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Evening star., 1921-11-27
WOULD NAME LORD
CHIEF Of POLICE
Anacostia Citizens and Trade
Board Urge Present Cap
tain for Superintendent.

Resolutions urging the District
Commissioners to appoint Capt. C..
P. N. Lord of the eleventh precinct
as major and superintendent Of
police, to succeed Maj. Gessford, were
adopted last night by the Anacostia
Citizens Association and Board Of
Trade at q meeting in the Masonic
Hall. 14th and U streets southeast.
At the same time a motion was
passed regretting the retirement Of
Maj. Gessford and commencing him
affairs in the District of Columbia
during his administration. Both
measures were put forward by DR..
George c. Havenner.
District Suffrage Urged.
Federation of Citizens Associations.
advocated the cause of representa-
ton in Congress and in the electoral
college for citizens of the District
of Columbia in a brief address to the
association. He declared that for
without the right of vote. in Con-
gress would not meet popular ap-
proval. Full representation in both
houses Of Congress and the right to
vote for the President and Vice
President Of the United States should
De 6xtenQeu, ne pOlHtcu OUT.
4 committee will be designated to
consider the various bills pending in
volving the vote for the District of
Columbia with a view to making
recommendations at a later meeting.
William ]. Latimer was elected
president Of the association for the
sixth time last night. Mrs. Louis ].
Smith was elected vice president.
Members Of the board OF directors
were selected as follows: F. A. Dony,
F. L. Earnshaw. Charles NJ Putnam,
]. c. Beveridge, Mrs. NJ. J. McGrath.
George A. Williams. Robert Thomp-
son, Capt. c. P. NJ. Lord, S. r. Camp
bell, DIR. George c. Havenner, Maurice
Otterback, J. Frank Campbell and
DR.. c. H. Weiss.
Col. Sheriff. Thanked.
A resolution expressing the thanks
and appreciation of the organization
to Col. Sheriff. for improvements
planned in connection with the de-
velopment of Anacostia Park was
adopted.
Nj. Baker presented awards in the
lawn contest recently held in Ana
costa under the auspices of the as
citation to the following boys and
girls: William Benhoff, Elizabeth
King. Marian McGill, Beulah Farm
er, Marvin Buckley, Walter Rhin-
hardt, Edmund Hubacker and Emily
Fraband.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Regarded as ';Savior''
%Public Who Bo,u
Tolls Commands.
"Duke of Germany" Title
Proposed by advocates
O"People's EMPIRE"
BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
Germaay's Foremost Publicist.

BY Cable to The Star.
BERLIN. November e6-outrank-
ing In Importance the proceedings Of
the Washington conference this
week. even Mr.. Brands diatribe
against Germany as an excuse for
keeping the French nation in arms: :
outranking interest in the presence
of the reparations commission in
Berlin. were the blazing headlines in
big type in the newspapers announc-
ing that "Stinnes Has Gone to Lon
don-Lloyd George Wanted to Talk
Things Over With Him."
This subject during the past few
days has been more discussed than
any other. And not only by the Ger
mans. Rarely have l received a visit
from an American, Britisher or
Frenchman who has not inquired
about SHINES, or desired to meet
him.
Stands Out n "Messiah."
SHINES stands alone. Never has
such power, capital, boldness and en-
German. To the socialists, he is
Satan embodied who desires to Stin-
nesi1e the whole nation. To the pan
Germans he il . Messiah sent to
avenge and save Germany.
In reality he Is quite different. He
10 far from being a world benefac-
tor. like Carnegie. nor has he Harri-
mans sceptic wisdom and majestic
common sense. SHINES has never
given largely to charity. nor has he
ever written an aphorism.
family. of Belgian-Dutch blood.
Every traveller used to see the cargo
boats on the Rhine bearing the name
of SHINES father. Matthias. The
father also owned some coal mines.
Hugo. the son. had larger ideas than
independence. Therefore he began
business with the almost ridiculous
capital of $4,000 marks. He work.
ed quietly. His apostle-like head.
with dark, dreamy eyes. first struck
me at a protest meeting against the
not speak. but he offered a sharp
contrast to the angular. prosaic
Rhine or Ruhr business men, though
Of their flesh and blood.
Fendiy Loves Mother.
He gets only his eyes from his
mother, an intellectual, artistic wom-
an whom Hugo loves tenderly.
SHINES purposely dresses shabbily.
Albert Ballin. creator of the Ham,
sonally introduced SHINES. only per-
suaded him In the last year Of the
war to buy q dinner jacket. He de-
spises luxury. He drinks only light
dinner wines. does not smoke, and
II he occasionally goes to the theater
IL Is only for his wife's sake. He
does not care for music or art, and
smilingly admits that he never reads
books, adding; MY business has
enough claims upon my imagina tion." I"
SHINES resides at Mulheim, on the
Ruhr. and leads a simple family life.
He is at the breakfast table at Z
o'clock. fully dressed. His work.
room Is scarcely larger than a cell
AS late as 1917 he travelled four
nights weekly. often carrying his
own bags. taking = single room at
the hotels and receiving visitors in
the common parlors. Even last sum
mer at Carlsbad he took only two
rooms for himself and wife. whereas
the Italian banker Castiglfone re-
CURED twenty-eight At the Berlin
hotels he spreads himself more on
account of his ONCE stafr. his noun
famous correspondence. and the many
requests for an audience.
Graves Only Power.
But SHINES ALWAYS disdains ostsp
Evening star., 1921-11-27
S7ZNzVES, MAN OF HOUR IN GERMANY,
YIELDS POWER OF MIGHTY EMPEROR
Summoned to London
By Lloyd George
For Conference.
Result 'of Their Meeting
OutsI,ines Arms Parley
In General Interest.

now leads the powerful nationalist
party and Is almost as popular as
the conquered war leaders.
Would Have Ended War Early.
Had SHINES advice prevailed. the
war would not have lasted SO long.
but he would only have consented to
a peace giving Germany control Of
all raw materials necessary for her
industries This remains the ideal of
the man who. though q national pa
triot, mocks at every suggestion OF
human feeling or the humanizing of
phraseology.
This man SHINES patriotism is
Identical with his personal advantage.
Just as II is with many great person
grown enormously. He II the master
of great banks whose directors trem-
BILE when SHINES orders them to
come to see him at 3 O'Clock in the
morning.
During the war SHINES manufac-
tured cannon and munitions. built
foundations, new harbors. built up
trade in ore and oil and foodstuffs,
bought lands and factories, hotels
and houses. bought forests and ere
ated for Germany q new type OF su-
per-businessman. He now controls
our coal. iron and steel. the Siemens-
scuckert electric works, the Austrian
Alpine Mountain Company, the Hugo
chemical dye works. textile mills,
newspapers. printing works. paper
factories. etc. Yet he has not reached
the limits Of his power.
Mere Powerful Than Emperor.
II SHINES is elected to the reichs-
tag and as a member OF the peoples
party, with great influence over the
nationalists. obtains private operation
of the railways and the post office,
he will be more powerful than ever
q Russian or German emperor was.
His fanatical admirers seriously
discuss crowning him as duke OF the
Germans and founding a bourgeois
peoples empire" Would he accept?
Those who think of him as solely in
terested in making money do not
know this mans extraordinary brain
or his strange, calm mysticism. He
is full of creative impetus and de-
sire for power and because he has
been successful in so much he has
forgotten every doubt about the linn
its of his brain.
1t Is impossible that SHINES went
to England-whose coal he used to
deal in before the war-merely to
talk to Lloyd George, but it is GER
tain that he has been busy with poll
tics in his own peculiar way.
Is SHINES a new Caesar? A new
Napoleon of industry? The old men,
ace of monarchs threatens him. too
the blind alteration of courtiers Like
the old Roman he needs after every
drowning the exultation of the
masses. the simple words: "Remem-
Der, YOU are human"
Copyright. 1921
DISCUSSES LONDON VISIT
Evening star., 1921-11-27
PART Of TREASURY
ROOF METAL TAKEN
Copper Held in Storage by
Government Is Removed.
Three Men Arrested.

Charge Of theft Of 700 pounds of
copper that had formed part OF the
roof of the Treasury Department was
preferred against owen Stanley
Barnes and William Henry Contee.
both colored. the former residing at
43 l. street and the latter at So Myr-
tie street northeast, by Detectives
Springmann and Darnall last night.
Bernard Louis Chisivoir, 219 l. street,
was arrested and charged with re-
ceiving the stolen property. He also
was charged with several violations
OF the police regulations.
Two Thefts Of Metal.
The metal was removed from the
roof of the Treasury Department
during the course of changes to the
building that are still in progress. and
taken to the building of the general
supply committee of the department
in east Potomac Park. Five hundred
pounds @ or the metal disappeared from
the building in Potomac Park early
Friday morning. it was reported. and
200 pounds were taken yesterday
morning.
Two colored men in a motor We
hicle were seen at the building yes
watchman on duty. who resides at
Ss5 Florida avenue. 1t is charged
they were loading the vehicle with
copper. Brown fired at them and
frightened them of after they had
taken about 200 pounds of the metal
Report Of the affair was made to
the police and Detectives Darnall
and Springmann arrested the men.
Accused M Purchaser.
Following the arrests of the color
ed men, the detectives arrested CHS
ivoir and charged him with having
purchased the alleged stolen metal
from the colored men. The metal
was recovered from a business house
where it was baled for shipment out
of the city. Both colored men ad-
mitted thefts of the metal. the de-
tectves stated, and declared the junk
dealer had told them to do it.
Chisivoir denied having said such
thing to the men and said he had
no idea the metal was stolen. Bond
in the sum of $1,000 was furnished
for the appearance of Chisivoir in
Police Court tomorrow.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
URGES DEBS' PARDON.
Private Soldiers and Sailors Le-
.gion Appeals to President.

President Harding was urged in n
communication sent to the White
House last night by the Private SOL
diers and Sailors Legion to pardon
Eugene v. Debs land every political
prisoner whose offense involved no
moral turpitude.' The letter was
signed by Marvin Gates Sperry, prest-
dent of the organization, and con-
tanned a scathing denunciation of the
American Legion and Hanford Mac
Nider. it's national commander, for
protesting against the proposed par
doning Of Mr.. Debs.
'In urging this action" said the
letter. your excellency may rest as
sured that it voices the desire Of a
vast majority Of the 100000 former
enlisted service men,"
Evening star., 1921-11-27
ARBUCKLE DEFENSE
TO CLOSE MONDAY
Fingerprint Clues Attacked
by Expert; Miss Rappe III
Before, Witnesses Say.
BY the Associated Press.

BY thc ASSOCIATED frett.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 26.-
The defense expects to close its pre-
sentation of evidence in the Roscoe
c. Arbuckle case next Monday, 1t was
announced tonight when court ad-
journed over the week end. Finger
prints bulked large in today's pro-
ceedings. The prints in question were
found on doors of rooms in the hotel
where Arbuckle gave the party last
September at which Virginia Rappe
is said TO have received fatal injuries
at the comedians hands. and as q re-
suit of which he is on trial.
Ignatius H. Mccarthy. former In
vestigator for the federal Department
of Labor. was called as a fingerprint
expert by the defense to controVert
testimony offered by z. 0. Heinrich
of the University Of California. con-
sulting criminologist. Heinrich had
sworn that some prints on the door
of the room where Miss Rappe was
found injured were those of the DE-
dicated a struggle between Arbuckie
and Miss Rappe.
His Expertness Questioned.
McCarthy's qualifications as an ex-
pert were under fire from the prose-
cution when court adjourned.
Among other witnesses today were
Philo Mccullough, a motion picture
actor of Hollywood. Calf. and Mrs.
Florence Bates of Santa Ana, Calf.
friends of Miss Rappe. Both testified
they had on various occasions seen
Miss Rappe double up" with pain and
tear at her clothing.
According to previous evidence Miss
Rappe did this at the Arbuckle party
Harry 3. Barker, rancher OF the
Stockton district and friend OF MISS
Rappe, took the stand at the opening
of court for the completion Of his
cross-examination. which was begun
yesterday.
According to Barker. Miss Rappe
had been subject to attacks OF q ma
ture unknown to him while she was
visiting in Chicago and South Haven,
Mich, ten years ago and later. Miss
Rappe died Of a bladder rupture. said
by the prosecution to have been
caused by external force applied by
Arbuckle. The defense contends that
the rupture was spontaneous climax
of a long standing affection of the
organ.
Says She Tore Her Clothes.
Mrs. Bates testified to having met
Miss Rappe in a Chicago department
store in october. 1918. while Miss
Rappe was engaged as cloak model
and the witness as a clerk. On three
occasions Miss Rappe tore her clothes.
doubled up and screamed and was
taken to the store hospital, she testi-
fed.
During one of the attacks Miss
Rappe tore Off and utterly ruined
gown she had been displaying in =
style show. Mrs. Bates said.
Mccullough said he entertained
Miss Rape at his home about seven
months ago and "she took few
drinks Of gin, became very noisy and
tore her stockings and waist off.
He was friendly with Arbuckle and
visited the Arbuckle home many
times, he said. Liquor was served on
one of these occasions. he testified.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
ASKS POLICE TO FIND SON.
Representative Larsen's Boy Left
Home Friday Night.

William Larsen, the sixteen-year-
Larsen of Georgia, has disappeared
from his home in Clarendon, Va, and
the police have been asked to locate
him.
The boy failed to appear for supper
Friday evening. and 1t was not until
yesterday that his parents received
a post card from him.
The father told the police that the
boy had talked of going away. He
had stated no probable destination,
however. A message sent out from
police headquarters ask ed that search
for the boy be instituted. He was de-
scribed as having medium compile exio on.
blue eyes and dark hair. 1t is believed
he has gone to New York.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
TRAFFIC WELL HANDLED.

Commissioner Oyster last night ad-
ment and the Home Defense League
voicing his appreciation Of the orderly
manner in which traffic was handled
at the Wednesday night reception in
honor Of the delegates to the arms
conference.
The Commissioner said credit was
due Acting Mat. Daniel Sullivan, Capt.
A. J. Headley' Of the trafiic bureau,
Capt. Brown Of the first precinct and
the officers Of the Home Defense
League. all Of whom co-operated In
regulating the flow OF machines to
and from the reception hall in the
National Museum.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
CLAIM STRIKE BROKEN,
Colorado Mine Owners Report 80
Per Cent Of Men Back on Job.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
TRINIDAD, Col. November GO
Ninety per cent Of the normal force
was reported by the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company at work in the
Trinidad district today at the close
OF the second week Of the strike of
miners against 80 per cent wage
reduction.
Coal production in Las Animas
county yesterday reached it's highest
figure since the strike opened, the
company reported. the tonnage taken
out Of five mines aggregating 1856
tons.
John McLennan. president of Dis
trict Is. United Mine Workers, said
today he was satisfied with the prog
ress of the strike. Arrangements are
being made for financial aid for the
families Of the striking miners. he
said.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
WILL LECTURE ON HOMES.

A national better homo movement.
organized to promote comfort. beauty.
health, happiness and efficiency in the
home, will be given here Tuesday.
November 20, in a free lecture at the
Playhouse, ,1S14 N street northwest,
at II am, by Minnie Brunker Ross of
New York city. director and founder
Of the National Better Homes Insti-
tute. This movement is already oper-
atine in moro than 100 American
cities.
II is Miss Ross purpose to present
to those interested the principles of
art governing the seleotion and ar
Evening star., 1921-11-27

for the repair and upkeep of the
heating and ventilating systems and
Tor the repairs to roofs Of buildings.
After such repairs have been made
the other needs Of the school system
may be considered. These needs cover
painting, oiling and general repair
work.
Il recommend that the board of
education continue its efforts to Sc
cure an increase in the amount an.
propriated for this purpose"
Evening star., 1921-11-27
POLISH PEOPLE TO MEET.
Celebration Of 1880 Insurrection to
Be Held Today.

A meeting Of all Polish people in
the District and vicinity to celebrate
the 1880 Insurrection" will be held in
knights Of Pythiss Hall today. under
the auspices OF the Polish Club of
Washington. Several speakers will
attend. including Representatives
Kleczka of Wisconsin and Kunz of
Illinois; DR.. purand and John Wedda
Of the Department of Commerce: DIR.
Kolusowski of George Washington
University. and Jean Labat of the
French embassy.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
FORMER D. C. MAN DIES.
Walter A. Montgomery, Judge,
Succumbs at Raleigh. N. c.

Walter A. Montgomery. Judge Of the
supreme court Of North Carolina and
a resident Of Washington for several
years, died yesterday afternoon at his
home in Raleigh, N. c.. according to
word received here last night.
He was seventy-seven years of age
and was a distinguished Confederate
soldier. During his residence in
for a history which he wrote on the
civil war.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Fresh HOMEGROWN
Cherries Add Joy to
Thanksgiving Feast

BY the Associated Press.
SPARTANBURG, 9. c.. No
vember 26-FreSh homegrown
cherries formed the dessert at
the ThanksEvfng dinner Of J. r.
Foster OF White Stone, this
C01nty.
A cherry tree ON the Foster
farm has produced two full
crops OF fruit this year.
The fall crop has been ripen-
ing for several days and the
fruit IL a. luscious as that
grown in the spring.
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Buy Christmas Seals
And Help Us Continue the Fight!

Paid for by the
Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis
TeIsphoue Main 992 tLsoa Nosios) 923 H Street NV.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

But SHINES always disdains osten-
Evening star., 1921-11-27

now leads the powerful nationalist
party and is almost as popular as
the conquered war leaders.
Y1,os,la
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-22

Ashley at one time lived in this
city. lie married Miss Lottie
Young. who afterwards divorced him.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-22
Mt. Pleasant Township Democrats
: Convention.

The Democrats OF Mt. pleasant
township met AZ the court house Sat
uruay afternoon TO elect delegates to
i county Convention to be held in
this city wednesday to elect dele
gates TO the senatorial district con-
vcnllon 10 DC nciu At III Dorado
Springs December 20, to select DEB
egateS to the constitutional conven-
ton, The convention organized by
ciecting judge ii. l.. Sheppard chair
man and I. W. Ray secretary. The
following delegates were elected:
DIR. J. I. Hu.l, ed Powell. Mrs. J.
A. Neal. Miss Edna Garrard, T. J.
Everett, James a. DeArmond. Mrs.
l.. 7. Wade, Mrs. John Mckissick,
~. A. Dewitt. wv. ., Jackson, Mrs.
Walter Fuller, Mrs. ]. 5. Brown, T.
L. Dickerson, NJ. ). Horn. Mrs.
Dean Canterbury, Miss Nell Fuhs-
man, John Jones, +. w. Silvers.
Mrs. J. A. DeArmond. Mrs. 7. y
ohobc. A. {. Moreland. d. &. Chas-
tain, Mrs. e. w. Walton. Miss Sile-
tar Cowley. Pete Melook, Carl J.
Henry. Mrs. Marie Lindsay, Miss
Gladys Stanley Jake Green. Jesse l..
Coleman, Mrs, 4. II. Lotion, Mrs.
VIII Jersey, t X. Miller. O. A.
Hcinlcn. Mrs VIII Berry, Mrs. J..
w, Choate, fanl Levy, ]. 5, Gloyd.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-22
IRELAND NEAR CIVIL WAR
Serious Threat in listers Opposi-
ton to Boundary Change.

London, Dec. Io.-Civil war in
Ireland, arising from listers op-
position to the proposed revision ol
her boundaries under the Irish peace
treaty, is seriously threatened, ac-
cordlng to the political correspond
ent of the Westminster Gazette.
Ulster is determined that mot ore
Loyalist shall be sacrificed against
his will to the Sim tein. he said
and adds:
''Shc (Ulster) will certainly NOT
appoint representative to the
boundary commission, and If the
commission operates without her
consent and allocates any part Of
her territory to the South there will
he civil war before she parts with
it.
The correspondent does not be-
lieve that Ulster is blufting and says
she fears that, if the commission
sits, a considerable tract of territory
will be taken, leaving Ulster only
about four countries.
III. most stubborn of all thc cove
nanters, lie says, live in the counties
of Tyrone and FcrnIanagh. The
correspondent reports that at a
meeting last week these stalwarts
swore solcnnly to die rather than
pass under the south government.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-22
Soldier Bonus to Claim Attention.

Washington, Dec. I4-The house
ways and means committee will take
up soldier bontls legislation lmnedl-
atcly after the Christmas holidays
and report such legislation to the
house early in the new year, Chair
man Fordney announced Wednesday.
The committee will work on this
legislation as rapidly as possible,
said Chairman Fordney. I'VE will
hiring out a bonus bill with an at
tached plan to raise the necessary
money to pay the bonus. The legis-
lation will be passed by the house
as early as feasible in the present ses-
sion. cannot say what the plan will
be to raise the money, because DO
not know
Fordney is in favor Of the imposi-
ton OF a special manufacturers sales
tax to raise the necessary revenue.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-22
The Packers Strike.

The third week of the strike OF
the packing house employees opened
Monday with very little disturbance
at the Kansas City packing houses:
The strikers are trying to get around
the laws againct pickcting plants by
what they call minute men. a
number OF strikers walk past the
gates to the plants with sufficient
interval between them to bring one
at the gates each minute. Buildings
Of one of the packing companies
have been set on fire twice, but no
great loss resulted Sunday a meet
ing OF the strikers was held and it
was decided to call out all 'oremen
and mechanics who are still at
work. If these men quit work it
will effectually tie up the plants.
The women among the strikers,
or the "Amazons' as they are called,
caused some trouble Monday.
At Sioux City, Iowa, two were
killed in collisions between strikers
and guards Monday.