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Evening star., 1922-03-12
PLUMBERS CONVENTION"
RAIDED BY OFFICERS
|Six Kegs of Beverage Declared to
Contain Too Much Alcohol
Seized at Shea's.

Elbowing their way through a large
crowd in front of and inside the near
peer saloon Of James E. Shea, North
Capitol and P streets early last night,
police and revenue agents raided the
esta abllshment on warrant charging
sale OF beverages with an illegal
content of alcohol.
Upon entry they found, it is claimed,
forty empty kegs and eighty empty
cases, with half dozen Kegs in
which the beverage reposed Shea was
arrested on a charge Of Illegal ros-
When the police ARRIVED at the
scene and asked about the larscness
of the crowd, they were informed
ton"
Arrangements for the raid were
Lieut.. Davis, who headed yesterdays
raiding party. with Sergt CarIin,
went to look over the establishment.
BY actual count there were los per-
sons in the barroom and thirty-seven
automobiles had been parked out
side. In few of these machines were
women to whom liquor was being
carried out by male conpa Mons.
The police arrived too late to get
samples Of the bottled goods being
sold, but through an agent, some of
Yesterday, this sample was analvize.l
by prohibition department chemists
and is said to have contained :.4S per
cent alcohol.
AS soon as this was established
a warrant was procured and the raid
was made. The crowd that greeted
the raiding party. which was COM
posed of Detective Fowler, Revenue
Agents Rose and Helms, in addition
to Lieut.. Davis and Sergt. Carlin,
indicated to them that something
decidedly out of the ordinary was
transpiring at the corner barroom.
whats doing here?" asked Lieut..
Davis of a bystander.
"Oh, nothing at ALL" was the re-
ply. IT'S only plumbers conven-
ton"
us that so?" replied the lieutenant,
and the raid commenced.
The agents procured samples from
each of the six or seven barrels left,
ii was stated by the police, and the
remainder of the beverage was dump
ed into the sewer. AS it swirled down
the gutter, foaming and seething, an
odor arose betokening the presence
of malt and hops.
Shea was released on 81 900 bonds
after the charges had been placed
against him to appear for a prelimi-
nary hearing on the case, which will
he beld, it is expected, during the
early part of the week.
Evening star., 1922-03-12
POLITICAL RIDDLES PUT
BY EDISON AND OTHERS
TO new JERSEY WOMEN

By the Associated Press.
ORANGE, N. j., March 11.-Thom-
as A. Edison, whose favorite in
door sport is propounding ques-
tions for other people to answer,
has invented a pair Of new ones
for use in a QUESTIONABLE of ten
"stickers," compiled by the New
Jersey League Of Women Voters to
test women's political acumen-
Besidas Mr.. Edison's two. the
QUESTIONABLE includes two each
submitted by Gov. Edwards, Presi-
dent John Grier Hibbon of Prince
ton University, Dean Mabel s.
Douglas Of the College for Women
at Rutgers and former Gov. Ed
ward C. Stokes.
The league will distribute the
list throughout the state. announc-
ing a free railroad ticket to the
Pan-American conference of wom-
en- at Baltimore, April 20-27, as
the prize for the best answers.
Here are few of the questions:
why should, or should not,
women serve on juries""
Write one sentence on proper
tional representation, the short
ballot or the city manager plan"
What is politics."
What was the chief force that
brought about the eighteenth
amendment"
Evening star., 1922-03-12
Actors Demand Pay
For Entertainment
For Radio Phones

NEW YORK, March 11.-Ap-
preciative, hut non = PAYING
wireless amateurs who have
been sitting Mt home and list
eDing to world famous enter.
tuiners face an edfct OF the
Actors Equity Association that
such performers must be pnid
for their work.
Announcement Is made that
g the council OF the association
has ruled that the radtophone
Is competing with the theater
and that those who talk or sing
In the Transmitting apparatus
must he compensated.
In the last few months there
have been numberIess free con-
certs, free stage performance
free lectures and other features
supplied to the owners OF radio
phones. The ether waves car
rying these entertafnmcnts
have been picked uy hupdreds'
even thousands, Of miles dis
tant by receiving "sets," which
nre MS common as hOn,e-brew
outfits.
Evening star., 1922-03-12

Tangled heaps of frozen corpses
some attacked by. starved dogs: sick
ness. dirt and cold in the Volga valley
are described to Secretary Hoover in
a nightmare picture of the famine
districts Of soviet Russia drawn by
Dr. Thomas H. Dickinson of the
American Relief Administration in a
special report on conditions there. \
DR.. Dickinson made months tour
of the Volga valley and the foothills
of the Urals. travelling 1000 miles by
rail. auto and sled, inspecting $50 viii
lagos on the snow-covered steppes.
In his report to Mr.. Hoover. DIR. Dick
inson gave the bare and gruesome
details of his observations.
"Losses from famine in soviet Rus
sia," he said, come under the heads
of emigration, disease and death.
rises to about 80 per cent. Houses
are deserted, not a dog. cat or pig
left, with snow breaking through the
roofs and windows. Smoke comes
from the chimneys of not more than
half the houses. Travelling on the
roads one comes across pathetic cara
vans, father, mother, grandparents
and samovar. When camel or horse
falls sick they leave him to die on
the open plain. Sick persons. sit on
top of the sleds and are taken to
town to die.
Wait for Locomotives.
"On sidings everywhere. from Po-
crowded with refugees. The govern
ment has not the locomotives to carry
them, so they are waiting.
THE characteristic expression of
childhood In Russia is that of a per-
son sore at life.' have learned to
dread going into . room full of chill
dren. They all look up at me ac-
cusingly, bitterly, as If l had done it.
They are born with resentment in
their hearts.
Diseases are we'll distributed be-
tween summer and winter. Last sum-
mer cholera, this winter typhus. Rus
sia lost 100000 dead of typhus in
This year will be as bad.
$50 many are already dying that
they are burying them in wagon
loads. They take Off the clothes of
the dead, throw them into boxes. put
snow on the bodies to freeze them,
cemetary. There, twice a week. they
are thrown into great holes, cross
wise. packed closely. Dogs have be-
come a menace and attack piles of
bodies in droves and dig into graves.
Dead children, starved to death, are
left outside in open ways in piles,
covered with rags until they can be
hauled away"
Gnawed by Dogs.
From his notes, DR.. Dickinson de-
scribed burying ground near Samara,
where the dead. gnawed by dogs.
were piled in frozen mounds until
thrown into great excavations.
There were three great holes" he
continued, ten by twenty feet and
eighteen feet deep. Around these
were piles of frozen naked bodies,
Evening star., 1922-03-12
W|THHOLDS DATA
ON VICE CLUBS"
St. Louis Official Will Tell of
immortality in School
Only to Parents.
By the Associated Press.

l.
ST. LOUIS, March 1l.-Victor J.
Miller, president of the board of po-
lice commissioners, today refused 20
submit to the board of education, in
executive session. any information he
possessed on which he based his
| charge that vice clubs existed among
I boys and girls of Soldan High School
according to announcement by j. c.
robin. president of the school board.
MI Miller, however, announced thai
he would submit all data he had to
representative body of parents"
foiioWinS the announcement that
Mr. Miller had declined to give the
board any proof of the charge thai
a club of boys existed which made
IT'S chlef requirements of entrance
that the applicant must have vioiat-
ed the moral code and that a similar
club OF girls existed at the same
school, mass meeting was called
| Tor tomorrow at which it was an
nounced the parents of the students
will discuss what action to take re-
garding Mr. Miller's refusal to divulge
his information.
were invited to the mass meeting, but
Mr. Miller declined, adding that he
would present his Information to a
| committee of parents
Gov. Hyde arrived late this evening
and it was understood went into con-
ference with several republican leaders.
but the subject of the conference was
not made public. The governors pres
ence here. it was generally rumored
indicated that he desired to familiarize
! himself with the matter before making
any statement or taking any action. 1t
| is understood that the parents will make
! a personal appeal to him.
The board Of education Apent the
afternoon in executive session, while
hundreds of mothers, high school
teachers, students and others crowd
ed the anterooms and the corridors
Of the building.
Evening star., 1922-03-12
SEARCH BROKER FIRMS
FOR UNGER EVIDENCE
Detectives Seek to Learn Extent of
Speculation of Accused Uni
versity Official.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. March 1l-De-
tectives today were engaged in re-
viewing books of several brokerae 2
firms in an effort to learn the extent
of the speculations of Walter A Tn
ger, former assistant treasurer of
the funds of the Evans Dental Insti-
tute of the University of Pennsyl-
yania- who is alleged to have used
the institutes securities in playing
the market.
Securities valued at $4,000 are
missing, while Unger is in Jail under
$4,000 bond. indicted for the alleged
theft of $4,000. A check for that
amount had been drawn by Unger
shortly before his fight, nearly two
weeks ago. When captured in a
Philadelphia rooming house Thurs
day night he had $4,000 in cash in
his possession.
Additional indictments in connec-
ton with the loss of the securities
will be presented to the grand jury
Monday. the district attorneys office
aid toaRy.
Meanwhile Unger has asked that
his mGSher and sister be not permit :
ted to see him, detectives said. II
am ashamed to face them," the police
quoted him as saying.
Evening star., 1922-03-12
|GEDDES URGESALL
TO AID PEACE MOVE
Declares Belief That Nations
Honestly Seek Economic
Prosperity.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, March 11.-DecIaring his
belief that all responsible statesmen
of the great world war powers are
honestly doing their best to restore
economic prosperity" Sir Auckland
Geddes, British ambassador to the
United States, appealed to the Chi
cago Association of Credit Men
in an address today to lay firm and
true foundation of mutual interest,
world peace may safely rest for years
to come
Although urging the cooperation
of nations in securing world peace.
the British envoy avoided any direct
pacts. He said. however, he could not
allow the opportunity to pass without
paying tribute to the spirit shown by
the representatives of all nations at
Washington.
There was not a representative but
did his utmost to lay the foundation
for long continued peace throughout
the world" Sir Auckland said. $50
long as the subject dealt directly or
indirectly with that great human in
terest."
All Suffer Together.
"The evils in world affairs now,
however" he added, "are more econ
omical than political. Much Of pres
ent day unrest is based on the
economic position in which various
countries find themselves. If there
is one thing the war has taught. it
is that we are SO interlocked that no
one nation can suffer without other
nations suffering also"
The ambassador cited the partic-
To ~ he ft tnl
States and Great Britain, adding that
because of the heavy purchases by
Britain of American goods "the pros
perity of Americas foreign trade is
dependent on British capacity to buy
your goods and pay for them" He
painted dark picture of British
trade, depleted because of the COL
lapse of Russia and the straitened
condition of Germany and Austria,
unrest in the east and the heavy tax
alton imposed on the British people
as a result Of the war.
"Come Back, Will Be Slow.
Attention was drawn to these con-
ditions, he said, because some COM
mentators believed trade would be
booming within a few weeks"
ut Is not going to be easy to get
continued. 1T will come back, but it
will not be easy. The period ahead
requires the greatest skill and care;
we are facing disordered world, but
l believe all difficulties will be over
come If our best interests and will
are brought to bear.
Continental Europe is shattered
beyond the hope of immediate recov-
cry and / appeal to you to do all you
can to see that no unnecessary him
drance is put in the way of interna-
tional trade, because through inter-
national trade alone can prosperity
come back.
II believe there is a great world
opportunity for the intelligent Coop
Grafton Of the business men Of all
countries"
Evening star., 1922-03-12
NEW CODE URGED
TO GOVERN ALIENS
House Committee Would
Open Schools to Combat
Red Propagandists.

complete new naturalization code
representing two years. work by the
House committee on immigration and
naturalization is proposed in bill in
troduced yesterday by Chairman John
son.
Plans for the establishment of
schools for the immigrants to be edu-
Gated to United States principles and
Ideals before the red propagandists can
reach them is an important feature of
this measure.
sweeping reorganization of the
naturalization bureau of the Depa&R-
inent OF Labor, changing it's name to
the bureau of citizenship" for the pur-
pose OF extending. its scope and max
proposed.
Rules for Married Women.
Independent naturalization of mar.
citlzensh1p by resident American
women who marry foreigners is pro-
posed. 1t also would end automatic
DeStoWai OF citizenship through natu-
ralIation and marriage and require all
10 qualify and take the oath of alle-
glance. Aliens admitted would be re.
quired to read and write and speak
the English language.
ihe Dill drastically excludes enemies
OF the government from citizenship. 1,
requires each resident alien to regis,
ter annually at some time between
august and November, expenses Of reg.
lstratfon to be paid from an annual fee
Of SIS. Moneys collected as fees are
70 De set aside as a citizenship In
struction fund" under control of the
Secretary Of Labor for proportionate
aiiocatlon to public schools to pay
salaries OF public school teachers in
cltlzenship classes organized for the
purpose or teaching loyalty. citizenship
responsibilities and the English Ian.
guage. Each community receiving such
an allotment is to contribute a like
amount for support of citizenshir
classes.
Would Bar Witnesses.
The bill would eliminate appear
ance OF witnesses at naturalization
hearings, thereby saving annually {
cash outlay of s7,25o.ooo by appli
cants' and the economic waste o.
more than $5.750,00O, which is now
imposed annually on more thar
$4,000 citizens, employers and EN-.
ployes. Removal of technicalittes il
the present law which impose an un.
necessary burden of about $1,000, ,OOt
annually through dismissal Of appli
cations of worthy petitioners is aIst
contemplated.
In presenting this bill. Chairman
Johnson said: This bill redeems re
publican platform pledges for the bet
ter economic guidance of aiien resi-
dents, as well as pledges for inde
pendent citizenship for women. TIL,
registration plan presented is a modi
ncation OF proposals made by Secre
tary Of Labor Davis, and the fee.
charged are not more than the pres
ent cost of dragging two witnesse.
to court at the time of each naturali
Zation.
III We can continue the present
heavy restriction of immigration ant
put into effect the many details o,
this improved naturalization system
including separate naturalization OF
alien women, we can clean house
in the United States in a manner jus1
to ourselves and satisfactory to the
great bulk Of our alien population"
Evening star., 1922-03-12
TWO MORE textile
| MILLS CLOSE down
Rhode Island Strike Enters
Seventh Week With New
Complications.
BY the Associated Press.


PROVIDENCE, r. l.. March IL
A new situation today developed in
the Rhode Island textile strike. now
at the and of its seventh week. when
B. B. and r. knight, Inc, owners of
many textile plants in the state. an
nounced their decision to close their
Natick and Pontiac mills indefinitely.
While official confirmation was lack
ing tonight, 1t was understood that
other cotton textile manufacturers
were planning similar action. 49,
Natick has been the storm center
OF the strike in the Pawtuxet valley,
1t was there and at the adjoining
village of Pontiac that riots broke
out February 20 in which the mill
property was damaged. Troops sent
to the valley at that time, are still
guarding the two mills. The iron
battalion" of strike sympathizers,
which took an active part in strike
activities in the Pawtuxet area, has
Its headquarters at Natick.
One Of Largest Mills.
The Natick mill, one of the largest
in the Pawtuxet valley, manufactures
sheetings, shirtings and twills and
employees 937 persons. The Pontiac
plant, devoted to wide sheetings and
cambrics, has personnel of SIC.
The only disorders of the day oc-
Cured in the Black stone area, where
stones We're thrown by crowd of
strike sympathizers at a truck load
of workers on their way from East
Providence to the Jake Dunnell plant
OF the United States Finishing Com
pany in Pawtucket. Several workers
were cut, but none seriously. Three
strike sympathizers were arrested.
1T was announced today that Mayor
Gamer of Providence will extend a
welcome in the. name of the city to
Samuei Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor. when
he appears tomorrow night to speak
on the textile strike situation at a
local theater. Thomas F. Mcmahon.
president of the Union Textile Work
ers, will be another speaker.
Evening star., 1922-03-12
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Evening star., 1922-03-12
Cold Shears Giuen Mr.: Hughes
By Washington Correspondents

responsible delegate. Anything I said
was authoritative, not gossip or specu-
knew knew; that what said was not
mere supposition. / had to be espe-
peciaily guarded that I should say
nothing which would give free course
to inadvisable reports, or, on the
other hand, would be in any way a
breach Of that honorable confidence
without which my usefulness in the
department would soon be at an end"
Evening star., 1922-03-12
LEAVES FOR HONOLULU.

NORFOLK. Va. March 11.-Col. P.
W. Quincy, commandant at the Army
supply base since January 1, left to-
day for Honolulu. where he will be
depot quartermaster. Capt. L. S.
Woods, who has been next in COM
mand to Col. Quincy. will be acting
commandant until Col. Guiney's sue
cessor is appointed.
Evening star., 1922-03-12
LEGISLATOR PREDICTS
SPECIAL VIRGINIA SESSION
Senator Goolrick Calls House Mem.
bers Ignorant Body of Leader
less Reactionaries."
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, March 11-State
Senator c. O'Connor Goolrick of
Fredericksburg, in an address made
during the closing hours Of the 1922
session Of the state legislature, de-
clared the legislators could not point
to a single constructive thing ac-
complished," and characterized the
lower branch of the assembly as an
Ignorant body of leaderless, irrespon-
sible reactionaries. who would wreck
any constructive plan"
The senator predicted a special ses-
sion would be necessary before No
vember to enact Constructive" leg,
islation.
Evening star., 1922-03-12
VIRGINIA FAILS TO VOTE
ROAD BOND LEGISLATION
Senate Refuses to Accept House
Amendment for Referendum
on Last Day of Session.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND. Va, March 11.-The
bond issue bill for highways and the
bill for tax on gasoline went to their
death today, after having passed the
senate.
The house declined to name a con-
ference committee on the bond bill. after
adding a referendum amendment, and
the senate refused to accept that This
means that the members will go back
to their homes, hear what the people
have to say and come back for an extra
session to pass again on the measure.
Evening star., 1922-03-12
GANDH1's FRIENDS PEACEFUL
Follow Leaders Request-Gloom
Over Montagu's Resignation.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 1.-THE Bombay
correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph Company says that generally
Secretary Montagu's resignation
<cclipses interest in Gandhi's arrest.
The moderates take gloomy view
and await with anxiety announce
nent of his successor.
The news of Gandhi's arrest, says
the correspondent, has been received
quietly throughout India, and. ac-
cording to the reports, his admoni-
ton to his followers to remain peace
full is being followed. 1t is under
stood that the sedition charges are
based on the recent congress res
olutions drawn up by Gandhi.
The Amritzsar Patrika says it is
Evening star., 1922-03-12
DEATH OF c. A. BARCHER.

NEW YORK, March 11.-Charles A.
Barcher. for many years editor and
publisher Of the American CONNER
cial Traveller, died today of throat
trouble. Dhe body will be sent to
Cincinnati. where Mr.. Barcher was
born, for interment
Evening star., 1922-03-12
Appreciation Expressed.

OF the Bengal legislative council today
the Indian members gave notice that
they had passed resolution expressing
regret at the resignation of Edwin s.
Montagu as secretary of state for India
and expressing appreciation of his serv-
ice. The president of the council re-
fused a request for adjournment as a
token Of regret, whereupon the Indian
members, with the exception of eleven,
walked out of the meeting.
The Calcutta Statesman says: "Mr
Nontagu's policy has been bold. am
bilious and ungrudgins and his re-
tirement will be sincerely lamented
by Indians of all creeds and PARTIES
Held Sincere Friend.
The New Empire declares that
Iontagu served India ''in a mag
nificent spirit of devotion and con-
1idence in her destiny of self-govern-
ment."
The Bengali says: Secretary
Montagu has been the sincere friend
of India. He has proved to be by far
the best secretary India ever had: he
elevated the status of India to that
Of an equal partner"
The Swaraj speaks of the resigna-
tion as "a bolt from the blue"
Resignation Declared Disaster.
MARRAS, British India, March II.
New India considers the resigna ton
of Edwin S. Montagu a disaster
fraught with serious consequences.
1t deplores that the British cabinet
has not realized the magnitude of
the Indian problem
The Madras Mail declares that
Great Britain's whole eastern position
is in danger of collapse unless she
reverses her policy. In the opinion of
this paper, Mr.. Montagu's resignation
has done good in clearing the air and
,naking it imperative for the govern
,nent to make a definite statement of
its policy.
Evening star., 1922-03-12
GORDON N. McaREGoR DIES

MONTREAL, March 11.-Gordon NJ.
McGregor, vice PRESIDENT and general
manager Of the Ford Motor Company
of Canada, died in the Royal Victoria
Hospital today. He underwent an oper-
alton for intestinal trouble Wednesday.