Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1922, Page 27

rangeq, l place. BRUSSELS STATESMEN - f WILL NOT FIGHT DUEL ormer Premier to Publish State- ment Satisfactory to Ag- grieved Minister. + Sas. ‘sne nnnisier tovk of- | fense "at remarks made by. M. Hy- mans in the chamber of deputies:aft- er passage of a measure making Ghent University 2 Flemish institu- tion. The liheral members of the|" cabinet recently announced “they would quit the government it the. uu was adopted. :(nlnm- forced ‘thelr Wway inta university and compelled those tending the l¢ct 3 ing. The rector freage A Press December 21.—The in- etween Minister of the| The students of Belgium univerai- d former P'remier | ties have decided on a two-day strike result of which|in protest against the chamber hav- Beborn’ on- challe M. Hymans to | ing made the Ghent a Flemish-speak- | posed to have le, a duel has been satisfactorily ar- ing univeérsity. 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NYSTERY ELEVEN GROWS N SUIGIDES Confuse Investigators. By the Assoclated Press. - NEW YORK, December il-—Of the more than 15,000 persons who com- mitted sulcide in this country last yéar, ‘a greater number -than evér before sought to cast mystery. over the manner of their golng. Dr. Fraderick L. Hoftraan, cansulting statistician of the Prudential Life In- surance Company of America, in an analysis of ‘sulcides in 3931 public last night report, “the facts and cifcumstances are deliberately confused to make the verdict ‘desth from accident’.tha In the majority of however, the surrounding cir- inces are suggesive of delib- planned self-nrurder: of ‘accidental polsening,’. ‘ac- cldental fally’ and ‘accidental shoot- ings,' are becoming merée prevalent, “But the most appalling aspect of the present-day - suicide problem is the recurring frequency.with which others are drawn {nto the tragedy of murder, and under conditions wblch are. frequently re ng." Thbles Hoftman's Rates. citles, to show that thé. suicide rate per 100,000 persons had increaséd to 8.7.in 1921, as combired with 1 1920 It was & fractfan higher the average—12.2—for the five: period, 1916-1920, but compared fa. vorably -With figures ‘for the three preceding five-year _periods, which showed rates of 17.6, 19.5 and 20.4, re- apectively. San Diego, Calif., set the high rec- ord for 1921, with ‘a suicide raté of San_Francleco _coming second, 7.3; Spokane, Wash, third, with and Los Angeles fourth, with Dr. Hoffman hazarded -the guess that this was because of the number of health and fortune geekers who migrate many of whom fail to-find what mzy are seeking. Twe_Citles Have Neme. Two_ cities in the list reported xero suicide r?teAmu Nem, Ohlo. and prefegr the nrootln( and hanging -routes. while the percentage of waman sufcid poison and asphyxiation. three times as many men as ‘women ended their own lives. 40.8 t y per cent of the female sruicides -uo! themselves, and 13.4 per cemt chose anging. Poison claimed 30.3 per cent of the woman suicides and as- phyxiation 20.7. Percentages for men by these latter methads. were respec- tively 12.5 and 11,1 per cent. That suicide goes hand.in.hand with development of civilisation was de- duced from charts of the southern states comparing negroes and whites. Negroes were shown to haye solved their difficuities by killing thelr fel- low men In the ratio of 24.8 homi- cides to 1.9 suicides. Whites in the same states had a homicide-suicide atio of 11.3 to 16. —_— MURDER JURY HUNG. Californian Who Beat Wife to Death to Be Tried Again. MADERA, Calif., December 21.— The jury In the trial’ Geo! Harlow, charged with murder in beat. ing his young wife to deat charged today after it agree. Harlow, who confessed’ to thorities he had beaten his wife afte: he had found a youth in th offered insanity as a aele trial. A coroner’s jury Ra a- . verdiet of. justifiable ‘homlcmo. which was disregarded by the district attorney. It was lnmneod Harlow will be tried again. COASTING TOLL HEAVY.. PITTSBURGH. Decembér 21.—On: boy is dead, .two youths are in ho: | Be yearly to the west eoast.(d LAST FIRE HORSES - INN. Y. MAKE WAY mn MOTOR TRUCK e:muu lon, “had By the Assoeiated Press. NEW YORK, December clatter of steel-shod hoof: out an aceompaniment of screams of a-fire engine siren, ve- sounded in-the streets of New York yewrerday for the last time. Samybey, Buck and Penrod; last survivors of the picturesque three- horse fire team, answered their last alarm. Polished and slesked for the occasion, the horses thurdered thelr apparatus from the house of engine cump‘n{ 205 in Brooklyn to Borough all, w! e!e there was a huge crowd, though mno fire. Fire Commissioner Drennan made a|. Inteeh and_the crowd turned from pimiring Eamybeg hiny motorized contnnllon That was to replace them. ‘Today the trio will start upstate to finish their lives on a farm, New ' fire-fighting vlp-nuu the ot m the world, is complete}y SANTA FE PRESIDENT REPLIES TO CAPPER Declades Senator Was Misinform- ed as to Earnings by : : Rallroad.’ TOPEKA, Kas., December 31.—Re- PiZiag to an address in the United States Senate made by Senator Arthur CI of Kansas on November 23, Xent W B. Storey of the Atchi- non Topeka and Santa Fe raliroad has issued an open letter in which he ll?l(. that the figures quoted per- e ed that the senator “evidently ad misinformed.” “‘You say that this year the Santa Fe is earning about 26 preferred stock and 13 per cent on its common,” says President Storey’s lette: “The actual figures are as follow: Our earnings for the first ten month:; have been $29,367,141, which gives us our - ten uoulhr proportion of (1) bond intereet, (2) per cent for preferred stock lnd ( ), the € per cent for common, with $2,604,705 sur- 'plus, -hlch 1s 1.1 per cent of the com- mon stock.” - mnrdln‘u\ho alleged statement Storey additional was spent in roviding additienal facllities,” and s not & “eash surplus.” FORM ANTI-WAR BLOC. French Deputies Have Strong Fol- lowing in New Move, PARIS, December 20.—8till another STOup Bas been formed in the cham- ber of deputies. It descr! 1tselt as being e ganized “for the suppres- sion of the erime of war.” The hon- orary president is Henry Pate. Other officialy include Admiral Guepratte, Paul Boncour and Jean Henne: Pederations and associations will be formed in the various departments, to which deputies and members of the organization will lecture on the abo- Htion of war. = KLAN DENIES CHARGES. Files: Answer to Ouster Proceedings in Xansas Court. TOKEKA, Kas., Decembder 21.—An answer denying all allegations as set forth in the ouster petition filed by Richard J. Hopkins, attorney general of Kansas, against the Ku Kilux Klan in Kansas has been filed in the su- et pitals with fractured skulls and eleven others sustained {njuries.in coasting secidents on Rills in and around Pittsburgh. One slett with five beys Rit a wagon. Another, carrying six younhgst crashed into an automobile. Willfam Truesdale, fourteen yvears old, steered B Does wear longer; will not scratch white; is waterproof; just the thing:for every room in the house. Will dry over- night in clear weather. “ *3:;'93.18 C'A' Q 1E N S bA\l‘INGJ BAN.\ er cent on its 1 | 1l L!Gl-!'l‘pgthPANY Five ‘Per Cent Morig'aae Bomls pons are payable in February and August, and dated August’ 1, 1911,-arid ‘mature on August 1, 1961." They -~ are also part of a closed first mortgage of $1,000,000 on - ‘the property of the Georgetown Gas Light Company, of which $650000 have already bcen 1ssued e Light Company is owned by the Washington Gas Light - Company. These-bonds will be sold for 90 and, interest . and will net the invester about 59-10 per cent and- w:ll be llsted on the Washington-Stock Exchange sas without Kansss! Wood, ajsa fijed a motiol named certuln Kansas|the summons in the c: ‘the den officers. The petition | ground that none of peraons The unruym Mentuflu utod mn the klan be. ousted from named in the case are vol\ the ia o it that: the state and restrained :rom eon- klan snd luthulnd to accept stm- o oonfim:t & ' ducting any business in Kansas. monl THE MANS SKRES “OF- WASHINGTN OH! LADY!! "‘I‘LL BE A MERRIER XMAS v If Y our Man Takes Advaniage of OUR SANTA CLAUS SALE - " SUITS & OVERCOATS =~ S A Rmembefi—flmr -are’. Y ou, Servative Models—Three-picce: Sa!t&—f?‘éant: Suits. In the Quercoats are Topcoats,:Heavy Coats; Storm Coats, Chester- field Coats, Raglans,: meno-flem wt:, Single-Breasted, - : Donble-Brea.rted : ; No Chlru for. Ak&dfib These bonds ére /in denominations of $500_éach, cou- The entire caplta stock of the Georgetown Gas A We reeomi’kend these Kunds.rab a_canser\ ative: and‘.- ROBERT I WEAVER President . Georgetown Gas Light Company HOWARD S/REESIDE, President . Pe s e g g A it g tigi