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NAVY'S NEWEST SUBMARINE ARRIVES, @ Washington yesterday for an official inspecti the House naval affairs committee. The vessel nying and heeping up with maneuvers of the f which arrived naval experts and ompa- CROSS-WORD PUZZLE SERMON IN CHURCH. a church service. text used by Rev. George F. McElvein. the pastor. {Gossip Is Fined " SAD00RUMSEIZED 3 e g e ¥ the Atsociated Pre INSBORO. Maud Ky Bashan armer, was urt yesterday ing conviction on a charge having violated the e gossip) Mrs. Basham, 1 had stated that the went “50-50 with fined fol- nti Dry Agents’ Attention Direct- | ed to Place by Rohbery by Hi-jackers. stified, Owensboro poulic the bootleggers, A law enacted by the last Gen- eral Assembly makes it a misde- meanor for any person to make alse reports concerning any indi- vidual officer or condition for of- fice. Conviction carries a penalty $10 to $100 fine and 10 to in jail, or both PROPOSES SUBWAY Py the Associated Pross BEVERLY, M December 3.—| . Federal prohibition agents yesterday aided the home of Joseph Lefter of | Chicago. situated at Beverly Farms, | and seized €00 bottles of cholce quors which they rged had | of seen {llegally transported to the| days ate witain two months. The or was valued at more than 34,000, The attention of the police was jcused on the place by the report hat hi-jackers a fortnight ago had 350,000 worth of liquor from 1o cstate during the absence of Allen J. Harrls, a night watchman ed there by a detective agency. rris was arrested yesterday on techn ge of larceny from building. the officials believing that la absence from the Lelter estate olen Highway Engineer Says Fear of Thugs Great Obstacle to Move in Detroit. expected. The police, who arrested ner Monday In connection | . hi-jacking case, de-| lared that the numbers on his auto- mobile were those reported seen at Baverly hold-ub. Two davs after the 1a Leiter premlses Percy Huxley, 10 caretaker, found men about to carry another valuable load away in @ truck. A police officer who went to tercept them was overpowered and the police automobile was stolen Gen Prohibition Agent Stroup, who has taken charge of the case jeclared his belief that these “hi scking raids” were blinds to cover e activities of rum runners, who, said, unknown to the owner, have | cen storing smuggled liquors in the | Leiter cellar GREAT BRITAIN HONORS 2 AMERICAN SCIENTISTS Theodore Lyman and Gilbert Lewis Become Members of Royal Other arrests Cambridge Morris 1 with another 5 the Associated Press NEW YORK. December 3.—Con- {struction of pedestrian subways at | congested highway crossings was ad- | vocated by Prof. Arthur L. Blanchard, president of the National Traffic Association, and professor of {hlghway engineering and transport at the University of Michigan, at the |#annual meeting of the ussociation | here vesterday. first raid on y the Michigan highway department, but that objection has been raised to | these subways, espectally in Detrolt, {on the ground “that they vide an excellent place for to_operate.” Prof. Blanchard explained that “h jacking” had developed to such a de the thug gree in Michigan that “thugs now op- t0 the Go erate quitc extensively on all #hip highways which feed main highways and they are able to collect considerable revenue thereb: 216,000 Deaths Caused. Motor vehicle accidents in the United States have caused 216,000 deaths, 17,000 of them in 1923, 678,000 personal Injurles and an economic loss of $600,000,000, Russeil Huffman, secretury of the motor vehicle con- ference committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, sajd at last night's session. Six thousand children of school age were killed last year, he sald, adding that 30 per cent of persons killed by motor vehicles are children. Huffman said that bills providing for compulsory automobile lability insurance probably would be intro- duced In 42 state legislatures next year. Parking was termed the greatest problem in the solution of traflic con- gestion during a discussion by trafic experts. Among these were Prof. Roger L. Morrison of the division of highway transport of the University = of Michigan, Charles and Arthur H. iati 3lanchard, the latter president of the Heads Marketing Association. | o o hiraehborg, mo- CHICAGO, December 3.—Hugh J. chanical engineer. and €. M. Me- TTughes of Minnesota was yesterday | Creery of Philadeiphia, lected president of the National As: | oclation of State Marketing Officials; | W. A. Munson of Massachusetts was named vice president, and F. B. Bom- erger of Marviand treass urer, town- Institution. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 3.—The Amer- can scientists, Theodore Lyman of Brookline, Mass,, and Gilbert N. Lew- s of Rerkeley, Calif., have been clec d honprary members of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Theodore Lyman, physicist, is a sraduate of Harvard, 1897, where he erved as instructor and assistant professor of physics. He served also s major of Engineers, U. §. A, in 1918 Gilbert N. professorships Lewis, chemist, has held in chemistry in vari- yur American universities. He was hief of the defense division, gas | service, A. E. F., in the late W& The easy mark doesn’t know how worthlexs mouey. stock or Highway | will pro- | Here is the first cross-word puzzle to be used as a part of The congregation of a Knoxville, Tenn., Baptist Church solved the puzzle, discovering the | | ernment again interrupted the test FOR PEDESTRIANS | | | He sald that such a plan is favored | Crump | into the | | 1 | was dated July 13, 1922, and said, “we | | enasy he is until some salesman of | sizned by John J. bonds hus hix | the Pontiac Co. STAR, WAS BRIDGE AND GUNS OF NEW SUBMARINE. The craft is one of the largest in service. being 341 t long, with a beam of 27 feet. It has a speed of knots on the water and 9 knots below. It carries 7 officers des the enlisted men. 1 Fhote. This San Francisco orphan had a “hankering” for a lion as a pet, o the cub was taken from the Charles Gay lion farm to the orphanage. There was a deal of wailing when the pet was taken back to home. By United News Plctures. Wide World Photo. By the Asso BILLIN —Born of reared in China w 1 Press Mont white ith a Ch wor foster until December INFORBES' DEAL Co-Defendant, Exempted by Defense, Designated by Witness as Participant. or and wife, f nda golian blood, was revealed in may be a deathbed affidavit by her foster mother Canadlan girl—daughter woman who now is the wife wealthy Toronto b 1 The name of th GOV-{ not revealed. Apprehensive of the future of her daughter by adoption, who was provented from marrying Henry her Moy to and he i what mads be By tue Ass: CHICAGO, iated Press. December 3.—The mony of Elias H. Mortimer. Forbes-Thompson Veterans' Bureau! conspiracy trial to take the testi-| mony of A. C. Crump of Philadelphia | and allow him to return When bids on the Northampton, | Mass., hospital were being received in | the Veterans' Bureau Crump secretary of the Pontiac Comstruc- tion Co. of Detroit, an open-shop sub- sidiary of the James Black Masonry Construction Co. of St. Louis. Black now dead, was a close business ass. ate of John W. Thompson of Louis, co-defendant with Charles R. Forbes for conspiracy to defraud the Government. Black, the defense con- tends, used the Pontiac Co. to on the Northampton foundation job. Thompsen, the defense claimed, had nothing to do with the Pontiac Co. or its Northampton bid. m the| BAND CONCERT. = y Marine Barracks to- night at 8:15 o'clock, by the U. S. Marine Band Orchestra. William H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader. March, “To the Camp.” Blankenburg “Il Guara " Gomez doration,” Borowsky Grand scenes from “Robert the Devil" Meyerbeer Waltz, “Vienna Beauties™ was Overture, Reverie, Ziehrer Ador, Ruebner (a) "Dance of the Demons,” allegro energico. ‘Dance of the Gipsies,” tempo di mazurka. (c) “Pas de Deux,” grazioso. (d) “Ballabile,” valse vivace. Rhapsody, “Slavonic,” Friedman Marines” hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma. “The Star Spangied Ballet music, “Prince il ) Crump's Statement. Crump testified that he went to) Washington June 21, 1922, to meet| Mr. Weissell of the Pontiuc Company | to help fizure the Northampton bid, | Thompson joined them July 1 to dis- the Northampton bid with them, ald. On Thompson's instruc- Crump said, they changed the | Pontiac Company’s bid from 120 days for time of completion to 90 days. It is charged by the prosecution that as part of the conspiracy Forbes had agreed to favor Thompson-Black bids through special features which would malke their bids appear advantageous nment. Crump then identified the Pontiac Company’s bid, which he signed as secretary-treasurer of the company. ¥orbes. it is charged, told the Thompson-Black Company to keep their time limit low and their money bid high and he would arrange ex- tension of time. Mortimer testified to this arrangement agreed upon be- tween himself amnd Thompson and Forbes. 2 “When we were writing up the bids,” Crump testified, “Thompson told us to change the $0-day limit to 60 days, and Mr. Welssell scratched out the 30 and put in 60. Pontinc Bid ¥iled July 3, 1922. The bid of the Pontlac Co., Crump said, was written up the morning of July 3, 1922, the day the bids were closed. TLater that day Thompson told Crump “the job is ours.” When the 60- day limit was inserted in the bid “Thompson said he could get more time | if it was needed,” Crump testifled. Ralph Potter, speclal assistant attor- ney general, introduced a_letter from | the Pontiac Co. to C. D. Whitmore of Omaha, asking the loan of Fred Reich- eit to gupervise the Northampton foun- dation job “if we get it.” The letter polka 8 Banner.” At Eastern High School by the United States Army Band, W. J. Stannard, director, to- night, at 8 o'clock. March, “Coronation,” Eilenberg Overture, “T.e Lac des Fees” (The Fairy Lake) ....Auber Excerpts from “Prince of Pllsen” .. . ....Luders Duet for flute and clarinet, “Dreamy Moments,” Ehrich (By Master Sergt. A. Lultkie- | | witz, flute, and L. Arnold, | | clarinet). 1 Waltz, Finale from ballet | | suite, “The Queen of Sheba,” jounod Grand fantasia, “Carmen” Bizet March, “Governor Woodfins, Hall “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the T ldiers'’ Home Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall, to- morrow evening, at 5:45 o'clock, John S. M. Zimmermann, band- master. 3 March, ing On’ Overture, tions, ‘Old Glory Goes March- ...Klickman “The Amazon,” Kiessler Characteristic patrol, “The M Phantom Brigade,” Myddleton i Grand fantasia, ‘‘Master Melo- 1 dies, No. 2".. ......Roberts Fox trot, “It Had to Be You,” | Jones Waltz suite, “Tenderness,” | ‘Waldteufel Finale, “Virginia Is Calling Me,” Friend “The Star Spangled Banner.” will know in a few days.” | | “We want to complete this rush job | the Government specificatjons for the satisfactorily so we can get the job on | Northamptgn foundation and sev- the upper structure,” said the letter, | oo} papers from the Pontiac bid on Brennan, president or| Db b B aonamel sl 0o | Govesaeny vowssl fhey piesented oRjestions 1o thely pissentation ! | nor 1abor should be | business executive at THE MISSION OF THE 1924 CHRISTMAS SEAL. y tional therapy class in a local health school. Miss Mae O'Toole. as the s SHE WILL DANCE TONIGHT. Miss Clara Roehrle, a young dancer of Washington. who will take the part of the Christmas fairy at a ball to be given tonight at the New Willard by George Washington Post, No. Auxiliary. Photo by 3 " 1s Canaiann GIANNINI PLEASE INCONGERT HERE Young American Soprano Evokes Enthusiasm in Dif- ficult Program. of Cau- v after Dr. hirth Mrs that States and Moy and they s Mr harried i retur e 3. The affidavit say Moy were w York City in 1905 It s believed the afdavi Mrs. Moy, whose conditio; ported to be eritica the obstacle to the Washington pearances with hony Orchestra Lawrence Town- isicals last vear, nd interesting o one GF Mrs prning m a varied | music will remove presented of songs at Poli's Theater ity that would seem to augur favor- Society of Engineers' President ¥ tonal quahlty. It is the marriage H program afternoon. Although in ibly for her appearance in opera in Warns of Private Interests’ 1 v that London audienc: I:“ won enthus SEES AUTOCRACY s’ IN POWER CONTROL by & s s i no far distant future She is di tinctly dramat soprano with un- an on R£ e her high praise in her recita sources. Pastors i ‘0 del mwlo Amata Ben,” and Beethoven's “Die |the last song demanded more open l‘hrflxl interpretation than the so vowels of the Italian numbers. Dvorak’s “Songs My Mother Taught {Me.” sung at unusually swift tempo, }was the encore. I the French with an dramatic a opening Hand acini Donaudy ihre Gottes.” By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 3. autocracy through centrol of the ation's power resources was fore- seen by Fred R. Lowe, retiring presi- dent of the American Society of Me- | al Engineers, in an address last at the annual convention here. Lowe said that neither capital free from control. and abundant sup- could ured at reasonable rates, he s0 long 4s the fuel market was subjected to | uncontrolled manipulation of ‘pri- | vate interest and the organized will or won't of lahor.” + Mr. Lowe expressed regret that «the | control of the fuel supply had passed ! from the people and was to nipulated for private gain Danger group, Gounod's supplied the singer ria that emphasized her ty and the exquisite- s of her highest notes. with a finale that was probab® the most brilliant thing of the afternoon. Hue’s {“J'ai Pleure en Reve” Moreau's “Pe- dro” and “Viens Aurore” were glven A feature of the afternoon was a ouple of s written by Meta chumann, the singer’s unusually npathetic accompanist. “Thee” and “Life” were the songs, sung de- lightfully by Miss Giannini. Then followed Kirt Schindler’s ar- 4 s rangement of the Russian song, logical Survey, In an address before | “Thres Cavaliers. given spith Taht the fuel division of the society yes- i fuel « 3 S- | gavety and contrasted vividly with terday, warned against waste of fuel | Riohara Hageman's ~Christ Went Up ofl, saying that predictions of a|yneo the Hills” sung in ‘effective shortage were partly based - | 2 er's “God 1 ¥ ed on pres- | religious mood. Rybner's “God Made ent ineficlent methods of production |afe For You" and Gaul's “Joy” com. and usc,\wylmh‘h,-aunnod “pitifully | p1eted the English songs. i Door.” At least 80 per cent of the e all ca e Ttali d original 6fl content of ‘the wells 16| g ron e the Tallan and i Spanish folk song: quite evidently left in the ground, he said, when the g o h . averago field 15 “exhaustedr " ang | Native musical heath, and a source of ady to b 4 enjoyment to the singer. Miss s O T Glannini is thoroughly at home in cont Durming "I Rever return to|ginging such numbers and puts ealh e aEs e COmUE T relaxed warmth Into their interpre onald of Philadelphia, told the dele- | tatjon, -The cradle song, “Fa la gates. IFrom trials installation of [ Nanna Bambin” was charming, and combined oll and coal on capital ships | acuri, Curuzzu.” with its high calling o oped mathnid. oll burning had de- | notes, effective. “In Mezzo al Mar, aloped.; Yoas belng - used ex- | ywhich completed the Italian group clusively on all classes of naval ¥es- | arranged by Sadero, was full of color. - 3 5 “Cielitc Lindo,” the Spanish song, ”-M?kwy' Davis, Assistaht Secre- ‘was given with feeling, and was fol- ;“"-‘ of fl"vx‘“‘ speak today ut @ |jowed by “O Sole Mio.” “To a Mes- orum on national defense. senger,” by LaForge, was the final encore. Uninterrupted ply of powe be §. Geologist Speaks. Dr. Julian D. Sears, administrative zeologist of the United States Geo- . Named to Hospital Post. | Philip C. Collins ‘of 5426 Con-| necticut avenue has been appointed the Veterans’ at Tupper Lake, N. Y, It was announced iast night. Mr. Collins ¥ a graduate of George ‘Washington University, and during the war served as lieutenant, Supply Smoot Is Named Regent. Senator Smoot of Utah was vesterday appointed a member of the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institu- Bureau hospital by the death of the late Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. The ap- Corps, United States Navy, when he | pointmeat was announced in the Sen- creanized the supply department at’ate by Senator Cummins, Prezident Dr. Harvey W. Wiley al tion today to fill the vacancy caused | v, pure food expert, taking luncheon vesterday with pupils of an occupa- pirit of the double-Lurreled cross, appears in the photograph. FOR NEXT SPRING AND SUMMER. The fashion makers are not idle during the cold months. These bathing suits of black-and-white cord silk. satin brocade and tiger silk will be very modish at the beaches when warm days come again. Wide World Fho Tonte oo 1, DEMOCRATIC FUND TOTALS $%5.920 Report by Committee Shows All Contributions Made In Jewelry Shop 3y the Associated Fres \ NEW Y it throw then several and the kin; anything wateh and eh their visit BANQUET BY SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS Officers Chosen and Addresses . Made by Prominent Speakers '\‘_rk = at Annual Meeting. ndie stated, laneous New Washin Expenditu fice » Washington $54.1 The rder a ers er tered en fled withe port required by law ith of wh tlated a I New York Trust Company Total expenditures of §: listed, and the rt sh ance of $61 Contrib; ons received at th headquarters ington, $31 the repor list re York iection principal feature of th an neeting of th ty of C lonial Wars of the District of Colum bia. held last night in the New Wil lard hotel. Prof. Arthur Adams of Trinity Col lege, Conuecticut: Bishop James Freeman and John Barton Payne chairman of the central committ the American Red Cross and former Secretary of the Inte addressed the society. Followin, banquet, which marked the Wbl A business which the were: The e of eipts from 11 5. 45 tr puting the $ Ryan Gives $55,000. or, the annual ass meeting was ¢ officers were cted. | Commander George Tul- ly Vaughan, governor; Samuel Her- rick, deputy governs Rev, Dr. G, . ¥. Bratenahl, lieut. overnor; Fred- rick Atherton Ternald, secretary: s William Park Metcalf, deputy tary; Harry Lee Rust, jr., treasurer: Capt. Robert Root Bennett, registrar: York, $21.000; - Dr. Charles Ford Langworthy, deputy | Fairmount, W. Va,, registrar; Dr. Andrew Stewart, his-| Gerard, otk torian; Dr. Bratenahl. chaplain;| p. Garvan, New York Ralph Putnam Barnard, chancellor;| Lehman, New York, § Dr. Lewis Harvie Taylor, surgeon,|Snaver, Washingt and Frederick Denison Owen, custod- |~ perey Chubb, New Y s lan of the colors. Gentlemen of the ! yyijlard U. Taylor, New York, $5,00 Council chosen were: Dr. Ira War-|p. 1T Heinemann, Charlotte, N. ( ren Dennison, William Scott Parks $5,000 W A Comstock, Detroit and Fulton Lewis, | I $5,000; Samuel Untermyer, w York,, t The committer on membership sc- amou s single ributor of New York who gay two install 000 and one of § Other larse ributic Thomas L. Chadbou £20,000; Jesse H. Jones ,000; Mrs. Hesse H n Tex., $5,000; B. M York, $22,500:+ Henry New Hor Mor W +15,000 $10,00 510,000 000; nth Watso James W Fran H. i Ciem i $5,000; Norman H. Davis, New York lected consists of Capt. Robert Root|s:'000) Cleveland 1. Dodge, New Bennett, Dr. Charles Ford Langwor-|yin " g5 it HacTn o o Root, Allen Richards|yon’ ¢ corge Brennan, Chidl Commander Lewls | o 07" ¢ { Painter Clephane. Committee on | ¢5%00 "0 "yf, historical documents, Dr. Andrew [\ 7 Gr Co L Stewart, chairman; Commodore Rich-| ;4 Jugn ¢. Wallace, Washingtor jara Graham Davenport, Dr. Edwin| g0, { Allston Hill, Alfred Byrne Horner ™ H and Col. William Otway Owen. thy, Cyrus | Boya and_Licut. 000; Blain, Chicago, | WORLD FLYERS GUESTS. Gus Buchholz to Entertain Air men Tonight. | DONITHEN MAY BE JUDGE. Coolidge Has Ohioan’s Name Under ; Consideration for Post. Hoke Donithen of Marion is under |consideration for appointment as | Federal judge for the southern dis- itrict of Ohio, succeeding John E.|will be Gus Buchholz. Thé guests |Sater, who recently resigned. | will include Capt. Lowell H. Smith, | Mr. Donither was a personal friend (Lieut. Eric H. Nelson, Lieuf. Leigh |of President and Mrs. Harding, and [Wade, Lieut. L P Arnold, Meut. John both of them are said to have ex-|Harding and Maj. F. L. Martin, whe pressed a wish that he might be |crashed his plane in Alaska and wheo given a place on the Federal bench |was the first fight commander. Wit! should a vacancy occur.. He also|these men will be Brig. Gen. Willian. Mitehell, Col. O. C. Pierce, Col. C. O. ,t.(r\'v-d» s the Cool dze y!recon\'v-n'h.n‘ LALPAED Munagey 18 Ohle, __ 'Sheprill and Lieyt. Georgse &, Hodge i i The world flyers will be entertaines at a dinner in the. Occidental Hote! tonight, which will be followed by theater party at Keith's. The hos it | D. Camden, New York. il +

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