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GARD SHARP CHARGES |ALABAMA G. 0. P. TRUSTS |AMERICAN 'STILL GROW IN ROME Iiuh Noble Names’May Be Tar- nished and Slurs Cast on Honored Houses. ¥ - One Medical Expert Says Soldier Mute Is Not an Italian. and Phile ROME, December 10.—As the date of the trial of social leaders charged with card ewindling at the aristocratic Roman clubs approaches fresh revela- tions continue to be made in the press, which go to show that the evil has been deeply rooted and has gone on virtually undisturbed for some time. When the trfal opens it is believed that fresh nable names will be called in question and further slurs cast upon honored héuses. As 15 of course known, two Roman nobles already have been asked to resign their clubs—Don Antonio Pignatelliand Den Guida Antlci Mattel. These gentlemen virtually were ex- palled from the Circolo della Caccla, Rémes most aristocratic club, because they did not take measures to protect their honor when it was challenged. The Circolo della Caccla, or Hunts- mén’s Club, has &s honorary president Kimg Victor, and. all the princes of royal blood, as well us many for kings and potentates, are members. Bo, too, are most of the foreign am- bassadors _living in Rome, besides a number of celebrities, including D'An- nunzio. The card sharping is sileged to heve taken place at this club. at the Circolo degli Scacchl and at the Ber- nini. 3 Traces Covered Up. A good deal of underground work fs believed to have taken place recently with a view to covering the traces of those who do not look forward to the forhtcoming trial with any particular pleasure. Several distinguished Roman attorneys have been hard at work dur- ing the last weeks. Several servants of the clubs where the swindling took place acted as accomplices of their noble patrons and thera is reason to believe that a good deal of the actual card eharping was done by ~members “friend Forelgners were often victims. The latest revelatlons speak of a rich Englishman who was approached at his hotel in Rome, introduced to one of- the leading clubs and despolled of $160,000. The actual plundering took place in the private cardroom of one of the best known hotels in Rome. Efforts are being made to obtain the resence of this foreigner at the trial, DUt as he 1s not in Italy and probably does not want his folly published far and wide he will prefer to remain in lancholy incognito. e nare of & Fich Braailian is also mentloned in connection with these cayd-swindling_scandals. This is a Dr. Sparano (Italian by birth), who alleged to have been “peeled,” as the Roman expression goes, for 1,000,- . 000 lire. News from Rio de Janeiro, however, throws doubts on the exten: of the loss, since it appears that Dr. Sparano is not a rich man. < The trial is in the stage before the magistrate, It ought to come on in a month or six weeks, but it is not im- probable that several adjournments will be granted. Three Claim Mute as Sonm. e curlous case of the deaf-mute exaidiar who has lost his memory nd is claimed by no less than three women as their son looks as if it would never be finally settled. Owing to- formal questions of procedure and clashing local authoritles, the affair has been dragging on for some years now, and all that has happened dur- ing the last twelve months is that a third mother claimant has come for- to assert that the unfortunate ex-soldler is hers. ore than a year ago the youth was handed over to a family of peasants called Fornaro, living in the moun- tain village of Rocca Spinalveti. He was accompanied on the journey by two Red Cross soldiers. The party lost its way up the rugged mountain path, and it was the deaf mute who was able to make signs to his com- pnions indicating to them the where- abouts of the house belonging to the Fornaro family. Although it may have been merely a guess or an intuition on the deat man's part, the fact convinced the authorities that he really belonged to the Fornaro family. After remaining with these people, the deaf-mute was sent to a -hospital. A photograph published in a newspaper drew the attention of the widow Battarino to the young man. As soon as ihe "photograph she declared the soldier' was her son. - Another Comes Forward. Since then a third woman has come forward with a claim, convinced that she is the mother of the unhappy and mych-discussed young man. The last few months have registered a er. cross of legal acts and protests. The Signora Battarino tried to carry the young man away by force, but was prevented. "A medical examination of the hero of* this tragi-comedy indicates that certain marks and moles, which the widow Battarino states her son had, exist on the body of the ex-soldie but even here there are differen which leave room for doubt. The Signora Battarino has.said: “I shall kil myself as soon as I have certain proof_that he is not my son. Until then I want to live in order to know the truth.” The local policeman and the parish priest of the little place where the son of the widow Battarino used to live before the war cannot come to any definite decision regarding his identity. While they are half in- clined to swear that he is the son of the widow, they, too, have doubts. ‘One medical expert called in states thet the young man is not even an Italian, but an Austrian or a Hunga- rian flung by fate into an Itallan hospital after war. The authorities promise an exhaustive inquiry. —— MISSIONARY RELEASED BY CHINESE BANDITS Dr. E. 'W. Schmalzried Freed De- cember 20 cn Payment of Ransom. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, December 29, George E. Ett, executive secretary of board of missions of the Evan- ical Church, with headquarters at Elrve]lnd, sald tonight he had re- ¢elved a cablegram from China an- nouncing the release of E. W, Bchmalzried, medical *missionary of (h" Evangelical dC‘Eul’eh ‘who was neped by bandits near , l:‘m:fl.n last November and held for $100,! ransom. » After negotiations with the bandits, it was agreed that 18,000 strings o (Chinese money) would secure Schmalsried's release, . Et . Schmalzried was released De. He was form.rlf at. formed Church in the ed Btates. HEADLESS BODY FOUND. Weighted Down With Iron, Stood ¢ pect in Florida Creek. gAcmwvm-l. Fla., December 19. he headleas body. of & young white man, weighted down with two pleces of rail) iron, was found in McGirts creek, twelve miles southwest of Jacksonville, tonight by Bu'r‘ - ler, & boy who lives in that vicinity. "’ne body was standing erect in the craek. KBuperd * Vaie PR R S W 1 teel that housework is | hom FATE TO CONVENTION Decision Against Entering Primary Said to Favor Prekident Coolidge. By the Associated Press. ’ BIRMINGHAM, Ala., December 29.— Alabama republicans will not enter the Alabamae presidentisl primary. it was decided here today at & meel ing of the tate republican executive committes,” but will elect delegutes in state convention Tuesday, May 20, 192¢. This, it was sid, is & victory for the forces supporting President Coolidge. The vote came on a motion by C. B. Kennamer, United States distriot at- torney of the northern district of Birmingham, as a substitute to one by Judge C. R. Lunsford of Marion to go into the primary and’ to so notify the natidnal committee. The yote on Kennamer's motion was 37 o 2. FAMILY ARRESTED AS COUNTERFEITERS Two Schoolgirls Among Those Taken in Round-Up at Chicago. MORE WARRANTS ISSUED Nearly Million in Fake Notes Said to Be Circulated. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 29.—Another step in tho round-up by secret serv- ice men of what they declare is the gang responsible for the largest dis- tribution of counterfeit money the coun- try has seen.in years, came today with the arrest of an alleged ex-convict and a family of four, including two into custody were John Shea, Charles Thompson, his wife, Florence, and two daughters. Several other arrests have been made in other cities in connection with the spread of the bogus bills. Secret service operatives for months have been following the trail of sev- eral persons suspected-of circulating counterfeit $10 federal reserve notes, between $500, nd $1,000,000 of this money having been put in circu- lation in Ccities between the Atlantic Reports from merchi n New York city and Chicago showed they had been particularly active. Only trained bank employes and other experts have been able to de- tect the counterfeits. All the bills discovered were in the $10 denomina- tion, federal reserve notes, series 7G, with a portrait of Andrew Jackson. Their only fault is a slight off color on the back and the smoke of the en& pt. Porter left his office late to- day with five other warrants and accompanied by three agen e Kt would not give out the names of the | men he was after, but asserted he would have the ones who manufac- tured the bills within a day or two. UNDERWOOD'S OLD FOE IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE L. B. Musgrove Bids for Right to Name Alsbama Delegates to Convention. By the Assoclated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., December 2. —L. B. Musgrove of Jasper today an- nounced his candidacy for election as the democratic nominee from Al bama for the Presidency of the United States. He will oppose Sen- ator Oscar W. Underwood, an an- nounced candidate, in the preferen- tial primaries next May for the right to name Alabama's delegates to the democratic national convention. The announcement was made after a series of conferences here among Underwood opponents. _ Mr. Mus- grove was defeated by Senator Un- derwood in the last senatorlal elec- on. Mr. Musgrove said in a statement that if elected he will appoint “as delegates only such progressive and dry democrats\as will properly repre- sent the good people of this state, to the end that your voting strength shall not be traded off to the wets, to Walk street, Tammany, Al Smith or any other reactionary element of the party. The statement adds that “the right of the people to select their own rep- resentatives, not hitherto denfed in free America, has been foreclosed an act of the recent legislature under which no other name may be placed on the ballot If & citizen of Alabama qualifies for the race. “Thie law was frankly admitted by its proponents to deliver the Alabama delegation in their hands” the statement says. Senator Underwood i said to be favored by the prefer- ential primary law. NEGRO SENTENCED TO DIE FOR MURDERING WIDOW Found Guilty of Slaying Young ‘Woman Atfer Abducting Her in Automobile. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., December 29.— John Thomas S8haw, negro, was today sentenced to dfe in the electric chair in the state prison at Michigan City, Ind., before sunrise, Monday, April 7, 1924, for the murder of Mrs. Hel Hager ~ Whelchel. Shaw's _attorneys have announced that they will appeal to the supreme court from ‘his convic- tion the Marion county court. £ Shaw was convicted last Monday a jury, which decided the death penu'g should'be imposed. Mrs. Whelchel, who'| was_ an attractive twenty-three-year- old widow, disappeared on the night of November 27, and her body was foun the following morning west of the city. She is believed .to have been abducted in an automoblile after alighting from a street car near her home. TWO SERIOUSLY HURT IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH ‘Wealthy Retired Baltimore Drug- gist and Chauffeur Victims of Collision in Virginia. By the Associated Press. WINCHESTER, Va, Decemb . -Henry B. Gilpin, a vxau-.lmy retired wholesale dl’l?‘lll of and his chau 3 lon Gore, were severely injured when their auto- mob! collided tonight near Ber. ‘with the automobile of Maock t of that place. Frank Tim- stepson of Claggett, also injured. The injured were brought here. Gilpin recovering consclousness on the way, but Gore being ‘'un- The for- brulses of Thi on their way to 18 muntg Mr. Gilpim, near Boyce for THE SUNDAY WINS IN ARGENTINA Goods Selling Well Despite Prices Above Those of Com- g petitors. “BLUNT METHODS” PLEASE Latins Have Learned to Trust U. 5. Trading Firms. By Cable to The Star. BUENOS AIRES, December 20.—The close of 1923 finds American business in Argentina on a more satistactory basis than ever before, with an abso- lute vindication of what European competitors 1like to refer to as “blunt Yankee methode.” Despite European propaganda. to the contrary, South Americans have learned to like business relations Wwith the “blunt” Americans, becau: now they kiow that if they go to an American firm they will get a straight “yes” or “no," with assurance that. all contracts will be *ulfilled to the letter. American business mav not be handled with Alphone-Gaston ver- | bosity, but the goods are delivered when and as promised, and Argentine business men have become reconciled to American methods because they produce satisfactory results. Overcome High Prices. ‘With the exception of textiles, and perhaps hardwood and some other commodities ~which cannot meet | European price competition, Ameri- can goods are selling in Argentina | a8 never before—and this despite the | fact that the high dollar exchange adds from 35 to 40 per cent to the! price. All American specialties and g00ds which sell on a quality basis absolutely control the market, al- though the. prices are much higher than those of European competitors. e of the most important fea- tures of the development of American business to its present basis is the fortnightly express steamship service of the United States Shipping Board, which enables American representa- tives to deliver goods within 30 days of date of order, whereas for- merly it required from three to four montha to make deliveries. Banks Start Branches. Most American manufacturers have transferred their business to Ameri- can representatives and American banks now have their own branches | g here, 80 that the American manufac- turer Is able to intrust his business to Americans, ship in American bot- toms covered by American insurance, make flnancial arrangements through American branch banks and route his cables over American wires, thus in. suring businees secrecy whioh ha not always been certain hitherto. Having gained control of the Ar- gentine markets despite unfavorable exchange rates, there seems no rea- son to believe that American busines: will not continue to hold the predom! nating position in Argentin NOTED ARTISTS AGREE TO PAINT RAIL “ADS” Sir William Orpen Among Men to Design Posters for Brit- ish Roads. By the Associsted Press. LONDON, December 29.— Famous artists, including Sir Willlam Orpen, Augustus E. John and Frank Brang- wyn have consented to participate in a great poster campaign organized by Norman Wilkinson, the mine ar- tist, at the invitation of one of the | leading railway companies to adver- tise its rallroad by means of artistic posters. Thirteen royal academicians and four associates will design and pre- sent to the public through the me- dium of hoardings, mamely, bill- | boards, what they consider the most artistic_way of portraylng varlous cities, health resorts, manufactures views and points of interest through which the railway passes. 'his “outdoor_picture gallery” is already well in hand and will be on view throughogt the country somo- time in the eBring. So impresssd have the rallway company directors been with this idea that they have glven these artists an entirely free hand In designing and execution, and have also agreed that there shall Le no criticiam on their part of the v-ork BT, ~ TOPIC JANUARY 11 Taw School Students to Clash Second Time in Prize Conflict. SENIOR PROM IS PLANNED Committee on Arrangements Is Named for Social Event. Enactment of a soldiers’ bonus law, upon which republicans in the House will caucus soon, is the subject for the second prise debate at the Georgetown University School of Law on the evening of January 11. The two teams, composed of the winne of preliminary contests between the Senlor and the Junjor-S8ophomore De- bating Socleties, were announced last night by Hugh J. Fegan, assistant dean of the law school, as follows: Seniors—George N. Dale of Vermont, Bernard L. Grove, jr., of the District J . Hig of Indiana, W. G. Elliott of the Dis trict of Columbia and E. 8. Rizk of | Florida. A cash prize of $25 is offered by the faculty to the winner of the contest who will be entitled to compete in the final prize debate of t! ason. Announcement of the judges for the event will be made later. Plans for Social Prom. J. C. Davis, general chalrman of the senior prom committee of the law school, Is making arrangements for the social event which will be held shortly after the end of the Christ- mas holidays. The following committees In charge of arrangements have just been se- lected: Finance—J. H. Kilcoyne, chalrman; Roy Hall, J. O. Hughes, L. C. Schlider, B. L. Groves, H. B. arman. Decorations—W, B. C: chairman; A. E. Beck, L. H. La- H. G. Plllen, G. H. Joyce, C. L. McCashion. Favors—J. chalrman; J. G. Gorma Mooneyham, G. P. Collins, H. C. Stan- nard, J. F. Brodle, J. R. Conroy. Music—F. H. 0'Connor, chairman; W. E. Boyle, F. A.-Clifford, W. 8. Patten, D. Schiesinger, T. L. Fletcher. Ar- rangements—F. J. Fitzgerald, chair- C. E. Conner, E. E. Merino, J. ay, W. J. O'Neil, C. W. Laf- ferty, P. A. Jenkins. Refreshments— G. ‘A. Ginsberg, chairman: W. D. Simmons, R. H. Shafer, A. Donesa, D. M. Rogers. Entertainment—J. E. heehy, chairman; R. L. Johns, J. J. Hayden, L. Max, R. T. Amis, T. E. Gehigan, H. H. Wilkinson. Patrons— J. F. O'Hare, chairman; L. W. Doug- las, B. M. Mars, E. P. Mulcahy, F. R. Downey, J. R. Thim, J. H. Coughlin Ring committee—D. H. man; T. McNamara, J. F. Howley, J. Rosykiewicz and J. R. Dunbar. The Tecess period ends for all the profession: sity January resumed, and for the colle; ary 7. Practically 90 per cent of the rofessional students remained in Washington during the holidays. Forelgn Service Topie. The national conference on tr: . Swift, F. H a tended by practically the _entire faculty of the Georgetown Foreign Service School, the pioneer institu- tion of this kind in the United States. Dr. Glen Levin Swiggett of the United States bureau of education, Who was chairman of the conference, Is a ember of the Georgetown faculty. Some of the visiting dele- gates to the conference also were former members of the faculty and these enjoyed renewing with the school. Among former pro- fessor of world commodities. Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, 8. Ji regent of the Foreign Service School, who addressed the conference on the opening day, left Washington for St. Louis, the first leg of & journey that will take him to the Pacific coast:in the interests of the Georgetown En- downment Assoclation, of which he is national chairman. The actual application of informa- tion gathered in the university class room is the basls of the new seminar course at the Foreign Service School, of which Col. Alan G. Goldsmith, chief of the western European di- vision of the Department of Com- merce, is the lecturer. Will Discuss Specific Problemas. Each period is to be devoted to a discussion of a specific problem which has actually been placed before American business and financial in- terests in the recent past. lems are to be discussed by the cl ‘when complete This new departdre on ths part & rallway company erystaiized from the suggestion of Mr. Wilkinson, who prevailed on the seventeen -rtists to collaborate. It is stated tnat other allway companles contemplate a imilar advertisin scheme, which bids falr in the near future to more than confirm the statement of the Prince of Wales in & recent speech that “the hoardings are the peopie's by |art gallery.” FORMER D. C. PASTOR GOING TO NORFOLK Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, ' Va., December 29.— Dr. Howard I ' Stewart of Leigh Street Baptist Churoh, this city, who came here two years ago from Sec- ond Baptist Church, Washington, D, C., will announce to his congrega- tion at tomorrow morning’s services that he has decided to accept a call to the First Baptist Church, Norfolk, it was learned tonight. He recently went to his old home at Lansdale. Pa., to pray over the matter during Christmas, and he hed the decision lastmight soon to Richmond, he in- friends today. He is & graduate of Crozer Theolog- fcal Seminary and held pastorates at ‘Warren, Pa. and New Bethlehem, Pa., before going to Washington. He has been drawing & salary of $5,000 a Leigh Street, but has not een supplied with & parsonage. No definite salary has been fixed by the Norfolk church, but it is understood that it stands ready to pay him con- siderably more than he was getting here. It was learned today that Mrs. Stewart was especially eager for hi to accept the Norfolk call. The pul- pit of that church has been vacant several months. VILLAGERS AT SERVICE MISS DEADLY AVALANCHE Christmas Entertalnment Saves Lives of All But One in Swiss Community. —i QH.II‘;I‘:I sve sarvice :‘:‘d the lives of ll‘l but Onflf the inhabitants of & v ear Ift; @ were m = lanche dt I itself, each member being assigned a certain phase of each one and a so- lution arrived at after consultation. At the end of the course each st dent \will select one of the topi outlined, or a similar one, and his solution will be submitted in lieu of examination. This, perhaps, is the first applica- tion of this new system in the Fo elgn Service School. It is based on & thorough preliminary knowledge of the economic situation in Europe, and only student: admitted who have creditably passed the course on “Eu- rope s an Export Field. Dr. Willlam J.. Spillman, professor of the course in agriculiural com- modities of world trade at the.For- eign ServiceySchool, is engaged in editing an important series of text books on agriculture for the Woll;ld . Book Company of Yonkers, N. Y. -Dr. State Spillman spoke at the Virginia Bankers' Richmond, December 22, on “Success- ful Farming in Virginia.” GEN. BUAT NEAR DEATH. Case of French Army Staff Head Is Desperate. PARIS, December 29.—The condi- tion of Gen. E. A. L. Buat, chief of the French general staff, who under- went an_operation for an intestinal trouble Thursday, took a turn for the worse today. His doctor stated this afternoon that they considered tomaca™ie Washington . armmment tended ! ashington _armi conference as head of the French military advisers. LOCOMOTIVE HITS AUTO, BUT DRIVER'IS UNHURT, $aves Life by Jumping in Back Seat as He Sees Train Approachin, Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, ' M Henry F. Hulse: S Ponnsyivanis the n Turner’s Station yesterday. It was directly on the and Huiseniman looked up to_see & }n&n O s e iy paatbie, He JERiE the machine was im) . back into the rear seat and hoped for The hood and front seat of the car, was carried away of the ll‘1llel.;l The rear the l“t'l the. seat n imes and reml(nod":n sant was cut and home. e o or 29— ‘Trust Com- , Decémber 25.— n_did not Association convention at | WASHINGTON, D. ¢, DECEMBER 30, 1923—PART 1 —_— BUSINESS |BONUS G. U. DEBATE |REED DENIES ENTRY IN PRESIDENCY: RACE “Considerably Annoyed,” He Says, by Reports Thas Cohalan Will Manage His Campaign. By the Associated Press. EANSAS CITY, December 39.— Senator James A. Read of Missourt reiterated here today a denial that he wauld seek tHe democratic momi- natlon for President. Questioned concerning the resigna- tion of Daniel F. Cohalan as justice of the supreme court of New York, state, who today refused to comment on reports that he would manage & campaign to nominate the senator, Mr. Read declared that he knew nothing whatever about it and serted circulation of the reports had caused him considerable annoyance. ENROLLMENT AT N. U. BREAKS ALL RECORDS University to Begin Winter Term Wednesday With Big Prospect. BUSINESS SCHOOL POPULAR Enlargement of Several Courses Found Neeessary. All previous enrollment records of Nationgl University have already been surpassed and with the usual advent of students during the first week of the term fndicates that the school is to have one of the most successful years In its fifty-six years' existence. Examinations for the fall term were completed the week before Christmas and the winter term will begin Wednesday night at 6:30, with peeches by several members of the aculty, the first few nights being devoted to assignments to classes. Under the new term system adopted by the university last year the cal- endar year is divided into four term: of three montha each, any three terms constituting a school Thus the summer term was made & regular school term and studen enabled to do three years' work in less than three calendar years by at- tending summer school. This per- mits of regular first-year work being given from the beginning’ of the winter term. All first-year classes will begin Wednesday night, in ad- L. |dition to the second, third and post- graduate classes already formed, and new students will be enabled to start from the beginning instead of having to_wait until next October. The new school of business ad- ministration which has just completed its first term of work has proven so popular and the enrollment has in- creased to such an extent that it has been found necessary to enlarge sev- of the courses already offered and to offer several new courses with & corresponding increase in the faculty. the college of finance and busi- ness administration there will be con- ferred the degrees of bachelor of sci- ence and bachelor of commercial science. It {s the aim of this new school to give employed students a complete college course of at least sixty year hours leading to the de- B. 8., and a r, more spe clalized course of thirty year hours, leading to the degree of B. C. S. The work offered is of colleglate grad: but no courses in ancient language: or in the faboratory group of sciences will be offered. NEW STUDY COURSE FOR WOMEN IS PLAN “Practical Essentials of Business Law” Proposed for Women’s College Students, ‘Business women of Washington have discovered that they need a cer- tain amount of knowledge of law in order to understand all the phases of their work successfully,” said Elisabeth C. Harrls, dean of the Washington College of Law, yester- day. “That is why we are starting a new course of study on ‘Practical Essentials of Business Law,” begin- ning January 15. The college has had a number of requests for such a course from women who are leaders in various lines of trade and profe; sions. This course is planned eape. clally to meet a demand for concis presentation of such legal knowledge as is common in business dealings. The classes will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 8 to 8§ o'clock and will be concluded on Feb- Tuary 21" Among the lecturers in this course Harris, who will lecture on “La Sales”; Willlam Clark Taylor, manager of the Fidelity Savings Bank and for nineteen years deputy register of wills for the Dis- trict of Columbia, who will lecture on “Banks and Banking.” “Your Money and How to Invest it” and “Wills/ and Edwin A. Mooers, professor of law at the college, who will lecture “Contracts” “Agency,” “Bail- ments,” “Negotiable Instruments’ and “Partnerships and Corporations. e classes will meet at the col- lege, 1315 K street northwest. Pllen Spencer Mussey, honorary dean of the Washington College of law, was among those included in s small gathering recelved by Mrs. Coolldge at the White House Christ- eve afternoon. ™ 3fiss Lillian Bass, executive secre- tary of the school, is spending' the Ohlo. RO Yes At the Washington_College of Law will be resumed on Wednes- day morning after the Christmas va- cation. DRUGGED WHEN WEDDED, WOMAN COMPLAINS | Prominent Hagerstown Man Held as Violator of Mann Act. Special Dispateh to The Sta: ;- HAGERSTOWN, Md., ‘—Chargin ahd wes ot Tesponsible when she married. Walter K. Strine, prominent local man, two years ago in Carfisle, Pa.. while she_still was the wife of Ross W, Mrs. P . Mary information December 29. ‘was drugged on a c of violating the Mann act... He gave $2.500, bond. g Mrs, *WyRooop said she - knew Btrine four yeirs.and that two years ago she married Strine while not capable of knowing .what she was bécaise of someéthing placed in taken. Aft n. or she lived with l oy _ were i ‘Strine at his . parents . home, Greenocastle, she testified. e LOUISVILLE. Ky. Judge Walter Evan years J western congressman, home here, being in a state of coma. s % o ol He lost m“',.“"”" - st Jnc.lw m- :l:*‘uu- 0ld. e I '"“’.‘ e foiors) court of the| ooy, disteiot and formes | o thi is’ geriously il at- his | HONORARY CHAPTERS GROW AT MARYLAND Students ‘Are Proud of Oollege Recognition Accorded by " These Fraternities. et Alumni Share in Satisfaction at High Standing Gained. By & Staf Correspondent. COLLEGE PARK, Md, December 39 —University of Maryland students and alumn! are polating with pride to the number of chapters of hon- orary fraternities in existence at the institution. Due to the advancement and the enlargement of the univer- sity in receat years, various depart- ments, by their efficleat and com- mendable work, have béen able to install such chapters. Phi Kappa Phi, honorary scholastic fraternity, was installed fn 1920. To be eligible a student must be in the upper fourth of the graduating class or have after graduation made an honorable record in graduate work. . A. F. Woods, president of the university: H. C. Byrd, assist- ant to the president and athletic director, and Dean Zimmerman of the College of Agriculture are promi- nent mem! Another Ome Installed. Alphe Zeta, homorary agricultural fraternity, was also installed in 1920. Students who are in the upper two- fifths in the class standing and have attended the university for a mini- mum of three semesters and have by their leadership and good fellow- ship won the respect of the faculty and student body are eligible. Woods and Dean Zimmerman are members. Tn 1521 Delta Sigma Phl, national honorary Spanish fraternity. made its appearange. Its membership i» lim- ited to students of Spanish whose rating 18 “B” or above. Prof. Stin- son is faculty adviser. Last April witnessed the introduc- tion of Phi Mu, honorary engineer- ing fraternity. Juniors standing in the first eight of their class may, upon election, become members. The junior Wwho 'recéfved the highest rating in his freshman and sopho- more years automatieally beeomes a member. Senlors whose work has placed them in the first quarter of their class also are eligible. Dean | Johnson of the College of Engineer- ing represents the faculty in the orsanization. Rapid improvement of the military departrient made possible the instal- lation in 1921 of a chapter of the Scabbard _and the honorary military fraternity. Advanced mem- bers of the R. O. T. C. unit. who have shown outstanding military ability, combined with a spirit of fair- ness and sportsmanship, are eligi- ble. Col. Leavitt, in charge of the military department. is a member. Other organizations the campus are at work. planning and ordering_their activi 50 that in a short time they may be in a posi- tion to petition an honorary asso- clation in their line of endeavor. They wish to point to the high char- acter of work being done by their university by giving it the national recognition they feel it deserves. The Untversity Glee Clyb will start its tour of the eastern shore Wednee- day. Elkton will be the first stop, and then Easton. Poaomoke City Delmar. Berlin, Sallsbury and St Michaels will be visited. The Glee Club, which is _under the direction of Dr. Homer C. House, ranks with the best in the country. It has been learned that every state in the Union has one or more fraduates of the University of Mary and among the instructors in their educational institutions. Maryland week, the high spot of the year for the agricultural inter- ests of the state, will be observed at the Southern Hotel In Baltimore January 9, 10 and 11. Many of the experts of the university, including Dr. T. B. Symons, director of the extension service, ‘'who will give report of the work being done by his organization, will take part in the sessions. PARIS FIGHTS BERLIN FOOD CREDITS IN U. S. French Convinced Germany Does Not Face Starvation—Questions Copper Buying. By the Associated Prees. PARIS, December 29.—The Frerich government is opposved to Germany's proposal to obtain food credits in the United States, it was learned, be- cause | satisfied that Germany does not lack food. The government, however, probably will d‘:hy taking final decision until a report on food conditions in y 19 e to the reparation commission by the com- mittes on guarantees. Tl allied governments meanwhile are exchanging views regarding Germany’s demand for priority for these projected food credits. The French opposition is due not only to the conviction that food is mot lacking in the reich, but because the French say they know that during the past few months Germany hi spent requirements. The ques- tion is raived as to what use this material is to be put. AGREEMENT IS REACHED BY FRENCH AND GERMANS They Are in Accord Over Olfactory Superiority of Butterfly Over Other Beings. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, -December 29.—While Parls and. Berlin may shake their politi¢al fists in each other's faces the Germans and French are agreed at least tpon ome thing, and that is that the butterfly has the keenest sense of smell of any living creature. The marvelous smell power of the Purple Emperor, the Zebra Swal. lowtall, the Painted Lady, and othe; species Is ®o acute and operates a such long range that it is almost in- concelvable the average person comsidering the minuteness of the butterfly's oltactory apparatus. & book, written by D: icke, one of Germany's best naturalists, the writings French entamolorlu,' Fi tounding. RANGERS TO WATCH BORDER. AUSBTIN, Tex. Deécember 29, Texas rangers sre to assist federal authorities in stopping- reported. vio- lations of the neutrality laws along the Mexican :border, Gov. Neft; an- nounced lod:hy in & statement ad- dressed “to the people of Texas’ in ‘which "he admonjshed them to tak no part in the present Mexican revo- Jution. - ' ENVOY EN ROUTE T0 CUBA. Tex., December 29.—Ar- former Mexican ing a8 minister from the Obregon _:;v‘:‘i%mpnt“ He declined to make ement, excep! wasg ed_with » miselon to 3 gt e ERbtie s TWO PORTS CANCELED. —_— Baltimore and Savannah Off American-Hawatian List. NEW YORK, ber 29.—Drop- ping of Baltimore and Savannah a. rts_of call for vessels of the Amer- ican-Hawaiian Steamship Company, effective with the new year, was an: nounced at the New York office. The action was taken because of the “out- look for 1924, 1t was stated. Saflings from New York and Boston will be maintained as usual; Phila- delphia will recelve weekly instead of twice-a-week _ sailings, and Charleston, 8. C.. will have & sailing every w ___MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. 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