Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1923, Page 4

BLAME FRANC DROP ~ ONU.S. ANDBRITAIN French - Deeply Concerned Over Continued Slump and Rise in Prices. BY WILLIAM E. NASH. By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923, PARIS, December 27.—With the franc at twenty to the dollar and going lower—that is, to less than a fourth its normal value—with prices threatening tp rise proportionately as they did in Germany when the mark began to tumble, people here are be- ginning to ask “What's the matter with French exchange?" This is the heaviest blow dealt to France since the armistice. Bankers affect to ignore the affair because they congider it better off without publicity. Politicians try to avoid it for rhetorical reasons. Premier Poincare says it is due to specula- tion originating mostly in London, and that it is utterly unjustified by France's egonomic and situation. Anglo-Saxons Assafled. Under the circumstances, which are eommencing to affect the life of every citizens, these subterfuges no longer satisfy the public, however. John Smith wants to know, in detail, the why and wherefore. Apparently there fs not a single cause, like in- flation, but several causes based on lack of confidence in the future of the frane. 1 One of the most curious results of depreciation up to date is the irrita- tion fi is arousing against Great in and America. hese miserable Anglo-Saxons are erately trying to ruin the franc they did the mark.” says John Smith. ~ “They want to put prices on a dollar basis in France.” The budget remains unbalanced and Ruhr politics continue to inspire trust abroad. Dutch bank act- haps at thé behest of Ger- are said to be speculating in franes at the moment when’ the French government has need of all available financial re- sources to meet the annual commer- cial contracts maturing abroad. As to inflation, there certainly been none direct by way of the printing press, but indirectly it is not so cer- tain heavily Indirect Inflation Seen. Government loans for reconstruc- tlon purposes, especially for short term loans, are regarded by many as indirect or credit inflation. France's note circulation in the Rhineland, par- ticularly new regie railroad coupons fall within the same or similar cate- Reimbursements by the gov- cnt to the bank of France which should have attained two billions Lave been cut down to 806,000,000 this year. On the basis of these and other causes the fact is indisputable that devaluation of an alarming sort is 4t hand and may become worse if Popular mistrust goes further and leads to a widespread run on govern- ment bonds. Then rapid rise in prices @nd serious popular discontent. will be inevitable. GERMANY ALSO BLAMED. Minister of Finance Pleads Failure of Berlin to Pay Reparations. By the Associated Press, PARIS, December giation in French exchange is blamed Minister of Finance De Lasteyvrie rmany’s failure to pay repara- tions and consequent evils,’ Lasteyrie was replying in the senate to questions regarding the financial situation. The minister —The depre said ¢ and industrial ! M. De | ‘ ING PAGEANT ShEWING REV. DR. GEORGE DIFFENDERFER. REV, DR. EARLE WILFLEY. 7 CHURCHES COMBINE FOR BIBLE PAGEANT Presentation at Central High Is Strictly Undenominational Affair. Eight Washington pastors represent- ing seven of the leading churches in the city are members of the interdenomina- tional committee which is presenting tonight at Central High School audi- torium the second performance of the Bible pageant drama, “The Word and the Way,” dred members from churches in the city. Rev. George M. Diffenderfer of Luther Place Memorial Church is_chairman and Rev. Earle Wilfley of Vermont Avenue Christian Church is treasurer of the interdenominational committee, both these s having been keenl interested in “The Word and the Way from the time of its first presentation in December, 1921. Bishop James Rev rge Fi Stephen’s Church over twenty Freeman and the e Dudley of St :present the Episco- Rt. Rev. Mgr. C. F. Thomas of St. Pat- rick's Church representing the. Catho- lic Church. The Rev. Charles Wood is of the Congrezatic churches and the Jason Ncbhle Fierce the repr ntative of the Presbyterian member and the | Rev. Charles F. Boss., jr., director of | the Washington .School of Religious Education, represents the Methodist churches of the eity. The Burrell class of Calvary Baptist | Church reprcsents the Baptists, and a | committee of young women from this ybiz class directed by Miss Kdna Boyce with a cast of several hun- | pal Church on the committee, with the { [LEWIS ADDRESSES |ADMIRAL PRAISES KAPPA ALPHA MEN Says Fraternity Alumni Should Direct Graduates in Choice of Positions. President Willlam Mather Lewls of | George Washington University today welcomed the delegates to the thirty- ! second blennial convention of the 'Kappa Alpha Fraternity, given under the auspices of the James Ward Wood province of the orgamization at the Hotel Washington. The convention will continue until Sunday night. President Lewis suggested that the alumni of the various college frater- nities form a sort of advisory com- mittee for the active chapters and guide men into the right sort of jobs i S0 that they would not get into blind alley positions. Response was made to the welcome by Henry Clay Chiles, knight commander of the fra- ternity. The invocation was pro- nounced by Rev. George W. Atkin- son. Following a business meeting this afternoon a smoker will be held at the hotel tonight. The Kappa Alpha Fraternity was founded in 1865 at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. ,The original founders were James Ward Wood, Stanhope M. Seott, William Nelson and William A Walsh. The following are some of the leading members of the fraternity: Senator Morrls Sheppard of Texas, Senator William J. Harris of, Georgia, Representative Carl Vin- s0h of Georgla, Representative Fritz G. Lanham of Texas, Representative Schuyler O. Bland of Virginia, Gov. McLéod of North Carolina, Gov. Aus- tin M. Peay of Tennessee, John Terhple Graves, Richmond Pearson Hobson of the Merrimac fame, James Branch Cabell, Thomas Dixon, Lieut John 'S. MacReady, the comst-to-comst fyer, and Bishop Warren A. Candler of the Southern Methodist Church. The present officers of the order are: Henry Clay Chiles, knight com- | mander; William B. Crawford, grand historian; Claude W. Gignoux. grand purser; William K. Doty, editor of the Journal, and Edward P. Hodges, chief alumnus. CHURCH TORN UP, MEMBERS BEATEN Methodist Edifice Riddled by | Bullets During Service. . Moonshiners Blamed. Special Dispatch to The Sta: HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 27. —The Methodist Church at Black Rock, six miles north of Hancock, Md., today lies wrecked, the work of a band of twenty men, who stormed the edifice Tuesday evening while Christmas services were in progress, riddling the place with bullets, ston- ing the windows, tearing large holes into the walls and roof, severely in- juring two men and their wives and beating up most members of tae con- gregation. Without the slightest.warning, the attuckers swooped out of the hills | down upon the building while carols were being sung. A volley of shots and crashing glass threw the worshipers into a panic. When Isaac Bishop led the rush from the church to see what was happening a lan- | tern was shot from his hand | He was set upon by the mob and {beaten as was L.-A. Richards. Mrs. | Bishop and Mrs. Richards, who at- | tempted to intercede for their hus- { bands, suffered llke treatment. Other members of the congregation ran pell mell to their carriages and automoblles to escape. Many were i | force jgun factor. | he. NAVY GUN FACTORY Force Efficient ‘and Work Satisfactory, McVay Says in Annual Report. -~ General and special work at the naval gun factory, Washington navy vard, has been performed in a satis- afctory manner during the past year, says Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay, Jr., chief of the naval bureau of ord- nance, in his annual report, made pub- lic today. He adds that there is scarcely a bureau or activity of the government in this city which has not received some service from the factory Quring the past year. gun factory,” says Ad- “is an eficient govern- 1 acturing Institution, is a weil _equipped - plant for designing and developing the highest class of ordnance and other materials and has made a record for efficiency. Praist for Personnel. “The bureau feels that the ‘entire of officers and employes of the are worthy of high praise for the results achieved during the past year. The bureau deeply re- Erets the necessity of having to re- duce the number of employes dur- ing the past year on account of cur tailed ofdnance appropriations. Al- though reductions may be necessary from time to time, the bureau is of the opinion that it would be detri- mental to the government's interest to permit such an institution to- be disintegrated to any great extent. be- cause it would be extremely difficult to assembele and put into activy operation such @ plant without hav ing a trained corps of employes such as may be found at the naval gun factory. Admiral McVay says also that proof and experimental work has been carried out in a satisfuctory manner at the naval proving ground at Dahlgreen, Va., and that the naval powder factory at Indian Head, Md., is now operating with ,000 pounds a 3 wder, he says, meets the requirements of the service in target practice powders and permits of the completion of new powder, where it Is requi under construc tion. The output ¢ ys, I8 the minimu which™ the powde with reasonable the nucleus for expansion emergenc: Use of Torpedo Plant. The torpedo stations, Alexandria, he says, is to continue as & torpedo depot for Storing inactive torpedoes and the administration transferred as a branch under the I gun factory. Sufficient personnel is retained for the preserva- tion of plant machinery and torepoes in storage. All excess torpedo parts at Alexandria and the: naval gun factory which could be used for future manu- facture were transferred to Newport in the interest of economy for new torpedoes manufactured at that plant. “All tasks given the civilian force have been performed in an entirely satisfactory manner,” says Admiral McVa; nd the chief of the bureau cannot’ but express his appreciation of the loyal, painstaking and efficient efforts of the whole force. As stated in the last annual report, the mojority of the emploves deserva an increase in pay, not only for the highly effi- cient manner in which they perform their duties, but in order to meet in a measure the high cost of living.” WEEKS GIVES $5,000 FOR HARDING FUND Evening Star and C. A. Grasselli Present $1,000 Each—Shrine Temple Votes $5,000. can_operate v"and maintain in Contributions to the Harding Me- morial fund of $5.000 from Secretar: of War Weeks, $1,000 from The Eve ning Star Newspaper Compary and the gift of a simjlar amount from C. Abe Martin Says: ~ 3.~ Nobuddy ever got any" satis- faction that complained that they wuzn’ appreciated. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) {3 DEAD IN VIRGINIA SHOOTING AFFRAYS Two Others Wounded in. Disorders Which Sweep Lynch- burg Section. o NSRS o LYNCHBURG, Va, December 27— Three men are dead and two others, one of them seriously wounded, are in local hospitals as & result of shoot- ing affrays near Lynchburg Christ- mas day. i Thomas Martin Coleman was shot and instantly killed while driving horie from church services with Miss Christine Coleman and Rev. Mr. Phillip=. Sam Nelson, negro, has been brought here for safe keep- ing. Coleman was shot as he was driving past a group of negroes who were celebrating the day by shooting off firecrackers and revolvers. Hobart Fitzgerald was killed at Massle’s - Mill, Nelson county, and Herbert Oliver is under bond, charged with the shooting. Alex. R, Megginson, negro, was fatally wounded in the accidental discharge of a plstol he was hamiling. Garland Fisher is in a serious con- dition from a bullet wound inflicted, the authorities charge, by James Mitchell? The latter is held in the county Jjail. Charlie Hubbard, negvo, is held on a charge of shooting W. Matthews, negro. CONFER WITH OYSTER ON NEW BUS LINE Group. of Three Propose to Intro- duce Double-Decker Ve- hicles Here. A group of three men, one of them a New Yorker, conferred with Com- missioner Oyster today on the pros- pect of establishing a new motor bus line in Washington. Although the plan was not elabo- rately defined, it is understood that the callers had in mind using double- decker buses similar to those oper- ated in New York and Detroit. It was reported that the backers of the movement said they would need a 10-cent fare if they operated in Washington. It i ferences will be held before announcement is made. xpected that fur- | DAN CUPID UPHELD BY STATISTICIANS, Figures Prove Married Men! Live Longer, Healthier and ! More Morally. Married men are less liable to dis- ease, less likely to commit crimes and | less liable to insanity and death than | single, widowed and divorced men. Manufacturing cities show a great- | er proportion of married persons than cities whose actlvities are bound up largely in trade. The number of persons in the United States in the marital state has | increased 4.6 per cent in the last thirty years, while birth control en- courages rather than discourages marriage. These facts were brought out to- day at a general session of the Amer- fean Sociological Soclety at the Washington Hotel by Willlam Field- ing Ogburn of Columbia University The effect of citles is to decrease marriage, Mr. Ogburn said, there be- ing a greater proportion of married persons in rural communities and in small towns than in the great cen- ters of population, while middle-aged and older persons are found married in larger percentages than young persons or very old persons. Excess of Sexes. The greater the number of men in proportion to the number of women, the larger the percentage married, up to a point well beyond the equality in numbers of the sexes, Mr. Ogburn said, while as the excess of men be- comes very large the percentage married decreases. Mr. Ogburn pointed out that busi- ness prosperity greatly increases marriage, and declared that the more rapidly growing citles have slightly larger percentages married. Effects of the recent northward mi- gration of negroes on industry and on the social condition of their race and on the white race in the north and south were touched upon by Dr. Joseph A. Hill, statisticlan of the census bureau. The negro is making ®ood in the north, in the opinion of Howard W.- Odum of the University of North Carolina. The National Community Center As sociation, the National Society for the Study of Educational Sociology and the Assoclation of Training School for Professional Work, affiliated or- ganizations, are meeting at the Wash- | ington at the same time as the soci: {1ogical soclety, discussing allied sub- jects. A round table discussion on | methods of instruction in case work was held by the latter association to- day, with Porter R. Lee of the New York School of Secial Work. Marion | Cook of eWstern Reserve University, | Theodore Jacobs of Johns Hopkins University and Virginia P. Robinson of the Pennsylvania School of So- cial and Helath Work joining in the discussion. Luncheons were held (o- lday at the hotel, by the allied or- ganizations and a dinner will be held tonight by the training school asso- clation at the City Club. New Grouping Foreseen. Segregation of homes and retail es- | tablishments in American cities into small and homogeneous districts was predicted by Clarence A. Pefry of the Russell Sage Foundation, addressing a joint meeting of a section of the American Sociological Sogiety . with the National Community Center As- woclation at the Washington Hotel lest nighw Playgrounds, homes, small shops, churches, libraries, schools and semi-public buildings ‘would be grouped in these home districts, un- der the plan proposed by Mr. Perry. Other speakers yesterday at a joint sesslon of the Natlonal Society for the Study of Educational Sociology cludbd: J. H. Kolb, University of Wisconsin; B. L. Melvin, Cornell Uni- ersity; George von Tungeln, Iowa ‘ollege of Argriculture: John Hynes, Connecticut Agricultural College; Joseph . _Hart of the vey; Daniel H. Kulp, Columbia Uni versity; E. George Payne, New York University; Robert E. Park, Unive sity df Chicago, and Harvey W. Zor- Extra Specials 5 For Friday---Saturday---Monday Fancy Fresh Turkeys, b, Leg of Lamb, 1. LoinunChops, » Chuck Roast, ., 1 7c Millbrook Eggs, ».°1 Potatoes, 10 lbs. C C C 3 Florida Oranges, doz. | Grapefruit, 3 for . . Large Size Cauliflower, each Iceberg Lettuce, 2 for - | Pink Salmon, <. 35¢ will serve a hers for the final per- | | A. Grasselli of Cleveland, Ohio, were formance tonight, just as they have | {arnounced today by the Harding Me- finances were in_ go but | nevertheless the fran | assaulted before reaching safety e c With the attack on the worshipers Coffee, 3., 65¢ ing for th that the p w finance He 3 He concludes hological reactions of were unfavorable to recalled that B'rance d repaid to Spain 204,- 5. the United States 50,000,000 ven, for pe: : 000,000 and but had to bo chargeable to Germany. he franc, now at a record low point, was incompatible with a bal- anced budget, De Lasteyrie de- ared. Rumors of inflation and sto- of wastefulness in the devastated gions were all chavacterized by the minister as calumnies. He regretted that interallied debts were not set- tled when the treaty of Versailles was signed. He deplored the effects of specula- tion and assured the senate that the law against the export of capital en- ibled the government to act if nec- essary. The minister expressed: con- tidence that France by hard work and self-sacrifices would recuperate. % WILL ASK $815,000 FOR HOWARD U. FUND Officials Seek Great Increase Over Current Appropriation—Backed by Work. expenses Requests for appropriations amount- ing in the aggregate to $815,000 will be made on behalf on Howard Uni- sity to the appropriations com- mittees of Congress, the university anuounced today. This amount has been recommended by Secretary of ‘he Interior Work and by the budget bureau. The amount asked is greatly in ex- cess of the $232,000 provided for the arrent fiscal year. New posed for the university include toward construction of a building for an assembly hall, gym- nasium, armory and administrative headquarters for a department of health and hygiene—an increase of 00 over the current act; $370,000 for additions to the medical school building, and $130,000 for equipment for additions to the latter building. The university pointed to the ref- erence made by President Coolidge in his message to Congress that there should be a half million dollars ap- propriated for increased facilities for medical courses at Howatd Uni- versity. _— ADMITS BEING_FUGITIVE. Detroit Man, Fed by Niagara Po- lice, Tells of Robbery. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., December —John Haddinott of Detroit. walk- d into a police station here. He was cold and hungry. After a hearty meal Haddinott told the. police that he was wanted In Detroit on a rob- bery charge. For several years, he said, he had been bookkeeper at Striker's cafe in Detroit. Two weeks ago temptation mastered him and he left with $1,100 of his employer's money, he is al- leged to have told the police. From Detroit he went to London Out,, and later to Toronto. He squan dered all the money, arriving re with only a few dollars. Ho asked the police to send him .to M “lown as soon as possible. g AT items pro- | done for every presentation, both last | vear and this, of “The Word and the Way."” . The interdenominational committee announces that tickets of admission, at 50 cents will be on sale at the door of Central High School tonight for those who have not already obtained them from the various churches. FRUIT MEN TO MEET. | West Virginia Horticultural So- ciety Announces Dates. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., December 27.—The West Virginia Horticuitural ociety will hold its annual meeting, which is the occasion for the winter gathering of fruit men from the entire apple belt in Virginia, Maryland, Penn- sylvania and West Virginia, in this city, February 7 and 8, according to an- nouncement today by William Farris, president, of Cumberland, Md. The announcement added that the program would include topics of cur- rent pertinency as they might be sug- gested by growers themselves, and also | would include addresses by state and | visiting hortlculturists. The meeting will close with a banquet here. Elec- tion of officers, occurring only every two years, will be held this year. The meeting usually draws between 150 and :20" ruit men. | iHITS INDIFFERENT WOMEN Bishop Alma White Says Inactiv- ity Is Alarming. ' NEW YORK, December 27.—A plea to the woman voters of America to abandon “an alarming state of inac- tivity and indifference” was voiced last night by Bishop Alma White of Denver, Col., before the annual east- ern jubilee’ of the Pillar of Fire 1 Church, which Bishop White founded {in 1902, when she was refused ordina- tion in’ the Methodist Church. Urging women to exercise their po- litical suffrage, she asserted that shirking of that duty by women was allowing “the lower grades of seclety i to elect men to office and to operate the machinery of government.” { Bishop White declared that “If the civilized structure is to hold together woman must stand upon her own re- sponsibility in both church and state with full ‘recognition. of .her, rights. | True democracy, she added, could not be established upon the basis of in- equality of the sexes, — il |U. S. GIVES PRINCE PEARLS !!80.000 Jewels Surrendered When $12,000 Duty Is Paid. NEW YORK, December 27.—Forty- two black pearls, valued ‘at $60,000, yesterday were recovered from -cu: ltoms officials by’ Prince Felix Youssoupoft of Russia by the pay- ment of $12,000 duty. The prince brought the pearls and other jewelry, valued at several hundred thousand dollars and said to have been among the ‘possessions of the Romanofts, to this country recent- ly_with the announced intention of selling them as antiques. , 3 ing held ! ' ! The other articles are b for ‘further investigation of their ‘origin. They include two five-carat dlamonds, ‘valued at between $100,000 and $200,000. B Articles of jewslry brought here last winter by, relatives of Prince z;u&-ouwfl wer“ ra'et::tk' ‘::llemd ‘the government’ “it-had been ‘established ‘mg;" were antiques,” complete the mob started to wreck the church. , While none of the gang was identi- fied, it is belleved that they are mem- bers of fraternity which infests the moun- tains about Black Rock. It is thought that it was a revenge attack for the activity of church members recently }in alding federal agents in their at- tempt to round up the illicit liquor traffickers in this vicinity. PLANE SHOWERS RICE. ! Fitty Pounds Scattered on Famous Church When Aviator Weds. NEW _YORK, December —The Little Church Around the Corner, famous for its weddings, witnessed one of its most unique ceremonies yesterdsy when fifty pounds of rice were scattered over its roof and steeple from an airplane, during the wedding of Maj. Junius W. Jones of Baton_Rouge, La., Army aviator, and Miss Josephine Stevens Lanler. The rice was scattered by Lieut. M. L. Elliott, assistant to Maj. Jones at Mitchel Field. EXILED BY MAYOR. Ex-Dry Agent-Bootlegger Can Re- turn to Town Day a Month. BLUEFIELD, W. Va., December 27. —After fining A. M. Mutter, a former prohibition agent, $1,000 on a charge of selling whisky and sentencing him %o twelve months in jail, Mayor R. P. Copenhaver of Tazewell, Va, suspended the jail sentence with the proviso that Mutter stay out of Taze- Well county for a year, except for twenty-four hours each month, when.(}f he may visit his aged mother. The suspension ceases if Mutter violates the tw four-hour allowance by so much thirty minutes, the mayor warned him. EIGHT IN LAUNCH SAVED. Coast Guard Crew Exposed to Heavy Storm Two Days. NEWPORT, Ore., December Eight members of the Yaquaina bay coast guard llife saving crew, who battied with one of the worst storms of the year while exposed in an open launch for more than forty hours, arrived In pert yesterday after they had been assisted by a tug which went out across the rough bar this morning with supplies for the men and fuel for the launch. The life savers, who started from here late Monday on a rescue misslon, ,were unable to return to port owing to the violence of the sea. e . If you want to rent an attractive hotse or apart- We' have one that will 2 the moonshine and bootleg 1 Moslem i | mor 1 Association. Secretary Weeks' contribution was received here from the Massachusetts chairman, through whom it was made, while Mr. Gras- selll sent the $1,000 through Will H. Hays. The association also announced that mple of the Mystic Shrine t Detroit had voted to give $1,000 a year for five vears Other contributions received In- cluda $500 from Tom Taggart, demo- cratic leader and former senator fro Indiana, the first contributor in tha state; $5 from the magnetic observa. tory of the United States coast and geodetic survey at Vieques, P. R.; J. V. O'Connor, commissioner of the United States Shipping Board, and Representative Louis A. Frothingham of Massachusetts, $100 ~each, and Frank W. Mondell of the War Finance Corporation, $39. The Department of Labor has re- | ported a total of $1,018 from its em- | ploves to date; the bureau df the controller of the currency has con- tributed $615; the bureau of naturali- zation has reported $25.75, and the United Stafes employment service contributions of $33. NARCOTIC AGENT APPOINTED. H. B. Westover of Denver was to- day appointed narcotic agent in charge of the Denver division, com- ynsfix Colorado and Utah, effective January 1. He has been acting im this capacity since September 1 last. Building Single room, southern exposure, bright ° CLOSING OUT PECANS 5 s. for 98¢ 1332 F St., N.W. DOW SHADE WHEN YOU BUY FROM Y EXPENSE. FURTHERMORE, SP PEAVECT FITAND SATISTAOTION. FACTORY FRICES. W. _RECORDS - Advertised by The VICTOR CO. $42.50 a month Two court rooms, may be Teased singly or en suite, STOKES BAMMONS, YOU SAVE THAT UNNEC- 55! YOU ARE_ASSURED Proprietor ; "on \Puge 14 of Today’s Star : ON SALE HERE TOMORROW ! 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