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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-10
utes each and that two sessions should
be held daily, beginning Monday
BERLIN MISUSING
AID, FRENCH CHARGE

Paris, Dec. 10.-(By A. PD--Large
sums Of money turned over to GermahS
by France for the purpose of ameliorat
ing the material situation Of miners IN
the Ruhr region have been misappro-
priated by the Berlin Government 1t was
found at a meeting Of the committee Oh
foreign affairs of the French Parliament
Yesterday, says the Matin.
Premier Leygues is said to have de-
clared Germany was not fulfilling ner
engagements toward France, remarRing
that the French budget of 102l pro,
vides for advances on the account @ OF
Germany amounting to IL, ,OO0. .oOo'ooo
francs. The French premier mas ex
rlained the situation to Premier Eloy9
George, who, 1t is sa i'd. has admitted
the justice Of his conc usions.
Premier Leygues informed the com
mission that another Franco British
conference would be held In two or
three weeks.
Reports received late In Novembes
stated that most of the W.oD,ooO
francs in GO paid each month to Ger
many by France under the Spa coal
agreement. since last July had been di :
vcrted to the purposes Of propaganda
and for payments Of British creditors OF
Germany.
Berlin, Dec. 10.-(By a. P.)--Ger.
many has never recognized any obliga .
tions to disband defense organizations
which have no military character, says
note presented by the government t.
General Nollet, president of the inter :
| n u;,J military control commission
here. These organizations, the note
points out, are but temporary, and are
necessary.
The surrender Of weapons throughout
Germany Is almost complete, the not
&nys, with the exception Of Bavaria ant
East Prussia, where the people are
under the influence of the radical re i'm,
/ Of 1919, and n prolongation of the periot
for the turning over of firearms In thcs'
districts cannot be avoided until con
ditions are changed. 1t is asserted.
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TALKS ARMED THUG
OUT Of HIS NERVE
"You Won't Shoot" Man Says,
Then Wrests Pistol From
Highwayman
OlSARMED BANDIT SUBDUED

You won't shoot. You haven't the
nerve TO shoot, now that I have you
corntred. The only tine you'll shoot is
Wien you're running away. I'm going
TO take thHt revolver away from you.
Edward Bold. 1926 Poplar street,
calmly seid this to a Negro bandit
whom he rornered after the hiShwnyman
shot at him several times during a
chase. Then though the gun was lcvcled
al his heart. he advanced ard took l.
fr, III the bandit.
But when Bold took tho gun II re-
leased tho bandit from the superior vii
power which Ind bound him, and he
put up a desperate resistance, in which
Bod proved he was az strong physically
rs mentally. and conquered.
Bold beat the bandit severely and then
hnndcd him over to Patrolmen Owens
and ia ksOn. Of the Twentieth and But .
touwCod streets station. who had heard
the shots and ran to the scene. The
bandit said he was Henry Thomas, Ca
NEE street near Green.
BOld was returning homo about Z
O'Clock this morning when the bandit
stepped from behind tree on Poplar
street east Of Fifteenth and covering
Rod demanded his money. Instead Of
complying. Bold struck the man.
The hiGhwayman Aed west on Poplar
street. Bold pursued. The fleeing mar
shat at his pursucr several times. but
missed. Bold finally cornerei the handi
ia an o)leyway on Ridge avenue zeal
! Poplar street.
Bayi;cd against a fencc 0t the real
| nnd % the alley. which vas lighted BY
street lamp. Thomas prepared 10 Civ
! battle. He lcvc'cd hiS revolver at Bo!(
rnd warned him not to arrrOarh closer
III you COM" az me, I'll shoot. Tn
| icsDe?rtr.' he said you cant TAX
ne to jail without going 10 n hospita
or a cemetery yourself. -"
Staring straight in the bandit'S eyes
Bold then told him mis- opinion " hi
nerve. and calmly seid he was going I,
tax" th. gun from him, slowly walking
toward Thomas all the time.
Then he grabbed the revolver an
wrcrrhcd il from Thomas hand. Sub
ducd by the higher mentality of Bold
Thomas physical power stood him /
good stead and he was cRrtured onl
after tho hardest kind Of fight
Thomas wab held without bail for cour
by Magistrate Carney in the Twentict
and Ruttonwo0d streets station house
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quota requested by the national coun.
"a ,as a,,so,utely necessary TO do
this, he coptended, to MAINTAIN lne uu.
tional organization.
Many encouraging reports of work
donr w tNr 80" 'tG we q male. 10
@. yandebol, Of Williamsport, said tbc
=, out, III rnc coal regions mad convinced
the mine operators that the boys were
doing more welfare wo'k than 40 raii
welfare workers employed for that sps.
ciaI work u! tue OP,.",O.o.
Houston ThompHon, of Washington
ID. e.. pressed. Other officials res,
ent included DIR. George j. Fisher.
,.eputy CHEZ scout. executive, New YOFE'
and 4. A. Schuck, national field sec.
ptary.
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Tuo Patr0lmen Held
as Bandit Aides
Cont,nuci from Psso One

mnde on their routes. tell their en-
ployers they had been robbed ana ui'
vide with two patrolmen.
The men approached said that whsn
they asked who the patrolmen we're who
would give them protection and turn IN
rcrVrts of false hold d-ups, they were
told they would be protected by De
Lance and McElroy.
For three days Captain Mcf adoeh
and Lieutenant Mcbride gathered evi-
dence said to connect the two patrol
men and eight other men with series
Of hold ups and rcbbcries covered oy
false reports Of hold ups.
The two patrolmen we're suspended
before they were locked up at the
Fourth and Race streets station. =,
According to confessions. It Is said,
the men would obtain positions with
large wholesale or retail firms as truck
drivers. They would work steadily unt,l
Il came time 70 collect for the goods
they had delivered through the week;
when they would report that they had
been he'd up and robbed by bandits;
The suspicion Of Lieutenant Nc
Bride was aroused when. reports OF SO
many hold.ups came in from the oeats
Of De Lange and McElroy. In nearly
every instance these patrolmen told oi
having shot nj the bandits.
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Mob Hangs 3 Men,
Jail to Cemetery


floor. Upstairs Fits and Va!ertO were
in cells. TIE mob licutcnants went
through two stool doors and took them,
too. Tier. lad been no confusion, 40
hurry and no opposition,
All had been urearlauged, even 70
acctylpnr torches 20 burn the locks off
the cell DOORS il need be-.
The three men when taken from their
cells wore only underwear. This proved
to be their death gRrb. They were
rushed to the line NJ automobiles drawn
up abreast outside the jail and the fif-
teen cars moved away toward the Gene
terry.
The ouk tree had been selected earlier
Over one limb hung three ropes and at
the end Of each was moose, tied with
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Worried Woman rakes Poison

Declaring she had become drspondont
owing to financial and other Worries
Mrs Sue Daly. thirty years old, 63l
North Eleventh street went to Camden
and swallowed q poison tablet. Then
Mrs. Richards, Of 200 Sycamore street,
70 whom the impaired the information
Mrs. Richards at once took the woman
to the Homeopathic Hospital, where she
Iq now under observation.
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TROOPS GUARD PRISONER
Patrol Jail Where Girls Alleged
Assallant Is Confined

Staunton, Va, Dec. 10.-(By A.
PD-National Guardsmen today are
patrolling the neighborhood of the Jail
where Harry Hart, twenty one. year
ord Negro. is confined, charged with an
attempted attack on seventeen year
cd white girl.
The Negro was indicted by an e1.,
traordinary grand jury yesterday and
Immediately placed on trial, but the
case resulted in hung jury. Because
~ high feeling in the community, Judge
Holt, presiding. requested Governor
Davis to send troops. and a company OF
National Guardsmen arrived from
Charlottesville during the night.
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League Asked to Demand
Instruction in Esperanto

Geneva, Dec. 10.--tBy A. P.)--
a resolution demanding that Esper.
anto be taught In public schools WAS
introduced in the assembly this
morning. The conflict which has
arisen over the official languages Of
the league resulted In bringing Es-
peranto before the assembly as
candidate for official recognition, and
today's resolution was in line with
this movement.
The sponsors Of the resolution
we're Rodrigo Octavio. of Brazil !;
Scnor Rcstrepo, OF Colombia; NJ.
Doret, of Haiti; NJ. Lafontaine, Of
Belgium Antonio Huneus, Of Chile !;
iiGnor Schanzer, of Italy; DR..
Eduard Benes, of Czecho Slovakia,
nd NJ. Dowleh. Of Persia.
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TopAY's MARRIAGE llceNsEs

David Medway, 2e25 8 I'd ST.. and Gertrud.
BrauTo., 260o s; % st. '''
e. A. st1Wniey: Wi Y I,sn IstS n ssh st. ana
Joseph Lutek. 7gG s. -.American st., snS
Margaret lloyd. " f. ,Moyamena ns a,", 'o
rank A. Small. ,Lybec. Me. and Mary G,
Don r. Brown. 8i22 Haverf0rd ave, Az,
F'izabeth c. Browning, 10 N. THAN at
" Robinson. S i244 Olive ct. "'' ""u Marie
II ward 4. Jones', 72i g. Park ave-. ma
Emma a Hicks. 74s 8. Mole At. "'u
.ocob N Mye New Oxford Pa nr., -.
- " y 900 w. - =, ' H'r'
Michael Notorfrancesco so Wharton >,
and Julia Pipe, 0O8 Montrose ST. 49,
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Begins Early
to Examine Budget
Contlnuoi frorn Page One

dclphia Municipal Court. wants foilI72-
ing data on the Chicago municipal
court. Number judges. total number
employees. number court stenograuhers,
other stcnographcrs, court officers,
clerks, probation officers in criminal.
morals, boys and domestic relations
divisions; medical and psychiatric en-.
ploycs. total number Of al prchation
ofircrs number cases handled yearly,
also by each division, !ncludirE civil.
ALSO yearly amount collected in dcser
ton cases., total annual appropriation
!or the court, will call at your office,
"CHARLFS l.. BROWN,
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ssIIe, Committee Appeals to Wilson

Washington, Dee. lO,--iBy \. p
President Wilson vas asked today BY
Arthur G. Moses, chairman Of the Dis.
triCt OF Columbia Hoover relief com
mittce, 70 issue a nation wide appeal
FOR funds for the relief Of the children
Of central Europe.
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DEATHS

woLTER.--On Dec 0. AUGUSTA. Widow
,f Herman wultsr. Services a. the residcnC"
A Charles n StuRTd lO4 Cricket ave. Ard
more, Pa. on sat, at p. m, lnterm"nt
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j. s. RELIEF SHIPS
TOBE SOVIET ARKS
Carrying Supplies to
Needy Europe Utilized
for Deporting Reds.

NEW YORK, March % Cby the Asso-
ciated Press).-Relief ships to be
sent by the United States within the
next month with -four for needy
countries of Europe also are going to
be soviet arks, according to informa-
ton obtained from immigration Of.
fcials here today. More than 4OO
Russians, Firms and Poles from all
parts OF the country. who have been
found to have advocated the use OF
violence to overthrow the govern
ment, will be shipped on them In
groups.
Buford Trip Not to Be Duplicates.
No repetition of the Buford's trip
with an exclusive soviet cargo IS
planned, but Shipping Board vessels
on which the United States Gram
Corporation Is to ship 100000 barrels
of -four will be utilized as Wen as as
commercial vessels. A number OF the
latter type are expected to go TO
Finland with the breaking up OF the
ice at Hango in the spring. Russians
and Firms probably will be sent to
Hango, the Russians being Forwarded
by rail from that port to the soviet
frontier, as were the Bufords passen-
gers. The Poles probably will go to
Danzig on food ships.
The deportees will include many who
were arrested in raids on members OF
the communist party in January. az
well as members Of the Federation OF
Union Of Russian Workers, who ar
rived at Ellis Island too late to be
deported on the Buford, including
more than three score from Detroit.
Concentration Is Begun.
The movement toward concentration
of reds at Ellis Island already has be-
gun A train which is en- route here
from the Pacific coast with several
carloads of deportees has a number OF
Russians aboard, as well as ordinary
deportation cases, according to Repre-
sentative Siegel of the House immi-
grafton committee.
The immigration authorities were
perplexed for a time over the de-
portation of Poles with anarchistic
beliefs. Some officials believe they
might foment more trouble in Poland
than in the United States. but 1t was
finally decided to deport them. Some
of the Buford's passengers were
Poles, but they were sent to Russia.
rather than Poland. from choice.
Evening star., 1920-03-22
WATER TO PASS TFIROUGHLOCKS
OF C.. e. O. CANAL THIS WEEK
Resumption of Business Announced by
General Manager-Visible Evidence
Along Towpath of Returning Spring.

medley Of croaking that suggested a
convention was being held. The
frogs swan about with lazy strokes,
and would have been easy targets
for dip net.
Fishermen Make Good Catches.
In many places the high water in
the river almost reached the canal
hanks. Many fishermen were out in
boats. despite the swift current. and
good-sized catches of catfish were re-
ported.
OF shad flies. which was accepted by
old-timers along the canal as a sure
sign of good fishing season.
Probably the busiest man along the
canal yesterday was Maj Lusby, dis
bursting officer Of the District govern
order and then did a little landscape
gardening
Above Lusby's abode, at the Will
liam Whitaker shack, the first stag
party of the season was staged Bob
Johnson Of the District government
big dinner provided by Mr.. Whit
taker.
Andrew Rawlings of the patent of
fee was out with the early-season
hikers on the towbath yesterday.
Up in the Seven Locks neighbor-
hood Jack Speaker and Charles Stew
art, tenders at locks II and IL, re-
speotively, gave their fishing rigs an
overhauling in order to be the first
to wet lines in the canal when water
is turned in this week.
Speaker has trained his dog,
spaniel, to fish, and expects to work
him at this trade continuously during
the season. The dog will watch a
float for hours, and bark excitedly
when it moves. The Speakers were
- d-H.
last week through the efforts of their
useful pet.
Evening star., 1920-03-22

Women are now admitted to at least
six of the medical colleges in India
Evening star., 1920-03-22
IN INTEREST OF SUFFRAGE.
"Native Sons and Daughters" Of
D. C. to Form Association.

NATIVE sons and daughters" Of the
District will be organized into an as
sociation at a meeting in the board
room Of the District building satur.
issued today by the national press
committee for District of Columbia
Almost 200 washingtonians already
have registered at the committee
headquarters. 400 Pennsylvania ave-
nuc, as prospective members.
Mrs. John c. Kondrup. Mrs. Anna e.
HendIey and Jesse c. Suter comprise
a committee in charge OF organiza-
tion.
Announcement also was made that
the committee Is perfecting plans for
a hearing before the House judiciary
committee in April on the Chamber
ain-Burroughs bill. providing a con-
stitutional amendment which will give
representation in Congress and the
electoral college to residents of the
District.
mittee Of the District of Columbi"
Suffrage League will be held at the
national press committees headquar-
ters wednesday night at o'clock.
Evening star., 1920-03-22

The historic Chesapeake and Ohio
canal, which was drained at the close
of the boating season last fall. this
week again will become a liquid
chain connecting the National Capital
with the coal fields Of Cumber-
land, Nd
Announcement that water will be
turned into the 187-mile ditch late
this week was made today by General
Manager G. L. Nicolson. Coal boats
will start loading at Cumberland
April S, he said.
The canals feet of barges brought
about $4,000 tons of coal to- Wash
ington last season. Effort will be
made to better this record during the
current year.
Signs Of Returning Spring.
There was evidence of returning
spring yesterday along the ten-mile
stretch Of the canal above Washing
ton. where owners of camps got a
good start on their spring house
cleaning. Teachers, in search of plants
for botany classes and wanderluSters
were out in force along the canal
towpath. Some of the more ambitious
hikers went to Great Falls by rail
and negotiated the seven-mile walk
from that point down the towpath to
the car line at Cabin John.
Bobb Barr of the engineer record
Office Of the District government. who
pitched the first game for Washing
ton in a major league contest, made
his usual early spring discovery of
blooming hepatica- Barr knows the
canal like a book. He reported that
squirrel corn is up and that early
signs indicate heavy bloom Of wild
flowers by Easter.
William e. Engel. who has gone
into the bee business on the canal
not far above Cabin John, decided to
smoke out the insects Yesterday and
But the wind refused to blow in the
right direction and the bees obsti-
nately remained at home, to the dis
gust of a good-sized crowd of on
lockers
Not far from the site of the Engel
industry q bullfrog colony disported
itself on the surface of a pool of
stagnant water and INDUCED in a
Evening star., 1920-03-22
TWO GANG LEADERS DIE
IN CLASH OF GUNMEN

NEWARK. N. J.. March % (by the
Associated Press).-Two gangs Of
"gunmen" clashed in a restaurant
here yesterday. and when the smoke
had cleared away the leader of each
faction was found dead and another
man, said to have been a participant,
was taken to hospital in a serious
condition.
Enmity between gangs captained
respectively by Arturo Papalardo and
Patsy Benenanto has existed for
some time, according to the police.
Renenanto and his brother. the police
say. were going home early yesterday,
when they saw Papalardo and five al
legged followers seated in the restau-
rant. They entered. and the firing
began.
Papalardo was found by the police
sitting in a chair, clutching an empty
revolver. with twelve bullets in his
body. AS an officer was examining
Papalardo Patsy Benenanto staggered
in from u rear room. mortally wound
ed H died few moments later.
Walls. mirrors and windows of the
restaurant were punctured with bullel
holes, and the police found six re-
volvers on the floor. The restaurant
Evening star., 1920-03-22
CHARLES WHITE HANGS SELF.
Had Been Mentally Depressed Fol-
lowing Attack of Influenza.

Following a long period of illness
mental alteration, Charles White,
Sd, twenty nine years old, committed
suicide by hanging himself in the
rear of his home. 227 9Th street
northeast, early yesterday morning,
using wire clothesline, which was
attached to a beam over an areaway
Mr.. White had been sueffring from
melancholia and dependency since
the sudden death of his sister. Miss
Viola White. about a month ago. In
addition, a recurring attack Of infiu-
enSa had weakened his physical con-
dition and is believed to have brought
on a temporary mental arrangement
His father found the body several
hours after the fatality. The funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon
from the residence, 227 9th street
northeast, at o'clock.
Evening star., 1920-03-22

pm. games will be played on the NTH
floor. At the E street branch. 6l4 Il
street northwest, there Will De cur
rent events at pm.
hour" there will be q presentation
Of ."The Raven" in motion pictures
at 1893 r street Saturday. at 2 pm.
the Girls Reserve will give party
In the playroom at headquarters. The
marty at Winona, the Y. w. c. A.
girls camp. which now is again ready
for use.
Evening star., 1920-03-22
OPENS Y. W. C. A. WEEK.
Princeton Neighborhood Bible
Class to Meet Tomorrow.

A meeting Of the Princeton Neigh
borhood Bible class. scheduled for
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
residence Of Mrs. Thomas E. Tucker,
539 Quincy street, will usher in the
weeks program of activities arranged
by the Washington Y. w. c. a.
Tomorrow night at 1880 o'clock DR..
Harvey w. Wiley will give a lecture
on Food" at association headquarters.
1898 F. street northwest. while at g 80
the Sunday school teachers training
class. to which all persons interested
are cordially invited. will meet at the
Church of the Reformation
At Sis pm. tomorrow there will
be community Sing" on the fourth
floor Of "Y" headquarters. and at S
Evening star., 1920-03-22
LABOR TO SEEK SCALP
OF SENATOR CUMM|NS

Senator Cummins. republican. Iowa.
is one of the members OF Congress
organized labor will attempt to de-
feat in November. according to l.. J..
Sheppard, acting president OF the.
Order of Railway Conductors. who is
in Washington today attending the
railroad wage conference.
Senator Cummins was the author Of
the anti-strike provision of the rail-
road bill, which was thrown out iu
conference. Mr.. Sheppard indicatea
that union officials were careuits
studying the record Of every membs
of Congress with respect to his stand
on this provision and other labor ma
ter with a view to opposing in the
elections those regarded as inimic..l
to organized labor.
The headquarters of the railway
conductors is at Cedar Rapids. low, i.
and il is said that this union will
organize the fight against Senator
Cummins. Mr.. Sheppard said, however
that union labor had not yet decided
on 4 candidate to oppose Senator
Cuinmins. whose term viii expire ncNt
March.
Evening star., 1920-03-22
Gamers Unaffected by q. s. Sales.

Tho canning Industry has been ad-
vised by counsel for its national as
sociation that reports concerning ex-
listing Army surplus stocks of canned
vegetables have been greatly exag-
gerated" A report from tho War De-
partment showing that 175,000 cases
Of tomatoes and $4,000 cases of peas.
all on hand. would be placed on sale
in April was sent to the trade. along
with the announcement by counsel
that this amount was 80 small "as to
ket for canned goods to be produced
this year"
Evening star., 1920-03-22

The roof ridge of a Chinese house
Is usually decorated with an elaborate
plaster ornament in the form Of a
design embodying the character "fu,"
signifying happiness. To prevent the
ornament being damaged by birds the
owner Of the house sticks numerous
ordinary sewing needles point out
ward into the soft plaster.
Evening star., 1920-03-22

In Brazil not 1 per cent Of the male
and female servants will. it is said
sleep in their masters house. They
insist on leaving at the latest by 7
o'clock in the evening. and will not
morning
Evening star., 1920-03-22
Advancement Association to Meet.

NEW YORK, March 22-The Ny
tional Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People has announced
that its eleventh annual conference
would be held at Atlanta, Ga, from
May 80 to June 2.
Evening star., 1920-03-22

employees denied knowledge of how
the fight started.
Evening star., 1920-03-22

Tho percentage Of left-handedne
among women and children Is higher
than among men 4