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Evening star., 1922-12-11
BROKERS DENY EFFORT
TO DECEIVE CREDITORS
Kardos & Burke's Attorney Says
Charge Of issuing False State
ment Is Untrue.
By the Associated Press.

-
NEW YORK. December 11:-Arthur
L. Ross. attorney for the bankrupt
stock brokerage firm Of Kardos &
Burke. has denied creditors charges
that statement issued by the con-
Germ last March was misleading and
false. as had been declared at hear
ing yesterday before a referee in
bankruptcy.
The statement, he said, informed
creditors that a reorganization then
planned would insure Il 100 per cent
settlement of all liabilities. The re-
organization plan did not materialiZe,
however. He said evidence would be
introduced at the next referees hear
ing to refute charges that the FIRMS
books are in badly muddled state.
Accounting for a shrinkage in
assets since the first creditors meet
ing, Mr.. Ross statement said:
I'm the plan of reorganization the
figures were based upon the assets of
a going concern. which naturally
were much larger than what liqui-
dated defunct concern could realize.
"Since the statement was made by
the creditors committee on reorgani-
xation and since the estate has un-
dergone administration in the last
eight months. assets which would
nave remained with the reorganized
firm intact were naturally taken out
by creditors who claim to have been
entitled to them The assets in for
etgn countries were attached by diff
ferent foreign creditors and, there
fore, were dissipated in the courts
over there"
Evening star., 1922-12-11
ARB|TRAT|0NPACT
Wins At MOSCOW
Russian and Border States
Agree on Non-Aggression.
Seek Army Cut Also.
BY .i,e Assoc:a ted Press.

BY .he As>oc;a ted Press.
MOSCOW, December 1l.--A non
aggression pact. providing for an ar
bitration board. has been fully agreed
upon by the Limitation of ornaments
conference here, attended by dele
gates Of Russia and the border states
of Russia. Details of the form OF
arbitration have been let to be work.
ed out after ratification of the pact.
The conference now has turned its
attention to the matter of army re-
duction.
No concrete proposition for the
limitation of armaments is being con-
sidered as yes as several OF the con-
ferces are OF the opinion that this
matter involves many technicalities
requiring the advice of experts. and
this may not be available for months
perhaps.
Poland Would Cut to 100000.
At Saturdays session Prince Ferdi-
nand Radziwill. representing Poland.
country's armed forces to 100000
within q year. with plans for further
reductions annually along lines work.
ed out by board of army experts Of
the signatory countries.
Maxim Litvinoff. however. contend
ed that more drastic reductions were
desired. especially in the interests of
the budgets of the states represented.
He asserted that Russia was eager to
make the conference a success. and
as a means of meeting the Polish
proposals. finally agreed to q reduc-
ton in the red army to 100000 along
the lines of Prince Kadziwill's sug-
gestions
Russia Wants Cut.
Plans for cutting the armies Of the
Baltic states were not gone into in
detail. NJ. Litvinoff holding to the
point that the conference was called
primarily to consider limitation Of
armaments
AS matters stand 1t is Limitation of
ornaments upon which the fate Of
the conference hinges, as Russia con-
tinues to urge that this point be
included in the pact before 1t would
be satisfactory to Russia and ready
for signature.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
Plain An,ericarisn, Needed
To Do,un Euils, Says Beueridge
Radicals, Taxes and
Interference Hit |
IL, Speech.
Jail PrOfiteers and
Uphold La,us, Says
HOOsier.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. December ll.--Eadcais.
reactionaries. foreign propagandisrs.
high taxes and government interfer-
ence with business were blamed for
Americas troubles by former United
States Senator Albert ]. Beveridgc in
an address at the annual banquet of
the Indiana Society held here s5aturday y
night.
The preservation Of American in
stitutions. he said, Is the supreme
duty Of the present. and added that
more disintesrating influences are at
work upon them than at any time
since the civil war.
A permanent revival Of plain horse
sense and straight out Americanism."
brought about by the common action
of plain American men and women
is needed. he said, to meet the situ-
alton.
For such plain Americans. he said.
there is but one motto: "All American
Institutions, not merely some Ameri-
can institutions. must and shall be
preserved"
Would Jail Prohteers.
Correct abuses promptly and with
firm hand" he advised. whether
these abuses are practiced by capital
Evening star., 1922-12-11
COAL FAMINE LAID
T04 RAIL HEADS
Shop Strike Secretary Says
Breakdown of Equipment
Is Cause of Situation.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. December ll.-David
Williams. secretary OF the central
strike committee Of the metropolitan
district for the railroad shop workers.
Saturday charged four railroad prcsi-
dents with prime responsibility for
the coal famine"
He followed his statement with a
telegram to W. II. Woodin, state fuel
administrator. declaring that the
famine in coal now threatening is
the direct result OF "the breakdown
If car and locomotive equipment"
II charge four railroad presidents
with prime responsibility for the coal
famine" said Mr.. Williams in hts
statement. Il F. I.oree of the Della
ware and Hudson. W. Z. Besler Of the
Jersey Central. William II. Truesdale
of the Lackawanna and L. L. Loomis
Of the Lehigh Valley"
Mr.. Williams said the lack of coal
was traceable to the lack OF cars on
railroads. He said that the railroads
knew of the shortage but refused TO
operate the shops with trained men.
Tho skilled repairmen on strike
on these roads are ready to meet the
nianagements at any time" his tele-
gram continued. 'in an effort to settle
the strike. as they have done on the
New York Central. Erie. Baltimore
and Ohio and other lines. They will
get the equipment into shape with
the greatest possible speed"
Evening star., 1922-12-11
COURT SAYS SHELLF|SH
IS NOT WILD animal
Mussels Illegally Taken From Land
in Iowa for Button Industry,
Decision in Appeal.
Special D.spstch to The Star


MUSCATINE. Iowa. December i'll
that phlegmatic. sluggish. shellflsh.
the fresh water nussel. backbone of
, the pearl button industry centering
here. is mot n wild animal
But 1t required decision Of no
Court of the United states to SO de-
termine. Lawyers argued until they
were breathless. briefs were prepa red
that ran into the hundreds OF pages.
musty law books were mulled over
and quoted. then read and quoted
cision of the highest court Of the land
that the lowly fresh water bivalve is
a domestic animal. and. as such, the
property Of the owner of the land
Bile streams OF its habitat.
Decision in the case. docketed as
James S. Mckee ct al. VS. Benjamin
Gratz. meant thousands OF dollars to
button manufacturers ir this city. the
center of the large pearl button in
a prominent st. Louis lumberman and
the mussels which caused all the
trouble came from water that flowed
through land owned by him. Diggers
sold the mussels to Mckee and others.
Later. Mr.. Gratz presented a bill for
shells on the ground that he owned
them. They had been stolen. he as
serted, and he should be compensated.
First Suit Dismissed.
The first suit was dismissed. Then
another in the ST. Louis courts
brought ruling for the defendants.
the court placing the mussels in the
class with muskrat. holding that,
although on owners property. title
was not perfected until they actually
were in possession. Upon motion for
rehearing the court reversed itself
and found for Gratz. In the second
hearing the court determined that a
mussel was a Ash and that. SO long
as 1t remained on a certain property
1t belonged to the owner of that land.
Mckee appealed. and then the animal
phase was injected.
1t proved life saver. Lawyers
conjecturing upon proper measures
to take in tracking down the wild
mussel" brought a laugh even to the
s:a:d precincts of the appellate courts.
However, the decision is expected to
establish a precedent in many actions
country wide involving liability. not
alone of fishermen and hunters upon
land and water to which they have
no title. but also to those who buy
their wares.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1922-12-11
FE[|C|TATES
Woman 100 YEARS OLD
Mr.. Harding Writes Letter to
Maryland Resident on Birth
day Anniversary.
soecial Diepatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Nd, December IL
Mrs. Alice D. Willis, who celebrated
her one-hundredth birthday ami
versary at Schellsburg, on the Bed
ford division Of the Pennsylvania
railroad. few miles above here. last
Saturday. was greatly pleased with a
letter from President Harding. which
said:
THE WHITE HOUSE. Washington,
November "a. 1922.
Mrs. Alice Willis. Schellsburg. Pa.
My Dear Mrs. Willis: learn from your
grandson. Ross Willis. that you are with
in few days to celebrate the Tooth ami
versary Of your birth. want to con-
gratulate you and give expression to
the hope that you may have many
happy repssitions of your birthday.
with full possession of faculties to
appraise the wonderful century you
have witnessed and look hopefully to
a still more wonderful future.
Most sincerely yours,
WARREN G. HARDING.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
Stamboul to Remain Religious
Center, With Kemal at Angora

danger Of sea attack. EsIsi -Shehr
and Aium- karahissar have been re-
jcctcd because both were seized by
the Greeks and are regarded rs too
accessible to invading armies. BrIsa.
burial place of many famous sultans.
also has been rejected, because 1t is
within range of great guns on the
sea OF Marmora.
Blow TO Diplomats.
The permanent location of the
Turkish capital at Angora will be a
blow To the United States and other
nations which have fine embassies in
Pera. the foreign section OF Constan-
tinoplc overlooking the B"sporus
and the Golden Horn. Life Will be
dull at Angora for the foreign dtplo-
mats. accustomed to the social bril-.
i;ancy which the sultan's court and
the nayirs Of many nations impaired
to diplomatic activities Of the old
capital.
Angora is a dreary interior Turk
ish town of about 10000 population.
1t Is situated in a great cattle and
sheep country. 500 miles east of Con-
stantinople on q branch railroad and
200 miles south of the Black sea.
without any connection by railroad
and with the highway closed half the
year. !: Is scattered about among the
ruins Of Roman walls and is rich in
fragments Of Greek and Roman
sculpture. which the government is
assembling preparatory to creating a
museum.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
WADVOSTOK REFUGEES
BARRED At SHANGHAI
$4,000 Held Aboard Nine Ships.
Admiral Stark Seeks to Land
Them or Get Supplies.
BY the Associat ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. December e.-Nine
vessels loaded with refugees from
Eladivostoh. under command of Adj
mirai Stark. anti-bolshevik Russian
leader which have arrived here have
furnished a problem for the Chinese
and foreign authorities. The refu-
gees. upward OF 1900 in number. are
officers and soldiers and their fam
lilies Of the white or bolshevik faction
of VladivostoL. who fed when the
far eastern authorities recently took
over the government on the evaru-
alton of the Japanese. All arc d"stl-
tute and are being held aboard their
ships The ships first went to Gen
san. Korea. where the officers say
they were refused permission to land
by the japanese authorities. althoue II
they were given fuel and supplies
sufficient to carry them to Shanghai
They report 5000 other refugees al
ready landed at Gensan in terrible
plight.
Six more ships are expected within
a short time. when the total num-
ber of refugees at this port will be
approximately 10000.
Admiral Stark seeks either permis-
sion to land his destitute charges
here or provisions and fuel to carry
them to Europe.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
HOLDS PUBLISHERS
REFUSE TO PRINT
SCHOLARLY Works
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Decembe- t.
Paucity of scholarly works" is
not due to any lack of scholars to
produce them. but to disposition
among publishers not To- print
them. Dean Frederick J. T. N"nG-
bridge of the graduate faculties OF
Columbia University. reported TO
III" president
Dean Woodbridge used as an ex-
ample. the history of the Ameri-
can colonies. by Prof Osgood. lie
said that three volume of tn"
work were published several Years
ago, but it was not until Mrs
Dwight w. Morrow had provided
funds that the remainder have
been assured publication. although
they have been ready Tor the press
for some time.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
STORY Of WEALTH
FALSE, SAYS WIFE
Woman Suspect Denies Plot
to Kill Husband Who
Deceived Her.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Mich, December IL
Charges that she had been tr'cSed
into marriage by visions OF great
wealth and generosity and that she
had been driven so nearly frantic
by the actions Of her husband that
at times she suffered loss OF memory
and responsibility, will be the de-
fense Of Mrs. May Blenn Ford when
she goes on tria! here charged with
plotting the death Of her husband
New J,Ford Of Dearborn.
Mrs. Ford. held in jail here because
she cannot procure $25.OoO bail. Is
charged with offering to give s1nmsa a 1osai
500 900 to kill her husband and burn
Tho woman told newspaper men to-
day that she intended to tell the jury
Everything about my unhappy mar
ried life and let that story be my
defense"
Mrs. Ford. who says she was a
former Toledo clubwoman. declared
she first met Ford when she was en-
ployed as a masseuse in a Iolcuo
beauty parlor.
disappointed in Home.
"Mr. Ford first wrote to the man
ager of the place. said he was near
relative Of Henry Ford, that he had
great wealth. was generous and de-
sired a wife" the woman said. "The
letter was turned over to me and !!
answered it. Immediately 1 received
a reply in which the matter OF riches
and relationship to Henry Ford was
enlarged upon. He came to see me
and we were married; .. .,u .. no,-
born to live. I found a house that
nearly seven years. asked for
money to buy dishes and was given
IS. i papcred the house: vanished
fifteen men during the harvest sea-
"And then learned that il my
husband was related to Henry Ford
it would take a geneologist to dis
cover it. My husband did not even
The latter passed our place. looked
curiously at the name on the mall
box. and then drove on.
my husband refused to let me
wear good clothes because he feared
other men might smile at me; He
mo like he did the heifers on his
farm. HIS brother struck me during
a quarrel and then followed the
divorce bills and an Injunction to
drive me from the 1arm.
Denies Murder Plot.
"Ford hired detectives to peek into
nv apartment. They nearly drove
me frantic. feared I would be kid
mapped 50 couldn't testify at the
Mrs Ford, asked if che went to
an apartment here to make arrange
ments with the supposed gunman to
have her husband killed, answered:
81 remember nothing, or could any
woman so prosecuted"
my twin brother. a big business
man from Fort Wayne. is coming
here to help me- the woman said.
I'VE have money, friends, everything.
It will be a great trial"
Date for the trial has not yet been
set. Mrs. Ford entered a plea of
not guilty when arraigned on a
charge Of attempted murder.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
's.JOY CHRISTMAS"
LIQUOR DEVOTEES,
FORCED TO DESIST
BY the Associated Press.


ROCHESTER,, n. Y, December IL
The Joy Christians. a new religious
sect formed here with a pledge to
follow the example Of the Lord as "a
drinker Of the wine of His day."
suffered reversal when a federal
prohibition agent from headquarters
in Buffalo advised their pastor" A.
Stanly Copeland. to postpone his Sec
ond Communion"
The federal agent took from Cope
land bottle of beer intended for the
services to have it analyzed and also
a copy of the sermon which the Or
ganizer of the new sect intended to
deliver. Copeland called off the scrv-
the law requires he prove he is the
responsible head of a responsible re-
ligious organization before he would
be allowed to distribute wine.
Copeland Friday evening held
communion" at which quart of
wine was dispensed to the worship
ers' in two old-fashioned beer
glasses. The pastor" has been hav-
ing difficulty in getting an adequate
supply of liquid refreShment for his
congregation" and Friday morning
he called at police headquarters to
request the authorities to give him
some seized liquor for his new cult.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
TURMOIL FOLLOWS
POLAND ELECTION
Hostility Toward Naruto.
wicz, Chosen President,
Likely to Result.
By the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WARSAW. December 1.-THE cleo
ton on Saturday OF Gabriel Naruto-
wiez as President Of Poland continued
today to excite hostile demonstra-
tions. and there were many predic-
tions of a elimination of a serious
situation.
The nationalist deputies have an
nounccd officially that they will re-
fuse to support Narutowicz or any
cabinet appointed by him. He was a
dark horse candidate and is declared
by the nationalists to be highly un-
satisfactory to them. They assert he
was elected by the votes Of the Jews,
Ckranians, Germans and Russians.
receiving only 1S6 Polish votes, while
227 Polish votes were cast for Count
Zamoyski and there were twenty nine
blank Polish ballots.
sketch OF His Career.
Narutowicz was born in 1868 at
Telsze. now part of Lithuania. He
received his education at Libau, the
technical institute OF Petrograd. and
the Polytechnic Institute of Zurich.
Switzerland. At the last named in
s'itutjon he was given a diploma as
engineer of water power. and he
practfsed this profession in France.
Spain and Switzerland. In 1905 he
was made professor Of utilization of
water power by the Polytechnic In
stitute of Zurich. After the world
war he became member Of the in
ternational commission for the utili-
cation of the waters of the Rhine.
Member Of 1920 Cabinet.
In 1920 Narutowicz was made min
lister Of public works in the Gradski
cabinet in Poland and held the same
portfolio in the two MINISTRIES OF
Premier Witos and the two headed
by Premier Ponikowski. He was
Poland's second delegate to the Genoa
conference and held the portfolio OF
minister of foreign affairs in the
Slivinski and Nowak cabinets.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
TIERNAN PLANS TO ANNUL
HIS SECOND MARRIAGE
Brother Announces Former Pro-
fessor Is Reconciled to
First Wife.

NEW YORK. December l7.-"Posi-
lively the last statement to be given
to the public regarding the marital
difficulties of John Tiernan. former
professor at Eotre Dame University
Indiana, was issued last night by his
brother, Peter Tiernan. who is con-
nected with the law office Of the city
Of New York
After announcing that John Tiernan
was now in seclusion in this city and
was reconciled with his wife,
Augusta, and three children" the
statement quoted him as follows:
An action to annul the second mar
riage will be instituted by me imme-
diately. I am prepared to meet any
insanity proceedings that may be in
stituted."
Evening star., 1922-12-11
ACT OF FASCIST RoWDIEs
Theater Performance of "Falstaff''
in Milan Halted.

By Cable 10 The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright. 1872
ROME. December IA crowd s-of
rowdy fascist interrupted the per-
formance Of "Falstaff" at the Scala
Theater in Milan insisting that the
orchestra play the fascist hymn. Sig
Toscanini. who was conducting. re-
fused the request and threw down
his baton and left the theater.
Later the fascist were pacified so
that the opera could continue, the
performance being interrupted only
occasionally by the singing of dis
turhers.
After the performance column. Of
fascist paraded through the streets
singing songs and threatening Tos-
canini with castor oil
Evening star., 1922-12-11
SAVANTS WHO LOST
LIMBS TO SCIENCE
CARNEGIE HEROES

PARIS. December 1.-The Carnegie
gold medal has been awarded to Prof.
Bergonie OF Bordeaux University. a
recent victim Of A-ray research.
whose right arm and three fingers Of
the left hand were amputated.
DR.. Charles valiant of La Riboisiere
Hospital. who recently underwent his
thirteenth operation of amputation.
made necessary by the withering ef-
fects Of X-ray. and Prof. Leray. an
other sufferer from the rays. will re-
ceive money grants from the Carnegie
Foundation.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
GIVE BANDITS 100000.
Chinese Government Also Takes
1.CoO on Police Force.
the Associated Press

lv tho Associated Pres>
PEk ING. December 1.-THE gov
rarnment announces that il has cf-
fected an arrangement by which the
bandits In the province of Shantung
have been temporarily appeased. The
bandits received 100000 on condition
that they refrain from violence after
the withdrawal of the japanese.
one thousand bandits have been in
corrorated in the Tsingtao police
force. The central government. with
out military power. was compelled
20 make this compromise in order to
avoid the appearance of being unable
to administer the restored territory.
Evening star., 1922-12-11

or labor: put profiteers in jail like
other criminals with as little hesita-
ton and at any hazard and at any
cost maintain law and order"
He warned against foreign entan-
clements. asserting that Americans
should be "level headed enough and
sufficiently open-eyed to understand
that all foreign prnpagandists have
at heart and work for the Interests
Of their country exclusively and never
the interests of the United States at
al"
''tmerica's prodigious task" he said
IN closing. "is to weld SO perfectly our
various racial groups that there will
emerge at last homogeneous people"
Evening star., 1922-12-11
$294,333 ESTATE LEFT
By MARSHALL WILDER
Dwarf Humorist Wills PROPERTY
Chiefly to Son and
DAUGHTER,

NEW YORK, December 11.-Marshall
P. Wilder. the humorist, left an es-
tate valued at $294.3s3. 1t was re-
vealed when an application for the
settlement was filed in surrogate's
court, seven years after his death.
Wilder. dwarf of peculiarly mo-
bile countenance an agile humor. was
one of the country's most popular
vaudeville artists in the COS. His
first public appearances were made
at a salary of so cents a night. In
1888 he played before the Prince of
wales, later King Edward VII.
From then on he billed himself as
"the entertainer of princes and the
prince of entertainers"
The estate will so chiefly to a son.
Marshall P. Wilder, and a daughter.
Grace.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
"SEElNG IS BELIEVING"
HEIR TO MILLION SAYS

ELIZABETH. n. december H.
Seeing Is believing" Is an axiom to
which Eugene Berue. sixty-three-year-
old street cleaner. intends to cling while
reports flourish that his wife's brother.
Michael Kelly. real estate operator. had
died In Kansas leaving them $1,000. 900.
Berue says he will continue to ply his
brush until he has the money in his
hand.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
TEXAS MAN WHIPPED.

FORT WORTH, Tex. December II.
-Emmet Clarke. ice man. was talk en-
from his automobile Saturday night
by three uhmaskeo mas @ men % 70 point
"You have been a bad little boy
and have mistreated your wife. We
are going to punish you." the men
said, according to Clarke. They then
stripped him to the waist and applied
the lash, he said. His stomach was q
mass of bruises and in spots the skin
was broken. He said his back was In
verse condition.
Evening star., 1922-12-11

In Russia it costs more than twice
as much to subscribe for q magazine
for two months as 1t does for one
month. The publishers have to make
allowance for the expected depre-
ciut:on OF tie rublc.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
DYING OF BLOOD POISON.
Prayers for Recovery Of Doctor
Knou,n az uM}rac1e Man.,

NEWARK, n. T.. December 11.-Dr.
Miller Royal Whttenack, widely
known as a children's physician. was
reported dying at q hospital here.
He is suffering from blood poisoning.
Thousands Of persons in Newark
united in prayer yesterday for the
recovery of the doctor, who 10 called
the miracle man." The hospital
whore he is confined has been be-
sieked throughout the day by thou
aands nouirins as 10 his condition.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
OPERA TENOR UNDER KNIFE,

ROME. December 11.-Lucien Mu-
ratore. the operate tenor. has been
operated on a second time for appen-
dicitis. Consequently he will be un-
able to leave at present for a concert
tour In the United States.
Evening star., 1922-12-11
For the Person
House Wear

Silk Lounging Robes. $1,000 to $500
Wool Lounging Robes 2.50to 1000
Smoking Jaekets...... 7.50to 1900
Slippers .............. l.oo to SVU