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Evening star., 1922-12-27
PROBE OF RAIL CAR
SHORTAGE ORDERED
|. C. C. Will Determine if
American Lines Possess
Sufficient Locomotives.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
An investigation to determine
whether adequate stocks of locomo-
tiyes and cars are in possession of
American railroads. and whether GUS
toms and practices controlling. use
and interchange of equipment are suf-
ficient was ordered today by the In
terstate Commerce Commission, which
said it was acting without complaint
and on it's own initiative.
AS preliminary step in the in
auiry the commission has ordered a
ouestionnaire sent to all railroads.
requiring them to report the number
of freight cars owned and leased, the
number Of additional cars estimated
to be needed in their service. and the
age of their present car equipment
Similar facts are sought as to the
locomotives in service.
In addition. reports are required
from the roads as to the extent of
car shortage which they encounter
ed in operation last fall, ard as to
the amount Of traffic which they
asked to furnish similar facts.
The investigation is understood to
be an outgrowth of the general car
shortage which existed during No
vembcr. and was a source of much
complaint to the commission, particu-
larly from the west.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
FESTIVE new YEAR
PROGRAM FOR Y. NJ. C. A.
Music and Games Included in En-
tertainment Arranged to Begin
at 2 PM.

New Year day will be observed by
street, in festive manner, entertain
ment being provided from o'clock in
the afternoon until late in the even
ing. The secretarial staff, trustees,
members of the board Of managers
and officers of the association will re-
ceive the guests in the afternoon in
the "Sir George Williams" room.
At o'clock there will be music in
the lobby by the Lee House Trio, and
on the second floor will be an exhibit
of the religious work department.. Ex-
hibitions by members of the leaders
club will take place also at this time
in the gymnasium.
Chess and checker matches will
start simultaneously at o'clock in
the lobby. Guests will be allowed to
participate. and there will be prizes
for the winners. At the same hour.
in the assembly room on the third
Place" by the Bureau Of Standard
Players. The educational depart
ment, which is on this floor. will be
open to inspection. and there will be
exhibits of charts and printed matter
At 3:15 o'clock will be volley ball
and at 4 o'clock basket ball between
the Tigers and the Comets.
In the natatorium will be demon
strations of motionless floating, va
rious swimming strokesfl life-saving
and first aid, relay races and fancy
diving.
In the boys department will be held
the finals of game tournaments, an
nual swimming meet, gym class DEM
onstrations and challenge basket
ball game.
The lobby concert will begin at 8
lin Trio: Warren L. Terry, tenor;
Mrs. George F. Ross. accompanist; !;
Milo B. Atkinson, reader, and Dren-
nan, tho Mysterious. magician.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
Landlord Gets 60
Days il, Ton,bs for
Not Giuing Heat

NEW YORK. December 81
Charged with failure to warm the
homes Of his seventy-two tenant
families Jacob Solotorof. owner
of four East Side apartment
houses. was sentenced to the
Tombs for sixty days, when he was
unable to pay a $500 fine imposed
by Magistrate George w. Simpson.
The magistrate refused to en-
tertain the landlords plea that he
had been unable to buy coal.
1T is apparent" he said, that
this defendant did nothing but
wait until winter was upon US. IT
is not enough for a landlord to
say that he cannot get coal now.
The question Is. did he make any
effort when he first learned that
there was going to be coal short
age? The evidence indicates that
this landlord gave no thought
whatever to these tenants"
Health department inspectors
testified that only seven tons OF
coal had been used for heating the
homes of the seventy-two fami-
lies this winter.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
,FwELRY STORE WINDOW
SMASHED; ONE ARRESTED
NIGHT Watchman Subdues Man
Found in Front Of Kay Company
shop With Blow Of Pistol.

Noise Of broken glass falling nhere on tse 20
pavement this s+s1 mofhehs fne attention Of
Sisht Sis!Ht waterman James B. ;i gilbert s;en, to
the store of the Kay Jsweiry yyohberv Eo
many. 4O7 7th street. where q roooeiS
was committed some months ago. ~,
Reaching the front s,3e Of tns msn stoes nesr the
,,.irdoW and nlaced him under arrest
Drawing an 9ss xpateSman. pisio sne it M is
slated and pulled the trigger, but
the weapon missed fire.
Gilbert subdued his prisoner WIN
a blow of his pistol and SUMMONED
assistance, Acting Lieut.. Bobo, Acting
sergt Broderick and Policemen rssnnar Kos. Ws.
registered at the sixth precinct police
station as James Cummings. nine
teen years old, Detroit, Mich.
Police saw they took from the pris-
oner two watches he had taken from
the show window. He was charged
with housebreaking and carving
concealed weapons. Search Is pelns
made for an accomplice.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
NEGRO ACADEMY MEETS.
Two-Day Session opens-Speakers
to Discuss Many Topics.

Tho American Negro Academy open
ed its annual two-day, meeting in
Washington today. The business ses-
sions are being held in the library of
the Mu-so-lit Club. and the open
gatherings will be held at 7:3o o'clock
tonight and tomorrow night in the
Grover Cleve4 and School, Sth and I
streets northwest.
At the meeting tonight President
Arthur a. SchomburG of Brooklyn. y.
Y. will speak on Negro and Chris
tianity" T. Montgomery Gregory
will discuss THE Negro Theater.
TOMORROW night there will be papers
by DR.. Joseph J. France on american
Negro and Race Consciousness" and
Prof. Robert T. Kerlin. on Race in
Culture"
Evening star., 1922-12-27
CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES.

BARNWELL. S. C, December 81
Col. Lero- Melair, seventy-nin Con-
federate veteran. died here yester-
day. after a lingering illness. He
was a native of kentucky. but lived
for many years in Virginia. At the
age of eighteen he enlisted in Com
pany F. Sd Virginia Regiment, c. S. A,
and fought throughout the war. being
discharged from Crenshaw's Battery
at the cessation of hostilities. a
printer by trade. Mr.. Melair had been
connected with papers in Richmond
and Washington and had for long
periods been employed by the Au-
gusta (Ga) Chronicle and the Charles
ton IS c. Post
Evening star., 1922-12-27

Will. \Or RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts contracted 10y any one other than myself
after this date. W. NJ. TRItE. IA 18th
st. nc. ~ 4.
Evening star., 1922-12-27
PORTRAIT IS PRESENTED
!. TO PARK SAVINGS BANK
Directors Give Likeness of Presi.
dent Somerville in Appreciation
of His Long Service.

One hundred guests of the board
of directors of the Park Savings
Bank last night attended ceremonies
in connection with the unveiling of a
portrait of Thomas Somerville,
president Of the board. which was
presented by the directors to the
bank in Narpreciation for the work of
Evening star., 1922-12-27

Mrs. Emma Fall Schofield, the first
woman to sit on the Massachusetts,
industrial accident board. is admitted
by her male colleagues to be setting
tho pace for them in hard work.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
CLIMAX NEAR
 IN MUDDLED
 CONFERENCE

LAUSANNE, Dec. 27.-Great un- easiness is spreading throughout the near east conference circles as the time approaches when there must be final reckoning on all important questions which have been passed by with only partial agreements or no agreement at all between the Turks and the allied powers.
 Lord Curzon's positive announce ment today that Great Britain will not cede Mosu1 to Turkey and does not propose to discuss that question further, was the fore-runner of less positive statements from the other delegations on various questions which indicate the conference is reaching a climax and that prepara- tions are under way for final showing of strength.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
WHIPPLE ENTHUSES : OVER MRS. HAWORTH
 IN EVENING CONCERT

Reports from the concert Of Mrs. Haworth at Fort Whipple last night rang with enthusiasm for the i'm provement of voice and technique of this Arizona singer. But the recep- ton she got, it was said, was one of the finest, if not the finest ever accorded Prescott singer at the fort.
 Her three groups of songs were so heartily appreciated that she was recalled many times to the stage of the Red Cross house which was packed for the occasion.
 Mrs. Lester Ruffner assisted in ar ranging the program and accompan- ited Mrs. Haworth. The piano solos of Marie Vance Ryland were thor oughly appreciated as were the dance numbers of Andrea Bradley.
 The program was given under the joint auspices of the Red Cross and Knights of Columbus.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
INVESTORS LOSE IN TIMBER RIGHTS UNDER
 NEW MOSCOW RULING
Associated Press)

TOXIC, Dec. 3.-(By MaiD-An- other heavy loss has been sustained by Japanese investors through the de cision of the Moscow government tc cancel concessions for cutting timber in Siberia granted by the former White government. Several of the largest firms in Japan had obtained these concessions by the payment oi 3,0O0000 yen to the old Vladivostok government, and monthly sum ac- cording to the amount of timber cut As great amount of this timber was still awaiting shipment when the red; took Viadivostok the Japanese count the venture a total loss.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
TRAGEDY STILL
 UNPLUMbED IN
 M 'CARTHY CASE
Associated Press Night wire)

NEW YORK, Dec. 27-More than 36 hours after they began their inves- tigation the police tonight confessed themselves baffled in their search for solution of circumstances surround ing the death of Teresa Mccarthy, I1O-year-old school girl, whose body, with 22 caliber bullet through the heart, was found in toy-littered room of her Brooklyn home. yesterday.
 The investigation after the police had laboriously dissipated a half dozen clues sifted down to two theor- ies. The first, the one considered most credible by the police, was that the child was accidentally shot by a playmate who had been given a gun of small caliber as a Christmas pres ent. The second theory which the police say they had little faith in, was that the child was shot down by a sailor of whom Teresa and several of her girl friends had complained several weeks ago, declaring that he had annoyed them.
 More than 100 boys living in the neighborhood of the Mccarthy home were questioned by the detectives in a search for one who might have re- ceived a .22 caliber pistol or rifle as "a Christmas gift.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
SENATOR LODGE TELLS WHY HE' $
 AGAINST BORAH
Associated Press Night wire)

N@ASoOSAeANNA
 WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. - The first official disclosure that President Harding is negotiating toward an in- ternational conference for the consid- eration of European economic prob lens was made by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican floor leader, during open debate in the sen ate today on the proposal of Senator Borah, republican, of Idaho, for the president to call all international con ference to discuss economic conditions and disarmament.
 In opposing the Borah proposal which is in the form of an amendment to the naval appropriation bill, Sena- tor Lodge urged that the president be not embarrassed ''in the efforts which he is not making as a matter of fact"
 Senator Lodge i'll the course of an hours address against the Borah amendment as presented did not op- pose the calling of an economic con- ference but said it should be carefully and strictly defined with such ques- tions as separations allied debts and immigration specifically excluded from consideration.
 The state department which has consistently maintained silence as to any efforts the administration might be making in reference to improving economic and business conditions i'll Europe, declined to add anything to the statements of Senator Lodge but it was learned that President Hard ing was considering most seriously transmitting a letter to the senate giving information of his negotiations and at the same time deploring any intervention from congress which might operate to hinder his efforts.
 Senator Lodge based his opposition to the Borah economic conference pro posal on the ground that 1t was too broad in terms. He also contended with reference to the Borah provision for a conference to secure land and further naval armament limitation agreements that it would be futile" i'll view of the failure on these subjects at the recent Washington arms con ference and unless it was developed that the European opposition to further disarmament voiced at that time had changed.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
IL & LICENSE FOR GREAT POWER DAM AT DIAMOND CREEK EXPECTED AND THE
 WORK WILL START LATE IN JANUARY
Associated Press Night Wire)


 PHOENIX, Dec. 27-W. s. Nor veil, state waer commissioner of Arizona, today granted permit to James B. Grand, Phoenix engineer, for the construction of a S40,000,0Oo power dam On the Colorado river at the mouth of Diamond creek, 26 miles north of Peach Springs, and approximately 100 miles above the site of the proposed Boulder canyon dam.
 The Diamond creek dam is to generate 100000 horsepower of cleo trical units.
 Application will be made to the federal power commission at its next meeting in Washington Jan uary for a license for the construc- ton and operation e the project, MT. Girand said tonight.
 He declared he felt certain the federal commission would issue the license as he was granted permit for the site two years ago and con- tract was entered into whereby the commission agreed to issue the license upon completion of certain development work on the site. This development work has been com pleted, MT. Girand stated.
 Construction of the dam will start late in January, according to present plans and the project will require approximately two years for completion.
 The permit, Mir. Norveil stated to- night, in no way conflicts with the provisions of the Colorado river compact, recently signed at Santa Fe, N. M.
 Upon receipt of the permit today, MT. Girand paid a fee of $10,065 to the state water commissioners of- flee.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
BERNHARDT SENDS A
 MESSAGE OF CHEER TO AMERICAN PEOPLE
Associated Press Night Wire)

PARIS, Dec 27.-Medical men at tending AIme. Sara Bernhadt said this evening there had been no i'm provement in her condition since morning but neither had there been a cahnge for the worse The actress herself was optimistic as ever. Tell them in America, tell all my friends how much appreciate their kind in terest" she said. "I shall get well again, never fear"
 Her severe illness has given rise to much speculation regarding Bern hardts correct age. Most authorities give the date of her birth as lS44, but the birth records were burned. in 1871 when the Paris city hall was destroyed by the revolutionists. The Divine Sara herself has always said she was a flew years younger than Georges Clemenceau," who was born in 1841.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
NO SPEECH TO MARK INDUCTION OF HUNT
 INTO GOVERNORSHIP
Associated Press Night wire)

PHOENIX, Dec. 27. - Governor elect Hunt will be inducted into of- flee Monday without ceremony and without delivering an. inaugural ad- dress, he announced today.
 The oath of office will be admins tered at the state house at 10 o'clock Monday morning by Justice M,cAlis- ter of the supreme court.
 The governor-e also announced the selection of three additional ap- pointees as officials at the state prison at Florence. They are Dr. Fred Perkins of Phoenix to be pris- on physician; A. T. Hammons of Payson to be prison secretary, and William Belbridge of Bisbee to be parole clerk.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
GREEK, ARMENIAN
 EXILES NOW FACE :
 MISERY AND DEATH
Associated Press)

DEDEAGATCH, Western Thrace, Dec. 1 (by maiD-Heavy snow, icy winds and intermittent rains have wrought great misery and suffering among the ha1f-million shelterless refugees scattered OCT Thrace and Macedonia Unless help is prompt and generous, the Greek and Armen- ian exiles in these areas will perish in large numbers. Already the ma jority are half-naked, starving. and diseased. All the elementary needs of life are lacking. Food stocks in the towns are growing low. Famine must ensue this winter unless flour is sent in.
 Human woe and wretchedness sel- dom have reached such levels. Large numbers are dying daily of exposure and hamilton. The condition of the children and babies is pitiful. Infec- tious diseases are rampant. Typhus is gaining such headway that 1t IS feared the great epidemic of 19lS- 1919, which began at Cavalla, will re- cur. Life in the East always has been cheap, but never so cheap as in this corner of Europe. Had the population been permitted to remain in Eastern Thrace and faced the Turkish invader, their lot could have been little forse.
 When the Associated press cor respondent crossed the little river near Drama where Paul baptized the first Christian, he was assailed by band of hunger-maddened Greek wo- men and children who begged pite- ously for a crust of bread They said they had been on the march for "A days and were subsisting on beet roots. Although there was a foot of snow on the ground, many were shoeless, coatless and hatless. The blistered, bleeding feet of the chil- dren left red silhouetteS in the snow.
 In spite of many promises of help from the outside, little has been done to assuage the misery of these help less exiles Most of them are women and children. They are sadly in need of help.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
G|RAND DA GETSSTATE0.k.
Borah Premature Wjth Farley Pa Harding Already Negotiating
RaUening Wolves Devour Canadia11 Hunters, Leave
 Only BlOOdstained S1O1U

. In the midst of them the Indians found human bones. They hastened back to report their discovery.
 The lure of the bounty on wolves, however, urged the Indians to take the trail again with extra amnuni- ton. They sped behind their dog teams into the woods as the viii lagers waved goodbye. They did not return.
 Yesterday a new searching party departed. They found another patch trodden in the snow about two miles beyond the first.
 The two guns the Indians had carried were lying there and scat tered about were bones, bits of clothing and empty shells. The car cases of 16 dead wolves lay stretch ed in circle about the trampled patch of snow.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
SWAMP TRAIL FOLLOWED BY
 IA. OFFICERS
Associated Press Night wire)

BASTROP, La, Dec. 2. - Civil and military authorities today follow ed through the Redlow hills and swamps of Morehouse parish the trail they believe was taken by the masked and robed men on the af- ternoon and night of August A when five men were kidnapped and two murdered.
 The trail covered a distance of about 25 miles from point on the Bastrop-Mer Rouge highway where the men were kidnapped, to ferry landing at Lake La Fourche, near where the bodies of the two men were found last week.
 The reconoiterers were seeking ad ditional evidence duplicating those responsible for the mysterious dyna- hitting that released the bodies from the bottom of the lake where they had been weighted down for four months.
 The day was devoid of local devel- opments. All eyes were turned to- ward Baltimore where Dr. B. NJ. McKoin, former Mer Rouge mayor, was battling against extradition to Louisiana, where he is to face charge of murder in connection with the case.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
VISIT SON HERE

MT. and Mrs. J. E. Jett, parents of Onas Jett, are passing the Christmas holidays with their son and his family. Arriving Saturday night they will be here until next week, when they will leave for southern California for short vacation before returning to their home in Newton, Kans.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
SUPERSLACKER HEADS FOR HOME, BERGDOLL
 TO GET 4 RECEPTION

PENSACOLA, Fla, Dec. 27. - With the telegraphic announcement that Grover C. Bergdoll of Philadel- phia, the noted stacker, had Jeff Germany on a merchant vessel and was en route to a gulf port, every ship and its crew was questioned heer today.
 It was later learned that the Ger. man steamship Jupiter was about tc arrive and that Bergdoll is mem Der of that crew. That he sailed i: definitely announced by German au thorities.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
MUNICIPAL ELECTION BEGINS TO
 WARM; PERSON. CANVAS STARTS
Backers of Opposition Ticket Take to Canvass and Publicity Methods; Goldwater Adminis- tration Points to Its Record.

Yesterday five working days be- fore the city election-the supporters of the non-partisan ticket for mayor and councilmen, launched their broad sides against the city administration which is seeking reelection and the approval of the voters for the progress that has been made in civic. imRrove- ment during the past term.
 A quiet but insistent personal cam paign of political workers was the form in which the non-partisan candi- dates began their offensive. This morning with a paid newspaper ad- vertisement, they are presenting their first public appeal for votes.
 Mayor Goldwater and his admins tration are also engaged i'll the per sonal campaign that may precede a more public form of vote-hunting. Both sides are in the preliminaries of what may prove to be a campaign as sharp as it IS short.
 The administration was renominated at the regular primaries with no op- position. The opposition ticket was made up 10 days ago and-launched in an announcement by Henry Hartin, the candidate for mayor, and Messrs. Waara and Blumberg, who are run ming for the two vacant positions on the council
 The administration councilmen who are out for reelection are Art Davis and Ray Vyne. No political flavor 1 is lent to the election, for more and more the municipal contests are being waged along non-partisan lines, with the major parties names mere handles by which one or the other ticket may be known.
 The election will be held on Tues day, January ?, at the city hall and only those regularly registered for it may participate. Those registered at the last municipal election in January, 1920, are entitled to vote, however, on the strength of their previous registra- ton.
 Mayor Goldwater is standing on the record of the administration for its handling of the city water problem and the new paving. During the course of his administration, he points to the sale at premium of the city water bonds that had been held in the municipal archives for many months because of a low bond market, and the beginning of actual construction on the Banning creek water supply, to- gether with the rehabilitation of the entire distributing system. The other issue is the downtown paving which has been finished and accepted and on which the taxpayers have repaid about 65 per cent of the cost in cash, dis counting the improvement district bonds.
 The opposition ticket is made Up of MT. Hartin and Mir Blumberg, promi- nent merchants, and J. w. Waara, surveyor and former city surveyor under several previous administra- lions
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
URGES WOMEN TO EXERT
 THEIR POLITICAL RIGHTS

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 27.- Mrs. May Van Wye, wife of profes- sor and herself a former school teach CT, was elected by republicans of Hamilton county to be one of the women who will represent this county in the Ohio legislature for the next two years. Mrs. Van Wye was elect ed to the house of representatives by 76,6O9 votes.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
ACID GAS HAMPERS
 FIREAEN;; FLOUR IS
 CAUSE OF EXPLOSION
Associated Press Night wire)

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec. 27-Two firemen were seriously injured and more than a score overcome by smoke and gas when four-story of- flee building in the business dis trict was gutted by fire tonight
 Explosions of acids in the plant of an engraving company on the fourth floor generated quantities of gas which added to the difficulty of fighting the flames.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-12-27
RETURN TO HOME

John Wilson and family have re- turned to their home in San Francisco after passing Christmas with Mrs. Wilson's father, Judge E. w. Wells, president of the Bank of Arizona. Mir. Wilson arrived from San Francisco Sunday, joining Mrs. Wilson and their children, who have been visiting Judge Wells for some time past.