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Evening star., 1923-04-01
WILSON'S AUTO HIT
BY HURLED BOTTLE
Missile Dropped From AIbee
Building Dents Hood and
Showers Glass.

A whisky bottle. believed to have
been hurled from one Of the upper
floors OF the Albee building, struck
the Limousine or Woodrow Wilson last
night few minutes after It had been
parked before side entrance to
keith's Theater. waiting for the
former President to come out. Aside
from denting the hood and scratching
quantity Of paint off of the front
OF the car, the missile did no harm.
Mr.. Wilson's chauffeur had driven
the car up small alley to one of the
emergency exits of the theater, which
the former President always uses to
leave the auditorium. 1t was shortly
before II o'clock, and several police
men were on duty to protect Mr..
Wilson until he was safely in his car.
Suddenly there was a crash, and a
second later the few persons who
were near the car, waiting for a
glimpse of Mr.. Wilson, were showered
with pieces of glass;
Hasty examination showed a dent
in the hood of the car. Only a few
persons saw the occurrence, however,
and there was no excitement. AS a
result, when Mr.. Wilson was escorted
from the theater by representative
OF the management and helped into
his machine, not even that officer
knew of the incident. One of the
members Of the Wilson party was
told OF the incident. but said 1t was
too trivial to warrant inquiry.
The police did not believe an at
tempt was made to injure Mr..
Wilson. Just where the bottle, which
was only a small haff-pint container
came from Is not known. II is
thought, however. that some roisterers
In one of the upper floors Of the
theater building threw it from 2
window In a moment of drunken
hilarity. Since no one saw the bottIa
thrown or knew anything of it until
attracted by Its crash, the police
found 1t impossible to make a sue
ceSSful investigation
Evening star., 1923-04-01
MEDICAL STUDENT
HELD In RUM CASE

Ralph ]. Benart, who told the police
he was a student at George Washing
ton University Medical School. was
arrested at 1927 18th street northwest
last night by prohibition agents and
members of the police vice squad on
charges of illegal possession and sale
Of Intoxicating liquor.
Ten women and five men were re-
ported discovered by the raiders in
Benart's home when the police seized
two and one-half cases of what was
described as Dawson Scotch whisky,
valued at $500. The raid was con-
Quoted by Sergt McQuade of the vice
squad and Agents Fowler, Ruby and
Packard of the prohibition enforce
ment forces. Benart was released on
S2,50Q bond.
Evening star., 1923-04-01
By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune
Copyright, 1921

By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune.
Copyright, 1921
LONDON, March 31.-If you get
married at a registry Office in Eng
land it will cost you seven shillings,
or about S1.75. If, however, you hap
pen to be the Duke OF York your
wedding will cost $17,500 or there
abouts. Actually, the expense to the
kings second n on the occasion of
his marriage Lady Elizabeth
Bowes-Lyon, at Westminster Abbey.
on April 26, will be nothing at all,
since his elder brother, the Prince of
Wales, has undertaken to defray the
whole cost of the elaborate ceremo-
NAL as part of his wedding gift to the
engaged pair.
Behind this fact there is a curious
financial situation in which the royal
family finds itself.
Although King George draws an
annual grant of nearly half a million
pounds from parliament, by far the
greater portion of this, sum must be
devoted to the expenses attendant
upon the upkeep Of the royal estab-
Evening star., 1923-04-01
Mystery of Ancient Etl,iopians
Revealed by London Excauator
Scientists Obtain Facts TO ShO,U Race
Vas One of First to Ir.Uent Script
of O,vr Language.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 31.-
Inc history of the ancient kingdom
OF Ethiopia through the long span of
l'loO years-from $50 r. c. to $50
A.D.-has been completed in principal
outline by excavations in tombs and
pyramids in the Anglo-Egyptian
Soudan by the Harvard Boston ex-
pedition headed by Prof George A..
Reisner
The most recent researches of the
expedition in the pyramids at Meroe
nave established that the culture of
the Ethiopians stood as an outpost of
Egyptian civilization In middle Africa,
DR.. Reisner said in the report which
he has just made; that in the art of
the Ethiopians a Greek influence OBJ
tanned and that the invention of a
script of their own was evidence that
the Ethiopians were people of genius.
The Ethiopians, DR.. Reisner de-
clared, are not and were not African
Evening star., 1923-04-01
Aided in Task by Conference
Between Jasper and
MuSSOlini.
DEATH TOLL IN ESSEN
BLOODSHED PUT AT II
Two Frenchmen Also Reported
Slain in Fracas-Troops
Set Upon by Mob.
BY WILBUR FORREST.
By Cable TO The Star and the New York
Tribune. Copyright, 1923.


PARIS. March 31.-Following the
news from Berlin that the Reich gov
/ erument has receded from its posi-
lion of refusing to negotiate as long
as the French and Belgians remain in
the Ruhr, Premier Poincare is pre-
pairing a draft Of the allied terms,
which will be submitted to the rep
arations commission after the Cuno
government further recedes from It's
policy of resistance and makes the
first move toward negotiation.
The premier will probably put con-
siderable labor into the task of draft
ing terms during his retreat to his
country place in the department OF
the Meuse. Il was expected that Nj.
Poincare would leave Paris yesterday,
but he remained at his desk, receiv-
ing a visit today from Baron Ro-
mano Avezzano, the Italian ambas-
sador.
Broad Lines Understood.
1t will be recalled that Foreign
Minister Jasper of Belgium met Pre-
mier Mussolini at Milan several days
ago. The broad lines of the allied
negotiation policy, merging the par
ocular policies of && three govern
ents. may therefore now be suifi-
entity understood for Premier Poin-
are to set about his task Of draw
ing up terms during his retreat N
tie country.
AS both the Belgian and Italian
oints of view are known 20 be
strongly in favor Of meeting the
Jews OF Great Britain. v joint
Franco -Belgian-I doc..aent will
doubtless leave ample space for the
accommodation of Downing street
Conferences Fruitful.
To date, aside from the Franco
e-ian agreement progressively 70
late the Ruhr ~tiermany~IpaSss
has been mo- cohesive inter-
"a as to what to say TO Ber-
the time comes to say some
The fact that Premier Poin-
ow about to put plan on
t. lakes it evident that the re-
Informal conferences have been
ful.
Franco-Belgian authorities In
auhr reIented today a trifie on
question of export licenses and
taxes necessary to expectation of
iucts from the Ruhr factories. A
ecree signed by Gen. Degoutte al
VS. all contracts made by the Ruhr
rdustrials with foreigners previ-
to February l to be executed,
the foreign buyers apply for ex-
TT licenses and pay the prescrib ed
y.
Taking of this step follows protests.
ainly from the Swiss and Dutch
& vernments.
Evening star., 1923-04-01
Old Impression Dixpelled.

The impression that Ethiopia was
governed. by a long line of queens
named Candace, held in the New
Testament and by Pliny and Strabo,
already weakened by the discovery
that the name was only title mean
ing queen, was further dispelled by
the excavations. 1t appeared that
from 750 B. c., every ruler of Ethiopia
was a male, DR.. Reisner asserted.
The five queens buried in the royal
cemetery with the country's kings
were mothers who had served as
regents during the minority of their
king-sons, he thought.
This latest report from Dr. Reisner
(Continued on Page g. Column Al
Evening star., 1923-04-01
OYSTER MAY URGE
ONE-WAY STREETS
10th, 18th, 18th and 18th in
CongeSted Area May Be
Restricted.

Commissioner Oyster probably will
recommend to the board of Commits
sioners within the next week or ten
days that 10th, 18th, 18th and 18th
streets within the congested area be
established as one-way streets for
north and south traffic only, it was
learned yesterday. Capt. Oyster also
has in mind recommending the one
way rule to be applied to Lafayette
Square, with Jackson place for south
bound and Madison place for north
bound traffic.
The Commissioner, however, is
awaiting a report from Inspector
Headley, chief OF the traffic bureau,
before laying his plan before Com
missioners Rudolph and Keller. If
he decides. after hearing from In
spector Headley. TO take the matter
up with his colleagues. he will sug-
gest that two of the numbered
streets be designated for northbound
traffic and the other two for vehicles
southbound.
May Await Convention.
one or commissioner oysters ad-
visers is Of the opinion that new one
way streets should not be established
until just before the Shrine conven-
| tion in June.
The Commissioner Is inclined to
the belief. however, that it would be
| better to act sooner, 50 that the COM
munity will be accustomed to them
before the throng of convention tour
lists begin to arrive.
Capt Oyster believes that travel
will be expedited both for the pedes-
| trian and the motorist II three or
four Of the main downtown thorough
fares on which there are no car
tracks are made one-way streets.
Await Klotx's Return.
p. G. Klotz, traffic engineer of
the Public Utilities Commission, is
expected to return to Washin~ton
tomorrow with valuable information
for the Commissioners on the regu-
lation OF vehicles in large American
cities.
With the return Of Klotz the city
fathers will be ready to act on the
recommenda tions of the traffic COM
mittee, which recently proposed a
number of important changes in the
traffic CODE.
Evening star., 1923-04-01
President Is BrOnzed.

The President, through the open life
rounds Of golf. has been brcnzed by
the Florida sun, and. in the words of
a member of the party, has improved
100 per cent"
Mrs. Harding, who left the White
House for the first time since. her
illness of last fall when she boarded
the train for Florida March 8 has
been recuperating rapidly. and during
the week spent here in St. Augustine,
where she has appeared in public a
number of times. she has surprised
old friends by her improved condi-
tion.
Members of the party ascribe the
benefits derived by the President and
Mrs. Harding during the more than
three weeks spent in Florida to the
fact that their whole thought has
been, as they put it, Ito play
Seek to Press Business.
The President realized that he
needed rest and recreation, and has
put his entire self into his vacation.
To forget the cares of state has
not been easy at all times for the
President, as almost everywhere he
has gone, but chiefly in the larger
places he has visited, there have
been those who would have remind
ed him of the things he came to
Florida to forget.
Some have wanted him to make
speeches-and he came very nearly
making one here today during a visit
to the Florida State School for the
Blind and Deaf, although IT was not
that he was urgently pressed to do
so, but because he felt he could not
leave hearly 800 blind and deaf girls
without saying a kindly word. 9th
ers have tried to get his ear to
recommend certain friends for ap-
pointment to Office or to hint that
they might accept official position
should it be rendered them. And
there have been not a few who
would talk politics.
Politics Play Little Part.
The President, for the most part,
however, has played" since he came
to Florida, recognizing that this is
the last real vacation he will get
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column p
Evening star., 1923-04-01

Blue noses and scarlet cheeks to
match equally colorful suits and
dresses will be the vogue this Easter.
Although the ongsuffering public
may shiver and shake before freez-
ing blasts. Danes Nature and Fash
ion will vie this afternoon to give
Washington riot of vivid hues.
speaking both physically and mo-
dishly.
"The coldest Easter we have ever
known" is what Dame Nature prom
ises. mot SO much wind as yester-
day; but-abnormally cold, at least
until night"
Evening star., 1923-04-01
Most Brilliant Hats.

"Ihe most brilliantly colored hats
and gowns for women we have ever
before offered" is the pledge of Dame
Fashion. Even men are to dress more
gaudily Their suits will be of gray,
brown and blue, but their ties will
be loud. their handkerchiefs Deau-
vile and their topcoats--well, bit
of everything, I guess"
So at least Washington can lock
forward to harmonious outlook
when~the annual promenade on 10th
Evening star., 1923-04-01
10 In MOB NAMED
In FL0GGING CASE
Rn The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. March 31.-Ten
men, whose names were not made pub
lie, composed the mob that fogged DR..
J. D. Dowling. city and county health
officer, last May, federal and city au-
thorities announced today.
The authorities announced that C. W.
Tyson, arrested yesterday, had made
statement and had given the names
Of ten men who he said had composed
the mob.
Evening star., 1923-04-01
CHERRIES $3.50 POUND.

SAN FRANCISCO, March a1-A
four-pound box of cherries. the first
of the season to arrive in San Fran
cisco, sold for s2.5o pound today to
a local grocery firm. The cherries
were from a ranch near YacaYiile.
Evening star., 1923-04-01

negroes. He described them as dark
colored races, in which brown pre-
vails.'' adding, however, that many
individuals show a mixture of black
blood
Evening star., 1923-04-01
Danes Nature and Fashion
To Vie in Easter Procession
Scarlet Cheeks and Blue Noses Will
Match Bright Garments in
annual Style Parade.

street, Connecticut avenue and down
street gets under way. Those who
do venture forth need not bother
about physical color. The only sug-
gestion the weather man had to offer
was: Just have one or two over
coats handy"
Loud CoIors Popular.
4 trip through Washingtons best
stores for both men and women this
season was like walking around in
paint factory. Vivid reds. striking
greens, lavenders and brilliant llues
predominated everywhere. And &C.
eording to the salesfelks, the louder
the chapeau for my lady the faster
it sold.
Fashion has somewhat reversed
English" on the sexes too. While
suits for women will seem more or
less tight, compared with last season,
the opposite will be the case with
men. The trousers of men who keep
up to the modes will be almost baggy.
They are to start at the hips and fall
straight to the shoe tops. without any
shaping whatever. Really draped
Continued on Page 8, Column -
Evening star., 1923-04-01
PLAY IN SOUTHLAND
HELPS PRESIDENT
Mr.. Harding Bronzeu
Happy-Wife Also Shows
Marked Improvement.
By the Associa fed Press

By the Associated Press
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. March 81
Rested and improved greatly in
health, President and Mrs. Harding
tonight brought their Florida vacation
to an end. departing by special train
for Augusta, Ga, to spend another
week before returning to Washington
Those who saw the President and
his wife step from a train twenty
five days ago at Ormond, and who
also saw them board the train here
tonight, could not but see plainly the
benefits derived from a vacation spent
in the warm sunshine, away from the
cares of Washington. and without
schedules or any firmly established
routine.
Evening star., 1923-04-01
i. S. FLYERS SMASH
TWO SPEED MARKS
Seven Beat French Record at
500 KiIometers, Two at
1000 KiIometers.
Rr the Associated Press


DAYTON, Ohio, March SIN a
spectacular aerial derby Army avi-
ators from McCook Field today set
new world speed records for 500 and
1000 kilometers, far eclipsing those
made this week by French aviators at
the Villa Savage Airdrome.
Unofficial figures tonight showed
| that Lieut.. Alexander Pearson COM
pleted 500 kilometers in l hour so
approximately 169 miles an hour. and
| that Lieut.. Harold Harris and Civil
! ian Pilot Ralph Lockwood travelled
/ 1000 kilometers in hours So min
utes and 1924 seconds, averaging
around 126 miles an hour.
Lieut.. Batelier of the French army
| was the holder of the 500-kilometer
record. with a time of hours AZ
minutes and 81 3-5 seconds. and Lieut..
Carrier of the 1000 -kilometer dis
tance. whose time was 6 hours SO
minutes and 40 2-5 seconds.
In addition to the 500-kilometer
mark set by Pearson, Harris and
| Lockwood also are credited with ex-
ceeding the French record for that
distance, as are four other McCook
Field aviators.
Eleven ships took the air shortly
after 1 o'clock today in the effort
to best the French records. Seven
were to try for the 500-kilometer
mark and four for the 1000. Five of
the planes finished the 500-kilome ter
distance and four of the others were
forced down.
Others Break Record.
Aviators who beat the French rec
ord for 500 kilometers and their time
are:
Louis Meister, hours SO minutes
4S.44 seconds. average speed of 127
miles an hour; Lieut.. Arthur Smith, 2
hours 80 minutes 31.S8 seconds, an
average speed of 122.1 miles an hour !;
Lieut.. H. H. Mills, 2 hours So minutes
$3.50 seconds, averaging 1872 miles an
hour and Lieut.. J. s.. Stromne, who
went the distance in 2 hours ~ minutes
35.4S seconds, speeding at HAT miles
an hour.
The time Of Harris and Lockwood
for 500 kilometers was 2 hours 26 min
utes 39.9 seconds, a speed of 127 miles
an hour.
The air circus was completed without
a serious mishap. The planes that were
forced down were mostly for engine
trouble; Smith smashed a wheel in
landing, after being forced down by a
broken support wire.
Thrills of the day were furnished
by Pearson, who flew Verville-Speery
ship. Taking off last, after barrel"
roll at the start, nearly made him
crash, Pearson steadily crept up on
the leaders and soon was setting the
pace.
Harris and Lockwood flew q DH-4
with a stock Liberty motor. and field
| officials said the flight constituted one
of the severest tests that type Liberty
! motor has been put to.
Evening star., 1923-04-01
ELEVEN DEAD IN ESSEN.
Thirty-Five Wounded in Fighting
With Krupp Employees.

LONDON, March 31.-A Reuters s
ispatch from Berlin tonight says it
IS now ascertained that eleven per-
ons were killed and about thirty
We wounded in the fighting today at
;ssen between French troops and
4mployes of the Krupp works.
dispatch to the Central News
says the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger re-
ports that two Frenchmen were
killed during the trouble.
Mob Sets on Troops.
ESSEN. March 31.-Clashes between
French soldiers and German workmen
at the Krupp plant here today resulted
IN the death Of five or six of the Ger
mans and the wounding of about thirty.
According to the French verson of
The affair, a lieutenant and eleven SOL
oiers who went to the Krupp works for
the purpose of requisitioning automo-
biIes were set upon by a mob various
Iy estimated to number between 1000
and 5000, which was called together
by the factory siren.
The mob showered stones upon the
soldiers, the French say, while many of
the workmen, armed with reyolvers,
fired Shots The soldiers returned the
fire, shooting over the heads OF the mob
st first. but, when the workmen refused
disperse, finally aiming to kill.
Automobile Attacked.
Fhen the skirmish was at It's height
In automobile bearing two French civil
ban engineers came along, and the fury
81 the workmen was shifted to them
hey were attacked, badly beaten and
keyerely wounded. The French also
assert that the watches, wallets, pass
oorts and Identification papers of the
kengineers were stolen.
The automobile was smashed and
the chauffeur took refuge among the
klittle group of French soldiers, but
not before he was struck with sew
eraI missiles. The engineers were
taken inside the Krupp plant and Sc
Everely manhandled. One of them, CIV
ling the name of Snowden and speak
ing English, came of much better
Sthan NJ. Sauvey, the other. whose
hame and language are entirely
French.
Tanks Rescue Engineers.
Tho French military command in
Essen, Informed Of the rioting. sent
Continued on Page 9, Column %
Evening star., 1923-04-01
WEATHER.

Fair today; cold this morning, fol-
lowed by rising temperature during
the day; tomorrow fair, with rapidly
rising temperature. Temperature for
twenty-five hours ended at 10 pm.
last night: Highest A; lowest 21.
Full report on page 8.
Evening star., 1923-04-01
Publicity Chief Weapon.

The governments hopes of doing
something to control the price OF
sugar lie chiefly at this time iE the
force of public sentiment and the
publicity which has been. stirred up.
The entire nation today Is watching
the sugar market. and will want to
know the reason for any further ad-
vances. The old claim that the tariff
alone is responsible will hardly do.
The price of duty-paid Cuban sugar
at New York September 19 last was
4.61 cents a pound. The new tariff
bill increased the duty O.O6 cents
pound. Therefore price of 4.67 cents
CONTINUED on Page 3, column 81
Evening star., 1923-04-01
Tanks Rescue Engineers.

Tho French military command in
J;ssen, Informed of the rioting, sent
CONTINUED on Page 8, Column %
Evening star., 1923-04-01
Politics Play Little Part.

The President, for the most part,
however, has played" since he came
to Florida, recognizing that this is
the last real vacation he will get
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column p
Evening star., 1923-04-01

The Stars carrier system covers every
city block and the regular edition Is
delivered to Washington homes as fast
as the papers are printed
Evening star., 1923-03-25

calling to children from back porches
to keep away from that pond and not
get drowned in IT.
DIR. Fowler, health officer of the
District, has conferred with Corpora
tion Counsel Stephens.
He learned that no action insofar
as the health protection OF the COM
munity is concerned can be taken by
him until mosquito larvae are found
N the pond.
Promises Speedy Action.
Commissioner James r. Oyster said
yesterday that action would be taken as
soon as DIR. Fowler was able to take 1t.
You can be sure that this VIII be
cleaned up as soon as possible, he
said. Mr. Lancaster has talked to
me about 1t himself, and I am sure
that relief will be afforded before
the pond becomes menace to
health"
1t Is reported that the suggestion
that fire engines be employed to
pump of the water was made to Com
missioner Oyster, but no action was
taken on this use of the fire depart
mcnt apparatus.
Getting Down to Strategy.
Neighbors Of "Lancaster's lake" are
now getting to the point where
strategy is being considered. Al
ready Arthur c. Gorbach of 6304 9th
child be manufactured and tossed
into the lake, allowing various par
ents TO guess as TO the identity or
the baby and attempt to arouse the
police department by calls for assist
ance
Some of the neighboEs attempted TO
get speedy action by declaring the
pond already a menace to the health
of the community by the chronic
Insomnia produced by frog croaking.
District health department experts.
however held that this would not
stand in court
Youngsters of the neighborhood are
best posted on the condition OF the pond
In an informal interview with some or
the beardless sailors OF Tuckerrnan
street yesterday 1t was learned that n
gentleman in IL state OF alcoholic inebria-
ton tumbled into the pond recently and
escaped drowning only because he hap
pened to topple into the shallow part
There's an ash pile out in the middle
of the pond. according to these authori-
ties. and you can step off'n II into water
that'll come way up over your head.
That's how II stands Mr. Lancaster
feels that the District should act. The
District feels that action should be
taken but Mr. Lancaster should pay for
It. Mr. Lancaster objects TO paying the
District for taking District water off
his ground. The District maintains that
it's up to him TO protect his own
property
And the neighbors-they are adopting
a policy Of watchful but impatient
waiting
Evening star., 1923-03-25

has been spending the winter here. died
today following a lingering illness. Mrs
Harding left tonight for Mansfield with
the body after brief services here. Be
sides his widow, DR.. Harding is sur
vived by one daughter Mrs Foster
Diehl OF Mansfield. Mrs. Harding will
be met at Washington by Prof. j. II.
Marshman, cousin Of DR.. Harding and
the President. who will accompany the
body to Mansfield
Evening star., 1923-03-25

the payment by the British Of $50
000,0 900 to Argentina in January 1921,
is proposed In the report Of Attorney
General Larrita, who was intrusted
with the investigation of the British
claim. involving the sum of 33,O00,-
900 pesos. :
The British advanced the $5O,O0G,-
600 to enable Argentina to liquidate
previous loan from American bank
ers on the understanding that it was