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Evening star., 1921-03-21
Today's News
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Germans victorious in Silesfan plebi-
scite. PAGE
Coolidge expression regarded as new
nope Ior ieasue. Page
It is stated authoritatively that 70,
Washington Gardner of Michiran ha.
been selected to be Commissioner of
pensions. Page
President attends church and visits
waiter heeo. Page 2
Cardinal Dougherty takes titular church
at Rome. pace .
French see Viviani mission as forer,,n-
ner to U. S. joining league. Page .
Packers controversy opens before Sec
retary Davis. page .
Four thousand mark neared in drive
for 10000 donors to Associated Chart
ties. Page 3
Maj, Gen. Hunter Liggett goes on re-
tireo nst. Page 4
Security owners propose national rail-
way service. Page S
H. S. Black. New York millionaire. in
Florida hQuor case. Page Z
Auto bandits routed by shots from
housetops and windows. Page I2
Reduced prison population believed due
in part to prohibition. Page II
Vice President pleads for square deal
for American labor. PAGE II
New oil town in South Wales grows as
If by magic. Page 13
Rotarians start survey OF care of dis
abled veterans. Page Is
Heart still for fourteen. hours beats
again 2hd man lives. Page Is
Evening star., 1921-03-21
CAPT. WOOD IN CHARGE
OF ARCHITECTS OFFICE

Capt. J. F.. Wood. assistant engineer
commissioner, today was placed in
charge of the municipal architects
Office as result of the announce
ment that Snowden Ashford expects
to resign as head of that branch of
the city government.
Col. Charles w. Kutz, Engineer
Commissioner. in making known this
action. said there is so much i'm
portant work pending in the archi-
tect's Office that he felt some one
should be made familiar with the
duties of the department before the
vacancy occurs.
Although the fact was published
several days ago that Mr.. Ashford
had concluded to resign soon, his
formal resignation has not yet been
sent to the Commissioners.
Capt. Wood, who few days ago
was promoted from lieutenant, has
months. during which time he has
had charge Of the water and elec-
trical departments.
The Engineer, Commissioner Sc
lected him to go in and take charge
fore entering the Army Capt. Wood
was employed in that profession.
Capt. Wood has been relieved OF his
other duties SO as to devote all Of
his time to the architects office.
The District appropriation law car
ries salary of $500 year for a
municipal architect. and the Commits
sioners probably will take steps to
fill the Office after Mr.. Ashford has
left the service. In the meantime
Capt. Wood will be in charge of that
department.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
D. c. MOST DENSE[Y
POPULATED @STATE'
1928 Persons Per Square
Mile Here-MaryIand
Rates High, Too.

Density Of population in the Dis
trict of Columbia in 1920 ranked first
In the states in the United States, it is
shown in figures made public today
by the census bureau. There were
District Of Columbia in 1890. the bu.
reau announced.
Due to the limited area comprised
within the District Of Columbia. how.
ever. il was pointed out today that
comparisons as to density of popula-
ton with tina. of states are not equi-
table.
The average density OF population
throughout the United States. exclu-
sive Of outlying possessions. was 35.5
persons per sluare mile Of land area
as againt 20.s in 1910. the bureau an
nounced. Density in the individual
states ranged from seven-tenths of
per square mile in Nevada to 56S. 4
in Rhode Island. the bureau an.
nounced. 1t exceeded 200 per square
mile in hve atates-Rhode Island with
sss.4. Massachusetts with 1872. New
Jersey; 80: Connecticut. 1854. and
Density figures for other states
were: Alabama. 45s; Arizona 80
Arkansas. 33.4: California 2c; Colo
rado. 81; Delaware. N1l3.5. Florida
III: Georgia. 1873. Idaho, So; II.
Iinoia, 1851: Indiana. sl.3; Iowa. 4;.2,
Kansas. 21.6: Kentucky. COL: Lousi.
ara 3s.S: Maine, 25.7; Maryland, I4s.s
Michigan. S3s: Minnesota. 2s5; Mis-.
sissippi. 1876: Missouri. 1875: Montana
3S; Nebraska, 1863: New Hampshire
4sl: New Mexico. 2.s; North Carolina
5z5: North Dakota. 81; Ohio, 1914
Oklahoma. 29.2: Oregon. So: Pennsyl.
vania, ls4.5; South Carolina. $50
South Dakota. 8.S; Tennessee. 56.l
Texas 17.S; Utah. SIS; Vermont, 3s.S
Virginia, 57.4; Washington. 2O3
West Virginia, sos; Wisconsin. 47.S
Wyoming. 20.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
GIRL, IS, SLAIN;
| BOY AGED IS HELD
Youth Says He Placed Body
Half Reclining After
She Shot Self.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY W. Va, March
2l.-A coroner's jury today held James
Stevens. aged eighteen. Of Halltown. w.
Va. in connection with the death of
| Katherine Littleton, aged sixteen, whose
body, half reclining. was found on a
sofa in her home this morning, a bullet
through her face.
Mrs. Grace Ramsdell. the girls
mother. coming downstairs to prepare
breakfast. found the body.
Young Stevens was arrested after
the coroner's jury had rendered a
verdict. He admitted the revolver
with which the girl was killed be-
longed to him, and says that he fled
in terror when the girl shot herself.
stevens at preliminary hearing
said the revolver was heavy in his
pocket and that he took it out and
laid 1t on an organ in the parIor of
the house. He said the girl told him
that two Of her girl friends had for
saken her and that she had nothing
to live for.
She picked up the pistol" Stevens
said. Il warned her that it was
loaded. but it went off before l could
take it from her.
Her head fell over on her lap"
continued Stevens. the lamp went
out. I was afraid if. her parents came
down stairs they would kill me. so
l placed her back in a half-reclining
position, picked up the pistol, let my
self out quietly and went home"
Stevens was taken to the Jail at
Charles Town. W. Va. for trial.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
LOWER GAS RATES
/ TO Governments
. UPHELD BY COURT
Supreme Tribunal Atfirms
: Decision of D. c. Appel
late Court.
PRIVATE CONSUMERS HAD
DEMANDED EQUAL PRICES
Not Obligated to Use Gas, Says
Ruling Delivered by JUS
de Holmes

The United States Supreme Court to-
day affirmed the decision of the
Court of Appeals of the District of
brought by William Hollis and Sam
uel Goodman against the District
Commissioners and the Public Ctili-
ties Commission. The effect of the
decision is to confirm the right OF
the gas companies to furnish gas at
a lower rate to the government than
to, private consumers.
Mr.. Justice Holmes, in delivering
the opinion of the court, said, in
part:
THE notion that the government
cannot make it a condition of al
lowing the establishments of gas
works that it's needs and the needs
q its instrument. the District. shall
strikes us as needing no answer. The
plaintiffs are under no legal obliga-
tion to take gas, nor is the govern
ment bound to allow it to be fur
nished
IF they choose to take it. the
plaintiffs must submit to such en-
hancement of price, IL any. as is as
0ignable to the government demands.
We do not consider whether the COM
mission has power to raise the price
if il has. the plaintiffs have no right
to require equality with the govern
ment. and they have no other ground
upon which to found their supposed
right" =
CommissfOn Regulated.
The decision of the court repudiates
the position taken by the Public
Utilities Commission in its brief chal-
lenging the right of a private citizen
who has not been a party to pro-
ceeding before the commission to
question in a court action the 1egalit:
of rate promulgated by the com
mission.
In its opinion the court says that
1t perceives no advantage in reQuir-
ing party to fIe a complaint asking
the commission to review a decision
just reached by 1t after a public hear
ing, nor does it see any requirement
that the plaintiffs in equity should
have appeared iH the original hearing
upon the rate. 49, -, =. - -
The position is taken by the court
that the plaintiffs are parties to the
order equally. whether they saw At
TO argue the case before the connis
sion or net.
Through All Ceurts.
The action brought by Hollis and
Goodman was instituted first in the
DistrictsSupreme Court. Former Cor
poration Counsel Conrad H. Syme and
the present corporation counsel, Fran
els ii. Stephens, represented the COM
mission in the successful opposition
II made to the suit in the District
Supreme Court, District Court of Ap-
peals and. finally. the Supreme Court
Of the United States.
The courts ruling that private
citizen does not have to appear in
proceeding before the commission in
order to be a party to a rate order
handed down by the commission dis
posed Of an issue which was of more
interest to the utilities commission
than any of the collateral questions
involved in the case.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
v. GARDNER PICKED
FOR PENSION OFFICE
Obadiah Gardner Will Return
to International Joint
Commission.

Col. Washington Gardner Of Albion.
Mich. former representative in Con-
gress from that state, has been Sc
lected by President Harding for ap-
pointment as commission Of pen
sions. according to Information re-
ceived from a high official source to-
day. Formal announcement Of this
appointment is expected tomorrow or
next day.
Col. Gardner is especially well
known in the District Of Columbia,
where he lived for ten years during
his service in the House, the greater
part of which time he was chairman
of the subcommittee on District ap-
preparations of the House appropria-
tions committee. In that capacity it
fell to the lot Of Col. Gardner to pass
directly on all appropriations being
urged for the support and improve
ment Of the National Capital. Fol-
lowing his reti:-1nent from Congress
ten years ago Col Gardner has lived
in Michigan. He is well known to
the President and is an intimate
friend Of DIR. Harding. father of the
President, they having been comrades 8
during the civil war.
Col. Gardner was born in Morrow
county. Ohio. February 16. 1S45. He
enlisted as private in the 65th Ohio
1861 to 1865, distinguishing himself
on several occasions and being Sc
verely wounded in the last year of
the lighting. He migrated to Mich
igan and in 1899 was elected to Con-
gress. He served as commander of
Hs~I Il ~.k =
Army of the Republic and was elected
comma ander-in- chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic in 1913-14.
Obadiah Gardner Gets Former Place.
Obadiah Gardner of Maine, who re-
commission at the request of former
President Wilson before the appoint
ment of former Secretary Wilson Of
the Labor Department to that body,
will be reappointed. it was said today
at the White House.
Formal announcement was made
that Mr.. Wilson had rendered his
resignation to President Harding and
that it had been accepted.
It was stated that Mr.. Wilson's
resignation was not asked by the
President, although it had been
pointed out to him that Mr.. Gardner
was familiar with the work of the
commission, which deals with ques-
tions between the United States and
Canada. and that the loss of his serv-
ices would seriously handicap its
work.
Governors Indorse Gen. Martin.
Appointment OF c. I. Martin. ad-
jutant, general Of Kansas. az chief of
the War, Department militia bureau.
was recommended to President Hard
ing today by Senator Capper. repub-
lican, of Kansas. who said Gen. Mar
tin had been indorsed for the place
by thirty-five state governors.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
SOUNDING ON TARIFF
ASKED BY PRESIDENT
Suggests Fordney Find Out Views
on Emergency Legislation
to Aid Farmers.

President Harding suggested today
to Chairman Fordney that the House
ways and means committee sound out
the Senate republicans as to the feas-
ibility Of early passage of an emer-
gency tariff that weld take care of
farmers.
The proposal was discussed at
length. but it was said the committee
had reached no definite conclusion. i,
was the idea of the President, mem
bers said. to avoid an embargo and 10
limit the bill to very few items in
cluding wheat and wool.
The Presidents suggestion made
over the telephone to Chairman Ford
ney met with opposition by western
members, who insisted it would take
as much time to pass an emergency
as a permanent tariff bill. When the
meeting ended members sa id the com
mittee as body had not turned back
on it's stand of a week ago, when ii
voted unanimously against an emer-
gency tariff and then voted IA to .
to give permanent tariff right of
way.
1t was the Presidents idea. NOM
bers explained. that principal apri.
cultural products now on the free
list should be included in the bill he
suggested.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
Cut of so Gents Ton
in anthracite Coal;
Increases Later

WlLKES-BARRE Pm. March
29.-Prices of anthracite coal
in domestic sizes will he re-
duced 20 cents n ton to the re-
taller. eTectice April 1. by
three Of the largest cOnl pro-
ducers in the Pennsylvania re-
EiOn. with headquarters In
Wilkesbarre and Scranton. IL
was announced today. The re-
ductiOn will he based on the
usual summer schedule. which
provides for subsequent in
rrrnses OF 10 cents n ton ench
month. beginning May I. until
the winter price Is restored.
1t had been announced preVi-
Ouxiy that this reduction would
not he mnde this gear. but be-
cause of the slump In the coal
mnrket. 1t vasNNnid. the usual
procedure will be- followed.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
ALLIES READY TO ACT.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press
OPPELN. March 21.-Entente forces
in Upper Silesia win promptly sup-
press any effort on the part of the
Polish army to override the decision
In yesterdays plebiscite. or to an
ticipate the action of the council Of
am mbassadors in Paris. Gen. Lerond.
head of the interallied plebiscite
commission. told the Associated Press
today. He said rumors that the Poles
had been concentrating an army on
! the Silesian frontier were wholly
without foundation"
Should they cross the border"
continued Gen. Lerond. they would
be met by machine guns and rifles.
America and the rest Of the world
may depend upon me to maintain the
entente's will here. The Poles un-
derstand that they cannot overrun
allied authority. and / am confident
they do not intend to attempt il.
THE view expressed here was that
few people might cross the border
from Poland. but it was not feared
that the situation would get out Of
control
Voting Ia Orderly.
Gen. Lerond remained up all night
to receive the returns from the vot-
ing. He did not attempt to conceal
his pleasure that the plebiscite had
been carried out with scarcely a rip
pie of excitement and no disorder
The Germans here were maseed in
front OF the Oppein administration build
ing to await the result of the ballot
ing and when the first returns from
the city showed a vote in favor Of
Germany in the proportion Of 20 to
/ the crowd sang Deutschland uber
Allies and Deutschland in Ehren."
French troops with machine guns
and rifles stood within arms reach Of
the front rank of the crowd, but there
nv 70 ~
the throng.
About midnight. when the returns
from Leobschuetz showed the Ger
mans as having cast an verwhelming
vote the crowd cheered and then
quietly dispersed. The Leobschuetz
district was to have gone to Czecho-
slovakia in the event Poland won the
Oppeln were deserted.
The majority Of the precincts which
reported early polled from s5 to 100
per cent of the registered vote.
$4,000 Poles Reported on March.
Reports that 10000 Polish troops
were marching toward the border
have been current here. A motor trip
presence of the usual Polish sem
tries, but there were no entente,
troops on the Silesian side of the bor-
der 1t might be possible that num-
Der Of troops, or civllans, could sud-
denly cross without meeting with
serious interference.
The balloting yesterday was vir-
tually over by mid-afternoon. There
vas no disorder of a serious nature
reported. During his trip through
the zone a number of Germans at
tempted to confscate the Associated
Press correspondents automobile at
Eichenau to take voters to the polls,
but the attempt was unsuccessful -
Evening star., 1921-03-21
II. COL. SHERRILL MADE
AID TO THE PRESIDENT

1Ssabdent Harding today appointed
AeaG Col Clarence o. Sheriff., CORDS
Of Engineers. now on duty in the Of
nos Of the chief Of engineera War
Department. as superintendent of the
pubatc buildings and grounds in the
District Of Columbia and also to act
~ his per-onal military aid.
He will succeed Maj. Clarence s.
NdAV. who has been assigned to duty
in the School Of the Line at Fort
A1a~oQA Kama
Evening star., 1921-03-21
STOLEN LOOT Returned.
Police Get Mysterious Telephone
Call and Swag Turns Up.

FORT WORTH. Tex, March 21-
Two anonymous telephone messages
to police headquarters giving assur-
snce that $4,000 of liberty bonds.
cash and jewelry. stolen last night
from a Main street 3ewelry store,
would be returned, was followed early
today by finding of the loot in the
store from which it had been stolen.
All efforts tos.trace the telephone
calls thus far nave failed.
Evening star., 1921-03-21

5000 Square Miles Involved.
Paim Sunday. the day OF the voting
IN Upper Silesia, seems likely to 70
down in history as one Of the most
momentous days in the adjustment OF
european boundaries growing out OF the
recent war. The day had been looked
forward to with intense interest by all
Germany and Poland as well. while evil
oences OF worldwide attention upon the
baiioting were not lacking in adyices
coming from abroad
The area involved. comprising some
e.ooO square miles. was the largest sec
tion OF territory TO have its fate sub
mitted 10 plebiscite under the peace
treaty. but even more important than
the size Of the district was the ma :
terial wealth contained in its varied
mineral resources. mainly coal. but
also including iron. zinc and lead.
Materials Are Vital.
Germany has shown by her repre-
sentations to the allies how vital she
considered these materials to her
ability to reconstitute herself eco
nomically and meet reparations de-
mands, while the need of the re-
sources of Upper SiIesia for the eco
nomical well being of Poland has been
hardly less strenuously insisted upon
by the Polish people.
notable feature of the plebiscite
was the influx Of both Germans and
Poles. former residents of the district
who were entitled to cast their bal
lots. 1t is not known here how large
a number of Poles were thus enabled
to vote at yesterdays election, but
it is estimated that not less than
10000 Germans entered Upper ST.
lesia for the casting of their ballots.
special trains for them being pro-
vided by the German government.
Allied troops sent to the district
were distributed throughout the area
at suitable points to insure order and
the proper conduct of the bailoting.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
cLEMENCEAU BACK HOME.

TOULON, France, March 2I-Georxes
Clemenceau. former premier of France.
arrived here today from India. where he
has been engaged in hunting tigers and
in visiting the foothills Of the Himalaya
Mountains.
He reported upon landing from the
steamer Ormonde that he was in perfect
health.
Evening star., 1921-03-21
Returns Show Poles Fail to
Garry Single District in
Plebiscite Area. .
VAST MAJORITY PILED UP
FOR TEUT0NS IN BALLOTS
Entente Forces Ready to Suppress
ANY Effort by Poland to Over
ride Decision of Election.
By the Associated p,exs

by the Associated Press
BERLIN. March 81. - Germany won
an overwhelming victory in the plebi-
scite held in Upper Silesia yesterday
10 determine the future national
status or that region, according to
ofhcial returns received here. Two
o!strlcts were still missing at 3
CLOCK this morning. but the count
showed that $4,000 votes had been
land.
reports from Breslau state that the
pIepisclte was generally without un-
toward incidents.
provisional returns publish in
newspapers here show that in Oppeln
Germany received 10000 votes to IL
wv Tor Poland. In Tarnowitz the
Termans cast s. per cent Of the bal
iots. and in the town of Beuthen they
cast ~ per cent. In the Beuthen
country districts the vote. as pub
iisned. stood: Germany. 59,222; Po-
land, 62.O4o
TabulatiOn Of Returns.
Returns received up to 1890 am.
showed the
Evening star., 1921-03-21
First 'sDry'' Year
Was Banner Year
For Vine Imports

During the first year OF ma
tionnl prohibition In this cOun-
try Malaga, Spain, shipped to
the United States i've times the
total amount Of wine sent here
In the ten preceding years.
American Conaul Smith says In
a report received today by the
Department Of Commerce. The
total Of wine exports from that
place to America In 1920 ex-
ceeded 4.5,0OO Gallona, the con-
sui says, and was shipped un-
der permits for non-beverage
purposes.
Evening star., 1921-03-21

returns received up TO 1890 Am
showed the following results:
Evening star., 1921-03-21
WEATHER.

Threatening with probably showers
this afternoon; fair and much cooler
tonight and tomorrow
Temperature for twenty-four hours,
ended at 2 pm. today: Highest, S5. at
2 pm. today: lowest, 65, at am.
today. Full report on page s.
Evening star., 1921-03-21

Member of the Associated Press
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 10
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to it of ,th~r~ise credited in :his
paper and also the local news publish, ID herein.
Ali rights Of pnblica tion Of special
dispatches herein also reserved.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-10-04
TEACHERS EXAMINATION OCTO-
BER 7 AND s

BY, order of the State Board of Ed
ucation the regular teachers eXaml-
nation will be held at the court house
at Newberry Friday, October 7th and
Saturday, October Sth..
This examination is given under
the certifeation rules adopted July
l, 1921. 1t embraces three groups
of questions-the first for Primary
certificates, the second for General
Elementary certificates and the third
for High Scnool certificates,
The Primary examination embraces
the following twelve subjects: Eng
lish grammar and language, arith-
metic, playground and community ac-
tivities; S. c., U. S., and general his
tory; geography; civics and current
events; literature; pedagogy; health ;
nature study; school law; manual
training.
The General Elementary exaraina-
ton embraces the following twelve
subjects: English grammar and COM
position; arithmetic; history, U. S.
and S. c.; geography; civics and cur
rent events; spelling; reading; peda-
gogy; physiology and hygiene; nature
study and agriculture; school law; al
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-10-04
BIDS INVITED.

The Highway Commission of New
berry County will receive sealed bids
until IL o'clock noon, October s.
1921, for the following supplies to
be delivered at Newberry, S. c., from
time to time, as called for, up to
January l, 1922, and in the approx
mate amounts shown below. Only
bids on all items will be received.
Contract to be let ITO the lowest re-
spcnsible bidder. Right reserved to
reject any and all bids:
200 bushels feed corn.
$50 bushels feed oats.
10 tons No. I Timothy hay.
400 pounds fat back.
6 barrels first patent flour in sacks.
40 gallons. Karo molasses.
40 pounds LuZ:anne coffee.
25 pounds rio bacon.
200 pounds table salt.
60 bushels corn meal.
2 cases pink salmon 6 doz.)
2 cases tripe q doZ.)
100 pounds Brown Mule tobacco.
250 pounds granulated sugar.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-10-04
SOMETHING NEW
AT LAST ON SCREEN
"The Cabinet of DR.. Caligari
Brings Fresh Theme and Treat
ment to Shadowland

G. K. Chesterton, who lately lee
tured in America on the perils of
health would find exceptional materl-
al for lecture on the perils of sleep
in s'The Cabinet of DR.. Caligari," the
sensational European picture which
will be seen at the opera house We'd
nesday.
The story deals with certain DR..
Caligari, who obtains complete con-
troll over a somnambulist and utilizes
him to murder various persons. This
is based on an old myth which was
very popular in the middle ages and
which told of a magician who, having
bent a sleep walker to his viii, util-
lied him against his enemies.
The picture is described as extra
ordinarily forceful. The producers
have taken what has heretofore been
highly objective medium-the
screen-and registered definite sub
iective moods. In the case of DR..
Caligari, the mood is one of wicked
ness; in the case of the man who tells
the story the mood is one of fear and
madness.
The story is worked out on plane
strange to the films but which attains