Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1923, Page 25

AFRICAN NMONARCH WAS ‘RY PIONEER King Khama Banned Beer Among Tribesmen After Set- ting Up Strong Regime. ESTABLISHED PRICE LISTS Honesty in Business Was First Principle of His Gov- ernment. “African history crops out in queer Plac n the rock tomb of Tut- ankbamen, for example, and again in the death of King Khama of Ba- mangwato, Bechuanaland,” says a bulletin from the Washington head- quarters of the National Geographic : is some accounting for Pharaoh Tut, but if one were seeking the ‘greatest native of Africa’ he would likely look last in the half- mapped. thinly-peopled, malaria-rid- den and beast-infested region circled Ly the Union of South Africa, the Khodesfas and Southwest Africa ‘A glance at a map of Africa willl show these border countries be- springled with towns, populous &ndi historic, whose sons often attain, world fame. Already they are netted with raiiways and niore are building. | A South Africa Sahara. “On the other hand, Bechuanaland is! a South African Sahara in its lack ot ! settlements and railways. Cape-to- Cairo line crosses its southern fron- at Mafeking and elbows its way alons its easiern boundary until it at Plumtree. name sounds like a town of our own west in Bret Harte days, and appropriately so. For west of Plumtree tretch the ‘bad lands' of Bechuanaland—a vast waste of salt marshes, with the great Makalakari salt lake in the foreground and fartheginland the Lake Nagamj coun- 1ry. Here, in the ahari desert. live a people who cen called the most backward ca. And ert, it ha is their ‘Whose walls are Through numberless isolated cen- turies the Bakalahari bave developed A sort of sixth sense for water-find- ng. They draw through reeds from near eams by suction and use gourds t the prec Bamangwato's Metropolls. buth of Bechuanaland's not far from the great line railway's dusty Bechu&na- ctor nor from the crossing of Capricoin and the Limpopo, is Serowe, native metropolis of the Bamang- wato branch of the country’s Bantu- roid peoples it than the Bamang- still can tell of sickly children were were strangled and ced to womanhood and bacchanal.an advanced dwellers, patriarch when blind ba . about lack boy. w et David Li one contact with ci ed this blick son of a backward are adventure in human 3 iama is the one native of Africa whose biography Is worth the wriling, one writer asserts. Stickler for Sobrlety. “Khama ruled as an autocrat in peace because he had been mighty in war. He obtained a'd from the Brit- sh povernment against incursions of Bocrs and he beat back his neigh- Matabele tribesmen so effectually his people thereafter were im- from their periodic raids. a's conversion no emo- camp meeting pon a few practi- cal virtues and eniorced them 'so lit- erally that visitors to his clean, pros- perous capital usually are amaszed. He first set about making his people sober and honest. Even missionaries ‘re said to have remonstrated with him about his sudden banning of na- tive beer, but the grim old autocrat aid that soi r might be all right for white folks, but no beer was the alvation of his tribe. ¢ stories are told of his rigid honesty. On one occasion he sold, for a good price, a horse, which died @ few days after delivery to the pur- Khama returned the pur- chase price, saying that his inquiries showed that the horse had contrected the fatal illness while still in his pos- session “4 visitor to his ‘Khama regulates : you was wrote: ice of the the milk vender nore than the regula- tion price. nor can vou get it for less. He has put stop to the existence ot witch docto; He pervades every-! thing in his town. He is always on| horseback. visiting the flelds, the | stores and the outlying kraals, He 1s a veritable of his people, a untable outcrop of mental power and integrity among & |} degraded and powerless people.’ “The whole of Bechuanaland, an a somewhat larger than Texas, affords a lesson in conservation. 1ts dryness is attributed, in large part, to the continual cutting away of its trees. Most of its rivers are inte ASQUITH’S DAUGHTER HEARS RUHR TALE OF WOE Miners Threaten to Strike if Cuno Turns Down Any Reason- able Offer. By the Ascociated Press. DUESSELDORF, March 16.—For an hour or more yesterday Lady Bone- ham-Carter, daughter of the former British premler, H. H. Asquith, who is reported to be Investigating the situation here at the instance of her father, heard a crowd of German coal miners tell their tale of woe. The miners were brought to the sur- face especially for the purpose, as Lady Boneham-Carter speaks Ger- man. The men sald they favored going on strike as soon as the French seized the coal on the surface: they belleved this was the feeling among the miners generally. also emphasized that they d ernment if they learned that the Ber- lin government had offers of reasona- ble negotiations and Chancellor Cuno declined to consider them. Lady Boneham-Carter conferred this afternoon with the directors of the Krupps plant, which Is running full time, but she was denfed per- mission to enter the plant, owing to the ironclad rule barring out women, which has stood for thirty years, WADSWORTH AWAITING U.S.REPLY ON ARMY COST Delays Conference With Allies Until He Gets Word from Washington. By thie Associated Pres. PARIS, March 16—The conference which Eliot Wadsworth, assistant secretary of the United States Treas- ury, was to have had today with al- lled representatives on the subject of reimbursement of America for the costs of the army of occupation, was postponed, as Mr. Wadsworth had not received ‘the Washington govern- _reply to the allled proposals arding the terms of payment. The proposals provided that the United States give credit for German ships seized in American ports and get the balance out of possible future German reparatfon payments, in twelse annual installments. BISHOP TUTTLE LAPSES INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS ously Il With Grip for More Than Week. By the As<ociated Press. ST. LOUIS, March 16.—The Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle. eighty-six vears old, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, who has been seriously ill with grip for more than a week, lapsed into unconscious- ness today, it was announced at his residence here. It was added that little hope was held out for recovery of the church- man, who i« the oldest active anglican bishop in the world. EATEN BY WOLVES, FATE OF VETERAN, IS BELIEF By the Associated Press. SASKATOON, Sask. Carl Lynn, world war March veteran and mushers in the north country, is be- leved to have lost his life in a death battle with a pack of timber wolves, two hunters reported here today They said they thought his body had been devoured by the pack after he had killed six of the hunger-crazed beasts. Shreds of clothing and a gun, iden- tified as belonging to Lynn, surround- ed by the carcasses of the six wolves, were found by the hunters near Cree 200 miles north of Ile a La hut trace of the hunter's body was lacking. Lynn was an expert rifieman and | during the war served as a sniper. He had made a business -i-pDDlnlmPnl in 1le a La Crosse for March 10. Rouai e was Mabwn s afmas who] never broke an.engagement he did not arrive. EXTENSION OF NAVAL AGREEMENTS AIMED| March 16.—The Wash- :ington naval agreements in their re- ! lation to countries not represented at the Washington conference have been informally considered by the council of the league of nations. Action was postponed. however, pending the conclusion of the Pan- Rmerican congress at Santiago, at which naval questions also will be discussed. "fter this conference, it is ex- pected that the league of nations will 2all a meeting of other powers which had no part in the Washington agree- ment to consider a world-wide mittent. " Many of them seep aw in the desert stratches. Fish burro into the moist rivulet beds during the ; time the streams go d : The very best to be had in Children’s Footwear scheme for the limitation of naval | rmament, This gathering will proh- ably convene in some European capi- at Richk’s —Anatomscally correct sn_shape—allowing full five-toe room for growth—and built to withstand the hard knocks of red-blooded boys and girls. Fitted by patient and efficient salufnlkc All of which makes Rich's the safest ]rlmr to send or bring the children for their footwcear. ICHS Proper Footwear " Street at Tenth one of the best known trappers and | i Episcopal Prelate Has Been Seri- | { i memmummxmmxmmnmmm ; 2344—Planfiage— i Rufenreddy—Fox 2eeesseeesssttessetesssesssseesssssses &t NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, Accomplishment. From the Youth's Companion. Pretty nearly all the joys of lving are to be summed up in the word achievement. Both In sport and in work the achievement of a purpose is the thing that gives a man the great- est satisfaction. To feel that we are working steadily toward our aim, to see that the design is taking form under our hands, {5 to erperience a sacisfaction greater than any that comes to us through contemplation and lelsure. Often when the task is hard and long you feel that, if only you had it finished, you could be happy. Yet, when it is finished you soon learn that in the freedom from it there is not so much pleasure as you found in the performance of it. You have, indeed, freed yourself from a companion of your thoughts, und you have perhaps nothing that at once can take its place. The joy of accomplishment that it had seemed you could never know until the accomplishment wi complete survives the labor only short time: and, looking back, you s that it was In the effort rather than in the triumph that the deepest satis- faction lay. But vou would never have realized that if the effort had not been crowned with the triumph of accomplishment. One of the vir-| THE NEW HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRACRDINARY Josef Hofmann NOW ON BRUNSWICK RECORDS ONLY First Recording Now On Sale 50023—Hungarian Rhapsody- Hungarian Rhapsody A record to cherish and preserve lost nor subtlety of expression nnnltul geniuses of time perpetuated the world’s clearest reproductions- on any phonograph. today. Play No. 2, No. 2, Crystal clear, Part 1 (Liszt) Part 2 (Liszt) not a note One of the great as ofily Brunswick Records— couid achieve. Hear it Six Other New Records Just On Sale JUST HEAR Henry Lange (Pianist) x Trot W hite Way Male Quartet 20—Come Along Ernest Hare and Male Quartet My Bucdy A R T R T e T [338833888388332883883228838883888888838833383388 choose. Sigmund’s Own Special Pure Silk: full fash- ioned; in perfect quality. Choice of 5 different vored spring colors. $2.00 value $1.69 First Floor. Startling and novelty ornaments. Ghe Economy Cochr Special Saturday Sale of New Spring Hosiery A big variety of colors and kinds from which to EVERY PAIR PERFECT. Because prices are ndvancmg you will see the advantage of buying your season’s supply now during this special sale. Don’t miss our special sale of Suits and Coats § 1 8_ Sale of Easter Hats & 7th and H Sts NV 333 388323““ $38333838338383833838¢ Fiber and Silk Clock- ed Hose—Gray, Cor- dovan, Black. Poco Java: with clocking. in either self or - §1.39 contrast- colors 3383833333832 $ Fine Mesh Fishnet Hose — pointed heels : in Gunmetal and Black: pure silk and perfect qual- 51.69 ity. $2 value. Kayser Silk lLace Hose. Beach and Gr: Perfect qual- ity, beautiful $l 98 patterns ... Holeproof Silk Fiber g Hose; seamed $338383838383883388388: back. Black and Cordovan Values in Pretty Mushrooms; cute Turbans and Choice Off-the-face and Picture Hats, in all the best materials and all the favorite colors. Saturday Only 100 Hats . . Marked to sell at $5.00 Milan crowns, trimmed with silk bows, flowers, ribbons Black and all the desirable colors. $375 b383838080888888388888838888888882388328288883888888888888888 tues of accomplishment is that it makes us more keenly aware than we could otherwise be of the joys of struggle. There {s no joy of struggle for one who always falls to finish. - Artificial 1imbs supplied to war vic- tims by the British ministry of pen- sions last year comprised 9,469 legs, 3,937 arms and artificial eyes In 4,000 cases. Ship Lines Plan bring about an end operating between Women’s Sport Sweaters Stylish striped bottom, two-toned combinations in Great Savings Await By Buying Your all the wanted plain color sweaters in stylish slipover style for women and misses. BEHREND’S Tailored Hat, Hemp Straw. Paisley Scarf. Hat, Straw. Silk ton Woman's Hat, Neapolitan Straw, very smart. ban, e tian style. The Season’s Newest Weaves T —— e ——— “Springtime” Knitted Crepe The big “rage” of the season __36-inch all-silk, in beautiful. newest spring shades. Girls’ Capes and Specially Prlced for This S $4.95 ‘9= Worth $12.50 | i Rich plaids | and plain col- ‘ ors, Sport and DressCoatsand | Capes. for girls ' | pe Conte—tnia wprivg's dress- 7 to 14 years: lined or un- lined. Several hundred select from. 3 36,90, npm-uy to priced. Think of buying Crepe and Pongee Dresses for this price, in sizes for girls 6 to 14 years —that’s what this sale offers. Brand new exclusively modeled, lon§ -waisted styles; embroid ered, hemstitcked and with side pleats. All in one big sale for Lustrous Heavy Glove Silk finished, with colored garter, tops, in plain_ ani lace stripe effects. Colors: black, dark b dark gray and champ: entire only; around gray ankl R.lchelleu Ribbed 39 A fine Sheer rouge _and cham- 5-ply heels and toes 59¢ Clnldrenl % Silk-Cuff Ladies’ Lace Hose Fiber Silk Sport Hose for chlldran in hlsck, pagne, dark brown, gray, white; double-rolled cuffs; irregulars Easter Hats 5 Super-Values for Saturday Misses’ Sport Visca Dress Hat Ostrich Trimmed. Smart Tur- Paisley Straw, Egyp- sl .69 Saturday—Children’s Day—Special Prices for 1 Day’s Selling with lace effect woven 1923. MAY END RATE WAR. Combine to Fix Ocean Freight Rates. NEW YORK, March 16.—Steps to to the rate war that has been waged by ship 1ines|cuts by any member would be punish- Atlantic and Pa Where Jour Dollorvr Count Mosrt BEH 720~22~24 Tth St. N.W. You sl_ Straw, Can- Crepe Faced, |cific por b of damage suffered ‘by the other companies. Rates which fell to an unprece- dented low level during the period of cutting, would be raised not sooner than July 1. The few contracts rur ning beyond the midycar would be adjusted on an equitable basis of the United States were |amount taken when a committee appointed to draw up a plan for re-establishing the Atlantic intercoastal conference presented their report at a meeting of fourteen companies. The proposal cails for a deposit ml $25,000 by each company to guaran tee its adherence to the rates agrrwdl upon by the conference as a whole e The man who has no tact al ed by askessment of several times the | brags of his frankness $3.00 to $5.00 Corsets Closing out lot of American Lady and Nemo Corsets that sold to $5.00. Not $ all sizes in_every shape, but all sizes in lot. A clearance price. (DS 110 more of these beautiiul silk crepe lined Suits of Poiret Twill, Tricotines and Novelty Cloths. Styles are long line models, and bloused styles, strictly tailored, richly em- broidered or braid-trimmed models. They the best values in the city. Sizes 16 to 44 e 3 % Other Suits at $14.75 to $39.75 Just for Saturday $16.75 to $19.75 Coats--Capes:/ box coats are A such materials as Velours, and invisible Plaids, in all the spring shades; plain and embroidered models, lined with silk or lingette. Sizes 16 to 20 and 36 to 44 and 43 to Other Coats, $9.75 to $49.75 derful of Coats and Yalama, Polaires, Plaids wor variety Capes in 100 Wonder Suits for Boys Easily Worth $10.00 to $12.00 500 Easter Hats to Select From, $1.00 to $4.98 de Chine. fon Tafret, $1.05—35-in. $1.98—35-inch Colored Chif- 2-Pants Suits Of high-class tweeds, herringbones hlue serge and novelty mixture: boys up to 18 years. 4 brand-new styles, including the pleated golf style, the 4-pocket effect and the popular Norfolk model Choice of browns, tans, greens and grays. High-Class $2.00 Wash Suits Superbly Tailored Suits, for boys 2to 8 vears. White, tans, ete. All the new novelty styles. including buttoned pants models Norfolks, Oliver Twists, Balkan and Middys. blues, . J Magnificent Easter Silk in a Sale Saving You Considerable i k7 $2.00—40-inch Heavy Every Wanted Shade e R R Silk and Wool Canton Crepe | Guaranteed not .98 to slip—a Crepe soft and graceful crepe of high luster in new spring shades. atin Charmuse. $2.00—35-in. Printed Radium. Coats ale Worth $15.00 to $16.98 High-class Coats, in sporty models or dre: effects also exclusively modeled Capes, in beautiful plaid patterns, and all wanted plain colors. 200 of the Most Wonderful Dresses We've Ever Had— Regular $4.50 Models—for '1 Women’s Colored Top Glove Silk Hose $1.95 rown, light and agne and beige. and sole. Stripe Hose - 59c leg; shaped double soles. Infants’ Specials $4.50 Crepe Coats $6).98 Silk-embroidered Coats. Made 2 cloth that will wash beauti- splendidly lined; beautifu! tailored. Exquisitely of fine crepello fully: Bortoned | tow-strapped styles. Exquisite Lace and Embroidery Dresses—Long, Short Fine White Dresses of sheer- est nainsook, in bishop and yoke styles. Choice of dozens ribbon and embroidery trim- mings. Babies’ Faille Silk Coats Tan, Copenhagen, Flesh and Rose Coats, of lus- trous silk faille. Prettily $4 95 made with smocked fronts. and backs and * niceiy lined. 39¢ Pin-back Babies’ Undershirts | Soft Shoes 27 [, wateTan A Timely Sale— The New Black-and-Gray Combination Pumps Worth $4.50 styles long sleeves, Choose from Flat and Mili- tary Heels, in every wanted size. ‘Women's stylish Pumps in the very latest patent and suede combination in one and two strap styles. VYUV VYVY