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Evening star., 1922-12-17
BRIDE DIES OF WOUNDS
INFLICTED BY HUSBAND

AS a result Of bullet wounds re-
ceived when she was shot by her
husband last Monday night, Mrs.
Alice Purchase Brown, thirty-fi five
years Of age, 1910 14th street north
west, died at the Emergency Hos
pital at 12:40 o'clock this morning.
Elmer r. Brown, husband Of the
woman, to whom he had been mar
ried but q week. died as a resiult of
seif-inficted bullet wounds Monday
night.
Tho woman was shot following an
arfument with her husband in their
home following her return home
from q visit.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
ship FAST AGROUND
OFF NEWFOUNDLAND
Prospero on Horse Island and
Pounding Heavily, Says Message.
Passengers Aboard.
BY the Associa ted Press.


HALIFAX, N. s. December 16.-
The steamer Prospero. owned by the
Newfoundland government. is last
aground on Horse Island. Green Pond.
on the east coast Of Newfoundland,
and pounding heavily, according to
radio advices received here tonight.
The Prospero. which plies between st.
Johns. N. F., and St Anthonys. at the
northern end of tho island. is believed
to have passengers on board.
Tho message, relayed from the
White Star liner Baltic by the Cape
Race wireless station, said:
Steamer Prospero fast aground on
Horse Island, Green Pond. Requires
assistance. Ship pounding heavily"
The Prospero is a vessel of s7s tons.
The part Of the Newfoundland coast
on which she Is reported aground is
known to be very dangerous. espe-
cially in the winter season. The shore
line is broken and rocky and exposed
to the full sweep Of Atlantic gales.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
OFFICIAL SILENCE
Wells j. s. MOVES
TO HELP EUROPE
Paris Dispatches Reveal
Glimpse of Hughes Meth
0dS in Crisis.

A stone wall of official silence still
surrounds administration purposes
with regard to American aid in the
German reparations deadlock.
The one hint allowed to escape from
the lips Of responsible officials yes
terday was negative at best. 1t i'm
piled that decisions as to the govern
ment's course still were to be made,
and was coupled with a warning that
most OF the published conjectures as
to that course had gone wide Of the
mark.
Glimpse Of Methods.
Paris dispatches saying that Premier
Poincare had been sounded out in
formally with view to Washington
Intervention toward unsnarling the
reparations knot afforded a glimpse
Of the method Secretary Hughes is
employing to bring American in
fiuence to bear. This informal"
method of approaching the problem.
a White House spokesman said yes
terday, cannot be conducted ION the
stage"
The Paris dispatch did not draw
officials here from the intrenchments
Of silence. But 1t aroused great in
terest in SO far as it reflected the off,
cial attitude in Paris toward the gen.
eral principle of American helpful
ness in the emergency.
First Stages Of Negotiations.
In view of the situation that
brought the Anglo-French repara-
tiona deadlock at London, it seems
obvious that any American overtures
must be predicated upon knowledge
that they would be welcome both in
London and Paris. 1t Is that pre-
liminary stage of negotiation which
now is in progress. Diplomatic usage
would not sanction an offer Of good
offices or help in any other form until
1t was certain 1t would be accepted.
The report that feelers have been
put out abroad was In line with the
official statement, reiterated yester-
day, that there was nothing imminent
in the situation.
May Await Harvey.
The arrival of Ambassador Harvey
for consultations here and perhaps
his return might precede concrete de-
velopment Of the governments hopes
Of aiding toward an adjustment. but
there is no Official warrant for even
such a vague time forecast as that.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
civil WAR BY POLES
FEARED FOLLOWING
PRESIDENTS DEATH
Widespread Pogroms May
ResuIt-Fascisti Cause
of Disorders.
REPORT SAYS PiLSUDSKI
MAY BE MADE DICTATOR
Speaker of Deputies Will Assume
Executive Office Pending
Solution.
BY JOSEPH sHAPLEN.
By Cable to The Star and New York Tribuu
COpyrIght 1900

By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune.
Copyright. 1922.
BERLIN, December 16.-Civil war
in Poland, it Is feared throughout
central Europe tonight, may follow
in the wake of the assassination to-
day of Gabriel Narutowicz, the first
president of Poland, elected last week.
Widespread Jewish pqgroms in Po-
land also are feared as a result. be-
cause Of the agitation of the con-
servatives in that country, who are
loudly proclaiming that the Jews are
responsible for Narutowicz's election.
The assassination marks the cul-
mination of wildly demagogic cam
paign unleashed by the conservatives
following the defeat Of their candi-
date, Count Zamoiski. Polish ambas-
sador to France. in the late presi-
Dental contest Narutowicz was
elected by the votes of the parties
of the left. with the assistance of the
votes of the so-called national min
critics. who also now control the
balance of power in the Polish parlia-
ment.
Similar to German Situation.
The situation caused by the eleva-
tion of Narutowicz to the presidency
was similar to that which has pre-
vailed in Germany. where the extreme
conservatives, being unable to domi-
nate the country through the polls,
have resorted to murder as a political
weapon
In connection with the fears that
civil war may break out now in
Poland particular apprehension Is
felt in regard to the Polish fascist,
who have vowed that they will never
yield to the authority Of the present
regularly established government.
During the time that President
Narutowicz has been in office. less
than a week. Warsaw has been the
scene of serious disorders. provoked
by the fascist. headed by Gen. Haller,
who demanded Narutowicz's abdica-
ton, and called on the people for
armed revolt against the government
Heavy Guard at Inauguration.
Narutowicz was accompanied to the
ceremonies of his Inauguration in the
parliament building two days ago by
a heavy guard OF Uhlans. who were
compelled to make way for him and
his suite by force. While the cere-
monies were going on the fascist
were building barricades in the
streets. In the course of the ensuing
disorders. nationalists have kidnapped
and assaulted several socialist leaders
and other liberal members of parlia-
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column -
Evening star., 1922-12-17
RADIO AMATEURS BUSY.
Forty-six q. s., Stations Heard
Across Atlantic.

HARTFORD. Mass. December 1e.-
Forty-six amateur radio stations Were
heard by British amateurs in one day
Of the transatlantic tests Of the Ameri-
can Radio Relay League. breaking all
records for single day transmissions,
according to q report received at league
headquarters hsra today.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
KILLS VIOLIN CHICAGO.
Windy City Resident to Get $25
Bonus Under Old Law.

CHICAGO. December ia wolf
which has been seen in the south si.s
of Chicago for several days was killed
this afternoon by A. A. Brandt in a
vacant lot near his home.
Brandt is entitled to SIS bounty
under IN old state Law.
Evening star., 1922-12-17
j. S. PROTEST FAILS
TO MOVE TURKEY
Greek Patriarch Must Go,
MosuI Must Be Turkish,
ENJOYS. Insist.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
LAUSANNE. December 16.-Voicing
the sentiment widespread through the
United States, the American delega-
ton today entered a protest at the
Lausanne conference against the
Turkish plan to expel the Greek
patriarch from Constantinople. No
decision on this important matter was
reached by the delegates.
The dispute over the Mosul oil
fields, suddenly brought to the front
again by the British memorandum
insisting on Great Britain's manda-
tory rights, has likewise made no
progress toward settlement.
Says Turkey VIII Not Yield.
Ria Nur Bey. the second Turkish
plenipotentiary, infoSmed the Associ-
ated Press tonight that Turkey would
Weld on neither Of these questions
the patriarch must go, and Mosul
must be recognized as Turkish.
1--WE have done nothing except make
concessions since our arrival" he as
serted.
The American delegation declared
in its statement that IAN intolerable
injustice would be done" If TurRey
insisted on expelling the Greek
patriarch.
New Arguments Advanced.
Turkey brought forward now argu-
ments today to support her decision
that the head of the Orthodox Church
must be deporteed.
A Turkish delegate explained that
the former privileges held by non
Moslem communities sprang from the
ancient Ottoman empire: which was
a theocratic empire. But now had
come the separation Of the caliphate
from the state. abolition Of the mon
archy and the establishment of q
purely democratic regime. Hence the
religious leaders Of the various COM
munities could exercise no right or
pyivilsgsa except spiritual -.-.z
Evening star., 1922-12-17
DISTRESSED SHIP SAFE.

ST. VINCENT. Cape Verde Islands.
December 16.-The American steamer
Eastern Glade, recently reported in dis
tress because Of fire in her bunkers. q.
ytyed here toda1 -.---
Evening star., 1922-12-17

Continued on Page q Column 81
Evening star., 1922-12-17
WEATHER.

Rain or Snow today: tomorrow
clearing and colder.
Temperature for twenty-five hours
ended at 10 pm. last night: Highest,
SS..; lowest, 31.4.
Full report on page 19.
Evening star., 1922-12-17

(Continued on Page 2. Column 2.)
Evening star., 1922-12-17

The Stars carrier system covers every
city block and the regular edition is
delivered to Washington homes as fast =
as the papers are printed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-24
SOL BUTLER CONTINUES TO
SHINE.
{PrestOn News Service

" ftStOH NEWS. oeTFlCe.j
New York, N. Y, June 16.-Sol
Butler, who attracted the attention
Of the world while student at
Dubuque University, has removed to
this city from Chicago. Butler con-
tinues to attract the attention of ath.
lctic experts by his performances,
and from all indications he will soon
be the center of attention in athletic
circles.
Butler is after smashing another
record in the broad jump, and the
experts in this part Of the country
are united in the belief that he can
do much better than twenty-three
feet and five inches the next time he
starts. Sol Butler is regarded as one
Of the best all-round athletes Of the
race, and will soon be pitted with
that other crack, whom the colored
people of America gave to Harvard
University-Ned Gourdin. These two
boys are shaping up nicely in train
ing and will create some furore at
their next appearance, especially if
they take the mark at the same time
as the white lads would then see in
this combination almost no chance
for the pale face.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-24
DOINGS OF THE Y. M. G. A.

Thc contest at the Y. NJ. G. A. for
the other man By fellowship is warm
ing up and the boys and men arc
catching the spirit Of the hour.
The word Christian in the work Of
the Y: M. c. \. means doing things
like Christ. What is now needed men
who arc living for God, that He Will
DC able 10 use them. -S3iE numhG rs
say that they are Christians and ONLY
a very few prove it. by their lives.
They practice the things Of the world
Whlch are working against Jesus who
died to save the world.
Last Sunday was q full day for
hard work by the boys and men of
the y. NJ. G. a.
$50 a. NJ, at the Y. NJ. c. A., the
workers met for business and much
was done.
At the Pcnitentiary, 10 A. NJ, a
spirited meeting was held for the wo-
men. The songs were high, accom-
Prof. w. p. Epps, superintendent Of
panied by Prof. George w. Howell.
EbeneZcr Baptist Church Sunday
School, gave the women very hone
full address. Hope was the watch
word. A great hour.
10 A. NJ, in the city Jail and city
home, the committee found much to
be done and great time was had.
The boys were out in good num-
bcrs ut i p. NJ. to hear their presi-
dent, who gave them one that is still
sticking.
$3.50 p. NJ, at the Y. NJ. c., a great
meeting for men. Committeeman j..
&. Young gave them a very timely
address. Subject, "Sowing and Reap-
ing" Every man was helped.
Men, be on time Sunday ready for
hard work and the other man.
Workers meeting at the Y. M. C.
A., $50 A. M.
Women and men are invited to the
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church at
$3.50 P. NJ. to hear DR.. L. C. Garland,
pastor of the Union Baptist Church,
South Richmond. Subject, "Leave the
Crowd" The League choir of the
church will sing. Leader, Director j..
S. Lanfhornc. Voluntary rally by
the church for the Y. M. C. A. under
the direction of the Usher Board and
the Ladies' Auxiliary. Lend q help
ing hand.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-24
NATIONAL NEGRO BASEBALL
LEAGUE-NOTES AND CON-
MENT.
(PrcSton News Servicc.)

Pittsburgh, Pa, June lG.-With
the clubs representing the National
Negro Baseball League swinging into
action as the season advances, inter
est is rife as to the probable outcome
of the race, which promises to be the
kccncst and most closely contested in
years. With three tcamS-,thc y. b.
C.'s Of Indianapolis, the American
Giants of Chicago, last years pcnnant
winners, and the Kansas ity Mon
archs, fighting it out tooth and nail,
and athcr clubs showing unexpected
strength, the outcome of the race is
doubtful.
the rcdoubtablc "Ruhc" Foster, be
Will the American Giants, led by
able TO repeat? Will the A. b. C.'s,
considered by lloosicr sport follow
crs as the "wondcr team" Of the age,
be able to keep up the great pace
which they have set? Will the Kan
sas City Monarchs, Of the far West,
continue their startling pace and nose
out the two leading contcndcrS? Or
will some Of the 9th teams, whose
showings have thus far not made
them overly dangerous possibilities,
. loom up as clark horses" and upset
all prearrangcd dope?
Thrce-Corncrcd Race.
Commenting on the general Situa-
ton in the league ut the present time,
William G.. Num- says: ".fccor2i1ig
to present indications, it appears that
the league race will be triangular
affair, with the American Giants, A.
b. C.'s and Monarchs forming the
three corners. The Detroit Stars and
Bacharach Giants, getting off to Il
poor start, are beginning to show
mid-season form, while the Pitts
burgh KcyStoncs, newcomer into
the league, who have met two Of the
onc-two-thrce place teams, are Of the
opinion that they wi, tip sh in the
first division.
Cup until the time he II. b. C.'s
met the American Giants last week
they seemed to be the big favorites.
But their double defeat at the hands
OF the sons Of the "Wily RUDE" has
caused many to experience a change
OF heart.
despite his multiplicity of duties,
the willy Chicago magnatc still finds
time to direct the fortunes Of the
1921 champs, and in many quarters
it is the conccnsua Of opinion that
the Giants will repeat. Who knowsw
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-24

contact with her and made her be-
loved by scores in and out Of the
profession.
An artist of rare accomplishments.
we cannot help but become enthusi-
astic as we write and recall the days
OF her trlumphs, remembering her
wonderful interpretations of roles
which called for acting that left the
Illusion of the story TO be told I'M
broken. Then we look TO the present
crop of those in her line and the only
lady who today in her work. though
in an entirely different manner,
comes nearest to her is Miss Lottic
Gee, Of the "Shufllc Along" company.
The many good things being said
Of Lillian Russell today can be said
Of our wonderful race artist, Aida
Ovcrton Walker, and the writer takes
particular pride and feels pardonably
honorcd in having known the woman,
who after conQucring both Europe
and America, appeared to be slater
when the writer presented her the
following lines in honor Of h"r Po1t to
Rican act, which in its day created
a sensations:
Green hills, green trees, babbling
brooks;
Land of hidden caves, coy hooks;
Huge, gigantic tropic trees,
Undulating in the breeze;
Bend low meath their luscious
weight,
Thy appetite would satiatc.
1t was Of Porto Rico we spoke
when Miss Walker saw fit in story
and song to bring closer to the Amer
lean people that tropical country
wrcstcd from Spain in the carly days
Of the Spanish american war. "Tell
me-" she would ask the writer, "of
this far Off isle Of the Caribbean Sea
of which | have heard so much" And
with keen delight VIC would recount
for her the things that attracted us
while travelling in that place of
"beautcous tropic moon; milk-whitc
bays and inlcts and swarthy sons who
trace their ancestry back to the
Moors whose blood minglcs with that
Of the grandces Of Andulusa----
throughout old and sunny Spain.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-24
jim CORBETT'S OPINION OF
DEMPSEY.
(PrcstOn News Service.


New York City, June lG.--Scatter-
ed throughout the northern section of
the United States one runs across n
sport writer on Il few of the white
dailies who is inclined to give true
and unbiased opinion rs regards Jack
Dcmpscy's refusal to meet the only
logical contender for heavyweight
honors, to-wit, Harry Wills. But sell
dom have we seen one in Il better
position to have his say than Gen
tleman jim" Corbctt, himself for
MGR heavyweight Of the world.
In spite of Corbett's stand when
he sat in big Jim Jciirics' corner dur
ing the fight with Jack johnson when
he tried to coach JelfripS and show
him the way to victory over the Won
dcrful Jack, intelligent colorcd pco-
pie have forgiven him for trying to
inject too much luminosity into his
attitude towards Johnson at the time.
TO be fair, we must admit that it
was natural for Corbctt to root for
Jcifrics. He is a white man and the
whole affair taking Oh the scmblancc
of race fight, we CAME blame him
for lining up on his own side. even
though the whole thing was damna-
bic in the extreme and brought about
by white buns of the North and those
crawling, snakc-likc crackers Of the
South.
But Johnson, always on the job
with ready wit and the GOODNESS which
has played Il great part in the sue
cess he gained as fighter, served
his people well in this instance, for
what he said to Corbctt at the ring
side is history, and even the most
rabid Negro haters Singing ink on
the dailics had to confess that the
black fighter won two brillan battles
on that memorable day at Reno--onc
q physical fight with the then cham
pion and the other a mental victory
with Il former champion that had
much to do in changing Corbctt's
opinion of Jack Johnson as fighter
from every standpoint of the pugilis-
tic game.
Coming back to present day activi-
ties in the prize ring as it concerns
us, Corbett took stand in the Sun
day edition of the New York Amcri-
can that must have made Dempsey
vince. He took the biggest Stacker
of the late war to task for his meth
dds in constantly trying to evade a
fight with Wills, and The former
champion let it, be understood in no
uncertain terms that there were quite
a few among his own race who did
not hesitate to admit that Dcmpsey's
quest in Europe for ham fighter
was induced by his fear Of meeting
with the colored boy.
Corbett's article, which we regret
space will not permit reproduction in
these columns, will do much to help
bring about public sentiment favor
ing Wills Dempsey match, the only
battle which fair-minded sport pro-
motcrs should be ready to admit as
the "battle Of the ages"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-24
COL. ARTHUR LITTLE URGES
SENATE TO ENACT DYER AN.
Tl-LYNCH BILL.

Colonel Arthur Little, commanding
the 369th Infantry, New York Guard
(colorcd, has written to Senator
Knute Nelson, chairman of the Sem
ate judiciary Committee, urging en-
actment of the Dyer anti-lynching
bill, according to announcement made
today by the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored. People,
Little commanded colored troops in
the World War. Colonel Little says
in his letter to Senator Nelson:
~ have shared with colored. SOL
diers hunger, cold, filth, bodily dam
ger, unfair treatment, bereavement,
sickness, fatigue, good health, tri-
umphs, plenty, JOY, honor, acclaim,
and all of the other elements of char
acter test that come, one at a time,
in a soldiers life who serves his
country in war service. found that
the colored man in his individual
character sized up just about the
same as the white man. =. :. :. My
plea, whenever I have chance to
make my plea to the public at large,
is to stop thinking about the colored
race as problem and to start think
ing honestly about them and treat
ing them as fellow citizens. II this
so-called Dyer anti-lynching bill by
it's enforcement Of laws against
lynching can accomplish even one
step towards the elimination of the
problem idea as applied to the colorcd
race, it will have served a useful part
in the development Of our civiliza-
ton"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-24
Shuttle Along No. 2 Going to
Copada

Shuttle Along Company Number 2
closed down recently and we under
stand from an authoritative source
that the rights to the production have
been sold to some other white men.
The performers are being appraised Of
what has been done and advised that
it is the plan of the new owners to
take the show on the road for long
run, commencing with Canada. They
say that the new owners believe this
company faster than the original, and
of the former if the boys fail to wake
bids fair to put spike in the wheel
up and go on the road before their
own number two show gets ahead of
them and spoil the business.
From Miller, of the Miller-Lyles-
Blake-Sisslc combination, we learn
that the number one company will be
closing down about July list to go on
the road. Miller is DESTROYS of giving
his people vacation before hitting
the trail, and am of the opinion that
all will agree with him after the re-
markablc run of the production.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-24
THEATRICAL CHILLY SAUCE.
(By Romeo, for Preston News
Scrvicc.)
The Rush for Broadway.

New York, June 16.-The rush
for Broadway among theatrical COM
panicS is on in earnest. Some weeks
ago when We wrote on this phase of
the theatrical situation we did not
think that in such short time we
would have occasion to speak again
at length on the matter. Henry
Dreamer and Turner Layton have
just started at the National Winter
Garden with their new show, called
"Strut Miss Lizzie" and while the
Offering is far from measuring up to
expectations, indications are that it
will enjoy Il fine run at the Garden.
The Garden is located in Il section
of New York that will not induce
many colored people to sec the show.
We do not think the management will
depend on any patronage from col
orcd people, although a heroic effort
was made to draw them to see the
show by The Minsky brothers. who
are backing the production with the
idea Of placing it on Broadway.
Jack Goldberg is behind the
Smarter Set Company and trying to
find an opening downtown. AS we
predicted some time ago, the show
now headed by the Whitney Brothers
ana CNllcu Jump STEADY ana not
make the pilgrimage to the Great
White Way on June 9Th, as given
out in the early days when Goldberg
tried to impress the uninitiatcd with
what he could do on the big street
nor have we seen any steamship of
the Black Star Line taking on bag
gage of the "Jump Steady" aggrega-
ton for Liverpool. Perhaps the fu-
ture will bring forth something worth
while for the members Of the Smarter
Set dump Steady Company, who
have struggled long and hcroically to
get Il hearing.
Irwin Miller. brother of Flourney
Miller, Of Shuttle Along fame, arrived
in town 4 few weeks ago and immcdi-
ntely got to work. Now Irwin hasn't
said that he is entered in the race
for Broadway, but he is rehcarsing n
new show which he calls "Hurry On"
and as he has had taste Of and en-
joyed q Whit Of the salubrious breeze
that comes from the theatrical Prom
Used Land when he put on the ILL.,
fatcd "Put and Take" at the Town
Hall, we can surmise that Irwin will
be among those up front when the
word is given and the pistol shot rings
out for the big start.