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Evening star., 1923-03-10
.BR|GAD|ER GENERALS
FOR MILITIA GIVEN
War Department Makes Public L.
of Those Picked by Board
of Officers.

The War Department announced
today that. Oh recommendation of Il
board of officers, the following had
been recognized as brigadier gen
erals of the National Guard:
Edward Martin, Pennsylvania, as
signed to 55th Infantry Brigade, 2sth
Division: William G. Everson, In
diana, 18th Brigade. 3Sth Division;
Quincy Adams Gilmore, New Jersey,
S7th Brigade. 44th Division; James ]
Borree. California, 18th Brigade, 4oth
Division.
Similar recognition as brigadier
generals of the Officers Reserve Corps
was extended to the following:
Samuel G. Waller. formerly Virginia
National Guard, Front Royal, Va
Earl r. Stewart, Lansing. Mich :
Frank l.. Bamford. Summit Point. "
Va; Robert Il. Wood, Highland Park
H.; George r. Dyer. New York city
Harold VI Bush. Grove City, Ohio
Mortimer ID. Bryant. Brooklyn, n. Y.
Jay ]. Morrow, now governor of the
Panama Canal Zone.
No assignments Of the Reserve
Corps brIgadiers are made in the an
nouncement All of the officers, both
serve, have had long military expert
ence in the National Guard or the
Regular Army, and virtually all OF
them are men who exercised i'm
portant commands during the world
war.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
ANTLB0ND FORCES
I SCORE VICTORY
J. c. c. Orders 20 Per Cent
I Cut on 2,500-MiIe Scrip,
Effective May l..
PRICE NOW SET AT $72
Autographed Photographs Must Be
Pasted on Corners of ALI
to Prevent Scalping.
PRICE NOW SET AT $72

regulations governing the sale of
interchangeable mileage books. by
which purchasers of $500 miles OF
transportation may obtain 20 pei
cent reduction under regular pas
senSer rates, were issued by the In
terstate Commerce Commission today
III spite of the announcement of east
ern railroads that the reduction order
would be contested. The railroads
were granted until May / to put the
tickets on sale, however. whereas
originally. il had been decided that
the mileaSc-buok facilities would be
installed by March Ia.
Among the rules announced today
was one which will require pur-
ChaScrS to have their autographe ed
photographs pasted on the cover oil
the mileage books. in order to pre-
vent scaiping. The commission alst
ruled out Il request of commercial
tray clcIS' organizations that coupons
in the mileage books should be made
available for payment of excess bag
gage and other railroad charges.
The mileage books must be placed
on sale at all stations which now sell
interline railroad tickets. The price
for Il book, good for $500 miles over
any of the principal railroads, Will be
$72. while the regular standard fare
for this distance is $50.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
MER RROUGE PROBE
MAY END TUESDAY
Coco Says Testimony Is
Nearly All ln-No Session
Till Monday.
TEEGERSTR0M RECALLED
Timekeeper Regarded as Import
ant State Witness-Whetstone
Also Heard.
By the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
BASTROP. La, March 1O.-There
were no sessions Of the Morehouse
Parish grand jury today. the investi-
gatdeo having adjourned late yester-
day ontil Monday morning to allow
the members to spend the week end
at lsome.
IL was believed that the inquiry
into hooded band operations would
como to a close early next week,
probably Tuesday or Wednesday,
practically all of the important wit
nesses who testified at the open hear
ing here in January having been
questioned during the week Attor-
ney General Coco said that only a few
more witnesses remained to be called
and he was of the opinion that the
llrngestlgatlon would be concluded
Tuesday night.
before the jury Thursday. was re-
called yesterday. Teegerstrom disap-
peared shortly before the open hear
ing started and a state wide search
denly reappeared in Monroe a week
after the conclusion Of the hearing.
He was regarded as an important
witness for the state.
Whetstone Also Called.
Teegerstrom was timekeeper at the
Southern Carbon Company's plant at
Spyker. and it was said the state de-
sired to question him in connection
with the testimony of several wit
nesses. who declared they recognized
T. Jeff Burnett as one Of the masked
kidnapers of Watt Daniel and T. f.
Richard on August "a. Burnett was
also employed at the carbon plant.
r. A. tBerryD MILESTONE another
important witness at the open hear
ing. was also questioned by the Jury
yesterday. He came here Yesterday
accompanied by Chief Of Detectives
Glynn of the New Orleans police de-
partment and was the first witness at
the afternoon session. He left for
Baton Rouge at the conclusion of his
testimony.
At the open hearing milestone de-
band on the Bastrop-Mer Rouge high
way on August "a and requested TO
get a bucket of drinking water for
the band. He witnessed the holding
up of persons returning from a base
pail game and barbecue at BaStrop
and saw the masked men drive away
with Daniel and Richard and three
other Mer Rouge citizens. He testi-
fed he recognized Bennett as one of
the masked men when he raised his
mask to take a drink of water
T. SemmeS Walmsley, assistant at
torney general. was another witne ss
yesterday. 1t is believed his testi-
mony had TO do with the identified
tion of the two bodies found in Lake
Fourche four months after the kid
naping. declared by the state to have
been those of Daniel and Richard.
The other witness heard yesterday
was Miss Lillian Weilenmann. tele-
phone operator at the local exchange.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
MEET TO KEEP ALIVE
IDEALS OF ROOSEVELT
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Djspa tch to The star.
HARRISBURG, Pa, March 10.-A
member Of President Roosevelts cab
met, the governor of one of the great
est states in the Union, a daughter of
Mark Hanna and a number Of publ
cists Of nation wide fame. all close
friends Of the late Theodore Roosevelt.
are meeting in the statehouse at pm.
today on the invitation of Gov. Gift
ford Pinchot to decide how to keep
the ideals of Theodore Roosevelt alive
and active in the service of the Amer
ican people. The occasion is a meet
ing of the committee on the perpetu-
alton of Rooserelt's ideals. of which
Gov. Pinchot is chairman. The COM
mittee is part of the National
Roosevelt Memorial Associa ton.
Important matters will be consid-
cred by the committee regarding the
living memorial" to Col. Roosevelt.
including the national observance of
Roosevelt's birthday. the introduction
of his books in schools and awards
for conspicuous service in carrying
on the Roosevelt ideals.
Besides Gov. Pinchot. the following &
will attend the meeting: Lawrence
F. Abbott, Carl E. Akeley. William NJ.
Chadbourne. Hermann Hagedorn, AL
bert Bushnell Hart. DR.. Alexander
Lambert. Mrs. Medill Mccormick, AL
bert Shaw, Oscar S. Strauss and z.
A. Van Nalkenburg.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
Y. M. c. A. PRIZES GIVEN,

The primary honors of the y. NJ. c.
A. BOYS Day School defamation con-
test yesterday went to Thomas Ware
and Herbert HucKreide, in the ele-
mentary and high school departments,
respectively.
Ware. of the eighth grade, took
first prize for that group and honor
able mention for second and third
places went to Alfred Toombs of the
sixth grade, and Colin Macafee of the
eighth grade Other contestants Were:
Bryant Perkins of the fifth grade,
Blaine Harrell. Thomas Rooney. Jack
Beerbower. Gilman Garner, William
Barber and Lawrence Halstead of the
ninth and tenth grades.
Second and third honors in the high
school contest went to Harry Moore
and Roy Engle.
The judges were W. o. Hiltabi
C. E. Fleming and T. Walters.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
A|RP[ANE FREIGHT
LINES PREDICTED
Gen. Mitchell Sees FeasibiI-
ity of Idea if Given Govern
ment Subsidy to Start.

Transportation Of freight by air
plane was predicted as a develop
ment soon to be accomplished in this
country. IN an address yesterday aft
ernoon by Brig. Gen. William f.
Mitchell. assistant chief of the Army
air service, before members Of the
Washington Society of the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology at theis
luncheon at the University Club.
Gen. Mitchell expressed the opinion
that the establishment OF a freight
carrying airplane service at present
would be costly innovation. 4 gov
ernment subsidy would solve the
luncheon. at the University Club.
The speaker related how he equip
ped a fleet OF airplanes with skis in
order that they might land and take
off from three feet of snow. This eX-
pertinent was carried out in northern
Michigan with successful results. The
Canadian government has also been
experimenting along these lines. ac-
cording to the speaker. and has de-
veloped skiing airplanes for use in
the northern regions of the country.
Another problem in this connection,
Gen. Mitchell told his hearers. is to
keep airplanc engines from freezing
in zero weather. When not i'll use,
the spark plugs are removed and
Al
order to keep them warm.
Rainmaking Practical.
The principle of rainmaking by
airplanes was also discussed by the
SPEAKER. who stated that he believed
that this was Il practical thing. The
method used by the inventor. Prof.
Warren. con@ists of spraying fine
sand charged with positive electricity
over clouds. This process causes the
negatively charged moisture in the
cl, uds to coalesCe and so fall as rain.
Experiments along these lines have
been carried out at the McCook Avia-
tion Field in Dayton. Ohio.
The meeting was attended by a
large number of naval aviators and
officials OF the bureau of aeronautics
of the Navy Department. who are
alumni of the Massachusetts Insti-
iute of Technology. James A. Tobey,
'esiding, announced that next week
Prof. George g Whipple of Harvard
University would be the speaker.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
LOITERING BY HACKERS
TOBE STRICTLY BANNED
Police to Take Steps to Stop
Practice in City's Congested
Business Section.

Steps will be taken by the police
within a few days to put a stop 10
the practice of hackers "loitering" In
the congested business section, &C
cording to Commissioner Oyster.
District authorities have felt for
long time that this situation has been
a danger to vehicular traffic. but no
action could be taken while the Ques-
tion was before the courts.
The District Court of Appeals a few
days ago decided against the hackers
in their suit for an injunction TO
restrain the Commissioners from In
terfering with them.
With this decision to back them,
Commissioner Oyster said, the police
now would enforce the requirement
that men with automobiles for hire
remain on the designated hack stands
until they are sent for or called py
a customer
Evening star., 1923-03-10
BILLS REPORTED
ARE AGAINST ISSUE
Canvass of Senate Declared
to Show TWenty-Four
Unfav0rabIe Votes.
HOUSE LAYS CLAIM TO So
Newest Gasoline Legislation Would
Give State 2-Cent Tax for
Rest of Year.

Special Dispatch to The star.
RICHMOND, Va, March 10-What-
ever doubt there may have been as
to the attitude of the house of dele
gates regarding the issue of bonds
for highway purposes has disap-
peared, and in the senate it has been
abandoned so far as this session is
concerned. In addition to the action
Of the senate finance committee in
reporting the first bill affecting the
situation--that suggested by the gov
ernor and sponsored by the anti-bond
forces-the house committee on roads
has gone several steps ahead by re-
porting all Of the bills favored by
the anti-bond forces with the recon-
mendation that they be enacted into
laws. and reporting unfavorably all
the bills for which the bond people
have stood and advocated.
Bills Favored.
The bills favored are those that en-
power the governor to anticipate the
mill tax road fund, the tax on gaso-
line, the referendum for the Novem-
Der election and to have the voters
register their will by districts. These
measures will appear on the calendar
in the order named, that being the
recomm mendation of the committee.
They will be considered in that order.
Senator Louis S. Epes announces the
vote of the anti-bond forces today for
the first time. He says that twenty
four members of the senate are
against all measures looking to a
bond issue or kindred propositions
and that the house has siXty-three
votes similarly aligned.
Gasoline Measure.
The newest gasoline bill is one that
gives the state d. tax of cents a
gallon for the rest of this year and
then 8 cents a gallon. the counties
to get the added third after this wear
for their own road purposes. That is
one of the indorsed measures.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
tI1IILESoR!Es
%rbEDTlfE.
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
The Convenience of an Ap.
petite.
Some there are who will make use
VI anything a. an excuse.

| aVoty tne' OWI'
There is no iercer- looking bird In
all the Great World than Hooty the
Great Horned Owl when he is
Thoroughly angry. He wasn't afraid
of that crowd Of Crows who were
threatening to do such dreadful things
to him and to Mrs. Hooty. No. indeed,
he wasn't the least bit afraid. He
knew that their bravery was all in
their tongues. But the racket they
were making made him angrier and
anGrier. His great round, yellow eyes
glared this way and that way as he
turned his head from side to side to
watch his tormentors. He was wait
ing and watching.
| Now, in n crowd people will do
things which they would never dream
Of doing alone. Perhaps 1t Is because
they like to show off. Perhaps it is
because they feel that they have
Iothers to help them. Anyway, it is
always so. 1t was SO with that crowd
Iof Crows. The longer Hooty sat with
jout moving save to turn his head, the
polder they grew. You see. they
were getting more and more excited,
and when people are excited they do
things they wouldn't do otherwise.
| tinally young Crow darted down,
| intending to pull some feathers out
Of 2iooty's back. But he didn't. No.
sir he didn't. The fact is, that young
Crow lost some feathers himself, and,
receiving such IL fright, he suddenly
/ remembered he had had no break
fast and started off to get it as II
there wasn't a minute to lose. Hooty
| had whirled and struck at that young
| Crow and it was only good fortune
that that young Crow had lost no
more than few feathers. 1t was
all done so quickly. with Hooty back
In his old position as If he hadn't
moved. that it made all those Crows
gasp.
Suddenly another young Crow re-
membered that he was hungry and
had had no breakfast. Without say
ing a word he slipped away and dis
appear Then another became hun
cry, and another and another. One
| by one those Crows silently hurried
away to look for something to eat,
until only few of the older Crows
were left. After what had happened
to that young Crow it had seemed
very convenient to discover how hun
cry they were. The few remaining
Evening star., 1923-03-10
CONGRESS PARTY TRIP
WILL BEGIN APRIL rs
Transport Grant Will Go by Way
of Panama to Hawaii and
Cambria to Alaska.

A tentative schedule for the Army
transports Grant and Cambria, which
Will carry Secretary Weeks and a party
or congressman to Alaska and Hawaii,
was made public today.
The Grant will leave New York
April 70, make a stop at Porto Rico
April 80. reach Panama May 5, and de-
part from there May 8. 1t will arrive
at Los Angeles May 18 and at San
francisco May %. and will depart on
May 20 for Honolulu, arriving June ].
1t will return June IL to San Fran
cisco.
The party will be divided at San
Francisco. the transport Cambraf tax
ing on board the members of Congress
who desire to go to Alaska. Sailing
from San Francisco May 25. the Cam
brai will arrive at Seattle on the 2Sth
and at Seward. Alaska, June A. A stop
probably will be made at st. Michael
on June -. The party will return TO
Seattle three days later, and at San
Francisco June -.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
PNEUMONIA FATAL
TO 0. M. CHIEF CLERK
Emmet Hamilton, Who Began
Army Service in 1877, Sur
vived by Widow.

Enlmet Hamilton, chief clerk OF
the office of the quartermaster gen.
eral of the Army, died at his resi-
dence, 1872 Tennessee avenue north
east, yesterday afternoon. after a
short illness from pneumonia. He is
survived by a wife, Mrs. Edith Ham
ilton. Funeral services will be held
at Lees undertaking establishment
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
Mr. Hamilton began his service in
the War Department as private
in the general service December IL,
1877. and served there almost con-
tinuously up to the time of his death,
a period of about forty-siX years.
Most of his early service was in the
wool commissary department. In
August, 1902, he was made chief clerk
of the Office of commissary general,
which department subsequently was
merged into the Quartermaster Corps.
Evening star., 1923-03-10
ROBINSON SCORES ROADS.
Senator Declares Fight on Cut
May Bring Legislation.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 1O.--Railw ay
nagrmentS are doing Il Srievuus
. error in seeking to prevent the is
suanc" Of cut-rate mileage books
United States Senator Robinson OF
Arkansas stated. in a telegram read
to a mass protest called by the Ma
tional Council Of Travelling Sales
men'S Association. Several hundred
business and Professional men at
tended.
The meeting WAS the first OF several
to he held throughout the country TO
arouse public sentiment in support
of th. mileage books ordered by the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
to combat the opposition of the East
ern Railroad Presidents Conferences
Sees Legislative Reaction.
"rhc Congress dealt literally with
the railroads in the transportation
act. Senator Robinson's message
said. I'm the belief that the public
would he given efficient service at
reasonable rates. The failure of the
railway executives to cooperate to
this end has resulted in reduction
in III" public sentiment which is
wide spread and general. This change
fleet itself in Legislation.
1t is incomprehenSible To me that
those responsible for the operation
of railroads should seek to prevent
also in: ist on collection of the Pull :
man SurchaTGeS.
Senators Address Meeting.
The gath,rinS was addressed by
Senator Copeland Of New York. Sena-
Of
Hoke Smith Of Georgia. Representa-
tive Arthur Free OF California and
William y. Brady. theatrical man
agCr.
Other tcleGrams indorsing the move
ment were read from Senator Pep
per Of Pennsylvania, Representative e
Nicholas LongWorth. the .AsSocia t ed
Dress Industries of America. Ma
tional Association of Shoe Whole
salcrs. American Hotel Associa tion
Of the United States and Canada. and
base ball clubs of the American
League.
Hokc Smith said that he hoped the
railroads would not seek to stop the
sSuc of the ticket and that he had
80 fear of the consequence OF the
III; cation.
haven't the slightest fear that
fight" he said. They will he whipped
ii th"y Try ii"
Brady Pledges support.
Ar. Brady assured the audience tha {
the producing managers Of the coun-
try would give their united aid in
winning the mileage book fight should
IN" carriers decide TO carry out their
plan TO ohStruct and defeat the In
Ier%tatc Commerce Commission order
i am. as Your chairman said,'' he
added. representing the theaters of
tho United States was told to saw
hat ther" is no limit that the thcater
al the United states tand | represent
the ihcatcr because we conSoIida ed
at laSt will not 90 in backing up
The travelling statesmen of the United
States to bring down the rates where
they ought to be. And YOU take it
IRON me- We can go some distance" D."
Evening star., 1923-03-10
ARMY MUSIC SCHOOLS
OPERA TICKETS BANNED
Controller General Refuses to o. K.
Bill for S2O3 Worth of
Admissions.

The controller general has disal-
lowed payments OF s203 for the pur
chase of tickets to operas and con-
certs in this city for the use of the
faculty. leader and students Of the
Army Music School at Washington
barracks. These tickets were pur
chased under the provisions of Arm!
regulations governing the school
which required the students ito at
tend band, orchestra and other per
formances. and such general muscial
and military training and develop
ment will be given them as ceremo-
nies and occasions within the school,
post and adjacent city afford"
1t was held by the controller gen
eral that that regulation did not au-
thorize purchase -! tickets to theat
rical musical p .orrlances. He said
that the 'Ceren.onics and occasions
referred to il ,hr regulation "are
clearly those Of Il public character Or
such as may be attended without ex-
penSe to the government"
Evening star., 1923-03-10
SUE TO GET FEE.
Attorneys Would Prevent q. S.
Paving Chinese Firm,

Carson & Conrad, New York law
yers, today filed suit for injunction
in the District Supreme Court against
Andrew w. Mellon. Secretary of the
Treasury: Frank White, treasurer of
the United States. and the Shanghai
Dock and Engineering Company, to
prevent the payment to the Chinese
corporation of s10S,000 awarded by
the Court of Claims.
The lawyers want the warrant with
held until they have been paid their
fee of s16.S30 for professional serv-
ices rendered in securing the judg-
ment for the corporation. The money
is due the Shanghai company for
building Il collier for the government
in 1918.
Evening star., 1923-03-10

old Crows talked things over at a
short distance and decided that it
was foolish to try to fight on empty
stomachs. So they, too. departed,
leaving only Blacky and Mrs. Blacky.
All this time Mrs. Hooty hadn't
budged from that nest, and it was
clear that she had no intention OF
so doing. Blacky and Mrs. Blacky
hung around a little while and then
their empty stomachs became too
much for them and they followed
their friends to look for a breakfast,
leaving Hooty and Mrs. Hooty In
peace.
Hooty flew over beside the nest. He
had stopped kissing and swapping his
bill. He had smoothed down his
feathers. Well said he, II guess
we will be left in peace for the rest
of this day. Those Crows are very
brave with their tongues. but tongues
never hurt any one. l wish l could
have got my claws in one of them.
1t would have saved US some trouble
in getting the next meal. I hope they
didn't upset you, my dear"
Copyright. 1923. by T. W. Burgess,