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Evening star., 1921-10-03

Appointment of an official in a gov
ernmental bureau in Washington as a
result of a vote of subofficials of the
bureau has been effected, it became
known today. So far as could be
learned this is the first time that a
director of a government bureau has
depended upon a voting contest to aid
him in making selection OF his staff.
Arthur j. Hirsc11. chief of the di-
vision of agriculture in the cenSus
bureau. was appointed chief cle.k of
that bureau after the chiefs of divi-
sions had filed a record vote with the
director of the census. He has just as
sumed his new position.
There has been a warm campaign
waged in the bureau for several
months. when it became known that
the position, which pays $4,000 a year,
was open.
Several days ago paper slips were
sent to the division chiefs of the. bu-
reau from the directors Office. These
slips each contained the names OF
Evening star., 1921-10-03
US. ENVOY PLEAsEs CHILE
Ambassador Collier Praised on All
Sides for Sentiments.

SANTIAGO. Chile. october Evil
liam M. Collier, the new American
ambassador to Chile, will give a re-
ception for members of the diplomatic
corps and high government officials
at the American embassy tomorrow
The addresses exchanged between the
ambassador and President Alessandri.
when Mr.. Collier presented his creden
tials Thursday. continue to be COM
mented upon by Chilean newspapers.
all of them speaking most favorably
Of the impression the new diplomat
made upon that occasion. All the
newspapers featured Mr.. Golfers
statement that North American in
vestments in Chile total $500. .000. 900.
or greater amount than United
States financiers have invested in all
the other South American states
Mr.. Golfers address," declared
La Nacion yesterday, contained a
comprehensive expression of the aims
Of the new administration of tine
United States. IN it may be found a
sincere echo of sentiments held by
Chileans."
Evening star., 1921-10-03

Chaplin Brown. prominent local at
torney and general counsel for the
Washington Chamber, of Commerce,
was today appointed attorney of the
District rent commission, a position
created under the recent extension
of the Ball act, it was announced
by A. Leftwich Sinclair, chairman
of the rent commission.
Members Of the commission were
in communication this morning with
the White House. and it is under
stood that the President approved of
the selection of Mr. Brown for this
pest. Mr.. Brown will receive a
salary. of $1,000 per annum.
Mr.. Brown's Duties.
Under the Ball act the attorney for
the commission shall appear for and
represent the commission in all ju-
dicial proceedings and generally per-
for1p such professional duties and
services as attorney and counsel to
the commission as may reasonably be
required Of him by the commission"
There are now pending before the
commission a score of petitions for
return of excess rents collected by
landlords. and Mr.. Brown will imme-
diateIy begin the task of taking
proper court action to compel delin-
Quent landlords to comply with the
provisions of the Ball rent act.
Attorney Brown has represented
both landlords and tenants in numer-
Gus cases. which have come before
the rent board and he is thoroughly
familiar with every phase of the rent
Legislation. He has twice carried
cases before the United States Su-
preme Court. involving provisions in
the old Salisbury law and in the later
Ball act. When informed of his ap-
pointment by Star representative
today Mr. Brown made it plain that
he will strive to be fair alike to land
lord and tenant in carrying out the
duties attached to the new office.
Admitted to Bar I'm 1877.
Chaplin Brown was admitted to the
bar of the District of Columbia in
1877. Since that time he has had a
distinguished legal and public career.
In 1900 he was elected president Of
the George Washington University e
Alumni Association. In 1901 and 1902
Bar Association Of the District of
Columbia. By appointment Of the
President he became a member of the
board Of trustees of the National
Training School for Girls in 1892, and
was elected president of the board
of trustees in; 1908. resigning in 1906.
He remained by successive appoint
ments on the board of trustees and is
now president. of the board.
He was one Of the charter members
of the University Club. since 1886 a
member of the Cosmos Club and is a
member of the Columbia Historical
Society, the City Club, Board Of Trade,
Chamber of Commerce, citizens COM
mittee on national representation in
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Evening star., 1921-10-03
HAS MESSAGE FROM DALI.
Walsh Says Irish People Will In.
sist on self-Determination. -.

By the Associated Press As
YONKERS. N. T.. October 3-Frank
P. Walsh, American counsel for the
Irish republic. who recently returned
from Ireland. delivered at a meeting
here message from the dali eireann
to the American people. in which he
said that "the Irish people stand
firmly upon the rock Of self-determi-
nation
he said, may be wiped from the earth,
but others are ready to take their
places, and Ireland will never sur
render the freedom that she has won
through the sacrifices OF her people.
He also stated that he had received
ernf1ent that every bond subscribed
for in, ;America will be paid inf by
Evening star., 1921-10-03
Today;s Neu,s in Brief

Chaplin Brown appointed attorney for
District rent board. Page 1
Sinn Feiners announce De Valera will
not attend London peace conference.
Page I
Experts are taking hnger prints as
clues in the Eastlake murder.
Page /
U. S. officials deny financiers will dis
cuss war debts during arms confer
ence. Page !
Lord Northcfiffe fears food of Asiatics
in Australia. Page 4
Gen. Pershing moves throng to tears
with speech at poilu's grave. Page s
Grocer brutally stabbed to death in
home. Page II
District Court of Appeals opens fall
term. ~ Page II
Lloyd George spends Sunday seeking
way, TO- reduce. unemplpyment in
England. PAge II
Cities built on paper IN Oregon disap-
pear as railroad fails to materialise.
- q Page ~
Evening star., 1921-10-03
BEDRAGGLED MOB OF 500 JOURNEY
ACROSS MEXICO SEEKING HELP

MEXICO CITY. October 2.-The
long journey of more than 500 men.
women and children from their far
off homes in the state of Yucatan
to Mexico City, where they hope to
plead their case in person before
President Obregon, ended last night
with the arrival here of this i'm
poverished band.
Economic conditions, they ex-
planned. are SO hard that wholesale
migration to other parts of Mexico
from Yucatan was deemed desir-
able, anu accordingly vessel was
chartered and the trip made to the
port Of Vera Cruz without Incl
dent. Federal aid was extended to
them there. and the entire band
started on the last stretch, which
presented many obstacles, eventu-
ally, reaching here, where they
have been given quarters in aban-
Goned barracks.
PRESIDENT Obregon is said to have
Evening star., 1921-10-03
WILL SELECT DELEGATES.
British Cabinet to Act When Lloyd
George Reaches London.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 3-The cabinet,
which is to be held this week as soon
as Premier Lloyd George returns to
London. is expected first to select
representatives to the Irish con-
ference.
Incident to the conference, state
ments of the Slim Fein spokesmen as
published by the south of ireland
papers indicate that demand will
be made for the release of Irish
prisoners in jail and internment
camps.
The feeling is reported to be grow
ing among southern unionists and
ing among southern unionists and con-
entitled to representation. The Times
says: "At least one representative
Of the south unionists ought to have
a place at the conference table We
anticipate no objection from the re-
pubiican.leaders. whose meetings with
the southern unionists were a most
auspicious feature of the early nego-
ttations.
Evening star., 1921-10-03

interested himself personally and
has, ordered all possible relief
measures and a further investiga-
tion of the Yucatan situation. Re-
ports from that state OF late re-
feet extremely disturbed condi-
tions. which apparently were not
alleviated by the recent visit of
Gen. Salvador Alvarado, former
governor Of the state, who was sent
there by the president to institute
an inquiry. Gen. Alvarado is now
on his way to Mexico City with
full report, but dispatches from
Merida, the state capital. .allege
that his visit merely intensified the
bitterness among the various radi-
cal factions seeking to control the
state. 4 s.. z sy.
Clashes among the socialists
themselves and between the radi-
Gals and conservatives are FREE
Quently. reported from Yucatan,
: and the newspapers almost daily
call attention to the extremely un-
satisfactory situatioIk there.
Evening star., 1921-10-03
PLUCKY BOY SCOUTS
SAVE RAIL WAY TRAIN
FROM OMAHA WRECK

OMAHA, Neb., October 3.-James
Caldwell. thirteen, and Clarence
Swinkholm, twelve. Omaha Boy
Scouts, today are heroes. By
rare presence of mind and speedy
application of scout rules they
saved passenger train No. 6, a
through train ON the Chicago. Bur-
lington and Quincy between
Omaha and Chicago, yesterday
from what road officials said would
have been a serious wreck.
The scouts, who, with a party
of companions, had been Oh an
all-night hike, discovered a large
tree lying directly across the rail-
road track near Camp Clifford, a
scout camp six miles south of
Omaha. At the same time they
heard the whistl of the train,
which carried more than a dozen
coaches. on the other side of a
curve 800 yards away. Pulling
young Caldwell's red sweater
from his back, the scouts ran
down the track waving it franti-
cally. The engineer stopped the
train a few yards from the tree.
Special agents of the Burlington
said the tree was a bee tree and
that. evidently, when it had fallen
across the tracks the bee hunters
had fed.
Evening star., 1921-10-03
BY HIRAM K. MoDERwELL.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1921.
LONDON, October ST never
know what I am going to do next
week, but this do know-I shall
be back home on November L."
said Charlie Chaplin today. He
had Just made one of, his airplane
trips to London, to spend the week
end with H. 6. Wells. after a few
DAYS visit in. Paris with Sir Philip
Sassoon, a close friend of the late
King Edward The comedian and
the British financier became fast
friends at their hrst meeting. =.
Charlie has been p constant sur
prise ON this European trip. For
instance, last week. when every
one thought he was in Germany,
ne secretly slipped into Paris and
then motored to LIE Bourget air
drome to fly to England. The peo-
ple there were excited over, the
event, and the Meseagerferes Aeri-
enne oficials. learning who the
passenger. was. provided him With
= special airplane with an ace for
q pilot. Charlie would not ride In
the car. but sat beside the pilot.
When q passport was handed him
: he saidsa my death zarrent = Hit
Evening star., 1921-10-03
PRISONER WINS ELECTION
Chosen Municipal Councillor Of
Paris-Serving Term for Mutiny.

PARIS, October 3.-Andrea Marty,
chief engineer Of the French torpedo
boat LIE Protet. who is serving a fif-
teen-year prison term as leader of the
Black sea mutiny in 1919, has been
elected municipal councillor of
Paris. AS communist candidate in the
twentieth ward, a workmen's quarter,
he received a 3-to-1 vote.
His election, however. is expected to
be annulled on the ground that a felon
is ineligible for office.
Evening star., 1921-10-03
DE VALERA DECIDES
TO AVOID PAR[EY
Neither to Be Delegate Nor
Go to London During Cru
cial Peace Conference.
By the Associat ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, October 3.-The Sim Fein
delegation to the conference in Lon
don. beginning October II. which will
explore the possibilities of the Irish
situation with view to definite
settlement, will leave Dublin next
Monday. October 10, it was announced
here today.
Eamon de Valera will not be one
of the Sim Fein delegates and will
not go to London in connection with
the conference, according to Desmond
Fitzgerald. the Sim Fein minister of
ment regarding the delegation's de-
parture.
Evening star., 1921-10-03
FRANK 7. HARDw1cK DIES.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, October g.
Frank T. Hardwick, one of the most
prominent and wealthfest men of
North Carolina died this morning at
his home in Dalton, Ga. Mr. Hard
wick was largely interested in the
banking and manufacturing business
of North Georgia and Chattanooga.
Evening star., 1921-10-03
QUITS POLITICAL FIGHT.
Fascist Organization, Florence,
Italy, Calls Bourgeoisie Ungnateful.

LONDON, October 2.-The local Fas-
cisti organisation at Florence, one Of
the most active in Italy. has issued
quit the political struggle. according to
Florence dispatch to the London
Times. d
This action is taken because Of .'the
indifference Of the ungrateful bour-
geoisie, which failed to display mourn
ing and close shops after the recent
fascist losses at Modena.'
Evening star., 1921-10-03
COURT CLERK A SUICIDE.

: CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, October 3d.
william Henry Bonner. fifty-dye,
clerk Of the city court at Calhoun.
hotal, HIS body being found in bed
with q revolT6f clptched in his right
hand. Ronns3 came. here SATURDAY.
Evening star., 1921-10-03
U1sTER1TEs NOT INVITED.
Officially Denied Delegates Are tc
Attend London Farley.
By the Associatetl Pre.,.

By the Associated Press
BELFAST, October 3.-Reports that
Ulster had been invited to send dele
gates to the London conference next
week on the Irisn question, which
have been in circulation here, were
officially denied today.
Evening star., 1921-10-03
SUPPORTS CHINESE POLICY.
Japan to Propose Modified Partici-
patton Therein by Powers.
BY JrNIVs b. w,

BY JCNIUs b. WOOD
by wireless tn Tie Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1921.
TOXIC. Japan, October 3-LiberaI
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Evening star., 1921-10-03

Rain this afternoon: partly cloudy
and cooler tonight; tomorrow, fair and
cooler.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
5 ended at 2 pm. today: Highest, IS, at
3 . pm. yesterday: lowest. 50, at. am.
today.
Evening star., 1921-10-03

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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-03
U, s. VESSELS TO BE RELOCATED TO
 PACIFIC ROUTES
Shipping Board Calls Hear. ing for February 2l to
 Discuss Plans.

WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. g. Tho United States Shipping Board will hold hearings here February 21 to discuss with representatives of the Pacific Coast ports establish ment of trade routes and allocation Of vessels for routes from Pacific ports to the Far East, Admiral W. s. Benson, Chairman of the Board, announced today
 Study of Pacific ports and route, best calculated to develop the most advantageous service for Government ships in the Far East trade. to carry out provisions of the Jones merchant marine act requiring development of trade routes to all parts of the world, also will feature the hearings
 Admiral Benson also announced today termination within thirty days of the present agreement between the shipping board and the crews of Government owned ships of the Pa cific Coast governing wage and work ing conditions. Termination of the agreement will be preceded by a con ference on negotiations for new wage scale and working conditions agreement.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-03
50 ESCAPE DEATH
 WHEN DYNAMITE
 ATTEMPT Fo|LED
Explosive with Burning Fuse Found Under American Leg ion Building at Aberdeen. BLAST BARELY INVERTED Passer-by Notes Man Leaving
 Scene, Investigates and
 Sounds an Alarm.

ABERDEEN, Wash, Feb. B. Blowing up of the American Legion Building here and probable death or serious injury of fifty inmates was averted last night because of the keen eye, fearless character and prompt action of Henry G. Lam caster.
 After Lancaster had detected a man crawling out from under the structure, he investigated and found package containing 2S sticks of dynamite, caps and ten feet of burn ing fuse. He stamped out the fuse and gave an alarm but too late to capture the perpetrator of the at tempted outrage.
 The package was wrapped in a Montesano newspaper. The police believe the explosive is part of sixty cases of dynamite stolen from a car in the Northern Pacific Railroad yards at Centralia last Sunday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-03
PROBE RENDERED USELESS THROUGH POLITICS, CHARGE
Former Head of Army Supply Service Asserts Reflection
 On Army Unwarranted. SCATHING ARRANGEMENT
Committee Would Be Better Employed Checking Gov
 ernment Waste, Claim.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb B. Turning sharply upon the House Committee investigating conduct of the war, Charles G. Dawes, former head of the Army Supply Procure ment Service in France and prom inently mentioned as President-Elect Warren G. Harding's selection for cabinet. today declared that the committees work has been rendered useless through injection of party politics.
 I bitterly resent this attempt 10 reflect upon the entire army because some poor devil in Switzerland blundered," he told the members of the committed You cannot put a blotch on the army. It was not a Republican or Democratic war. It was an American war"
 You can use your time to far better advantage trying to save dis graceful government wastage at home" he warned. 4-+#,-f.
 Landis Under Fire. {
 The first move in predicted att tacks in Congress against Federal Judge K. M. Landis, of the Northern Illinois District, because of his 'of- lcial connection with organized base ball came yesterday when Represen- tatve Benjamin F. Welty, Demo- crat. of Ohio, introduced resolu tion calling for a Congressional in- vestigation to determine whether Judge Landis shall be permitted to hold his place on the bench while acting as baseball arbitrator at q salary of $42,500 a year.
 Dry Agents Slaughtered.
 The mortality rate among rfohibf- ton enforcement agents E. higher than that of the world war, Wayne B. Wheeler, Anti-Saioon League council, declared before a Senate Ap- propriatiohs Committee. urging bet ter pay for the prohibition field agents.
 Fewer than one half of one per cent of the men under arms in the last war lost their lives" he said. "A larger percentage of the men who do the field work in gathering this evidence has been killed
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-03
M MAJ0R WARSHIPS REMAIN BASIS OF SEA POWER, CLAIM
Navy General Board Reports That Battleships Cannot
 Be Supplanted Now. MONROE DOCTRINE CITED Pacific Fleet Commander Tells Chileans U. 5. Mission
 To Protect.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. B. sea power and those arguing that the airplane and submarine have sup planted it are asking the country to accept "hopes for accomplishments the navy general board reported to Secretary of Navy Josephus Danielo today
 The report asserts that without plenty of battleships the United States cannot hope to cope with modern naval progress.
 SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 3.-The visit of the combined Atlantic and Pacific Fleets of the United States Navy to the west coast of South America is new manifestation of the Monroe Doctrine as interpreted by the people of the United States, Admiral fftrgh Rudman, commander of the Pacific Fleet, said in an inter view given today aboard his flag ship, the. dreadnaught New Mexico, which with. other ships of the fleet is at anchor in Valparaiso Bay.
 Our attitude is to be at the most protector but never a dictator, he declared. Our position is to guar antee the most ample liberty to al. American countries in directing their own affairs. Our purpose, should the occasion ever arise, is no other than to say to whatever European powers that might attempt to inter vene in America, Thus far. and no farther, thou shalt go'
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-03
SAN FRANCISCO BANDITS
 ATTEMPT PAY CAR H0LDUP

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.-Four bandits made an unsuccessful at tempt to rob an army pay car, con taining several thOuscnd dollars, yesterday. As the car was leaving the bank, the bandits leaped on the running board and felled Major Hastie A. Stuart, of the Quarter master Corps, with the butt end of an automatic The guard beside the driver then fired and the bandits fled, one of their number wounded All escaped.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-03
SNIP LINES HIT
 BY FAILURE OF SALMON TO MOVE
Product Withheld From Shipment Lowers
 Revenues, Claim.

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 3.-Alaska salmon packers are not alone in sui fering from failure of the 1920 pack to move as it should, according to a statement issued here today by the news bureau of the Pacific Steam ship Company. The steamship com panies serving Alaska also have been hit hard, it is claimed.
 The end of the year found several thousand cases stored in Alaska can .neries, which, in the usual course of events, would have been shipped to Seattle and distributed through out the country the statement said. This immense quantity of salmon withheld from shipment, represents large part of the freight business on which the steamship companies serving Alaska depended for revenue with which to maintain their serV- ice without loss.
 steamship companies, carrying the burden of greatly increased costs, have found it difficult to maintain Alaska service. Alaska business, both in freight and pas senger traffic is seasonable. During the few months of summer and fall ships must carry full capacity loads in order to make up for the long winter period of dullness.
 Figures on the Alaska salmon shipments handled by the trans portation companies in 1920. show that they were approximately half in volume those handled in 1919, with a corresponding shrinkage in freight revenues. While more than 3.000, ,000 cases of salmon were ship ped out of Alaska in 1919, but. l. 5OO.0O0 cases, in round numbers, have been shipped this year. The records of the Pacific Steamship Company show that the company handled I,45O,OO0 cases in 1919 and but 761,O00 cases in 1920. So, while meeting considerably increased oper- ating costs during 1920, the trans portation companies are facing nearly a fifty per cent decrease in freight revenues from salmon ship ments.
 Although the year 1920 yielded only a fifty per cent catch of salmon in Alaska, the demand failed to con sume the salmon carried over from the heavy catch of last year com bined with this years catch. As a result, 350,000 cases are being car ried over by the canneries served by the Pacific Steamship Company alone, which means that the com pany has been deprived of the rev enue from that much freight business.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-03
Resumption of Relations
 With Soviet Russia Asked

SPOKANE Wash, Feb. 3.-Re- sumptions of relations with Soviet Russia is asked in resolution ad- opted by the Central Labor Council and forwarded to Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. The resolution de clares that many men are out of employment who might be engaged on Russian contracts if the United States would consent to carry on business with Russia.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-03
PROSECUTION COMPLETES
 CASE AGAINST MRS. PEETE

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Feb. B. The prosecution completed it's case against Mrs. Louise l.. Peete, on trial here for the alleged murder of Jacob Charles Denton, wealthy oil operator, late yesterday and the de- fense opened with witness who claimed that he saw Denton alive a day after the time fixed by the prosecution as the date of his death.
 Denton's body was found in a container in the basement of his home, which he had leased to Mrs. Peete but continued to occupy a room.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-03
Fraudulent Manipulation
 Of Rice Crop Is Charged

SACRAMENTO. Cal, Feb. B. Charges of huge frauds in the man ipulation of the 1920 rice crop of the Sacramento Valley. causing a loss of approximately $1,500,000 to grow CTS. are made in a report to the Rice Growers Association made public today.
 A number of California rice mills are involved in the charges.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-02-03
Denies Shipping Board
 Displayed Favoritism

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. B. Capt. Paul Foley. director of opera
 tions for the Emergency Fleet Cor poration, today denied charges be- fore the Welsh Congressional Com mittee investigating affairs of the United States Shipping Board, that iavoritism had been shown by the Board in assignment of tank steam CTS or that money had been wasted