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Evening star., 1923-05-12
SIXTEEN STILL HELD.
Five Americans in Number. Saw
State Department Advices.


State Department advices today
from the American legation at Peking
said it was believed the foreigners
still held by the Chinese bandits in
Shantung numbered fourteen men and
two women.
The American prisoners are j. b.
Powell, editor, Weekly Review.
Shanghai; Leon Friedman of the Chi
ma Motors Corporation, Shanghai:
Lee solomon Of Shanghai, and Majs.
Robert Allen and Roland PinEer of
the United States Army.
j. A. Henley, representative of the
China and Far East Finance and
Commerce Periodical, the dispatches
safd, had been released and arrived at
Lincheng. yesterday in good condition.
Returns to Nesotinte.
Yang Shih Chi, who was released
by the bandits with Roland Pinger,
jr., and Robert Allen. jr., sons Of the
American Army officers. the advices
added, returned yesterday to open
negotiations at Lincheng between the
Shantung and Kiangsu military lead
ers and the bandits.
Several Of the bandit leaders were
reported to have served formerly as
officers under Chang Ching Yao, in
Human province and to be we'll
the manager Of the Ching Hsing mine
at Peking. and also a son-in law of
Yuan Sht Kai.
The foreign captives are all we'll
and cheerful with the exception of
CChevalier) Musso Can Italian attor-
pey OF ShanghaD, who Is getting bet
Ter and whose personal physician Is
being sent to him." the dispatches
said.
J. A Henley was said to have re-
ported to Consul j. X Davis at Lin
cheng that he had seen all the for
eigners within the twenty-four hours
preceding his release, with the ex-
ception Of "the Mexicans and Of
Smith,, who were probably in some
other village. and that "all were being
twell treated"
Evening star., 1923-05-12
81 CARS DESTROYED
IN TERMINAL FIRE
Cotton. Automobiles and Other
Commodities Burn at Southern
Railway Sheds.

NORFOLK. Va, May 1.-THE South
ern railway TERMINALS al Primers
Point were threatened with destruc-
tion early this morning by a blaze
that originated in a large warehouse
between the power plant and the
shops.
Thirty-one freight cars, six loaded
with cotton. the others with tobacco,
automobiles, lumber and other COM
modities were totally destroyed.
Evening star., 1923-05-12
FRENCH ABANDON
ARMS PACT CHANGES
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER

By Cable TO Tne Star and chicago Daily News.
Copyright 1923.
PARIS. May 12.-The French gov
ernment has changed it's position with
reference to the Washington treaties.
Instead of recommending their rati-
fication with reservations. as intend
ed until recently. the government will
simple.
A report 10 this effect will be sub
mitted to the foreign affairs commits
sion Of the chamber Of deputies next
week. and II Is hoped that ratifica-
tion will be voted some time in June.
Evening star., 1923-05-12
HERRICK PAYS SIS FINE.
Former Congressman Does Not Ask
New Trial,

Former Congressman Manuel Her
rick of Oklahoma, convicted last week
Of disorderly conduct. was fined nomi-
nal fee Of IS by Judge Mcmahon in the
District Of Columbia branch Of the Po-
lice Court today.
This followed when the self-styled
."aerial daredevil decided not to file
a motion for a new trial.
Evening star., 1923-05-12
MACEDONIAN REVOLT
PUT DOWN WITH EASE
Many Arrests Reported as Sofia
Reports Repression of Rebels
With No Serious Incidents.

By the Associated Press.
SOFIA. May 12.-Government meas
ures to repress the activities Of Mace
donian revolutionary organizations
have been carried out without seri-
Gus incident, and many suspects have
been arrested.
Even the newspapers opposed TO tile
government policy comment favor
ably on the mlnistrys determine ton
to curb the extremists.
Bulgaria Is Quiet.
LONDON. May 12.-The Bulgaria
legation in London today discreditcd
the reports of revolutionary disturb
ances in Bulgaria. The officials cN
pressed the opinion that the reported
disorders were confined to Macedonia
and had not extended to Sofia. where
the Siam boulisky government Is Sc
curely intrenched. Rumors of III
ternal trouble in Bulgaria circulated
m Constantinople, 1t was said, were
inspired by the country's enemies,
Evening star., 1923-05-12
Girl A SKIS State
To Kill Her, as
Life Is Drear
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. May IL
Gov. Austin Peay today received
the following extraordinary re-
quest from a girl in a little town
in middle Tennessee:
I'm writing to ask you if may
have the privilege of being drug
ged to insensibility and electro
cuted. or shot"
The letter relates futile attempts
upon the girls part to restore
herself to physical and mental
health. and adds:
Il have no one who is able to
care for me. Life Is no good You
know. person like this is better
off dead"
Evening star., 1923-05-12
BURIED BY CAVE-|N,
MAN NEAR DEATH
Laborer Saved After Firemen
and Mates Dig FranticaIIy
for More Than Hour.

Prompt action by his fellow-work-
men and members OF the District fire
department saved the life today OF
kennth Davis, colored. SO years old,
who for almost an hour was buried
in dirt up to his chin as the result
of a cave-in of a water main exca-
vation at 10th and Webster streets.
lie is now in Emergency Hospital
suffering from shock.
Davis was at the bottom OF a
trench preparing for the laying of a
water main in connection with new
homes under construction at that
point, when Charley Desper, a fellow
workman. asked for cigarette. .Desper
said he saw the left bank OF the hole
slip. He yelled to Davis that the side
was caying in but Davis saw it a mo-
ment too late. He made a futile eff
fort 20 get out just as he was buried
under a mass OF earth. Several work
men jumped into the trench and dug
feverishly. They could hear the
buried man groaning as they dug
In a few minutes they succeeded in
getting the dirt from around Davis
breathe.
Firemen Are Called.
In the meantime George J. Thomas,
foreman Of the laborers, who lives at
1854 Az street. telephon Emer-
gency Hospital that a man was bur-
led under a cave-in of dirt. and some
one else turned in the fire alarm box
at 18th and Webster streets. The
firemen received the alarm at 1921
o'clock and No. 6 truck, engine COM
panies %, "a and II and Fourth Bat
talon Chief c. Z. Schrom reached the
scene. A short while after Chief En-
gineer George Watson arrived.
The f1remen jumped into the trench
and dug rapidly. encouraging Davis
at the same time, who was groaning
and calling for speed. With the ar
rival Of Emergency Hospital ambu-
lance on the heels of the f1remen, Dr.
NJ. P. Russell. a woman physician,
climbed down into the trench and
gave Davis a hypodermic in the face
This quieted him for a while until
his walls made it necessary for Dr.
Russell again to inject the needle,
which she did, this time in the arm.
which the f1remen by that time had
released
Finally Extracted.
Chief Sch. .n, at the top of the
trench. actively directed the work of
the fremen, who worked in shifts OF
three at a time. The hole was so
narrow that as the f1remen closest to
the buried man lifted up a shovel full
OF dirt, it was passed in relays to
the top. Chief Watson also was on
his hands and knees a part of the
time watching the work Of his men.
At 1925 the continuous digging re-
leased the other arm of the man and
he began to take on new hope He
aided with both hands in getting the
dirt from around him. Fifteen min
utes later the man was free up to
his waist and a rope was lowered,
after which he was slowly pulled
free.
Safely landed on the side of the
trench he sat there for a moment
smiled, and felt himself all over, as
suring himself that nothing was
hrnken. Chief Schrom ordered him
taken to the hospital, where an
examination showed he was suffering
only from shock
Evening star., 1923-05-12
G. 0. P. LEADERS CONFER,
Fred Uphan Here Prior to Sailing
for Europe.

Fred Upham, treasurer Of the re-
publican national committee, is in
town today comforting with Chairman
Adams and administration leaders
on the general political situation. Mr..
Upham is sailing for Europe short
ly and prior to departure is going
over with his colleagues the affairs:
of the committee and the party.
Evening star., 1923-05-12
PARLEY ON CH|NA'S
COURTS ON NOV. |
Powers to Aid Nation to Re.
wise Judiciary as Voted
at Conference.

November ! next has been agreed
upon as the date Of the conference
to be held in Peking by representa-
tives of the powers. under a resolu-
ton adopted at the Washington arms
conference. 10 assist in reforming
the Chinese judicial system.
The United States. Belgium. Great
Britain. France, Italy. Japan. the
Netherlands. Portugal. Brazil. Den
mark, Norway, Peru. Spain and Swe-
uen VIII be represented in the con-
ference. which grows out Of the de-
c'sion to abandon extraterritorial
rights in China as rapidly as the
Chinese courts themselves can as
sumo responsibility for the admin
istration of justice
Powers Notified,
NouhcationS 10 the various govern
ments participating have been sent
out by Secretary Hughes, after recejnt
or word from the Peking government
'hat the date Of November ! would be
agreeable. Mr.. Hughes explained
that invitations had been sent 70
Brazil Denmark. Norway. Peru. Spain
ana sweden because they Possessed
eNtTaterritorial rights in China. al,
though they were not signatories of
.he resolution on that subject agree d
10 IN the armaments conference
Inc meeting was to have taken
place within three months after the
washington conference adjorrnrd
put at the request Of the Chinese gov.
ernment postponement was acreed
upon China desired additional time.
discussions and to revise soma ~ the
laws dealing with the Judiciary.
Evening star., 1923-05-12
oUIMET BEST GOLFER.
British Writers Give Highest
Praise to American Star.

By the Associated Press. y,
LONDON, May 12.-The fine way
the American players have taken
their defeat in the Deal Golf tourna-
ment Is a subject of general COM
ment in the newspapers today
The easy. good-natured way in
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column A..
Evening star., 1923-05-12
WEATHER.

Showers tonight and possibly to.
morrow morning; cooler late tonight
and tomorrow. Temperature for
tWenty-four hours ended at 2 pm. to-
day: Highest. II. at noon today; low
est. 81, at $3.50 am. today.
Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1923-05-12

The Stars carrier system cover,
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
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creasing. An old native. helper OF DR..
Cassin in the dispensary. was mobbed
on the street and given a beating dur.
Ing which his arm was broken.
NJ Pourmont. engineer OF the Ho
Shan Company. wrote that an Aus
tralan ~stake.boy had been shot
through the lungs while helping an
instrument man in the hills. He was
alive but barely so. at the time OF
writing.
As n result OF this and certain less.
er difficulties. NJ. Pourmont was call.
ing in his employees. and improvtslns
a fort about his compound.
He added there would be plenty OF
room in case Doane later should do.
eide TO gather in his outpost workers
ana fall back tofard the railroad.
Doane translated this letter for the
benefit OF Chang, the tao-taI.
Has he firenrms?' asked the tao.
tai. ~
Doane inclined his head. More
than h treaty permits" he replied,
He told me last winter that he
thought 1t necessary"
1T is ms well" said Chang. Though
1t Is not necessary for you to leave
the mission yet. To do that would be
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PAGE THIRTEEN

to invite misunderstanding"
1T would invite attack" said
Doane.
Jonathan Braehey watched from
his cabin portfolio while Betty and
the Hasmers descended the steamer
accommodation ladder. Then. not be-
fore. he drank coffee and nibbled a
roll. His long face was gray and
deeply lined. He had not sleft.
He went up to Shanghai on thu next
launch. and at nee engaged passage
on a north'bound steamer. He hadn't
meant to take in the northern ports
at this time; his planned itinerary
covered the YanEtSe Valley, where
the disorderly young shoots OF revo.
luton were ripeninB slowly into red
flower. But no was a shaken man.
As 10 saw tho problem OF his romance,
there were two persons TO DO saved.
Betty and himself. He had behaved
on the n occasion, o~utrageousiy.
He cou'd sec his action. now as moth
ing other than weakness. curiously
despicable, in tho light OF the pitiless
facts. Reason had left him. Gusts
of emotion lashed him.
Flo now regarded the experience az
Continued or Page Fourtesn)
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WHO'S WHO N THE STORY


Betty Doane, 10 years old, enroute
to join her father. Gr.ggsby Doane,
american missionary In China, meets.
on the ship.
jonathan Brachey. a writer. who
after seeming Indifference and rude.
ness, shows interest in her n in.
duces her to give to him n sketch,
signed. Of himself she had made. His
Ill manners make his attentions OBJ.
j~ectionable to
Mrs. Hasmer, wife of DIR. Hasmer.
and Betty's c~haperone.
Ii Hsien. a young C~hinanan. also
on the ship, once a member of the
Doane household and now a revolu.
uonist and anti-fore.gner.
Betty DOane, 10 years old, On
route to rejoin her father, Gr,ggsby
Doane, American Missionary in
China. becomes infatuated with
Jonathan Brachey, a writer OF me.
rose and apparently s~elf-centered dis.
position, whom she permits to kiss
her although she knows he is married
albeit parted from his wife. Brach-
ey's %rudeness and the who,e affair
(what she knows of iD shocks
Mrs. Hasmer. wife Of DIR. Hasmer,
Betty's ~chaperone on her voyage.
Ii Haisen, a young Chlnaman, once
n member of the Doane household in
T'ainan-fu. now a revolutionlst and
anti'foreigner, is also on the ship.
Soon after Betty arrives at the Mis-.
son Compound at T'ainan.fu. in tbs
Province Of Hansi, Ii Hsien. after a
speech denouncing Foreign
Devils and their Ho Shan Company,
possessors of concessions procured. he
charged. by bribery. kills himself ss 4
dramatic protest. His act wa done
before thousands attending a fete and
in a scuffle which follows Doane is at
tackled. but not badly hurt.
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hurried down to the dining room. Tn:
breakfast things had been cleared
away more than two hours earlier
bread and butter.
In the parlor Mrs. cartwright lifted
her head for a cool bow. Not a word
did she speak or invite. There wa.
an apology trembling on the tip Of
Betty's tongue, but she had Il hold Il
back and turn away.
The day after the suicide OF l.
Hsien runors began to drift into the
compound. The act OF the fsnatica'
student had. at the start, as Doane
anticipated. an electrickI effect on
public sentiment and reports came
that the always existent hatred Of
foreigners was rising. and might get
out of control. 4 French priest was
murdered on the Kalgnn highway
after protracted torture, during which
his eyes and tongue were fed to vii
llase dogs.
Detachments OF strange appearing
soldiers, wearing curious insignia
were marching into the province over
the Western Mountains. and rumors
bearing on the activities OF the new
Great Eye Society-slready known
along the 1zyside as THE Looksrs"-
We're coming IN daily.
Tho Lockers were initiating many
young men into their strange plaslc.
which appeared 20 differ from :he In.
carnations of the Boxers of 1900 more
IN detail than in spirit.
Here In T'ainsn disorder was n.
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the comfortable American town. Herr
she seemed less nice. As II. IN some
way, over there In the States. her "a
ture had changed for the worse.
A man-an older man. who had beer
married, a in a way. married at the
time-had taken her in his arms anc
kissed her. II was n shock. II huri
now.
She couldn't thiakehow II had hap
pened. how Il had ever begun She
couldn't even visualize the man. now
with her eyes closed. She couldn't b,
sure even that she liked him.
He was a strange being. He had in
terested her by startling her.
Romance had seized them. He saIG
that. He said It would be different a
Shanghai. II was different: very pug
cling, saddenlng. There was no doub-
as to what Mrs. Boatwright would say
about Il. II she knew. Or Miss Hemp
hill. Any OF them.
Betty had read that every woman
has two men in her life. the one sh,
loves. Or who has stirred her. and tn,
fone she marries.
She might marry. It was possible
thought was not stimulating.
And even now she saw clearly enough
as every girl secs when life presses
that marriage might, at any moment
present Itself as a way out. The
She got out a paper and pencil. anc
sketehed the roofs IND trees OF Tainan
as they appeared in the moonlight.
She slept. then until midforenoon
Il was nearly II O'Clock when she
, 1923-03-18
OF HAM,
BY SAMUEL MERWIN
Author Of THE Road TO Frontensc." Tho Honey Bee" Etc
NSTALLMENT NO. FOUR

rightly OF view, yet was by no means
unkind. AS a result. having no men.
tai lightness or grace, she TALKED hard.
ly at al. When she d~isapproved,
which was not seldom. she became 81.
lent.
Doane neve interfered in the
slightest detail OF Mrs. Boatwr.zht's
management. Like her, when he dis.
approved. he kept stnl.
But he might as well have spoken
out. for she knew. nearly always, what
he was thinking.
The Introduction OF Betty Doane IN.
to the d~el!cately balanced household
precipitated a crisis. Breakfast was
served in the mission house at a quar-.
ter to eight. Not once in a month was
1t five minutes late. A delay of hat
an hour would have thrown Mrs. Boat.
wright out of her stride for the day.
During the first few days after her
arrival Betty appeared on time. 1t
was clearly necessary. Mrs. Boat.
wright was hostile. From the
she arrived Betty knew she was ex.
citing disapproval. The way they
looked at her neat travelling suit. her
becoming turban. her shoes, worked
sharply on her sensitive young nerves.
She was aware ever of the prim
way they walked, these women-of
their extremely modest se'f control
and Of the pulling contrast set up
with the free activity Of hor own slim
BODY struggling bravely against an
increasing hurt. her unrooted,
" responsive young nature
to adapt itself to. the new environment,
Mrs. Boatwright at once gave her
some classes of young girls. Betty
went TO Miss HemphiH. the head
teacher for detailed advice. and earn,
estly read a work on pedagogics.
And other more serious difficulties
arose TO provoke sober thoughts. One
occurred the first time she played ten.
ms with her fatehr; the day before Lii
Hsfen's suicide.
a number of Chinese youths gath.
ered and watched the play. None of
the white women attached to The mis-.
son at this time was a tennis PLAYER.
n the spectacle of n radiant r5rl
darting about with grace and zsst
YVES plainly an experience to the on.
lockers. o"'
Al first they were respectful enough
nut as their numbers grew, voices
We're raised. first in laughter. Then IN
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unpleasant comment.
Finally all the voices seemed to
burst out at once In chorus of rlbaldry
and invective. Betty stopped short In
her play. alarmed and confused.
Her father lowered his racket and
walked to the net.
I'm sorry" he said. but this
won't do
obedIent'y she returned to the mis-
sion house; while Doane went over to
the fence. But before he could reach
It the youths, jeering. hurried away.
Within less than a week Betty
found herself fighting off n heart.
sickness that was to prove. for the
time. Irresistible. On the sixth eve.
Ming she locked herself in her iittle
room and sat with dropping face and
wet eyes, by the open window. The
spring air. soft. MOSTLY warm, brought
10 her nostrils the smell of China; and
brought with II hauntlike memories OF
her childhood. Sh- closed her eyes.
and IA her mother walking about the
compound. the same compound in
which Lucia Brenty. a girl OF hardly
moro than her own present age, was.
in 1900, burned at the stake.
She shiversd. There was trouble
now! They were talking about II
among themselves. = not in her pres,
ence. That would doubtless explain
her fathers preoccupatlon.
She got cut the bottom tray OF her
trunk and m%ournfully staring long at
each. went through her photographs.
She had been a nice girl. there IN
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Betty Is Late for Breakfast.

The Boatwrights, Doane's chief
helpers, were at this time in the thir.
ties; he perhaps th,rty.six or seven
she thirty'three or four. Elmer Boat,
wright had lost the fresh enthusiasm
of his first years In the province. His
was n daily routine of innumerable
petty tasks n responsibilities. Even
his religion seemed at times 10 have
settled into routine.
With fewer petty activities 10 NIB
sorb his energy until his life settled
into a mold, he might have Exhibited
come Of the interesting emotional
quality that is rather loosely called
temperament; for that matter It was
still a possibility during the soul.
shaking changes Of middle life.
His wife seemed a wholly objective
person. She was physically strong.
inclined TO sternness, or at least to
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OF course. the country dwellers and
s~uburbarites I've out-of.aoors as
much as they possibly can, weathe,
permitting. While the city owelIer,
do their best to initiate them bv ada.
ing porches, bolconies ind sunpar
lors to theif apartments. n spend
ing on them most Of their leisure
time.
The decoration and appointment
OF these sunny living rooms affords
an excellent opportunity for the use
of gay color. Now that things ara
coming swift and fast from abroad.
many are finding in the peasant pot,
terry of the old country. the very color
notes they desire.
Pottery from Many Countries.
You may choose as you please from
foreign countries. Spain sends can.
dlesticko, asses and jugs Franco
sends plates and pitchers and CIV.
est Of all are the %cretonne patterns
on pottery from Czech1-slovakia.
Free hand drawing of an amusing
Typo Is characteristic of the snsn'
.sh ware. One can imagine the ar.
us potter softly chuckling 10 him.
ser. az he paints his weird blue ont.
mas prancinS over the sides OF a tau
vase or winds a hunting scene nm
tae rounded sides of a yellow twist.
so candtestick' spotted here and
there with brown. Then again he
seems to abandon drawing altoce+bsr
paints andther candlestIck and
It's thin strap handle with all sorts ~
gay colors. not attempting. even a
pattern. but Just q play OF colors
pehshtfully Shaped Pottery.
And as for Jugs and pitchers. the
peaan pottery of each countrv baa
It's W specially delightfully."- shane5
bits. From Quimper France. a soft
lavender glaze is sent forth on +,
round jug splashed with a blue and
red design resembling carnations. In
ms same ware a cake plato on a
PEDESTAL may DO bought, similarly
decorated. And oh, not to be forgot.
ten for an instant is the stiff little
mill:maid on each piece, carrying her
milk jug on her head.
y sandwich plate from Czecho.slo.
vaki shouts aloud in color. with a
bright red vine travelling over Il and
small handles ct black. Black seems
10 be a favorite note. for tho han.
dies and tops of some pitchers from
this country are also black. An ali.
over pattern resembling cretonne of
var1-colorei daisies completes. these
bits of pottery. In a room with plain
hangings, such pieces would add a
special little thrill.
italian jugs OF Variety.
In italian pottery one may find
jugs of all shapes. A tall blue one
with a flat handle comes TO mind
This pitcher has n curious long. tn
nose and Is quite covered with a solid
matt glaze. Quite opposite in contour
is another flat jug Of putty color with
n wide smiling lip. An amazing bird
struts across the front of It. Cream
color is very popular in Italian pot
terry, and fruit dishes, candlesticks
and pitchers are often entirely OF this
color There m all graduations in
Italian wares from the crude rough
pottery OF the peasants to the chaste
beauty Of the rel classic lines. a
lattice effect appears in many Of the
latter pieces, n stunning fruit dish
being contrived for the Joy OF some
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Of us. This dish is oval in shape, and
Iares slightly at the top. All OF
lattice work. 1t stands on four small
feet. Rarely does a single dish com.
oine such dignity and charm. One
can v'sionNt heaped high with red
apples, oranges n trailing purple
grapes with a pair OF cream candle
sticks on either side 10 guard its
riches.
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Then to light you to bed. after n
long day u low Dutch candle.
stick with its rounded handle. II
fairly asks TO be picked up and car.
ried about. All dull green are its
garments patterned with rose and
blue In soft tones. Positively rest.
full and sleepy are its very coIors.
And SO as Pepys says, Good night,
and go to bed"