance i ~ ny to file with the com-| = —Wi val | the nineteen twentieth * centuries O e A %oy of its contract with | (JAFLIS, January 13.—Withdrawal %, chronicle of engineering achicve- ! £ Russian bolshevik forces from the ¢ ¢ Washington Rallway and Electri o ment in tha outside world and a romance Gt corglan frontier has been completed. lof horticulture in the isthmus itself i 4 Tho commission also asked for ns:m"’{,';,‘ B e e mement. | With the settioment of the Pacific coast memorandum showing the number of | [ noralized and war-tired Tartar | Of the United States, the building of the passengers carried by the W.. B. & A | bolsheviki have deserted to the Geor- | Panama raliroad and later the con- in the District of Columbia and the | gian'forces and have been disarmed. |struction of a trans-Mexican railwa; amount of money_turned over by the A the Panama. Canal. and railways across ket Conpihy Y SrTad | EASTERN SHORE TO HAVE | S7gis fon Soore o sl and Electric Company for carry become easily accessible. OWN WEATHER BUREAUS W.. B. A. MUST FILE COPY OF CONTRACT MADE HERE, The Interstate Commerce Commis shimmy will be allowed to “a reason- [augurated Governor of Tenness able extent” at the ‘annual sophomore |Saturday. The one big thowght sed L haraaey [wish he expressed was to “make all jthe people of all the state the ve best governor they have ever had.” Cashier Gome; Bank Closes. SHILOH. Ga.—The Bank of Shiloh did not open for business on account of disappearance of Milton A. Camp. cashier, who is alleged to be short $10,000 in s accounts, Affairs of the institutioh have been turned over to the state department of banking. Killa Self in Courthouse. DIXON. Iil.—Elmer J. Countrym ; . C an. former cashier 6f the Union State Bank. wirich failed some weeks ago, also a petitioner in bankrnptey. killed himself in the Len conai ,_courlhoun- 48 the court was awail- ing for him to enter his plea to thir- :‘e:: |fl‘fll‘:‘(’:ml‘nis returned against im yesterday charging forgery, em- bezzlement and larceny, o Landis Closes Thirteen Saloons. CHICAGO.—Thirteen places of busi- ness with a property value of $1.000.- 000 were ordered closed for one year by Federal Judge Landis because the tenants, all saloon keepers, had sold liquor in violation of injunctions re- | straining them from further viola- caster, former Columbia policeman tion of liquor laws. iwho shot and killed his wife and |Newton Lorick May 2%, 1919, while they were riding in an automobile in Columbia, was acquitted when Judge H. F. Rice, directed a verdict of ac- quittal in the trial of Lancaster on a charge of murdering Lorick, the for- mer - policeman having previously been acquitted on the charge of mur- fStop Berlin Police { Wearing Monocles |As “Trimmings” By the Amsociated Press. |"” BERLIN, January 14.—The of monocles by oficials or members of the necurity po- den in am order tsaned today by Minister of In- ?Burglary Insurance’ ‘ Companies Facing {Huge 1920 Losses NEW YORK, January 14.—In- surance companies writing polt cles covering bursl and theft faced a loax of more than | such passengers over its rails in the “Shortly before the construction of District. A statement showing the the Panama railroad coffee was intro- duced into Central America from the West Indies and was found to grow to perfection in the lava soil on the slopes 3 of the volcanic mountains along the = oints | Men Chosen for Various Stations as Pacific coast of most of the region. muters’ Club of Seabrook, M inst | Result of Inspection Tour Re- | ort < e oF prime the Washington, Baltimore n- napolis rai Acquitted on Murder Charge. COLUMBIA, §. C.—Eugene M. Lan- st of ‘transporting a passenger a Tile on the iine of the W., B. & A. algo was nk?‘i.x o rmen The commission’s requei i explained, is to clear up_certain «in the case of the W &“A Murdered in Br NEW BEDFORD. Mass.—A message from the United American Lines, In- corporated. of New York. informed the parents of John A.°Collins in this city that their son had been mur- dered at Santos. Brazil, on January 7. fmportance and brought much ngton, Baltim CA cently in money into Central Amierica. The ac- road, in which ‘om Maryland. ; { the wuters’ Club_asks Teduction of BALTIMORE, January 14 (Special). quisition of a higher standard of living the Tare rate e e A tund certain sta: | —Eastern shore farmers are to have i ¥ in the four republics in which conditions are favorable for coffee culture i di condition that is worse, it was ceable to the little green beat ¥ the District of Co- | their own weather bureaus at all th b esind pesit that it in el L s e o, e competent Sbesryers can BoricuItural Tomases hab &b 15 MOUT| | cedne of ehecutiven of many =\ | reminder of the monarchtcal | {SOIlinS was a first-class seaman on | S e e —a Spencer, meteorologist of: the local £2 the'large burglary inanrance % OO rnest- minded oMcials» | | from Buenos Aires on December 20 “Mad Dog” Seare Subaides. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS. {weather bureau, who has just re- B e illot s compans | < S | smyn the order, “xhould dia. | |for Hamburs. TAMPA, Fla—The “mad dos et T Gk ot b | i oficial of oue company | | ROIAND §. ROBBINS T e — scare, which caused city and counis S through the state, during which the agreed that sunfeas conditions { | these hard times, and in the Motor Plant - authorities to close all the schools Commission Announces Tests for |various stations of the government improved the companics would | | PNOTOS DY HAR RIS-ENING. : interest of the demoeracy.” MUSKEGON, Mich.—The Cont for three days and order a_general killing of all dogs and cats found at and the Maryland weath: service ry] ther large on the streets. has subsided. i )! th - were strengthened. who complain that me. Motors Corporation announced that its local plant would reopen today with several bundred men. Other industries here plan to resume in a few days with small forces, which will be gradually increased. By the middle of next month, it is said, they will be operating at full force. Mam, 70, Shoots Girl, 15. CLINTON, Mo.—Beatrice McCubbin, fifteen years old. was shot and_ per- {naps fatally wounded at her home here by G. A. Slater, seventy. who {the police may is her suitor. Slater {sald jealousy prompted the shooting, according to the police, when he learned she accepted a youth's atten- tions, put Ill.n elfe'fl ellnfel m t}:r i form of policies now issued. e Salisbury is to have a ‘‘weather of g i - AL Al 5. proda pf (914 mot detne (hese changen. l | Many Positions. Ezaminations for the following positions were.announced today b( the Civil Service Commission. Audi- tor, income tax unit, departmental and field, $1.800 to $3,000; ethnolo- gist. Smithsonian Institution. $1,800; piant propagator, bureau plant in- dustry. use : timber cruiser, general fand office, $1:380, with subsistence; Jaboratory aseistant. junior grade, $1.000; senior aid, $900. bureau of standards; laboratory assistant, bu- resu of standards. $1.200 t6 $1. apprentice fish culturist. bureau of fishcries, $600 to $96 phystcian, ¥anama canal service. a_month, with quarters: assistant Business Block Burns. BOYLE. Miss—Fire of undeter- mined origin destroyed a block of buildings in the business part of tV town. The loss is estimated $75,000. CABLES URGE RELIEF. i President Sends Copies of xepomg to Senate. 1 President Wilson yesterday sent to the | Senate copies of cablegrams from Ameri: can diplomatic representatives in Ku- rope, urging that American relief work be continued there. The President sent | the cablegrams in reply to a request for information regarding Furopean distress, Hugh Gibson, American_minister to | Poland, said continuation of relief work for children in that country on the physical examination to deter- mine whether they are &t for the foree. | _The mewspapers, commenting on the order, geaerally carry | the ca) , “Now the Republie TASK TO DELIVER PAPER | AT GRAVE 20 YEARS| man,” and one; ed for Denton. In other towns, where as observers have not already been se-|ica as the money that has flowed di- — lected, Mr. Spencer said, appointments |rectly to laborers and to the govern- Important cities have sprung up will be made very shortly. There are |ment. jalready more than fifty co-operative jalong the Atlantic coast, railroads have stations in Maryland, and in some of [been built, and, what is probably most the towns the observers have been do- | important of all, lines of fast, well ing the work for twenty-five years or { equipped steamers, carryl gengers and frelght. have more, acting for many years in only . lizhed between tlantic Semisomial capatty” those of the United States. SOLDIER-AID PROGRAM. —_— DENY “KARPOFF” IS LENIN Sdviet Bureau Finds Dead Man Former Council Member. NEW YORK. January 14.—The Rus- sian iet bureau here today denied In effect, the banana has shifted Central America “mi?“s of miles closer to the outside world.” LEGISLATORS ON TOUR. Boy of Fourteen Begins Trips at Dawn to Conform With Will of ! Eccentric Kansan. observer, . California State Society Gives Ben- . e S P o i MOTORMAN FINED $150. TOPEKA, Kan, January 14 (Spe- | Present scale was “abwolutely necessary | Indiana Assemblymen Go Sightue-| = that “L. Karpoff, reported in dis- 20 Z Entertainment. s 3 : 0 avoid s! ion. " % es Man as Bank Ba h s i the bonus of $20 a month will be al- e olul).—The hour before dawn holds | ‘*fyY SE 0 ioner at Ber-| ing Before Making Laws. | INDIANAPOLIS Ind. o e s BT Ik ey s D Pete Garvin, Russian a rural mail carrier, who was locked in the back room ot a bank at Co- or four junketing trips to various |lumbia, Sunaay SUEheb v lrob parts of the state. members of the [Ders while they rified the place, said {Indiana general assembly were back | Raymond Driscoll. held here by the in Indianapolis today ready for the|POlice, was one of the band. Dris- !lmporunt work of law making. The coll was arrested near Indianapolis |iegisiators vesterday visitea Purdug | MONJAY might, when threc automatic | University and_the State Soldiers’|FeVolvers were found in his posses Home at La Fayette, making the]Sion ‘trip in special interurban cars. Assembly members will visit Gary Ind. and the Calumet region January 23, 'and also have accepted an invita- tion to visit the Indiana State Normal 0ol at Terre Haute. been Tecently, was_ Nikol The bureau announced that investi- gation showed Karpoff formerly was a member of the presiudium of the soviet supreme economic council and that his name was signed to a decr: i published by the council June 25, 1 WADE TO MAKE APPEAL. Notice of Intention Automatically Suspends Execution. BRIDGEPORT. Conn.. January 11 Notice of intention to appeal f with the clerk of superior court he:: yesterday by attorneys for Elwood Wade, who has been sentenced 1o i hanged on May 20, for the murder of George E. Nott in Nott's home in th city on August 20 last. The filing of intention to appeal au- | tomatically takes the case to the sta. supreme court of errors and suspends execution of the sentence until th. supreme court has passed upon it EX-SOLDIER IS FREED. lcharge of Making Wine Dropped in West Virginia Court. lowed for most positione the salary{ . .pecial benefit entertainment for of which does not cxceed $2.500 21{gisapled soidiers at Walter Reed Hos- vear. Full information and ‘appli-pita) was decided upon &t & meeting l the California State Punished for Rumning Train While Drunk—Speeded Past Stations. FAIRFAX, Va., Janupry 14 (Spe- itermr even for the lion-hearted. This cial).—Charged with having onzn!edl @ train while intoxicated, Wiiliam B. problem presents the greatest di culty in carrying out the contract made with Sam Radges to deliver a paper at his grave every morning for twenty years. Radges was buried Friday afternoon of January 7. Emory Kittrell, four- teen years old, began his twenty- year job. according to the will of the eccentric Topekan, and delivered a Topeka paper at Radges’ tomb on first regular delivery Saturday. Kittrell did not object to the assign- ment he said, but it did not appeal to him to deliver the paper until after daylight. Hugo Dandridge. a negro, who is a Wasburn College student. has the route next to the cemetery, but Dandridge did not apply for the job of taking the latest news to Sam Radges. Another provision of the Radges will keeps an electric light burning continuously at the head of his tomb. Many other remarkable and unusual bequests are expected when the Radges will is made public, but under its conditione it cannot be filed for { some time. ATTACKS DRY AGENTS. lin said a large proportion of children in all German cities were “seriously un-{ o derfed. Commissioner Frazier at Vienna, said 300000 children there were being fed daily by the American relief adminin- tration, and that “great suffering” would tion of the work LIBERAL SUNDAY URGED. ‘New Association in New York to| Fight “Restrictions.” | NEW YORK. January 14.—The Sun- day Rights Association, non-sectarian and non-political, has been organized here at a gathering of city officials and professional and business men for the Iannuuncpd purpose of opposing legisia- 80 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January 14.— ter completing’ the first of th cation_blanks may be obtained at|P¢ By aeithe g th of three ; the office of the Civil Service Com-|Thomaon School last night, T EEGE, mireas 1 A committee will be appointed to {handle plans for thé benefiL i e feature of the meeting was COAL WAGES TAKEN UP. |00, “cntertainment given by M PHILADELPHIA. January 14— jKatherine En. pianist l‘llu Romana Wages negotiations between repre-;Graham, who gave soveral recitat! sentatives of the anthracite mine|Misses I and V. Little. son N Frederick Farrington and.Mrs. Rosma workers and the operators were re-|Fioria, piano selections; W. H. Bright, sumed here today. The operators re- | monologues, and W. L. Minor. novelty cently refused the mine workers a {JUEEIing. s nen 1 munic ot |ENTER THRIFT CAMPAIGN. 1o udjust any cases of injustice or inequaliti i Life Underwriters Fian to To co UE 8 NEWS. ! Operate With ¥, M. C. A, = NEW YORK. January 14.—Recenti Loy oep i ordcrs of the Secrstary of the Navy to discontinue the publication of the Navy Department’s daily shipping hulletin on January 15, wére counter- nded yesterday, the naval com- nications service here was advised. vy Bulletiu_reports the move of more than 10.000 merchant Bolen, a motorman on the Washing- ton, and Oid Dominion raiiway., was un:eltetd ':tr\;::tn‘n Tn:e:dny evening, W X a odged in jail. Charles Bell of Bluemont, a pus’:n- ted at the being in- ‘The motorman, it i« alleged, ran his {train at an excessive rate of speed and did not stop at several stations. It is also alleged that there w: fexcitement on the cars. The men were taken to Vienna Wednesday morning for a fearing, but the case was postponed until ye terday afternoon, when the motorma; Co-operation with the Y. M. C. A.|Was fined $150. the thrift.week campaign of {hat | —_— Ratt of the District of Commbis Lite |WILL ‘CONSIDER CHANGES. i half of the District of Columbla its Senate Committee Opens House Underwriters” Association _ by president, Bugene Adams, following Tariff Bill to Amendment. Decision to open the House emer- & dinner at the City Club las Mr. Adams said that A. P. Sh gency tariff bill to amendment w: made today by the Senate finance Memphis Banker Dies. } _ MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Frederick Col lins, a widely known banker, Is dead at his home here. Mr. Collins_was elected vice president of the Bank ! of Commerce and Trust Company of Memphis about a year ago. He was fifty-five years old. 845,000 for Less of Leg. | | NEW YORK.—New York coun { recora_injury award—$45.000 for the loss of onc leg—was granted Miss Dorothy Brenner, twenty years old, the victim of an eievator accident several months ago. Another supreme court jury earlier in the week award- ed $42.500 to « boy who lost both legs under the wheels of a street car. ! t i ger on the train, was arre l same time, charged with toxicated. much HARD FIGHTING IN SYRIA. LONDON, January 14.—Severe fight. ing between Bedouins and Druses in Syria is reported in a Cairo dispatch to the Central News. The Druses are said to have lost 1,500 killed, but it is asserted the remnants of their lnms‘ are preparing for a counter offensive. The Bedouins are one of the nomadic Arab tribes inhabiting Syria, Arabi and northern Africa. The Druses in- habit the ranges of L.ebanon and have tion intended to “restrict the liberties o the American people on the Sabbal Martin Vogel, formerly assistant treas- urer of the United States, was elected president. The objects of the association, it was stated, inciude advocacy of a religious observance of Sunday, with the under- standing that “it is the duty of every man, woman and child in this country to attend church if they so desire, and o occupy themselves ‘during the re- mainder of the day in the lawful recrea- tion best suited to afford them the most H n { Hays Counnels Frateraity. | | ;INDIANAPOLIS —Will H. Hays, na- tional president of the Phi Deita Theta Fraternity. at a conference of the national officers of the organizas will head the committee to make ar- rangement for the co<operation. Philip Burnet of Wilmington. Del., and M. B. Trezevant, manager of i the insurance division of the'United committee by a vote of 10 to 4. . 5 n : tion here proposed that f D. C. OFFICIALS ASK %,’}&,‘e‘r‘;, Chamber ©of Commerceq de-|In beginning consideration of|Federal Attorney Charges Crooked- | .ompiete rest possible. for :goms;fl'fl,rg!:'"y':';je"“‘h‘:“"_ 5 formutated and submitted o the trae] PARKERSBURG, W. Va. January H amendments members said that it was| y.cc in Enforcement Bureau. —_— .;3‘ for the most part, adhers to a|ternity council whereby a better|14.—Samuel Goegelin of Marshall agreed tentatively to increase the duty on wheat from 30 cents provided in the House bill, to 40 cents a bush- el, 10 cents less than urged by Hen- tor McCumber, republican, North Dakota. PLAN G. W. U. CENTENNIAL 100th Anniversary to Be Institu- tion’s Biggest Celebration. The biggest celebration in the his- tory of George Washington Uni- versity will be held next month, when the institution observes the 100th an- niversary of its founding. din- ners dwm be helz.nb{nfr‘;;‘xs. a big city dinner two days following and a Mad midwinter convocation exem-‘; .Feh— O e ruary 22. > PARIS, January 13.—A serum for the In comnection with the celebration | prevention of -foot and mouth disease members of the junior class will | has been discovered by a commission of stage the second annual “junior | French experts, but it is impossible at| week” festivities. “Junior week” will|tne present time to manufacture the last from February 20 to 26. serum in sufficient quantities to inocu- ————— late all cattle against the plague. The {ELECTION FRAUDS IN N. Y. ! L o allee, spirit of co-operation might be attain- ed between college heads and local chapter organizations. Infant's Body In Attic. HOLLAND, Mich.—Ottawa county officers are investigating the finding of a small homemade coffin containing the bones of an infant in the attic of a farm home near JameStown. Dusty copies of a college publication bear- ing an 1899 date were wrapped about the infant's body. FUNDS TO PROTECT i INAUGURAL HOSTS | (Continued from First Page.) culiar religious belief which com- ines the doctrines of the Old Testa- ment, the Christian gospel. the Koran and other faiths of the east. —_— Bill- Hohenzollern is saying nothing and sawing wood. he'd be yelling his head off at the size of your 1920 inSome tax if he were doing the col- lecting. county was saved from prosecution under the prohibition laws in federal court here yesterday when United States District Attorney S. W. Walk- er told the court that in view of the fact that the defendant had ren- dered valorous service in the world war, he would move for dismissal of the case. The indictment against the former soldier, charging that h made some wine, was quashed by Judge H. H. Watkins. ‘The session of the court was en- livened by the appearance of a man who_told the judge that he had vio- lated a smallpox quarantine to save his bond. The man, Lloyd Duff o Clarksburg, defendant in a “dry” I case, was told to appear Friday you feel well” and if not to “sta: away. EW YORK. January 14.—Charges of crookedness among many men in A oF e pronibition enforcement bureau! GOETTINGEN, Hanover, January 13, and a declaration that a still larger {—Dr. Thomas Hall, a playmate of the Amber were “absolutely ineflicient” Ilate Col. Theodore Roosevelt and a fel- were made by Federal Attorney Le|low student of President Wilson, Roy W. Ross in an address in Brook- | today named extraordinary professor ot Iyn. 5 philosophy in Goettingen _University. Hhe hasty organization of the bus | Marburg has conferred on Dr. Hall the reau let in many careless employes. (degrec of doctor of theology S the low salaries paid made them easy marks for temptations of illegit- 'lmale liquor interests, he said. SERUM CHECKS PLAGUE. Foot and Mouth Disease Discovery STUDY FAMILY HISTORY. ORNALL IS S DNDHED. Daughters of Founders and Pa- triots of America Meet. Compllation of statistics-and the genealogy of families which arrived in this country before 1658. was dis- cusped at a meeting held by the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America In the home of Mrs. Thad- deus M. Jones, 1606 K street, yesterday. da; Plans for the publication of a his- tory on these lines within the next three years at an estimated cost ap- Dmxlmlln? $3,000 were laid. Mrs. Alice Bradford Wiles of Chicago, na. tional president, and Mrs. Horace M Intosh, national city, with other officials were in at- tendance. CITY CLUB TO MEET. vartment that the abandonmen: of the parade feature by the inaugural ~ommittee will not prevent any ar- rangement which might be made in- dependently for having a suitable! military escort for the retiring Presi- dent and his successor on their trip, from the Executive Mansion to the apitol, where the only inaugural ceremonies will be held, and the sub- ssquent escort of President Harding back to the White House. No Ceremeny on Arrival That is regarded as i simple de- tall. however. that can easily be ar- ranged on short notice by the em- pioyment ot regular cavalry troops at Found After Sixteen Years. GREENVILLE, Ala.—After an ab- sence Of sixteen years, during which time he was totally_lost to his family, Floyd J. Mitchell was taken from the convict camp at River Falls and turned over to his brother-in-law, J. W. Allen of Memphis. Memphis relatives learned of his whereabouts through newspaper | reports. } Negro Conference to Meet. TUSKOGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.—The thirtieth annual sessions of the Tus- kogee negro conference established Vote for a National Tree THE EVENING STAR OFFICIAL BALLOT The American Forestry Association is taking a nation- wide vote to determine what shall be América’s national tree. = 5 VAl eer e L N e T. W Fort Myer. It is possible that both arre and by the late Booker T. Washington W Tlee, dircussing the disease o will start 5 s the {ncoming Presidgent and Vice Members Will Hear Address and ha microbe was invis }‘o"!l ts :"d-““"‘““'l!{'h‘il.’;';‘:"“:“;‘l:“:fi f. Scandal Rivaling That of 1917 Pri- O imder the microscope, it being 0 mary Uncovered. infinitesimal that passes through roelain filters, which heretofore have NEW YORK, January 14.—Investi- ?.‘,’..ma all known microbes. The virus gation of alleged election frauds in used in the manufacture of the serum this city last November has revealed | can be obtained only from the diseased a soandal rivaling that of the pri- of affected animals, namely, the President may conclude to select cav- alrymen. from their own mtates to serve as their special escorts on in- “uguration day. President-elect Harding will arrive in Washington without any ceremony being made for the occasion. Setse 300 Gallons of Alcok: MOBILE, Ala.—A raid on the Mexi- can steamer San Bernardino that is hauled out on a I ry dock here made by the forces of Sheriff W. Have Discussion. A meeting_of the entire member- ship of the City~Club will be held in the large ballroom of the Willard Hotel Wednesday night, January A. Whitfield, president of the club, when he comes to take up his duties| announced today. party d th n = eout c mary of 1917, it was said today, wh th and feet, and thus very sma Sehool . . ot el H. s Tted 1n 506 gale S ohief exeoutive. and Nis frien There will be'an address by & per_ |IF Sacavn known that. the rotai hem. | suantities are avaiiable. H. Holoombe, ir. resuited 1n $00 & approve of any plan for a demon.|20R Of national prominence, followed | ber of persons indicted by the August e ohol | stration at that time. :'.Zn: seneral pdr‘:lce“-n u(:nb, g;x:‘::; Erand Jury was nearing thirty. $2,000,000 PAINTING GONE Pupils of Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grades take Quarterly Dividend 3 'r;: Cent. 1ive fromn tho south late In. the even: |Of important committees and civio Db e this ballot to your teachers and follow instructions CHICAGO—Dirsctors of Sears; Roo. INJURED, THEN ARRESTED. After Being struel by an automobile operated by N. Engie, 114 Anacostia road northeast, last night James W. Gray, forty-four, of 2813 M street and Geor Croeby, fifty-seven, of Capitol Hejghts. were treated at the Casualty Hospital d_later arresfed on a intoxication. Douglas was with them. was ar- on u similar charge, — groups. A buffet supper will conclude Musical numbers will ven by the Nature Study Department. All other voters filflthis out at once and forward to the American Forestry Asso- ciation, National Tree Voting Department, 1214 16th Street northwest. = SEE TREE WORK EXHIBITION, WILSON NORMAL SCHOOL, JANUARY 17 TO 21 scrip quarterly dividend ayable February 16 to stock of record Janue ary 31. The scrip is redeemable Au- gust 15, 1922, with interest at § This {8 the same as previous except that it is in scrip instead of cash. 700 Men on Fopr-Day Schedule. DUBUQUE. lowa.—Effective Mon- day, 00 employes of the car depart- ing of March 3, and that he will be driven at once to one of the large howes in Washington, where it has been arranged for him to spend his iast night &s a private citizen before hecoming chief executive HAMBURG, January 13—Rem- brandt’s landscape “After the Thun- der Storm” was stolen from a p vate owner here January 6, and sup. osedly was shipped to the United Blates on board the steamer Mon- golia, which sailed January 6. The painting, which is on wood, is sixty-five centimeters in length and forty-nine centimeters high. It is said o be valued at §2,000,900, = h the program. be interspersed. Assigned to V. 8. S. Fulton. The next morning the President.| Capt. Frank D. Berrien, at naval clect will drive to the White House, |recruiting bureau. New York, has which place he will start to the [ been assigned to the command of the ! with President Wilson shortlv|U. S. S. Fulton and the submarine “acforefioes. i sed New London. Conn. “ A o