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building inspectors staff is just as in
adequate now as ever.
How many people have to be sac
rificed in the District before some def
mite action will be taken to prevent
the recurrence of such a catastrophe
as the Knickerbocker Disaster" asked
President Hege.
The resolutions adopted instructed
that the whole question be placed
before President Harding members of
Congress and the District Commits
sioners 1t was the sense of the meet
ing that lack of a proper number of
inspectors is due to Congress. which
has not appropriated sufficient funds
to man the office properly.
Available Funds Limited.
George A. Kicker said that the men
in the building inspectors office were
utterly unable to give adequate in
spection. the bureau being limited by
the amount of funds available.
President Hege was installed by A.
Coulter Wells. retiring president of
the association. The organization
gave a rising vote of thanks to Mr..
Wells for his work as president dur
ing the past two years.
A resolution. introduced by Mr.
Hege. reassertinG the stand of the as
ISOLATION for standard for milk
Health Officer Fowler was adopted.
DR.. Fowler will be asked what has
been done recently to raise the gem
eral standard of milk here.
resolution introduced by Mrs.
Anna E. Hendley. thanking The Even
ing Star for its articles on "Ameri-
canizing the Washingtonian." and
praising The Star and Its editor,
Theodore w. Noyes. for work in be-
half OF national representation in
Congress for the District, was adopted
unanimously by the association.
Evening star., 1922-12-20
STORIES OF PRINTIONS BACK
NEAR EAST IMMIGRANTS PLEA

Pathetic stories of privations and
prosecutions suffered by Christians in
Turkey. told personally by victims
and eyewitnesses. were heard by
members of the House immigration
committee, when they called in wit
nesses yesterday in support of the
White bill. which proposes to admit
certain classes of near east refugees
into the United States.
One of those who testified was Elisa
Shakinian. herself a refugee, whose
flight was stopped at Ellis Island Re
leased on bond by the immigration
authorities, she came to Washington
and, between sobs. related how she
had been carried into captivity by the
Turks. how her near relatives all had
been killed. one by one, and how she
had made her way to America. only to
find the door closed in her face.
George Horton, who was American
consul at Smyrna during the recent
Greco Turkish hostilities in that re-
gion. corroborated many of the asser-
Evening star., 1922-12-20
SAY FORGER
GOT $4,000 IN D. C.
Clever Ruses Used by Bad
Check Passer, Accord
ing to Victims.

Efforts are being made by the
police to apprehend young man who
Is wanted to answer charges Of pass
ing forged checks on local banks.
Inspector Grant. chief Of detectives
today said the checks cashed for the
forger represent sums totaling ap-
proximately $4,000.
The largest sum obtained by the
forger, $3.50, was paid him at the Ma
tional Capital Bank on a check bear
ing the forged signature of Marvin F..
Bischoff, real estate dealer. Appear
ing at the bank, according to the
sent to get Mr. Bischoff's bank book
and Cancelled checks, which were
turned over to him.
Later the check for $3.50 was pre-
sented and cashed. Nothing more
was seen Of the alleged forger. and
the transaction was. reported TO tne
police several days ago. December IA,
the day the check was cashed. the
young man who presented 1t noticed
a hesitation on part Of the teller
when he presented the check.
"If you have any doubt as to the
genuineness of the signature" said
the swindler, call Mr.. Bischon on the
telephone"
A call was made at the number
given by the swindler, and a sub
seuuent investigation proved the
number was that OF a public pay
station.
In several instances, 1t is stated,
bank tellers called the purported
signers OF the checks on the tele-
phone. only to be told they were not
in their places of business. the
swindler having selected times to get
money when he probably had reason
to believe such persons were absent
from their stores.
Police have good description of
the swindler but have not Obtained a
description Of his accomplice.
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tions made by other witnesses regard
ing the tribulations of the Christian
minorities in Turkey.
He said he was speaking wholly lot
himself and not as a representative OF
the State Department, but could not
refrain from saying a word for those
who had suffered so patiently in the
near east. When one committee
member suggested that the refugees
had occupied a district fertile In
natural resources and should be sent
back there to work out their own
salvation. Mr.. Horton replied:
For Gods sake don't do that. You
would be sending them to their
death"
representatives of the Near East
Relief, the Federal Council OF
Churches, the Young Mems Christian
Association and the Young Women's
Christian Association were among
others who appeared to ask for pas
sage of the bill. which would admit
only near relatives of American citl-
zens among the refugees and whose
provisions would extend only until
June 30, 1924.
Evening star., 1922-12-20
DIES AT AGE OF 1o6.
City's Oldest Resident Had Been
Committed 10 Poor House.

PATCHOGUE, n. Y, December 90.
Death came yesterday to Patch
ogue's oldest resident. Joseph Verneto.
1O6. just two hours before he and his
wife, Mary, ninety-seven, were to
have been removed to the county
poor house.
When officers called at the home
to take the aged pair away they
were met at the door by son,
Joseph. seventy. who told them of
his fathers death. The officials did
not disturb the widow.
Evening star., 1922-12-20
TWO KILLED IN CRASH.

RALEIGH, \. C.. December 20.-An
unidentified man was killed instantly
and a man identified as T. l.. Newell of
Raleigh. a guard at the state prison
farm. died shortly after being carried
to local hospital. when the car in
which they We're riding ran off "A six
foot embankment about 100 yards from
the Norfolk Southern railway crossing
on the Fuquay road five miles south Of
here, last night. \ bird dog was found
beneath the overturned car unhurt.
Newell leaves a widow and three chill
dren. The cause Of the accident is un-
determined
Evening star., 1922-12-20
KAL0RAMA APPEAL
GOES TOPRES|DENT:
Citizens Point to Peril in Lack
of Funds for Adequate
Building Inspection.
President Harding will be informed I
by the Kalorama Citizens Association

or the lack OF IN
spectors in the
building inspec-
ton department
Of t h e District
government. This
was decided upon
b y resolutions
adopted at a meet
ing of the asSo-
citation held at the
Highlands la st
night.
Edwin S. Hege.
installed during
the evening as
president of the
organization. de
rIarrl fIpf cha
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assistant solicitor of internal revenul
for six months.
Mr.. Mapes at one time was con
nected with the office of corporation
counsel for the District Of Columbia
From 1916 to 1918 he served as coun'
sci with the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and was assistant gene
eral counsel for the Railroad Ad.
ministration from 1918 to 1920.
At the time OF it's birth the giraffe
measures six feet from its hoofs ia
the top OF its head
Evening star., 1922-12-20
CHILDREN SAVE SANTA.
Arrested on Staten Island for
Blocking Traffic, st. Nick Goes Free

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 2o.-Chil-
dren of Staten Island are looking for
ward to bulging stockings Christmas
morning and they have/a a right to.
They saved a Santa Claus from dire
things in Thompkinsville court yes
terday, where some rude policemen
had take him on a charge of block
ing traffic. Paced by the walls of
scores of children. who had followed
SANITY and the officers into the court
room. City Magistrate Fetherston dis
charged Kris Kringle with a warning
that he provide himself with a per-
nit.
The kiddies gave cheer and hur-
rjed home
Evening star., 1922-12-20
RUBBER co. FOUNDER DEAD.

BUFFALO, N. Y. December 90
Herbert H. Hewitt, founder and presi-
dent Of the Hewitt Rubber Company of
Buffalo, died here yesterday. He was
born in Detroit sixty-sevR years ago.
tut as a youth entered the employ of
the Pullman works in Chicago and soon
became manager. He came to Buffalo
twenty years ago.
Evening star., 1922-12-20
JAIL FOR SPEEDERS.

MOBILE. Ala, December 20.-Jail
sentences for speeders and reckless
drivers of automobiles We're authorized
today by the city commission, when an
ordinance was adopted giving the police
court magistrate that power.
The limit to the Jail sentences is six
months, in addition to fine.
Evening star., 1922-12-20

10 /9C MeCndnCdI .S9C
Fine Pewter Dishes, reduced to. .z9c 39c, 49c
S298 Wicker Doll Cradles es...................S 81 98
Doll Trunks reduced to SAC
Premier Typewriters ST. ~
12-inch Dressed Doll sleeping eyes. .S1.19
Wood Kitchen Cabinets. with boxes. .......... soc
81 Mechanical Train track 79c
Hummer Mechanical Train. Observation-Disclosures. Csc
A-inch Imported Dolls. .s2.9S
S1.56 Washing and Ironing Set. Csc
81 Washing Set. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 69c
Daisy Air Rifle, 5oO-shot ot...................S SIS
Daisy Air Rifle, 1O00-shot. ot................s3 $3.50
Daisy Air Rifle. singie=shot Observation-Disclosures. S1.98
$500 Oak Rocking Chair, side rest ......... $149
81 Natural-finis!1 Rocker er...................7 79c
SOC Naturaf-finsh Armchair. air................69 69c
z5-inch Jointed Dolls. s.......................S 1898
19-inch Jointed Dolls. s......................S $40
Evening star., 1922-12-20
SOVIET PLANS TO MAKE
"CLOSED SEA" OF BALTIC
London Paper Learns Steps Are
Being Taken to Gain Adherents
to Proposal.

LONDON. December 2o.-The Rus
sian soviet government, the Times
learns. is taking steps to gain ad-
herents to the idea of converting the
Baltic into closed sea as regards
warships of all nations except those
whose shore lines touch the Baltic
The Russians are said to have al
ready approached the Danish govern
ment with a proposal to call con-
ference of the states interested.
Evening star., 1922-12-20
MAPES QUITS SERVICE.
Resignation Of Internal Revenue
Solicitor Waits Successor.

Announcement was made yesterday
Of the resignation of Carl L. Mapes.
solicitor of internal revenue. to take
effect upon confirmation by the Sen
ate of his successor. Nelson T. Hart
son formerly of Seattle. who has been
Evening star., 1922-12-20

Fine Nottingham Scrim Curtains. in pairs
81. s1.5O and S1.9S Some fine Voile Curtains with
lace edge and insert and tassel trimmed; 2Ia and
Il yard lengths
Evening star., 1922-03-12

MEN and women Of the stone age.
clothed in the skins of wild an
imals, the conventional costume of
some OF our early ancestors: cave
men, savages, Arabs and frontiers
men play spectacular roles In the
feature film entitled Harmony" be-
ing produced by the Harry Levey
Service Corporation.
This is said to be tho first film on
the history of music yet produced, as
far as is known. In tracing the de-
velopment of music the story goes
back to the time when the earliest
musical instrument, the hollow bone
of an animal, was used and proceeds
up to the time of the modern phono-
graph.
The history of buying and selling
also is shown. The owner of the hol-
low bone barters It with neigh
Dor for a pair Of crude sandals. the
first barter and the forerInne: Of
the worlds commerce. In the next
chain-store idea, the highest devel-
opment Of trade. has evolved from the
barter of our early ancestors. Par
allel with this development of trade
has evolved the monograph. from
such simple beginnings were world
movements started.
All this is shown simply yet graph
ically in Harmony" one OF the most
unusual films. both in its conception
and its portrayal. that has yet made
It's appearance in the educational
Industrial field.
The scenario writer, director and
actors are said to have succeeded In
putting drama into the picture with
out the aid of q story narrative.
They have brought out the romance
in evolution, progress and develop
ment. which Is the basic idea of this
truly educational film drama
Evening star., 1922-03-12
The Evolution of Music in Films

The directors ingenuity was more
han once taxed to the utmost In tn"
building Of special sets OF historical
accuracy and iE the securing Of
proper locations for the stone age
Arabian desert and other histor'cai
scenes
AS difficulties arose and were over
come interest and enthusiasm In the
production increased. The actors en-
gagged for the leading parts were eh-
thusiastic over the divergent roles for
which they were cast. Appearing one
day i'm modern evening dress and the
next day clad in skins of wild anis
mails. their own skins tinted the
bronze tint of their sunloving an
cestors, they often had difficulty in
recognizing one another.
Ordinarily cast has only to learn
given part and certain actions. bur
! IN this educational drama, showing
evolution through the ages, the actor
nao 10 study many character, COS
tunes. historical settings and til.
manners and customs of the people cf
tne various ages in which the scene
| were laid. The greatest care was ex-
ercised In using only articles actually
IN use in given age, and the COS
tunes We're correct in every detail.
so that the film should be, as planned
a real educational value
more than one amusing incident oc-
! CURED during the filming of the pro 4
duction. The New Jersey pole,
probably mistaking the actors in tho
/ caVemen scenes for escaped members
| or the Bronx Zoo, staged a round-up
| ana routed them from the caves, To
which they had climbed with great
diniculty. On another occasion the
New York traffic police was called in
| to disperse the crowd that gathered
around the automobile filed with wild
looking savages when the car con
| tanning the actors stopped for a mo
ment in busy thoroughfare in down
! town New York.
Evening star., 1922-03-12
Thomas Meighan- Biography

THOMAS MEIGHAN was born in
Pittsburgh. Pa. He attended
schools in that city and although his
parents had slated him to be a ply
sician he successfully evaded their
plans and took up a stage career.
His first stage experience was
with Henriette Crossman, who hired
him as an extra man for her com
pany while playing Mistress Nelr' in
Pittsburgh. A season with Grace
George and two years with stock
company work in Pittsburgh served
to establish him as one of the lead
ing juvenile men in the country.
On the stage he appeared with such
well known players as Elsie De Wolf
John Mason. Willie Collier and Da-
vid Warfield in The Return of Peter
Grimm" His last stage play before
entering motion pictures was ION
Trial"
Meighan's first picture for the
Lasky company was The Fighting
Hope" in support of Laura Hope
Crews. Before becoming a Para
mount star he supported Charlotte
Walker. Blanche Sweet, Edna Good
rich. Marie Doro, Pauline Frederick,
Velaska Suratt and Billie Burke.
His work in film has always been
Evening star., 1922-03-12
Petrova Epigrams.

HERE are a few of Petrova's cpl
grams in 'The White Peacock:
For equal benefits women must
bear equal responsibilities"
THE average business woman can
well measure up to the most exacting
business standards.
''If more homes were operated on
business principles there would be.
more domestic happiness"
"This is the reconstruction hour
for women"
'.What shall fearo Death? There
are SO many worse things than death;
life. for example"
That's the penalty of seeing
visions and dreaming dreams. one al
ways feels how great the vision was
and how paltry the realization"
ITO be satisfied with ones self now
that would be a wonderful sensa-
ton
Tho one great privilege Of friend
ship is TO tell ones friends unpleas-
ant truths"
Il have come to the conclusion that
IL ! please myself I shall at any
rate succeed in pleasing one person
If l try to please other people I shalH
finish by pleasing neither them nor
myself"
Divorce is filthy business. It's
sort of public laundry. it washes
the dirt in. instead of out of. your
clothing, and tears the fabric to tat
ters in the process"
Convention is like a widow that
wears Grape to her knees and scarlet,
in her heart"
Il am glad my eyes have been lifted
to the hills, even though 1 never
climb them
Evening star., 1922-03-12

highly effective. but. dating from "Tle
Miracle Man." through the Villa.
de Mile production. "The Prinre
Chap" Conrad in Quest of H.
Youth" and the Cecil B. De Mile pir-
lures, Male and Female" and "Why
Ghange Your Wife," he gained stead
lily in popularity.
Among his more recent motion pic :,
lures for Paramount are "Cappy
Kicks" "A Prince There Was" iii
You Believe 1t. It's So,' "The Proxy
Daddy" and Our Leading Citizen" All
original story by George AIDE which
he is now making
Meighan is six feet tall. weighs 1870
pounds and has dark brown hair and
blue eyes. 4
Evening star., 1922-03-12
NOTICE

Lecture by Royal Cortissox ON
John La Fargo
Transferred from the Auditorium Of Central
and 10th Streets
Wed. Evening March Is. Sis pm.
Washington Society Of the Fine Arts
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-19

CHARLES Q. ROBINSON, president of the new firm of
Charles 0. Robinson & Co, has been the greatest figure in
the livestock commission business in America for a period
of forty years, many Montana stockmen declare. He is known
personally to more stock growers in Montana and throughout
the rest of the west and middle west than any other commission
man. Due in a great measure to his personal popularity and to
his lifelong custom of fighting for the interests of the shipper
when selling stock, his firm developed an enormous volume of
business. In many recent years the annual gross sales handled
he has been engaged in the livestock commission business,
Charlie Robinson has been a fighting figure in t~heChicago yards,
and he still is. Often leaving his home as early as 5 o'clock in
the morning, he is at the yards before most of his help, looking
over the situation and planning the days sales. One of the big
gest Montana stock growers said the other day:
"I have never known a commission man who worked so hard
and SO consistently for the interests of the growers as Charlie
Robinson. I have watched him handling sales dozens of times
and have never seen him stop fighting for a client until the last
cent possible was realized on a lot of cattle up for sale. Men as
ISOLATED with him get this spirit, also. l have often thought that
even his great personality was at times lost in so huge an organi-
cation as that of his late firm, and I believe that he will have an
opportunity for even greater usefulness to his clients in his new
firm than he has in the past"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-19
III PRINCIPAL MONTANA CROPS
0M 1921 VALUED AIT $58,334, 900

The total value of the IL principal
crops grown in Montana in 1921 was
$5S,334,000 compared with a total
value of $50, 147,0O in 1920, accord
ing to the Montana annual crop sum
mary issued by F. w. Beier, Jr., agri-
cultural statistician for Montana. The
decline in value of more than $685.
900, 900 in 1921 from 1920 is due to
lower prices, the difference in the
crop production being but slight. The
crop summary also contains revised
figures on the crop production of
Montana for 1919 and 1920. The to-
tai value of the II principal crops in
1919 is fixed at $65,725,000, and for
1918 at $122,25S,000.
The value of the crops, total pro-
duction and average production per
acre for 1920 and 1921 are in the
order of their monetary value for
1921 as follows:
Spring wheat-1921 value, $780,
349, production, 23,940, 600 bu-
shells; average production per acre,
IL bushels; 1920 value, $30,426,000;
production, 2~3,770,000 bushels; aver
age production per acre, 10 bushels.
Tame hay-1921 value, S16,365,-
600; production, 1,881,O0O tons, ay-
erage production per acre, 1.8 tons;
1920 value, $2S,868,000 production,
100000 tons; average production
per acre, 1.8 tons.
Wild hay-1921 value, $4,524,-
900; production, $4,000 tons; yer
age production per acre, 8 of a ton;
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-19
BLASTING MOST EFFECTIVE
WHEN SOIL is WET OR STIFF

In blasting stumps, the nature of
the soil is one of the important fac
tors that must be considered in fix
ing the size of the charge. The more
resistance the soil offers to the force
of the explosion the greater will be
the force exerted against the stump.
Hence, stumps in loose, sandy soils
must be more heavily loaded than
those in firm, stiff soils. 1t is gen.
orally agreed that so-called high
speed explosives give better results
in sandy soils than do low percentage
dynamites or stamping powders.
Since water can not be compressed,
it's presence in the pores or open
spaces in loose soils adds something
to the assistance that is offered to the
explosive force and thus makes the
explosion somewhat more effective.
It follows that, especially in sandy
soils, better results will be obtained
in blasting stumps when the ground
is wet than when it is dry. 1t should
be remembered, however, that moist
soil in this connection refers to soil
near the charge-two or three feet
Undergraduate not surface soil.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-19
MANY ASK WEBSTER TO
BUY THEM DAIRY HERDS

Six requests for assistance in
bringing to Montana carload ship
ments of high grade dairy stock have
been received by George H. Webster,
chief of the division of dairying in
the state department of agriculture,
following his recent purchase in Wis
consin of a shipment of Guernseys for
the Girls Vocational school at Hell
ena. On that venture Webster made
the unique record of starting with 20
head and arriving here with 22-two
calves having been born on the way.
Farm bureaus, clubs and banks
have asked Webster's help. Several
wanted him to go east and select the
stock. 1t will be impossible for Mr.
Webster to make any more trips at
this time, but he is placing at the dis
posal of the prospective purchasers all
the information he possesses regard
ing worthwhile stock now on the
market. Guernseys and Holsteins
lead in the requests received. Mr..
Webster said.
The abundance of hay and other
stock feeds in Montana and other
western states has aided in stimulat-
ing the demand for dairy stock, Web
ster said, and many farmers have
come to the conclusion that the farm
is the best place on which to dispose
of their hay profitably. The Ameri-
can Guernsey association recently
wrote Webster that its agents had
been able to place more than 1,400
head of purebred and grade Guern-
seys in Idaho this year. Figures were
not available for Montana, but the
number is known to be large.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-19
FORT KEOGH HORSES THRIVE
ON COMPRESSED FODDER

1t was made known last week that
the horses at Fort Keogh, near Miles
City, were among the first army
horses to try out the compressed for
age which is now being tested at the
army posts throughout the country.
Reports on file at Washington
show that the Montana horses thriy-
ed on the new ration, and that sew
eral marching expeditions we're made
when the horses were fed solely on
the forage, which proved satisfactory.
The forage, which is composed of
pure oats and molasses made into
bricks six inches wide, IL inches long
and three-quarters of an inch thick,
is expected to reduce the cause res
ponsible for most of the animal NOR
tality-starvation.
Compressed horse rations which
a easily be transported have been
a pressing need for centuries. Ma
poleon's campaign against Russia
failed because of the starvation of the
animals. Only last spring in Mesopo-
tamia the British were obliged to kill
10000 war horses in the stages of
starvation.