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Evening star., 1921-04-01
corporal" TANNER
SERVES II YEARS AS
REGISTER OF WILLS

Corporal James Tanner is re-
ceiving congratulations on the COM
pletion yesterday of seventeen years
as register of wills for the District
of Columbia. He was appointed
by President, Roosevelt. and has
been undisturbed by succeeding
occupants Of the White House. 1t
is understood that he will continue
to serve under President Harding.
Mr.. Tanner will be seventy-seven
years old next Monday.
Speaking of his long service to-
day. he pointed with pride to the
fact that there are still in his en-
ploy seven women whom he found
working in The Office when he took
charge. Mr.. Tanner has the dis
tinction of having appointed the
first woman to hold a clerical posi-
tion in government employ in the
state Of New York. He selected a
woman as his secretary while serv-
ing as collector of taxes in Brook
lyn in 1877.
William Clark Taylor. chief dep
uty register Of wills, entered the
office with Mr. Tanner, and has
served continuously for seventeen
years with him.
Evening star., 1921-04-01
SAYS ENDOWED SCHOOLS
LACK FUND FOR TEACHERS
General Education Board Secretary
Sees Menace to Colleges and
Universities So Maintained.

Colleges and universities in the
United States which are supported by
endowment are seriously menaced
through lack of funds to pay adequate
salaries to teachers. according to a
statement today by Trevor Arnett,
secretary of the general education
board Of New York Mr.. Arnett has
Just completed a study of teachers
salaries in certain endowed higher in
stitutions of learning in this country.
which was undertaken to provide a
basis for the distribution of $50. 900
900 gift made in December. 1919. by
John D. Rockefeller. founder of the
general education board. With the
gift Mr.. Rockefeller made the sugges-
tion that as far as practicable the
money be used for the purpose Of
stimulating and assisting colleges and
universities in raising additional en-
dowment for the increase of teachers
salaries.
Up to the present time $24.250.0
has been allotted to 1874. institutions.
which have undertaken to raise a
further sum OF $55, ,o35. 900. making a
total Of $7S,285,000. For immediate
relief annual grants have been made
aggregating $4,304,451.
Data which has been obtained, Mr..
Arnett said, shows clearly that our
higher institutions Of learning. which
are supported by endowment, are
seriously menaced through lack of
funds to. pay adequate salaries to
teachers"
Evening star., 1921-04-01
CORNER STONE TO BE LAID
BY ARCHBISHOP BONZANd
Ceremonies of New $23O.0OO Pa.
rochial School to Be Sun
day Afternoon.

Archbishop Bonzano. the papal dele
gate. will officiate at the laying OF the
corner stone of the new $3.50. 900 parocif
ial school and hall which the congregs
ton of Holy Comforter Church is erect
ing at 18th and East Capitol street,
The ceremonies will begin at o'cioc$
Sunday afternoon. A sermon will d
preached by Mgr C. F. Thomas. paA
tor of St Patricks Church. Rev. Claf
ence E. Wheeler. pastor Of Holy COM
forter. will be in charge of the exet
cises and will be assisted by Rev. Lou4
c. Vaeth, assistant pastor.
The Holy Name Society, with TIN
other men of the parish, the Boy Scouel
and the Sunday school children. viii
form a guard of honor to the papal
delegate and will meet his automobill
at Lincoln Park and conduct him to tt1e
rectory of Holy Comforter Church. The
procession will be formed at the church
after Archbishop Bonzano has donnep
his official robes. and, singing hymnt
will march to the school. 4
The quarantine put on the boys OF 81
Mary's Industrial School of BaltimofI
will prevent the attendance OF the boyp
band at the ceremonies as had beef
planned. ~: 4
Evening star., 1921-04-01
DEATH AND DAMAGE.
TOLL OF TORNADO
Two Killed, Several Injured,
Property Loss Near $780,.
600, in Georgia Storm.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY. Ga. April 1.-TWO dead
two probably fatally injured and sew
eral suffering minor injuries. ana
property damage variously estimated
at from two hundred thousand to
three hundred thousand dollars. is the
toll of the tornado that swept across
the northern section Of Albany yes
terday afternoon.
industrial Plants Wrecked.
The worst damage that was sus-
tanned by any one concern was at tho
plant of the Virginia Carolina Chem
ical Company. estimates of the loss
here being $4,000. The loss at the
Anton Huber Lumber Company is esi
timated at $4,000. The immense
warehouse of the Shippers Compress
Company was badly damaged. but nd
The plant of the Albany Canning
Company was unroofed and otherwise
damaged.
Property loss was heavy. as almost
a dozen large industrial plants suff
fered damage. and il was not expect.
ed that some of them would be able
to continue operations pending ex'
tensive repairs. About twenty-five
dwellings were reported wrecked and
many more damaged, while many
handsome shade trees in the residen:
tial section were uprooted.
Damages on Farms.
After leaving Albany the storm,
, came down to earth again about
twelve miles northeast Of the city, id
Worth county. three miles southwest
of Oakfield, wrecking several homes
and outhouses and uprooting trees
Two persons were injured. Three ad,
ditional residences also were wreck!
ed. but all of the occupants ESCAPED
| injury.
Evening star., 1921-04-01
ROBERT E.LEE CHAPTER
SUED FOR DANCE FUNDS
Confederate Memorial Association
Wants Accounting Of Dixie
Ball Receipts.

The Confederate Memorial Associa-
ton has filed suit in the District
Supreme Court against Robert E Lee
Chapter, No. GA, of the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy. for a discov-
cry and accounting Of the funds real
lied at the fifteenth annual Dixie ball.
held April 1. 1913. at the New Willard
Hotel. The plaintiff says it is the
owner of the Confederate Home, for
whose benefit the ball was given and
subscriptions solicited. it is stated.
The court is asked to decree that the
defendant chapter holds the money
as trustee for the plaintiff. to order
the payment and to enjoin other dis
position of the funds by the defend
ant
The court is advised that while the
exact amount OF the net proceeds of
the ball is unknown to the plaintiff,
it is thought to exceed $500. Fre-
quent requests have been made, it is
stated, to the officers Of the defendant
chapter for a settlement, but such
demands have been met with a denial
of the trusteeship and a refusal to
pay over the money. The plaintiff
sets out a copy Of the ticket. which
names az beneficiary of the ball the
Confederate Memorial Home.
The bill Of complaint is signed by
Leigh Robinson as president Of the
plaintiff association and was filed by
Attorneys Thomas n. Patterson and
Edwin G. Dutton.
Evening star., 1921-04-01
JURISTS TO ATTEND DANCE

Many prominent members of the
bench and bar of the District will
attend the dance to be given this
evening at the Wardman Park Ho-
tel by the Georgetown freshman law
class. Chief Justice White of the
Supreme Court is among those who
will assist in receiving the guests
jeffrey Sullivan is the chairman in
charge of the April fool surprises
that await the guests. Among those
who will attend are Senator Kenyon
of Iowa Senator King of Utah. Sena-
tor Ashurst Of Arizona. Chief Jus
tice Smythe of the District Court of
Appeals. Justice Ashley NJ. Gould of
the District Supreme Court and Ad-
miral w. S. Benson.
Evening star., 1921-04-01
MOST COLD WAVES. HOT WAVES
ANDBLIZZARDS MADE OUT OFU.S.
Rains, Shows and Tornadoes Also Start
in West and Northwest, Says
Geographic Bulletin.

California South Pacific storms, en-
tering south of the northern boun-
dairy Of California, are still less fire.
quent. for this is the region of a
more or less permanent high. the
effect of which is to keep the drift
ing lows farther north.
Now and then low is formed
in some section of the broad curv-
ing band of country stretching, from
Alberta through Texas. including the
central or gulf states; but these oc-
cur much less frequently than the
lows which drift in from the Aleu-
tians.
gion. which produces lows, is shift
ed to the interior of Alaska. and
from there the succeeding disturb
ances drift southeastward, and those
that enter the United States do so
east of the Rocky mountains. The
CHARACTERISTIC path of all the lows
which enter the United States in the
northwestern portion Of the country
is a more or less deep dip to the
south, just east of the Rocky noun
tains, and later turn to the north
east.
by far the greater number OF
them finally pass from the continent
down the valley of the st. Lawrence
river. not because this great valley
influences their passage, but because
they are attracted toward the per-
manent north Atlantic low in the
neighborhood of Iceland. 1t is as
though the bubble of air under the
ice broke from it's parent bubble.
meandered about for a while. and
finally merged with another large
bubble.
"The highs that traverse the Unit
ed States have fewer places of origin
than the 1ows'-Alberta, north and
pociAo Rnr&rv mount a nd
Hudson bay. They usually bring
cooler weather with them. The bit
terest cold waves known in the re-
gion from the great lakes eastward
follow highs that drift down from
Hudson bay"
Evening star., 1921-04-01
BOYS "Y" SHOW CLOSES
TONIGHT WITH CARNIVAL
Program Of Entertainment and
Prizes for Winners in
Hobby Event.

The hobby show. conducted by the
boys branch Of the Y. NJ. c. A., closes
tonight with a grand carnival" in
the boys building. Prize ribbons and
and then the festivities will be un-
leashed.
The following program has been
arranged: Music by the Boy Scout Or
chestra Of eighteen pieces, readings
by Theodore Tenley. short play by
Messrs. Garner Wolf and Garner, and
a pie-eating contest. A. Gamse will
be the accompanist In the musical
program.
At the annual meeting of the leaders
in the boys physical department
Louis Campbell vice president and
Runyon Tindell secretary and treas
urer. William Knowles Cooper, gen.
eral secretary of the "Y." spoke on
value of leadership" and Charles
w. Wannan outlined the program for
the coming year.
The Y. NJ. c. A. day school will re
open Monday. April 4. with about
seventy three students. Examination
81 and commencement day for June 8.
The summer school will open June q
and continue until and including Au-
gust 5.
The Red Triangle Outing Club of
the Y. M. c. A. has arranged a series
! Of illustrated lectures to be given in
the central building during the month
of April. The subject will be Our
Birds and Wild Flowers" and the
speakers will be men who are experts
in the subject. The lectures will be
given on the following dates. begin
ming at o'clock, and the public is in
vited:
April 13-"Our Wild Flowers in the
Vicinity of Washington" by A. A.
Hansen. foreign crops service Of the
Department Of Agriculture.
April 22-'FWater Birds About Wash
ington," by DR.. Paul Bartsch Of the
National Museum.
April 27-"Where Wild Flowers
Grow. and Why?' by DR.. Edgar T.
wherry, bureau Of chemistry. Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
May 4-"Land Birds About Wash
ington." by Dr.. Paul Bartsch, National
Museum.
Evening star., 1921-04-01
TWO SAFETY ISLES URGED,
Suggested Regulation Of Traffic at
Scott Circle.

A new plan for regulating traffic at
Scott Circle has been recommended to
the Commissioners by officials of the
engineer department.
At present there are six small isles
of safety in the center of the road
way between the sidewalk and the
circle. The proposal is to link these
platforms into two semi-circular isles
one on the east and the other on the
west side.
Traffic going north and south would
pass between the isles and the circle
Traffic going east and west would
pass around the circle between the
isles and the sidewalk.
The new proposal is now before En-
gineer Commissioner Charles W. Kutz
for consideration.
Evening star., 1921-04-01
TAKEN TO NEW YORK.
Alleged 1mpersonator of Revenue
Officer Here Wanted as Witness.

Peter Thomas Duffy, New Yorker.
who was indicted for the alleged inn
personation of a revenue officer and
released on his own recognizance,
has been taken to New York. where.
it is stated. he is material witness
in a case involving the theft and dis
posal of thousands of dollars worth
of bonds.
Duffy was arrested in this city some
time ago, after an exciting pursuit
from 14th and H streets and the firing
of a number of shots by detectives
He was not armed.
The New Yorker. according to in
formation 20 obtained by the police, is
alleged to have disposed of some OF
the stolen bonds in Memphis, Tenn,
and this city. He returned to New
York in custody of a detective.
Evening star., 1921-04-01
W. c. T. q. HAS LUNCHEON.
rhe northwest branch of the w

The northwest branch of the w. C.
T. T.. gave luncheon at 522 9Th
street yesterday. Mrs. Carolyn Votaw
and Mrs. E. s. Shelton were guests of
honor. Mrs. votaw was introduced by
the president. Mrs. NJ. c. Hull, and
gave an informal talk. She was fol-
lowed by Mrs. Shelton. after which
Mrs. Mac Speiden gave several mu-
sical numbers, assisted by Mrs.
Thomas. DIR. Lau,stta Kress dis
tributed the material which she had
purchased for layettes to the ladies
to be made and presented to poor
mothers
Evening star., 1921-04-01
PUSH FUND IN MAY.
Plans Made for $a, GOD, 600 Endow.
ment for Mount Holyoke College.

Pfans for forwarding the movement
to raise 100000 endowment for
Mount Holyoke College. Masa, were
discussed by President Mary E. Wool
ley at a conference of representative
alumnae yesterday at a luncheon at
the Army and Navy Club.
The plans include the setting apart
OF the month of May as the period
in which the alumnae of the institu-
ton will devote a part of their time
to secure subscriptions to the fund
Evening star., 1921-04-01

The color Of birds may be changed
to white by keeping them in a white
room. surrounded by white objects
and attended by persons dressed in
white. says a naturalist. However.
the third or fourth generation is nee
eSsary before the birds feathers are
Evening star., 1921-04-01
TARIFF PROTECTION
/ URGED FOR FARMS
Secretary Wallace Declares
Agriculture Should Be Con-
/ sidered With Industry.
SOUNDS NOTE OF WARNING
Wants Encouragement Given to
Producers at This Time or Higher
Prices Are Predicted.

Secretary Wallace urged protection
FOR farmers on an equality with manu-
facturers and industrial interest in any
tariff policy which is to be decided upon
in a statement issued last night. The
Secretary of Agriculture urged that to
any rates which may be levied should
be added "an amount equal to the extra
freight charges in getting PRODUCES 70
the consuming centerS-"
Foreign Competition.
Practically "all agricultural products
should at once be given adequate pro
lection against foreign competition" he
continued. adding that "the sooner we
get down to studying this whole national
situation the better 1t is going to be
for u.s. The ''heavy additional burden
imposed on the producers by increased
freight rates. the Secretary declared
ARE a differential imposed upon our
own producers and to the benefit of our
foreign competitors" Producers, he
said. are getting prices below cost OF
production not alone because OF in
active business conditions at home. but
because of the importations Of competing
foreign markets"
Danger In Breakdown.
T06 natlOn Cduuot auOfU 10 permit
the breaking down of its own agricul-
ture.' the Secretary continued, even il
for a time we can buy food and other
farm products cheaper from some one
else"
I'VE cannot under any circumstances
afford to permit the present discouraging
conditions to continue and result in
greatly decreased production" the Sec
retary asserted, because that decreased
production may mean exorbitantly high
prices within a few years"
Evening star., 1921-04-01
WOOD TO VISIT JAPAN.

with the sanction Of the State De-
partment, Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood
has accepted the invitation of the
government of Japan to visit that
country following his official inspec-
ton of conditions in the Philippine
Islands.
Evening star., 1921-04-01
REMOVES EXPORT TAX.
Jamaica Allows Free Shipment o.
Cocoa and Cocoauuts.

KINGSTON. Jamaica, March 81
The legislative council has remitted
the export tax on cocoanuts and CO.
Goa, fully $1.00O7000 worth Of which
is exported to the United States an
nually.
The council also has reduced the tax
on logwood extract in view of the
keen competition OF German dyes.
Evening star., 1921-04-01

The two extremes in human hail
are that of the negro. nat IN section
and curly. and that of the Mongoiian
which is round and straight. "a
Evening star., 1921-04-01
COMMANDS q. $. s. GALVESTON

Capt Clarence S. Kempff has been
detached from duty at the navy yard.
Philadelphia. and placed in command
OF the L. S. S. Galveston.
Evening star., 1921-04-01

Skulls found during excavations
listed at least 100000 years ago.
Evening star., 1921-04-01
Confirmation Lacking Here.

Confirmation was lacking at the
State Department today Of reports
from Berlin, via London, that the
German government had made def
mite proposals regarding repara-
tions to the United States. includ-
ing a suggestion that Germany as
sumo liability TO this country for
part, at least, of allied debts to the
United States.
Commissioner Dresel at Berlin. it
WINS said at the department. has
reported the substance of his con-
versations with German officials on
the general question of reparations
from time to time. but no intima-
ton was given that he had trans
mitted any formal or informal pro-
posal Of the kind mentioned in the
London dispatch.
Mr.. Dresers post in Berlin. it has
been said repeatedly by officials
here. does not carry with it au-
thorization to conduct diplomatic
negotiations. The German author
tiles might utilize that channel.
however, to convey suggestion to
this government
Evening star., 1921-04-01
HEAR GERMANY WANTS
TO PAY ALLIES DEBTS
TOU. S. AS PREPARATION

LONDON. March Silt is un-
derstood that Germany recently
approached the United States
government with declaration
that it fully recognized it's OBJ
legation to make reparation to the
full extent of it's power. and that
it was prepared to discuss taking
over q portion of the allied debts
to the ORA States, provided all
parties agreed to this. says a
Reuter- dispatch from Berlin.
Evening star., 1921-04-01

'The most common course of these
lows is across the southern pan
handle Of Alaska and over British
Columbia, to cross the Canadian bor-
der into the United States in Al
berta. For convenience they are
called Alberta storms. A somewhat
fewer number of disturbances. called
north Pacific storms originating in
the same general region. enter be-
tween Puget sound and northern
The Meeker herald., 1921-05-28
TREASURE IN NORTH AFRICA
storshouss Of Historical and
Archaeological osautiea

North Afrlca-Morocco. Algerin-
comprises. according to Louis Bert.
rand. writing In ILLUSTRATION tParis),
a st0rehOuse of historical and arch
Biological treasures unsupported by the
great majority Of Frenchmen. Frances
tricolOr floats over these storied lands
washed by the Mediterranean.
n. Bertrand concludes that most Of
his countrymen visit the colonial pos
session much MS they would visit a
spectacular review or something Of
the sort. as bizarre experience OF
strange sounds and colors and muscle
dancers: whereas, II they would but
open their eyes. they might behold
dead cities raising mp their heads and
almost hear the echoIng footsteps Of
the Roman legions. He points, In
fact. to North Africa as the richest
museum Of Latin antiquity In the
world. where the ruins Of the imperial
occupation are thickly strewn for
leagues. crying out for the pick and
spade Of the excavator. From vOlu.
bills in Morocco to eighth In Tunis,"
declares the writer. ION line 1000
kilometers long. the Roman ruins are
landmarks in Africa. With their tri.
umphal arches. coIonnades. pagan tenn
pies. basilicas and Christian burial
places. they outline shattered royal
road without peer"
The Meeker herald., 1921-05-28
FARMER OWES MUCH TO MULE
Animal 10 Hard and Rugged Worker
and Almost Indispensable In
Many Localities.

The mule. like everybody else. has
his plnce. He Is considered u bad
actor. Fathers caution their sons
about going near any animal with long
ears and ropy tall. The sons know
what the animal will do because they
have been looking over the funny
paper" each Sunday and were de-
lighted In seeing the mule fold up and
let loose with kick that sent man
through the side Of barn or over
the fence. But In spite Of this I'M
desirable advertising the mule Is with
us today on more farms than ever
before. He IL n hard and rugged
worker and Is especially adapted to
the more hilly farms Of our agrIcul-
tural sections. Even through the
Middle West there are some counties
TINT have more mules than horses. In
1867, the mules Of the United States
numbered $4,000, with nm average
value of $66.04. In 1890 the number
was 1921 600, valued at $7S.25. BY
1914 the number had increased to
4,1o3,OOO, with value Of $110.S4 per
head. On January /. 1920. the num-
Der was 4,90j,OO and the value per
bend wns STAT.
The mule has gained rapidly In
the place Of the horse, and has also
prevented the Introduction Of the trnc.
tor In many places. There are not
few mule ranches over the United
Stntes. the owners finding 1t a pay
The Meeker herald., 1921-05-28
Cadets Great Ride.

Two hundred and fifty senior cadets
Of Victoria, r. c., have recently com
pleted 1.4O0-mile ride on bicycles,
bearing dispatches from the state COM
mandant to the minister for defense.
The small riders averaged more than
IA miles an hour, and they completed
their task @ hours and q minutes
ahead OF schedule. This fine perform
ance reused public interest In the new
system Of cadet trimming. which has
taken the place of the monOtonous
drill-ynrd evOlutions. Australia Is
trimming Its youngest soldiers In
camarnderie. seif-sacrificc. alertness
and love Of athletics. The story Of
the / ,4OO-mile ride against unex.
pected obstacles Inns set II standard
which will not he easily forgotten by
the Australian hoy. While the dis
patch ride has done much to direct
attention TO n happier system OF train
ing, 1t Inns also served to awaken the
interest of fathers and elder brothers.
The Meeker herald., 1921-05-28
HONOR SHOULD Be AMERICAS
Washington Man Really Was the FIRST
to Demonstrate Possibilities Of
Wireless Tslssraphy.

dentist living IN washington =
o. Invented patented anu aemo','
strated wireless te.eerapns "sio'o
Maroon was porn. H"u II ""' 'ee.
Tor the attltuoe u p,s "e"sl"pe,S ""u
the stupoornhess ahd lack VI slsio' y.
congress. ms country aoaay Wou'u NC
enjoying the "o"or' "ls'.he''oh an"
credit OF presenting wireless te,esIa.
phy 10 the wor'a. Inc h''"e VI ''i''
comparatively unknown 'nsen'Ne ks"-
lus is Ann'oh LOOMS. n"eA III "e
sixties anu seventies nc eneu W.
The Meeker herald., 1921-05-28
DOG RELAYS CALL OF PHONE
Wsli.rrained Animal Said Never to
Make Z Mistake In Notifying
His Mistress.

Not far from Boston lives dog by
the name of Timbuctoo. dog which
has never been trained but which Of
Its own accord acquired n trick"
which besides being clever Is decidedly
helpful. His home Is on farm. which
is served by seven-party telephone
line. The call at TimbuctoO's house
Is Ave bells. or as the toll operator
would say. "Ring Ave-" Wherever his
mistress Is when the telephone rings
Ave times TImbuctoO will go to her
and give five short, sharp bnrks. He
has never been known to make mis-
take either by barking more or less
than Ave barks, or by calling his mis-.
tress when the bell rings some other
call.
In order to "shOw on TImbuctOO."
his mistress asks neighbOr to call
her In few minutes. then she goes
somewhere ont Of range Of the tele-
phone. and Timbuctoo never falls to
give proof of his trustworthy sum.
monlng.