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The Washington times., 1922-12-29
COAL FAMINE IS
THREATENING
INN. 7.
Blizzard Blocks Roads With
Only 4s Hours Supply in
Metropolis.
BY International News Service.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-While
New York shivered today In 20 de
grees above zero weather. In the
wake Of the heaviest storm Of the
winter, the city was menaced with
the worst fuel crisis in it's history.
There are only forty eight hours
supply Of coal on hand and snow
has blocked many Of the railway
lines leading to the freight term
inals where fuel is unloaded.
One Man Killed.
The storm began with a gale
but particularly the Atlantic coast.
Rain turned to sleet and sleet to
snow. Throughout the early part
Of the day a sixty:mile wind
whirled the snow In high drifts.
The thermometer fell to 20 degrees
above zero.
One man was killed and many
other persons were injured.
Railroad and street traffic were
badly crippled and thousands OF
commuters were late for work.
The deep slush which filled the
streets froze over, making foot traf
fic dangerous. The hospitals were
kept busy caring for persons In
jured in falls.
Steamship traffic was halted ny
the fog, snow and high winds.
Liquor Ships Wrecked.
Four vessels laden with liquor
units of the bootleg fleet" off the
coast-were washed ashore and
their cargoes lost.
Three thousand street cleaners
and 400 plows were put at work
clearing the chief business thor
oughfares.
Officials Of the public health de
partment and the fuel administrn
ton were greatly alarmed over the
coal famine. They feared that con
tinued cold weather would lead tc
an epidemic Of sickness.
The reserve coal supply was nut
at $4,000 tons, enough to supply
the domestic demand for about two
days.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
Factions Struggle
for Possession of
Consulate Offices
Ry Cosmopolitap News Service.


NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-The siege
Of the Irish consulate today had
resolved itself into a contest In
faction which could sit the longest.
Both Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney,
leading the faction for the Irish
republic, and Lindsay Crawford,
holding the fort for the Irish Free
State, declare they will sit in the
office all winter II necessary. Un-
conditional surrender are the only
terms on which either side in the
struggle for the old homestead will
cease the battle.
Mrs. MacSwiney has somewhat
the better support. Lawrence Gin
nell. claiming title to the office rs
republican consul, Robert Briscoe,
Miss Vera Finerty, Mrs. Gertrude
Corless and others are active sup.
porters of the cause of republican
ireland and ready to relieve Mrs.
MacSwiney at times. Crawford, on
the other hand, is withstanding the
siege single handed.
Court action is scorned by both
sides. Crawford refuses to leave
the office for fear Of being locked
out, after which he conld not gain
entrance without an Injunction.
Mrs. MacSwiney, claiming de Valera
established the consul's office and
alone has the right to name an in.
cumbent, says that as long as
Crawford is as polite and quiet as
ne has been. he may stay around,
though not in an official capacity.
Police Lieutenant James Gregan,
head of the bomb squad. just hap.
pened to stroll in the office. He
assured both sides, after he had
surveyed the situation, that the
police were entirely neutral.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
THREAT To
STEPS0N'S :
BRIDE
Leave City or Receive Just
Dues" Reads Note to
Mrs. Christie.

Seba l.. Christie, twenty-eight-
year-old pharmacist. whose mar.
rage several days ago to his forty
two-year step-mother. has been
declared illegal, has appealed to
the police for protection from the
writer Of a mysterious letter. which
was received yesterday by Mrs.
Bessie L. Christie, the step-mother,
at her apartment, 607 o street
northwest.
The letter writer, signing as TX.
X. Klan. 1884," warns the step-moth.
er and step-son to leave the District
Immediately "or you both will re-
ceive your just dues" Inspector
Clifford l.. Grant, chief Of detec-
tives. has the letter.
Soon after Christie made his com
plant to the police. ]. T. Stanner
Of 1101h South Carolina avenue
southeast. came to police headquart.
ers and turned over a letter signed
*. K. H." warning him to amend
his ways.
Doubts KIan Responsible.
Inspector Grant talked with both
men. but he said this morning that
he did not believe the knights OF
the Ku Klux Klan were responsible
for the missives. The inspector does
not regard the two complaints
serious enough to warrant an inves'
tigation by headquarters detectives
The Christie letter, addressed to
Mrs. Christie. read:
You are advised to leave this
apartment and also the District OF
Columbia, you and your stepson
husband, or you both will receive
your just dues.
TX. X. KLAN,. 3S4."
At the bottom Of this letter. which
was written on writing paper OF the
kind used largely by women, were
the words first notice." indicating
the writer planned to send other com.
munications.
Christie Excited.
Christie was considerably excited
over the letter when he made his
complaint yesterday. 1t Is said he
feared that harm might come to him
and his step-mother.
The local branch of the knights
Of the Ku Klux Klan today emphati.
cally denied that these letters came
from the Klan. One Klansman went
90 far as to accompany a reporter to
Continued on Page 2. Column ~
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
DIR. M'KO|N HAS
CONFLICTING
NATURES
By MAMA TATE.
Founder Of the American Society
Of Anthropology.


Dual personality is found In the
mental and physical organization
Of DR.. B. NJ. McKoin. One side Of
his nature reflects the highest
qualities while the other reflects
the base or brutal. 1t is impossi-
BILE for him to strike an equilibrium;
he either seeks and associates with
the very best or the very worst.
He Is apparently Of hcentious
nature.
His head Is too broad for the
height, which shows preponder-
ance Of brutal tendencies. His de-
structiveness Is very large.
The right side of his face shows
the animal, while the left side re.
fleets the "veneered" personality
which he brings into play.
The tip end Of the ear Is parallel
with his mouth which Is charac'
teristic of the murderer. Ninety
eight per cent Of murderers have
the low-seated brain indicated by
the ears tip end being on hori-
zontal line with the mouth. The
over hanging lower lip denotes a
cruel, sensuous nature.
The science OF anthropolosy
shows that DR.. McKoin has his
fathers head but his mothers tenn.
perament, and that the organiza.
tion as a whole is unbalanced, and
wherever we find physical defect
we find corresponding mental
defect.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
SCHOONER ASHORE LOSES
5000 CASES OF SCOTCH

NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-The Brit,
ish schooner Madonna v. with 5000
cases Of Scotch whiskey on board
is breaking up in the heavy seas
on a sandspit near Montauk Point,
according TO a message sent United
States customs officials here from
Coast Guard Station 81.
Acting Collector Of Customs
Henry c. Stuart instructed coast
guard authorities to detain the men,
The ship came ashore early yes
terday morning on Napeague
Beach. near Montauk Point.
1t is reported the vessel was car
rying its cargo to a Canadian port
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
Freedom Of City for
Diplomats Autos
Planned
LINDSAY CRAWFORD,

Automobiles owned by diplo-
mats will be given special tags
for 1923, the District Commits
sioners decided today.
Ambassadors, ministers, and
charge d'affairs are entitled to
the privileges Of the new tag
plate and this means that auto
mobiles, bearing the diplomatic
tags, will be immune from
molestation by the police.
Representatives Of q foreign
country will be given the regu-
lar 1923 tag with a smaller tag
attached to it and on the small
tag will be the word "Diplo-
mat"
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
nth CASE OF ANTHRAX
FOUND IN PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 29.-The
health department yesterday re-
ported the eleventh case of anthrax
found during the year. The new
case is Vincent Stabunski. thirty.
four years old. who was employed
in a leather factory. His condi.
ton Is serious.
Stabunski, according to health
authorities, was stricken with the
disease December %, and was re.
moved to the Philadelphia Hospi.
tai for contagious diseases.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
IN
NEW WAR
81,
DRIVE
Send Army Into Thraoe and
Call Up Reservists After
Cabinet Meeting.
By international News Services,

LONDONis Dec. 29.-Eleutherios
Venizelos, head Of the Greek dele
CATION in the Near East peace con-
ference has warned his govern
ment to be ready for a renewal OF
the war against Turkey, said an
Athens dispatch to the Daily Ex
press today.
Greece is putting an army into
Thrace, while venizelos is urging
that It be reinforced as rapidly as
possible.
The Greek cabinet at Athens has
decided to call up additional classes
Of reservists.
General Pangalos. chief Of staff
Of the Greek forces In Thrace. has
departed secretly for Salonika.
The new war scare in the Near
East has arisen from the deadlock
in the peace conference at Lau-
same. Neither the Turks nor the
Allies would give ground with the
result that the negotiations have
been on the verge of absolute col
lapse for forty-eight hours.
Great Britain has massed a great
fleet in the Turkish straits be-
tween the Black and Aegean seas.
Has 10000 Troops.
Although diplomatic relations be-
tween Greece and Great Britain
were broken off both nations would
make common cause against the
Turks. Great Britain could furnish
forty warships of various grades
from, tho Madit erra nean fleet in.
cluding transports and supply YES
sells. while Greece could put about
10000 troops in the field to sup.
plement the 10000 British troops
already in the Near East.
1t is reported that the admiralty
rebuked Admiral Brock for taking
the British Mediterranean fleet
from Constantinople to Malta
during the Christmas leave period"
pointing out that such action was
utterly contrary to the exigencies
Of the political situation in the
Near East.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
GARb
SECRETLY
AS NETS
CLOSE
Members at Mer Rouge Destroy
All Records-Fear indictment
as Accessories In Killings.
By b. ". sTURDIVANT,
International News Service.


BASTROP, La, Dec. 29.-Dis-
;ntegration of the local branch OF
he Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
through fear of wholesale arrests
and prosecution of members as
result of the Governmental and
State investigation into the kid
naping and murder of Watt Dan
iels and Thomas F. Richards last
August was the gist Of reports
which ran rampant today through
all Morehouse parish.
Have Silently Dirobed.
These reports had 1t that the
klansmen of this parish have ST.
lently disrobed at the orders OF
Exalted Cyclops j. X. Skipworth.
and that the members have agreed
to keep locked behind their own
lips the identity Of every member
Persons who once spoke freely
Of 100 per cent Americanism" are
now silent and attempt to command
a bland expression when asked con-
cerning persons who are said to
have taken the law into their own
ia concerned These persons were
much too liberal in their threats
Of thrashings and warnings to
leave this community immediate
ly."
One prominent planter OF this dis
trict closely concerned with activi-
ties of the khan, stated that members
at Spyker held a solemn meeting
Sunday night at the command OF the
exalted cyclops.
Some thirty or forty members met
in the stiffness of the Louisiana
darkness and set fire to their robes
and all other evidence that might
show they ever were connected with
the khan. Letters, records, hoods
all went up In smoke to evade en-
tanglement in what promises to be
one Of the most sensational probes In
the history of the nation.
Fear Many Indictments.
Spyker is the home of T. J. Bur.
nett, the first man to be arrested
on a charge of murder in connection
with the outrage of last summer.
and Ia reported to be veritable
hotbed OF khan activities. Burnett
has denied that he is member of
the khan.
Klan members, 1t was said, have
speculated on the possibility that
mere membership I'm this khan
would be cause for indictment as
an accessory to the murders, pro
vided II can be proven that khan
members had q part in the brutal
assaults on Daniels and Richards.
Meanwhile. Burnett shows very
little concern over his predicament.
He Is depending upon the backing
of the invisible empire" which he
very obviously believes will come
to him, either openly or under
cover. Until 1t is all over Skip.
worth refuses to make a statement.
While klansmen are reported to DO
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
TWO IRISH
SHOT BY
SQUAD
Executed irreguIars Accused OF
Guerilla Wafare-Deaths
Total Fourteen,

DUBLIN, Dec. 29.-Two more
republican irregular prisoners
were executed by the Free State
authorities today.
The executions took place at
Kilkenny. According to the Off
cial announcement issued here,
the men were named Murphy and
Whelan. They had been engaged
in guerilla warfare against the
regulars.
About fourteen irregulars have
been executed in the past few
months.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
New England Faces
Fuel Famine as Result
of Storm That Killed 4

BOSTON, Dec. 29.-Boston and
other New England cities today were
facing a fuel famine as the result OF
terrific storm which killed four
persons and demoralized rail and ma.
rine traffic.
The victims met death in Bos.
ton, Providence. r. l., and Lake
port, N. Fl.
Fires. which caused about 100000
damage. broke out here and at Lynn.
Mass.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
British Labor Party
Would Make Germany
Pay Damages of War
BY F. A. WRAY,
international News Service.

LONDON. Dec. 29.-"Germany
should be made to pay war damages
to the very utmost Of her ability,
but beyond that Europe should
start with clean slate"
This is the official program Of
the powerful British labor party as
outlined to International News Serv.
ice today by Philip Snowden, NJ. P.
one OF the floor leaders of the La.
borites (opposition) In the House Of
Commons.
Snowden, a lame, frail man, is
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
FAMOUS ST. LOUIS
BREWER A SUICIDE

ST. LOUIS. Mo, Dec. 2s.-Williarn
]. Lemp, fifty-six years old. presi.
dent of the Lemp Brewing Com.
pany. committed suicide by firing
bullet into his heart In his office
here today. No reason for his act
could be given.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
LAW
OFFERS
PLAN
Premier Tells British Cabinet
He Would Cut German
Indemnity.
BY LUTHER A. HUSTON,
International News service.


- LONDON, Dec. 29.-Premier A.
Bonar Laws new rcparations plan,
reducing the amount of indemnity
which Germany shall nay, was put
ND to the British cabinet today for
its approval. 1t was understood
that the plan was approved and
that it will be presented at the
Allied premiers' conference in
Paris next week with few changes.
Outline OF Proposals.
The Daily News said 1t under
stood that the main outlines OF the
British proposals were as follows:
German indemnity would be
scaled down to figure Germany
is able to pay. with the most Wig.
orous penalties in the event Of
default.
"A moratorium for the next
three or four years with reduced
payments over a further brief pe.
riod to assist Germany to recover
industrially.
3-Germany to be offered further
discount arrangements. IL she meets
her obligations promptly.
cat phhoih W oNNNP ~ 49,
man reparations bonds in payment
Of allied debts, possibly conceling
a portion of the debts.
5-France to agree to partial re-
mission of the debts due her from
her allies.
6-Fifty billions of gold marks
about $12. 900, 900. .0OO) mentioned as
probably the total reparations to be
required of Germany.
Hopeful OF Solution.
British experts will put the finish.
ing touches on the British plan to.
morrow and the premier will leave
for Paris with it Monday. Premier
Bonar Law is hopeful that there will
be a final solution of the indemnity
issue before the end of next week.
II not, the British will either with
draw from continental affairs, leav.
ing France, Belgium and Italy to
wrestle with Germany, or will seek
assistance from the United States.
In event of British withdrawal the
French would enter the Ruhr district
Immediately.
Before the cabinet met there was a
conference of experts at 10 Downing
street, the premier's residence, to
make a final report upon the general
terms of the reparations plan.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
OEN0UNCE
bORAH' {
PLAN
Senators Moses and Johnson
Join Fight Against ParIey
Proposal.
BY J. BART CAMPBELL.

Interratiosal News service.
With caustic denunciation and
singing irony, two Of the former
"irreconcilable" associates of Sen
ator Borah in the historic League
of Nations battle-Senators Moses
of New Hampshire and Johnson
of California-this afternoon
poured the vials of their disap-
proval upon Borsh's proposal for
a world economic and disarma-
ment conference.
Plan To Force Vote.
With the full pressure of the
Administration behind them. Sen.
ator Henry Cabot Lodge of Mas
sachusetts and his Republican as
sociates were driving hard today to
force a vote on Senator Borah' s
proposal for a world economic and
disarmament conference, which
President Harding so strongly con.
demned
Senator Lodge expressed conf
dence that rejection Of the Borah
plan Is certain once the Senate stops
talking about it. He and Senator
Curtis of Kansas, the Republican
whip" planned to compel a vote on
1t before the end of today's session
despite the increasing number Of
Senators on both sides who served
notice they intended to debate it.
Among the latter were Senators
Johnson of California. Moses of New
Hampshire, Cummins of Iowa, and
Kellogg of Minnesota, against 1t, and
Senator Capper of Kansas for 1t.
Three Democrats Opposed.
But three Democratic Senators
were regarded as sure to vote for It's
observation-disclosures Shields of Ten.
nessee. Reed of Missouri, and Walsh
of Massachusetts,, leaving a possible
total of thirty-four Democratic votes
for 1t.
Senators Underwood of Alabama,
the Democratic leader, and Hitch.
cock Of Nebraska, ranking mi.
nority member OF the Senate For.
eign Relations Committee. were
among several Democrats, however,
who displayed a lack of enthusiasm
regarding It.
The lineup on the Republican
side for it showed not more than
ten votes-Senators Borah, Idaho;
McNary. Oregon; Norbeck, South
Dakota; Brookhart, Iowa; Ladd,
North Dakota; .Stanfield. Oregon;
Capper, Kansas; Norris, Nebraska;
France. Maryland; and Couzens,
Michigan, with the possibility of
Norris and one or two others drop
ping out.
Confident Of Majority.
While admitting the vote prob.
ably would be close, Senator Lodge
and his colleagues predicted they
would command ma jority suffi.
cient to defeat the proposal. They
said they were well satisfied with
the situation.
Their plan was to force it's defeat,
and the passage of the navy appro-
priation bill without It. not later
than tomorrow, so the Senate might
adjourn over the New Year holidays
until Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
KLAN IS BREAKING UP IN
LA. AS ARRESTS THREATEN
New Workers Facing
Coal Rations in
Cold Snap
BY international News Service.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-This
city may be put on coal rations II
the cold wave which struck New
York today continues.
1t was estimated that there
was a reserve stock of only
$4,000 tons Of coal on hand to
supply five million people.
In the event an epidemic Of
sickness is threatened the public
fuel administration plans to es-
tablish priority lists.
The Washington times., 1922-12-29
WEATHER

Fair tonight with lowest
temperature about 26 de-
grees; Saturday increasing
cloudness with slowly rising
temper ature; diminishing
northwest and north shifting
to east winds.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-13

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get your Want. Ad in the Want
Columns at once.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-13
By OLIVE RoRHRTsR RATIO

Jack Q'Lantern was leaning
against the barn. Hetwas unhappy
and detected In spite of the fact
that the corners Of his mouth
turned up in a grin showing two
rowSof enormous teeth.
~ don't understand It," he said
TO the turkey. For awhile / was
the most important person here
abouts. Every night the children
put a candle in me and carried me-
around on a broomstlck and scar
ed the whole ncighborhood, aEl
my. but we had the fun"
"Yes, I know" gobbled the tur-
key sympathetically. Indeed, l
was very Jealous OF you getting all
the attention. 1t just shows how
tickle people are and how soon
they tire Of their friends"
well, you don't need to be-
Jealous now" spoke UP Jack
o'Lantern with spirit, THE whole
family have suddenly srown quite
fond OF you. Master feeds you
enough c5Tn to make you burst,
and Mistress says a dozen times =
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-13
FIGHT NIIH TIGER
RECOUNTED.HERE
BY SHEIK SHAND
Doctor Osborne Speaks at
Both Fairyfew and Man.
nington Yesterday.

Or. A. v. z. Osborne, known as
"sheik shand, the camel driver"
who has been IN Fairmont for the
rast week, stopping at the Fair.
mont Hotel, spoke at the NJ. e.
Church in Fairyiew yesterday aft.
ernoon and at the First II. E.
Church In Warrington last eve
ming. Doctor Osborne, who says
that he writes under the pen name
OF Achmed Abdullah in the Cosmo.
politan Magazine, was born in the
"tlger jungles" OF Indiana and s
now on his second tour Of America.
In his address yesterday, he rU'
counted one OF his experiences In
India when he was routed out OF
bed at night to so into the dark:
rless and face a tiger, with scores
Of natives at his back de?l adIns
upon his nerve and accuracI
For excitement audIthliils,
know OF nothing equal 10 nj gslon-
ary life in the. jungles OF india
where while beasts roam at Argr
and you hoar and see them AL
they see you and there are encoun.
tiers that fairly freeze a mans
tlood," he said.
"a don't believe | told you thai
cur only conveyance in tho coun
try was an OK cart, the speed limit
Of which Is thrae miles an hour <
you twist his tail and II you dom:
ring his tail YOU will only get two
miles We always try.to break the
Fpeed limit,
mot long ago was on a tou-
with a company OF native Christian
workers in three little two.wheeleri
0S.carts and along towards dus.
cne evening we came In the Phar.
beta Rivor. As usual there wor.
no bridges mud yet there seem %
be n possibility Of getting soma
:isitman to make boat and haul Us
over. Did say a boat. pardon ma.
Tt'2 nothing more OF less than logs
followed out like hog troughs and
fastened together in pairs with
bambnos and coconut rope in such
n wny MS to iea''e a space OF about
five feet between. s clumsy deceit
ct tho aro provides standing "oom
for the bnatlnaa wi;o poles the ru.t
alonG. a cart 10 be lifted aboard
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-13

bow rishted Itself a dozen Dimes
my heart was in my mouth.
1--WE were about half way across
the river, whom al of q sudden, the
first cart stopped, and the oxen
were moving their heads as though
frightened. cried out TO the dIiY.
or, 'Shimpl pnckare! Twist his tail.
For that Is the way We get the
speed limit on this Jungle Ford.
'The stond brute wigsled his
nose q bit and shook himseli, but
stubbornly refused 20 move on.
'shimpi Roo; Eat his TAIL he
yelled.
Eating the TALL was the driy.
ef's last words, He meant biting
his tail-rough on the oxen, to be
sure, and had fer the driver In tha
future for he will only be able to
get two miles instead Of three out
Of him.
"At eve we landed on the othe-
side, and It was dark. I asked ona
OF my men to go in front Of the Q
carts and lead the way with Ian.
tern and we would camp near tne
first village.
81 arranged a sleeping place 10
the third pullman (ox.eart). About
three miles Is about as much joy
ride as the ordinary person can
stand. Then l went to sleep, yes,
asleep. A person naturally gets
used to tho conditions.
II don't know how long I slept,
but l know that / awoke with 4
perk at the shout OF 'Dekho. sahib,
ekmote wagh nasdIk ahe-dus foot
LAMBDA! t'Master. a big tiger ten
feet long is neaz by!') from my ma
tive servant.
81 was the only man armed SO
upon me devolved the duty OF driY.
ing the creature away. II be were
an ordinary tiger. intent only on
securing an OK, he would not be
very hard to brighten; but suppose