Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1923, Page 2

*> , 1923 ; : TAXCFREE CHURCH OPPLSED BY TURK Delegation at Lausanne Re- "2 ¥ HOODED BAND MEN NAMED BY MAYOR R. L. Dade of Mer Rouge Identifies Four Who Held Up and Disarmed Citizens. . THE_EVENING: STAR. WASHINGTON, D. (., FRIDAY, JANUARY I GARFIFLD BUILDING (o _oF ‘TWO NEW BUILDINGS FOR GARFIELD HosplTAL'sEr;ms uj% SN PLAN ANNOUNCED i 3 ekl tomania Also Partial to Statues . and Munitions. Central Structure Sharing in $500,000 Fund to Be of Five Stories. RUSS JEWELS SAFE; “NO'I" TAKEN TO U. S.” Moscow Authorities Ridicule Story That Royal Gems Had Been Re- moved to This Country. cago Daily News. | | | By Cabte to The Star ana Ch | Copyright, 1923, | MOSCOW, January 12—The author- | ities here ridicule the story that the Russian crown jewels have been re- | | moved ' to the United States. M. | Basilevitch, a member of the state | security department, which has th |Jewels “in its charge, declared that| et {DRIVE OPENS TONIGHT LODKNGTOTRADE w5 e By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. , Copyright, 19 BERLIN, January 1z—Nothing is safe from the kleptomaniac instinct which has manifested itself in Ger- jects Allies’ Project for many since the war. American con- % sul in Stettin, Cornelius Ferris, came Five-Year Exemption. around to the consulate.one morning 5 jand discovered that the cobsulate's OTHER PLANS IN DOUBT copper sign had been stolen. { In Berlin bronze statues located at i HE WORE BLACK MASK IS | prominent intersections and weighing : : several hundred pounds each have!l ¢ Capt. Skipwith, Cyclops of Klan, e | disappeared n_ the carly morning Angora Government Attempts to be . yurs recently. But the most enter- = 4 Iy Asks for Conference With At- ber of Commerce to Address g prising thioves are in ;l((,mm{z.m‘erf‘ i Reopen Questions Which Were \ f i i i They invade the munitions factory torney General Coco. { PAY U S DEBI Dinner at City Club. { &imoat! Dikhrly and et aw 7 wm;} Apparently Settled. S AR = heavy booty. consisting mostly of! . . . p S o : idges, shells I loaded machine gun cartridg By the Associated Press | With the opening dinner of \:.mm.li and band grenades, which LE DOt | By the Associated Press JASTROP, La., January 12.—Rob- Hospital's $500,000 enlargement cam- { bandled with the utmost care, W LAUSANNE, Januars —The e Briti i i S MIERLE b ik | explode at the slightest wrong move |, 5o L e SRR < ort L. Dade, mavor of Mer mouse. | British Financiers — Cast [paisn scheauica for tonight at the In"all these cases the police have | Angora of Hassan Bey was today named Dr. B. M. McKoin, l“\l-l.] City Club, :he first public announce-} | been completely Ill)‘al:lllrd‘;in(;"“ehi‘v‘ ‘f()”')\\*ll today by a manifestation of K. Skipw Kelly Harp and 1 H i ne s made 0! z e not been able to trace the thieves. renewed intransigeance on the part I. K. Skipwith, Kelly Harp and Ed| Ahoyt for Way of Using Bills {ment was made this morning of the To meet Washington's ncute need for moderately-priced, hospitnl rooms, Garfield Hospital is (o put up this| = LA ho B e oance onidhoning Ivey as members of a Ku Klux Klan complete plans for the new “general | new bullding, containing seventy-eight private rooms, Fundx for the construction of thix and another building s urkish delegation. Band which hela wip and dlsurmed - . building” to be built with part of the | #re to be rafsed in a ipaign, the opening dinner of which will be held at the City Club tonight. X | At a meeting of the cor ‘Watt Dauiel, W. © irews and | of EXChange in Cancellation. fund. ‘This building is one of two for | : dealing with the ecc 4 Harry Neclis, Mer Rouge citizens, | which the fund is needed; the other | i \ lons the Turks rejected the near the villa « . La., 8ev- | oun the shipment of both gold and [one is the Nurses' Home, which has j l IMS { project flufl_!hc tax exemption ° eral months tor the KiAnaping | vooqe to this country from Great |Previously been described in the press. | | 5 erto granted foreign religious, s and murder of Daniel and Thomas ¥l prjtain in payment of her four-bil-| The speaker of the evening will be ! | | l:{l“'m d charitable institntions Richard last Augu ion-dollar debt surrounded with dif- | William Mather Lewis of the United | | % . { Turkey should-continue for five years, Previously, state attorneys an-|ficulties, if not impossibilities, the {States Chamber of Commerce. Clarence | | { after which they should be placed on that Capt. Skipwith. (\J“‘.(‘Wmmlwmnw from these two gov-|A. Aspinwall, who will preside, Is | o [ | the same footing as similar Turkish £ the Morchouse Parish klan, | op . i confer- | chairman of {he executlve committee . i . | y .,1 | Institutions. The Turks declared 3 |ernments gathered about the confe ar e exec 5 | Tne text +of Germany's protest v s in de- | ’ @ S o st conterence with ALl Ve ut the Treamury again ro- [0 Which Secrciary | Tughes 1| G A SAInat et in ot e et o o Wi Vovidnd | Gen. Rompel’s Meeting With | cauatity of treatment mu iey General Coco and his as- | gay SORETaeE A 0 ns orary ch ikt g ir 2. The default in the | {auy to consider among other plans| hairman. French, dated January 10, which was o L | hpmas i : | oth EOrS 2 e of_coal represents a deficit arirore ey aitermated to i in comncetion with thedhow and where Great Britaln, in the | Raising of the funa will begin to-[Dr, Percy Gordon Leaves |communicatea to the State Depart-| amounting to less than 4 per cent | ESSEN Burgomaster Marked | rmore, they attempted ¢ : fties in this parish: | operation of her world-wide interna- | morrow morning and will eontinue {ment by the German ambassador ‘\"Mi of the deliveries of coal to the en. : ‘ Jiti i""; 1 d"“‘”f ‘(U"\"‘“'" “'"”; ';n:' be e ot arer e |tions A6 20 e and use as | ntil the closing dinner, which will be T | tente pow since the signing of | i considered as alreadsy e e i order 1o | tional trade, could obtain and use ax | U the closing ainner, which will be | Tyo Notes, But Contents |terday foitow: | thetheee Gy i hvees | With Acrid Formalities Aol A L = ok e opera”la medium of pavment to the United (ouc the campdign weck dally rally { The French ambassador and im- | of°wood to Franee for 1922 only | | uneasiness in ‘allicd circles over the piils se klan since I8 'giataq bills of exchange | lunches will be held s E | mediately afterward the Belg | 20,000 cubic meters sawn wood and | i general problem of capitu i it the same time to ! | 1 1 o pecially as regards the special ¢ sstablish opcrations of the| Gold has been admitted by représenta- { No Cash Donnations. i Are Withheld. | charge d'affaires in Berlin hav. ,,',m,[;’ t;’l]-‘:L:H'l’;"" Boiee jane st { By the Associated Press, 5 g R ri]r'.f <4 egards the special black-hooded band was not under the | tives of both countries | Cash donations will not be sought. | e | this afternoon infarmed the Ger- | B CRENIG o e that Ger ESSEN, January 12.—How the com- 07 8F0 UOCCR 1o o n Bey broughit ir supervision of tiie kian : 1(:\’,"0‘:;.‘ the “question 1o pay l»}n.m:m pled will be asked Dro- |p. e vssociated Pre { man minister for foreign affairs in | many is in voluntary defau)t and {mender of the French xru"!wh"f ¢~ I structions from Angora that the Turkisi ssistant Attorney General Guion |a it due on account of the restric iding fo x nt of th %) It e oy { e Uy 1 nee an that this vel ult justi- had vait half a our on | de ion should no longer discuss th ho granted. No te was fixed r | world tor 1 of only about $9.000.- | Gifts may be made in thg form of tive for the apparent suicide ot Rev.| BelEium because of the defaults directed againet Germany on the |Uh° ¢itv hall steps for th il overnment has already abolished the “confarinc, Was said It i {00000 in which Great Britaln, {memorials~that 1%, Onas Moy, con: |Dr.: Fercy: Goudor, formes aasistant ared by the reparations com- . urt of these two Dowere {ter of Essen was revealed today. | fons : probable it Will be held fuacdiately. | according G0 (he latost 1931 estimates; | tribute onoukl) to bulld a Faom oF | ety gUOTIOM former mesistant | e an commiteed by German The existence | Gen. Rompel, commanding officer of | e no excimption from Wore Black Mask. | had about $ e of her | some other unit of the new structures | = T S NI L e exanukion ol ihe diiveilsis on the part of the Essen district, attended by a con- { for the Christian Dade Sl S ca “‘h-m ni. while t ed States holds | so establish that unit as me- {Pal Church, whose body was L e e | only deni. b s allad atihe | ade Letitied that on one Ku NI | more than a third of the entire world to some relative or perhaps |yesterday th a bathtub in his | wood ana coal. mave decidea im- | gh ¥ OCME SN SRRy A | tingent of French troops, ca | 13AE tietore. tha GRle ‘ he wora a hlack sk Te dediated | supply, or about $3,360,000,000. onored friend, “Memorial 0pPOT- | ment in Hotel Wolcott, remained un-| MClAtely to send into the Rubr | Franco-Belgian action represents jcity hall and sent his x»prvr‘r"nlfl“‘\‘—’ d opposition of the 5 e *h ejected. tles it 1s d, vary widely i . % ntrol missio composed o - a br o e treaty of Ver- 1otify Burgomaster Luth e d the Al e ot embers of the party .- F Bl e n’ \k“ml o Totnts required and. are’ exr|discovered today. ‘There was a bullet| €0ntrol missions, composed of en . Ot the treaty of °V |to notify Burgomaster l\}l‘l\r:r 'th:m it ! i s e : 0 ship &oods from the British em-|,ccted to be a popular means of giv- | wound in his right temple and a re-| Sineers and accompanied by the was waiting on the steps. Wort 4 1d be relieved of ti. mitted previously that | pire to America eufticient to_estaplish | FEC A b e ale an | tro ey 2 e Thves ATlgan Boeashcn: R s e it wasor s LI e eedie hine b klan band uge tr balan favorable to Gr S 3 volver with one empty chamber lay| ma t Coul ndi- na 1 a = - = % o Brrmpiog. e il i e . o to ¢ Tie) 1 ow lenGRb B " rmany’s defaults in her de- | S G naster | by pa . - Britain and unfavorable to the “Uni ooy gentral building Wl b lbeneath his right hana | cat arantee strict ex- of wood and coal would, |Im but that the deputy Busgomast'r W LN, ' Il o nas I eoniin e In depth, and of an at-| The contents of two letters, found| ¢Sution of the program of the rding to the note of the rep- |would recetve Gen. Rompel in his of-} o0, replied Diaining o the 'high protect i which will harmonize | near the body and evidently written| forca the pgyment of ropirations, | ions commission ‘of March [fice. as he was not accustomed o 0 | eral amnests ticd. | plaining of the high protective NIl Rt | n| force the pgyme ns. always only justify demands | terview calle > of the trip? | Wall and Americans objecting to o food | e Pl uildinES. | shortly before he had shot himself,| The control’missions will b placed e e deme to_the d e s Pl menti] e ted up to investigate a re- | of British goods in competition with the | . 2 - +| under Gen. De e, who will A . Ten mintces later Gen. R e port that i negro was running a gam- | front of the present|were not made public. One of the| ;. ."ry)1 qictatorial powers. " Any ncttne les does” 1, prench. captain to say he wished to) ! bling house in which white persons were learned, the commis- | 2dministrative building, facing Flor- | letters was addressed to Dr. Lelghton| local disturbances will be punish- | ot any al sanc- | g Burgomaster Luther himself, but | mitted to gamble with negroes.” g the possibilities of | 144 ave Parks, rector of St. Bartholomew's,{ ed with th 10st gevere coercive The measures allowed by the |10t until twenty minutes ““‘;‘.‘ ,‘"f;! A\gd :‘ u find that cc ndition to ¢ st to which the British | Porch and Lobby. {and the other to Dr. Gordon's son,| Measur A penalties. ot Ve “,M"f-,;, | was a T.\.\ e ‘wm“m‘ l:x;\en ri‘rlr’{]‘ No, the k." vley Baldwin, referred wide loggia or po a o] 52 ' ' *{ The German ministen fe % Alnas S | commander to the effec a Bringing to the holding | significantly in his opening address to S e iRy b,_‘,\»\',',',,,“"i"lh'- an undersecretary of the Amer-| cign affairs has lodged n protest ¥z Lo oo d by the |7 ther had returned and would re- | up of the Dade continued: | the debt conference. ported by six' columns two stories |ican embassy in Part - with the two foreign represent el t fcelve ompel in his office. There- | Neelis, L 1 ws had sto The exact state of British finances high 11 open upon a lobby, 32 by | Destased St Months Age: ] tives against action contem- e ipon the general -l"""mf‘f""‘l" “,'j | 5:’:“_“‘ ".f,,‘fl“"v‘\" Bl th e vae been taken into serious consid- |32 fe which will be conn by a esigned Six Months Ago. | Plated “beeause this action rep- The « T FEoveEnn Hars some of his _~[;.r‘y”4:{ , went to the | rojaliting in thel car. o ration by the debt conference with w corridor with the present administra- | ‘Dr. Gordon, who was about sixty| FeSents a breach of the treaties with enters a protest a jRaEgomaster S O iad il miseion ] v were.” iy e o wontermining what Great | tion buildng in the rear. On the right | vears old, resigned from St. Bartho-| *M of International laws. | oppression applied to 15 O ol arineast f Wrere thes whinped | Iuri‘rx;:n“u'rvum zv»» rz;mr- oy, 1;\ ‘nm wlll be the superintendent’s office and ‘Iio.. e e onth s e Says Germany Is Defenseless. many in contradietion with the ‘:ng -?a"‘! '\l- ot ha shoulderaior) ey jconnection, attention was called In a|other administrative offices, and a new's a s el s e rwinE te tha Qecliratione made treaty and international la "heé SrARARLY DomonS taastar vo- i ~ Saved From Whipstox. Sammary Gt (e Britieh Ainancial Con” | Duarirsom 11 by 32 Fet.” for ths | afterward he sublet hix New York| O L0 the eclarations made | troaty and Internationad lak The i opiation " ine burcomaster re- | Opening of Georgetown Span SN r;\V:u‘r"‘ as no violence. Jut their | dition made .,,"“IZ;IL‘,-""‘.,":.’;xf}.'!’f."”?l medical st d directors, And_on{apartment and sailed for Europe no longer any doubt that tomorrow tend to meet violence with violence | Piled: protesting sironely st TC 1o; Set for N “Was thers anyihing else contemplat- | Pudgat for this vear Great Britain|tendent of nurses and the murss| OBy a few of his close friends| 4t the latest o Eranco-Belglan = por (0 Seply 10, B bieach of the | force against a disarmed and defens et for Next Week, When Bt i Haes il had to glve up Its sinking-fund pay-|staff. In the rear of these, opening |knew he had returned to 5F Ahie ety Thts an However, & &5 the |leas population' He dseclared th “There was some talk of giving them | ment for the ultimate rettrement t from the lobby on either side, |They said he had seemed nervous after the signing of aftairs o YV to the |any action of his would be taken on Roadways Settle a whipping, but I said: ‘Fellows, that | its public debt will be large reception rooms for pa- |apparently was not benefited b ty and is directed exists Germany 1s mot in | |Pec2use he was unable to resist the ; 2 will not do. 1 have known those boys| Normally the sinking-fund payment | tients,and visitors. sea voyage. d peaceful | position to make actual repara. |Eeneral’s military force. ‘The French | all the time, and I cannot stand for{IS £35.000,000 sterling annual In| The remaining flo will be devot-| Dr. Gordon was separated from { fions to those powers whe tass |commander replied that he noted Herr that? ” the budget for this year ted to priv rooms for patients. The | wife severs and_she®now | The reason given for the pro- brought about this state of affaire, | Luther's protest and saluted: then the ! Ty, new Georgetown bridge ' Dade said the men were lectured. |cluded approximate £20,000,000 | second, third and fourth floors will be |lives_in Florida. Born in Savannah. | o = bl e burgomaster formally bowed and the | ;o i) 1o opened to general traf Who gave them a lecture?” | sterling, which already has been paid | sim { general departed. Ga., Dr. Gordon was graduated from ir in arrangement, each contain- i e Vot : Capt. Skipwith.” to this country on account of interest |ing twenty rooms, there being eight- | the University of Virginia and for{ ety R { flo next week. It is explained by the i “What kind of lecture?” on the debt. | aen Tooine on’ the ATith Soors The everal years practiced law at Hunts- | | lengineers in charge t the macadan -A moral one, about drinking and Total Debt, £7,700,000,000. jare all outside rooms. furnishing an | ville, Ala. later studying for the min- roadways at the north and south ap gambling. , : as stated | tbundance of light and air, ranging | e was ass | { he Sekie iR ) { Did Kelly Harp have anything to |, The total Britlsh debt was stated i "5, "nom' s by 15 feet to 14 by 15| in Louisville, jarosclies mrobablysiwilljidve jaettls %22 e EoiaTe LI00000,000 Tounde stciling | A_number of them will ba so|years and of Emmanuel ( {sufficiently by that time to perm I ‘He spoke his mind. Te said they | The percentage o “‘&"‘)“““’:4‘){";‘!}‘("}:}: arranged that they can be used as|Boston, for one year. | jof thejr use for the heavy trafiic t i Mo Al Mgt il penditures for tnls year for the fleht- vided, the larger rooms having private| He then went abroad, having charge ! » U jiaro, temporary, only. pendiug the “f'ran into them in front of the |ce, was placed at 16.7 per cent of the |50 4000 i 4 Targe solarjum, [0f the Amerlcan church’ in Geneva| - : , | Tisciice; sndicompietion ot tho;ap bank in Mer Rouge. They asked me | Whole as compared to 24 per cent for (15 feer Wide and 53 feet jong, wherd |for a time and later was assistant|Dr. Henry L. Smith Tells Teachers & i b R D to g0 with them. They were in three | America’s fighting forces. Adminis- | o (S0 8 E S0 1 ose con- o a ] ¢ North | H = H b ttions with the raf 18 o © | tration of the British government, n. | nyalescents ax 1 patients whose con- jrector of St. James' Church, North} Institute of World Perilous Ma]_ Gen. Allen Formally Ap _ = {road tracks, already on the bridg. “Where did you get your hood and | cluding the collection of revenue, wax | Glon RO S4n, SpiY, (he Sun- | Cambridge. Returning to this coun- | Offices of Westphalian Com- | prover, and the installation of the BT : y estimated at 116 per cent. or about | Ju&® FG, % TLUGRIU U FECONET Hiry, he went to New Bedford, M Situation. i G I H [Sapitar tractiontdup et e RVirkintl “Edward Ivy gave it to me. He |the same Dercentuge as obtaining for| 1ained, will Iate. at v(r: where for almost seventeen years i | prises Genera eadquar- | A Moved to '”h\’\ hen the new bridge is ope [ used to live in Bastrop. He had an the United States. imw!nlxn(a rates, thus helping to meet!was rector of the Grace opal | & | pany Are {to traffic within the next ‘r}.w r:L:':! extra gown in this car. There were Source of Revenues. the present serious meed for private |t 1eS08 08 116 FEEC R Likening civilization to a snip aoat| [€FS Of Plans for Departure. | {the old Aqueduct bridge will br s L0 oL kmoM: (. Otithe total British revenues it was | Ko oD e Ao ey moun the | Bartholomew’s Church in New New|upon dark seas, Dr. Henry Louis ! Hamburg. losed to all vehicular trafie, except e il QUL Lo stated that 36.1 came from Income |Mmeans ose of modest income. Yo N Bedford. He held alg . 5 T ot { | tife cars of the Old D on line 2D they pick up anybody else in|,5q super taxes, 17.5 per cent fro — denre inlaw Trom Corambla Collegs | SMity. president of Washington and|p w00 o0 i land the new bridge will be the on Ho e D, MoKl 5 duties on consumption of beverages | and that of Ph. D. from Harvard. Lee University, at the opening ses- | yrivear ' = e | imeans of passa the Potomac “He provided himself with a mask?” | 3nd liquors, 5.2 per cent from tobacco, At the direction of Dr. Parks his|sion today of tho Teachers® Institute, | oo nr nCor JANUATY 12.—Maj. Gen. | By the Associated Press estal| o s Dot lHevCHp tal iractio) He brovid e a *" 155 per cent from dutics on food, 3.3 body was removed to the undertak-| urgeq educators to take advantage of Henry T. Allen, commander of the| LONDON, January 12—The West- | Company has announced that it ex i i3 5 | per cent from deat! uties and the « U ing parlors of Walter H. Williams, s sz gt age of | American forces of occ in- | p 0al syndicate is now estab- | Dects to begin the operation of it All Wore Maskx. same amount from excess profits and ATt St Bartholomew's Church, | thelr “marvelous omportunity” to Sipges upation, in-|phalian coal syndic {cars across the new bridge about thi. <A1l “Ye! of you were masked?" H “What color were those masks?" l | “Mine was a black one.” “Were there any other black ones?” believe I had the only one” | s that the first affair of the| sort you had taken part in? | “Yes, sir. 1 “Where did you get your klan re- galla, your white hood and white| cloak?" i “My wife H “Had you ever participated in any parado “Once, in Mouroe.” “Repeat as nearly as you can as to what these men said to Danlel, Andrews and Neells about giving them a Whipping. “To the best of my knowledge they accused them of following them. Some one said they should give them a thrashing. I sald that would not do. They were my friends. I told Capt. Skipwith that, t0o.” “Who suggested the thrashing 3d Ivy. Stopped Making Whisky. the three boys have anything “Did Watt did gome talking about making whisky. He said he had quit and had not made any in a certain length of time. Nothing of the kind of an alterca- tion between the three boys and kians?" Did you quit the klan?" Yes, sir; 1_was only in it two months y friends accused me of being an informant, which resulted in raids on a negro grocery. Hooded men in daylight came into Mer Rouge and staged (his raid. They told the negro to quit letting white men gamble in his store.” “You received two letters after the kidnaping and final disappearance of Richard and Daniel?” “Yes, sir; they came through the mails. Two letters were handed to the clerk for identification, but not to be used as evidence. Assistant Attorney General Warren again read the letters becauso the witness did not have his glafses and | crossing the frontier. corporation profits duties. ALLIED WARSHIPS TO RUSH TO MEMEL (Continued from First Page.) Lithuanian _government at_ Kovno. { The reply was that every effort was made to prevent the irregulars from | FRENCH-GERMANS UNITE. Curious Combination to Stem In- vasion of Memel. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 12.—The curious spectacle of the French and the Ger- mans fighting a common enemy on the frozen shores of the Baltic is ex- pected from today’'s developments in the topsy-turvy European situation, as a result of the Lithuanian advance | on Memel. The Memel police, com- posed for the most part of Ger- mans, and the French troops, in- erenched in the outskirts of the city, | will resist the Lithuanian raiders, ac- cording to advices received here. The British government has as- sociated itself with the French in | protesting to Lithuania against the advance on Memel and a British cruiser has been dispatched thither. State of Siege. COPENHAGEN, January 12.—An | Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Memel reports that the interallied high commissioner has proclaimed Mémel in state of siege. The news- paper Memeler Dampfboot says a proclamation signed by members of the committee for saving little Lith- uania” announces that M. Simonaitis, said to be a former Lithuanian minis- ter, has been created president of the Memel territory. could not identify them as the ones bhe had received: Threats in Letter. One letter read: You are wallowing in a cesspool of corruption and lawlessness that has become a menace to the entire parish - and surrounding country. You are shielding within your gates a num- ber who live in open concubinage with negro women, who manufacture and sell whisky, who formulate plots to assassinate good citizens in the night time, and who are deluging the good, law-abiding citizens of vour parish with written and oral threats against their lives. This con- dition of affairs must be rectified at once, or we will swoop down upon your town and wipe out the organi- zation that is responsible for these conditions, and which are pleased to call themselves the Anti-Ku Klux Klan. % “We know every ome of the men who formulated and attempted to execute the plot to assassinate Dr. McKoin. Two of them have passed into obscurity, and the balance will * soon follow unless they read between these lines and leave your community while leaving is good.” The lotter was signed “Regulars.” el v e Taking interest for money lent to) Hebrews was expressly forbidden by Mosalc law. U. S. OFFICER INVESTIGATING. Goes to Memel to Report on Con- ditions. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Dalily News. Copyright, 1023. BERLIN, January 12.—It is under- stood here that an American officer as- signed to the Baltic area has gone to Memel to investigate the situation there rising from invasion of the clty by irregular Lithuanian troops. who are trying to carry out a coup d’etat after the example set by Gabriele d’Annunzio in Fiume. The territory, which is un- der the control of a French commis- sloner appointed by the league of na- tions, has been coveted by Lithuania for a long time. The commissioner has only one bat- talion of French troops at his disposal, and as he has refused the military as. sistance offered him by the Germans, it is expected he will have to evacuate the city if serious attempt to occupy it is made by the Lithuanians. 2 atii e It is a singular fact that, although sheep seem to feed upon yew trees with impunity, and its berries_are greedily consumed by birds, to both cows and horses the leaves are re- puted to be a deadly poison. EASTERN STAR, MEETS Mrs. Flora Campbell, Worthy Grand Matron, Delivers Address of Welcome. | i i i | 1 i ] MRS, FLORA E. CAMPBELL. | The annual session of the Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star of the District of Columbia, opened last right at the Masonic Temple. Worthy -Grand Matron Mrs. Flora E. Campbell delivered an address of welcome to the following honor guests: Most Worthy ,Grand Matron Mrs. Cora R. Franz, Most Worthy Grand Patron Dr. William W. Grow, Right | Worthy Grand Secretary Mrs. Minnie E. Keyes, Right Worthy Grand Treasurer Mrs. Alcena Lamond, Past Most Worthy Grand Patron Dr. Al- fred C. McDanlel, Grand Matron of Virginia Miss Deah Walsh, Eminent Grand Commander of Knights Tem- plar John A.Moyer, Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons Delos W. Thayer and Grand Master of Masons Dr. Mark Finley. The annual reports of the grand matron and grand patron, grand sec- retary and grand _treasurer were given, following which a memorial service in honor of the lite L. Cabell Wiliamson, past magt worthy grand patron, and other deceased members of the Grand Chapter was held. The session will continue through- out the week, with the election of officers and other business tonight. Tomorrow night will be exemplifica- tion of the work and constitution of Loyalty Chapter, U. D. Monday night will be the Iinstallation of officers. B Massachusetts produces Zearly 50 per cent of all the linen manufac- fored in the United States . [ France as this government's decision pending arrangements for his funeral, BURIAL IN SAVANNAH. Rector’s ‘Body Will Be Sent to Brothers in Georgia City. SAVANNAH, Ga., January 12.—The body of Rev. Percy Gordon, former assistant rector of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York, who was found dead in his bath tub yes- terday will be brought to Savannnah, for interment. The body will b accompanied ‘'by Dr. Leighton Parks, the rector of the church. Dr. Gordo: has two brothers in Savannah, Biern. Gordon and R. Cuyler Gordon. Th: funeral will take place Sund; BRITISH TO IGNORE GERMAN PROTEST (Continued from First Page.) ts. ‘The newspapers also indorse e indicatlon of British good will to | to allow the French troops to cross the British Rhine zone. i Strong Anti-German Feeling. Although a majority of the press op- poses any co-operation by Great Brit- ain in the Ruhr and criticizes anew what the papers regard as a serious French blunder, it cannot be ignored | that there exists in Great Britain a strong anti-German sentiment, and it is unquestionable that there would considerable—if _secret—popular P istaction should Frances conten- tion that Germany is bluffing about her inability to pay be proved true by the outcome of events. TThis attitude, which frequently finds expression in_ conversations among Englishmen, today has the outspoken support of the Morning Post and the Paly Mail, which wish sthe French Eiecess and reiterate an uncompro- Mising distrust of the Germans. Regrets No Share. . The Post, for instance, declares it a «matter of regret to the vast major- ity of Englishmen that their country is mot associated in the disciplinary measures taken by France.” Empha- sizing its views, the newspaper con- tinues: . “The United States government can afford to take down the su.rshrnnd m the fortress of Ehren- e m But The Watch on_the Rhine, which to Americans is the frag- ment of a song, to the Frenchman and 1o the Englishman means the holding of a pass in the interests of civiliza- tion.” other hand, the Times, which, inogu':xano;ah with most of the other papers, severely condemns the French, Tomarks that the latter’s course aroused anger in the [United Siates and neutral opinion. e R imidating show of strength | in the Ruhr,” the Timeb continues, “may rouse in France momentary feel- ings of pride, but in the watching World the spectacle cannot byt produce grave anxiety ®r the conseguences to France hersetf and for all the work of peace now placed in.jeopardy. market for pine grown in the south- ern states, the u&oru amounting to 20,000,000 feet in Argentina is the principal foreign e last year, l change its path in a better direction through the teaching of love, tice and human welfare. Education of the mind, he said, Is not sufficlent to turn the rudder “of the ship of civi- lization.” Virtually the entire teaching per- sonnel of 2,200 attended the institute meetings, sessions of which were held in the Central High School auditorium for the white teachers and in the Dunbar High School auditorium for the colored teachers. The public schools were closed for the occasion. “During "the next era of Christian ilization,” Dr. Smith said, “the are to rule . the few. If the of knowledge and enlighten- do not reach the restless mil- then bolshevikism has written the epitaph on our civilization.” “Trembling on the Brink.” Dr. Smith expressed the belief that central Europe and the near east are “trembling on the brink. God -only knows what will happen,” he said. Throughout the country, Br. Smith pointed out, there is springing up movements of brotherhood and co- operation and a passion for universal education. Miss Charl Ormond Williams, field secretary of the National Fducation Association, told the ‘teachers that the whole nation is deeply con- cerned in the matter of better educa- tional facilities for the District, em- phasizing that the National Educa- tion_Association has gone on record as favoring the Washington school system as a model for the city schools system throughout the country. She also spoke on the responsibilities of the teachers, pointing out that it is ment lions, up to them to educate not only in the schoolroom, but outside. James T. Llovd, member of the board of education, admonished the teachers to do everything possible in the interest of the passage of the Capper teachers’ salary and school reorganization. bill, describing it as a measure which means more to the public schools than any other legis- lgtion since 1906. Favors Senate Bi “I would like to see the bill passed by the House in the same form that it passed the Senate” declared Mr. Lloyd, “then there will be no chance to _lose in conference. “As reported by the House committee the bill is not perfect, but you can't get legislatton that is perfect in every respect:” To this remark the teachers applauded, while some hissed. The hissing, however, was in the minority and was confinwl to the rear of the Central auditoriut. Dr. Frank P. Graves, New York state commissioner of education, ad- dressed the afternoon sessioh on “Educdtional Movements of Today.” Alexander T. Stuart, director of in- termediate instruction, presided at the central meeting in the absence of Supt. Ballou. Music was furnished by the Tech High School Orchestra at the morning session and by the Cen- tral Orchestra in the afternoon. A special violin solo was rendered at the atternoon session by Durwood Bower- sox, an Eastern High School student, accompanied by Edwin Moore. Singing was led by, Bdwin N. C. Barnes, direc- tor of music. DR. BALLOU’S MOTHER DIES. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, left Washington today for Potsdam, N. Y., to aggend the funeral of his mother, Hiram Ballou, who died yesterday sfternoon after & lingering iliness, N { formea French general headquarters here today that the United States is | lenz bridsenead. The troops, an official communique says, will leave January 21 for Bre- men, whence they will sail for the | United States. The officers and their | tamilies will travel on commercial liners. | The French general staff, adds the | statement, ie taking the measures | necessary to meet the situation creat- led by the departure of the Amer? fcans. iHEART BEATS HEARD HUNDREDS OF MILES German’s Radio Microphone to En- able Doctors to Examine Patients by Long Distance. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily ews. Copyright, 1923. BERLIN, January 12—Dr. Leo Jacobsohn of Berlin, has invented a Radio Microphone by the use of which, it is possibe to hear the heart beats of a person hundreds of miles away. It is claimed that by means of this instrument, doctors can exam- ine the hearts of patlents at home without leaving their offices on their beds in the nighttime. LENIN REPORTED WORSE. German Brain Specialist Leaves for Moscow for Consultation. BERLIN, January 12.—Dr. Voigt, director of the Neuro-Biological In- stitute, who is one of the leading for Moscow for a consultation with the physicians of Nikolai Lenin, the soviet premier. Soviet circles in Berlin learn that Lenin's condition rapidly is grow- ing worse. " LAUDS POLICE SERVICE. Mr. Yates Tells Capital Force of Importance in Duty. Reminding men and’ women in police service of their importance Representative Richard Yates of Illi- nois addressed the annual meeting of the Policemen’s Association at the Pythian Temple last night. He re- lated a number of experiences and | made reference to conditions in this country as compared with those abroad, pointing out the prosperity which had been enjoyed here. Isaac Gans praised the loyaity, courtesy and efficiency of the force. The following officers were elected and installed: W. J. Wagner, presi- dent; Archie Baker, first vice presi- dent: C. C. Koontz, second vice presi- dent; W, J. Kerns, corresponding sec- retary; J. B. Wilson, financial secre- tary; W. C. Adcock, treasurer, and R. T. Talbert, ‘trustee. A (Fold wateh was presented to ‘the retiring presi- dent, C. L. Dalrymple. J lished at Hamburg, with four direc tors and a corps of clerks, according Jus- | withdrawing its troops from the Cob- |to one of the directors, who was in- terviewed by the Hamburg corre- {spondent of the Times. | _The official - contended that | withdrawal of the syndicate from E {sen was entirely regular and justifi- lable, inasmuch as the company was a private organization, possessing full [1iberty «of action He said that the !special department which dealt with the reparation coal account remained in the Ruhr, to insure continuance of future deliveries, and that there was no reason why either the reparatio supply or the distribution throughout Germany should be discontinued. | The director, however, feared that France would not be .satisfied with the reparation coal, but would at- tempt to seize supplies intended for consumption_ In Germany, in case, he said, there would be a tre- mendous _ shortage throughout the country, With disastrous consequences to transportation and industry. UNION PROTESTS INVASION Railway Men Urge Calm in Pres- ence of French. BERLIN, January 12.—The direc- torate of the German Railway Men's | Union has issued a protest against {the French ocqupation of Essen. The statement urges the workers to re- main calm, saying: “Since we are defenseless we must submit to force in the expectation that a protest to the consclence of the world will obtain our aim.” the iLOIS WEBER DIVORCED FROM ACTOR-HUSBAND Writ, Granted Under Private Names of Couple, Is Just Made Public. brain specialists in Germany, has left/] By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., January 12— Lois Weber, motion picture producer, and founder and head of the Lois Weber Productions, was granted a divorce from Phillips Smalley, June 24 last, In the Los Angeles superior court, one day after she filed her complaint, it was learned yesterday, according to the Los Angeles Ex- aminer. The complaint was entered under the title of F. L. Smalley vs. W. P. | Smalley. Smalley, well known in motion_picture_circles, is generally called Phillips Smalley. Miss Weber seldom was called Mrs, Smalley. Miss Weber charged Smalley with habitual intemperance, which he de- nied. GERMAN COAL SOARS. Price in Berlin Goes Up 50 Per Cent as Miners Get Increase. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 12.—The price of rman coal was increased an av- erage of 50\ per cent today. The miners’ wages have been in- creased about 08 per cent. which | first of April | Congress is expected at this | 4 authorize the trans diction of th orgetown bridze {from the Secretary of War to the Dic- { trict Commissioners so that the latter {may have direct control over tra jand police arrangements. { Persons interested in {bridge named in honor {Scott Key, author of gled Banner.” assert that was th joriginal name of the structure, bu | that Congre s induced by former {Representative Carlin of Virginia te {substitute the present title of George town bridge. Mr. Carlin was actively {idegtified in obtaining appropriations | for "the bridge, and his expressed d: {sire for the change of name had cor jtrolling weight with his colleagues [in Congress. As he is no longer member of that body the prospe: oring the name of Francis S {Key to the hridge are reported good, especially in view of the g eral popular demand to that effect $6,000,000 VERDICT WON BY SHIP BOARD Judge Waddill Gives Decision for TU. S. Against Virginia Ship- building Corporation. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January The government today won its in the claims suit brought by the Vir ginia Shipbuilding Corporation of Alexandri: Va., against the United States Shipping Board and Emerg ency Fleet Corporation for uncom pleted construction work and other war claims, involving about $6,000,000, when Judge Edmund Waddell, United States circuit judge, handed down his opinion in favor of the governmen: The suit was heard in the Alexandriz court last October. The case will be taken to the United States district court of appeals, ii was stated today by Judge J. K. i Norton, one of the attorneys for the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation PELLETIER INQUIRY JURY IS DISCHARGED Summary Removal Causes Sens tion in Boston Investigation of Charges. BOSTON, January 12—A special grand jury which has been reviewing the criminal aspects of the evidence on which Joseph C. Pelletier was removed as district attorney of Suffolk county was discharged summarily by State At tornéy General Allen today. Mr. Allen made no public statement of the reason for his action, which came after announcement by a minority of the jurors that certain things which ha happened in the jury room had servec to defeat the purpose of the inquiry. The jurors for two weeks have Leen hearing testimony from persons who in the Pelletier removal case before the supreme_court gave evidence of black- mail and extortion in which tho names of Pelletier, Attorney Daniel H. Coak- ley and William J. Corcoran, formcr district attorney of Middlesex county figured. Pélletier and Coakley were dis- barred as a result of the evidence in the ouster proceedings. Corcoran now is under indictment here: ses: of the juris having of Franci The Star Span ;5