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The Washington times., 1923-03-15
E. CLUB CERVANTES
HEARS GOV. TOvvNER

Horace Mann Towner, new gov
ernor Of Porto Rico and former
member of the House from Iowa,
was the principal speaker at a meet
ing Of Ell Club .Cervantes held last
night in 1912 Eye street northwest.
Felix Cordova Davila, resident
commissioner of Porto Rico: Rich
ard Hunt and Daniel Clinton also
spoke, and a reading In Spanish
was given by Miss Virginia Hebb.
F. j. Hernandez. president of the
club, presided.
The Washington times., 1923-03-15
SHIPPING BOARD
To KEEP 50
TANKERS
will Hold On to Enough Ships
to Check Any Monopoly Of
Oil Transportation.
BY ROBERT 8. THORNBURGH.
International News Service.

Fearing possible civilian control
of oil transportation should large
number of tank steamers fall into
private hands, the United States
Shipping Board will probably re-
tain at least fifty OF It's flet Of oil
tankers to be used as a weapon
against monopolies, it was learned
today.
The tanker section OF the emery
ency fleet numbers eighty vessels.
Eight have been sold and officials
announced that about the same
number OF sales are pending.
Within the last few weeks the
Emergency Fleet Corporation has
been besieged with offers for the
oil tankers on account Of the heavy
movement of California oil to the
Atlantic coast, following the failure
Of Mexican oil fields.
While no official announcement
was made it was understood officials
fear the oil boom may lead to q
heavy boost Of prices should the
Government be left without means
to combat such an increase.
Could Check Monopoly.
/ with fifty oil tankers. It was
pointed out, the Government would
be iii position to keep b regulating
force over the market and prevent
sIxyrocketing Of prices Through
monopoly. The shipping board would
be In q position TO smash any mo-
nopoly BY transporting oil Tor the
small producers cit reasonable rates.
Emphasis was placed on the
necessity Of protection Of the small
producers, who could be wiped out
By refusal Of the better financed
corporations, owning tankers. To
transport oil.
I'm the effort to prevent - oil
monopoly It was learned the ship
ping board is giving particular at
fention to the connections Of cofpO-
ratiOns buying the tankers. Officials
are endeavoring to Distribute the oil
carriers to the best general ad-
vantage.
Must Supply Liners.
Attention was also called to the
fact the shipping board will need
considerable fleet Of tankers to.
supply demands Of the big, pas
senger liners. including the Levi
athan, Mt. Vernon, Agamemnon
and Others which have been or
viii be converted into oil burners.
With even small fleet of pas
senger and freight steamers the
Government viii be able to regu-
late to q great extent freight and
passenger rates in ocean travel,
shipping experts said. This il ex-
pected TO have some influence on
the board when the final liquida-
ton Of the fleet is in order.
III the Government can keep
ocean rates to d reasonable figure
e. strong influence would be ex.
erted indirectly on prices OF many
commodities Of common consump-
ton, shipped In the coaatwise and
trans-Oceanic trade.
The Washington times., 1923-03-15
DIsINHERITs SON If He
PLAYS CARDS 10 TIMES

NEW YORK, March l5.--Ashur
Rykus, an auctioneer, who died
December ~, did not want his son
Ben to play cards. After making
him $1,000 beQuest, the win, filed
In Brooklyn, read:
further declare that should
ten complaints be made that my
son Ben plays cards at the time
Of my death he shall not receive
the 81 900 above mentioned, and
the said sum shall go to my other
children. further declare that IL
ten complaints are made within
one year after my death my said
son Ben shall not receive the one
half proceeds of the sale of the said
premises, No. 2O62 Bergen street,
but the said share shall go to my
other children.
Rykus left an estate Of about
T$15, 500.
The Washington times., 1923-03-15
CoIored to Celebrate.

The National Negro Racial Con
ference VIII celebrate the sixtieth
anniversary Of the ex-slaves from
April 16 to 20, at National Cosm0,
poIitan Baptist Institution Church,
N street, between Ninth ana Tenth
streets northwest. Bishop Isaiah r
Brooks and Bishop Cornelius v,
Hooper, OF Baltimore, will speak.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-24
immigration and the Labor Short.

The House Committee on Immi-
grafton has agreed to report a bill
limiting immigration to this coun-
try to two percent of the aliens IN
the country shown in the 1890 cen
sus, instead of three percent of all
the aliens in the country shown in
the 1910 census. If the bill should
become a law it would affect imni-
grafton from the principal Euro
pean nations as follows.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-24
Births Debts Settlement
Great Help To Business

I take in erecting tariff walls. The
United States should freely out-
chase raw materials from Canada
who should reciprocate by buying
manufactured goods of us. TIE
| Creator expected such reciprocity
to take place and both countries
are making a great mistake by
| trying to block the natural flow Of
commerce,
Chic is coming along slowly, but
surely. OF course, the agricultural
interests of Ohio have suffered Sc
vereIy the past two years, but the
industries of the state are SO diver
sifieC that Ohio has not suffered
like states further west. There.
however, is less activity in Ohio to-
day than in New York or New Eng
land. Ohio, however, is a wonder
full state and has some wonderful
cities. These cities are not on.y
well located and constructed bat
they are peopled with men and wo-
men having vision, energy, and de-
sire to do something worth while.
Hence, l am very optimistic fer
Ohio in the long run. My reaction
in Pennsylvania was no so good,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and some
of the other cities are doing very
well, but there seems 20 me a split
throughout the state to depend
more on inherited wealth than upon
ones immediate efforts. This is ev-
idenced i'll the attitude of some of
the great corporations and also IN
the case of the public at large.
This attitude was shown when the
coal export tax was enacted. Eg-
eryyhere | was asked about this tax
There seems to be a very strong
feeling against it. Business men an
Ohio. Illinois and other states
said that they considered it the
most dangerous piece of legislation
enacted since the days of slavery.
put an export on coal, then New
York can put an export tax on pulp.
Ohio on brick, Michigan on cop
per, and all the other states on
something or other. This wo I'D
mean chaos for our commerce and
give d blow to American prosperity
from which it would take us one
or two generations to recover. Per-
sonally, | believe hat the politicians
of Pennsylvania have entirely mig
interpreted the wishes Of the Peur-
sylvania people.
a single state cannot live upon
itself any more than q dog can
live on its tail. Pennsylvania needs
the rest of the country more than
the rest needs Pennsylvania. AIRY
state which attempts to exist by
taxing other states will fall as did
Athens, Rome and Carthage. How
ever. l am convinced that there is
no such disposition in Pennsylva-
mia as businessmen elsewhere pre-
tend but that fears along this line
are u~ngrounded.
Just one word in closing regard
ing New Jersey and Maryland: /
find New Jersey very active. New
factories are going up every day
and there is a fine spirit among
It's people. Maryland, of course.
never gets very excited. 1t does
net suffer very much from either
reckless booms or depressing PAM =.
L am very fond of all
IF these states and hate to leave
General business activities for the
United States as reflected by the in
lex of the Babsonchart continues to |
lold steady at three per cent above !
normal.
(Mr. Babson's next weeks report
Will be on the Eastern Central
States with Chicago as a center.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-24
WALL ST..

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Encour-
eyed by the failure OF short inter
est to force a sharp recession of
prices in Yesterdays stock market
on the raising of the local federal
reserve discount rate and higher call
money rates, spectators for the ad-
a n began to bid up stocks with
renewed confidence at the opening
of today's stock market. Eastman
Kodak opened Is higher, at 112, a
new high record, and Producers and
Refiners also established a new top
on an evrnight gain of %. U. S,
Steel, Studebaker, Baldwin and
Chandler, also moved to higher
ground.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-24

If this bill is passed by the House
of Representatives of the sixty-sev-
enth congress.
1t is suggested that this bill as
formed by the House Committee
should be called "A bill to increase
the cost of living
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-18

(By Pacific & Atlantic, In native garb, Bertha Erik son (above) was last of Swedish quota to get into U. s. recently. She stepped right out of an finders Zorn canvas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-18

(By Pacific & Atlantic) Nine persons were injured in wreck at Villanova, Pa., when electric train on the Pennsy sideswiped another, tearing up rails for 800 feet, demolishing part of station and tanning train doors, imprisoning panic-stricken passengers. Bad swift c h caused wreck.
Evening star., 1923-09-05
S1.25 Umbrellas at

Regular at s1.25. Tomorrow
Emergency Umbrellas. for home. of
flee, school, etc Para;p,n frames, plain
and leather trimmed ,hanales.-Base-
smsTft Store.
Evening star., 1923-09-05

CAKE OR BREAD
CLOSETS. Cylinder
style, m a d e of
heavy tin. White
] d p a n n e d finish
with gold lettering.
o d inarily $1.89.
September G. 90
Sale price p4sO1
Evening star., 1923-09-05

POLISH MOPs.
O'C e d a r. triangle
shape. NJ a d de of
good quality yarn,
C o m pl o t e with
g m Doth mi s h
handles. Ordinarily
s1-00. S e p tember
Sale 77-
price ....... <<S
Evening star., 1923-09-05

CAKE OR BREAD
BOXES. Rolled top
style, family size.
Choice of oak or
white japanned I'm
isheS. ordinarily
Sl.49 and Sl.o9.
SsPegmpsr safe price. S1.15
Evening star., 1923-09-05
Basement Dollar Sale
selected unusually big value for one dollar
Sip-On Sweaters

The emergency sweater often need
ed OF sturdy worsted-of all plain
coIors and with novelty borders.
Misses and womens sizes. All MT $1IOO.
basement Store.
Evening star., 1923-09-05

r o r. II A ID l. Il
SHOWERS. Can be
in s [ a ! led in )
minutes over any
Tub. Nickel-plated,
white Duck Cur
tain. o r d n arily
$1,000. S c ptember
prie priee S7.95
Evening star., 1923-09-05

PR f. 8 T. q VIM
SETS. AluminunA
4 pieces as illuStrat--
ed. consisting of
! 12-quart Preserv-
ing * e t t ! e. l
Strainer. l Jar Fill
er and l Pint Dip
per. ord i II a r lily
So. 6 9. September
Sale Ct 0E
price .....PA'Io
Evening star., 1923-09-05

FLOOR BROOMS.
Made of good quail
ity Illinois corn.
No. Z. parlor size:
S m Dot h finished
handles. Ordinarily
CSC. Septem- 73c
ber Sale price, /oN
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-04
FORMER ACTOR HELD
IN CONNECTION WITH
BIG JEWEL ROBBERY
Search of New York Apart
ment Leads to Possible
Clue.

New York, Jan. 4.-Frank Barrett
Carman. former actor and host at the
New Years Eve party at which Mrs
C. p. Hugo Schoellsopf, OF Buffalo
claims to have been robbed of jewels
valued at $5OO,O00, yesterday was held
without bail charged with having aided
two men, as yet unarrested, in commit
ting grand larceny. He will be exam
ined Friday.
The police after a search OF Car
mans apartment where the party was
held, declared that they had discovered
n possible clue and that they were
hunting for two men, residents OF tho
apartment below Carman's, in which
Mrs. Schoellkopf said she had been rob
bed. This apartment which Carmar
had taken over from Fanny Brice. &C
tress. wife of Ricky Arnstein, was sub
let, according to the police, on Deem
Der s. to three actors.
Inspector Coughlin, who has spent
many hours questioning guests at thu
party said he hoped soon to pick up The
trail of the gems.
Detectives intimated that there might
be other arrests before Carman was ex
amined Friday. Carman refused to make
any statement at his arrest.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-04
HELD UP IN JUAREz.
Taxicsb Driyer and Accomplish Rob
Two Prominent American Women.

Eel Paso, Tex. Jan. Airs, George
cugry, wife of the former governor oil
lie Philippines and ex-governor OF New
Mexico and now international BOUNDARY
commissioner, and Mrs. Charles Hunt
wife of Colonel Hunt, former rough
rider were held up last night by q
masked bandit and robbed of DIAMONDS
and jewelry valued at more than s4ooo;
according to reports to Ell Paso ana
Juarez police. }, 49,
The hold-up occurred in Jusrez, on
the Mexican side, just after the women
had crossed the river.
Mrs. Curry and Mrs. Hunt We're pc
ing driven to Juarez in a taxieaD 10
Join the husbands at dinner. Inc car
had been called from a local stand
Driving about two blocks beyond tns
stanton street bridge, the driver turned
ON the main street and drove into a
side thoroughfare and stopped, MIS-
Curry and Mrs. Hunt reported,
A masked man opened the door ana
nointing a gun at the women, ordered
them ont Of the car. He then wrenched
the Jewels from their hands, removed
their necklace, and, joining the driver
of the car, drove away. -.
The bandit overlooked platinum
wrist watch and a diamond platinum
min worn by Mrs. Curry, 1t was re-
ported.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-04
MEX|CANS DUEL;
FIGHT IS FATAL
To ENGL|SHMAN
Steps in Line Of Fire Be-
tween General and
Lieutenant.
FAMILY WITNESS III
Second Britisher Slain by
Premiscuous Gun Play
Recently.
FAMILY WITNESS 1T
BY the Associated Press.

Mexico City, Jan. 4.-George W.
Steabben, British merchant, was NOR
tally wounded last night when he
walked into the line of fire between two
men engaged in a pistol duel IN the
streets. Mr.. Steabben was wounded IN
the presence of his wife and child. he
has been in Mexico only four months;
Physicians hold out no hope for ms
recovery. In addition to Mr.. Steab0en'
six other persons were seriously wound
ed in the exchange of dozen shots be-
tween Gen. Leovigudo Ayila and Lieut..
Col. Constantine Dazcana, who used the
crowded streets as their duelling ground.
Mr.. Steabben is the second Britisher
who has been shot during the past three
DAYS in promiscuous gun play IN the
capital. Wilfred Herbert Gore Ewart
was found dead in hotel Monday
morning. An investigation revealed the
fact that he had been killed by stray
bullet New Years eve as he was watch
ing the paraders from his balcony.
Mr.. Ewart was 81 years old and a
captain in the Scots Guards during the
war. He is said to be a son OF Lady
Mary Ewart, author of several books
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-04
ANNULMENT OF DANCERS
MARRIAGE is VACATED BY
JUDGE CHARGING PERJURY
Court Decides Eva Fontaine Burrows and Mother Oh
tanned AnnuIment by Fraud and Recommends
That Bar Association Investigate Practices
of Her Attorney, Which He Calls I'm
proper and Irregular = 100000
-. Breach of Promise Suit Involved.

Nyaek. y. Y, Jan. 4.-Bvan Fon'
tame Burrows annunment of her mar
riage with. Sterling Adair was vacated
yesterday by Justice Tompkins in SUI
preme court here, when he sustained
charges Of fraud brought by Cornelius
Vanderbilt Whitney in defense of ST.
OO0. 900 breach Of promise suit brought
against him by the dancer.
Justice Tompsins, who granted the
annullment in July, 1920, also ordered
the district attorney TO bring before q
grand jury all, records in the ease with
a view to indicting Miss Burrows and
her mother for perjury in having OBJ
tanned the annullment through fraud.
Says Perjury Committed.
The court further recommended thai
the New York Bar association investl-
gate the practices of Charles Firestone,
of Mount Vernon and New York, at
torney of record for the dancer in the
suit for annullment.
"a gross fraud has been perpetrated
on the conrt, ;. Justice Thompkins wrote
in his decision. Perjury has been com,
mitted by both complainants. deceit and
concealment resorted to, and irregular
and improper practice INDUCED in by
the plaintiffs attorney of record,
Charles Firestone.
Miss Fontaine obtained the annuii'
ment on statements that she did not
live with Adair after their marriage
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-04

The sffidayits submitted by counsel for
whitney included several letters alleged
to have been written by the dancer to
Adair in which a plan of cOllusion to
set aside their marriage was outlined.
The dancer and Adair were married IN
Texas. 1t was the claim of Miss Fon-
tame that she became sepaated from
her husband three hours after their mar
rage. He entered the navy and died
sometime later.
Adair Declined Her Plans.
Photostatic copies of letters and tele-
grams submitted by Whitney's attOr-
news purported TO prove Mr.. and Mrs.
Adair lived at various New York no
tells during the period the dancer claims
TO have been separated from her hus-
band
Justice Tompkins' decision set forth
that the evidence indicated Adair re-
peatedly had declined to enter into
plan with his wife whereby the mar
rage might be fraudulently annulled.
Miss Fontaine and her mother re
NAMED in California during the Nyack
proceedings, having declined the invita-
ton of Whitney's counsel to come east
TO attend the hearings
Miss Fontaine formerly made her
home in the Greenwich Village section
of New York City, and it was there, she
alleged that she met young Whitney,
grandson of the late Cornelius Van
derbilt.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-04
NINE SMALL FIRES
Letter Chute In Russell Building Is
Slightly Damaged.

Incipient fires caused nine alarms
Wednesday afternoon and night. No
material damage was recorded.
A letter chute in the Russell build
ing, East Houston street, was DIS
covered burning at 7:15 Wednesday
evening. Smoke pouring from the
chute attracted the attention OF the
Waterman. An alarm brought two en-
ployes from the postofficc. The chute
when opened was found TO be smould-
ering at the bottom. where the pad
ding in the recepticle was found to
have become ignited in some undeter-
mined manner. But one letter was
in the box and it escaped damage.
An oyerheated stove in the home OF
Phil Hymas. 1902 West Russell Place,
caused an alarm at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. A false alarm caused
run to box 81, San Pedro avenue and
West Elmira street and an clubhouse,
at 400 Simpson street, was slightly
damaged by fire at $3.50.
Slight damage was caused by fire
discovered in C. W. Tander's feed store,
1908 Nogalitos street, at 6 30 in the
afternoon. No damage resulted when
fire broke out in the home of Mrs.
A. Smith, 22j West Mistletoe avenue
at 30. A grass fire caused a run
TO the 200 block River Avenue and
a similar run was made to Elmendort
and Perez streets late "Wednesday night.
a false alarm was sounded at u 30
Thursday morning from a box at
Wyoming and Mesquite streets.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-04
ROB HOTEL ROOM
Thieves Get $40 In Visit To Hotel;
other Places Entered.

II. II. Sile. registered at the Trav-
eler's Hotel. reported his room prowied
at Q 80 Wednesday night. A purse
containing $40 and number Of re-
eeipts. he reported, WIS stolen.
Thieves stripped the home OF NJ, Ia.
Busby. T3S st. James street. OF TX
lures. according TO a report hled with
detectives at 6 40 "Wednesday after
noon. The list of loot included twelve
electric shades, heater, thirteen vim
dow shades, seven electric push switches
and mirror.
Mrs. Mary McCumber. 425 IL Main
avenue, reported a large deer skin stolen
from her home "Wednesday afternoons
A thief stole a medicine case from
the automobile fDr. Amos Graves At
o O'Clock Wednesday night. while the
car was parked near East Houston
street and Avenue c.
Clothing was stolen then thiet
stripped the line in the back yard az
the home Of II. C. Grant, 5id Nevads
street. Wednesday afternoon.
NJ. Diaz. Goa West Travis street. r.
ported a bolt Of blue serge pattern
cloth stolen from his home. A suit u
clothes. Dan Moore Company J. 2.i7d
Infantry. Camp Travis, reported Fss
stolen from him recendy.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-04
INJURED In JUMP
Owner Of Blazing Building Forced to
Leap to Pavement.

Eufali, Ala, Jan. 4.-Pat Brannon.
proprietor of two-story building which
was destroyed here early yesterday
morning by a fire that claimed two
lives, is under treatment at a hospital
for serious injuries, received in forced
leap to the pavement TO escape the
flames. Brannon jumped to the side
walk from a small porch on the second
floor.
He lay helpless on the pavement for
several minutes before he was d.scov-
cred by persons in the crowd which
gathered at the fire. According to re-
ports, Mr.. BrannoR suffered a broken
wrist and injuries about the head when
he struck the pavement. Winnie Bare
field. 20 years old. and her father per
ished in the flames. Their bodies were
recovered from the ruins of the building
and all ministers of the city officiated
at the dual funeral. at the Episcopal
Church yesterday afterno Il.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-04
ESTABLISHMENT OF
TEXAS INDUSTRIES
URGED BY GOVERNOR
Nef Says State Should
Bald More Fac
tories.

Liberty, Tex, Jan. "A plea foe
encouraging the establishment of indus
trial factories in Texas 20 manufacture
Texas cotton, wool and other products
and enactment Of laws which will assist
in the establishment Of such factories,
was made by Governor Neff in the ss--
enth of his legislative addresses hers
last night.
Texas ranks foremost among states
in industrial possibilities, yet the state
has never realized such possibilities, the
governor declared. He reviewed the
amount of raw materials Texas pro-
duces each year and pointed out thas
little of this is manufactured in Texas
factories.
THE textile industry has greater pes
sibilities in Texas than any other place.
in the world" the governor said. One
fourth Of the cotton of the world is
grown in Texas field, yet we operate
only a few small cotton mills. Al
though We have the largest sheep
ranches in the world and the largest
wool market, We have no wooden mills
We produce the major part of the mo-
hair of the world, but ship il to New
England 10 be made into clothes.
Texas should make an effort 10
build factories in this state, the COVER
nor concluded. Those who would
build factories should be assured that
their investments would not be dis.
turbed by radical legislation. Those
who labor should be assured that their
rights would be safeguarded. Some leg
islation in regard to taxation thss
would encourage infant industries
should be passed"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-04
WOMAN FINDS BODY
OF MURDERED MAN
AT CORPUS CHRISTI
Throat Is Sashed and Num-
eroas knife Wounds
About Face.

Corpus Christi, Tex. Jan. 4.--Rob-
berry is believed TO have been the motive
for the murder Of an unidentified man
whose body was found eight miles south
of here by q Mexican woman yesterday
afternoon. The throat had been siashed
and numerous knife wounds we're about
the head and face.
As yet no one has been able TO iden-
tify the man, although hundreds of per.
sons have viewed the body in local
morgue. The man was about 80 years
old and was well dressed. No laundry
marks or other clues were found on the
clothing which was Of good quality.
A tattoo mark on the right forearm is
expected to aid in establishing the
mans identity. When found the hat,
coat and shoes had been removed from
the body and the pockets were turned
outward. The murder occurred early
yesterday, undertakers believe.