Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1924, Page 15

4 N MINERS’WAGE SCALE ~ SUBJECT OF PARLEY fion Officials and Operators Con- ' fer on Joint Session to Be H Held in Spring. DEMANDS NOT YET KNOWN Owners Differ in Opinion of What Will Be Asked. Py the Associated Press, CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 4.— Miners' union and softcoal operators' répresentatives of Ohio, Indiana and 1llinois, & territory-state field formed in New York « year amo, met here today to consider the advisability of holding a joint conference this year o negotiate a wage agrcement o re- place the one which expires March 31. The Indiana operators will vate in favor of holding the wage conference, according to Phil H. Penna, Terre Haute, Ind.. chairman of the New ¥ork meeting. It Is believed the Ohio operators will do likgwise. The subject of wages is not to come up, It is understood. but since the whole purpose of the negotiations is 10 arrive at a new scale, it is believed the probable demands of miners and operators are.sure to influence the deliberations. Operators differ somewhat in their expectation of what the miners will demand. d regurding rumors that the miners’ union might decide to stand for the present scale, one oporator said that he does not lieve the union could pr mand which if granted them a contract, but n Another operator said that nobody could tell what would be the outcome of the Indianapolis convention of the United Mine Workers of America January 22, when, it Is expected, they will decld. vhat wage to demand 1f it is decided to call.a wage con- ference it will be held after the miners’ convention opening January 22, which is expected to last two “-weeks, according to President John L. lewis of the miners’ union. FIREMAN KILLED, 7 HURT. QUEBEC, January 4.—One fireman was killed and seven injured under a falling wall today while fighting a fire which swept the four-story build- | ing occupied by the English Scotch Woolen Company and = Hoslen Company. ,_York clty;he sAld Amsriox's immsal. e RellableClothesShop 609 7th St. N. Open Until 10 P.M. Saturday ‘Forced to Unload Overcoats—Suits Overstocked—Chance to be- | ESTABLISHES BIG FUND TO. AID RESEARCH WORK ‘Wife of Physician Turns Over Half of Estate—Balance to Go to~ ~ Same Use at Death. By the Associated Press. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., January, 4.~ Mrs. Isabel Cairns McCiintock, & for- mer trained nurse, yesterday- turwéd over to the Wyoming National Bank to hold In trust, the entirg estate of more than $5600,000 bequeathed her by her husband, the late Dr..Andrew Todd McGlintock, one-Half the income which {s to bé devoted: to laboratory investigation of gastro-intestinal dis- eases as a memorial to her husband. At her death the full income fs to he. npplled to the same purpose, Dr. McClintock, who died - last August, was nn eminent surgeon and pathologis' While at college he be- came infected with colitis, which led him to devote his life to a study ‘of gastro-intest{nal disease PEACE ESSAY PRIZES OFFERED IN EUROPE Boston Business Leader Gives $50,000 for Contests in France, Italy and Britain. By the Associated Prems. PARIS, January 4.—The establish- ment of a series of European peace | essay competitions, similar to that of Edward W. Bok, $50,000, will soon The donor of the money is Edward A. Filene of Boston, Ma who offers it for a competition among French, English and Italian writers for the best practical plan feor the general maintenance pf peace. Leon Bourgeols, former president of the council of the lcague of nations, has agreed to preside over the French committee, provided Senator de Jou- venel, edifor of the Matin, scrves as acting head of the committee. To- masso Tittoni, president of the Ital- lan senate, has accepted the chair- manship of the Italian committee. In England George Gilbert Murray, the noted scholar, is doing the directive work. Edward \\ iliam on the prizes totaling be officially announced l-‘xlenp is' president of P Sons mpany of In a recent address in New he sald America’s Immed| Opposite Patent Office = = E = - Save Money Overcoats Young men’s models, plaid backs, belted; all shades—brown, green and light tan. $ 1 3.85 o Suits ~—for young men, in sport models, pin stripes and mixtures— conservative models; plain blue and mix- tures. $15.00. Pants Good Values. .8 R ableClothesShop 609 7th 5t. N.W. Open Until 10 P.M. Sdnrday Overcoats Conservative models in grays, blacks and browns; young men’s models in newest shades; plaid back and belted models. $1 8.50 Overcoats Young men’s heavy- weight overcoats, in dark brown and light tan; plaid backs and beited coats. Conserva- tives, plain black Ker- sey cloth, quilted lining with black Persian col- lars. Odds and Ends ercoats About 20 in the lot, for’ m?:n and young men. All T 3 St Bootleggers Work® ‘Spiders - to - Give GALLI-CURCI TO SING |Says St. John Did Not Write Verses “Rare Old Wines” Touch of Age| IN EUROPE NEXT FALL Precedem Spectil Dispatch to The Star. 4 SAN FRANCISCO, January 4.—Thp enterprising citizens of Eldorade county, Calif., who kidnaped a fam- ily of spiders and set them to work weaving cobwebby antiquity about the ancient but refurnished cabin on Jackson Hill, which once sheltered !Marli Twain, hive'set a questionable, If not a dangerous, precedent. For—it hag Justi been disclosed— they ' provided’ San Francisco bootlegy gefs with ail jnspiretion which they are using in_a. most reprehensible and disHonest way. In short, they are using ‘tite industrious and olhery wise law-abiding spider to turn news ly made and tongue-biting wine into counterfeit “rare old vintages." Adds Tenteld to Value. “Cobweb” wine brings some ten times as much as the ordinary boot- ate contribution to the peace of the late President Harding's proposal for a world' court and national legisla- tion’ authorizing tiie use of the eco- nomic blockade, + —_—— PROBE BRINGS CLOSING OF HARTFORD INSTITUTE Pastor Keeps Promise to Grand Jury, Explaining Practices ‘Were Like Prophets. By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., January 4.—As the first step toward keeping a prom- Ise made to the grand jury yesterday to clpse the Hartford Institute of Therapeutics, Rev. George F. Cogs® well, head of the Institution, hung a “closed” sign on the door yesterday afternoon. Dr. Cogswell “appeared before the grand jury, which s in- vestigating medical frauds in the state. He sald he practiced healing. as did the prophets of old, by the laying on of hands and by “spiritual world ought to be the:adoption of the | Of The Piano Shop 227 Pennsylvania Ave, Southeast = - reat Piano Sale!! ...,“,:p roduct. . The new. wine is 8 pr&n&turaly by artificfal melhodl :n.s ored In a,basement. The kid: ed “hiders are. then compelled. to spin webs over and . around Once adorned with an impressive -nmy of cobwebs, It is carefully forth and sold to customers a: real old stuft.” < The worst feature of the whole sorry business; however, from the viewpoint of the arachnida family, at least, is that the heartless bootleg- gers have adopted a “spider coolie™ Syatem that bids fair o exting the race in California. Hayin eard somewhere about the man “who made his' hens Jay more eggs by keeplnx lights burning, so that they thought it was daytime all the time, the cruel bootleggers are applying ‘that same dpdge to the cap- tive epiders. The Tesult, amateur naturallsts say, is that the spiders spin thelr weary way both night and day, ‘'with no time out, even for lay- ing eggs. uplifts”, . He had, patients maha, ‘Neb., to- bewiston, Me spld. The grand jury got his prom- ise to close the institution. He is the pastor of the First Church of- the Divine Light, Ino. X mumber 'of witnesses were’ sum- moned into the jury room ‘during the day, and at the close of' tHe" sexsion yesterday afterncon the Jury ad- |journed until ‘next Tuesday. ————— GIRL EXONERATES MAN OF KEEPING HER SHUT UP By the Associated Pres - . DIGBY, . January 4—Willlam Leng, sifty two, ' who was adcused prtha Potter of hay ept her con- fihed in his house at seu- Tiver ol years, was exonerated 'by “the woman yeste She declared she had gone to Lent's home with the expectation of marrying him, but when he could not t & divorce and marmy her she shut erself up to “hide her shame from the world.” 5 "The woman sald Lent was ‘the only person who had treated her kindly since she left an almshouse at the age of three. “from ha. Reputation in- America and Then Go Abroad. ENDS CHICAGO . CONNECTION Appeu\noe Tonight Last "wkm That Organization. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 4—Mme. Galli-Curct s to become the first prima donna to make a reputation in America first and then go to Europe to be acclaimed, reversing the usual process of succeeding In Europe and then coming here. Lawrence Evans, who manages her affairs, announced tonight that Mme. Galli-Curcl’s first foreign tour would start next fall and that her Amer- fcan appearances next season would be’ limited to roles at the Metro- politan Opera House in January and early February of 1925. Négotiations for appearances abroad have been in progress for five years almost since the singer made her success with the Chicago Opera Com- pany. She already had sung in Italy, Spain and Russia, but she was fever- theless virtually unknown. Her last appearance with the Chi- cago Opera Company will be tonight in_“Romeo and Jullet sewson of ten roles wi ." She will come here next Mon- to_prepare for her short semson with the Metropolitan, which opens. January 16, “The Barber of ville.” Her British engagements will be limfted to about half a dozen, start- ing in October at Albert Hall. After then she will return to New York to fulflll her Metropolitan contract and then prodeed to the continent, to Australla and to South America, the e¥tent of the tour yet being unde- cided. She will summer at her home m ine Catskill mountain when the seagon closes In the late spring of 1925. in Be- e e A dime bank has been arranged in | the rear cover of a savings bank | book. Newly Accumulated Stock of Used 1anos—+ This piano will go to the first customer for $35. We will deliver radius of 5 miles of Washington. what you can for a first payment, and pay Players—Grands fine instruments to sell off. We realise that sporifice theee Instruments at prices Don't pass up this This o»-rt-lty to secure a good piamo. chance may mot come again. Come prepared to bwy, even if you have not Intended to pur- chase nn {nstrament for many years. We can arvange terms it free within a_ Bring the balance at $1.25 per week. Act Quick! Don’t Delay! a Down Payment. We Will Do tbe Rest! Haul this piazo away and we will well it for $35.00. It is an Ebony case and worth more than double the price we ask for it. This is your chance, "o+ 1 A1l Planes Not Exactly Like Outs Shown: if you do mot have the cash. Xo matter where you live it will pay you to come over southeast early tomorrow morning. Cash—or Easy Terms T T ridiculons " play it. Any roll will ll it. - This is a-- Act quick. Only one at w!—.rly'll’rmpor week. P Nothmg Reserved—Everything Thrown Into the Sale SUCH MAKES ‘AS CIflCKtRlNG BRADBURY, KIMBALL, EMERSON FRANCIS BACON, BUSH & GERTS, STULTZ & BAUER — MANY O'I'HERS IIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIkIIII nns ' On Pardon of Woman by Jesus Prof. Good:peed Deleting Pfluage in Translation, Declarés He Does Not Doubt Stary, But Refuses to Believe It Was Recorded by Apostles. By the Associated Press. § CHICAGQ, *Janusry 4.—Deletion of the first eleven verses of the elghth chapter of the gospel of St. John in his American tranilation of the New Testa- ment,. Edgar J. Goodspesd, profcssor of.Biblical Greek at the University of Chicago, said last night, was done be- uge evidence {s, overwhelmingly agalnst it being part of the gospel of St. John. Prof. Goodspeed said he did, not doubt the truth of the old story whish déals with the woman taken in gdul- tery, arralgned by her accusers. and pardoned by Jesus, but declared that modern scholarship is a unit in de- claring it not a part of St. John. He declared it did not appear 1n any of the old and best Greek manuscripts such as the Vatican and Sinaitic man- uscripts of the fourth century, the Royal and Efran - manuscripts: of Parls, the Purple manuscript of Pat- mos or the Freer manuscript at Wash- ngton. 'he Heza manuscript at Cambridge, England, dating back to the sixth cen tury, is the only early, Greek manu seript in which {t appeays, Prof. Good: speed said. It {s most cdnimonly found in the medlevll!anucnw between the tenth and fifteenth genturi Prof. - Goodspeed efpressed the opinion_ that. the story. originated in the locdl gospels of the Hebrews or Egyptians of the second century, but pointed out that it was not. contained in most of the .authentic vergions, such as the Armenian, Gothic, Syriac Vulgate or Ethiopic. “It's not a .question of the truth of the story, but whether. it is part of the gospel according to St. John” he sald. “Only one reflection of .it is found among the Greek fathers be- fore the tenth century. That is in the 8o called apostolic constitutions.” ACTRESS IS MARRIED. Miss Aléxandra Carlisle Becomes Bride of Chicago Man. CHICAGO, January 4.—Miss Alex- andra Carlisle, prominent actress, who has been appearing in Chicago, and John Elliott. Jenkins, member of a well known Chicago family, were married yesterday. The wedding took place at the home of Mr. Jenkins' mother, Mrs. John E. Jenkins. Only a. few close friends witnessed the ceremony. It is understood that Mrs. Jenkins will retire from the stage. MACDONALD GABINET PLANS “PERFECTED" Liberak:Conservative / Ag!eenlenl Suggestion Abandoned by Many Gossips. By the Associated Press, LONDON, January, 4.—Most, of political gossips have abindoned suggestion of an agreement between the liberals and conservatives to frus- trate the labor party. Ramsay Macdonald, the labor lead- er, is returning to London from Los- siemouth, Scotland, where he went for a week’'s vacation, and reports have it that he comes back with his plans 50 perfected that If he is called upon to take over the premiership ho will be able to announce his cabinet with- in twenty-four hours of his appolnt- ment. Among the questions discussed at yesterday’s cabinet meeting, say tha political writers, was that of filling the vacant posts in the ministry dus to conservative defeats in the last election. These offices include the places of two cabinet members, name- 1y, the ministers of labor and agri- culture. It is eald that Mr. Baldwin and his colleagues favor making the new apointments before parliament meets on Tuesday. There is mauch speculation_as to who are likely to be chosen, but nothing is known defi- I nitely as to the premier's place. Tremendous January Mark Downs Determined to clear out all small lots from every department —for:Saturday—prices have been reduced lower than ever Saturday lel Be iy DAY $25.00, 329 75, $34.75 lined. are flared models, Coats. plaids all effects; sizes. Closing Out side - ties coats, embroidered and braided garments 150 Coats Normand Crushed - ! as_ well as. richly fur-trimmed $12.50 to $17.50 Sport Coats m an ufactur- orl close-out Sport A7 in and stripes, plain $ colors, Warm win- ter weights warmly lined throughout and made in side or around belted 14 44 to All $39.75 Coats for $24.75 All Up to $50 Coats for $29.75 All Up to $60 Coats for $37.75 Wonderful Sel'lmg of $19.98, $25.00 to $30.00 Garments Your choice of any extra the houss that sold to- $30.00. Finest Wool Poirets Stoat ll:;:‘mu the ar ¢ 0 Sect Sizes 44 to 52 Closing Qut $10.00, $12.98, 815.00, $19.75 Dresses Choose from Satins, Silkw and Fine Wool Poiret Twills, in black and colors. Bvery new idea is shown in this Clearance Specials Saturday Only $1.00 Bungalow Dresses Prettily brald - trim- med novelty dresses for 79 house wear. Ma c good quality, fas = percale. $1.25 Women’s Out Gowns Heavy winter-weight domet ~flannel _gowns, 84 made with silk em broidered yokes. Big, c full-cut sizes. $3.98 and $2.98 L Babies’ Coats Long and short G hahb‘s and corduroy I‘r?l') styles. “.xr‘ml\ lined. W ’s B ieres omen’s Brassie 95 women's pink bras- sieres of stout pink 18 brocaded coutil. All sizes s C Women’s and Children’s Umbrellas /n{ good quality e f.cloth; bak- and ey songly —_— adp Sllc leles Burson Heather Hose Heather mixtures, ribbgd, warm hose for women; double soles, vide flare tops; lr\zeg\a c lars. Heavy Bed Comforts Fitll double-bed \fln and “filled with* warny $ 98 whits Gottbn. ;. Printgd. ¥ — covering Bn bdth sideg,. e ?5 00 Dup!ex. Bhnkets Extra Thick Reversible Plaid lmhfi $ Blankets. #80rted ltl!l’l‘ul g Sllk-Dotted Comforts $7.00 11k - dotted mull, comforts, in $ 5 h-namqe printed pat- 4 terpd . and o silk borders; . enub;e bed — sizer | Sale of Lace Curtains R§ ylar Wlflo up t 5N o a1 b n s $1 95 fllet .and, madras cur- tains by the pair, in white, ivorveAnd l(‘ru. 21 .and 3 yards long. Pair $2.60 Ladies’ Silk-and-Wool s+ . ‘Hose Derby - ribbed silk- and-wool hose for women it all' combina- wide flare soles. Soft’ leather, tonaple handbags, comr ; inside fittings. fned: carved and J 'HAd frames. tfabric glaves, 2-tone gauntlet- effects; also 16 bufton length, 3 row $2.25 Men’s Auto Gloves Heavy loather gloes, fleeced lined; full sizo $1 .49 . $1.00 leaec’ Gauntlets embroidery back: all cuff; some short ones mres gu edio-finish 69 colors. in lot: in suede. ~ The Biggest Sale of Girls’ Coats We've Ever' Held $14.98, $12.98 and $10.00 Girls’ Coats ‘$ Too .many coats on hand, therefore thisidrastic cut in price. sport models in lot, in 4 to 14 sizes. Closing Out Boys’ Overcoats and Suits $10.00 and $12.50 Boys’ Coats Chinchillas, * $7.1 Nobby Our handsomest of fur-trimmed dressy coats and 00 Boys 2-Pants Suits Nor= folk Suits of good quality cloth, In pretty Hedvy winter- yeient unien eaits dies: fiat $1.00 Men's Heavy Ribbed | Shirts & Drawers +69c shirts high cut ankle panis: