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Evening star., 1921-12-26
SAYS WOMEN'S PROTEST
| WILL STOP BULLFIGHTING
Otis Skinner Believes There Is
Some Revulsion in Spain
Against Cruel Pastime.

Otis Skinner the actor. In an inter
view yesterday told of the revulslon
with which he viewed bullfghts dur
ing his trip to Spain last summer,
preparatory to his presentation of
play based on a novel by Blasco
IbaneZ. He recommended abolition OF
the so-called sport.
.'The bullfght is one Of the institu-
tions Of Spain. second only 10 the
church in Importance. Mr.. Skinner
stated. '1t has endured for thou
sand years and Is patroniZed by the
nobility and the lower classes alike.
What lends special excitement TO
the spectators of a bullfight, he said.
was not merely the fact that the bull
is sure to be KILLED, but that one OF
the men in the inclosure may be kill
ed. The most Ditiable part. however.
in the opinion of the actor Is the rate
of the horses which the fighters ride
Five or six of these horses are killed
by every bull. not instantly, but by
cruel goring. Mr.. Skinner declared
that. if possible, a gored horse is forced
to it's feet and the gaping wounds In
their abdomens are sewed up SO tna'
they may again be driven against the
bull. At each goring there is always
great cheering and handclappinB, lie
asserted.
THE spectacle grew almost nnen-
durable to me after witnessing II for
half an hour" the actor said, but
was studying local color. and by dint
OF great exertion l stood the thing
out. My wife and daughter however,
had to leave after the first ten minutes,
and. as they passed out. the door
keeper said: You don't like 1t? Well,
] don't either That shows there is
some reyulsion of feeling against the
national passion even in quarters where
you least expect il"
In reply to query as to why any
thing SO deplorable can continue III
Spain. Mr.. Skinner advanced the theory
that 1t may be due to the fact that
women have absolutely nothing to say
as to what goes on in that country.
When they gain some measure of par
ticipation in national affairs the days
of the cruel sport will be numbered
he predicted.
Mr.. Skinner directed attention to the
fact that a play founded on recent
book of Blasco IbaneZ has done more
to arouse the feeling of the English
speaking nations against bullfighting
than "all the humane propaganda
agencies combined"
But the efforts for its abolition
must originate in Spain. and there is
now some evidence of activity in tha,
direction. ! heartily wish it Godspeed,
he declared.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
GERMANY EXPORTS
ENGINES TO RUSSIA
Sixteen Locomotives DeIiv-
cred at Petrograd; 600 Said
to Have Been Ordered.
BY the Associated Press.


MOSCOW. December 1.-Sixteen
locomotives in all were delivered by
Germany TO Petrograd before the port
was closed on account of ice the mid
die of November. 1t had been promis-
ed by port officials that Petrograd
would be kept clear of ice until
December 20. but the icebreakers
failed to function.
There are many rumors to the
number of locomotives Russia has
actually contracted for in Germany.
Best informed foreign commercial eN-
perts say 600 is the actual number,
and that the deposits on these are not
sufficient to Justify the Germans in
starting a large number of the rail-
way engines.
Railway equipment is SO essential
to moving raw materials. which Rus
Sia may assemble at interior points,
that foreigners are watching with
unusual interest the efforts of Russia
to get railway supplies So far
the foreign trade agreements of the
bolshevist government have been
chiefly paper achievements and the
efforts of foreigners to do business in
Russia have been so hampered by
conflicting DEGREES and bureaucracy
that even the Germans. with their ad-
vantaSeous geographical position and
superior knowledge of the Russian
markets, have been able to do but
little.
Other imports for the first nine
months of 1921 totaled about 200. 900
tons More than one-third of this wa&
foodstuffs, chiefly from England. Fuel
which included coal from America.
made up another third of the imports
Various metal articles made up one
fifth of the imports and came chiefly
from Germany. Machinery of various
sorts. including locomotives. steel
rails. repairs for railway cars and en-
eines and agricultural implements.
We're included in the German ship
ments. which are the only consider
able imports of such a character that
they may be said to give evidence of
the establishment of trade on a per-
manent basis. England Sent chiefly
grain and foodStuffS of a sort which
Russia would be exporting. rather
than importing. in normal years. Ger
many received chiefly fax. asbestos
and furs in payment for it's ma
chinery.
Without grain for expectation Rus
sia has little chance of buying extern
sively abroad. and the pressing prob
lem of the soviet government is how
to get the seed grain and farming i'm
plements necessary to enable the
peasants who survive the famine to
put in crop next spring.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
BY W. H. CLAGETT.

Dear Folks:
AS a sort o anti-climaX to one of
the most deelightful Christmas cele-
brations ever experienced by me and
my little side-kick Lon, We had the
pleasure today of bein' amongst them
present down to the annual Christmas
Gift party of Saks & Co., when more'n
$50 little "grasshoppers' was fitted out
in new overcoats.
I was about to wend my way home
ward Saturday night when my old
friend Isaac Cans called up and invited
me and the kid to cut in at his COM
pany's big blowout today, and we ac-
cepted instanta! We went, We seen,
and buh-lieve me. folks, we was
thrilled, for never in all my days have
/ saw such real, downright, homes to
goodness happiness as was depicted on
the faces of them poor little kiddies as
they passed in their claim checks and
backed away with warm garments!
Line Up Early.
And sich a bunch as 1t was! Startin
at the 7th street door OF the establish.
ment the line reached clean around or
Market space, and included in its make
up was every kind and sort Of Ameri-
can youngster bright-eyed. faced
towseled headed and boisterous. poor
mebbe, in the worlds goods. but rich
in the greatest of all riches-health and
happiness-and evidently wise to the
fact that opportunity plays no favorites
and would as leave hob-nob with them
no matter their condition. as with the
more favored throughout our broad
landi
The ceremonies wasn't scheduled
to start until 10 o'clock. but as early
as o'clock little clusters of joy
conveyors began to congregate in
front of the stores big windows, and
Evening star., 1921-12-26
NOTED BANDIT PAR0LED.
Eddie Estelle, Who Escaped Witf
Tinfoil Gun, Released.

LEAVENwORTH. Kansas. Decem-
Der 26.-Eddie Estelle. fifty-nine. con-
victed bandit. who has spent more
than twenty years in prisons and who
gained attention in sensational
prison break in which he held off
guards with a wooden gun covered
with tinfoii. has been released from
the state penitentiary at Lansing on
Christmas parole.
EstelIe was arrested in January
1900. at Topeka. Kan. on a charge
of breaking into Z store. He escaped
while awaiting trial and was appre-
hended after two members of a pur-
suing posse had been killed.
Estelle was sentenced to serve a
year and then to be hanged. The
capital punishment order never was
signed, and later Estelle. with Ben
Cravens, notorious Oklahoma ban
dit, escaped.
Estelle carved gun out of wood,
wrapped it with tinfoil and forced
guards to permit him, Cravens and
another prisoner, who was shot and
killed, to leave the prison mine.
Estslle was captured in Illinois fol-
lowing a train robbery in which he
is alleged to have taken a leading
part.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
Christmas Festivities Cheer
Patients at Walter Reed
individual Greetings From Mrs. Harding, Thirty Child
Guests From City, Mr.. and Mrs. Santa Claus and
Beautiful Decorations Are Features

Christmas was real Christmas at
Walter Reed Hospital yesterday.
The men there. recuperatinS from
wounds ard injuries received during
the world war, not only were proteses
of Santa Claus, but also acted as
emissaries themselves.
Not alone did greetings come to
them from the White Housc-spe-
cially engraved greeting from Mrs.
HardinI personally to each one in
dividua1ly-but the big drab trucks
of the hospital went down into the
city and brought back thirty young
sters or more to partake of the Christ
mas festivities at the hospital, and
the wounded and convalescentS acted
as hosts.
Compete for TEce Prize.
The hospital looked like a conserva-
tory for blooming Christmas trees.
There must have been forty scattered
throughout the various wards and all
OF them had entered competition
for which Mrs. Henry Rea. the first
field director of the Red Cross to be
stationed there, offered prize for
the best three and most 'appropri-
ately decorated Christmas shrubs.
Surgeon General Ireland of the Army
and Assistant Secretary of War and
Airs. Wainwright visited the boys.
Christmas carol singers were on hand
bright and early to greet the inmates
Evening star., 1921-12-26

with appropriate serenadeS. The gray
ladies'" beloved of the boys, who are
regular ward visitors. Were in attendance
during the day. They have been con-
ducting festivities in the various wards
since Friday afternoon and yesterday
provided the cap for the climax of en-
tertainment.
Those cards from Mrs. Harding are
being treasured today. They Were mailed
from the White House and arrived al
Walter Reed in a huge stack. Not .
single patient was neglected. Each one
received one card with a message Of
good wishes and the autographed sigma
lure Of Mrs Harding on il
Mr.. md Mrs. Santa Claus.
Not only Santa Claus-with a
crutch--was there to entertain the
youngsters in the large room. but
Mrs Santa ClauS-with cane-also
was there. Forty wheel chair cases
and "crutch caseS'-aS such conva-
lescents are called in Nards-drew up
in formation in the room, while Santa
Claus hobbied about distributing
presents to them.
The day was overtiowing with feS-
tivitieS. They started at the midnIG ht
mass in the X. of c. Hut and were
still merrily rolling along at o'clock
last night when the concert and mo-
tion pictures held the stage.
Wherefore il was announced that
Christmas was real CHRISTMAS. IN
deed, at Walter Reed Hospital.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
BRAVES SNOW HALF CLAD.
Boy Summons Police to Keep
Father From Spelling Christmas.

CHICAGO, December 26.-John
Slick, seven years old, ran two blocks
through the snow early yesterday.
clad only in underwear, to appeal to
the police to restrain his father from
breaking up the Christmas celebra-
ton which was to take place when
Johns five younger brothers and
sisters should awaken.
After the police revived John by
wrapping him in a blanket and plac-
ing him beside a radiator, he told
them his father had come home as
his mother was decorating the Christ
mas tree. His father, he said, had be-
come enraged at the sight of the tree
and had torn the ornaments from IL
and thrown them away. The father
then seized a knife and approached
the crib in which the youngest child.
a six-month-old baby. was sleeping.
Mrs Slick struck her husband be-
fore he could reach the child and
felled him. The police hastened to
the home and arrested Slick.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
Many Children Made Happy
With OUerc0ats as Presents

| for once durin' the year old Mister
Copper turned his head in other di-
rections when Reds" from the
poodle" squared off for set-to with
THE Wop" from the bottom.
Nuthin' serious happened durin' the
proach to a call for the wagon" was
when Georgetown Erastus" back
sassed Lieut.. Holmes!
Once under way the procedure was
run off like clockwork! Each kid
on presentin' his credentials to the
in corqkin' swell lookin' overcoat.
and in more'n one instance, other
articles of apparel that seemed very
much needed.
Wants "InJun Soot."
One little "onion" from 6th street
southeast put up somewhat of a
below because there wasn't no plait
in the rear of his warmer, but on be-
in assured by Mister Cans that plaits
were taboo in the new 1922 models,
he choked off his snuff1in' and Joined
in the merriment!
Another rosy-cheeked little tad
raised quite rumpus when handed
/ his coat-piece! i wanna Injun
SCOTT" he shouted so that all hands
prolonged argument on the matter,
Mister Cans slipped one Of them outfits
into the pocket of his garment!
And SO it went, just slight ripple
here and there to disturb the smooth.
generous course mapped 6ut by the
company! None was overlooked, in
cluded me. Lon and all the policemen!
! All got what they come for and
many a durn sight more'n they eX-
pected. and when 1t was over and the
rear end of the last little mite
swished around the corner, Christ
mas seemed brighter and all hands
was pleased!
thank you.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
PROSPECT Of PARK
|ONCAMPMElGSS|TE
Hope That Congress Will Au-
thorize Purchase of the
Patterson Tract.

Acquisition of the Patterson tract
on Florida avenue northeast, occupied
as Camp Meigs during the war, 70.
use as a public park. playground and
| athletic stadium will be authorized
by Congress at this session if the re
port of special committee on develop
| ment of the National Capital recent.
appointed by the House District CON
| mittee is carried out.
Representative MillspauIh Of Mi:
souri,, chairman of the subcommitte,
said today he is heartily in favor o.
having the government acquire thi
| tract, which comprises eighty-fou
| acres. and which is held by the hri.
at value of approximately $6eo."r
Mr.. Millspaugh says three of the iN
members of the subcommittee M!.
visited the tract with him, acc",
| panied by Chairman Moore of the p
Arts Commission. the district i;npin.
| Commissioner and +. q. coldren, chaI
J man of the Board OF TRADE commiSS.'
Of fine arts, support him ia this y
| cision.
Is Easily Accessible.
| They believe that the northern ei
| OF the Patterson tract, which is woe
l
| easily accessible from the north".
1 section of the city, which is lacki.
| IN parks. The southern end, fronIlf.
4 on Florida avenue, would be 10 -
| tor stadium and the SWiWmmi'
| pool built for the soldiers " hen tal.
| Neigs occupied this tract is still
! good condition and would Suppl.m,
1 the stadium.
| Business and Mckinley His
schools are in thickly settled section.
hftp f,.r l..H md
letic activities. and the cost off pro-
| erty in the neighborhood is prohihr
| tive, Representative MIllspauGh eN-
| planned. He believes the location -
| the Patterson tract is such than
| can easily be reached on street car
| by the pupils of Business and Nj -
| kinley high schools and is in favp
| of having a stadium erected for the IN
theme. He points out that il won u!
| be an excellent drill ground for tn
| cadets and take them of the puhll'
| streets. where. when maneuNerin-
| they impede traffic.
| Present Development Doubtful.
| Because of the economy prog ram
of the administration and the present
( Congress Representative Millspausl Il
is extremely doubtful if these de-
velopmentS of camp MeigS, or the Pat
terson tract. can be mad. for SOM
! time but he is OF th. opinion that
a measure could be put through au-
thoriZing the purchase at such times
as the financial arrangements could
be mad. This would serve notice
of tn" policy and intent Of Congress
! to take over the Patterson tract AT 4
reasonable cost or. failing in that
under condemnat proceedings.
1 Representative Miilspaugh was ac-
| companied on this inspection trip 10y
! REPRESENTATIVE Sproul of Illinois. re-
publican. and Representative Woods
of Virginia. democrat. both members
Of the subcommittee and both favor
! ing the parkway development pro-
| gram. The other Two members of
the subcommittee are Representa-
tive Joe Brown of Tennessee and Rep
reSentative Gilbert of Kentucky
These abSentees, accompanied by
Chair Fccht of the House District
committee. will be taken on special
"trip to inspect the Patterson tract
as soon as they return from the heli-
| day recess.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
AUTO SKIDS OFF ROAD;
TWO PERSONS KILLED
Borrowed Machine Plunges Over
Ten-Foot Embankment and
Runs Into Tree.

NOBLESVILLE, Ind, December 60
Two persons were killed and another
seriously injured near here early to-
day when an automobile in which
they were riding skidded from the
road and plunged over a ten-foot
embankment into Il fence. The dead
are Ralph Day, twenty-six, and Miss
Ruth Robinson, nineteen. both Of No
blesville. William kattness of Cicero
was hurt about the head. Miss Rilla
Wright of Eoblesville, another men,
ber of the party. was not injured.
Day had borrowed the automobile
and the party was on its way to An
derson. Miss Robinson was pinned
beneath the steering wheel and was
dead when rescuers reached her. Day
was crushed about the chest and died
on the way to a local hospital.
1t was said ice on the road caused
the car to skid as Day was making
q sharp turn.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
DEBS ARRIVES HERE
AND CONFERS WITH
ATTORNEY GENERAL
CONTINUED from First Pagc.)

siderably aged from the days when
he toured the country as the socialist
candidate for President.
Question Of Citizenship.
One of the subjects which it was
thought in some quarters that Debs
discussed with government officials
was his status under the commuta- :
tion of sentence. which while re-
leasing him from the penitentiary
does not operate to restore him TO
citizenship. Debs when he came un-
attended and unheralded to Washing
ton last spring to confer with the
Attorney General was understood TO
have expressed himself as opposed to
any extension of clemency other than
a pardon which would restore his
full civil rights and would in meas
ure amount to recognition of his con-
tention that he had done no wrong.
This view government officials have
refused to accept. and the attitude
Debs will assume in consequence was
considered likely ITO have been de-
tailed in his conference with Attorney
General Daugherty and possibly with
the President.
A trip to Washington was made by
the several times presidential candi-
date in a day coach. he having sur
rendered the Pullman accommoda- :
tions reserved for him for other uses
with the benefits to go to Russian re-
lief work.
On reaching his hotel the socialist
leader went to the barber shop and
was shaved and then ate breakfast
He was unable to say when he would
leave for his home in Indiana
Brother With Him.
Debs left his hotel shortly before II
O'Clock to go to the Department of
Justice. He was dressed in a brow
suit, dark felt hat, dark overcoat and
black shoes. which it was said by his
friends were issued to him by the At
lanta prison authorities. After break
fast he mentioned that perhaps he had
better change his collar, and one of
the constantly increasing army of
newspaper men dashed out and re-
turned with a box of collars which
were presented to him.
Debs' brother Theodore. who came
to Washington with him. accompanied
him to the Department of Justice,
where he was Immediately ushered
into the office of Mr.. Daugherty.
Evening star., 1921-12-26

NSoiltllueu from flISt GdEe.)
lens relating to China. 1t has adopt
ed the four Root principles. so-called,
BY which the principle of the open
door in China is reiterated, and the
nations pledge themselve to! deal fairly
with China. 1t has been agreed to
withdraw foreign post offices from
China by January ], 1923: to send /,
commission to China to study condi-
tons preparatory to giving over ex-
traterritoral rights in China; to OBJ
serve the neutrality of China in case
of war: to confine governmental
ireless plants in China to the busi-
ness of the governments, leaving
CHINA to handle the commercial
plants; not to make secret treaties re-
garding China which would infringe
any of the principles contained in the
Root resolution.
Big job Still on Hands.
The conference has still to settle
the question of submarines and other
auxiliary craft. and problems relating
to China including the amount of GUS
toms duties to be charged by China,
which is being considered bv a com
mittee; the removal of foreign troops
from China, the return or retention of
leased areas in China. the spheres of
influence, and. last but by no means
least. the question of Shantung
which the Japanse and Chinese have
been considering in sessions of their
own, attended by American and Brit
ish observers of whom advice may be
asked.
The conference, it is easy to see,
IA hi fnI> =, J-
much of the preliminary work on the
questions not yet settled haSSalready
been done. There is every inclination
to move forward as rapidly as possi-
bic. 1t was predicted today that the
next two or three weeks would see
the wind-up of the conference.
Further negotiations between the
Japanese and the Chinese are await
ing instructions from Toxic, which
are expected almost any day now.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
19 BANDITS KILLED.
Many Wounded In Clash With
Troops-1o3 Captured.

BUENOs AIRES. December &C.
Nineteen bandits were killed and
many wounded when a group of more
than $50 outlaws clashed with cavalry
men in Matatapera, territory of Santa
Cruz. according to official dispatches
published by the government organ
La Epoca. The reports add that 1913
bandits were made prisoners by the
troops, who also took 1000 horses.
Unsettled conditions continue to
prevail to a great extent in the terri
tory of Santa Cruz, although rein
forcements of marines, general troops
and gendarmes have been sent by the
federal government
Evening star., 1921-12-26
QUIET AT NEWPORT MILL.
Kentucky Guardsmen in Complete
Control of the Situation.

NEWPORT, Ky. December 26.-Ofi-
GERS at the Newport Rolling Mill Com
pany. where industrial disorders have
been rife for two weeks, this morning
stated there was absolute quiet in the
vicinity of the plant and no trouble
of any kind was anticipated today
The plant is closed on account of the
holiday. and there WAS no gathering
of strikers at the mill environs.
! National guardsmen have been in
complete control of the situation since
their arrival early Saturday morning
Evening star., 1921-12-26
PANIC FOLLOWS FIGHT.
Four Italians Wounded During
Pistol and Dagger Encounter.

NEW YORK, December 26.-The
Italian colony on North Sth street,
Brooklyn. was thrown into panic Sun
day night by pistol and dagger duel in
the hallway of tenement house, where
four wounded men were found after
the smoke rolled away. The men, sew
eral of whom were said to be near
death, refused to reveal the cause of
the fight.
Police reserves arrested one man,
who also refusd to answer questions
The men taken to hospitals were
Thomas Monteforto. James Cauci, Pc
ter Gaimoro and Salvatore Colette.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
SEVERAL WOUNDED
| IN BELFAST R|OT|NG.
Christmas in Other Parts of
ireland Passes in Quiet
Manner.
BY the Associated Press.

by tHe AssDclafcu Press.
LONDON, December 25.-Christmas
passed quietly lin Ireland. according
to all reports, except In Belfast, where
some shooting and other disturbances
occurred Shots were exchanged In
men and two policemen. one OF the
latter being wounded in the arm.
Three armed men entered the house of
William Murdoch in Glonallton street,
Belfast, and shot him in the back.
Another civilian was fired on while
walking in the Marrowbone area, and
John Gill of Dublin road was held up
and fired at. suffering serious in
juries.
Evening star., 1921-12-26
ADDS TO EDUCATION FUND
Mexico Allots Less to Army, More
to Schools, in 1922.

MEXICO CITY. December 9.-Less
will be spent by the Mexican govern
ment in 1922 for the army and more
for schools than ever before. The
army budget for 1922 calls for $124.-
3S3,S59. or more than $30.0O0.00O less
than the 1921 budget. The estimate
is based on standing army of $4,000
men, to which strength the various
units are now being rapidly reduced.
The 1922 budget includes an appro-
priation OF S1.000,000. for the develop
ment of aviation. The appropriation
for schools is s50,000,O00.