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Beggars Feigning Shell-Shock to Get Money From Public By the Associated Press. BERLIN, March 14.—Dishon- ent heggars, seeking to excite public smypathy, have devel- oped a “school of shell-nhock Bere,” according to physicians who have had an opportanity fo cxamine some of the men who have been suddenly taken with terrible fitn of trem| on_the crowded street: The graduates have learned the technique of king ruffering__from chronic 40WAR BUILDINGS WILL BE REMOVED 5.1, - CITY FOLKS HASTEN ~ TTOBUY UP FARMS Back-to-Land Movement Is Noted for First Time in | | Many Years. Some of the Frame Struc- | tures Near the River to Be Cleared Away. Orders have been given for the im- | | | | By the Assnciated Press. | BERLI T T e hr talt Gome | |mediate removal of twenty-eight [hares and sheep dogs are among the DEPRESSION TURNS TIDE| | intront ot or persons who | | frame dwellings in East Potomac |domestic pets the entente powers are < | look as though they had mome | |Park and twelve frame buildings in |demanding from Germany. spare money, tremble a mo- ment and become rigid, the eyew fixed, the face purpling. Policemen rush up, give the tion, and the Washington barracks reservation at the foot of 4% street. These build- ings were erected by the War De- partment for military purposes dur- ing the world war, and no longer are available or needed for any purpose. The quartermaster general, who is charged with the execution of the orders, has arranged to sell the build- ings at public auction to the highest bidder during the carly part of next 200 Per Cent Increase in Farms Sold in New England Over Same Period Last Year. By the Assaciated Press. NEW YORK, March 14.—A real es- tate firm of nation-wide scope which in the past vear sold 4.272 farms, val- ing will mome money. One of the first things done, however, to examine the eyes. If they flicker, or the eyeballs move, the case ix ua- 200,000¢ demanded ued at more than $20,000,000. from ually pronounced a fake. Some month. a record pace. Maine to California, has made public | | heXEars Bave leavned the busi The condemned buildings in East at its offices here the interesting dis- e daciors: P Potoma. rk are all located in the for the first time in many section just east of the Pennsylvania | dachshunds. covery that Silesda }'( rs. there are signs of a change in | railroad embankment alongside that v the drift of population “away from | | | | portion of Riverside drive skirting the the cities and back to the farms.” o ihem | | Virginia channel of the Potomac. | ty-five he-goats and ccently announced federal census | ! During the war they were occupied 0.000 cocks and hen stics showed that the aggregate | “mimicking men who renlly hnd i by troops cmployed in guarding gov- ttle and hor: in n of American cities. when | | meem b | | ernment property and the approaches ass_waus made th | e sacheating.them | Ptoithe city. M cently ss wus made 5ix months or | | one of the sympathy which o the cily. More recently they were aso. actually exceeded the k- | | they deserveds | | occupied by Motor Transport Corps ate population of the farming | | and Quartermaster Corps troops trans- districts, a_condition upprecedented ferred from Camp Meigs, on Florida avenie east, on the abandonment of that camp. Since then those troops have been transferred to Camp Ben- ning, Ga.. and other Army posts. All the buildings are in bad condition and are reported to be unfit for repair. ‘The lot includes three officers’ build- ings. four barracks, a Y. M. C. A, h:flld[ng. tool shops, stables, shops, ete. Only Small Section of Cantonment. They form only a small section, in the country's history. This is ex- plained by the fact that there was an_influx of people from farming communities to the cities, especially in the period of abnormal industrial activity during and immediately fol- lowing the war. Thousands of farm- ers and members of their families came to factory localities, where, for 1wo or three years, they made big wages. With the slump following the ®eneral industrial readjustment, how- ever, these farmers, and, in many WASHINGTONIANS INSPECT REBUILT: BOYS’ SCHOOL St. Mary’s Industrial Institution Recovering After Having Been d Press. Wiped Out by Fire, B L ATHED March 14.—Bees. Belgian The ship carrying the miscellaneous assortment of animals which Ger- many’s former enemies are demand- have almost as great an assortment as Noah’s craft. Decision of the reparation commis- sion on the exact number of rabbits which Germany must deliver has been postponed for a month. The entente Meantime, German rabbit crop is increasing at Twenty-five thousand hives of bees are demanded. One hundred and six- | RUNANIAN QUEEN March 13.—Queen Marie of Rumania intends to visit America THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. MONDAY; MARCH 14 ANIMAL SHIP FROM GERMANY TO RESEMBLE NOAH'S ARK Hares and Sheep Dogs Are Subject of Counterl Proposals Under Repara- tion Plans—Bees Included. the 00 she-goats. sheep and ' large numbers were sought by the entente, and the Germans acceded to these requests. It is only the number of hares, bees and dogs which is to be determined after the German representatives have made counter proposals fo the entente reparations commission. A report. prepared by the British embassy. shows that France, Bel- gium, Italy, Serbia and England are the countries which are asking for animals. England is seeking only seven horses. ‘The reparations negotiations re- sulted in an agreement for the de- livery by Germany of 919,550 head of cattle to her former enemies within three years. _ Delivery of the cattle, it was agreed, should take effect “from the The entente demanded 10,000 dogs | date which shall be agreed upon by and showed no disposition to accept | the experts of both parties. having regard to -the--prevailing conditions of health.” 7 The stock of cattle in Germany in 1919 numbered 16.523,503. which, in the first ufie months of ed by 380.573 head GENTER MARKET TOVISIT AMERICA TRANGFER SLOW Several months may elapse before transfer of Center Market from .the control of the Washington Market DXKASER LIS HE URGED LEAGLE Tells in Book of Suggestion to Russia in 1905 Which Was Accepted. By the Associated Press. TH A JE. March 12.—In the book he has written for private dis- tribution in an attempt to show that Great Britain was responsible for the world war, former Emperor William of Germany, throughout always speaks of himself in the third per- son. He paints William 11 as a man who tried for thirty years to main- tain peace in Europe, but says he was foiled by the perfidious machi- nations of Great Britain, France and Russia. As long ago as 1905. the former German kaiser says, he tried to found a league of nation Extracts Show Trend. Although no full copy of the book ilable. and both the former nd the Dutch government orried be- publication of bricf « tracts from it. a sufficient portion of the contents of the volume has leak- ed out to indicate the general trend | of the entire work. The ieak principally due to the Berlin corre- spondent of the Rotterdam Maasbode. Under date of April 18, 1595, the former emperor wrote: “An English proposal for an al- liance of Germany against Russia is declined in order not to endanger the world’s peace. “At the same time Delcasse (then ¥French minister of foreign affairs) proposed to the German ambassador in Paris a German-French agreement in order to prevent the Portuguese colonies falling under British in- was cases. idle city dwellers as well, are turning to the farms. where labor has long been at a premium. City Folks Lead Purchasers. The records of the firm in question are said to show that during the past ving proportion. two_ thirds to farmers moving from oné Kection or state to another and one- third to men from the cities. The present bacl re-land _movement, however. shows an almost exact re versal of these percentages—that is, two-thirds of the sales are now being * to men from the cities as against one-third to farmers. “The first check in the cityward a member of this firm stated, “appears from available sta- tistics to have came late last fall, With the tightening of industrial con: ditions and consequent lack of em ployment in the cities. It became increasingly evident this winter un- til in February the tide seems to have begun to flow the other way. “The change, naturally, is most marked in the vicinity of the indus- trial centers, the February sales in New England, for instance, having increased more than 200 per cent over those of last year, those in the middle Atlantic states about 175 per cent over last year and in the steel centers and manufacturing districts of the central west approximately 100 ce g New England was said to be lead- ing the entire country in_the back- to-the-lande movement. ‘While the increase throughout the United States Headed by Algernon S. Gardiner, chairman, more than 150 Washing- tonians motored to Baltimore yester- day to inspect the reconstruction work accomplished at St. Mary's In- however, of the large cantonment established in East Potomac Park in the early days of the war. Most of the frame buildings then erected are located alongside Riverside drive, on | the Washinzton channel. or city side company he: York city. She said, soon and she declared yesterday she believed King Ferdinand would ac- at least as far as Newd{acted by Congress at the last session. however, that he fluence. This proposal was not an- swered.” “A proposal made March kaiser to the c Russian foreign minister) Company to the Department of Agri- culture, as provided for in a law en- eaye ihe book: ‘-was 1905, by the former r and to Witte (then is effected, it was $ndicated today. S to found President Harding must name a valu- 13 RUSSIAN CHILDREN INGARDEN SYSTEM { Public Provision Is Made for Them Throughout Day in 1 Various Exercises. | Brass Rail’s Exit Put Sardine Prices | On-Toboggan Slide EASTPORT, Me.. March 14.— Passing of the free lunch | counter incidental to the cloa- | of rponaib pression packers ay, cost of prod: pre-war figures. rexulting from portations of forelzn Competition increaned ward | after the war was nonether facter. Although the 1920 Maine sardines heen more than 500.000 cases short of that of 1919, laxt yenr's sardines LIKE PLAYGROUND WORK Mothers Relieved of Vast Amount of Responsibility—250,000 Are Registered. By the Associated Press. willingneas of the packers to sell at present prices. ‘The average pack of Wi ington county factories, includ- ing thone in this city and L. bee, in 2,250,000 canes of 100 cans each. Prospeets for an average pack in the 1921 mea- won, which opens Aprl 15, condfith ., according to packers, on | demand’ from jobberm. wit | bor and pack'ng materi; | pected to be | year. PHILADELPHIA March 14 —Chil- dren’s gardens, or colonies. in which boys and girls between the ages of l three and eight years are kent throughout the day at public expense, | of ‘the most interest. the soviet cording the n improvement of n- constitute one ing phases in Russia, | Ireceived by the American service committee Arthur J. Watls, Pwho, with Anna J | town. J srmation Friends English Friend, Haines of Moores: | PROMINENT D. C is in Moscow inspecting ! for the American committer, de i AID IN IR'SH RELIEF l'('”é‘:' s,lflv'-':;:'.:n. mies in a report just Mr. Watts says that more than & : 250,000 children are registered in Become Honorary Vice Chairmen |children's gardens in various parts of Russia. Some of the gardens have of Committee—New Plans nearly 1,000 children enrolled. They p g0 in the morning to the garden, < for Funds Drive. which would be called a play- ground in America. and remain there In response to invitations to serve|throughout the day. They attend as honorary vice chairmen on the|classes and exercises, play games, American committee for relief in Ire- | ¢at lunch and supper and return home at night. Mothers Able to Work. This relieves the mother of a vast amount of responsibility and, if she is a wage carner, she can attend to her labors in the factory or store without hindrance from her family. Resides these gardens or colonies, there are special summer for ch . located most try districts. The largest of these land, sent out on Saturday, accept- ances from the following prominent Washingtonians were announced by Daniel W. O'Donoghue, chairman of the general committee, last night: Chiet Justice James F. Smith of the United States Court of Customs Ap- | peals; Justice Wendell P. Stafford of | |timore and Brother Paul, principal of { ment. like the purely milita dustrial School, which was complete- | of the park. These latter bulld- | would return immediately to Europe, Iy wiped out by fire more than a year | INES are used by the general supply ago. B e hele ot alo e lug Jeas Al 3 a surplus prop- _The party was shown through the|erty, and are not affected by :h‘f- or- institution by Bishop Corrigan of Bal- | ders just issued by the War Depart- v build- ings which have been condemned, all | the so-called Treasury buildings also are in process of steady decay. As has been previously shown by The Star, their appearance of general dilapidation makes them a blot on as it was probable he would not be [ation commission and this body, under able to spare much time because of {iye 1aw, may consume six months, if his offieial dutiss. 3 e Aok The queen contemplates a thorough necessary, in determining the \‘.u:u curvey of America during her trip to |of the improvements. before the big retail food - establishment be that country. Hopes to Stay Three Months. brought under the jurisdiction of the federal government. “I hope to be able to stay three !months,” sre declared, “and 1 am go- Secretary of Agriculture Wallace's attention has been called to the law, can the school, which has been sufficiently | ilt up to accommodate 600 boys. Nine hundred were enrolled at the time of the fire, and it is expected by those in charge to arrange the new ::udinn so as to take care of 1,500 y's. jtion from all present ing to the Pacific coast and intend to and it is expected President Harding become acquainted with all phases of American life. I want to see the cow- { will be asked to name ‘1,.,: iy boys and Indians, to go down in|sicn at an early date. ree mem- mines, to visit factories, police courts, | bers are to be appointed, with_$35,000 slums and hospitals, and I would like [appropriated for their salaries and to see a motion picture laboratory. |expenses. Under the provisions of the “I believe I will g0 to America next |law, when the commission's award is autumn. Iam sorry I will not be able |filed the Secretary of Agriculture, on to go before that time, but the peo- bletllulr o{l:hop?onfl:td su;es;_shgeu (a.kt i i he | title to e perty and 75 per cen! ple of Rumania are anxious that the |title to the property, and 8 por Cert ceremony of coronation of the King 4 and myself occur early this summer. ;l;hq'. owners have thirty days in which “There aro six divisions of Russian bolshevik troops on the Bessarabian Ground Owned by U. S. ant op- | frenticr of Rumania. the queen said.| mpe United States owns the ground trade which stands them in good | eration jon the Virginia of the |but she declared that the soviet army | op which Center Market stands, and, stead on leaving the institution. The ; park. involving the remova' of 1 not worrying the Rumanians. as: .t the purchase of the improve- visitors were shown over the shop | soldiers’ quarters. will. however. n forces were fuliy pre- | moth 08 B e made by the Wash- yesterday. and samples of work done | mit of the transfer of a small ith them in the event by the embryo printers won admira- | tional section of the park area ba She added that “much { to the jurisdittion of Col. Ridley, the nensense had been written in news- Of the 600 boys attending the school | engineer officer in charge of public |Pabers op this subject. at present more than 200 are Prot-|buildings and grounds, and its im Denies Matchmaking Intrigue. the landscape. beside which thair retention further delays the planned development of East Potomac Park into a great recreation park and public playground, with base ball diamonds, tennis courts, etc. While those in charge of the storehouses admit that they ought to be re- moved, they claim that such action cannot be taken until oher buildings are provided for storing the great mass of valuable furniture and other surplus property_contained” in the shacks in the park. Small Area Reclaimed. The institution, which is nce-sec- tarian and known as one of the finest of its kind for boys in the country, is about to conduct a drive for funds, id the purpose of the visit yester- day was to acquaint those in charge of the Washington committee for funds with the progress that has al- ready been made. Two large recreation -buildings, fully equipped with all modern im- provements, have been practically completed, and work on other struc- tures will be started shortly. The school- boasts an up-to-date ! printing shop and boys are taught a| The comparatively insign chise granted by Conzre the Wi will be cleared, tent, for the regulation by the govern- ment of prices charged for foed in the is in excess of 80 per cent greater in ‘ebruary than for the same period last vear, New England's farm sales show an increase of 200 per cent, due to the fact that many factory work- ers, who have been thrown out of employment or forced to submit to wage reductions, have left the cities and towns and gone into general farming, dairying, poultry and hog raising_and .bee keeping, as well as the cuitivation of small fruits. An interesting feature of the sit- uation is that of the 4,272 farms sold last year, 1171 were disposed of in New Engiand. more than one-quarter of them to residents of other states; while of the 3.100 farms Sold in other : states. only fifty-seven buyers were New England people. hancing market. estants and Jews. and, according to,provement during the coming sum-| The corrcspondent was recgived in : i While the institution wil Brother Paul, twenty-two different ! mer. s 4 v i - private dwelling which was asgign- ::ga-:hl;re represented by the ed to the queen durln" her !lfl’}' in 3 o n- Tn a brief address Bishop Corrigan Farsoa Ll L S G Jelcomed, the ashingtonians and was unsuited for her particular needs. e ity This house is some distance from the i L el igan palace, and allied ministers have been and Mary O'Toole responded for able to call upon the queen without the visitors. The drive will be held being embarrassed by the presence April & to 14, - of King Constantine, who has mot been officially recognized by the great powers. Queen Marie described as “ridicn- lous” reports that she had brought about the marriage of her daughter, Princess Elizabeth, to Crewn Prince George of Greece with the idea that the princess would some day become not become Agriculture, under the law, may lease space to dealers for one-year periods only, and it may reyoke a lease sum- marily if it discovers a tenant has been gullty of profiteering or other unlaw- ful practices. ‘The bureau of markets of the De- PROGRAM FOR THE BLIND. A musical program for the blind will be presented tomorrow night at the Library of Congress by the Hans Kindler Trio. Participants will be Genevieve Crist, violin; Harold Rider, cello, and Madeline MacGregor at the piano. Edward Chamberlin, Iyric bass, will sing, accompanied b: Miss elen Stone at the piano. Rider will —— One of the commonest methods of stealing rice with Chinese coolies is to lean up against @ pile of sacks and stick.a pin tube through the’sacking, the rice, which is dry, flowink natur- ally through the tube into the coolie’s Mr. ington Market Company under a fran- | to a considerable ex-; a municipal market, the Department of | a league of nations c triple alliance and the | Russian alliance, with the under- standing also that other groups or P te coun may become mem- bers of the lcague. The proposal wa accepted by the czar and Witte, There' was no question as to pre dential power over this league.” Haldnne's Mission. Regarding the mission to Germany in February, 1912, of Viscount Hal- dane, then Gritish lord high chan- cellor, the book says: “German efforts to conclude neu- trality with England failed in con- sequence of the absurd demand for a cessation of development of the Ger- man fleet through the curtailment of the building of new ship: The former emperor in the book deals with the mobilization of 1914. He says this began as carly as April of that vear, and “the mobilization of the English banks in order to get large stocks of gol Then the Laiser continues: “June—:ginning of pre or mobilization in England n troops 1 May unde were 1o sorv being kept und lfor an outbreak of war.” “July 20—All the Belgian re officers have been dalled to arms —_— A New Zealand scientist reports the results of experiments in which hon- eycombs were made of thin strips of aluminum shaped to resemble worker cells. The surfaces of the cells were brushed with bees wax and the bees showed no hesitancy in buildlng upon these coated edges. French and rations called to the pre- in 5 ar nsisting of the ! { the Supreme Court of the District | Joseph . Tumulty. 1o President Wilson; W. Gwynn Gar ldiner, form.r bistrict Cominissioner rihur D. Marks and: Capt Peyser. | officers of the Lwenty-one subdistrict: tinto which the ciiy has becn for the forthcoming drive for | which starts St. Patrick’s day { runs through Easter. Sunday. it wa reported that more than 1,400 worker: to carry on the work. Andrew I Hickey presided. and out Others to address the meeting wer: Joseph D. Sullivan, chairman of th finance committee; Clagett, chairman of the workers, and Anthony J. Barrett, gen eral director. Kather. | Hotel, presided over by Mi: 200 name: ine M. Brady, more than vere added to the list. | O’Brien of the Mackin district mad. | a short talk. - ! Annourncement was made last nigh ¥raneis P. J. Cleary chairm the Bloomingd-~ic 41 mee Atoysius b at clock. At workers in of the citv, tonight the downtown Baltimore, will 1326 New Yark avenue, and girl will be stationed in all prominen! banks, hotels and department stores. Every motion picture house in th city will be addressed by speak ers @&t Patrick’s day, planned for that night. former sccretary i Juiius L Al a meeting of the chairman and dividea | funds, ana had been enrolled in the organization ned the work accomplished to date. Mrs. Willlam H. woman Miss Mary A. n. 10 o’clock Thursday morning all section accompanied by the Boys' Rand of St. Mary’s Industrial School. leave headquarters. | and several elaborate entertainments have been is'at Dyetskoe Selo, forty miles from rograd. where the children are in two palaces that belonged e Emperor Nicho! It was krown as the “ezars v eral houses which former- to the mperor’'s cour- sen converted into chil- colonies. a group of three or four houses forming a colony, and twenty-five boys and girls, under the direction of a manager, occupy each building. These colonies are conducted on the co-educational mplan, which is preferred because of the natural com- radeship betwecen boys and girl One of the colonies at Dyetskoe Selo is conducted along the lines of the George Junior Republic for morally defective boys and girls. Parents are permitted to visit their children in these homes and colonies, s s s e e At a meeting of woman workers h t at all “in- hela yesterday: afiithe (Capltoll Parii] 1L the stnpiphiens 15 ek & stitutional.” Mr. Watts says. It is made as homelike as posible. The feeding and clothing of every |cnila registered in an institu !comes under the provisions of ¢! people’s commissariat for supplies i organization s special Kiteh- supplics ‘€ad to the litth nily ration cards Most of the children of eight years |and upward are sent to the day i schools, where they receive one meal at noon. or to commune houses, oth- erwise known as children's houses, which correspond to American board- jng schools. Mr. Watts said that 6,000,000 children are registered in day schools, where they are taught manual training, such as carpentry, bookbinding, needlework and mil- linery. There are special sghools for instruction in music and art. t and 51 s t retard grayness. exclusively used. 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