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Evening star., 1922-03-23
FORD'S OFFER CALLED
"DEAR" TO FARMERS
J. E. Levering, Los Angeles, Calf,
Attacks Plan Before House Mill
tary Committee.

Henry Ford's offer for purchase and
lease of the governments WARMTH
ated properties at Muscle Shoals,
Ala, and that Of the Alabama Power
Company for lease and operation of
the power projects there are attacked
by j. F.. Levering. a consulting enei-
neer Of Los Angeles. Calf. in a. state
ment filed today with the House mill
tary committee at its request.
Summarizing the Ford proposal. Mr..
lowering says first. that "it requires
the completion Of dam No. 3, which is
uncertain" from an engineering
standpoint. In the second instance.
he declares. 1T requires the gov
ernment to litigAte the title to Gorgas
steam plant and transmission lines
before 1t becomes operative. This
means delay and the ruin of the
nitrate plant No. g.
Other criticisms of the offer con-
tanned In the statement are:
'The Ford tender does not provide
for increasing the nitrate supply.
The first right to the power would be
vested in the Ford industries
"Under the tender the government
would bear the burden Of mafnte-
nance. s.s
This tender will cost the govern
ment more than $50.000,000, and If
dam No. 3 is not successful there
would be little chance Of recapturing
the property or amortizing the in
'Mr. Ford makes this tender as
dear friend of the farmers. from
whom he has acquired millions of
dollars Should he get possession of
their fertilizer supply they will real
ize that he is the dearest friend
they ever had ...s
Evening star., 1922-03-23
Special Dispa tch to The Star.


SACRAMENTO. Calf, March %
Whiskers. whiskers everywhere-and
not a chin to scrape. The greatest
whisker race ever conceived by man
is on today in Sacramento. 1t will end
in a whisker show during the week
of May 1928, and a prize of $40 will
be awarded to the wearer of the
winning beard. Length. appearance
and luxuriance OF growth swill be
the determining factors.
All of which means that Sacra-
mento is preparing for a grand cele-
male contingent of her population
have decided to wear real whiskers
in emulation of the sturdy pioneers
of the gold rush. The movement
started among a few patriotic per-
sons. but now 1t has been taken UP
by the many. Youths with the first
down of mans estate just sprout-
ing upon their cheeks. are arrayed
against their strong -bristled elders.
Whiskers red, whiskers gray,
whiskers black and whiskers blond
are being met on every street cor
ner, as each "old timer squints an
appraising eye at the hirsute growth
of every other "old timer" in this
strange new struggle for bewhisk-
cred splendor.
And are the $50 BARRIERS Of Sac
ramento-the men Of strop and
razor-tearing their hair in de-
spair at the sudden depression in
the shave market? Far from such.
Instead of getting Is cents for a
matutinal chin scrape, they are
charging anywhere from SO cents
to an Iron man" for daily whisk-
er treatments.
Let US show you how to raise
your whiskers. We train them
any style, from the professor to
the COW puncher."
Curley Williams. the barber,
was first to recognize the fortune
which might ensue from expert
sign which quickly appeared in
his shop. Hair tonics have gone
Evening star., 1922-03-23
GOOD FRUIT YEAR
IN MOST PARTS OF
COUNTRY PROMISED

The outlook for what farmers
cali "a good fruit year" is prom
isinS In most parts of the United
States. according to reports made
public today by the weather bu-
reau. Although fruit is not out
of danger from freezes in the
north half of the country, the gen.
eral belief is that now spring Is
really here the American people
can look forward to fruit in
abundance.
Some harm was done to fruit
troes In the western lake region
by the glaze storm of March 10,
but with the weather favorable
early trees are coming into bloom
northward to North Carolina and
the central portion of Arkansas
and Oklahoma, the reports show.
Citrus fruit trees continue in
splendid condition in Florida, with
a heavy crop of bloom holding
well. The California orange crop
Is reported better than was ex-
pected.
Evening star., 1922-03-23

the National Capital, that ci.v being
so closely connected with the whole
history of the struggle for independ-
ence. Mr.. Macfarland received his
education at the old Rittenhouse
Academy and at Columbia (now
George Washington University Law
School. After leaving college he took
up newspaper work, entering the
bureau in 1892
Has work as a newspaper corre-
spondent gave him a clear insight
into the fundamental position the Ma
tional Capital holds in the nation at
large. and enabled him to meet per-
sonally the legislative leaders of sew
eral decades. SO that by personal OBJ
servance he was able TO get at the
heart of things, and realize clearly
what the relation of the National
Capital to the federal government,
and vice versa, was and should be.
So when he was appointed Commits
sioner Of the District in 1900. and
elected president of the board OF
Commissioners. he was able to ap-
proach the problems of the office with
an unusual grasp, making many
necessary changes in the handling Of
municipal affairs. all of which were
for the general good. Following his
retirement he practiced law with Mr..
Kenyon.
Realized Chys Destiny.
His life was given over to many
ACTIVITIES in addition to his various.
official duties. He believed with all'
his heart IN the destiny Of the city, :
and lost no opportunity to help for.
ward worthy projects. He repre-
sented the District at District dayS1
at various great expositions; WIS
continuously interested in Red Cross
work. and during the world war was
leading factor in successful drives
During the last years Of his life he
gave his support to the Near East
Relief work
His duties as District Commissioner
and his activities in the work Of the
Washington Board of Trade. Chamber
of Commerce and other civic bodies
led him TO intense study of the re-
lationship of the District and the fed
eral government, and he was one OF
the prime workers in behalf Of the
half -and-half' principle of local
financial regulation and in the move
ment for representation of the Dis
trict in Congress and the electoral
college.
Editorial Comment.
At the time of his death The Star
said editorially concerning him:
ITO host of Washingtonians the
death OF Henry B. +. Macfarlsnd
brings keen sense of personal and
community loss. For many years he
has been among the leaders in every
good work for the moral or material
deveioment of the capital, both as
public servant and as private citizen.
In his devotion to civic welfare he
has worked untiringly. never for a
day sparing himself. In the can't
paigns for financial and for political
equity for the District he has been
conspicuous as a leader at the fight
ing front.
He eXcelled as thinker. as
writer. as a speaker. AS an organizer
and in administrative labors he
showed fine executive ability. His
public service as Commissioner re-
corded a notable success
His conscience dominated his OFF,
cial as well as his personal acts. He
carried Christian principle as a liv-
ing, controlling factor into everyday
life.
The capital community recognizes
gladly the debt of grateful apprecia-
tion which it owes him"
Evening star., 1922-03-23
q. S. Army Recruiting News Pays

High tribute is paid the Washing
ton High School Cadet Corps in the
current issue Of the United States
Army Recruiting News, published at
Governors Island, N. Y. The article
described the cadet corps '.as a model
for such bodies in the United States"
which is "well worth using when es-
tabIishing cadet corps" 1t also gives
a brief historical sketch of the or
ganization and declares that 1t is un-
der the direction of competent in
structors"
Throughout its existence" said the
article. land with all its different in
structors, there has been a definite
policy and aim. that has brought the
cadet corps to it's present command
ing position among the high school
corps of the country.
"Organized in 1882, with two COM
panies of fifty boys each, and equip
ped with old Austrian rifles enough
for one company, the cadet corps has
grown in size and influence until now
it Is a force to be reckoned with in
the school life of Washington boys
Traditions have been accumulated and
the corps history is an honorable one
that gains distinction with each sue
ceeding year"
Evening star., 1922-03-23
WAITS IN DURANGO VILE
while OFFICIALS WRITE
Stowaway Sojourns Six Months in
i y -
Jail as His Fate Is De-
cided at Leisure,

Immigration authorities are inves-
tigating circumstances under which
Antonio Briceno, a Costa Rican, serv-
ed six months in the Norfolk. Va. city
Jail as a result of his entering the
United States as a Stowaway on an
American steamship. The fact of his
Incarceration. with the news that he
was being held for the immigration
bureau, was brought to Commissioner
General Husbands attention this
week by a Norfolk attorney. and re-
suited in the immediate release and
transfer to Ellis Island of the stow
away, where he is awaiting deporta-
tion.
From records so far available, Mr.
Husband said. Briceno arrived at Nor
folk on Shipping Board vessel. sue
cessfully hiding himself up to the
time it left his native land. He was
Immediately judged an undesirable
alien and not qualified for admission
as an immigrant. but failed to appeal
from the local inspectors judgment
and was put under. detention in the
Norfolk Jail. In the ordinary course
ship. master or owner would have
been held responsible for his imme-
diate return to Costa Rica-
But with the Shipping Board, an
other government department., un-
willingly responsible for his arrival,
inc oruiHdIy oiHcIdi chdHHeiS olu not
suffice to give him an exit. Corre-
spondence between subordinates as
to Antonio's status and what was to
be done with him apparently ensued,
while he was held in Jail. and the
record in his case somehow became
lost for a time.
His release was quickly accomplish
ed. however. when a protest brought
his existence and the fact of his con-
f1nement to attention. Mr.. Husband
said the Costa Rican was most anx-
ious to go to Ellis Island and any
where outside the United States he
could go. Meanwhile the ramifications
Of responsibility for his plight are
being sought in the files.
Evening star., 1922-03-23
ALL MALE LESACRAMENI'O BEHIND BUSH
IN WIYZSKER- -GROWIN' RACE OF AGE

whisker advice, and this was the
to a premium. 1t takes good irri-
cation to make alfalfa grow
hence the lavish use of liquid first
aids to whiskerS.
Mirrors in front of shops are
crowded each day by men who in
spect the development Of their
boards with hopeful interest.
Fastidious goatees, professional
van Dykes. Smith Brothers blacks,
and even imposing Lord Dundrea-
ries are developing under the
.watchful care Of the whisker ex-
perts. Hundreds. however. have
adopted no seyle. preferring-
to let 'em sprout to the four winds
as nature directs.
The whisker growing contest
had its origin in the formation of
the "Whiskers Club" whose mem
bers. desirous of emulating the
facial flora of their pioneer for
bears, marched to the post Office
steps and took the pledge" to
remain behind the brush" until
the '49 celebration is over. City
Manager Seavey, Mayor Elkus
and members of the city council
headed the weird procession.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1922-03-23
K-KA|SER IN PLOT
TO GAIN SYMPATHY
Heads Group of Monarchists
Conducting Publicity Drive
in Germany.
Ex-CR0WN PRINCE HELPS
Letters Written by Exiled Emperor
Himself Appear in News.
papers.
BY GEORGE WHITE.

by Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1872.
BERLIN, March 23-Former Kaiser
Wilhelm and the former crown prince
are said to be active heads Of q group
OF German monarchists who, for
weeks, have been carrying on a pub
and the United States in an attempt
to revive sympathy for the imperial
exiles.
Letters from the former monarch
and excerpts from diaries, books and
pamphlets. supposedly written by the
'all highest emperor" have shot up
in the newspapers like mushrooms
and everybody is again talking about
the Hohenzollerns. Even a scandal
or two have been thrown in for good
measure.
Ex-Kaiser's Pamphlets Printed.
Scarcely a day passes without con-
tributing to this sort of history. which
generally shrivels to nothing when
analysed critically by the real his
torians. According to reports this
publicity campaign has been success
full abroad, where much space is de-
voted to stuff supposed to have been
written by the former emperor.
German socialists now Gall attention
to the royalist propaganda campaign
and claim that the former kaiser's
letters. books and diaries were not
written during or directly after his
fight. but are of recent date and were
written by his press agents as part
of the present campaign. The social
lists declare that this establishes the
fact that the exiled former ruler and
his relatives are in colluSion with the
Potsdam monarchist plotters who are
carrying q more emergetically than
ever before. although they have lost
one of their leaders through the i'm
prisonment of Won Jagow, who Is
serving a sentence of five years for
his participation in the Kapp coup
d'etat.
scheme to Win sympathy.
DR.. Kapp's offer to return to Ger
many for trial. according to the So
cialists, is also part of the monarchist
campaign to arouse sympathy for
their cause at home and abroad.
The government has been warned
repeatedly by socialist newspapers to
beware of the monarchists whom it
treats too leniently.
The government seems to believe
in the proverb that barking dogs do
not bite" says Vorwaerts. but the
monarchist mastiffi which is now only
barking bit its too tolerant master
once. 1t may grow vicious again and
do more damage than merely to tear
out a piece of its masters trousers
as it did before.
Evening star., 1922-03-23
CADET OFFICERS
GET COMMISSIONS
104 of High School Corps Re-
ceive Papers From Mai.
Gen. Harbord.
BAND MAKES ITS DEBUT
Work of Brigade Commended by
Deputy Chief of Staff-Urges
Extension.
BAND MAKES ITS DEBUT

Officers of the Washington High
School Cadet Corps, the pride of the
senior institutions. were formally
awarded their commissions by Mai.
Gen. James G. Harbord, deputy chief
of staff of the Army, at exercises
yesterday afternoon in the stadium
of Central High School. A March
wind, which swept across the wide
stadium, did not chill the enthusiasm
OF the cadets nor crowd of their
friends and relatives that huddled
close in the grandstand seats 10 pay
honor to the soldier students.
Gen. Rarbord presented the COM
missions to lO4 officers. personally
congratu!ating each of them as they
came to the reviewing stand to re-
ceive the papers. After presentation
of the commissions, the entire cadet
brigade of twenty five companies, led
by the newly organized band. to the
step of Sousa's High School Cadet
March,. passed in review before Gen.
Harbord and other Army officers and
school officials. With Gen. Harbord
were Maj. Gen. Eli Helmick. in
H. Rolfe. Lieut.. c. c. Jadwin, aide
to Gen. Harbord: Superintendent of
Schools Frank W. Ballou and Assist
ant Superintendent Stephen T.
kramer.
Those who had charge of the ex-
erciSes were Lieut.. Col. Wallace NJ
Craigie. U. S. A., professor of mili-
tary science and tactics in the Wash
ineton High Schools. and his assist
ants, Capt. A. c. Strecker and Capt
William H. johnson, both of the
Regular Army
Bnnd Makes Debut.
The cadet brigade band made its
first public appearance at the eXer-
ciSes. The band was the center of at
tention of the school officials and the
crowd of spectators and was loudly
applauded as 1t passed the reviewing
stand. There are sixty-one pieces in
the band. Vt is under the leadership
of Sergt. Fred Hess, a retired band
leader of the Army.
After the exercises Gen. Harbord
told newspapermen that he was deep
ly impressed with the appearance of
the cadets. Thy gave an excellent
display of training" he said. They
have shown fine bearing and appear
to be deeply interested in the work
of the corps. l was highly pleased
with them. The corps has been in ex-
istence for forty years and is un-
doubtedly doing good work. 1t gives
the boys an opportunity to learn dis
cipline that comes from military
gives them a chance to get outdoors
and enjoy healthful exercises"
Gen. Harbord expressed the opin-
ion that extension of the cadet corps
idea to high schools throughout the
country would be highly beneficial.
CADET CORPS CALLED MODEL.
Evening star., 1922-03-23
JURY UPHOLDS WOMAN WHISTLER,
AWARDING $1,000 FOR FALSE ARREST

automobile mechanic, George Nee
kin, accompanied by Mrs. Meekin
saw the girl and rushed to the
station house to spread the alarm.
Policeman Fraser dashed to the
rescue of community law and
order: The MeekinS dashed with
him. They encountered Miss Sum-
ter at the entrance to her home.
The policeman Indignantly ordered
the young lady to retire to her
room and mediate upon her sins.
Miss Sumter met this challenge by
announcing she was going out to
whistle some more. She proclaim
ed aloud her very decided views
concerning the rights of American
citizenship under the nineteenth
amendment.
Then came the attempted arrest
and something akin to a cyclone.
The policeman says he was badly
battered. Meekin got black eye.
Mrs. Meekin was sent at one time
during the battle to the police
station for reinforcements and
testified that at the time she left
the scene Miss Sumter, who weighs
115 pounds. had both the police
man and her husband down and
almost out. Miss Sumter sued for
$4,000, but is content with the
two.
Evening star., 1922-03-23
DENIES CALL FROM LENIN.

RIGA, March 22.-As DR.. Felix
Klemperer, noted German specialist,
passed through Riga today on his way
to Moscow, soviet officials. here de-
MED the report that he was going in
answer to a summons to attend Pre-
mfer Lenin of soviet Russia. They
asserted that his mission was to in
vestigate epidemics in Russia and
means to prevent their spread into
western Europe.
Evening star., 1922-03-23

CADET CORPS CALLED MODEL
Evening star., 1922-03-23

A well that produces asphalt has
been found in the Arbuckle noun
tains, in Oklahoma.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-23
FEDERAL AGENCY TO PUT STOP WATCH ON
 NATIONS WORKERS
Labor Department Is Going to Establish Relative Efficiency
 of Employees.

The National Production Test
 Committee 1t is called. Its job Is to
 find out whether bricklayer in New
 York City in a given time lays as
 many bricks as a bricklayer some ! where eise-New Orleans, for in stance.
 That is the framework of the new wrinkle launched by the Department tof Labor, the object being to deter
 mine the relative efficiency or in efficiency" of American workers. Beginning next month, the com mittee will conduct an investigation into number of industries, starting
 with the building trades, to establish the kind and the amount of work be- ing delivered to the bosses. Actual work is to be in charge of officials of the bureau Of labor statis- tics, headed by Ethelbert Stewart, di- rector They will proceed under unit schedules arranged by group of con- tractors selected from various sec tons of the country.
 While labor is to be investigated, no representative of labor was invited to ''sit in" while the efficiency meas uring stick was being manufactured.
 Asked why and wherefore of this undertaking, MT. Stewart said the in
 formation was for the use of the La
 bor Department.
 Asked why labor was not partici- pating, MT, Stewart said the commit
 tee of contractors and architects had been called to furnish some basis for
 inquiry, the units upon which effic- iency ratings must be made, etc. Tabulations will be made upon re-
 ports furnished by employers, and
 when completed will be published,
 that the world may know where the
 real Speed artists" in the various crafts are to be found
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-23
WORKERS WON'T WIN UNTIL WOMEN VOTE, IS M'NAMARA'S VIEW
Defeat of Burke Is Attrbute By Machinist Leader to Oversight
 of New Conditions

Workers will not realize fully their political aims until they educate their women folk in the use of the ballot and get them to vote, is the deliberate conviction of Andrew T. MCNamara, expressed in an article prepared for the current issue of the MachinstS' Monthly Journal.
 Mr. McNamara reached this opin- ion after several weeks of intensive campaigning in Pennsylvania as one of the chief lieutcnants of Congress- man-at-Large William J. Burke in his contest for the senatorship. As rep resentative of the executive council of the International Association of Machinists, MT. McNamara was on the same platforms with MT. Burke during the entire campaign. He IS familiar with every phase of the con test and in position to analyze the result
 Had the women of workers been as active as those of the enemy differ ent judgment might conceivably have been rendered by the voters of Penn '"We lost this fight" he says, 'for no other reason than that our mem bership have not interested the wom- en voters in civic duties.
 Until we get the women to regis ter and vote, and appoint committees as watchers, then and then only can we expect success at the bollot box.
 Tt is in our work at the ballot box, coupled with that of our economic or ganizations, that the battle must be Won.'
 Time and again during the cam paign MT. McNamara called attention of campaign committees to the ab- sence of women voters at meetings He says he addressed from 300 tc 700 with not a woman present. The Pepper committees, MT. Nc Namara declares, gave special atten- tion to the women vote, with results that were revealed in the final count.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-23
CANDY IS1 ICE CREAM
 GO TO KATT 34 years at 46 w. MAIN ST.
34 years at 46 w. MAIN ST.

up for hearing the court said:
 Men have the right to quit work when they please and the state is without power to inquire into their reason for doing so. If the indus trial court will fix a wage scale and arrest miner for agreeing with oth- CTS not to work for such a wage, we will then have a fair state of facts upon which the statute may be tested with regard to it's validity"
 The hearing was postponed, pre- sumably to give the industrial court an opportunity to present a suitable case in connection with the coal strike now going on in Kansas in common with other states.
 Toward the end of March, 1922, the industrial court issued an order putting the old scale of wages into force until April 30, 1922. On April 28 the industrial court met, evidently to issue another decree with respect to wages and working conditions. This was the day following the hear
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-23
SAYS HARDING FAME
 RESTS ON EFFORTS
 TOCRUSH WORKERS

An incident in connection with President Harding's visit to Prince ton, N. J., the other day is causing much comment in Washington.
 The President journeyed to the university formerly presided over by Woodrow Wilson for the purpose of receiving the honorary degree of doc tor of laws. Incidentally, he assist ed in the dedication of a monument to the men who fell in the battle of Princeton in the Revolutionary War, one Of Washington's greatest tri- umphs
 In presenting the degree, Dean West, of theuniversity, undertook to say why, in his judgment, the Pres ident was entitled to the honor He commended the establishment of a national budget and eulogized the work of the recent conference on limitation of armanents, and then he added the following significant sen tenCe:
 His (Harding's) vote as Senator for the anti-strike clause in the rail road bill and his attitude as President on the bonus revealed his quiet cour- age"
 In his response the President made no attempt to resent the suggestion that his claim to fame rested largely on his efforts to chain the workers tc their jobs and on his refusal to grant the veterans of the Great War what they regard as reasonable adjusted compensation
 Princeton University has been be- coming more and more reactionary since Woodrow Wilson resigned as president in order to become candi- date for governor of New Jersey, and Dean Vests reference to anti-strike and bonus legislation is accepted by Washington observers as another evidence that the university author iteis are determined to miss no op- portunity to win the favor of Big Business.