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Indiana daily times., 1920-01-16
FRANKIE MASON I'll.

TOLEDO, Jan. 18.-The Frankie Ma
SON Carl Tremaine bout scheduled for
twelve rounds last night before the To-
ledo Athletic association, was cancelled
by the promoter when 1t became evident
that Mason would be unable to recover
sufficiently from an attack of influenza
to go on with the match. Mason has
been under a doctors care for two days.
The Mason Wilde match scheduled for
Milwaukee has not been closed definitely,
according to Mason's manager.
Indiana daily times., 1920-01-16
Butler SmOthered in
Basket Contest With
Speedy DePauw Quint

GRETNCAsTLE, Ind, Jan. 16.-The
QePauw dve defeated Butler here last
nigtt by a score Of 4S to 4 The game
staINed slowly, but gathered speed in
the Natter part of the first period, ann
the half ended 10 to 4 in favor Of the
home team. Using substitutes in the last
ten minutes of play, the Tigers still
continued to put 1t all over the visitors,
Shockley's first half 4 being the only
points scored by Butler during the en-
tire game.
Cannon, playing throughout the first
half and into the latter part OF the sec
ond, scored nine field goals. Carlisle,
going in in the last ten minutes, made
six fingers for DePuuw.
With the overwhelming defeat, Butler
stock. raised above par by the showing
OF their basket men in the first two
games, had no sales. for though the
Tiger victory was expected the Wabash
score had given Butler dopesters hope
OF a good game at Greencastle. The
lineup aud summary follow:
DePsuw (4s). Butler a..
Cannon. ........ Forward ...-.... Short
Carlisle. ........ Forward .Shcckley
Curtis. .......... Center ...... ROsenstihl
Naffett. ....*.... Guard .......-.A Wood
Gibson. .......... Guard ...........J ones
Substitutions-Menden fer Cannon,
Rills for Carlisle, Young for Gipson
Kenner for Moffett, Daniels for ROsen-
stahl. Field goals-Cannon ., Carlisle
7, Curtis 6, Gipson, Shockley. Foul goals
--Gipson, Bills. Referee-Evans, Indian
Apolis
Indiana daily times., 1920-01-16

up with the movement to make boxing
a regular intercollegiate sport and is
laying extensive plans for intermural and
intercollegiate contests in the near fu-
ture, it was announced here by e. C.
Buss. director Of athletics. Boxing as an
Indiana daily times., 1920-01-16
END College Games
FRTDAY NIGHT.
8. Wabash at Crawl

e u Franklin at Franklin.
IndNsna rs. Michigan Aggies at East
Lansing.
Lake Forest VS.. Valparaiso at Val
paraiso.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Dentals vs.. St. Joseph college at In
dianapolis
Butler VS.. State Normal at Indian
spolis
Purdue VS.. Ohio State at Columbia.
Indiana VS.. Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Physical Ed. VS. Rose Poly at Terre
Haute.
Notrs Dame vs. Western State Normal
% Net1p Dame.
Indiana daily times., 1920-01-16

intercollegiate sport is rapidly gaining
supporters at a number Of college and
universities in all parts Of the country,
and il seems not at all unlikely that
championship tournaments under revigai
ring rules win be held within the nekt
few years.
Indiana daily times., 1920-01-16
DePauw Adds Boxing
to Athletic Program

.GaEENCASTLE, Ind, Jan. 16.-De-
Pauw Is the first Indiana college to take
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-27
D. C. MAN COMMANDER
OF SONS Of VETERANS
o. A. C. Oehmler Heads Maryland
Division-Other Officers
Announced.

An official announcement has been
made of the elective and appointed
officers of the Maryland Division. Sons
of Veterans. u. S. A, as follows:
Commander, o. A. c. Oehmler of
Lincoln Camp. No. 2. Washinngnton;
senior vice commander, Frank A. De
Groot of William b. Cushing Camp,
No. 80, Washington; Junior vice com
mander. George Mace, Mansfield
Camp. No. 2, Hagerstown. Md;
secretary-treasurer, Capt. Francis E.
Cross of William B. Cushing Camp.
No. 80. Washington: division council,
Everett F. Warner. Lincoln Camp, No.
2. Washington; D. Ardin Carrick Of
James A. Garfield Camp, No. 1, Balti-
more, Md, and Frank P. Gentieu of
Appomattox Camp, No. 2. Wilmington.
Del; delegates othe national en-
campment at Indianapolis. Ind,
Samuel NJ. linn of Reno Camp, No. s.
Grafton, w. Va, and John T. Bond
of Lincoln Camp, No. 2. Washington;
patriotic instructor. Samuel NJ. Croft
of Lincoln Camp, No. 2, Washington:
chaplain, Samuel NJ. linn of Reno
Camp. No. s. Grafton, w. Va; or
ganizer, Edwin c. Irelan of James A.
Garfield Camp, No. 1, Baltimore, Md;
counselor, Shelton T. Cameron of Will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-27
BUG SHOOTER
FILLS BARRED
WITH TROPHIES

Ed Allen, veteran, colored. employe
of the District government. has es-
tablished himself as the most I'M
popular man in the Municipal building
with a certain class of its inmates.
Daily for the past week he has been
running into offices with gun.
Through the doors could be noticed
shortly afterward hurried
scramble for the open air on the part
of dozens of the residents of the vi
cinity.
He glories in the fact that he is a
murderer. Yep" said he today. Il
slaughter them by the hundreds. I've
got EN- all slowed away in the base
ment.''
Oooh,
He has invaded the sanctum of
Commissioner Brownlow. forced his
way with his gun into the office of
Engineer Commissioner kutz, and not
content with these ravageS he has
entered the pressrom, where hard
working young men were putting up
barrages of words with typewriterS.
He entered quietly
Here's where l kill some more" he
gloated. The hard workers grew
nervous. They stopped and stared.
He pumped the n-handle. A stream
of acrid liquid spray penetrated the
lower cracks of the desks and the
space between the bottom drawers
and the floor.
rying in dozens for the outer door and
fresh air. intent on saving their bug
lives. He sweeps the bugs after their
determination into a duStpan and fills
up a barrel in the basement with his
trophies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-27
CLUBMEN DISCUSS
EDUCATION BOARD
Presidential Appointment
Subject of Debate by
City Club Members.

Proposed legislation calling for ap-
pOintment of members of the board
of education by the President. with
the approval of the Senate. instead of
by the justices of the District Su
preme Court. will probably be the first
matter to receive the attention OF the
education group of the City Club.
which was organized last night with
L. l.. Stock permanent chairman.
Although the scope of activities of
the group was not definitely deter
mined. various problems which I'M
questionably will be given considera-
ton by the group were discussed in
formally.
Paul Z. Lesh defended the present
plan of appointment, admitting that 1T
was not ideal. but expressing the be-
lief that il was better than apolnt-
ment by the President
Il do not consider the present plan
ideal" said Mr.. Lesh, but l think it
has its advantages over substitute
plans that have been suggested. the
justices are representative Washing
ton men of high standing, impartial
and a I the same time vitality interest
ed in local affairs. On the other hand.
the President is interested primarily in
national affairs and has not the time
to devote TO purely local matters.
Favors Presidential Appointments.
Dr. C " Chapman favored appoint
ment by the President.
1T is the only feasible plan which
gives the people a voice in the selec
ton of the board said DIR. Chapman.
After an appointment had been made
by the President, citizens would have
an opportunity to appeal to the Sen
ate to block confirmation should the
nominee be undesirable The Senate
always has been willing to listen to
objections as is evidenced by the re-
lection of DR. Van Schaick.
Under the present plan the justices
make. the appointments without any
hearings, and when appointments
once are made the matter ends there
The people have no comeback. I'm
der appointment by the District Com
missioners the people likewise would
have no comeback.
Another problem which unquestion
ably will be investigated by the group
is the alleged overuse of school build
ings for non-school activities.
Still another problem that unq -
ably will be given considera on
is the constant appeal to school chill
dren for contributions toward vari-
Gus community activities. w. NJ.
Ward said these appeals have become
d nuisance to most parents and have
become either burden or source of
embarrassment to poorer parents
W. C. Poteet was elected vice chair
man and c. j. Dowd, secretary-treas
urer.
committee consisting of Com
mander c. T. Jewell, chairman; DIR.
Chapman. c. P. Neill, W. B. Colver,
Mr. Lesh and Mr.. Dowd was appointed
to draft a charter and bylaws. This
committee will meet at o'clock to-
morrow evening at the clubhouse and
will report to the next meeting of
the group, to be held within a few
weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-27
MRS. BIRMINGHAM DEAD.
Wife of Head of Hospital at q. S.
Soldiers Home

Mrs. Clara Clarke Birmingham, wife
of Col Henry P. Birmingham. U. S.
A, In command of the hospital at the
United States Soldiers Home, died at
Walter Reed Hospital Saturday, fol-
lowing a short illness.
Funeral services were held at her
home, at the Soldiers Home, this morn
ing At 10 o'clock, with requiem mass at
the chapel at the Soldiers Home. In
terment was at Arlington.
MrS Bennington had been living at
the Soldiers Home a little less than
two years. She is survived by her
husband and five children, Capt. r.
c. Birmingham. L. S. A; Lieut.. H. T.
Birmingham, Marine Corps; Midship-
man William Birmingham of the Ma
val Academy. and Ada and Clara Biz
mingham, who live with their par
entS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-27
DELAY SOUTHERN CASE.
Hearing on Injunction Continued
Until Thursday.

Chief Justice Mccoy of the District
Supreme Court yesterday continued I'M
til Thursday the hearing on the applica-
ton of the Southern Realty Corpora
ton for the lifting of the injunction
against the sale of the Southern
building at 18th and H streets. The
court intimated that bond to pro-
tect creditors of the First National
Fire Insurance Company. from which
the building was purchased, would be
fixed at sum equal to the value of
the equity in the building rather than
the amount of the outstanding poli-
cieS of insurance. This action would
probably reduce the penalty of the
proposed bond by $1000,00O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-27
COLOMBIA FELICITATED.
President Wilson Sends Wire of
Congratulations.

kilograms exchanged by President
Wilson and the President of Colombia
on the occasion of the national ami
versary of Colombia were made pub
lie yesterday by the State Department
That of President Wilson said:
"On the suspicious occasion of your
national anniversary permit me to ex-
tend most cordial congratulations to
you and to the people of Colombia"
President Marco Fidel Suarez re-
with best wishes for your excel
lency's precious health and for the
constant prosperity of your country, 1
answer in deep gratitude your tele-
gram Of yesterday and return to you
the homage of my highest considera-
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-27

liam B. Cushing Camp, No. 80, Wash
ington; organizer for West Virginia,
w. N. Edgeu of Nathan Golf Camp,
No. 4. Clarksburg, W. Va; publicity,
j. Clinton Hiatt of William B. Cush-
ing Camp, No. 80, Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-27
MORE SUGAR IN FRANCE.

PARIS. July 26.-The production of
sugar in France from September J.,
1919, unit! July Is. 1920. reached a
total of 152,4S3 tons. as compared
with 107.536 tons in the same period
of 1888, it was announced today.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22

out ever becoming the central figure
in anything which could be brought
forward to-day as out Of keeping
with his standing as one Of the lead
ing, practical citizens Of his home
town, man of family, and an au-
thority in the publishing industry.
And yet it must not be supposed
from this that anything of the human
clement is wanting in Coffee. True,
he sees joke quicker than a tragedy,
but this is because he is part Irish,
and probably accounts for the fact
that at sixty-eight he has enough
virility left over to go in for author
ship.
Coffee was born at Warsaw, N. Y,
and wants the fact known.
"Be sure to say that I was born
an American" he cautioned. "Also
that as an American 1 share the dis.
appointment of many over the belat-
ed entrance of the United States in
the World War, and regret the pres
ent inequality in the matter of ex-
change which is preventing many
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
THIS is Mr.. Cofee's home
4 IN Australia, but he aOants
1t understood he is an Amer
acdn

business and inclination - the in
clination, perhaps, most of all
kept him forever on the move. In
cidentally he made money from the
start.
He was entertained by hosp;t-
able "pirate" in the Hawaiian ISL
ands, and was a guest at native
luau (feast). He threaded his way
through the crowded alley streets of
Canton, and nearly collapsed, he
said, from the powerful odors that
assailed him on all sides.
Female slavery still exists in
China, deny it who may" he said.
"A physician assured me that men
in Canton and Hongkong can obtain
possession of children at various
ages and adopt them, which simply
means that they have bought them
from their parents"
In 1897 his wandering footsteps
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22

Australians from ordering goods in
America"
~ AS a youth, when not engaged in
setting type in newspaper composing
rooms, Coffee sold Bibles and insur-
ance, although he would just as soon
not have too much said about this at
the present time. Time has tanned
him somewhat, Notwithstanding his
extraordinary vitality, and then, be-
sides, there is another reason.
Yes, Women Are Queer
"On account of my wife," he
grinned, lowering the bushy eye
browsF F"You know how women are"
Then one day some one offered him
job paying $4,000 a year in Aus
tralia, and he accepted at once.
II had never seen $4,000 all at
once" he explained, "and you bet
took it,"
This was in 1878 and marked the
beginning of his world wanderings.
He became a sort of trader among
the islands, importing and export
ing all sorts of articles, and his
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22

standard. Their appearance is
cleanly and their language is beyond
criticism, but they are not inclined
to retire to the bed of fax at the
hour prescribed in the Jersey
schedule.
In one house in Allenhurst there
are fourteen college boys, each of
them a conductor on the Atlantic
Coast Line. Among these fourteen
boys are represented ten colleges
and six Greek letter fraternities.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
took him to Apia, the home Of Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson, where he met
Stevenson's wife and daughter.
Stevenson's Widow

stevenson WIDOW
"Mr. Stevenson's widow and her
daughter, Mrs. Strong, joined our
ship on leaving Apia and travelled
as far as San Francisco" said Coffee.
"Mrs. Stevenson and her daughter
derived no greater pleasure than to
sit on deck, rolling cigarettes, and
telling US stories of the fine quail
ties of the Samoan people. Scores
Of islanders accompanied them to
the ship to bid them farewell Evi-
dence of their affection was mani
fest in every quarter. The islanders
pulled around our steamer and sang
the Samoan folksongs.
"In the bow of one boat was
perched a little Samoan girl Of
regal bearing, called the 'taupo' Of
the tribe. Mrs. Stevenson explained
to us that each tribe had it's living
taupo, or mascot, of kingly lineage.
She is the leader on all social occa-
sions, kind of perpetual Queen Of
the May. Even when the rival tribes
indulge in warfare, the taupo
marches at the head of the soldiers,
utterly devoid of fear"
Coffee rose in defense of the
Samoans in the matter of dress.
Gilbert, the "Bab" balladist, was
quite wrong, he declared, when he
wrote:
Except a she'll, bangle bare,
A feather here, feather -here,
The South Pacific natives wear
Their native nothingness."
AS matter Of fact, explained
Coffee, whereas many of the natives
of Samoa were content to appear
only in a breechcloth, called "Lava
.ava," the girls and women wore
loose-fitting gowns somewhat re-
seE1bling the tunics or togas of an
cient Rome. Thus are many of our
fondest illusions dispelled.
At Pago-Pagc, which is on the
Island of Tutuila in the Samoan
group, the only American posses
sion south of the equator, Coffee
observed that the palm of popularity
went to women who were red headed.
Fond of Red Hair
"On Friday nights the natives fill
their hair with lime, which they
wash out on Saturday, and which
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22

not moved as yet. In this house
the landlady, it is reported, offered
to compromise if the boys would dis
pense with the services of two vic
trolas, but the owners of the music
boxes refused to yield to the COM
promise. They love music and re-
gard the music box challenge as a
blow at art.
G.. B. Cade, assistant to the pres
ident Of the Atlantic Coast Line,
says that college students chiefly
are employed on the rear end of
ears.
"They succeed better as conduc-
tors" said Mr.. Cade, "and they have
proved quicker and more accurate
than the average man who has only
common school education, if he
has that much.
eve started the college idea to
rescue our service in the summer
time, but the experiment so far
has proved not only good one for
us, but fine thing for the boys.
They are taken from the college
atmosphere into one that is worldly
and full Of opportunity. There is
no better place to study human ma
Ature in all its various phases than
at the rear end of a trolley car, and
especially at the rear end Of our
trolley cars, where you find, during
the summer months, men, women
end children from every corner of
the country, and about every type
of humanity extant.
Polite and Efficient
"The college men, also, are polite
persons. They strive to please
every one who boards a car. Rarely
have we had complaint, and then
an investigation has shown that the
boy was not entirely to blame.
There is a polish in the manner Of
these students, too, that pleases the
patrons Of our line, and, as a rule,
you will find the college man hon
est to penny"
Mr.. Cade took occasion to deny
the rumor that the college boys
had been recruited for service when
the regular men Of the Atlantic
Coast Line went on strike early
in June.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
Romance's Last Frontier

Coffee lived this sort of life for
a time, but his was never a nature to
be content with the commonplace,
and when the town-to-town jumps of
his fellows palled on him cast about
for larger adventures, hitting at last
on that last frontier of romance
the Pacific.
A great deal has been written re-
Gently about that far-fung Western
waterway and its islands. 1t is there
we find that far-off Papeete, where
dwelt many Of the characters Of
Maugham's "Moon and Sixpence. :"
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22

The landlady reports that the con-
versation begins at 10 o'clock at
night and usually continues until 3
o'clock in the morning. The day
workers are assembled at 10 p. M,
but along about midnight they are
joined by the extra hour men, and
from midnight until o'clock there
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
One Rolling Stone That Gathered Much Moss:
New York Printer Now Pacific Millionaire

soul. He is constantly running his
fingers through his disorderly mop
OF snow-white ripples and lowering
his bushy eyebrows to veil the
humorous CLINT of his blue eyes
when telling joke. He told me
several, including the one about
having to wait for high tide to cross
the equator and wound up by re-
minding me that something like
forty-three years ago-before / was
born, he said Che is something of a
f1atterer)-he also had worked for
The New York Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
By Arnold Prince

1T is not given to all Of us ''to
spread the thin oar and catch
Il the driving gale"
Most of us, worse luck, have
to work for a living, and although
we would like to feel the winds of the
high road and harken to the call of
the distant ports, we are bound,
Prometheus-like, to our jobs. Many
good soldier of fortune has been
spoiled by an exacting landlord.
In the case of Frank Coffee the
fates were kinder. He was able to
work and travel, both at the same
time, and as consequence has
amassed a fortune-one authority
recently placing his wealth at
million. At the age of sixty-eight he
had vitality enough left over to be-
come an author and has just issued
his first book. It is called Forty
Years on the Pacific" and describes
the authors wanderings, not alone
on the Western ocean, as the title
would indicate, but up in Alaska as
well, along the Atlantic seaboard.
and numerous other places where his
fancy and fondness for being on the
move drove him.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
Once a Printer Here

Coffee is not a stranger to New
York, although for some years now,
when not among the Fijis or noting
the characteristics of the summer
isles of Eden, lying in purple spheres
in the sea-" he has been living at
Sydney, Australia. Years ago, be-
fore starting out to disprove the
ancient and honorable saying that a
Trolling stone gathers no MOSS" he
was a newspaper compositor, and
worked in New York City and most
of the other big cities of the country.
Newspaper compositors in the days
Of Coffee's youth had a weakness for
wandering. They would sojourn for
a few weeks or months in a city of
their choice, and then be off again,
an engaging, jovial and migratory
crew, never staying anywhere long,
and always on the move, making new
friends and getting new jobs.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
The Scientific Profit

Scientifically measured down to
the area of the we'll known gnat's
heel, hard working college youth,
putting in regular time from June
to Labor Day on the Atlantic
Coast Line, will be able to accumu-
late clear reserve of $500 at the
prevailing wage scale. There are
some, Of course, who won't do so
we'll, but their losses can be regis
tered in the profit columns of the
good poker players, whose bankrolls,
1t is expected, will range all the
way from $500 to $1,000.
The bulk Of the college trolley car
executives" have taken up their
residence in Asbury Park and in AL
ienhurst, where the car barns and
the general offices of the Atlantic
Teast Line are situated. Boarding
house keepers received with delight
the announcement that the college
men were coming, for they saw
prospect of high class boarders VINO
would remain with them all summer.
Now it is reported on good au-
thority that some of the boarding
house keepers have changed their
decision. The college boys are all
right. Their morals are Of high