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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-23
COTTON MARKET

New York. May 23.-Trade was quiet
al the outset in the cotton market. but
prices were to II points higher on
private reports Of rather heavy rains
in parts of Texas and support from
commission houses and Local traders.
About 40 notices were issued early.
New Orleans concerns traded both ways.
Spot firms sold. The cables were
stand off. Later the list was steady
at about initial levels
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-23
moNEr.LENoINo RATES

NEW YORK-Money on call both classes
of collateral, opened today at per cent for
lending and renewing.
PHII.ADEIPHlA-Call. 5 per cent; tims.
8 per cent; CONNIE rcial paper, three TO six
months. ~ to per cent.
IONDON--Money. IN per cent. Discount
-e'r-. short and three months bills, ~ per
Evening star., 1922-12-16
Many Wonderful Exhibits.
MAN DIES TO FIND WHAT
LIES BEYOND THE GRAVE

Everett 4. Irwin, thirty years old.
was found dead in his room at the
Columbia Hotel. 472 Pennsylvania
avenue. yesterday afternoon. Death
is believed to have resulted from an
overdose of drug.
In the room the police found what
they declared to he one Of the most
dramatic suicide notes ever uncovered
in Washington. The note was writ
ten on a hotel letter paper. and COW
cred the greater part Of two pages
1t said:
ITO whom it may concern: I came
three Of heroin. One of heroin is
supposed to kill. BY having failed
once I want to make sure this time.
This is the strange part. and the only
excuse ! have for writing this. I
wanted the cocaine to keep awake.
and a night: also to put off the fatal
dose as loEg as possible.
But / cannot wait.
"I have always had desire to
know, and now I am going to find
out Isn't it wonderful? No more
doubt. but knowledge positive
knowledge.
IF one could only come back after
crossing the great divide. what a for
tune he could make from some one
Of our wonderful millionaires, who
are so happy here with their great
wealth. They do not care to brush
the future. I guess 1 would be the
same. am getting too weak to write.
Good bye all. for you know any one /
consider my friend So let me sign
myself, always a pal. DUTCH"
With the note was found a portion
OF a poem. the beginning of which
was readable, while its conclusion
was illegible.
1t started:
THE sun Is coming up.
But II keeps getting dark to me-"
The rest was illegible. At the bot
tom Of the sheet was written. Love
to mother. sister and brother, and last
but not least. to my WIFE"
Tho police say Quinn has been ar
rested for various offenses.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
KELLER CALLED GEAR"
At COURT HEARING
Lawyer Declares Other D. C. Com
missioners Bow to Engi-
necr Member.

when Col. Keller says No the
two other Commissioners bow" de-
clared Attorney julius I. Peyser in
Circuit Division 1 yesterday after
noon in the course of his argument
before Justice Hitz for a mandamus
against the District Commissioners to
compel the restoration of an opera
tors license 10 Sidney ]. Monk, auto
mobile dealer. The lawyer accused
the Commissioners of acting arbi-
trarily In revoking the permit with
out according hearing and three
months before Monk had pleaded
guilty In Police Court to a charge of
operating an automobile while In
District Corporation Counsel Hart
defended the right of the Commits
sioners to revoke the license under a
general power TO make regulations
In the interest OF public safety. He
them to await disposition Of the case
in Police Court and SO permit a
menace TO exist for weeks while a
jury trial was being reached in that
crowded tribunal He asserted that
the permit was accepted by Monk
with the reservation printed on II
that 1t could be revoked by the Com
mi missioners.
Justice Hiez inquired what the
Commissioners would have done II
Monk had been acquitted of the
charge. Mr.. Hart said he would have
advised a reissuance of the permit.
Here Mr.. Peyser declared that he
had been told by Commissioner Oys-
ter that no more revocations would
DC reopened. The lawyer said Mr..
oyster had stated that Col. Keller
was opposed to such procedure. and
Mr.. Peyser then called the Engineer
Commissioner 'czar" and remarked
concerning the. acquiescence of the
other members Of the mmission to
Col Keller's wishes.
Justice Hitz took the matter under
advisement
Evening star., 1922-12-16
CALL CHARGE UNF0UNDED
Citizens Deny Klan Lawlessness In
Barrow County. Georgia.

wINDER. Ca. December l6.-lhe.e
;s M basis for charges Of lawlessness
In Barrow county. according TO res'-
lutions adopted at Il mass meeting
attended by several hundred persons
IN the county courthouse here yes
terday The meeting ~af Of the Gslsq grand Ds
i,,-, -, - which recently investigated con-
dItions in the county; n, ,aa Ms' rnan a1sfSs h.s
that threats had been maae 'poh "'s
life by the Ku Klux Khan.
resolution prepared by Mr.. Wond-
riff was the outcome Of efforts OF MT.
Wnodruff. who declared that he In
tended to keep trying until he sue
ceeded in putting Barrow county c,.l-
ness. He conferred with Coy. Hard
wick in Atlanta yesterday; placing
the situation before him. and brought
back to Winder with him letter
from the governor denouncIng al
legged invisible rule" in Georgia,
which the state executive requested
should be read today. The communi-
cation was not placed before the
gathering, however.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
DEATH T0LLFOUR
IN M00NSH|NE WAR
Three Federal Officers and
Gang Leader Victims in
Roundup.

LEXINGTON, Ky. December l6.-
aIenifes county's "noonshire war has
ended today, after a week Of campaign
ing in the hill country. Federal proh.-
bit.on enforcement officers emerged vic
tors, but not until three agents had been
slain in clashes with the outlaws.
To balance their losses the federal
men today counted Robert Ballard, re-
puted leader OF the moonshiners. dead !;
his brother Charles wounded and
fugitive in the hills, and JEFF Ballard.
father. and Albert Ballard, brother Of
the slain leader, together with Joseph
Glenn William Ferguson and Henry
Rofit, prisoners in jail here.
Ends I'm Battle.
The Menifee County outbreak ended
yesterday in the same fashion II started
!, week ago-a spectacular gun battle.
The extended engagement between
the fedora men and members Of the
Ballard gang was initiated last Sat
u. day, when Agent r. Z. Duff WAS shot
down "hi.c leading a ra!ding party OF
half Il dozen men in al advance on
cave used by the outlaws as still site.
Roher, Ballard had been identified az
oE, of the outlay band. however.
The following morning large posse
picked up the trail Of the outlaws and
moved into the hills in pursuit. Short
~ after the mau hunt got ued"r Way
David Treadway. deputized by the
federal authorities, was shot dead by
hidden rif,eman.
With the staying Of Treadway lead
ers OF the chase disbanded the posse
and to all intents the pursuit was
called of.
Yesterday 1t was learned. however.
that the Ballards. enboldened by the
apparent absence OF pursuit. had re-
turned to their cabin. located within
half q mile OF the scene of the FIRST
encounter.
a. force Of twenty picked men sur
rounded tn" cabin. In an attempt to
rush the building Agent Guy Cole
was KILLED. Robert Eailard was killed
by a return volley from the agents
rifles. Charles. wounded in an arm
and leg. dashed from the building and
ESCAPED into the ueighboring woods.
Ballard's father and brother and the
other prisoners. all living in the
vicinity OF the cabin. then were round
I'd up. JEFF and Albert Ballard were
teld in connection with the death OF
Agent Duff and other prisoners were
charged with having been accessories
to the crime.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
Clash Of Vie,us and Groups
Put End to Border Parley
Disarmament Conference
Failed When Russia
Refused Peace Plea.
Soviet Delegate Says U. S.
Influence Might Haze
Saued Day.
BY F. A. MACKENZIE.

Ut r. A. MAShECZlE.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1927
MOSCOW. December 16.-The border
states disarmament conference broke
up. not on any minor point of pro-
cedure or detail, but because Of a
fundamental divergence Of views.
From the opening Of the proceedings
one group revealed itself. Poland.
I.atvia, Esthonia and Finland acted
together and wore able to outvote
Russia, which was supported only by
L!thuania.
The four-state group came with a
fixed program. They demanded the
exo:iange OF mutual pledges Of nom
attack and the arbitration of dis
putes.
Russia replied that the powers were
already mutually bound by the peace
treaties not to attack. The group at
first attempted to shelve the discus
sion upon definite disarmament. and
the'r final demand was that pact
he siened Immediately providing FOR
non attack and arbitration and the
p"s'ponement Of debate on actual dis
armament for three months. When
Russia protested they refused to con-
tinue the discussion.
willing TO DisarD.
In an interview today Maxim Lit
vinov declared that the action OF
these states throughout the confer
ence meant either that they deter
mined what to do at an advance con-
ference or that they were following
the directions Of stronger powers. He
thought the second conclusion was
probable.
III" said n. Litvinov, "the confer
ence had succeeded 1t would undoubt-
.dly have been followed by confer
,rte OF other powers discussing world
disarmament with the force of the
United States behind 1t the military
powers might have found II impossi-
BILE to resist this demand. Our pro-
posals were thoroughly thought out
and VIC meant them seriously. e
thought tho border states would ne
glad to get rid of nil!tarisa, and we
were prepared to go the whole length
or hear and discuss other proposals
I'VE have shown the world our
WILLINGNESS to go further than an!
other country in the direction OF DIS.
armament We cannot be accused
any longer by any san. man of iLt'
ing aggressive tendencies. The con
ference failed because the othei
states decided before coming here
that they would do nothing. But We
are not downhearted. Apart from the
Evening star., 1922-12-16
MORE HONORS AWARDED
TO WORLD WAR HEROES
Four Given Distinguished Service
Cross. Three Distinguished Serv-
ice Medal and One Cited.

Awards Of the distinguished service
cross for extraordinary heroism IN
action in France during the world
war. have been made to Lieut.. Col.
Theodore D. Boal Of Boalsburg. Pa.
former captain and aide de camp to
the commanding general. esth Di-
vision: First Lieut.. Norman L. Bots
ford Of Pittsburgh. Pa. formerly Of
the S1sth Infantry. 10Th Division:
First Lieut.. Merz Harry OF New York
city, formerly OF the 105th Infantry
27th Division, and Henry Hiser Of
Ripley. Ohio. former private Company
B. 136th Machine Gun Battalion. 37th
Division.
The distinguished service medal has
been awarded to Col. Charles B.
Wheeler of Pittsfield, Mass. formerly
of the ordnance department.: Col. An
gus Mclean. Medical Corps. OF Detroit
Mich. and Lieut.. Col. Thomas A. Dris-
coll. United States infantry. of San
Mateo. Calf.
Floyd Kimball of Couneaut. Ohio.
former private 1+5th Infantry. 37th
Division. has been officially cited for
gallantry in action near Eyne. Bel
gium, November 3. 1918.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
CRY FOR GOMPERS
At HAGUE PARlEY
ny LEOPOLD ALTRINO.

T. Cable to The Mar ana nNaso baAS ->S"s
Copyright. lS:"
AMSTERDAM, December 16.--The
absence Of the American delegation
at the International Labor Congress
a, The Hague is deeply depiored.
Samuel Gompers ough. to be here.
is the cry of j.. II. Thomas. Arthur
Henderson. Tom Shaw. Vandervelde
and others. I'VE want him and he
wants us
tone. -Ccmpers did well not to come
to The Hague" he says. He be
longs to the boureeoise and has the
same policy that the American state
Department has. He has no more
business to be here than have Hen
derson and Thomas. VINO IMPOSE ol'oi
the people"
what do you think Of the chances
of holsheyism in the United States:
the correspondent asked.
II should not be conhrmed Dol
shevist IL I doubted the final victory
of bolshevtsm throusnout me tne rTn,,.d
but ! do not believe that the Oni!eo
states has anything to fear from the
boIsheyist movement within the next
ave- Years. The United States en-
r:ched itself from the war. ana oniy
poor countries are ripe Tor soc'ai
revolution. we nluSt VI q ohA" PoF
Uganda against the treaty OF YER
ssiiies and follow with an interna-
'': What Is YOUR real position in Mos
COW" the writer ventured to ask the
little man with wild hair and spec
tacles like goggles.
well" he replied. It do not be
]ieve I am just a government ofiiciai; ,
have nothing to do with the REQ
i.neism in the Kremlin. / am only
a member of the executive comml.tee
nf the bolshevist party In Mosco"
and propaganda abroad. hos m.
Meanwhile the congress mas hos
h.an a striking success 1t seems to
he more Of debating club than any
thing else.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
FIGHT MEXICAN LABOR.
Dlvis Receives Suggestion on Meth
DDS to Combat Influx.

Methods to control what is said to be
a vast body OF alien Mexican unskilled
labor in the United States are recon-
rended 20 Secretary Davis in report
by special agents Of the Department
of Labor, Just made public. Tie re-
port sets forth that the allen Mexican
laborers. illegally in the United States.
are a menace 10 American labo- and
American communities.
Recommendations for meeting the
situation include 8. stem Of registra
tion. together with more rigid mental
and physical eXamirat ton. and seiective
immigration regulation through exanli-
nation before entry. II Is suggested
that the enforcement of such provisions
be placed under federal control In the
hands az a central body. such as ''bor
tler patrol" Cooperation with state
and municipal authorities is also sus-
Of Enumeration regulations. but also In
the judicial distribution OF Mexican
labor already in the United States and
legally admitted under the immigra-
tion laws.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
Or. HOUSE TO CONTINUE
MEETINGS NEXT WEEK
Lectures Oh Religious Psycholo-
gy" at First Congregational
Drawing Crowds.

More than 1900 persons have heairl
d. Z. l.. House in his series Of free
lectures on Religious Psychology a
the FIRST Congregational Caurch this
week. He is to give character analyses
Of two men and two women this after
noon.
TIE success Of the meetings is beyond
question. according 10 Dr. Jason Noble
Pierce, pastor OF the church. under
whose auspices the series is being given.
"Dr. House Is filing new field.' said
DR.. Pierce. He has told US numbc-
Of new things. but he holds 10 the
Christian fundamentals. He has the
peculiar gift .: humanizing every sub
ject on which he lectures. He talks
with the audience. no.. at them. my
self have sat OIL the platform and laugh
ed till the tears came al some of his
stories. but he gives you In addition
serious food for logical thought
He will speak daily next week at 4:45
and 8 pm. OIL various to3ics
Evening star., 1922-12-16
DENOUNCESG[AND
THEORY AS GRAFT
Tulane University Head Says
Science Knows No Way
to Stop Age.
CALLS IDEA RIDICULOUS
DR.. Matas Calls on Press 70 Con.
demn "Fallacy'-Dr. MAYO
Has No Time for It.
special Dispatch to Tue Star.

Special Dispatch to Tue Star
MEMPHIS. Tenn. December 1s
oraft. That's what Dr. Rudolrh
Alatas, head Of Tulane University and
one OF Americas mcst famous ~,
geons, says o. the gland theorr.
Dr. Matas is here for the southern
surgical convention. He had NOT been
scheduled for All address, as 1. was
not thought be could arrive IN tine
from Paris. where he represented TIE
United states at 4 meeting of the
FRENCH College OF Surgery. Bu, when
nc was drawn into a discussion o..
gland transplantation his opinion came
In unmisiakable terms.
Can monkey or other r,a,,o. f,-
nish the elixir OF youth and restore
10 degree the lost viRor ,lyt he
longs TO those OF the thirtics or p.f
maps little more advanced In years
opponents OF the sensational,
eApioted theory contend?
Called Thorough F.I.~hoos.
"A man is as old as his arteries
Dr. Matas said. When the blood YES
sells begin to harden and grow to,ph
when the hair whitens and the bones
grow brittle. making him young again
is stretching the Impossible mo =
thorough falsehood..
Dr. Matas was present when the
french Congress of Surgeons de-
man expert who is accredited viii
being authority Oh the gland trans
planting idea.
we would not hear .,im." said Or
Matas. because the awakened mind.
or the world know the idea of restor.
Ing youth TO the aged is faliacr.
The erect of new glands under the
Idea OF surgery TO which such stunta
belong is much like a drink OF reall.
good whisky. II boosts for the time
ard then dies. and the patient there
after is worse than before There 10
nothing known 10 medical stienc.
that VIII restore the fexibility Of the
arteries. A human Is like an automo-
bile tire. which w.en IL iooses its
he.ibilIty nothing can restore. Some
men are old at twenty-five. Others al
IS; but In any case IT depends upor
the arteries.
The idea of saving tha. new glands
implanted BY surgical skill can re-
store the youth los: in the passing OF
years is as ridiculous as il is falia
cious."
No Time to Waste.
Dr. Charles Mayo OF Rochester rep
rescntatfve figure at the convention.
didn't want 10 waste time discussing
the theory.
Can the old te made young ty
new glands?" DIR. Mayo sa.d: sup
pose you ask yourself tina; question.
AM too busy with proven science to
interest myself in tails t.iror:. lie,
those u no declare the idea is sound
come on; wita substantial proof
When they do 7 VIII be eager to
listen"
I,r ,t,,,. 4, ,<,,,o,n, ;,, 49, ,L.
ory as basis for graft. called. upui;
the press Of the country TO denouE ~
it.
1T Is physically and pathoio ;caily
impossible sto make a young man Of
an old one" lie added, 'and the news
pa per cen do To greater service thar
warning the public against the Claims
o. charlataHs who have seized upon
this sllurIng form OF graft"
copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1922-12-16
POST OFFICE PHYSICAL
EXAMS START SOON
Workers Will Not Be Forced to
Take Proposed
Tests.

Physical examinations of Post Of
Ace Department employees here will
begin shortly. Chief Clerk w. NJ. Mooney
having sent out notices to the workers
that arrangements have been completed
for holding the examinations in quarters
at the southwest corner on the first
floor Of the building at Pennsylvania
avenue and 11th street.
TT should be borne in mind that these
physical examinations are not compul
sorry" Chief Clerk Mooney stated. but
the reports Of examiners in New York
and Chicago have revealed that the in
physical condition is Of great value to
them, 80 1t is believed that a large ma
3ority Of departmental employees will
wish to avail themselves Of the oppor-
tunity.
Men and women may take the exami-
nations, which will be given by United
states health service experts. Tho first
examinations here are to be held some
time next week.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
FRENCH DEPUTIES
0. K. PREMIERSHIP
Poincare's Offer to With.
draw for Any Better Quail
fled Speedily Rejected.
POINTS BRIGHT OUTLOOK
Forthcoming Meeting of Prime
Ministers Demands Cool Action,
Official Declares.
POINTS BRIGHT OUTLOOK
BY tue Associated rress.

BY tue Associated Fress.
PARIS. December l6. - Premier
Poincare's plea to the chamber of
deputies for truce In party strife.
because of pending foreign negotia-
,ions resulted in the chamber ex-
pressing confidence In him by vote
of 5I2 to Is early today.
IT earnestly entreat the chamber to
put away for the time being all con-
siderations of domestic and particu-
larly electoral politics until after the
negotiations" he said. Il only ask
for a few weeks credit"
M. Poincare gave an exposition of
the reparations situation. during
which he told the deputies that If
they were not satisfied with the gov
ernment he and his ministry were
.'cady' gracefully to withdraw.
The deputies listened to a long dis
Georges Levy. on the application of
the eight-hour day and echoes of the
case from Deputy
Heriot. Deputy Pierre Forgot. how
ever, brought up reparations. He de-
manded that all possibilities of MAX
ing an arrangement should be ex-
hausted before the government COM
mitted itself to any irrevocable
course. He caused a stir In the chem
Der by declaring that France should
reform her own finances before she
sought to reform those of Germany.
Radicals for France.
NJ. Herriot. after having ridiculed
the governments criticisms on all
sundry subjects. declared that the
radicals would vote for the govern
ment because in foreign politics the
government represented no party or
combination. but France.
The deputies, who were getting
more and more restless as the time
wore on. took their first opportunity
to vote closure by a show of hands.
Then the president of the chamber
simple. implying confidence in the
government. and the chamber voted
such confidence. 512 to IS. The cham
Der then adjourned.
States Position Flatly.
In presenting his program NJ. Poin-
care declared fatty that if parliament
thought there were others better
qualified to carry out the present
negotiations in the name of the
French government. he was ready to
withdraw.
Not once did he mention the
eventual occupation OF the Ruhr, al
though he said the government's plans
called for the sending of engineers
and customs officers into the occupied
regions Of Germany and elsewhere.
instead Of soldiers. He believed cool
ness in words and actions, as opposed
to impuislve methods and decisions.
was necessary to keep the entente
above petty differences over details.
NJ. Pofncare expressed confidence in
the success of the forthcoming
premiers' meeting, as we'll as
optimism that the peace signed at
Lausanne would clear away the
clouds in the near east. He also
hinted that the interest displayed by
the United States in the proceedings
at Lausanne foreshadowed closer at
tention TO the interallied problems
and reparations by the Washington
government.
Evening star., 1922-12-16
Kaiser Carried
Coffin OF, Trips
Aboard Warship

By the Associat ted Press.
NEW YORK. December 16.-An
emergency coffin for former Emperor
William OF Germany has been found
in musty closet aboard his old
flagship. the Bremen, now the Con-
stantinople.
The ex-kaiser made most Of his
long voyages-to the German African
provinces and other parts Of the
world-aboard the Bremen. The
coffin always accompanied him.
Lying in handsome steel overall.
the coffin has the imperial insignia
on the sides and lid in bas relief on
enameled iron crosses. The interior
Is lined with satin. once white, now
spotted with grease.
Underneath the satin Is an elabo-
rate set Of box springs which would
have insured an easy ride over the
bouncing waves to the fatherland
had death over;aken William en-
voyage.