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T * EMAN NOPENED Probable That Additional In- formation Will Be With- - held Until 1947. | Dr. Herbert Putnam, librarian of | Congress, announced it as his opinion | today that five sealed chests of Lin- | colniana, willed to the Library by the | Emancipator’s son, contain nothing im- rtant enough to alter our general | istorical record of the martyred | President. Except under certain conditions, these chests are n8t to be opened until 1947, which will mark the iwenty-first anniversary of Robert Todd Lincoln’s death. In his original deed of gift, dated January 23, 1923, the late Mr. ' Lincoln decreed: *, . . to be deposited in the Library of Congress for the benefit of all of | the people, upon the condition, how- ever, inseparately connected with this | gift, that all of said jetters, m&anu- seripts, documents and other papers shall be placed in a sealed vault ani ully preserved from official or pub- lic inspection or private view until| after the expiration of 21 years from the date of my death.” Gift Is Accepted. The 1i n accepted the gift with #ts condition on the same date. “Although I have never seen the con- | tents of these chests, and may ne live to see them,” Dr. Putnam said, “I do believe they contain the kind of material that will cause us to change dent Lincoln “My reason for saying this is th knowledge that all these dociment: ! have been ‘seen by two of wincoln’ biographers, Nicolay and Hay. his | sonal. secretaries. Undoubtedly. men -used part of this material in ! writing their famous 10-volume biography. “Just a few months before he died, Robert Todd Lincoln changed the terms of his original bequest. He understood | that there might be historians and | biographers who needed access to these | . papers, and accordingly. he gave us| | ®uthol to open the seals under such ! conditions, providing that each inspec- | tion ~was authotized by Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln, who still lives,” Modified Deed Quoted. Robert Todd's modified deed, con- tained in a letter to the librarian, dated January 16, 1926, reads as follows: * .. .It'is now my desire to modify L) WASHINGTONIAN REMEMBERS Only 6 Years Old Then, He Says, but Recalls Thrill Given to Him. Believes He Is Last Living Person to Have Been So Honored as Child. While the Nation is celebrating the 120th anniversary of the birth of the Great Emancipator today, there is one { Washingtonian who enjoys a distinc- tion of which he is proud, and looks back upon with fondest recollection. Lewis .G. Reynolds, cusiodian of the famous Oldroyd collection of Lincoln relics in the Lincoln Museum, 516 Tenth street, believes he is the last living per- son_who, as & child, sat upon the knee of President Lincoln. Thus today, while gazing upon fa- mous relics of the great Civil War President, Mr. Reynolds recalled vividly the occasion at the White House when on or near his sixth birthday he re- ceived the greatest thrill of his life by sitting on the knee of Abraham Lincoln and feeling the latter's kindly touch. Although not positive about the exact date, Mr. Reynolds said he feels reason- ably sure that it was June 28, 1864, his sixth birthday, that the memorable T | event occurred. “Father, a captain of one of the com- have a conference with his Commander- or condition our atliude toward Presi- | m-Chief, and I accompanied him,” Mr. | Reynolds said in describing the occasion. | ‘While they were discussing the matter panies of the Treasury Guards, was to | SITTING UPON LINCOLN'S KNEE of the conference, which lasted neerly | an hour, the President picked me up. set me on his knee, and I can feel yet the gentle stroke of that big firm hand | as he stroked my head, like the halo of a great benediction. I almost remem- ber his voice,” Mr. Reynolds continued, addin ‘Toward the end of the conference r. Lincoln carried me to one of the large windows overlooking the Potomac | River, rested me on the deep window | seat and stood there with one arm about | me while pointing out to' the captain some points of vantage he wished him to be familiar with. “I saw President Lincoln scores of | times,” Mr. Reynolds says, “as father's | duties took him frequently to the Exec- utive Mansion, and he often took me | with him. But T recall being actually | THF FVENING. STAR. WASHINGTON. D CAREER OF LINOLN TRAGED BY BOWERS Developed by Sufferings and Struggles of Lonely Years, Says Speaker. By the Assoclated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Iil, February 12.— Claude G. Bowers of New York, key- noter of the last Democratic national convention, stood today in the Sanga- mon County courtroom, whose walls once echoed to the voice of Abraham Lincoln, and painted a parallel between the lmnncnluwr "m.l aclenl;e:ll A. Doug- les, his lifelon, ical rival. “Had Llnwhl) ;’:d Douglas both died in the first year of the Civil War, the historical status of one would not have differed greatly from that of the other. The Lincoln of history was developed, or brought out, by the sufferings and struggles of four blood-soaked, tear- drenched years of loneliness and anx- iety,” Bowers said. “Politiclans scorned Lincoln to the end of his life, and the people will love him to the end of time. Two Great Leaders Discussed. “No two great leaders of opposing forces in all history have been more strangely identified in their careers. They were cast for opposing roles in many a drama of their day, their lives | touched at many points, and as long as | Lincoln is remembered, Douglas cannot be forgotten. “By all the dictates of convention all the advantage in the contest should have been with Douglas. When he first looked out upon the world from a neat cottage, in the thoroughly settled town of Brandon, in Vermont, Lincoln, the |child, in kis fourth year, was toddling ahout a sordid cabin in a Kentucky clearing. The father of one was an edu- cated and successful physician; that of the other the most tragic of all failures, |an unsuccessful, illiterate ne'er-do-well. Douglas had the background of success; Lincoln of failure. Prediction Impossible. ““Here, to me, is one of the mysteries of Lincoln. Nine years before the great | debates, eleven years before the presi- dential contest of 1860, no prescience could have foressen the possibility of the reversal of the positions of Lincoln and Douglas. “The last phase, while Dougias was dealing with what we now know to have been phantoms and fighting TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 12, LINCOLN BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE SOLEMN EVENT AT SPRINGFIELD SENATORS DEBATE |PREMIER OPPOSES | Who Knew Him By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Iil, Fel 12.— Here, where Lincoln lies, commemora- tion of his birthday anniversary is be- coming more and more with the passing years a solemn ceremony. In other years, those who knew Lin- coln were numbered by thousands, February 12 became a day on which those mer; :;nd wl%men poush:dw g:: memory of the golden momen they had seen Lincoln pass, had heard him speak, had felt the pressure of his hand. If Lincoln was the greatest anecdotist of history, he became in memory the greatest = subject of anecdote; and Springfield, where he lived, became an- nually the focal point for those who had known him. Today, more than ever before, the passing of those who had seen him and who treasured the recollection of those contacts, no matter how casual, became noticeable to & degree. Young men and women who were not yet born when Lincoln died took leading parts in the day's ceremonies to his memory. First- hand Lincoln stories gave way to his- torians’ comment. Claude G. Bowers, Democratic key- noter at the Houston national conven- tion, was speaker of the day at cere- monies held in the San Gamon County Court, and Logan Hay, former United States Senator and president of the Lincoln Centennial Association, was to preside at both day and night programs. The day, too, was the occasion for pligrimages to the Lincoln Tomb, hun- dreds coming from far away places to pay their respects. PARDON BELIEVED LAST ACT. New York Lawyer Has Paper Signed by Lincoln April 14, 1865. NEW YORK, February 12 (P).—A peardon for a prisoner, which he believes | was the last paper signed by Abraham Lincoln before his assassination on April | 14, 1865, 1s in the possession of Emanuel | Hertz, lawyer and collector of Lin- | colnfana. Only the signature is in Lincoln's au- | tograph. 'The pardon reads: | “Let the prisoner be released on taking’ { the oath of December 8, 1863. “April 14, 1865. “A. LINCOLN." ‘Mr. Hertz, who said the slip of paper only recently came into his lon, Great Statesman Becomes Subject of Many Stories as Youngsters Replace Those During Lifetime. had been prepared by some one else | and signed in haste just as Lincoln was leaving for Ford's Theater, where he was shot by John Wilkes Booth. In an address before the Women's National Republican Club, Mr. Hertz read a letter written by Lincoln July 11, 1848, which he said showed Lincoln in a lighter vein than that usually asso- ciated with him. ‘The letter, addressed to his law part~ ner, William Herndon, read: “Dear William: “Yours of the 3rd is this moment re- ceived and I hardly need say it gave unalloyed pleasure. I now almost re- gret writing the serious, long-faced let- ter I wrote yesterday. But let the past as nothing be--go it while you're young! I wtite this in the confusion of the H. R., and with several other things to attend to. I will send you about eight different speeches this evening, and as &:rykmmt{ a pmlt:yt gill. I know one ery pretty one, bu e ' let me kiss her. e “Yours forever, “A. LINCOLN.” Mr. Hertz also related that in Win- chester, Va., Lincoln stopped at the town hotel—the Haggard House—and at the request of two daughters of the proprietor wrote verses in their auto- graph books whieh he composed on the spur of the moment. They read: To Rosa— You are young, and I am older; You are hopeful, I am not. Enjoy life, ere it grow colder, Pluck the roses ere they rot. your beau to heed the lay— ‘hat sunshine soon is lost in shade; | That now's as good as any day | . To take thee, Rosa, ere she fade. A. LINCOLN. Winchester, September 28, 1858. To Linnie— A sweet, plaintive song did I hear, And I fancied that she was the singer. May emotions as pure as that song set | a-stir Be the worst that the future shall bring her. A. LINCOLN. Winchester, September 30, 1858. A portrait of Mrs. Lincoln, painted while she was First Lady of the Land, was on view today at the Milch Galler- jes. It was described as the first pub- lic exhibition. The portrait is by Fran- cis Bickness Carpenter, and was painted | Teach | _That | | | { { | | i | | | FREE TEXT BOOKS Amendment of Heflin Is Dis- cussed—Action on Meas- ure Deferred. The bill to authorize free text books for the public schools, which passed ! the House yesterday, also was taken up and debated in the Senate, but action was deferred. Consideration of the measure was marked by & discussion of the amend- ment of Senator Heflin, Democrat, of Alabama, to prohibit the use in any school of books containing language contrary to the principle of separation of church and state. The Alabama Senator also proposed to insert the word “public” at several places, for the pur- pose, he said, of making sure that no books would be furnished to private schools. Heflin Insisis on Investigation. ‘The debate turned to the question of | whether any Catholic school books contains doctrines contrary to the prin- ciple of separation of church and state. Senator Bruce, Democrat, of Maryland, said he thought the Heflin amendment would involve an inquiry as to whether such books are being used. Senator Heflin said he would like to have the investigation made. Senator Bayard, Democrat, of Dela- ware, took exception to the amendment on the ground that Congress should not stipulate what subjects are to be ht in private schools. Senator CAMPAIGN WET AID {Ferguson Answers Canadian | Liberal Leader on Con- tribution Charges. | By the Associated Press. | TORONTO, Ontario, February 12— Premier Ferguson was on record today as opposed to the acceptance of cam« | paign contributions from distillery, brewery and winery interests, { The premier's position was stated in | reply to a question by W. E. N. Sinclair, | Liberal leader, as to the truth of pub- lished reports that a winery had been asked for a contribution by the Liberal~ | Conservative Association of Toronto. Letter Is Admitted. | Mr. Ferguson admitied such a letter | had been sent, but declared the solicita- | tion had been purely a local affair in | which the Ontario Conservative Associa~ tion had not been concerned. He pro~ | duced the original letter and one he had | sent to the local association in which he | sald he was “perfectly astounded” at the request. ‘The letter sent on January 24 to the London Winery, London, Ontario, and signed by C. E. Calvert, chairman of ths finance committee of the Liberal- Conservative Association of Toronto, said funds were needed to carry on the work of the association and that a sub- stantial contribution would be appre- ciated. _ Mr. Ferguson said the letter was called to his attention on February 1 and he immediately wrote a letter to J. R. L, Starr, treasurer of the Toronto associa- tion, in which he said in part: Heflin took issue with Senator Bayard, declaring it was an unsound position to take that Cony can regulate pub- Explains Position. 1gress “There can be nothing wrong about lic schools, but not private schools. | taking s;‘lbscriptfignsb f?r thel ordivary organization work, but surely appeals Bill Finally Laid Aside. | should not be made to people or organ- The Senate was operating under a|izations who have relations with the limited debate rule at the time, and government, or are dependent in any before the discussion of the bill was| way upon the government for the con- completed several Senators called for ' tinuation or regulation of their business, reguldr order, which caused the text' “I think you should lay it down as an book bill to be laid aside. | implicit and inflexible rule that no funds Before the bill was postponed Senator ' be solicited or accepted from either Phipps, Republican, of Colorado, had | distillery, brewery or winery interests. I presented his amendments, designed to | insist the party should not put itself limit free text books to the "grade|under obligation to any of those in- schools and junior high schools. Sena- | terests. I think you should take imme- tor Phipps said he did not believe the | diate steps to recall these letters and bill ]sshould extend to senior high|return any subscriptions that you have | receive: on Lincoln’s lap-and in his arms but | shadows, Lincoln, with inspired vision, | once.” e mivnite kil o | x was i?in:fglm‘ ;o:h:m aun;;lli vem::s{ \ . ) Cal e scenery . F on whicl lepent cause of humanity ; efound the White House .and many g:,’:;,' :": Rl:’y’::klld: ‘:“h;" of 6. |2nd the ultimate preservation of Ameri- | other things he observed as a boy while 2 it | can democracy.” watching his fathef, ‘Capt. Lucius D. | his men through drills, could not think | Reynolds, put his men through dril t | r life or until the expiration of the | the White House grounds. e i e} 21 years from my death to grant a! ' He tells one of his father’s favorite oo e Sl ‘ INTER-AMERICAN PARLEY permit to éxamine said fs to any | stor 1 3 the result that the men marched down | person or persons who, pi:xpeher Judl-lénrxltees l:t:{:d:gux::s. ’"\fi}fl’;"pr'é’s'méi‘,i e D P ed orger i continued In such, | INVITATIONS ARE ISSUED| s [ however, 1 ment and discretion, should have per-| Lincoln and scores of other spectators s&&:fin thoughec it :vsucnn m’}fifn"m{ [ Beprebentativas ol—‘ls Wt declared other pardons Lincoin made he wrote in entirety, but this apparently | for her husband. Professor Who |0IL FREIGHT INCREASE “Knew Too Much” | PROTEST TO BE AIRED Dies at Age of 60 at Mrs. Lincoln’s request as a surprise the condition of the above deed with regard to inspection of these papers end 1 do hereby modify it, so as to give access to said paj to my wife, Mary Lincoln, and to vest in her the 'go\ver and authority at any time during e TANSBURGH &BRO 7th, 8th and E Sts.— Franklin 7400 | Local Delegates to Appear at mission to make such an examination. ‘And I hereby further modify said deed of gift so as to give the librarian ; of the Library.-of Congress power and: ! authority to have made a complete , Index of said letters, manuscripts, docu- ments and other private papers to the end that their safety may be pre- served against the time when they shall be opened to the. public.” Robert Todd Lincoln died a few | months after writing "this’ letter,. on July 26, 1926. To date, no member of the library staff has seen the contents of these ¢hests, and unless a request comes from | Mrs. Lincoln, it is_probable that the; mfinmin unopened and unread un! looking on. his father, while putting of the drill. TRAFFIC CHANGES ASKED BY CITIZENS Takoma Park Association * Makes Recommendations ‘Would Hold Conference in At- lanta June 28 to July 4. By the Assoclated Press. President U. W. Lamkin of the Na- JILTED SUITOR BARES | ' BOMB REVENGE MOVE ESent Dendly—l’;;(: to Former Sweetheart's Husband of Weéek to Even Score, He Confesses. | | | | United States hes issued invitations to |10 nations of the Western Hemisphere | for participation in an informal inter- | American educational conference at At- lanta, June 28 to July 4. The sessions would be held in conjunction with the sixty-seventh annual convention of the National Education Association. Before sending the invitations, Presi- | dent Lamkin was told by Dr. Glen Levin By the Assoclated Press. tional Education = Association of the! THRONGS PAY HONOR | to Imerove Conditions. ;Tfl'fiENBY'S MEMORY Oficials of State and Nation Join in_ Tributes Voiced at Funeral Service, Traffic matters'regeived thé attention of the members of the Takoma Park Citizens’ Association last night at a meeting held in the Takoma Park hrnl’nch of the Washington Public rary. Dr. Guy Clinton presented a report recommending the ‘abolishing of park- ing at the junction of Carroll and Cedar streets, Fourth and Cedar B the Associated Press. streets, and on the north side of Van : DETROIT, Pebruary 12.—Public | Buren street at Georgia. avenue, and clals of the,State and Nation yester- | the placing of signs at these points, and y paid tribute to Edwin Denby, | the installation of an sutomatic danger rmer Secretars of the Navy, who died |signal’ in"front of No.22°Engine Com- #&uddenly Friday. pany, Brightwood, “arranged so that * While Dr. William D. Maxon, rector | the switch be operated by some neces- @1 Christ Episcopal Church, read the|Sary preparation uisite to the en- eral service hundreds of persons un- | gines leaving the firel #ble to gain admittance Into, the church | Complete opening of 8tood outside in the snow. doors. This light to be designed. to ,-The space in the church was reserved ; Make obsolete the present practice of for representafives of the numerous|Fequiring every street car passing the organizations to which Mr. Denby be- | firéhouse to stop, whether the fire com- FLINT, Mich.,, February 135A sen-| tence of not less than 99 years” was imposed in Circuit Court yesterdiy ipon ’Am Jury after he had pleaded guiity {to an attempt to kill Everett Bailer by sending him abomb through 4he mail. In & statement just before he was brought into court Jury declayed he “didn’t have anything against Bailer,” but that the latter’s wife had jfted him to Marry Bailer and he “wani to_get even with her.” The bomb did hot ‘ex- plode because Bailer became. syspicipus of the package and opened it only after Temoving two pieces of wire that con- nected a dry cell to a percussion cap. Jury, in a statement yesterday, changed the story attributed to him. by Police upon his arrest. He was at first quoted as saying he had persuaded John Carrigan, 46, & farmer, to con- struct the bomb by promising to induce his 17-year-old daughter to marry Car- rigan He constructed the bomb him- self, and Carrigan’s part in the plot, he sald, was to purchase the explosive used. He also changed his first story in ex- plaining his motive. In the first state- longed and for veterans of the crew of the U. 8. S. Yosemite, on whith he served as gunner's mate during the Spanish-American War. After the- service in the church the eoffin, flag draped, was carried out by eight pallbearers. They were: William P. Hamilton, president 6f the Clinton Wool Manufacturing Co.; Harry L. | Lister, attorney; Henry ‘H. Sanger, i president of the National Bank of Com- aperce; J. Walter - Drake, former Wssistant Secretary of Commerce; Joseph J. Kennedy, 8 law partner—all Detrojt; John E.. Baker, Lake ngelus, Mich., a shipmate on the | ‘Fosemite; Dr. Russell A. Hibbs, New ! Work City, and J. T. Carey, Washington, D. C.. the latter secretary to Mr. Denby when he.was Secretary of the Navy. " The funeral procession moved 1o Elm- | Wwood ‘Cemetery by Jefferson avenue. from which. other traffic had been diverted. | At the cemetery members of the 1st| Bat n of the 2d United States In- fantry forfie@ a double line from the gate to the grave, between which the{. cortege passed. The burial service was read by Dr. Maxon. VOGELSTEIN SPEAKS T0 HEBREW COUNCIL American Jews on Threshold of Great Year Through Unification, He Says in Address. Bs .the Associated Pre: SAN FRANCISCO, February 12.—The ews' of “America are on the thresh- old of a great year through unifi- cation, aided by the work of the present convention, declared Ludwig Vogelstein of Cincinnati, who delivered the con- vention address of the Thirty-first Council of the Union of American He- brew Congregations, meeting here yesterday. The council opened with selection of Judge M. C. Sloss of San Francisco es permanent chairman. Addresses of wel- come were delivered by Mr. Sloss and Samuel Dinkelspiel, chairman of the San Francisco committee in charge of the con lon. Addresses will be made today by Adolph 8. Ochs, owner and publisher of the New York Times, and Henry Morgenthau of New York, international banker and former United States ambassador to Turkey. Mr. Ochs is at the head of the na. tional drive for a $5,000,000 endow- meut for the Hebrew Union College of Cineinnati. He is expected to report to the council the subscription to date of four-fifths of this sum. The invocation today was to be deliv- ered by Rabbi Samuel Wohl of Cin- cinnati, after which regular council business will be transacted. To night, Mendelssohn's oratorio “Elijah” will be “ presented “by the Temple Emanuel of pany is on active duty or asleep.” The recommendations contained’ in the report were unanimously adopted. On motion of Chester C. Waters the Washington Railway & Electric Co. will be sent:a letter of thanks from the as- sociation for recent arrangements for car stops in ‘Takoma Park. Street Improvement Urged. Burt W. Andrews, chairman of the streets and lights committee, reporting for his committee urged the immediate improvement of Van Buren street from the new viaduct on Blair road to Fifth street, opening and improvement , of Whittier street from Third street to Blair road, opening and grading of Sixth | By the Associated Press. street north of Van Buren sireet. im-| BOGNOR, Sussex, February 12.- provement. of Elder and Dahlia streets. | King George had his first experience ment he said he wanted to dis) of Batler so that he might marry m“- ter’s bride of a week. Yesterday he said “she turned me do get even with her.” IN BOGNOR SUNSHINE ls»veniq-n mfivrted to Have Passed Only a Fair Night, but Con- - dition Favorable. winds and gray report were adopted | yesterday’s cold bi e roke clear. association also indorsed & res- |skies the dawn today olution adopted by the Manor Park| It was sald that his majesty passed Citizens’ Association requesting the only a fair night. The gale raging sus%htenjnx, widening and improving through the dark hours caused him of Blair road, opening of ansas | some disturbed periods as it heat at the !V;.l;:! and ?fik&nwt. * tlwlndows. assoc] - exp regret al| This morning, however, after the sun the recent resignation of Capt. H. C.'came out, his doctors professed them- ‘Whitehurst as Assistant Engineer Com- | selves as not dissatisfied with his condi- missioner, and a lettef will be sent by (tion. The household at Craigwel the association to him in this connec- | House feels that as soon as the cold tion. abates the King will be more likely to Proposed Bridge Discussed. show a definite improvemen ‘The contemplated construction of a |~ bridge at Chestnut street, over . the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road, providing a new thoroughfare between Maryland and the District, was brought to the attention of the asso-| clation by the North Takoma Improve- | ment Club. The association voted for the appointment of a special commit- tee to confer with the other commit- tion. ‘The meeting concluded with an.ad-| dress on the life and work of Abraham Lincoln by Miss Lorena G. Mondereau and F. B. Linton. ‘The Association of Canadian Clubs has proposed that a special tour be or- ganized within the next year to enable members to visit the homes of their cestors in Britain, Ireland and Frane Fresh Pan Rock $3.50 Philadelphia $3.25 Chester $3.00 Wilmington AND RETUBRN Sunday, February 24 SPECIAL TRAIN Leaves Washington . Excursions Choice Steaked Salmon Steak . P T Pennsylvania Railroad wn and I wanted to| Swiggett, secretary of the movement for | an inter-American educational organi- | zation, that the various Latin American | nations would favor holding the prelim- inary conference in the United States if the first formal meeting were held |in one of. the nations of Central or | South America. The invitations were sent to Argen- tina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, ! Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haitl, Honduras, Nigaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuel | CLARK MEMORIAL FUND i Tribute Proposed for Hero of Revo- lution on Site of Fort He Captured in 1779. | By the Associated Presc. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, February 12.— Nearly $2,000,000 has been subscribed or pledged to the fund for erection of a y. The committee, headed. by Frank Culbertson, seeks an appropriation from the State of Illinois. Clark captured Fort Sackville and the governor of the territory February 25, 1779. He was then 27 years old. “He came very near being a forgotten hero,” Culbertson said. “His deed ¢! ed the whole course of history and laid the foundation for the great Northwest empire:” g Clark died in poverty. - |DR. STIRLING TO LECTURE. { The recommendations as outlined in the { with Bognor sunshine today, when after Will Tell of Trip to New Guinea' at City Club Tomorrow. Dr. Matthew Stirling, Smithsonian ethnologist and explorer will lecture on his trip to New Guinea at the Oity Club, tomorrow at 8:30 o'clock. Many dangerous airplane flights over th: jungles were undertaken and Dr. 11 | Stirling will show six reels' of motion | pictures detailing experiences during the two-year exploration. The event is limited to members only. ALS to Start the Lenten Season R Fresh Spanish Mackerel, Ib., 21c Cod . Ib, 23c Fillet of Haddock . . . 1b.,23¢ Salt Water Oysters Pint, 35c [y Qu.»l't, 65¢ o NOW NEARLY $2,000,000 ’Ofiicial Interpreter for | World Parleys, He Was | Trusted With Secrets. | | By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 12.—Prof. G. Cam- { erlynck, 60, who knew as many inter- { national secrets as the greatest of living | statesmen, died today. He was the official interpreter of { English for the French government and the, League of Nations and had partici- pated in every international conference | since the World War, including the i peace conference, where he sometimes | acted for President Wilson. The French premiers and forelgn ministers relied upon him for his dis~ cretion. He was often asked lo. write his memoirs, but always refused, with the remark, “I know too much.” He began his career as a teacher of French in English girls' schools. After joining the University of France as a professor, he attracted attention of the government and was used in many of the most important secret conversations between French and foreign statesmen. MERCHANT KILLS SELF. { North Carolinan’s Suicide Blamed on Financial Troubles. CHARLOTTE, N. C., February 12 (#). —The body of L. M. Josephs, 47, a clothing merchant and real estate deal- | Trunk Line Association Meet- ing in New York. | | i | Vigorous protest against a ! v proposed | increase of approximately 30 per cent | on the freight rates on fuel oil hauled | from _Baltimore to Wi and | suburbs for distribution here will be laid befere the Trunk Line Associatio next Tuesday at a hearing on the mal | ter in New York by two delegates of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- | ciation of this city. section of the association, Paul Crum- mett and Edward D. Shaw, pointedly will warn interested railroads, it is an- nounced, that should the, increase uiti- mately be put in force dealers may re- sort 0 use of large oll tank motor truck deliveries to Washington from the re- fineries. in the Baltimore district to avold increased costs,. which, it is ex- plained, with little doubt would have to be.passed on to consumers. association recently received an cement from the Trunk Line As- stating that a hearing would d on the proposal to boost freight rates.on fuel oil from the Monumental City fo Washington from 10 to 13 cents per hundred pounds. The increase, it is| computed, would amount to about $20 per car load. It is pointed out that oil concerns now .are operating two huge oil tank motor trucks between the two cities, one carrying 2,500 gallons of feul ol and the other 3,000 gallons. The source of the proposal for the increased rates was not revealed in the announcement of the hearing by the Trunk Line 5 | annot | soclaf be hy | Two Convicted of Joy-Riding. The delegates named by the fuel oil | er here for 30 years, was found in a pool of blood fn the rear of his store yesterday. ‘The body was found by his stenogra- pher who was attracted from the front jof the store by two pistol shots. Po- lice investigated and declared the case & suicide. Pinancial troubles were George Bell and Roosevelt Rogers, | | both colored, were convicted of joy-! riding before Chief Justice McCoy and | were sentenced to five years each in the | penitentiary. They took a car belong- ing to Charles Weber, 1385 North Caro- lina avenue northeast, September 12. Assistant United States Attorney Col- lins conducted the prosecution. @be Foening Htar By Maria et Andres in the new Braoche and Pantella shades. $10.00. Replicas of b i | | ADVERTISENENTS 4 RECEIVED HERE Bk o Morgan Bros. 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