Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1922, Page 5

GEN FENG OFCHNA SECOND CROMMEL Devoted to Christian ldeals and Shares Hard Life With His Men. DEMOCRATIC IN HABITS Rides to Reception on Bicycle, Aids Unemployed, Warns Drones of Deportation. NEW YORK, July 28.—A personal picture of Gen. Feng Yuh-siang, known as the Christian general in the forces of Wu Pei-Fu, is contained in a letter from Bishop F. R. Graves of Shanghai, which has been received here by Protestant Episcopal leaders. Bishop Graves is said to have known Gen. Feng for a number of vears. Ebert Bourse Fan Since Fickle Money By the Associated Press. the rate that an idea may be ob to what the morrow will In_Germany. gauge shoots up, the chief executive’s pay cheek: Rate Fixes Salary. EERLIN, July 20—~Watching exchange in order as ring forth in the way of higher prices for commodities has be- come a great mational pastime Yesterday marked the advént of President Ebert himself- to and with it NEW WAR S SEEN Y LLOYD GEDRGE Premier Says Engines of De- struction Will Surpass the ranks of the bourse “fana” Any Now in U for the pre: lent’s after will be determined by the .ny oW In Use. ex figure. Thus every time the dollar cllmbs, the index | |7 ‘he Associated Preas, LONDON, July 29.—"More terrible machines than in the late war are be- ing constructed,” sald Prime Minister PEKING INTRIGUES PERIL GOVERNMENT : {Fight Over. Presidency May Prove Fatal to Cause of Lloyd George at a luncheon given by 300 prominent Free Churchmen here. “What for?” he asked, and contin- "To attack cities and maim, destroy and burn helpless women and children. {eep your eyes on what i§ happening. If the churches of Europe and America allow that to fructify, they had better se their doors. ‘We reduced our armaments and if other nations follow. the example, there will be no serious menace to peace. But, It is dificult for a nation to remain defenseless while others are preparing for war.” Mr. Lioyd George said that the next war. if it came, would be a war on clos “THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, SICK AMERICAN CHILD. JAILED WITH PARENTS - THREE DAYS IN RUSSIA To be confined’in a Russian pris- on for three days without ary ap- parent reason, while a sick child that needed constant attention lay at thely side, was the nightmare which Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oster, missionaries from the Seventh Day Adventists, were forced to expe- rience upon their arrival in Batum, on their way to Tiflis, Persia. Mr. and Mrs. Oster are both well known in Takoma Park, Md., Mrs. Oster being the daughter of Elder W. B. White, one of the world leaders of the denomination, who has just left Washington on his way to take the presidency of the Inter-American Division Confér~ ence, which comprises all the West Indies, Central America and the northern coast of South America. Mr. and Mrs. Oster and children were released through the instru- mentality of Mr. Eckerman of the Near East Rellef. Mrs, Oster, in her letter, forwarded to President ‘W. A. Spicer of the General Con- ference, gives a graphic recital of their experiences. = is wanted. Lock up the explosives, and especially lock up those given to drop- ping matches. The churches must pro- mote the new spirit which is neces- sary.’ bl The prime minister said that he at- tached high hopes to the league of na- DENOCRATS FAC " SPLTIN PRINARY Non-Partisan League Issue Is Raised in Oklahoma. Contest Close. By the Associated Press, OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 29.— ‘While the democratic party of Ukia. homa would be split should Mayor J. C. Walton of Oklahoma City win the nomination for governor, Tuesday's primary continued tod®y to be one of the paramount questions debated Tn the state. Mayor Walton's acceptance of the indorsement of the Farmér- Labor Reconstruction League, which has a program patterned largely after that of the Non-Partisan League of North Dakota, has brought down upon him the bitter opposition of a big section of the democratic press of the state and that of followers of Wal ton's two opponents for the nomina- tion, R. H. Wiison, state superintend- ent of public instruction, and Thomas H. Owen, former justice of the state supreme court. * D. O, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1922.~ CATHOLIC PRESS URGED To FIGHT RACE HATRED McGrath Says Church = Papers Wust Sounteract Move to Craute Religious Prejudice. 3 By the Associated Press, CLEVELAND, Ohlo, July 29.-2Coun- teracting the efforts of societies that tend to create religious, racial or political prejudices - should be the principal parpose of the Catholic newspaper, Justin McGrath of the press department of the National Catholic elfare Council, Washing- ton, D, C. told delegates attending the opening session of the annual convention of the Catholic Press As- soclation of the United States here yesterday. Mr. McGrath also told the delegates that the recent decree from the Vati- can, ordering the dissolution of the National- Catholic Welfare Council, had been rescinded. Sl e B. & A. MAIN LINE CUT. FPlood Causes Fifty Feet of Right of Way to Crumble. EAST CHATHAM, N. Y., July 29.— The main line of the Boston and Al- bany raflroad between Chicago and Boston was washed out here last BALTIMORE CHIEF COUNTS BOOTLEGS Rum Sellers’ Census Under Way Despite Their Immu- nity Under Local Law. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 29.—Notwith- standing the fact that under a ruling of Attorney General Armstrong they have no authority to arrest for viola- tions of the Volstead act, Baltimore police are taking a census of the known and suspected bootleggers here. That such a census is in the mak- ing was admitted by Police Commis-, sloner Gaither, who said it was being done in connection with the annual listing of the city's near-beer saloons. The commissioner denies that the information is for prohibition author- ities. He considers it, he says, valu- able data for the poiice to have at hand, but that is all. Commissioner Gaither further says that he con- templates no general action against f‘" than the law allows are belng tabu- lated now. The purpose of this i1 to list the possible “disorderly cen- ters,” the commissioner says. Police are now compiling the lists of the saloonkeepers ‘and the bout- lbel‘erl known and suspected on their eats. GUASS cannoi be .:c onzd oy year —i: ' a matter of generatiors. Orce built, that home s..uld be- come a la -ag thing of beauty and satisfaction and economy. If you contemplats ki ’lding a home, by all means con- sider polished plate glass for beauty, satisfaction and economy. “Feng has been elevated to the gov- New Regime. ‘iviilzaunn_l;mlry” Speaking of the sud- | tions. ,?'u ,,h,idl that. civiligacion would ll\'.;ar;m! lt:: :)nl:ll;g;::onc{ge:n;g; :‘.‘f,‘“z;”}:‘:fi:f.fi:‘°:‘,.:’ ;;,,‘:L‘;md.::; :hemboflm‘f"fiq?x;rm"" St e e Bt e S ernorship of H. writes | denn: with which war came, he said: | e safe the league succeeded. If it|m rafficking in . Binhop: Grayee. haracters “The war germ is like any other failed, civilization was doomed, he|has a chance, but Walton makes 88 |crumbled beneath the force of swollen | = Last year a census was taken of the Founded 1864 istic of him that when he attended germ. You do not know that you have | thought. broad claims to success, rivers and streams following a se-|near-beer saloons of the city, but, so HIRES TURNER a big reception recently in his honor | YUAN-HUNG DISCOURAGED |l jntil jt has got you, 1t is of peo —_— vere rainstorm. Hundreds of passen- |far as is known, no attempt was he rode to the M. C. A. hall on a use arguing with an epileptic when the MAJ. NIX TRANSFERRED. gers of the Twentieth Century Limit- | made to list the bootleggers ut that GLASS COMPANY ed were being cared for last night on a the eastern end of the washout. Ar- rangements were made to transfer the passengers by automobile to the time. The census showed that there were 1,800 near-beer dispensaries in about 300 more than when prohibition went into eftec fit is on him. There is that atmosphere in the world now and the explosive materinl is scattered over the face of Europ: ORDERED TO CAMP MEADE. Capt. Charles E. Hart, ordnance department, at the arsenal. Water- been ordered to Camp bieycie with a few unarmed attend- instead of being surrounded by - . i - WASHINGTON, D. C. |Strike of Department Employes Ronslyn, Va. Maj., Raphael R. Nix, ordnange de- plrlr’nenl.nsl Fort Monroe, Va., has been assigned to the command the : “When a match is dropped it is too | town Mate. bas = Cur & ordnance reserve depot at [other side of the washout, where they | Near-beer saloons known to be or _ = he Shend ung , or, * Here the Christian ed a sermon from the| that knoweth to do ood and doeth it not, to him it is sin He appropria inds a sum sufh ens to Spread. BY WILLIAM R. GILES, By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News, Copyright, 1922 PEKING. July 29.—The position of the Chinese government is steadily becoming more difficult. One strong political party has drawn up a de- nunciation of LI Yuan-Hung, the provincial president, because he dis- missed the parliament of 1918. This be his political death knell. Kun, leader in Chihli, is mak- @ strong effort to obtain the nomination for president, but is be ing opposed by Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, whom he helped in overcoming Gen. Chang Tso-Lin and his forces. The majority of the members of parlia- ment demand that Tang Shao-Y1 shall be premler because of his clo s " The Star Provides a Liberal Education in Current Events It Wiil keep you thoroughly posted upon every- thing that’s happening the world over. Conducted with conservatism that first authenticates what it ted out of his private e for the city until| be obtained for! me time announcing | ouldn’t work for a| Honan.” Episcopal mi Ch them, at that tho: living must leave ceording 1 ‘ sicians declared in stored to health b a Christian Thousands of braced tb leader, the fleld servi n character, on "‘mhp’;f:::”lx‘ ¢ Gen. Feng himsclf»}d with the southern Ch i 1 v, Feng Is somew ~com. | M€Se. ver, that the i ]l i > f : ciietons Tea Sichon| oL & S prmts——-t at 1t may be read with the utmost confi- Graves said. “but there is no question | jent regarding polit a ; at all of sincerity. He shares|he {s hurrying troops into the n- hard condition: JOINS WIFE’S VACATION, FINDING HER DROWNED with his me ity of the great wall. [of his i dence. On account carry out the plan he lald down at the time he accepted the presidency, Li Yuan- Hung is greatly di tened. His | depression is increased by the in- trigues of the politicians. Three days ago he packed up his personal be- longings. stripped the palace of all his effects and ordered a train to take him to Tientsin. He was per- suaded to remain only by the strong pleadings of Gen. Wu Pei-Fu. Employes of the ministry of finance have struck on account of their in- ability to collect their long overduc salaries. Employes in other govern- { ment departments threaten to do likewise. THE WEEK Eplteme of Events Up to suly 29, 1922, bility to Enterprising---in that no expenditure of money or energy is spared to obtain the best in news service and special features. Mystery Surrounds Death in Lake of Spouse of College Professor. “The ar- rival of her husband to spend the re- mainder of a v ion with former school friends revealed the identity of the woman drowned in Lake Men- dota here Wednesday as Mrs. Grace | Bostwick Pease, wife of Dr. R. B. Pease, professor of h Municipal Universit; Mr. Peasa Peached on yester- day, expecting to find his wife at the home of A. J. Myrland, secretary of the Wisconsin tax commission. of the drowning of Appealing---in the wholesomeness that pervades its columns---and their freedom from word or sug- gestion that can offend propriety. * Every issue of The Star---Daily and Sunday---is a wide-awake, clean, complete newspaper. Read The Star for a comprehensive digest of the political outlook over the country, as reported for Star readers by staff corre- spondents “‘camped on the field.” ead The Star for the special articles cabled over by special corre- spondents, giving local expression to the mobmentous questions happening across the seas. ead The Star When informed a woman in Lake Mendota and _the futile attempts to identify the Body Mr. Pease visited the undertaking es- tablishment and recognized his wife. It is not yet known how the woman was drowned. Her body was found early Wednesday. Her clothes on the bank were dry, despite the fact that it had rained up to early in the | morning. No marks of any kind were on the body, so that police discounted any belief that her death had been caused by violence. Mrs. Pease at- tended school at Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass. MATHILDE NOT ENGAGED, MRS. McCORMICK SAYS Heiress Merely Has an “Under- standing” With Her Swiss Riding Master. By the Associated Press, GEN . July 29—Mrs. Stanley R.| McCorm of Chicago, discussing the reported engagement of Mathilde Mc- Cormick to Max Oser, the former Sw riding master, said: hough there is an understand- FOREIGN. Presiden Obregon of Mexico will ratify debt agreements made in New York. Former Premier Orlando of Italy invited to undertake formation of new cabinet. Poles face civil war over formation of cabinet. NATIONAL. Strikers must return to work bo-% fore Congress will act. American | Legion demands that Gen. Sawyer quit on account of alleged obstruction | of veteran hospitalization program. Anti-strike bill introduced in Con- gress. Trackmen threaten to join shopmen on strike. Senator du \)‘um‘ facing contest in Delaware. Inter- state Commerce Commission takes over rail control. Hope of peaceful | lsclllemenl of strike centers on Whita i House. President's three proposals | | may bring end to rail strike. Three | {railroads ban ordinary freight speed up movement of coal. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Centralization of control of United States property in the Dist of Columbia planned. District archi- tects rush work on new school plans. Read The Star for the News—as it is gathered by the Associated Press, that great organization whose reportorial machinery en- circles the globe. Read The Star for the famous Editorial Section that is a feature-on Sunday—with its important articles upon major subjects, by men and women most capable of handling them. Just now William Allen White is contributing a series Read - The Star | Magazine = T 0 ing between Mathilde and Oser. it | a Guaidss of ih % y o S ” . cannot be called an engagement. We il R L ML LR T of articles on “As I See It. p S tl hope that Mathilde will wait another | weeks~of training. _Commissioners | announce that every real need to go Five Knickerbocker her majority, before deciding on mar- | inyo estimates. rlage : = e indictments thrown out by local 5 o T e Sraick, ith her mother | court. District attorney planning ap- | A highly specialized col- Jus itital peal of Knickerbocker decision quash. A 2 7 0 - ik . 4 - Ui November ohe il roeiere,un- ling _indictments. Assessments _of lection of the best in current for the Comic Section, in which the famously funny friends _and _ relations. including | District of Columbia property ralsed - literature—from famous folks cut up their ludicrous antics in the Colored Section 30 per cent. {to begin September 1. Canon Henry R. Talbot accepts call to New York pastorate. Efforts at profiteering in | District on aecount of rail strike re- ported. Local strikers remain firm. American Automobile Association favors gas tax reciprocity. Commis- sioners favor $1,200,000 street paving Harold F. McCormick, Mathilde M Cormick and Mr. and Mrs. Laird Be of Chicago. The chateau occupied by the McCormicks once was the prop- | erty of Napoleon. NEW YORK, July cormick of Chicago on Sunday to the amusement of young and old. ead The Star for the comprehensive reports on Sporting events. The Pink Section on Sunday espedially is a weekly treat for the “fans” of every sport and pastime. authors. Each Sunday’s of- fering rivals its predecessor in attractive interest. \ Eddie Cantor’'s Big Song Hit, e Y imate. City heads take steps t ster, w sal | estimate. 2 4 0 §er = Tow on the Majestic, it was learned | provide District'with coal. . “I Love Her—She Loyes Me' today. i i ea From “Shuffie Alohg” e ¥ A Cycus oL Mcomranied by her E With Words and Music for the Rotogravure Section—reproducing in graphic uncle, Cyrus H. McCormick. ALVEAR VOICES REGRET AT NOT VISITING HERE Ry the Associated Press. PARIS, July 20.—An Is a Feature of Next Sunday's Magazine. AGENTS SEIZE RUM SHIP. | picture the personages and events that are holding first place in the news of the hour. ead The Star for the financial news—a comprehensive resume of the movements of the money market and the activities in investments. v for the Anne Rittenhouse Paris Fashion Letters, and you will get a correct idea of “what’s going to be what” in feminine wardrobery. Read The Star for the gossip of the Stage and Screen. A Section on Sunday 1s devoted to the movements of actors and 250 Quarts of Liquor Aboard Blat at Pensacola. | i i i “Lost—Two Purses and a Heart” } PENSACOLA, Fla, July 29.—Fed- i i Fiction by Holworthy Hall. “The Cholera Demon in Paris” By Sterling Hellig. “Startling Things in the Pie Belt” By Sehvell Ford. “The City Man and ‘the Primitive” L i eral prohibition agents were waiting at a dock here when booze runners attempted to land with 250 quarts of choice liquors, and succeeded in cap- turing the whole lot, seizing the launch, two automobijes and arrest- ing two persons. invitation from the American government to Presideut- elect Alvear of Argentina to visit the ! U'nited States prior to his inauipuration | was received today h by Senor Alvear Argentine _legation at President Harding also d to Senor Alvear an ex-1 the has conve pression of the sure which the Pres- : . : . ident of the Un States personally | actresses who are in the public eye; and the plays and By Marjorie Wilson. would feel at roce sident-of Argentina at the Senor Alvear replied owinz to the brief time at his disposal before | '~ assuming his dcties as first citizen of Argentinia, it would be unpossime for him to accept the invitation from the United States. He requested the Ar- gentine minister at Washington to transmit to President Harding and the American government his' “sincere thanks and decpest regrét.” POLICE SEEK LYNCHERS. Band of 100 Kills Negro, Who Fought With Foreman. TEXARKANA, Ark., July 29.—Au- thorities today were without a clue to the identity of the band of 100 men who yesterday shot to death John West, negro, near Guernsey, Ark. following a quarrel between We: and Henry Worthington, paving fore- man. West and Worthington came to blows following a dispute over a drinking cup, both using sledge ham mers, but neither was seriously in- jured. West later was sald to have heen warned to leave town and he boarded a train at Hope bound for Texarkana. hen the train reached playgoers. Read The §tét for the Society notes—what people are doing this sum- mer and where they are sojourning. these days. Subscribe for The Fventng Ssiar—The Sumiay Stur Regularly Let the Star Carrier Service leave it at your home every day. 60c a month. 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