Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1923, Page 4

ri—w- 400 ORPHANS GUESTS|Moonshining OF K. OF C. AT PARTY| Of Rum Row, Says Reporter After Trip Children of All Institutions Receive Gifts From Huge Tree in Club Ballroom. BAND AND CLOWN FEATURE Youngsters Too IIl to Attend Are Not Forgotten. More than 400 orphans from the varl- ous institutions in Washington were made happy yesterday, when the local Knights of Columbus gave them a party and big Christmas tree, at the Knights of Columbus Hall. The huge tree reached to the top of the big ballroom and was loaded with presents. Dennis Connell of St. Patrick Players, played Santa Claus. The chief delight of the youngsters was the anties of “Toto,” the world famous clown, who through the courtesy of Roland Robbins, manager of Keith's, mixed in with the children, some of whom had never realized that a clown was a real human being. Additional entertalnment was fur- nished by the Knights of Columbus 4, under the direction of Frank Weber, Miss Eileen Lally, Miss Edna Mulligan, Miss Doris Mulligan, Mrs. ard Howard, Miss Gene Riggs, Miss Kitty MecLeod, M A M Weber and Mrs, O'Dea, Mullan To the youngsters of several jons that were unaole to be because of sickness, specia sengers e sent with gifts. we children w brought to and from the en inment by busses hired for the oceasion The nniittee in _charge of the party were: J. Paul Rateliffe, chair- man, Washington Chapter; Thomas Fitzgerald, grand knight, Washing- ton Council; John E. Burns, grand knight, Keane Council; James T I.yan, grand knight, Carroll Council; John Dowlan, grand knight, Spauld- ing Council; Charles -Fahy, grand Inight, Potomac Council: Louis F. Dorsey, vice chairman, Washington Chapter; Thomas F. Cullen, treasurer, Charles Montgomery, Thomas Trod- den, William Mulligan and J. Gil- lesple U. S. BACKING EXTENDED TO OBREGON MAY HAVE VITAL CONSEQUENCES (Continued From First Page.) ration charged the Obregon admin with being the tool of the Wash ton government and if an an exn campaign were waged by the la Huerta group. ThAt is always onc of the arguments in Mexican politics. There is no doubt, when all is said and don nd materal support of ates government is squelch rebellion in Mexico used however, that the moral the United sufficient to if the Obregon administration maked no serious blunders. In reality the decision to sell arms to the Obregon administration is a timely effort to bolster up the Obregon _administration and keep Mexico from going back into the rs. chaos of previous ye: (Copyright, 1923.) PUSH SALE OF MUNITIONS. State and War Department Heads Discuss Mexican Issue. By the Associated Press. State and War Department officials continued their consultations today over details of the plan to sell a Quantity or war materials to the Ob- regon government of Mexico. Secretary Hughes discussed the sub- ject at length with Secretary Weeks, who sald afterward that several points remained to be settled before the War Department orders Maj. Gen. Edward M. Lewis, commanding the Sth Army DS ares. 1o turn over the purchased property to Obregon representatives at San Antonio The exact quantity of material to be sold has not been revealed, but it apparently will be confined to rifles, ammunition and airplanes. In con- nection with an assertion by repre- sentatives of the de Ja Huerta faction in Mexico that the Obregon govern- ment also asked for some light crulsers, attention was cailed today to the 'following provision in the Washington naval treaty ach of the contracting powers e not to dispose by gift, ale or any mode of transfer of ar vessel of war in such manner that such vessel may become a vessel of war the navy of any foreign powe The question war out and of payment material still is to be through the Secretary of War it was made plain today that the questlon of general policy considered by the State Depart- t in_connection with the trans- action. HUERTA GROUP CONFIDENT. for the worked Impotence of Obregon Seen in Purchase of Arms. A statement summarizing 'advices from Vera Cruz, given out here last night by representatives of the de la Huerta group, sald the action of the TUnited States in deciding to sell war materfals to the Mexican government had caused “neither special surprise nor consternation in provisional gov- ernment circles.” “For the first time in the history of the natlon,” said the statement, “a president of the republic, confronted by a popular uprising on’ the part of an _outraged people, has exhibited such terror and lost so.much self- respect as to beg the direct aid of a neighboring government to sustain him in power. If anything could unite and solidify the Mexican peo- ple in their determination to end the Obregon regime it would be this” The statement said that “the supz port extended in favor of Obregon would provoke no -reprisals against American interests.” REBELS MOVE ON PACHUCA. Menace to Mexico City Seen if Town Is Captured. By the Associated Press, VERA CRUZ, December 31.—Rebel forces under Gen. Cavazos are march- ing on Pachuca, capital of the state of Hidalgo, situated fifty-five miles northeast of Mexico City, according to advices received by officials here. Cavazos, who is operating inde- pendently of the main body of the in- sufrectionists, s said to have consid- erably increased his forces, having been able to extend the insurrection to a large area in the states of Puebla ard Hidalgo. Before beginning his march on Pachuca, capture of which the rebels claim would present a serious menace to Mexico City, he occupied the im- portant railway town of Tulancingo. The rebels claim that on the basis of thelr latest reports Pachuca has either been taken by this time or is on the verge of surrender. Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez, chief rebel military commander in the eastern zone, made a complete survey of the battle front yesterday, first reviewing the troops along the Inter-Oceanic raflroad and then along the Mexican rallway line. He arrived last night at.the fleld headquarters in Esperanza, where he will probably remain a few days. No change in the military situation in that s reported, . in Full Blast on Ships By the Associated Press. ) NEW YORK, December 31.—Mari- time moonshiners, who manufacture their “imported” liquor aboard their ships on rum row, dilute their whisky half and half and then seal the bot- tles with counterfeit labels and lead seals, are working off Sandy Hook for the New Year liquor trade, ac- cording to a copyrighted story ap- pearing today in the Newark Star Eagle. s “They exist right' off the Jersey coast,” says a staff correspondent. “I know, because I have seen thelr stills in operation, have watched the manu- facture of ‘white mule’ and the print- ing of labels and tilfoil caps, to which even wary drinkers would point with pride, remarking, ‘Have another drink? Safe? This stuff is imported.” " Visits Two Ships. The correspondent, who visited two of the twenty rum ships which he estimated were off the coast, was car- ried aboard them on a high-power speed boat and spent & night observ- ing the operations aboard the two boats and In conversing with their captains. To his question as to whether there was any good liquor being carried ashore, one captain an- swered ny good liquor? Son, I will stake my ship and all that goes with it that there is not & pint of ‘uncut’ whisky in the country outside of what peopl Bear Attacks Autoist W hen Hit and Is Beaten . Off With Big Wrench Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., December 31. —Attacked by a big black bear last night on the Frederick road, Fred Crummitt, 614 East 22nd street, owes his life to the fact he had a monkey wrench handy and hammered on the ani- mal when it tried to climb into his automobile. Crummett was heavy returning from Frederick when his automobile struck the animal. The car stop- ped and the bear Sprang upon the running board. Crummett then used the monkey wrench. The sleeve of his coat was torn and he displayed a number of scratches on his hand toda; TWENTY-FIVE TO FIFTY MILLION HEAR RADIO ntinued from First Page.) taining than “movies.” To just what extent radio is going to affect old- time purveyors of entertainment theaters, pleture houses, lecturers and concert givers—is providing food for a good deal of thought. In 1924, with the steady improvement of broadeasting_systems and receiving apparatus, the problem will become correspondingly more serious. Census Shows Jazz Best. This writer has been provided with a “census” of popular tastes on the part of radio “listeners-in.” It was recently taken by the Westinghouse, Board of Trade and Edgewater Beach broadcasting stations at Chicago. Through the air, on repeated occas stons, listeners-in were requested to send in a careful statement of their preferences for radio entertainment. Pieces of mail aggregating 263,410 were received over a period of ten days from 12,170,500 listeners. They responded from every state in the Union and from Alaska, Cuba, the Canal Zone, Hawaii, Canada, Meéxico, Bermuda and Central America. More than half of the responses called for jazz and other “popular’ music. The following is the result of the broadeasting questionnaire in per- centag: Band music, 2.7; classical music, 24.7; dance music, dra matic’ mu Hawailan music, jazz mu Mexican music, male solos, old-time songs, grand opera, 1.7: orchestral music, pipe organ, .5: popular music, 29; i strumental quz male quartet, . mixed quartet religious music, 5 sacred music, = 21; saxophone, .7i symphony music, .6; vocal selecs tions, 2.1. The census takers lump dance, jazz and popular_music into a total per- centage of 50.3 in_favor of jazz or something akin to it. Practically no votes were recorded in favor of edu- cational, religious or political talks. Listencrs-in unmistakably want en- tertainment, ¥ enlightenment. Of the replie: per cent came from women and 67.4 per cent from men. A year ago there were estimated to be 2,000,000 listeners-in in America. If only three broadcasting stations located in one city have a listening audlence, of 13,170,500, it can be ultra- conservatively estimated there are at least 25,000,000 listeners in the coun- try at large. Most authorities would call that total absusly low and place the_real riumber at nearer 40,000,000 or 50,000,000. U. S. Leads World. America leads the world in radio broadcasting stations. HerbertHoover, Secretary of Commerce, within whose department radio transmisslon is supervised, points out in his annual report, just issued, that we have now. 573 stations, as compared with 382 a year ago. In foreign countries there are but sixty-three, Canada having thirty of these. There is no abatement in amateur radio activity, Hoover points out. The number of licensed amateur transmitting stations has grown from 15504 in 1922 to 16,570 as at June 30, 1923. Hoover always had the American boy in his mind in connec- tion with radio developments. At the first federal radio conference con- vened by him in the spring of 1922 the Secretary of Commerce - pro- claimed his determination of looking after the nation’s amateurs as care- fully as the radio industry itself is safeguarded. There is a special radio division at the Department of Com- merce, conducted by W. D. Terrell, one of the veterans of the science, As a subdivision of the bureau of navigation, Terrell's office _looks mainly after ship radio. In 1918, 483 American vessels were equipped with radlo. Today there are 2,123, The United States has nine radio transmission circuits across the At- lantic and Pacific and additional clrcuits to Central America. Wileless now forms an important supplement- ary service to cables. A modern Dewey might cut all the cables he pleased linking his base of operations with Washington, but he could never place himself beyond the globe-girdling reach of radlo. All concerned are agreed that hu- mankind is only at the threshold of radio developments. Their ultimate possibilities have not begun to be realized. Next year is sure to register epoch-making “and sensational new achievements. (Gopyright, 1928.) RESOLUTION FREES DRUNK. The first and only new year pledge to abstain from the use of intoxicants was administered today in the Police Court by Judge Gus A. Schuldt. Patrick Casey, charged with intoxica- tion. taok tho pledge to keep sober and away from drink for a year, and he was_then released on his personal bond. Pat weat away smiling, Saw Captain Making “Imported’ Drinks and “W hite Mule” Stills in Opgration of Sanfly Hook, He Declares. had _before prohibition. And gin? o real gin at all. Everybody can make it too cheap.” “Cutting”” whisky, the correspond- ent. found, consisted in emptying the bottles of genuine whisky into tubs, adding alcohol, then = an _equal amount of water and then refilling the bottles, putting on fake seals and returning them to their cases. Aboard the “Jennie W.," the corre- spondent reported, he saw men en- gaged in this work in the hold of the ship. The captain explained to him that “cutting” was a practice fol- lowed by most of the rum ships. Maze of Vats and Piping. The second ship, the correspondent said, was a schooner, the captain of which was engaged in manufacturing his own liquor. In the after hold of the vessel he found a maze of vats and piping, the equipment for six stills which were in full operation. The captain, a man called “Sim,” told him that usually the six were not in operation but that the holiday trade made it necessary to work all of them. In the forward hold the correspondent found a small room equipped with hand press on which labels were printed for new stock. Capt. explained that it was eagy to copy the genuine labels and nyhow, people don't care what the label Ay they want the Kick. Capt. ‘Sim” also demonstrated the method of making lead foil seals for new bottles and explained that his ship supplied the entire rum fleet with seals and labels at small price It was too great a risk to manufacture these neces: gities of the trade ashore, he said. DRY MEN QUESTION 6 D. C. DETECTIVES ON BOOTLEG LIST (Continued From First Page.) domestics, and in reply thereto say that this privilege is administered by the Department of State and not by the Treasury Department, under se tions 4083, 4064 and 4055 of the re vised statutes of the United States {and sections 6 and 7 of Treasury de- cision 3484, dated June 2, 1923, and I am attaching hercto a copy of the statutes and Treasury decision to which reference is made. “rom these statutes and regula- tions you will sce that the Treasury Department has no active function in [the premises, as it neither authorizes the importation, purchase, sale or transportation of ‘diplomatic liquors' and it cannot under the law in an iwise interfere with them so long {they are in the hands of a duly ac- credited representative of a foreign country or one in his employ, duly registered with the Department of |State. and when such liquors are {found in lawful hands. and not being jin anvwise unlawfully diverted or used, ‘the officials of the Treasury Department do not interfere with ith “However, this bureau holds that nothing contained in this privilege authorizes the sale, gift or ot er dis- tribution of ‘diplomatic liquors’ for | beverage purposes, the rights and | privileges of the representatives of foreign countries in this respect be- ing confined to thelr families and Dbona fide guests, analogous to the use of domestic liquors owned and ‘pos- sessed at the time of the adoptio the eighteenth e amendment, as 5 thorized by scetion 83 of the ma- tional prohibition act. This bureau will not hesitate to make inquiry. upon sufficient ground, as to any un- lawful act in relation to diplomatic liquors' at any time or place. “It should be said in this connec- tion that Dr. Venceslas Sokolowskl, secretary of the Polish legation, is duly registered with the Department of State as that legation. The regulations covering diplon exceptions as sent 1o Represent Davis by Commissioner Bluir that on June 4, 192 the office of commissioner of internal revenuo is- sued the following instructions, part, to federal prohibition directors and ‘others concernsi: Section 6: No seizure shall be made accredited member of state of liquor in the po: 1 of anv person in_the following classes (see Jetter of February 10, 1923, from the Secretary of State to the chairman of the committee on the judiciary of the House of Represantativec as pulb- lished in the Congressicnal Record of February 16, 1923): “(a) Diplomatic officers duly ac- credited by a forelgn government to the government of the United States. “(b) Diplomatic officers of a foreign government duly accredited to an- other foreign government and tem- porarily within the United States or its possessions. “(c) Persons attached to or em- ployed by any diplomatic mission, Whose names have been registered with the Department of State in ac- cordance with the provisions of sec- tion 4063 of the revised statutes of the United States. “Section 7. The division of customs and the bureau of internal revenue will, from-time to time, report to the Department of State such information and records regarding importations into the United States, withdrawals from bonded warehouses and ship- ment of liquors belonging to persons in the classes mentioned in’the last section as come to the knowledge of such division or bureau.” Coples of Statuten. The old statutes, copies of which Commissioner Blair submitted to Rep- resentative Davis, are as follows: “Section 4063, R. S. (process against ministers and their domestics void) Whenever any Writ or process is sued out or prosecuted by any person in any court in the United States or of a state or by any judge or justice whereby the person of any public minister of any foreign prince or state authorized and received as such by the President or any domestic or domestic service of any such minis- ter is arrested or fmprisoned or his goods or chatels are distrained, seized or attached, such writ or process shall be deemed void. “Section 4064 R. S. (penalty for sueing_out or executing such pro- cess); Whenever any writ or process is sued out in violation of the pre- ceeding section, every person by whom the same is obtained or prose- cuted, whether as party or as an at-, torney or solicitor, and every officer concerned in executing it shall be deemed a violator of the laws of na- tions and a disturher of the public repose, and shall be Imprisoned for not more than three years and fined at the discretion of the court. “Section 4065, R. S. (when process may be {ssued against persons in service of ministers). The two pre- ceding sections shall not apply to any case where the person against whom the process is_lssued is a citizen or inhabitant of the United States, in the service of a public minister, and the process is founded upon a debt contracted before he entered upon such service, nor shall the preceding sections apply to any case wheré the person against whom the process is issued is a domestic servant of & pub- lic minister, unless the name of the servant has, before the issulng there- of, been registered in the Department of State and transmitted by the Sec- retary of State to the marshal of the District of Columbia, who shall upon receipt thereof post the same in some public place in his office.” COLORED GIRL BOUND OVER. Grand larceny was charged against Beatrice Johnson, alias Mary Wil- liams, ‘a soung' colored il ar- raigned today before Judge MocMa- hon. She was held for the action of the grand jury and her bond was fixed at $2,000. It is alle he took three dresses, valued at $99, the prop- erty of Mrs. Elizabéth P. Heath, 456 M strest northwest. The girl had been employed by Theodore J., Mors gan. OH,SINCLAIR ,DEAR , You'Re So BIG AnD STRONG ! 1T's Suck A COMFORT To Loox UP To You AnD REALIZE THAT. NO MATTER- WHAT THE EMERGENCY | CAM ALWAYS COUNT oM YOUR PROTECTION! I've BEcome SO DE PEMDEMT or You, MY EREAT, BIG Cave TR T o SPORTS FEDERATION MAY ATTACK A. A. U. (Continued From F! of Charles Paddock, University of Southern California athlete now un- der suspension by the A. A. U., and declared that the law of the case justified the action of the A. A. U. Paddock was disciplined for com- peting as a college representative last summer in a Paris meet not sanctioned by the French branch of the International Athletic Federation. The National Collegiate Athletic A: sociation in convention at Atlanta last week came to the defense of Paddock, asserting that the A. A. U. had no jurisdiction over him in the matter. ‘The N. C. A. A. is a constit- uent member of the federation and according to many of the delegates to the meeting here the disciplining of Paddock has added considerably to the already existing differences be- tween their organization and the A. A uch discussion of these differences anticipated this afternoon when a resolution iInvesting the American Olympic Association with full power to name an Olympic team, irrespect{ve of any affiliation any. of its comstit- uent members may have with an in- ternational organization, was to be offered. At present all track and fleld athletes of the United States team must be certified by the A. A. o which in recommending team cand dates must recognize the authority of the International Athletic Federa- tion, of which it is a member. Report on Women. Among the several reports read be- fore the meeting this morning was that of the women's division of the federation, presented by Mrs. Herbert Hoover, a vice president of the N, A. A. F. and delegate from the Girl Scouts of America. Her report dis- closed that much progress had been made In a work declared by Col. Breckinridge to be “one of the finest pieces of constructive work ever undertaken for the girlhood and womanhood of America. The support of the Army and Navy toward the work of the federation in the development and promotion of physical education and athletic com- petition was pledged by Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby, Maj. Gen. 'Hines and Admiral E. W. Eberle, chief of naval operations. Secretary of Ag- riculture Henry C. Wallace is attend- ing the meeting as a delegate from the Des Moines, Towa., district feder- ation, and Gen. Palmer Plerce, presi- dent of the National Collegiate Ath- letic Association, is representing his organization. Following the morning session the delegates were received at the White House by President Coolidge. Among_other delegates were Gus- tavus T. Kirby and George E. Dickle, Playground and Recreation Associa- tlon ef America; H. F. Plerce, Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, New York: Robert Garrett, Playground and Recreation Association of Amer- ica; C. Edward Beckett, Y. M. C. A., Washington; C. Eugene Edwards, District of Columbia A. A. F.: Julia F. Capen, National Y. W. C. A.; Les F. Hanmer, Playground and Recrea~ tion Associagion; Eva Betzner, Na- tlonal Y C."A.; Leslie J. ‘Ayer, N. C. A. A., Seattle; Maj. Wililam C. Rose ‘and G. M. Burdick, Amemican Physical Education Association. Willlam M. Galvin, member at large, Washington; R. Tait McKen- zle, University of Pennsylvania; John Thomas Taylor, American Legion; A w Matthieson, ~American Gymnastic Union; Willilam Tutherly, Laurel, Del., member at larg Florence Heintz, ' National Campfire Girls; Col. H. J. Koehler, U. 8. A.; J. H Mo Curdy, American Physical Education Asgociation; Elmer Berry, Y. M. C. A; Charles R. Ornstein, Jewish Weifare Board; A. Culee, Cleveland district A A’ F.; Dr. C. R_Mann, United States Army; Col. C. R. Stodter, National Rifie Assoclation; Maj. Alex- ander Surles, U. 8. M. A., West Point. George T. [epbron, Athletic Re- search Soclety, New York city; Kirl Montague, Norfolk, Va.; Victor Hart- shorn, Long Branch, N. J.; Willlam G. Friedgen, American (ymnastic Union; W. J. Jacomb, Groton School; Margaret A. McKee, Des Moines dis- trict A, A. F'; Jesse 8 Herriott, Des Moines; Rear Admiral A. P. Niblack, United States Navy, retired, member at large; Charles W. Bainbridge, Boys' Club Federation; George J. Fisher and R. F. Seymour, Boy Scouts of America. Joseph H. Thompson, Pittsburgh, member-at-large; Wait C. Johnson, leutenant colonel, U. B. Army; Lli- lian Schroeder, woman's division, N. A. A. F.; Lou Henry Hoover, presi- @ent Girl Scouts, member- Agnes R. Wayman, member-at- New York city; Dr. John Brown, Jr. George E. Stock and George O. Draper, National Y. M. C. A.; Frances Boynton, New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics; Capt.. C, H, Train, U. S. Navy; George C. Cohen, Jewish e B eain Univery’. Fau . cro ince! niversity; : m American Physical Educa- ~THEY BEC AN PLAYING BRIDGE ( SiNnCLAIR, YOU FLAY LIKE A FATHEAD ! wuy D10 You USE YOUR ONLY RE-ENTRY v DUMmY. ) DOM'T SEE Mow 'T'S PoSSIBLE FOR AMYONE To €€ | STUPID! AS FAST AS | MAKE POIMTS i € THEM ' ForR HEAVENS SAKE TRY ANY 1 so STU Noy Lo© REMEMD SHOULOER S To €R THAT YOUR SKULL WA S AT or YOUR- | FOR SOME OTHER PURPOSE Tran HAMG YOUR HAT O THE LAST MySELF WiT — ) { e~ TS s AST TimE VLL HANOWAP H YoU AS A PARTNER ' TO BURN MONK’S BODY By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. churchfolk ‘are disturbed over the de- cision of the Petrograd council to burn the body Kronstadt. most famous of all mir- acle-working monks. The body was buried some years ago in the chapel of the nunnery of St. John. This nunnery is now secu- authorities are pulling down chapel and they refuse to surrender the body for burial elsewhere. The monk’s remains are worshiped by many, who come to the chapel to pray before them. SPIRITUAL ADVANCE DR. FREEMAN’S THEM Improvement During New Year Urged in Bishop’s Sermon Yesterday Afternoon. during the New Year was urged by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, in his sermon de- livered at services held yesterday aft- ernoon at 4 o'clock in Bethlehem Chapel. Mount St. Alban. the thirteenth and fourteenth verses of the third chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians: “Brethren, I count not myself to have appre- hended: but this one thing I do, for- getting those things which are be- hind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before. 1 press to. ward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Referring to the force of habit and environment, he sald: strong man STIR CAUSED BY THREAT |GEDDES’ SUCCESSOR HERE MOSCOW, December 31.—Petrograd | at Washington, has felt bound to ten- of Father John of!pointments in the diplomatic service larized and the nuns expelled. The|pe his majesty’s ambassador extraor- the | dinary and pienipotentiary at Wash- { brief visit to Washington to make nec- Bishop Freeman took as his text [ S 0 IS STRONGLY CRITICIZED (Continued From First Page.) der his resignation. The following ap- have, in consequence, been submitted (to and have received the approval of his majesty: “The Rt. Hon. Sir Esme Howard to |U nhappily Wedded Men | In France Form Club; Enroll 200 Members By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 31.—The town of Firminy, near St. Etienne, has an “unhappily married men's club.” The population of Firminy is about 20,000, When notices were posted calling & meeting of every unhappily married man in town to organize a club, nomina; oficers and arrange a banquet,” nearly 200 men, ranging in age from twenty-five to seventy-five years, responded. The humorists of Parls aver that should a similar summons be made here the huge Velodrome would be too small to accommo- date the crowd, Infallability Issue Fought in Open. CONSERVATIVE ATTACKS One Rector Says Modernists Should Be Punished. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 31.—Efforts to settle discussion in the without recourse to public the doctrinal controversy Protestant Episcopal conference Church. begun a Fri at which modernist conservative representatives were present, appears endangered by pulpit asser- tion: sterday that the Christmas truce requested in a diocesan letter from Bishop Willlam T. Manning was at an end and that the interfaction struggle would go on with renewed vigor. Rev. Dr. Percy Stickney Grant, rec- tor of the Church of the Ascension, a leading modernist, whose views last year caused an open clash with Bishop Manning, declared the Christ- mas peace was over as far as he was concerned and expressed hope that the controversy would too much narrowed” by secret conference.” Asks for Punishment. Dr. Grant's critjclsm of the “auto- gratic power of the bishops” was met by ay. and today ¥ be “neither nor “hushed up a diametrically pressed by Rev. Dr. Joseph G. Barry, rector of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, who called upon the bishops to discipline the modernist clergymen and asserted than Cain was the first modernist. Emphisis opposed view ex- was given statement by the presence in his church of Bishop Willlam Walter Vebb of Milwaukee, u .eading con- servative. Another in the ranks of the group which threw down the gauntlet anew was Dr. William Norman rector of the Church of St the-Bouwerie, who recently was ad- monished by Blshop Manning about symbolic dances in his church. Interested in “Myth. “In my thirty years in the ministry I have never spoken this way be- fore” said Dr. Guthrie, “but I am not going to let my brother get into trouble without going with him. And & good many of us are going to get Dr. Barry's Guthrie, Mark's-in- into trouble.” Dr. Guthrie referred to the storv of Jesus as the myth” which historian, but “Christ interested him as a not as a minister. 37 LIVES LOST WHEN Freighter Conejos Goes' Down ' With All on Board in Black Sea Gale. TRACES xNo DISCOVERED Crew Died in Belief That No Help Was at Hand. By the Associated Press, CONSTANTINOPLE, December 31.—A Confirmation was received of the sinking of the United States Ship- ping Board steamer Conejos in the Black sea. All on board were lost The Conejos, a freighter, bound from Batum for New York, went down in the Black sea on Thursday The last wireless message received from the v picked up Ly t British steamer Molesley, sald: “Sinking fast. Hold No. 1 full of water, Have rece Seinmoign | calls for eip celved no respon Found No. Traces. Tn additon to her capt Conejos cafried six ofill‘flrh]and bou thirty seanien, American ves<els which hastened to her assistan when her first ery for help was flash- i d by wirel report that they found | o Lrace of the steamer or of life | boats. Tt is assumed, thercfor f | 1 "the officers and crcw tack o' Tox :(]m.'al’ boats they later were lost i the terrific sea run the time The last “S. 0. & \ operator on board the plaining that he received 1o respons: to his calls fc assistance pathetically sank before her sister ship, tarf, and other vessels which hurrving to her aid could reach scene. Al these vessels sent rea suring radios to the Conejos tha they were responding to her appes) and it is as: ed that thc stricken freighter's radio failed soun after the vessel began to sink and that sr went down in the belief that no aid was coming There have r that been a se of vio- fent gales, coming from variou points of the compass, in the Black sea and In Turkish waters during the past fortnight. The gales have been accompanied by rain and snow Havoc has been wrought among sh a ¢ Mt among ship ping. Even the powerful America torpedo boat destrovers and other naval craft have been forced shelter. Numerous small floundered, entailing loss of life. The Conejos was one of the flect of United States Shipping Board stea: ers which specializ in manganess ore cargoes, picked up at varion Black sea ports for transportatio to the American market Crew of Lost Ship. A list of th crew of thirty-seven of the United States Shipping Board ship Conejos. which went down the Black sea last Thursday with the s of all on board, wus made public by H | & Co., whicl freighter. Members of crew were b conslderab pt. E. Falsen, Ridgefield Parl N J: & Johanmessen: fitet rasis Philadelphia: W. Rasmussen, second mate, address unknown: O. Glander third mate, New York; Y. Vess, New York; Y. Corpos, Philippine Islands P. Columbino, Manila; A. Cary sican, P. L; H. Luico, Liou Bohol, Liou,” P.'L: W. Stumple, son, N, J.; F. Salim, Ne Trent, Astoria, N. Y.; C Baltimore; §. Bealor, R. Gill, Paris; R. Hopkin: Minn.; B. Pierse, New York; R. But- tler, Willoughby, Ohio; C. AMorine New York: E. Morrison, Chicago; C church, Pittsburgh; F. C. Coyle, N Enm York; Minikine Philadelph Mclntyre The Rev. Charles Francis Potter | York; F. D. Mil; ookly g inglon; the Rt. Hon. Sir Horace Rum- [of the Wekt Side Unitarian Church, | tura. Manila, b, L. % Abceo, Bad: bold to be his majesty’s ambassador and | predicted that the “old era of heli |p. I; J. Battisa, Manila: A. Lagaia plenipotentiary at Madrid. snd devil and the cowardly evasion |Manila; Abost, Laid _ John, | It is understood that, pending the |of truth will rapidly pass away and |Quinn, F. Samsdn. Y. Turner, | arrival of the new ambassador, Sir|bhe supplanted by a newer and greater | Mann. 1. Viertro. Y. Hornandes Auckland Geddes is returning for a|religion.” s - . ARGeE essary arrangements for his departure and to say good-bye to numerous friend Sir Auckland plans to return to Amer- ica on the Majestic Wednesday. He will spend about a month in Was ton, after which he will return to Eng- Jand. His government service is at an end, and he will take a long rest His future plans depend entirely on his health. HOWARD LIEKED IN MADRID. By the Associated Press. MADRID, December 31 —The nam- Improvement of one's spiritual self | ing of Sir Esme Howard to succeed Sir_Auckland Geddes ambassador at'Washington came as somewhat of a surprise to Madrid, although ru- mors_of his approaching promotion have been current for some time. Sir Esme is one of the most popu- lar among the diplomatic represent- in Spain, where he is regard- ed as extremely able. Despite the fact that he is of the most aristo- cratic stock, he is one of the most democratic of men, while Lady How- ard, who belongs to one of the no- blest Italian families, is the friend of all the members of the British and American colonies. Has Had Wide Service. Esme Howard has been sta- sir “It takes a[tioned in many parts of the world to overcome environ-|quring his long diplomatic career and ment,” but he asserted that the state- |ig an accomplished linguist. In the ment that a man can be no bigger |Boer war he joined the yeomanry as than environment does not hold good. |an He then told of great ordinary = trooper, later being “So with the New Year resolve,|On another occasion he left his ca- contemplate going ahead with every- thing—the upbuild in the name of Him, the greatesg op- timist, who on the cross said: Father, reer to engage in commerce, but soon Ing of character—|returned to diplomacy. He has been in Madrid for a little more than three years, where he conducted the forgive them, for they know not what!gdimoult negotiation of a commercial they do." " Ho ~ urged that every ome they do’ He urged that every one strive for the supreme spiritual bet- terment and to become, better an holler men and woman. Referring briefly to the building of the Washington Cathedral, he said: “We have made a start here in Wash- ington to carry to completion the erection of the Washington Cathe- dral—left to our care,” and he ex- pressed determination to oarry the bullding to completion. “Never before has there been such an outpouring of interest in a single project.” he sald. With this latter statement he re- ferred to the interest shown by those who have donated toward the pro- ject and otherwise taken interest in it. In conclusion, he urged that every one enter the New Year forgetting the unpleasant things of the past and to remember that “our greatness consists not in what we have, but in what we are. We should live as men and women consclous of & divine sunshine,” he said. 1924 Franklin reformers | transferred to the Rhodesian Light Who, he £ald, have ruled environment. |Horse, & typical rough-riding outfit. treaty. He is an ardent golfer. making a good showing on the, links, while often during the winter snows he en- joys ekiing with one or more of his five sons. His eldest son, who is just leaving Oxford, will go into the diplomatic service. I 12 YEARS. FOR SLAYING, Special Dispatch to The Star. GRANTSVILLE, Md., December 31. —Jacob Willlams, sixty-five, found gullty of murder in the second de- gree for the slaying of his nephew, Thomas Wiliams, near Coolspring, after they had disputed over dangng, ‘was sentenced to twelve years in the penitentiary at Uniontown. ‘The men had been card-playing under a tree and had _imbibed in moonshine, it was testified. Williams ‘wounded ‘Williams, nother nephew, George at the time. 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By the Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. December Initial steps in a huge program of scientific development of the north- west's lignite coal flelds will be taken early next spring, Max Toltz, nattonal- ly_known engineer, has announced. Mr. Toltz has definite knowledge of signed contracts entered into by a Ger- man_corporation and by a number of northwest financiers for the construc- tion, installation and operation of a series of rotary retorts at Beach, next spring, he said. The contracts entéred into also make provision for the utilization of a Ger- man patent process of distillation of lignite with a resulting “half coke” and a number of by-products. The life of the contracts runs over a long period of vears, Toltz sald. The German corporation owning the patented process of lignite distillation is Thyssen & Co., Duesseldorf, the larg- est iron and coal company of Germany. The northwest financiers were not dis- closed by Toltz. —_— Stage dancing Is generally regarded as a rather strenuous vocation for Wwomen, but statistics show that women Who follow such a career are usually long-lived. 31— Remember WE 'DAILY BALANCES interest on checking accounts on daily balances — com- pounded monthly. 2% 3% 0 EVERY DAY IS interest terly. interest on special savings certificates — compounded semiannually. accounts—compounded quar- Pentalion, addresses unknown. HIT FLOATING MINE. MOSCOW, December 31.—Dispatchi- es received from Odessa today that the American steamer Conej | floundered after having struck floating mine. The storm on th Black sea which has been raging since December 24 is still {n progress Captains of vessels have sent radic grams to the port authorities ths Jarge numbers of mines are floatin: about, making navigation dangerous especially in the regions of Anapu and Novorossis = BODY OF MURDERED MAN FOUND IN CREEK By the Assacisted Press. GLASGOW. Ky.. December 31 The body of Charies H. Bybee, Wi disappeared December 21 from lhis home here, was found under a p of driftwood in Skeggs creek here, yesterday by Asa Young Glasgow, who was one of 2,000 peop who participated in the search for ‘bee's body. ‘Will Chambers, twenty, negro. su pected of conncction with Bybee's disappearance, and takea to Loui ville Saturday by autboritles when it s fearer @ mob would take | him from the jail here, was reported to have confessed to Bybee's murdcr at_Loulsville today. Three bullet wounds were found in Bybee's body. The condition of th body indicated that it had been in the water during practically the er tire time of his disappearanc=. 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