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Evening star., 1923-11-27
BREAKD0WNS AT NIGHT
HALT MAIL BAG REPAIRS
Shift to Day Labor Expected to
Speed Up Work, Postal
Officials Say.

Seventy five per cent of the break
Gowns in machinery at the mail bag re-
pair shops were found by the Post Of
hce Department to occur at night.
That was one of the reasons that led
to the order placing fifty men on the
day shift. leaving but fifty on night
work. it developed today.
II was discovered that after the Is
per cest OF the machine breakdowns
had occurred, workers on the day shift
were forced to wait, after reporting for
work. until mechanics could repair the
machines
1t is expected that placing the shops
almost on day work. with the ultimate
hope Of placing the entire personnel on
due in part to lessened machine break
downs.
Evening star., 1923-11-27
JANET RICHARDS

"Wednesday afternoon at 80. November IS
Miss Janet Richards will speak on Questions
of the Hour" at Rauschers for the benefit OF
work for poor churches 21s
Evening star., 1923-11-27
COAL MEN TO MEET.

atdrs' Association of West Virginia will
hold their annual meeting at the Wash
ington Hotel December 13. A board Of
governors and officers for the ensuing
year will be chosen.
Senator David A. Reed of Pennsyl-
vania will make luncheon address at
th,. meeting
Evening star., 1923-11-27

Fur-bearing animals received legal
nrotertion in Maine in 1866. in Ohio
in 1867, Nebraska in 1872 and Mon
tana in 1885.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28

Miss Mildred Keats, musical comedy actress called Jv
Edgar Seoyn the most beautiful brunei in America rep
resents one-ha of the for predicting recorbrea-
ing attendance at the Citizens Military Training camps
nert The other half pOH be up Irresistible
blonde Miss Heating got in the GALAXY Of army faUorites
iccn she said loud amen to Pershngs advice "When
asks you to marry him. make him show his c. d. T. c.
badge"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28
Etiquette for Every Occasion

DO know
How to write an invitation to reply to one7
table formal dinner;
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20 dress for n dinner party7
a reception7
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The proper use o bread butter paes7
How to successfully without maid7
return n calf
How TO introduction say when being
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How n waiter7 vvhen
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when 10 when n fayor7
when to when not tot
How 10 the officer
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How o register at hotel? .'t,''.'
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reader who
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about obtain filling
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bureau
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28

twice as much each year on face
powder. cosmetics and perfume.'
said Prof a. n. Farmer, in an adj
dress here. ''as We pay for tbs
salaries OF all teachers IN elemen-
tary and high schools thruout 10
country. The amount VIC spend
iewelry annually represents q 4
larger than all the endowmcnts u
all the colleges and universities in
the United States"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-28
Here's Those Gum
Statistics Again

CHICAGO. Dec. 2T.--chewing
gum costs America ;5o.oOo.0oo an
nualiy. The United States spends
more for luxuries OF all kinds In a
single year than Il has spent for
education IN the entire history Of
tho country. I'VE spend nearly
Evening star., 1923-04-21
SUSPEND DRY AGENTS
WHO SHOT AT WOMEN
South Carolina Officers Laid Off for
Sixty Days by Commits
sioner Haynes.

Four South Carolina prohibition
agents who shot at an automobile
containing two Asheville women, Y.
w. C. A. workers. on the Greenville-
Asheville pike. April s, were sus-
pended today for sixty days by Pro-
hibition Commissioner Haynes.
The agents suspended were Thomas
p. Tolbert. acting state prohibition di-
rector. Leon T. Queen, acting head OF
the South Carolina field forces; J. H.
Painter and NJ. L. Wright. The sus-
pensions, without pay. for sixty days.
were recommended by Commissioner
Haynes and approved by Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue Blair. 1t
was said, inresponse to public resent
ment against the conduct Of the
agents in shooting at the young
women's car
The practice Of promiscuous shoot
ing by prohibition agents at sus-
pected automobiles. it was said at
Commissioner Haynes Office, was not
approved and in the South Carolina
cases it was proposed to set an ex-
ample for the prohibition agents
through the country.
The young women miraculously es-
capped injury when they failed to obey
an order to halt. Thinking the pro-
they sped on and bullets sent into
their tires careened their automobile
into a ditch. The prohibition agents,
who had been lying in wait on the
road for rum smugglers, said they
shot at the tires and not at the pas
women had put on speed in an at
tempt to escape.
Evening star., 1923-04-21

of the assistant director, DR.. Fay c.
Brown.
Whether any further changes would
; be made in the personnel of the bu-
reau in connection with the naming OF
a new director was not revealed to-
day, but 1t was the unofficial under
standing that there would be no oc-
casion for any considerable change in
personnel at this time. Asked about
this, the newly appointed director
said he was uniformed as to the
plans of the Department Of Commerce
| and for himself could make no an
nouncement.
studied in Paris.
Born in Newton, Mass, in 1874, Dr.
Burgess received his early education
there. later getting his first college
degree from NJ. 1. T. For two years
after graduation he assisted in the in
stitute, instructing in physics. From
| there he went to Paris. where after
graduate work he received the degree
Of doctor of science from the Uni
versity of Paris. DR.. Burgess, return
ing to America, was Instructor at the
University of Michigan for one year
at the University of California for
two years, following which he came
to Washington in 1903 to enter the
bureau of standards. Placed in charge
of pyrometry, or the science of heat
measurement, Dr.. Burgess developed
this work, out of which grew later
the division Of metallurgy, established
| in 1913, with one man. That division
of which DR.. Burgess was chief before
his appointment today, grew steadily
in size and usefulness, until now il
| has a personnel of f1fty-three men.
Member OF Scientific Bodies.
DR.. Burgess is a member of mum.
Der of scientific bodies. He is presi
dent of the American Society for Test.
ing Materials and a member of the
National Academy of Sciences, the
American Physical Society, the Ameri
| can Society for Steel Treating, the
American Institute Of Mining and Metal.
lurgical Engineers, the Iron and Stee
Institute Of Great Britain and the
Washington Academy Of Sciences
DR.. Burgess is also member of the
National Research Council and repre-.
sents the Department Of Commerce or
the American Engineering Standards
Committee, a national organization or
preparing of standards of engineering
materials and practices. He is O
member of. the Cosmos Club.
His home is at 511 Clifton Terrace
Evening star., 1923-04-21
4FLYERS KILLED
IN DAYTON CRASH
Capt. Walter R. Lawson, on
Duty Here Two Years,
Among the Dead.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio. April 21.-Four
flyers were almost instantly killed
and two others probably fatally in
jured at 1890 pm. today when a
Martin air service bomber. which was
leaving McCock Field here for Ran
toul, Ill, fell into the Great Miami
river here.
One commissioned officer, Capt
Walter r. Lawson, and five enlisted
men were in the eplane. Capt. Law
son and s;ergt. Biddle were among the
dead taken from the river.
1t is understood the machine was
on its way from Rantoul. Ill, to
Langley Field, Va, and stopped of
at McCook Field en- route.
Civilian Hugh NJ Smith. bureau OF
seriously injured.
The ship had just taken off from
McCook Field. When. a few hundred
feet in the air, the pilot saw he
would be unable to clear the Her
man Avenue bridge, which adjoins
McCook Field. and swerved his ma
chine around to avoid crashing into
the bridge. the plane turned over in
the air and fell into the river.
Capt. Lauson, one of the best
known pilots in the Army, was on
duty at the office of chief of the air
service here from 1918 to 1920.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associate led Press.
BILOXI, Miss, April 21.-United
States Deputy Marshal D. r. Coon,
and defunct whale eighty feet long,
were to be the center of interest here
today. for the deputy was scheduled
to deliver an oration over the carcass
and attempt to sell it at auction by
virtue Of a federal court order. 1t
Is the same whale the marshal was
ordered earlier in the week to bring
into court after New Orleans fish
erman had obtained a writ of replevin
in his attempt to gain possession
Of it.
Rojelio Lopez and his crew Of fish,
ermen found the whale floating at
sea off Biloxi two weeks ago, bent
a line to 1t and towed 1t to shallow
water near Deer Island. They anch-
ored the carcass, and before depart
ing for New Orleans to report their
find. staked out their claim by at
taching a placard bearing the name
Of Lopez and that of his boat. When
they returned they found an enter
prising Biloxian had taken posses
sion, and after the fashion Of the
late P. T. Barnum, was running ex-
cursions to the scene and collecting
gate receipts.
Lopez appealed to the federal court,
since he was citizen Of Louisiana,
and the defendant was a resident of
Mississippi, and obtained a writ of
replsyins It was then that the ia
Evening star., 1923-04-21
LORD CECIL TALKS
WITH PRESIDENT.
League Advocate Calls at
White House, But Declines
to Discuss Visit.

Lord Robert Cecil, one of the lead
league of nations, had half an hours
conference today with President
Harding. but declined later to discuss
his visit except to say that the call
had been most pleasant.
Lord Robert called at the White
House after he had met Senator Borah
of Idaho, one Of the chief republican
irreconcilables in the Senate fight
over the league of nations. at a break
Refuses to Answer Questions.
On leaving the White House, as on
yesterday he left the home of former
President Wilson after his call there,
he waved aside all questions. He only
repeated he could say nothing when
asked whether the President had
brought up modification of the league
convention or American membership
in the Permanent Court of Interna-
tional Justice.
The discussions between Lord Rob-
ert and Senator Borah were under
stood to have gone into numerous
phases Of the league question, includ-
ing possible revision of the covenant.
Senator'S Views Unaltered.
Afterward the senator said he still
was of the opinion that the American
people never would consent to en-
trance into any political alliance
with Europe.
Senator Borah called at the White
House just as Lord Robert was leav-
ing, and had a short talk with Presi-
dent Harding.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
.G|LLETT AT ODDS
W|THCOURTF FOES
UnreservedIy Behind Presi-
dent, He Says, on Stand of
Chairman Wood.

Taking sharp issue with Represent
ative VIII r. Wood, chairman Of the
republican congressional committee,
Speaker Gillett today issued a state
ment in strong support of the court
of international justice and an
nounced that he would impress upon
his constituents that the subject is
entirely non-partisan and is sure they
will approve the Presidents attitude.
Speaker Gilletts statement fol-
lows:
I am surprised this morning to read
the statement against the court of
international justice, given to the
press by the chairman of the repub-
lican congressional committee 1t GER
tainly does not represent my views,
for I am heartily and unreservedly
with President Harding on that issue.
Sees Misunderstanding.
IF, as stated. many republicans are
expressing opposition I believe it is
because they misunderstood the mat
ter and think it involves indorsing the
league of nations, which they voted
them are even more hostile now than
they were then. But this recommen-
dation Of the court by the President
and Secretary Hughes does not in any
way involve ENHANCEMENT with the
league. 1t simply is q step, though 1
fear a very short one, toward remov-
ing the causes Of war and securing
peace, and II republican leaders are
going to see red and oppose anything
however meritorious which may ema-
nate from the league Of nations, they
are liable to drive away from the
most responsible for its character and
its success.
"I shall take pains to see that my
constituents understand the question,
which is quite non-partisan, and /
shall be surprised If they do not gen
orally approve the Presidents atti-
tude."
Evening star., 1923-04-21
TRACED TO HONDURAS.
Fire Warden Declares He Has
Check on Mrs. Phillips and Carson

E 1IC " dAoSh DSSAoA 44C x2dS
Check on Mrs. Phillips and Carson
LOS ANGELES. April Elm dis
cussing reports from Sacramento that
Mrs Clara Phillips, escaped hammer
murderess," and Jesse C.. Carson,
wanted here on an arson charge, had
been located in Honduras. Stuart r.
Flintham. county fire warden, in an
interview with the Los Angeles Times
today said he thought he could trace
practically all OF the movements of
Mrs. Phillips and Carson since they
vanished from Los Angeles.
Flintham said Carson was accused
of having set fire to a grocery store
he had leased to Walter X. Taylor
in Belvedere Gardens. suburb.
after he had failed to oust Taylor
from the property BY - other her means. means:
to believe Phillips and Carson had been
close friends and, while Withholding any
information he might have as to how
Mrs. Phillips escaped from jail and
where she concealed herself immediate
" afterward, the officer declared that
on the night Of December % Phillips
gave Carson $4,000 to take Mrs. Phillips
and the two planned at the time the
woman and Carson were to leave the
country.
Mrs. Phillips went to New Orleans
about January Is and apparently had
plenty of money. From that city they
went to Vera Cruz, Mexico, and thence
to Mexico City. From there, Flintham
declared, Carson wrote to friends in Los
Angeles he had made q killing in oil
and land transactions and mentioned
Mrs. Phillips as a good pal"
But the government Of the United
States was said to have taken a hand
in the search, and Mrs. Phillips and
Carson. learning of that, fed to Guate-
mala, then to Salvador and then to
Honduras.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
Federal Court to AUCTION Whale
Ordered to appear Before Judge

nous order was issued to the marshal
to bring the whale into court" so
it's disposition could be determined
The marshal baked at following out
the instructions literally, but did have
II towed to a point near here,
The whale was to be sold at auction
today between the hours of IL am
and p.m., and the court was to take
charge ofsthe proceeds. 1t already has
the gate receipts taken in by the ex-
hibitor since the writ of replevin was
issued. and when the case comes up
during the June term of court will
determine whether the money shall
go to Lopez and his mates or to J, T.
Desport of this city. the alleged claim
jumper. The whale now Is only good
for fertilizer and the purchaser, IL
there Is one, Is expected to be one
products.
There is much speculation here as
to what course the marshal would
follow In the event no bids were Of.
fered. for something mus be done
with the whale and that quickly. II
has been dead a long, long time. The
whale is In the custody Of the court.
as represented by the marshal. until
Its rightful owner is determined and
about the only property a federal
court ever has been known to order
destroyed is liquor. And the whale
certainly cannot be regarded as I'm
toxicating," within the meaning Of
the Volstead act, 1t is argued, un-
less the state of the atmosphere
within its Immediate viciniay might
cause it 20 be classed as such.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
DOCTOR ARRESTED;
ROBBERY CHARGED
Detectives AIIege Charles
McDonough of Casualty
Stole Dead Mans Watch.

DR.. Charles ]. McDonough mem
Der of the staff of Casualty Hospital,
was arrested this afternoon by Detec-
tives Messer and Mansfield, on a
charge of grand larceny. 1t is alleged
he took a watch and chain and
knights Templar charm set with
diamond from the body Of Henry
c. Nails, veteran letter carrier, who
died several days ago. The detectives
say the young physician admitted he
took the property and gave them the
watch, chain and charm.
Nails. who resided at 621 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, was taken suddenly i'll
In a lunchroom and died on his way
TO the hospital. 1t was shortly after
the body reached the hospital. If is
charged. that the robbery was COM
mitted.
DR.. McDonough is twenty-six years
old. He gave his address as 4S6 Della
field avenue. New Brighton, Staten
Island. y. Y. He graduated from
local college last year and has been
at Casualty Hospital the past several
months. He was locked up for hear
ing in Police Court Monday morning.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
WILL SEEK ExTRADITIoN
To Confer With Governor on Wom-
an Believed to Be Murderees.


BY the AssOcia ted Press.
SACRAMENTO. Calf. April III
W. 7. Traeger. sheriff of Los Angeles
county, expected to confer with Gov.
Friend w. Richardson here today re-
garding steps to be taken to obtain
extradition of a woman. believed to
be Mrs. Clara Phillips, escaped ham
mer murderess. and her male com
parion, said to be Jesse c. Carson.
from Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Sheriff Traeger was in San Fran
cisco yesterday, when he was in
formed that Gov. Richardson had
been notified by the United States
Department of State of the presence
Of the pair. together with woman
said to be Mrs. Carson. in Teguci-
galpa. The State Department said
it's information came from the Amer
lean legation at Tegucigalpa and
asked If extradition of the woman
was desired.
The governors office requested Of
fetal notification of the Los Angeles
sheriff that Mrs. Phillips had been
convicted of numbering Mrs. Alberta
Tremaine Meadows, twenty-year-old
widow, July 12, 1922.
The woman under suspicion at
Tegucigalpa is using the name OF
Mrs. Robert Young, the State De-
partment said.
Late last night Los Angeles police
arrested Mrs. Phillips husband to
investigate his connection, IL any,
with her escape.
officers in Los Angeles also said
the extradition of Carson would be
requested They expressed the opin-
ion that Carson was a distant reIa-
tive of Mrs. Phillips. He Is believed
to be the man wanted in Los An
geleS on an arson charge.
TRACED TO HONDURAS
Evening star., 1923-04-21
.7-Year-OIdCousin
Stun,ps President
Asking Police Job
by the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
YORK. Pa. April 21.-There are
some things that even the Presi-
oent can't do-at least, and pre-
serve the dignity of his high office.
Walter Dickinson Hague, seven
year-old son of the Rev. DR.. Walter
Dickinson Hague of York, learned
that today and his prodding am
bftfon to be a policeman went the
way of most boyhood dreams. The
other day when he was refused a
job on the York force, he resolved
to appeal to higher authority,
his cousin. And in this case his
cousin happened to be the Presi-
dent of the United States.
President Harding replied
promptly:
Dear Walter: l am afraid the
York authorities would be doubt
full about the right to intrude in
this matter.
II feel sure that boy as big as
you are ought to be
thoroughly competent, but it is
little hard to get the regulations
In such matters waived. think
the best thing for you to do Is TO
walt until you grow about two feet
taller, and then you Will probably
be able to get on the force If you
still want to do So"
Evening star., 1923-04-21
JUDGE SELLERS LOSES.
Efforts to Get Rehearing on Appeal
: in Contempt Case Denied.

The District Court of Appeals today
refused Judge Kathryn Sellers appli-
cation for a rehearing of the appeal
from her sentence of contempt of
court against Judge Willis Brown,
formerly of the juvenile court of
Utah.
The appellate court had held that
there was no contempt because the
law had divested the Juvenile Court
Of jurisdiction over truancy cases ex-
cept when the child was over fourteen
years of age. Judge Sellers charged
that Judge Brown had written articles
rejecting on the court in pending
cases. She had imposed a fine in one
case and an Imprisonment Of forty
eight hours in the other. Judge
Sellers may try to get the case re-
viewed by the United States Supreme
Court
Evening star., 1923-04-21
BOMB EXPLODES
ON BANKERS STEP
Attempt Made to Assassinate Lead
er of Italian Colony in
Roxborough.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, April 21.-A
time bomb placed on the steps of the
home of Chevalier' c. C. A. Baldi, g.
banker and leader In the Italian
colony here. late last night damaged
the house and number Of other
residences in Roxborough, q suburb.
No one was injured, despite the fact
that stones-and bricks were hurled
through windows.
Chevalier Baldi Is a sympathizer Of
the fascist group, and the police en-
tertain tho theory that the bomb was
placed by some ono opposed to this
movement in this country. The fam
lily has received no threats and are at
q loss to account for the placing Of
the bomb.
Chevalier Baldi is on his way home
from Italy, having sailed yesterday.
Before he left here, it is said, he in
tended seeking an interview with
Premier .Mussolini.
Evening star., 1923-04-21
Final Session in Uproar as
Preparedness Issue Is
Again Brought Up.
FINALLY VOTE SUPPORT
TO WEEKS PROGRAM
Action Taken to Prevent Press
From Attacking Failure to
Uphold United States.

Amid confusion and uproar the
thirty-*econd Continental Congress Of
the ID. A. #. this morning suspended
its iron-clad rule and hurriedly
passed an eleventh-hour resolution
indorsing the stand taken recently by
Secretary of War Weeks for the
United States to pursue a policy Of
adequate armed preparedness. Earlier
in the session the congress had voted
down like resolution introduced by
Mrs. William Cumming Story Of New
York. on the ground that it merely
repeated similar action taken last
year.
Session Grows Warm.
The motion to reconsider fell like a
bombshell in the midst Of what had
promised to be the conventions tam
est session. 1t succeeded, however,
in turning the orderly congress into
a bedlam for a half hour, and making
1t one of the warmest witnessed on
the floor since the society convened
Monday morning
Protests. charges and counter
charges flew thick and fast on the
open floor as well as in whispered
conversation among the delegates.
Mrs. Frank F. Greenawalt, former
regent of the d. c.. opened the attack
when she rose and called the conven-
tons attention to an article in a
Washington morning paper which
detailed the refusal of the d. a. r.
to adopt the resolution introduced by
Mrs. Story a few hours after Presi-
dent Harding, Secretary of State
Hughes and Mrs. George Maynard
Minor, the socfety's president general.
had delivered their patriotic address
es at the inaugural session.
The resolution was one Of several
similar papers except that Mrs
Continued on Page 4, Column 81
Evening star., 1923-04-21
j. U.S.ACTST0CATCH
CLARA PHILLIPS
Will Ask Honduras to Hold
Suspect for Identification
and ExtraditiOn.

AS a preliminary to a formal re-
quest for eXtradition. the State De-
partment has decided to open nego-
tiations with the Honduran govern
ment to establish the identity of a
suspect residing at Tegucigalpa and
believed to be Mrs. Clara Phillips
convicted hammer murderess. who
escaped from jail in California.
The departments decision was
reached as a result of request from
Gov. Richardson of California. The
first step will be to request the
Honduran government to hold the
subJscf Tendfng extradition. Such
a resuest, it was said today, will
he made of the Tcgucigalpa authori-
ties by the American minister there.
WILL SEEK EXTRADITIoN.