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Evening star., 1922-01-17
TRAP FISHING MENACES
ALASKA SALMON SUPPLY
Representative Sent 1000 Miles to
Make Protest-75.O COO Sal
mon a Day Taken.

The salmon supply in Alaskan wa
ters will be completely wiped out
within a few years If trap fishing is
not prohibited. William Paul. an
Alaskan fisherman of Indian descent
told the House merchant marine and
fisheries committee today. Mr.. Paul
said that native fishermen in south
eastern Alaska, anxious to have some
one present their side of the fish
cries question to Congress. had sub
scribed a fund to send him 1000 miles
on such a mission.
Declaring that depletion of fish was
not something in prospect, but was
already a reality, Mr.. Paul asserted
that q radical change in policy was
necessary to prevent a complete col
lapse of the fishing industry in Alas
ka Native fishermen, he declared,
are much concerned about what Con-
gress will do in the matter.
Traps placed at advantageous points
catch as many as $4,000 salmon a day.
the committee was told. Seine fish
ermen, Mr.. Paul declared. are unable
to make catches that in any way COM
pare with the yield of traps. He Sc
verely criticized the bureau of fish
cries, which. he declared, had failed
TO perform its duty at all stages" in
it's supervision of Alaska fisheries.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
HEADS CREDIT MEN.
n. v. ostermayer Made President.
Other Officers,

H. v. ostermayer Of Woodward &
Lothrop was elected president of the
Associated Retail Credit Men at q
meeting last night at the Raleigh
Hotel, succeeding Charles M. Keefer.
Other officers elected were: e. w.
Whitehead, vice president; Miss Elsie
Lee. treasurer, and Stephen H. Takes,
secretary. Members Of the board Of
directors are David Sanger. Charles
NJ. Keefer, Gen. Anton Stephan, Leo
Baum and George C. De Neale. Gen.
Stephan was appointed chairman of
the Legislative committee. ME-. Sanger
chairman OF the entertainment com!
mittee and A. Coonin chairman Of the
membership committee.
Efforts Of the association to obtain
passage Of q stringent bad-check
law for Washington formed the basis
Of short talk by Gen. Stephan. The
membership during the last year, 1t
was announced, jumped from twenty
five to ninety-two.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
SPEAKS, FOR CONSTITUENT
Senator Urges West virginian for
Fish Commissioner,

President Harding was urged yes
terday by Senator Sutherland of West
Virginia to appoint Robert ]. Rob-
inson Of Lewisburg, w. Va, United
States fish commissioner. Senator
Sutherland said afterward that he
received no promise from the ex-
ecutive, but was assured that his can
didate would be given every consid-
Grafton.
The senator. in explaining the quail
flcations of Mr.. Robinson. pointed out
that he had long been active in the
party's politics in West Virginia. and
is especially we'll qualified. techni-
cally, for the post. He said that Mr..
Robinson served for number of
years in an official capacity in the
Ash commission. and was for several
years in charge Of the hatcheries in
West Virginia.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
BLANKS NoN-F0RGEABLE.
Perfecting Plans to. Offset Use of
Fake Liquor Prescriptions.

Plans are under. consideration at the
Treasury Department to perfect nom
forgeable prescription blank for use Of
physicians in medicinal cases, it was
announced yesterday. This item Is in
cluded in the improved methods Of pro-
hibition enforcement being worked out
by the Treasury in line with the admin
istration's policy for more efficient con-
duct Of the eighteenth amendment.
Systems OF countersigning have been
installed also to prevent forgeries of
withdrawal permits, but Withdrawals Of
LIQUOR have been continuing. The forg-
ed prescription for liquor, one official
declires, Is becoming SERIOUS prob
lem"
Efforts Of the Treasury, it was
explained. were aimed at the strict
supervision Of liquor Withdrawals to
prevent alchol obtained for ostensibly
legal purposes being diverted to bev-
erage uses.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
HARMON UNDER BOND.
Is Accused Of Forging Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt's Name.

William Lawrence Harmon. twenty
nine years Of age. who served as q
lieutenant in the Army during the
world war. and later served with the
war risk bureau in Atlanta, Ca.
where he was arrested last week on
a charge Of having forged the name
of Theodore Roosevelt. jr., to q note
for $1,000, has been returned from
Atlanta by Detective Charles Mullen.
Harmon 10 said by the detective to
have admitted tho forgery and getl
ting the note cashed at Riggs Bank.
The accused man, according to the
detective. said he was in debt and
needed money. He is said to have
stated that he obtained 500 on q
forged note and that his success led
him to believe he might get the larger
sum, lfquidate his Indebtedness and
start the new year free from debt.
In order to obtain the signature Of
the assistant secretary Of the Navy,
he 10 said to have admitted. he OBJ
tanned a letter of Introduction to q
shipping board official from the Navy
Official He resigned his position in
Atlanta the later part Of December,
It 10 stated. and cAme to this city, re-
naming here only a few days.
Harmon pleaded guilty in Police
Court ana was held on bond of
$4,000 to await action Of the grand
jury.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
RESERVE bANkPLAN|
UPHE[DBY SENATOR
Mr.. Glass Denounces Those
Who Would Destroy System
y to Serve Politics.

Denouncing those who would de-
stroy the great reserve banking sys-
tenn for the sake Of politics" Senator
Glass. democrat. Virginia. declared in
the Senate today that much more
good would be accomplished for the
country "if some senators and others
would talk sense to the bankers in
stead of nonsense to the farmers"
The Virginia senator, resuming a
speech begun yesterday on proposed
changes in the federal reserve act
which would place a farmer on the
reserve board. said there was "abso.
lutely no excuse" for the barrage of
attacks which had been levelled at
the reserve system.
WouId Tell Facts to Farmer.
"Why not tell the farmers the truth,
once?" queried the speaker. why in
sist on drawing the picture Of defiation
and credits as the monster which
brought reduced prices, not alone on
the farmers products, but on all COM
modities? Why not show that lot
of banks did not take advantage Of the
thereby impaired and limited their own
ability to aid"
Mr.. Glass declared that "instead of
the nonsense" spread among the farm
ers about how they had been victim
lied. the farmers should be told to
"organize." not to become the plaything
of fanatics. but for intelligent research.
Attacks Called Charlottesville"
And I want to say" he went on,
that the situation cannot be cured
by the sickening TRADE of politicians
and indefensible attacks on the re-
serve banking system"
The senator said that ~ per cent Of
the banking power Of the south was
lodged in banks which have not be-
come members of the reserve system,
and went on to show that in the west
80 per cent Of the banking power
was not included in the system, while
in the Pacific states 36 per cent OF
the strength remained outside of the
system.
Evening star., 1922-01-17

John Armstrong Chaloner of Gotham,
Va, and New York city. who made Ia
nous the phrase who's looney now?"
during the days when he enjoyed the
distinction of being declared sane in
Virginia and insanse in New York city,
announced today a plan for keeping
the boys down on the farm" through
the PRONUNCIATION Of motion picture en-
tertainment in rural regions Of the
country.
He intends to make himself the
pioneer in the movement. During the
coming four years. he said. he intends
to devote his entire efforts to covering
the country, going to each state in an
endeavor to obtain state and county
support of community center enter
prises whereby the ruralites may be
given the advantages Of the motion
picture and entertainments OF the same
type and class that the urban dwellers
enjoy.
And his Merry Mills Community
Center Movie" located in a barn at
Gotham. Va, has proven up. he says.
as the probable forerunner of a chain
of similar establishments for the rural
regions of the future.
Successful Experiment.
Here's his plan as he explained it
In an interview today:
The need for recreational enter
tainment in the rural sections during
the winter made itself so felt at Cob
ham that a barn was rugged out as
an impromptu motion picture show
house. Stars such as Mary Pickford,
Charles Ray and Douglas Fairbanks
were shown. And the threatened
shortage of farm labor on Mr.. Chal-
oner's place in Gotham was averted.
ment become that when he proposed
suspending it during the summer
months, a round robin" was sub
scribed to by members of the near
by hamlets requesting him to allow
them to conduct the motion picture
place during the summer months for
a nominal admission fee. He readily
Mills Community Movie" which the
barn was christened, became a by
word for entertainment in the Cob
ham district.
This led him to the realization. he
said. Of the need for such an insti.
district in America. 1t brings to
the eye of the ruralite the latest
modes in dress. custom and manners,
he said. The educational value OF the
visual presentation of events OF the
world also. according to Mr.. Chaloner
should not be lost sight of.
Welcomed. in the South.
In the past few months he visited
North and South Carolina and Ala
bama. All these states are favorably
impressed with the plan, and in North
Carolina $4,000 has been provided
for the establishment of the rural
community motion picture. The state
l pays one-third of the expense. The
county pays two-thirds. An automo-
bile, equipped with motion picture
apparatus and q special generator for
the projection lantern current tours
the county, showing the Aims at
schoolhouses strategically located
therein.
South Carolina and Alabama have
given the proposition favorable con-
sideration and are expected to take
definite action with regard to its
Evening star., 1922-01-17
ULT|MATUM ISSUED
TO CAR STRIKERS
Virginia Struggle, in Second
Day, IS Accompanied by
Some Violence.
BY the Associated Press,

Dy tne ABsOe1obeQ freSB.
RICHMOND, Va. January 1.-THE
second day Of the strike Of plaform
and shop men Of the Virginia Railway
and Power Company, called In four
Virginia cities. was marked by issu-
ance Of an ultimatum by the company
to the men on strike against a wage
reduction and by first attempts at vto-
lence In Norfolk and Portsmouth. The
situation in Petersburg, where the
men refused to heed the strike call
yesterday, was reported unchanged.
The company, through its Richmond
which it said that all employees falling
to return to work by Friday would
lose all seniority rights and sick and
insurance benefits. IN addition to au-
tomatically disconnecting themselves
from the service.
Cars in Operation.
Fourteen cars were said by COM
pany officials to have been in opera
tion in Richmond at o'clock this
morning. as compared with six yester-
day.
A non-union conductor was report
GU sHSHtly injured ny Hylu6 glass a :
Norfolk today, when two pieces OF
concrete were hurled into his car.
The crew of the first car sent out IN
Portsmouth We're forced to abandon
it after encountering a shower OF
stones and bricks.
T. Norman Jones, jr., general man
ager Of the Norfolk Portsmouth di-
vision of the company, announced
that developments were entirely sat
isfactory, but his statement as to
the number of cars in operation was
disputed by the men. who said that
not more than a dozen cars were in
operation in Norfolk, either yesterday
or today.
Free-Ride Jitneys.
The strikers here today expressed
themselves as meeting with success
in operating "free-ride" 5itneys in
this city, passengers being permitted
to contribute any sums they desire.
They announced that additional jit-
neys would be placed on other routes
in case they were found necessary to
improve traffic conditions.
A meeting OF the Central Labor
Council Of Petersburg was held there
last night to consider the action of
the motormen and conductors on
lines in that city in refusing to
strike. but officers today would make
no statement as to what was done.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
CRASH CAUSES INJURY.
Driver Of Touring Car Accused Of
Driving Under Liquor influence.

A large touring car crashed head-on
into an automobile truck this morning
about 1880 o'clock at Iowa Circle,re-
sulting in slight scalp wound to one
of the occupants Of the touring car
and considerable damage to both
machines.
The driver Of the car, William H
Smith, was arrested by Policeman c. o.
Turner of the second police precinct
and locked up on a charge Of driving
while under the influence Of liquor. A
hearing will be given him in Police
Court tomorrow.
James NJ Hayes, occupant Of the
touring car. was taken to Emergency
Hospital where he was treated for
slight scalp wound. The other passen-
ger was William W. Smith, who es-
capped injury.
The truck is owned by the Univer-
sal Coal Company, and was driven by
Nathan Hall. colored. Of 1910 10th
street. He also escaped injury.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
DEMANDS MEN BE FREED.
Einn Fein officer Takes Up Arrests
With British Authorities.

By The Associated Press.
BELFAST, January 17.-Owen O'Duffy,
Sim Fein liaison officer for Ulster,
said In an interview today he had
taken up with the British authorities
the arrest Sunday by members of the
Royal Irish Constabulary Of ten occu-
pants Of automobiles on their way
from Monaghan to Londonderry, who
were reported by the constables to
have represented themselves as Gaelic
foot ball players, but who wore Irish
republican army uniforms.
ODuffy declared that one Of the men
arrested was Divisional Commandant
Hagan of the northern division of the
republican army, and the others mem
bers of his staff. Unless the men are
Immediately released, O'Duffy an.
nounced, he would take action.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
DENY ROPE AND CAP
BURIED WITH MEN
Witnesses Testify at Senate
Inquiry Into Treatment of
Soldiers Overseas.

Former service men detailed for
duty with the American graves regis
tration service in France denied be-
tee today that the bodies Of soldiers
legally put to death in France were
buried with a stub of rope around the
neck and the black cap which had
been placed on them on the gallows.
George A. Bamford Of Washington
and John r. Flynn Of Cambridge. Mass,
both testified they had heard Of MOTH
ing to substantiate such charges.
Flynn declared that Rufus P. Hub.
bard of New York, who had testified
that he saw bodies with rope and cap
intact, was trouble maker" who
had to be transferred on that account.
Take Up Hanging Methods.
The committee went into hanging
methods as part of it's general in
vestigating of charges laid before the
Senate by Senator Watson, democrat,
Georgia, that soldiers were hanged
without trial in France.
Flynn insisted that IL the service
was unable to identify a body for
shipment home it was reinterred.
Taking up the case Of Benjamin
King of Wilmington, N. c., reported
by the War Department as killed In
aCt1On, ana Claimed Dy former Wit
ness to have been lynched. the COM
mittee called Vainey E. Wells Of Will
'mington, who said King was q mem
Der of his platoon.
II have no direct proof" he said,
"but 1t is my honest opinion he was
killed. A sergeant, who was nearby
told me King was blown up with a
shell. 1 know he went into the battle
and never came out. Like many others,
he was reported missing when the
battle ended"
Says He Saw Ropes and Caps.
Disagreeing with witnesses who pre-
ceded him, Richard c. Sullivan of
Somerville. Mass, an assistant en-
balmer with the graves registration
service, declared he saw two bodies
taken up with ropes and black cap
intact.
Every body I helped prepare for
shipment home was positively identi-
fed" said Sullivan.
Edwin E. Lamb of Hartford, Conn.,,
a lieutenant colonel, with the expe-
dictionary forces. was called.
did you witness any executions in
France?"
'Yes. two. at Bazailles. Both were
court-martialed," he said.
Lamb gave the committee the names
Of both men, who made rambling
statements, which were taken down."
he said. The condemned men were
given opiates before the hanging to
compose their nerves, the witness de-
clared.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
PLANS TO KEEP EN- ON THE FARM
BY MEANS OF MOTION PICTURES
John Armstrong Chaloner Proposes to
Take Entertainment to the Laborers
of the Rural Sections.

establishment during future legisla-
tive sessions.
In Virginia, he said, after an inter-
view with the state superintendent Of
education, Harris Hart, he was as
sured that "large appropriation"
would be forthcoming for the estab-
lishment Of the system of visual in
struction by means Of motion pic
tures
Thirteen States to Be Canvassed-
During the first year cx-s con-
templated four-year tour OF the coun-
try in the interest, Mr.. Chaloner ex-
poets to cover thirteen states. He
has already been to Alabama, North
and South Carolina. He will go to
Louisiana, Texas. California, Wash
ington. Oregon. Ohio, Indiana. Illinois
and Missouri. His native Virginia is
the thirteenth state.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported to
the health department in the last twenty-four
hours:
Frank and Mabel G. Sweeney. boy.
william L. end Madeline Riggles, boy.
George @. and Anna d. Click. boy.
Webb n and Rosebella Cbenault girl
Reginald J. and Elizabeth L. Gingell. boy.
Bland and Mary ". Beverley. girl.
Samuel C. and Dorothy A. Lawrence, girl.
James H. and Berthe Purdy. girl
lawrence H. and Ethel Allen. boy.
Charles s. and Mabel Fleet, boy.
John and Rosetta Clark. boy.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
MASTER PRINTERS MEET.
Hold Luncheon and Vote to Deco
rate franklin Statue,

The weekly luncheon Of the Master
Printers Of Washington was held yes
terday at the new City Club. John
Rupert Of the Crane Printing Com
Iany gave q talk on the life Of Benja-
min Franklin, after which the print
ers voted to place q wreath on his
statue at 10th and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest today.
A letter Of felicitation from the mas
ter printers Of France, in reply to the
Warrington printeFH' o&blegTam Of
ohniG4HAA VA0 SoAds
Evening star., 1922-01-17
CIVIC BODIES TAKE ACTION.
Portsmouth City Council Called in
Special Session.

PORTSMOUTH. Va. January IL
Civic bodies here have begun to take
notice of the situation, with the
Methodist Ministers Association of
the city adopting strong resolutions
calling upon city officials to investi-
gate fully the difficulties between the
company and the men, and city coun-
Gil summoned to special session today
to decide a definite attitude for the
city.
Jitney busses. under police super
vision. today were operating to all
parts Of the city and suburban sec
tions on regular schedules.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
TERRITORIAL STATUS BILL.

Porto Rico would be given terri
torial status under bill introduced
by Representative Nolan. republican.
California. The measure provides that
funds collected through taxation ana
customs receipts shall be devoted en-
tirely to education, sanitation and
such public works on the island as
tive ins,,,ar re~ia1a turs NAV nrescrtbe.
Evening star., 1922-01-17
BANDITS WRECK SAFE.
81 TOO Taken From Bank Without
Arousiue the Town.

AUGUSTA, Ca, January 1.-THE
Ca, was completely wrecked Sunday
night by robbers who made q get
away with $1,700 in cash The burg
larry was not discovered until yes
terday afternoon, as the cashier, p.
w. Reese, was in Augusta at the bed
side of a member Of his family and
did not open the bank until noon.
Evening star., 1922-01-17

viscount Fitzalan, the retiring vice.
roy:
IT was gratif1ed to hear from your
telegram of the successful establish
ment of the provisional government
of Ireland and am confident that you
will do everything in your power to
which lies before them"
All Functions Continue.
The provisional government issued
a proclamation yesterday that it had
entered upon it's duties and functions
as constituted under the treaty.
It directs that all law courts, cor
porations, departments, state boards,
Judges, civil servants. peace officers
and all public servants and function
aries heretofore acting under the au-
thorfty of the British governm ent
shall continue to carry out their func-
tions, unless and until otherwise or
dered by the provisional government,
pending the constitution Of the par
Lament of the free state, without
prejudice to the full and further ex-
ercise by that parliament Of all its
powers
Warned Away From q. 8.
The minister Of publicity has pub
lished q letter from "the Irish con-
sulate in New York. advising sns-
pension Of all emigration from Ire
land to the United States in view OF
the depression in trade and the un-
employment which prevails there.
The Dublin morning papers COM
ment with qualification on the pro-
ceedings at Dublin Castle. The Free
mans Journal prints the headline:
1.-THE Great Surrender" and says:
mo incident could be more SYM
bolical of the victory won by the
peoples pienipotentiariea The ac-
tual executive is now the peoples
own: let them rally to its support
Every lawbreaker for the first time
in Ireland's history in nearly 800
years is now the peoples enemy. Let
the people realize that truth and act
accordingly
Evening star., 1922-01-17
CONFIRMED BY SENATE.
Attchison and Hall Continued as
Members Of I. C. C,

Tho Senate late yesterday con.
dTmsd the nominations OF Commis-
sionefs Aitchison and Hall Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
who were reappofnted by the Pres
ident The Senate action ends q pro-
trRcted fight waged by several south
ern senators against the filing Of the
vacancies by men from sections Of
the country other than the south.
Mr.. Aitchison Is listed from Oregon
and MI. Hall from Colorado,
Evening star., 1922-01-17
GOES TO PEARL HARBoR.

Lieut.. William 8. Hector has been re-
lieved from duty in the bureau Of aero
nautics. Navy Department, and assigned
to duty e the naval sas station. Pearl
Evening star., 1922-01-17
GETS RECRUITING DUTY.

Commander Robert e. Hoyt, Naval
Medical Corps, at the Naval Hospital,
N. T., has been assigned to duty at the
naval recruiting etakiaav tAi0 oftR
Evening star., 1922-01-17
CHAMBER TO ELECT.
Commercial Body to Name Officers
Tonighr,

Election Of officers for secretary.
washington Chamber Of Commerce
will be held in the offices Of the
chamber at 8 o'clock tonight
A. 3. Seymour, Ralph w. Lee and
Chaplin Brown, respectively, are the
incumbents Of these offices.
Evening star., 1922-01-17

IN some French rural districts 80 per
GENT Of the eAhabitants own their
Evening star., 1922-01-17
ENJOYS IN LONDON
FOR CONFERENCE

Continued from First Page.)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-04-06
TEST SEEDS BEFORE SOWING
OF Big Advantage to Farmer to De-
termine Purity and termination
of Various Grains.

Whether the seed is for sale or for
will find it to his advantage to test
his seed, or have it tested, for purity
and termination. In making a purity
test, according to the United States
Department of Agriculture, it is Gus
tomary to determine the percentage Of
pure seed, inert matter such as dirt,
chaff, and broken seeds, and foreign
seeds, including weed and other kinds.
sample is taken varying in weight
from 1 to 100 grams or more Ga tea
spoon for the clovers and small-seeded
grasses, tablespoon for the grasses,
and a considerably larger amount for
cereal grains), depending upon the
size of the seed being examined. For
the termination test usually two lots
of 100 seeds each are placed on OF
between blotting paper, canton fan
mel, or such material, and kept in a
room or chamber at a temperature of
60 degrees to 80 degrees f. for 8
to % days, depending upon the kind
of seed being tested.
Samples for purity and termination
tests may be sent to the seed labora-
tory of the United States Department
of Agriculture at Washington D. c.,
or to the nearest branch seed labor
atory Of the United States Department
of Agriculture at Washington, D. c.,
or to the nearest branch seed
laboratory located at Lafayette, Ind. !;
Columbia, Mo-; College Station, Tex.
Corvallis, Ore. and Berkeley, Calf.