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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-13
MISSING AUTO RECOVERED

An automobile reported taken from
the garage Of James T. Hunter, 1894
eth street. Wednesday night, was re-
covered at Warrenton. Va. last night
Garnett Diggs, colored, also known
to the police as Tom Washington, was
placed under arrest.
When the disappearance Of the au-
tomobile was reported to the police 1t
was suggested that Diggs probably
was on his way to Columbus, Ohio, in
it. Detective Thomas Walsh, member
of the police automobile squad, today
accompanied Hunter to Warrenton to
return the car and prisoner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-13
FREIGHT SITUATION TOPIC
Rail Men to Discuss Car Relief
With Trade Committee.

A. c. Billings, representing the
Pennsylvania railroad. and d. NJ.
Fisher, representing the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. have been invited
to meet with a subcommittee of the
public utilities committee of the
Washington Board of Trade 90 con-
slider ways and means of improving
the freight car situation. The meet
ing has been called for Monday at
1915 O'Clock in the board rooms.
The subcommittee was appointed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-13
BURIED WITH HONORS.

Body of Brig. Gen. Grimes at Rest
in Arlington.
Brig. Gen. George s. Grimes. retired.
who died in Buffalo, N. Y, Monday. was
buried with full military honors in
Arlington cemetery today. The body ar
rived from New York early this morn
ing and was escorted by cavalry to its
last resting place.
Gen. Grimes had long been a resident
of Washington, his death occurring
while spending the summer with his
wife in New York state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-13
DRY AGENTS ACQUITTED.
Virginia Officers Not Guilty O,
Thomas Murder.

ROANOKE. Va. August 13-Fed-
eral Prohibition Agents ]. N. Wood
r. H. Drummond. jr. and Special Pc,
lice Officers r. H. Wilmeth and J. w
Pugh. jointly charged with the muir
der Of Hosea Thomas, were acuuit-
ted in federal court here, following
instructions for acquittal given to the
jury by Judge Henry c. Mcdowell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
"VALOR" MEDAL IS
 URGED BY KNIGHT
Says No Decoration Availa- | ble at Present Except
 Congressional Medal
sy A..ssl.tsd Frs,

Washington. January 25--Leg gisla- ton to differentiate sharply between decorations awarded naval officers and guished" service and for "valorp was proposed today by Rear Admiral Aus tin M. Knight. senior member of the board that passed recently on medal recommendations. to the Senate sub committee Investigating decoration awards.
 One reason for the existing contro- versy, Admiral Knight asserted, lay in the fact that there was no medal available except the congressional medal of honor. awarded only in very exceptional cases. for acts of extreme heroism.
 Admiral Knight took issue with Sec retary Daniels contention that com manding officers of ships sunk or seri- ousiy damaged by the enemy should receive the distinguished service medal whenever their conduct was meritori- ous.
 officers who lose their ships" the admiral told the subcommittee. should never be so rewarded unless they take offensive action against the enemy or succeed in savsAg their ship through unusual ability"
 Rear Admirals Charles J. Badger, former commander in chief of the At lantic fleet. and Dewitt c. Coffman, former commander of the second bat tleship force of the Atlantic fleet, whose testimony closed the investiga- : ton with the exception of the hear ing of Secretary Daniels. who probably will appear Tuesday. said that, in their opinion, the morale of the navy would not be permanently affected adversely by the present decoration contro- versy.
 Admiral Knight suggested that Con- gress revise the entire medal legisla- ton and create a decoration to be given only for valol m cases where the act of heroism was not remarkable enough to warrant Awarding a medal of honor. ~4
 The admiral suggested as a tenn porary expedient that the Navy De. partment authorize the wearing of d clasp marked for valor" on all navy crosses awarded for heroism..<
 Admiral Coffmana indicated in his testimony that the recommendations of the Knight board had been ruthless ly' changed by Secretary. Daniels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
SPENT 30 YEARS IN AFRICA STUDYING
 HABIT OF MONKEY
ax A,.aclate6 Praa.

New York. January 23.- Professor Rjch- ard r. Garner, scientist, who died at Chattanooga. Tenn, today, spent 20 years in travel in the French Congo and other portions of South and Central Africa, studying the lives and habits of animals as a. representative of the Smithsonian Institution of Washington. the New York Geological Society and other organizat tions for research in natural history.
 He,attracted wide attention in 1905 when he announced that he was going to West Africa to study the means of communi- cation used by apes. He made several trips in an effort to reduce the ape Ian guage to writing and last May announced here that he had found monkey in the Congo that talked to him. 4 controversy was started among naturalists as to whether he had been mistaken At this time Professor Garner brought suit against a photographic company for s1oO ooo damages for permitting publication of a picture of a man. described as himself, kissing an ape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
F0sSE 0N HAIL OF MURDERER 0F TWO
Man and Wife Shot Down From Ambush and Ex-
 .citement Is High
By .Asseelatsd Pros.

Lenoir City, Tenn, January 23.-L L. Mills and his wife were shot and killed from ambush here tonight, and theii daughter. Mrs. Tom Phillips, and one of her children barely escaped with their lives. Tom Phillips, the husband, is being sought by posse as the al- leged slayer.
 Phillips and his wife had been parted for several months and Mrs. Phillips had been living with her parents. They had been to church and were returning g home when the assailant opened fire from behind a house with a shotgun One charge of the shot penetrated ths side of MT. Mills, killing him instantly. Another entered Mrs. Mills breast, and she fell to the ground mortally wound ed Mr Mills was carrying one of the Phillips children when he received tho fatal shot, but the child. escaped un- injured. After Mir. and Mrs. Mills had fallen to the pavement dead. the as- sassin opened fire on Mrs. Phillips, fir ing two shots, but neither struck her.
 Neighbors were attracted by the shots and rushed to the scene, where the .hysterical daughter of the slain couple told the story of the assault. Officers were notified and posse composed of officers and irate citizens was hastily formed and is now securing the coun- try for Phillips. officers in Knoxville and other nearby towns and cities were informed to be on the lookout for the alleged murderer.
 Phillips is about 30 years of age, , feet 10 inches tall and is believed to be wearing blue suit
 Excitement is high here tonight and the feeling is tense. and it was feared summary justice would be dealt incase the man is captured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
Many Complaints From State Banks Against
 Regional Bank Plans
By Amocistsd Prsss

Washington, January 2.-Complants from state bankers against methods of officials of the regional banks of the federal reserve system are being re- ceived daily by members of Congress, Representative Keavs, republican, Ne braska declared today in the House. charging esat agents and employees of the regional banks have started on a policy of oppression toward state banks that can work only disaster.
 MT. Reavis said the trouble arises in large measure through a difference in the systems with reference to the chare- ing of exchange on checks" Representa- tive Garner, democrat Texas. said he also had protests from. state bankers and Reavis rejoined that itswas almost a universal complaint among members of Congress-.
 Inquiry to the federal reserve board. Reavis added. was answered with just the ordinary stereotyped reply that the matter would be looked into.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
GIRL NOW CLAIMS ! SHE'S HELEN WHILE Telegram From Elkin, w. Va, Asks Police to Hold
 Young Adventurer
By A..esI.tsa prs..

Atlanta Ga, January 2s.--After po- lice received a telegram here today from Fairmount W. Va. saying, Take care of Helen Wyiie, letter explaining will follow the young woman held here while she claimed to be the miss ing Jeanne Anna DeKay of Chicago, as- serted, according to the police, that she really is Helen Wylie of Elkin w. Va
 The telegram was signed by Thomas but the girl here refused to say what relation he bore to her. She was ar rested recently charged with "disor- oerly conduct while masquerading ir a hotel in aviator's attire, and gave her name as Jeanne De I.onge. Belgian widow of French soldier. Later she claimed to be Miss DeKay.
 T said that just because bunch of police officials and newspaper men kept showing me her picture and worrying me about per" the girl declared to- night. T nj just Helen Wylie and want to go home"
 Hearing of the charges against the young woman has been postponed be- cause she refused to submit to phys ica1 examination. It was not known to- night how long she would remain at the station house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
WIVES AND c HILDREN OF DEPORTED REDS
 LIKELY TO SAIL SOON
py Associated Prsss

Washington. January 2s.-wives and children of radical aliens sent to Russia
 on the army transport Buford may be
 passengers on the first ship to leave the United States for soviet Russia since the lifting of the blockade of that country. Application for the sailing of a "wom-
 ans ship carrying medicine and milk
 for the children of Russia has been
 made to the state department by the
 American woman's emergency committee.
 Miss Helen Todd, chairman of the com mittee, announced today that. the state
 department and Anthony Caminetti, com
 missioner general of immigration, had
 given her assurances of their cooperation in arranging safe passage for the strand ed families of the deportees on this ship. The expenses of the women, Miss Todd said, would be defrayed by the com mittee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
PROPOSE NEW PLAN FOR AIDING EUROPE
 Southern Republics Would Supply Food In Exchange for Loans
By A,.eeIs,.d prs.s

Washington. January 3.-Recommenda- tion that proposed relief for Europe from the United States be furnished through the medium of loans to the countries of South and Central America. the pro- the debts of those countries to Europe in the form of foodstuffs and other necessaries, was considered tonight by many delegates to the second pan-Ameri- can financial congress as the outstanding conclusion of the congress which closed it's sessions today.
 The European relief recommendation. presented to the congress by pr. Jose Luis Tejadas, was embodied in a series of eighteen resolutions setting forth the conclusions reached at the weeks meet ings. Dr. Tejadas and other delegates pointed out that as Europe acted as the financier of Latin America before the war many of the southern republics were indebted to many European nations need ing relief and were in a position to pay those debts with the needed commodities. The United States. it was asserted would confer a double benefit hy allowing the I.atin-A merican countries to act as the s'middlemen" in proposed relief meas ures, The existing exchange rates would work to the advantage of all concerned, Dr. Tejadas said. and at least $1.nD. .ooo, oc0 could be made immediately available to Europe through the plan.
 The congress at is closing session heard addresses 5y W. r. c. Harding. governor os the United States federal reserve board. and by Dr. Enrique Martinez So- oral of the Mexican delegation. In bid- ding the delegates farewell. Secretary of the Treasury Glass declared:
 'The congress. l feel sure, has accen- tuated the sentiment of common purpose and strengthened the bonds of co-opera- ton between, the American republics. It has tended to. improve the relations of cordiapiity and affection and to unite them in service to each other. to hue manity and to the world ''=
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
Ilaportalt Baseball
 eetings to Be Helfi
sy AssssIats1 Prsss

ew York. January 23.-On his | ,i~a from the west today John Feyl ,3er pfsgiaent of the National Les V announced that the baseball mee ai te he Asia in Chicago next month a
 bf among the most important ses ci aver held in the history of sport.
 masting of the Joint rules ear n1llfee ms been called for Februai gs. Tebruary 10s the National D American Leagues will hold their | specrips league metings. On Februa .44 fn National and Amei ei eawut will hold their joint meet Spd E ,ruary 12 the major lea zili coF fer with the minor league cen nitfes ghich hopes to enter into a ,1r erorkin. agreement with the ma ifeyc F said he believed a new cor iss Ia chairman will be named al f joint major league conference
 FetrgAry II. He said the commis sltu on now was in the hands of com Etee appointed to select a he chairman and that he believed q etlu ttee soon would hold . meei r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
KANES' RESIGNATION QUITE PROPER STEP,
 STATES MIR. PALMER
sv Associated Press

Washington, January o3.-Attorney Gen. eral Palmer, replying tonight to a letter from Francis Fisher Kane, announcing his resignation as United States attorney
 for eastern Pennsylvania on account of disagreements with the policy of the de- partment of justice, charged the Attor- ney with ''an apparent misconception of the duties of the department of justice in the enforcement of the laws as writ ten. For that reason, MT. Palmer wrote
 Attorney Kans that he was bound to say that your resignation seems to me to be quite the proper step for you to take. :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
HOLLAND FLA7I Y REFUSES TO GIVE UP EX-KAISER
 LN ANSWER TO DEMAND
Declares Dutch Government Not a Party to Peace Treaty and Cannot Asso- ciate Itself With Act of High International Policy of Powers
By Associated Pres.


 Paris, January 23.-The de. mand of the entente powers that Holland deliver up to them former Emperor William of Germany that he may be tried "for a supreme offense against international morality and the sanctity of treaties has been refused by Holland. In, note delivered this afternoon to the foreign office by the Dutch min. ister Holland takes the ground that the Dutch government is not a party to the peace treaty which condemned William Hohenzollern. and that it can not recognize as an international duty the necessity to associate itself with this act of high international policy of the powers"
 It declares also that the constitu- ent laws of the kingdom, and the tra- dition of the country. always a ground for refuge for the vanquished in fn-
 
 the government to defer to the wishes of the entente bv withdrawing from the former emperor the benefit of it's laws and traditions. The decleration Is made that the people of The Neither lands cannot betray the faith of those who have confided themselves to Hol- lands free institutions.
 TEXT OF REPLY Following is the reply of the
 
 tente.
 "By verbal note, dated January 15, 1920. given to the envoy of the Queen at Paris, the powers, refer ring to Article 227 of the frenty of Versailles, demand that the gov- ernment of Holland give into their hands William HohcnxoIIern, for mer Emperor. of Germany, so that the may be tried.
 Supporting this demand they ob- serve that if the former Emperor had remained in Germany the Ger man government would. under the terms of Article 22S of the treaty of peace, have been obliged to deliver him. 'In citing as premeditatcd viola tions of international treaties, as well ns systematic disregard of tAe most saered ru1ea of fhe rixhfs of man . number of acts commit ted during the war by German au- thority. the powers place the re- sponsibility, nt least morally, upon the former Emperor.
 "They express the opinion that Holland would not fulfill her inter- national duty if she refused to as- sociate herself with them within
 the limit of her ability. to pursue, or at least not to impede, the pun- fshmcnt of crimes committed. s'They emphasize the special
 character of their demands, which contemplate not . judicial accusa- ton, but an net of high interna- tional policy. and they make an ap- peal to Hollands respect of law and f love of justice not to cover with her moral authority violation by Germany of the essential prin- cipIes of the solidarity of nations. "The Queen has the honor to ob- serve, first, that obligations which for Germany could have resulted from Article FPS of the treaty of peace cOnnOt serve to determine (Continued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
S2.y3 50 PROFIT ON s18.s0 f}N LRCOAT;
 HELD FOR TRIAL
ay alsagra rr,..

t;setfaneofs- 9fsnr> January 2s.-- Charged wiah fhpifag . profit of sBa,sso or &n ogevsaat costing him Sfs.Sa frt3a ceArA, proprietor of 'se AerssA rEeiis Company here, sfAa eee.ri 8yes s.ts the federal sgsN@ yarS bs 2igstea states Conn fs sssl.r se sr4iisfer after tn9 sssepannf aaa attempted te tify 8e aa Ha the grounds tAst it gga9 nacrfssey for the com eesm se rhaiss ep fos bad debts in isis wav. K
 'FAis ig the Hrst. ese to he heard as 8hx ssait ef activities of the istsi fair ptscs committee, but ehArRse sge neRdlng against two after eartses fer aiinged profteer- ina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
SOCIALISTS PLAN
 $20,0O0 FUND FOR
 MEMBERS DEFENSE
By A,,oeiated Prs..

cialists, meeting today at the Rand School of Social Science. completed plans for fourday drive to raise s2O,- 900 for the defense of the five mem bers of their party suspended by the assembly and being tried at Albany on charges of disloyalty The drive will last from January ? to 31. Plans call for street corner collections, with mass meetings in various parts of the city. The chief gathering will be in Madison Square. Garden, January 2s. when it was announced three United States sen ators' would speak. Their names were not made public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
LABOR UNWITTINGLY AIDING HOUSEWIVES.
 TAFTS' CONVI( TION
ax A,,eeI,tsa pr,,,

Washington, January 23.-In reFiev of new phases of the labor olsns re- sulting from the war. Wiiliata Ho,sard Taft. in an address before II lia aAra oe the National Geographic Soci today expressed the conviction tha ahor or ganizations. esen though oppo s1 to boI- shevism. were unwittingly couEa Sovies methods by an attempt to sa5ordsn e the welfare of all other claj ss 10 tlat of manual industrial labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
|AL[ THEATRES 0F
 MEMPHIS CLOSED
Churches Also Asked to Suspend Services Till In-
 fluenza Epidemic Passes
sy Associated Pres.

Memphis. Tenn. January 23.-With the appearance in Memphis of several cases of Spanish influenza in mild form. the city board of health. in point ses- sion with the city commission. today ordered all theatres and similar places of amusement closed after tonight and requested that churches and lodges also suspend services and meetings
 At a meeting tomorrow. it was an- nounced. it will be determined whether to order the schools closed. An Anti saloon League meeting Sunday. at which William Jennings Bryan was scheduled to speak. and other public gatherings also were ordered post poned.
 The boards action today was taken purely as a precautionary measure. il vas explained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
spREAD IS FEARED

Waahsngloli. January 2a-Fear that in- Eiaenz& new prevalent at Camps Grant. Custer and Dodge and at Fort Sheridan ;s txpesssed n the weekly army health racort iszuse today by Surgeon General 1rclane.
 DNrtng Gre week ending January IS, there as a marked increase in the num- Der ef ;a<IueHxa cases. the number being 4epcrtea as S. in comparison with Il cases the week previous. Pneumonia also | si issc sfs;==ss iiSs prevalence Fewer cases of ifilerzs however, were reported among e Afs<s car forces in Germany than in tlc prsTioaE week.
 AslfNern General Ireland expresses the btl{si hat neither the death rate nor the
 tCsEa aaued .. Rass ,rws)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
1IST OF THE NEWS
GENERAL,


 
  Ezstefn raifoads will fight In he ~ Afsar in cotton; Wall staoiss
  cal in Birmi tomor n handlin of reig
  saeasr will Is mi lion her memo ktz sf 1or ase becomes acute planting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
Canadian Crop Report

Ottawa. January 23-In the final report of the government on field crops produced in Canada, it was announced today that the aggregate value of all field crops in 1910 was 8lS3 800, as compared with a tota, velue of sl.s72. .o35.97o in 1918. am. of s1. 144. 69s. .45o in 1917. Both the acreage under crops and the value of crops produced IS the highest on record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
Hoover Clubs Not Authorized By Associated Prsss

New York. January S.-Juiius H. Barnes, president of the United States Grain Corporation. who intimated in a speech two weeks ago that Herbert Hoover, former food administrator. might be drafted for the presidency an- nounced in statement today that there Is no authority or sanction for any or sanization work in the form of Hoover clubs or any other similar organized efort'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
Mayport Hits Reef
 In Need of A sistallce
0y Assseiats6 Prs,

New York. January 2s-Ghe shipping board steamship Mayport st acx a rees in the Caribbean sea about 2t nalez ncrtn of the Panama canal and is n need si assistance. according to a wsrele&s mes sage received here tonight fsem Ealbka Panama. The steamship Beifsfa repoTfsu by wireless that she was r1efinR xc she Mayport's assistance. 1,s left Ner- folk for Colon November <1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-24
GRAHAM D|SGUSTED
 WITH STORIES OF
 VAST SUMS WASTED
Declares Waste In Con- struction of Nitrate
 Was at Premium and
 Honest Labor, Barred !.
By Associated rrsss

Florence, January 23.-After hearing . mass of testimony relating to the cost plus method of building the big Muscle Shoals nitrate plant, Chairman Graham of the House war expenditures committee, which ended it's work here today, declared he was 'surfeited and disgusted" with the tales of reckless expenditure.
 Waste was at premium" the chair man said. "Every man on the joh realized that he could do about as he pleased without thought of reckoning
 The two things that impress me most vividly about this whole matter, he continued, "are the immense extent of public work that has been under taken in this locality and the utter folly and vice of the cost plus system of contracting for construction of pub lie work
 VAST SUMS SQUANDERED
 NO one can listen to the mass of ies- timony this committee has taken and not be convinced that vast sums of money were need1essly wasted and squandered by some of the contractors on the construction of nitrate plant No. at Sheffield, as well as nitrate plant No. at Muscle Shoals. For every dol lar that could be spent the constructors got their percentages. The conse- quence was that waste was at prem ium and every man on the job fully understood that efficiency and good. honest labor was not received nor desired
 T have nothing to say now as tc what recommendations the committed shall make. That is for further de- termination, but expressing only my own ideas, am frank to say that am absolutely surfeited and disgusted with the stories of careless disregard of public moneys which the committed is hearing"
 The testimony at the closing session today was much like that presented heretofore. A former government in spector, J. K. Mackenzie. admitted that he often felt the salary paid him was so much money thrown away, as it " as the policy of the war department to let the work stand, however crude. The civilian workers were described as "the greatest bunch of loafers on earth"
 The committee was unable to hear all witnesses listed before leaving today for Nashville to inspect the Old Hick- ory powder plant.