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NAVY PLANS
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WASHINGTON. June Blight
cuisers, four river gunboats and
three cruiser submarines will com,
prise the building program which
the navy department will present to
the budget bureau and to ongress at
h coming session.
The four gunboats will be for the
chinese river patrol. Recent inspec-
o of tn Q old vessels now engaged
in that patrol. secretary DENLY said.
Indicated that theiy must be replaced
as quickly as possible.
I'm view OF the situation in China
and the vast amount of tade at stake
h secretary said. the department
feels 1t is most imperative that small
modern g~unboats be Immediately au
thorized by congress-"
, 1923-06-21
WOMAN AND TWO MEN
BOUND OVER FOR TRIAL
ON CAR THIEF CHARGE

Three alleged car thieves in the
persons Of Art Baish. Bert Braham
and Mrs. Bert Rrahnm. charged with
stealing the Paige touring car belong.
ing 10 Pete Wray on the evening Of
June 8, We're pound over to district
court on bonds Of IS zach yester-
day afternoon by Judge Henry f.
Brennan.
The defendants are alleged to have
taken the car from the Rodeo grounds
during the recent aght card held there
and to have parked II near the Bieder,
mar coal office. They were arrested
by the police department.
Ted Mccarthy, also implicated In
the case was to have n hearing be.
fore Judge Brennan at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. He had announced that
he would waive preliminary. in which
case he would be bound over In the
same maner as the other three.
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WOMAN STRUCK
BY AUTO SEEKS
s20,100 DAMAGE
Driver Of Car Charged
With Intoxication by
Mrs. Bert Hancock.

Alleging that she was struck by a
Ford car owned by John Freeman
and driven by John Breewerck. when
they were both in the machine and
in a well organized state of i~ntoxica-
ton. Mrs. Bert Hancock is suing the
two men for a total of S20.100. The
suit asks for $4,000 actual damages,
$4,000 punitive damages, $50 for
doctors fees and $50 for the expenses
of a maid during the time that the
plaintiff was incapacitated as a house.
keeper.
The incident is said to have occurred
June 1, 1922, at an apartment house
at 327 West First street. According 20
the plaintiff. she was in the act of
crossing a court between the apart
ment house and the adjoining resi-
dence. when the car struck her and
rev her up against a set of steps.
The plaintiff was bruised Inc pain
fully injured. according to the allega-
tions.
, 1923-06-21
CHICAGO NEGRO
SCENE
OF TRAGEDY To
NJ IAN FAMILIES
Tenement Is Turned Into
Fire Trap by Flames
Starting Under Stairs
From Whiskey Still.

CHICAGO, June 21.-Ten
persons, nine of them negroes
and one unidentified white
man, were burned to death
and about thirty negroes were
injured when fire swept
through a three-story tenement con-
tanning "a fats occupied by nearly
l60 tenants, early today at 22nd and
Federal streets. on the south side.
Firemen suspected hat the fire NAV
nave started from n moonshlne still
in the basement.
The building, firemen said. was vir.
tually n fire trap. Firemen, with no.
lice, rescued a half hundred OF the
tenants. who while panic stricken,
leaped from windows and n fire es-
cape which failed to swing down az
It should have done
-Four of the bodies were identified
as those of negresses but the others
remained unidentified.
Joseph Smith, n furniture dealer in
the building was taken into custody
Tor questioning m admitted, accord,
ing TO the police hat he had operated
a still in the basement and had lief,
a n jet burning. He said the flame
was about four inches from the plas.
ter ceiling. The gas jet was under
the front stairs and is believed to
nave set fire 10 the building. Tha
stairs were in flames when Bremen
arrived and cut on escape for many
of the tenants, who jumped from
windows in the panic.
Mrs. Mary Cook. mother OF Joseph
smith. the man held by the police.
was burned TO death. and Smith's
wife and daughter were injured.
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traversing n portion Of Maryland and
West virginia. completing about $50
miles of the 5000 miles to tho
Pacific coast, Alaska. Panama and
Porto Rico. Mr.. Harding clearly
Indicated that he was glad to be
back in his native state. even though
only for n few hours.
The complete relaxation observed
by the president since his departure
yesterday from Washington already
appears to have had. q beneficial
Continued On Page E!eyeu1
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LARGE TOWN TO
ESCAPE

CATANIA. June 21.-By The As
ISOLATED Pressl-Unless there is a now
and strong emission OF lava from
Mout Etna. the town of Linguaglossa,
which has been threatened for the
las three days. is almost certainly
safe from destruction. said official re-
ports from the devastated region.
The huge stream of lava tvhic'f has
Continued on Page Twelye)
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.LAY0YE TRIO insist ON
DRINKING IN PUBLIC AND
LAND IN HATR0NA JAIL.

Mrs. N. w. Faust. w. j. McReid
and o. NJ. Kingry, all residents of
Lavoye, were arrested at Teapot
townsite Wednesday afternoon by
Sheriff Morris on the charge OF in
toxication and disturbance.
The trio were seated in an auto
mobile when the sheriff drove up on
other business. 1t is said that they
refused to discontinue drinking pub
llcly while the car. too in the street
and caused further commotion which
necessitated Handwriting them before
they were brought to the city.
, 1923-06-21

Sierra. his wife; Mrs. Portia lara
milo; Cayetano DeIandez, 81, and
Frank p. Bernard. 80.
Thu suspects were captured one or
two at a time, police said, and
held incommunicato while detectives
sought their asserted confederates.
The s21 900 In bonds. they said. were
found in the home of MIR. and Mrs.
Sierra, a place which has long been
under scrutiny as an alleged boot
legger's haunt.
All of those arrested are being held
on charges OF robbery and receiving
stolen property.
The staying Of MCGEE was char.
acterlzed by police as one Of the most
brutal Killings in the history of the
department. The messenger was
shot without n word of warning and
without being given a chance to put
up his hands. A load of buckshot
from a sawed off shotgun was poured
into his body at the first appearance
of three bandits who crowded his
automobile to the curb with their
machine and escaped with a pouch
OF registered mail containing the Sc.
curities.
MCGEE. with two other bank mes
sengers was on his way to the first
National bank with the pouch when
n small automobile containing the
bandits drew alongside the bank ca
and forced 1t to the curb neal a tent
and awning establishment in the
wholesale business district.
one of the men fired at McGee i'm
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6. WILL SEIZE
ALL SHIP BOOZE

WASHINGTON. June 2i,-secrc.
taryNTellon late today that
u had been decided to seize all ship
liquor brought into American waters
even though 1t Is aboard foreign ships
and under the seal Of foreign govern.
ments.
Arrangements have boon competed
by tho treasury and Instructions
transmitted to the collector OF Gus.
toms az New York TO freak tho seals
on liquor stores carried by the liner
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LATE SPORTS

MAHANOY CITY, Penn, June 81.
Tommy Jones. former major
league first baseman, died mt n hos
pital Mt Danvillc, Ia. on Tuesday,
II became known here today Jones
played with the Baltimore, st. Louis
and Detroit teams in the American
League and the Milwaukee club Of
the American Association. He was
40 years old.
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ST. LOUIS. June 2f.-CIarencs
"lieinie' Mueller and Joe Schultz
ouffielders who recently were re-
leased to the Houston club of tho
X League. have been recalled by
the st. Louis Nationals. IL was an
nOunced today.
, 1923-06-21

START Or TOUR

ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARD.
ING'S SPECIAL TRAIN. PARKERS.
BURG. w. Va, June 21.-President
Harding spent a few hours with home
folks today as the special train carry
ing him to the west coast crossed tho
state OF Ohio and then through In.
diana and Illinois, enroute to st.
Louis, where the chief executive to-
night will deliver his first formal
address.
The presidential train entered Ohio
% tho early morning hours after
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police that his Buick sport-model car
had been stolen.
While no direct connection If known
between the escape of the prisoners
and the theft of Mr.. Crawford's car,
II is thought that such relation may
be found.
Sheriff Carroll was bringing the
two men from Montana to Cheyenne
where they are wanted for an alleged
theft of a n in that city. When the
Burlington stopped at Casper for the
customary 25-miunte period. the OF
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iCPoi1co Ny ISiCPiiohC " viz
ficer started to take his prisoners out
to lunch. Realizing that is was rain
ing. he turned to his berth to get his
ralncoat. When he turned again the
men had gone.
Pursuit by the sheriff RAJ futile
since the men must have found 1t
easy to disappear In the crowd at
the station and in the darkness caus-
ed by the rain.
A large force Of local officers were
put on the trail Immediately on re-
ceipt Of Sheriff CARROTS report that
the prisoners were loose. The carni.
val grounds and all other points were
watched. So far there have been no
clues to the whereabouts of the fugi-
tives.
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mediately with his shotgun while an
other opened fire with n revolver. the
bullet piercing a plate glass window
in the awning store and woundinS
one Of the ~proprietors in the leg.
Before the crowd of pedestrians and
bystanders could interfere the bandit
car had vanished.
Rewards aggregating more than
100000 were offered for the capture
OF hi slayers ana the return of the
securities.
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BORN
AT TOURIST
CAMP TODAY

DENVER, Colo, Juno "A six
pound boy was born today at this
overland Park Camping grounds To
Mr.. n Mrs. Kanady. who are motor.
ing from st. Louis to Green River.
wyoming. Mr.. and MIR. Kanady
had stopped here FOR two days.
The police surgeon was called but
he arrived to late. The women in
camp attended to Mrs. Kanady. h
ana the infant were taken to the
county hospital where they are re-
ported doing well.
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STINGS
ARE FATAL

ATLANTIC. Iowa. June 21-Bee
stinss caused the death Of Orlea
johnson, 7~-year-old daughter OF Mr.,
and Mrs. Andrew johnson. living
W. miles northwest of Avoca. The
child was playing in the orchard when
stung. She died within an hour. The
parents said they did not realize the
seriousness of tho bee stings and
took no special measure to relieve
tho child's suffering.
, 1923-06-21

B~ercngaria when she docks tomorrow
morning. The liquor VIII be seized
and deposited under bond.
Sir Ashley Sparks, resident dlrec-
tor OF the Cuncard line to-
day that ne understood all foreign
steamships. including C~uncarders,
wero putting out fer America with
limited supplies II liquor for their
east bound voyage sealed by tho Gus.
toms and $50 authorities OF theis
respective governments.
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WISCONSIN, r
REPEAL KILLED

MADISON, wis. June 21-Assem.
blymnn Herman fuckers bill To re.
peal the Severson prohibition enforce
ment law was killed by the senate Of
tho Wisconsin legislature last night,
The vote was 10 to IL against the
repeater.
No one spoke for or against the
bill.
As tho senate plodled through a
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heavy calendar on a hot night. Sena-
tor Seyerson moved for consideration
OF the Tucker bill ahead OF it's place
in the order OF business. No objec'
ton was raised.
Vets celebrated passage of the
Tucker bill by the assembly but never
seriously believed they had a chance
in the senate. therefore last nights
results came "a no surprise.
, 1923-06-21
LAND TO BE OPENED

WASHINGTON. June 21-scattered
tracts OF public lands totalilng 1900
acres In RIO Arriba and Taos COUNTIES,
New Mexico will be thrown open tn
entry TO eN+service men beginning
August is. The lands were formerly
a part OF the Carson National Forest.
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J. C. SMITH TO Be LAID
At REST HERE FRIDAY

The funeral of j.. C. Smith who
died at a local hospital Sunday viii
be held from the -Shaffer-Gay chapel
at ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
Besides a widow at 1342 South
Beech, tho deceased is survived by a
son in California and n daughter in
Colorado Springs. He was G6- years
of age.
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ANGELES BANDIT
SLAYERS BEHIND BARS
'1 Implicated In Killing of Messenger and $250O00 Robbery
Last February Are Apprehended by Police; ST.
900 In Stolen Bonds Are Recovered

S21 000 in bonds was announced by police today as the result of a series of early raids
they said captured the gang implicated in thu $780, O bank messenger Jdunb e
February 13, in which Sam MCGEE, a messenger was Tiled md anotherm man wounded ad
a mail pounch containing quarter of million dollars in securities carried away.
Thoe under rTest are: Andreas Jaramilo, pa: Augustine Snra il; Mrs Amelia
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Weather Forecasts Hold No Prospect of
Break In Sweltering Heat to Which
Loss of Many LipeSIs Charged

COLUMBUS, O., June 21.-The death toll of the heat
wave which has held Ohio in its grip since Monday today
stood at %.
Continuation of the scorching weather for the remainder
of the week is predicted by weather bureau officials.
Temperatures as high as 80 prevailed in many sections of
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GIVE
SHERIFF SLIP
Pair Being Taken to Cheyenne Escape
From Train at Casper and Theft OF
Another Car Is Reported

A dragnet was thrown over Casper last night by city and
county authorities who are searching for James Loukins and
John Dyer Knoles, alleged automobile thieves who escaped
from Sheriff Carroll of Cheyenne on the Burlington train
here at 8 is O'Clock last night. Within an hour after the men
had escaped Roger Crawford reported by telephone to the
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the state yesterday.
Concrete pavement. east of Ere
mont. expanding under the heat, Eek
ploded" just as an automobile. driven
by Leo Jeffrey. of North Adams.
Michigan, was passing. The machine
was ditched and damaged. but Jeffrey
escaped serious injury.
CHICAGO. June 21.No break in the
wave which has neld Chicago and
vicinity I'm its grasp since Monday, was
seen in weather forecasts today.
Seventeen persons have died here
since Monday from heal prostrations.
The temperature yesterday reached
SIS degrees.
NEW YORK. June 21.-Fifteen
thousand persons, mostly women and
children slept on the beach at Coney
Island last night to escape the warm
est temperature of the year and thous-
ands moro awoke today on other
beaches an In parks of the metropoti.
tan district. Five deaths from the
heat occurred here yesterday.
LAWRENCE. Mass. June 21.-The
Pacific Mills. some departments of
the mills of the American Wooden
company, and several other smaller
manufacturing concerns were shut
down today because of the excessive
heat. :
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other places i'm search Of the existing
wisps of cooling Freezes.
The weather bureau located today
the Indications of an approaching
atmospheric change which should
bring cooler weather tonight and Fri.
day in New England. New York and
the lake region. n slightly low
temperatures in middle Atlantic
states north OF Virginia. No bright
prospects were hel dout for the
Ohio and Mississippi. state valleys.
Sizzing weather was general today
from Kansas eastward.
NEW YORK. juno 2I.-New York
sweltered Rgain today as the torrid
wave. which yesterday took n toll
of five lives and caused scores Of pros.
trations continued. The thermometer
touched SO in the early forenoon.
PHILADELPHIA. June 21.-All
public schools in Philadelphia were
closed for the day at noon because OF
the continued intense heat. At noon
the temperature was 90 degrees. The
maximum yesterday was 9s.
MADISON. Wis. June 21.-IIeat
got the better of the Wisconsin
s%enate's dignity today with the result
that senators DOTTED their coats for
the first time within the memory of
veteran legislators.
BOSTON. June 21.-Twc days and
nights OF intense heat have caused
several deaths and many prostintions
-
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WASHINGTON. June 21.-some re
lief is promised by tonight from the
heat wave which has caused numer.
u deaths and sent the people of the
and middle west to. benches and
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At Washington
Cleveland LOB OIL
Washington loo 90
Batteries-Uhlc and Myatt; Friday
and Ruel.
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10 DEAD. 80 INJURED, IN fire CAUSED BY SIT
BALL SCORES

NATIONAL LEAGUE
AT Pittsburgh
Boston --------000 900 OO1 l 8 o
Pittsburgh --001 900 DOL 9 Z
Batteries-Barnes and f. Smith;
Adams and Schmidt.
At st. Louis
Chicago - 900 o
st. Louis ----0O0 o
Batteries-Kaufman and Farrell;
DoIk n Clemens.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
At Philadelphia.
Chicago lilo 010 900 6 10 0
Philadelphia 900 100 900 3 l
Battorics-Cvengros and SchaIk;
Hasty; Wnlberg: Heimach and Per
kins.
At Boston -
st. Louis------1eI 100 900 3 8 |
Boston 600 900 0i0 ; 2
Batteries-Kolf and SEVERED; Percy
Ferguson and Devormer.
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Weather Forecast

wYoMINGEUnsettied weather to.
night and Friday with probably local
thunder showers. Not much change
in temperature.
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Batteries-Kolf and SEVERED; Pierc
Ferguson and Devormer.
Evening star., 1923-02-11
BY EDNA FERBER
Who Gives a Swiftly Moving
Story of After-War Days

"oh, Mary. Why, she's gone out for
a walk with Mr.. Mazzetti."
Good God"' said Gedeon Gore, in
perfectly plain English. And van
ished d.
Orson J. Hubbell sat a moment
thinking Then, why, say, he talk
ed English. That young French fells
talked English"
The young French fella, hatless
was skimming down the Promenade
des Anglais, looking intently ahead
and behind and to the side, and all
around in the darkness. He seemed
to be following a certain trail, how
ever At one side OF the great wide
walk. facing the ocean, was cano
pied bandstand. In its dim shadow he
| discerned a wisp of white. He mad
for it. swiftly, silently MazZetti:
| voice low, eager, insistent. Mazzetti'
voice hoarse. ugly, importunate. The
| figure in white rose. Gore stood be
| fore the two. The girl took ster
toward him. but Mazzetti took two
steps and snarled like a villain In
movie. il a villain in a movie could
De nedrQ 10 SnaTi
Get out of here" said SIazzetti, in
FRENCH, to Gore. You pig! Swine
To intrude when l talk with a lady
You are finished Now she belongs
to me-
"The hell she does!" said Giddy
Cory in perfectly plain American and
swung for Mazzetti with his bad right
arm Mazzetti, after the fashion OF
his kind, let fly in most unsportsman-
like fashion with his feet, kicking at
Giddy's stomach and trying to bite
with his small sharp yellow teeth.
And then Giddys left, that had learn
ed some neat tricks Of boxing in the
days of Cory greatness, landed fairly
on the Mazzetti nose. And with a
howl of pain and rage and terror
the Mazzetti. a hand clapped to thai
bleeding feature. fed in the dark
ness.
And. 20. Giddy.' said Mary,
thought you'd never come.
Mary. Mary Hubbell. Did you
know all the time? You did, dldn
YOU? You think I'm bum' don
you? Don't you?''
Her hand on his shoulder. "Gidd!.
I'VE been stuck on YOU since / was
| nine years old. in Winnebago. KEPT
track of you all through the wal
though | never once saw you. Then
7 lost you. Giddy. when / was kid
I used to look at you from the side
walk through the hedge of the hous'
on Cass. Honestly. Honestly. GiddT'
But look at me now. Why. MARY
I.m-Tm no good. Why, l don't sec
how you ever knew
1T takes more than a new GreeN
nose and French clothes and bn>"
arm to fool me, Gid. Do you know :.
there were Il lot of photographs o.
YOU left up in the attic of the cas-
streat bouse when we bought 1t. !
know them al by heart, Giddy. 3
heart Come on home, GiddE
Let's go home
Copyright HI Rights Reserved
Evening star., 1923-02-11
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IN STUDENT DAYS

supremely trained in the college o.
lonely thought.
In his youth his books were few
Weem's washington "Aesops
Fables Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Prog
ress" and the Bible constituted VIZ
tually all his boyhood library. But
these books he knew Thoroughly
Stretched at full length upon the
floor. sometimes leaning on his ell
bow. more often lying on his back
with an upturned chair for a mead
rest. he studied by the light OF glow
ing logs.
TT was his constant practice to re
/ duce to writing any new thing he
learned. Near at hand. as he re-
clined by his log fire. was the blade
of a wooden shovel. 1t served him
as slate.
After an adventurous experience IN
: the Black Hawk war. Lincoln entered
the grocery business at New Salem
as partner with William F. Berry. He
also served as postmaster. The store
| was far from a profitable venture. and
II was while he was earning scan'
and uncertain support with the as
sistance of any odd jobs that came TO
hand that he found an opportunity 10
learn surveying.
Again we find him employing the
method Of home study. With some
slight help from a friendly school
master. he ma stored every book on
the intricate subject within reach.
Day and night he studied. What
wop,t. have required six months
study on the part Of the average per
son. he had learned in six weeks. and
i learned it so we'll that he became one
| of the most expert surveyors IN the
state. His proficiency. combined with
his reputation for honesty. made him
! frequent arbiter in land disputes.
Then came a term in the Illinois
assembly. followed by determine
ton to study law. In Springfield h.
| is found poring over law books Dol
rowed from Maj. John Stuart. Again
his program Of self-education Is
success. and he becomes known far
and wide for his triumphs in the
| courtroom.
When. as President of the United
states. ne found himself the real ana
/ responsible commander-in-chief OF
| Union forces. he began study OF war
! and of military strategy study so
deep ana Intensive that he became, as
is not generally known. one OF the
master acticians of his time. He
was one of the few Presidents who
could discuss military operations with
The assurance of a member of the
general staff, who could offer intel
ligent and constructive criticism of
movements under way and who could
| originate campaigns that compelled
the admiration Of professional STRAIT
egists.
That so much did come of Lin
| colE, and that the gloomy Dennis
Hanks should have been SO confound-
ed in his prophesying, was due TO
Lincoln himself. Ceaselessly through
! the years he was preparing himself
laying up IS by some divine commits
sion the things his mind should
know
Evening star., 1923-02-11
8 go home, Giddy darling" like

Lets 60 home, Giddy darling" like
a scared child.
where's that"
Don't be cruel. Americas the
only safe place now"
TOO darned safe" This was in
1915.
By 1917 she was actually in need
of money. But Giddy did not know
much about this because Giddy had.
roughly speaking. got his. One day
he scared higher and farther than
he knew, and the two planes were
upon him almost before he knew it.
They were not French or English or
American planes. He got one Of
them and would have got clean away
IL the other had not caught him in
the arm. His mechanician lay limp.
Even then he might have managed a
landing. but the pursuing plane got
in a final shot. There followed a
period of time that seemed to cover,
say six years. but that was actually
only a matter of seconds. At the
end of that period Giddy. together