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Evening star., 1923-11-09

An enthusiastic meeting of repre-
sentative Virginians assembled last
night in the Willard Hotel and Or
ganized the Society Of Virginians.
composed of natives Of the Old Domin-
ion residents of the District of Co
lumbia and adjacent sections of Vir-
gInia and Maryland.
The meeting had been called by
Gen. II. Oden Lake, past national
commander Of the Army and Navy
Union, United States Army, native
of Loudoun county, Virginia. Gen.
Lake presided as temporary chair
man, and later was selected TO be the
first president Of the society. More
than 100 names were enrolled. Inc
membership is expected to run into
the thousands. The list of charter
membership will not be closed, prob
ably, for q month.
Objects of Association.
TIE objects OF the organization are
to bring in close personal and social
intercourse all NirginianS in this sec
ton; to perpetuate the memories ana
traditions of the commonwealth, It's
ideals, history, patriotism, hospltal-
ties and the promotion OF all the
civic, educational and ether interests,
looking to the advancement OF the
people Of that state.
During the present social season II
is planned that there will be appro-
pirate observances of the birthdays
of Gen. Robert E. Lee, StonewalI
Jackson. jefferson Davis and other
d distinguished southern men and won
en- Receptions will be held from
time to time at which the repre-
sentative men and women of Nlr-
ginia and the south will be honor
guests.
Annual banquet in Program.
An annual banquet will be held, to
which will be invited the members
Of the Virginia delegation in Con-
gress and other We'll known south
ern statesmen. a special reception
is to be rendered the members of the
United Confederate Veterans, the
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
members of the Southern Relief As
sociation, Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams and other southern patriotic
organizations interested in the per-
petuation of the history and tradi- =
tions of Virginia and the south. The
next meeting will be on call of the
president.
The officers of the society elected
last night are: President, Gen. H
Oden Lake, Loudoun county: vice
president. I. c. Foster. Southside: sec
retary, Mrs Nellie V. Suess, Shenan-
doah valley; treasurer, George Glib
son. Loudoun, and historian, Mrs.
Annie Orris. Herndon, Va
Evening star., 1923-11-09
OFFICIALS |NDARK
IN JAIL DELIVERY
No Trace Found of Any of II
Prisoners Who Fled
From Arlington.

working without a single tangible
clue, Arlington county authorities to-
day were momentarily expecting one
of dozen tips to produce one or
more of the eleven prisoners who fled
the Jail early yesterday morning
Commonweaith's Attorney Frank Ball
declared today
MI. Ban is in active supervision of
the forces assigned to the detection of
the vanished prisoners. while Sheriff
A. Z. Clements and Jailer Il. 0. Kines
are pursuing the active work. Kines
searched two houses in Rosslyn
shortly before noon today on one
of the numerous tips that have come
to the authorities, but obtained no
information
Descriptions Sent Out.
The authorities at Arlington court
mousse give credit to friends of Arthur
Hurley and Earl Blundon for the de-
livery. Washington police We're noti-
ned Immediately. and today descrip-
IlonS OF the escaped prisoners were
llaShed to Baltimore. Philadelphia and
New York, in the hope of arresting
them in flight Hurley is a Washing
tonian. and case of burglary and
hold-up was to have come up today at
the courthouse, with him and Blundon
as defendants
Since yesterday the authorities
learned that the escape was made in
TWO patches. one group of four white
men went away about Ills o'clock in
the morning in an automobile. which
returned half an hour later for the
others.
Says New Jail Needed.
Need for new jail was emphasized
today by Mr.. Ball, who characterized
the old structure Inadequate and an
tlquldated An architect already has
declared one wing of the structure
beyond hope of repair.
Mr.. Ball added that Jailer Kines
cannot be blamed in any way for the
delivery, since he is also deputy
sheriff as well as jailed and would
nave to work tWenty-fOur hours a
day to give continuous guard work
at the Jail. Either a new Jail must be
bullt, Mr.. Ball stated, or guards en-
ployed to be on duty at all times at
the old jail.
From Alexandria today came a pro-
test from Director OF Public Safety
Morton and Chief OF Police Charles
L. Good. expressing diSSa atiSfactiOn
at the failure of the Arlington coun-
ty authorities in notifying them of
the jail delivery. They pointed out
that the most direct route the Jail
breakers could have taken in making
a safe getaway would have been
through territory skirting AleXan-
dria.
Evening star., 1923-11-09
DIRECTS 40 FIRE
UNITS FIGHTING
TWO BIG BL4ZES

A professional chess player
carefully moving his men across
the board never had n more en-
crossing job than that which
faced Battalion Chief O'COnnOr
of the fire department today.
With two big warehouses
burning almost at the same
time, Chief O'COnnor had the
task of sitting at fire alarm
headquarters and directing the
movements of approximately
forty fire companies.
The situation was complicated
by. the fact that during both
fires PERSONS seeing the blaze
pulled" fire boxes at points
several blocks nySay.
Evening star., 1923-11-09

Oysters cannot live in the Baltic
sea, the reason being that it is not
salt enough. They live only in
water that contains at least thirty
seven parts of salt to every one
thousand parts of water. 80
Evening star., 1923-11-09
THREE KILLED BY TRAIN

MAYS LANDING, y. J., November
9.-Thomas Ross and his wife and
child were killed when their auto
mobile was struck by a Pennsylvania
railroad train at Milmay, near here.
A second child was badly hurt.
Evening star., 1923-11-09

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PIMLICO ENTRIES
FOR SATURDAY.

SECOND RACE-Purse, So 600; The Madison
handicap; three-year-olds; one mile and
eauapfy wards.
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THIRD RACE-The 'Waldon'; $40 600
added; two-year-oldsi handicap; one mile (frst
Evening star., 1923-11-09

sFive pounds apprentice allowance clainet
Weather clear; track good.
Evening star., 1923-11-23
LADD URGES NATION
TAKE FORD'S OFFER
North Dakota Senator Will.
ing to Waive Personal Opin-
ions for Good of Country.

Acceptance of Henry Ford's offer
COR the Muscle Shoals, Ala, power and
fertilizer project is urged in a formal
statement issued by Senator Ladd,
republican. of North Dakota, after
he had consulted with Bernard NJ
3aruch. chairman of the War In
iustries Board during the war. Sem
ator Ladd said he had sought Mr..
3aruch's opinion since the sale of the
forgas power plant had changed the
basis OF Mr.. Ford's offer.
'Mr Baruch believes in the develop
ment OF Muscle Shoals as a great in
dustrial plant for the manufacture of
nitrogen compounds and fertilizers
for use in agriculture" said Senator
Ladd MY own studies have led me
to the same conclusion, and my in
vestigations made during the past
summer in Germany and Norway only
the more strongly confirm my belief
in the possibilities of the great under
Evening star., 1923-11-23
GERMAN DYE MAGNATES
CONTRACT WITH FRENCH
Move Implies Recognition BY Ber-
lin Of Status Of Occupy
Ing Powers.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 23.-The German
war burdens commission has sent Il
note to the reparation commission no
tifying that body of q contract con-
cluded on November 10 between tho
Coblenz- -interallied commission and
representatives OF the dye industry
and giving in some detail the delib-
erations WI ich took place between
October and November Is between
the French economic control commits j.
sion and tho Ruhr tndustrialists.
which up to the present has given no
result.
Particular Importance attaches to
this communication because 1t appears
to imply indirectly recognition on the
part of the Berlin government OF
agreements between It's nationals and
Il occupying powers.
Evening star., 1923-11-23
GUILTY IN MURDER.
Ohio Farm Hand Who Shot Three
Convicted.

OTTAWA, Ohio, November 23..-
Charles Shank, Putnam county farm
hand, was found guilty of mur-
der in the second degree for the
shooting Of Mrs. William Tenwalde,
mother OF his sweetheart, September
I last. Sentence will be pronounced
Monday. Under Ohio laws second
degree murder Is punishable by life
Imprisonment.
Shank declared he was satisfied
with the verdict and the defense In
dicated 1t Will not ask for q new
trial.
The state is not expected to press
two moro indictments against Shank.
one for killing shis sweetheart. Olive
Tenwalde. eighteen, and the other for
the staying of Lawrence Tenwalde,
twenty, cousin of Olive. All three
were shot to death in the kitchen of
the Tenwalde home when Shank was
refused permission to take Olive to
nj
Evening star., 1923-11-23
tion Of the so.5oo bodies OF the soldier

tion Of the 30.500 bodies OF the soldier
dead has been completed.
Conditions respecting the progress
of construction work at Surenes,
Aisne-Marne, Somme, St. Mihiel, the
Oise-Aisne and the Meuse. .Argonne
in France; Brookwood. England. and
Flanders Field, Belgium, are de-
scribed as rapidly approaching tho
point of completion.
At present, the report adds. the
contractors are working energetically
on the walls. gates, roads. water and
drainage systems, ornamental shrub
berry, headstones and necessary build
ings. all Of which are provided for
in the plans for permanent beautifl-
cation Of each OF the cemeteries.
Evening star., 1923-11-23
ARMY CEMETERIES
CONDITION GOOD
U. S. Report Shows Graves
Abroad Are Rapidly Be-
ing Improved.

An official report on the condition
of American military cemeteries in
Europe. submitted by Maj. H. L
Green, constructing Quartermaster,
and made public yesterday by the War
Department, shows that everything
is going on most satisfactorily in
Improvement and construction in the
various cemeteries overseas.
THE only deterring factor" the re-
port says. "is the makeup Of the
French contractor. who does not or
ganize and force his work in the same
way as the American contractor.
Consequently, work is necessarily
slow. when much of 1t Is entirely
controlled by the season Of the year"
Improvements Cost Million.
Maj. Green says the improvements
to be made in the appearance Of
the eight cemeteries will cost s1,0o0.-
900, and adds that final concentra-
Evening star., 1923-11-23

taking at Muscle Shoals for the manu-
facture of commercial fertilizers.
III there was any other offer more
favorable than Mr.. Ford's I would not
hesitate to change. but Mr.. Ford's
offer Is the only one that proposes the
utilization or this great plant as had
been intended, in the interests Of
agriculture and to be held in reserve
as great national asset in case of
future wars"
Mr.. Baruch. in his letter to Senator
Ladd. referred to his letter Of last
January to Gray Silver of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation. In
which he said concerning the Ford
oner that after all, II h the fixing of
nitrogen that is the crux of the whole
ccntract. l am quite sure that the
but it should be made clear"
Continuing in his letter to Senator
Ladd Mr.. Baruch declared that per-
sonahtfes should not be considered in
dlsposing of Muscle Shoals and that
the merits of the Ford offer were
fundamental.
scorns Personal Opinions.
1T is of no consequence what Mr..
FORD may think about me-" Mr..
Baruch wrote, how he may disagree
with my own firm belief In the alb
solute integrity of purpose of Secre-
tary weeks. or what l may think of
Mr.. Ford.
III Mr.. Ford is willing to put his
reputation as great industrialist be-
hind this development, the govern
ment, rather than let this plant lie
idle. could afford to make almost any
contract with him, provided the work
is undertaken now Time Is of the
essence. We ought to make some
practical and immediate use of the
huge sums OF money that 1t was nec-
essary to spend for war purposes but
which could now be put to the con-
structive uses of seace. 1t is also i'm
portant to remember that it would be
our bulwark in time of war"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

Four.wheei brakes are being Of.
fered by the Locomobile Co. OF
America. as extra equipment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

munliy.
Chuck holes arc not near 40
dangerous. the sharp Jolt being
softvned because the wheels arc
brought more gradually 10 rest and
tho action absorbed. a. for fuel
consumption. tests have shown that
the balloon tires take no more. II
not less. than regular tires.
Naturally. steering IA effected 10
degree az very low speeds. but
under other conditions the new tires
actually favor better control. In
crossing Btrcet cnr tracks AZ a near.
parallel angie there Is no dcflec-
ton: tho reaction on tho steering
wheel from jol,s and distractions
IL also much less pronounced: while
the soft. wide contact OF the tires
tcnda 10 keep them TRIO without
effort.
Better control n also noticeable
nndsr difficult traffic conditions.
Tho larger area OF tread contact
with tho road. combined with Tho
greatly increased iineal total OF
non.akid and traction results, In
rough going this Is particularly
true because tiTrc II contact nj
all times. tho tire being 40 flexible
that Il rolls and folds over rough
surfaces. maintaining a uniformly
larger area OF contact"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
MORE GASOLINE
STATIONS HERE
Thirty New Branches viii
Supply Products

A high.grade gasoline manufac.
tured by tho General Petroleum Cor.
poratlon and previously distributed
only TO the marine trade on the
Pacific coast. has been made avail.
ablo 10 tho motorists OF Seattle. and
wlll be on sale Sunday AT more
than 30 independent garages and
stations over tho city.
II is claimed that this General
gasoline II similar In it's action 10
tho oid.fashionod gasoline which
was used In the earlier days OF the
automobile and that II Il oxcep.
tionnl in It's ease OF starting. clean
and complete combustion and in It's
high mileage per gallon.
Tho General Petroleum Corpora.
ton. a large independent producer
and refiner OF petroleum with pro,
duclng properties In California.
Wyoming. Louisiana and Mexico,
has done a big business in fuel oil
on Puget Sound for a number Of
years and has an investment OF be.
tween three and four million dollars
here in storage plants and dlstrib.
uting facilities.
Stations distributing General gas.
ollnc will be marked with green and
white target signs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
Air Cushion Automobile Tire Is NeU
Departure, Making for Easy Ridinq

This Il tire with large cross
section. thin slide walls and con.
ialning low mir pressure. It's pur.
poue Is to produce better riding
comfort without entailing loss In
any OF the advantages already ox.
porienced in auto driving.
More than year ago. this prob.
lem was taken IN hand BY the tire
engineers Of this city. with James
+. Hale. Of tho Fircsionc company.
one Of tho pioneers. They recog.
nlzed that greater cuahioulng and
protection against vibrations d..
msndcd lower mir pressure. To
have lower mir pressure. and still
support the same weight. required
greater air chambers, Hence the
larger cross section.
A 80 by tire. for instance. II IN.
creased 10 a cross section OF 10
inches. And tho original pressure
OF e5 pounds Is decreased 20 IS
pounds. 10 carry tlre Eamo weight.
But tho lower air pressure dc.
mandcd greater flc1ibility OF tho
tire carcass. especially tho aide
walls. because OF the greater road
contact. Tho many.piicd cord tire
Of today would 30 too ttiff and
would crack under such require.
menis.
AZ the came time. II was recog.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
AUTO BRINGS
BEARS TO CAL
Idaho Bill" Delivers His
Gifts to President

u II. Pearson. colonel Idaho
Bln.'' rolled into tho White House O
week ago 10 present President Cool
iace with brace OF Wild bears. lie
haa them with him. outside In u
Dodge Brothers screen side car word
received by w. l.. Eaton, local dis
trihntor Indicates.
.Colonel Bilr' has long made his
homo In the West. moving further
and further into the wilds rs settle
nent has forced him from his pre-
serves. He now lives down In the
mountains OF Mexico. whore no cap
turcd the bears that he save to the
president.
President Coolidge enjoyed the pre-
sentation ceremony Immensely,
Known as n man who seldom smiles,
no enjoyed the antics of the bears
With all of the enthusiasm OF a
school boy.
There is no doubt about the bears
being Wild. They carry numerous
marks OF combat with horses and
cattle in the wilds OF Mexico. Their
spirit has In no way been suhdned
by their motor trip across country.
They will be turned over 10 the Ma.
tlonal geological park,
The Dodge Brothers car used In
delivering the bears made 1000 miles
on this particular trip from Mexico
ana has made a total OF over 100000
miles in exploration and hunting
trips undertaken by the colonel. And
these trips have been In the widest
and toughest parts OF the United
States and Mexico.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
FACTORY MAKES
COMPLETE CARS
OldS Motor Works on Basis
Of independently

For the first time In .s years the
Olds Motor Works. Lansing, Mich
Is now almost exclusively on basis
where everything that goes into its
cars Is manufactured in its own
plant. A, this time, the factory ex.
ecutives say. the reorganization OF
the plant has progressed to the point
where within two months the COM
pany Will DO manufacturing more
than 20 per cent OF everything that
goes into its product.
Early last summer the olds Motor
Works started 10 rebuild its entire
plant to produce the lowest priced
six-cylinder car in the world. and
several million dollars was invested
In specialized equipment and plant
alterations. the whole plant being re.
yamped and greatly improved. &c.
cording to Charles Tyson. local
manager OF the oldsmobile Motor
Co.
Today olds Motor Works stands
on a basis which few OF the hundred
odd automobile manufacturers in the
the country can boast OF. that OF be-
Ing In q position TO produce It's own
product from start to finish.
Tyson added that. like factory pro-
duction. Seattle sales are Eauged by
the number OF Oldsmobilc skies Of
various models. he is able to obtain.
The local agency is considerably
ahead on sales on all models. he said.
and has booked a number OF Christ
mas orders.
At this time the company Is pro-
ducing about 5000 cars a month and
In January the total production will
be well over $500. according to pres
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

nixcd. lower air pressure lowered
the bursting stresses on tho car.
caaa. Therefore. thinner wall
with less plies OF fabric was pos.
slhlc.
That was just what was wanted
20 produce greater flcxibiliiy and
greater cushionlng effect. Thus.
tho thln.wniicd. low.prcssurc, large.
section tlro Is just as effective
against hiowouis. and just as dur.
able. as tiss moro heavily reconstruct.
cd cord tire.
Hale IL entfIGsishtic over tho nd.
van,agca tho new tire affords. 30.
cause there il no necessity TO
slackcn down for road bumps or
ruia. he Hays, n higher average
speed ia practical with this than
with tho older form Of tire.
"Ronn surface Irregularities are
toned down and almost oblltorafed. ="
no explains. Everything Us cush.
toned so that there are no sharp
shocks or Jolts and one does not
have 10 watch tho road TO put hts
body in n tenso condition 70 get
over tho rough spots nor be wor.
ried about being tossed up from
tho scat. He does not have TO pick
out all tho good places IN rough
road because II makes llitlc differ.
enco whether no takes them or not.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
AUTO SALES
STILL GROW

PONTIAC. Mich, Dec. 1.-THE
Oakland Motor Car company reports
the sale OF cars during November
was the largest In his history for
that month. The raies were three
times those OF November. 1922. and
exceeded even tho previous high No
yember record OF 1919 during n year
which was considered a banner one
In the motor cur Industry
The company likewise reports that
an analysis OF country.wide sales OF
all makes Of cars shows tho Oakland
advanced ia sales from 18th place
in October. 1872. 10 7th plnce In DC.
tobcr. 1898.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
STANDS THIRD
IN SURFAC|NC
Washington Ranks Higher
in Highway Work

Washington. according TO United
States bureau OF public roads flg.
ures. stands vhid In all tho states
this year In percentage OF surfaced
roads within its boundaries. This
Is the optimistic calculation re.
eoivcd TIN, week at tho Seattle
headquarters Of the Automobile
Club OF washlaston, II stands first
In percentage OF all Western states.
sigurcs on Washington, from the
federal source, shows total OF
s6 per cent OF ITS as.si6 miles OF
reads surfaced or is.ooi OF macadam
or other hard surfacing. Indiana
leads tho United States with Al
per cent OF its roads surfaced.
Compared to California. with is
per cent OF It's roads surfaced.
Washington has but 5000 less miles
OF surfaced roads. tho IL has ap,
.proximately $4,000 less miles OF all
sorts OF highways.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
Ferry Service
Closes Sunday

sunday Ia the last day In which
nutoists from this section NAV
reach Vancouver Island and Vie.
tofia, u. G., by the Anacortes
Sidney ferry until next spring
Announcement was made sa,tr.
day that that auto ferry Will
make its last seasonal run 10
Sidney at 2 .. m. Sunday ana
win mako It's last run 10 Ana.
cortes for tho season on Monday
morning Ut 0 o'clock.
Two routes are left open IN
those desiring to transport their
cars TO the island. according 10
information at the Seattle head.
quarters OF the Automobile ,..,,b
OF Washington. They may be
shipped on the steamer Sol Due
OF tho Canadian Pacific Railway
system, from Seattle direct. or
they may drive to Vancouver
u. c.. and then ferry acroay.
The c. L r. ferry from Belling.
nam 70 sidEcy was discontinued
some time aso. All runs will be
resumed In Tic spring.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
Progress FOlIOWs Auto
Farmers Develop Speed

Facts proving that every commun-
ity which has shown nn increase In
motor car sales has also shown an IN.
crease In productiveness were cited
by Thomas O'Brien, assistant sales
manager OF the Odds Motor Works,
lansing. Mich. during n speech be.
fore the joint session OF tho North
Central division OF tho National
Highway Traffic association and tho
Michigan State Good Roads associn.
tion. Tho meeting was held at the
Michigan Agricultural college In East
Lansing.
O'Bricn spoke on Tho Value Of
Highway Transport 10 the Farmer"
and he dwelt Mt some length on the
desires and needs of the farm owner.
enumcrating four requirements OF a
successful farmer. They were. no
said
1.-The ability 10 make n comfort.
able living from the land.
ITO rear a family carefully and
well.
3.-To be of good service to the
community.
4.-To leave the farm moro pro
ductive than when he took Il.
In his talk on the benefit of the
automobile. truck and good roads "a
the farmer, oBrien said in part:
Good highways greatly widen his
area OF distribution. They enabl,
him TO go 10 points where better
prices are obtained, and with motor
transport he can save time ant
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15

AKRON, Ohio. Dec. i5.--Ir you
have ever run your tires low 20
cushion your body Rgninat road
bumps, you viii appreciate the
latest tiro innovation which some
automobile manufacturers have
already adopted.
II Is the air-eushion. or balloon
tire
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-15
PRON0UNCEs STUFF DIsTINc.
lively AMERICAN

At the recent automobile show in
Paris one OF the foremost motor car
experts OF Europe was asked which
car, in his opinion, was the most
distinctively American. For the small
car he named Ford. for the large car
he named STUFF.