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ARRESTED FOR LARCENY,
KILLS HIMSELF IN HOME
Newport News (ya.) Bank Cashier
Charged With Embezzlement
of $4,000.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, March G.
r. ID. Holloway, arrested last night
charged with the larceny of $4,000
from the Colonial State Bank, this
city, killed himself at his home this
morning.
cashier of the bank, were taken into
custody on warrant sworn out by
Commonw ealth's Attorney Berkeley,
charging them jointly with the lar
ceny of $4,000 currency. both were
released on $4,000 bail.
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years old, rapidly approaching pu-
berty. with its attending changes in
the pelvic blood supply. II is feared
by the surgeons that II the operation
Is delayed II could not. in years to
come, be performed successfully.
THE present" said the doctors, as
the most auspicious time for the
surgical separation OF the twins"
X-ray photographs taken by the
two surgeons indicate that the lads
are perfectly normal except that the
tissues are securely Joined at the base
OF the spinal column.
Efforts are being made to prevail
upon Commissioner Yangco and the
father OF the boys, who lives In the
Philippines, for permission to perform
the operation.
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Fred II. Dawson, a seventeen.year-
old student of the Technical High
School. is spending the weekend with
his parents in Philadelphia.
1t was rather an unexpected trip.
Fred had been wanting to make 1t
for some weeks. but didn't Know he
was to have the funds to do so. As
IL Ia he travels under pretty good
circumstances, for he left The Times
offIce with the proceeds of 500
check tucked away In his inside coat
pocket in $40 bills.
Fred's last line was adjudEed the
winner OF Limerick Contest No. 27.
Just n simple Line.
It's just such a line as anybody
could write, II he thought OF IT, APP
parently IL merely touched the spot
with the judges. as showing the OPP
timism Of Washington baseball fans
who are loyal at the first of every
new season. no matter what has hap
pened the season before.
Running over the last lines that
came to him the Limerick Editor
thought there were quite lot OF
good ones.
one. for instance. by w. s. Frldel,
1920 Kilbourne place, Get ready that
old pennant mast"
And by George l. Edick, 222
Twelfth street southeast Hes wait
ed 'em out in the past"
And by Annamaze Kirby, 1924 II
street northwest, Were with you. oil
boy. tho dies cast.
"Beost Forget psr.-
One that appealed to the sporting
editor. whom we asked to pinch hit
for one of the Judges who was out OF
the city was by John ]. O'DaY. ir
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1--WE don't want to be separated"
said the boys today. I'VE are happy
as we are" Commissioner Yangco
also is opposed to the separation OF
the twins.
At the request OF the Brooklyn So
ciety for the Protection OF Cruelty to
Children. DR.. J. II. Selby and DR.. II. w.
Plaggemyer. the Hopkins surgeons,
recently examined the twins at the
Walter Reed Hospital for the purpose
of discovering whether the twins
could be operated on successfully and
divided without loss of life.
In statements made today, the sur
geons stated that they felt convinced
from their observation of the boys
that they can be separated with rela-
tive ease. as the boys are now eleven
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Keeping up With
The Times
A FACT A WEE K

1t is pleasant to get COM
ment such as a Times
reader includes in a recent
letter, as follows:
81 subscribe for The
Times and also send a
couple Of copies a week to
my brother with the A. L.
F. in Germany, principally
because Of The Times atti-
tudc toward soldier lcgisla-
ton, for I am an A. Z. +.
man myself. Principally, I
say, but not solely for this
reason, for the true Ameri-
canism, for the paper has a
strong appeal for those who,
during the trying period re-
Gently passed, gained a new
conception of the meaning
of this word, Americanism,
and like to see their views
so ably expressed.
&C. N. H."
1905 7th st. N. r.
Washington, d. c.
March 3, 1920.
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RULES PRESS CAN PRINT
ALL COURT TESTIMONY

CHICAGO, March 6-Ncwspapers
have the right to publish all court
testimony. whether II be true or un-
,true. according to ruling handed
down in n libel suit against a Chicago
newspaper by Circuit Judge Oscar
NJ. Torrison.
The ruling was given in instruc-
tions TO the jury hearing the case.
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"Happy as We Are,
Don't Part U.s." Plea
OF" "Sian1ese Twins''

Although two eminent surgeons of the Johns Hopkins
Hospital have found that simple operation could be
formed to separate Luco and Simplicio Godno, the
Samese twins students at ST. Johns College, who are
in the Capital under the guardianship of Teodoro R.
Yangco Philippine commissioner Of 2942 Ordway street,
the and their father opposed to their separation
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LONDON, March 6.-~The
Turkish war office is preparing
for mobilization I'm case Of ne
cessity,'" said . Reuter- dispatch
from Censtantinople today.

LONDON, March 6.-The latest
massacres OF Christians by Turks at
Marash have hastened the determine
ton Of TIE allied supreme council 70
drive Turkey from the sphere OF in
fluence in Europe, it was learned TO-
day. =
Leading Newspaper writer's declare
the council of premiers has decided
upon complete acement Of the
Turkish empire ; d that Its actual
ACKNOWLEDGMENT L., been all but &C
complished.
Conceal Their Purpose.
But opposition has arisen in some
quarters to the terms of the settle
ment.
Tho "fnancial sphere of influence"
assigned to Great Britain, france,
and Italy is merely camouhage for
complete annexation, these critics as
serted. While the allies premiers
were careful to mask their real de-
signs. it was pointed out, each nation
carefully guarded her interest in the
Near East, knowing there was little
likelihood of any change once the de.
cision was made.
The assignment of Constantinople
and Anatolia to Turkey. they believed,
will not mean that the Turk will have
unlimited influence in these districts.
The Caliphate, they declared, is des-
tined to political and economic .slav.
cry.
Opposition to Premier.
Premier Lloyd George. despite his
! eloquent explanations of the decision
to allow the Sultan to remain in Con-
stantinople. was said to face power
full parliamentary and public oppo-
sition to the councils decision and
Continued on Page 3, Column ~
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DANIELS ASKS CONGRESS FOR 80 MORE WARShIPs
BIG NAVY PROGRAM
URGED DBY DANIELS


recommended to Congress today
are:
IMMEDIATELY OR UNTIL THE
SENATE DIsPOsEs OF THE
TREATY,
Two battleship.
One battle cruiser.
Six scout cruisers.
Twenty light cruisers.
Eight mine-laying light cruis-
ers.
Twenty notilla leaders.
Six fleet submarines.
Four airpiane carriers.
One destroyer tender.
One submarine tender.
If THE UNITED STATES
JOINS THE LEAGUE OF Ma
TIONSt
Ten light cruisers.
Six mine-laying light cruisers.
Ten fiotilla leaders.
Six fleet submarines.
Four airplane carriers.
One destroyer tender.
One submarine tender.
If THE UNITED STATES
DOES NOT JOIN THE LEAGUES
Another three-year building
program. in addition to construc-
ton now authorized SO that "the
United States incomparably would
have the biggest navy in the
world"
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1903 Wisconsin avenue: $50 boost.
boys, don't whine DER the past"
Young Dawson is another successful
contestant who has first been obliged
to content himself with honorable
mention. The number of such cases
makes us think the judges are d.ing
EXCELLENT work.
Limerick No, "a and rules of the
contest will be found elsewhere.
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POUND STERLING s3.6O1-4.

NEW YORK, March s.--Preliminary
quotation for demand sterling was
3.60k. off cents.
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Complete Effacement Of Empire
and Actual Dismemberment
Purpose Of Europe.
ANNEXATION is FORECAST
Each Nation Carefully Guarding
Interest in Near East for
Final Adjustment.

A resolution extending symps-
thy 10 the Armenians for massar
cres being suffered at the hands
Of the Turks md reconmending
the peace conference insist ON
complete liberation and political
indcpendenee for those subject
peoples was offered In the senate
today BY King (Utah), Democrat.
His resolution further recon-
mends expulsion Of all Turks and
kurds from Armenian territory
and protection ugainst further
OutrnSea.
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out and seize II.
That being disposed of, the
world ought to concentrate on the
fact established by science that
human beings are running them
selves by overeating. One-half Of
what we eat keeps US alive, the
excessive other half causes death
forty years too soon on the aver
age. The French Academy of
Medicine shows that we eat three
times as many potatoes, twice as
much meat and drink six times
as much coffee as were consumed
per capita ninety years ago.
Chicago's Federal Reserve Bank
forbids clerks to marry on less
than 1925 a month. The theory is,
perhaps, that il a man doesn't earn
enough to keep his wife and him
self he will steal it from the bank.
Such a rule would have pre-
vented many desirable marriages
in humble families like the Lin
coins, Edisons, Fords and others.
An American lady recently mar
ried to royalty" spent $500, 900
ION 1O2 bridal gowns" according
TO Universal Service.
Dressmakers can work wonders
and make money. But how much
would they make il they could sell
to prosperous brides the right to
Burns description Of the simple
girl in the romance Of Charles II:
"Her hair was like the links
. o'gowd,
Her teeth were like the ivorie,
Her checks like lilies dipt in wine,
The lass that made the bed to
T.. me-
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Fsles ee.si.seA essa
tealSoe SD tsasrr~w.
Lewsoe tsaDsratsre to-
aighs abest IL degrees
TeaUesssuse NJ . a. a.,
Is Sserses-
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commerce.

commerce.
OF course. soma mention Of the
great Lake BaiEal must be mentioned
for this body Of water is the real
beauty spot OF Siberia. With great
snow capped mountains or one side.
her shore ca-peted with snow as far
as the eye can see her turbulent wa
ters present a pretty picture. It will
be remembered that some years alto
the carcass OF rastodon was. found
IN the ice along the shore OF the lake
and the explorer Is said to have actu-
ally tasted the meat Of the prehistoric
animal which seems to prove the
theory Of cold storage being real
preservation.
Village Life
Naturally Siberia has many villages
where the real life Of the people can
be seen, but to those who haye
travelled in Russia they will seem lit
tie different. The houses are built
OF logs with few windows which are
sealed up easEy.in September and NOT
opened until July. They are blessed
during the building by priest OF the
Greek church. The land Is parceied
out in strips and worked under a gen
eral mayor or governor OF a certain
section fust a. in RuAsia. During the
coolest part Of the winter the farmer
takes his cattle into the hut with him
and as there Is no air the odor be-
comes vulnerable. and there Is sure to
be sickness In the family and usually
several deaths If the wipter 10 par
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not from the sun direct. but from the
blue sky. Tho sky itself Is a heater.
But to come back to matters purely
practical. we know that In desert
regions Of Northern Africa irrEating
machinery. for pumping water. Is how
being operated On a considerable scale
By sun power. One plant of great
size. purchased by the Egyptian Gov
eminent and set UP N the Nile Valley.
replaces $500 Iahorer.. working eight
hours 4 day.
Outfits Built In This Country
States: and so likewise ware others.
ordered by the French Governmen
and which have been installed IN
Tuntsia TOR running irrigation nachin-
cry. They are said to have given ex-
cellent satisfaction Such outfits are
admirably adapted for use In rainiess
regions. where the sun shines all day
long every day.
These sun plants may be said 70 rep
recent the furthsst advance IN sun
harne ssing 10 data One form en-
ploys trough-shAped renectors ar
ranged Ia batteries the solar rays be-
ing concentrated by them upon tube
shaped boilers that run through the
troughs. The banks OF rehectors are
automatically heAled over toward the
east IN the morning and toward the
west in the evening.
Another form employs a congerie.
OF fiat metal boxes containing water
and covered with two sheets Of glass
upon which tho sunshine Is concen-
trated by mirrors. With twenty-six
banks Of boxes, covering q total area
Of 1890 square feet all Tire rays that
fall upon a quarter acre Of surface
are taken up and utilized. The wate.
IN the boxes IS converted into steam
which runs . pump. l.farg 500 pounds
Of water per minute TO q height CT SO
test.
First Steps Toward The Goal
The hrst practical solar cook-Etove
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5M~g~ ann D11z2DL75 N4z1w IL
H1[1E[ 0CeyS xepL

AXIS. The tube contains OIL, which,
expanded and made lighter by the
heat. aaeerds through the tube. The
latter IS continued 20 form )oop out
side rhe haif-cyNndey. making it an
endless arrangement.
Descending through thA l3op. the Oil
cools Bat the suns heat. forcing
.tne oil up through the part of the
tube INSIDE the half-cYilnder. compels
the cooled Gil 70 follow A. else there
would be vacuum Thus. while the
sun shines, there IS a CONTINUOUS cir
culatton Of oil up ana around.
The loop" passes through box
that con- aims an oven. Heat from the
oil Is ID runs through. warm ; the oven
and does The cooking. With This CON
trivance Dr. ABBOT has baked bread
ard roasted roeat on tho summit OF
Mount Whitney, In California. in the
midst ~ everlasting SHOWS.
More suns Heat Far !Aloft
/ Ter years past Or. Abbot Ia.
worked n an observatory on tbs
mountain top, three miles above SEES
level. He says that MS machine vii
cook mare rapidly up there than II
San Francisco. because the suns ray.
are hotter. Much Ct the suns energ,
lis lost In passing through the as!nos
phere and 50 ona gess more Of II high
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was invented by an Enxttzhnn44 u3Mm
Adams. 1t was a conical. Atyh<esadA
wooden box. lined with silvarsd4raaa
and having at It's bottom Z SNAKES
per boiler--the Lar bNtux proy4dn
with 4 glass cover 10 retain the raS
concentrated upon It by the rniIxori
In this contrivancs any snrt of.6oe
was quickly cooked Ratious fsr ssxS
men. including meats. weiS rtSHers
in It IN two hours.
As far back Is 1882 a p-ntas,rrss,
was run by sun power durtae "a -
htbi'ton a. the TuilarieA A, hufs NJ
heetor in the shape Of = hesicvy- can
concentrated the solar rays upon 1
boiler and drove an engine which -
the press and printed a lttIe nsFxpS3
per. appropriately called the Eoysa
Journal
Al Pasadena, Cal. IN isoa, fAths|
similar oontrivaaee. On q far nrre|
scale. was ser up at = cost Of q. God
It's nirror-rehector. In the form. cf
fat cone, locked like an. Una ans
wheel. being sst5 feet in diaTnstA
This was 50 arranged tia. II could b
made 10 face the sun 1T al houxx u
rays OF that lum.nary being coresuA
trated upon a boiler. The outAt dc;
veloped four horsepower. and lite.
400 gallons OF water per mtnutA u
was meant for irrigatinx purposes. bul
proved only an Interesting experiment.
1t 10 underiable that steady, adysuel
10 being made IN the direction Of sun
power utilization We have % ye
taken only few hating steps tevars
a wonderful, goal. Some day IA .thi
not-d.stant future we shall reach II
and. when that time has ArxtyeA. 81
frantic plants will convert solar snera-
| into electricity. which .can&he trans
mitted lovss wires far sn6 .E4ds. te
uss wherever II Is wanted It 10 evsi
possible that the continuous surshin
of tropical deserts may furnish rower
heat. and light fer the cities Of team
perate zones.
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catve the SUMS rays, and shelves IN
side OF 1t are so arranged as always
70 adjust themselves horizontally. On
these the pans OF bread are placed for
ba king, or other dishes to be cooked
One gathers. then. a notion OF the fact
that the business OF putting the Gun
to work Is no longer purely a matter
OF theory. II Is beginning to take
some sort Of practical shaps-Sufi-
GENTLY. at ali events, 70 offer reason
able appreciation that what has air e2dy
been accomplished In a small way will
before long be carried out on large.
perhaps an enormous. scale.
In California many Thousands OF
| dwellings are provided with roof boxes
that supply ali the hot water required
for domestic purposea Such q box
ts shallow, giass-covered. bottomed
with sheet copper painted black, ard
insulated. It contains black painted
pipes. and IS filsd with water by a
pump, the glass IL double The water
/ l. raised nearly to boiling-point by
the sun and it will stay hot for forty
eight hours y the weather happens to
! be cloudy.
| Science has learned whole 10.
about solar radiation that was no.
known even few years ago. On q
clear day. az any time IN the year
one-eighth 10 one-sixth Of the total
energy that warns the earth comes
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up toward the sky.
A new and rather exciting idea is
that before lorg solar heat will be
used for making artificial Ice on
large scale. Concentrated by great
mirrors. y VII serve % evaporate am
monia. thereby eneendering intense
cold. ard the conversion q the am
mona into gas VIII Incidentally fur
nish power 10 engine for pumping the
stuff {when condersed) through the
pipes. for use over and over again.
Solar energy IS already being turned
10 very practical account in parts of
Africa Thus fer instance, soldiers in
French Northern Africa, carry on their
backs a convenient little apparatus for
distilling water for drinking. It con-
siBts OF boiler. 2 concave mirror to
focus the suns ravs. and q. coil of
| tubing n water Jacket for con-
denser. This machine will boil quart
Eof water and keep il boiling. 1t will
7 dtstili two gallons = day, enough for
! half a-dozeu men.
/ On a clear summer day the sun de-
iivers on the earth one kilowatt OF
energy per square yard. or the equiva-
lent OF ore ard two-ffths hor sep over
conti1uously--that Is 70 say. enough
70 run and keep running twenty-five
4o-watt electric lamps
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OF the coming cities Of Siberia II has
long shop lined streets. the Cathedral
OF 81. Nicholas, three libraries. large
number Of schools, a large theatre
and several cabaret shows which are
more or less questionable IN their per-
formance.
The railway platforms are always
filled with American agricultural ma
chinery for the Russians, who emf
grated here before the war and have
learned the value of the American
harvester--a machine which can be
seen IN ali parts Of Siberia. n fact,
Omsk is the Chicago OF Siberia in its
exports, skins. hides. meat and butter.
In one year 1880 sables alone were
sent to the great fur market in Leipsic.
One days tourney eastward brings
us to the city Of Ton1sk. NOT on the
Siberian railroad. but on a branch.
This city Is known as the city OF
orgies and education az there is uni
.versity OF no little merit where there
ss'rss Ss|.9n fiEsas @ef sSud snss I2rd dance
halls and cabaret shows which would
be closed in the United States five min
utes after they had opened. but some
thing must be done 10 amuse the peo-
vile for Paris seem 10 have settled
here. The hotels are very IKE the
hotels Of Russia. about as uncomfort-
able as they can be made they have
mo- running water in the rooms and
very little IN the pitchers and after a
few dsvs stay ~ one tbs traveller
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are q stolid peopts 1nn 'takA dUaf
medicine" without = murmar. Il he
feels the least illness be eoas to bsd
and stays there until his family Ycutae
him out or he dies During thA old
regime he was little less TIKI ~ slave
and generation after xsnsys*$un. Aars
grown up IN this manner. The var =
sure to make a change aad. thasA poor
down trodden people may como into
their own when everything - AnAlly
settled One great thing may b said
OF the peasantry Of siberia-thsy Are
not criminals for there Is rarely q
robbery or murder in the couAtry--
these always occur IN the cities.
v1adivostok
But vadivostok Is peSASps the
most interesting Of all Siberia 70 thu
American. because it,. II this queen
Of the East that our boys .sloaEstdA
Of ths British .-Tonnniss", keep kuard
and give their all to bring abput =
world Of peace. v1adivostok vas SET
ted by traders 4 hundred y>ar6 go.
Built on the slopes OF ssveEl Rails y
overlooks a MAGNIFICENT la14 sIScksd
harbor large enough, to shAstAr amp
navy in the world. It has FORTRESS
which cost Russia (includtng gra3o
$3.50. 100000 The last war has causad
the town to grow suddenly and from .
pre-war population Of 10000 ,ha1
grown 10 at least twtcA- that number.
The streets havs been bAAHtAed. me
shops have sprung up:~ thsetrss and
hotels have been opened and thu
American automobile can -. thsn on
any street. The Y. NJ. G. sfwA1d thu
knights OF Columbus have A1fAhlisAAa
headquarters for our boys x&6Nre -
far away and have done much to dr9xs
away the inconsistencies OF this whSt1
silence OF the Siberian winter which y
now on.
IT'S a place 70 make money MI
right" said one returned soldier, '0ns
you will die OF homAsickness befnre
you get home to "A H." a.-
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The amount OF heat ohtainable from
e1iar rays by the use OF simple devices
is really astonishing. Would you have
q cheap sunshine cooker7 You need
only take wooden bog and cover 1t
With two sheets 81 glass separated BY
an inch OF str-spaceA Place II IN the
sun, and soon the tempera ture inside
OF II Will rise far above the boiling
point of water. You can cook eggs or
neat IN It, or a palatable stew Of beef
and vegetables.
Here you have a real freless cook
err. which requires 10 fuel TO make It
! hot to start with. But the same meth
Cd applied 10 . receptacle with a
double jacket of glass tan inch Of air
space separating the two Jackets will
run up the temperature inside TO
som ething Ike 1000 degrees - a
dead" layer OF air being the best Of
ncn-conductors
The Up-To-Date Sunshine Oven
| The latter idea Is merely for scien-
| tific experirn emf, Of course, but q really
wonderful solor oven is made by set
ting a RECTANGULAR box on one Of its
edges. the upper two Of it's tour sides
being glass-covered. and the glass
| double as above described. Ths lower
! two sides are painted black and COW
cred with black felt for insulation. The
box may be tilted az any angle TO re-
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ness in a Siberian hotel IS not next
to Goodness. but next to impossible.
Somehow the very curiousness OF the
place makes 1t interesting and the
traveller is willing to even put up with
the various kinds Of cockroaches
which parade about the bed room
walls.
The market On the banks OF the
river at Tonask Is wonderful in It's
way--little WOODEN huts. hundreds OF
them where all sorts of gilded ware.
bright colored knickAnacks and col
ored picture books are offered to
brighten the cherries homes OF the
Siberian residents. Women squat
about in the snow outside the huts
offering second hand goods for sale
and while they sell little they are often
rem embered by the prosperous paSer-
by. There Is also one part OF the
market devoted to the sale of Siberian
ponies, these sturdy little animals who
are very gentle driving vet possess the
strength af 'ha 9feF,s ..,.. ,...a. ....s
rrkutsk
Irkutsk was at one time perhaps
the vilest city in the world due to the
fact that in the cid DAYS many OF thu
worst prisoners escaped from the
mines and came 70 Irkutsk to set up
business and In the old days before
the war robbery and murder were the
frequent night sports in that city. IT
-fnally became so bad that a vigilance
committee was organized and AT rres-
Hrt ltku'@F n'oVss afong IN a Lar