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years they separated. No children
had blessed their home.
Eva May promptly obtained a di-
vOrce and one year later. in 1914, she
became the wife of Willis L. Swain
of Jacksonville. He was an cleo
trician for the Construction Engin-
eering Company and had a good job.
Their married life was happy from
the start and their little home at
604 East Sd street was one of the
most delightful spots in the whole
world. But two years passed and
no children came. and Eva May was
bitterly disappointed.
Like myself. she had a great de-
sire for children. But through it all
she loved her husband devotedly-
just as devotedly as l love mine"
Mrs. South said.
Husband lx JncOncerned.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. February l3.
Willis IL. Swain. husband of the
daughter of Mrs. Z. A. South stated
tonight that he had always been un-
der the impression the children were
their own.
Mrs. Swain. in tears. refused to
discuss the matter tonight he said
Il have not questioned her closely,
and while l can hardly bring myself
to believe she has deceived me. it
makes little difference. as | still love
her and l believe that whatever she
did she did believing she was in
the right
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RELICS OF LINCOLN
|. PUT IN COLLECTION
Chicago Historical Society's
Added Articles Furnish
GIimpses of Career.
CHURCH PEW INTERESTING
Bookcase Made in Europe for Head
7 of Confederacy Also Among
Exhibits in Illinois.
Ry the Associated Press.

ny a>sottateu IfF>>
CHICAGO. February l4.-Abraham
Lincoln was shown again as one of
the plain people at the Chicago HIS
torical Society last week.
To it's already fine Lincoln, coilec-
tion the society has added on this an
niversary. for the first time. some re-
markable bits of Lincnlu's environ
ment that give glimpses of his life.
Most Illuminating perhaps among
these is the pew that Lincoln occu-
pied in the Presbyterian Church at
Springfield before he left Illinois
capital to go to the White House.
The rough bench looks as if it might
have been made from the rails that
he split in youth. No palmer, COM
moner. more substantial bench could
be built for a church.
The pew probably was never paint
ed. At any rate il shows no sign OF
raint today but stands like a product
of the carpenter that had gone
straight to the church. 1t is a bench
that. without regard to looks. couty'
be doing its duty for several more
half centuries.
Chair Used in Lnw studies.
Nearby is chair that Lincoln used
| while he was reading law. 1t is one
of those bleak Office chairs of long
oSo- sure tHoush psNSt
to the pew. simple, worn and st'li
good for long term of hard service.
Close at hand stands a bookcase.
made abroad for jefferson Davis. the
president of the Confederacy. Rather
ornately carved, il seems quite unlil<a
Lincoln's home bookcase. which also
is on display here today. This is an
other of the plain pieces common in
! the day, and now sought after. But
that there was comfort and elegance
<Nf
household may be attested by the
handsome mahogany and haircloth
couch from Springfield
Robert T. Lincoln, the Presidents
only living son, pays the Chicago His
torical Society a visit from time to
time. He has pronounced the best
likeness of his father little known
portrait that has recently come into
possession of the society and is hang
ing there for the first time. The
scene is ships cabin. where Lincoln
is listening to Gen. Sherman tell of
his march to the sea. The painting is
by c. p. A. Healy. one of the noted
artists Of the day. Robert T Lincoln
has had a copy of his fathers figure
made for his home in Washington.
From Gunther Collection.
The bed on which Lincoln breathed
his last. together with hundreds of
bits intimately associated with his
life, recently came into the hands OF
the society. These all are from the
collection of the late Charles F. Gun
ther the Chicago candy man.
For years and wears Mr.. Gunther
worked with unflagging energy until
he has gathered what Miss Caroline
NJ. McIlvaine. librarian of the Chicago
Historical Society. terms the most re-
markable private collec- ion in the
country relating to American history
Between Chicago and Springfield.
Between Chicago and Springfield H.
linois has the fullest collection remi-
niscent of its greatest "favorite SON."
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ADMITS DECEPTION
BY ADOPT TING BABES
Daughter of Atlanta Woman
Who Took II Children
Also Makes Confession.
HUSBAND DOESN'T CARE
Declares He Can Hardly Believe It,
But It Makes No Difference,
as He Still Loves Her.
By the Associated Pres

By the Associated Press
ATLANTA. Ca. February 14.-Mrs.
Eva May Swain. daughter of Mrs.
Alice South. admitted to representa-
tives of the Georgia board of public
that she had followed in the foot
steps of her mother in adopting a
number of children as hers, and that
she obtained them from some one
in Atlanta, according to announce
ment made here early this morning
by officials of the Georgia commission.
Her admission followed the state
ment Saturday of Mrs. South that
the children from the St. Mary's
Maternity Hospital, operated by Mrs.
NJ. T. Mitchell. where the Atlanta
woman obtained eleven babies, in
Guiding two pairs of twins" and
"triplets," that she aided her daughter
in her scheme, and that the father
was not yet aware of the fact that
the children were not his own.
Mrs. Swain Retfcent.
News dispatches from Jacksonville
indicated that Mrs. Swain was ret
icent regarding the alleged adoption
of the children, which she is said
to have obtained on several occasions
during extended visits to her mother
here.
II have notified the Children Home
Society of Florida and have given
them the names of the children. where
they We're born and who their par
ents are" was all she would say.
The Florida organization notified
the Georgia welfare board.
When confronted with this infor-
nation, Mrs. Mitchell, who at first
stated that the young ones did not
come from her hospital, refused to
either affirm or deny the truth of the
assertions of mother and daughter.
Marriage Declared Failure.
Mrs. South refused to talk to news
papermen Sunday night. ASK Mrs.
Swain for any information you want.
She's the one most interested now.
she said. Father" South also re-
fused to be interviewed. 4 don't
know anything about it, he stated
Mrs. Swain is the only daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. South and now is
thirty-four years old, just fifteen
years younger than her mother.
In 1907 she was married to George
Pew, a machinist of Richmond, Va.
Mrs. South said. Their marriage
was an utter failure, and after four
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TOTAL OF 100000
/. SCHOOL INCREASE
Drop in Wartime Wages
! ! I. Sends Boys and Girls
Back to Books.
SURVEY OF LARGE CITIES
Resumption of immigration Also
: Shown to Have Enhanced At
:
tendance, Federation States.
By the Associated Press.

BF the Associated freSS.
CHICAGO. February 1.-THE office
boy Is going back to school. Four
teen, fifteen and sixteen-year-old girl
stenographers are re-enterlnS nlsh
school. Falling wages in the 1ndus-
trial and commercial world are send
ing boys and girls. thousands on thou
sands of them, into the clasSrooms
they left when war-elevated salaries
1Ured them away.
Increase in school membership in
the United States during 192O-2l is
approximately 100000 over 1920.
according to a survey just completed
here by the better schools service. a
bureau of the American Federation of
Teachers.
In the large cities the survey shows
the increase has averaged 10 per cent
although the figure for the whole ma
the decline in efficiency of the rural
aehool. The. resumption of immigra-
tion is responsible for large part OF
this increase. the report shows. New
to set up extra quarters called
steamer rooms" for the newly ar
rived foreign children.
Estimates show that the 100000
figure for the present school member
ship of the nation must be increased
by 100000 at least" said William T.
Mccoy. chairman of the better schools
service. He continued:
Immigrants send their children to
school quick as they land They
show more avidity for education than
did their predecessors in the years
before the war. But the greatest rush
Is among the boys and girls who quit
school to take advantage of high
wages in industry. Now the war in
6ation is gone. these young people are
themselves for work other than man.
ual labor.
"A greater proportion of children
from the homes of skilled and man
ual laborerS are seeking higher edu-
cation than ever before due to the
fact that both parents and children
often worked at high wages during
the war period with the idea of spend
ing accumulated money in further
schooling for the. children. This is
proportional gain has been in high
schools where this age is represented.
THE greatest rush of attendance
has taxed the already overcrowded
schools to the limit. In large cities
and in mining and Industrial centers
schools are overpupiled and under
teachered to the point where the
work done is bitterly unfair to the
children. The increase in attendance
has come at time when the number
Of teachers is decreasing and when
the building of schools has stopped.
Authorities agree that the best work
can be done in school when there is
one teacher for every twenty-five pu-
rils and vet the average for the fif-
teen largest American cities is over
thirty-six pupils per teacher, Phila-
delphia having forty-six, Chicago
forty-four. st. Eouis and Milwaukee
forty each. New York thirty-nine. Los
Angeles thirty-seven. Newark thirty
SIX. Baltimore thirty-six and Detroit
thirty-f1ve- These averages will grow
much higher. for the increase in num-
bers of pupils cannot be matched by
building now proposed"
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MOTHER TOSSES BABE
TO SAFETY AS LIFE IS
CRUSHED OUT BY CARS

NEW ORLEANS. La. February
14.-Trapped between a train of
box cars and a steel gondola. Mrs.
Jules Cosso tossed her four-month-
old baby to safety as the moving
train swept her from her feet to
instant death beneath the wheels.
Mrs. Crosse was crossing the
Southern railway tracks on Vii
lere street, and thinking it safe
to pass between the cars. had just
started to do so when switch en-
gine coupled to the train, pinnlng
her between the cars in such
manner that she could not save
herself. Her head was crusned
from her shoulders. The baby was
uninjured.
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PRESENCE OF US. TROOPS
IN HAITI NEEDED, is VIEW
Admiral Knapp Thinks Agitation
Against American Occupation Is
Confined to Small Group,

Maintenance of tranquility and
security in the republic of Haiti is
still dependent on the continued
presence of the armed forces of the
United States unless the existing
treaty is -abrogated, according to
Rear Admiral II. 5. Knapp. L. S. N,
who recently made thorough in
vestigation Of the situation
Agitation against the American oc-
cupation of Haiti, Admiral knapp
asserted. is inspired by a desire on
the part of very small group, VINO
are endeavoring to bring about the
return Of former political conditions
Should the United States now
withdraw" said Admiral Knapp,
leaving the political agitators to
their own devices, it would, in my
opinion, be surrendering the true in
terests and true freedom of 95 per
cent of the population and encour-
aging the unworthy minority to go
on with it's dishonest, arbitrary and
tyrannical measures. While it is
probably impossible to state that
graft does not now exist, it is con-
cealed graft, unknown to the United
States treaty officials
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University of Pittsburgh, Maj. Rich
ard H. Hawkins; University of 1lli-
nois, DR.. S. w. Stratton; st. Paul
School, Representative James S. Park
er; LIE Roy Academy, Representative
A. d. Sanders; Waynesburg College.
Representative Thomas S. Crago: De
Veaux College. Representative S. Wal
lace Dempsey; Lawrenceville School,
NJ. A. Abbott : Rochester High School,
Thomas B. Dunn;
Cooper Institute, Senator William NJ.
Calder; committee on education, House
of Representatives. Representative
Daniel A. Reed; committee on educa-
ton. United States Senate, Senator
William S. Kenyon.
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The Italians place their egg in cold
water and remove it just as the water
boils. Then they break it on a plate
and eat it with bread
Evening star., 1921-02-14

Man and woman students at the Uni
versity of Oklahoma occupy adjacent
boarding houses. and as the houses
are of great similarity in their out
ward appearance, much confusion and
embarrassment frequently resulted
when male student, returning at
late hour would mistake one of the
woman's boarding houses for his own
only to be apprised of his blunder by
shrill screams from within when he
tried to enter. AS precautionary
measure the girls have now posted on
their doors the following sign: Are
you a man or a woman? Stop, Look.
,iSfe
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LOSSBY MIGRATION
D|STURBS TEUT0NS
e-Bodied Citizens Indicate
Desire to Turn Toward
Overseas Countries.
ATTRIBUTED TO TAX FEAR
Overcrowded Condition Gives Rise
to Suggestions for Arid
Lands Use.
By the Associated Press.

ps the associated Press.
BERLIN. February 14.-Students
OF economic subjects assert that at
least 100000 Germans are prepar-
ing to leave the Fatherland for the
United States, Mexico and South
American states as soon as they are
able to raise passage money, or OBJ
tain admission in the case of the
United States
majority of the would-be emf
grants have expressed a preference
10 go to South America
Stalyvart Sons Leaving.
Oficial and unofficial quarters have
displayed considerable uneasiness
over the class of men who are now
emlgratlng or preparing to emigrate.
The head of the government immi-
grafton Office said:
The most able-bodied, enterpris-
ing, stalwart sons of Germany are
leaving. The very poor, the COM
munists. the radicals, the bolsheviki
generally are remaining with US. 1t
is the family of some substance which
is moving out"
One cause of this emigration is
conceded to be the war taxes. and
virtually prohibits the salaried man
from laying something aside for the
rainy day. These men generally no
longer patronize the banks. They are
boarding a little bit of salary each
month against the day they can
emigrate.
= In spite of the general agreement
among political economists that Ger
many is overcrowded and that unless
radical readjustments are made with
in one year the nation Will be able to
support only SO per cent of the pres
lot aSfi on
made that the government take imme-
diate steps to regulate the number
and quality of emigrants. With this
in view new law is being drafted.
Irrigation Possibilities.
1t is argued that this tide of emf
grafton could be turned back upon
Germany to good purpose. Germany's
arid lands if irrigated or drained,
would be capable of supporting TO-
900. 900 additional persons, it is said.
and the government has been urged
to make these lands available to the
numbers now flocking into the cities.
DR.. Max Hirsch. writing in the Ber-
lin Tageblatt, says: Germans who
are preparing to emigrate at this time
should. for the sake Of the fatherland.
reconsider" Unrestricted emigration
probably anemic. German race, he
believes. in view of the character of
the men who are leaving.
Others fear the exodus will result in
an impaired German culture" and
suggest the advisability of state aid
for the inte!lectuals who have been
hardest hit by economic conditions
: Under the present German law an
emigrant is permitted to take out
with him 10000 marks. tax-free.
The Italians place their egg in cold
water and remove it just as the water
boilS. Then they break it on plate
Evening star., 1921-02-14
TINKlE OF BELL TIED
TO BUZZARD'S NECK
HEARD AS HE FLIES

DOTHAN. Ala, February IL
The ''belled buzzard,' which has
been reported in varius southern
states for the past twenty years.
was seen by Chester Todd, near
Ashford
He reports that the bird was
flying low and that a sheep bell
fastened to its neck was plainly
visible. and that it's tinkle could
be heard at evey flap of the buzz
Yards wings.
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Oh pittsburgh. was lieutenant in
q browning machine gun section I'm
.hc a. IL. T.. He is now Il uromiucn,
farncr of Ontario
Thc wedding was the occosiop or
ihuch hospitality in Orange nnn,
beautiful homes being thrown omen
10 the quests. There was "a burr.t
supper for the visitors at "AIont,
beilo, the country Residence or ur
ana Mrs. Leslie Gray. and n mornjn,-
aHair Tor them ut Horse Shoe Farm,
the home OF Mr. and Mrs r NJ
iSradF. ana an afternoon tea given
ny Mr. and Mrs. Joe c. Walker ar
Woodbcrry Forest
Among the out-or-town ruos,s
were Mrs. Edward E,chols. of wash.
lnStoh: MIR. and Mrs. John Black OF
Fort Hope. Ontario: Mrs. Rex Brid,-cr
nt Kingston. Ontario: Miss Frances
clark. of Philadelphia: AIR. A. X.
l'owlcs. OF Now York: Miss Bette
Lewis Rowlcs. OF Cincinnati: Mr.. and
Mrs. w. T.. Giiltcson OF ElucfIcId
w Va: William a. liowIcs. Of vii
hanson. w. Va: MIR and Mrs. y
Granville Curry. OF Waehineton. NJ
and Mrs. II. Mcl<. Smith. Miss Eliz-
aheth Atkinson. Miss Virginia Graf
tan. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. T. Robertson
Mrs. feyton Cochran. and Dr. and
Mrs. \. l.. Robertson. Jr. Of Staun,on.
Charles II. Wcttcr. of PhilaLclphi,.
Rev. Edgar G. Cannon. Of Hampton
Sidney: Right Rev. Robert G. Jctt.
OF Roanoke. and Archibald G. Robert
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Rollins. became the bride OF David
Hunter Ashby. OF Culpeper.
The lower noor. tas,efully deco
ratch was thrown open TO the
guests. the color scheme being white
and green. carried out in white
flowers aud fcathcry ferns These
wcr" intcrspcrscd with cathedral
candles. whose soft lights added
beauty to the scene. \ lattice or
green ana white outlined the wind
ing stairway. down which the bridal
party descended to the ?arlurs.
Messrs. g. g. Walker Jr and
Chapman RNercomb.. acting us ush-
cra. advanced down the stairway
preceding the maid OF honor Mics
Josephine Rollins. sister OF the bride
who was eowncd in honcydcw taft
f"ta with garniture Of orchid Gcor-
%ettc, carrying an arm bouquet Of
purple astcrs.
The bride. robcd I'm white Chan
THY lace over white satin. with Veil
OF tullc ana orange blossoms, was
met At the foot OF the stairway by
her uncle, Lewis Chclf OF Richmond
VINO gave her in marriage. They
were met AT the altar by the groom
ana his best man. j. Kent Davis, Of
tuipcpcr.
The ceremony was read ly Rev.
G. IL. HuNton. of Emmanuel Episcopal
church. corington. in the presence Of
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dclphiniums and pink sweet peas The
bride wore a wcddin:; gown OF Nh:tc
canton velvet. her Nsi caught With
lplquet Of Stcphanocis and Sial,n-
,Srnia. Her brother. William A.
l'"wl.s. OF klucilcld. w. Va. gave acr
hand in marriage
John Black. az Washington. was
best man. and the ushcrS were George
Scott Shackclford and IL Green
Shackclford of Orange: Archibald 6.
Robertson. Of Richmond: Charles IL.
Wctter. OF Philadelphia: X. Granville
Curry. OF Washington. and Rev. Ed
rar 6. Cannon. OF Hampden- Sidney.
The Right Rev. Robert Garter Jctt.
Bishop of I'll" Diocese of Southwest
crn Virginia. and Rev Il. :. Jitsingcr
Of st Thomas. performed the Cerc-
monN. which was Witnessed by Z
large and fashionable asscmblagc
y reception at Red Acre. the homo
OF MIR. ana Mrs. y. Stuart robert
SON. followed III" ceremony. and later
MIR and Mrs Clark started by motor
FOR Canada. via White sulphur. Hot
springs. the HerksSrirc Hills and other
points Of interest. They viii he At
I'll" bride is popular in society.
and is gifted in music and art. which
she studied both in this country and
abroad During the war she was
"Y" worker in France
The groom. who is the son OF Mrs
Clark and the late Robert y. Clark
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son and Mrs. William Kelly Heard
OF Richmond o'
Pretty Wedding.

son and Mrs. William Kelly Heard
OF Richmond.
frcty Wedding.
pretty wedding was solsmnizc,l
y" '"esuay evening at G3v o'clocjx
~ the home of Mrs. Mildred col,mop
thurman. when her daughter Mil
uIeu Hulienc. became IN. brid. or
i.upert warren Charlton. The ccrc-
,ion! was performed by DR.. William
- baii. OF Spartanburg, s. c.. former
p"Stor OF the bride. anu the music w:,s
'hoercd by Miss Mary Taylor. The
rouse was beautifully decorated with
~. ,vrhs. palms ana cathedral candles
nc prluc. who WAS given In mar
u.dSe by her brother. Lewis Coleman
''urihah. WAS Sowncd in moon-rlow
satin and real lace. and her veil Of
'"i'e was caught with orange bios
SONS she carried u shower bouuuct
W BRIDE roses ana lilies of the val
'eE. MISS Ruth Thurman. the maid
VI honor was dressed In yellow or
EhhuE ana carried Sweetheart roses
MISS Sadic Thurman. her other at
''huaht. was dressed in pink orgaudy
ana carried La France roses. Little
MISS Ruth Charlton. niece of the
Groom, wore Il frock of white orgnnJv
ana scattered rose petals before tho
"riue' Key. ID. Maryland Charlton.
pfothcr OF the groom. was best man.
ne groom is an eX-service man
ana saw considerable service over
seas lie is a graduate OF Richmond
|olIcEc and extended his studies mt
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gathering OF the Immediate ,,
'"d IA Few friends.
After Mr.. and Mrs. Ashby rcco;,.,
congratulations. nodded ices in ~
Sh'Pe 81 slippers and wedding b.I,.
ana individual cakes orp,,ro,
win orange blossoms were scrv.d
me brides bouquet was cnurh, h,.
Mss liyrd G. rulliam. OF Culncnor
ihc priJ" and groom left on n L.,
ram Tor an extended wcddIpr -.
OF Northcrn cities.
The brides travelling dress w,. -.
o"th biu" tricotin". richly cmi,otd
o''" /" rust. with hat and gloves !,
match 10
Ihe out-of town guests n, the NO,
"!hs included Lewis g. ChclC -.
iHchh"hd: Mrs. Iutman Hrndn.,.
,ro"S' "i culpcpcri Mrs. William !.
Miil'i. OF Stnunton: Miss Mnn1,
iiydc. Mrs. J. II. Jones ana daugbt.-,
rii"hhcth. and Tom Mahoncy. az
richmond; J. Kent Davis ana Mis-
''!fh g Puil!am. of Culocp.r: NJ.
cen Cleveland. Of Roanoke: Mr
w imam Dickcy. OF Lexington. ana
frahk u. Meadows. OF Durhnm Y -
Enlargement Announced.
MI. and Mrs. WilIam L. ,'hri.;i.
anh"uncc tfe engagement. ami an
p."achlmg marriag. u ,h,ir d.turr
.---. "n"@lIht Ih.l'na M"'si:all A..
CONTINUED on Page 3. Column ~
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tho University OF Virginia. Washing
ION and Lee and the University Of
ltenncs. France.
Al the present time he * supcrin-
tcndcnt Of schools ut Mt Hope
w. Va.
The out-of-towm guests were little
Miss Mildred Coleman Thurman. OF
Long Dale. Va: Airs. X. Il. Spencer.
Mrs. =. H. Pearson. Miss Gertrude
Charlton. Miss Myrtle Anderson. Rev
ID. Wayland Charlton. Dillwyn. Va,
Professor Il. W. Durrctts wife and
daughter. Margaret. Of iiartsville. s.
G.. and Mrs. i. s. ELLIS. 81. Adams.
w Va.
Later. Mr.. Charlton ana his bride
left for Northern trip.
On Monday evening following the
rehearsal. reception was given tho
bridal party and few intimate
friends at the home Of the brides
brother. 1914 Grove Avenue.
enlargement Announced.
Mrs Eppa iIuntdn POTTS. of Chase
City. announces the enlargement and
approaching marriage of her dauGh-
ter. Mildred. to John Garden Al
bright. Of Manassas and Washington.
ID. {. The wedding viii take place
the second week in October.
Ashby-RolIins,
The home of Mrs. Joseph L. Rol-
Inns. at Covington. was the scene OF
n lovely wedding on August II. when
her daughter. Miss julia Frances