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Evening star., 1921-12-20
CASE AGAINST WIFE
FOR OPENING MAIL
OF HUSBAND DROPPED

The government to-day abandoned
the charge against Mrs. Sarah NJ.
Morrison of violating the postal laws
by opening her husbands mail As
sistant United States Attorney Bill
brey announced to the court that the
prosecution would nolle pros the in
dictment reported about one year
ago. Attorneys Hawken & Havell,
representing the wife, were ready
for trial. it was stated, but the gov
ernment could not locate George j.
Morrison, the husband. who was an
essential witness.
The letter found and opened by
the wife is said to have been written
to the husband by a young girl in
New York, thanking him for an en-
gagement ring and expressing hap
piness at their approaching marriage.
The Morrisons were parties to a
domestic litigation and the wife
wrote to the writer advising her that
Morrison was her husband.
Evening star., 1921-12-20
Today's News In Brief

Eighty eight cash prizes will be given
in The Stars essay contest. Page
Senator's to consider teachers retire
ment act amendments tomorrow.
Page /
Griffith aid De Valera in bitter clash
during Irish treaty debate. Page /,
Bill introduced in Senate carrying
$134,O32 to meet increased cost Of
ground needed for Reed Hospital.
Page 2
Former soldier tells Senate committee
he saw twelve Yanks hanged.
Page Q
Chile, in new note, invites continuing
negotiations with Peru. Page Q
Eastlake case to be given to jury
this afternoon. Page .
Lye hurled at policemen in colored
home burns eyes. Page 2
Georgetown citizens indorse board Of
education's school program, includ-
ing higher pay for teachers. Page 2
Home instruction urged for tubercu-
lar children. Page IT
Reports still awaited on. arrest in
Warsaw in bomb-plot case. Page II
Mexican government attaches oil
properties worth $26O.000, alleging
import duties are unpaid. Page 21
M E. Church statistics show gain, of
sO,404 in membership in year.
Evening star., 1921-12-20
HOUSE RETURNS D. c.
FINANCIAL MEASURE
AT SENATE REQUEST

The House today. Immediately after
the reading of the journal, acceded
to the request of the Senate and re-
turned the bill passed by the Senate
last week which would disrupt the
existing fiscal relations between the
District and federal governments.
Chairman Madden of the House ap-
committee yesterday
wrote to Chairman Focht of the Dis
.rict committee, emphasizing that
the Senate bill would interfere with
the Presidents right under the new
budget system to renew and revise
District estimates He said he believed
that if the Senate bill was passed
the District Commissioners might
place no limit on the estimates that
they would send to Congress.
Chairman Madden registered a
strong protest against serious con-
of the Jones bill as it pass
ed the Senate. The return to the Sem
ate of this measure was asked on the
ground that it contained some textual
errors.
Evening star., 1921-12-20
PRESIDENT CANCELS
|. ALL ENGAGEMENTS
Pressure of Business Will
Keep Him in Washington
: for Months.

President Harding is disposed to re-
main in Washington for the next
three months, and is canceling all
tentative engagements which he has
had for speeches or trips to various
parts of the country. 1t was indicat-
ed at the White House today that this
policy would be followed at least un-
til March because of the pressure of
business in connection with the arm
ament conference and the regular
session of Congress.
The President has written letter
to Senator Simmons, democrat. North
cgrolina, explaining his inability to
attend the celebration of the 150th
Anniversary of st. Johns Masonic
Lodge at New Berne. in that state. in
the latter part of January Secretary
Christian has also been Instructed to
convey the same news to various as
sociations and individuals who have
extended similar invitations.
Sorry He Cannot Accept.
The President said in his letter to
Mr. Simmons that he had delayed re-
plying to the invitation while seeking
to determine definitely whether it
would be possible at all for him to
make the trip. He said. however. that
he had found it necessary to cancel
all travel engagements during Janu-
ary because of the press of public
work. Included among these, he said,
was a tentative acceptance to speak
before the Ohio Society in New York
at about the same time.
Mr.. Harding recalled the many mes
sages of felicitation received from
North Carolina Masons when he took
the Scottish Rite degrees. 1t was
partly on account of these, he con-
tinued, and partly because he ear
nestly desired" to aid in the commem-
Grafton of the 133th anniversary of
George Washington's visit to the New
Berne Lodge that he had hoped to be
able to make the trip.
In addition to the public duties
which the President said were con-
fronting him, he called attention to
the fact that Mrs. Harding has long
since dated the diplomatic dinner at
the White House for January 10, and
the entire official social program at
the White House and among cabinet
members has been so adjusted to that
date that it is quite impossible to
change it."
The President added that his re-
gret at not being able to attend the
sessions would not be entirely dissi-
pated until some future opportunity
permits him to. extend the fraternal
greetings which he had desired to
extend on occasions of the lodge
ceremonials.
Evening star., 1921-12-20
TEACHERS PENSION
ACT Up TOMORROW
Senate District Committee to
Consider Amendments to
Retirement Plan.

Amendment of the retirement act
for teachers in the District public
schools will be considered by the Senate
committee on District of Columbia at
it's first meeting this session, begin
ming tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
The committee will consider, it is un-
derstood, a number of bills already on
the committee calendar, including one
to amend the charter of the Potomac
Insurance Company in this city and
amending the act of incorporation Of
the Prospect Hill cemetery.
1t is probable also that Senator Ball
may bring to the attention of the
committee the conditions in the vicin-
ity of the proposed Piney Branch VAL
ley Park, running along the old Piney
branch from the east side of the 18th
Street bridge to 14th and Vernum
Streets Senator Ball recently made
an inspection of this property and
personally observed the rapid inroads
being made into the proposed park
by home building.
Provisions OF Amendment.
The amendment to the teachers re-
tirement act, which probably will
take much time of the committee
meeting tomorrow, is contained in a
bill introduced by Senator Elkins of
West Virginia and makes the act ap-
ply to "all teachers, who were on
the roll of the present schools of the
District of Columbia for the month of
June, 1919, If otherwise eligible, and
to any teacher. who having reached
the age of forty-five or who having
taught continuously in the public
schools of the District of Columbia
and by reason of accident or illness
not due to vicious habits. having
become physically or mentally dis
abIed and incapable of satisfactorily
performing the duties of teacher, re-
signed from the service, or was placed
upon inactive list by the board of
education on or before. June l, 1919,
if otherwise eligible."
There is considerable interest in
this bill among number of local
school teachers who have besieged
the committee to give it consideration.
Evening star., 1921-12-20
JAPANESE ISLANDS NOT
UNDER 4-POWER PACT
OPINION OF PRESIDENT

by the Associated Press
President Harding. it was said
today at the White House. does
not regard the four-power Pacific
treaty as covering the principal
Islands of the Japanese empire.
MIR. Harding was said to believe
t2at the treaty no. more applies
70 the islands constituting Japan
proper than 1t does to the main
land of the United States. In his
View, 1t was said. the agreement
only covers island possessions in
the Pacific, while the main Japa-
nese group occupies the position of
a party to the treaty rather than a
pc ossession.
This view, which is contrary to
that voiced repeatedly by official
spokesmen Of the American dele
cation. was described at the White
House as the Presidents personal
OPINION not based on consultation
with other members of his admin
istration.
In their belief that all the Jap
aneSe islands are included. the
American delegates have been sec
onded by British spokesman, who
have declared publicly that it was
the understanding of all the dele
gates that Japan proper came
within the scope of the treaty pro-
visions requiring common consul
tation in case of troublesome in
ternational issues or of aggression
by any other power.
The point, however, is one on
which there has been some specu-
lation in other quarters. An
nouncement OF the Presidents
opinion caused widespread surprise
in conference circles. but no one
would comment on it.
Evening star., 1921-12-20
SEEK SPEED IN TWO
PHASES OF PARLEY
U. S. Officials Have Hope of
Winding Up Navy Ratio
and Chinese Dispute.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

Patience, moderation, REASONING
and argument are being used and
invoked in the present difficult
situation attending the arms and far
eastern conference, with gratifying
prospect of successful application.
Nowhere in diplomatic and official
circles is it denied that some phases
of it present conditions that try the
patience, vex moderation and chal-
lenge argument-but the negotiators
are still carrying on.
Today the French naval. plans are
under consideration by the committee
having jurisdiction. and the. first de-
velopment expected is a clear state
ment of their scope, together with
elucidation of the attitude of the
French government, giving some i,lea.
sible.
Other Troubles Worked Over.
In another realm of the con-
ference the Chinese-Japanese troubles
are being worked out. If the French
crisis can be bridged over promptly,
it Is thought that China and Japan
through the use of the good Offices of
the other powers. can be soon brought
together.
1t is found by experience that "trou-
BILE breeds trouble" and when a flare
up occurs in one quarter, sparks are
likely to fly into others and kindle a
blaze; and when affairs move swiftly
and peaceably, good nature and com
placency appear to be contagious
National Front Not Strong.
The impression is gaining ground
in conference circles that the Chinese
may find it desirable to place a little
more trust in the counsel and good Of
fees of the other powers, in view of
the fact which is becoming more ap-
parent every day, that China does not
in existing circumstances present a
markedly strong national front. China,
it is held. is not in a position to defy
the world.
Political conditions in China are dis
turbed, as evidenced by the resigna-
tion of the Peking cabinet, and it, is
not to be overlooked that one large
area, the Canton governmental juris-
tliction, is protesting against the
claim Of the Peking governments to
stand for China.
sWhat Is Chinas" Up Again.
In the present aspect of affairs, it
is apprehended that it might not be
long before the world would seri-
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Evening star., 1921-12-20
SO CASH PRIZES TO BE GIVEN
IN THE STARS ESSAY CONTEST
Grouping in Two Separate Glasses Ex-
pected to Offer Best Possible Means
of Rewarding Merit.

limitation of armament. in preparation
school authorities.
While awaiting announcement of
the rules for the contest and the
board of judges. the school children
have been advised by school officials
to devote as much time as possible to
study of the developments of the
conference. SO that they will be able
to write intelIigently on the subject
of The Arms Conference and Its
Significance" Attention also was di-
rected by the officials to the daily
summary of the conference proceed
ings published in The Star as an aid
to children in studying the historical
event.
States Value Of Work.
The value and Importance of The
Stars prize essay contest for school
children was emphasized today by
Representative Simeon D. Fess of
Ohio. who has devoted his entire life
to education, and who for many years
was a college president. and is now
chairman of the House committee on
education.
Just now we are making more his
tory in the short time during which
the conference has been in session
than has been written in a century
before" said Representative Fess. mo
subject has ever been so widely dis
cussed throughout the world as the
American proposals.
'The children of the schools today
are to be the leading citizens of the
nation tomorrow. The best thoughts
expressed in youth become the rule of
the nation in maturity.
THE newspaper is the best avenue
for the inculcation of right thinking
on great questions. The additional
incentive which attaches to a prize
contest will increase not only the in
terest but the standard of such think
ing"
Evening star., 1921-12-20

Elghty-eight cash prizes, aggregat-
ing $1,000. are in store for winners in
The Evening Stars school essay con-
test on the topic. "The Arms Confer
ence and Its Significance"
The prizes, as announced today by
The Star. will be scattered over the
two separate classes into which the
contest probably will be divided. in
order that virtually all the contestants
whose essays show superior merit
may win awards.
The first prize in each of the two
classes will be 500. making a total
of 5000. These tentative. classes, rs
previously announced, are: First, stu
dents in the senior high schools and
the ninth grade of the Junior high
schools: second, pupils of the seventh
and eighth grades of the junior high
schools and the similar grades of the
elementary schools.
The second prize in each class will
be $50, making total of 500.
There will be two prizes Of s25 each
in each class for eSsayists whose work
is adjudged third best. Therefore, a
total of 500 will be awarded as third
prizes
The fourth group will consist of five
prizes of SIS each for each class, MAX
ing total of ten prizes, or $3.50.
There will be twenty prizes of SO
each awarded as fifth prizes. ten prizes
for each class. making total of 5000.
Fifty prizes of $5 each will be award
ed as sixth prizes. twenty-five prizes
for each class, making total of $3.50.
Added Incentive to Writers.
Announcement of the number of prizes
to be awarded the winners of the con-
test, together with the amounts, is ex-
pected to give an added incentive to the
school children for studying intensively
the proceedings of the conference on the
Evening star., 1921-12-20
COL. R0PP ON BUDGET.
Named Assistant Director in Place
of w. T. Abbott, Resigned.

Following a conference today with
President Harding at the White
House, Gen. Dawes, director of the
budget, announced the appointment
of Col. ]. c. Ropp as assistant. di-
rector of the budget. to succeed Will
liam T. Abbott of Chicago, who has
business in Chicago.
Col Ropp served with Gen. Dawes
overseas during the war and has been
a associated with him since the begin
ming of the budget work early last
summer.
Evening star., 1921-12-20
Shop Early

SHOP. EARLY-for your own
convenience and comfort.
SHOP EARLY-to make your
selections from a full line of
merchandise.
SHOP EARLY-to have. more
time to make your purchases.
SHOP EARLY-in the day, be-
fore the sales force IS tired
out.
SHOP EARLY-in the day to
give those in Offices chance
in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1921-12-20
DEALERS FAIL TO HALT
LIVE STOCK TRADING ACT

CHICAGO, December 2O.-Efforts of
live stock traders at the Chicago
stockyards to prevent enforcement of
the live stock trading act failed today
when Judges Landis. Evans and Fitz-
henry dismissed their applica tion for
an injunction restraining Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace and District
Attorney Charles f. Clyne from en-
forcing the law.
As a result of the decision the live
stock traders will be required to file
their commission schedules with the
government Immediately and operate
under the rules to be laid down by
the Department of Agriculture, or
face fines provided by the act.
Evening star., 1921-12-20
WHISKY IN CAR OF HAY.

BOSTON. December 20.-An inno-
cent looking carload of bated hay
netted federal prohibition agents 1000
quarts of high-proof whisky here.
Liquor, which the authorities said had
come from. Canada and was worth
$4,000, was confiscated in the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road yards in the Roxbury district.
Evening star., 1921-12-20
TEXTILE LEADER DIES.

James W. Cannon, aged fifty-nine,
one of the leading textile manufac-
turers of the south and father-in-law
of David III. Blair, United States
commissioner of internal revenue,
died yesterday. following: an illness
Of several weeks
Evening star., 1921-12-20

At large meeting of the
board of governors of the Wom-
ans National Foundation held today
the resignation of Mrs. C. c. CAL
houn was presented and accepted and
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer unani-
mously elected president of the or
ganiZation.
The following ladies of the executive
committee were reelected: Mrs. ].
Borden Hartman, chairman: Mrs
Thomas Fl. c. Reed. Mrs. Marie Moore
Forrest and Mrs. Ernest Walker.
Additional members elected at the
meeting for the executive committee
are Mrs. William Eric Fowler and
Mrs. Beale r. Howard.
Evening star., 1921-12-20
WEATHER.

Increasing cloudiness and warmer to-
night, lowest temperature above freez-
ing; tomorrow rain or snow.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at pm. today: Highest, 43, at
3 pm. yesterday; lowest, 81. at AIN.
today. Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1921-12-20

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The Associated Press 10 exclusively entitlsd to
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It not otherwise credited IN 'his
paper and also the local news publishsA herein.
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disp4tehes herein are al ressevsl
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1921-08-26
PRfLEz1TosT Ku PRACE

PR1LEZ1TosT KU PRACE
Ma vonku (Flint, Mich.) hl'a-
dam jednd v domacich prac zbe-
hlu zenu, ktora by al varit' vede-
Ia. Stale zamestnanie. DAIRY
plat.
Pre- zaujimaj1cich sa cez tele-
fon (Auto. 75798) rozhvara MIR.
Goodman, Youngstown.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1921-08-26
kladol pod

prve slovo podda, kladol pod
mienkp, ze:
Predovsetkym mnsite odvo
lat aszavrhnnt' vsetko, Co ste do
sial' tn V Amerike pisal a hla-
sal! z
Tuto podln a zradnn spodmien-
ku jaka sa len modzgoch "sta-
reho vrabea'' vyliahnit' mohla,
som rozhodne odmietol.,
TAX sa vyjednavanie sbezyysled
lie skoncilo. Keby nebolo tomu
tax, ako pisem, dnes by som Dol
v Middletowne, redigoval by som
"Jaro'' a nebol by som v pra-
ci "a svoj mily narod "a svojn
drahn vlast II Slovenskej Lfgy
Ano, vzdor ,vsetkym t'azkostiam,
nesnadzam, nedostatkom, a vzdor
vyhrazkam, iitokom, vzdor
Nsetkym pokuseniam vn1tornym
i vonkajsfm chcem tn vydrzat' a
pracovat'. Bob mi je svedkom, re
jednam 6estne, j jake knaz iako
Slovak.
Wy starry vrabec tam Middle
townc!
Pozna Vas uz dnes celia sloven-
ska Amerika, ako vtaka, ktory
sedemkrat' zmenil perie, len ably
no nepoznali ably mohol ufrk-
nut. - Pozname Stareho vrabca,
20 vzdy skacka haluzi ma haluz,
raz je autonomista raz centra-
lista, raz je Slovak a raz Ce-
choslovak, - raz klerikal a raz
khazozrit, - raz katolfk a raz
neznabOh, raz Ligos a raz
antiligoS, - raz Srobarovec a raz
Hlinkista! A po tom: povedal a
nepOvedal, - zaS povedal a zas
odvolal, = ncpovedal a predsa
povedal! Ale clovece, pre- Pana
Boha vecneho, vo Vas sa NJ ami
cert nevyzna, povedzte nam az
raz, co ste Wy: chlapec alebo
dieveae NeskrIvajte sa, neuka
zujte straky ma koli, neplet tie da-
romnice, ale oSvedGte sa: Ci po-
vedali ste vo Washingtone, ze
"JehlicSka je v platenych sluz-
bach Kat. Sdruzcnia9" - Ano.
alebo nie?!
Toto chceme cd Vas vedet',
Uz raz Vas chceme videt', ako
vislte ma stranku, ktorT ste 81 ma
kirk zalozili Wy sam!
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1921-08-26
cuNARD spoLotNosf or
voR1 MOVE KANCELkRIE vo
VIEDNT

Cunard spoloenost' "Cunard
Line oznamnje, ze otvori novl
vyst 'ahovaleckh kancelhriu pod
.cfslom 2 Schelleingasse, Viedeh.
Tato kancelaria rakdsku bola
otvorena tym ciel 'om, aby tn mo-
'hly byt' vybavovane vsetky "a
leaitosti ! vyst' t'ahovtalcov, ktore
pred tym boly vybavovane v
.hlaynej dradovni pod cfslom 30
Graben. Tato nova 1radoven
vel mi napom0ze vybavovanie "a
lezitostf vyst' 'ahovalcov, pobera-
jilcich sa do Ameriky.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1921-08-26

K PRENAJMU 1888 Dale
street 4 izbovy dom, plyn, elek-
tricke svetlo a mestsla voda, $25
ma mesiac. Haste sa pod cislom
COS Dollar Bank budova.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1921-08-26

POTREBUJEME PRvOTRIEDNEHo
PREDAvAcA nemovitosti, ku odpre-
daju nasich fariem Y Mahoning, Trum-
bull Colubiana olkresoch. Must ho-
vorit' Wac reci a mat vlastnt auto
mobil. ziadame odporucenia. Nakol'.
ko spravca je najtastejsie Won 3 Ora
dovne, najlepsie piste. Prvotriednt
kontrakt pravemu clovekovi. Everett
& Capel, obchodnici farmami, SIG
Stambaugh Bldg, Youngstown, o.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1921-08-26
yerf. toho opalim moiilh vyrthnu.

vT-sS AZ. sa*s
fveri, toho opalim mojirh vyrthnu-
|tym chvostom l','
A stare vrabcisko 81 mysli: ale
som mu dal! u mu je amen !
Teras sa budd India ma neho di-
vat ia medzitFm ,lfrknem
Ale K veci!
Sotya re sa obiayily Ameris
ke mole prve slanky, middle
Il 'ownsky stary vrabec dostal
strach. "Tento Laco Ballay -
vrai sa nam sice paci, ale bud
me ma pozore, leho ia stary vra-
bee by som mohol prist o moi
SUNNY, chyost. Ilaco Ballay sa
pridal ku Lige a to je ono to mai
horsie! Zalichot me mu, dame
mu dzab, dobr1 faru, bude mas a
Wac nam neujde." TAX 81 rozmy-
slel stary vrabec dl'a toho 81
zaeal.
Moi mlaSi brat je zamestnany
v redakcii Jednoty stary vrabec
prostrednietvom tohoto mojho
brata mi odkazal v liste so dna
l. januara 1921. nasledujuce r.
"Pan Husek povedal, re nepo-
znajac tunajsie pomery, dal 81 sa
sviest' protivnym taborom, =
predsa mozes prejst' ku taboru
pana Huseka. X tomu sa ii ma
skytuje prflezitost': Mladenecky
Oddiel Jednoty, poeitujtici 1900
Glenov, ma vydavat' dvojtyzden-
mix. Pan Husek povedal, ze bo-
10 by t'azko najst' vhodneho clo-
veka ku redigovaniu toho casopi-
su a re snad' mohol dosadit' "a
redaktora. Faru - vraj = budes
m0ct' t'azko dostat'. Ked' ale "a
cnes katolickou literarnou pracou
ziskas 81 renome u biskupov a mo-
zes dostat' dobr1 faru. I"
Ma tento list som mojmu bra
tovi ami odpovede medal, lez som
no ukazal predsedovi Slovenskej
Ligy, ma dokaz svojej dovery ku
Lfge.
Ale koneSne predsa som boil v
Middletowne koncom j1na. -
Snad' som isiel edo Canossy"
poddat' sa9 Me, ia som sa nikdy
nikomu nepoddaval, nikoho mi
lost neprosil. Svoje presvedcenie
co neocenitel'n dedictvo po mo-
JON otcovi,. 81 Wac cenim, jako
vsetky fairy, ma ktorych lpi zrada
naroda a vlasti.
Predsa, - co som hl'adal V
Middletowne?
Pricina bola ia: boil som ma
vstfvit' svojho brata, ktoreho som
uz 9 rokov nevidel.
Starry vrabec, domnievajdc sa,
re ma do roboty S nejakym ztifa-
lynn slabuchom, ktory caka ma fa-
ru, jako kura ma zrno, re sa ma