Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1923, Page 2

o ) 8 FORFET BAL N TRAFFIC COURT Only Five of Week End Auto Law Violators Answer to Names Today. U. S. RICHER BY $1,200 Collateral in Most Cases About $15, While Few Have to Part With $100. A fair trial of Supt. Sullivan's or- der for the police to impose maximum collateral charges on mwotorists had teday convinced the authorities that the only thing capa- ble of halting re8kless driving here is the establishment of a real trafiic court. presided over by a judge who can devote his undivided attention to that one tribunal. adge Hardison convened court to hear traffic cases this morr out of elghty-seven persons wi zed Lo post collateral for violations ns, only five The others preferrin; risk the the traflic answered their cited the lose their n2me: collateral, money than wrath of the court following Judge | flagrant | Hardison's transgr promise to give Sors “the limit.” Collateral Order Enforced. 8 ce at the collateral list con- d the authorities that the pre- cinct captains are enforcing Maj. Sul- livan's order to raise the charge a motorist must nay for his appearance in court. In the pas was custom- Ary 1o see $2 charges marked a of t os on the list course, never ap- A But today in that resy ut of the police osting more than th collateral ¢l ¢ was different 1 scant few got without and most of rges ranged from ach v ion of the ven parking wrong ©oSts $10 colluteral now and the few var were charged ¢ some other more transir N in y $2 expen- sive against the peared in o of their how, have ollateral v mposing e determined t treme ¢ ¥ coura atic Provic befor, until Al E code. like the d for in the Zihlman bill he liouse, are established. Forfeit $1,2 the onls ¥ increasing the collat s been to fatten the purses of Sam and the District. Over week end more than $1.300 was orfeiied by motorsts who feared to ace Judge Hardison. or about $15 per prison One man chose to leave $100 with the police rather than face Judge Hardison., and ny others forgot to call for $40 and $30 they had posted at the precincte. In addition to those who posied collaterial thirty others were arrested for traflic violations and were obliged 10 give bonds for their appearance in court. Their charges constituted more merious violations, such as _colliding and being habituaily reckless. Owing 10 a heavy list in Police Court Judge Tlardison was able to hear but one case this moming. A youth was charged with driving while intoxi- cated and failing to have the lights on his car burning. On the intoxicat- ing charge he praved jury trial and vaid a fine of $10 on the second. IBEARLLD BRL ATIACKED N WOOD Thelma Harris of Capitol! Heights Taken to Casualty Hospital After Encounter. a0 Thus Miss Thelma Harris, sixteen years old, daughter of Kelly Harris, law officer of Capitol Heights, Prince Gicorges county, Md., attacked by a colored man late Saturday night while on her way home from the eity. the assault rred in a piece wooded ar 38th and streets northeast. and she was there by he lant The girl serious!y it wa than was Dix left as 1 more two to drag hersel? to the home of Irving Greenstone, some distance v, and ring his doorbell. Mr. Greenstone. intimate friend of Tiarris, found the daughter of his end in a pitiable condition. Tak- g her in his home, where Mrs, tireenstone cared for her, the husband | tired several pistol shots and blew his police whistle to attract atten- tion of neighbors Taken to Hospital. Mies Harris was taken to Casualty Hospital. «ffects of her experience and was so much excited that it was some time hefore she could relate what had hap- | Authorities there said she would be able to leave in a pened. probabl tew days. As soon as her father learned of the attack he started an investigation. iis wife_and fourteen-year-old son, Walter Harris, accompanying him. Shortly before 4 o'clock the constable arrested a colored man, who gave the hame of Clarence Brooks, twenty- eight, Fairmont Heights. Md. He was asleep in an automobile about 300 yards from where Miss Harris was at- tacked and had the odor of liquor on his breath, the constable stated. Miss Farris had previously said her as- sailant had been drinking. Investiga- ‘ion led to a charge of rape against his man in connection with another 1ssault late Saturday night. in which 2 colored woman was involved. He is being held at the second precinct, JURY PANEL CALLED FOR NEW HERRIN TRIAL Nine Men to Face Charge of Mur- der in Death of Guard Slain Riots. MARION, February 12.—The first group of veniremen called for possible Jjury service at the second trial growing sut of the Herrin, TIL, mine riots last June, when more than a secore of men were killed, was in Williamson county circuit court today. Delos Duty, state's attorney, was *here to make the opening statement for the prosecution and Angus W. Kerr, ceunsel for the Illinois Mine Workers, for the defense. Nine men, including four of the five who were acquitted at the first trial, and Hugh Willis, miners' union official of Herrin, face charges of first degree mur- der in_connection with the death of An- tonio Mulkavitch of Frie, Pa., a guard at_the Lester Strip mine. ;The disorders. resulted from an.at- tempt to open mine with non-union Jabor during the eoa) strike, i transgressing { of injured { hours | after the attack before she managed | She was suffering from the | |cHAUFFEURS Now ‘AUTO ENGINEERS’ ; .TAXI MEN BARRED By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February: 12.—The title of “chauffeur” applied to drivers of privately owned motor cars is objectionable, the Society of Professional Automobile Engineers announced when it opened its new §400.000 clubhouse with the dec- laration that its members hereafter would call themselves *“automo- bile engineers.” “There is a vast differcuce be- tween an automobile driver d an automobile engineer,” William Nelson, president of the society said. “Our organization is com- posed of professional operators of private automobiles and seeks to place the professlion on a higher vlane and protect members against ever increasing laws affecting operation of automobiles.” The clubhouse, & four-story structure of limestone and brick, was built by funds raised by the 4.000 members of the society. Taxi- cab drivers are Ineligible for mem- bership. SHRINE CAMP BILL PASSED BY HOUSE lMeasure Granting Use of | Parks Is First Business on D. C. Day. ! i | This is District day in tie House. After considerable wrangling the first bill passed was to grant tie use public parks, reservations and {other pub spaces in the District of {Columbia for Shriners' camps during {the big assemblage here next June. | Chai i trie mmittee explained that the ! purpos of this legislation is to ex- tend wider accommodations for the entertainment of the large number of [visitors who will be in Washington |during the wonth of June to attend the forty-ninth annua) session of the Imperiai Council, Ancient Arabic Or- {der Nobles of the Mystie Shrine. He said that perusal of the resolu- tion disclosed the fact that the ac- commodat to be provided will not lincur any expense upon either the |"Hitt‘d States or the District of Co- |lumbia.” For the protection of all I public property an indemnifying bond | will be given so that following the lgession chere will be complete I 1 ent of whatever may be found 'S ¥ 1o remove f{rom th parks {to add to the comfort of the visitors. | The measure also provided for loan Iby the War and Navy departments |of flags and bunting for decorations {during the Shrine celebration. This {item occasioned lengthy discussion. lead by Representative Stafford of | Wisconsin. ‘SALVATION ARMY ' DEDICATES HOME Commissioner Rudolph One of Speakers at Social Serv- | ice Building Exercises. Exercises for the dedication of the {new “Model Soctal Service Bullding” {of the Salvation Army, at 102-116 B {street northwest, began at 2:30 o'clock jthis afternoon. Addresses were scheduled to be made by Commission- er Cuno H. Rudolph. Rudolph Jose, chairman of the Salvation Army ad- {visory board; Commissioner Thomas still, commanding the eastern ter- ritory of the army, and Col. E. J. Parker, soclal service secretary, also of the eastern territory. The program includes the raising of the American flag by Adjt. George { Paxton and the raising of the Salva- tion Army flag by Ensign George Fig- ures; introductory remarks by Col. R. Hol(z, chief secretary; duet by Capt. {and Mrs. W. W. Bouterse; violin solo ! Capt. Arthur Kent and invocation and | benediction by Col. Alex. Damon. field | sccretary, and Rev. Wallace Radeliff, | Tespect Closes Conference. ‘The dedication of the new building {brings to a cloke the congress of Sal- vation Army heads which has been moeting here since Wednesday. The building, from which_ all structures to be erected by the Salvatlon Army for social service in the future wiil be copied, has just been completed. For many vears the Salvation Army { Industrial Home, with its manifold {agencies for caring for unemployed men, has been conducted in a small !and 'inconvenient building on Penn- {sylvania avenue, where little or no {room was provided for expansion. ! With the opening of the new sociai | service center, the aims of the army “to help restore lost and broken man- hood” "can be accomplished in a jquicker and larger degree. In this new social service center, provision ill be made for the thrée-fold na ure of men, officials say, physical, imental and spiritual. “Men will be taught to labor, as well as taught to ipray and taught to help others while | seeking help for themselves.” e THREE BANDITS TRAPPED. éMoney Bags Full of Paper, and i Sleuths Surround Them. | MONTREAL, February 12.—Discov- ery by the police of a plan to hold up cashiers of the Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company, supposed to be carrying $70,000, today caused the capture of three bandits in a trap set for them by detectives who accompanied the cashiers. The bandits held up the cashiers, discovered the money bag contained only paper and then found themselves surrounded by detectives. . Back 250 Fascisti By the Associated Press. FLORENCE, February 12—Two hundred and fifty fasciti who or- ganized an expedition to Signa to remove from the cemetery there the body of one of their members killed in last Thursday’s clash, for the purpose of bringing it here to receive fascisti honors, have re- turned with their mission unful- filled. The fascisti found the cemetery guarded by a non-commissioned officer of the Carabineers, with a detail of a few men, under instruc- tions to refuse admittance to an one. He told the fascisti that, while his force was insufficient to prevent their entry, rather than fail to carry out his orders he was prepared to commit suicide. Thereupon he drew his revolver and was about to execute his threat when the fascisti, admiring his de- votioh to duty, abandoned their purpose. man Focht of the House Dis- | re- | THE EVENING CHARCES R G TALEHT 0 DRIK tee Daughter, Ward of Juve- nile Court, Was Given Liquor, 1 BOARDING HOMES FLAYED Says She Was Forced to Pay Before Being Allowed to Visit Children. That young girls committed to the board of children’s guardians by the Juvenile Court were put into board- ing homes where they were taught !to drink and became intoxicated was jone of many charges against the board of children's guardians made {at a hearing today before the House { District committee on the Free bill |to establish a parental court In the | District. Judge Kathryn Sellers and Mrs. iElla West, director of the board of {children’s guardlans, were present at {the hearing, accompanied by a room- {full of witnesses. and are ready to nt their side of the case as soon {as the cpportunity is offered j. Walter W. Burns, an attorney, :ufi\,l-:hr::lalr(e,fremn:n-.; those opposed Yo the way in which chlldren are taken by the Juvenile Court and put under the care of the board of chil- aren’s guardlans. Walter Presides. ve Walter of Pennsyl- {vania was acting chairman of the I committee conducting the hearing in {ihe absence of Representative Ben chairman of the House Dis- The other members beommittee in charge of this investigation arc Representa- Itives Sproul of Illinois, Lampert of i \ tori of Texas. | aner Satus G Cole, 1034" 10th reet, {estified that her husband is that she has five children. wo boys, and works as threc girls and two, boye, oy She c ined particularly that after Sonrd of Chitdrens Guardlans had gotten charge of her children they Wouldn't allow her {o see them. until. | she alleged, she had paid them oonsid- erable sums of money. These children | were “farmed out,” and she I|Exdclhloaq J!lml the Board of Children’s Guardians [ \as paying 320 a_month each to the | families takinz care of them. Are Cole sald that if this $20 a month each i for her children had been given to her | instead of ‘farming them out' she could have taken care of them mnicely {and brought them up as a family. | rl Taught to Drink. | Mrs Cole complained bitterly that i | Represent XK. Foeht friet committee of the special s { street, ‘ paralyzed; ja charwoman al {had been taught to drink in the fam- {ily where she had been placed to | board; she sald that on New Year's | night Dorothy had come home accor- panied by another girl of about the same age living with the same fam- fly and that both were under the influence of liquor, an | been given liquor every night by the | heop1é with whom they boarded. i Mrs. Cole said that she finally paid {the board of children's guardians $15 | before being permitted to_see any of her children and then she was allowed to see two of them. Subsequently she paid as high as $20 at different times to see her children. ! "Maj. Burns brought out that the {board of children's guardians h: ! ro authority to collect this money from mothers from whom their chil- dren had been taken. He also ibrought out through .questioning {Judge. Sellers that there is no pro- {vision in the law for trial by jury in these family cases. dopted Daughter Taken. Mrs. C. A. Rudd, 434 6th street northeast, testified that she and her husband had adopted a child by law, Mildred. thirteen vears old. Mrs. Rudd said_she owned her home and considerable other property in Wash- lington. Against her will, she said, fand by what she called “a frame-up. | this child has been taken from her {her daughter Dorothy. now fifieen, | d said they had | STAR, WA SHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1923, AMERICAN LEGION EXERCISES IN COMMEMORATION OF BIRTH |HUGE BLUE EGGS 1 1 | YOUNG BY EDWIN | sity. Cumbe: Men saw no portent on that winter night A hundred years ago. flared Above that railbuill cabin with one door, s And windowless to all the peering stars. { They laid him in the hollow of a log. Humblest of cradles. save that other one— The manger in hem. No omens the stall at Bethle- No portents! alarm The Evil Powers that dread the near- ing feet Of Heroes held a council hour: yet with whisper and in that low door, To bafMe and beat back the heaven- sent child. Three were the fates—gaunt Poverty that chains, Gray Drudgers | away, { And gaping Ignorance that starves the soul. that grinds the hope i destroy. Ever they dogged every step, Waylaid his youth and strugglea for his Hfe. They came to master, but he made them serve; .\mz from the wrestle with the des- inies, He rose with all his energies aglow. him, | For God, upon whose steadfast shoul- ders rest These governments of forgot. He needed for His purposes a voice, A voice 1o be a clarion on the wind, Crying the word of freedom to dead hearts. The word the centuries had waited o LINCOLN IS EULOGIZED ours had not OF LINCOLN AT MEMOR (Dedicated to the Living Memorial to Abraham Lincoln And sent three fates to darken that | They came with secret laughters to| counting | Suicide Threat By Guard Turns| and_put into the home of a woman in Silver Spring. this girl had been badly treated and “made a slave of.” The woman with fwhom this child was put to board had six_other children. Mrs. Rudd said that Mildred had ibeen taken from her on the charge that her character was not good. She claimed to have had thirty-five wit- ! nesses in Juvenile Court to testify as | to her character, but nelither she nor jany of these witnesses were heard. : She said she had never been able to see the child since. { Harry C. Brook. former caretaker | for the board of children's guardians {for fourteen years, testified that con- {ditions at that institution were de- plorable and that he frequently took money from his own pocket to pay doctors for medical aid to the chil- dren. Mrs. J. G. Bauck testified that she {had four children taken from Le:. W. R. MORRISON, SR., DIES AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS Butcher, Born in Washington, to Be Buried in Mount Olivet Ce: tery—Rites Tomorrow. ‘William R. Morrison, sr., a lifelong resident of this city, died at his home, j121 7th street northeast, at 12:15 jo'clock vesterday afternoon, follow- jing a long illness, which became se- rious a few weeks ago. He was sixty-three years old. h. ing been born in this city July 14, 1859. He was educated in the local public schools and followed the trade of butcher. For many vears he had been associated with the T. T. Keane {Company In the Center market. { He is survived by five sons and one daughter: Edward G., Harry B., Wil- liam R., jr.; Bernard W. and Norman Morrison and Mrs. Blanche F. Shipley. Mr. Morrison had been a widower four years. He was a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 2d and C ! streets northeast, where funeral serv- {ices will be held at 9 o'clock tomor- row morning. Rev. Father 0'Connell, pastor, will celebrate mass for the repose of his soul. Interment will be at Mount Olivet cemetery. {MRS. NOLAN SWORN IN i AS MEMBER OF HOUSE i l Mrs. M. E. Nolan, widow of the late | Representative John I Nolan of Cali- fornia, who has been chosen to suc- ceed him in Congress, was sworn in today. Following this ceremony, Mrs. Nolan made the following statement “I come to Washington not as a stranger, but as one among frie I come with new responsibilities an jin a new attitude, however, and I cannot forget that my selection ‘o represent the fifth congressional dis- trict of California was in tribute to the memory of my late husband, John 1. Nolan, and in the belief and ex- pectation that I, who was his ciose associate in his legislative work for many years, could best carry that work in his place, “Also, T am the first’ woman that California has honored with a place in the national legislature. Under these conditions the responsibilities of my office and the circumstances of my election will always be before me, and I will repay the confidence th;;, has been shown in me by.: chee and untiring servide. = She charged that | ' BY MASTER MASONS Tributes to Emancipator Are Ex- pressed at Impressive Service in D. C. Church. { H Glowing tribute to the memory of Abraham Lincoln was paid yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Church of the Epiphany by Master Masons of the District of Columbia, who filled the seating capacity of the edifice. The special service was ar- ranged by the grand master of Ma- sons, Dr. Mark F. Finley, in collabora- tion with the rector of the church, Dr. James E. Freeman, who s chaplain of Temple-Noyes Lodge, No. 32. The of- ficial Masonic occasion was a speci: communication of Hiram Lodge, No. 10, of which the grand master is & member, tor which he granted a dis- pensation. Masons representing practically every constituent lodge In the city met "at Masonic Temple, 13th street and New York avenue. at 3 o'clock. formed in a procession reaching all the way to the church, then faced in and formed a passage through which the grand master and the of- ficers of the Grand Lodge passed. Gratz E. Dunkum. grand marshal, was in charge of the formatjon. After entering the church an ad- dress of welcome was made by Bishop Harding, & member of Hiram Lodge. {Canons of the KEpiscopal Diocese Bratenahl, Austin and De Vries and Rev. Dr. Warner, rector of St. Al- bans, all Master Masons, participated in_the service. The tribute to Lincoln was voiced by Dr. Freeman, who delivered an eloquent sermon citing the greatness of the martyred President. He stated that now of all times the world need- ed a leader. Dr. Freeman also ut- tered words of praise to Washington and Roosevelt. —— SHIP MENAGERIE TO U. 8. MBURG, February 12.—A large shfi?nem ©of Hagenbeck animals left this port yesterday for the United States. The collection included sebras, kangaroos, birds of prey and of various sort | { | LINCOLN MARKHAM Author of “The Man With the Hoe" and Other Poems. the Lincoln Memorial Univer- rland Gap. Tewun.) | So hidden in the west, God shaped | his man, | There in the unepoiled solitudes he | grew, | Tneu st by culture and uncrampt by i creed; Keeping ‘his course courageous and alone, As goes the Mississippi to the sea. His daring spirit burst the narrow | bounds, | Rose resolute: and like the sea-called stream, | He tore new channels where he found i no way. The tools were lLis first teachers, sternly kind The plow, the scythe, echoing axe Taught hLim their homely and their peace. He had the plain common_sense; Yet rage for knowledge drove his mind afar: He fed his spirit with the bread of books, the oar, the wisdom man's genjus— And slaked his thirst at all the wells of thought. But most he read the heart of com- mon_man, Scanned all its secret pages stained with tears, Baw ll“ the guile, saw all the piteous pain; And yet could keep the smile about his lips, Love and forgive, see all and pardon all; His only fault, the fault that some of old Laid even on God—that he was ever wont To betnd the law to let his mercy out. (Copyright, 1023, Tnited States, Canads Great Britain, by Edwin Markbam. All rights reserved. Released by Women's News Service, Incorporated, exclusively through the North Ameri ewspaper Alliance.) Musty Post Office Archive Recalls Lincoln’s Honesty By the Associated Press. A musty volume in the archives of the Post Office Department, in which is recorded the appointment of Abra- ham Lincoln as postmaster at New | Salem, Sangamon county, 111, on May 17, 1833, recalls on his birthday an- | niversary today an interesting story of his postmastership, which is said to be a tradition of the service. As related in a memorandum made public by the department, it was s eral years after the post office at New Salem had been closed, in 1839, that one of the few special agents then assigned to that duty called on Lin- coln, then a struggling young lawyer of twenty-seven, to close up finally the accounts of the office. The for- mer postmaster, in accordance with departmental routine, had waited for the agent's visit. The latter, accord- ing to the story, presented’ Lincoln with a statement showing a balance due the government from the post office amounting to about §17. “Lincoln,” as the memorandum re- lates the story, “responded by rising from his chair, crossing his office to an old trunk in the corner and taking from it a cotton rag tied with string. Untying it, he produced the exact amount of money demanded by the ost ofice agent, indicating that he ad held the sura’ intact and untouch- ed ever since his retirement as post. maater. ‘‘‘l never use any man's money but my own,’ he ejaculated calmly.” GUN-TOTERS GIVEN LIMIT. Two Sentenced to 360 Days for Carrying Pistols. Two “gun toters” were given the limit of the law in Police Court today by Judge McMahon, the sentence be- ing 360 days in jail. The defendants were Samuel Welch, colored, arrested by Policeman Ford of the first pre- cinct yesterday, and James Kelley, colored, arrested by Policeman Low- ry of the fourth precinct. Both car- ried pistols and failed to convince the court that they were carrying them for any good purpos I ' I You don’t have to wait until tomorrow —to read today’s latest news from all over the world. THE 5:30 EDITION of THE EVENING STAR is issued at the end of the day—giving you the last word—and featuring especially the money market, the sports finals —and printing tomorrow’s program in the Courts, For sale by newsboys and newsdealers throughout the city {136,000, makin i [ KILLED IN RAID . ON EAGLES CLUB Seven Masked Bandits Shoot Victim, Who Is Slow in { Putting Up Hands. i | { By the Associated Press. CHARLEROI, Pa., February I“'llli-lm Hope was shot dead in a jSPectacular raid by seven masked | bandits on the Eagles Club here early l!cidl}'. The men escaped with money ,and jewelry estimated in value at {$5.000. The authorities of three jcounties and the state police are scouring the country in an effort to locate the gang. | Eighteen men were sitting in the | club shortly after midnight, about to leave for their homes, when the gang. dressed in black robes and black hoods, walked into the room and ordered them to throw up thelr hands. Hope did not get his hands up as! lqlfll'kl) 2s the others and one of the handits immediately opened fire. He | was shot through the head. The Eagles were then ordere sit down. and while two. of the mars | dits covered them with their pistols, the others searched them and rifled the cash register. They then cut the telephone wires and ran out, driving I;';m‘dlz Sy in automobiles, which, ngines running, had standing in the street. RRchEaLy 12— i | i i | D. C. BANKING GAINS ! $21,055,755 IN '22| (Continued from First Page.) 1 iinterest on deposits, amounting to $1.695.000. and the next largest jtem was incident to salaries and wages paid, to the amount of $1,514,000. In- terest and "discount on borrowed money amounted to $63,000. Taxes | were paid to the amount of $623.000, and other miscellaneous expenses totaled $888.000. Net earnings for the year. with the addition of $110,000 re- covered on charged-off assets, amount- ed to 32081000, compared with $2, 050.000 for the previous fiscal yvear. “During the last year $155,000 was charged off by these banks on ae. count of Joans and discounts, $135,000 on account of honds and securities, $7.000 on account of foreign exchange and other losces to iha amount of & a total of §433,000, which amount deducted from the net earnings of 32,081,000 leaves a net ad- dition to the profits of these banks of $1.648.000, or $207,000 in excess of the net addition to profits during the prior vear. “The amount of dividends declared during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922, was $1,092,000. compared with $1.037.000 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1921 Loan Associations Grow. Steady growth of the building and loan associations in the District is shown In the controller's report. The number has not perceptibly in- creased since 1909, it is set forth, but the aggregate resources have | increased from $14,893,927 in 1909 to $34.879,000 iu 1922. During the same period the loans of these associa- tions increased from $13,611,687 to $32,233,000 and installments on shares increased from $11,996,357 to $30,- 506,000. Reports for the six months’ period ended June 30, 1922, according to the report, shows that “these associations had borrowing members to the num- ber of 13,501, compared with 12,786 for the six months ended June 30, | 1921, and non-borrowing members to the number of 35,754, compared with 34,873 last year. The rate of interest paid by borrowins members for ac- commodations extended was 6 per| cent. The total operating expenses for ‘the six months ended June 30, 1922, were $185.200.89, of which amount $110.573.25 was on account of salaries paid officers and .other | employes. “These items of expense compare with $182,162.46 and $103,598.24, re- spectively, for the six months’ period ended June 30, 1921. Fifteen associa- tions operate on the permanent plan, six on the gerial plan, and one oper- ates on the terminating plan. Nine- teen associations require Installment payments of $1, two associations, $2, and one association, $2.50. “Supplementary ‘reports received from these associations show that during the year ended June 30, 1922, loans to the amount of $1,434,000 were made In connection with 279 transac- tions incident to the bullding of homes; 2,508 loans, amounting to $8,- 610,000, were made for the purpose of purchasing homes already buiflt, and 825 loans, amounting to $387,000, were made for the purpose of enabling persons accommodated to make im- provements on real estate already ac- quired.” ! —— “DIVINE SARAH” BETTER. Report She Is Rehearsing New Play Said to Be Premature. PARIS, February . 12.—A report that Mme. Sarah Bernhardt is re- hearsing Maurice Rostand’s new play, “The Sphynx,” is premature, for, although the star insists that she is capable of resuming her work, er physicians still refuse to permit her to do so. She received many friends yesterday. including M. Ros- tand. i 1 i | | | . Mrs. Peck—How could he exchange harsh words with me when I never ‘permit him to talk back? {interviewer's franchise list will not be | IAL IN POTOMAC PARK YESTERDAY| WITHMETAL SHELL BARED BY BLAST By the Associated Press. CRYSTAL FALLS, Mich, Feb- ruary 12.—Seven eggs, dark blue in color and about five inches in dlameter, were unearthed on a farm near Mastodon recently by Jvan Petrotski while engaged in blasting stumps, it was learned here. Shells of the cggs gave out a metallic sound when struck With a sledgehammer. One of them was broken and showed a perfect state of preservation, it was said. The Smithsonian Institution will be asked to analyze the eggs, one of which is to be incubated by Petrotaki. SENATE TOGETD.C. BILL REPORT TODAY Senator Phipps Will Call Measure Up at First Opportunity. The conference report on the Dis- trict appropriation bill, with the amendments agreed to by the House Saturday, was expected to come be- fore the Senate for consideration some time today. Senator Phipps of Colorado, in charge of the bill. was expected to call up the measure as soon as opportunity presented itself. The action of the House Saturday ratified the agreements in regard to school buildings and other items in the bill, which had been agreed to tentatively by the conferees of both the Senate and House. The Senate, therefore, is expected to agree ‘to the bill as it now comes back from the House. The item of $675,000 for the pur- chase of the Klingle valley, Piney Branch and Patterson tracts for parks, which is still in dispute, will probably be dropped from the bill, it was faid today. One Senate amendment, which now stands in the bill, may cause the bill to be sent back to conference. That is the item which proposes that the bathing beach for colored people shall be located at_the south end of the Key bridge. This will be resisted by Senator Swanson and Senator Glass of Virginia, it is understood, who are strongly op. posed to that location for the pro posed colored bathing beach —_—— ASSASSINS SLAY however, (Continued from First Page.) amnesty decree has been received from County Cork, where a number of irregulars, accompanied by their leader, delivered up their arms and ammunition at the New Market mili- tary barracks and entered into an un- dertaking not to fight again against the Free State government. WILLING TO GO TO POLLS. President Cosgrove Doubts De Va- lera’s Ability to Win Seat, By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 12 —President Cosgrove of the Dail Eireann, in a statement in the Daily Mail, declared that he was ready to agree that Eamon De Valera should advise his followers to surrender their arms on the condition that the question of a republic or the Free State should be left to the elecfors. President Cosgrave's declaration was | made unhesitatingly in reply to the question, He added: “The new ready before June or July, would then be more than ing to leave the decision of Ireland’s goy- ernment to the people, the election to be fought on the system of propor- tional representation. Says De Valera Would Lose. “There is not a seat in Ireland that De Valera could win under those con- ditions, not even Clare, where he won his last seat, nor West Cork, where the irregulars are supposed to be strong. De Valera's following is actually very small; it consists mainly of irresponsi- ble_young men and women. “We know the irregulars are tired. The country wants to settle down. We have had direct communications from the irregulars in the west, showing that they do not stand for De Valera as president of the republic. He was never elected president of the republic; he conferred the title on himself in Ameri- ca. Arthur Griffith never claimed to be more than president of the dail.” Denies British Will Aid. Referring to the financial situation, Mr. Cosgrove said that but for the ab- normal military expenditure, the budget would have balanced on the right side at the end of the year. Mr. Cosgrove emphatically denied a rumer that British troops might be needed to reinforce the Free State army against the republicans. Eamon De Valera is said to have an- nounced his willingness to accept peace terms on condition that Irish elections be held on tke one clear issue— whether Ireland should be a free state or a republic. FREE STATE ATTACKS. Rebel Leaders’ Stronghold Near Belfast Is Stormed. By theptssociated Pres BELFAST, February 12.—The posi- tion held by the republican leader Bofin in the Arigna mountains of County Cavan was attacked this morning by a large body of Free! State forces and heavy fighting is in progress. Bofin is credited with leading the recent attack on Ballyconnell and Belturbet. Hundreds of Free State troops have arrived in Belturbet in special trains, leaving by rail and in armored cars for the scene. A Belfast dispatch on February 6 told of the raiding of the village of | Belturbet by fifty men who bombed the bank and other business build- ings, killing two men and wounding one. e ——————— SHIELDS FOR POLICE. Paris Officers to Be Protected by Chrome Steel. E PARIS, February 12.—When the Parisian police are sent to arrest dangerous criminals they will here- after be equipped with a Tectangular sheet of steel to protect the face, and with armor in the form of overlap- ping sheets of chrome steel over heavy cloth. This garment covers the front f the body and is capable of deflect- ng a revolver bullet. —_— Coal mines in Great Britain employ about one million men, or approxi- mately one-third more than the num- ber mployed in the United States. but I} | | i i | | { 1 | Nearly |everlasting gra COOLIDGE LAUDS NEGRO PROGRESS Declares = Development of Race Justifies. Faith of Abraham Linceln. DEDICATES NEW HOSPITAL Pays Tribute to War Record of Col- ored Soldiers—Says Nation's Gratitude Is Won. By the Associated Pres: TUSKEGEE, Ala, February 12 America stands unchangeably com- mitted to the principle of the right ! to individual freedom made forever plain and clear by Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Calvin Coolidge de- clared today in an address dedicating the $2,000,000 government hospital for negro veterans of the world war. “In the less than seventy years, that the negroes in America have been in the enjoyment of freedon they have made marvelous progre: said the Vice President. “That prog ress is shown most of all in the honest. industrious way in which the great body of their people have per- ]f rmed the plain, everyday duties of i “When the call came in time of war they were ready and desirous to re- spond. They were more anxious ! l—nll!fl than they were to evade any service for their country. In spite of every deception or temptation t which public enemies artfully sub jected them, they exhibited a loy alty and devotion to the cause of America which was unsurpassed four hundred thousand of them went into military service.” The total of casualties of negro troops, he sald, was approximately 103 officers and 1,543 enlisted men, of whom 6 officers and 2 enlisted men were killed in action. Fourteen negro of- ficers and 43 enlisted men received the distinguished service cross, he added. The negroes’ record at home and abroad during the war won them the ude of the American people, he said. “They have justified the faith of Abraham Lincoln.” FARRAR DECLARES SHE VERIFIED MISCONDUCT ) | Diva Takes Stand in Divorce Suit O’HIGGINS’ FATHER and Agrees to Admitting Reporters. By tiie Associated Press. NEW YORK, February aldine Farrar, former Metropolitan Opera star, took the witness stand today in her suit for divorce from her actor husband, Lou Tellegen, and testified that she had ‘“personally verified” the chargs of misconduct alleged in her petition. Asked if she his acts, she replied The diva testified minutes, most of which she epent in Yes” and “No” (o technical tions put by her lawyer and the Arthur Schwartz. counsel for Tel- legen. who is playing in the west, did not cross-examine her. He told reporters after the hearing that it was Tellegen's wish. Quotes Tellegen's Desire. ou know what Tellegen said.” he commented, quoting the actor's pub. lished attitude: “Let the lady get her divorce,” Miss Farrar arrived at the referee's offices shortly after 11 o'clock, She was acc ied by Alvin Unter- myer, her lawyer, and a private de- tective She wore a broadtail coa with chinchilla collar and was heas - ily veiled. Farrar's attitude than two toward reporters appeared to have undergone a change After a conference with Referea Ma hony, her lawyer and Tellegren's, an nounced there was no objection to the presence of reporter: and o group of newspaper men who had been waiting in the hall were - mitted to the hearing. . Rules Hearings Open. Referee Mahony had ruled I week that future hearings would be public unless Supreme Court Justice Cohalan ordered them otherwise, and the justice had passed the decision back to him. saying the court had is- sued no order for private hearings, Farrar smiled brightly at the re porters when they were admitt. and jand harbor work said they favored them with an occasional whimsical glance as she testified. When she had finished she donned her veil again and departed through a lane of despairing photographers to her waiting limousine. Her testimony ended today’s hear ing. The case will be continued Wednesday. CONFEREES BEGIN WORK ON ARMY MONEY BILL Conterees on the Army bill, the last of the big appropriation measures, be- gan today the task of smoothing out differences between Senate House drafts of the legislation. Only minor questions are in dispute, the Senate and House both having adopt- d the river and harbor fund of $56.- 589,000 and agreed to continue an Army of 125,000 men and 12,000 of ficers. Despite their defeat in the recent Senate fight, opponents of the large increase of appropriations for river had as- surances from President Harding that there would be no waste of money. The President, they said, had taken the position that only nioney really needed for necessary river and harbor improvement should be spent, regard- less of the amount authorized. new projects will be begun, it was sald, probably making it possible to keep expenditures within the $27 000,000 recommended by the b burean. Any surplus appropriat would lapse with the next fiscal year In making rivers and harbors ap- propriations for the current fiscal vear, which ends June 30. Congress voted $42,800,000 after the budget bureau had recommended expendfture of $27,000,000 on various projects. At the War Department it was said to- day that approximately $41,000,000 of and the appropriation made for this year had been allotted. COMDR. THOMSON WEDS MISS NEWTON IN LONDON U. 8. Officer Takes as Bride Step- Daughter of Lieut. Col. Orme of British Navy. LONDON, February 12.—Lieut, Com- mander Thaddeus A. Thomson, j sistant naval attache at the American embassy here, and Miss Lilllan New- ton, stepdaughter of Lieut. Col. Her- bert A. Orme of the British navy. were married at noon today- st Margaret’s Church. Cahon Carnegie officiated. The wedding was attended by the members of the staffs of the American embassy and consulate and also by numerous prominent American and English society people. [