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Evening star., 1923-06-07
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standards.
George Washington is cs:-educa..
tional as well as non-sectarian. 1t
has q department of arts and
sciences. including Columbian Col
ers' College and School of Graduate
Studies. There Is also the depart
ment of medicine and pharmacy and
law school. The Columbian College
Is rated as an approved school by the
Association of Colleges and Prepara-
rated class "a" by the American
Medical Association: the law school
Is a member of the Association of
American Law Schools.
Applications Refused.
During recent years numerous ap-
plications from adequately prepared
candidates for admission to the
medical school have had to be refused
because of a capacity enrolment in
the entering class. The law school
now offers complete courses in the
forenoon and in the late afternoon to
student body which completely
taxes the accommodations of the
building.
THE arts and sciences department
occupies a group Of buildings on G
street. In this block the university
now owns enough land for buildings
TO house all the university classes.
This section will have most favor
able growth during the next ten
wears, according to DIR. Charles Moore
chairman OF the Fine Arts Commission.
George Washington is one of a
score of the oldest institutions for
higher education in the United States.
1t is one of the very few specializing
in classes for students employed in
the day time. About two-thirds of
the students in the arts departm ent
are in late afternoon sections. The
fact that the same equipment Is used
twice by having both day and after
noon classes makes 1t possible to con-
duct the university a a cost per stu
dent much below the average
Il know that the people of Wash
ington want the kind of university
that George Washington is. and | feel
confident that they Will back the prof.
ect to see that it gets suitable build
ings and endowment. A university
building has not been erected in twen-
ty years.
Campaign TO BE Thorough.
The campaign next fall will be
thoroughly organized and planned. SO
that help on the part of each of many
friends will make it successful
Alumni I know are in full accord
with the plans, and from the alumni
the residents of Washington and the
friends Of education generally the
university must look for, and has a
right to expect. adequate support. AS
some one has fittingly said, We are
poor but we make others rich"
Members of the board of trustees
OF George Washington University
| are: Howard L. Hodgkins. president
William Mather Lewis. president
elect: John JOY Edson, William James
Evening star., 1923-06-07

Stryker. chairman of the Telephone
and Telegraph committee of the 1923
Shrine convention.
This committee has been one Of
the busiest during the convention
and has cc-ordinated the activities Of
the telephone, telegraph and postal
services and seen to. it that the means
of communication were equal to ev-
cry demand. G. Mason Foote is vice
chairman.
The telephone company established
a special exchange for handling all
kinds of Shrine calls. This exchange
connects with every Shrine commit
tee. bureau and activity. 1t is being
attended by forty-SiX operators. some
of whom are assigned to the informa-
tion switchboard, where thousands of
are answered daily. Yesterday 10000
calls went through the Shrine" eX-
change. Plans were also made by the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company to handle an increased vol
ume of local and toll calls, and these
preparations have resulted in the eff
cient handling of thousands more
than the normal number of telephone
calls.
Speedy Messages Approved.
Through the activity of the tele-
phone and telegraph committee, spe-
cial telegraph stations were estab-
lished in many places in the city and
a large additional force of messen-
gers was put into service. The speedy
handling of telegraph messages has
met with the full approval of the
committee.
During the period of the conven-
tion a motor post office has been
driven through the city to care for
the increased volume of mail matter
leaving Washington. Extra stations
for the receipt of mail and the sale
of stamps have also been established
along Pennsylvania avenue and in the
hotels. Additional special delivery
messengers have been added to facili-
tate the handling of this class of mail.
Mr.. Stryker said today that the
general satisfaction being expressed
over the telephone, telegraph and
postal services was gratifying to his
committee and a fulfllment of it's
plans and preparations to accord
Shriners and visitors the fastest
means of communication during the
convention.
Evening star., 1923-06-07
CROKER'S SON TAKES
STAND In WILL SUIT
Testifes Fathers Relations With
Children Were Friendly I'm
til Second Marriage.

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, June 7.-Richard Croker
jr, was the first witness examined by
his attorney in presenting evidence
for the plaintiff at today's session OF
the Croker will contest trial. Under
questioning OF the lawyer, James
| Lardner, Mr.. Croker gave evidence OF
the friendly and affectionate relations
that had existed between the former
Tammany chieftain and his children.
His father. said the witness, had ap-
proved his conduct of affairs under a
power of attorney given in 1907. He
had visited his father yearly in Ire
land.
When his father was in New York
for Mrs. Croker's funeral, continued
the witness. the elder Croker express
ed his satisfaction at the terms Of her
will, saying it was proper for her to
leave her money TO her children. and
that he intended to do the same.
When the witness heard that his
marriage, he advised him to postpone
II for six months.
Bula Edmundson said the witness.
was introduced to him by his father
tanned at the house of the witness the
day before the wedding. The Croker
children did not attend the wedding
because their father had requested
them not to do SO.
Before the couple sailed for Ireland
added Mr.. Croker, they made joint
"trip" will leaving everything to the
witness, who objected to this fearing
| friction with the other children.
| The first sign of trouble, Mr.. Croker
! testified, was a letter written on No
] vember s. 1917. by his father. making
unfounded charges. He had never re.
ceived a penny for the work done foi
his father he said.
Evening star., 1923-06-07
M0ues and Counter Moues
Trying to Make Germany Pay

equivalent of a IL per cent tax on
exports.
In April. 1921. came an offer of
10000. 100000 gold marks. one billion
Of which was to be- paid Immediately
and the remainder to be liquidated
period of time, ultimately bringing
the total, with accrued interest, up to
200, 900, 000, 900 marks. A large interna-
tional loan to Germany was contem-
plated in this offer.
1t was made In a note addressed to
President Harding for transmission
to the allies. Secretary of sta ,
Hughes informed Germany that Il .
United States had found itself unable
to reach the conclusion that the pro-
posal afforded basis for discussion
acceptable to the allies.
Famous Paris Meeting.
Then, in January, 1928, came the
famous meeting of the allied prime
ministers in Paris, at which the repa-
rations differences between these Off
cials became more accentuated. The
British and French were agreed on
reparations figure of fifty billion
gold marks and also on the question
of comprehensive financial control.
They were in direct opposition. how
ever. on the question of penalties,
France desiring to seize guarantees
along the Rhine and in the Ruhr,
while Great Britain did not desire any
further occupation of German terri
tory, except in the case of some fu-
ture default by Germany.
A few days later France. accom-
panied by the Belgians and some
Italian forces, entered the Ruhr.
Chancellor Cuno announced in the
reichstag that Germany's obligations
would cease to be discharged in fur
ther direct dealings with the treaty
breaking powers"
The last offer made by Germany
was for a total indemnity payment
of 80, 00o. .000. 900 gold marks. All the
allies Immediately rejected it.
Evening star., 1923-06-07

=, In connection with Germany's lat
est reparation proposal, submitted to
the allies today, the following history
of the course of efforts to collect rep
arations from Germany is Of partic-
ular interest:
The reparation commission origi-
naIly decided that Germany. under
the provisions of the Versailles peace
treaty, should be assessed damages
for her aggressions in the sum OF
1872 200, 100000 gold marks.
Germany always has asserted that
this amount was far beyond her abil-
ity to pay. In counter proposals she
has offered various sums. all of them
far below the total set forth in the
original demand. In addition she had
hedged about her tenders stipulations
which the allies. and particularly
France. have refused pointblank to
consider insufficient guarantees that
Germany would make good her prom
ises always have been pointed out by
France az good reasons for that coun-
try declining to give full considera-
tion to her offers.
First Offer $1,000. .OOO. 900.
Germany's first offer was thirty
billion gold marks ($7,500, 000. .000).
payable at the rate of S24O,O00.O00
annually for five years. with a new
arrangement of liquidation to be
worked out after that period. The
offer was conditional on Upper ST.
lesia being awarded to Germany and
the restoration of Germanys COM
mercial privileges throughout the
world.
Her second tender was almost iden-
teal with the first as regards the
amount She also agreed pay the
Evening star., 1923-06-07
c. v. j. TO LAUNCH
S1,0()Q,ODO DRIVE
Autumn Campaign for Build.
ings and Endowment of
Institutions.

George Washington University will
launch in the fall a campaign to
raise $1,000, 900 with which to pro-
vide buildings and endowment for
the institution, 1t was announced to-
day by John E. Larner, president Of
the Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany and chairman of the university
board of trustees.
The reasons for undertaking this
| development of the university, as
stated by Mr. Larner in behalf of the
trustees, are the insistent demands
for the facilities of the university
as indicated by the tripling OF the
enrolment during the past ten years,
and administration established during
the past decade. and the entire In
adequacy of the present plant.
'Since 1910 George Washington
University has experienced no deficit
in its operation" Mr.. Larner said.
''and 1t is absolutely on a financially
sound operating basis. The enroll
ment during the decade has increased
from 1900 to 5000. and the highest
standards of instruction have been
continuously maintained. II Is only
through sacrifice and ingenuity that
the university administrators have
been able to care for such a large
number with So few facilities.
NOn-Scctarian Institution.
George Washington is the only
non-sectarian university or college
in the District of Columbia. If II is
not maintained 1t would not
only that young men and women OF
Washington would have to leave home
to go 10 college. but that some 5000
| students now in the city would have
IL nIo fu ff
! Washington should remember that
the sum total of what those students
! spend here is very large.
| "Of great Importance is the value
of the musical and law schools to the
community. 1t has been shown con-
! clusively that the cities with the best
J health conditions are those with the
best medical colleges, because there
Evening star., 1923-06-07
PROBE STATE FUND USE.

LANSING. Mich, June 7.-Investiga-
tion into alleged Irregularities in the
truck revolving fund of the state
highway department will be continued
by the state accounting department,
1t was announced today. If further
inquiry indicates that irregularities
involved a diversion of state funds to
private use. charges may be preferred,
Gov. Groesbeck said today.
A report charging gross irregulari-
ties in the handling of accounts in
the highway department was made
public yesterday by the governor.
The investigation. the governor de-
clared, has not yet progressed far
enough to show anything except that
the farther we go the more muddled
1t appears"
Evening star., 1923-06-07
How He Lost a Fortune.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Heard at the dance:
See that woman over there"'
Yes: what about herr"
We'll. if it hadn't been for three
words she spoke about ten years ago
/ should now be as rich as Croesus."
Delightful situation. Go ahead with
the tale
well. her father owned two coal
mines. and her family were absolutely
rolling in wealth. And, with all her
riches she was mean enough to deprive
me of my chances of making over a
million at one blow"
We'll, what is the rest of the story
What were the all-important three
words?'
why. I was going to marry her, and
then all her riches would have been
mine, but"
But what?'
But when 1 asked her to be mine
she said, No. you fool.'
Evening star., 1923-06-07
Hot Cake Baker
Becomes ). Heir to
English Fortune

BY the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER,. n. Y. June T.
William Oldham, who makes flap
jacks in true western style in the
window Of a Front street eating
house here, put aside his white
coat and apron forever today.
having fallen heir to s150.000
from a relative in England.
Next week he intends to travel
in easy stages across the continent
to California. There he will take
a ship to London via the Panama
canal.
- want to get some of that old
English ale" Oldham said today.
Evening star., 1923-06-07

Flather, Abram Lisner. Douglas Put
nam Birnie, Walter r. Tuckerman,
William S. Washburn. Henry White,
N. Landon Burchell. George Fleming
Moore, Gilbert Grosvenor. Harry Cas-
sell Davis. John Barton Payne,
Charles H. Woodruff, Charles l. Cor
by, Louis Hertle. Archibald Hopkins.
William Bruce King. Charles Carroll
Glover. Ernest l.. Thurston, Harry
Wardman, Theodore w. Noyes.
Thomas S. hopkins. Elliott H. Cord
win and John B. Larner.
Evening star., 1923-06-07
10000 CALLS IN
DAY, PHONE RECORD
1000 Operators in Capital
Have Busiest Seige, Says
Official.

Nearly 100000 telephone calls went
through the hands of Washington's
1000 operators yesterday, making. it
one of the busiest days in the his
tory of the service here, but one that
will be remembered for the skillful
way in which this volume of traffic
was handled. This was the state
ment made this morning by Burdett
Evening star., 1923-06-07
Worth Remembering.
rom the Wall Street Journal.

I rom lHt W HI SlIett JUuIHdI
Reggie" said old Goldbags. as he
handed over a twenty-pound banknote
to his son. but still kept hold of one
corner of it as he delivered his homily.
Reggie, ] don't want to stint you On
spending money; whenever you go cut
with the boys-and girls-I want you
to pay your share Of the expenses,
but"
The old man stopped, then continued:
But Reggie, every once in while
I want you to remember that X takes
400 pounds 165 days, working day and
night and Sundays. at 5 per cent to
earn twenty pounds"
Evening star., 1923-06-07
He Was Enlightened.

From the Boston Globe
The motorist was stranger in
Boston's streets. N was evening. A
man approached.
Sir" said he, your beacon has
ceased it's functions"
"What?" gasped the astonished
driver.
Your illuminator. say, is shroud-
ed in unmitigated oblivion"
81 don't Quite
''The effulgence of your irradiator
has evanesced."
my dear fellow"
THE transversal ether oscillations
Evening star., 1923-06-07
Too Clever for His Boss.

From the Detroit Free Press.
You never can tell what is going
to happen"
What now?"
THAT young fellow ! fired for in
competency two years ago has just
married my daughter and I've got to
take him back and give him a better
Job"
Evening star., 1923-06-07

in your incandenser have been dis
continued"
Just then a little newsboy came
over and said, "Say, mister, yer
lights out"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-16

Beaded lizards are seldom seen By
day. In the dry places where they
i've they lie hidden until the GOODNESS
Of evening brings them forth. During
the hottest part of the year they re-
main In state Of torpor They eat
frogs, worms, centipedes, ants and
other insects, as well as the eggs of
frogs. birds and other lizards. In good
times the extra nourishment Is stored
up as fat In the tail. When food is
scarce this fat can be absorbed apa
carried to the hungry cells through
the blood, and thus the ella monster
may go without other food for sew.
sral months. In midsummer the fe-
male lays from six to thirteen soft
shelled eggs In hole scraped out of
the damp sand near a stream, and
then covered. After being incubated
In the sun for about four weeks the
young are Matched They are four
inches long and brighter colored than
be parents. The mouth is armed with
ulany fang-like teeth arising from the
inner edge Of the jaws. Four teeth on
each side Of each jaw are grooved
deeply on the front surface and slight.
ly On the rear. A poison sac opens
between the Lip and the base Of each
Use1ed toeth 81 The lower Jaw.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-16
'PARKA MAN HAD ONE REGRET
Hlghwayman Did Not Recognize He
Own Pastor-Bishop We
Not Robbed.

Bishop Rowe recently went sa rec
ord with the following "favorite
story: "a fellow known as the blue
parka man had been statiOning him
self between Fairbanks and the mine
some twenty miles away, and rubbing
people at the muzZle Of a Winchester.
A parka is q sort of shirt that FITS
tight at the wrists, with q hood at
tachment. The front part Of the hsod
closes with puckering string, leaving
only place for the wearer to look
out of. The blue parka man did well
at his enterprise for some months and
terroriZed those who had to travel be-
tween Fairbanks and the mines. /
was one Of a quartette that had to
make trip one afternoon. People
told us about the blue parka man.
but 1t was necessary to take the
chance. The blue parka man did get
US, making US lay all our money on
the ground at the muzzle of his rife
DO you rob ministers, toof 1 asked
him. Depends on who they are re
piled the blue parka man. I'm Bish-
op Rowe of the Episcopal church
What? the blue parka man ex-
claimed. I'm ashamed Of myself for
not recognizing you, bishop, and IN
not rob you. He'll I'm a member u
your churchp"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-16
WISDOM FROM ANCIENT SAGE
Egyptian Knew Whereof He Spoke, ana
His Words Are Worth Keeping
In Remembrance Today.

Long centuries before Tut-Ankh-
Amen ruled as Pharaoh In the land Of
the Nile, certain Ptah Hotep served
his king, Itoso, in the capacity Of vizier.
Very little is known about this ancient
Observation-Disclosures beyond the fact
that, like all fond parents since the
world began, he exercised his paternal
prerogatlve by giving unsought advice
TO his son.
DR.. James Walsh Of Fordham uni
versity has called attention to the
vizler's letters to his bog, written ap-
rarently about $500 years ago, and
preserved In what Is claimed by some
TO be the oldest book In the world.
The burden of one epistle seems to
have been not unlike the oft-Quoted
advice of Shakespeare's Polonius Of a
much later day-"Beware of entrance
to a quarrel" Other words of Hotep
were: Don't argue with your superb
ors; 1t does not do any good. Don't
argue with your equals; make plain
statement and let 1t go at that. Don't
argue with your interiors; let them
talk and they will make fools Of them
selves"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-16
FIRST BLUE.sTocnao CLUB
Association said 70 Have Originated
In Venles, Though II 70 crs6stsA
60 England.

The expression blue Stocking II
applied, sometimes q trihe scornfully.
to woman who Is unusually learned.
The term originated In veHice when
IN 1400 society was formed 81 ladies
and gentlemen calling themselves
della calza"-all the members Of the
society being distinguished By the
wearing Of blue stockings. The idea
was taken up In Paris and became the
rage among the lady savants Of that
city. From France It came to England
In 1850 when Mrs. Montague displayed
the badge Of the Bas-bleu club NJ her
assemblies. Mr.. StillingHeet, q coz
slant attendant Of the soirees, went by
the name Of Blue-Stockings. Boswell
IL his life of DR.. Samuel johnson tells
something Of the first Of the blue
stockings IN England. and although
he writes as II the club had originated
in England instead OF Venice, his &C
count is interesting. He says: "Ons
Of the most eminent members Of these
societies, when they first commenced
was Mr.. Shllingfeet, whose dress was
remarkably grave and IN particular II
was observed that he wore blue stock.
ings. Such was the excellence Of BIS
conversation that his absence was felt
as so great loss that IL used to be
said: ave can do nothing without
the blue stockings and thus BY de-
grees the title was established" BcN
well concludes by saying that Doctor
Johnson was prevailed with 10 come
sometimes into these circles. and ala
not think himself too grave even for
the lively Miss Moncton "a prominena
member Of the society,""
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-16
;,s - - =, 9 .;fsf :.
PENNY AZ tokEN On PLEDGE
Derivation OF Coin Comes From Such
Words as "Pansi," "Pane,s
"counterpane," Eto.

In It's original form the penny was
not coin, but a token or pledge. Its
derivation comes from the same source
as that from which we get the word
:pawn," and also such words as
panel" pane" Counterpart" and
''panicle."
The readiest pledge to leave In pawn
was cloth, hence the Latin PARMA" a
piece of cloth. The original panel was
a piece of cloth, or patch, and from
this we get the word pane" a ap-
piled to pane of glass, and also the
word penny" its literal meaning be-
ing a pledge or token, and hence q
coin. Originally the word was spelt
'peny."
The word shilling really means q d.
vision of money into small parts, and
Is obtained from word meaning 'to
divide" Thus, In the first place, II
was not coin, but an indication OF
money having been made up In small
form.
Sterling, as applied to money, - de-
rived from the Hanseatic league
which had an important house In Eng.
land AS their land lay ito the east Of
England" Englishmen called them
"Easterlings," and the gold they paid
In the course Of trade became known
as Mastering money" Subsequently,
the expression became sterling.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-16
CONFUSED BY OZARK STAGE
Actors Frequently Are Befuddled
When Lights Are Shut OF at
End of Scenes.

In an American Quick-fire play there
occurred one rapid change of scene
which made 1t impossible to Ak the
scenery In position. Portions of it,
therefore, were held up by concealed
stage hands Miss Lord had to rush
onto the darkened stage just as her
stage husband was committing suicide
and utter piercing Shrek.
On the night In question she mis-
nok her bearings In the darkness, and
;,,-e her shrek In the wrong spot. 1t
Happened TO be right In the ear of one
of the stage hands holding up a piece
of scenery. He promptly responded
to her shrek with another, and fell
over one way, while his scenery fell
over the other. Then the shrieks be-
came general.
Somewhat reminiscent, this, Of an
other story In which an actor lost his
bearings on a darkened stage. The
sudden darkness was used instead of
a curtain at the end of a scene, and
when the lights went up again for his
call he was discovered bowling to the
back cloth!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-16
Heroes Reduced to Want

The highest British decoration for
valor In battle, the Victoria cross, does
not necessarily pave the way to good
job in peace time. Several winners
of the decoration have been found IN
the ranks Of the unemployed, and
more than one has tried to pawn his
decoration because Of the lack Of
money, but it Is Illegal for a pawn
broker to accept one as pledge for q
loan. One Victoria cross captain, who
won his at the storming of Thiepvai,
September, 1916, when he was twenty
two years old, has hit upon the idea
of touring the villages with a travel
ing moving-picture show. Two others
are acting as advertising agents, while
another has gone back to his old job
as a surfaceman in mining village
In the midlands. Captain Towse, the
famous blind V. c., is working at st.
Dunstan's, the London home for blind
soldiers started by the late Sir A.
thur Pearson.