Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1923, Page 5

VETERANS' BUREAU FUDENCE HLD UP Witness” = Statement Not Made Pubiic, Awaiting At- torney General’s Action. Member of e sident polidge unan- . BT isly was an honorary W1 Daush- Ly yper of the Washington Chamber inouncement that the Depart- 5 ot ; e oo dustice will investigate 44 b e avestigate Wl ourd of directors of the organiza- o resa { thon in the Homer building last nigit. Voterans' committen wnt | President TsaactGans of the cham- s I | ber announced to the board that the Katherine Mortimoe of | President had ented 1o become o Videnen an. | member. A committee of five was i b asegur | BAMed 0 present an engraved eor- s S { tificate_of membership to the Presi miy 1 that may ].| it The committes Is composed of | sans. Robert N. Harper, Alhert . Jumes T. Lloyd and Martin | Calvin | | i | | H | | | n or W of Attorney | o nere a ot eharzes the W tr o hold oy ) dnes Hadel her which iy n 1 proseeuti aken caring Refused. the committee has decided | t granting a public hearing to Mortimer, whe % the Aso Following E request from the | Washington Safe 3 ouncil the board | | donation | dune THE EV v . District C. of Board of Directors Meeting Expresses, Thanks to Groups Aiding Arm Marine Game Success. “To the sev city for the nished. al newspapers of the splendid publicity the Chesapeake and Telephone Company and ) manager of thel for the broades features and th the Are: of 500 Potomae . Pierson. sting of prelim me itself ny for the for their serye tic AP, hayer Son wnd Moore 8 printing of wis for tickets, M Bands Are Thanked. “To the Army Band for mbsic led at the Willard “To the Marine Yund | turnished at the City Clu “To Roland Robbins for s from Keith's Theat fur f for mus the voted to indorse and co-operate in s sale of $1 memberships in the (e Drivers’” Club of Washington. The membership committee report twenty new members and thei tion was approved, as follow Laura S. Brennon, Mrs Mync Cohen, Jordan, 0. 0, Arthur ¢ mith, David hert, Henry ithers, . Moore, lins T Mortimer, chief wit bre the committ e Forbes, former dir Mis. Mortimer reques r the elg £ the v o two h to t comimit rown r hman, Edaard A ad tain freqiuent husiy dditional methods in mulate its for Vote Glover An expression of voted to Charles C. Glover for his gift 1o the city of a lars t of lund for park purposes 3 ported on the various with th | game. His er taking all dis the va Mhanks, apprecin e the sever: 2 | nutlank that Atas, counsel der advi: brniy q itors onn Tuircau | Serve _ ORyan f New York have un invitation of A ugherty to accept i Asvis in th itio INDIANA REPYBLICANS DISCUSS McCRAY CASE: Several Expected at Committee Conference, an { Marine root owed that a rans from e there remained | in that fund of $180. Tt s voted (o distribute this fund pro among the hospitals, to be used “hristmias entertainment for the diers Resolutions were Ve adopted by the “xpressing the thanks and ap- preciation of the chamber to the in- | dividuals und organizations assisting | to make the foot ball game - | . as follows Members of Legislature | IN DEBATE BY PRAYER Delegates Resort Three Times to Fervent Petitions Before Heated Session Ends. | repblican around Clydr tate chairman, brousht ahorit the ex- ©indictment on erim- | zzlement and iated Press. ! PITTSBURGH, Decemb for charter revision administrative changes alled forth such heated ren sui delezates attending the annual meeting of the National Reform As- | sociation that harmony prevailed only | fter three times resorting to fervent | prayer and twice to a re s of the ssions. The storm broke in the morning [ when former United States Senator Frank J. Cannon of Utah read the re- part of the publication committes, { which has charge of the Christian { Statesman, the association's officia igan. After @ debate on the report | the discussion turned to a general ] riticism and defense of administra- | tive policies. | Harmony finally was restored the delegates voted to le drafting of a new charter to the sociation's attorney. The principal changes in the work- | ing methods of the association to be embodied in the new charter include | | departmentalization of activiti - | operation with churches which may | | affiliate with the organization and an | increase in the membership of the board of directors, tending, it was| said. to take much of the authority | from the hands of the general super- | intendent | dent, Herbert H. Leh- SHOPMEN LOSE STRIKE. | d vice president, George H . | e J7350a- | Wil Ask for Jobs Individually on | sl Shed Delaware and Hudson. ! <ponding Ty, | B ALBANY, N. Y., December 5.—The | gl strike of shopmen on the Delaware | hin Jacq and Hudson railroad,’ in progress James W since July 1, 1922, has been ended, | f0 Germa rding te Richard McKenzie of nator Jumes J. i this city, chairman of the { The strikers voted to return under !the offer made by the company- that | i th apply for positions individually | iand not_through their union organi- {zation, Mr. McKenzie said. He ex- | | plained that about 4,500 men from ! { Plattsburgh, - N. Y., ‘to Wilkes-Barre [hud gone on strike John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. Points] Out International Aspects of Question. party tion Itive's Tecer ed A. Walb, cuss the the three him vester- \ have xempt u involunt farm, 1o rding Vernor in Walb, nducting the farm Iy fr CLUB SEES BIG VOICE IN DEMOCRAT COUNCILS tional Democratic Body Re- Elects Thomas E. Rush Presi- dent at Convention. Br the Associated P NEW YORF mination to make Club forceful Dec the mbe National Demo- eratig in the councils of the part wtion officers chosen wer secre of H ton tra sador governo Elde ] were 3. la u a, | PUBLIC HEALTH WORK IMPORTANCE STRESSED USE FISH AS MONEY. The ILabrndor Natives Prefer Food to ce of the publ Currency as Wages. of the world was em- | From Popular Mechanics. John D, Rockefeller, jr., Fish are used as money along the last_night chairman of | Labrador gpast, where there are no f the Rockefeller Foun- | stores, according to reports, and trad linner in honor of health | ers accept the finny exchange in pa; en foreign) ment for their wares. »mpleted | Currency almost is useless, for the of (hlx reside prefer to he paid in food and viees. clothing for their serviees. The t t steam- fishing season was unusually poor, use the chools of fish which have jregularly furnished the chief means tional one,” Mr. | of livelikood to the natives, deserted “An epidemic be-! the waters along those shores. In or- ion of the! der to relipve the conditions, a paper quickly along | mill that will give employment to and reach the | many persons is being planned, and spulation in a|fishermen are raising goats to pro- short time. ~ The question of | vide necessary food elements lacking lealth and disease must befin the usual diet of fish, white bread an international affair.”|and tea. ‘ = {s YOUTHFUL BRIDEGROOM - | _ Her Secret. ACCUSED OF PERJURY | The newly marsicd pair were seated e H i cozy armchair in front of the fire. Jersey City Prosecutor Dearest,” said the young bride, | vou any secrets to Ride from Lad's Father to File Formal Charges. Wants | “hav hubby Y CITY, N. J., December 3. | your wiiey< | “None, P'rosceutor McMahon today he would ask Joseph i proudly. Tucker. postmaster of Essex, Mass., “Then I, too, will have from you,” said she, in her to appeir before the Hudson county nd jury next week and prefer “What, have you a secret’ of perjury against his 16- in_a startled voice 1d son. Burton S. Tucker, who ently marricd Mrs, Susan Simp- son, fortv-six vears old. Mr. Me- Mahon charged that the youthful Susband falsificd his age 4in an afli- avit to obtain the marriage license, . December | may 1 orids t nters of our public dandled my pet,” replied no secrets | tones, | he asked | id firmly and sl m going to tell it to you. he muttered hoarsely. | “For some weeks 1 have had a secret [ 1onging for a fur coat for @ birthday | I present.”” | Assistan nounced n- il.\ car She got it. Rarely Seven Leaflets. Winter leaf buds 'of the shagbark hickory are very large and notice- able. bemg_ from one-half to three- = quarters of an_inch in length, says THREE DIE IN FIRE. the American Tree Association. The = & leaves alternage (ran;l eight to fourd- iteen inches long, and are composes One Other Severely Burned When|of five, rarely, seven, leaflets. These Jare atfached to the central stalk by Home Is Destroyed. { yery short stems or none at all, ex- - Y inal leaflet, whose stem BAY CITY. Mich, December i cept the terminal , Three persons were th | is somewhat longer. and another escar burned to death ; ed with serious | burns when the farm home of Joseph | P Dietosn, mear. Turner, in Arenac Fruit of the Shagbark. v, was destroyed by fire this The fruit of the shagbark hickory, The victims were Mrs. | ripening iu October, is a white, rather ed fift her daughter Elsie, | thin-shelled. edible. four-angled nut, and Miss Katherine Klish, a | slightly flattened on the sides, says hool teacher, who boarded at the | the American Tree Association. This is concealed in a thick, green husk, Telosh home. Deloxh escaped from ihe house after heing badly burned. |often nearly half an inch in thickness. morning. alosh l | offered free s | e 13 | the subject of the | —The | | ithe man who doesn't rtists who presentc “To the people ontributed to the bled veterans to th o R Ha & donated for presentation to the ning team “To the various ‘hairmen and members of committees for servie dered theaters which g Ats Cor members o and Marine Corps e chmb oy who i any « Suceess Do nid 1 o Wil evening, 1. Stephian duit of the hall nturday t fard I nber date next boards mied from ¥ evening 1o ani Thursday Tie - night i A t 1 report of the comn and legiclation was made man Jam Llovd ber of subcommittees to care portant subjects of legislution It was voted to invite to the cham- ber meeting on December 18 - the members of the jate and Hou commitises on appropristions and on the District of Columbia n and Col ©. Sherrill also b invited The purch stock torinm. tree by Chair- ‘ will unanimously voted to 000 worth of bonds and new Washington Audi- hoard in th General Says Same Plan as Fol- lowed in Austria May Bring Recovery. outh Africa . pren rousing re- his arrival here from Lon- he attended the im; CAPE TOWS Docember South Afri ception o don, whe { confer: general plan rehabili- “Broadly rviy on the he proposes for the he said struction w astriz. The me authoritativ is t breathing spac pearan: tuhr. would Germans's ree y * rapid. Premier Smuts declined (o speak on British «le but he referred to Premier Bu “fine temperament.” THREE WOMEN ON JURY TO TRY D. L. HARRISON Former Vice President of Dollings | Company Accused of Making False Statements. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohin, jury o W county December 5.—A obtained in Franklin eriminal court late yesterd for the trial of Dwight L. ‘Harrise former vice president of the R. I Dollings Company of Ohio. charged with making false and exaggerat statements in the sale’of the cd porate holdings of the Phoenix Port- lind Cement Company, a subsidiary of the Dollings Company. One of the woman members of the jury is a negro. Taking of testimony is expected to start tomorrow morn- | ing. W Doll ;. Benham, president of the ings Company, is to be tried in local court after Harrison on the the same char Motions torquash in- dictments charging use of the mails to defraud and conspiracy to defraud pending against the two in federal urt were overruled today and trial for Januar: 1924, RAIL PACT ADOPTED. | World Parley Approves Conterence Under League Auspices. EVA, Switzerland, December 5. international conference on transit and communication, being held under the ausplces of the league of natlons, vesterday unanimously adopted the international convention whereby the present prac- tices are codified and the principle of equal treatment of all commerce recognized. o —_— COGGESHALL'S TERM CUT. President Coloidge has reduced from seven to five years the sentence of Charles F. Coggeshall, convicted in Oklahoma in April, 1 of accepting a bribe while acting in an official ca- pacity In the Indian service. The ef- fect of the reduction will oe to ren- der Coggeshall eligible to parole, and t is expected that a parole sovn will be granted in view of repre: that Coggeshall is in i1l healt Taking a Chance. From Judge. Little Gertrude had been reared ac- ording to scientific principles. ‘When she visited her cousins she was shocked to learn that all drank from ome com- mon cup. Her objection to this method was met with the question, “What dif- ference does it make?" g W she explained, ou'll get microbes on you and I'll get your crobes on me.” G —_——— College Women. ‘rorg the New York Independent. 4 What does colleg¢ do for women? Or what does it do to women? Many things, apparently. Of 4,220 Vassat alumnae, 877 report themselves house- wives, 1,216 are following professions and 1,823 have no occupation. Of the Barnird class of 1913, thirty-four stayed at home and twenty became professional or business women, whereas in the more modern class of 1923 eighty-nine stayed at 'home, married, or went . traveling, and 132 turned fo the professions. —_—— .~ The Worst. From Judge. “Deliver me, darling,” said one so- phisticated woman to another, “from understand women! They're simply impossible to slip anything over on. 7 The Naked Truth. From Life. 2 Kind Lady—And how Is your dear grandpapa these days?" D i Little Girl—Thank you, Mrs. Suggs, =s|lua all his faculties still but his alr. Coolidge Elected Honorary fur- | wile | ously dis- | cup | January | on law | num- | for im- | f nine mem and three | railcoad | taticns | DR. VAUGHN HEADS Elected Governor of'Societyi of Colonial Wars—Other Officers Chosen. | i i Goorge Tully Vaughan was governor of the Society of | Wars at the thirty-first an- eeting in the New Willard th ] bores of minister epre- tndinna rode slety, de- ccrnmental tit had been originated in the nd reaily iand. The the example ther | the | the | chts | tion the Neth Merrill of n addressing the it many of the al from ands, M guests honor. 0 nave s relle tion for b | Cont .ol Unitea | ely ot Constitution of « i | 13, introduc Business me of four me ty AL the stelie in the were rge R. ashburn o | Stet | and Others Placed in Ofce. folloy elected « were ughan amuel Herrick Rev. G, CF Kk Ather- Wil- Charles registrar, Capt. ! deputy ise Langworth; Stewart: Chap- | . Bratenahl 1lor. Ralph Putnam - Barnavrd, surgeon. Dr. L Harvie and custodian of he colors, Owen. t. Col. Frederick ric Bulkeley Hyd 1ro Kenyon. or general mbia. Dr. The to serve under Deputy governe lieuten Brate ton k |liam Carroll ! Rober = i v . Root Bennet itrar, Dr. Charles Ford historian, Dr. Andrew . the Very Rev. foha aul vior, for the George | District” or Ce | Tully Vaugha i int of Delegaten. { n. Col. Frederick puis Huidekoper rd Hu Dyer and Ralpp William Lec smmittes on membershi Robert Root Ben Charles Ford yrihy, Cyrus zoot, Allen Richards Boyd and Lt fe jander Lewis Painter Clephane. Committee on historical documents Dr. Andrew Stewart, chairman: Comi- modore Richerd Graham Davenport { Dr. win Alls Hill. Alfred By Horner and Col. Wiliam Otway Owen. {BANDITS USE ADHESIVE TAPE TO GAG VICTIMS Capt an; Dr. I <, Strips Pressed Across Mouth to| Prevent Gutery by Abra- ham Akers. ciated Press AND, December Ad- tape has found its place in the of banditry hera as an effective | erial to seal the lips of hold-up ims. 2 It was used this morning by three ! gunmen who escaped with $300 in | {cash and merchandise valued at a | {similar amount after holding up Ab- {raham Akers and a in the for- mer's dry goods store. forcing the !two men into the basement, where {they were bound hand and foot and I stripe of adhesive tape pressed across | lmr- lips of each of the vietims, so ! they could make no outery. 5340,000 POSTAL ROBBERY, !Kunsas Bandits Pry Open Window and Make Big Haul. DORADO. Kans, December 3.' & open a small window in the 1 receiving vestibule, bandits st night gained entrance to the El| | Dorado post office and took money. | | reistered mail and stamps. said b post office officials today to be valued | lat $40.000 e Seeing Double. ew York Sun. ! The man was before the court on [ the charge of being drunk and dis-; orderly on the previous evenin i The policeman who bad arrested | {him had given evidence and the magistrate asked the prisoner if hel had any questions to ask the wit-| {From e i " sald the man. “If you are| so cerfain of the details of the case why don’t vou call your fellow po- liceman to corroborate you? “The only one constable in the village,” replied the witness. “But I saw two myself last night,” said the indignant prisoner. “That is just the charge against you,” retorted the policeman, with a smile Upset His Theology. From the Atlanta Journal. The negro preacher began his s imon with “Breddern and siste {when de fust man, Adam. wa lereated he s made outer wet cla and set up 'gainst the palin’s to dr. A dissenting member of the con- gregation arose and said: “Pawsin, if Adam was de fust man den who made all de palin’s?” a ! “Bre'er Simkins, set down,” said }the parson diggustedly. “Sech fool questions as yourn would upset any system of theolog | R 1 Much of the light hauling done in | Geneva, Switzerland, is performed by girls pulling pandearts. Buy D. ¢C, | By the {tine matters at its meeting yesterday | {ther WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1923. OARD PLARNIG POLE DASH MEETS Meteorologist Instructed to | Submit Data on Weather for Next Spring and Summer. JAPAN OFFERS TO AID INSURANCE COMPANIES Funds Sufficient to Meet 10 Per Cent of Quake Losses Made | Available. By the A-sociated Press, TOKIO, Dgcember 5.—The Japanese cabinet has agreed to advance to twenty-six insurance companies ac- pting its terms, funde sufficient to pay 10 per cent of their loss tained owing ta the widespres struetion wrought by the carthquak re o s ppointed flic elal hogrd to draw It 10 the north pole next snmmer its fiv nter- ment of si companie - yans under | —_— HISTORY OF CAPITAL! YOUNG. PREMIER AVERS Says Determination Only Kceps Bolshevism Alive. lated Pr . Dy histor; Pr Mussolin! printed in the Giornal tailsim still s w onty tand en biyonie eviden, there are vast re d Russia unt @listic ore o of the board toward draw- anection with mov program in xpedition was ti Eejchelderfer, metereolog au’ of aeronauti strueted to prepare for submis. on 1o the board comple ata wenther conditions for the ymmer of next v whix ix the important questions to be siner Tor on the weathen Kno the b deter- A the date of N ROM yer b sald | n interview | WAa% I7Italla. “Capi- | its prehistoric sia d t capital in any an ) Ialy, the mod ube s mier one con- wele L of it = i Ly whi e of ternoon u hat 1d for tie phs of bt stated at the rmal gathering wiil be srpose of obtaining phot o Those present orning were Command, Lieut. ¢ 4 cvismi rule 1 15 determinall o make it lus ing: T this ' cans, sia's 5 Furlon Allen Bartlett, Tbert National i d venor Al M than der Robert A, explorer, resident PLANS TO STUDY GERMAN s CAPACITY IN ABEYANCE' COUNT APPONY! SPEAKS PRAISE OF U. S. REPUBLIC Tx the As Reparations " Commission Takes No! Action on Proposal at Rou- tine Meeting. ted 1 BUDAPEST, Albert Apponyi, { premier, who has r L six weeks visit i By crated Press PARIS, Decerbeor tion commission disc a4 rou- | Laau fur- | 1 said on Fis way b wa “rollowing <tr o political afternoon, leaving tion with reg: the pronosed n abeyance tion inves The text of the document de the committe powers. which French are preparing. will be pre ented by M. Barthou, president of the commissio nother meeting. | MADE SOVIET OFFICIAL. S. J. Kagan, Formerly Envoy Here. Is Honored. MOSCOW, Decembe: affairs in the Russian have been placed un viston of S I n was fn the offic . the soviet repres.r New York. For the past two y Kagan has been secretary Anglo-American divis foreign office. 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