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Evening star., 1920-01-29
DIRECTOR STONE GIVES
DRY LAW TALK TO POLICE
Says Prohibition Will Be Enforced
Sanely But Strictly in
His District.

Thomas E. Stone. supervising pro-
hibition director for Ohio. Maryland.
West Virginia and the District. will
establish a branch Office in Washing
ton within a few days, with an assist
ant and a corps of men to direct en-
forcement Of the dry law here.
This statement was made by Mr..
Stone at the District building. today
after he had conferred with Maj. Pull
man and the inspectors. captains.
lieutenants and sergeants of the po-
lice department.
Mai. Pullman stated after the con-
ference that he asked Mr.. Stone to
come to Washington and address his
officers on the various phases of pro-
hibition enforcement.
The main purpose of the meeting" ="
said Maj. Pullman. was to find out
what the federal government plans
to do in enforcing prohibition and to
insure cooperation between the fed
eral agents and the local police
Mr.. Stone said after the meeting
that it is his purpose to enforce the
prohibition law sanely but strictly.
ficers important features of the Vol
stead enforcement act. He said he did
not attempt to tell the men how they
should go about their work, because
they are already trained along that
line. His talk was intended more to
clarity the enforcement law for them.
At the conclusion of the meeting
each officer was given a copy of the
Volstead law. Maj. Pullman said
similar conferences probably would
be held frequently until the men be-
come thoroughly familiar with the
new prohibition act.
Evening star., 1920-01-29

Among the first of Uncle Sam 8
troops to go to Europe, and perhaps
the very last of the American ex-
peditionary force to leave that con-
tinent, was Maj. Edwin F. Ely. Quar-
termaster's Corps. who has just re-
turned to his home in this city.
Maj. Ely, like many other officers
of the American eXpeditionary force,
was a Central High School boy. He
was appointed a pay clerk by Presi-
dent Taft. and soon afterward was
commissioned lieutenant in the
Regular Army, being attached to the
QuartermaSterS Corps. and saw Serv-
ice abroad. particularly in Hawaii.
ment at the outbreak of the war.
When Cen Pershing crossed to
France to arrange for the reception
of the vast American Army which
followed Lieut.. Ely was one of the
Quartermasters selected to accompany
him. He saw much service in France,
not only at headquarters. but along
the lines OF communication, a most
responsible and at times perilous task.
Again when a small American Army
was made up to go to Archange1 he
was selected as Quartermaster OF the
expedition and remained in the frozen
north during the entire stay of Ameri-
can troops in European Russia.
Returning to France, having been
promoted to be major in the National
Army, Ely was charged with the
heavy duty of closing up the affairs
of the Army at the ports of debarka-
tion at Bordeaux. Brest, and finally at
Antwerp. He was at Antwerp when
the Great Northern took away the
last of the Aemrican forces. He paid
all the bills and followed on the
Mauretania. from which he landed in
New York Tuesday last.
After a short leave of absence Maj.
Ely will take station at Fort Taylor,
KY, as chief finance officer
of the 1st Division.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
URGES HIS BILL FOR
EQUALITY in POSITIONS

Senator Mclean OF Connecticut. re-
publican, today appeared before the
Senate committee on civil service to
urge the passage of a bill introduced
by him to amend the civil service law
so as to give women an equal chance
with men for selection us appointees
to- government jobs.
The bill proposes to have the act
read:
women may. in the discretion of
the head of any department. be ap-
pointed to any positions in the clas-
sif1ed civil service upon the same
requisites and conditions. and with
the same compensations, as are pre-
scribed for men: Provided. however,
that nominating and appointing off,
GERS. when requesting certifications
from the eligible list of the Civil
Service Commission. shall not specify
sex unless sex is a physical barrier
to the proper performance of the
duties of the position to be filled"
Evening star., 1920-01-29
JUGOS[AVS SEEK
|ADR|AT|C' STABILITY
Refusing Compromise of
Italy They Ask Permission
10 Make "Suggestions."

PARIS. January % (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-The text of the Jugo-
slav reply to the allied ultimatum on
the Adriatic question. made public to-
day, shows. as was stated yesterday,
that 1T amounted to a refusal to ac-
cept the compromise offered by the
Italians. but that in courteous terms
it asked permission to lay before the
powers some suggestions for altera-
tions which it considers necessary to
secure stability in the region sur
rounding the Adriatic.
"As regards the proposal itself" "
says one paragraph of the note, "the
royal government is obliged to OBJ
serve that it cannot accept 1t in its
entirety, and the government counts
on the spirit of justice and equity
OF the powers party to the communi-
cation of January 20 to permit
them to submit notifications imposed
by the necessity Of insuring peace in
the Adriatic."
Advices received here indicate that
the Jugoslav government, while at
first disposed to accept the plan,
which finally was laid before it in the
shape of an uitimatum. found that
public opinion still held out for
their extreme claims, cherishing the
would be successfully exerted to back
them in the position taken under
President Wilson's plan of settle
ment.
The plan rejected by the Jugoslavs
was said to have provided for the
erection of Fiume into a free city
under the jurisdiction Of the league
of nations; for the continuance of
Italian forms of government and the
protection of Italian rights there;
for the cession to Italy of narrow
strip of land along the coast con-
Meeting Trieste with Fiume; for the
exercise of the right of free dispo-
sitionf Of themselves upon the citi-
zens of the Island of lara and con-
tiguous territory and for the cession
of Albania to Jugoslavia.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
PRACTICAL AGREEMENT
! ON REORGAMz|NG army

Agreement was reached today by
the House military committee on
practically ull principles Of Army re-
orEanixat ton except that dealing with
universal military training.
Numerous details, however, remain. .
ed to be work ed out.
Provision was made for an Army
air service. despite the movement for
q unified government air control
under separate department whose
head would have the status Of a
cabinet officer.
Provision also was made for main
tenancs Of the chemical warfare
service as n separate corps for ex-
perimental purposes, and for the con-
struction and transportation corps.
but these will be a part of the quar-
termaster department.
1t was decided not to have a sepa-
rate chaplain corps, but to increase
their number so as to provide one
chaplain for each 1900 enlisted men.
Another decision Of the committee
was to leave the details OF Army or
ganization to the discretion of the
War Department.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
JUNIOR OFFICERS UNIT.
War Department Authorizes Or
ganization at St. Johns College.

Announcement is made at the War
Department that st. Johns College. on
Vermont avenue near Thomas Circle.
Junior unit of the Reserve Offlcers'
Training Corps. That institution
maintains a two-year course of mill
tary training as minimum for its
physically fit students.
of the Reserve officers Training Corps
are maintained at Western Mary
land College, Westminster. and the
Emory and Henry College. Virginia.
and junior units at the 1l.s following vir.
Academy, Fishburne Military Acade-
nv. Fork Union Military Academy and
Biackstone Military Academy. The
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical
College and Polytechmc Institute at
BIacksburg maintain a coast artillery
unit of the Reserve Officers Training
Corps.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
A TENTATIVE
NEWBERRY CASE JURY

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, January 20.
"A tentative jury was completed to-
day in the trial Of Senator Newberry
and others charged with fraud in the
1918 election. Starting with eight
men who had been passed for cause
yesterday. the case progressed rap
idly to the peremptory challenge
stage. the first of which were to be
filed at the afternoon session.
Eight prospective Jurors were Ques-
toned at the morning session before
half that number were found salts
factory.
Judge Clarence w. Sessions, presid-
ing. ruled that the prosecution was
entitled to six peremptory challenges
and the defense ten.
The number of defendants in court
was reduced by one today when
Judge Sessions allowed Harrison Mer-
rill. a Kalamazoo newspaper man, to
plead nollt contendere.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
FARMERS COME TO URGE
RETURN OF RAILROADS

Representatives Of the five largest
farm organizations in the United
States met today at 1881 / street, to
protest against the campaign which
has been carried on from Washington
in the interest of continued govern
ment operation of the railroads, and
to memorialize Congress and the
President for the speedy enactment of
railroad legislation and the early re-
turn of the railroads.
The organizations represented were
the International Farmers Congress.
Of which Senator Capper OF Kansas is
president: the National Farmers Con-
gress, the american Federation of
Farm Bureaus. the National Grarge
and the National Farmers Union
Representatives of other smaller organi-
cations also attended. Not less than
4 600. 900 bona fide farmers, II is stated
are members of the organizations named
w. l. Drummond of Kansas City
No, opened the conference and T. C.
Atkeson, Washington representative
of the National Grange. was elected
chairman. The conference got down
to business at a session beginning at
2 o'clock this afternoon. Among the
men present not definitely connected
with the foregoing organizations were
Alvan Hgee. state secretary of agricul-
ture of New Jersey and Benjamin c.
Marsh of the National Farmers Council
Evening star., 1920-01-29
CALLS LABOR CONFERENCE.

A circular letter. printed in English
and Spanish, has just been issued from
the Pan-American Federation of Labor
with headquarters in the American
Federation of Labor building of this
city, calling the third Pan-American
Labor Congress, to be held in the city
of Mexico July IL next Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, is the chairman of the
Pan-American Federation OF Labor.
This labor organization. the purpose
of which is to promote the best in
terests of the labor unions of the United
states and the pan-American countries,
was organized at a conference held in
This city in July. 1916. The first con-
.sress was held at Laredo, Texas, No
vefnber rs, 1918. The second congress
was held in New York in July of 1919.
At the coming congress practically
every one of the pan-American coun-
tries will be represented
Evening star., 1920-01-29
TWO new AERIAL MAIL
ROUTES BEING PLANNED

The Post Office Department is assem-
bling material and completing arrange
ments to inaugurate new aerial mail
routes between Chicago and Omaha,
Neb.. and st. Louis and Minneapolis.
Mimi. Second Assistant Postmaster
General Praeger today told the Senate
post office committee. The two routes
now in operation, linking Washington
and New York. and New York and
Chicago, have proved entirely success
full. he said.
Approximately 100000 Of the $780,
900 appropriated for the aerial mail
service for this year has been spent to
date, Mr.. Praeger said. Much of the
money spent was used to buy planes
and other physical equipment. The
Post Office Department now owns more
than 100 aeroplanes, Me. Praeger said,
of which eight are used in the air
daily. thirty-two in immediate reserve
for reliefs and the remainder in gen.
eral reserve.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
SEEKS REPORT ON NAVY
WHEN us. ENTERED WAR

Rear Admiral Sims today wrote the
Senate naval committee asking that
in connection with the investigation
of his charges of failure of tho Navy
Department properly to Cooperate
with the allies in the war Secretary
Daniels be asked to submit a detailed
report regarding the condition of the
Navy when the United States entered
the war.
The admiral also suggested that the
report showed what preparations
We're made by the Navy for the war
and what ships were in commission
at that time. together with their con-
dition and location.
Chairman Page referred the letter
to Senator Hale. chairman of the in
vestigating committee, who promptly
returned it to Senator Page for final
action. The latter said he would give
1t mature consideration"
The time for beginning the investi-
cation of Admiral Sims charges has
not yet been fixed. Chairman Hale an
nounced today that owing to the ILL
ness of Senator Trammell of Florida
the inquiry into naval decorations
would not be resumed until next Tues
day and that investigation will be
completed before the other is taken
up. Secretary Daniels is to appear
before the committee Tuesday.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
VOLUNTARY" PAPER CUT
is REMEDY, SAYS COLVER

Volunteer reduction of newsprint
consumption by publishers is the pri-
mary remedy of the paper shortage,
Chairman Coiver of the Federal Trade
Commission today told the House
ways and means committee. Publish
ers of big papers. despite agreements
among themselves. have not prac-
ticed the economy that is necessary.
The publishers must recognize that
they are consuming more than is and
can be produced" said Mr.. Colver
THE size of papers is hardly a sub
ject Of legislation" he continued, urg-
ing smaller Sunday editions and the
elimination of extra editions. His
statement prompted remark from
Representative Fordney, republican,
Michigan, committee chairman, to de-
clare that he believed Congress had
no authority to fix the size of papers,"
Evening star., 1920-01-29
CITY CHILD HEALTHIER
THAN COUNTRY-BORN

NEW YORK. January 2s.-The poor
little child" who has the misfortune
to be born in a city has just five times
as his country cousin, according to
DIR. Thomas D. Wood of Teachers Col
lege, New York.
Speaking before a teachers confer
ence in Belvidere. N. J., yesterday, Dr.
Wood cited figures based on a survey
of 100000 children to support his con-
tention. The figures showed country
children to lead city children in teeth
defects, defective tonsils, adenoids,
malnutrition and breathing defects.
Ignorance. prejudice and lack of
health supervision" were given by
poor health in the country.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
BILL ABOLISHING HOUSING
CORPORATION ADVANCED

Senator Fernald chairman of the
public buildings and grounds commit
tee, today reported favorably from the
committee a bill introduced by him
self abolishing the United States
Housing Corporation. The bill trans
fers to the Treasury Department, the
Navy Department and other agencies
of the government the duty OF ham
ding the property now held by the
housing corporation and winding up
the affairs Of the corporation. 1t now
goes to the Senate calendar.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
PARKER CRITICIsES CLERGY.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

NEW YORK, January 29.-Alton B.
Parker today criticised Bishop Charles
H. Brent and other clergymen for a
protest they have made against deporta-
ton of reds.
exnect us to stand still while the scum
of the earth are roaming about the
cerntry?" asked the judge in, ope ming
the annual meeting of the National
civic Federation. of which he Is pres
ident
Evening star., 1920-01-29
CHICAGO EX-SALOON MEN
GO TO CUBA IL A DAY

CHICAGO. January 29.-Depart-
ing at the rate of twelve a day,
former Chicago saloonkeepers and
bartenders are going to Cuba, ac-
cording to Joseph. Pepper. internal
revenue deputy collector. Mr.. Pop
per declared that while many are
going there on pleasure trips, there
is no doubt that some OF them are
going to open saloons"
MIR. Pepper also divulged that
aliens are leaving Chicago for their
native countries at the rate of 900
a day. Central Europe" he said,
'is receiving large part Of the
alien emigration. At least $50 a
day are going to Poland. Czecho-
slovakia. Jugoslavia and Holland
and Scandinavian countries follow
with smaller numbers" 1t was
said that the exodus was seriously
affecting the labor situation in a
number OF Chicago'a industries.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
MAI. LA GRINDER DIES.
Served 20 Years in Army; Lived in
D. C.. 18 Months.

Maj. Romanus A La Grinder. died a.
Walter Reed Hosital today from pneu-
monia, after an illness since last
Thursday.
Maj. La Grinder was in the military
service for the past twenty years. He
was born at Emmittsburg, Md. but
had lived in this city eighteen months
His wife and daughter survive him.
Funeral services will be held from
his residence at "A u street. and high
mass of requiem will be celebrated a
St. Martins Church Saturday morning.
Chaplain ]. w. Daily, u. S. A. will OF
ficiate.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
Quebec to Debate Vote for Women.

QUEBEC. January 29.-"Votes for
women will be debated for the first
time in the history of the Quebec
legislature within the next few days.
J. S. A. Ashley. member from Lachine.
has just presented a motion that "in
the opinion of this house the time
has come to study the desirability of
giving women the suffrage"
Evening star., 1920-01-29
WOULD MAKE LINCOLN'S
BIRTHDAY LEGAL HOLIDAY

A joint resolution, declaring Elm
was introduced today by Senator Sher-
man, republican,. Illinois, and referred
to the judiciary committee.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
Erzberger's Condition Critical.

BERLIN. January 2S (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-The condition Of Ma
thias Erzberger is critical. according
to the Lokal Anzeiger. Cardiac trou-
BILE has developed. accompanied by
violent pain.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
Fewer New Cases in New York.

NEW YORK, January 29.-Deaths
from influenza and pneumonia in
creased today, but the number of new
cases decreased. There were 100 in
fuenza deaths, an increase of 33 over
yesterdays figure, and 1876 from pneu-
monia, an increase of Is. New in
fiuenza cases totaled 4,706. a decrease
of $50. Pneumonia cases reported to-
day totaled 649. decrease of 81.
Evening star., 1920-01-29
Military Hospital Put ..,.,,.. =.
in Readiness Quickly
for Department Workers

Yesterday afternoon Col H. c. Sup
plee, L. 5. A. asked the department
of military relief. Potomac division.
American Red Cross, for a military
hospital for the benefit of the pur-
chase. storage and traffic department
the munitions building, 18th and 3
streets. In less than three hours the
needed hospital was ready, with COM
plete equipment.
This miniature institution. which is
fitted with four beds and all neces-
sary bed linen and frst-aid ma
terial, will be used for the girl clerks
pensary in the building was found
inadequate to handle all the cases
now requiring attention and medical
treatment.
The department of military relief
also furnished two automobiles for
the use of the visiting nurses at
tached to the munitions building, who
furnishing an emergency car and Red
Cross ambulance to transport girls
to their homes when necessary
The Potomac division co-operated
with the War Department in a SIM
liar job, only on a much larger scale.
in Richmond, Va, yesterday A 500
bed hospital was established there
to care for influenza patients. The
equipment was obtained from Camp
Lee. and this performance. with all
the necessary intercommunication be-
tween the War Department, public
health service. local military au-
thorities and Richmond Chapter of
the Red Cross, occupied but six hours.
The Richmond chapter will furnish
the nurses and the city authorities
the doctors. medical supplies and
food
Evening star., 1920-01-29

Are you looking for a furnished
room? Ask the "Y."
The daily morning oasis., 1920-03-26

But Annie The -Sea-Gull had not
descended from a long line of war
riors for nothing. She grasped
Thomas by the shoulder, plucked the
cigarette from his mouth and put
him to work hewing out timber for a
raft.
Four days later clumsy craft was
laboriously pilotcd into Sitka harbor,,
propelled by sail that once was
Annie's wedding dress. The entire
tribe was at the landing when the
strange craft grounded on the beach
and the wet, bedraggled honeymoon
ers stepped ashore.
Not deigning to notice any of the
crowd, Annie-The-Sea-Gull took Sum
Dunn Thomas firmly by an arm and
led him to one side where she put
her mouth close 40 his ear. In tones
that left no chance for a mistaken
meaning she hissed:
xxi &C hu la ct sum gu ac gega!"
Il am going home to mother, and
you can go to helD.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-03-26

wore the latest in clothes-low-cut
shoes, lavender sox and red neckties.
He smoked cigarettes in a holder and
said "eyether" and "neyther."
Did Annie -The-Sea-Gull fall before
the Establishments of Sum Dunn
Thomas? Well say she did.
The wedding was followed by
potlach that last three days and
nights.
Not satisfied to spend the honey
moon in Sitka, Thomas chartered
gas boat, and they sought beach
twenty miles distant where they
could bill and coo and eat clans with
no one to molest them.
Things went smoothly until one
night an exceptionally high tide roll
ed in and rolled out again, taking with
it the gas boat. The young couple
were left on a lonely shore not fre-
quented at this season of the year.
All their provisions had gone with
the boat, and the weather had turned
too cold to dig clans.
Sum Dunn calmly sat down in the
tent. lighted cigarette and an
nounced they would go together to
the "Happy Hunting Grounds"
The daily morning oasis., 1920-03-26
Pugi|ist Activities
By HENRY L. FARRELL
United Press Staff Correspondent

By HENRY L. FARRELL
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. March 25.-Benny
Leonard is still about and doing but
from the activities in the lightweight
circles it would seem that the cham
pion either is entertaining rheumat-
ism or has had stroke of paralysis.
Thep're picking successors for him
all over the east.
Dave Driscoll, who puts on fights
in Jersey City already has started an
elimination series to clean out the
lightweight ranks and decide the next
man to wear the Bronx boys crown.
Johnny Dundee and Willie Jackson
met in the first bout of the series the
other night and the fight was very
much Jackson's. Lew Tender, the
Philadelphia aspirant, probably will
meet Jackson in the next round. Then
comes Charley White, from Denver
who is being sought in line with the
drive for new faces. Richie Mitch
ell and Lew Edwards, the Australian,
whom he whipped in Milwaukee re-
Gently also are being sought for in
the series. >.".
Leonard is not considered through
by any means. But the hunch has
prevailed for year that the champ
ion will have to retire OF enter the
welterweight class as he is growing
too heavy to make the 1873 pound
weight.
Tender and Dundee both have been
bowling about giving away weight to
Leonard and Dundee went so far as
to state he would claim the champion
ship if he disposed of Jackson.
Leonard and his followers maintain
that he will make the weight easily
when the time comes and that he has
been considering whirl with the
welters not because he was too heavy
for his class but because of the scar
city of good opponents in the light
weight division.
Leonard will do nothing more than
exhibition work for a month or more
during which he will be engaged in
motion picture work in California. Jim.
Coffroth is trying to get an opponent
to face him in a twenty round de-
cision fight to be staged in I'll Juana
before he returns to the east coast.
The daily morning oasis., 1920-03-26
ANITA STEWARDS NEW FILM
A RESULT OF UNUSUAL ACTION

Behind the appearance of Miss An
ita Stewart in "Virtuous Wives" the
first production to be made by her
own company, is an interesting series
Of events, which started a year age
when Louis B. Mayer, Boston film
magnate, sought to obtain her release
from the Vitagraph Company and
launch her as an Independent star in
series of productions based on fam
Gus stories.
Mr.. Mayer finally concluded his ne
gotiations with the Vitagraph organ
ization by paying them a cash bonus,
said to run into five figures, foi can
ceiling the contract they held fo: Miss
Stewards services. This is believed
to be the first time that a motion
picture producer has paid an extrav-