Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1922, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, DECEMBER - 25, 1922. AR RULING Y BRITAN Declare They Will Not Recog- | nize It as Part of Irak and Mesopotamia. OFFER OIL CONCESSION Deny Population of Disputed Ter- ritory Is Chiefly Kurd. o Associnted Press USANNE Se ment of the Mosul dispute rec a setback when the Turks notified the British delegates that they could not December accept the British contention that Mosul is part of Irak, and ,therefore. of ma. over which there is a British mandate. The allies and n trying to solve this m ever since they arrived in ne by meuns of private discus- t will come into the conference in connection with the = fixing of Turkey's boundartes. Among Richest in World., The Mosul o -lds are said to be among the richest in the world. Under the Remo agreement England per cent of the out- came to that the most of Turkey ion =land h. but British to gave France put, with but the Turkey rgument aining belongs the popu M the oil chiefly Turki to reco say they work the t ks want as Tur the sul low oil ficld Recently Enszland sent Aum to the Turkish dele that on ethical. histori and cconomic grounds Mosul was really part of lrak. Turkey's swer is @ refusal to accept the British arguments. In an eightes document the Turks ins Mosul vilayet should separate from the rest ¢ a part of Turkey Deny People Are Kurds. ¥ that the populat chiefiy Kurd. and th ul should hat Mosul al part of a memoran- arguing political They Mosui sacial Irak. & must Tur- rmined stand adds an other vi m to the list which must be settled when the delegat r uble after Christm The United tes has a preat interest in the L of Mosul, because of the oil supply. e WO00D ALCOHOL TOLL. 1 DEAD, 14 STRICKEN “Christmas Party™ at Shelby, Ohio, Mistakes Contents of Jug for “Corn Whisky." SHELBY Ohio, Ralph, Longley other ember is ad. two men are reported near death and a dozen are ill here as a result of a “Christma * at which wood al- eohol is lice to have been use in the belief that it was “corn whisky.” Police are holding one alleged mem of the party pending further investiga- tion, Longley was to have played Santa Claus at a family gathering He and his companions are® said_to have partaken of the contents of a jug early in the morning. Soon after Longley became very sick. dving within few minutes. The two men believed to be dying are in_a hospital emed with blindness from convulsions. physicians s Police have the jug from which the men drank. and sa\ ontained wood aleohol. a small guantity ning. SPECIAL NO! OFFICE MUTUAL F Company of the D str 13th st. and New York Policy holders are notified th the rate o managers hav ed paid to the poticr- Eolders 3 return ording to_ the Talue of ench poliex on the riirty-firet das of last December. Policies must b presented indocsement of the payments, except w held in connection with loans. in which case thes slonld be brouzht in later to have dupli- cata pavments entered. The last Monay a lezal holidar this vear. the office ore wi clection of trustees will be held at . “2ist street and Virginia Washington, . C.. o Januars o clack p.m. CHAS. 1T v ;”HZ ANNTAL M N STOC! ollers of the Columbia Permanent Baild Association for the e T eld on Tuexia p.m., at the office of the association, st open from 3 to 8 p.m CE I. GESSFORD, See- ing of oal Bank of Washington, ion of directors the shareholders of fi D. ¢ nd “the tranea The polls will 12 THE AN and_directors for the iation will be held o ON OF OFFIC] merican Ruilding Asso- Thursday, January 4, 9 surer. 274 1 WILI, NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A hody's debts hut my own. 1428 New York ave. OFFICE_OF THE FIREM Company of Washington and Georgetown, 7th at. and La. ave. n.w.—The stockholders of the Firemen's Insurance Company of Washington and Georgetown will meet at the office on . January 1, 1923, for the purpose of electing_thirteen directors . for the ensuing TFolls open from 11 a.m. to 1 ALBERT W. HOWARD, Secretar; Let us estimate on your 1923 Printing Requirements. The National Capital Press 12101212 D _st. " Holiday Buying’s Over DOJ, PRINTING PLANT : “Turn_ attention to your ma- Reliable e now, and rum it up ‘oar was epairs. Painting, etc., Auto Re- are hesded. Well make s i sfactory job of it, and the PAITING. | price will pleuse you. " R M.cReynolds & Son ts in Painting, Slip Covers and T L st mow: Main 228, ‘from Baitimore, PI N3 SroRAcE & SHEDD, Fireplace Fixtures. Avdirons, Rad 706 10th Graten. antSre Heaters, ete. Now EFor 1923 dif t, printing—ao order too big or Highgrade—but not high-priced, THE SERVICE SHOP, BYRON S. ADAMS, Ziares, A“N?w Roof With a Brush = Lausanne ! ul { ¢ | meat. he : | Iaw. - | Boston. a_daughter of the late Judge ;| Wendell Thornton Davis and Mary Russell Davis. Her father was one of the best-known jurists in Massa- iichusetts In his day and her mother tion of three directors | la ity SMITH'S TRANSVER, e, - tof living, Santa his reindeer stock | choicest Hit by the hizh has taken and is placing some of his animals on the meat market in orde to et funds to buy gifts for his sack “This is the way he squeezed through | ready laying plans for next In putting 1.600 reindeer on the from Alaska, to be used rted a business that he forced to turn over to his tviser, Carl J. Lome his troubles over the year | market has been confidential who is having propositio Lomen Having ‘Troubles. Here's the way Mr. Lomen puts up the proposition “I've taken over Santa Claus’ rein- | deer herd in carnest. He picks out| | the specdiest of the deer each year ) take care « | are about 35,000 reindeer in | In Alaska there are about 0 reindeer, but most of these {in the hends of the Eskimos. who are { wards of the government just as the r herds. { Indians ar | ow we have to ship our meat to the states. Our one bank in Nome | {was a correspondent of both the! andinavian-American Bank of Ta- { coma and the Scandinavian-American | Bank of Seattle. When they failed. | vou can see how our credit was tied up. | “The government has a war finance {corporation which is aiding industries n all parts of the United States. It has proven a sodsend to many of | them. Alaska needs help. But the | bank through which the loan could | be obtained is not the type that the finance corporation has dealt with. yur Merchants and Miners' Bank rporated for only $50.000 orig- | It has had a sort of a limp- inally ing careep since the two banks men- | itioned ed. Now, it's up to me to! in way for the reindeer !MRS. JOHN CONNESS DIES } ON EVE OF BIRTHDAY | § | Widow of California Senator Was | Well in Washington. | Known Coi who hington as the wife of | Mrs. John | known in V !the late Senator Conness of Califor- nia. died last night on the eve of her| | birthday at the home of her daughter, | i3Mrs. Benjamin conson, in Baby- | ilon, Long Island. News of Mrs. Con- | ness” demige was received here early | this morning by her daughter-in- Mrs. Edith H. Conness of the Cumberland 4 Mrs. Conness was born in Gr&en- ifield, a small settlement adjacent to a member of one of thé Bay State’s most distinguished families. Mrs. Conness was a prominent fig- ure in Washington society during the econd term of President Lincoln. enator Conness, one of the original forty-niners,” went to California during the first gold rush. His suc-| cess on the Pacific coast resulted in his being elected to represent that commonwealth in the United States i Senate, and he served with distiz~tion throughout the trying days of the post-war period. | Besides Mrs. Haakonson, Mrs. Con- ness is survived by another daughter, Lady Louisa Rich of London; four sons, Irvin Conness of Wyoming, George Shepherd Conness of Arizona, Thornton Conness of California and Leland Stanford Huntington Conness of Milwaukee, and two sisters, Mrs. Charles E. Clark, wife of the late Rear Admiral Clark, and Miss Davis of Greenfield, Mass. —_——— RUBLE STILL DECLINING. ILnte in November Dollar Brought 1 25,000,000 of ‘Them. MOSGOW, December 25.—The Rus- sian ruble contipues constantly to decline, and as a result the price of every commadity in Russia has in-| creased. | Since November 1 the prices on | food have gone up 72 per cent, and on clothing and other wearing ap- parel 60 per cent; while wood, which is extensively used in Russia as fuel, has advanced more than 100 per cent. During the same period the rate of exchange has gone up only 15 per cent. Late in November the dollar brought 25,000,000 rubles. DRUG STORE DAMAGED. Overheated Gas Stove Causes Blaze in Hanover Street Home. ‘ Fire was discovered on the first floor of 2000 E street, drug store and residence of Henry C. Sweeney, this morning shortly before 2 o'clock. An alarm summoned several companies of firemen, who succeeded in confining the blaze to the lower floor. The fire did a considerable amount of damage. 1ts origin was not determined. An overheated gas stove yesterday afternoon was responsible for a fire in the kitchen at the home of J. M. Lewis, 55% Hanover street, yesterday afternoon. The fire did $100 damage. —_— Editor (criticising employe)—That’ your business—you are in charge of the “Actualities of the Week” column. Reporter—There are none. Editor—What- do T care?- some!—Paris L'Illustration, ~ i | An Exkimo aund hix reindeer, hitched to a sleigh. rapidly in Alaska. \Alaska Man Here to Seck Aid.' for Reindeer Industry A new Ald ix axked induxtry, th the government help | sorporation.” | of Alaska to some dustry et through the war finance Atded Red Crows. Lomen Mr Sy LAk e through with $00 per cent sub: tion to the Red Cross during the war. She gave more tha times” her | quota to the third loan, when the average oversubscription in this country w it 110 per cent When President Wilson sent a pound of wool front the White House sh to be sold in New York for war project financing he got $800 for it When he sent the pound to the state’ of Washington he got $300 for it. ‘When he st it to Alaska it was bid up to 3 i Lomen believes that the rein- ind which is now in its 1cy. is giving promise of Erow ing into an industry which may in, time surpass « basic logic ror 3 that when reindeer are properly itreated 1 specifically for ! meXt purposes, just as steers are, the meat is as zood as if not better than for hix sleds and lets me conduct his Eirian iy ety | Dwel. He states the continuance of | [ Rusinoasio L e e O o demand for meat and the gradual en-| a profit to fill all the stockings | croachment of agriculture on cattle | raising in the United States will ate a growing market for reinde 00,000 Square Milen. 200,000 square miles. or that suitable for gra lor five million reindeer & there, Mr. Lomen says, and in norf ern Alaska agricuiture is mot as become s0. While he is telling these figures he | backs them up by quoting govern- mental and privately recognized au- thorities on what he is saying, refer- i the biological ring continually to | survey as well as to the bureau of education. ir. Lomen points out that the kimos of Alaska are wards of the vernment. He adds that there are 1.500 of these people who depend on reindcer for subsistence and who need an outlet for their surplus. He draws the conclusion that in_ aiding the industry the government will aid its own wards. who will in turn be aided by the growth of the industr: POLICE TO KEEP EYE NEW YEAR EVE ON i1 Holding a sparkling glass of ginger ale aloft, one good fellow will say to his merry-making pals: “Well, boys, let's drink a toast to the old year and a welcome to the new.” “Oh, come on. One more sarsaprilla won't hurt us before we go home,” another spendthrift will chirp as the evening wears on. This may not be the order of things at every watch party this vear, but Commissioner Oyster and Maj. Sulli- van are determined to do all they can| to uphold again this year that law of the land better known as the eighteenth amendment. The major today denied rumors that the police already have certain places under suspicion for possible viola- tions of the dry laws on New Year eve. The police will be on the job, however, and the unwelcome chimes | of the patrol-wagon driver may ring in the ears of revelers who are so rash as to bend their elbows in pub- lic at New Year celebration: FORMER PUBLISHER DIES. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, December 2 —Warren A. Myers, thirt even years old. prominent manufacturer, banker and former newspaper publisher, died this morning of heart disease, after an illness of two vears. He was sec- retary-treasurer of the Robbins & Myers Company, manufa turers of electrical equipment, and always was active in civic movements. He was publisher of the Springfield Sun for a number of years. CRASH KILLS ONE MAN. MACON, Ga., December 25.—Charley Thaxton of Cabiness, Ga., is dead and his brother Ernest is in a local hospi- tal, the result of a head-on crash of automobiles near here. W. L. Lovelace and W. C. Richardson, occupants of the other automobile, told the police that the Thaxton car had no lights, Abe Martin Says: o Some folks ‘Il pay if they've got it when they think of it, We don’t know any “jay walker” ’cept Johnny Walker, . (tmnvsimh¢ Natious! Newspuper Service.) TWO OF SANTA CLAUS' ABLE ASSISTANTS. of raising reindeer for meat, Ix growing | o put it on its feet. | Dr. Anna M surgeon for a 15 the only one | such rank | | profitable as grazing, and will never i i DRY LAW EVADERS| ! S Make | an’ we hain’t seen him fer years. ! {GOLOMBIA HONORS - NATIONAL PATRIOT Bu§t of Gen. Santander to Be Placed, January 4, in glving evidence of great ability as a | functions of president while Bolivar ! undertake the duties of this office be- leader and hero. Because of the in- vasion of Spanish forces sent by Fernando VII to reconquer the Span- fsh-American colonies, Santander in 1816 retired,to Casanare for the pur- | pose of organizing & new army. In 1519 he inaugurated with Bolivar the campaign which ended in_the great battle of Boyaca, on the Tth of Au- | gust. This battle was of far-reach- | ing’ importarce to the cause of the revolted colonies. Dr. Bingham in 1306 uncertook a trip, following the route taken by | Bolivar and Santander. ‘Comparing this march with the famous advances of Hannibal and Napoleon, Dr. Bing- ham says: “We feel as though we was engaged in completing the strug- | cause of political changes in his own gle for independence in Venezuela, |country. He went to Europe in 1829 Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. He gave |and came to New York in 1831. He evidence of great qualities as an ad- | there received word of his election t« ministrator and organizer; at the|the presidency <f Colombia, which of- same time raising armies to continue | fice he fllled from 1832 to 1536, the struggle for independence againet Edward Livingston, Secretary of Spain. Because of his unnwervlux]Suta of the United States during the adherence to the principles of the administration of President Jackson, constitution and laws of the r_vpuhhc‘ laced at his disposal a vessel of the he has been designated by his coun: | United States Navy to convey him to [ trymen as “the man of law" Colombia, but Santander refused this | In 1828 he was appointed minister | generous offer, preferring to travel iln Washington, but was not able to ' on a merchant vessel. H ! W. Ry. and L\, and Cap. Ir. Co’s bus line now running. Hall of Heroes. : were at last in a position to appreci- | ate the tremendous difficulties which | | _ were overcome by the, soldiers of | | Gen. Santander, Colombian patriot | Bolivar and Santander. They had to and one of the outstanding figures in | fln‘ll'rh : “-nrr‘bh;,fl":n :'m;ml;d'x::x‘fl”‘ s ¥ g :nt has rarely been equa - the hixtory of the Latin American re- | vy history. In fact, it is not easy | | publics, will be honored when a bust | to portray them so graphically that | of his likeness is placed in the hall of | they can be appreciated by those who ve not experienced the triais of a Massachusetts Park i heroes ‘of the Pan-American Union | ¢iv RO SFRCEEE e s | - 3 % with fitting exercises January 4. The | prising. that South. A n | Surrounded by Wa.shmgwns finest residential sectior. Jrepublic of Colombia hax sent the fond of comparing Bolivar's feat to Containing seven million feet of forest-covered land, with that of Hannibal or Napoleon cross- | ing_ the Alps. | “The length of the march. the pov- | their inadequate six miles of improved streets. Includes what remains of “The Triangle of Increasing Values” between Connecticut, Massachusetts and Cathedral ave- bust to the Pan-American Union The bust will be formally present- ed in the name of the government of | €TLY of the count { Colombia by Enrique Olaya, m ‘:fimi::r,v\;'nx lll(w m;;n ;l,r fl‘]llfll}:lr ;:.d; from that country to “he United|dle and pack animals; intense heat 5 = B Cou i Te Yeceived in the |and penetrating cold every twenty- ! nugs (Woodley Rd.). Over three million feet of land sold. name of the governing board of the| four hours: a region infested with Ovér seventy homes from $15,000 to $200,000 built and Secretary aria; a se o Pan-American Union | of State Hughes. | “Ablest of Patriot Gen ntander, who died May Py under construction. Wooded villa sites, lots and finished homes of brick and tile, with lots from 50 to 115 feet front ; or if desired, we will build your home in the same substantial manner that has characterized our work since 1899. Park Office, 32d and Cathedral Ave. (Woodley Rd.) Middaugh & Shannon, Inc. Builder—Exclusive Agent—Owner. | nd gnow.. ice and [ hail in the p: te across ficoded rivers, over burning plains, into tropical jungles, and finally over | 1840, has been referred to by Dr. Hi-|a mountain pass thirteen thousand | jram’ Bingham of Yale Univ us | feet high. Add to these the fact that | “the ablest of the Colombian patriots” | they were half starved. their. only | 1t was due to his statesmanship and | food for weeks at a time being fresh- organizing ability that New {1y killed ‘beef, and they were ap- | (now Colombia) was given a complete | proaching an enemy that outnum- {eivil organization. | bered them, and one cannot but mar- | After “completing studies | vel at their coyrage and admire the | rains on the 1l torrential & o his law San Bartolome College. at RBogota, | tenacity of purpose that upheld aias 4 e . _ambulance | Santander, In 1810, entered. the serv- | them. vheld il Woodward Building, 15th and H Sts. Main 6935 Yurk hospital, | ice of his country in the struggle for | After this triumph of Santander he | Book! ailed of her sex holding | independence. From 1813 on he | was elected to the vice presidency of | ooklet mailed on request. | served under the orders of Bollvar. | Colombia, and, in fact, performed the Sell everything—Fbefore we move—to 1310-1312 F Street—That’s our idea @ Closing Out - Sale e’re going to dispose of our entire stock regardless of price. | Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes anhattan Shirts Mallory Hats Interwoven Hose ~ Stetson Shoes Clothing Held on a Deposit No Charge for Alterations ) | Raleigh Haberdasher 1109-1111 Pennsylvania Avenue