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pounds {about the same number of
dollars then at che rate Of exchange).
Besides food. clothing and money
given individually. our officers and
men contributed a total of $4,000.
Form Relief Committee.
"A meeting was called Of the repre-.
sentatives of all American relief and
other American organizatitns In Con-
stantinople and a disaster relief con-
mittee Of the Constantinople chapter
of the American Red Cross organized
Seeing that funds were greatly needed.
an appeal was sent to America for
money to carry on the RELIEF. which
hitherto entirely depended on iocal
donations and in which the Navy
nIayed a generous role. Thanks to
the efYorts of the United States Navy
station for disinfecting Russian
shins was founded. When ship ar.
rived the passengers were dlsempark'
ed and registered. A soup Kitchen was
established, which was supplied WIFI
wat Vegetables and scraps by ouI
ships. The refugees were lodged In
Creek monastery. This place also
gave shelter to 400 refugees awaiting
the recovery of relatives in the nos
pitals."
Bristol. include the organization of
Temporary hospitals for 100 beds or
the island and tents in which typhus
and tuberculosis patients were isolated
a maternity home where patients were
taken care of who would otherwise
have lied and the establishment OIL
a canteen at Sirkedji railway station
in STEAMBOAT where the refugees were
being landed from the shlps anu ois'
tributed to camps.
IG "Our canteen was established in the
train yard under ships awnings. The
hot chocolate and tea were made III
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An interesting account of the part
taken by the United States Navy in
the evacuation OF Crimea, and of the
failure of holshevik threats to halt
the substantial aid being rendered by
the Navy and other American agen-
cies, has Just been received by friends
in this city from Mrs. Mark L. Bris-
toi, wife of Admiral Bristol, United
States high commissioner to Turkey.
Mrs. Bristol gives an intimate de-
scription of conditions. and "f the
distress and needs of the refugees.
As soon as reports from Crimea
made 1t plain that Gen. Wrangel
could not stand against the invading
forces of the red army, Admiral
Bristol issued rush orders to all avail
able vessels of the Navy to proceed
at full speed and report to Rear Ad-
miral McCully. special representative
of the United States in Russia,
The United States vessels were or
dered to evacuate all Americans, help
to save American relief and CONNER
cial supplies. and assist In evacuat-
ing Russian refugees. in spite Of
threats that if they persisted they
would be shot. according to Mrs.
Bristol, Lieut.. Murray and a party
Of men from he u. 3. $. overton.
evacuated American goods -'alued at
100000 towing the barge on which
the goods were loaded to safety in
midstream. United States ships
evacuated to Constantinople 1908
refugees. women, children and wound
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IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

The work of the extension depart
ment of the school of religion was
presented by DR.. Sterling N. Brown.
director. He told of the growth of
that work and of the last twelve
years steady progress. until now,
with the most .meager outfit, the
number has increased to nearly $50
students. which number could be In
creased to thousands If the work is
properly backed. The startling fact
that there are 1.S00 annual calls. for
new pastors. and last year less than
100 graduates from all the schools to
supply the need. revealed a most per-
picking situation. He said that with
LOO preachers annually going into
the pastorate with but little, IL any,
training presented problem that the
American people have not yet seemed
to realize.
Among the notable visitors who
have visited Howard University dur
ing the past few weeks. perhaps some
of the most interesting were II. G.
Wells, the author and contemporary
English writer: Prince and Princess
Bibesco of Rumania. Princess Bibesco
being the daughter of Honorable II. II.
Asqufth. formerly premier of the Brit
ish empire: Robert r. Wilberforce, a
member Of the English delegation to
the arms conference. the great-grand-
son Of William Wilberforce. who be-
gan in England the movement to
abolish slavery in the British empire.
and Lord George Riddle, representa-
tive of the Newspaper Publishers As
sociation of London and their unoffl-
cial spokesman in the United States.
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PACKING STRIKE ENDS
FOR new YORK FIRMS

NEW YORK, January 14.-Termi-
nation of the strike against six local
meat packing firms, allied with the
big western packers, was announced
today by Pendleton Dudley, eastern
director of the Institute of Meat
Packers, who said he had received a
communication announcing the call
ing off of the strike from John Ken
nedy, president of the American
Meat Cutters and Butchers Work.
men Union of New York.
Mr.. Dudley asserted the six firms
involved had been operating, despite
the strike. for the last three weeks.
He added that the companies made no
concessions to the strikers.
At union headquarters termination
OF the strike was confirmed, but 1t
was stated that President Kennedy
had decided to make no statement
concerning the matter
The packers institute maintained
the local strike was purely a sym
pathetic" affair and was called with
out grievance, while an existing
agreement still had six months to
run.
The union maintained the strike
resulted from refusal of the packers
to agree to continuation of the ex-
listing wage scale, which the union
demanded under a clause of their
agreemnet. which provided for OPEN
ing of new negotiations upon the
serving of thirty days notice.
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DESPITE THREATS. u. S. NAVY AIDS
IN EVACUATION OF THE CRlMEA

ed. officers and men OF the Navy po-
Icing the docks and holding back
the bolsheviks. preventing the lat
ter from attacking the refugees.
Find Ship stranded.
1.-THE u. S. 8. st. Louis happened to
intercept a distress signal from the
Russian transport Rion, Mrs. Eris-
tol relates. Proceeding to her as
sistance she found her in the middle
of the Black sea with her engines
broken down. with no coal on board.
no food. no drinking water. and with
5000 refugees. many of whom were
sick and wounded. rhey were SO
crowded that they could not lie down
and many could not even sit down.
The sanitary conditions were inde-
scribable. The misery of these people
packed on the open decks in a driz-
zling winter rain, or in the sitting
damp between decks, with mothers.
many with babes in their arms. un-
able to do anything for their chill
dren suffering from sickness, nun
ger and thirst. is beyond conception
without actually being a witness to
this scene. She was towed to safe
anchorage in the Bosphorus.
1.-THE officers and crew of the st.
Louis were SO impressed oy The dis
tress and the pItifui conditions of
the Rion that they subscribed 500
with which to buy food and water
for these refugees Likewise, the Of
ficers and the crew of the U. S. S.
Whipple subscribed 1000 Turkish
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

A social meeting of the Nebraska
State Society will be held at wilson
Normal School Wednesday evening.
There will be a short musical pro.
gram and dancing. Representative
Mclaughlin will preside.
Kappa Alphas Of Washington and
vicinity will have q banquet at the
Franklin Square Hotel Thursday
speakers will be Col. John Temple
Graves, Representative s. o. Bland
of Virginia and William Atherton
DuPuy. Dancing will follow at 10:3O.
Robert M. Heth is president OF the
local alumni and John w. Wood OF
the George Washington University
Chapter.
The first annual concert under the
auspices of Oak Camp, No. 4, Wood
men of the World, will be held at
Northeast Masonic Temple. Sth ana r
streets northeast. Thursday and Fri
day nights.
Announcement was made last even
ing by Maj. c. Eugene Edwards, COM
mander Of the Military Service Le-
sion of the District of Columbia.
that the meeting scheduled for to-
morrow night has been postponed
until Tuesday evening, February Z,
at o'clock. This action was taken
in view of an invitation from Mai.
r. D. La Garde. the adjutant general.
District of Columbia militia, to the
legion members to witness parade
and review of the District National
Guard organizations February Z.
Thoss Who will take part In the
lobby concert at the Y. NJ. c. A. at
o'clock tomorrow night will include
Mrs. Morgan Bradford. contralto;
Warren L. Terry, tenor: Miss E. Jean
Fafhum. reader. and Herman Godfrey,
in comic songs. The accompanies
will be Miss NJ. G. Davis, Miss Nc
Cafferty, Miss Ethel Louise Quin-
land and Margaret A. Rose. These
Temple Graves will be the speaker at
the members dinner at o'clock
Wednesday evening, his subject to be
| "Armageddon.'
hewitt Higgins, twenty-six years
experimental farm of the Agricul-
tural Department at Arlington, Va.
accidentally came in contact with a
corn grinding machine at his place
| of employment yesterday afternoon
| and one arm was SO badly cut that
1t had to be amputated. The surgi-
cal operation was performed al
Emergency Hospital.
Edmund b. Mccormick, eleven years
! old. Kensington, Md, had his leg
broken in a coasting accident while
| at Chevy Chase with a party OF
! friends yesterday afternoon. He was
| taken to Emergency Hospital.
Catherine krug. nine years old
| 1881 35th street. was knocked down
by an automobile of Harry NJ. Fear.
| son, 1921 N street. at Reservoir and
| 35th street yesterday afternoon and
slightly injured. She was given first
| aid at Georgetown University Hos
pital. The automobile skidded to the
| curb and was damaged.
l The District Of Columbia branch OF
the National Association for the Ad-
| vancement of Colored People is to
hold it's annual meeting January 20
| at 7:45 o'clock in the assembly hall
Of the 18th street branch Of the
Y. n. C. A.
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mess pals over open fires and were
served out with a bread ration from
roughly constructed tables. The ladies'.
with sailor assistants worked day and
night in drizzling rain and mud ankle
deep. In connection with our canteen
we organized a dressing station and
rest room was fitted for women. About
1000 refugees were thus cared for
daily"
Mrs Bristol pays tribute to the
wonderful work" of the special
American Red Cross units under the
direction of Maj. c. Chafiin Davis and
Maj Ryden and makes additional
reference to the Navy. "On many
occasions" she writes. 81 have had
expressions of surprise and approba-
ton of the willingness of our Navy
to assist any and all in distress. I
| myself am familiar with the willing
| ness of our servcie to aid those in
distress. but i have been touched by
the work our Navy has done here In
Constantinople. The way the officers
and men worked night and day. were
always courteous and kind to the
refugees under trying circumstances,
and gave money. food and clothes.
| made all Americans here proud of
our Navy"
Evening star., 1922-01-15
HINDU FOLK LORE MADE
feature OF PROGRAM
Entertainment Under Auspices of
"Union Of the East and West"
Embraces Two Dramas.

Hindu folk lore abounded in the
program given under the auspices Of
The Union of the East and West" at
the Playhouse Friday night. The
body of the program was two Hindu
dramas in English, the first roman
KAN" a product from the pen of
India's poet and writer of lyrical
emphasized the natural poetical mind
of the Hindu peasant with its un-
whiting. philosophical outlook. The
theme verged, perhaps. on the border
OF a fairy story. 1t told of Amina, a
Mogul princess (played by Miss Ruth
her sister Roshenara (portrayed by
Bathsheba Askowith) into a river by
the father Of the present king Of Ara
kan. was rescued by Tung Loo
who keeps her as his daughter. She
falls in love with Daiia, supposing
him to be a peasant instead of the
king Of Arakan, the son of the man
who murdered her father and whp
cast her into the river. Amina's sis
mans hut and urges revenge against
the present king for the follies of his
father, but Amina finds that her
lover Dalia IS In reality the king and
sets aside the idea of revenge to be-
The character Of Dalia Is excellently
played by Chandra Nath, who impresses
his audience with the true intention
of the Hindu drama. Played on the
greenswafd, usually near a temple, the
effect of these plays is to illustrate to
the mind the ethics of rightful living.
The second play, "Savitri," or Love
CoRluers DEATH" adapted from a story
in the great Hindu epic THE Mahab-
harata.'' 1.-The Mahabarata" is the ac-
camulation of stories OF deeds. some
tender, some daring. 1t might be an
unwritten mixture of the occidental
Odessy and Had delivered in oriental
style. This play, depicting throughout
its two scenes the pleadings Of young
wife, played by Miss Ruth Garland,
with Yama the God Of Death. Chandra
Nath, for the life of her husband,
brings to the fore the fatalistic turn
of mind ascribed to the people Of India
and which has been the basis Of their
ethical trend of culture. Hindu plays
end always happily on the theory that
the good are rewarded, and so Savitri,
the young wife, by the strength Of her
love overcomes Yawa, the Death.
Some folk music was played by 8.
N. Lahifi on q native instrument. The
music was q series of rising and falling
meanings entirely different from the
theory Of occidental harmony, and the
songs AZ sung by Mr.. Lafiri reached
their nearest to the western world when
compared to the famous Gregorian
chant.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
Continued From Twenty-eighth PaGel.


ing the Christmas recess. Everytning
Is pointing to the midyear e1amina-
tions. which will mark the culmlna-
tion of the first semester. Ihe exam
nations will begin on Friday, Janu-
ary 20. and will last for q week. A
heavy second semester registration Is
not contemplated.
The Shahan Debating Society is
planning many activities for tne sec
ond semester. A series OF wseky ue
bates and a number of smokers and
recitals will be run soon. The society
Is also considering the details FOR the
Oratorical contest ana rectors prize
debate. which are always Dig features
at C. U. These and other plans were
discussed at the meeting of the So
ciety Wednesday. evening with the
moderator. Father Cassidy.
The Glee Club has secured the re.
ception room Of Gibbons hall for AL
future meetings. and will henceforth
continue the plan Of musical enter
tainments at the Wednesday weekly
conference Of the rector In the gym
nasium hall.
Friday the 18th is considered as
especially unlucky by all those in
fiuenced by omens and signs. but in
nowise marred the enjoyment or In
f1uenced the state OF MIND OF those
IN attendance at the senior law
dance Friday night. The committee
in charge assured every one before
hand that Friday nor the 18th would
in nowise impair the good time
planned. and their prediction proved
correct, as any of the $50 couples In
attendance will testify. The decora-
tions, the floor, the refreshments. the
music. were of the best and an ex-
cellent time was had all around. The
committee in charge follows: Ed
O'Connor, Joe Kelly, Tim Curtin,
George Vail. Joe Dunn, Jim Hughes,
Mark jackson and Bill Dudine.
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ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.

The Wanderlusters' hike will start
from Branchvflle, Md. Take cars from
18th and G streets at 12:45 and lis.
Mr.. Thomas will lead.
Red Triangle Outing Clubs hike
will start at 2:30 o'clock. Meet where
Brookland car line crosses B. & O.
railroad. To walk by Forts Totten
and Slemmer to Brentwood.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
CLUB HAS ELECTION.
Colored Organization Names Itl
0fncers for 1002.

Oficsrs for 1922 Of the Mu-So-Lit
Club. an organization Of this city. COM
posed of leading colored citizens who
are interested In musical. social and
literary work, were elected at the an
nuai meeting In the new club house,
1897 r. street, Friday night.
They are: President. DR.. C. Sumner
Wormley; first vice president. Mai.
Milton F. Dean; second vice president,
DR.. U. ]. Daniels. and secretary-treas-
urer. James G. Burlls. House commit
tee: NJ. s. Spencer, J. H. Polk and
George II. Murray. Board of directors:
DR.. A. NJ. Curtis, Mortimer M. Harris,
w. L. Houston. DR.. ]. c. DowlinE, Wal
ter ]. Singleton, ]. Percy Bond, DR.. q.
c. Terry, Morris 8. Koonce. G. Fred
Cook and DR.. c. 8. Wormley. Auditing
committee: NJ. Grant Lucas, Charles =.
Hall and William L. Wilkinson.
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.

The Sameul F. Miller and Richard
H. Alvey societies have chosen speak
ers for the second inter-society de-
bate. This debate will occur Janu-
ary 81. upon the following subject:
United States be amended to pro-
vide that Congress only may excer-
else the power to declare war after
a referendum vote by the people of
the several states, in which 4 majon-
ty Of those voting shall have voted
Society by public tryout, chose
Messrs. Kephart, Whining and Capt.
Mccall to represent them. The AL
vey Society chose Messrs. Davidson,
Verdi and Stevenson by public try
out. with Mesrs. Jennings and Pum-
phrey as alternates.
The public is invited to attend this
debate and an interesting evening Is
assured.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
EXPLORER DENIES
CANADIAN CHARGES
Stefansson Declares Own
Request for Investigation
Went Unheeded.
Nv the Associated Press.

BUFFALO,, N. Y, January H.
Charges into which several members
of vilhjalmur Stefansson's 1913-191 IL
expedition into the Arctic have de-
Canadian government. which financed
the expedition. were denied In a state
ment issued here today by Stefansson.
He declared he himself had vatnly
sought public hearing at which he
expedition returned.
Mr.. Stefansson said:
Would Net Investigate.
Il have been shown an Associated
Press dispatch dated Ottawa. This
dispatch concerns a report that the
Dominion government has been asked
to investigate certain charges with
regard to the Canadian Arctic expedi-
tion of 1878. of which 1 was COM
mander.
MY only comment now is that when
] came south in 1918 l found the
and many others were being circu-
lated, chiefly by word Of mouth and
by personal letters at Ottawa and else
where. / suggested both then and
mont that formal Investigation
should be made. They decided against
this each time I brought the mat
ter up.
IF the investigation comes of now
IT Is only what 1 have several times
asked for. I am only sorry it was not
made promptly on the return of the
expedition in 1915"
Knows Nothing OF Finances.
Mr.. Stefansson later amplified his
statement by saying that long before
the expedition was completed there
were evidences of dissatisfaction. He
denied that the members of his ex-
ters or telegraph. If they were for
hidden, he said, thev did not obey or
ders. and all of them were in COM
munication with friends and relatives
So far as the cost of the expedition
is concerned. Mr.. Stefansson declared
today that he knew nothing of the
financial arrangements, as they were
not in his hands.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
DEMAND FOR INQUIRY.
Canadians Want Expedition and
Loss Of Men Probed.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, January 14.-Demands for
a thorough governmental inquiry into
Vilhjalmur Stefansson's official expe-
dition to the arctic and the tragic
loss of the Karluk with eleven of
her crew have been made, it was
learned, by members of the explor-
er's party.
Publication of THE Friendly Arctic"
by Stefansson. leader of the exped1-
tion. which was financed by the Do
mtnion government. has brought to
a head friction which apparently ex-
listed among members of the party
from the outset.
Statement by DR.. Anderson.
Or. r. NJ. Anderson, geolosist, now
acting chief of the biological division,
department of mines, was In charge
of the southern party which was en-
gagged in scientific work in the ex-
treme northern land of Canada, while
party. which was assigned to explore
the unknown waters of Beaufort sea.
DR.. Anderson declared today that
friction started at the time Mr..
expedition that he had sold out the
newspaper rights Of both parties"
- Not Allowed to Write Home.
1.-THE men were not allowed to
write home except through Ottawa"
DR.. Anderson said. land were not al
lowed to send kilograms to their
relatives. The feeling spread among
the men that a supposedly scientific
expedition was really a newspaper
and magazine exploiting enterprise"
DIR. Anderson also charged Stefans-
son with endeavoring to change the
whole conduct of the expedition as
outlined in orders from the govern
ment and with pursuing a noJicy of
wild extravaganza. The expedition.
DIR. Anderson asserted, was supposed
TO cost $4,000, but actually cost more
than $500,000.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

The first meeting Of the recently
organised advisory board OF the
school Of religion of the Howard UNI
versity was held on the university
campus Wednesday. Thia board has
been organised for the purpose Of
promoting q definite cooperative
plan by which al persons interested.
Irrespective of religious faith. may
work together for q better trained
President j. Stanley Durkes pre-
scented the larger plans of the uni
veFsity. and told Of the things already
accomplished and those being planned.
He stressed the. need OF great in
terdenominational theological school
Dean d. Butler Pratt presented the
present condition of the school OF re-
ligion of Howard University. He
presented the needs for a divinity
hall, as the school Of religion has no
building Of It's own. and the pressing
need Of additional professors, assist
ant director Of extension work, aud
the need OF further clerical help,
Evening star., 1922-01-15
CHURCH row VICTIM DIES.

William Bush. colored, thtrty-nine
years. lilo 8 street, who received Sc
we're injury to his head while In q fight
In the Florida Avenue Baptist Church,
Florida avenue and Bohrer street, Friday
night at q business meeting of the con-
gregation, died at Freedman's Hospital
at o'clock this morning.
Joseph Burke, colored, forty-nine
years, 2226 Georgia avenue, and James
A. Jackson, colored, fifty -one years, 1898
9Th street. who are alleged to have as
saulted Bush, were rearrested this
morning by police Of the eighth pre-
cinct to await the result Of . coronef's
inquest to bo bold d-fomoffoW -
Evening star., 1922-01-15
AIM TO END LIFE REVEALED
IN MRS. RYAN'S LETTERS
BY the Associated Press.

ny the Associated fre1o.
PARIS, January 14.-Further ex.
animation today Of Thomas Stewart
Ryan of the Paris staff Of the Chica-
go Tribune. who is being held by the
police in connection with the criti.
cal condition Of his wife a. a con-
sequence. 1t is alleged, Of the taking
Of three poison tablets while with
Mr.. Ryan in . hotel room here, de-
veloped two farewell letters Of Mrs.
Ryan In which the police say she
announced her intention to commit
suicide.
Counsel for tho defense have estab-
1ished that Mr.. Ryan was not armed
at the time and quote his wife As
having said she took the poison ''un-
der moral constraint."
MIRA Ryan. a California woman.
who. as violinist. Is known as Miss
Audrey Creighton. was much weaker
teday. She is in the American hos
pital at Neuilly.
Evening star., 1922-01-15
CHAPLAIN sTuLL RETIRED.

Chaplain George C. Stull, recently
been placed on the retired list Of the
Army In the grade of Lieutenant
Colonel. by operation Of law on ac-
count of age. He Ia from Montana,
was chaplain Of the 1st Montana In
fantry during the Spanish war and
in February t9o1>
Evening star., 1922-01-15
INFLUENZA KILLS FOUR.

Although four deaths from influenza
have been reported to the District
health department since January !,
Health Officer Fowler sees no reason
to expect a spread of the disease here
this winter. There were no cases of
the disease. other than the four in
which death occurred reported, this
month.