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Evening star., 1921-03-17
IGun-T0TER At CHURCH,
; Q. c. PAsToRDEcLMEs
Rev. E. J. Lewis Afks Injunction
to Prevent Deacons From
ousting Him.

Rec. Erasmus T. Lewis pastor of
Trinity Baptist Church (colored), of
Ivy CSty, D. c.. for twenty -one YEARS.
of WIN. n seventeen years were served
, without compensation. he declares.
today q led suit for injunction in the
District Supreme Court against For
rest He rms. Louis Fitzhugh, George
Grissom and Henry Lewis four OF
the chuia,h deacons, to prevent his
custer as paster. Justice Stafford
has cited tthe deacons to show cause
next Wed 3 esday why the Injunction
should not issue.
The pastoA. charges a conspiracy 10
separate hiur from his position, and
alleges that \ieacons have interrupted
the church n eetings when he would
attempt to address them. and one OF
them, he assea is, brought a revolver
with him to a. meeting last fall and
fiourishing the, weapon, warned the
pastor. Don't N,ol with this revolver;
if it goes off son ,ebody's going to get
hurt"
Rev. Mr.. LewiA tells the court that
the locks on the door of the church
were changed to Aprsvent his gaining
access to the bullying. and at pre-
tended meeting tfa. office of pastor
was declared vacant He says the al
legged attempt to ouast him is in vio-
lation of the manual of the Baptist
Church and that he may not be re-
moved from his pastt'rate without a
formal trial.
Attorneys p. j. Rya n and L. A.
Mooers appear for the i'astor.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
.96, ,195 HOMES IN 10. C.
CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
Figures for January. 192Al, Show
%, sos Are Owned by Nleir
OccupantS

There were 96.195 homes in thk, Dis
trict of Columbia il. January, 1920
when the census was taken, of " hich
2S.503. or 29.6 per cent. were owned by
the occupants, the census bureau Yam
nounced today. OF the total numA 'er
of homes 1855, or 6S.3 per cent, wore
rented. leaving 2.037. or 2.1 per cerA /.
for which the tenure was not reported
OF the 2S,503 homes. reported aa
owned by the occupants, 1885,. or 43.s
per cent, were free from incumbrance;
1875. or 53.9 per cent. were incum-
bered by mortgage indebtedness. and
there were 744 for which no informa-
tion was supplied.
Owners of 1896 of the 15.375 homes
on which there were mortgages re-
ported the ncumberances on January
/. 1920. as amounting to s23.ss2.24S.
and the value of their property as
$94.354,i35. the incumberances repre-
senting 25.3 per cent of the value.
The prevailing rate of interest on
the Indebtedness was per cent. a
total of $1S,363,697. or 7S.9 per cent
of the total being reported at that
rate. The returns show also that on
$2.207.013. or SO per cent Of the total
Indebtedness. the rate of interest was
5 " per cent. and that on $1.375.10S. Or
58 of the total, the rate was per
cent The, remaining indebtedness
bore other rates of interest varying
from less than per cent to more
than per cent.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
Or. CRAFTS PROPOSING
+ COMMISSION ON MOVIES
Mails Plan to Producers Through
out,Country-Wtn Appeal
to Congress.

Proposals to request of the next
Congress a. law creating an inter-
state motion picture commission were
mailed to moving picture producers
thronghout the country today by Dr;
Wilbur f. Crafts, superintendent OF
the international reform bureau, who
characterized his action as the latest
plan for federal censorship OF NOV
ing pictures
DR.. Crafts returned to Washing
New York with motion picture pro-
ducers. at which 'he discussed plans
for censoring moving pictures and
bringing them above standards
agreed upon by producers. DR.. Crafts
at this conference agreed to abandon
his campaign against Apsuitabie NOV
ing pictures provided the pRodacecs
would undertake the censorship plan
DIR. Crafts latest plan revealed today
in his letters to producers is to create
by congressional action an Interstate
motion Ricture commission. composed
of as high-&rade men ~. the Interstate
Commerce Commission, but apRoipted
by the United States bureau OF edu-
cation. to keep 1t out Of politics.. The
expense to the motion picture men
would be the same now borne Cor
mainta ming their own boards Of GEN.
Every motion picture producer who
would put his pictures Into interstate
according to- DIR. Crafts,
would have to be licensed. and bis
license would be a contract to abide
by thirteen standards agreed upon by
the producers
DR.. Crafts said today the campaign
for local censorship would fbe un-
necessary under his proposed law. He
failed to. state. however. whether he
waf continue his efforts in that direc-
tion white the motion picture mea are
his pronoSition.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
P[ACESu. StHEAD
in RECONSTRUCTION
British Business Man Sees
Greater Trade Restoration
/. Here Than in England.

LONDON. March 17-America is
dealing with the problem of recon-
struction and the restoration of trade
more energeticalIy and more success
fully than Is the case in England. Sir
Algernon Firth. former president of
tre- Association of British Chambers
3of Commerce. declares in a Times in
terview sir Algernon has returned
1eeently from his fifty-first visit to
the United States.
4 Among factors cited as to American
advantage in the situation. the Brit
fgh business man states, were n more
rapid reduction of values than in Eng
land and cooperation of labor in re-
ducing the cost of production.
Wage Reductions Accepted.
Mill workers in the United States.
he said, are accepting wage reduc-
ttons of as much as 33>s per cent in
1order to enable manufacturers to turn
out goods at prices which the public
would nay. He said if this movement
went much further il would mean
that the United states would soon be
In ~ strong position in the matter of
exporting goods ard wnu'd h. able 10
secure bus n SS that would otherwise
come to Great Britain.
: american hours of work We're about
the same as those in England. he
stated. but the men worked much
harder while they Were in the mills
Believes G.-ss Trade viii Improve.
Sir Algernon expressed an opinion
that trade would improve in America
toward April. based on the fact that
bottom prices were being reached,
promising restored confidence and in
creased buying. He urged open and
frank dealing with Americans and CO.
operation between the two nations.
He said he did not attach much i'm
p0rtance to the question of tariffs be-
cause Of the creditor position of the
United States.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
|cALLSu. S. ExFF1ESSioM |
OF 0PPOSlTlOM To WAR
DIR. Arthur Deerina Call upholdA
America as Example Of
Right Thinking.

I America, the hope Of the world -
was upheld as an esemplAr OF right
thinking and ideaiism by DR.. Arthur
Deerin Call. secretary Of. the Ameri-
can Peace Society and editor of the
Advocate OF Peace, during an address
before the District Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution at
the Franklin Square Hotel last night.
DIR. Call pictured America asr a, ift-
ing. protest against the war sys-
tem." because the nation is made up
in no small measure of a popula-
tion whose ancestors came here to
rid themselves of n system, which
had proved destructive to Europe.
! He declared. that America is a "se
ries of vital equiIibriums of; iRterna-
tional Importance"
TT is an equilibrium between, an
archy and tyranny: between large
and small states and between rights
and duties,' he said.
The worlds most vivid expression
,of opposition to the war system is
America The most successful ma
lchinery for the maintenance OF peace
between the states iss America. This
needs to be made known around the
planet. AmeFicaiss ibatfon on the
altar of world fate is America"
Miss Lois Hayden Meek related, two
stories of Pilgrim days. entitled Ehe
Discovery of Clafkse Islanf' and The
Return of the Mayfiower.
Special music, q. buffet luncheon
and a smoker were other features OF
the evening. SeldeH NJ. Ely presided.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
W~1kere Aeeenf Cut.
POLICE HUNT FOR REDS
WITH RUSS PROPAGANDA
PsRRAlets Speaa1 On DsooklyH
Waterfront FAY Soviet auecsas
Means Rsvolne3Sa Here.

NEW FORK. March 17.-Polics and
agents Of the Department Of Justice
are een&uctfnE8 Q search for dIstrfbu-
tiers of pamphlets found along ths
Brooklyn watsrhout, hsadaa "Stand
by soviet HusBfaw
The pamphlets. purpaRting to be L.
sued by "the central executive COM
mittee Of the communist party Of
America" declared that "suceceoe Of
soviet Russia means social revolu-
ton in America. They added that
the enemies OF soviet Russia. starting
wild rumors" that the Lenin -Trotsky >
regime 10 about to tall. were ~
same men who are robhinE you, re-
ducing your wages, smashing your
unfona and shooting and clubbing
yeu."
After conAscating Thousands Of the
pamphlets, the police Expressed the
opinion they we're distributed along
the water front to sow dfssafisfac-
tian among shipyar9 workers ewing
to waEe cuts April /.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
rLAYE2s VALUED AT $500, 600.
Review Of World Series When
Scandal Started,

The players released by the Chi
cago White Sox on account Of the
1919 world series scandal have been
valued at 100000.
Chicago lost the frst two games
Of the series and on these various
gam bferS were said to have won
many thousands of dollars Claude
WahamS and Joe Jackson. i'm their
grand jury confessions. said that the
players were promised certain
amount Of money after each game,
but only Cicotte, jackson and VIII
itarns confessed to receiving money.
According to some OF the evidence,
csFtain players became very angry
when the gamblers. failed to make
good on the promise of payments
after each game and. having thus
been double-crossed by the gamblers,
did their best to win the third game
Of the series.
The gamblers. it was said. pyramid
game--agAinst ChicaSo-alf they had
won on the frst. The combined win
nfngs were placed on Cincinnati to
win the third. game, and when Dick
Kerr came through with 3-to-0
victory. in which he was aided by
indicted players. the gamblers lost
everything.
Fe,sch. Weaver. Risberg and Nc
Mullin maintain that they never en-
tered the conspiracy and never re-
cstved money. Jackson and Williams
deny they threw games. although
edim,t.ins siso,ta ns,,sa.s they 81 received money
and to one Intentional misplay. Gan
dill has never surrendered, but In
press statements was quoted as de-
nyiRg that he took any part in the
dsaL He was named by Williams as
ever-&5.00e for himself and $4,000
for jackson
Evening star., 1921-03-17
MURDERED LADS DOUBLE
DENIES He IS SLAYER
Despite Clues and Motive, Youth
Maintains Stole Attitude
in Jail.

WARSAW. Ind. March 17.-virgil
Decker. central figure in the deaf
mystery Of his double. Leroy LOvett.
maintained a stole attitude today in
the Jail here. where he is held on a
murder charge. Unlike the usual
murder mystery. lacking clew or mo-
tive. this case abounds with both, but
sheriff c. B. Moon and other officials
are eentering their efforts toward
winning statement from the nine
feeH-year- prisoner
8. Decker was brought here last night
rom Marion. Ind, where he was can
fured. but stoutly maintained his in
Uoceuce OF any connection with the
murder. after having been Submitted
tp n severe grilling by the authori-
t1eU.
Arthur Decker sixteen-year-old
orother Of Virgil also is in iaiI here.
bAvfng been brought here from Elk
h2rt. Ind. where he was arrested for
failure to obey q subpoena. ordering
Nm to appear to testify at an in
4uest over L0vett's body, held at
D0urbon. Ind. yesterday.
Interest in the murder case is at a
nsGn pttcn mere. Last night the Jail
was surrounded by crowd Of in
Quisitive persons. many Of whom had
come many miles to get q peep at the
alIeged murderer. 4 ShArf0t Mop15 has
placed guards ut tSSxe<R Slutrance to
the jail and ne on6 II tt411 Admitted
% far there has heen 40 demonstra-
eton. but feeling is.satd to be running
high.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
ESAt LIQUOR MEN
To- EMO BUSINESS NAY is
Ban on Druggists Whisky With
drawalss to Be- Lifted
|. on April 1.

The ban prohibiting. Withdrawals OF
whisky from, bonded warehouses in
so far ass it affeefa, rekAiE druGg3ats.
will be, lifted April 1. under an order
:issued to-day by ohihitfon CommiA+
'sfoner Kramer. Modification. Of tho
order stoppinNr Withdrawals was not
extended to wa1olesAle lfqnor dealerA
Coincidentally. M. Kramer an
nouncedi that wholesale dealers must
go out of business about May 15., Ho
said also that p1an9 of the bufaau
provide for the completion Of regula-
tfons based on former Attorney Cen
eral Palmer's opinion to be effective
about the same date.
"It will therefore be necessary,
he added. FOR the who'd esaIee liquor
dealers who have liquor in their pos
session to- cavern. themselves in the
light Of this contemplated action and
legally dispose Of thsir stbeiss be-
tween this time and May To-" The
liqnors thus held, Mr.. Kramer ex-
planned, may be disposed of to whole
sale. or retail. druggists having per
mits. to, purchase liquor. The whole
sale dealers. not being permitted, to
make further Withdrawals, from
wanch onsea. thus have practically
two, months in. which to sell the
stocks they have on hand.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
DENIES IRISH QUESTION
IS RELIGIOUS WRAReLE
De Valera in Interview Also At
tAcks English for fILAek
Of Yxineipls."

DUBLIN. Nafok 1e-EaMsBn d
Valera, leader Of the repablicans ana
president of tho Irish FepuDlia" R1vA
. personal interview today % the As
np0ia4aA Press eorreapondomt.
Nr. - ValoFA told of the iRpsVaDlona
he had bReuGhe hack nun America
and remarked:
:sThe saddest thing there to me- vas
70 soA the Irish QuAattoa treated -
% many peeRao a. ff Il were q re-
ligious WFanGfs. xt - nat 4 religious
due11ion. sven fnsofhr ~ tAA Ai0sr.
ences hero between the north and
aouth are concerned"
He spoke bitterly OF the .English
governments lack Of peinofple and
StatesmanshiH" England" hs aid.
"is trying to win by playin9 On Anman
it does not realise 1t. England IL play
ing not on the weakest but the stfoae-
est quality of the Irish people-their
spiritual quality. The yeunG men of
Ireland are saying to themselves: AT
best, the span Of life fs only seventy
years We muat all die: - Vhy net
now In circumstances lfkA thaoof
Never. pofhapa. ~ ~ 6yiAe In such
10 e.ses - 1r1laAA.a ,OulA vs u .
TlgiaDa nay ~ - esae.1 eAa4
ysN narasNsga aAeySn - 8 -
lhnpAaV GhaA - iDa91oO - 10
|weeiA - aen0t AAk 1lau 80
Evening star., 1921-03-17
HAILSTQRlH IN SOUTH.
Four Injured In '1lississi1Ri and
Camp Renning Damaged.

COLU1fRCS Ga. March 17.-A hail-
storm which caused heavy damage To-
early garden truck, trees and window
paHes thronghout western Georgia
late yesterday was accompanies by
IA thunderstofm and downpoRr OF
rain.
Many tents and temporary struc-
lures at Camp Benhing; here, were
reported damaged and a negro house
was set afire by lightning. The heay-
lest damage was at Cusseta. eighteen
miles from here, by hail stones de-
scribed as the size of guinea eggs.
The courthouse was damaged and q
number of buildings unroofed at Gus
seta.
A negro child was stunned by light,
ming in Columbus, but this was the
only casualty reported in this sectfon.
An Army observation balloon. eighty
four feet long, broke away from its ca
bles and was destroyed during the stosEa
which swept Camp Bennins. The hAR-
gar also was demolished.
WEST POINT, Miss, March IT.
Four persons we're injured, none seri-
Eousfy, and a number Of houses and
barns we're demolished by Q tornado
which passed over Clay county yes
terday. Wires were blown down and
trees 'uprooted by the high winds.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
CHOSEN By PRESIDENT.
Recess Appointments Given Golf,
Spry and Ffnney.

President Harding today made,
three recess appointments. naming
Guy D. Gofr of wisconsin as assistant
to the Attorney General: william s.
Spry, former Governor of Utah. as
commissioner of the general land Of
fee. and Edward C. Finney of Kan
sas. as first assistant to the Secretary
of the Interior.
President Harding. it was intimat-
ed at the White House today, prob
ably will appoint Frank Hagenbarth
of Utah, as a member Of the inter-
state Commerce Commission. Mr.
Hagenbarth is now president Of the
National Wool Growers Association.
and the Presidents action is forecast
from the recent request OF western
senator's and representatives to name
q western man on the comm issionss. j
Mr.. Hagenbarth is understood to
have been agreed upon as satisfac-
tory candidate by the members of the
delegation.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
TELLS or WIFE's SPIRIT.

CHICAGO, March 17.-Every night
since he killed his wife and their un-
born child last June. Carl wanderer
has talked with her spirit. according
to testimony given by DR.. Harold D.
Singer statee ahenist, at Wanderers
trial on charges II murdseIng the
ragged stranger" alleged to have
been hired to stage q fake holdup.
DR.. Singer. said that wanderer had
told him that Mrs. Wanderer had come
to him nightly in her wedding gown
and holdinE child In her arms.
Tho witness said he considered
Wsndsrer sane. Two other alienists
also testified to Wanderers sanity
their appearance being the end of the
state's case in rebuttai.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
AN11-ARDs CAPTURE TOWNS.
SsmsnoR's Forces Active Between
Siberia and Mongolia.
BY tho AssoclAsed Press


PEkING. March 16.-Occupation of
the two towns of Kiakhta and
located on the from
tier between Mongolia and Siberia,
about 40 miles southeast of Irkutsk,
oy Gen. Baron Michel Ungern-S Stern
oerg. chief lieutenant of Gen. Semenoff.
" reported here. These towns are
ndnsk through which runs the
Transsiberian railway They were
EformeriF Of great commercial impor-
tance. being trading stations at
which Chinese and Russian merchants
meet.
Gen. Semenofrs forces have been
N the process of organisation around
An2lefa, northwestern Manchuria,
put the capture of the city of Urga,
about It's miles southeast OF Kiakhta.
IN January showed that anti-bol-
sheVik elements had moved westward
from Manchuria to a point within
striking distance OF the Siberia n
frontier.
There have been reports of anti-bol-
sfevik uprisipgs at Irkutsk. and other
points west of Lake Baikal. and It
seems probable the occupation of
kiakhta and Troitskosavsk may fore
shadow an attempt on the part of Cen
Semenons followers to join forces
with elements in Siberia which are
opposing the authority of the soviet
government in Moscow
/ Bolshsyfk efEiciafsA are not permitting
traffic toward Russia beyond Omsk
over the Traps-Siberian railway. the
reason given for this attitude being
the heavy transportation Of provisions
within Russia,"
All freight shipments west of Man
churi. 2. station on the Trans-Siberian
between SDeria and Manchuria. have
been stopped upon orders from verkh-
nia Udfnsk.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
mAHY MEXICAN RAILWAY
'oRxERs STILL STRIKING
Iasisus orxani.stiSns Refuse to
Ahtde BY Asreement Reached
by Lssdefs.

AEXlCO CITY. March 11.-various
yorkMen's organizations have refused
- aesde by the agreement reached by
teeor leaders and the EUvernment for
settsem<nt Of the railroad strike.
80 wsrk has not been resumed ON
xne road by men whe have been idle
Tor the past three weeks.
3 Announcemene was made bv Cen
lutarco z. Gales. secretary of the
interior. yesterday that after an ex-
1eooed cuuference with strike leaders
ene situation had been adjusted. but
e was described last night by both
government omcials and strikers as
Hetng I'm statue quo."
Newsp4pers Of this city assert there
etil danger Of \ general sympa :
eftc strike. In spite Of the fact
tant the men have refused to resuus
Sefk trains were running yesterday
~ approximately normal schedules.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
REFUSES TO DROP CHARGE
Attorney Declines TO KAter NoAten
in Newhsrry 1erisry case

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March IL
-United States District Attorney
Myfon H Walker OF the vsstern
Department Of Justice to drop the
perjury charge against United Ststes
Senator Truman s. Newbesrx. has de-
clined to enter the motion, be admit
ted. He refused to discuss the mat
ter.
The perjury charge 10 separate
from the case now before the Unft-
cd States Supreme Ceurt On appeal
and has not been brouaAt to trial. II
was based upon an aA14Axit ~ SEN
that mo eontrib1tions or sxpendi-
lures of money Or thfnSs Of value.
were made III the senAAoriAl caNDaign
of 1s18swfth hia kRaxleaEe AID con-
sent. Originally the charge wae TAX
because three witnesses .Fefused to
testify.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
EIGHT MORE ARRESTED.
IN NARCOTIC DRAGNET

Following the several raids made
BY the police and revenue agents in
an effort to capture persons engaged
in the business OF handling nascotics
and alcoholic preparations. Detectives
Sanders and Evans. assisted by reye-
nue. agents, madeseisht additional ar
Hrestsc yesterdys afterpoon and last
night. Charges Of arfeged violations
Of the Harrison narcotic law were
charged against them.
The eight persons arrested regis
tered as Edward L. Mitchell. 100 z
street; Frederick Hanson, National
Hotel; Roy Bryant. colored, 337 Mary
Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio: Pearl Simms.
eolored.. 215h Sd street southwest:
George Murphy, 1903 9th street; Marie
Clark. colored, 81 Virginia avenue
southwest. and JohntcH Burch. 1610
Irving street. sas
1t is said ny the police that arrests
of persons charged with violations
of the Harrison act followed investi-
cations in progress the past several
weeks. the raid adding very little to
what testimony the officers already
had in their possession
Inspector Clifford l.. Grant. chief of
detectives, said 1t had been found that
a number of young men who returned
from the Army after the close of the
war had formed the habit OF using
narcotics.
Sixteen persons apprehended by the
local police and federal narcotic in
spectors in the raids several nights
ago appeared before United States
Commissioner HIT this afternoon. He
held them each in 81. 900 bond. and set
the hearings for April Is, 10 and 20.
The defendants were Sylvia Robin
son. 3134 Maine avenue southwest;
Pearl Simms. 315h Sd street south
west: Malinda Williams. 40 Sd street
southwest: Charles Williams. 40 Sd
street southwest: Frederick Hansen.
National HOTEL; John Burch, 1910
Irving street northeast; George p.
Smith, National Hotel: Carl w. Dean,
3oS Sd street southwest: George. p.
Murphy, 1903 9Th street southwest;
Clifton Taylor, 223 Sd street south
west: Albert Street. 33s H street
southwest: william H. SPriggs. 301
Virginia avenue southwest: John w.
Carter, 221 BIZ street southwest: Roy
Bryant. 337 Maryland avenue south
west. apartment No. 2; Edward L.
Mitchell, 100 E street southwest, and
Ruth Brown. 20S l. street southwest.
Evening star., 1921-03-17
oERMAnS TO AID ALLIES.
'euas omeials Win Help Collect
Taxes for 1eparations.

German customs which will be COL
1ected for the satisfaction Of the rep
arations Germany must make to the
etheo nations viii be collected by an
OeeanixAtion including both Germans
and allies. according to advices reach
1ng the State Department today. Of
leaals OF the German customs service
Doth on the eastern and western
boundartes will do the work under
tie supervision of allied personnel
aD0omtea by the interallied high
cUfleetors will be chosen from thoee
now stationed along tho Rhineland
Frontier and will act under the orders
of general director, who win he
choeen from the German customs en-
,pioyes ON the left bank Of the Rhine.
them
Evening star., 1921-03-17
REPORTS ON MURDERS.

Confirmation of press reports that
three Americans were murdered at
TAmpfco. Mexico, on the night of
March 10 was received by the state
department today from the American
consal at Tampico. An urgent reques ct
N8e Immediately made to the local
aothorities to effect the arrest and
punishment Of their assailants.
"Details OF the killing were not re-
0erted. but 1t was stated that 1t was
0ene apparently by robberH The
Dseos reports said tho mon. who were
enosD from q merchant ship. had
h6en attacked by mask ed men az thew
Wone entering the boat returning to
their ship. The names of the muir
dared mon reported TO the State De-
yartment are: Ernest Small, viii
RopeF and 8. Brown.