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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
by tha Associated Presp.

By the Associated Press.
LAUREL, Miss, January 22@Au-
thorities today were conducting in
designations in an effort to ascertain
whether the two-year-old child found
with Albert Parson, seventy-two-
year-old wild man." and an appar-
entity demented woman, who he said
was his wife, had been kidnapped.
The trio, almost naked when found
yesterday in q remote section OF the
Leaf river bottoms, were fed, clothed
and placed in the county poor house
at Ellisville.- Their finding cleared
up frequent reports OF q wild man
inhabiting the woods.
The physical condition Of the babe.
who stares with wide eyes at unac-
customed sights and shrinks as an
animal might from the kindly hands
Of well meaning persons. has led
the authorities to believe she has
ians" very long. Plump. apparently
well nourished, and active. the little
one does not seem to have undergone
any Of the hardships which have
SCARED those in whose company she
was found In the woods near the viii
lage of Lux. High water drove them
from their accustomed haunts nearer
the river.
Parson tonight still insisted he
Caught his wife" in q bear trap
twenty-three years ago. Through
primitive farming. gathering of wild
fruits and trapping of game, the pair.
according to Parsons story. have
A ramshackle' cabin was their home
and the few times he ventured within
sight Of regular inhabitants the re-
port was sent out that the wild
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
1FLOP HOUSES" REGAIN
PRESTIGE IN BALTIMORE
Ten-Cent Sleeping, Quarters Along
Water Front Are Filled.
Food Prices Drop.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 22.-After an
absence Of several years. Baltimore's
1o-cent ''fiop houses are again in
vogue. and lodging houses. especially
around the waterfront, are getting
back to pre-war levels. The 15-cent
'fop" in choice locations and the
ascent snooze in a real bed are now
less in demand than the 10-cent
shelves.
The patronage at these establish
ments has been increasing every night
since the beginning of the year and
the cold snap this week found nearly
every one of these hotels" filled to
capacity. To the regular number Of
the city's homeless men and the grow
ing army of the jobless. there is to
enders", composed mostly of farm
hands.
The flop. houses" do not serve
breakfast. They have no space for
feeding facilities The hunks and
sleeping racks take up all available
space.
The men come in. pay the price for
their bunk or rack and then turn
in" Turning in in this case con-
sisting merely in finding the soft
side of pine board and using what
clothes they wear for covers. Nothing
ends the slumber but hunger. That
nickeIs will get them.
The cook shops and lunchrooms in
the neighborhood of the flop houses"
have gone back to normally in the
way Of prices more rapidly than
others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
PLAN TO RELIEVE
SUFFERING IRISH
Local Committee Named, Will
Ask Aid of All WASH
ington.

Organization of an honorary commit
tee of Washington citizens for the pur-
pose of relieving acute distress in Ire
land was announced last night by Peter
A. Drury, president Of the Merchants
National Bank. it's chairman.
The local committee will be a part
of the American committee for relief in
Ireland national organization formed
in New York several weeks ago, which
is composed of Americans of Irish an
cestry in every section Of the United
States.
The committee. according to formal
statement issued, is non-political and
non-sectarian in character. Its appeal
will be based on the broadcast humani-
tartan motives and will be made to
Americans of all classes and creeds, r.
respective Of their sympathieS with the
present struggle now going on in Ire
land.
Cardinal Gibbons, Thomas F. Ryan.
John D. Ryan and Edward Doheny head
the list of the national committee, OF
which Morgan J. O'Brien of New York
is chairman and John ]. Pulleyn. New
York, treasurer.
The local committee is composed
of the following: Mr.. Drury, chair
man; Rev. Thomas j. Shahan. rector
of the Catholic University; United
States Senator'S David I. Walsh OF
Massachusetts, Thomas j. Walsh OF
California;; Chief Justice Constantine
j. Smyth Of the District Of Columbia
Court of Appeals, Maj. Gen. Frank
NJ. Mcintyre, u. s. A; Admiral Will
liam e. Benson. United States Ship
ping Board, John Burke, former treas
urer Of the United States; Alien Prop
erty Custodian Francis P. Garvin,
Assistant Attorney General Thomas
]. Spellacy, Dr. Henry Allen Upper,
pastor of the First Baptist Church:
Rev John B. Creedon. president of
Georgetown University: James b.
Maher. clerk Of the United States
Supreme Court; John B. Densmore Of
Daniel w. O'Donoghue: Frank J:
Hogan. ]. Spaulding Flannery and
Timothy T. Ansberry; James A. CahilI,
vice president Commercial National
Bank; William NJ. Phelan, president
Washington Savings Bank: Hugh
Reilly, merchant and banker; James
F. Shea, real estate broker and
Southeastern railroad, John F. Moran,
]. Thomas Kelly and Henry J. Cros-
son, Daniel J. Callahan, president Of
the Norfolk and Washington Steam
boat Company; Richard v. Oulahan,
newspaper correspondent; Joseph A.
Whitfield. president Of the City Club;
J. J. Noonan, William F. McNally,
Underwood Typewriter Company, and
Edward J. Walsh, manager of the
Northwestern National Insurance
Company.
Definite steps for arousing the in
terest and sympathy Of the people of
Washington were discussed at yes
terday's meeting, and 1T is expected
that a general conference will be
called this week, when plans will be
made for holding a public mass
meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
LECTURES ON GREEK.
Prof. Phoutrides Discusses Modern
Poets and Writers.

Prof Aristides Phoutrides. formerly
OF Harvard University and the Uni
yersity Of Athens, spoke on Modern
Greek Poets and Writers" at the first
meeting Of the Greek-American
Society of Washington, held Friday
night at the Arts Club. DR.. Mitchell
Carroll presided.
A musical program was rendered by
the Greek Mandolin Club, of which
Sophocles T. Papas is director. The
Greek Dramatic Association, Panos
Papageorge. director. presented sew
eral Greek dances.
This club is organized to cultivate
mutual acquaintance and cordial re-
lations between Greeks interested in
America and Americans interested in
Greece. TIL organizing committee, to
whom was left the plans for the next
meeting, when permanent officers will
be selected. consists Of Manuel Cam
bouris. Mitchell Carroll, Miss Anna
Darlington. Eustace Glycofrides,
Theotokes Theos and Henry S. Wash
ington. Among Greeks present were
Rev. Oikonomos Iobanos Lavrakas,
pastor of the st. Sophia Church, and
Messrs. Dracopoulo, Demopoulos and
Koundouriotis Of the Greek legation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
Coy Youths Hide
AsMdidensHun
For Husbands

NEW FORK. January r.
Every year II . leap year among
the Caro- women In Assam.
writes a mixsionery to the
American Baptist Foreign Mis-
sion Society.
"Am0ng those who have not
been Christianized, the bride
takes the initiative in mar
rfngc." he says. "She goes TO
fetch the bridegroom. and 1t IL
etiquette for him to- hide nnd
resist until victoriously carried
OF. Occasionally a man May get
his wife by capture. htit usual!
1t is the WOMAN who k.hn3ps
him: that IN to say. hcr mnie
friends do IL for her. One ma!
std see sHc.i preSs-2anEs
bringing home their spoil.
"in the early days. the mis-
siOnaries were inclined 10 rush
to the rescue. thinking l. at SiO-
lence was being committed, such
Is the noise made by the struS-
CLING youth. The reluctance ana
Resistance, though, ARE seldom
AS real as they sound. II the
youth dislikes the match, there
is rarely any redress.
"yV0men of means are allowed
to choose a temporary husband
and when tired of him, pay him
off and take another"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
MUCH OVER 1919 FIGURES.
Baltimore's Export and Import
Business Nearly Doubled.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. January 22.-Figures
compiled by the marine department
Of the Baltimore custom house and
submitted to Collector OF Port Ryan
show that the export and import bust
ness, as well as the tonnage Of ves-
sells passing through the port of Bal
timore during 1920 almost. doubled
the figures of 1919 and reached the
highest record In the history of the
port
The total tonnage entering the port
was 4.695.S14. distributed among 1902
vessels. compared with a tonnage of
2,614.102. with 1000 vessels, in 1919
The export tonnage of 1919 was
2.902,567. while last year it was 5.21S,-
During the year the domestic mer-
chandise exported from Baltimore
showed an increase of $18,896,099 over
1913. while exports of foreign mer-
chandise decreased in value from
$S3s.39s TO $s04,s99, leaving only a
t,tal of s133.499 for the year
The statement Of collections and dis.
bursements shows an increase Of $50
o89.22 over 1919.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
Seek Identity Of Girl Babe
Found in wild Man s" Care
Mississippi Authorities Think Child Was Kidnapped by
Primitive Man and Wonna7-Both Declared
Mentally Defective.

man. had appeared. Little credence
was placed on the stories Of the
wild mans" appearance, but the
swamps and woods where he was
by most Of the residents in that sec
ton.
Parson, the authorities assert, is
mentally defective, while the woman
is less able to talk or reason than
her companion.
my eye was scratched out by q
wild cat" the woman said. IT had q
fight with one once" Other efforts to
make her tell Of herself were unavail-
ing. Her many scars, unkempt hair
and occasional lapses into lunacy gave
her an appearance which caused Of
f1cials at the poor house to redouble
their efforts to find how she came to
be in possession Of the baby girl.
Parson, who said he was seventy
two years old, and looked more, de-
clared he was within his rights as q
homesteader on the property where
he was found. When captured Par
son wore two pairs Of trousers,
nothing else. The woman wore an
old house dress, torn and tattered.
The child was naked.
When taken Parson was using a
blind horse. which he said he cap
tured. in rather crude efforts pow
a patch Of sedge.
Apparently willing to care for the
their statements as to how they lived
and how they came to adopt the wild
life. the authorities tonight expressed
themselves as principally interested
in locating the parents or other rela-
tions Of the baby girl. That the
child was considered highly improb-
able
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
STATES IN IRISH ACTION.
New Jersey Meeting, First in List,
to Be Held Tomorrow Night.

The first of a series of state demon
strations for the purpose of appeal
ing to the government of the United
States to consider the advisability of
granting recognition to the Irish re-
public will be held tomorrow night
at the Central High School. when the
New Jersey branch of the American
Commission for Irish Independence
will conduct a mass meeting.
1t is planned to have delegations
from each state in the Union meet in
Washington during the winter and
offer their pleas separately, according
to announcement made last night by
the committee in charge.
Former Representative Eugene F..
Kinkead of New Jersey will preside at
tomorrow nights meeting and the
speakers will include former Demo-
cratic National Committeeman Will
liam b. Bowley, Attorney General
Thomas r. McCrann, Rev. Harold
Sweeney, Rabbi Thorner. Representa-
tive Thomas j. Egan and Isaac Bach
rach, all Of New jersey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
Opens Her Home
To Public Euery
Tuesday Euening

CLEVELAND, January IT,
Acting ON the philosophy that
"tO be happy you must make
others happy" Mrs. Myrta Per-
kins Swingle maintains "Open
hOuse' in her home to the pub
lie every Tuesday night.
"The objects Of these gather
tngS," Mrx. SwinEIe said, ''are
primarily constructive and will,
In small way, help to over
come prejudice and spread the
ideals of friendship and good
will. There il nothing to join.
no dues to pay. The admission
price is one smile and they all
pay it cheerfully."
gle explained. when several
young men who roOmed Mt her
home complained Of getting
lonesome.
81 went out aud invited MI
my neishbOrs and friends In to
spend the evening"" she .cOntin-
urd. 1--WE had n fine time. 'Dut
why l asked myself. should we
hoard our fun selfiShly. We
ought to let everybody in.'
''The next Tuesday night we
invited everybody who wanted
to come. I consider my home IN
merely mine to hold in trust for
a little while. And while 1 have
the lives of Others"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
MOTION PICTURE BENEFIT.
Columbia Women Of G. w. q. to
Raise Funds for Scholarships

Two benefit motion picture per-
formances will be given at the Knick.
erbocker Theater February 2, by the
Columbia Women Of George Wash
ington University. The proceeds are
to be applied to the ORGANIZATIONS
scholarship fund. the university's
centennial fund. and the fund for
school
The patronesses will be Commits
sioner Boardman, Miss Charlotte
Harding. Miss M, 7. Wheeler, Mrs
Douglas r. Birnie, Mrs. Charles ].
Bell Mrs William Miller Collier
Mrs. G. H. Grosvenor, Mrs Louis
yertle, Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Mrs
]. p. Raker. Mrs. Percival Hall. Mrs.
A. Lisner, Mrs. Charles H. Stockton,
Mrs. Thomas Sidwell, Mrs Charles
Warren. Mrs Theodore Noyes, and
MrA Edward h Everett
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
STOPS SALE OF TONIC.
Health Officer Will Have Product
Analysed.

At the direction Of Health Officer
William c. Fowler. the police last
night instructed druggists. near-beer
establishments and delicatessen pro-
prietors to stop the sale Of a certain
tonic. which is taken as an aid to
digestion. until health department
chemists have had an opportunity to
determine what the ingredients are.
police official asked the health
officer yesterday to test a sample
of the product to determine IL the
contents correspond to the label.
DR.. Fowler stated last night that
a preliminary examination led his
chemist TO suspect the presence Of
wood alcohol.
Dr. Fowler expects to have a COM
plete report from his chemical labor
atory by tomorrow or Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
SOCIETY HAS DANCE.
Tennesseeans Make Merry at the
Thomson School.

Musical selections. songs. recita-
tons and dances comprised the en-
tArtainment program of the Tennessee
State Society. which met last night
at the Thomson School. Rufus Pear
son presided. The musical program
was under the direction Of ii. E.
SALESMAN.
Rendition Of Verffs Souvenir" and
Pas7s ''C'a .l,'na' were interpreted b
Miss Johntcline a Willamette in a
violin solo accompanied by Miss
Lcnarn Willamette. PIANIST. TIL
.nrra l'acaul':'- sisters. Billie. Clara
ard Rar,hn sing n trio. "Merrily /
ko:. m and "Oh. Restless Sea
Following IL recitation "Nathan's
Fiat" by Miss Mary Scndder, there
was dancin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
TO FIX FOREST POLICY.
Smell Bill Hearing Set for 10
O'Clock Wednesday.

Hearings on the Smell forest policy
bill are scheduled for 10 O'clock
Wednesday before the House COM
mittee on agriculture.
This bill, introduced by Represent
tative Smell Of New York, provides
for an annual appropriation of a
million dollars for cooperating with
the states in fighting forest fires for
an annual appropriation of $40. 10000
for obtaining additional forest lands
and for other items of national forest
policy.
At the hearings. the American For
estry Association announced. will be
representatives from every section OF the
country. To the association is COM
ing Endorsements of the Smell bill
from scores of business organizations.
The Smell bill has the united sup
port of every organization interested
in perpetuating the forests and every
buslnes. dependent upon forest prod
ucts. These organizations and industries
have formed a national forestry program
committee, of which R S. Kellogg of
New York city Is the chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
BOY MISSING FROM HOME.

Elmer Boblits, sixteen years old.
left his home at 1910 Valley street,
Anacostia about s o'clock yesterday
morning and failed to return. accord
ing to a report his father made to the
police last night. The boy was re-
ported to have said something about
going away and it is believed he went
to Baltimore. He took his Bicycle
with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
'TAxLESS DOGS DOOMED.

WINCHESTER. Va. January %
(SpeciaD.- A wholesale killing OF
dogs Is to be begun throughout the
ers pay the state tax.
The department in charge OF the en-
forcement Of the law has let 1t be
known that the practice of being
lenient with delinquent dog owners
has gone out Of fashion, and that
thele will be no trif1ing with the
laW.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
CHAPTER IS YEAR OLD.

Founding of Alpha Chapter Of the
Delta Phi Epsilon Fraternity year
ago at the Georgetown School of For
eign Service was celebrated at the
chapter house. 1885 Connecticut ave-
nue., last night.
DR. George Otis Smith of the geo.
logical survey spoke on the promo
ton Of foreign service education. and
Raymond Cahill gave a history Of the
fraternity. John J. Walsh, president
of the chapter, made the address of
welcome.
Huston Thompson, chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission. spoke, and
Paul e. Shork. president of the eighth
district of Phi Beta Kappa, spoke on
Fraternity" Musical numbers were
given by James Gallagher and Will
liam McCardell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Rev. A: J. Graham Will Lecture
Here Tomorrow.

Lectures on Christian Science will
be delivered at the Masonic Temple
Auditorium. 18th street and New
York avenue. tomorrow afternoon at
4:45 and at First Church of Christ
Scientist, at o'clock by Rev. Andrew
J. Graham, C. S. B. of Boston. mem
Der of the board of lectureship Of the
Mother Church. He was for eighteen
years rector of st. Marks Episcopa-
Ian Church Of this city. The lectures
are under the auspices of Fourth
Church Of this city. No collection is
The. lecturer will be introduced in
the afternoon by r. Lyman Harvey
and in the evening by Miss Josephine
G. Adams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
OFFERS $4,000 REWARD,

NEW YORK. January ia re-
ward Of $4,000 for the arrest and
conviction Of the automobile driver
who ran down and killed Miss Anna
Bloom, January IA. was offered to.
night by the victims uncle, Larry
Cooper, a lace importer.
Miss Bloom was found in a diving
condition on a Cooper Square bench
where. police believe. she was car
ried by occupants Of the car after
being struck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
$3.50 COLLECTED NIGHTLY.
Young Woman Workers at Belasct
Total So, 400 for Week.

An average Of more than $3.50 was
collected nightly from philanthropic
members Of Belasco Theater audiences
during the week just ended by a group
Of young women clad In evening Dress
assisted by Harry Deli. one of the prin-
cipals OF the Jimmie" company. Their
total Of over $2.40O has been turned over
to local headquarters of the Hoover cam
.paign Chaperoned by the mother of
one of their number, and assisted also
by Mrs Anna l.. Fisher. who Is a cap
tain in the Arabian army, the list Of
volunteers included Misses Frances
H. Brady, Ruth Richart, Laura Neal
Marguerite Kitzer Helene Faleska and
Lenore Schultz, the last two being from
the Lithuanian legation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
TWO HIT BY AUTOS.
Mrs. Halle Smith and Bernice
Brown Given Medical Aid.

Bernlce Brown. colored. four years
old, CAT A street northeast, was
knocked down by the automobile of
James l. Dietz, 1906 East Capitol
street, at 9Th and B streets north
east, yesterday afternoon and pain.
fully injured. She was taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital
Mrs Halle Smith. seventy.eight
years old, GIG 10Th street. was
knocked down by an automobile
driven by Clarence B. Wright, 1920
30th street, at Pennsylvania avenue
and jackson place yesterday. after
noon. She was treated at Emergency
HOSPITAL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
i. S. IS Zig Brother to Weak;
Cist Of Foreign Happenings
Ambassador Robert Underwood Johnson Assures ltal,
of Americas Willingness to Help
Needy Nations.

MILAN, January 22.-The American
wood johnson, was one Of the speak
ers at the annual banquet of the
American Chamber of Commerce here
last night He expressed confidence
in Italy's ability to achieve CONNER
cial reconstruction. "in which," he
added, America has a larger interest
than she yet apprehends."
Declaring that Italy had already
proved that she realized the only way
out of her trouble lies in devoted
continued:
Italy was the right flank in the
war against the central powers. and
now she is the right flank against
bolshevism, demonstration that only
old-fashioned virtues can save man
kind
The national disinterestedness OF
America was proved in the war. the
ambassador said, and at the peace
conference America displayed no
faint of sordidness.
I'm the future. with every conn !.
dence, we shall do our DUTY oy q
suffering world and a big brother to
the nations needing u.s." the speaker
declared. Every American abroad
must spread American ideas by CIV
ing an example of the best in the
national character, exemplifylng our
doctrine of live and let live and fair
play for all"
Better Working Conditions.
RoME.-The postal and telegraph
employees have been Joined In their
movement for better working condi-
lions by the clerks in the civil serv-
ice. who are asking the appointment
of a commission to weed out useless
employees and ameliorate the. eco
nomic condition Of those remaining.
These demands have been answered
by the government with the state
ment that parliamentary commits
sion composed of deputies already
exists for studying such problems,
and that any salary increases must
he voted by parliament.
Accepts Minister'S Resignation.
MADRID.-Aftcr a lengthy cabinet
council me government accepted the
resignation Of Lorenzo Pasqual as min
lister Of finance. Connd ence was ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
TRIBUTE TO BURNS.
caledonian Club to Celebrate 162d
Anniversary of Poets Birth.

The 1921 anniversary Of the birth
Of Robert Burns. the Scotch poet VIII
he observed by the Caledontan CLUB
9TH dinner at the Garden Tea
House, 1914. Vermont avenue Tues
DAY. ~. ,,,,h will
act as toastma ster. and. in addition
~ ,mnromptu, toasts offered by mem
be ber ,Ap addresses will be delivered by
William Jardine, who will speak on
The Day We Celebrate" and John
Duncan, who will take as his theme
"Our Adopted Country"
The committee in charge OF ar
rangements is composed Of Alexander
Douglas, chairman; John Duncan.
william Grant. w. s. Crawford and
David Black.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
MRS. W. S. G. WILLIAMS DIES

william Smith Cuttings Williams, widow
Of w. 8. G. Williams, died here today
after q lingering illness. Mrs. Williams
was formerly Miss Belle Deford of Bal
umore. and was prominent socially for
many years. Three daughters survive
hSc.