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Evening star., 1923-08-08
Crowd Fiue Miles Long Sees
Train Pass HarPers Ferry

close to the rear door, wrapped in an
American flag, where all could easily
see it.
On the platform stood a marine and
a soldier.
Passing within a foot of the old
fated followers made their last stand,
all were enyeloped moment later in
the inky blackness of mountain
tunnel. The train had passed into
Maryland and Warren G. Harding
was on the last leg of his journey
back to the capital he left so hope
fully only last June. At the far end
Of the state lay Washington, sadly
awaiting the train that was hours
late.
5000 Along Tracks.
Between the Maryland end of the
tunnel and Brunswick, a distance of
five miles. more than 5000 men, wom-
en- and children lined the tracks over
which the train passed. Many oc-
cupied automobiles parked along the
road that parallels the tracks for sew
eral miles, and their headlights bath ed
the Baltimore and Ohio roadbed with
dazzling rays until the headlight Of
the funeral train flashed down the
rails Almost as simultaneously as
though they had been worked by a
single switch, every light was dark
ened, the mourners stepped quietly
from their cars and stood along the
embankment bordering the tracks as
the train rolled slowly 1t was
estimated that another 1000 persons
sorrowfully greeted the funeral train
as: 1t passed through Brunswick and
Washington Junction. Some of them
had travelled 200 miles by automo-
bile. Many arrived here early in
tie day i'll trains and sat all night
il: the station waiting for more trains
t9 take them home.
Evening star., 1923-08-08
| IN 16 MARRIAGES
FAIL IN MARYLAND
Baltimore Has One in Seven.
Separations for State
on Increase.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
BALTIMORE, Md August S.-There
was one divorce granted for every six
teen marriages performed in Maryland
last year. according to figures compiled
by the state department of health
These figures, which were made public
today. show that there were 22,928 mar
riages in Maryland in 1922 and 1,431
divorces
The rate in Baltimore city, however,
is much greater, showing one divorce
for every seven marriages. The divorces
granted in the city totaled 1922. almost
three times as many as the rest of the
state combined.
Seven years ago there were twenty
one marriages to every divorce. In
1916. the last year for which these
figures were collected. there were 1897
marriages and 961 divorces.
Fifty Per Cent Increase.
In the six-year period the divorces
have increased almost so per cent with
a total increase of 470. During the
same period the gain in marriages has
reached only 12.4 per cent. a total in
crease of 1881. According to estimated
figures the population of Maryland has
increased only S.29 per cent between
1916 and 1922.
One interesting feature of the report
is the fact that Cecil county overtops
the other Maryland counties By far I'm
the number of marriages, the total for
1922 being 4,26S, while Allegany, the
nearest rival. has 2,720.
County Without Divorce.
Despite this fact, there were no
divorces granted in Cecil county last
year and only four in 1916. Cecil
ranks twelfth in population among
figures are due to the popularity of
Elkton, its county seat, with couples
from other states as a. Gretna Green.
1t was said.
It IS also noticeable that the other
border counties are popular. due to
the favorable Maryland marriage
laws. Allegany, whose county seat.
Cumberland. is not far from the
Pennsylvania and West Virginia
borders. ranked second in the list. and
Washington. which also belongs to
the western tier of counties, was next,
with 1863.
Baltimore city had less than twice
the number that Cecil county had,
| the total for the city being 7,701.
AIIeGany Leads.
Allegany leads in the counties in
divorces. with seventy-four, Freder-
ick and Washington ranking in order.
with Sixty-two and fifty, respectively.
Divorces IN the city totaled only
$50 in 1917. showing an increase Of
452 in six years. Four eastern shore
counties showed no divorces at ali
for 1922. They were Caroline, Cecil.
Dorchester and Wicomico.
Evening star., 1923-08-08
SLASHES GAS PRICE
10 CENTS A GALLON
South Dakota Governor Orders 16.
Cent Rate at State
Storehouses.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PIERRE, S. D., August s.-Gaso-
line can be purchased for 16 cents
a gallon at the state supply depot
at Mitchell.
The sharp cut in price, a reduc-
tion of 10 cents gallon from gas
station prices prevailing through :.
out South Dakota, is Gov w. Hi
McMaster's answer TO the contenl
tion of dealers that &c cents i
gallon is fair price.
The governors action is directed
against the Standard Oil Conn
pany. The company. he said, u
responsible for retail prices.
which, the governor contends,
amount to highway robbery" !.
Independent dealers sell at
prices dictated by the dominant
company, he asserted.
Gov. McMaster hopes, he de-
clared. that the protest will so on.
and it was indicated today that
there would be response to HIS
suggestion that citizens buy gasp
line in wholesale lots to carry en-
the price war.
Evening star., 1923-08-08

rector. and E. B. Fuller. boys work
director
The United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy occupied two machines bear
ing Mrs. Cornelia Branch stone. Mrs.
Joseph Kerr Maxwell, Mrs. d. Everett
McQueary, Miss Lillian Chenoweth.
Miss Virginia Hereford. Mrs Victor
Houston, Mrs. Eugenia Barr. Mrs.
Mark X. Little. Miss Frances Weeks
Mrs. Katherin Eslin. Mrs. Mary Har-
rold. Mrs. Augustavus Weber and Mrs
Trimble. a floral offering embodying
the colors of the u. u. c., carried out
in red and white roses, was the silent
expression of the sorrow of the
daughters of the south.
Legion Is Represented.
Among the business men in the pro-
cession were the past and present
officers of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association, the Board Of
Trade and the Chamber of Commerce.
The latter delegation was headed by
Isaac Cans, president. Gen. Anton
stephan. president of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association. head
ed that organizations representa-
tives, who included r. +. Andrews,
NJ. \. Leese. Joseph A. Berberich. NJ.
q. Gibbs, NJ L. Horton, Charles J.
Columbus. Louis Levy, Philip King
and NJ. d. Rosenberg.
The national organization of the
American Legion was represented by
Col. Thomas w. Miller of Delaware.
Gen. James A. Drain of the District
of Columbia. National Vice Com
mander Watson B. Miller of the Dis
trict, National Vice Commander Rob-
ert o. Blood of New Hampshire and
the following past national COM
manders: Maj. Gen. Milton j. Fore
man of Illinois. Col. Henry d. Lindsey
of New York. Col. Franklin D'Olier
of Pennsylvania. Col. Hanford Mac
Nider of Iowa and Col. A. A. Sprague
of Illinois. In addition there was a
special committee composed of Paul
a. Martin of Michigan, Col. Joseph H.
Thompson of Pennsylvania and Maj.
William +. Deegan Of New York.
Wreath to he Taken.
The national colors of the American
Legion were carried in front of these
representatives by William F. Frank
lin, past commander of the Vincent
r. Costello Post Of the American Le-
gion. James d. Hayes and Raymond
A. Philabert.
The wreath presented by the ma
tional organization consisted of a
replica OF the legion floral tribute
which was deposited at the Capitol
before the services began. 1t will
accompany the bier of the late Presi-
dent TO Marion. Ohio.
Representing the Salvation Army
were Col. Richard L. HoltZ of New
York. Brigadier Edward Underwood
of New York. Mrs. David Stitt. ad-
jutaEt. and Mrs. George Paxton, Maj.
John McGee and Capt. and Mrs. Har-
old Smith
Mrs. Louis n. Geldert, national
president OF the League of American
Pen Women. was accompanied by
Mrs. Harry Atwood Gilman, Mrs.
Martha L. Ridge and Mrs. Harriet
Hawley Locher.
Evening star., 1923-08-08
C. M. CRAMER is HELD
ON CHARGE OF ARSON
Set Fire to Grass Near Mount
Pleasant Home That Burned;
Said to Confess.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

FREDERICK! Nd, August s.
Confessing he had started a fire near
a Mount Pleasant residence, owned by
Frank Grimes and occupied by Mrs.
Mary Summers. a widow. Carl NJ.
Cramer. thirty-eight, Mount Pleasant.
and a member of a prominent county
family, has been arrested on charge
of arson and held in $4,000 bond for the
action of the September grand jury.
The fire occurred about a month
age early in the morning, the two
women escapih from the home with
out injury. . Cramer admits in
signed confession that he fired dry
grass at thg rear of the Summers
residence when he became enraged
at: the absance Of Mrs. Summers
when he called on her the evening
before the fire. He says that after
firing the grass he went to his home
and retired, An hour later the home
was in 1anes, destroying the build
ing and contents.
Evening star., 1923-08-08
SINGAPORE BASE
ITO GUARD INDIA"
Paris Paper Says Britain Ad-
mits Long-Range Aim Is
Defense Against Japan.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.
By Cable TO The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright, 1928

BY Cable TO The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright. 1923.
PARIS, August 8.-The real purpose
of the British in developing a power
full naval base at Singapore is to pro-
tect India, in the opinion of lie Temps,
Paris newspaper, today.
In a vigorous leading article lie
Temps studies Great Britain's an
velopment at Singapore.
THE British" says the newspaper.
admit that this base is destined as a
defense against Japan. They further
declare that 1t is meant to protect
Australia and New Zealand. but it is
more than 1000 miles distant from
sydney. Protection Of India IS its
real purpose"
Ferment Worries British.
All Asia is in ferment, says lie
Temps. and this ferment worries the
like to be able to prevent the Asiat
fc fleet of Japan from appearing in
the Asiatic waters of the Indian
ocean or the Persian gulf" the path
way to which passes necessarily
by Singapore. But one aim entails
another. and in order to send feet
to Singapore. Britain must also be
the complete mistress of the Mediter-
ranean, which does not simplify the
problem Of Hangier or even the future
Of Rhodes"
The chain of events leading to the
present situation Is presented thus:
In the first phase the British
projects of domination In attacking
and then recoiling before Turkey, stir
all the rest of Asia. In the second
phase Britain desires to safeguard
herself against the Asian reawaken-
ing and can succeed only by domi-
mating the Mediterranean peoples.
Why" asks lie Temps, should we
| abstain from describing the workings
OF this Imperialism, when II Is France
which the British government seems
to reproach with secret thoughts of
annexation? Let us watch the Singa-
pore policy atteutively."
Evening star., 1923-08-08
WIFE AND HUSBAND
KILLED By LIGHTNING
Baby in Arms of Father Badly
Burned; Bodies Found by
School Children.

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Ga, August s.-Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Sweet were instantly killed
Mr. Sweet was carrying in his arms.
was badly burned when the three
were struck by lightning during a
storm here.
School children found the bodies
and the child about an hour after
they were struck by the bolt. The
Sweets. who lived five miles from
Dallas. were on their way to visit a
neighbor. The baby was conscious
when picked up. but was severely
burned on its right leg and arm.
Evening star., 1923-08-08
LOG-ROLLING TO BE HELD.
Woodmen to Give Benefit Affair
at Capitol Heights.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch u The Star.
CAPITOL HEIGHTS. Md. August
S.-A committee, of which Louis F.
LitZ is chairman, is busy on arrange
mentS for a degrading to be held
on the grounds of the fire depart
ment here August Is. II and Is, be-
ginning each evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The proceeds Of the affair. which
will be conducted by Maple Camp.
No. Is. Woodmen of the World. of
this place will he devoted to fur
therance of charity work of the camp
and to provide entertainment for the
camp meetings.
Among the features Of the program
will be contest to determine the
most popular woman attending the
function. "A military drill by the uni
form companies of the order. ad-
dresses and a varied list of amuSe-
mentS. including dancing. music and
other attractions. Refreshments will
be on sale
Evening star., 1923-08-08
CAPTURE NEGRO FUGITIVE.
Posse Seizes Man Accused of Slay-
ing Father-in-Law,

FRANKLIN, Pa, August s.-Law-
renee Roberts. negro, today is in the
county jail here after having been
for two days by militiamen and
posses. He is charged with the muir
der of his fatherinlaw last Sunday
night.
Roberts was captured yesterday
afternoon by three railroad employees
in a patch OF woods near Volant. Pa,
thirteen miles east Of Newcastle.
Evening star., 1923-08-08
WOMAN REIDENTIFIED.
Toronto Hotel Death Mystery Is
Solved Second Time.

TORONTO, August s.-The mystic
rious Mrs. Smith" found dead in
local hotel in June was reidentifed
by a Cleveland man today as Mrs.
Nancy Warren of Cleveland. She was
first identified as Mrs. Warren, but
later a woman who said she had been
neighbor identified her as Mrs.
Smith of Richmond Hill, near here.
The man who made the identifca-
ton refused to give his name.
Evening star., 1923-08-08
PRINCE, GIVEN BOUNCE,
SUES PARIS CAFE OWNER
Says He and Negro Friend Were
Thrown Out When Other Pa
irons Objected.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. August s.-Prince HALO To-
valou Houenou, nephew of King Be-
hanzin Of Dahomey. has filed a charge
of assault and battery against the
manager OF d Montmarte night cab
aret. alleging that he and a negro
friend were expelled from the estab-
1ishment because some of the Gus
objected to the presence of ne
groeS
The prince. who is a member of the
appeal court bar. contends that despite
his protest he and his friend were
thrown into the street. where the po-
lice took them into custody.
Evening star., 1923-08-08
COOLIDGE Will GO
TO TRAIN WITH BODY
Accompanied by Wife, President
to Reach Capitol at 5 O'Clock,
for Last Escort.

President Coolidge will leave the
willard Hotel this afternoon in time
to reach the Capitol by o'clock.
He will be accompanied by Mrs. Cool
idge. They will accompany the body of
the late President to the funeral train,
which is to leave at 6 o'clock for
Marion.
President Coolidge will leave Wash
ington at 10 o'clock tomorrow night for
Marion to attend the final rites there
for the late President.
Evening star., 1923-08-08

'I don't see where we can put VI,
this lecturer for the night"
Don't worry-he always brings
his own bunk"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-06
JUDGE SANFORD
TO SUCCEED
P|TNEY
Tennessee Jurist Reported 70
Be Nominated for SUI
preme Bench.

Judge Edward T. Sanford, OF
Knoxville, Tenn, will be appointed
TO the Supreme Court bench in the
place of Justice Mahlon Pitney,
resigned, according to reliable re-
ports here today. Judge sanford
has received the endorsement Or
Chief Justice William Howard, Taft.
Judge Sanford is fifty-eight years
old, q native Tennessean, and &
Republican. He has been Federal
district judge for the Middle and
Eastern districts Of Tennessee since
1908 Prior to that time he was an
Assistant Attorney General of the
United States.
The nomination probably will go
to the Senate next week.
President Harding at the same
time is expected to send up the
nomination Of d. r. Crissinger, Of
Marion, Ohio, to be governor OF the
Federal Reserve Board, as exclusively
announced by the international
News Service several weeks ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-06
FLAPPERS' FINE QUALITIES
DEFENDED BY DR.. SIMON

Men do not admire sporty"
women who tell risque stories, drink
cocktails, or indulge in other daring
practices. DIR. Abram Simon, presi.
dent of the Board of Education. told
his congregation at the Eighth Street
Temple last night.
1.-THE modern man wants to show
to woman" DIR. Simon continued, "a
certain spirit of chivalry. He is look
ing for an ineffahle something, best
described as feminine, toward which
he can display his best qualities
Free love" was bitterly assailed
by DIR. Simon. He expressed con.
viction that underneath the present
day girls modernisms are the same
fine qualities of her mother and pre-
dicted that the future woman would
dominate the field of literature. poll
tics. and philanthropy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-06
BREAKS
down FACING
GALLONS
Fight Against Death Penalty
Continues in Great
Britain.
By r. A. WRAY.
international News Service,

LONDON, Jan. 6.-Mrs. Edith
Thompson, q beautiful young wife.
who, with her youthful lover, Fred
erfck ByWaters, must die for muir.
der on the scaffold next Tuesday
morning, was on the verge of
complete collapse In her cell today.
She was under the care Of doctor
and a nurse.
Mrs. Thompson's last hope
vanished when the home secretary,
William Olive Bridgeman, refused
to grant reprieve despite the ma
tion-wide appeals in the woman's
behalf which have been pouring
into the home office ever since she
was condemned to hang on Deem
Der IL.
Killed Her Husband.
Mrs. Thompson will be the first
woman hanged in Great Britain
in more than fifteen years. She
and Bywaters were found guilty of
killing her husband, Percy Thomp-
son.
A national crusade against the
death penalty in Great Britain is
gathering force as a. result of the
forthcoming executions. One of
LAG lScA1ItS figures III the campaign
is John Drinkwater, playwright and
author of the drama Abraham
Lincoln"
Capital punishment is not solving
any problem" said, Drinkwater. st
is pretty poor kind of. business,
and some day it will find us out.
There is not only a logical as
pect, but an instructive aspect as
we'll. We cannot put the test OF
instinct to the state, but we can
put it to it's individual members.
"My own instinct is that l have
no clear justification in taking any
body's life. In the case of war
we got an admirable standard of
judgment.
'"The individual, then, has got to
subject his opinion to the communal
decision and must waive for the
common good any conviction that
life must not be taken. In the
case of, crime when the communal
life is not threatened we should not
do as a community what none of
us would do as an individual. The
test ought to be: Are we willing
to carry out the executions our
selVes?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-06
NINE D Al E!REZ'|
VER|SAI lie IN
SONG
Great Peruvian Contralto De-.
lights audience. in
Varied Program.
By WILLIAM MOORE.

Imagine tail, dark. haired slOe:
eyed Peruvian sonora standing be-
fore representative American
audience and rafting off Irish
songs, in the brogue, as II she bad
lived all her life in County Cor-r-rlx!
Pretty hard, I'll be bound. But
the audience yesterday that heard
Nine. Marguerite D'Alverez, the
Peruvian contralto, sing g negro
spiritual, an Italian song ana an
ancient Jewish number, In rapid
succession. was prepared for almost
anything.
So it was not particularly SUR
prtStng to the auditors when the
versatile contralto sang with true
Irish verve Easthope Martins
Come to the Fair and ii. Hughes
20 Men from the Fields. 4
Mime. DsAlvarez was accO1npa nied
BY Miss Lois Maier, prim little
miss who, played with tact and
understanding. Miss Mailer in adj
diti0n to the accomplishments play
ed LISTS arrangement Of Mendels-
sohn 8 On Wings Of Song" and
Brahms "Capriccio in 3 Minor.
The first group Of songs included
Flying, arranged by, Kurt Sehind
Ter: Burleigh's negro spiritual, No
body Knows de Trubble I've Seen 4
he popular Caro- Milo Ben, by
Giordani, and an old Jewish melody
Yohrzeit, by b. siberia.
The second group consisted Of
N. Watts '4TraIlAformation,' I'D
Not Co My Love- 2 IIageman, and
the Irish numbers. Some rare
modern French songs were In the
third group Les Coufonnes, Z
Chausson; Mai, Hahn; de Reeve. Z
Debussy, and .'Pannyre aux Talons
dor, Poldowslxi,
It was in the last group ti1as
Nine. D'Alvarez demonstrated her
cpnlpelltng personality t0 the ut
most. She was at home in the
rendition of four Spanish songs,
Including the famous la Segui.
ollie, |" from Carmen
Nine. D'A1varez Is great artist.
There is nothing affectatious about
her. She Is versatile, has excellent
command of several languages, pos.
sesses an extraordinary personality
she can sing!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-06
WILL APPEAL DISMISSAL
OF ADAIR-W WHITNEY CASE

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Jan. g.
Charles Firestone, attorney for
Evan Fontaine Adair in her
$1,000,000 breach of promise suit
against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whit,
ney, said last night he would ap.
peal when the court order of dis.
missal was filed. .
Diminishing the complaint, Su-
preme Court Justice Tomplins said
perjury had been committed in the
prosecution of the suit and ordered
that the papers be sent to the dis
trict attorney of Rockland county
for submission to the grand jury.
AS County Judge Patterson was
Whitney's attorney, new judge
must he appointed to preside over
the grand jury to be convened in
March p..r.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-06
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Leo Common. IS, Fort Myer, Va, and
Pearb4 Matthews. 50, Clarendon. Va. The
Rev. Harry D. Mitchell.
Harry L. Veil, 81. and Rosetta C. Still
wagon. Is. The Rev. j. r. Eckenrode.
Otto p. Roelpke. 80. and Annah A.
Reaney, 81. The Rev Joseph Dawson. Z
John Wilson. 50, and Mamie Doyle. IS,
both Of ouanticO. Va. The Rev. John q.
franklin N. t1degley. %. Of this city,
and Bertha I. Greenberg. n, Hyatts-
willie. Md. The Rev. A. Simon.
: J.. J. McEvoy. tF., 81, anr Sadie r. De-
Prato, IS. both of Richmond. Va. The
Robert Gohr. So. and Barbara e.
Thorn, 81. The Rev. Richard Schmidt.
Harry Kessier. 20. and Margaret Kauf-
man, 20. The Rev. Isaac Greenblat
Harry Francis Campbell, "a, and Ma
rton Rutherford Watson, "a. The Rev.
Audrey Paderno. 81, and Angelina
Josiah Dwight 81, of Wyoming, Ohio,
and Rae Mortimer Seymour. a. The Rev.
B. Braskamp. !
John Walter cissel, 20. and Helen D.
Philips, is. The Rev. j. Cartwright
Robert Veriaucher. %, and Countess
Mtllfams. q. both of huntsville, Va.
The Rev. J. e. Briggs.
Ernest. Kinder, %, and Gertrude Sig.
mund. 80, both of MiIlersviIle, Nd. The
Rev. II. r. Downs.
Hugh Capertpn ~. and Daisye Rebecca
Anderson, 80. both of Culpeper. Va. The
Rev. @. @. johnson.
n James mes 3 E MSr,ray. s5. of PittsbIrgh.
Mitchell
Austin L. Greenwood, 81, of Baltimore.
and Jane F. Medcalfe, Is, of Alexandra.
The Rev. H. F. Downs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-06
BOY OF EIGHT FINANcIER
AND HIS FATHER KNOWS IT

BLOOMSBURY, Pa, Jan. g.
Jack, eight-year-old son of Charles
Housenick, shows signs Of becoming
dnancier. He was given a toy
Tor Christmas. and his father, ex-
pecting it would be broken within
day or two. told the .1y he would
give him a nickel for ( yery day he
Kept 1T. The youngster locked the
toy in a trunk in the attic. and
every day is demanding a nickel
The parent tried to, settle with
the boy for SIS yesterday, but Jack
told his father that would mean
only 100 days and he did not intend
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-06
PARK LANE PREPARES
FOR MAIL DELIVERY

PARK LANE, Va, Jan. g.
Erection Of street sign posts and the
numbering of houses in Park Lane,
in preparation for requesting the
extension of house .o-house mail de-
livery service, in compliance with
the postal regulations, is now
being brought to completion by the
recently organized Park Lane
Citizens Association.
Assurance has been given by of
ficials of Arlington county, officers
of the association say, that the first
portion of the needed street light
ing system will soon be installed.
The next meeting Of the associa.
ton will be held at o'clock Mon
day night. Among the business
matters will be the question OF in
cooperating. The association is af-
filiated with the Arlington County
Civic Federation. J. T. Nicholas
is president.