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Evening star., 1921-12-26
FLOOD SITUATION
SLOWLY IMPROVES
Ohio Still Rising in Places.
But Dangerous Small
Streams Reach Peak.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, December 26.-At an
early hour today the Ohio river in
Cincinnati had reached stage of
fifty-four and four-tenths feet and it
is believed tifty-fve or fifty-six
feet will be recorded before the crest
has been attained. Reports received
at the United States weather bureau
late last night indicated the river
still rising as far up as Pittsburgh,
but the crest had been reached by
small streams in the vicinity of Gin
cinnati.
The weather bureau records rise
of one-Senth of a foot an hour. which
would indicate fifty y-six-foot Stage
late today. Some loss OF livestock is
reported near Lawrenceburg. Ind.
Indiana Situation Improves.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, December 26.
ern part of Indiana which have over
flowed their banks and flooded the
! lowlands as the result of the heavy
rains of the past week are reported
as receding. The Ohio river in the
vicinity of Evansville. Ind, however,
is reported as still rising.
Railroad and interurban service
which was interrupted at several
places by the high water has been
restored to norma<
Red Cross Ready to Aid.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. December &c.
The Red Cross is ready to send re-
lief TO the nood-stricken cities along
the Ohio river. DIR. Clara Cornell,
districts of Ohio, Indiana and West
Virginia, received orders from the
Red Cross at Washington last night
to be ready to give aid if desired
DIR. Cornell is prepared to leave at
any time with staff of social work
ers and nurses.
Three Rivers Recedins.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. December &c.
Gradual recession in the stages of
the three rivers is reported by the
United States weather bureau. The
! Monongahela river, which had
Sunday, has dropped to "a feet At
lock No. of the Allegheny river a
stage of 20 feet inches was re-
ported, and 3t lock No. of the
Ohio river the highest stage, u feet
9 inches, was reported.
Woman Drowned I'm Ditch.
LOUISVILLE, KY, December 60
Miss Edna Steller. twenty-five years,
of Jeffersonville, Ind. was drowned
late last night when an automobile
plunged into gulley filled with
thirty feet of water caused by Ohio
river flood waters. Brakes on the
car failed to work, and the driver
after catching the victims clothing,
lost his hold. The accident occurred
four miles from Jeffersonville The
, victims body has been recovered, but
the automobile is at the bottom OF
the ditch.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
10000 SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE STAR CONTEST
School Authorities Consider Large Num-
Der May Submit Essays on The Arms
Conference and Its Signifcance

ments of the conference SO they viii
be able to write intelligently on the
subject chosen by The Star. Atten-
ton has been directed by school Off :
cials to the daily summary of the
conference proceedings published in
this paper as an aid to the children
studying the historical event
Eighty-eight cash prizes aggregat-
ing $1,000 are in store for winners Of
the contest. The prizes will be scat
tered over the two separate classes
into which the contest probably will
be divided in order that all the con-
testants submitting essays of superior
fortS-four prizes amounting to $500
for each of the two probable classes
Two Classes Likely.
The classes likely will be grouped
as follows:
First ciass-Students in the senior
high schools and the ninth grade of
the junior high school; students in
the private and parochial schools be-
tween the ages of fifteen and eigh-
teen. inclusive.
Second class-Pupils of the seventh
and eight grades of the junior high
schools and similar grades of the ele-
HleHldFS SGHOOiS, pupils III the pTlNaIe
and parochial schools between the
ages of twelve and fourteen, inclusive.
The first prize in each of the two
classes will be 500. making a total
of $500 in first prizes.
The second prize in each class will
be $50. making total Of 800 in
second awards.
There will be two prizes of SIS each
in each class for essayists whose
work is adjudged third best. There
fore total of 500 will be awarded
as third prizes.
The fourth group will consist OF
five prizes of SIS each for each class
making a total of ten priZes or $50
There will be twenty prizes of $40
each awarded as fifth prizes, or ten
prizes in each class. making total
of $500.
Fifty prizes of IS each will be
awarded as sixth prizes. twenty-five
prizes in each class. making a total
of $3.50
Evening star., 1921-12-26

Twenty thousand 'chldren in the
Washington public schools will be
eligible to enter The Stars prize essay
contest on the topic. The Arms Con-
ference and Its Significance accord
ing to figures compiled today by
school authorities. OF this number
about 10000 are in the senior high
schools and the ninth grades of the
junior high schools. An equal num-
hcr are in the seventh and eighth
grades of the elementary schools and
similar grades in the Junior high
schools. .
The probable number of contestants
in the private and parochial schools
could not be accurately estimated. II
is believed. however. the number will
range between 1900 and 1000.
Although definite rules for the con-
test have not been announced. essay
lists in the high schools entering the
competition probably will be re-
auired to write lengtfier composi :
ticns than those in the elementary
gested that the essays CT the high
schocl students be limited to 1.00G
words in length. and those of the pu-
pills in the elementary schools be nm
tied to 500 words. This suggestion
likely will be included in the set OF
rules to be announced later. This
limitation on the ESSAYS was recon-
mended on the ground that the hlgh n
school students had wider field 81
information open to them than puplis
in the graded schools.
Urged to study.
1t is emphasized that no essays
should be written until after the close
of the Christmas holidays. BY that
time the specific rules of the contest
in addition to the personnel OF the
board of judges. will have been an
nounced. Meantime school children
are urged to devote as much time as
possible to study of the develop
Evening star., 1921-12-26
THREE DIE OF POISON.
Veteran Critically Ill, While Wife
and Children Fail to Recover.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. December 20
Christmas joy was turned to tragedy
in the home of Felix Ambruskinski,
thirty-two years of age, and overseas
war veteran, when his wife, Lillian.
thirty-one years: son. William, eleven
wears. and daughter. Jennie, eight
years, died from poison. the source of
which the police have not been able to
determine. Ambruskinski rs in Il hos
pital in critical condition.
An autopsy performed on Mrs. AM
bruskinski failed to reveal the cause
of death, hospital physicians said. The
organs were In normal condition.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
by n. O. MESSENGER.

Men of vision in arms conference
and high government circles. looking
forward to the effect of the Washing
ton meeting on the future, believe
that regardless of full or limited
measure of success of this affair, a
new pathway to peaceful settlement
of international differences has been
opened and that the peoples of the
world will insist on its being used.
Despite the clouds which tempo
rarily overshadow some phases of
Ehe current endeavor. no one foresees
adjournment of this conference with
out the writing into the record of
achievement of permanent benefit to
the world. If the work is incomplete,
by virtue of the necessity of eniarg-
ing the number of participants in
subsequent conferences all the great
er will be the pressure, it is said.
tor the future meetings.
Possible Stimulus to Delegates.
Possibly it was a fateful incident in
the proceedings now under way that
the most ominous phase should be
presented coincidently with the sea-
son when all mems thoughts were
centered upon good will toward men
and peace on earth. The suggestion
is heard that renewed concern in the
conference and accentuated attention
to its endeavorS and difficulties was
created. which may stimulate the eff
forts of those who are seeking to
compose the conflicting national in
terests in the subjects at the hour
under consideration.
1t is recognized. it is said. that
something of shock must have been
given the public by the contrast be-
tween the clashing of views of the
nations on particular propositions and
the worldwide insistent demand for
agreement through concession and
counsel
Thoughtful men in the conference
Evening star., 1921-12-26
MERE MANS CUPIDIT'Y. BLAMED
FOR ':BREEZY'' KOMEN'S STYLES

poses, she declared, man had forced
woman out half clad before the
public gaze to become the object
of unkind remarks and criticisms
The barred neck, she asserted,
was nothing less than a trick of
the furrier and the jeweler The
modern woman's neck and chest
must be barred, she asserted, to
give commercial tricksters an in
creased demand for their wares.
The length of the skirt. the
amount of material to be used in
her gowns. whether her neck
should be bare or her sleeves
long were subjects woman never
was consulted about, she declared.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
.CHlLE'S REPLY TO PERU
MAY BE ACCEPTANCE
Mote Reported as Agreeing to Fur
ther Negotiations at Washing
ton Over Dispute.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO. Chile, December 90
The correspondent understands that
the Chilean reply to the latest Peru
vian note will contain acceptance of
Peru's proposal that plenipotentiaries
of the two countries be appointed to
meet in Washington for the purpose
of continuing negotiations looking to
settlement of the dispute over the
provinces of Tacna and africa.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
SUMMONS THE TERR0RIsTs.

VIENNA. December 24.-The Aus
trian military authorities today an
nounced that they had intercepted Sc
cret orders signed in Budapest by NJ.
Banffy. the Hungarian minister of
foreign affairs. ordering the terrorist
bands in west Hungary to prepare
for the recapture of the Hungarian
territory evacuated prior to the ple-
biScite.
Evening star., 1921-12-26

NEW YORK, December 26.-Re-
sponsibility for women's immodesty
in dress has been placed squarely
on mems eupidity by Bishop Alma
White. head of the Pillar of Fire
denomination.
She told Brooklyn congregation
that man really was the culprit
behind the scene" and that all the.
low-necked and sleeveless gowns,
the short skirts and gauzy stock
ings were outgrowths of his
schemes for gain.
For selfish and mercenary ,pur-
Evening star., 1921-12-26
STORM DEATH LIST
NOW PLACED At A
Mississippi Tornado Property
Damage Comparatively
Small.
By the Associated Press,


NEW ORLEANS, La, December 26.
The death list from the storm
which Friday night and early Satur-
day morning swept through north
eastern arkansas. northwestern Mis-
sissippi and northeastern Louisiana,
today stood at forty ty-one-three white
men, one white woman and thirty
seven negroes. The number of injur-
ed persons was still undetermined
The property damage has been placed
at less than million dollars The
Red Cross was today continuing it's
efforts to supply the homeless with
food, clothing and shelter
Spencer. La, village which was
wrecked by the storm. has been aban-
doned. all inhabitantst having been
taken by special train to Monroe,
where the injured and homeless are
being cared for.
In some localities in Mississippi en-
tire negro settlements We're wiped
out and the homeless are being cared
for by their white neiehbors.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
ENGINES DELAYED
AT FIRE MIGRANTS
Chief Watson Urges Wide,
Clear Space When Park
ing Rules Are CHANGED.

Complaining that fire engines have
been delayed in getting into action
I.at downtown fires by automobiles
parked near hydrants, Chief George
Watson has asked the Commissioners
to consider changing the regulation
| which permits vehicles to park five
feet on either side of these hydrants
The chief has sent to the city
heads a report by T. NJ. Robinson,
superintendent of machinery. ex-
pressing the opinion that where angle
parking is permitted there should be
ten feet of clear space on either side
of hydrants and where machines
park parallel the open space on each
side of hydrants should be not less
than eight feet.
The chief tells the Commissioners
that on December 10. two engine COM
panies were delayed in connecting
~ with fire plugs in the vicinity of
18th and E streets northwest. In
both cases the captains of the COM
panies reported that the automobiles
involved were not violating the traf-
fic regulations, which require that
only five feet be kept clear on each
side of hydrants.
Five Feet Too Little.
At this fire the captains of engine
companies Nos. / and found that
five feet was too small space in
which to bring the engine properly
ur to the fire plug.
Chief Watson asks that the Com
misSioners consider this question
when they revise the traffic regula-
tions again. 70
The Commissioners may not be able
to enact new automobile parking
regulations for the business section
before the end of January because
of the hearings still in progress at
Capitol Hill on the city's budget for
the next fiscal year.
Hearings before the District Sub
committee Of the House appropria-
tions committee will be resumed
Wednesday morning. and probably
will continue for another week or
ten days. The Commissioners then
| will go before a Senate committee
to explain the needs of the National
Capital for the twelve months be-
ginning July l.
Time Well Occupied.
While these hearings are in progress
| the city fathers have very little time
to devote to affairs at the District
building. The brief periods between
sessions at the Capitol must be de-
voted to consideration of routine mat
ters to keep the wheels of the mu-
nicipality in motion.
The Commissioners have before them
an exhaustive report on the parking
| problem prepared by a. committee of
citizens. The principal recommenda-
| tions of the committee are for a one
| hour parking limit in the business
district. except on a few thorough
fares where conditions warrant a two
| hour limit; also a proposal that on
all streets where parking is permit
ted a twenty-foot space be kept open
| at each corner for machines to load
and unload passengers or merchandise.
The committee also pointed to the
advisability of widening a number of
streets in the congested part of the
| business section.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
KILLED BY BLOW FROM GUN.

wOMBLE. Ark. December 90
Will Blackburn, aged forty, a well
known planter in Montgomery county.
died yesterday of injuries received
when he was struck over the head
with a shotgun, welded as a club, by
Buck Cutler. a young farmer. Local
officers were notified of the killing
and went in pursuit of Cutler.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
1 DIES, 4 HURT, IN CRASH.

CHICAGO, December 26.-Barbara
Gillion, five years old, of St Charles,
ILL.,, was killed and ner father and
three other persons were proba bly,
fatally injured when an Aurora. Elgin
and Chicago electric train struck the
automobihs in which they were re-
turning from a Christmas dinner in
haywood yesterday.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
CHICAGO CROOKS PROSPER
Years Loot Totals $3,974,326
$1,723, ,4e2 Is RecoDred.

CHICAGO, December 26.-Chicago
burglers, safeblowers, pickpockets
and hold-up men enjoyed most pro-
fitable year, as figures given today
by the police department showed
their loot from January 1. 1921, up to
and including December % totaled
S3,974,326. OF that sum $s36,SS7 was
cash.
The records also showed that
sl,616,293 in merchandise and $1O7,19S
in cash had been recovered.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
RUSSIANS GET LOAN.
Osaka Bankers Give Money t.
Vladivistok Government.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC. December PA group of
Osaka bankers has lent 5000 600
yen to the Vladivostok government
secured by goods stored in forty ware
houses that are controlled by the gov
ernment The money is to be ad-
vanced against shipments of yarn
wooden goods. steel and rice to Japan
to be marketed here and abroad. The
enterprise. which was negotiated by
private individuals. was consummated ed
without the knowledge of the Japa-
nese foreign office.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
WOMAN DEAD IN BED.
ec;sl Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va. December
26-Mrs. T. P Venable of Colonial
Beach was found dead in her bed.
She is survived by one daughter. Mrs.
frank Clark of Washington. and two
grandchildren. The body was taken
to Upper Fairmont, Md, her old home.
for burial.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
FOUR PLUNGE TO DEATH.
Auto Conveying Party to Midnight
Mass Drops into River.

ASHTABULA. Ohio, December 90
Four foreigners, two of whom were
brothers, we're drowned, and a fifth man
was rescued when closed automobi'e e
in which they were riding to midnight
mass here Saturday night, plunged
through an open .drawbridge flfteeR
feet into the Ashtabula river.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
SEVERAL SLAIN IN RIOTS
IN SUEZ, EGYPT, SUNDAY
Removal of Nationalists From
Cairo Followed by Renewed
Outbreaks.

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt. December 2o.-Riot-
ing broke out at Suez this afternoon.
Several demonstrators were killed.
and number wounded.
Dispatches to the Associated fress
have reported disturbances IN various
parts of Egypt, notably in CAIRO ana
Port Said, after the forcible removal
from Cairo to suez of Said Zagloul
p,sb, nationalist leader. and five
of his followers by the British mill
tary. authorities last Friday. .
twelve persons were reported 70
have been killed in the Cairo riotng
up to Saturday night
Evening star., 1921-12-26
HARVARD STUDENT DEAD.

Melvin H. Dennis of Toledo. Ohio. one
of three Harvard students who was
injured in an automobile accident
Thursday near this place. died III a
hospital here.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
LEAVES FOR FRANCE.
Lloyd George to Rest Till Supreme
Council Meets.

LONDON, December 26.-Premier
Lloyd George left today for Cannes.
France, where the supreme council
will meet January 4. Ny. Lloyd
George plans to rest until the OPEN
ing of the meeting.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
FRENCH OFFICIAL RESIGNS.

PARIS, December 26. Philippe
Berthelot. general secretary of the
French foreign office, today rendered
his resignation to Premier BRAND.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
MORE ARRESTS IN INDIA.
go Nationalists Taken Into Gus
tody-Several Sent to Prison.

tody-SeveraI Sent TO FrlsoH'
By the Associated PresA
ALLAHABAD, India, Decemoer 20
sixty-two more nationalist volunteers
and members of the all-India congress
have been arrested and nine sem
fenced to three months Imprisonment
each.
pendent was sentenced to a years
imprisonnent.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
WEATHER.

For District of Columbia. generally
cloudy tonight and tomorrow. with
slowly rising temperature. lowest to-
night about % degrees, gentle vari-
able winds, becoming southerly.
For full report see page 4.
Evening star., 1921-12-26

Member of the Associated Press
The Associated Press IL exclusively entitled to
the for republication Of all dispatches
credited TO 1t not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special
dispatches herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1921-12-26

(Conftnuea- 6n PAGe 2, Column u
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-04-27

$ L, Work, who started for
81 v-rton Monday afternoon, re
caived word thru his brother, G..
S Work, Monday evening that
there was strike on at the Silver
ton mines and that he should not
c ne His brother had consider
able trouble in reaching him before
he could leave Denver, as the word
was received after the train had
left here.
Dan Kelly and Ben Svartz came
over from the Dodge ranch, on
b ar creek, by way of the Soda
creek road, Saturday. They we're
nice hours on the way and report
t at thele is at least six feet Of
ow on tile divide. They drove
Q er in a light buggy with four
horses.
Mrs. A. seitiler of Denver, ac-
companied by her son, Henry, and
Miss Mildred Jones, motored to
Denver Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
Seidler has been visiting with Mrs.
I. 4, Jones, and her son. accom-
panied by Miss Jones, m otored up
from Denver Saturday morning.
I.R. Lewis, of the Club hotel,
went to Denver this morning on a
shopping trip.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-04-27
The High School
Annual Soon 10 Be Out

The Idaho Springs high school
is still hard at work on the annual,
"The Echo" which will be issued
before the school year is over.
The annual will be one of the best
illustrated in the state, and no
doubt the best all-round annual
that will be issue this year.
All departments of the school
will be illustrated by cartoons
drawn by the various students.
The entire faculty, school board,
high school and all of the children
in the grades will have their pic
lures in the book. An entire di-
rectory of the alumni since 1890,
the first graduation class, will
be one of the most up to.date fea-
lures of this publication
The school is relying upon the
people of Idaho Springs to assist
them in making this venture a
success by purchasing copies of
the annual. Every home should
have "The Echo"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-04-27
college Town" to Be
Given by Seniors

The senior class of the high
school will give as the graduation
play this year ''The College Town, y
a comedy in three acts. The sem
iors have given this task of select
ing a play considerable attention,
in order to find something that
will have some very comical scenes
in it as well as plot to it. This
is based on college life of some of
the boys and their pranks. and
attempts to get out of scrape,
resulting in rather peculiar po-
sition for the boys as well as some
OF the professors, 1t will be one
Of the best plays that has been
given here by senior class Of such
large number. there being over
sixteen in the cast
The play will be given on Mon
day of commencement week at the
opera house unless the plans are
interfered with by unforeseen cir
cumstances.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-04-27
ssGolsE IN the Headss

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taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-
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