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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Fight With Alligator

An electric storm came up in
the early evening and it was beauti-
full. We are sleeping on the ground
despite the wetness because the
supplies must be kept in the cars.
The scouts have returned with the
Indian, Abraham Lincoln. in charge,
and they report we are headed
northeast and travel will be slow.
Killed several big moccasins and
innumerable small snakes. While
cutting down the vegetation we
were startled by giant alligator.
He had been sleeping and our
noise angered him. We all started
on the run and he gave chase.
Charlie Hunt reached one of the
cars first and brought his sixteen
gauge shotgun into play. Several
of us had ass and we sure used
them. That fellow was punctured
plenty and measured fourteen feet.
We are taking out his teeth and
intend to use them as souvenirs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Trek Across Country $500
Miles to Belgian Congo by
Scotch Lord Is UnmoIested
RUNS FOR LIFE FROM BULL
Hunter Steps on Grass Which
Proves to Be Giant Croco-
die Bags Rare Nile Game
By JOHN T. BURKE,
Universal Service.


LONDON, April Ito be
charged by bull buffalo, and IN
running for his life to step on
what he thought was q patch Of
elephant grass which was really
giant crocodile, only to have
the crocodile upset him in mud
and then capsize his steam launch
in the White Nile, was all in
days sport for Lord Dewar in the
Soudan. He returned to London
yesterday.
TRAVELS $500 MILES.
During his 2,560-mile treck across
the Soudan to the borders of the
Belgian Congo. forty days by camel
and seventeen days by donkey.
Lord Dewar, who was accompanied
by former Captain BERTHE Greig,
also q noted shot. realized life
ambition, and managed to bag two
Nile lechwy, known also as Mrs.
Gray's waterbucks al that is al
lowed to one hunter in a lifetime
. = set 49, =.
Just as the party had prepared
to make the kill of huge rhf-
noceros Lord Dewar told me the
bag was prevented by q battle be-
tween two savage native tribes In
which fifty-tWo men were killed
and many wounded.
SAVAGES POLYGAM0Us.
1--WE could have shot hippos by
the score" said Lord Dewar, ''but
we hadn't the heart to do It as
each one reminded me of five ton
bawling baby.
We met many savage tribes.
but as we dealt fairly with them
the party was never molested. All
or the savages were polygamous,
wives. making Brigham Young look
like q piker.
The big game In the Soudan is
being ruthlessly slaughtered by the
natives, who now number about
!. 5,O00.000, the population having
doubled In twenty years.
RAISE FINE COTTON.
II do not think the Soudan win
ever be white mans country. but
there are spots In the Soudan
Il PAORFA-- HAGIC aLuC oOuQdnGSG fES
raising crops OF the finest cotton
| in the world"
He expressed deep interest in
| Lady Astor's bill in Parliament TO
restrict the sale of liquor to girls
and boys under the age of eigh-
| teen years. He said Lady Astor
was great force for good In Eng
land, and personally he believed
her bill would benefit the country.
This statement was the more IN
teresting, coming as it did from
one of the biggest distilIers in
Scotland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
White HOUSE OPENS
NEW SOCIAL SEASON
Brilliant Reception Marks Re-
COvery of First Lady to
Full Health.
BY GEORGE e. DURNO.
International News Servire.

For the first time since the near.
fatal illness of Mrs. Harding last
September, social activity was re-
stunned at the White House last
night.
Cabinet officers, Justices of the
Supreme Court, Senators, Repre-
sentatives and society leaders in
Washington Joined in welcoming
the First Lady of the Land back
to- health. The East Room, bril-
liantly lighted, again held fortunes
in gowns and jewels, and official
Washington paraded about the
Executive Mansion.
Mrs. Harding showed plainly the
beneficial results of her five weeks
sojourn in the South. Completely
recovered from her illness. she
headed the reception line with the
President
The White House was re-opened
with an advance showing of THE
Covered Wagon" Emerson Hough' s
epic of the days of '49. This pic
ture, dedicated to Theodore Roose-
Welt, was especially requested by the
President Immediately following his
return from Florida.
A special thirty-five.piece orches-
ira from the Criterion Theater of
New York was imported by the
President for the occasion. Under
the direction of Josiah EURO, ma
tionaIly known conductor, airs of
the days of 40 were played, pre-
coded by an overture especially
written for the occasion by Morti-
mer Wilson.
Prior to the entertainment, Zuro's
orchestra played at the White
House for Mrs. Harding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15

NSOpyrlgnt, 1898, Dy UnlversAl SeENloe'J
Thursday: We expect to be on
the road only few days, but the
roads are getting rougher. Sev-
eral cars are stuck in the heavy
sands as we near the end of this
road. 1t is necessary to fiji washed.
out places and construct several
bridges.
Friday: Heavy rain last night
soaked everything and everybody,
and turned the flat plains into
gigantic ponds OF water. Our ma
chimes are standing in several
inches OF water.
Saturday: It is very hot and the
air Is full Of moisture. We are
pushing on, slowly, hindered by
the murk and clumps of shrubbery.
We are just on the edge Of the
Glades proper
Editors Note: Here Mr.. Lewis
ceased to date his entries. He
writes:
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Clothes in Shreds, Faces and
Hands Swollen, But Trip to
Miami to Be Finished.
AUTOS HALF BURIED IN MUD
Ten Days Fight With Hunger,
AIIigators and Partners
Falls to Daunt Party.
BY HARRY L. MCCLELLAN,
Universal SERVICE.


Copyright. 1924. BY Universal service.)
MIAMI, Fla, April 1.-THE
twsnty-four persons who became
nired in the Everglades in their at
tempt to be the first persons to
cross the famous swamps in automO-
biles, today told me the first story
OF their hardshfps and sufferings.
chartered an airplane and flew
fifty miles over the marshes to
within four miles Of their camp.
Then was conducted by an Indian
guide to them.
They were q sad looking lot after
their ten days in the wilderness.
They set out from Fort Myers a
week ago Wednesday and expected
to be in. Miami last Sunday, but
they couldn't penetrate the Glades.
LIMP AND GROAN WITH PAIN.
They limp and groan with aches
and pans around the camp. Their
clothes are torn to shreds. Their
faces and hands are swollen.
Like lost children they asked me
In unison as approached the
camp If / had brought food. They
are short Of supplies.
Their cars, half buried In muck.
are parked In semicircle.
In spite of their suffering. all APP
peared optimistic and vowed they
are going ito continue the. journey
as soon as supplies reach them.
FOUGHT WILD ANIMALS.
At first they were reluctant to
tell their tales of misery, but
finally started to pour out weird
yarns Of how they fought and
killed fourteen.foOt alligator: hav.
ing panthers trailing them in the
day time and having wild cats
parked around their camp at night
of their Indian guides fleeing, al
except one, because Of ghosts In
the weaving marshes; of finding
giant bear tracks with the animal
odor still fresh; Of being enveloped
in swarnns of insects: of killing in
Vulnerable moccasins; of cutting
down trees and building roads and
bridges.
Tney told of their food playing
out and OF how they have beer
forced to eat only moldy crusts and
hot water. Their supplies have
been augmented, however, by wild
turkey and venison.
GETS DIARY OF TRIP.
I talked with them for nearly
two hours, and during the Interview
obtained exclusively for Universe
Service the diary Of the trip KEEP
by r, s.. Lewis. Of Estero, Fla, 8
member Of the party.
This document, written day By
day. gives far more thrilling
account of the adventure than a:,y
one could possibly get in two short
hours. / had only scratched tht
surface OF the story of their ex
periences when my pilot demanded
that we go back to Miami because
storm clouds were gathering.
Lewis mastery diary accompanies
this article.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Fascist Opens War With
Popular Catholic Party

ROME, April 14.-Warfare be-
tween the Catholic Popular party
composed of Roman Catholics
who feature their religion in poll
tics) and the Fascist broke out
today.
When news was received from
Turin that the Catholic Popular
party, in convention there, had
taken a hostile vote against the
Fascist, Premier Mussolini inn
mediately summoned his cabinet to
meet on Tuesday to consider "the
political situation"
1t is expected that the members
of the Catholic Popular party in
the cabinet will be summarily GUST
ed and replaced by persons in SYM
pathy with the Fascist.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Laurel, Light of Noted
Authors Life. Succumbs

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April
1.-THE light Of the life of an
author has gone out.
Laurel, seventeen, who fur
nished inspiration for many OF
her fathers plays and stories OF
adolescence, among them Seven
teen" is dead from pneumonia.
Death came with her father at
the bedside. The mother, Mrs.
Willard Connolly, from whom
Harrington was divorced several
years ago, was on her way from
Cambridge, Mass, today. Laurel
was born In Rome, February 8,
1906.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Army Hospital Patient
Found Dead I'm Hotel

The body OF Edwin p. Hedinger,
thirty-five years old. patient at wal
ter Reed, was found sitting upright
in his room at the National Hotel
last night. Death was due to
natural causes. police say. He had
been suffering from STOMACH trou.
BILE.
He registered at the hotel Thurs.
day, the day before he was to have
been granted leave of absence from
the Government hospital. The body
was discovered by hotel employees.
Hedinger, from Poughkeepsie, N
r., had been assigned to the hos
pital since June. He at one time
nnads 5hiseresidence at 1904 @ street.
northwest,
Coroner hewitt viewed the body.
An autopsy will be held today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Russian Admiral Named
AS VladivOstOk Cantor

RIGA, April 14.-Admiral Stark,
of the old Russian imperial navy,
who fled from Vladivostok in a
refugee ship when that city fell
into the hands of the Red army,
led the white" forces that recap
tured the city from the Soviet
troops this week, according to word
received here today from Helsing-
fors.
For weeks Admiral Stark and his
feIlow-refugees drifted between
China, Japan and the Philippines.
They had little or no food and no
arms, which makes a mystery out
of their capture Of Vladivostok.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Sybil Carpenter WEEDS
1t, Shugg at AnnapOIis

ANNAPOLIS, April IA naval
wedding took place in ST. AIMS Epis-
copaI Church at o'clock this after
noon, when Miss Sybil Carpenter
became the wife of Lieut.. Carleton
Shugg, Construction. Corps of the
Navy. The. ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Edward y. John
son, rector of the church, and Capt.
(Chaplain) Sydney K. Evans. of the
Naval Academy Chapel. and the
benediction was pronounced by
Bishop John Gardner Murray, Of
Maryland. The church was well
filled by relatives and friends Of
the couple and members of the
local naval set, and guests from
other cities.
The bridegroom is q son Of Mrs.
Henry w. Shugg, Needham, Mass.
and graduated from the Naval
Academy in the class of 1920.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Assistant Dry Director
In Pennsylvania Resigns

The resignation of George S.
Hampton, assistant prohibition
director of Pennsylvania. was an
nounced yesterday by Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes. Haynes also
accepted the resignation of Harry
j. Walton, attached to the direc.
tors office at Philadelphia.
Appointment of successor to
Hampton will be taken up this
week with Director Davis at Phila.
delphia, Davis is expected here for
conference with Haynes to decide
this and other matters affecting
enforcement personnel in Penn.
RYlYania.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Woman and Four Men
Lost On Barge in Gale

NEW YORK, April 14-Five per.
sons lost their lives when a coal
barge sank off Cape May on the
Delaware coast. 1t was learned to-
day at the offices of the Neptune
Line, Inc.
Four OF the men are sailors. in.
Guiding the captain of the barge.
The fifth was a woman. believed
to be the captains wife,
The barge was in tow from Nor.
folk to New England and noundered
in the gale that ragged off the
Atlantic coast during the night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Movement in Europe
To Combat Communism
international News Service.

International News Service.
AMSTERDAM, April IA
movement is under way in Italy
and Central Europe to form q
white internationale" to oppose
the red internationale" of COM
muDists, said a News Agency dis
patch from Vienna today.
Don SturZo, head of the Catholic
popular party in Italy. which has
been holding convention at Turin,
will shortly arrive in Vienna to
consult with Austrian clerical lead
ers. Under the present plans the
charter members of the new inter-
rationale will be adherents of the
Italian Catholic popular party,
Austrian Christian Socialists and
German Center party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Fear Dry Agent Slain
And Robbed of 81. 500

NEW YORK, April 14.-An inter-
national search for Rockford l..
Thompson, a Philadelphia prohibi-
ton agent, started today when it
was definitely ascertained that he
disappeared mysteriously while about
to sail on the liner Majestic for
England to marry.
Thompson had about $1,000 in
cash on him, and 1t is feared he
was robbed and murdered,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Found Guilty of Part
In Clinton Bank HOld-UD

EVANSVILLE, Md, April IA
William B. Coakley was found
guilty by jury today on the charge
of assault with intent to rob, in
connection with the hold-up of the
Clinton Bank of Clinton, Prince
Georges county, November last.
His alleged companions in the
robbery, Henry Augustus and Frank
Woods, pleaded guilty to the charge.
Sentence will be pronounced by the
court Monday and carries incarcera.
ton from two to ten years
The cases of Ira Pimpleton, negro,
convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, and James Grayson, negro,
convicted of murder in the second
degree, will be passed upon by the
court Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Elevator Falls 30 Feet;
Eleven Girls Injured

PHILADELPHIA. April H.
Eleven girls were injured today
when an elevator in the Leo Mes
sen building fell thirty feet as a
cable broke.
A safety device averted what
might have been a fatal crash,
checking the fall of the elevator
before it reached the bottom Of the
shaft. The most seriously injured
was Elaine Hartman. twenty-five,
sustaining n fractured rib.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Schools Committees
Submit New ReDOrtS

Reports from committees OF the
D. c. Public School Association
yesterday were submitted to the
executive committee of that or
ganization at meeting at the Of
flee of Julius /. Peyser, president,
in the wilkins building.
The committees reporting were
legislation, membership, school ex-
pansion and school personnel. The
school expansion committee an
nounced its intention of having a
representative from each of the
twelve school divisions on 1t.
New organizations to affiliate
with the association are: D. C. De-
partment, American Legion; Local
$50, Federal Employees Union, North
east Washington Citizens Associa-
ton and the D. c. branch
w. G.. T. u.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15

keeping up our road work, lifting
automobiles bodily out of the mud.
Every few miles we dig holes IN
the ground and obtain q fresh sup
ply OF water.
Billy Kimpatchie, q sub-chief and
one OF our new guides, says In the
sign language that there Is going
to be q storm again. He says we
have passed his country and he
and his men are going back to-
morrow. Billy says there are
plenty OF bear signs and points out
tracks, some almost two feet long.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
New Navy Yard Wage
Scales Out Tomorrow

New wage scales for thousands
of civilian employees Of the navy
yards and shore stations of the
United States will be announced to-
morrow, the Navy Department
stated yesterday.
The results are the work of the
Departmental Wage Board. Some
of the reViSionS are upward and
some downward.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy, has approved
the awards.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
ADDRESSES IoWANS.

DIR. F.. G. Brown. director of the
Bureau of Standards. will address
the members of the Iowa Society of
washington at Rauscher's tomor-
row night at o'clock, w. q. Ladd.
president Of the society, announced
last night. A musical program will
be presented by Edward p Dono-
van, and the Columbia Male Quar-
tett0.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Greek Church Head Held
.By BOlsheviki Near Death

LONDON, April 14.-The Most
Rev. Father Tikhon, patriarch of
the Greek Orthodox Church in Rus
sia, Ill in a Moscow prison. is in
serious condition, said a dispatch to
the Daily Mail today from War
saw.
The Soviets have postponed the
trial Of Patriarch Tikhon until Tues
day.
The Russian trade delegation to-
day issued a lengthy defense of re-
ligious conditions in Soviet Russia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
HOLMES HOME ABLAzE.

Fire slightly damaged the home
of Associate Justice Oliver Wen
dell Holmes of the United States
Supreme Court at 1920 I street
northwest yesterday afternoon.
Chemicals were sprayed into the
chimney which was ablaze from an
overheated fire place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
Everglades Diary
Tells Of Hardships

Universal Service herewith presents the first complete O O The
GNOss hO became ed the Florida kVeT
OGdes the first attempt made penetrGte the saps ~
motor is the diary o. = eG member o. the pa.ty ara
UnVersG Service correspondent ChO visited the
motor IN GiTplGne today
the thrilling annals Of Aericd
pers kordhips Of
Myers "Wednesday
and % reach Mi1nti last Snnd6H
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
10000 Shoe Workers
Walk Out Tomorrow

LYNN. Mass, April 14.-As q re-
suit of vote taken by $4,000 mem
bers of the Amalgamated Shoe
Workers of America here today,
between 1000 and 10000 workers
will not report for work on Monday.
The vote followed protests against
wage reduction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
British Beer Price y.
Cut Two Cents Pint
International News Service.

InternatI0hA MOVIE beFV1ce.
LONDON, April 14,-There was
joy throughout England tonight
over we'll founded reports that
Chancellor of the Exchequer Stan
ley Baldwin on Monday, in an
nouncing the budget in Commons,
will recommend reduction Of 2 cents
a pint in the price Of beer.
In all the pubs many toasts were
drunk to the chancellor.
English brewers announced that
they are prepared to reduce the
price OF beer Tuesday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
NEW CITIZENS GUESTS.

Mrs. Harriet Locher, educational
director of a local motion picture
firm. has invited all the students
Of the Americanization School to
her studio, 934 r street northwest,
this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. TO
see collection of scenes from
Czecho- Slovakia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
La FOllette's Son Weds
University Sweetheart

CHICAGO, April 14.-Phillip Fox
LaF'olIette. youngest son of United
States Senator Robert M. LaFollette
Of Wisconsin. and Miss Isabel Ba-
con, of Salt Lake City, were mar
ried here today. The couple met
at the University of Wisconsin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
BAKER MAY HEAD COLLEGE,

MARTINSBURG. w. Va. April
14-Newton d. Baker, Secretary of
War under President Wilson. and a
resident OF Cleveland. Ohio, has
been suggested as president of West
Virginia University. He, 10 q native
Of Martinsburg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15

DRINCE AND PRINCESS CHRISTIAN of
Il Hesse, uDhO are Uisiting friends in NeIU
York. She 1UGs formerly Miss Elizabeth Reid
Rogers of Ne1O York. He, nepheIO of the
late kGiserin gaze up all royal prerO0GtiUes
as the price of the former kGiser's consent
to his marriage.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-11-24
CONGRESS MAY GRANT OR
 WITHHOLD IMMIGRATION U. s.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-Justice man Butler said that congress untram- meled may grant or withhold the priv ilege of naturalization and immigra- tion upon any grounds or without any reasons as it sees fit, but it is not to besupposed that it's acts defining eligi- bility are arbitrary or unsupported by reasonable consideration of public policy. The state may properly as sume consideration whereon congress made classification substantial and reasonable in each state. The ab- sence of treaty provisions may allow laws enacted prohibiting aliens from owning lands with our borders unless the right to own and lease land is giv- en by treaty. The decision was ren- dered in the alien land cases.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-11-24
Alaska Legion Delegation
 Prominent at Frisco

MT. and Mrs. Aaron E Fucker re- turned to Seward on the steamer Ala meda from San Francisco where they attended the National Conventions of the American Legion and the Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary as delegates of cial delegates from Alaska attending the conventions were George E. Mann, Department Adjutant of Juneau, Alas ka. and Mrs. Robert Simpson of Ju- neau.
 MT. Fucker reports very enjoyable time at San Francisco and in an inter- view with a representative of the Gateway stated that the Alaska dele gates were very busy at the conven- tion assuring people that they were not from land of snow and ice and would not have to wait until spring to return to their homes The following account of the Convention was relat- ed by MT. Fucker:
 "The Alaska delegation, With the ex' ception of Mrs. Simpson, arrived in San Francisco the morning of the sec ond day of the Convention, but before it had settled down to real work Upon reporting MT. Mann and I were informed that number of commit tees, to-wit about twenty, were in ses- sion and that Alaska was entitled to representation on each of these committees. This was pretty hard to accomplish considering the number ol Alaskan delegates.
 The outstanding actions of the Le gion's Fifth National Convention were as follows:
 The adoption of ninety resolutions ombodying the Legion's recommends tions for governmental steps, legisla tive and otherwise to insure more com plete justice to disabled service men at the hands of the Veterans Bureau It is to be said that the members of the Convention remained at their pootS Iilc It lOOk LO present the report of the Rehabilita- tion Committee. It was a splendid indication that despite all the fun and good times at the Convention the dele gates were capable of giving serious consideration to the matter of the welfare of their disabled buddies.
 "The Legion again unanimously re. affirmed it's stand on adjusted com. pensation and demanded that con gress pass the Adjusted Compensation bill without further equivocation or delay.
 "The Convention declared in favor of the maintenance of cordial rela. tions with our allies in the World War, and approved the French policy in the occupation of the Ruhr.
 "The Legion followed the lead ot the American Federation of Labor iu declaring in favor of a United State. Constitutional amendment to give tc Congress power. concurrent with the (Continued on Page FYve)