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Evening star., 1922-05-05

Judge Joseph Wilson Chinn asked II
she had anything to say why the SEN
tence should not be pronounced. The
jury deliberated one hour and thirty
five minutes in all.
Returns to Jail.
~ Without the slightest demonstra-
tion, the great crowd. many women
included, slowly left the little build
ing to return to their daily routine,
while the convicted nurse, still ST.
lent. was conducted back to the
miniature jail. where she has been
confined since her trial began.
Most Of the natives considered the
finding of the jury just, as there
are not many who do not think that
Miss Knox deliberately killed the
wife of Roger d. Eastlake, the naval
petty officer. in fit Of Jealous rage.
had hoped to the last that she would
be freed.
A great sentiment in favor of the
nurse had developed in Colonial
Beach and Montross since the ac-
quittal OF Eastlake, who was indicted
for the crime, and his recent mar
riage only made that sentiment more
pronounced.
No Appeal Made.
The convicted nurse had no state
ment to make after the verdict had
been rendered, nor did her attorneys.
Harry M. Smith, jr.. of Richmond,
Va. and Fred w. Coleman Of Fred
ericksburg, Va, enter an appeal.
Miss Knox will remain in the little
Jail here for a few days and on the
arrival of Sergt. William A. Toler of
the Richmond detective bureau, who
brought her here, will be taken back
to Richmond to begin her sentence,
Evening star., 1922-05-05

A. Petty. executive secretary of the
Washington Real Estate Board. issued
the following statement:
- Attention is called to statements
appearing in the local papers within
the last day or two purporting to
quote. Mrs. Taylor, one of the rent
commissioners. as having testified be-
fore the House committee on the Dis.
1trict in substance that the c1assi-
fied advertisements Of properties for
rent contain fake advertisements as
part of propaganda movement
The Washington Real Estate
Board is ever ready to cooperate
with the local papers IN protecting
the public against fraudulent or fake
advertisements of any character that
pertain to real estate. With this in
mind freely offer the facilities of
this organization to cooperate in a
thorough investigation of any, or all
advertisements of rental properties
that have recently appeared"
The Star communicated with Mrs.
Taylor. following publication of her
alleged statement. and requested that
she give The Star any evidence she
may have relative to false for rent
advertising. Mrs. Taylor's reply to
The Star was that she did not have
any such evidence and. was sub
stantially the same as her statement
made to the committee yesterday
and quoted above.
Evening star., 1922-05-05

the same method will, IL the world
lasts. be used by grandchildren, Tor
it shows a baby undertaking his first
journey in life on hands and knees.
interpretive plays of THE sand
man and the Three Bears" show llttie
fellows put to sleep by the Wen
known sandman sprinkling sand IN
doesn't feel very sleepy finally sue
cumbs after repeated doses OF thls
magic sleep producer. In The Three
Bears" poor little Golden LOCKS, VINO
was tiny little girl. became frtgnt-
ened. and when she saw her mother IN
the audience decided that she oidh
want to be an actress after all ana
cried for an understudy. the suDstl
tute, who hadn't rehearsed the part al
all. did splendidly.
Two real plays are being produced
by the boys and girls clubs, resgec-
lively. They are "'Jack and the beam
Stalk" and alice in Wonderland.
The boys insisted on fixing their own
scenery and making their own cos
tunes, at which they showed marx
ed degree of talent. 49,.
The girls yesterday gave an ihNer
probation of "Alice in Wonderiano
fne enough to make one think that
the book had been written as oe-
scription of the play. instead OF tne
other way around. The last OF the
afternoons program is a pageant IN
which there is review OF the hrs'
ten years of festivals.
This years festivals will END Satur
day. which is the anniversary day OF
the twentieth anniversary
In India about 100000 acres are de-
Dotod fn growing indigo.
Evening star., 1922-05-05
NURSEISSTUNNED
AFTER CONVICTION
Miss Knox to Begin 2o-Yea'
Penitentiary Sentence in
Few Days.
Erom . stafr cortespondent.


MoNTROSS, May SIN a room
crowded to suffocation, many driven
to- shelter from the downpour OF rain
outside, Miss Sarah L. Knox, middle
aged Johns Hopkins graduate nurse,
stood in the little Westmoreland
county courthouse last night and
heard twelve Virginia farmers pro-
nounce her guilty of the murder of
Mrs. Margaret l.. Eastlake at Colo
NAL Beach last September 80.
No outward sign of emotion was
displayed by the. woman, she appear
ing stunned as she stood by her sis
ter. Mrs. Meta W. r. Salter of Ocean
City, N. j., and heard Clerk Albert
Steuart announce the verdict, which
carries punishment of twenty years
in the penitentiary, nor did she replv
nor waver when few minutes later
Evening star., 1922-05-05

Rev DIR. w. T.. Hobart dean OF ths
Theological School OF Peking, are be-
hind Gen. WI Pei-Fu. fighting the in
fiuence Of Japanese concessionaries.
DIR. Hobart, speaking here today or
his thirty nine years in China. including
his experience as one OF the defenders OF
Peking during the boxer siege. said the
present struggle is part Of the effort
Of the pro-Japanese party to return to
power, but that Gen. WI had the better
army.
Evening star., 1922-05-05
sPANIARDs DEFEAT M00Rs.

LONDON. May 4.-Advices received
by the Spanish embassy here To-Day
stated that the operations of Span
ish troops in Morocco, which were be-
gun south of Tetuan, in the Benz
Aros district April 255 had been
crowned with success.
All the objects on the watersheds
between the Jetal and Bexiar rivers,
the advices stated, were occupied by
forces from Ceuta, while troops from
Ell Araish established themselves in
homes at Seddabd-Jebel.
Evening star., 1922-05-05
His Choice.

From the Boston Transcript.
Tommy was permitted to go. in and
see his new twin brothers. After
-Iooking at them a moment he said,
Keep the. red d-headed: one, ma, cause
he'll be the best fighter"
Evening star., 1922-05-05
1000 FALL AS WI
DRIVES FOE FROM
CHINESE CAPITAL
CONTINUED from First Page.)


the diplomatic corps. is also reported
to have notified the Chinese minister
OF foreign affsirs that the diplomatic
body insists upon fulfllment of the
condition Of the Tjentsin protocol of
1901. declaring the recent fighting
at Lukiuchao constituted a violation
of the treaty because that place was
within thirty Ii of Peking
Interviewed by Chinese newspaper
man at his headquarters in a modest
farm house on the outskirts of Chunt-
liangchen. Chang Tso-Lin said:
Il intended to unite China. The peo-
pie have suffered SO much in the past
from warfare that hoped Wu Pei Flu
and Tsao Kun would agree to peace.
Both have disappointed me. II WI
Pei-Fu and Tsao Kun had co-operated
the northern forces could quickly
have conquered the south
my purpose was to abolish the old
parliament and let the people elec:
new representatives., who would con-
vene Immediately for a stable govern
ment for all China"
SYMPATHY WITH WI.
Evening star., 1922-05-05
SYMPATHY WITH WI.

Dean Of Peking Theological School
Speaks in Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 5.-Chinese sympa-
thies in the civil war, according to the
Evening star., 1922-05-05

Tn India about 100000 acres are de-
voted to growing indigo.
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
SENAT0RSH0PE
GENOA PARLEY
WILL SUCCEED
All Agree, However, Result De-
pends on General European
HousecIeaning.
BY j. BART CAMPBELL.
International News Service.

II Europe will engage in some real
spring "house cleaning" the Genoa
conference may not end in failure. It
was the general opinion among Sena-
tors today.
Senators like Borah OF Idaho, John.
son Of California, La Toilette Of Wis.
consin. and Moses OF New Hamp.
shire. who are usually outspoken on
European affairs, shied at the ques
ton. What will happen at Gcnoa7'
Senator Hitchcock OF Nebraska,
ranking Democratic member OF the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
was one of several minority members
favorable to the League OF Nations,
who criticised the Administration for
refusing to participate in the confer.
ence.
Senator owen OF oklahoma. rank.
ing Democratic member of the SEN
ate Banking and Currency Commit
tee, who returned recently from a
six weeks visit TO Europe for the
purpose OF studying financial and
economic questions there, expressed
the belief that I'VE have right to
expect some progress TO he made, 4"
although he said 1T may take several
Genoa conferences TO bring Europe
hack to normal.
AT Genoa must be considered the
question of % balancing budgets
which involves t2) military expendi.
lures, and t8 the emission of printing
press money" said Senator owen. II
believe good results will flow from
this discussion. European nations
must discontinue the printing of ir.
responsible paper money and stop the
unnecessary expenditures for sol.
diers under arms. To accomplish this
they must agree on terms which will
guarantee peace and abate their fears
of each other"
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
ARMAMENTS To
Be CHIEF TOPIC
At TGENOAMEET
Stage Set for Opening OF Con-
ference-LIoyd George Al
ready on Ground.
BY FRANK K. MASON.
International News Service,

GENOA, April 8.-The first great
concerted movement since the world
war to reduce Europe's land arma-
ments as a safeguard for interna'
tional peace will be undertaken
when the general economic confer
ence of the powers opens here on
Monday.
Premier Lloyd George, of Eng
land. through whose initiative the
Genoa conference was summoned,
will be the leading spirit in the
movement to cut down the European
armies. The only marked opposi-
ton is expected to come from
France and Poland, the former
claiming to fear Germany and the
latter protesting to see a military
menace in Russia.
All or the great powers OF the
world. with the exception of the
United states. will participate in the
conference. Turkey was the only
nation that did not get a formal in
vitation TO take part.
The conference promises TO rank
In Importance tn the Paris peace
conference. Thu is the first time
that the allies have had an oppor.
tunity 10 meet the Russians face to
face in friendly debate over the
great issues which threaten Europe
with chaos and financial ruin.
Problems Before Conference.
Roughly the problems which the
statesmen will try to solve are:
l.-Reduction OF land armaments
70 as to reduce taxes and cut down
the expenditures OF the various gov.
ernments.
2.-Deflation OF currency.
3.-Balancing of budgets.
4-Reopening Of Russia to for
eign trade.
5.-Assistance OF Russia and Ger
many with credit on certain condi-
tons.
6.-Restoration OF peace in the
near east where the Greeks and
Turkish Nationalists have been at
war, so that the near east can be
opened up for commerce and trade.
7.-Creation of general economic
agreements TO foster business rela.
tions between the former belliger.
ents.
Indemnity Stumbling Block.
Whether German indemnity will
be considered is not known. Pre-.
mier Poincare has announced that
the French delegation will not per.
NIT this question TO be taken up.
On the other hand. the Germans
contend that 1t will be impossible to
reconstruct Europe commercially
unless their indemnity burden is
lightened. Both the British and
the French have united in the state
ment that neither the Versailles
treaty nor any other treaty will be
revised.
Premier Lloyd George has taken
the Washington conference for his
model and in his opening speech on
Monday he may explode a bomb.
shell similar to the history making
speech OF Secretary of State Hughes
in opening the Washington confer.
ence.
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
D. C.. LAWYER DROPS SUIT
AGAINST G. O. p. LEADERS

BALTIMORE, April 8.-Cpon the
order of Eugene O'Dunne. attorney
for Edward A. Ryan, a Washington
attorney. Ryan's 100000 damage
suit for alleged illegal ejectment and
arrest during the Republican rally
at the Fifth Regiment Armory on
September 81 1920, was dismissed
yesterday in the city court. The de-
PENDANTS were Galen L. TAFT. chair
man of the Republican State central
committee; John j. Hanson, a local
Republican; former Police Marshal
Robert d. Carter, and Patrolmen Le-
roy Eagan and Albert Holland.
Ryan was elected from the armory
and arrested when, after interrupt
ing the speech of then Senator Hard
ing. Republican nominee for Presi-
dent, he asked II the speaker would
scrap the League of Nations"
O'Dunne explained the dismissal
of the suit by saying the question
Ryan asked has been settled. Be-
sides. he added, the suit was two
years old. 1t had been called for
trial once, but Ryan was sick at the
time and could not attend court for
the trial.
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
|F|[D|}ly1Y?a!
Says We Now Have Alphabetical Crackers on
the Market, But Some People Are So
Illiterate They Can't Eat Them.
Rv John p Medbury
BY John p. Medbury.

don't make the punctuation
They ought to have periods, so
the kids would know when TO
stop eating.
Still, the bakers couldn't charge
as much for comma as they
could for a question mark.
One kid was eating these
cookies In hurry and his mother
told him not to eat them SO fast,
and to wait q while between each
one. but the kid said, II can't; l
haven't got any semicOlons left"
Another kid never could learn
to spell. He had all the letters in
the alphabet. but he didn't know
how to routine them.
Instead Of eating them alpha
beticaiIy he ate them just as they
came out Of the box.
Ordinarily they come out from
A to Il, but the guy who packed
them in the box never went to
college.
Don't ever eat these cookies in
the dining room. Your table man
ners might be all right, but your
spelling may be bad.
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
WOMEN RISK DEATH TO
LIFE OF DISHONOR

CHICAGO. April S.-One woman
Is dying as a result OF leaping from
a thirdstory window to escape
criminal attack and a girl slashed
her throat and will probably die be-
cause she had been outraged by two
hoodlums.
Miss Sigma Sundall, a chamber
maid at the Hotel Morrison, leaped
from the third story when a man en-
tered a room and attempted to as
sault her. Both her legs and her
Jaw were broken and She was in
tured internally. Police are search
Ing for a Janitor in the hotel.
Miss Mary Lado, aged seventeen.
after dragging herself TO the Chi
cago avenue station and telling of
an attack by Richard Berg and
Herman Nicholson. declared she
could not survive the disgrace and
slashed her throat before the police
could restrain her.
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
WIDOW TO START AGAIN
IN SEARCH FOR LOST SON

NEW YORK. April S.-Mrs. Mary
Whitaker. widowed mother. who is
seeking her lost soR, Sidney Leroy
Ross. today defied the Ill luck which
assailed her on her first start into
the wheat fields Of the West, and
is ready to go again in the little
motor car which is her home and
main possession. on her search.
Hardly out of sight of New York
last week, Mrs. Whitaker met an
accident. Going down long hill IN
the rain, just outside of Jersey city.
the brakes on her machine failed to
hold. The little car careened orr
the road, smashed into a plate glass
window, and Mrs. Whitaker landed
in Jail. She remained there one
night; then a fine was remitted and
she returned TO New. leaving the
automobile in the hands of an in
surance Company.
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
$4,000 BONDS
FOUND BURIED
IN bEDOF RIVER
RiverdaIe Park Yeggmen's
Loot Recovered Quarter of
Mile From Office.

The $4,000 worth of stocks and
bonds stolen yesterday by yegg-
men who blew a safe in the office
of the Riverdale Park Company at
Riverdale. Prince Georges county,
were recovered late yesterday after
noon In the Eastern branch OF the
Potomac river. at East Riverdale,
about a quarter Of a mile from the
scene Of the robbery.
Recovery of the securities was
due to Robert j. England, a dairy
man, who read in The Times a re-
port Of the robbery and who sus-
pected that the securities may have
been thrown into the stream. While
making a search along the banks
of the stream. England noticed sew
eral checks floating on the water
and he notified his mother, Mrs. j..
'R. England, of his find. Mrs. Eng
land then notified l.. l.. Gray. sec
retary and treasurer Of the realty
firm, who, with several men, re-
covered the checks and dragged for
the securities which were In tin
box. The box was taken from the
river q few minutes later.
UP to moon today, Constable
Thomas Fl. Garrison and Washing
ton detectives aiding IN the investi-
ga ton, failed TO find any clew to
the identity OF the yeggmen who,
not only blew the safe In the River
dale Park Company's office. but who
also robbed the Riverdale postoffice.
Efforts of Detective Sergeant
Fred Sandberg, official photographer
and . fingerprint expert Of the
Washington Police Department, to
get fingerprints at offices failed.
It being suspected that the yeggs
used gloves in their operations.
Besides the stocks and bonds, the
yeggs stole $500 in cash and
checks. 1t was these checks that
were found by England floating in
the Eastern Branch.
For all their daring the robbers
secured approximately only s10O in
cash. 1t is believed that they
thought the tin boxes contained
cash, or Liberty bonds. Mr.. Gray
said that the securities which were
stolen were not negotiable by others
except members OF the firm.
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
REPORT ON VETERANS
BUREAU is ATTACKED

CHICAGO. April S. Declaring
that "the success OF the whole sys-
TEN of vocational training for dis.
abled war veterans still is in the
balance" A. A. Sprague., chairman
Of the American Legion's rehabllita-
ton committee, yesterday asserted
that a recent statement by the
United States Veterans Bureau of
the work it was doing conveys i'm.
pressions that may be misinter.
preted or misused."
Sprague said the bureaus state
ment of the work done, signed by
c. Forbes. director, was true, but he
declared that mo statement should
be given out by the veterans bu-
reau to the general public which
would give the impression that the
bureau or the Government is a
'benefactor' to the sick and disabled
ex-service men"
The Washington times., 1922-04-08

There are certain crackers on
the market shaped like the let
ters of the alphabet. It's getting
so now that we have to. have an
education to eat.
Nobody wants to 20 to college
just so they can enjoy a cookie.
The oldfashioned crackers are
the best; you can eat them
whether you've got any brains
or not.
The idea In these alphabetical
cookies Is to teach the children
how to spell, but 1t doesn't work.
ii tastes the Same to them rs X.
One little kid got a stomach
ache and his mother asked him
where he got it and he said,
don't know, 1t was somewhere
between f and p"
He ate eleven OF them and when
he put them all together they
spelled indigestion"
Another kid made the word
mouse-trap. He ate the nine let
ters and they didn't hurt him, but
he got sick on the hyphen.
The manufacturers make all the
letters in the alphabet, but they
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
NAVY A|RFORCE
bE|NGWRECKED,
., WALSH CLAIMS
Ousting of Volunteer Officers
BY Annapolis Men Is Prus-
! sianism, He Says.
BY International News Service.

Charging that Prussianism exists
In the United States Navy. Senator
Walsh CD, of Massachusetts. today
declared the naval air service had
been wrecked by discrimination
against volunteer officers.
Hundreds OF naval airmen.
whose training cost the Govern
ment $4,00O,00O are being kicked
out because they are not naval
academy graduates" Walsh told
the Senate Naval Affairs Commit.
tee investigating alleged discrim
ination in the navy.
THE manner in which the navy
throws out these young men, who
rose to high ranke after volunteer
ing during the war. is cruel and
heartless. The treatment accorded
them is the rankeset kind OF Prus-
sianism and their removal has prac-
tically wrecked the naval air
service"
Walsh showed through the tes-
timony of Lieut. Albert Priel, a
naval airman of Boston, that only
handful of experienced aviation in
structors would be left in the navy
when the dismissal of volunteers
was completed" PriA. injured
in a recent plane accident, said he
was about to be discharged after
having trained scores OF naval
academy graduates to take the
places of volunteers.
"At every turn in their careers"
Walsh continued, these volunteers
were humiliated and hampered by
academy officers who sought to
impress upon them that their
standing was inferior to that OF
Annapolis graduates. Such con-
dition in our supposedly democratic
American navy is an outrage.
These volunteer aviators form
the very backbone of our naval
air defense. They are the instruc.
tors, the experienced birdmen. They
were in charge of the recent bomb
ing tests off the Atlantic coast that
won renown for the navy. Now
when their work is done, they are
to be kicked out with no chance to
earn a living. Many of them are
married with children and the best
five years of their lives will be
sacrificed because older executives
seek to favor naval academy gradu-
ates.
This inconceivably heartless &C.
ton, however the naval executives
may satisfy their own conscience,
will be repudiated by the entire
country once the facts are known.
On the eve of the greater develop
ment of our air forces, to wreck
the naval air service IS almost
criminal Certainly. 1T is a fright
full waste of money and experience"
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
HERRICK LAUNCHES FIGHT
ON "ENEMY" POSTMASTERS

Charging his wishes were ig-
nored because he was a poor
man." Congressman Manuel Her
rick Of Oklahoma today appealed to
tho Senate Civil Service Committee
to repudiate the Presidential sp-
pointment Of a postmaster at Black
well, Okla. HerricK declared that
c. II. Mcdowell, Republican in
cumbent. had been named by Presi-
dent Harding after the civil service
laws were violated and his own
wishes cast aside.
The committee took Herrick's pro-
test under advisement.
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
GALlI-CURCTS JEWELS
FOUND ON ROADSIDE

SAN DIEGO. Cal, April s.-The
jewels valued at $4,000, reported
lost by Nine. Galli-Curci, noted sing
er, at a restaurant at San Juan Cap
istrano Thursday were found yester-
day by an automobile express man
and returned to their owner, accord
ing to an announcement made by her
manager.
The Jewels were found beneath a
tree by the side OF the highway be-
tween this city and Los Angeles.
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
POLICE DOG LEADS OWNER
TO WHERE MATE WAS HID

PHILADELPHIA, April 8.-Fol-
lowing a four r-day-old trail, through
city streets. Karlo, a trained Ger
man police dog, solved the mystery
of the recent disappearance OF
Peggy, a full-blooded animal Of the
same breed. who wandered from the
home of their owner.
The trail led to the garage of
residence near Chew street and Park
avenue. The owner of the house at
first denied any knowledge OF the
dog, but later admitted he had taken
the dog and sent 1t away for safe
keeping.
Karlo. when given rein, raced
through the streets directly to the
garage of the house in question.
The Washington times., 1922-04-08
FREED ON CHARGE OF
INSURANCE MONEY THEFT


ROCKVILLE, Md. April s.-Al.
though Frank Easton. OF Silver
Spring, this county, was indicted
by the grand jury recently in ses-
sion here and charged with EN-.
bezzling s4s from the Eureka In.
surance Company. Of Baltimore, the
testimony at his trial in the circuit
court here failed to show that he
withheld any OF the company's
money. States Attorney Thomas
J.. Dawson accordingly confessed
to a plea Of not guilty and Judges
Peter and Worthington instructed
the jury to bring In verdict to
that effect. which was promptly
done. Easton was represented by
Attorney John A. Garrett. Of Rock
vile.
The biennial town election will be
held here the first Monday in Nav
to elect a mayor and four members
Of the town council to serve two
years. 1t is understood that all
OF the present board--Mayor Otis
Linthicum and Councilmen Wash.
ington Hicks. Charles G. Holland.
Joseph l.. Clagett and Clifford H.
Robinson-will stand for re-elec-
ton.
Mrs. Ann Pierce Tillum, widow Of
DIR. B, f. Tillum, of Chester county,
Pa, died few days ago at the
home of her nephew, Thomas j.
Lea, near Sandy Spring, this
county, aged nfnety-seven years.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Fannie T. Porter.