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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-06-07
BIG SPRINGS NEWS

Mrs. Peter Klindt and Mrs. Bodell
made = business trip to Julesburg
Monday morning.
Miss Wanda Robinson left Satur-
day morning for Fairbufy.
Katie Hem LETT on No. 10 Friday
for Kearney, where she will attend
school.
Esther Jensen left for Kearney on
No. 10 Friday to attend school.
Miss Bessie Hoover left for Kear-
ney Friday to 60 to summer school.
Big Springs lost = ball game to
Brule Saturday afternoon by . score
OF seven to three.
Ruby Sanders returned to Big
Springs from the eastern part of the
state Friday.
Mrs. Ogborn and Mrs. Caskey com.
bined business with pleasure, and
made a trip to Brule Saturday.
Roy Waterman and Dewey Root
were Julesburg visitors Monday
morning.
Big Springs lost game to Ogallala
by score of to 3. Phelps pitched
for Big Springs and Newberry for
Ogallala. Each team got 9 hits and
each pitcher 4 strike outs.
Loren Root made business trip to
North Platte Friday.
Roland Lagrange, Bud Phelps and
Dewey Root attended a ball game at
the Community Hall Sunday.
The Big Springs band played at
Brule Saturday.
Memorial Day was fittingly observ-
ed in Big Springs. The Rev. Louis
H. Kaub made one of the best ad-
dresses ever made in Big Springs.
After the services at the church near
ly one thousand people marched and
Travelled in cars to the cemetery,
where short services were held and a
salute fired over the graves of the
dead soldiers. Two old soldiers,
Walter Ostrander and Rev. r. V.
Beach, marched in the procession to
the cemetery.
T. E. Smith moved his household
effects to their new home near Sedg-
wick
C. H. Bagby took leave of alb
sence from his duties in the depot
Sunday. He will take three months
vacation, which he needs badly.
Mr.. Biggs, Of Potter, is relieving
C. H. Bagby at the depot here.
Marion Sanders and j. Meyer of
Brule were hauled before Police
Judge Brown Monday. being picked
up by Marshal Bush following an al
tercation Sunday evening. Inc Judge
fined the boys $3.50 each, which was
well and good. A little lesson to
Others.
Otto Nelson made business trip
to Chappell Saturday.
Russell Anderson of Chappell spent
Sunday with his parents here.
Irene Douglas returned here from
Julesburg Saturday. She has been
working at that place.
Mr.. j. NJ. Meyer of Brule, was a
Big Springs visitor Monday.
Or. Smith and A. w. Peterson were
business visitors at Julesburg Mon
day. ~
burg visited with l.. D. Root and FAM
lily Sunday.
Quite few We're up from Brule
Monday morning to attend the court
session in Judge Browns office.
Nita Williams left Thursday for
Kearney, where she will attend school.
Sam Wolf of Sidney, was Big
Springs visitor Thursday.
Mr.. Will Palser was elected moder-
ator on the high school board.
The Happy Harvesters all reported
a Splendid time at their party Tues
pirhf
Evening star., 1923-05-06
T1uelue Greatest u. S. Women
No,o Liuing Picked by League

Who are the twelve greatest liv-
ing women in America?
1t was with such a problem that
the National League of Woman
Voters was faced in making known
its choice last night Of the twelve
living American women who have
definitely contributed most in. their
several fields to the betterment OF
the world
Here is the list:
Jane Adams. philanthropy; Cecilia
Beaux, painting; Anna Jump Cannon
astronomy: Carrie Chapman Gait
politics.; Anna Bogtford Comstock
natural history; Minnie Maddern
Fiske, stage; Louise Homer. music
Julia Lathrop, child welfare; Flor
ence Rena Sabin. anatomy; NJ Carey
Thomas, education; Martha Van
Rensselaer, home economies, and
Edith Wharton, literature.
"It is humanity impossible to
know who tho really greaest women
in the country are" the league con
fessed in it's statement. 80 those who
do not agree with the above Lis,
Evening star., 1923-05-06

That further concessions are neces-
sary is now admitted by nearly all
parties. from the peoples to the
socialist.
These concessions, it is declared,
revolve not SO much around the ques-
tion Of the final reparation total to
be agreed upon as around the matter
OF guarantees. It is. therefore, con-
| sidered significant that Gustaye
Stresemann. leader OF the peoples
party and chairman of the Reichstag
foreign affairs committee, today came
out in an article in the conservative
organ, Der Tag" In favor of a
direct capital levy as means Of
! satisfying the French demands for
cash and guarantees
whether or not reorganization of
! the government will begin immedi-
ately or be again postponed will, how
ever. it is declared, depend upon the
nature of the French reply. If the
latter represents a mere rejection of
Germany's offer, but does not seek to
impose peace by dictation. leaving
Germany free to take such steps as
may appear advisable for the sake of
an understanding, it is considered as
not at all unlikely that Germany's
next diplomatic move will be preceded
by political reorganization at home.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
GIRL, IS, SHOT DEAD
BY BOY PLAYMATE
Child Smilingb Pulls Trigger
of Rifle, Children Tell
the Police.
I'm going to shoot you.

III SOlNS 10 SIlOOt YOU
Lauehingly. one of group OF chill
dren playing on the rear porch of
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Os-
, borne, on Wheaton road, Kensington,
Md. yesterday afternoon. made this
threat to thirteen-year-old Phyllis
Watts and pulled the trigger OF a
Seq
Phyllis fell TO the porch floor with
the explosion of the rifle.. She died
almost instantly. Her jueular vein
had been penetrated by the rife bull
! let, fired from fifty feet away.
DR.. Eugene Jones, who was called
pronounced the child dead on arrival.
Exactly who fred the shot is not
known. The children had been play
ing on tho porch. and one of the boys
in the group. believed to be about ten
years old, picked up rife. He made
the threat with a smile. For several
seconds sitter the shot the children
stood aghast. Then one OF them
screamed.
Phyllis was the daughter Of Maj
and Mrs. oscar Watts. Maj. Watts
Department here, it is understood. but
at present is located in a civilian
capacity in New York. Mrs. Watts
lives here at 71s 18th street, but could
! not be seen last night.
| The body was taken to the Gawler
undertaking establishment of thi.
/ city, and wires were sent to New
York notifying the father. Funera,
! arrangements had not been completed
at a late hour last night.
1t was learned that Phyllis was Wis.
| iting yesterday with the Osborne
| family. who are friends Of her parents
No inquest has been announced. in.
| asmuch as the tragedy is recognized
generally in the community az acci.
dental.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
PREPARE TO RAzE
|. BARRACKS IN PARK
Supply Committee Housing
Offices in One Building to
Empty Structures.

The days of the unsightly bar
racks in Potomac Park East are num-
bered. Tomorrow is moving day for
other Offices to make roon, for con-
solidation Of the general supply COM
mittee in one building. which viii
make possible the emptying and then
the razing Of tho weather-torn and
collapsing barracks. Lieut.. Col
Clarence o. Sheriff., who is directing &
the work. estimates that 1T will take
about three months to carry out these
plans.
j. c. Young, an engineer. employed
by the public buildings commission,
has been working for some time
under instructions from Lieut. Col.
Sheriff. on consolidation of space in
the temporary. buildings along the
Mall. with the ultimate object of
getting rid of the Potomac Park
barracks.
After a conference yesterday with
Mr.. Young, Lieut.. Col. Sheriff. said
that these barracks are getting
worse every day, they no longer az
ford safe storage and could not stand
another winter.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
MEXICAN PARLEY
TO OPEN MAY "A
U. S. ENJOYS to Open Nego.
tiationS for Restoration of.
Relations Soon.

Negotiations BETWEEN representa-
tives OF the Washington and Obreson
governments to speed up restoration
of friendly relations will be formally
opened in Mexico City on May IA. it
was learned yesterday after the two
American commissioners had re-
ceived final instructions from Sec
retary Hughes.
Charles B. Warren and John Bar
ton Payne. selected to represent the
United States. will be accompanied
upon their departure tonight for New
Orleans by Matthew Hanna, chief OF
the Mexican affairs bureau of the
State Department. They are to arrive
in Mexico City May II. Mr. Hanna
however. probably will return . to
Washington within a week or 50 after
the conferences begin and will be al
the service of Secretary Hughes. act
ing in an advisory. capacity on Mexi-
can affairs during the discussions in
Mexico CITY,
Prior to his call at the State De.
partment yesterday Mr.. Warren con.
ferred with President Harding. He
plans to see the President, again to.
day. .-
Yesterdays conference with Secre.
tary Hughes concluded series OF
meetings between him and the two
commissioners, at which all existing
difficulties between the United States
and Mexico were thoroughly dis.
cussed and full information and in
structions relating to the question OF
recognition prepared for use in the
negotiations. .... ,
Evening star., 1923-05-06
1900 IN TUNNEL TRAP
WALK NARROW RUNWAYS

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 5.-About 1000
passengers trapped in a tunnel under
the East river tonight, when an In
terbourouEh subway train stalled
and held UP three other trains. had
to walk along narrow runways to
exits in Long Island City.
Burning out of electrical apparatus
on trains that tried to force tho STALL
ed train out Of the tunnel, filled the
tube with smoke. adding to tho nerv-
business Of the large throng. Several
women tainted. o..
One Of the emergency exits used
by many OF the passengers necessi-
tatsd q climb OF eighty feet UP a mar
row staircase. Some OF tho women,
who used this exit took of their high
heeled shoes to make the ascent more
quickly and others with tight skirts
removed these garments, the better
to hurry out OF the smoke-flled
-. =
Evening star., 1923-05-06
10 TRAPPED MINERS
ARE BELIEVED DEAD
Three Bodies Recovered;
Conditions Indicate Seven
Others Perished.

TRINIDAD, Ohio, May 5.-Three bod
les had been recovered and seven
checked as missing in the explosion
wrecked north slope Of the South
western mine of the Rocky Mountain
Fuel Company at Southwestern camp,
near Aguilar early tonight. which in
creased the number Of men entombed
by the explosion to the original fig
ure of ten.
Bodies taken out by the, rescue
crews late today included two Creeks
John Konistakis and John Soupaginls.
Reports from the mine said the be-
lief is strengthened by conditions en-
countered by the rescue crews that
all in the mine have perished.
Several of the rescuers wre over
come by gas.
Evening star., 1923-05-06

need feel no offense because their
favorites have been left out.
Mrs. Maud Park Wood, president
of the league, when asked a year
ago by a Chilean delegate to the
pan-American conference Of women,
held at Baltimore. to name the twelve
greatest women in the United States,
thought that 1t ought to be an:easy
Choice Most DiAcult
But she quickly decided it was not
as simple as It seemed. To name
Atty was not so hard, but to pin the
list down to a dozen was differ
ent matter. Lists poured into the
league from al parts Of the coun-
try, and no two lists agreed.
A committee was formed by the
women's joint congregational commit
tee, tho committee finding hrst OF
that nobody had adequately defined
'"greatnss1" So the committee
changed the premises slightly and
laid down n definition. which It
sought to live up to in the list finally
eSi0oteos% -~-f-s s,-- ----s>---4-
Evening star., 1923-05-06
CLOVER FIELDS!
TODAY'S STAR
PART ONE-42 Pages.

General News-Locai, National. Foreign
Army and Navy News-Paoe 1s.
Spanish War Veterans-Pase IS.
Schools and CoIIeee"Paee rs.
Radio News and Gossip-Paoe 80.
Financial New-Paoes 81 and 80.
Classified Adverssements-Pa SO tc
~.
PART TWO-l6 Pages.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
Veterans Of the Great War-Pase II.
Parent. Teacher ActIvitie-Pase t2.
Civilian Army-Pase II.
D. A. r. Activities-Paee 13.
Community centers-Page 13.
Boy Scouts-Paee IS.
Aviation Aetlvlties-Paqe 13.
Review Of New Books-Paae u.
Girls and Thor Affair"Paae IS.
Arts and Artists-Paoe IS. -...
Hatiorsf Sasnd tStsss<PAGsisssz - q
PART THREE-l4 Pages.
Observation-Disclosures and the Photo.
play.
Serial, "JiI- Bett"-Pase q.
Music In WashInston--Pase5 s.
Around the clty-Pape S.
Motors and Motorsns-Pases to 10.
FraternItIes-Pages II and II.
Boys and Girls Paae-Paae 13.
PART FOUR Pages.
Pink Sports Section.
PART FlEE-8 Pages.
Magazine Sectlon-Features and Fiction
ROTOGRAvURE-s Pages.
World Events In Pictures
COMIC SECTION-4 Pages.
Mutt and JEFF; Res'Iar FeiIers; Betty
Mr.. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
RUINS OF ANCIENT
MAYA CITY FOUND
PaIenque Shown to Be Great
Center of Early Mexican
Civilization.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Specia! Dispatch to The Star.
MENICO CITY. May 5.-One Of the
most important Of recent archeo-
logical expeditions is that Of Frans
Blum, a young Danish scientist. which
has returned from the ruins OF Palen-
que. in Chiapas. Although these ruins
are not as we'll known os those of
Yucatan they are among; the greatest
Of the Maya RENAME. The depart
ment of archeuiagy making ex
tensive plans for rebuilding and pre-
servation of Palenque, conflning re-
work to the architec-
tural principles of the Mayas.
PalenQue, before the expedition of
Blum, consisted mainly OF some eight
large buildings In comparatively
small area, although scientists who
had explored the ruins declared that
further traces could be seen in all
directions. 1t remained for Blum to
uncover the city, which IS shown to
be some eight kilometers long run
ming east to west and four liilometers
wide, from north to south. This
area, however, included merely the
principal part OF the metropolis. as
the huts Of the lower classes doubt
less extended for much longer die
tances.
Little is known OF the history OF
the city, as the traces were not dis
covered until 1889.
Was Religious Center.
From tombs and temples discovered
it is said that this place was the
great religious city and burying
ground of the Mayas, similar to the
Valley of the Dead in Egypt. AS it
was the center of the early Maya
civilization, the leading men of the
Mayas wished to have their tombs
amid the burial places cf their
fathers long after the founding and
rise Of Chichenitza, Uxmal and other
Maya cities.
Palcnque stands amid the Chiapas
mountains on a natural shelf some
sixty meters above the plains OF the
state Of Tabasco. The ruins extend
from the bottom Of the shelf. where
there are remains of a bridge and
cemetery, to the summit Of the range
of hills, pyramids and other struc-
lures being found along the entire
distance. The buildings were bright
ly colored, generally having q red
background.
Tho Blum expedition uncovered
buildings, roads and mounds. Nearly
all of the structures contained a
series of complicated subterranean
departments One Of the houses was
intact.
Besides five groups OF buildings,
twenty detached houses were found.
Many of these were Of great size and
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1923-05-06
|Fliuuer' Airplane
Flies Hour at Sea
On Gallon Gas
By Cable to The Star.

By Cable to The Star.
PARIS, May 5.-Flying light
airoplane which developed only
eleven-horse power, Georges Bar
bot, exponent of the "fiivver" air
vehicle. rose to an altitude Of
nearly 1000 yards this afternoon,
flew nearly across the channel and
successfully returned to his base.
At the end OF an hours flying he
had consumed less than a gallon
OF gasoline. 'Barbot was compet-
ing for the prize offered for cross
channel fight by the Paris
Matin. He failed to reach the
British coast because Of heavy
fogs and tho absence of hydro
planes scheduled to accompany him,
which lost his plane in the mists-
Barbot will attempt the fight
again tomorrow.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
l. E. SAWYER, HOUSE
MEMBER-E DIES
Representative From Sixth Arkan.
sas District Expires
at Club.
BY the Associated Press.

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, May IL E.
Sawyer. representative-elec from the
sixth Arkansas district, died sudden
ly late today while seated at the Elks'
Club here.
Heart failure is ascribed as the
cause of death, those who were with
Mr.. Sawyer saying that he suddenly
fell forward on his face. He leaves
a widow and two daughters.
Up to few minutes before his
death Representative Sawyer ap-
peared to be in his customary good
health and spirits.
Mr.. Sawyer came to Hot Springs
from Clarksdale. Miss, about twenty
years ago. and established himself In
the practice Of law. He was defeated
in his first race for Congress five
years ago. but last year, in his second
campaign, he was elected by a good
majority. He went to Washington
and took the oath two months ago.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
SEEPL0T T0SWAMP
us. SUGAR MARKET
Cuban Planters and Big Re.
finers Seek to Ruin Ma
tive Producers.
BY ROBERT r. SMALL.

An entirely new twist to the pres
ent high prices OF sugar is given by
reports reaching the government from
Cuba. Reaping heavy profits from
their present control of the American
market, and with another compara-
lively short cane crop in sight for 1924.
the Cuban planters and American re-
finers who control the Cuban crop are
preparing for a war to the death with
the American domestic producers OF
sugar in 1925.
Confidential reports reaching Wash
ington state that the eastern reiincrs
and the Cuban producers have entered
into an agreement to plant il 1924 a
crop which will produce in 1925 6,00O,-
600 tons of sugar. The estimated an
nual consumption of sugar in the
United States is 100000 tons. There
fore, if their present plans carry
through, the Cubans and refners can
swamp the sugar market in 1925 at a
price which might seriously affect the
industry in this country. in the
Hawaiian Islands, in the Philippines
and in Porto Rico.
Seek Ala OF wsnen.
An intensive fight TO reduce. or re-
move the tariff on sugar is 10 be cen
Quoted. during the next, session OF
Conkfess. and the eastern refners
while they are being ffayed by the
housewives today. are very cleverly
nevertheless, enlisting the SUPPORT OF
these same women in tho appeal to
President Harding and TO Congress
to remove, the tariff and by this
means TO bring down the price of
sugar a cent or so a pound.
The Cuban sugar crop is admittedly
in strong hands today. With the
tariff removed. and with Golfers filled
from the present high prices, the re-
f1ners who control the Cuban crop feel
that they would be in an almost un-
assailable strategic position in 1925
to deal with the domestic growers and
manufacturers once and for all. leav-
ing the market thereafter completely
in their control
Situation More Complicated.
Sugar meantime is one of the do.
mestic subjects which President Hard
ing feels should take precedence in
government consideration over the
world court or any other question Ct
international policy.
The situation with respect to susa,
is becoming more complicated every
day. The administration Is watching
with a great deal of interest the
spread of the buyers strike all over
the country. 1t is hopeful that this
movement will succeed where the gov.
ernment suit against the New York
sugar exchange failed to bring dowr
the price of sugar to the consumer
The administration feels that its DO.
litical future may very largely depend
upon the outcome Of the presen,
movement in sugar.
President Harding, Attorney Gen.
eral Daugherty, Secretary Of Com.
merce Hoover, Secretary Of Asricul.
ture Wallace and a host of other gov.
ernment officials are wrestling witt
the sugar problem no other com
modify ever was wrestIed with be
fore.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
Tilted ON WEDDING EVE:
SHOOTS GIRL AND SELF
Pittsburgh Man, at Fairmont.
W. Va, Fires Five Times
When Complaint Made.

FAIRMONT, W. Va, May 5.-James
E. Carter came here from Pittsburgh
carly in the week to marry Miss
Grace Parker, but she refused him.
Late today she went to the office of
Frank r. Ames, prosecuting attor-
ney, to lodge a complaint against
Carter: for annoying her. He fol-
lowed and shot her four times. He
then shot himself.
Hospital physicians said both would
probably die.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
After a conference yesterday with
CECIL HOME, ,LAUDs q. S.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, May s.
Lord Robert Cecil returned, today on
the steamship Olympic from his
American tour He said, nothing could
have exceeded the. kindness of his
reception In America or the willing
ness OF the people to listen to what
he had to say in regard to the league
of nations.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
SAYSLE|TER
HAS ASWASTEDESTATE
Lady Hyde Wants Brother
Removed From Charge of
Fathers Millions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May o.-Charges of mis-
management of the $100.000.0O0 estate
Of the late Levi Y. Letter. former part
ner OF Marshall Field. were made to-
day in court by a bill filed against
Joseph Letter. famed for his reputed
wheat corner" which cost him more
than s5.ooe.ooo. *
The charges, involving d sum esti-
mated at more than 100000, were
made by Lady Marguerite Hyde,
widow of the Earl of Suffolk. who be-
fore her marriage was Marguerite
Letter. Il sister OF Joseph. The bill
asks that the management Of the Lei
ter estate be taken from the hands
Of the former wheat king.
Lady Hyde charges that she, as one
of the trustees Of the estate. was
crowded out" by the two other trus-
tees, Mrs. Nancy Lathrop Carver
Campbell of Santa Barbara. Calf. a
daughter of the late Levi L. Letter
and Mr.. Letter. Fifteen other heirs
most of them residents OF England
are named in the bill.
Dispute Over Trustee.
Differences arose among the trus-
tees. according to Lady Hyde, upon
the death of Seymour Morris, fourth
trustee. There was a dispute over
the appointment of another trustee
to take his place, which ended when
Letter "arbitrarily," according to the
bill. appointed William J. War;, .
clerk in his office, over whom he 'ex-
ercised control"
Lady Hyde charged that her brother
was engaged in extensive farming
in Clear Creek and Platt river valleys
and suffered heavy losses there. In
the purchase of stock Of the Univer.
sal Fuel Company, she alleges. there
was a failure to account for, in the
manner requied by the will, 1882 900.
Letter gained fame from his plunge
in the wheat market in. 1898. He be.
gan buying wheat secretly as early
as Apil, 1897, wwhen the price was
around 73 cents. At one time ne had
his holdings altogether were around
40,00O,OOo.
Wheat Corner Breaks.
On May 10, 1898. wheat reached the
top figure of $1.S5 a bushel. Leite,
stood to win about $7,000,o0o. Their
wheat began to pour into the Chica &C
market and three weeks later the
price broke to $1.35.
Young Letter continued to hold hi:
wheat until in the fall and his father
came to his rescue, supplying severa
millions of dollars to cover his SON:
losses. Marshall Field at the tim,
bought many properties from the
older Letter. .....
Levi z. Letter was survived also by
another. daughter, Lady Mary Victori:
Curzon. but she has since died, being
survived by three daughters, who ar,
interested in the outcome of the pres
ent litigation.
Evening star., 1923-05-06
MEXICO READY TO PAY.

NEW YORK, May 5.-Mexico has
on deposit in New York banks sum-
cisnt funds to cover interest pay
ments due on April 2, and has been
ready and willing to make the initial
payments under the Mexican debt
agreement, Manuel A. Hernandez OF
the Mexican governments New York
financial agency said in D. radio ad-
dress tonight.
Operation of the debt agreement
has been delayed. he. said. by, tech
nical details. f.. .
Evening star., 1923-05-06
CYCLONE RIPS CABLE OFFICE

SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal
vador, May 5.-Advices from Guate-
mala say that the port of San Jose
experienced violent cyclone yester-
day. 1t destroyed the official cable
office and various other buildings.
The city is still without telegraphic
communication,