Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1921, Page 6

Mail Robbery Laid to Ex-Pastor; | SEES HUMAN RACE Brief Telegraphic News of U. S. Inspectors Convinced He Carried Out $212,000 Looting Single-Handed — Woman Accuses Parson — Find Whisky Blackmailers—Gompers in U. S. Again. By the Associated Press. 4 MOUNT VERNON, Ill, January 22— ‘With Guy Kylg, former pastor of the Free Methodist Church of Mount Ver- non, under arrest and virtually all of the money recovered, post office in- spectors today were continuing their investigation into thefts here Janu- ary 14 of thirty-one packages registered mail containing $185.00 cash and $27,000 in negotiable securi- ties. Developments early today had con- vinced the inspectors that K ried out the robbery single-ha it was said, but further examination of the former pastor was planned to learn how he became acquainted with the movement of the large shipment ©of money. Spend Night Counting Cash. A. W. Hitchcock, one of the three inspectors who have been working on the case, said this morning that “one or two” men whom Kyle was said to have implicated in his confession had been questioned, but that nothing had been discovered which would cause them to be held. z The inspectors spent the night checking up the cash they recovered at Kyle’s home and in his two ga- and it is_believed that less rages, than $1,000 remains to be accounted or. ‘The theft took place early in the morning, while the money was being transferred from the post office here to the C. & E. 1. depot for shipment to mearby towns to meet mine pay rolls. ‘Watehman Killed, Robbed. CHARLESTON, S. C.—The body of John L. Galley, night watchman for the Maybank Fertilizer Company, was found near the tracks of the Seaboard Air Line. He had been killed and robbed. Death was caused by a blow in the back of his head with a sharp instrument. The offices of the com- pany were ransacked, desk drawers being broken into. $38,000 Verdiet for Girl. DURHAM, N. C—A jury in superior court rendered a verdict for $28,000 in favor of Miss Nellie Brock, a seven- { teen-yenr-old high school girl, suing the Five Points Automobile Company and the Carolina Power and: Light Company for injuries sustained when her arm was permanently damaged as 2 result of the explosion of a vulcan- izing plant. The automobile company was made primarily liable. Leaps: Through Car Window. JACKSONVILLE, Fla—Joe Furrey alias J. B. Stetson, alias Ed Leonard, | who was being taken back to Fort Worth, Tex, on a charge of being im- Plicated in & $45.000 swindle, made a desperate bid for liberty here when he leaped through a Pullman car win- dow as the train neared the outskirts of the city, the time and was soon recaptured, and joturned to Jail. He escaped serious Warm Night in Missouri. KANSAS CITY, Mo.—P. Connor, weather forecastsr, announces that with a minimum temperature of 58 degrees- Thursday was the warmest January night on the Kansas City weather bureau records of thirty-two years. Fruit Men Appeal to Board. can Fruit and Vegetables Growers’ As- sociation, contending that present rail- road rates on perishable food were pro- a resolution asking the United States Railroad Labor Board to correct the present “intolerable con- dition.” B. B. Lawrence Dies. NEW Y -Benjamin Bowden Law- rence, widely known consulting miring engineer and a trustee of Columbia Uni- “yersity, died here after a brief illness. He was born in Elmira, N. Y., in 1857. After obtaining his degree at the Co- lumbia University School of Mines in La; went to_ Colorado, for several years in ricts. He returned to leading con- neers of the country. Fifteen Months. taken, it is said, has been re- A stay of sentence was granted, pending an appeal to President Wilson. Young Soldier Weds. Neb.—Raymond Bur- 'um, it has known. Burleigh is said to enlisted in 1917 at the age of eleven. He served twenty-nine months in France. ¢ Cashier Becomes Governo DOUGLAS, Ariz—According to in- formation brought here from Hermo- sillo, Sonora, by officials of the bank, Epigmenio Ybarra has resigned a. cashier of the Mercantile and Agri. cultural Banking Corporation of Her- mosillo to accept appointment as gov- ernor of the northern district of Lower California, Mexico. Thirty “Wets” Guiity. NORFOLK, Va.—Thirty-one persons have been tried in the corporation eourt on indictments charging viola- tion of prohibition lJaws. Twenty-one entered pleas of guilty and nine oth- ers were convicted. Only one, a ‘woman, was acquitted. At 71 He Weds 74-Year Bride. KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Reve J. C. Hayes, aged seventy-one, and Mrs, Lannie Fox, aged seventy-four, were united in marriage at the Old Grun- dy Chapel, in the lower part of Knox county. “When You and 1 Were Toung. Maggie,” was sung by a quar- Farm Conference Adjourns. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Reading of re- ports and a round-table discussion of future policies marked the closing ses- sion of the three-day conference of southeastern farm extension workers here. Establishment of an organization among boys of the rural districts similar to the Boy Scouts was advocated by B. O. Williams of South Carolina. P e Father of Six Ministers Dies. GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Daniel Jenkins, seventy-seven, father of six promine P! ers in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, died here lust night at the home of one of his sons, the Rev. I C. Jenkins. Fight on Momey Changers. CLEVELAND, Ohio.—In an effort to s of a gang of break up the operatio; money exchangers, Cleveland bankers, acting through the Cleveland clearing house, voted to accept Canadian money This action was taken after a committee of bankers earlier in the day had agreed to only at a discount of 20 per cent. discount silver and paper money alike. ranized northern cities * the city. $75,000 Fire Loss. LULA, Miss.—Five stores, the tele. phone exchange and a hotel building ‘were destroyed by fire of undetermined a loss estimated origin here, at $75,000. Ostrich Skins for Shoes. f 000 gangs have been flooding of the country with * Canadian coin and have been making profits of thousands of dollars, which American banks have lost, according to J. C. Henderson, manager of the com- mercial division of the foreign depart- ment of the Guardian Savings and Trust Company, one of the largest banks in I 1 i i | | i | sho it is claimed will out-wear leather footwear and cost less, soon will be seen in Boston. The first consign- | ment of ostrich skins have arrived Lere in an American steameship from South Africa. Manufacture of the es will begin immediate offered to women and men as an ster novelt Receiver Asked for Road. KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—A receiver “is sought to take charge of the Knox ville, Sevierville and Eastern railroad its property, assets and franchises every kind and character, in a_bill filed by the Mechanics' Bank and Trust ¥, of Knoxville. The bill asks that a_judgment against the Southwestern Surety In- surance Company of Dennison, Tex.. and the Southern Surety Company of Does Moines, lowa. for interest on a mortgage of $300,000 for which it is Charged that these companies became liable in guaranteeing payment of in- terest and maintenance of certain Pproperty. Go to Appraise Camp. CHICAGO.—Members of the commit- tee which will appraise United States Army camps to be salvaged, have left here for Louisville, Ky., where they vill begin the appraisement of Camp Zachary Taylor. Col. C. F. Bussche hington is chairman of the committee. Other members are Gilbert F. Woods and J. Milton Trainer, both of Chicago. ‘avor Capital Punishment. LINCOLN, ~Nebr.—The Nebraska state senate by a vote of 20 to 7 re- fused to abolish capital punishment, “at this time, because of the present nationa] crime wave.” Cut of 50 Cents in Crude Oil. HOUSTON, Tex.—Oil companies here announced @ cut of 50 cents in the price of coastal crude oil, reducing it to §2 a barrel. R. R. Track Foreman Al 'ged Forger. WARREN, Ohio—James Tonbouris track fo¥eman of the Erie railroad. Wwas arrested here by Count Detectiv Pat Gillen, chaarged with forgery. His arrest followed his indictment by the Trumbull county grand jury for the alleged forging of $20,000 worth of Erie railroad pay checks. . Approx mately $30,000 worth of forged pay checks have been cigculated by an al- leged swindle ring in Northeastern Ohio, it is said. Wholesale Theft of Revolvers. BOSTON,—A clue leading to one possible source of the supply of weapons obtained by criminals was discovered when an arrest revealed a wholesale theft of service revolvers from the navy yard. The check-up by He was handcuffed at!Navy officials so far shows that more than forty weapons have been taken from the arms room. Fur Prices Tumble. NEW YORK.—Prices for foreign furs, among tahem more than forty- two tons of rabbit skins from the antipodes, showed marked decline from spring sale levels at the fur auction here. The decline ranged from 35 to 75 per cent. Wolf and opossum, the only domestic skins sold, showed average decreases of 50 to 60 CHICAGG.—Delegates to_the Ameri- | PEF Cent respectively. ler State Authority. 'A. — The state securities n of Georgia ruled that foreign finance corporations organ- ized under the Edge act do not come under its jurisdiction, But under that of the Federal Reserve Board. “Hollday” fer Technical Men. PITTSBURGH.—Officials of the cen- tral region of the Pennsylvania rail- road here announced that technical men to the number of about 1,500 would be given a holiday of one day each week during the freight and Ppassenger depression. Accused of Murder, Plea Not Guilty. TOLEDO, Ohio. — Edward Foley, eighteen years old, of Denver and Omaha, charged with the murder of two New York Central Railroad Som- pany detectives and the robbery of a company ticket agent of $12,000 last Monday, was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Foley was indicted on two charges of murder. Freed of Murder Charge. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. — George Clemmons, a local restauranteur, charged / with the killing of Gearge Kirby, a steel worker, several weeks ago, during a row in a restaurant, was acquitted in the criminal court here. Clemmons entered . plea of self-defense. Responsible for Home Brew. CHICAGO.—The landlord of any tenant convicted of making home brew will be fined $1,000, District At- torney Clyne announced. The fine, Mr. Clyne explained, should really be placed against the amateur brewer, but since many of them are unable to pay and have not sufficient prop- erty to attach, the fine will be levied against the liandlord. “The saloon act holds an owner gullty of law: vio- lations on his premises,” Mr. Clyne said. “If the tenant can’t’ pay, the landlord must One Dead, Two Injured in Crash. PENSACOLA, .Fla—Sherifft J. M. Summerlin of Oskaloosa county was killed and Frank, Fern and William Bishop of Crestview, Fla., were prob- ably fatally injured, When an automo- bile in which they were riding was struck by a Louisville and Nashville passenger train at a crossing one mile east of Crestview. Gompers in U. S. Again. LAREDO, Tex.—Samuel Gompers and other delegates who attended the Pan-American Federation conference at Mexico City, have arrived here. The party left for Fort Worth. Heads Chicago Opera Compa: CHICAGO—The appointment . of George Miller Spangler as business manager of the Chicago Opera Asso- ciation has been announced inform- ally by Miss Mary Garden, director general. He succeeds Herbert John- son, who resigned last week at the same time as Ginc Marinuzzi, the former director general, when Miss Garden was appointed to supreme au- thority in the opera company. Miss Garden plans to leave for New York immediately after her appearance in the afternoon opera, to prepare for the New York season of the Chicago company. Attack Papermakers. LYNCHBURG, Va.—Manutacturers of news print were attacked by speakers at the closing meeting of the Virginia Press Association here. H. L. Opie of Staunton spoke of “tricks” employed to induce making of contracts at higher than market prices, and others entered the discus: sion. Manufacturers of printing ink also were severely criticised. Find Whisky Blackmailers. MILWAUKEE—Saloonkeepers of Milwaukee and Wisconsin have been operations of a gang of bogus reve- government secret service expected within a few days. Faces $11,000 Larceny Charge. NEW YORK.—Charged with the lar- ceny of $11,705, Samuel L. Harper, formerly president of Harper, Mar- BOSTON.—Ostrich skin shoes, which ers; was arrested here. payment of $145,185 made to his com- Fany by another concern for a quan- nd will | be rendered ; fleeced of more than $100,000 by the nue agents, it was revealed by the shall & Thompson Company, export- An indictment says he withheld the money from a |dle west and former president of the|Valley Farm THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY Life’s Darkest Moment BROADER, TALLER AND MORE HARDY By Cable toAe Star and Chicago Daily News Cupyright, 1921, BERLIN, January 22—That the human race is getting broader, taller and hardier as the result of the strenuous times it went through in the war is the theory advanced by the famous German statistician, Prof. Friedrich Prinz- HI N l i | il | I | [ L | Il D — GivmE TT—) WATCH T ing. in the German Siatistical G zelte. He bases his claim on fig ures obraincd from the United States, Germany. Austria, Switzer- i Belgium and Scan- he says, “alwr only stronz men for and a shortage of tall men until . when the averaze height be- n to increase. In the recent w bodv had to go to the front— mz 1! and weak as well as the 'nd strong ones. The har in consequence there tall ship the traops had to endure sc great t many of the short. thin men cied form disease, where the big men survived. The avel It of ‘men in their early is today five feet nine s, where ten years ago it was five feet.seven inches. “Inside of another 100 years footers will no longer be relati 1y_rare. of tin plate. went into bankruptcy last April with | tity Harper's concern i1 i “Bell* Pants for Men. | cHIcAC ts of bilities of $350,000 and ass 1.500. short skirts for women ng, according to the edict of Merchant Tailor Designers’ As- sociation. iand of the “athletic or wedge shape jype.” and trousers will be ately belled.” says the announcement of L. O. Tyler, Columbus, Ohio, fash- ion chairman of the association. May Clear Mail Theft. CHICAGO.—Post office authorities are confident that the theft of mail ion station last Tuesday will be | cleared up following the arrest of | William Conroy and John McFadden, | who have been charged with com- | plicity in the robbery. The value of | the bonds stolen was set at $45,000. ! Postal officials said that most of the | bonds were registered and of no value ! save to the owners. | Identify Dead Man. LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Testimony purporting to establish the identity | of the slain man and the cause of his | death was given by seven witnesses | alled by the state in the trial of Mrs. Louise L. Peete, charged with the murder of Jacob Charlcs Denton. Identification of the body as that of Denton was claimed in the testimony of Edward Haff, a surveyor, who tes. tified he was well acquainted with Denton. Woman Accuses Parson. ATLANTA. Ga.—The Rev. Dr. Caleb A. Ridley, pastor of the Central Baptist Chur was arresfted here on a charge of sorderly conduct” aft- er Mrs. J. B. Hamilton, a neighbor, | "had accused him of “improper con- duct” toward her and her husband, according to neighbors. Dr. Ridley issued a statement terming the charges an “infernal lie” and said the affair followed Mrs. Hamilton's ap- peal to him because a workman on a nearby building had attempted to flirt with her. Mrs. Hamilton told police the pastor came and sat in the swing on her porch and tried to put his arms around her. Vassar Astronomer Dead. WALTHAM, Mass.—Mary Watson ‘Whitney, astronomy professor emeritus of Vassar College, died at her home here. She was .a member of various scientific societies and had contributed many papers on astronomical subjects. She was director of observatories at Vassar from 1889 to 1910, when she re- tired. acancy to Continue. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Gov. Hyde announced he would not call a special election in the fourth district to fill the vacancy caused by the_death of Repre- sentative Charles er. As Mr. Booher's term expired. in:March, the governor said thé expense of a special election would not be Charles L. Faust, republican, 1s the congress- man-elect from the disgrict.” Rescued Crew in Fort. NEW YORK.—Capt. Atkigson and the crew of thirty-eight of the steamer Lakeside Bridge, wrecked off the Azores last month, arrived here on the steamer Andalusi: from Bremen, via Horta. The Lakeside Bridge, bound from Bre- men for Galveston, lost her propeller in a heavy gale, was blown ashore near the Island of Fayal and became a total ‘wreck. Radium Needies in Rubbish. PHILADELPHIA, Pa—Two radium needles valued at $24,000 were found in rubbish_at the Medical Arts building here. They had been missing since Wednesday, when they were inadvert- ently swept from a table in an operating room. The needles are three-quarters of an inch long and one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter.- Each has an opening at one end to receive the precious ele- ment. Rail Shop Men Accept Cut. SAYRE, Pa.—The 1.600 employes of the Lehigh Valley raiiroad shops here announced that they had accepted the company’s proposal of a five-day week instead of a six-day week, with a 16 per cent cut in the force. Boston Familles in Need. BOSTON.—Unemployment has caused a 91 per cent increase in appeals for aid S0 far this year, the city overseers of the poor reported to Mayor Peters. New cases are coming in so rapidly that the mayor will order emergency meas- ures to provide relief. The lists show 222 families in distress. Reward in Church Robbery. NEW YORK.—Rev. John L. Belford, pastor of the Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity, Brooklyn, which was robbed Thursday night of candelabra and crucifixes, offered a reward of $100 and no questions asked for the return A0 e %tolen objects. They were bought in Rome and were highly prized as a gift from the late Mgr. James Duffy. Father Belford declared he would get a permit to have a shotgun in the rectory. $500 Each for Bandit Deaths. KANSAS CITY.—A standing reward of $500 to any person for the death of each bamdit killed while attempting to Tob & member bank was voted here by the Association of Suburban Bankers. Police Chief Accused. WILKES-BARRE, Pa—Charged with conspiracy to defraud two Atlantic City, men in an alleged whisky deal, warrants have been sworn out for the arrest of Joseph Goraham, chief of police of Ashley, and four other Ashley men with whom he is said to be associated in a drug_company. The men from Atlantic City—John Baratta and Joseph de Cio—claim they agreed to purchase from the Ashley men a quantity of liquor for| $2,400, which they said they pald. Not ‘Teceiving the alleged promised shipment, they came to Wilkes-Barre and related their troubles to Alder- man Alex Ricketts, who issued the warrants. Bridegrooms Held; Wedding Off. NEW YORK.—Police reserves sub- dued a riot started among some 500 Zuests invited to a gypsy double wed- ding in an east side hall. It ended a day of feasting in which wine, police say, flowed freely Seventeen | bureau | persons, including the two prospective hre. It was announced that arrests bridegrooms, were arrested, six care of leaders in the blackmail ring is|for by physicians and the hall was d nearly wrecked. The weddings were called off. Objection to the food and music is sald to have precipitated the fight. Belgian Consul Dea CHICAGO.—Edward Coryn of Mo- line, 111, Belgian consul for the mid- Belgiag-American Alliance died in a hospita) here following lnz&nflvn. .—Longer trousers for men ' Coats will also be longer | “moder- pouches from a mail truck at the| HARDING'S LETTER ‘EMm .NE SAYS THEY's WoRT' A LOT A DouGH GIVES BRITAIN HOPE Hopeful America Will Be In- cluded in Plan for World Peace. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1 LONDON, January 22.—No other ut- terance for a long time can be com- pared with President-elect Harding's letter to John Stewart, chairman of the board of governors of the Sul- grave institution, for the excellence of its impression upon the popular mind in Britain. It allays a great deal of anxiety as to what might be the general temper of the new Presi- dent touching British-American re- lations. It also revives the hope tha in one way or another Mr. Harding administration will throw the weight of the United States into the scales for permanent world peace. Britons admire the solemn and lofty tone of the President-elect's letter. They recognize with especial appre- ciation that Mr. Harding looks upon British imperial progress as well as upon American imperial progress, not as a ruthless assertion of material power, but as “flying civilization to the four corners of the globe.” No other sentiment delights the soul of the true Briton more than this. He likes to think pf-himself not as an imperialist tyrant, but as a champion of free civilization. Even in India, Egypt and Ireland he profoundly be- lieves his motives to be good and his policies to be wise. All that is best In the government and general society of this country, as any one knows who has followed public thought here in late years, will respond warmly to Mr. Harding’s con- ception of the duties God has placed upon the English speaking peoples— “duties of being restrained, tolerant and just” At the foreign office this morning & man of influence said to me: “If such counsels dominate Mr.} Harding’s presidency, 4nd I have every confidepce that they will, T can foresee no ‘difficulty between the United States and Britain that need cause us the least alarm.” LETTER TO MR. STEWART. Friendly Toward Labor of Uniting ‘English-Speaking Peoples. NEW YORK, January 22.—The let- ter to John A. Stewart from Presi- dent-elect Harding, sent from Marion, is as follows: “To John_A. Stewart, Esq. the Sul- grave Institution, New York City: “Dear Mr. Stewart: “The labor of uniting into still closer amity and understanding the English-speaking peoples of the world has a significance of gqod to all Americans and to all nations and races of the world. “Destiny has made it a historical fact that the English-speaking peo- ples have been the instrument through which civilization has been flung to the far corners of the globe. I am'| impressed not so much by the glory that English-speaking peoples may take to 'themselves as by the pro- found duties that God has thrust upon them—duties of being restrained, tol- erant and just. These duties will find their greatest recognition in a united, unshakable friendship and unde; standing and oneness of purpose—not for the exclusion from brotherhood of others, byt for a better brotherhood flowing toward others. 1 believe that when the wisdom of America is summoned to assist the world in building a workable as dis- tingulshed from a bungling agree- ment or association for the preven- tion of war, unity of English speaking peoples will play no small part, not to invade the rights or exclude the fellowship of jother nations, but to protect and include them. Faithfully yours, WARREN G. HARDING. —_— Groceries at Cost. SHREVEPORT, La.—As an emerg- ency measure for the relief of farm- ers in northeastern Louisiana, plans have beén perfected to buy groceries in carload lots to be sold to the farmers in Ouachita, Caldwell and Union parishes at cost. Announce- ment to this effect was made by J. H. Watkins, secretary of the Ouachita Loan Association of Monroe, who is directing the move- ment. TH MAN SAYS HE:D AN’ HE SAYS NOT T LET MOBODY ToucHt 29 1921 —PART 1. —Bv Webster ”'”l TR THERE's BOOZ2E & THOSE BAGS AN CLL BET A HUnORED DOLLARS oriT ! oPe~ UP THoSE Harding Follows Wilson Plan In Running Away From Writers BAGS, Boy. A BE QUIt~ ABOUT 17! MOmE O Your. LiP ! OPEMEM LP! WE'RE ENFORCEMENT Tells Correspondents He Doesn’t Want Them to Follow When He Boards Houseboat for His Vacation on the Florida Coast. / BY DAVID LAWRE e japoard his train in the campaign of 1 but when he got to the White Ho ™M SATCHELS | About the last thing most people e sy mor ThAhEIVAILS imagined last autumn on election day | not know the extremes o which the that Warren Harding and Wood- | Fresident went 1o shut himself off = : from direc ac row Wilson had anything in common, | Tiice ha ordepd. '.~"r“-‘l“‘s.fr'l~?w‘"§.i2. but some of the correspondents who to keep newspapermen awnay. from ‘will not accompany Mr. Harding on Ir;:»':- ‘n‘\‘ -“lx\lnm-»r‘\.- ations. In the P a o years he cas esticg information that the two men | riondunts, hut these wibe Stecon. are “behaving - exactly alike toward |{EINOGCHIN (D these \were discon- newspapermen k may O MAY|out and were never resamed ;not be cl acteristic. Presidents- clect and it may or may not be the! Ban on Private Audien |result of a sudden turn from private! Mr. Wilson rarely. if ever, life to the burdens of public life but | newspaper writer a private auflenc {it's the usual struggle of a exaggeration to say that [elect to remain a private citizen son never spent a total of more against the writers who insist thatthan six or seven hours in private audi- |the public has a right to know what! s with correspondents in the eight {2 man elected to be president of the:years he has been at the White House [And it is also a fact that only one or two correspondents ever saw him more than three or four times in the entire eight yvears. Both Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft seldom let a week o by with- cut a private conference with at least ione or two correspondents or writers. Mr. Wilson never would have been able to manage the business of contact with the public at all were it not for the shrewdness and uncanny news instinct of his private secretary, Joseph I Tumulty, who probably will always be remembered as one of the best friends Va ington correspondents ever | United States does from day to day. { Mr. Harding told the correspond ients that he didn't want them to fol- |low when he boards the houseboat {He will return to a port every few {days and confer with the newspaper: men but he warned them that they {would incur “mountains of displeas- [ure” if they trailed along. The other {day. too, when he set out for Cleve- nd he asked the correspondents to {say nothing about it. He wanted to! {shop in priv S0 thay agreed not | {to announce it in advance provided | two or three correspondents could go | the jalong to report on any possible emer- ; had. gency. President's Attitude Repeated. Mr. Harding isn't a bit different from Woodrow Wilson in all this. Corresponden: ho remember what e § ! happened just after the election in|effective to talk directly to the press November, 1912, are authority for the | themselves. Much of the misunderstand- statement that when Mr. Wilson de- | ing about the policies of the Wilson ad- cided to go to Bermuda for a rest | Ministration can be traced directly to & he was very much disturbed when | haughty or indifferent attitude toward the newspapermen told him that of | the press and such defense as was given of course they would have to accompany | the Wilson administration by corre- him. He insisted that there would be no | spondents from time to time was hardlv news. just as Mr. Harding says there | ever due to any inspiration from the will be nothing doing but rest on; White House. but largely to the volun- his southern trip. But the corre- ! tary effort and enterprise of writers both spondents said it didn’t matter. They | inside and outside of Washington, who must accompany him, and Mr. Wilson | either believed sincerely in the cause was 8o much upset by it that he |they were defending edttorlgny irrespec- threatened to travel on a ship that | tive of the persons or party involved, or wasn’t equipped with wireless, but{ Who believed they were discharging their finally relented. Jjournalistic duty of telling the truth as Mr. Harding started out during the | they saw it. M campaign with intimate talks with| There may be a change when Mr. the correspondents, but since elec- | Harding gets to Washington, but the tion he has become taciturn and un- | verdict of most of the correspondents communicative. Mr. Wilson was the | thus far is that the new President-elect most friendly and chummy individual | is starting off as did his predecessor. the world with the correspondents pyright, 1921.) {CATHOLIC VIGIL LIGHTS TO BURN WHEN HARDING TAKES OFFICE Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at Brookland Announces Its Plans for Inauguration Week. May Talk Indirectly. Mr. Harding may be counting on do- ing the same thing—namely, talking to the country indirectly. but both Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft found it more PARISDISCOUNTS * CONFDENCEVOTE ’Newspapers See Premier Briand and Not Ministry Indorsed by Deputies. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Jannary 22.—Newspapers of §i[this city teday expressed satisfac- tion with the vote of confidence given the Briand ministry in the chamber of deputies, but there was a notice- able lack of enthusiasm. A majority beld the view that pesterday's vote .| was an expression of confidence, not fin: the ministry, but in M. Briand, the champion of France, in the ap- proaching meeting of premiers. It was declared the chamber meant to give maximum authority to the man who will plead her cause, and that the Briand ministry was not judged on its declaration, but will be- Jud, by the results of the conference of premiers. Confidence Vote, 475 to 6S. M. Briand and the members of his ministry were given a record vote of confidence by the chamber of deputies, 475 to 68. M. Briand, who in.a two- hour spéech, characterized by its vigor and oratory, answered inter- pellations and promised to make the collection of reparations from Ger- many the guiding principle of his ad- ministration. “Yesterday's long speech by M. Briand,” said the Echo de Paris, “does not_appear to give any more light NEW YORK, January 22—Nearly tho | than the ministry declaration, except {A o on one point: ‘Payment of a lump sum years' effort by Ludwig C. A. K. Martens| py Germany is not my thesis.’ to gain rocognition from the Unit-| words were pronounced by the new d States government, as the ambassa- | premier, and we will do as the cham- ber did, and will take note of his dor of the Russlan soviet government| Der iq. afd WO (ke note of his ended today with hip departure for Goth-| gional ‘confidence is_opened for M. , on board the steamship | Briand, and none desires more than ’"b"g‘ ]sweden e camSP | we to see him make the best use of SO, ho final execution of an or- | it fOF the interests of the country.” der rom the Departmet of Labor for| Velled Skepticism Manifested. his deportation as an undesirable alien. Hundreds of personal friends of Mar- | Some newspapers manifested a cer- toms writh his “ambassadorial” retimae | tain veiled skepticism. The Petit o forty-two, crowded the dock to Dbid | Gironde, one of the most influential T “Female Ponzi” Is Accused of Frauds Totaling $50,000 PHILADELPHIA, ¥anuary —Mrs. Mildred M. Everett, alian ° Mildred Boniface, de- scribed b the police ax a “fe- male Ponxi,” has been arrested here on a charge of obtalning $2,300 under falwe pretences from Everett Marshall of New- field, N. J. 1t ix alleged she has mulcted w Jersey farmers and business men of $30,000 by promixing fabulous returns it they would give her momey to tmvest. P To symboliz- patriotic prayers for {arrance for having visil lights burn Sl Presi- |In their_name in the Salve Regina the guidance and support, of Fresl”|c iy sy ienes will be burned for dent-elect Harding when he takes of- | GraPes The lights will be burned for fice as President of the United States, vigil lights will burn in the Salve Re- IAGAIN HEADS GlRL SCOUTS gina Chapel of the National Shrine of Mrs. Arthur O. Choate Re-Elected the Immaculate Conception at Brook- National Council President. land during inauguration week. CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 22— Catholics in all parts of the United States will be invited to participate Mrs. Arthur O. Choate of New York was re-elected president of the Ni in the acts of national devotion sym- bolized by the lights and to include tional Council of Girl Scouts yester- day, which action marked the close in their appeals the special intention of the seventh annual convention of that the grace of God may come upon the new executive to light his way. the organization. Other ofticers chosen were: A special appeal to Catholics of the United States to participate in this Vice presidents, Mrs. James J. Stor- row, Boston, and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, res from the fdentifica- tion bureau were xald by the police to extablwh her identity ax that of n woman who, under various alinses, hax werved time in Pittsburgh, Atlantic City and here. MARTENS QUITS U, BY FEDERAL ORDER Unrecognized Envoy, Atter Two Years Here, Deported as Undesirable. By the Associated Press. devotion has been issued by Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, rector of the Catl olic_University, under the title of a ‘A Votive Light to Guide Our Presl dent.” Bishop Shahan’s appeal 1s as “fol- lows: . “On March 4 President Harding will enter upon the administration of his exalted office of President of the United States of America. “Never were wisdom and courage more needed by the head of our great American democracy. Every Catholic ought to offer on that day the earnest prayer that God will guide our chief executive wisely and well, that the evils of the late war may be abol- ished and our nation enter again upon the way of progress through justice and charity. The gravest prob- lems call for the attention of the new President; problems both domestic and foreign, upon the solutién of which depends the happiness of the erican people. New York; treasurer, Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady, New York; director, Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin, New York; chairman of executive board, Mrs. V. Everit Macy, New York: counsel, Douglas Campbell, New York. Mrs. Juliette Low of Savannah, Ga., founder of the movement in America, is to serve on the executive board. Announcement was made that Mrs. Warren G. Harding will be chosen as honorary president to succeed Mrs. ‘Woodrow Wilson. $200,000,000 LOAN FAILS. Interest Too High, Is Argentine Reply to Syndicate. BUENOS AIRES, January 21.—It i reliably reported that the negoti: “Let a vigil light express your pa- | tions that have been going on be triotic prayers for divine guidance |tween the Argentine government an: agd support of the President during (a syndicate of New York bankers fe the four momentous years that open |a $200,000,000 loan to Argentina ha before him. May our Blessed Mother | proved unsuccessful because the gov| |shield him and counsel kim through|ernment considered the banker: love for this land of her predilection. | terms too severe. “Let us all join in this act of na- These terms, it is understood, wei tional Catholic devotion with a pra. er for all nations struggling for a righteous peace. Let us also pray that | interest. The report says the Arge through our Blessed Mother the grace | tine financial representatives infol of God will come upon him to lizht|eq the bankers that it was too mu the way, for him to aid by his g00d |15 expect any government to pay counsel in lifting the yoke of bond- | yor‘cent. age from Ireland.” H provincial organs, declared: “What - — e the ship affords, Martens declined, say- | We should be obliged to negotiate uiler. parts of the country urging them to ceaselessly with the allies in order that they may help us.to obtain the execution of a treaty signed by them, erefore, if with the same methods ing he wished to buy a ticket and “travel like any other passenger.” Before boarding the ship Martens is- | £ sued a statement expressing “grateful | Th! TOASTIES I3 ’al " of PostToasties crumbling in the Arm ts : and their st adds to their amtheitrim’ Yhey retain cr R B bt milk or cream is 4 SoLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE! T e Creck, Michigan. e appreciation for the great personal kind-| M. Briand succeeds in getting better ness and courtesy I have received from | Tesults et ayed in Americans all vocations| the past- we may Fgrehasides Throughout the country.” served well of his country. Mr. Martens sald he had no knowledge he future plans of the American gov- ornment “nor can 1 teil in what airec.| HONOR BRAND WHITLOCK. tion this policy of ignoring the existence of the established government of the|pelgian and Flanders Authorities Jargest country in Europe will lead. -1 can only eay." he concluded. “that! Give Ambassador Testimonials. erican people a D If,“i'i,p‘l‘:m this problem, the govern-|{ GHENT, January 20.—Brand Whit- ment of the Russian workers and peas- | lock, American ambassador to Bel- ants will be ready to meet them in a slurtn, ;\'as %l;ei::‘eof“l;;g:n‘n llblnhn" a friendly spirit.” quet given es of this reesonablo A i City and of East Flanders, Gold medals and illuminated addresses DECIDES TO ADMIT GUILT. |were siven Mr. Whitlock and the free- dom of the city was conferred upon him. Toasts to Presiden son were ler Gets Jail Term .at|offered, and in response Mr. Whitlock TaquozcDes paid tribute to the generous feeling of End of Trial’s Second Day. the American people toward Belgium. CINCINNATI, O., January 22.—After | o AWONE the other guests at the ban- e s 2 uet were the Spanish and Dutch min- the government had spent two days | isters to Belgium. in presenting testimony against him in the United States district court here, Henry Friedman, liquor dealer, i of Pittsburgh, Pa. indicted on a PICKED_UP ON ISLAND. f conspiring to violate the ;‘l::;i‘:l!&n law, 'a:xdld«;n‘l’y made up |Two Americans Saved From Wreck- i ind at the trial oday._to plead Bty Judge John W. Peck sen- ed Steamer Isabela. tenced him to serve six months in| MANILA, January 22—Two Ameri- Jail and imposed a fine of $3,000. cans, Robert Brezile and Mack Ma- Friedman was arrested for illegally | Jone. survivors of the chipwrecked transporting 1000 cases of whisky|Gritish steamer Isabela, which they from a dismleé:‘a 2 :n lgrt. Ky., | gay was bound from California to to Cleveland, Ohio. John 1. Zerby.|ifanila, were picked up n the island Summit Hill, Pa, who was Indicted | of Tarnate, near Samar, Philippines, with Friedman, is 8erving a five- | gccording to advices received nere month fail sentence upon his plea of |by port omclals. guilty several days ago. TYROL FOR GERMAN UNion| LENIN MUST REST. S T Bolshevik Premier of Russia Landtag Decides to Hold a Pleb- iscite Soon. Ordered to Seek Quiet. COPENHAGEN, January 22.—Niko- BERN. Switzerland, January 21.—|1ai Lenin, bolshevik premier of Rus- e e arstion o arishoMan | sia, is 1l and has been ordered to take o L uanlon wi long rest, says a special dispatch [o Germany 1s in prospect, according to | Austrian _dispatches. T landtag, fromiHeIsnElorsawhicihas heenifo: the advices state, decided yesterday - to hold a plebiscite on this question| Rumors that Lenin has been suffer- if the Austrian government does not |ing from illness have been current for act on it by nextymonth. some weeks.