Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1923, Page 10

10 4 DENBY ADE GOES TO POST N AT Maj. Shearer to Join Marines in Island Republic as Colonel. Maj. Maurice E. Shearer,” United States Marine Corps, aide: to Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby since the latter assumed office, will retire from || that position November 20 to become & colonel in the Haitian gendarmerie, an organization officered entirely by officers and non-commissioned officers of the Marine Corps. Maj. Shearer will leave his present post about November 10, sail on the U. Henderson D cember 20 for Port au Pi on its last trip a transport in Haitian service. latter was ma Secretary of the Navy, and immedi- ately upon assuming office, he had Shearer detailed as his marine ||l Fighting His Pastime, Maj. Shearer is typical of that breed || known in song and story as the “flea- bitten marine” of the rough-and-|§i ready type, to whom fighting is, has been and always will be a pastime. He is from the ranks. Maj. Shearer did his first fighting in the war with Spain. || He enlisted in Indlanapolis, his native || city, as an artilleryman in the Army, !| and was discharged in Buffalo, when the Army was getting vid ‘of its || eurplus war men. Having had a taste of the fighting life, and liking i he decided to become a marine, hav ing heard wierd tales of constant scraps from a recruiting sergeant in Buffalo. He shipped for four years, | |}/ liked it, and came back for more. Then he got tired of being ordered about by “shave-talls,” so he decided to become one of them and show them what a real “shave-tail” should be. In this fashion he fought his way to his present grade, having made it in_the early days of the world war. The Haitian gendarmerie, which he will enter, is described as being a little more than a police force and a || little less than an army. The privates and non-commissioned officers are native Haitlans, who have the healthy || respect of their people. Under di- rection of their white officers they have restored order to the once- troubled little republic, and today peace and trade thrive where only a few years ago turmoil and murder || reigned Supreme. CITES SECRETARY WORK. Court Seeks Adjustment of In- dian’s Lumber Sale Claim. Hubert Work, Secretary of the Inte- | rlor, was cited today by Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court to show cause, December 14, why a mandamus should not be issued against bhim to compel payment to Alexander Besaw, a Menominee Indian of mixed blood, residing in Shawano, wis., his share in the proceeds of lumber sales from Indian reservations. Besaw tells the court he is separated || | from his tribe and has adopted the habits of civilized life, but claims he is part owner of the Fox River reservation in connection with the other tribesmen, | | and entitled to $1,012.52, which has been refused to him. Through Attorney Dennison Wheelock, the Indian asserts ¥ 2 THE SUNDAY STAR, W’ASHI}"GTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 4. 1923—PART 1. For Street, Half and Less $22.50 to Expect the most sensation- al dress values this store has ever offered — Included are many beau- tiful Evening Dresses, in- cluding Spangled Robes and Sequin Gowns—for the theater and dance. Pt won’t be disappointed. It’s a sale that eclipses every other dress event in our history. o A ! BOTH SIDES OF 7™ AT K ST. “THE DEPENDABLE STORE’ l 7] SSES Afternoon and Evening Wear --- the Very Cream of the Fall-Winter Fashions at One- il"han One-Half Their Actual Worth! $39.75 Values---Choice! who wear sizes up to 52Y5. - — All sizes, 16 to 46 for misses and women. Extra Size : Dresses, includ- ing sizes 421/ ) to 521/ s A feature of this sale is the large number of . extra large size dresses. Hard-to-fit women will find an astonishingly . large assortment of-sizes and models for women that according to the treaty agreement ||}/ with the government Secretary Work is | | required to deposit the proceeds de- rived from the sale of lumber off the || reservation to the credit of the Indians and to pay 5 per cent interest. 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