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Evening star., 1921-02-12
TEST FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.
Catholic University to Make An
nual X. of C. Awards.

The annual competitive examina-
tions for the graduate scholarships in
the Catholic University will be held
April 16, it was announced today.
These scholarships were created by
the fond OF $50O,000 donated by the
knights of Columbus to Cardinal Glib
bons. chancellor of the university,
seven years ago.
All students who have received the
bachelors degree in arts, science or
letters. and those who are in the
senior year at the college. are eligible
to take the examination. The scholar
ship entities sthe holder to board.
lodging and tuition in the university
during the academic year. and is
available for the minimum period re-
quired for obtaining an advanced de-
gree--mastership in arts. one year;
mastership in philosophy. two years:
the doctorate in philosophy. three
years.
Thus far l20 students, representing
twenty-cight states have won these
scholarships. AT present twelve hold
ers of the knights of Columbus
scholarships are striving for masters
degrees in arts. and ten are working
for doctorate in philosophy.
Evening star., 1921-02-12
PLANES COMB|NG
TEXAS FOR FLYER
Fear Lost Aviator Was
Forced to Land in Re-
mote Place.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Ell PASO. Tex. February 12.---Army
planes from every station In Texas.
New Mexico and Arizona left Fort
Bliss today to search for Lieut.. Alex
ander Pearson, who has been missing
since he left here Thursday. Wireless
and telephone messages have been
sent to all stations and postmasters
Houston, in an effort to locate the
missing pilot, who expected to land at
Houston late Thursday.
n new crankShaft was fitted in
Pearson's machine at Columbus, n. NJ,
ninety miles west of here. on Tues
day, and officers at Fort Bliss express
the fear that bearings may have run
hot and caused sudden and possibly
disastrous landing at some remote
place in the sparsely settled country
of west Texas.
Lieut.. Pearson. when he left here,
was en- route to Pablo Beach. Fla,
from which point he was to make a
lranscontinental flight to San Diego.
Callf., in an effort to establish a
record for the flight from the Allan
tic to the Pacific. He expressed the
opinion the flight could be made in
less than twentyfour hours.
Last Seen Over Sarnsosa.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, February IA
Telegrams to headquarters here of
the sth Aerial Corps from the post
master of Saragosa, Tex, stated that
an airplan passed over that town at
noon Thursday headed east.
This is the route Lieut.. Alexander
Pearson. missing aviator. would have
chosen had he been flying a COM
pass route. The time also corre
spends to the date of departure from
Ell Paso, at 1890 Thursday morning.
Evening star., 1921-02-12
{ NEGRO WOMEN WANT VOTE
Claim White women Relinquished
Ballot to Deny Them Rights.

Colored women from twenty states
today presented to the National Wom-
ans Party a. sfequest that it urge
Congress to investigate the alleged
disenfranchisement of negro women
in the south at the last general cleo
tion. = *
! The petition was sapresented follow
ing meeting held at the Nineteenth
Street Baptist Church, 18th and L
streets. under auspices of the Nation
al Association3for the Advancement
I of Colored People.
Violations of the intent and pur-
poses of the Susan Il. Anthony
amendment" statement presented
to the woman's party read, occurred
in the elections of 1920 in the south
ern states, and it has not been made
secret that wherever white women
were not allowed the ballot it was
counted worth while to relinuuish it
In order that i. might be denied col
ored women"
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell led the
delegation which presented the plea
to Miss Alice Paul. chairman of the
Woman's party.
Evening star., 1921-02-12
GIFT TO ENVOY DAVIS.
Mrs. Davis Also Receives Memento
of Sulgrave Manor.

LONDON, February 1.-THE British
branch Of the Sulgrave institution.
which cares for the Washington an
cestral home in England. made a
farewell presentation today to John
w. Davis, the retiring American ann
bassador, of an oil painting of the
Washington manor house at Sulgraye
by Stephen Reid. 1t presented Mrs.
Davis with an album of photographs
showing the recent restoration of the
manor house. and also with a silver
Georgian teapot dating from 1887
Because the ambassador is indis-
posed at present, the ceremony took
place at his private house, where
many distinguished persons gathered
for the occasion
Evening star., 1921-02-12
STUDENTS IN CLASH.
One Beaten by Classmates for OBJ.
jectionab1e Remarks.

A student at George Washington
University. said to be imbued with
radical opinions. was beaten by sew
eral of his classmates yesterday aft
ernoon. following derogatory remarks
he is alleged to have made during a
discussion in an ancient history class.
The student in question is said to
have taken issue with statements
made by Charles c. swisher. profess
sor Of the history class, and made
an effort to expouud his doctrines
against the wishes Of the instructor
and members Of the class. He was
quieted. but after the close of class.
it is said, several students stopped
him in the street in front Of the uni
versity at 1923 G street and beat
him.
Prof. Swisher declined to discuss
the affair today. He admitted that
one of the students made disparag-
ing remarks while he was discussing
medieval history, which caused some
disturbance. He denied knowledge of
the street fight.
Evening star., 1921-02-12
|SAYS SC[EMENCEAU
PRAISED SCHWAB
E. N. Hurley, Before House
Committee, Defends Work
, of Shipping Board.

T.. y. Hurley of Chicago. former
chairman of the Shipping Board, testi-
fled today before a House committee
at the Paris peace conference that the
appointment of Charles NJ. Schwab as
director general of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation had frightened the
Germans. heartened the French and
enthused the British.
Mr. Hurley appeared before the COM
mittee. which is investigating opera
tions of the Shipping Board. to de-
scribe the difficulties encountered in
the rapid creation of the government
merchant fleet during the war. Chair
man Walsh questioned him at length
as to the services rendered by MIR.
Schwab.
Praises Service to Country.
Describing Mr.. Schwab as the fore
most captain Of industry in the coun-
try, Mr.. Hurley praised his services
to the government during the war and
told the committee that he had been
instrumental in getting Mr.. Schwab
70 serve. with the fleet corpora ton
he mad donc so, he said because he
reallzed that satisfactory progress
was not being made in the building
OF new Yards and in the construction
of wooden ships"
Reviewing the boards work gener-
ally during the war. Mr. Hurley said
MISTAKES had been made. but that they
we're inherent in the magnitude of
tne Job OF expanding many fold the
snip construction facilities of the
country. He declared that, in spite of
the many difficulties encountered. the
poard was able to turn out ships in
great enough numbers to help turn
a
the war.
Work Appreciated Abroad.
The Shipping Boards efforts were
apH1eciated abroad, Mr. Hurley said:
why. the English. French and ItaI-
lans-and even the Germans-were
clared.
Outlining the rush job which the
board faced. MIR. Hurley asked:
IN the circumstances which then
existed is there any man of affairs
VINO would contend that the Job could
pc done with that high degree of eff
nciency that would commend itself to
competent business men in times of
peace or that there could be exercised
tllat q rlsld economy which might have
peen possible had the ships been con-
structed when peace prevailed?"
conditions When u. s. Entered Wnr.
When the United States entered the
war. MT Hurley said, there were
thirty-seven steel and twenty-four
wooden shipyards in the country en,.
ploying $4,000 men. At the peak of
activities this force was Increased to
3s1 900, with 100000 others in indus
tries providing ship materials.
The witness defended the account
ing system of the Emergency Fleet
corporation. A modern business
nietnoa was adopted. he said. but its
operations was interfered with bv the
loss of skilled accountants who were
iured away to better jobs in private
industry.
Evening star., 1921-02-12
CHILD SEVERELY BURNED.
Helen Linkins, Three, in Critical
Condition at Hospital.

Helen I.inkins. three years old. was
severely burned ABOUT her body, face,
hands and legs when her dress ignited
home, 2OS Quincy place northeast,
about IL o'clock this morning.
Mrs. Linkins was in the yard in
the rear of the house when cries of
the little one attracted her attention.
She rushed to the aid of the child, but
the latter had been severly burned
before she reached her.
The mother accompanied the burned
child to Casualty Hospital. where
physicians were unable to hold out
much hope for hsr recovery. Little
Helen was playing in the front room
near the stove when her dress ig-
nited.
Evening star., 1921-02-12
WAGE CASE TO BE HEARD,
Appeals From Minimum Pay Be-
fore Court Monday.

The District Court Of Appeals Monday
will hear arguments of counsel on the
appeals of the Childrens Hospital and
Willie A. Lyons, an elevator operator at
the Congress Hall Hotel, from the deci-
sion of Justice Bailey Of the District Su-
preme Court upholding the validity of
the minimum wage law
The hospital claims that it cannot be
operated if required to pay its woman
employees the minimum rate of SIG. so per
week, and the operator at the hotel
claims that the law infringes her right
to contract for her services as she sees
fit.
Attorney c. B. Ellis appears for the
appellants. while Corporation Counsel
Stephens will defend the law. A brief of
about 400 pages has been filed by the
supporters of the law. in which are set
forth the average wages paid female
workers in various industries and the
amount needed for their maintenance.
Evening star., 1921-02-12
TIME TAKEN FROM LEAVE.
Veterans Excused From Duty for
Exercises at Arlington.

There is considerable objection in
the various departments of the gov
ernment today brought about by the
issuance of an order yesterday that
veterans desiring to attend the cere-
monies at Arlington national ceme-
terry Tuesday, February IS. to COM
memorate the sinking of the battle
ship Maine, may be excused at IL
o'clock on that day.
1t was stated today that the various
bureau chiefs of each division were
told that the time absent would be
charged to the annual leave of the
veterans. This is the cause Of the
objection,
Evening star., 1921-02-12
BISHOP FARRELLY DYING.
Hope for Catholic Bishop of Cleve-
land Is Abandoned.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. February l2-
Hope for the recovery of Bishop John T.
Farrelly, head of the Catholic diocese of
Cleveland, was abandoned today The
bishop has been ill from pneumonia
since last Sunday. His case was con-
sidered serious but not hopeless until
late yesterday. when he suffered a COL
lapse of the heart.
DR. w. f. Merrick, the bishops Cleye
land physician, arrived in Knoxville last
night and consultation between him
self and Knoxville doctors was held.
The bishop has been in Knoxville since
last week
Evening star., 1921-02-12
BIGAMIsT TO 0ccoQUAN.
Former Marine Pleads Guilty to H.
legal Ceremony.

John F. 5. Brown. formerly ma
rine. attached to the Mayfiower, Pres
ident Wilson's yacht, has been sent
TO Occoquan for six months by Jus
fice Gould in Criminal Division /, fol-
lowing his plea of guilty of bisamy.
Before the. expiration of the time
set in an interloeutory decree of di-
Vorce obtaind by his first wife, the
marine had gone through ceremony
with another woman.
The court was inclined to place the
young man on probation il his coun-
Sci could prevail on the Marine Corps
authorities to restore him 10 duty.
: Counsel was unable to secure such
assurance
Evening star., 1921-02-12
RIVERDALE.

RIVERDALE. Md. February IL
Ernest Edwards Money, thirteen
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
McNey, and George Buscall. twelve
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. David
c. Buscall. have been bitten within
the last few days by a dog here. Mr..
McNey and Mr.. Buscall believe that
their sons We're bitten by the same
dog.
AT Riverdale's first sale of property
on which taxes have not been paid
sixty-eight pieces were sold at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder, it
is announced by Hector c. McEnew
town treasurer. The sale brought
sufficient to satisfy the taxes, about
$3.50
Evening star., 1921-02-12
WILL AID cAPiToL GUARD.
Marines and Mounted Police Will
Be at Capitol March 4.

United States marines and mounted
police of the District of Columbia will
assist the Capitol police in handling
the crowds at the Capitol during the
inaugural ceremonies for President
elect Harding March 4. it has been an
nounced by David s Barry, sergeant
alarms of the Senate
The work on the stand for the Presi-
dent-elect from which he will make
his inaugural address on the east
front of the Capitol is progressing
rapidly. A roof over the stand has
been constructed so that the voice
smplifiers may be used, carrying the
speech to the farthermost persons in
the crowd that is expected to assemble
ON the Capitol plaza
Evening star., 1921-02-12
HYATTSVILLE.

HYATTSVILLE. Md, February 12-
Mrs. Alfred d. Bailey of Bladensburg.
chairman of the law enforcement
committee of the Prince Georges Coun-
ty Federation of Women's Clubs.
denied that she is a candidate for
sheriff of Prince Georges county.
The sheriff's job is a mans job"
declared Mrs. Bailey. "A woman's
place is at home with her children"
She declared that she was more inter
ested in seeing that the right kind of
man. was elected.
Evening star., 1921-02-12
JUSTICE OFFICIAL RESIGNS
Special Assistant to Attorney Gen
=. eral Will Join Law Firm.

Charles H. Bradley. for the past
five years special assistant to the
Attorney General. has rendered his
resignation from the Department of
Justice and on February Is will join
the law firm of Carlisle, Howe &
Swayze. During his service with
the department. Mr.. Bradley has been
In charge of the trial of cases before
the, Court of Claims.
Evening star., 1921-02-12
Outlines Plans for $1O,OOO,OOO En-
dowment Campaign.

A rally was held by the Washing
ton Wellesley College Club in celebra-
ton of the opening of the midyear
campaign for the $4,000. 900 college
endowment fund last night Hat the
College Women's Club. 1922 1 street.
Flans and progress of the fupd were
outlined by Mrs. Samuel Herrick,
chairman for Washington of the cam
paign.
Frederick William Vile spoke on
American British relations. Mrs.
Margarita Spaulding Gerry read one
of her latest short stories, Indirect
Lighting"
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PROCEEDING S
OF THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
70 ST. CIR ok.
Continued from yesterdays AOj8.)


The Chairman (CouIter) took his floor
seat, took the worL and said Mr..
Chairman. The first remark, | wish to
make in connection with the Police and
Prison Departments and the proposals
of the Nun cipal Committee which have
been adopted by the Government and
forwarded to the Council is, that the
Committee has reduced the amount bud
getted under Maintenance for horse
shoeing for IL Police Horses, repairs
to saddles, brides ETC." from Frs. $500
to Frs. l, 1000, that is to say, the Com
mittee considers that 12horses can be shod
and saddles and brides repaired in a
year Tor Frs. 1000. That is a very mar
row margin. | presume that the Com
mittee has taken into consideration the
fact that the saddles and brides are
new. | should be very glad if this
amount would be sufficient to shoe horses
and repair saddles and brides for the
department for the fiscal year. | draw
the attention of members, to the
fact shat this amount is very small, so
that if it is found necessary that a
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money bill be introduced later on for an
additional amount to carry the Depart
ment through, | hope the Government, or
the Council will have no objection.
In regard to remarks made by the
Honorable LIST Member for Fraderiksted
Country District (Andersen) that when
one policeman comes off duty he can
pass the revolver over to another, | feel
that | must restrain myself in replying
to his remarks as would like 10.
certainly would never think of proposing
that, and | would be exceedingly sorry
if Government adopts such a proposal
If you are to hove an efficient Police
Force, as Attn Appointed Member BLACK
wood has said. you have to train and
arm the men. Of what use would it be
if the Police were called out aid some
have revolvers and some have none?
With regard TO remarks made by 4th
Appointed Member (BlackWo0d) | wish
to say that the Police are taught to use
their r~evolvers; they ara trained in tar
get practice and the amount called for
in this budget is 20 furnish ammunition for
target practice principally. If any mem.
Der of this Council wishes to see a CO.
by of the record card Of the Police
shooting, | would be perfectly willing to
furnish a copy. The Police have shoot
ing practice once a week at F'rederik-
sted, Kings Hill and C~hriStianstad.
Telephones The number Of telephones
have been reduced, That means we
have to cat off one Of the telephones
of one of the Inspectors, or may be,
that of the Director of Police.
A member of this Councii remarked
sometime ago that there was nothing
wrong with the Police Force itself, what
was wrong was with the Head of the
Department. That was candid and hon
est criticism, and | want to take this
opportunity, Mr.. Chairman, to ask what
is wrong with the Head of the Depart
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ment? There has been some nara re-
marks and criticism made about sthis
Department. and | would like to know
and | sure the Government would also
like to know, just what and where the
trouble is. There may be something's
about the Department that | do not know
Of, that | ought to know-things that
are going Wrong-if so, / would like 70
know of them, and try to put them
right.
About a a or more ago | was pro-
noted from another Department Of the
administration to the Police Department.
ItGs true ! had no previous experience OF
police work. but | had over ~ajrty years
experience of this island, its people, and
local conditions, and must have had
some qualification for the position that
justified the appointment. | entered
the service with no intention OF making
q record, of turning things that my pre-
decessors had done, upside down, to the
contrary, | made up my mind to take
matters very quietly for a time, wait,
and watch, and see how things were
working, and when | had some little
experience to be then better able to
grapple with the problems of the De-
partment. | know that my appointments
was very unpopular with al least one Hon
orable Member of this Council. who con-
sidered that his protegee, one who was
already for some years a member Of
the force, should have been appointed
instead, and probably feeling a little
hard against me yet for that, but at the
same time | challenge any member of
this Council, or Of the community, to say
that there is less discipline among the
members Of the force today than there
was a year ago, that there is in general,
less respect for law and order in the
communities, or that any one of them
goes tn bed nowadays with a greater
feeling of insecurity than they did in the
past. II r--ore is anything against me,
and the administration of the depart
ment | am responsible for. | would like
to know it, and | think the Government
would like to know it too, and now is the
time, and the place to state it. | will
sit for a reply.
The Acting Chairman (BIockwood) re
marked: | do not think the Honorable
Member has to ask for a reply to his
remarks, if any member wishes to do SO
he has the privilege.
LIST Member for Frederiksted Country
District (Andersen) remarked Mr..
Chairman. | do not wish to make reply
to the remarks made by the Honorable
1st Member for Frederiksted Town
COULTER. All | am interested in is, to
get this little island as much self sup
porting as possible. | have gone to the
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ture it previously could hold. This
moisture, d%issolving the more rapidly
by aid of humus and its acids, the
minerals, the carbon, the n~itrates, be-
comes the rich soup food, stored and
held in readiness for succeeding crops.
Alfalfa Builds Nitrogen Supply.
Third, the nitrogen supply. That al
falfa is capable of transforming the
free nitrogen of the air into soluble
nitrates through the agency of the
nodule-forming bacteria on it's roots
is now so we'll recognized that the
mention of the fact would seem suffi-
cient, though to what an extent nj
trates are used by all growing plants
and to what an extent the alfalfa will
replace and store up nitrates in the
soil is not sufficiently well appreciated.
To give us an idea how important and
costly nitrate is l wish to quote from
the annual bulletin for 1917 of the
International Institute of Agriculture
In 1916 the United States used in
round numbers 1850, 900 tons of nj
trate at an everage cost of $1,000 per
ton. This was before the government
used and considerable portion for war
purposes, the bulk being used by the
eastern and southern states trying to
pommel something out of their X
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been subject to the teaching out
process of excessive rains. In addi-
ton, in the older states an exhaust
ing system of farming has so fastened
the decline of fertility and the eating
out of the humus from the soils that
in order to produce a crop they must
first put back upon the land CONNER
cial fertilizers of a value nearly equal
to the crop they expect to get. For
instance, why is it that back in Ohio
unless it rains every 10 days their
crops are suffering, while in Montana
we very frequently get along for five
or six weeks without a drop of rain
and the crops do nicely? This is the
reason-our lands being comparatively
new and still we'll supplied with fer
tility and humus hold the moisture
much longer-moisture rich in plant
food-while theirs quickly dry out,
having little humus sponge to hold
the moisture and the little it does
hold is so thin and watery as plant
food that it goes but a tiny bit toward
making plant growth. If Ohio, or any
of those eastern states for that matter,
should receive only 16 inches of rain
which with us produces a bumper
crop, they could not grow enough to
feed the horses it takes to work the
land. The question is, shall we de-
plete our soils as they have done by
an insane method of agriculture Or
do we earnestly desire to engage in
a method that will not only maintain
but increase the fertility of as rich
a soil as lies under the course of the
sun? The true farmer tries and will do
this. He is to be distinguished from
that leach of the land that seeks to
such from it the last drop of it's fer
tility.
Alfalfa-A Gold Mine of Humus.
Now then, humus in the soil holding
first a greater supply of moisture and
secondly reacting upon the inert min
eral elements. breaking them up into
soluble plant food, is performing the
greatest of all functions in plant
growth. Every unused particle of veg
citation should be returned to the field,
be it in the form of manure, stubble
or what not, to build humus.
And yet after doing this, careful in
vestigation shows that from the start
the humus and nitrogen are being
used up at a rapid rate. Speaking
broadly, crops use of humus and nj
trogen more than twice as much as
of potash and six times as much as
of phosphorus. Since potash is rarely