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Evening star., 1923-09-22
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md. September %
Especially D.-Montgomery county is
rapidly becoming county of expert
that line of business in the county
are suffering accordingly.
This proficiency in the art of max
ing becoming headwear Is due to the
work Of Miss Blanche A Corwin.
county home demonstration agent of
several weeks has been conducting
millinery demonstrations in various
parts Of the county. Herself an ex-
pert in such work, Miss Corwin is
showing the women of the county
how to make hats at low cost.
Miss Corwin's last demonstration
was at Germantown. and was con-
Quoted under the combined auspices
OF the Germantown Grange and the
As You Like 1t Club of that place.
hood attended, and many top pieces
were made.
Miss Corwin will conduct another
demonstration at Germantown next
Thursday.
Wife Deserter Jailed.
Harry Carter will have to spend
the next twelve months in the Mary
land house of correction. because his
infatuation for young woman
neighbor caused him to desert his
wife and four children and run off with
the neighbor in question. That was
the penalty imposed upon him by Judge
Samuel Riggs in the police court here
following plea of guilty to a charge
of wife desertion. Judge Riggs has
arranged that whatever Carter earns
at the penal institution be turned
over to his wife.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for
the marriage of Frederick A. O'Neill
and Miss Nellie A. Sullivan, both OF
! Washington, and Leon NJ. Stewart oi
Evening star., 1923-09-22
NEW 'BODENMARK
SOON TO BE ISSUED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. September 22.-Germany's
new unit of currency is to be the
"bodenmark." worth 1858 grammes
fine gold and equal to 100 "boden-
pfennigs," 1t became known today
through publication of the measure
providing for establishment OF the
new currency bank.
The bank is to be established by the
representatives of agriculture, indus
try, trade and commerce. including
transport. and by the banking world
and owners Of urban real estate. 1t
will be Independent of the government
as regards administration and the
conduct of it's business. The capital
of the bank, which will be free from
all taxes, is to be 2.400. 100000 boden-
marks.
landed property in the country and
towns in gold marks, on which the
owners of the property must pay an
nual interest of 6l2 per cent. In the
case of industrialists who are not
owners of the property where their
establishments are situated the cur
rency bank will receive promissory
notes The bank will issue its obii-
cations in gold marks, which viii
serve as cover for the bodenmark.
For the next two years the bank
will be authorized to grant loans to
the reich in bodenmarks up to two
billion marks. After a lapse of two
| years the currency bank will be def
nitely liquidated. The reich will
bank a loan, free of interest, of 300.-
| OOO, 900 bodenmarks, with which
| treasury bills discounted by the
Reichsbank will be redeemed, while
the Reichsbank on it's part will buy
back against bodenmarks the Reichs-
bank paper money which now is in
| circulation.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
PROMOTIONS DUE
IN SCHOOL SERVICE
Board of Education to Fill
Vacant Posts at Special
Meeting Soon.

Important appointments in the ad-
. ministrative and supervisory staffs
of the public schools will be made
by the board of education at a special
meeting to be called some time next
week by President Daniel J. Calla-
han.
50 Vacancies caused by the resigna-
tion of Mrs. Cecil Norton Sisson as
general director of the community
center department and the promotion
of Robert l.. Haycock, supervising
principal of the third division, who
becomes assistant superintendent on
October /, will be filled
2 There are a number of candidates
for Mrs Sisson's position, the ma
Jority of them already within the
school system. Among those being
considered by Supt. Frank w. Ballou
are Mrs. William B Hardy, assistant
general director of the community
center department; Mrs A. ]. Driscoll
center, and Mrs. William Wolff
smith. 1t has been the policy of DR.
Bailou to promote persons already in
the service.
DT. Ballou during the past few days
mas held conferences with number
OF the administrative principals, one
or whom probably will be promot ed
to succeed Mr.. Haycock. Miss Kath-
erlne III. BevaFd. principal of the Ross
School, and Miss NJ. Gertrude Young,
principal of the Peabody Hilton
Group school, are said to be the two
outstanding candidates for this posi-
tion.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
SHIELDS DEALT lab
IN WILSON LETTER
Senator One of Least Trust.
worthy of My Professed
Supporters, He Says.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, September
Ex-senator John X. Shields of Ten
nessee is described as "one of the
least trustworthy of my professed
supporters" by Woodrow Wilson. in
letter to w. A. S. Furlow of Bristol
Tenn, replying to an inquiry of the
latter as to the Tennessee senator IS
record during Mr.. Wilson's presi-
dency. The letter of the former Presi-
dent was made public by Gen. Law
renee D. Tyson of Knoxville, In con-
nection with a recent interview an
swering Senator Shields remarks re-
garding Mr.. Wilson.
Gen. Tyson, who is a candidate for
the democratic nomination for the
senatorship next year against Senator
Shields. as is also Judge Nathan D..
Bachman of Chattanooga. reiterated
his previous charges against Senator
Shields.
The letter from Mr.. Wilson. made
public by Gen. Tyson, reads as fol-
lows.
August 2s. 1928.
My Dear Mr.. Furlow: In re your
letter of August 25 | do not feel at
liberty to say more than this:
THAT I regarded Mr.. Shields dur
ing my administration as one of the
least Trustworthy of my professed
supporters
SO generously evidenced by your let
ter. Cordially and sincerely yours.
WOODROW WILSON"
Evening star., 1923-09-22
FREE FILM ACTOR
IN 'DISSOLUTE' CASE
CASTOR Glass, Former PROTECT of
Bernhard, Dismissed by
Court.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, September %
A charge of being a dissolute per-
son brought against CASTOR Glass.
motion picture actor--and former
protege of Sarah Bernhard, was dis
missed yesterday in police court,
where juries at two trials disagreed.
Similar charges against Louis Gas
nier, motion picture director, and
Miss Alma Rhoades and Mrs. Hele n
McCloskey, actresses arrested with
Glass in a residence in the Hollywood
district last June, also were dismissed
Glass was the only one to be tried.
Immediately after the charges were
dismissed, Glass was offered ana
signed a new contract with motion
picture company to replace one ne
Voluntarily broke when the charges
were brought against him.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
BLOOD TESTS URGED
FOR HAPPY MARRIAGES
Physician Says Only Couple in
Same Group Make Good
Mates.
BY ths Associated Press.

By thB Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, September 22.-
Unhappy marriages can be prevented
by means of blood tests, DR.. William
S. cambridge of New York, told the
American Association of Obstetri-
clans. Gynecologists and Abdominal
Surgeons. in convention here.
DR.. o. NJ. GruhzIt of Detroit pre-
sented the theory that there were
four different kinds of blood. In the
discussion that followed DR.. Balm
bridge asserted that by taking blood
tests of persons in love unhappy
unions could be forestalled. as only
the mating of persons in the same
blood group could be recommended.
This would result. he explained, in
the marriage of people who had a
natural affinity for each other. and
who could withstand the trials of
life Cleveland was chosen as the
place for the next convention.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
FARM BANK HEADS
TO SEE PRESIDENT
Financiers From Wheatlands
to Place Their Case Be-
fore Executive.

Final arrangements were made to-
day at the White House by Repre-
sentative Johnson of South Dakota
and Representative Young of North
Dakota for a committe of bankers
from the northwestern states to call
upon the President. These bankers
will, be here next week seeking a
solution of the problems facing the
wheat farmers in the northwest.
The committee will be in Washing
ton Thursday morning and will go to
the White House at 1870 o'clock. On
Thursday afternoon they will have
a hearing before Secretary Wallace
of the Department of Agriculture and
on Friday afternoon they will present
their case to Secretary Hoover of the
Department of Commerce. The COM
mittee will consist of A. d. Stephens
Crookston, Mimi, chairman; n. j.
Holmberg, ST. Paul, Mimi; Frank
Clague, Redwood Falls. Mimi; An
drew Kopperud, Webster, S. D.; G.
n. Herried, Aberdeen, S. D.; A. FL
Garnett, ST. Thomas, n. D.; James A
Sanford, Valley City, \. d.. A. ID
Default, Jamestown. y. D.; A. L.
Stone. Dillon. Mont. and w. F. Jor-
dan, Glendive, Mont.
Ts Address Red Cross.
President Coolidge will spend this
afternoon at work in the White
House. He is to deliver his first inn
ident at an American Red Cross meet
ing here Monday morning.
Representative Anderson of Mime
sofa today discussed the agricultural
situation with the President and made
some recommendations to him for re-
lief measures for the wheat farmers.
After his conference with the Prest-
dent, Mr.. Anderson said that he would
appear before the United States Tariff
Commission and urge that the tarif
the flexible provisions of the Fordney-
McCumber tariff law. II these provi-
sions were invoked the tariff could be
increased so per cent on wheat.
Mr.. Anderson said that the acreage
planted in wheat had been increased
Is, 900. 900 acres. Much of this acreage,
ne said, could we'll revert to corn.
Resignation Report Denied.
Published report to the effect that
Secretary DENLY of the Navy was
planning to resign his portfolio was
officially denied at The White House
today.
SSHdIOE &NOIDGCh VI III
republican. and Senator Cameron of
Arizona, republican. were visitors at
the White House today. They came,
they said, merely to pay their re-
spects to the President The two
senators are of somewhat different
attitudes in regard to what should be
done to relieve the wheat farmers.
Senator Cameron said that the
farmers of his state had found by
diversifying their crops they had
made a success where they would
have failed had they continued to
stick to one crop. Senator Norbeck
declared that it would be just as
sensible to suggest to the manufac-
turer of cotton that he go into the
mining business as to tell the wheat
farmers of the northwest to change
their crops.
Senator Norbeck said that he be-
lieved with Senator Borah that 4
Congress was to be called in special
session to enact legislation to aid
the farmers this fall. definite pre-
gram should be drawn up to present
to Congress prior to the call.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
MISTAKE I'M MEDICINE
CAUSES MOMAN'S DEATH

Mistahing poison tablets for head
ache medicine last Tuesday night re-
suited in the death of Mrs. Ella Wan
nall early today at Emergency Hos
pital.
Mrs wannall was in her room at
home, 1905 9Th street northwest She
discovered the mistake and was taken
to Emergency Hospital. Up until
yesterday she was believed to be inn
proving. Last night, however, she
suffered a setback Her husband. MIL
ton A. Wannal1, an electrician, was at
her bedside when she died.
Preliminary investigation leads to
a theory of accidental death, DIR. Her.
bert Martyr, deputy coroner, said to-
day, but an inquest will be held this
afternoon at the nlorgue in accord
ance with official regulations.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
UNDER S5,OOBOND
|. IN B[ACKMA|L CASE
Man Held Accused by So
ciety Woman of $500, 900
Extortion Demands.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
BOSTON, September 22.--Arthur
LIE Barron of New York, charged by
Mrs. Nathaniel Franklin Emmons,
Boston society leader. with $4,000
blackmail attempt, was held for the
October sitting OF the grand jury in
$1,000 bonds in municipal court to-
day. He furnished bail. Mrs. En-
mons, who Is a cousin of Bishop
William Lawrence, asserted that the
attempt was one of series by which
a band of which she says lie Barron
was a member attempted to obtain
sums ranging from 100000 to
100000. The police say that lie Bar
Allen, Lester Francis and Lester
Fogg.
Attempted Larceny Charged.
The charge against lie Barron is
attempted larceny. According to the
complaint, lie Barron, falsely repre-
senting himself as the holder of a
letter alleged to have been written
by Mrs. Emmons to a war veteran,
sought $4,000 for it's surrender. At
ron passed over package of blank
paper to Mrs. Emmons, the pelice
say. and a waiting officer placed him
under arrest.
Mrs. Emmons has been active jim
war relief and postwar welfare
work among disabled service men.
Mrs. Emmons told of a meeting by
appointment with LIE Barron at a Bos-
ton hotel at which he passed over to
her package supposed to contain
letters. Special Officer Frank Nc
Nabb, who was present. then placed
LIE Barron under arrest.
Mrs. Emmons said she first encoun-
tered lie Barron when she was en-
gagged in war welfare work. For the
past three years she has been known
as the Angel of the Twenty sixth .
Two years ago she established camp
at her estate in bingham, where she
brought totally disabled soldiers from
hospitals for a change OF environment
and recreation.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
RAOUL MADER0 SEEKING
MEXICAN PRESIDENCY
Announces His Candidacy on Plat
form Which Declares Against Re
public's Present Constitution.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
r .NoGALES, Ariz. September 22.-
Raoul Madero brother of the
late Francisco Madero. revolutionary
President of Mexico. is the latest to
announce his candidacy for the pres
idency of the republic in the forth
coming elections, it was learned here
today.
Madero in his platform declares
against the present constitution as
being antiquated and advocates the
of parliamentary sys-
tenn of government in Mexico to sup
plant the constitution now in force.
The platform asserts that Madero
will protect capital and at the same
time construe favorably the labor
laws to protect the laboring class of
Mexico.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
HI n. A. EMMoNs.

AS its name implies, this Is an oak
OF low places. of bottom lands,
swamps and stream edges. 1t is a
large, picturesque, shaggy tree so to
so feet high, sometimes 110 feet with
trunk diameter of feet. Its range
Is from Vermont and southern Michi-
gan to Arkansas and Georgia.
The bark is very rough and
shredded, of a pale, grayish brown
color. cut into long, heavy ridges.
The leaves and acorns are good
identifying characters. The leaves
are to inches long, deep green
above, white woody beneath. They
are wedge shaped at the base and
are cut into 10 to Is shallow. seal
loped lobes. The leaf is obovate in
general outline. Once seen and
identified these leaves will never be
easily confused with those of another
eastern tree but the swamp chestnut
oak, and this oak bears an acorn the
nut of which is larger than that of
the species under considera ton.
The acorns. unlike those of many
Evening star., 1923-09-22

, oaks, hang on long stems, usually in
pairs. The nut is about an inch long.
oval, chestnut brown in color. and is
set in a rough hemispherical cup
which incloses about one-half the nut.
These cups are often fringed at the
border They mature the first year.
The flowers of the swamp white
oak appear in May. They are in
slender catkins 8 TO inches long,
yellow or rusty brown.
This is one of the trees of marked
beauty in the barenness of winter. and
seen then against an evening or dull
sky il presents an outline of marked
character, strong, picturesque and at
tractive. 1t makes an excellent orna-
mental. though as yet little recog-
niZed as such by the landscape gar
dener. The wood is similar to that of
the white oak and is used for the
same purposes.
There are numbers of good speci-
linens of this tree in the District.
There is a large one in the west end
| of Franklin Park. The tree illus
| trated is on the Mall, several hundred
yards northeast of the old National
; Museum.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
Why There Were No More
Baby Turtles.
The loss of one, tits very plain,
May prove to be another's gain.
yfpnmy gkunk


Spotty the Turtle and Mrs. Spotty
had watched the bank down which
two of their babies had come to
enter the Smiling Pool. To these two
babies Spotty and Mrs. Spotty paid
no attention at all. BY their actions
you would not have supposed that
they had the least interest in those
babies. AS matter of fact they
didn't have much interest in them.
thing but success. AS a mother
Mrs. Spotty is not much better. She
considers her duty done when she
has dug a hole in the sand, laid her
eggs therein and then carefully COW
cred them up.
Mrs. Spotty's interest in her babies
was chiefly in finding out how many
there were. So having seen those
two enter the Smiling Pool, she and
Spotty watched for more. But no
more appeared. The next day. they
watched but they watched in vain.
Finally they decided that those two
made up their whole family
Something happened TO those
CAS- sure as you live, something hap
pened to those other eggs; l laid a
lot of them. and / buried them as
carefully as / know how
Spotty yawned. do you ren1em-
ber where you buried thcm?" he in
quired.
Certainly I do" replied Mrs.
Spotty rather sharply.
Then why don't you go over there
and see if you can find out what
Happened to them?" asked Spotty.
what good would it do?' retorted
Mrs. Spotty. "No, thank you, I'll stay
feelsI" Mrs. Spotty made herself COM
Portable for sun bath. and appeared
to forget that there ever were any
baby Turtles in all the Great World
Something had happened to those
fully buried. Something had hap
Sxsened to them very shortly after she
had buried them. A certain little
| gentleman in black and white hac
come along that way. He had had
| thing was eggs, Turtle eggs. Jimmy
| Skunk is very fond of Turtle eggs
| and he knows when and where tc
| look for them.
The moment Jimmy had seen tht
place where Mrs. Spotty had buried
, her eggs he had said to himself
! .This looks like a likely place. 1t |!
! lust the kind of a place a Turtle
would choose. 1t looks to me as I
| the sand had been disturbed here. IL
| do little digging.
| So Jimmy Skunk promptly set t
| work and began to dig out the sant
at that particular place. He hadn'
| ddg far when he felt something
round. Jimmy's eyes sparkled. In
moment he pulled out white egg
| His eyes sparkled more than ever
He stopped digging and ate that egg
| He smacked his lips. My, this i
! eoodr' said Jimmy.
Then Jimmy went on with hi
| search Egg after egg he dug ou
I! and ate. At last his stomach wa
Evening star., 1923-09-22
BEDTIME STORIES W =. rs:::::: s.::.:

fu1, for he had already had a good
meal before finding those eggs. Hay-
way. And so IL happened thar two
eggs We're left, and those were the
two from which had hatched the two
baby Turtles which, as you know,
had found their way to the Smiling
Pool. And this Is why .Spotty and
more members of their family.
Copyright. 1923. by T. w. Bursess1
Evening star., 1923-09-22

Asbury Park. n. J.. and Miss Eliza
beth Leamon of Takoma Park, D. c.
Engagement Announced.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Fisher of
Rockville have announced the en-
gagement Of their daughter. Miss
Glenna Elizabeth Fisher. to Mr..
Charles William Carhart of Phillips
burg, n. j. The marriage will take
place in October.
For violations of the motor vehicle
regulations j. P. Bender. jr. and
L. c. Stockdale paid fines in the
police court here of $3.50 and $1.50,
respectively.
On charges of inducing George II.
Smith, a. Montgomery county mer-
chant, to cash worthless checks, Will
lie Jones and Ortie Brent, young
residents Of this county, were before
Judge Samuel Riggs in the police
court here. 1t was represented that
the boys obtained $40. Judge Riggs
held. them for the action of the No
vember grand jury, and upon being
unable to furnish bail they were
committed to jail.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
SWIFT & co. WAREHOUSE
SWEPT BY FLAMES
Bv the Associat ted Press.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. September -
Fire today wrecked the storage and
packing plant of Swift & Co. in the
wholesale district. The third and
fourth floors of a four story brick
structure were gutted. The refrig-
Grating plant was believed to have
been ruined. Immense quantities of
lard and other packing house prod
ucts caused a spectacular blaze. The
loss was estimated at $250.000.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
JURIEs ABoLIsHED I'm SPAIN.

MADRID, September 22-King AL
fonso today signed a decree abolish
ksg the jury system in trials in Spain.
Evening star., 1923-09-22

Asbury Park, n. j.. and Miss Eliza
beth Leamon of Takoma Park, d. c.
, 1923-12-19
CHURCH
CHRISTMAS vEsPER SERVICE

Sunday at 400 p. m.
The Prince of Peace, by j. Trueman
Wolcott.
The "Prince of Peace" is especially
adapted for Christmas since it deals
chiefly with the Incarnation. 1t is
melodious and singable throughout,
the solo parts being well divided up
between the voices and i~nterspersed
with strong and telling chorus num-
bers. The selection of words is taken
from the Bible and runs along the
line of Handel's Messiah" Follow
ing is the outline of the selections:
Part 1.
No. Prelude.
No. 2-Recitative, tenor Comfort
Ye My People"
No. 3-Recitative, baritone, "The Peo-
pie that Walked in Darkness"
No. 4-Chorus with c~ontralto and ten
or solos, "Arise, Shine. for Thy
Light is Come"
No. 5-Recitative, baritone, "Behold
a King"
No. 6-Chorus, "He Shall Feed His
Flock"
No. 7-Recitative, contralto and Aria,
tenor, "The Angel Gabriel"
No. 8-Aria, soprano, any Soul Doth
Magnify the Lord"
No. 9-Chorus with bass r~ecitative
and soprano solo, "How Beautiful
Upon the Mountains"
Theme, "The Christmas Spirit" by
the Pastor.
Oheratory.
Part II.
"O'er the Plains of Bethlehem"
No. 10-Tenor solo and chorus, "Hark
What Means these Holy Voices?"
No. 11-Recitative, c~ontralto and tenor,
"And there Were in the Same Coun-
try"
No. 12-Baritone solo with chorus,
"And Suddenly there was with the
Angels"
No. 13-Soprano and baritone solos,
"Calm on the Listening Ear of
Night"
No. 14-Recitative, contralto, "And it
Came to Pass"
No. 15-Men's Chorus, "Now Let US
: go, Even unto Bethlehem"
No. 16-Recitative, contralto, "And
They Came"
No. 17-Chorus and tenor solo, "The
Holy Night"
No. 1s-Recitative, contralto, "And
the Shepherds"
No. 19--Chorus, 80, Praise the Lord,
All Ye Nations"
Benediction.
, 1923-12-19
UPPER SAGE CREEK

Joe Isham returned from Thermop-
oils Tuesday where he had been called
by the serious illness of his mother,
who is now sloyly improving.
Quite a number of the young folks
attended the dance at Ralston Satur-
day night.
Seth and Clifton Fritzler spent Sun
day with the Harold Peery family.
Fritz and Ernest Schultz will leave
about the goth for a visit with friends
and relatives at Paola, Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. English, Dor
othy and Onas Collins spent Sunday
at the Albert Schultz home. After
noon callers were Mrs. Fred Mcneil
and daughter, Fac.
Mrs. Albert Schultz has been on the
sick list for a few days, but is able to
be up at this writing.
Mrs. A. L. Pearson, Donald, Harold
and Virginia, spent Sunday at the L.
w. Pearson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon Schultz spent
Subway at the L. w. Schultz home.
The Country Club committee met
at the home of L. w. Schultz Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. J. Lowe were
Sunday afternoon callers at the w. A.
RAIDER home.
Upper Sage was well represented
at the annual farmers dinner in Cody
on Saturday.
Mrs. ]. E. Cooper, Mrs. L. w.
Schultz and Miss Amanda Pearson
were guests of the Lower Sage Creek
Woman's Club Thursday at the home
of Mrs. Bert Bates.
Mrs. Henry Dahlem and children
were entertained at the Gus Hogland
home Sunday.
Mrs. Sam Stewardson and Leonard
were Sunday callers at the Fritzerl
home.
Scotty McWilliams has brought his
sheep in from the range and is holding
them on the ranch.
Onas Collins was a Sunday guest at
the Fred Mcneil home.
, 1923-12-19
OVER SAGE CREEK

Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Ebert, Mrs. l..
phsrt. of Cody, and Mrs. Ed. Memp-
tone called at the Fred Ebert home
Sunday. e,+,,,
~ with Mrs, John Mclaughlin.
NM Mrs. lobe Bofner called on Mrs.
p~attison Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F.. Bates and
aougbters, Alice, Irene and Frances,
Vern and Byron Stall, took in the
dance and basket supper at the Cedar
Mopntain schoolhouse Saturday night.
Marjory Green was a Sunday caller
at the d. D. Stall home.
Bert Bates left for Carter noun
tain Sunday afternoon.
Forest Barner spent Saturday night