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Evening star., 1923-08-26
Special Dispatch to The Star.


HARPERS FERRY. Va. August os
Lee. Houser, who found a buried
treasure beneath a rock on the
old Brownsville weaverton road on
Thursday, started his long retire.
ment? His fellow workers who saw
him find the box of gold believe he
has. Lee did not show up for work
today and neighbor brought the word
that he wasn't coming again and that
he would devote the remainder Of the
fall months to harvesting his crops.
Lee was digging in his late potatoes
today and was reluctant about being
questioned concerning the fortune he
is reported to have found. When Lee
did not show up for work this morn
ing the belief that he really had
found a fortune large enough to en-
able him to spend q few workless
years, as he had informed his fellow
workers after tucking the treasure
box in his shirt he intended doing,
gained considerable credence.
The theory that the treasure box,
which Houser had found, was one
which Grover Cleveland Bergdoll had
loiu 1cuCi a. no QAQ MD
den in the mountains near Hagers-
town and upon the search for which
he secured his release form prison the
time he escaped, was blasted when
Charles Ingram, road supervisor for
that district, declared that the many
boulders. which were being removed
from the road, now being converted
into a county highway. had been
there for a half century and that the
one which covered the box which
Houser found, had never been moved
from its place as long as he could
recall. The rock had been worn
smooth by the travel for seventy.Ave
years. This same road had been used
before the civil war. where the first
settlers in that part of Washington
county had opened the road to wev-
erton. where 1t met. the highway be-
tween Harpers Ferry and Washing
Two Theories Advanced.
Residents advance two theories as
to how the box full Of money got
there, They believe 1t Yas hidden
Evening star., 1923-08-26
UCHIDA INSTALLED
AS TOXIC PREMIER
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC. August 25-viscount va
suya Uchida was formally installed
today by Crown Prince Hirohito as
acting premier of Japan. succeeding
temporarily the late Premier Kato.
Following his installation the act.
Ing premier proceeded to collect the
designations of the Kato cabinet for
presentation to the crown. 1t is un-
derstood he will serve in a temporary
capacity until Kato's successor is
chosen
Evening star., 1923-08-26
SIGHT OF AMBULANCE
REVIVES INJURED MAN
Painter Falls 80 Feet, Doctors
Stand Aghast as He Suddenly
Receivers, Walks Away.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. August 25.-Joseph
Orlick. painter of Bayonne, fell
thirty feet from a. scaffold today. An
ambulance was called and a crowd
gathered. AS two interns stood over
him orlick opened his eyes saw the
open cases of instruments, the ambu-
lance and a stretcher. He jumped to
his feet as the crowd and doctors
stood aghast. Nothing doing" he
yelled as he fled the scene. I'm
not hurt as bad as all that"
Evening star., 1923-08-26
BELGIUM URGES
.PAR[EY o. RUHR
Time at Hand for Direct Con-
verSations, Says Reply
to British.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS. August 25.-The useful
ness of exchanging diplomatic notes
over the reparation question has been
exhausted; the allied governments have
completed their study of the problem,
and the time has arrived for resump-
tion of direct conversations between
the governments. These are the con-
clusions of Belgium's reply to the lat
est note from the British foreign Sec
retary.
The reply covers twenty-five type
written pages While not indicating
time or place for the conference, it ad-
vocateS, the Belgian government eX-
presses the hope, that inasmuch as
neither Premier Poincare nor Prime
Minister Baldwin seem hostile to the
idea, direct negotiations on the ques-
tion. which has been greatly clarified
by the documents exchanged, should
be scheduled as soon as possible"
-yxr-
Evening star., 1923-08-26
PLEDGES U. S. DOUGHB0Ys
WILL BE TRUE TO RECORD

LONDON, August 25.-Alyin NJ
Owsley. national commander of the
American Legion. at a luncheon CIV
en- by the British government TODAY
said that If the same issues were to
arise today as in 1SI4-17 the British
WouId ma Yankee doughboys by
est Of justice and humanity.
He complimented the British upon
their contribution to American citi-
zenShip and asserted they were not
America
Evening star., 1923-08-26

Sir Alfred Cope. who was under Sec
retary for Ireland during part or the
Lloyd George administration. Mr..
Davis tntimated the conference had
nothing to do with the Breckenridge
letter. which he said he had received
and would answer In due time" Mr..
Davis would give no expression as to
whether he thought viscount Birken-
heads utterances were indiscreet.
- Col. Breckenridge said he will not
attend the bar association conven-
tion in Minneapolis. He had not in
tended to attend. any way. he said,
and the speech Of viscount Birken-
head did not. therefore. cause him to
change his plans.
Evening star., 1923-08-26
RUM SHIP is ARMED.
British Schooner Seized in Gulf to
Be Taken to Mobile.

MOBILE. Ala, August 25.-The
British schooner. Araipy. seized off
Biloxi, Miss. yesterday. with a cargo
of liquor. consisting of from six to
eight hundred cases. will be brought
from Mobile in order that her cargo
may be stored at the local customs
building. according to A. r. Noble,
collector of port.
The schooner was well protected
against rum pirates. according to No
BILE, a large number of former Ger
man guns and other weapons being
found aboard her.
Evening star., 1923-08-26
100000 G0ITER CASES
ARE FOUND IN CHICAGO
Three-Fourths Of Those Affected
Are Children-Iodine Cure
Proposed.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. August 25.-More than
100000 persons in Chicago. three
fourths of them children Of school
age. are suffering from goiter, a dis
ease common to the great lakes basin,
according to Health Commissioner
Herman Bundesen.
DR.. Bundesen said the cause Of the
affiiction was lack Of iodine in the
system and advocated administration
of dose of thirty grains of iodine
over a ten-day period in the fall and
spring to each child as a preventive
and cure.
Evening star., 1923-08-26
INSURANCE MEN GUESTS.
Vice President Legg Is Host to
Local Club at Leesburg.

e. X. Legs. jr., entertained the nem-
bers Of the Insurance Club OF Wash
inston at the country estate Of w. B.
Hibbs, at Leesburg, Va. last Tuesday.
The club was represented by about
thirty members. Plenty Of entertain
ment was furnished by the clubs vice
president. Mr.. Legg. The most popu-
lar of the sports indulged In was golf,
played on Mr.. Hibbs' private course.
An old fashioned country ham and
chicken dinner was served by the
host a
Evening star., 1923-08-26
CAMP VOICES REGRET.
Sons Of Veterans Honor Memory Of
i. Mr.. Harding.

. Resolutions expressing to Mrs.
Harding deep sympathy over the
death of the late President were
adopted Friday night by william B.
Gushing Camp. No. 80. Sons OF Vet
.erans, which held its regular meeting
In the Knights OF Pythias building.
+, Ohlcial announcement Of the death
of President Harding was made by
Commander F. A. DeGroot, who
called to the attention Of the mem.
bers that tho late executive belonged
to a camp OF the Hame order in
Marion.
A special committee was appoint,
ed to prepare the resolutions and
Immediately after their adoption the
meeting adjourned out of respect to
the memory OF the late President.
Evening star., 1923-08-26
SHIPsTEAD's SECRETARY.

MINNEAPOLIS, August 25.-Henry
Ronning OF Glenwood, Mimi. former
probate judge of Pope county. has
been. named secretary to Henrik
Shipstead, United States senator
elect from Minnesota. 1t was an
nounced tonight
Evening star., 1923-08-26
PRINCE RUSPOLl SUICIDE.
italian Scion Of Ancient Family
Had Been in Ill Health.

ROME, August 25.--Prince' Don
Bartolomeo Ruspoli. aged forty. de-
scendant of an ancient Roman fans
lily. committed suicide today at his
country home near Subiaco. -
He had been in Ill health for some
time.
Evening star., 1923-08-26
SECRETARY DAVIS
COOLIDGE BACKER
Says No Man Is Better Fitted
for 1924 Nomination Than
New President.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. August 25.-
There Is no man in the country bet
ter fitted for the 1924 republican
nomination for the presidency than
Calvin Coolidge" declared Secretary
Of Labor James ]. Davis here today
Secretary Davis, who is director gem
eral of the Loyal Order of Moose. was
the guest of honor tonight at a
reception given by Western Pennsyl-
vania Moose lodges, and returned to
Washington later in the evening.
After paying tribute to Mr.. Coolidge
for the aid he gave Mr.. Hardings g
cabinet at it's official meetings. Sec
retary Davis continued:
Has Won Admiration.
Calvin Coolidge has won the ad-
miration and respect OF the country
since his first entrance into public
life. That admiration and respect had
grown since his election to the vice
presidency and his elevation, through
the death of Warren G. Harding, to
the presidency. He has proved in
his few years at Washington that
ne Is the right man in the right place.
Therefore. the republican party will
name him as its candidate and the
people of the country. because they
are fair and Just. will elect him"
The Secretary of Labor reiterated
his proposal for the selection OF i'm
migrants In their home countries and
declared his intention of engaging
the attention of Congress at its next
session with this in view"
Evening star., 1923-08-26

officiAl Esures just made public
don's working women, are single. This
appffeS.,to: every occupation in -whfch
women are engaged with the excep-
tions of lodginghou keepers and
charwomen, among whom married
women predominates -.-.------
Evening star., 1923-08-26
Treasure Find Believed Hidden
During Perilous CiriI Var Davs

during the civil war either by some
resident. who thought 1t a place
where it would be safe until the In
vading armies had gone or by some
paymaster of the Army, who met
death during the many skirmishes
there and was never able to return
to get 1t. The box it was said was
similar to the metal containers which
Army paymasters used in the war.
During the early days Of the war.
the armies Of both the north and
south fought back and forth across
those mountains and there are a few
old residents there who still recall
having hidden their valuables until
the war had been ended. Time and
again their homes had been visited and
ransacked by little bands of soldiers.
Mrs. Mary A. fisherman, now dead,
who lived in the little stone house In
front of which the box of gold was
found, may have hidden the money.
The woman made her home there for
over half century. She was always
known as very thrifty woman, but
when she died she apparently had
nothing. Shortly after her death.
seven years ago. It Is known that the
old house was searched in q vain ef-
fort to find money which she was
believed to have had, but none was
found.
Evening star., 1923-08-26
WILL NOT CANCEL
- BiRkENHEAD TALK

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Sees No Claim.

Her daughter. Mrs. Ollie Hoffmas-
ter. who lives at Sandy Hook, WASH
ington county. said that 1t might
have been hidden by her mother, but
that she did not believe that she
could claim it because it had not
been found on her mothers property.
The county which now owns the
road will take no action to recover
the money which Houser found. 1t
was said.
No one. believes Houser will ever
tell how much he really did find, and
no. doubt the amount will never be
known. - He1ser. It Is said. fears
some one will try to take 1t from
him. and this accounts for his re-
fusal to discuss his dud fpnhsxs
Evening star., 1923-08-26
PLANES PROVE CAPACITY
TO PROTECT SEABOARD

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Evening star., 1923-08-26
MARKETS BUREAU
SHIFT TO HOOVER
REPORTED LIKELY

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Evening star., 1923-08-26

Residents advance two theories as
to how the box full Of money got
there. They believe IL Has hidden
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-23
OIL PRICE CUTS
CALLEDSTOCK
JOBB|NG

Government control of the petro-
leum industry, while not desirable,
may have to be resorted to in
order to stop stock jobbing, Senator
Curtis declared.
Complaint has been made to the
Senator by the small producers and
refiners in Kansas and Oklahoma
because Of recent cuts in the price
of crude OIL The Senator said a
personal investigation had con-
WINGED him that these depreciations
in prices during the past three
months were primarily for the pur-
pose of stock jobbing and based on
fictitious conditions started and fos-
tered by the son Of very wealthy
oil man and his associates for the
purpose of rigging the market.
The country was flooded, said the
Senator, with rumors of cuts in
crude oil before the prices were re.
duced, and the cuts were timed to
aid in stock market operations. A
privileged few brokerage houses
had the advance informa ton as 10
the time and the amount OF the
cut in crude oil. The short selling
of oil stocks brought about the
short selling of other securities and
started extensive liquida ton which
has resulted in heavy losses to many
security holders.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-23
HOLIDAY HOUSE
WILL BE HOST
To GIRLS
Groups From Episcopal Chap
els Will Be Guests
Coming Week.

Next week viii be known as
candidates Week" at Holiday
House. Holiday House is the va
cation home for girls established by
the Girls Friendly Society of the
Episcopal Church in the diocese
of Washington, and is located on
the banks of the Potomac river
near Mount Vernon.
Candidates are girls under twelve
years who are learning to be regu-
lar members of the society. Groups
of candidates numbering thirty-five
girls will be taken to Holiday
House today by their teachers, and
will remain until next Saturday,
when their places will be taken by
candidates from other churches.
Nineteen of the first party come
from Epiphany Chapel, Twelfth and
C streets southwest; other parties
come from st. Johns, Georgetown;
St. Paul's, Twenty-third street; st.
Marks, and the Chapel of the Ma
tivity. The candidates visiting Holt
day House the following week will
come from st. Columbia's Chapel,
Tenleytown, st. Patrick's, on the
Conduit road, and Emanuel Church,
Anacostia.
Holiday House affords opportun-
ity for a healthful outdoor life amid
pleasant surroundings. There are
three large bungalows which are
used as dormitories, Fairgrounds,
and an orchard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-23
CALVARY BAPTIST TO HAVE
NOTABLE MUSIC PROGRAM

At the Calvary Baptist Church,
Eighth and H streets northwest,
the male quartet, composed of W.
F. Raymond, tenor; J. c. ,Brison,
tenor; Fred East, barytone, and
Charles Moore, basso, will sing at
both morning and evening services
tomorrow.
At the morning service they will
render the anthem, 20 Sing Unto
the Lord" by Adams, and at the
evening service, Adams Softly Now
the Light of Day" Mr.. Moore
will sing Geibeps BE Thou My
Guide" as a bass solo at the morning
service. and in the evening Mr..
Brison will sing a tenor solo. Louis
A. Potter, tr., organist and choir
director, will include among his
numbers at the morning service, I'm
Summer" by Stebbins, and "Scherzo
in C Minor" by Bartlett.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-23
DR.. SUNNY is HONORED
BY STANSBURY LODGE

DR.. Benjamin Sunny, only living
charter member of Stansbury Lodge.
No. "a, F. A. A. NJ. was honored
last night at a reception given by
members Of the lodge at the Bright
wood Masonic hall, Georgia and
Colorado avenues northwest, in con-
nection with the celebration Of the
fiftieth anniversary Of the lodge.
In a brief speech, DIR. Sunny told
of the early days of the organization
and of its founding fifty years ago
at a meeting Of the nine charter
members at the home of Fred G.
Rohr, Piney Branch road and Colo
RADIO avenue. The Rev. Earle
Whitley, pastor of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church. lauded the
achievements of DR.. Sunny In
fraternal organizations On behalf
OF members Of the lodge the latter
was presented with gold watch by
Howard S. Omohundro.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-23
REV. WHITLEY To
PREACH TWICE
ON SUNDAY
docs Christianity Pay?" Is
Subject of Sermon for To-
morrow Morning.

"Does Christianity Pay" will be
the subject Of the Rev. Earle Will
fley's sermon tomorrow morning
at the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church. For the evening service
his topic will be 1.-THE Gospel for
All Seasons" The chorus choir,
mixed and male quartets will rem
der selections at both services. The
church has installed in front and
rear Of the auditorium oscillating
electric fans.
The Everyman Class of the Sun
day School will take the Columbian
Male Quartet to the conference for
mons Bible classes at I-eesburg,
Va, next Saturday and Sunday.
1t is expected that twenty-five mem
bers Of the class will attend the
sessions of the conference, led by
the teacher, the Rev. Whitley.
The Senior Christian Endeavor
Society, of which Miss Louise Mod
delmog is president, has published
a 24-page report of the happenings
at it's eighteenth annual banquet
which was held recently at the
church.
Misses Annabel Lloyd, Marion
Egli, Olive Ralston, Vivian Regain
and Roberta Belle Galloway Of the
young peoples department of the
Sunday School, will attend the con-
ference for girls classes at Cham
Sersburg, Pa, beginning Thursday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-23
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL At
GOOD SHEPHERD CHAPEL

A Daily Vacation Bible School
will open at the Chapel of the Good
Shepherd. Sixth and I streets
northeast. Monday morning at $50
o'clock Daily sessions will continue
until 1870. There will be instruc-
ton in worship and the Bible and
in muse, play and crafts. The
school will be in the charge Of
Rev. J. Manly Cobb, recently or
dained a deacon and temporarily
assigned to the Chapel of the Good
Shepherd This is the first Episco-
pal Daily Vacation Bible school in
Washington.
Rev. c. s. Abbott, the vicar of
Good Shepherd, will leave in
short time with his choir boys for
a vacation camp near the mouth
of the Potomac river.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-23
SKINNER
WILL TALK At
CALVARY
South Carolina Clergyman, OH
Way to Sweden, viii
Occupy Pulpit.

The pulpit of Calvary Baptist
Church. Eighth and H streets
northwest, will be occupied at both
Sunday services by DR.. T. Clagett
Skinner, pastor. of First Baptist
Church, Columbia, S. c., who is en-
route to the Baptist World Alliance
meet at Stockholm, Sweden.
The male quartet, composed Of
w. F. Raymond, tenor, J. c. Bri-
son, tenor, Fred East, barytone.
and Charles Moore, basso. will
sing at both services.
On Sunday morning, July 1,
about $50 Baptist young people
from Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and
Wisconsin, en- route to the B. Y.
P. u. convention in Boston, VIII
attend Calvary Baptist Church in
a body.
Following Sunday morning service
of the Junior Church, adjournment
will be taken until September is.
Rev. A. Freeman Anderson, D. D.,
associate pastor, will be in charge
of the Junior service tomorrow
morning.
The senior society OF Christian
Endeavor of Calvary Baptist
Church will meet at 6:45 o'clock
Sunday evening. The intermediate
society will meet at o'clock, when
Robert Warters will lead.
Miss Julia Collier will be the
leader of the Tuesday Evening
Society of Christian Endeavor
meeting at 8 o'clock, June 26 The
Christian Endeavor topic is How
Can We Win Friends and Keep
Them"
The Calvary Baptist Sunday
school attendance for June IT, was
,818. This school is one Of The
largest in the world.
The Calvary Baptist Red Cross
will meet Tuesday morning at 10
O'Clock at the District Chapter
House. Is Jackson place.
Owen P Keller, of the Calvary
Baptist congregation. has been re-
elected president of the Christian
Endeavor Alumni Association of
the District of Columbia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-23

Theodore Burton, Of Ohio, will ad-
dress the convention on the present
national financial outlook. Law
renee Villier, member of the Hoover
coming committee and author Of
the Villier housing law, model Of
practically all the housing legis-
lation of the country, will point out
mistakes to be avoided in coming,
subject of acute Importance in
the Ill cities and towns now under
zoning regulations and in the hun
dredS of other municipalities where
regulations for the protection of
real estate values through main
tenance of district residential and
industrial zones are now being pre-
pared. Gen. Nathan William Nc
Chesney, of Chicago, author of the
model real estate license law adopt
ed in sixteen States, win discuss the
results of this legislation. Judge
William A. HOugh, chairman of the
Indiana Board of Tax Commission
ers, will outline the plan in use
in that State and proposed for other
States for the checking of ex-
travagant or undesirable bond and
tax levies.
Typical Subjects.
Some typical subjects to be taken
up by the sixty-one nationally rec
ognized leaders who. will lead the
discussions in the seven divisional
sessions to be convened every after
noon during the general meeting
are:
How to Zone Cities So AS to Help
Industrial Property" Ernest P.
Goodrich, vice-president Technical
Advisory Corporation, New York
City, speaking before the Industrial
Division.
Financing the Farmer" Charles
E. Lobdell, commissioner, Federal
Farm Loan Board, Washington,
speaking before the Farm Land
Division.
Insurance Company Loans"
Walter Stabler, comptroller, Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Company,
New York, speaking before the
Mortgage and Finance Division.
"Zoning as it is Applicable to
Subdivision Developments" J. G..
Nichols, Kansas City. Mo-, speaking
bVLOAO lIc 11OIneOulIuSTS anu SuD-
dividers' Division.
Ethics and Practice in Real
Estate Brokerage" Frank Ryan,
Los Angeles, speaking before the
Brokers' Division.
"Co-operative Apartment Build
ings, Their Organization and FL
nancing." A w. Swayne, Chicago,
speaking before the Property Man
agement Division
Essential Factors for the Sue
cess OF Real Estate Board"
Walter Bigelow. Of Cleveland, speak
ing before a joint meeting of presi-
dents Of all constituents boards Of
the association with members Of
the Realtor- Secretaries Division.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-23

position of building ideas, ma
tional competition on building plans
for cottage homes, a national COM
petition on real estate advertising,
and national hometown five
minute speech contest will be held
in connection with the convention.
The three great general conVen-
ton topics will be:
The whole subject of finance in
relation to real estate, with
study of present real estate condi-
tons based on reports from real
estate boards in 244 American and
Canadian cities; the great legis-
lative topics of taxation, coming
and real estate licensing, and the
specific steps found best in the
development Of an individual real
estate business.
Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, Di-
rector of the Bureau of the Budget,
will speak on THE Nations
Business" before the general con-
vention session. Former Senator