Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1921, Page 16

FAMINE IN CHINA |“SINGING MOUSE” NEW DISCOVERY BY SCIENCE | | Committee Regards May as Critical Month; Renews Appeal for Funds. That the month of May will be the period in the Chinese tion is the statement ma received from Peking by Chi the American committee for famine fund and is one of the princi- sons why this week has been a famine we arving people in to be dependent t from Ameri pal re North China know on aid still to be a_special appe W. Lamont fo mittee and Robert church ¢ n com- e entire country active and continued o -ation in the intensive fund-Tais flort to be during this Over £5,000,000 Already Sent. “More than 500,000 has alrea 2 sent from America to save the of the millions of people in the _stricken provinces of North much of th# coming from the hes and Sunday schools” is the d in the letter uperintendents of foreign diplo- 5 inister dor ever before entered venture as that just con- nister Sze, in the course upon such a cluded by M ten of the largest cities of the rited States, with the full approval of the federal authorities, his plea in hehalf of the starving famine victims of his native land. U. 8. Regarded China’s Best Friend. de | fix the term a| Thomas | arried to great audiences | malogists, in Session Here. | Prof. H. H. Lane told of his dis- covery of a “singing mouse” at the opening session yesterday of the third annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists at the New National ! Museum. hile the mouse had neither the ce of a Carusodor Galli-Curci. it pointed out, its vocal powers were quite decided, making it no v lation of proper use of words to af- singing” to its designa- H and , int t be d sion by the that the National Zoological Park is now in possession spacimen of the “man of the scussed the disposi- of the ourang- Rock Creek vations on with reference to the of the ornia elk otion pic- of : 14. Tonight shown at § uditorium of the They will d 3 the local and Morning and afternoon s : held tomorrow. A trip through the Zoo Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock will end the meeting. TREASURY CERTIFICATES PROPOSED IN REFUNDING Mr. Mellon Would Provide for Vic- tory Notes and Short-Term Debt in Transaction. Refunding of the government short- term debt, including the victory notes, into treasury certificates of indebted- ness maturing between 1925 and 1928 proposed by Secretary Mellon. The plan was outlined in a letter to Chair- Dr. Sze. a graduate of Cornell, was | man Fordney of the House ways and one of the first six Chinese students sent-to the United States; and he has brought back to this countr: means qommittee. | Including the victory notes, approx{- after | mately $7,500.000,000" in government winning high honors in the service of Securities fall due within the next his own. the message that China's forthcoming leaders are being trained here; and that, to use his own words: “China has always looked to the! United States as her best friend.” Contributions may be =sent to Charles E. Howe, local treasurer, thirty months. Mhese, Mr. Mellom regards as a lump, and his program contemplates the issue “from time to time as mar- | ket conditions are favorable” of cer- tificates of _indebtedness _carrying |over the retirement of such as are e o Security & Trust Company, | necessary to the date of maturity of or to the national treasurer, Vernon Maunroe, Bible House, New York cit COLLEGE WOMEN WIN SUIT OVER PREMISES The District Court of Appeals yester- day in an opinion by Justice Robb, af- firmed a decree of the District Su- preme Court restoring po: premises 1607 H street northwest to the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. | and The association had brought a suit for specific performance against Clar- ence L. Hay, owner of the property pending, counsel for Mr. Hay disturbed the tenants’ possession of the prem- ises on the theory that no injunction against eviction had been applied for. The appellate court holds that the tenant, being in possession, had the right to assume that the owner and his lawyers would respect the dig- nity and authority of the court, whose jurisdiction had been involved, and would not take the law into their own hands, so did not have to ask an in- junction. COL. GRAVES TO SPEAK. The potentialities of citizenship in ‘Washington and the part a city clubj can play in developing them will be' the subject of an address at the City Club's luncheon forum tomorrow noon by Col. John Temple Graves. Col. Graves was scheduled to ad- dress the club two weeks ago, but his speech was postponed at that time.| due to the change in the forum hours from evening to midday. He will be introduced by Isaac Gans at 1 p.m. following the usual noonday lunch- eon. Questions from the audience will follow the address. ion ofi o [the third liberty loan. 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