Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1923, Page 4

ry ® PROTEST D. €. VOTE | | ONBEER AND WINE Church Societies Declare { Move Is Not Sound ] Public Policy. Tndividuals and church organiza- tions today protested to the Com- issioners a proposed “poll” on light wines and beers, to be taken here by ¥, C. Harley of the National Lib- eral Alljance. The protests charac- terized the plan as out of keeping with sound public policy, and asked that such a poll be kept out of the streets and public places. Daniel 1. Garges, secretary to the issioners, sent the letters to tor Shelby, ex tive aid to . Sullivan, who issues permits for street demonstrations. The inspec- tor said that he had as yet received no request for a permit to place boxes on the streets for the purpose named. Mr. Harley, whose headquarters are at the Willard Hotel, said tha the poll would “start today,” and that a &roup of voung women had come to the city for the express purpose of conducting the voting. He said the booths would be on the street rners and in some stores Poll Denounced. ing the N al Liberal Al- lance and its president P, « Harley, the Gladiator, published by the Men's Organized Bible Classes of Washington, denounced the poll as “alleged.” Att ppealed to all “law- abiding persons’ in the District to refuse to participate in such a poll, and suggests “to those who op- posed to prohibition that they proceed in a legal and orderly manner to amend the Constitution of the United States—if the legally constituted ma- jority desires to do so—instead of participating in an unauthorized ref- erendum, the only effect of which is to_encourage lawlessness Thg statement was Andrew Wilson and maker. of the Antj-s the District; Mrs Shelton, W. C. T. U.: E. Federal Council of Churche: in America; W. L Darby, Federation of Churches; Willlam Knowles Cooper. Y. W. C. A.; Homer J. Councilor, Men's Organized Bible Classes of Washington; Clarence Wilson, board of tempera on "and public morals Methodist Episcopal Church; Wayne B. Wheeler, Anti-Saloo gue of America, and Herbert F. Randolph, Fastors’ Federation of the District — JOHN LEE BAKER DIES. Was Pioneer in Dairy Lunch Busi- ness Here. signed of Christ hington prohi- of the John Lee dairy lunch eighteen Baker, a business, years pioneer in the for the past connected with the r service of the Pennsyl- Iroad, died at Pittsburgh, Pa., according to information here by friends. He s fifty-eight years old. r. Ba came to this city in 1876 d e lished a dairy Junch service, which he expanded to other citie: Tater he entered the dining car service. He was a member of Washi Centenni. Lodg A the Knights Te of this city. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Mount Ver- non Methodi. piscopal Church. The in_Glenwood ceme- *. Chappell, pastor, Zton a som, J. f New York city, and four . Mrs. Laura Me ey, M Virginia B. th, Mrs. S. J. Harry and Mrs. Clara Q sh, all of this city. AIDS GERMAN CHILDREN. Red Cross Gives $25,000 on Ap- peal From Ambassador Houghton. Acting on an urgent appeal form the erman Red Cro endorsed by American Ambassador Houghton Berlin, the American Red Cross has appropriated $25.000 for the relief of suffering among German children. A me: ge from Ambassador Houghton made public at Red “ross headquarters here said: believe the situation as stated in the message of the German Red Cross | 1 no exaggerated. I am ad- ed, for instance, th; the milk sup- ply of Berlin is only one former quantity; that bre tion per capit v as{ sgainst 240 units before the war; that | in many wards of the city more than half of the children are tuberculous and that a considerable portion of the population here is wholly without Tuel.” — TALK ON PHILIPPINES. The Philippine Islands will provide the Inspiration for the program of the Massachusetts Society of Wash- ington to be given tomorrow might fn Masonic Hall, 1ith and Ken- von streets. An illustrated lecture on the life and customs of the people of these islands will be delivered by Mme. De Veyra, wife of the resident Phillppine commissioner. There will also be several numbers of Philippine musgic given Philippine instru- ments by Philippin. artists J. A ralla will sing “La Tagala,” ac- mpanied on the piano by Miss Es- tralla Amores. Miss Amores will also accompan frs. J. P. Delgado, who will sing ampaguita.” A short talk will be given by Rep- resentative Frederick N. Zihlman of | Maryland. Following the program, there will be dancing. An Army, and Marine night party will be given in the main ball- room of the New Willard Hotel Feb- ruary 8 and a large social affair for Mayors' night will be given on May 4. NEW RADIO CLUB HEAD. William A. Parks Elected Presi- dent to Succeed H. H. Lyon. Willlam A. Parks was elected to! succeed H. H. Lyon as president of | the Washington Radio Club at a meet- | i aturday night in the hall of the | A ation of Engineers, | 1317 New York avenue. i Other officers elected were: G. L. Bidwell, vice president; H. A. Snow, secretary-treasurer; H. A. Wads worth, assistant secretary-treasurer, and B. S. Flather, chief operator. The association is affillated with the American Radio Relay League, whose headquarters are in Hartford, Conn. The purposes of the associa- tlon are to promulgate better radio work in the District of Columbia both for professional and amateur opera- tors. Suggestions and descriptive talks are made at each meeting, which is held the first and third Saturday evenings of each month. The mem- bership now includes 115 wireless en- thusiasts. HIT BY TROLLEY; MAY DIE Employe of New Hamilton Rush- ed to Hospital in Serious Condition. ‘Thomas Barry, forty, employe of the New Hotel Hamilton, is in a critical conditicn at Emergency Hospital today following" injuries received when struck by a street car at 14th and K_streets last night. Tt is believed that he sus- tained 3 fracture of the skull Hix I lence Is listed: as. 4 «Mounti- Verne fitl. 4 z}mwhuu Avenue.. & { were gathered Given 2 Medals For WorkinF ire' NEW YORK, January 8.—National headquarters of the Girl Scouts of America today announced that Oressa Anderson, heroine of the Avereine fire, which last summer made 1,500 persons homeless at Rockaway beach, has been chosen as the person who “performed the most notable act of heroism in New York during the year 192 Miss Anderson, who is fifteen, will be awarded the gold medal of the Safety Institute of America and the bronze cross, the highest life-saving honor of the Girl Scouts. Aflidavits presented to Police Com- missioner Enright declared that Miss Anderson, dressed only in a bathing suit, entered two burning bungalows during the fire and rescued seven persons. In making the rescues Miss Anderson was severely burned about the face, hand and arms, and suf- fered a sprained ankle, but continued to aid others in fighting the fire, until it had been put under control. AXKILLER SOUGHT BY FINGER PRINTS Suspect in Murder of Hard- ware Man Faces Formal Charges Today. FIND EVIDENCE OF FIGHT Victim's Body Hacked in Many Places After His Death. ted Press. LAND, Ohio, January §.— Police today were prepared to com- pare bloody finger prints, photograh- ed from an ax found in the hard- ware store of Harry Keim, forty-six, with those of Fred Goetling, in an effort to connect him with Keim's murder. They also said they expected to formally charge the suspect with the murder. Keim’s body, hacked to pieces with the ax. was found in his store early ) rday. Apparently he met death after a struggle and indications are that he was struck with the weapon many times after his death. The ax was taken from Keim's stock by the slayer. oetling, his clothing and shoes covered with bloodstains, was arrest- his home in the neighborhood shortly after the crime was discov- cred. "A lodge receip: issued to Keim was found in his possession, accord- ing to the police. Goetling recently from the Lima, Ohio, state hospital, for the criminal insane. He was com- mitted to the institution two y. ago after he had written an anony mous letter to the police in which he admitted beating_to death with ubs Miss Lou Wolf and Miss Mabel Foote, Parma Helghts, Ohio, school teachers. Later he establish- ¢d an alibi, however, and repudiated his confession, saying he had written the leiter as a joke, Nineteen years ago Geoetling was convicted of & murder which parallels that of Keim and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Mansfield, Ohio, reformatory. He later was adjudged insane and transferred to the Cleveland State Hospital and later dismissed as cured. When arrested yesterday, Goetling told the police that the blood on his clothes was the result of a fight he and a companion had had with a negro Saturday night. Questioned by the police, his companion admitted having been with Goetling early Saturday evening, but denied they had been in a fight SHOWS ARRESTS GROWING UNDER PROHIBITION LAW Increase in Drunkenness and Peace Disturbances in Baltimore as Compared With 1912, Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, January §.—Arrests for drunkenness, disorderly conduot and distrubing the peace last year in Baltimore were about two-thirds more numerous than they were in 1912, according to a report prepared by a_ prohibition agent from police records _for Prohibition Director Edmund Budnitz. It is understood that the statisties on the suggestion of Prohibition Commissioner Roy Haynes. The aim of the plan, it i said, was to furnish a comparison of pre-prohibition conditions with those that now obtain under the dry law. The agent who gathered the statis- tics and whose name is withheld is understood to have made a frank statement about conditions as he found them. Here are some of the report disclosed: Arrests have increased from 36,564 in 1912 to 62,864, while population has increased only a little more than one- fourth. In 1912, under the open saloon, there were only 148 more arrests on intoxication charges than there were in 1922, After falling off the first year after the prohibition law was arrests for drunkenness increased at the rate of 2,000 a year. The agent, who made the report. it is understood, explained that Mary- land differs by tradition from other states and that a narrow viewpoint of conditions should not be taken. It is said he also made reference to the sister state of West Virginia which “voted itself dry by about 100, 000 majority,” and now conducts moonshining business which is said to provide “moisture verging on a flood.” HAMON’S WIDOW. GETS DIVORCE FROM ROHRER Claims Second Husband Made Her Object of Jiu-Jitsu Executions. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 8.—Mrs. Georgi Hamon Rohrer, widow of Jake L. Hamon, wealthy Oklahoma oil man and_political power who was slain by Clara Smith Hamon, has been grant- ed a divorce from William L. Rohrer, Chjcago clubman and art connoisseur. Mrs. Rohrer in her petition for the decree,charged cruelty, alleging that her husband ferquently had made her object of his skillful Jjiu-jitsu executions “causing great pain, an- noyance, discomfiture and physical suffering.” No alimony was sought and the settlement is said to have involved a renouncement by each party of all interest in the estate of the other. Mrs. Rohrer again will assume the name of Hamon. The widow’s estate from Hamon was estimated by her counsel at_$2,000,000. 3 The Rohrers were married here in December 1921, about a year after the deathof Jake Hamon, Sr., in Ardmore. et SR ANESE Mrs. Emma Vearfan is owner of one was released things his -of, the - largest sheep ranches in the west. enacted | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. GothamGirlScout|Passion Players Get $2.25 Each for Parts in Drama Anton Lang, Who Waived His to of Other Participants. By the Associated Pre OBERRAMERGAU, January 8.— Performers n ths years ‘*Passon Play” receved an average of 18,000 marks for their services, according to the final financial statement issued by the committee in charge. The sum represents about $2.25 at the prevailing rate of exchange. At least 528 hours were spent in actual performances. Sixty-six pres- entations were given between May 9 and September 26, each of which took four hours in the morning and four in the afternoon. Seven Months of Rehearsals. In addition there were seven months of rehearsals. As 1is commonly known, men who are candidates for the chief roles begin preparations years in advance by ralsing beards, since wigs and make-up are not al- lowed. Villagers also must bear in mind always—indeed from childhood— that good character is an essential to being chosen for the much coveted honor of participating. The complete cast this year in cluded approximately 1,000 persons, all of whom, as usual, were Ober- ramergauers. Of this number 124 were soloists, or had speaking parts. DENIES HE SAID KLAN WOULD ADMIT CATHOLIC Imperial Giant Clarke Also Dis- claims Talk on Foreign Membership Drive. Denial that he stated the Ku Klux Klan would admit members of the Roman Catholic Church and that the order would immediately commence a membership campaign abroad, as published recently from purported interviews with E. Y. Clarke, im- perial giant of the organization, is made in a statement sent to Dr. H. W. Evans, imperial wizard, which is made publio today. Considerable agitation was raised over Mr. Clarke's alleged utterances, for which an ex- planation was promptly demanded by Dr. Evans. In his statement to Dr. Evans Mr. Clarke admits a recent interview with a local Atlanta reporter, but declares his remarks were garbled and misconstrued. Four points are raised by Mr. Clarke, which are sum- marized by him as follows: “To summarize what took place dur- ing my interview with the reporters was for me to deny any knowledge of the Louisiana situation but to express my belief that the Investigation golng on would clear the klan of any connection with same, and for me to reiterate as clearly as possible the fact that the klan was not anti-Catholic or anti-Jew or anti-negro or anti-foreign born, but that its membership restrictions simply did not admit citizens in any of the above-named classes Into the ranks of the kian, but that this was chiefly be- cause the klan was a Protestant Chris- tian institution composed of native born White citizens and that klan has never said officially or unofficially that citizens in any of ‘the classes debarred from membership in the klan either were not or could not be good citizens of America, but simply that they could not measure up to the standards set for membership in the Kklan. “I then gave an explanation of the probable extension of the klan throughout the world—the reason for same being that we felt the white men of the world should be bound together in one great organization in order to assure forever the control of world affairs by white men, and I stated that one of ths most impor- tant parts of the work of the klan was to build up white men and make the race as a race worthy to remain in control of world affairs, and that if the white race was to remain in contrel of the affairs of the world it must be a fact that under the rule of hite men every human being ust have tte greatest of liberty, happiness, justice and peace that he couid have under the rule of any other race in the world, and that it this were not true the white race would lose its authority and its power in the world.” PRISONER IN MANN ACT CASE IS ON WAY HERE Henry McCabe, Arrested in Mas- sachusetts, Did Not Fight " Extradition. Local police authorities have re- ceived word of the turning over to federal agents at Springfield, Mass., of Henry McCabe, wanted in this city on a Mann act charge. McCabe, who had been in jail at Springfield, is on his way here, following his release on extradition papers made out by Gov. Channing H. Cox. McCabe will be tried here on the federal charge, which grew out of his arrest at Springfield last August while in company with Miss Ida A. Taylor, seventeen years old, of 913 3d street northwest. Shortly before his arrest George Taylor, father of the girl, no- tified the local police of his daughter’s absence. McCabe was implicated and the Washington police asked the Springfield authorities to hold him for Department of Justice agents. McCabe did not fight extradition, it is stated, and denied his guilt of the charge. The girl “followed” him to Springfield, he insisted. —_— The best asbestos is obtained from Canada and Italy. Canada alone is digging more than 70,000 tons a yeas. SEefE Mo en D000 tons a yeas, for all purposes. ClaflinOptical Co. o, 4% 8, Iry Muth First For Swollen Joints Most remedies fail but Joint-Ease succeeds. It's for joint troubles only, Wwhether in ankle, knee, hip, el- bow, shoulder, finger or. spine whether rheumatic or not, It limbers up stiff, inflamed, . paintul, creaky joints so quickly You'll be astonished. Two seconds’ rubbing and away it goes through skin and flesh right down to_the bore and liga- ments—that's why itsucceeds. Ask any reliable. druggist-mAdysrtise- ment. Portrayed Christ, Boost Portions A large number of women and chil- ren Wwere used, especially in the “moh” scenes. Anton Lang, who por- trayed the part of Christ for the third time, is reported to have waived his iright to a higher share of the re- |E ceipts In order that the average com- | pensation for the participants might be increased. Old Costumes Good. Tickets of admission produced an aggregate of 21,640.470 markss the committee’'s statement shows, while 5,806,393 marks were realized on the sales of librettos and photographs. The expenditures amounted to only 7,753,948 marks, having been kept comparatively low because little new construction ‘was required, many cos- | tumes were in good condition from ! the 1910 season, and all necessary dyeing of old material was done gratis by a Munich firm, whose man- ager is a resident here. More than thirty countries were represented by the 318,040 tors who saw the play this year. Elimi- nating 248,775 Germans, the quotas {by nationalities were headed by tourists from the United ates, who numbered 22,231 Other parts of the two Americas contributed 2,843 visit- | ors, while English and Irish visitors numbered 12,263. FRENCH ON RHINE KEEP IN QUARTERS Troops Ordered to Remain Off Streets in American Area to Prevent Clashes. By the Associnted Press. CORLENZ, January 5.—French troops under the command of Maj Gen. Allen iIn the American area have been ordered confined to quarters to prevent clashes between them and |E the Germans, The American forces here, num- bering 107 officers and 1,080 men, are carrying on all he duties ofoccupa- tion. Today there was a general feeling Qf tension and depression among the Americane, for the resolution of Sen- ator Reed passed in W, shington Saturday, was quickly accepted as meanning the beginning of the end of the American occupational forces on the Rhine. The men are giving themselves sixty days more of life here. with their incomes of $3,. 000,000 marks a year and upward. American Force Depleted. (, There are 280 officers and 1.423 men in the French forces at Coblenz under Gen. Martin, who Treports to Maj. Gen. Allen. The orders for the Irench Lroops to remain off the streets came from Gen. Degoutto, the allied cor mander in chief at Mayence. 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