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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-17
QUARANTINE OFFICER
WAS KING OF DAY

The Canadian quarantine officer
was King OF the day Until he
gave tho word, not soul could
board the vessel. He cruised about
in his quarantine launch while the
doctors examined the passengers on
the liner He joked with tho re.
porters aboard the tug, telling
them that they might be allowed
to get aboard the liner in two or
three hours. Groans arose from
tho small craft, II is TO be remem.
berod that there were as many re.
porters as there were refugees.
Alrplanea whirred overhead, speed
boats circled about the liner and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-17

made Ths rbawi out him uneae for and impudn
but tho richly med You never
tell who telling 90 tho earth nowadays
CHIEF SEATTLE
To Chief of Police w. B. Severyns
theft o. dry
police the
happen Bn7 The
boeggcra will boozeuquor win ruin all
cizenate city viii the dog-and nil because somebody
careless let tho hootegEcs the boat the force
ahbdnF That boat
fato;hc fate which
facing ask what shall do7
Hoartbroksuly yours. SEATTLE.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
Six Men Battle
With Maniac on
Brooklyn, Bridge

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, FebruarX 3.-FouE
policemen AND two husky sailors
fought six-foot maniac on Brook-
lyn bridge and were nearly cata-
pulled over the railing. When
Jacob Yarimoff was subdued he
was placed in strait-Jacket
and taken to a hospital. The po-
lice said he exhibited almost su-
perhuman strength. s
Adolph Helm and William Col
s. ron, who had just been honorably
discharged from the Navy, were
walking over the bridge when
yarimoff, who was hiding behind
= tower. leaped upon them. He
dragged Helm to the railing. Dur
ing the fight on the brink Yari-
moff took a club away from one OF
the four policemen who ran to the
rescue.
II any OF the six had been
thrown over the railing of the
raised promenade he would have
fallen on car tracks and might
have dropped through the ties into
the East river.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
REPUDIATES SONS DEBTS

NEW YORK. February 3.-A trail
of unauthorized charge accounts. left
by Charles e. Bedford. jr.. son of the
president of the Vacuum Oil Com
pany, is being followed through Con-
necticut in an effort to find the young
man, who escaped January Is from
BIoomingdale Hospital. where he was
being treated for a mental aberra-
ton suffered during the war.
The father said today he had
learned that his son had been obtain
ing articles in Connecticut stores,
charging them. then selling them for
cash to replenish the So capital he
had when he disappeared. Mr.. Bed
ford warned merchants that he would
not be responsible for further debts
contracted by his son.
Evening star., 1923-02-04
JOHN D. IMPROVES;
REFRAINS FROM GOLF
Oil King Stays Indoors, Fearing
Cold--Plans to Attend
Church.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ORMOND BEACH. Fla. February 3.
John n Rockefeller, sr., who has
been suffering for several days from
a slight bronchial attack, was report
cd tonight as Progressing nicely"
although he spent the day indoors.
Today was the second day he stayed
in his room since becoming i'll We'd
nesday.
Mr. Rockefeller was anxious to get
back on the golf links today, but de-
cided to refrain from playing for fear
he would take cold, as the day was
rather windy.
Members of his household said to-
night that Mr.. Rockefeller plans to
attend church tomorrow morning as
usual, IL the weather permits.
Evening star., 1923-02-04

= Miami. Palm Beach-yia
Atlantic Coast Line.
Florida Special, now in service. Train de
91e. No extra fare. Information a office,
'is FL st. NV. Tel. Main 7S00.-Advertise-
eut
Evening star., 1923-04-07
HELD FOR EMBEZZLING
NEARLY 100000
Indictment Alleging Misappropri-
alton Returned Against Former
Bank Cashier.
BY the Associated Press.

by t!le asSOclateu
CINCINNATI. April An indict-
ment alleging the Misrepresentation
of funds totalling nearly $1,000 600
has been returned here by the federal
grand jury against A. II. Penfield.
former cashier of the Springfield Ma
tional Bank of Springfield. Ohio.
The indictment returned against
Penfield, who is in the Dayton. Ohio.
Jail contains twelve counts. Ten of
these allege the embezzlement of
funds and two misapplication of funds
with the exact amount embezZled ac-
cording to the indictment is $977.-
23348
The defalcations of PenfieId, accord
ing to the Indictment totaled the
above figure on March s. 1923. when
he attempted to commit suicide in
his father-in-law garage by slash
ing his wrists.
Two days preceding his attempt to
kill himself he is alleged to have en-
b-zzled liberty bonds totaling s130.000.
The embezzlement counts contained
in the Indictment follow: September,
October Z, 1922. $11,177.51; Jnauary 2,
1923. $19.s77s3; February 6, $29.-
64775; February Q, s29,690.56; Feb
ruary u. $49.75430; March 4. $50,000
in liberty bonds; March 5, $4,000 in
libeVty bonds.
The two counts for misapplication
of funds are January 2, 1922, S19.-
S77.l9: F'ebruary.6. 1923. $ls.9s6.l6.
also named in the indictment.
Penfield, it was announced by
United States District Attorney 3.
w. Hough, will be brought to Cincin-
natl from Montgomery county jail at
Dayton next Tuesday morning, for
arraignment before Judge Smith
Hickenlooper in united district court.
Evening star., 1923-04-07
WILL REDED|CATE
STATUE ON JUNE z
Date of Courthouse Lincoln
Ceremonies Postponed
When Work Is Delayed.

June 81 has been definitely deter
mined upon as the date for the re
dedication of the Lot Flannery statue
of Abraham Lincoln, now in position
in front of the courthouse in Judiciary
Square.
Col. c. O. Sheriff.. officer in charge
of public buildings and grounds. in
making this announcement today. said
that it is the intention of his office
to make the occasion of this rededi-
cation a gala and memorable one.
Many prominent men and women will
be present and it is considered not
unlikely that the President of the
United States will make the principal
Grafton. Already Col. Sheriff. is en-
gagged in forming a large general
Gil to handle the details incident to
the rededication.
The personnel of this committee
VIII be selected from among mem
bers of the various patriotic and civic
organizations of the District, as well
as others prominent in the Commu-
nifty.
1t was originally intended to have
the rededication April Is. which
would have been the ffty-ffth ami
verSary of the original dedication OF
this famous statue. This idea was
delay in the completion of the gran
ite which is to form tive pedestal upon
which the statute will rest. June u
was selected because il was on this
date that Congress passed the reSolu-
ton calling for the restoration Of the
Lincoln statue 10 position near
where it formerly stood in front of
the courthouse.
Evening star., 1923-04-07
CEMENT FINISHERS
WANT SIPS AN HOUR
Part of Union Men Here on
Strike-Electricians
Still Out.

While no new developments were
noted today in the local electricians
strike for SO day, it was learned
that fifty cement hnishers, about 50
per cent Of their union, were on strike
for a wage of S1.o5 per hour and
fourty-four-hour week.
Contracting electrical employers to-
day continued placing men in posi-
tfons in an attempt to break the
strike OF the local electricians union,
which was not authorized by the in
ternational electrical workers or
ganization. Practically half Of the
positions Of strikers have been filed.
according to employers. and addi-
tionai men are arriving for jobs every
hour.
The cement finishers strike is not
regarded as serious by union officials,
who expressed the belief that the
trouble would disappear in the near
future. Their estimate was that ap-
proximately 65 or 20 per cent of con-
tractors were already paying the new
scale for cement finishers, and the an
nouncement stated that absence of
friction between employers and en-
ployes was a satisfactory sign.
Officials of the local electricians
union. No. &c. refused to comment on
the situation today. Announcement
was made that no official statement
was to be forthcoming from the union
until after the next special meeting,
which is expected to be held early
next week.
Evening star., 1923-04-07
From the $50 Edition OF Yesterday s Star.
NEW D. c. WORKERS
FACE CUT IN PAY
Facing Deficiency of S12,500,
Auditor Authorized to De-
duct Part of Bonus.

Facing a deficiency of s12.50o in the
bonus appropriation, the Commission
ers yesterday afternoon authorized MAJ.
Daniel ]. Donovan, auditor, to de-
duct a part of the bonus from new
employees taken into the service dur
ing the current fiscal year.
Some time ago the city heads rec
commended to the budget bureau a de-
ficiency appropriation of $4,000 to
meet this impending shortage, but il
was not allowed.
Officials estimated yesterday afternoon
that there would be approximately
500 employees affected by reason of
the fact that they came on the rolls
since July !, 1922. Maj. Donovan ex-
planned that the entire bonus of $50
month would not he taken from
these workers, but only a sufficient
amount to prevent the deficiency.
Their full bonus Will be restored when
the new appropriations become avail
able July l of this year.
Evening star., 1923-04-07
AMERICAN INDIAN OPERA
GIVEN FIRST HEARING
Work, Sponsored by President
Harding, Tried Out Before
Metropolitan Director.

NEW YORK. April 7.-Legends of
the Sioux and Chippewayen tribes
woven through a synthesis of true
American Indian song motifs into the
opera "Winona," the first ever TO be
written with indigenous American
music as It's basis, was given its first
hearing before Signor Gatti-Casazza,
general manager of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. The score was played
by a pianist while the liberetto was
explained to the Metropolitan's direc-
tor. The opera has been sponsored by
President Harding.
The opera, with music by Alberto
Rimboni of New York. and book by
Perry Williams, a Minneapolis news
paper man, is said to be the result of
eleven years of research work.
Signor Gatti-Casazza, it was stated,
invited Mr.. Bimboni to run through
the operas score after President
Harding had called the attention of
Otto Kahn, a director of the opera
company to the work as typically
American in music and plot. The prin-
cipal motif of "Winona-" Mr.. Bimboni
explained, is the legend of Maiden
Rock, which stands on the shore of
Lake Pepin, broadening of the
Mississippi river in Wisconsin. Indian
tradition has it that the daughter of
an Indian chief leaped to her death
from Maiden Rock rather than con-
sent to a political marriage arranged
for her by her father.
Evening star., 1923-04-07

Samuel Milton Cutler, long a resi-
dent of Washington. for thirteen
years connected with the pension Of
ployed in the Post Office Department,
a member OF the District of Column
bia bar and of the Association of
Oldest Inhabitants of the District of
Columbia, died yesterday at his home,
2S06 18th street northeast, at an ad-
vanced age. The funeral will be held
from the family residence. Monday
morning, at 1880 o'clock. The inter
ment will be in Glenwood cemetery,
and will be private.
Mr. Cutler came TO Washington
from Louisville more than forty
years ago and has been a resident
of this city since. His early life was
spent as an educator. During the
Cleveland administration he gradu
ated from the National School of
Law, and was admitted to the Dis
trict of Columbia bar. For the past
twenty or more years he has been
connected with the goversment serv-
ice. He was a thirty-third degree
Mason. holding his connection with
that order in Louisville, KY, being
a member Of Preston Lodge, A F.
member of the Association of the
Oldest Inhabitants of the District of
Columb bia, and a man of broad public
spirit He had a host of friends in
the government departments and the
association. He is survived by his
wife. Mrs Ella Baker Cutler. and
seven children: Frank B. Cutler. En-
sley, Ala; Thomas II. Cutler, Joplin,
Mo; Mrs. Helen NJ. Dickey, Cleveland,
Ohio; Mrs. Flora NJ. Hudson. Wash
ington; William and Albert Cutler,
Phelps, n. Y, and Mrs. Mary e. Stone
of Washington.
Evening star., 1923-04-07
the Yeserd ssar.
Seaplane Lands Successfully
On Lincoln Reflecting Pool

The Lincoln Memorial rejecting
pool, as a landing and take-off place
Tor seaplanes, was successfully dem.
onstrated yesterday afternoon by Lieut..
David Rittenhouse of the naval air
station, Anacostia, who alighted at
the eastern end of the body of water
and came to a halt half way up the
pond. 4 few moments later, carry
Ing Lieut.. S. H. Quarrels of the
bureau OF naval aeronautics as
passenger, he hoped off and took
the air with the same ease as though
he had the entire Potomac river at
his disposal,
The flight from the naval air sta
tion to the pool was an experiment
TO determine the practicability of
using the memorial pool in time of
great haste when messages or impor-
tant documents and articles are de-
sired by the bureau from the air sta
tion. or vice versa. Admiral William
A. Moffett chief of the bureau of
naval aeronautics, who was one of
the numerous persons present to wit
ness the experiment, explained that
Evening star., 1923-04-07
7PER CENT LOANS
TO FARMERS SEEN
Rate of 5 IL Per Cent Ten.
tativeIy Fixed by Inter-
mediate Credit Banks.

A rate of 5ia per cent may be
charged on loans by the new interme-
date farm credit banks, it was indi-
Loan Board. The board also made
public rules and regulations which
will govern loans under the agri-
cultural credits act.
While the interest rate to be
charged Will be fixed by the credit
banks, subject to approval Of the
Farm Loan Board, farmers will be
able, if the indicated interest rate is
accepted, to borrow money at per
cent or less. The law specifies that
the rediscounting agency should not
charge in excess of IL per cent for
handling the obligations.
Would Mean Reduction.
Commission oner Lobdell said he ex-
pected some OF the banks would be
ready to make actual loans by
April 20.
The opinion was general that a
rate of 5 Il per cent, with the re-
discount charge added. would mean a
material reduction to the average
FARMER in interest, prevailing rates
IN most agricultural districts being
higher.
The board has decided for the
present" to limit loans under the
credits act to livestock, grain, wool.
cotton, tobacco and peanuts as
staple agricultural products" within
the meaning of the law. Loans on
dairy products, eggs, fruits and vege-
tables are left to future determina-
ton, but the exclusion of those COM
modities. it appeared. is not intended
TO be permanent. The board, it was
indicated, desired to give further
study to rules governing the handling
or perishable products
Evening star., 1923-04-07

the air station is such a great dis
tance from his office that much time
is lost in communicating between the
two places. The naval aeronautics
bureau is only few yards north Of
the pool. and with a little plane ever
ready at the air station for such duty
the work of both places can be con-
siderably augmented.
Lieut.. Rittenhouse few a Huff De-
land scout plane. He circled over
the pool and made a graceful land
ing, although he was not right in
the teeth of the wind. The take-off,
likewise, was made with the wind
blowing from the northwest. but this
demonstrated that a straight north
or south wind need not always be
blowing to facilitate landings or
take-offs. When the pontoons Of the
little ship struck the water Lieut..
RittenhouSe was given round of
applause for the skillful feat. The
plane was then fioated to the extreme
eastern end of the pool. and. after
Lieut.. Quarrels strapped himself in,
sped up the waterway to the air.
Lieut. Col. Clarence o. Sheriff., Of
ficer in charge Of public buildings
and grounds. granted Admiral Mof-
fett use of the pool for the expert
ment.
Evening star., 1923-04-07
HINES SAYS ARMY
HINGES ON INFANTRY
Corner Stone-Laying Exercises
Held for Home of the In
fantry Association.

Expressing pride at the way in
which the infantry had come into
its own" Maj. Gen. John l.. Hines
deputy chief of staff, officiating at
the corner stone laying exercises for
the home Of the Infantry Associa-
tion, on 18th street between l. and
N streets. yesterday afternoon. de-
clared that this branch of the serv-
Ice had come to be recognized as the
back bone of the Army
He pointed out that due to the
efficiency of the infantry in the war
a change of heart had been brought
about in regard to the attitude OF
Army officers for that branch of the
service.
In conclusion. he urged close CO.
operation of the infantry with the
other branches of the service anu
expressed appreciation at being able
TO officiate at the corner Stone-laying
exercises. Brig. Gen. Briant H Wells
briefly into the history of the In.
fantry Association and attributed its
success to many prominent Army
men who had distinguished them
selves in the war.
Music for the occasion was furn-
ished by the Army Band from Wash
ington barracks, Capt. P. W. Lewis
commanding. The invocation was de-
livered by Chaplain John r. Axton
A detachment from the 18th Infantry
from Fort Washington, Capt. Alex
ander Adair commanding, served as
escort.
The new building. which is ex-
pected to be completed In August
will be three stories high, and will
occupy a. frontage of forty feet. II
will be of poured concrete construc-
tfon with an Indiana limestone front
The basement will be rented out
while the upper floors will be used as
offices for the association and the In
fantry Journal, the official publica-
ton Of the organisation, will be printed
there.
Evening star., 1923-04-07
RAISED FRENCH GUNS
OUTRANGE OTHERS
This Suggestion Obtained Despite
Secrecy-Slight Altera-
ations Made.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 6.-Preliminary tests
recently made with the modernized
French battleships indicate. it is Of
ficially stated, that the sight altera-
tions have improved the firing dis
tance of their sixteen inch guns
from 80 to 40 per cent.
While French naval circles exer-
else the utmost secrecy as to the
exact improvement in the range Of
the guns. there is suggestion that
the French battleships now outdis-
tance those of the other navies oI
the world, unless the same process
has been carried out by otier ma
tions in the matter of sight elevation
The French expect to establish tie
new ranges definitely during the
firing tests to be held in the Mediter-
ranean in connection with the gen
eral naval maneuvers. which begin
next Wednesday.
Evening star., 1923-04-07
SEEK SERVICE OF WRITS.
Law Officers Searching for Head of
House of David.
Rr the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich, April Al
though benjamin +. Purnell, head of
the 1sraelite House of David, has left
the colony, the organizations funds
and assets are intact, NJ. II. Tyler,
one of the seven pillars" of the
cult, has assured Sheriff George 5.
Bridgrnan of Berrien county.
Tyler made the statement yester-
day when Sheriff Bridgman visited
the HOUSE, of David in search of Pur-
nell. upon whom he sought to serve
writ of capias in a civil suit A
state police officer also is here to
serve papers on Purnell or some other
officer in the states quo warranto
action TO dissolve the cult.
All of the organizations money is
at the House of Shiloh. and Purnell
is believed to have taken only a few
hundred dollars for travelling ex-
penses when he left, Tyler told the
sheriff.
we have enough money to pay
all the damage judgments that may
be rendered against us and enough
more to finish our new hotel in Ben
ton Harbor and run the colony for a
couple of years" Tyler was quoted
as saying.
Evening star., 1923-04-07
DisbeIieues NeUs
OF Failing Heir
To $2,OOO,OOO
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STRATFORD, Ont. April r
Joseph II. Creighton, railroad shop
man, met announcement of fortune
with skepticism when he received
a telegram today saying that he
was heir to a 100000 estate left
by his great uncle, Benjamin Ran
dolph. who died in Indianapolis
last Tuesday.
Il don't think I'm the fellow the
money was left to-" he said after
reading the telegram. which was
from II. Roland Mountbank. an In
dtanapolis attorney. II think my
cousin is the lucky chap. He has
the same name as Joseph Has
son Creighton-and he had known
my uncle for some time. / hadn't
met the old gentleman until about
five years ago"
The telegram read:
Your great-uncle. Benjamin Ran
dolph. died last Tuesday You are
mentioned in his will as heir to
100000 Long Island estate and $2.-
100000 in securities and invest
ments. Expect me on evening train
today. Stand ready to return, if
necessary"
Evening star., 1923-04-07
From the $50 Edition Of Yesterdays Star.
.S2,139,9DO OBONDS
IN BANDITS LOOT
Federal Land Bank Securities
Stolen by HoId-Up Men
in st. Louis.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. April 6-Bonds OF The
st. Louis Federal Land Bank amount
ing to $2,139,90O were in the loo.
obtained by five bandits who last
Monday morning held up a mail truck
In the heart of the downtown bust
ness section here. according to in
formation obtained this afternoon by
the ST Louis Post Dispatch
The bonds, printed in Washington.
were being sent to the bank here
They lacked the signatures Of the
vice president and the secretary Of
the bank.
The bonds were in number and de
nomination as follows: 10 of $40, 20
of 500, 500 Of $1,000, 70 Of $4,000
The total of other bonds taken. ii
was learned. was approximately S225-
600. of which $81,250 at least were
negotiable. 1t also was learned tina
shortly before the hold-up of the
armored truck, ten sacks of registered
mail. containing many valua Bile pack
ages for large downtown banks ana
trust companies, were delivered a.
central post office, and the bandits
thus missed these pouches. They oh
tained nine pouches of registered
mail.
The bonds. printed in Washington
were being sent to the bank here. They
lacked the signatures of the vice presl-
dent and secretary Of the bank.
The bonds We're in number and de
nomination as follows: Ten Of $40, 20 Of
s100. 500 Of $1,000, 25 Of $500 and $50 or
$4,000.
The total of other bonds taken. il We
learned, was approximately 1925, 600, Of
which SS1250 at least were negotiable
1t also was learned that shortly before
the hold-up of the armored truck ten
sacks OF registered mail, containing
many valuable packages for large down
town banks and trust C0rnDanieS. were
delivered at central post Office, and
the bandits thus missed these pouches
They obtained nine pouches of reg
istered mail.