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Evening star., 1920-07-30
COURT WARNS PERJURERS
Judge Hardison Would Send Fal-
sifers to Penitentiary, He Says.

Persons who commit perjury before
Judge Robert |. Hardison of the United
States branch of the Police Court
will find themselves serving a SEN
tence in the penitentiary. Judge Har-
Olson made this clear yesterday while
hearing d case against Clifton Bote-
Ter. charged with mepacing threats
against John NJ. Garrison.
Testimony confiicted so the court
was unable to make a decision and
dismissed the case. 1t was then that
Judge Hardison declared that some
Of the witnesses had perjured them
selves. II wish knew who did it," de-
clared the judge. II wolLi put them in
the penitentiary."
Boteler was arraigned in court or
charges of threatening Garrison, who
lives at Sl1 l street northwest, in
whose home he roomed with his
wife and children. The threats. it
was testified, grew out of an argu-
ment over the failure of Boteler to
pay his rent.
Garrison and his wife. Mrs Mary
Il. Garrison. testified that Boteler
drew pistol on him during the
argument Both BoteIer and his
wife denied that a gun was brought
into the argument. Boteler admitted
that he had gun in the house,
which was hanging over a bureau
but 1t was not disturbed either dur
ing the argument or during his
residence at the Garrison home, he
said.
Evening star., 1920-07-30
D. C. OFFICERS ORGANIZE.
Those of Sd Infantry Form Society
of Veterans.

The Society of Veteran o~cers of
the Sd d. c. Infantry was organized
last night. The organization is made
UP of former officers OF the regiment
who saw service at t..e Mexican bor-
der and in Franc
The following officers were elected:
President, Gen. Anton Stephan; vice
president, Col. Wallach A. McCathran;
secretary y-treasurer, Capt w. Lau-
renee Hazard, and historian, Mai.
Alexander Summers.
After the Sd d. c. Infantry was
merged into the 41st Division, con-
sisting of troops from Montana. Ore
gon, Washington. North and South
Dakota. the officers became widely
separated, and more especially so
after the division arrived in France
and became replacement depot. The
officers then were transferred to all
parts of France, majority going to
combat divisions. 1t was on account
OF this separation that the desire to
band together again resulted in the
formation of the society.
Meetings will be held monthly and
banquet annually. A committee was
appointed to draft resolutions urging
the erection of new National Guard
Armory, which. in addition to armory
purposes, could be adapted for the
use of large conventions.
Evening star., 1920-07-30
SIGHT GONE AFTER DRINK,
MA;~ER EAGER TO WORK
Lighter Captain Thinks He Is in
Dark Room-Says He Cannot
"Spare Time"

YORK, July 30.-In a hospital room
hooded with sunlight, Gardner w
Goold. fifty -nineyear lighter
captain. blinded by drinking wood al
cohol, contained in drink offered to
MN as whisky, pleaded to be told
now long they are going to keep me
in this dark room
Physicians at the hospital have not
yet had the courage to tell him that
his sight is gone forever.
They say that I'll be here month,
declared the captain. Tell them
cannot spare that much time"
Goold traded few pieces of silver
and his vision for the poisonous con-
coction. A foreign sailor who board
ed his lighter in the harbor, offered
him drink of the beverage and then
brought him five additional pints. The
captain took few drinks this morn
ing and then toppled over on the
deck. He was rushed to a hospital,
where physicians said that the poi
son had caused atrophy of the optic
nerves and that he would never see
again.
Evening star., 1920-07-30
CUT,
j. S. REPORT SAYS
Extravaganza Not So Mark
ed and Speculation in
Necessities Decreased.

Extravaganza is not SO marked as it
was a few months ago. and specula-
tion in the necessities of life has
been reduced and in many places
eliminated. according to the monthly
review of commercial and financial
conditions issued by the Federal Re-
serve Board for July.
A decreased demand has caused
some curtailment of industrial ac-
tivitye and there has been more or
less cancellation of orders, but crop
during the month and business has
taken on very confident tone.
F'rei~. congestion is still acute
and is placing an undue and unnec-
essarily severe Rtraiu on credit. Two
million tons OF products are sald 10
be tied up in the hands of the pro
ducerS, the iron and steel industry Is
in a serious condition, and the gram
movement has been very much re-
tarded
Labor Efficiency increases.
The report characterizes an in
creased efficiency of labor as one
notable feature of the month, due
probably to spread of unemployment
Labor troubles and the car shortage
are hampering the coal output IN
Pennsylvania. " est Virginia lhu d.
Ohio and Illinois.
Live stock conditions were said by
the board to be exceptionally good
the country over, with prices Senti
ally higher, except for sheep. ne
raw wool market, however, continued
its characteristic inactivity, Whlch
lasted several weeks, the dealers IN
the Boston district placing practlcally
no orders Such wool as is going into
the market is on a consignment pa
sis.
In the wooden and WorSted goods IN
dustry the board found the yarn spin
ners receiving few inquiries Tor thelr
products with conditions equally dis
Icouraging for finished textiles. Goods
returned to the mills, together with
cancellations. were estimated at
800, 900.
Cotton Goods Slack.
Slackening of activity in cotton
goods also was reported. Many mills
declared their raw cotton supplies
were sufficient to last until next year,
and the boards review said the
chances seem to favor a further re-
duction of activity in the industry.
Little improvement in the leather
and shoe trade was noted during the
month. with New England manufac-
turerS further curtailing operations
The manufacturers, however, were
said to anticipate a brisk autumn
business due to belated orders.
The board reported improved finan-
cial conditions, asserting that the
New York district had noted that the
big expansion of loans and discounts
had been wholly checked" with 9TH
er districts declaring this condition
had been largely checked
Evening star., 1920-07-30
RAILROAD BROTHERHOOD
CHIEFS DEBATE AWARD
Mems Away-From- Home Expenses
Receive Attention at Meeting
Which Opens Today.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July so (by the
Associated Prcss).-The four railroad
brotherhood executives met here to-
day to consider the recent award of
the Railroad Labor Board.
The chiefs discussed matters to
which they believe the labor board
did not give due consideration. among
them being the away-from home eX-
penses of the road men. The meeting
may continue tomorrow.
Those attending the conference are
Warren S. Stone of the engineers. W.
g. Lee of the trainmen, w. S. Carter
of the fremen and l.. +. Sheppard of
the conductors.
Evening star., 1920-07-30

Moleskin is not the skin of the
mole, but a strong cotton fabric with
a smooth surface like the moleSk in:
Evening star., 1920-07-30
CAR LINE AND CITY SUED.
Plaintiff Seeks $4,000 for Injuries
in Accident.

Fannie Passeno has filed suit in the
Supreme Court of the District of Co
lumbia against the District and the
Capital Traction Company for S22, 900
damages.
In her declaration the plaintiff
states that on March II, 1920, in
alighting from a car of the Capital
Traction Company at the corner of
34th and M streets she was thrown to
the ground by reason of a hole in
the street.
She charges the District with negli-
gence in permitting the existence of
such hole and seeks to hold the Cap
ital Traction Company for stopping
its car in close proximity to the
opening.
The plaintiff claims that she sus-
tanned a double fracture of her left
ankle and that she has spent $4,000
for medical and other expenses Incl
dent to her injuries She states that
in the future she will be compelled
to use crutches in moving about, and
that her nervous system is perma-
nently impaired.
Evening star., 1920-07-30

issue are the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road, for $4,000, ,000;,the Rock Island
and the Minneapolis and St. Louis
railways l1.O00,000; the Bangor and
Aroostock, S15O,000. Several other
roads, according to the statement, ap
piled at the same time for equipment
but decision has not been made as
to which will participate in the pres
ent series.
Two Plans Offered.
The corporation will issue its obli-
cations under two plans: The first
permitting railroads to purchase
equipment outright through the cor
poration under an equipment trust
maturing in fifteen years, when the
equipment becomes the property Of
the carrier. The second plan provides
for leasing equipment to railroads
under semi-annual payment plan,
permitting the roads to own the
property by nominal payment at
the end of fifteen years.
Approximately 40 per cent Of the
sac 900 900 issue will be loaned the
corporation by the government at 6
per cent, either direct or through the
carriers, the statement said.
The statement declared $4,000 open
top cars are needed to relieve conges-
ton at steel mills. coal mines and
other industries
Evening star., 1920-07-30
NAVAL WAGE HEARINGS.

President Luther Stewart of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal EN-
ployes has been selected to represent
the classified employees of navy yards
at the hearings which are to begin
next Thursday before the naval wage
board here.
Calls have been issued for various
trades and crafts to appoint their rep
to appear before the new
ly appointed board beginning August
S. Clerical and similar workers ac-
cordingly selected the president of
their national organization. 4
Evening star., 1920-07-30
BODY OF BOY FOUND.

Search for the bodies of Frederick
Jones and Charles Thompson, small
boys, who left their homes in Northeast
Washington Wednesday morning and
failed to return, resulted in the recov
cry of Jones' body last night in Eastern
branch.
Yesterday afternoon the small craft in
which the boys were last seen alive was
found in a cove above Benning bridge
having been taken there by the hign
tide.
The body was turned over TO an un-
.dertaker and taken to the home of the
boys parents. Coroner Nevitt gave a
certificate of accidental death. Searcn
for the body of Thompson was renewed
this morning by the harbor police and
civilians.
Evening star., 1920-07-30
Open Saturday 8 AM. to 6 PM.
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"Comb1ete Satisfaction Guaranteed
or Money CHEERFULLY Re-
funded" Means Something Here

That's part of the Hart Schaf if
ner & Marx way of doing things.
1t means YOUR clothes-insur-
ance and OUR success insurance.
Evening star., 1920-07-30
FORM CORPORATION
FOR RAIL FUNDS
Issue of $30,000,O0O in Ma
turlty Notes Soon to
Be Announced.

NEW YORK, July 80 (by the As
soclated Press) Differentiation of the
National Railway Service Corporation
TO provide funds for railways in need
OF new equipment eventually will
tend to lower railroad rates and re-
lleVe the car shortage, according to
a statement by S. Davies Warfield of
baltimore, president of the National
association of Owners of Railroad
Securities. The corporation was or
ganlzed by Mr.. Warfeld under pro-
visions Of the transportation act and
papers of incorporation were filed
yesterday in Baltimore.
An issue of sac, 900 of equipment
notes, maturing in fifteen years, Will
be made shortly, the statement said
Carriers which will participate in the
Evening star., 1920-07-30

IlEDINElITlEHININlIII
Evening star., 1920-07-30
YOUNG WOMEN'S
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
1888 F st. Ola e St
Summer Activities

Vacation Lodge A summer home
for business girls.
Camp WinOna-A camp for school
girls and business girls under twenty
Green Parrot Tea R0Om-11th and
NJ streets. open daily from to 10:30
Recreation of all kinds Hikes. picnics
weekend parties, tennis, outdoor supper and
games. Swimming pool open daily including
Saturday. For further information apply 1888
4 street.
Evening star., 1920-07-30
WILL HEAR EXPRESS CASE.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today set August Is the date
for a hearing to determine the pro-
priety of the terms of the proposed
contract between railroads and the
American Railway Express Com
pany, which divides carriers into
groups and divides express trans
portation revenues and expenses by
groups of carriers.
Evening star., 1920-07-30

The secret marks on Bank of Eng
land notes, by which forgeries are
readily detected, are constantly being
changed The microscope reveals
many such peculiarities to an OBJ
servant eve.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-26
State Board Refuses Rate
Raise to L. [. Railroad
Appeal to Interstate Commits.
sion Seen in Application
for 20 p. G., Increase

The Public Service Commission yes
terdy denied the application of the
Long Island Railroad Company for a
20 per cent increase in its passenger
rates under the recent order of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. In
DENYING the application, Acting Com
missioner Alfred NJ Barrett said that
since the Public Service Commission
for the Second District had denied a
similar application he felt that. aside
from any other consideration which
might arise, in the interest of uniform
ity of rates in the state the applica-
ton should be denied.
commissioner Barrett made it clear
that the commission would not rule at
this time upon the advisability of the
20 per cent increse. If the Long
Island appeals from the decision OF the
commission to the Interstate Com
merce Commission, as Morcan J.
o'brien, special counsel for the rail
roat. company, intimated would be done
the Public Service Commission will op-
pose the taking of jurisdiction by the
Commerce Commission and also will
oppose the 20 per cent increase. Com.
missioner Barrett directed counsel to
prepare papers for presentation before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
IN the event of an appeal.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-26
Ponzi's Manager Offers
To Turn Over $1,000
4 ancier Gives Receivers
Keys to Numerous Boxes i'm
Safe Deposit auIfs

BOSTON, Aug. 25.-Robert dc Ma
SELLS, who for two months acted as
general manager for Charles Ponzi,
voluntarily offered to-day to turn over
to the receivers of the Securities Ex-
change Company fund of $4,000
which Ponzi had placed in trust for
him, Attorney General Allen announced
tonight.
He also made to the Attorney Gen
eral complete statement of his rela-
tions with the bankrupt fnancier. He
protested ignorance of Ponzi's busi-
ness methods.
Ponzi turned over the keys of his
numerous boxes in safe deposit vaults
to the receivers and they began taking
an inventory of their contents in an
effort to uncover more of his assets.
The total of notes held by depositors
of Ponzi received at the Attorney Gen
erals office to date amounts to $685.
76O. 1t is expected the receivers hear
ing will be resumed Friday.
The Old Colony Foreign Exchange
Company, which, initiating the meth
DDS Of Ponzi, promised 100 per cent
profits in six months, took in $346, ,5O3
IN Its seventeen days of operation be-
fore the authorities closed it's doors.
John +. Hannigan, receiver of the
company has been able to locate only
Sl54, 900 of assets and thinks he has a
cew to 1000 additional, leaving an
proximately half of the money takcn
in unaccounted for.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-26
Ne,O Race of Congo Ape Men
Climb Trees Like Monkeys
Pygmies Who Dwell in Virgin African Forests Nehe,
Lie Nor Steal and Polygamy Is Unknown, Says
Dr. Vandenbergh, Who Announces Discovery

race of pygmies Of such primitive
characteristics that they are but little
removed from the ape has been dis
covered in the virgin forests Of the
Belgian Congo by DR.. Leonard ]. Van
denbergh. a Catholic missionary and
anthropologist, who returned yester-
day from tour of Central Africa
which extended over eleven months.
Dr: Vandenbergh was formerly n
missionary in the Uganda. On his lat
Sst eXpedltion he was accompanied by
Dr' ~ George Burbank Shattuck, former
~ professor of geology at Johns Hop
kins and Vassar, and staff of motion
picture photographers.
me adults of the newly discovered
tribe average only four feet in height,
said Dr. Vandenbergh, and thew are
known to the other tribes as the
"Mambut." Their language consists
OF monosyllables distinguished by in
tonation. They are entirely different
from the pygmies discovered by Sir
Harry Johnstone near Lake Tangan-
ylka and are smaller.
dhey are very ape-like in appear
ance, and the males can move with
surprising agility through tree
branches. Although they are com
pietely uncivilized, they have certain
SIMPLE virtues that mark them en-
tirely apart from the other African
tribes. They neither lie nor steal, and
VIII only marry one wife. They will
not eat any meat but that from ami
mails which they kill in the hunt.
Timid of Other Humans
They are extremely timid of other
human beings and have been driven
into the junble by the more powerful
tribes. We found them in the Kilo dis
trlct Of the Congo, about two hundred
miles from the western shore of Lake
Albert Nyanza. We lived with them for
a week
"1n hunting, however, they are brave
They dc not hesitate to attack ele
phants, and even the rhinoceros. They
Will stay on the trail of single cle
phant for month at time. until they
finally kill him by exhaustion. They
attack him from the trees with small
darts and arrows"
Dr. Vandenbergh told of another
tribe-the Masai-which is gradually
being terminated by diseases. He said
this tribe was composed of the bravest
men he had ever met, and that they
were subjected from boyhood to a rig
orous training that was Spartan in it's
severity.
While with this tribe he took a mo-
ton picture Of lion hunt in which the
New-York tribune., 1920-08-26
Bedtime Stories
The Little Rabbit Sees Shadow the Weasel
By Thornton w. Burgess
Just look INTO persons eues
Would you his character surprise
Striped Chipmunk.
BY Thornton w. Burgess

The little Rabbit looked in the
direction in which Striped Chipmunk
was gazing. At first he saw nothing
but the stones of the old stone wall.
Then something moved. He saw it for
just second, and then 1t disappeared
Then he saw it again, this time on
another stone. The little Rabbit looked
and looked.
:, "Pooh!" he exclaimed, Chat is only
that saucy fellow who tried to drive
me away from here. I don't see Whit
you are afraid of him for"
"Sh-h," whispered Striped Chin
munk, Don't say a word; don't
The little Rabbit stared back at
Striped Chipmunk, and it was n,ain
that he didn't understand at all whv
Striped Chipmunk was 50 frightened
he opened his mouth to speak again.
but Striped Chpmunk hurriedlv
clapped one hand over it. The little
Rabbit felt Striped Chipmunk shaking
as II 1T were cold. He shook and shook
and shook. In his eyes were such a
look OF fear as the little Rabbit never
before had seen.
once more he looked over to where
ne had seen the stranger. He was no
longer there, but little nearer on the
ola stone wall head suddenly popped
INTO view. and quite as suddenly dis
appeared. He had only a glimpse of
ehat mead, but somehow he began to
ieei something of the terror which had
,aXen possession of Striped Chipmunk
You see for just wee second he had
seen the eyes OF that stranger, and
IN 'nem was such look of fierceness
ana ana munger that that one look told the
little Rabbit that here was an enemy
from whom he could expect no mercy.
meanwhile. Striped Chipmunk had
squeezed in beside the little Rabbit
ana the two of them pulled their
heads down between the stones of the
ola stone wall and made themselves
as small as possible. There thew
New-York tribune., 1920-08-26

members of the tribe attacked the king
of beasts armed only with spears and
knives. owe had the lion trapped" he
said, land 1t was only thirty yards from
the camera when it charged on the Ma
SAL One of the tribesmen threw his
spear, but missed. The second spear
pierced the lions forehead went clean
through the head and entered the
shoulder. Before the injured lion could
recover, another native rushed upon it
and broke its backbone by mighty
blow with his spear"
Follows Roosevelt Trail
DR.. Vandenbergh went over the same
territory as the late Colonel Roosevelt.
with the exception that he penetrated
into the virgin forest of the Congo. lie
SAID ne had encountered one man who
had hunted with the renowned "Bwana
Tumbo.' This man told him the tribes
had heard Of Colonel Roosevelts death
and greatly mourned the noted hunter.
While in British East Africa DR..
Vandenbergh discovered an atrocity
that has been committed by the Wa
Kikuyu tribe for centuries, and his
representations to the British authori-
ties resulted in checking it, This
atrocity consisted of placing dying
members of the tribe in the Jungle
with little food and fire, and then
abandoning them to their fate, with the
result that they were generally de-
youred by hyenas.
He said this custom arose through
the superstition of the tribesmen that
any one who touched the dead would
die themselves within five days.
In connection with the granting of
autonomy to Egypt. DR.. Vandenbergh
said that while he was in that country
and the Sudan he had been frequently
asked whether America would not take
a mandatory for Egypt The Egyptians
told me that they had more faith in
America and that they felt sure that
America would give them a business
government and then autonomy.
DR.. Vandenbcrgh reported new dis
ease which had wiped out an entire
village on the shores of Albert Nyanza
The malady was discovered by a Dane
named Stevens, who acted as a COM
missioner of the Belgian government.
Only vague information of the disease,
which proved fatal within forty ght
hours after Infection, was obtained.
He brought back complete photo
graphic records Of the customs and
habits Of nine tribes, as follows: The
Wamjika, Wakamba, Wakuyu, Nasal,
Wakavirendo, Baganda, Banyoro, Ba-
sogo and the Pygmics or Mambuti.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-26
Daniels Voices Sympathy
For Commander VenabIe
Regulations Must Be Obeved.
he Says; BeHeres in Napv
Officers MARRYING EnrIx

rrom 1he 1ftoune's Washington Bureau
WASHlNGTON, Aug. 25.-'I expect
H.. / had been in his place in peace
thing" said Secretary Of the Nanu Sa",u
Daniels, when told Tonight that 1';avs ars
tenant Commander Venable of the do
stroyer Ingram met the Olympic 125
miies of shore and escorted Miss Fav
Banter into port. ' (" y
Mr.. Daniels said he had no renort
OF the incident He inquired if yenable
was IN command of the destroyer when
ne left her for the Olympic.
fou know, / have always advocated
naval officers getting married early !,
he said. 'If they break the regnla
toss to see their sweethearts. mnst
enforce the regulations, but do it
with heart full of svmnath., ~
New-York tribune., 1920-08-26
Striped Chipnlunk

crouched side by side, each shaking
as if it were the middle of winter and
Jack Frost was shaking them
Striped Chipmunk put his mouth
close to the ear of the little Rabbit.
"It isn't the least bit of use for us to
hide" he whispered, Shadow will find
US as sure as you have a short tail"
Then let's rum" whispered back the
little Rabbit
Striped Chipmunk shook his head,
and he shook it very hard NO" he
whispered. that will be of no use
either. All we can do is just wait"
50 the little Rabbit and Striped Chip
munk waited and shivered and shook.
and were quite without hope, and ali
the time Shadow the Weasel was gal
loplng along the old stone wall in
just the opposite direction.
The next story: "Striped Chipmunk
Tells About Shadow"
Copyright. 1890. by T. w. Burxess
New-York tribune., 1920-08-26
Woman Confesses to Bigamy
Couldn't Read nor Write. but
Could Get Husbands. She Saws

After having pleaded guilty to q
charge of bigamy before Judge Wad-
hams in the Court of General Sessions
yesterday, Alice Joe, a negro, TWENTY
nine years old, of 25 East 132d Street.
was taken to Tombs Prison to await
sentence next Tuesday. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Edelson noticed that ;n-
stead of signing her name the defend
ant made a mark.
why, Alice, you can't even read or
write, can you?" asked Mr.. Edelson
New-York tribune., 1920-08-26
Third Rail Kills Trackwalke,.

Samuel Skimowich, thirty years old.
Of lot Second Street, employed as a
trackwalker by the Interborough Rapid
transit Company, was killed instantly
last night when he tripped over the
third rail on the subway structure at
Jerome Avenue and 10th Street. II
was necessary to shut off the power in
order to extricate the body Traffic
was halted for ten minutes. The BODY
was taken to Fordham morgue.