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THE EVENING WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY. NOV EMBER 23, 192 SECRETARY Pre fashioned welcome Ok cabinet, Dwight WAR DAVIS WELCOMED IN ST, LOU IS, of War, visit musie, red-fire. et FTor the cident's Davis. Secretary 1 his home A monster parade retary Davis FROM GUN STOCKS TO VIOLINS, Blc the Marines. maker of stocks for rifles used by American military experts, employs his s nt= in fashioning violins of superior workman- <hip and tone. done in the Marine Corps gun shop, at Phila delphia Ofticial Marine Photo. rery Sergt. Emil J. e mom His work ON WINE PLANNED N Several Hundred Thot;sand: Makers of Beverage Are in United States. ‘ 2 Counterfeiter By the Associated Press counterfeiter with high ideas of his abillty to put his work into tion and with much of of how the American big cireu not an idea suspiciously average bills looks upon has put gold certificate which ury describes as “dangerous A bad blunder was madb by the artlst when in one place he let Treasary” go through on the plate for “Treasury.” The Treas- hundred thousand | ury Department described the hill permits which have as” “Serles 1922, check letter O; ind untrammele face plate N back plate num since the ber omitted. out a the Treas ot pre-prohibitfon aays a swift end by ive com new prohibition evoked <" COLORED MAN IS HELD ON ASSAULT CHARGE maximum tax held Identified as Attacking Woman Pedestrians and Attempting to Rob Two Mariens. the fllicit sup Wine ament Leaks. into to be plugged nt Secretary_Andrews, the < prohibition field marshal, reached an agreement with Jewish ters irches are the es s of sacramental wine, for expected 1o be {ssued reducing the | permitted to be religious purposes of the Jewish faith Ve given every co officlals in their diversion of sacra icit 1 both forthcoming fon will Lt end without hamper © requirements of the A colored man, described as James Castor, allas Black, 27 vears old, of ]A\anxlfln. Va., is under arrest charges of assault and robbery. is allaged he attacked Miss Cath erine Richards, 306 C street, and Miss Clara Burket, 311 C street, on D street between Seventh and Eichth streets last night, and that he held up two marines, Norman Hoover and Paul Kennedy, fn Charles Ho tel_earller in the night Capture of the man, who was fully atified by his leged victims, was t about by Sylvan Luchs of 71 Fourteenth street, who followed him after the attack upon the wam en and pointed him out to Policeman Davis of the first precinct, who ar rested him. Hoover was met at the door to the lavatory in thés hotel and told to put 'em up.” A $2 bill handed him by Hoover, probably regarded by the bandia as a “jinx,” was returned to the marine. Kennedy was next held ip. but the robber ebtained nothing Tt was some time afterward that the two women. passinz along D street, were seized by a colored man who was quickly frightened off. Po on sharply wine ads now Anti-Saloon m_to ther moves of Mr off the illicit liquor wuree in @ statement e time that he chal ns in the prohibt vesterday by Inc. Wheeler 10 ) cut League Failure of Law. zue concluded from a survey ndred rep that “the Volstead | to accomplish pre temperance The league’s figures to drunkenne 1id. are | lice of Alexandria, Va., vx: 1 man is reported | tacked several women or three weeks. where a col to have at the past two Wh wate h h » prohibition dam Mr. ctions to his en wried forward hip-tlaskers” to suthorities. The letter to was not nor convine steps to plug up the An his | o= Legion to Give Show. | An entertainment will be given by fean Legion tonight at the Incurables, Wisconsin ave Upshur_ str under the auspices of the District of Columbia department, Charles Kohen, chairman The following entertainers will be on the program: J. Rudglph Branson's Hon and o el mabale | Orchestra, Miss Romna Newman. so- A they tamed for | Prano; Scotch Comedian Hook Ken i 5 | nedv ‘and hi 1d son Buddy; s Maj. Charles monologist: Miss Aneta Crali Mr Astelle Al liam Bevridge, in Palkin, ving the and local iven in a i rators, which Lut which is under them that ppeared to b necessity of " wotor < and small s on inland streams to wholesale e of ng he wil Rae reader: Capt , and Mis: cent of the far have telephon e than 60 1 fn Pennsyivania in thelr he character in songz:, firet The photo shows M It| | announces. {lice have communicated with the po. | howeve#, are needed, and should be | | of the Evangeline Residence, | street, are making dol 5 k ofilic INVITED TO-PLAY FOR HENRY old, of Norway, Me., the Sta Dearborn, Mich.. to play for Henry F of the maker of the hest snowshoes in time since his elevation town, and he was given an old- or Vietor Miller with Se MEASURING BEICK WALL Ihe wall of the Bur, nsitive instrum TOVEMENT OF even though it is 40 inches thick. ¢ ards, by the u-e of an interferometer. just Bow much the wall moves, and the m CRASH IN TRAFFIG .. in “mopping un Crowd Viewing Wreck of Auto Near Conduit When Explosion Occurs. does i i of Stand- n el tis record v Underwood 4 wood With Assistance mysterio e been inves Ju nd has re 1 in recom mendations that community be cleaned out infested by at least » hold sway and men nd labors of quieter place has no law mnor authority, the will of the mightler among the outlaws having ruled there surrounded stances lately nd ‘Triplett L. Noell, 46 years old, a cof. fee salesman, residing at 108 Rucker avenue, Rosemont, Va., narrowly es. caped death shortly before noon today FORD, < champion fiddler, who w Plan “Mop Up’ of Notorious Frog Hollow A. Mellie Dunham, journey to ord. Dunham also claims the title his section of the country Wide World Photo Smallest the movie Pedro, cl Actress Ovns the Norma Shearer of her Mexican pup. to be the tiniest member of canine world. She holds the grown dog in her hand. Dog and red the full- of Maryland Police f montt It inty where ble st tive 1ws have finding safe refu -rs of the law have threatened on trips gangsters and moon is one spot in the 4 slish shirn have been and to which f been regularly from justice. Of been attacked there seeking shiners The county n Ce police un order horities now want squad of the State constabulary to assist ie clean-up. which, it has heen admitted, will require something like a military_invasion {f it is suc cessful. Appeals have been made by citizens who are under a veil of fear that their lives will be taken in case of thefr interference on behalf of law and order. s when his antomobile was in c with a car of the Washingion V" Railway Co. fn Potomac distance below the Bure ing and Printing. Several persons on their way from the scene of the accl dent were nearly injured when an ex plosion occurred in a nearby condult | of the Potomac Electric Power Co. in front of 240 Fourteenth street south. west, Harry Luck, 706 had been stopped by Park Policeman | J. W. Sheedy for alleged speeding. and Noell, it is stated, was attracted by this incident when his auto came in contact wtih the car. which was in charge of Motorman F. M. Burke and Conductor H. Sisson. Luck took the injured man to Emer- | gency Hoepital, and did all he could, To render assistance. Because of his | assistance, the park policeman al-| lowed him to go. Noell was treated and left the hos. | pital. A few minutes later a high tenston feed wire in the condult short lsion ginia 1 short Ingrav. BALLET AND CONCERT WILL HELP RUSSIANS Affair at Poli's December 11 to Be for Benefit of Refugees in Constantinople. Florida avenue, | A benefit Russian by he held at Poli's Theater on December 11 at 4:30 p.m. in the interest of the hundreds of crippled or refugee Rus- ians in Constantinople who can find no employment in Turkey, where it is difficult for them to care for their own poor. The performance will ha under tha direction of Alexander V. Gavrilov,| and the premiere danseuse is Mme. | circuited and ignited gas that had ac- | Vera Strelskaya, a young Russian | cumulated. The explosion tore away | woman. H ppearance here next | part of the concrete pavement and|month will be her first in this elty. | lified the heavy top a few feet in the | She comes under the auspices of the | air. { Washington refugee committee, which | e includes Mrs. Robert Lansing, chafr-| READY FOR THANKSGIVING ma Mme Ekengren, Mr: eorge Marye, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, | Salvation Army to Serve Dinner | and Provide Financial Relief. | Mrs Lawrence Townsend and Mrs. Robert Henderson. Washington is one of a number of | The Salvation Army will care for| the poor on Thanksgiving day, Brig. | Willlam H. Barrett, local commander, | let concert will cities in the United States where com- | mittees have been organized to rur nish money to forward relief work in Constantinople, where hundreds of Russians who fled their own country | tat the time of the Wrangel evacua | A turkey dinner for 350 men will|tion have been saved by this Ameri-| be given at the Salvation Army In-|can assistance. dustrial Home, 102 B street. This is| Mrs. Lansing. hecause of the pres- | an annual event. jence in Constantinople of Rear Ad-| Two hundred and seventy-five gro-| miral and Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, is cery orders will be distributed among | able to send the funds direct a ke number of families before| Admiral Rhistol is the American | Thanksgiving. hizh commisgioner to Turkev, and. his The expense of Thanksgiving re-|wife has personally investigated the llef plans will be borne out of the! Army's relief fund. Additional funds. | cases where the relief money has been | | expended. When Mrs. Bristol visited here sev- | eral weeks ago she made a detailed re- | port to the local committee, which ! had given such splendid assistance | in allaying this terrible human suf-| fering “and thanked the people of Washington for giving so generously of their means to this cause. Mus. Bristol made it plain that she \\.Ifil not appealing for help, but that she would gladiy continue to render serv- ice in distributing the funds should (:elluv-al committee desire to continue their to the Army, headquarters, 607 reet, it was sald. The Army is now turning its at tention to Christmas relief. Girls 1330 1, Thousands of"toys also have been ordgred. Briy. Barrett received a%check for $100 from A. V. Coleman, 323 Penn- sylvania avenue, the money sent as a memorial to James F. Coleman, killed in an mccident on October 11. work. i In the past few vears Mrs. Bristol | Dr. Alexander G. Bell twisted a| : ! 0 screw onefourth of a revolution and | has distributed over $75000, in addi- thereby discovered the telephone, but [ 'ion to quantities of clothing. at that time had no idea what it — . meant, as he was then seeking to English pugilists dance to improve make speech visible by light flashes. thelr “‘footwork.” J. S. BARNEY, NOTED ARCHITECT, IS DEAD Succumbs Three Weeks After Operation—Designed Many Famous Buildings. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 23.—John Stewart Barney of New York and Newport, R. I, an architect and painter of note, died vesterday. He was 57 years old. he underwent an operation and it was Mr. Rarney first became {il at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. middle of October. He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Mary Alice Van Nest: a_daughter, Mrs. Kean of New York, and a son, J art Barney, jr., a Princeton graduate. Mr. Ba v was Charles ;. Barney, a New York man who settled in Richmond, Va. He was prominent in soclety and some of the ew under- son of the late churches in Richmond are among the | most important examples of his ar chitectual work. He graduated from Columbia in 1890, and studied archi tecture at the Ecole d’Arts in Paris During the 20 vears following his re- turn to this country he designed many buildings of a public and semi-public character. including the Broadway Tabernacle, the Ohurch of the Hol Trinity. the Hotel Navarre, and the < | Mart Memorial Library, in Troy, N. Y.|with a Despite his success in architecture, Mr. Barney, in 1915, hegan devoting his exclusive time to the painting of landscapes, some of his paintings re- ceiving much favorable comment at special exhibitions. He was the au- thor of two novels WIFE GOT DIVORCE. Nigel Barrie’s Wife, Not He, Ob-| tained Decree, She Says. NEW YORK, November 23 (#).— Mrs. Nigel Barrie, former wife of the {flm’ actor, today called atténtion to | an erroneous statement in a dispatch from Hollywood, Calif., relating Bar- rie’s marriage to Mrs. Gertrude Pock- lington of Rhodesla. The dispatch sajd “he obtained a divorce from his first wife.” Mrs. Barrie asserted today that she had been given the divorce, Three weeks ago | about the | WHEN GEORGETOWN SCORED light in the Polo Grounds game Saturday afternoon. The ball was blocked and a versity, line. MENTCAN AMBASSADOR IS A dor 10 Washington. turns to th Antonio Castro-Leal, cour or CRISIS 1S REACHED N ARICA PARLEYS Chile Continues to Abstain From Meeting on Elec- tion Law Issue. | By the Ascociated Press | ARI cl November 23.—An | other crisis has been reached in the Tacna-Arica plebiscatory situation | The Chileans assert that it is tmpos sible for them to proceed in the work of the commission until an clection w is approved and emphatically de ‘e their intention to abstaln until | their demand is met. Augustin Edwards Chilean delegation, on _instructions from his government, withdrew Sat urday from participation in the com mission's work. lle presented a note to Gen. Pershing, head of the com mission, phrased in vigorous terms | declaring that the government had instructed the delegates to abstair “from all proceedings of the commis | ston, or subsidiary bodies, unless the proceedings ed strictly and di rectly to regulations for registration and voting.” head of the 1 Contrary to Award. Senor Edwards asked Gen. Pershing to include in the agenda of the ne | thought that he was out of danger. |meeting a resolution in which the |- | election law committee is ordered to | issue a report not later than Decem er 10, to he approved by the commi glon not later than December 15: reg { istration to begin not Jater than De.|i | cember 20 and close January 10, se that the plebiscite might be held Feb ! ruary 1. In addition to_their demand for an | election law, the Chileans contend | that measures which the commission is approving are contrary not only |to the Chilean interpretation of Presi dent Coolidge's award, but contrary |to the Chilean constitution. ! Resolution Adopted. The commission met yesterda adopted a resolution that it w |duty of the Chilean govdrhment not to permit the entry into plebiscitary territory for permanent residence {therein” of persons whose presence | the commission thought incompatible | air and orderly plebiscite. | Another resolution was passed remov ling from their posts four minor | Chilean officials for using their au | thority in a manner contrary to a | free_plebiscite. No Chileans attend | ed_the meeting. With reference to the first resolu- | tion, American opinion holds that ex | pulsion of persons whose presence | would be Incompatible with order is {10 new procedure in Tacna-Arica, as tin 1910 the Chilean government ex pelled Peruvian priests, and because the resolution was the act of the com mission, which was created by inter- national agreement, the resolution as. | sumed the aspect of an international | treaty and it became Chile’s duty | under international law to fulfill the | provisions of that treaty L — Tales of violent hurricanes in Ber muda brought hack by sailors are he lieved to have funished Shakespeare the setting for “The Tempest.' ks and the | A TOUCHDOWN IN THE FORDHAM GAME Graham of Fordham Kic This ked from behind his own Georgetown man fell upon it, making a touchdown for the local un Mexican duti BILLIARD ENTHUSIAST. billiard table of the embassy Manuel €. Tellez (rightr, when he seeks relaxation from diplomatic “Poison”™ for Auio poison” for Awte CENNTOR QUTLINES Copeland Plans to Humanize Selection of Aliens in Own Countries. had that to put in rad Ju * he state “I can't believe that replied. “A radiator needs more than the contents of a four-ounce bottle these cold mornings. “What you need is a lot in some nice cem Wher thefr dead? to see what you my the court do vour Ca conti really need.” BURTON WILL SPEAK ON ‘TRAFFIC IN ARMS’ Representative ~ Will Address Washington Study Course on National Problems Today. consolidate tor R bval S. Copelan ment . outlined is pre Theodore ¥ ton of Ohio will open the W ton Study course on national prol sh | | Representative | Rat affic proby Monday m. at cl s on T fonal every lems today at 5:10 r's with an addre: ms." This na will continue until next March irace Dunham Gu n Study cours course opened ornir Miss G al v ni by dllery un Bishop, Chinese to Freer Art Gallery spoke of the arch that is being done i xpedition fr der the direction of ¢ who, in co-operation archeologlsts, is endeavorir | cumulate more facts about Chinese pottery and carvings | This is the fourth season Washington Study work !lectur by prominent be held. For the past three years Washington Study has been | sored and directed by Miss | The other sponso; Hammond, Mrs, P. Tecumseh ren | CHEER SUFFRAGE TALK. | PARIS, November 21 () | time.for universal suffrage in |1 approaching.” Public anot La other and saic the Senator Cope work together ed to un Eighteen | them and muke the e av speakers will man ind chi The Veterans' F the will not be included, for spon- | is three-fold. all interdependents Maria it should function re John |alone, hut t Nicholas F. | he Sherman and | to MONEY MACHINEi F;iILED. of the offe . ilabie woman of course and purposs availah other all made New York Woman Complains She Gave $2,000 for Contrivance. al Dispatch to The Star. YORK, November E Zelgush bought i “mone making machine aranteed to turn a blank piece of paper into a $5 bill as often as she wanted. But the ma | chine lan't work for her “The rance This announcement | by Henri Roger, dean of the Sorbonne 1 aculty of medicine, brought wild cheers from the delegates to the con- | l\vnthm of the French League of 5 | Women's Rights. | That French women awakening to a sense of political re | sponsibility was the tenor of the | i whole series of meetings held here | She complained to Ma trate Bar I.mq week, and it was emphasized by | 't today (hat it seemed to work all the secretary’s report on the year's |ght for Kusta Savich, when he was throughout the country selling it to her for her life savings of Suffragists from all parts of the|$2,000. But inside the machine now world have been invited to attend an | She finds only old newspapers instead | international suffrage conference in |0f new money Paris next May. Among the Ameri-| Kusta Savich was in court can leaders expected to attend are |bail was fixed at £10,000 for Mrs. Carrle Chapman Catt, Charlotte | Wednesday on a Gilman and Martin Crampton. Jarceny, are slowly | Wwo! wol His hearing charge of grand

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