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Evening star., 1920-11-21
announce
SAFETY FIRST GAIN
Maj Gessford and Leaders of
Traffic Squad State Prop.
aganda Results.

1t is the belief Of Maj Gessford.
superintendent of police. Capt. Headley
and Lieut.. Shelby of the police traffic
squad that the safety first propaganda
IS producing desired results.
The three officials point out that re-
ports of traffic last week showed a de-
'-cided decrease in the number of acc
dents compared with thosa Of the pre-
ceding week
Reports of accidents the last seven
days show a total OF ninety eight in
Guiding one death. one serious injury
sixty-two in which there was property
damage. thirty-two il which minor in
juies were reported and two in which
no damage resuHed
Good weather usually reduces th.-
number of traffic accidents" Lieut.
Shelby said last night. land if motor
lists would exercise more than ordinary
traffic toll would not be so great
Throttle down to the lowest speed
in wet weather" was his advice to
motorists.
Call for Meeting.
Maj. GsssfOrd chairman of tn. safe
ty council has ISSUED a call for a meet
ing of group chairmen to be held in
his office Tuesday night. He has desig-
ma ted sixteen group chairmen represent
ing the schools. clubs federal govern
ment vehicles, District government We
hicLes. commercial vehicles, trade bodies.
citizens associations. telephone. gas
and telephone companies. street railway
companies. BDy and Girl Scouts. thea
tiers, publicity. taXicab compa MES. labor
ORG n z,f finys. WaSbinprnp Safety
First Association.
Education is the medium through
which this work is to be carried on"
, Maj. Gessford advised members Of his
command. The street cars will carry
placards and posters, showing how
accidents are caused and bearing
legends of safety, the moving picture
theaters of the city will run slides
Ycalling the attention of the public to
the need of the exercise of care. ad
dresses will be delivered to groups
Of drivers. To theatcr audiences aud
to civic bodies.
Our citizens of the future. the 81. .000
school children of the city. will have
street SAFETY and accident prevention
made part of their daily studies; in
fact. every possible agency will be
brought into play in this ojty-wide
campaign in the interest of safety.
Efforts by Police.
Inc ponce ucHdI lIiieHt 10 W pay
an important part in the work. every
member of the department being con-
sidered as an active member of the
Council of Safety. BY admonishment.
by cautioning, by advising. by making
arrests. when necessary. the mem
bers of the department are in posi-
ton to lend valuable aid in this COM
munity effort to preserve life and
property.
precinct commanders will discuss
the subject at each ron call to the
end. that the members of the force
may never lose sight of the fact that
they are considered as active units
of the safety council and as such are
expected to lend their aid in.the work
at hand"
Evening star., 1920-11-21
U. S.-JAPAN PACT READY,
SAY TOXIC NEWSPAPERS

LOS ANGELES. Calf. November 20.
Toxic newspapers today announced
the completion of a new treaty be-
tween Japan and the United States,
and stated it was "acceptahie" to
japan, according to cable from
Toxic received4 here today by the
Japanese Daily News.
1t was declared the treaty would
not affect Hawaii
Evening star., 1920-11-21
GETS 18 MONTHS AND FINE
OF $4,000 IN LIQUOR CASE

BALTIMORE, Md. November 20
Especially Following the acuuittal Of
all four government agents who were
tried before a jury in the United
states court in the alleged millions
dollar conspiracy to violate war
time prohibition, Judge Rose TO-DAY
sentenced Charles Vincent, head Of
the Triaca Company, to eighteen
months in the federal prison at At
lanta, Ga. and fined him $4,000.
Vincent and six others pleaded
guilty last Monday. Fines were i'm
posed upon others as follows: Andrew
Ciotti. $4,000; Hector Ciotti, $4,000:
Rudolph Vincenti, $4,000: Harry
Mootsman, $4,000; Joseph f. Kelly.
saloonkeeper. $780, The government
agents who were acquitted were John
Sainsbury. special agent of the De-
partment Of Justice; William L. Haw-
kins and Edward q. Parker.
Evening star., 1920-11-21
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Georgetown Civic Associa'ion
will meet Tuesday at pm. at the
Phillips School.
| The Washington Club Of Printing
House Craftsmen will meet Tuesda
at 8 pm. at the New Ebbltt. u. w;
Downes and f. X. Starkweather Will
; speak.
i Class Of '22 Of LAW at the Y. NJ
iC A. will hold a smoker tomorrow
! evening at the clubroom at the I. NJ
c. A.
(! The Maryland Avenue Baptist
| Church, Maryland avenue and 14th
street northeast. will hold mort
! gage-burning service Wednesday at
is pm.
The school Welfare League will
! meet tomorrow evening at O'Clock
at the Second Baptist Church. 30
street between H and l streets north
west.
+! The Elizabeth v. Brown school
Chevy ChasN. will hold Pilgrim Pa
geant Wednesday at pm. All well
| GENE. Admission free.
The Colonial Beach Society will
; meet Tuesday at pm. at the home
| of Miss B. a. Yoder 1925 Euclid
i street northwest.
/ North Capitol and lexington Citi-
zens' Association will meet Tuesday
at 8 pm. at the Emory School. Elec.
| tion of officers.
The board Of Lady Manager. Of
Casualty Hospital will hold the an
nual tag day for the institution on
December 10. Proceeds to furnish
much me eded blankets, etc.
The Delaware state Society will
present two comedies. Undertaking
Amelia" and "Ici.on Parle Franchise" !"
Tuesday evening at the Pythian Tenn
pie. Dancing will follow.
The Advisory Council of the General
Civic Center will hold public re-
ception to the Commissioners and the
superintendent OF public schools Tues
day at PM, at the Central High
School. A dramatic program will be
given celebrating the landing Of the
Pilgrims.
Stuart Walcott Post. No. 10. Amer
ican Legion, will hold a business
meeting Tuesday at 8 pm. in the
board room of the District building.
The d. A. II. committee on history
and the Children and Sons of the Re-
public will give an entertainment
Tuesday at s pm. at the Franklin
| Square Hotel. Mrs. Bertha NJ. Rob-
bins will lecture on the romantic his
; tory of the Mayfiower Pilgrims.
The Kentucky State Society will
meet Tuesday evening at the Thomson
School, 18th and L streets.
The Mems O'Clock Uplift League
is to observe "Eathers' day" af r
o'clock this afternoon at Calvary
! parish hall, 11th and G streets north
east. Musical numbers are to be given
by Miss IneZ NJ Richardson of Cleve-
land and Morrison Goodrich and Mrs.
Lucy Blagburn, both of this city.
Evening star., 1920-11-21
u. S. HOLDSLEAGUE
DEAD, SAYS LODGE
Expects Harding and Party
to Promote Peace and
Independence.

BOSTON, November 20 tby the
Associated Press) With President
Wilson's league of nations dead, so
ffar as the United States is concerned.
by the verdict of the great tribunal
Of the people. it is for the administra-
ton Of President Harding and his
supporters in the House and Senate
to bring about some arrangement with
other nations for the promotion of
the worlds peace without mourning
dangers to- our independence and our
constitutional system of government,
said Senator Lodge in speech before
the Roosevelt Club here tonight.
The responsibility is very great"
he continued. but we do not shrink
from it"
20 said the American people. while
as earnest in advancing the cause of
peace as any in the world, had shown
by their votes that they could best
serve the cause by remaining masters
of their own fate.
senator Lodge, who is chairman of
the Senate committee on foreign rela-
; tons. prefaced his remarks on the
league by saying that he was speak
ing merely as a republican, basing
HE opinions entirely on the declara-
tlsns OF the party and the policies $50
we'll and clearly outlined by the
partys candidate. Senator Harding"
in his campaign speeches.
Republican Declaration.
The republican party in its plat
FORM. he continued, "de0ared it's
policy to be the establishment of an
arrangement or agreement with
the worlds peace. They condemed
ihe covenant of the league brought
from Paris by Mr.. Wilson. and ap-
proved the action Of the Senate in
opposing it. Mr.. Cox declared that
he was ready to go into the league
formed by Mr. Wilson and submitted
by him to the Senate. Senator Hard
sng declared that he was opposed to
going into that league. This issue
was as plain as any issue could be
iand the people, by a majority in the
ineighborhood of 7,O00,060. approved
the attitude and the action of, Mr..
Harding and of the republican party
The people Of the United States have
declared, therefore, that they will not
accept or enter upon Mr.. Wilson's league
of nations. which he brought home and
laid before the Senate. So far as the
is dead, fer the court from which there
Is no appeal has spoken in terms which
cannet be misunderstood.
The republican party in their plat
form left the future open. Very wisely
in my opinion. they declined to bind
..A>aAASSAsco oA-A AAoAlAS IA dutditSe DIS "
their action upon a question like that
of the leagQe Of nations, which neces-
sarily would be greatly affected by the
changing conditions of Europe. Senator
Harding and the republican party are
therefore, entirely free to deal with this
great question after March 4. 1921, un-
hanpered by any platform promises as
to methods and details. and they pur-
pose to do 90 in accordance with Senator
Harding's declarations made during the
campaign.
New Congress VIII Act.
"fhe .conntry. hg overwhelming ma
!! jorities, has confided the future action
of the United States to the coming adj
ministratton and the new Congress The
President and the Congress chosen by
Evening star., 1920-11-21
MRS. McCALLA DEAD.

Mrs. Elizabeth H. McCalla. widow
of Rear Admiral Bowman H. McCalla-
who at one time was stationed in
Washington for several years, died.
Yesterday at the Grafton Hotel after.
an illness of about two months.
Mrs. McCalla was Miss Eliza BETH
Sargent of Boston. She lived there,
most of her life, but came here when
Admiral .McCalla was assigned this
post, and has made this her home,
most of the time since his death in.
1910.
Four daughters survive Mrs. Nc
Gala. They are Mrs. EliZab beth s..
Miller. Mrs. Arthur Macarthur. Mrs.
Dudley w. Knox and Mrs. Henry
Mead Sands. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
Evening star., 1920-11-21
CIVIC LEADERS TO MEET.
Citizen Association Delegates viii
Get Better Acquainted.

Delegates to the Federation of Citi.
zens' Associations will have an on.
portunity to become better aoQuaint-
ed with each other at an informal so.
cial meeting of the federation at the
Willard Hotel tomorrow night.
Presloent W. -: Westlake said il
ness session. the purpose of the gath.
ering being to bring the delegates to.
gether to exchange views and get a
better understanding of importan,
questions coming before the fedora.
,rSn co,nmiasioners have haen ;nv;ted
Evening star., 1920-11-21
NEW CLASH IN PRAGUE.

PRAGUE. November 20.-There was
a continuation last night Of the dis
orders growing out Of the bad feeling
between Czeehs and German elements
here. A crowd tried to storm the
German opera, where "Tosca" was
being sung, but was driven back by
the face Of an increasing crowd the
government ultimately withdrew the
police and stopped the performances.
One person was killed and score
wounded in clash Of Czech soldiers
and German inhabitants of Asch, on
the Bavarian border, Thursday night
Evening star., 1920-11-21
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
TODAY,

1oDAI
The Wanderlusters' hike will start
from seth and Dix streets northeast
at 2 o'clock. W. B. Handy. leader.
The Dunbar Civic Center Com
munity Band win rehearse at 4.30
o'clock.
The Poale Zion Society. Branch No.
.. will celebrate the foundation of the
club. at 4:30 o'clock. at 14l6 9Th street
northwest.
The Palestine workers fund COL
lection will be made today by the
Poale Zion of Washington. Volunteers
will report at 1416 9Th street north
west at $50 o'clock.
TONIGHT.
The State Council, Daughters of
America. will hold Thanksgiving serv-
politan Presbyterian Church. 4th and
B streets southeast. Public invited.
The st. vincent's Auxiliary will
meet. Rev. Ignatius Fealy will speak.
Friends of Irish Freedom will meet
at o'clock at COL e street. Mrs. Will
liam King will speak.
DR.. Krout will speak on We placing
and recla ssifyins OF wounded soldiers.
at S o'clock, at e007 Columbia road.
Public invited.
TOMORROW.
The District Federation of Women's
Clubs will meet at 2 o'clock at the
Blue Triangle House, North Capitol
and Il streets.
The p. E. o. weekly luncheon will
be held at 1890 o'clock at the Dewey
Hotel for resident and nonresident
members.
Evening star., 1920-11-21
ROUT UKRAINIAN ARMY.
Complete Generalization of Troops
IL Reported.

IsoNDGk, November TIA Moscow
wireless message says that the Polish
military command reports complete
decentralization Of the troops of Gen.
Simon Petlura, the Ukrafnian leader.
There Is also information" the
Moscow message eontinues, that Pet
lura, like Wrangel. has shamefully
abandoned his defeated army. A few
more blows and Petlura's army will
cease to exist. Our gallant troops on
The western front haN. started opera >
.i.if.- - s+i.,st Gen. f;tia k ~ itc.i.
Evening star., 1920-11-21

New Congress VIII Act.
''Fhe .colntry. hg overwhelming ma
jorities, has confided the future action
of the United States to the coming adj
mipistratton and the new Congress. The
President and the Congress chosen by
Evening star., 1920-11-21

The Wander1usters' hike will start
from seth and Dix streets northeast
at o'clock. W. B. Handy, leader.
Evening star., 1920-11-21

The Mems ; O'Clock UpHft League
is to observe Fathers day" at s
o'clock this afternoon at Calvary
parish hall, 11th and streets north
east. Musical numbers are to be given
by Miss Inez M. Richardson Of Cleve-
land and Morrison Goodrich and Mrs.
Lucy Blagburn, both of this city.
Evening star., 1920-11-21

The Poale Zion Society. Branch No.
.. will celebrate the foundation of the
club. at 4:30 o'clock. at 14l6 9Th street
northwest.
Evening star., 1920-11-21

The Dunbar Civic Center Com
munity Band viii rehearse at 4.30
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24

Q OMADAY l lika to linda guy wot
~ invent way for speaka da Eng
leesh. l been deesa country seeXa,
seevn, eighta year. l forgetta wheech
one, eand | no unerstanda good Unit
eda State yet.
Lasa week my shoes go on da bum
and go veesit my frien da shoe make
for gotta feex. He say | gotta hava
new sole and heel for feexa good and
da whola job ees costa dolla feefaty
cents.
SO l gotta wot he say was new sole
and heel and when | putta on was
feela pretty good. / feegure was
gooda invest new sole for dOla fee
fatty cents.
But soon leava dat shop stop and
leesten one guy wot maka preach on
da street. One man tella me he was
vangeleest and he sure was stronga
for talk. He yella so louda he can
dat everybody. ees go to hell He say
too many peple losa da sole and ees
go on da bum. "Geeva your life to
God and he sava your SOUL" he yella
one time.
You know lika God ALA right, but
I tink ees leetle high price. So tella
dat guy for geeva whole life for da
sole ees too mooch.
l say my frien, da shoe make geeva
new sole for dolla feefaty cents and
ees stronga nough could walk to Italy
and back again before ees wear out.
Wot you tink?
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Gold Didn't MaterlaITze.

A Chicago inventor named Brice,
In 1897. was seeking a patent on a
process for making gold from mix
ture of anthony, iron and sulphur.
The patent office would not grant 1t
without proof that the idea had merit.
and the then secretary of the treasury
was persuaded to direct the mint bu-
reau to try the thing out. There must
have been something wrong about the
methods of the treasury laboratory.
for not a particle of gold or silver
was obtained.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Matter of Meals.

While in the largest cities it is a
fact that the heaviest meal of the day
in the smaller cities, of 100000 popu-
lation and below, the heaviest meal
occurs at noon. The reason for this
is, of course, that IN the largest cities
there is an exodus at evening to the
suburbs, where the family reunion
is held over the dinner table, whereas
in the smaller cities people are able
to go home to midday lunch.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
EyeIids of Birds and REPTILES.

How many people know that birds
and reptiles have three eyelids, two
that move up and down, as do our
own, and a third which moves like a
curtain from the inner corner of the
eyeball? In the eye sockets of hui
man beings there are two sets of mus
cles, those that move the ball, of
which there are six, and those that
lift and lowers the lids. The third
cyelid seen in birds and reptiles has
its own set of muscles.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Benefit In Joy GlxInn.

When you once get started In Joy
giving It's easy to keep 1t up. The
'ct that you give joy brings candi.
cites for your magic touch constantly
afore you. The returning benefits Of
laying given joy keep your supplied
with the means of joy giving. So you
inst direct the ever enlarging stream
nat through you ministers to your fell
lows. And your own joy increases
with each new expression of your good
VIII. The joy giving habit grows up.
on you and you would be perfectly
miserable without the chance of help
ing others to happier days It's real
joy.-Grit.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
SophisticatIon,

Bernice had some of her little
friends In for luncheon the other day
and among other things she had olives.
She offered them to Effie, who said
she did not like them, whereupon
Bernice replied in a superior fashion:
"Oh, didn't like 'em myself at first,
but you must accumulate a taste for
them"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Verdi.

lie gave poetry to human life and
lifted 1t from sordid ways to hopeful
ness and enthusiasm, and the people
rose to their leader His first operas
were introduced with difficulty. which
all beginners experience; but the Ital-
Ian ear, long trained In musical COM
position, and with inherited taste
from of old, accepted Verdi as a mas
ter. When once known he was there
after loved.-.Iames D Phelan.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Every Man VIII Have oneI

Sedentary workers-those who sit
~ their work-especially might note
q 1t If they have the habit of crossing
, ,ir legs, then can't break them,
: yes of it, they should have a clean
ster, or remnant of soft cloth,
lay 1t on the under leg. That at
e &c stops the shine and wear that
4 lows crossing" And, as a buster
j: not always at hand, and crossing"
Is always temptation. best to cut
II g crossing habit clean out. real
md most saving economy.-London
answers.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Needles of Ancient DAYS

The needles that have come down
to us from ancient Egypt are very
coarse, but 1t Is certain that finer
needles must have been made to make
the delicate embroidery produced by
those people. Judging by the descIip-
lions of embroidery in Homer, the
Greeks also must have had very fine
needles.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Riqhly.P Coin.

The half cent of 1896 is the rarest
of all United States copper coins. Ac-
cording to a treatise on these obsolete
coins recently published by Chicago
numisnatist, the half cent of 1916, in
exemplary condition has brought as
much as $500 at a public auction sale.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Strictly Business.

The candy store woman always
gave Lucy an extra piece of candy,
saying. 81 give you an extra piece for
good luck" Lucy walked into the
candy store and said - can't buy to-
day but you can give me the extra
piece for good luck that you always
give me when I buy"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
ACCEPTED WOOD LORE
BY Newton NeWkirk.

If tree near your house splits In
two 1t is bad luck.
All wood should be cut in the months
with "R" in them.
If tree you planted grows crook
edly, It is q sign of black sheep in
the family.
For branch of a tree to grow into
your window is a sign of success in
your wishes.
Another superstition about cutting
your name on a tree is that it will
die when you die.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24

The department of agriculture says
that the weight of the largest potato
recorded in their Office Is between sew
en- and eight pounds. There may have
been larger ones produced but the
depa rtment has no record of them,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
incomplete DIAGNOSIS.

Jack, aged three, went to see Ills
new little cousin. When he came home
his mother asked him how the baby
was and what 1t was He replied:
oh mother they OF nice little dol
lie but | can't tel, you what 1t is, be-
cause she didn't have an. hair yet"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Pity the EuCtist.

The egotlst does not take kindly to
criticism, yet because of his exalted
opinion of himself is overready to crtti.
cize He is blind to his own mistakes
and shortcomings, stubbornly persist.
ing In chosen courses of conduct even
after they have cost him dear and
their folly has been pointed out to
him.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Sealing Wax in the Middle Aoes

Wax seals were used as far back as
1850 in England. Most of them con-
sisted of mixture of beeswa1 and
resin, others of pure beeswax. Two
seals in the public record Office in Lon
don of the dates 1899 and 1923. re-
spectivefy, were composed O: wax.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Locating His CapitaI

My little brother Jimmy was walk.
ing uptown oue day. He happened to
have some money in a certain bank
While passing it he suddenly remark
ed to me: 'That's where my money
is tied up,"-Chicago American.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Does Douhlc Duty

The weight of the cars descending
South African mine is used to pro-
duce power by pulling a cable wound
around a drum that drives a gen.
orator.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24
Awkward Place for an Echt

An extraordinary echo is produced
by tke high hills surrounding a golf
course In the south of England, and
1t is feared that a three-miIe limit
may have to be fixed for children and
clergymen.-From Punch. London.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-06-24

FOR SALE. Buick, in good con-
dition. Will give terms with good
note.-T. A. Wayne, 345-R2. tt.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-13
FIND NO TRACE
OF SPEED FIEND
Autolst Who Run Down Farm Hand
Makes Getaway-Victim ID
Improving.

Sheriff John P. Fleming stated
this morning that all efforts to get
a clue to the identity of the driver
of the automobile Which Saturday
night run down and seriously in
jured Charles Stevenson, q farm
hand at the william Rieham farm.
northeast of Aledo, had failed. DR..
H. e. Moore, who has been attend
ing the man stv.ed this morning
that he was slightly improved and
that his chances for a complete re-
covery were considerably brighter.
Stevenson. who is 62 years old
was alighting from an automobile
when he was struck by another ma
chine which came up from behind
and was dragged about fifty feet.
He received two broken ribs, a
badly bruised leg, a considerable
amount of skin was scraped off one
arm and his face and head were
badly cut. Joseph Harvey. who was
driving the car from which Steven
son had alighted, could not ascer-
tain the type of car.
The man is practically unknown
in, this vicinity, having come to the
Bigham farm from St. Louis, Mo.
He has worked for Mr.. Bigham for
the past three months.