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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27
Mitchell Meets His Wife

WASHINGTON, March 27-J
Kearsley Mitchell, the Philadelphia
millionaire, who was the mysterious
mfr. Marshall" of the keenan,
murder case in New York, met his
wife here today for their first in
terview since his connection with
the case became publicly known.
The meeting took place at the
Union station upon the arrival of
Mrs. Mitchell from Florida on the
private car of her father, z. r.
Stotesbury. of Philadelphia. AS he
came up the steps of the car she ap-
peared in the doorway and held odt
both her hands to him. Then they
disappeared inside the car which
later in the day was to resume its
journey northward.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27
SCOUT BANQUET TODAY

A banquet at which >-outmasters
and board of directors of Boy Scouts
of the various troops in the city VIII
be held tonight at the New Packer
House. The affair will start at $3.50
o'clock. Prominent 81 eakers wi be
present to talk over the work of the
organization throughout the city and
state.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27
TO GIVE PLAY At METUCHEN

METUCHEN. March 27.-Tickets
have been placed on sale for the
senior play, a three act comedy,
Man, Maid and Matchmaker"
which will be presented at the local
high school on the nights of April
6 and z. The Ambassador orchestra
will play for the dancing that is
to follow the theatrical program.
In the cast are: The Misses Pur-
ella Johnson, Evelyn Tinder, Helen
James, Clara Mayo, Messrs. Joseph
Zahn, Browning Waterbury, Gilbert
Sartore and Samuel Dover. Mrs. C.
P. Hull is coaching the players.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27
Christian EndeaVor
Event Planned

There will be a meeting OF the en-
tertainment committee of the Chris
tan Endeavor OF the First Baptist
church tonight at the home of its
chairman. Miss Lucie Bernard. at
116 Rector street, to discuss plans
for a SPECIAL entertainment to be
held some time in the near future.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27
ALLIES READY TO START
TURKEY NEGOTIATIONS

LONDON, March 27 (By The AS
sociated Press)-It is expected the
allies will despatch a note to An
CORA tomorrow stating that the
Turkish peace proposals admit Of
discussion and that the allies are
prepared TO resume negotiations. 1t
is understood the note will suggest
Lausanne as the place of meeting
and the middle OF April as the date.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27
Annrore Radio Action

WASHINGTON, March 27-Real-
locations of wave lengths for radio
user recommended Saturday by the
second annual radio conference will
be approved by Secretary Hoover
anG transmitted to other depart
ments of the government concerned.
It is certain. Mr.. Hoover said to-
day. that the recommendation VIII
be accepted by the government and
all classes of radio users.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27
DAUGHERTY'S SON IN
NY. MURDER MYSTERY
CONTINUED rrom page II

Every effort was teing directed to
find either the jewelry or the furs,
for, whether thief or blackmailer,
the individual who took them is be-
lieved to have killed Miss Keenan,.
The police were surprised yesterday
to find some clothes and a purse of
Miss Keenan, in the apartment of her
mother, Mrs. Anna keenan,. The
mother said she took them home
and forgot them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27
To Serve Luncheon

Roast beef, string beans, apple
sauce. mashed potatoes, celery, pie
and cake is the menu to be served
at the monday luncheon in the "T'
tom orroW.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27
Boy Hit by Auto

While on his way to school this
afternoon George March, seven years
old, of 472 State street, was struck
by an automobile near the corner of
State and William streets. The boy
was taken to the Office of DR.. Ed
ward Klein, who found the boy suf-
fering mostly from shock. No bones
were broken. The boy was taken to
his home.
Woman Pleads Not Guilty
NEW YORK, March 27--Mrs.
Anna Buzzi, who was indicted yes
terday charged with murder in the
first degree in connection with the
shooting of Frederick Schneider
wealthy Bronx contractor. with
whom she had lived. pleaded net
guilty when arraigned today
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27
Defer Card Party

The Rosary Society will not hold
their regular weekly card party this
Week. Mrs. Joseph Van Sycl1le,
eonmittee will be announced later.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27

Mrs. John Kearsley Mitchell.
Philadelphia society leader and
daughter of Z. T. Stotesbury, one
Of Americas foremost fnanciers,
says she has full confidence in her
husband. Mitchell has admitted
that he is the mysterious "My.
Marshall" generous admirer of
Dorothy King. alias Keenan,, mur-
will soon meet his wife who IS
hurrying from Palm Beach to
Philadelphia. New York police are
pursuing the theory that Miss
King was murdered when she
failed to carry out a scheme to
blackmail Mitchell for 100000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-27
CITY BRIEFS

Goodwill Camp No. 81, Woodmen
of the World, will meet tonight at
Woodman hall. New applications
for members in the campaign are ex-
pected TO be turned in at this time.
Undertaken Ole n. Olesen left this
morning for Trenton to bring back
the body of Duncan Currie, a former
resident who died at the State Hos
pital. Word of his death was received
here yesterday. Mr.. Currie, it has
been learned, died last Thursday. He
was a former ship carpenter and
dock builder here. Arrangements
for the funeral will be made on the
arrival of the body in this city.
The regular meeting OF the Board
Of Health is scheduled to be held
tonight in city hall.
Evening star., 1923-11-07
FARM WOMAN KILLS
WOLF WITH HAYFORk
Sticks Animal Through Neck When
It Attacks Her in Barn.
yard.

BY the Associated Press
COTTONWOOD FALLS, Kan, Mo-
vember Mrs. J. E. Adams, wife of
a Toledo township farmer living
seven miles northeast of here. killed
a wolf with a pitchfork yesterday
when the animal viciously attacked
her.
Hearing commotion In her
chicken yard, Mrs Adams seized a
stick, thinking the invader was a
coyote, which she easily could
frirhten away. Instead, the wolf,
with barred fangs. rushed upon her.
Mrs. Adams fed to a wagon, hoping
to gain the protection of a hay rack
on it, but barely had time to snatch
a pitchfork and turn before the wolf
was upon her.
She struck the animal twice with
the tines of the fork. and, when 1t
changed tactics and rushed at her
from the other side of the wagon.
luckily pierced the VOLTS neck ard
ninioned 1t to the ground. Two small
dogs sprang upon the wolf, and Mrs.
Adams was then able to dispatch 1t
with q blow on the head.
Evening star., 1923-11-07
M'ADOO HAT HANGS,
|. OVER EDGE OF R|NG|
Right Signs Waited to Push
1t In-Friction Grows
With Underwood Men.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

William Gibbs McAdoo's hat is all
but in the ring. It's ready. to De
thrown in any time. Only the psyche
logical moment is awaited. The for
mer Secretary of the Treasury Is
spending a week in Washington, con-
sulting with his chief supporters.
checking up on the situation from
every angle and generally tightening
up the bolts and rivets of the McAdoo
campaign. CHEEKY optimism pervades
their deliberations. They believe their
candidate is unquestionably in the
lead at this hour.
They profess no fear Of the two
thirds rule at the democratic national
convention. They do not expect to
enter the first ballot with anything
more than the biggest vote recorded
for any candidate-possibly a clear
majority. Their hopes and plans rest
on what they call their reserve
strength" This consists of "McAdoo
second choice" delegations, which. it
is claimed, will plump for him when
the bandwagon time comes. Alabama,
despite its fealty to Oscar w. Under
wood. is catalogued as a "McAdoo
second-choice" state.
Stress Southern Note.
There is no concealment Of the some
what bitter rivalry that has grown up
between the McAdoo and Underwood
candidates.. The circumstance that
Woodrow Wilson's sonin law is a son
of Dixie-a native Of Georgia-and
that Senator Underwood Is campaign
ing as an outright southerner who is
entitled to the nomination because he
is such, has strongly accentuated the
southern note in the McAdoo- Under
wood contest McAdoo's friends are
confident he, is going to have more
than an even break among southern
delegations. They are positive Vir-
ginia, under Senator Carter Glass
leadership. is for McAdoo. They are
ready to stake their political lives
that Georgia will be in the McAdoo
column. Josephus Daniels is said to
be able to deliver North Carolina for
his former cabinet colleague. In
Texas. despite the recent activities
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Evening star., 1923-11-07
Fashionable d. C.. Clubs Face
Check by u. S. Dry Officials
Haynes Says Other Great Cities Social
Centers viii Be Visited to End
LasU Violation.

Fashionable clubs of Washington
and other great cities of the country"
will be visited by prohibition agents
and Checked" to see if they comply
with the Volstead act.
This was announced today by Pro-
hibition Commissioner Haynes. who
made public the results Of a drive
in Philadelphia among philadelphia
employers. bankers, professional men.
business men, 2ocial leaders-all in
fiuential citizens occupying positions
of vast wealth and power at the
apex of society"
Prohibition agents, it was revealed,
appeared before the board of gov
ernors of Philadelphia institutions,
eniisting obedience to law, and other
wise. by personal inspections"
checked" the activities of the club
life. Philadelphia clubs and some
hotels. which We're found to have
complied with the law were made
Evening star., 1923-11-07
GWYNNE ACQUITTED
BY cOURT-MART:|AL
Military Tribunal Finds No
Ground for Malpractice
Charges.

Capt Samuel c. Gwynne. Army
Medical Corps. retired, was acquitted
today on charges of malpractice by
the general court-martial which has
been trying his case for the past
three weeks.
The court found Capt. Gwynne in
nocent on all nine specifications,
which alleged lack Of proper care
and treatment of Private Guy Pendle-
ton, who was patient at Fort
Eustis, Va, during the summer of
1922, and both of whose legs were
later amputated at Walter Reed Hos
pital
Capt. Gwynne. was ward surgeon at
that time at the Fort Eustis Hospital
His superior officer, Maj. George Cook,
was recently convicted on similar
charges.
The morning session of the court
was taken up by arguments by Capt.
Stephen r. Tiffany for the defense and
Lieut.. Courtney Whitney for the
prosecution. after which the court
was cleared and the general court
martial board deliberated for an hour
and half before it's decision.
Evening star., 1923-11-07
What Was 1t Lincoln Signed?
Many Pupils Here Don't Kn0,v

The replies showed the percent
age of students giving correct
designations about the specified
personages, as follows:
Jefferson, 65 per cent; Dewey, 65
per cent; Roosevelt, 58.4 per cent;
Lincoln, 56.2 per cent: Clay, 52.4
per cent; Perry, 51.4 per cent;
Grant, 405 per cent; Jackson, 40
per cent; Houston, 1876 per cent;
Hamilton, 31.7 per cent: Harrison.
30.8 per cent; Meade, 25.3 per cent;
Douglas. 24.1 per cent; Decatur,
: 23.4 per cent; Greene, 21.2 per cent;
Taylor, 1913 per cent.
The committee, headed by r. L.
Haycock and J. G. Bruce, made the
following suggestions to the vari-
GUS grade teachers as result of
their compilation:
Teachers should not underesti-
mate the value of biography in the
teaching OF history. The study of
the achievements of great men
should acquaint the older pupils
with the highest ideals of citizen
ship. Heroes of peace, no less than
heroes of war, should have their
jlace in the hal lof fame. Sup
Elementary histories and boks of
reference should be used extern
sively in studying the lives of
great men.
Evening star., 1923-11-07
Tension in Europe Tightening;
Monarchy Is Seen in German,

the work of the allied missions OF
military control. armament of all de-
scriptions has been greatly increased
throughout Germany. until the pres
ent number of armed men is perhaps
the Versailles treaty.
The defenders of the German re.
public are thought to be poorly or
ganized, weak willed and almost un-
armed. An easy monarchist victory
therefore Is foreseen. The question
is. what will the monarchists dc
after taking power?
Some of their leaders have openly
avowed the intention of formally
abrogating the Versailles treaty and
challenging France to a renewal OF
the armed struggle. However, fool
hardy such a course might seem,
there is no doubt that European
statesmen feel obliged to take seri-
ously this possibility ----.-.--
Evening star., 1923-11-07

public by name today by Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes
Such unusual action by the prohibit
tion unit, Commissioner Haynes said.
came at an "opportune time." follow
ing critical speech by Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willebrandt, assistant attor-
ney general of the United States, in
charge of prohibition enforcement, in
Boston this week. when she said: I'VE
are menaced by a no-man's land In
America-the upper crust which
feels itself above and superior to the
law. and the 'dregs,' who strike be-
meath the foundations of American
liberties These two classes exist
everywhere where the oldest families
on whom the nation looks as repre-
sentative of the finest in American
life, violate the law"
When the campaign among Wash
ington club life will begin was not
revealed today at prohibition head
quarters. There seemed considerable
mystery as to how or when the Ma
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Evening star., 1923-11-07
FOOD PRICES GO HIGHER
IN Thirteen BIG CITIES
Labor Department Survey Shows
Decreases in Eleven Centers.
1928 Above 1922 Level.

Prices of food at retail in thirteen
of twenty-six selected cities investi-
gated by the Department of Labor
increased during the month of Sep
tember Is to October Is. Decreases
were reported in eleven cities, the
apartment reported today, while no
changes were found in two. The local
situation was not investigated.
All the cities showed increases for
the year from October Is, 1922, to Oc-
1ober Is last ranging from per cent
in Buffalo to per cent in 1ndianap-
oils and Bridgeport Conn. Increases
from 81 to So per cent were shown In
the cities compared with the average
cost in the year 1913.
Retail food prices increased from
September Is to October Is in the
following cities: Jacksonville. per
cent; Cincinnati. Fall River. Newark.
New Haven. New Orleans. New York
and Portland. Me-, 1 per cent. and
Charleston. Denver, Manchester, Phil
adelphia and ST. Louis, less than five
tenths of l per cent.
The following showed decreases:
indianapolis, 2 per cent; Buffalo, Chi
cago. Kansas City, Louisville, Mem
phis and Richmond, 1 per cent, and
Baltimore, Peoria, Scranton and
Springfield, ILL.,, less than five-tenths
of l per cent. Bridgeport and Little
Rock showed no change.
Evening star., 1923-11-07
DEM0CRATSELECT
THREE GOVERNORS;
SWEEP KENTUCKY
Only Senatorial Contest, in
Vermont, Returns Re-
publican.
NEW YORK ASSEMBLY
is CAPTURED BY G. O. P.
Elections Leave Administration
Ruling Congress by Eight
cen Majority.
Fy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Democrats were elected yesterday
in all three states where there were
eubernatorial elections - Kentucky
Maryland and Mississippi.
Vermont. where the only senatorial
contest was held, returned repub-
Park H. Pollard, cousin of President
Coolidge.
la the seven contests for the House,
the democrats won four and the re-
aublicanS ! three, one of the re-
publican victories being an upset in
which former Representative Fair
child defeated his democratic op-
ponent for the place made vacant by
zhe death of ]. Vincent Ganly in the
1wenty-fourth New York district.
Party alignment was unchanged in
the other congressional elections.
The victory of the democrats i'll
Kentucky, where Representative
William ]. Fields defeated Charles l.
Dawson, represented swing of the
pendulum which at the last election
swept Gov. Edwin p. Morrow, re-
publican, into office. Mr.. Fields ma
lority was decisive and he will have
a democratic Legislature to support
him.
Ritchie Wins in Maryland.
Gov. Richie, reelected in Mary
land over Alexander Armstrong, re-
publican, had an increased majority
over his first election.
H. L. Whitfield, democrat, had nc
opposition in Mississippi
In New York state the republicans
retained control of the general as
sembly, but the democratic judiciary
ticket in Manhattan and the Bronx
was swept into office, overwhelming
the republican and independent ticket
supported by William r. Hearst.
The soldiers bonus apparently was
carri led and the hydro electric power
project was beaten. 2
Local issues were voted on in va
rious sections of the country. Vir-
ginia turned down a s50.000,000 bond
issue for good roads. Ohio elected
mayors supported BY the Ku klux
klan in Youngstown, Portsmouth, Ak
ron and several smaller cities. Phil
adelphia returned w Freeland Ken
drick. republican. as mayor, by an
overwhelming majority.
Woman Is Judge.
In Illinois Miss Mary NJ. Bartelme,
fIt uTSt "OHldh " NC clSNdltu " d
circuit court judgeship. was elected
in Cook county. She is a republican
and led her ticket. The republicans
elected eleven and the democrats nine
Judges of the superior court.
The New Jersey legislature remain
ed in the republican column, notwith-
standing the vigorous campaign
waged by Gov Silzer, democrat, for
a democratic lawmaking body. Ameri-
can party candidates, who waged a
fight in Utah under the slogan, "Sepa-
ration of Church and Slater were
beaten.
Mayor Rolph, republican, of San
Francisco, apparently was reelected.
The results of the. congres ssional
elections will leave the two houses
of Congress with this lineup:
House-Republicans 225: democrats,
2O5; socialist, 1; Independent. l; farmer
labor, /; vacancies, 2. Republican ma
5ority, IT,
The republican majority in the Sem
ate will remain at 6.
Additional Political News will be
found on Pages 2, 4. and 13.
Evening star., 1923-11-07

In the history tests prepared last
June for the seventh and eighth
grade classes by the committee on
research and measurement of the
board Of education, for the purpose
of ascertaining the pupils knowl-
edge of certain noted Americans,
only 56.2 per cent Of the 1,170
pupils knew that Abraham Lincoln
was the author of the emancipa-
tion proclamation, 1t was learned
today upon compilation of the re-
only 25.3 per cent knew that
Gen. Meade was in command OF
the. Union forces at the battle of
Gettysburg. The knowledge that
Jefferson was the author OF the
Declaration of Independence. and
that Admiral Dewey was in COM
mand of the United States forces
at the battle Of Manila bay, was
most widespread, each question
being correctly answered by 65
per cent.
When the tests were held the
names of sixteen famous Ameri-
cans and as many historical events
were given, The pupils were re-
quired to connect the personages
with the events in which they
played a part ------.--.---.-
Evening star., 1923-11-07
q. S. ACTION WAITED.
British Cabinet Discusses Poincare
Proposals.

By the Associated Press
LONDON November Premier
Poincare's latest communication re-
lating to the proposed committee to
investigate Germany's reparation re-
sources was discussed informally by
the members of the British cabinet
to-day, but, 1T is understood, no de-
cision was taken pending the result
of the French premier's latest rep
reservations to Washington.
Officials here find it difficult to
gauge the chances of the committee
of experts being formed, particularly
as the advices from Paris indicate
France feels the creation of such a
body at this juncture will be merely
an academic gesture in the face cf
the serious current and threatened
events in Germany. The dispatches 8
from the United States seem to leave
the issue equally in doubt, a govern
ment spokesman here remarking to-
day that the American correspond
ents appear to blow hot and then
blow cold on the attitude of the
United States.
The British government, however,
has not abandoned hope of a favora-
BILE outcome and looks for some en-
couragement from Washington as a
result of Ambassador Jusserand's s
visits to President Coolidge and Sec
retary of State Hughes.
Evening star., 1923-11-07
MONARCH|ST PLOT
HELDDUE T0FLAME
IN BERLIN HOURLY
Changed Political Lineup
Seen Adjustment to New
Balance of Power.
BY HIRAM II. MODERwELL.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1923
BERLIN, November 7.--While ru-
mors of a new putsch are flying about
the city, the political situation seems
to be adjusting itself to the new
military balance of power.
The center party. which has now
passed from the hands of the pacific
republicans. former Chancellor Wirth,
into the hands of the former Prussian
chancellor. Stegerwald, Tuesday made
a remarkable decision containing the
sentence: The form of government is
for us no object of strife. We accept
any form which guarantees us or
der, prosperity and religious free
DOM" This is taken to mean willing
ness to accept a restoration of the
monarchy.
The centrists, in refusing to ap-
prove an appeal for volunteers to de-
fend the republic, definitely aligned
themselves with the right parties.
and assured the permanent absence Of
socialists from the government.
Stresemann Cautious.
Chancellor Stresemann, as usual.
seems very cautiously to be seeking
to delay a trial of strength either
with the right or left, and adjusting
himself to conditions as they change
daily. An indication of which way
he is moving will come, however,
when he names the ministers to sue
ceed the socialists.
1t is certain that he will not, in
the present circumstances, formally
receive the nationalist party into the
cabinet, but it appears probable that
he will fill the posts with mon
political personages" agreeable to the
believed, might delay military action
by the monarchist parties.
The first call for $500 volunteers
in Berlin already had been filled to-
day. The matter was naturally pre-
arranged, and 10000 more are ready
to volunteer as needed. The men
are reported to be war veterans of
good quality and reliable republicans
Their function would be to guarantee
the policing of Berlin. thus freeing
the state police to assist the reich
swehr.
Similar enrollments of volunteers
are expected to occur in the threat
ened cities of Prussia.
Other Reports Alarming.
Alarming reports, as yet uncon-
firmed, state that two regiments of
the Ehrhardt Brigade recently were
organized under the personal direc-
tion of Capt. Ehrhardt, who was here
secretly November 1.
The trades unions are planning
systematic distractions to preven, a
possible advance of the monarchists,
such as general strikes and destruc-
tion of the railroads, but are keeping
their members calm
Nobody can foresee whether the
much advertised putsch will occur to-
night according to the supposed
schedule.