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Evening star., 1921-02-28
Laymen's Midday
Lenten Services
B. F. Keith's Theater
Daily, Except Saturdays,
1890 to / O'Clock
Tomorrow:
Conducted BY
Rev. E. 0. Watson
Speaker
Fred B. Smith, New
York City

gical care. 1t was said that probably
both will recover.
Laxity of Law Again Shown.
Discovery of ammunition in the pock-
cts of Harris clothing. coupled with the
fact that the deceased had been an in
mate OF the hospital for the treatment
of insane persons, again brought to the
attention of the police the lack of a
proper pistol law for the safeguarding
of human life.
Maj. Harry L. Gessford. superin-
Grant, chief of detectives; Capt. Bean
and others readily recalled the futile
efforts that had been made to guard
against just such an affair as the
shooting yesterday. Only few days
ago The Star directed attention to
sons had been able to enter stores.
put down the price and obtain death :
dealing instruments. Police officials
today repeated their pleas for the en-
actment of one of the several bills in
troduced in Congress to throw addi-
tional safeguards about the sale, pos
session and carrying of pistols.
Eleven Years on the Force.
Policeman Hayden was a native of
Lodge, Va, village on the Yeocomico
river in northumberland county. He
siding at Lodge and a brother resid-
ing in Baltimore. He had been a
member of the police force the last
eleven years and was in the wagon
service in No. 8. Members of Masonic
bodies with which he was affiliated
cared for the body. A coroner's jury
viewed the body this morning, and it
was taken to Baltimore this afternoon
to be sent to his late home by
steamer.
Evening star., 1921-02-28
HASBEEN
SHOT OFF THE MAP
West Virginia Governor and
Governor Visit Min
ing battle-ground.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PresS
2s.-Gov. John J. Cornwell. accom-
panied by Gov.-elect E. F. Morgan.
who succeeds him in Office on March
4. yesterday visited and inspected
the workings Of the Willis Branch
the surrounding village of Willis
branch. where much heavy gun fight
ing took place February 10. and upon
their return to Charleston announced
that the town seems to have been
literally shot off the face of the
map"
The trip was made by the governor
and his successor in response to a re-
quest from the Willis Branch COM
pany for additional armed protec-
tion. The governor-elect declined to
say what he intended to do about
he made this comment:
TT is inconceivable that such con-
ditions could exist in this day and
age"
Gov. Cornwell. however. described
conditions there more in detail.
Its citizens have abandoned it,"
he said. referring to the village.
leaving personal effects. furniture
and live stock behind. With the ex-
ception of half-famished dogs. cats
and chickens. which wander about
streets. and a squad of state police
on duty near the station. the town
is devoid of life. The company store,
Office, post Office, mine foreman's
home and sixty-five of the remaining
sixty,seven cottages are riddled with
cottages shows they have been
burned or wrecked with dynamite"
The governor said he learned that
every night for the past year the
town has been shot up" Men who
work in neighboring mines, he added.
are blamed by the coal operators for
these attacks.
Until February 1s. the governor
said. the state police on duty told him
small number of miners and their
worked in the mines The cottages of
these, he said, had been reinforced
with sheet iron and sandbag barri-
cades. For the better protection of
their families they dug cellars. where
the women and children would remain
until the nightly shooting ceased.
Reports of the fusillade of Febru-
ary 19 which filtered in indicated that
only one man was slain. The next day,
however, the small body of miners
treat to other parts.
The wreckage in the village was
eQualed by the havoc done the mine
workings. said the governor. and this
destruction was further described by
William McKeH. the general manager
Of the Willis Branch company.
Miners in this whole section" he
said. "struck September 1. 1919. The
operators generally yielded to the de-
mands Of the workers, but this COM
pany decided to make a finish fight Of
it. and it has been a fight ever since.
Poles carrying electric current to the
mine were blown up. Two charges of
dynamite wrecked both inclines. The
hoisthouse was broken into and its
machinery destroyed. The tipple was
fired and badly damaged. On Febru-
ary - the substation was blown up
by a charge Of dynamite, the explo-
sion being heard twelve miles away"
Evening star., 1921-02-28

NEW YORK. February 2s. - Two
young Americans have just sailed
from this port for South America to
search for vast store of wealth sup
posed to lie in the Chimney of the
diamond deposits of British Guiana.
At Georgetown. the capital of the
British possession, they will be joined
by third adventuresome American
who has outfitted in Paris The ex-
pedition is under the patronage of
Harvard University and the Smith
sonian Institution of Washington, for
which it will carry on geographical
explorations. William j. La Varre,
jr., Harvard graduate of 1919, heads
the party. and his fellow explorers
are James Macdonald of Lima, Ohio
and Dudley Lewis of Springfield.
Mass. They expect to spend more than
year in the jungle.
Besides an attempt to follow the
scattered deposits of precious stones
several hundred miles through tan
gled. reptile-infested wilderness to
their source. long known to exist
somewhere in the hill country, but
never discovered. the expedition will
take observations of the aboriginal
inhabitants and geological features of
the country. as well as capture speci-
Evening star., 1921-02-28
INQUIRY COURT ORDERED.
Loss of the Destroyer Woolsey Will
Be Minutelv Investigated

A naval court of inquiry into the
sinking Of the United States de-
stroyer Woolsey by the steamer Steel
Inventor of Panama yesterday. has
been ordered by Admiral Hugh Rod
man. commander-in-chief of the Pa
cific fleet. The court will sit at Bal
boa, Panama, dispatches to the Navy
Department said. and will investigate
every phase of the collision that re-
suited in the loss Of the naval vessel,
the death Of one enlisted man and the
injury of several others. About If
teen members of the crew of the
Woolsey still are reported as miss
ing.
The naval commandant at Panama
has been instructed by the depart
ment to libel the steamer Steel In
ventor to protect the government
against loss. II the court Of inquiry
should develop that the collision was
due to negligence on the part Of the
commanding officer of the merchant
craft. No further details of the COL
lision had been received at the Navy
Department today.
Evening star., 1921-02-28

"Killed in the line of duty" was
entered on the record of Policeman
Samuel C. Hayden of the eighth pre-
cinct yesterday. He was shot by
Twitty Lynwood Harris. colored.
twenty-eight years old. at the latter's
home, 94S Westminster street, after
Harris had shot and slightly wounded
Herbert Akers, coIored. thirty-six
years old, 2114 Vermont avenue, and
James Mills, colored. forty years old.
$50 Westminster street.
Inspector Grant. chief of detectives,
said today he had reason to believe
Harris was responsible for several
mysterious shootings which have oc-
CURED in the northwest section the
last few months.
Harris was killed by bullets from
the pistol of either Capt. Thaddeus
r. Bean or Policeman A. B. Cole, who
were in the Westminster street house
searching for Harris at the time the
latter murdered Hayden. The shot
that killed HAYDEN was fired from a
closet in the hallway on the third
floor of the house, while the bullets
from the weapons of Capt. Bean and
Policeman Cole penetrated the body
of the colored slayer while he still
was in the closet. Three bullet holes
IN ddffiS DOCy were QlSCIOSeO "neu
the body reached the morgue.
Harris, it is stated. was she'll
shocked while overseas and when
he returned to this country he was
treated at st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
He was discharged from the hospital
the middle of the summer, and a
few days later, July s, he visited a
store on D street and had no diff
Guilty in purchasing a .32-ca1iber auto
matte weapon.
About $50 o'clock yesterday morn
ing Harris appeared at 10th and I
streets and shot Akers in his left
foot without provocation. Reaching
the front of Mills home he saw Mills
standing at his door and after mutter-
ing some threats fired, sending a
bullet into his shoulder.
Capt Bean and Policemen Hayden.
Davis and Cole went to the Westminster
street house, the captain and Hayden
entering ShY the front door, while the
others entered through a rear door.
Harris was hiding in a closet. He fired
and Hayden fell to the floor mortally
wounded, the bullet having entered his
head.
Other shots were fired and Capt. Bean
and Cole began shooting at the man in
the closet, three Of the bullets striking
him. The wounded policeman and Har-
rfs were rushed to Freedmen's Hospital,
where the former died at 10:15 O'Clock.
The latter died on the way there.
Akers and Mills were taken to Freed
mems Hospital, where they received sur
Evening star., 1921-02-28
HARDING SPEEDING
FOR MARION VISIT
To Stay Two Days-Inaugu-
raj Address Practically
Done-Has Fine Tan.

By the Associated Press.
ON BOARD PRESIDENT-E ELECT
HARDING'S SPECIAL TRAIN, Febru-
ary 2S.-With his preparations for
the launching of his administration
"a bout complete. President-elect Hard
ing was on his way back to Marion
today to receive a formal farewell
from his home town before entering
the White House.
The president elects special train.
which left st. Augustine, Fla, last
night, is to reach Cincinnati this
|evening and Marion tomorrow morn
! ing. A lay-over of several hours is
lplanned in Cincinnati, but Mr.. and
Mrs. Harding do not expect to leave
their private car. They will be in
Marion until late Wednesday.
In Fine Physical Trim.
Tanned by five weeks under the
Florida sun, the President elect is re-
turning northward apparently in
much better physi icaI trim than he was
when he left Ohio.
Not only did he have two weeks Of
complete rest during his houseboat
trip, but he has since spent a part of
practically every day on the golf
links at St Augustine. insisting on
period when his cabinet selections
we're reaching conSummation.
Busy Today on Address.
Only final revision of the inaugu-
raj address remains to complete Mr..
Harding's pre-inauguration tasks. He
worked on this today and expected
Ito have it finished by the time of his
arrival in Marion.
The Harding residence in Marion
h. 1no h1
elect and his wife will make the home
of his father. DR.. George T. Harding,
their headquarters during the two
day visit.
Evening star., 1921-02-28
HEBREW SOCIETIES UNITE
Relief Body Votes to Join United
Charities Association,

The Hebrew Relief Society at its
meeting yesterday afternoon ratified
the proposed constitution of the
amalgamation with the United He
brew Charities. The United Hebrew
Relief Society of Washington will be
the name of the new organization.
Advantages of the combining of the
two societies were explained by Lee
Baumgarten, president of the United
Hebrew Charities. The meeing was
presided over by NJ. Korm, president
of the Hebrew Relief Society.
1t was announced that a meeting
will be called soon for the election of
officers. All money in the treasures
of both organizations will be turned
over to the new treasurer for the re-
lief and vocational educational work
Of the Hebrew boys and girls of this
CITY,
Evening star., 1921-02-28
MEDICAL WRITER TO TALK,
DR.. T. A. William Will Address
City Club Wednesday.

DR.. Thomas A. William, widely
known medical writer and lecturer.
will address the City Club luncheon
o'clock.
John Walsh, chairman Of the civics
and forum committee, will preside.
The clubs music group will meet
at o'clock tomorrow night at the
ment by Percy s. Foster. the chair
Evening star., 1921-02-28

Art Bentley got away with
two cars yesterday, which is
purity good, considerin' he's just
been paroled an is all out O
practice.
Their hain't no man haters.
They jest don't attract men,
that's all.
Copyright National Newspaper Service.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-02-05
AUTO LICENSE PLATES.
Endless Red Tape Delays Their
Prompt Issuance.

State James J. Aich Secretary of
The Chief and uiaat. t.er+ocuer newspa=
pers in the state last week, asking
for cooperation in urging automo-
bile owners to pay their license tax,
and which letter was published in
last Saturdays paper, seems to have
produced instantaneous results,
judging from the following state
ment given to the press by Mr..
Bailey at the beginning Of the week:
"Due to the fact that the depart
ment Of state is being daily flooded
with thousands of applications for
auto license plates, it will be physi-
cally impossible for the office force to
issue and mail out all plates by Feb.
1, on which day car owners are
made delinquent under the law.
'The endless red tape connected
with the delivery Of two tin plates
lis, to say the least, farce. For in
Istance an application is received
through the mail, the horse power Of
the car described has to be figured
out, an official number stamped on
the application, turned over to the
cashier and bookkeeper, who in or
der to keep the record straight, has to
compare the horse power with the re-
mittance, has to enter the number,
amount and address Of the applicant,
then the plates have to be addressed,
stamped and mailed. In addition to
all this rot, in hundreds of cases the
remittance is way out of keeping
with the amount of the tax, and
never ending correspondence follows.
f"Thus it will be seen how utterly
impossible it is to render the kind
of service the public is entitled to.
"Unfortunately the legislature
fixed Feb. 1 as the date for the car
owners to become delinquent, and if
permitted to- do so, I would suggest
that the local official throughout the
state do not prosecute apparent vio-
lators of this law provided they will
make sworn affidavit that they have
filed their application with this de.
lpartment.
'In conclusion let US all hope that
this next legislature or the Constitu
tional Convention will so amend thi:
law as to make it simple to execute
thereby relieving the confusion
) which at present obtains.
"When the present act was drafted
the number Of automobiles in thi:
, state was around five thousand
. since that time this number has,
5 should judge, increased to approx
: mately seventy thousand, and this in
crease is being handled by PRACTICAL.
the same working force, which is, O
3 course, inadequate.
'My desire is to render promp
and satisfactory service as the hea'
of this department, but this canno
do under the present SYSTEM"
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-02-05
WOULD ABOLISH BOARD.
Secretary of State Would Do Away
With Board of Pardons.

Secretary of State James J.
Bailey is in favor of abolishing the
state board of pardons on the
grounds that it is entirely useless
and unnecessary, and cites the re-
cent summary abolition of the Texas
board by the governor of that state.
Mr.. Bailey calls attention to Article
70 of the Constitution, which pro-
vides that the governor shall upon
the recommendation Of the heuten-
ant governor, the attorney general
and the presiding judge of the court,
before which the conviction was had,
or of any two of them, have power
in his discretion, to grant pardons,
commute sentences, etc. "This is
clear" he says, "That the governor is
without power to act in cases where
the board fails to recommend par
dons, etc. It is equally clear that he
is not bound by the recommenda-
tions of the board. That being true,
what useful purpose does the board
serve? None that have been able to
discover. I discovered years ago
that the attitude of the presiding
luuSc ldIScly tcICl ollCN IiiS eAto'oi -
of the board. Now mind you, the
presiding judge is very frequently
not the judge before whom the case
was tried and is doubtless ignorant
of the facts in the case. After all
is said the responsibility is on the
governor and there is no sound rea-
son for the existence of the board. y
Mr.. Bailey states that there is no
reason why relatives and friends of
applicants for pardons should be put
to the large expense of employing
counsel with political pull to repre-
sent them before board which
meets in New Orleans, when it would
be so much simpler to place the en-
tire matter before the governor, who
could, if he so desired, ask for ad:
ditional information from the dis
trict judge and district attorney"
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-02-05
Svmpathetic Father Contributes.

Jacob Fred Hoffman. aged T years,
has had the measles, and they have
left him blind and partially paralyz-
ed. Doctors see little hope for his
life.
Seeing his little son perhaps dying
before his eyes, the boys father, who
lives at 1903 St. Claude Avenue, New
Orleans, has found himself particu-
larly touched by appeals for. the
starving children Of Eastern and
Central Europe. So the father saved
for two weeks, and recently he ap-
peared at the state Offices Of the Eu-
ropean Relief Council with ten one
dollar bills, which he gave to save
the life of one Europeans baby, even
though his own may not live.
Such instances as the above, are
hrineing- -home to those who are col
the heart interest in the appeal of
starving childhood. The potency of
that appeal as it is being presented
to the fathers and mothers Of the
state is daily increasing collections
and adding to the role of the little
lives which will have been saved to
the number of 100000 when the
campaign reaches success.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-02-05
2om 20 cents
in air-tight packages.
Also obfainable in round
tins of So vacuum-sealed

and they were returning this was
last July. l was so glad for them.
When l returneds ! heard by chance
they had to feeaerrain, once more
penniless and hos beGss~ 81 think the Y,
mother is reallz think what will
nappen to vera. | Yesterday we went
to the Russian ~|1ristmas tree in a
colony. The children were mostly
orphans. A small boy, son of a
prince had been picked up by strang-
ers and saved from the Bolsheviks.
Can't you get people to adopt chill
dren. l will bring them over.
Some of them are really too sweet
for words, and so many alone. No
one knows where the parents are; all
such little white faces! Many only
have the meal of 100 grammes pro-
vided by the Americans. Hoover's
mission is wonderful!
"Do write soon,
"Yours lovingly,
"GRACE C. VULL1AMY."
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-02-05
L.S.U. Musicians Give Good Program

The Mems Glee Club, the Coed
Glee Club, an orchestra. chorus,
and the Tiger Military Band, are
among the musical organizations at:
are making credita BILE showing on
programs in the Capital City this
year. Under the leadership Of H.
w. Stopher, director Of music, a
Philharmonic Orchestra composed Of
many L. S. U. students from all over
the state, ex-students and the best
talent in the city has been organ
lied.
This is a most pretentious under
taking as it is usually only in cities
of large population and with tradi-
tions of music that there exists both
the talent and leadership for such an
undertaking. The l.. S. u. students
who are qualified to serve as mem
bers Of this orchestra will receive
splendid training and it is consider
ed privilege to be associated with
such an organization. One of the
five concerts which the philharmonic
Orchestra will give this year has
been rendered and it was very IA
vorably received and commented
upon.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-02-05
TO ERADICATE THE -GCE-..
Program of Louisiana League 22.n
dorsed by Several Parishes.

A very important meeting Of thc
Tick Eradication League of Isapides
and neighboring parishes was held
lat Alexandria last week. The fol-
lowing parishes were represented:
Rap;des, Grant, Avoyel.es, Vernon.
Natch.toches, Allen, Evangeline ana
Iasai,e.
A general discussion brought out
the fact that the following enormous
amounts had already Ieen spent by
some of the league parishes for dip
ping, to-wit: Rapides, $4,000;
Evangeline, $4,000; VIM, $15,0O0;
! Natchitoches, $4,000 and Avoyelles
l$75,O00 and that there were 800,-
| 900 cattle in these parishes that had
not been dipped.
| The following resolutions were
adopted and directed sent to the Of
tlclal journals Of the various parishes
and the presidents and secretaries Of
the police juries throughout the
state:
Whereas, the tick eradication
problem in Louisiana has been nm
pense Of labor and money; and
"Whereas, complete tick era41ica-
tion is possible in one summer sea-
son through the regular dipping If
all the cattle; and
"Whereas, the Louisiana Tick
Eradication League has proposed 4
plan for final tick eradication where
by harmonious cooperation between
cattle owners and officials may be
achieved; and
"Whereas, the police jury of
Rapdes has initiated a movement for
final tick eradication and has IN
vited its neighboring police juries to
cooperate in its movement for final
tick eradication;
''Therefore, be it resolved, that we
ana Tick Eradication League and
pledge it our support and that we en-
dorse the laudable enterprise of the
police jury of Rapides.
"That we urge upon the police
iuries of the state that they follow
the example of Rapides in an ag-
gressive campaign throughout their
several parishes for final eradca-
ton of the cattle tick.
, ''That we thank the police jury OF
Rapides for this opportunity of meet
! ing together and discussing matter
of such vital mutual concern.
"That we call upon Governor John
| M. Parker to use all the influence and
| power at his command to secure the
corporation of those parishes of the
state that refuse to cooperate with
their fellow citizens in eradicating
the fever tick and by that refusal
, create a menace to our cattle and a
i barrier to the progress of the state.
!, "That a copy of these resolutions
e ha fnn,.ra.dad 10 Cauarna.s~@pa p a rlrar .
The Donaldsonville chief., 1921-02-05
"Behold My Wife. I"

The attraction at the Grand
Theatre next Tuesday, February
8, will be "Behold My Wife"
with an all-star cast, including Ma
bel Julenne, Scott-Milton, Sills Ell
liot, Dexter and Winter Hall. That
it is truly a production is at
tested by the consensus of opinions
of press and critics wherever played.
The New York Hearld says: .o
Excellent, 100 per cent enter
tainmant; has every requisite fea-
ture for the most critical movie fan;
went big all week; played at two
high-class theatres, and each did a
wonderful business. One theatre
considered it such a success that il
held it over for a second week"
The Chicago Times in reviewing
the past weeks attractions said:
"'Behold My, Wife is undoubted-
ly one of the best and most success
full photoplays of the year; played to
exceptionally big business for seven
days. 1t is interesting and well put
on, and appealed to both men and
women. It held the attention of the
immense audiencies spellbound."