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Evening star., 1923-12-04
SEES ANTI-SEMITISM
GROWING IN EUROPE
DR.. Weizmann, Here to Promote
Palestine Restoration, Declares
100000 Lives Threatened.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December Anti
Semitism Is on the increase in Europe
with no relief in sight, Chayim Weiz-
mann. president of the word Zionist
organization declared yesterday. DR.
Weizmann is here 10 interest the United
States and Canada in the restoration of
| Pa 'estine.
He asserted that the lives of 5000, 900
, Jews in European countries, exc usiye
! of England, France. Italy. Holland
Belgium and Switzerland. are in dan
ger. While the Nistula river was
formerly the dividing line of civi iza-
tion for the Jews. it now is the Rhine.
he said
DIR. Weizmann attributed the feeling
toward the Jews as an aftermath of the
war, declaring that the nerVe-wrack
people of Europe he ID the Jews respon-
sib,e for all the evils that fell upon
central Europe after the war.
He defended the league of nations and
said that if it did not soon have the CO.
operation of America, disintegration of
| Germany and the possibility of another
wOr d War might follow.
DIR. NelZmann asserted that emigrants
continue to enter Palestine at the rate
of 1000 a week, and said reports OF
trouble between the Jews and Arab;
mad been great y exaggerated.
Evening star., 1923-12-04
Changes in Stations
OF Army Officers Of
Interest to Capital

Maj. Gen. Charles S Farnsworth.
chief of infantry. at Dayton, Ohio, has
been ordered to the general hospital
Hot Springs. Ark.,for treatment.
Second Lieut.. w +. Sadtler, Sig
nal Corps, has been relieved from
duty at Boiling Field. Anacostia. D.
c.. and ordered 10 Crissy Field. Calf,
for duty.
Staff Sergt. William J. Dennison,
Quartermaster Corps. at Fort Myer.
Va. and First Sergt. James Russell,
oath Infantry. at Fort Benning. Ga,
have been retired for age.
Maj. Samuel s. Creighton Medical
Corps. at the general intermediate
depot. this city and Maj. Edgar c.
Jones. Medical Corps, surgeon gen
erals office. have been ordered &c
take a course of instruction at the
Harvard University Graduate School
Of Business Administration.
Maj. Robert SHELTON. Medical Corps
has been transferred from the sur
eeon generals Office to the general
Intermediate depot. this city.
Fort Bliss. Tex, has been assigned
to the Sd Cavalry, at Fort Myer. Va
First Lieut.. Frank J.: Carr. 9th Cav
airy. at Fort RILEY. Kan. has been
ordered TO FbTJ MytTf Va. IoE hul ,
with the Olympic riding team
Brig. Gen. Dennis Nolan has beer
detailed as assistant chief of staff
ca and Brig. Gen. Stuart Heintze1.
man as assistant chief of staff. waI
plans division, War Department.
Maj. H. Z. Miner. field artillery. al
Fort Bragg. n. C, and Capt. :. F
Dunn, field artillery, at Manchester
y. H. have been ordered to Honolulu
Hawaii.
Lieut.. Col. Henry g. Stahl. United
States infantry. has been placed or
the retired list on account Of disabil-
ity incident to the service
Warrant Officer Carl Witcher. In
the Panama Canal Zone. has been or
dered to this. city for duty at the
Lieut. Col. B, c. Goss. Officers Re.
serve Corps. OF Cleveland. Ohio, has
been ordered to this city for duty in
the Office of the assistant secretary OF
war
Warrant Officer John A. Hillard, a,
Washington barracks. D. c.. has been
ordered To Honolulu, Hawaii.
n-commissioned officers have
been detailed as military instructors
as follows: Sergt. J. A. Beall. with
the Connecticut National Guard
Sergt. ]. W. Bennett, with the Texas
National Guard; Sergt II. l.. Doom
with the Montana National Guard
Sergt F. p. O'Brien, with the Con
necticut National Guard; Sergt. Ho-
mer Southern, with the Texas Ma
tional Guard: Sergt. L. r. Dynes. tc
the New York National Guard, and
Sergt. w. b. Van Pelt, with the Okla.
homa National Guard.
Sergt. Albert 3. Cowden. Signal
Corps. has been transferred from
Camp Alfred Vail, n. j., to Fort Hum
phreys, Va.
Evening star., 1923-12-04
Bobby Folsom and Metropol-
itan Orchestra.

This weeks bill at Keith's is for
everybody. embracing Jazz, COMEDY
drama and elephants. In the o4deh
days the first numbers on the pro
gram were known as 'chasers 10
ct the audience out for the next
performance. but when this week
program started, with Nathane ana
Suliy and Fleurette Jeoffre. the au-
dience settled back with satisfaction
that a great bill was assured
This weeks bill g headed by Bohby
Fo'sor1 and Jack Denny's Metropolis
tan Orchestra Miss Folsom is a
pretty miss with ability to deliver
her songs in fetching fashion. while
the orchestra = one of the best and
is introduced III an original style
The act is strong throughout.
Then comes the wonderful quartet
Of elephants from the New York
Hippodromc Trainer Powers puts
them through stunts almost unbeliev-
able of their bulk. Lena. Jennie.
RoXie and Julia play base ball, form
immense pyram'6s and wind un with
, dancing the curtain descending on
Lena doing the Hula Hula dance
Taking into consideration the stage
limits the act belongs in the wonder
class
Flcurette Jeofre is beautiful
singer and she sings grand opera Sc
lections in an enjoyable and dfstinc-
tive manner. Vaudeville patrons do
. not strongly regard the operate
classics as a rule. but NJ IS Jeofre 8
| voice is so clear and melodious as TO
/ ewing everybody into Inc. 5 : an en-
( core she sang the Swiss echo song.
used years ago by Jenny LIND, and
! the applause was almost deafening
! Nathane and Suly have an eXcep-
F! t.onal series of dances both being
! experts in their line. They were re-
/ wardod with uuG+inted applarsa
! The Broad Minded Woman" a new
/ playlet. enabled Nine. Besson an
/ company to reg ster a big hit. Chain
! and Archer, new pair from the
! coast. created lots of fun with their
| antics and won emphatic applause
! for their singing. Jack Benny, one
| Of the cieverest monoloGists in the
t business had an easy time makinG
| his usual hit. and the Five Ba1asie
! do a neat aCrohatic act. TIE usual
! house attractions complete the bill
Evening star., 1923-12-04
WAR ON MODERN|ST
DOCTRINES URGED
Baptists Must Accept Deity
of Jesus, Virgin Birth, Res
direction, Says Dean.
Br tie Associnted Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 4.-Firing
gun after gun at the so-called mod
ernist" movement in religion and its
leaders. including DR.. Harry Emerson
Fosdick and President ". II. p
Fauuce of Brown University, the Bap-
tist lundamentalists today entered the
third day of their series OF auti-mod-
erniSts meetings.
Standing firmly for a literal inter
probation OF the Bible, DR. William
Pettinguii. dean of the Baptist Bible
School in Philadelphia. and DR.. T. T.
Shields OF Toronto. president of the
Baptist Union of North America, yes
tcrdty branded the modernists as
Christian and as enemies of the
Christian religion.
Dr. Shields aid II at last week he
had refused 20 attend services at Nc
Masters University at Toronto hen a
new chancellor was installed because
President FauEtc WAS among those TO
receive honorary degrees. Dr. Shields
is member of the board of COVER
norS of the university.
he criticized Or Fosdick and Or.
taunce. declaring that their in
huence could only bring about the
deVe.opment of conditions here such
as obtain in Russia. He said the
fund dlnlentalists should be prepared
to be wounded and to die il neces-
sa,ry for their cause. He asserted
that families might be broken up but
that no fundamentaIist should sur
render TO members of his family.
Aiodernists. he said, are reactionists
rather than liberals.
DR.. PettinsulI. outlined three es-
scntials to Christian faIth--belief in
the deity of Jesus in the doctrine of
the Virgin birth and in the bodily
resurrection. He said there could be
no compromise with those who de-
MED these things.
Sp .akers at today's meetings will
inc4 ude Dr. r. +. Neighbour OF Eiyria.
ohio, who Is to talk on ''Hierarchica
Tendencies IntUlerable to True Bap-
lists"
Dr John Roach Straton, pastor of
Calvary Church, chairman of the
meetings, wal speak Thursday night
on The Menace of Modernism on
Mission Fields"
Evening star., 1923-12-04
ADJUSTMENTS

vfdual pride goes with every vision
OF the customs and conditions, joys
and dangers of that first exploration
into the unknown, and gives to think
ing observers an awakening reallza-
tion that the history of America is
written in the blood of pioneers.
The great wagon train starts from
y squarsely settled point, now Kansas
City; follows the Oregon Trail until
at Green River Junction, in Wyoming.
a section of the pioneers under Will
Banion, the hero, move southwest
to the goldfields of California-the
The original settlers, led by Jesse Win
gate, turn northwestward to the fertile
soil of Oregon. The time is 1S4S-49
Historic care is shown in dress,
weapons and the manner of scouts,
Indians and emigrants. Ire hand
ling of the wagon train in march or
camp and the stretch Of prairie from
trail to horizon give convincing
sense Of the reconstruction OF the ire
of that early day. There is an Indian
attack and a last-minute rescue,
realistic buffalo hunt, a breathless
escape from prairie fires started
savages-and for the greatest of
climaxes the fording of a river that
not an effect due to any enhancing
trick of the camera or mesmerlzing
gift Of even so great a director dS
James Cruze. There is the Platte,
are the oxen-hundreds of oxen ford
ing until it came TO swimming with
mouths above water-horseS leSS
philosophical under the strain, plung-
ing but game. and hitched TO both
horse and OK prairie schooners filled
with obviously anxious. men, wom-
en- and children, whose lives were
at the mercy of their beasts. Strings
of wagons shown at every viewpoint;
close-ups and perspectives that took
in shore to shore with wide and deep
water between.
j. Warren Kerrigan and Lois VIII
son portray the roles of the gallant
protector of the train and pretty
Mol1ie Wingate, whose father, Jesse
Wingate Charles Ogle), leads the
Oregon Trail Ernest, Torrence ana m
trail. who liquor up" to get courage
to shoot tin cups from the mead OF
each other. give humorous proofs OF
the trusting friendships Of pioneer
days, and the hundreds OF settlers
| Inians. traders and sad-eyed. droopy-
headed and most reliable oxen. make
up vitality as natural as II II were
real life instead oil so many llghts anu
shadows cast on white cotton screen
Evening star., 1923-12-04
SMASH AUTO GLASS;
CHURCHILL ESCAPES
Free-for-AlI Fights Mark Po-7
IItiCal Meetings in
England.
By the Associated Press.


LONDON. December 4.-The rowdy-
ism that has marked so many politi-
cal meetings in the present campaign.
breaking up some and interfering
with others, gave Winston Spencer
Churchill d few anxious moments at
Walthamstow last evening, when the
crowd, in demonstration against
him, smashed the window OF his auto
mobile. The police were summoned
to rescue from personal violence the
liberal candidate, in whose behalf Mr..
Churchill was speaking
conservative supporters arc re-
ported to have attacked communist
hecklers at Sheffield, with the result
that free fight occurred A liberal
meeting at oxford. the newspapers
learn, was also broken up.
Most of the candidates seem to be
deyoting these last days of their
strenuous campaign to an appeal for
the votes of the women, whose politi-
cal wooing is being pursued most
eagerly. but the women still refuse 10
give their yes" and are keeping the
suppliants in doubt as to how they
intend to vote.
The passage of another day has
yielded no Information enabling the
political prophets to indulge in their
specially. Herbert Asquith in a.
speech at Glasgow yesterday dis
avowed his ability TO assume the
mantle Of a tipster, but said he fela
reasonably confident Mr.. Baldwin
would not get the mantle Of author
ity he was seeking. On the other
hand, on the London Stock Exchange
there was rise In conservative
stock" but it must be remembered
that members of the exchange for the
most part hold conservative views
Preparations for the announcement
of Thursdays results indicate that
about $50 polls will be declared be-
fore O'Clock Friday afternoon and
the remainder during the later hours
of that day. Fifty candidates have
already been returned unopposed
Evening star., 1923-12-04
B. & O. RECALLS 1,1O0
MEN TO WORK IN SHOPS
Remainder of 1900 Furloughed
Likely to Be Summoned Soon.
Officials Indicate.
Special p'spatch to The star.


CUMBERLAND, Nd, December A.
About 7S8 mechanics of the heavy re-
pair shop of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, Virginia avenue, and about
400 at the shops at Keyser, who were
furloughed as a means of economy
one week ago. were recalled to duty
yesterday. About 100 mechanics in
this city and 100 in Keyser still re-
main out, but likely will be called to
work later There were 1900 fur
louGhed al different points on the di-
VlS.on.
The layoff of shopmen was general
throughout the country with the
larger railroads.
he eighty-nIne car repairmen of the
Dickson Construction and Repair
Company at the Ridgeley shops of
the Western Maryland Railway Com
pauy. furloughed November IS. and
forty mechanics at the shops laid OFF
on that day have not been recalled.
Evening star., 1923-12-04
HILL HEARING JANUARY q.
Will Test Representatives Right to
Make Fruit Juices
Special d spatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December 4.-Hear-
ing Of the petition for an Injunction
brought by United States District
Attorney Amos w. w. Woodcock
against Congressman John Philip
.Hill has been set for January by
Judge Morris A. Soper, at the re-
quest of Mr.. Woodcock.
The injunction was asked to close
Mr.. Hills home, 8 West Franklin
street, Baltimore. where he recently
made a quantity of grape juice to
test the Nolstead act relating to the
manufacture for home consumption
of 'non-intoxicating' fruit juices
and cider.
In MIR. Hills answer to the petit
tfon. filed some time ago, he denied
having broken the law and said that
his experiments were conducted en-
tireiy in accord with directions and
rulings of Prohibition Commissioner
Roy a. Haynes.
Evening star., 1923-12-04
WIFE MURDERER TAKEN.
RAson Officers Capture Slayer Who
Scaled Walls.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. December 4.
William Schray. alias Wilbur ].
Kelly. convicted wife murderer and
rum runner. was captured yesterday
on the East Dunes highway entrance
20 Michigan City by four officers of
the Indiana state prison. His auto
mobile contained nine cases of
whisky.
Schray, 4 rum runner between De-
troit and Milwaukee, escaped from
the Indiana state prison in 1917, when
five prisoners scaled the walls. He
was convicted in Harrison county
May s, 1914.
Evening star., 1923-12-04
RAINS HALT RESCUE
. OF FLOOD VICTIMS
Six Hundred Believed Dead
. Searching Parties Make
Little Progress.
BY the Associated Press.


BERGAMO. Italy. December 4-The
work of finding the bodies Of the 600
or more victims of last weeks flood
uisaster continues over the extended
zone devastated by the waters, but
the rescue parties are encountering
ulihculties. The water has receded,
4eaVlng Bergamo valley buried un-
der several feet of mud. which the
rains Keep soft, thus rendering prog
ress almost impossible.
"allowing through this waste. the
searching parties make the best of
their way over areas where flourish
Ing villages once stood
Food. clothing, blankets and bed
ding not only for the survivors, but
for the members of the relief parties
are carried with great difficulty in OK
carts, for all mechanical means of
moving supplies have been rendered
useless. Indeed, the authorities have
been Obliged to limit the number of
volunteer workers, as il is impossib e
10 feed a large company at the scene
OF the disaster.
Meanwhile the churches in the
near by villages are open and mass, 5
are sung continuously as the viii
Layers pray for the cessation of the
rains.
Emmanuel at Scene.
King Victor Emmanuel is now at
the scene of the flood which laid
waste the valleys for many miles
around Bergamo when the great dix e
guarding Gleno lake broke. Despite
the rain and cold and terrible condi-
tions of the terrain the king insisted
upon making as extensive an inspec-
tion as possible. He was accompanied
by Deputies CarnazZa, Bonardi and
Gartnacci. He promised ample as
Eistance to repair the vast losses.
which are estimated at 100000 600
lire.
The king visited as far as he was
able the ruined villages and talk ed
with some OF the injured in the hos
pitfalls. Stopping where the village of
Corna once stood, the king was soon
him hearty welcome, their eric" Of
Viva" being in strange contrast to
the deeolatiou Of the scene.
At Coler. which forms part of DezzO.
there are only five survivors out of
17J inhabitants At Corua $50 per
ished; at Dezzo. PIG; al Bueggio, four
teen: at another small village. seven.
while the various eleCtric stations
lost sixty men.
Find 2eO Dead.
Already 200 dead have been taken
from the mud which the flood left in
its wake.
Great activity prevailed throughout
the valley yesterday. mill airy camions,
automobiles. carriages and every kind
Of conveyance being used 10 trans
port clothing. food and tents for the
survivors. y far-reaching search is
being made for those who perahed.
for the submerged valley is fifteen
miles In extent. and the force OF the
waters was 50 powerful that even
parts of the dam itself We're carried
down TO the village of Lovere. at the
head OF Lake Iseo. The soldiers ii: We
built barracks along the valley. and
in this way many OF the refugees who
We're forced 70 sleep out of doors Sun
day night. have been taken care Of.
The royal engineers and others are
constructing wooden huts for the
thousands of homeless.
Evening star., 1923-12-04
RITES FOR DR.. GIBBONS,
,:sno,,b .n IT, Ca

MORGANTOWN, w. Va. December
4-The funeral of DIR. Page A. Glib
bons, fifty, son of the late Rev.
George A. Gibbons, for many years
rector of st. Stephens Episcopal
Church, Romney, w. Va. and only
brother of Mrs. John c.. Lynn of
Cumberland. Md, was held today.
Burial was held in Oak Grove cemetery.
DIR. Gibbons is survived by his wife, one
son. Allen Gibbons, and one daughter,
Miss Virginia Gibbons. students at
West Virginia University
Evening star., 1923-12-04
WOMAN NOVELIST DIES.
Reina NJ. Marquis Was Wife O.
New York Columuist.

NEW YORK, December Mrs.
Reina Melcher Marquis, wife of Don
Marquis, columnlst and playwright,
and herself a novelist, died a. her
home in Forest Hills, L. l.
Mrs. Marquis was born in Louis
vile, Ky. Educated in the south, she
was married TO Mr.. Marquis at At
lanta. Ga, fifteen years ago.
Evening star., 1923-12-04
BUCK KILLED BY YOUTH.
Animal Weighing 225 Pounds
Bagged in Maryland.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Speclhi D.spatcn TO Inc star.
CUMBERLAND, Md. December A.
Walter Harden. nineteen years old
baseed a fine 225-pound buck while
hunting in the vicinity of lockwood
yesterday. The animal came down a
hill about $50 feet distant at fun
speed, having been frightened bv
other hunters. The lad fired three
times and each one of the 1920 bul
lets took effect.
Evening star., 1923-12-04
WAG-JER FESTIVAL DATES

The following schedule has been ar
anged for the performances of the
Wagner festival to be resumed here in
1924: "Nieblungen Ring" July % to 20
August 13 to II; "Meister Singer" July
g TO 81, August 8, IL and 10; "Parsifal,' -
July %. August /. 4. :. S. 10 and 20.
Evening star., 1923-12-04
NEW STRAUS OPERA.

BERLIN, December 4.-Richard Straus
is writing a new opera, for which Hugo
Hoffmannsthal is supplying the book.
The theme is taken from Greek my
thology, and Straus says the opera will
abound in humor.
Evening star., 1923-12-04
Vladimir de Pachmann

Vladimir de Pachmann, who first
toured the United States in 1899, re
turned to Washington at Polls Theate:
yesterday afternoon, nearly a quarter
Of q century later, and bewitched al
The independent-reporter., 1923-01-11
JAIL COMMITMENTS
HEAVY FOR 1922
Probably More Men Jailed During
Past Year Than Any Previous
Season

According to the annual Jail report
of Sheriff Mooers one hundred and
twenty-one prisoners have been conf
mitted to the County Jail during the
year of 1922. OF this number one
hundred and twenty were men. the
State Reformatory for women taking
most of the female prisoners. This
is probably the largest number of
commitments ever made in one year
in the jail's history. Classifications
have been as follows Liquor sell
ing %; search and seizure 10; illegal
possession and transportation 6;
nuisance /; manufacture of liquor 7;
larceny, breaking and entering IS;
assault 9; intoxications 3: non-sup
port a. poor debtor 4, arson 2; threat
ening 2; malicious mischief 1; rape
l. unnatural act l. bastardy !; driv-
ing without license l. common drunk
|. Prisoners discharged during the
year 1T, pardoned 3. Daily average
eighteen for the year. twenty-five
men were in custody January l, 1928.
The independent-reporter., 1923-01-11
Sk0WHEGAS LOCALS

Mrs. Elizabeth Watson will install
the officers at the Grange in Smith,
field next Saturday evening and also
deliver an address.
The meeting of the Past Chiefs As
sociation was postponed from last
Tuesday night until next Tuesday
night at the home of Mrs. A. M.
Knight on Main street.
The next meeting of the Sbowhe-
gan Woman's Club will be held We'd
ncsday afternoon, January u, in Iii
brary Parlors. Judge Fred F. Law
renee will be the speaker.
Mrs. +. i. Weeks and two children,
Louise and Mary Frances returned
yesterday to their home in Waterville.
They were accompanied by Mrs,
Weeks mother, Mrs. George Merriam.
l.. w Gerrish, former superintcnd
ent of schools, now similarly occu-
pied in Gardiner. returned to that
place yesterday after being here to at
tend the Canton and Encampment in
stallations Tuesday evening.
The independent-reporter., 1923-01-11
HEARING HELD ON
DISPUTED CLAIMS
Three Estates Involved In Disputed
Case before Judge DanfOrth and
A. II. Lang

A hearing was conducted at the
office of Merrill {, Merrill on Friday
before Judge T. f Danforth and A. H.
Lang, appointed by the Judge Of
Probate Court 10 pass upon the dis
puted claims in the three estates of
Amos o. Bickford, Mrs. PAMELA G..
Goodwin and Mrs. Eta Bckford. j.
Madison Clifford of North Fairfield be-
Ing the elaiment. Mr.. Clifford, 1t Is
claimed, after the death of Amos Bick-
ford in 1915 carried on the Bickford
farm to the present time Mrs. Good
win and Mrs. Bickford having con-
tinued to live on the place, and they
are now both deceased. Mr.. Clifford
claims pay for his work and his ex-
penses since the death of Mr.. Bick-
ford Mr. Clifford was represented
by Merrill &, Merrill and A. K. Butler
Esq. appeared for Maryland Bickford,
minor child of Amos and Eta Bick-
ford of whom Mr.. Butler is at present
the guardian. The decision of the
referees is to be returned at Probate
Court at a later date.
The independent-reporter., 1923-01-11
NE. SPINNING MILL
To Be DEDICATED
Banquet and Grand Ball
January 20
Banquet Restricted to Employees,
Officers and Directors. Plant
Nearing Completion

The new Maine Spinning Mill on
Skowhegan Island which Is rapidly
nearing completion will be dedicated
with elaborate festivities on Satur-
day evening. January 20. The fes-
tivities will open with banquet at 6
O'Clock on the top floor with j. f.
Hanson of Hotel Oxford catering
which will he limited to employees,
officers and directors. The banquet
will be followed by a grand ball at 8
o'clock. the dance being restricted to
the Maine Spinning employees and
one invitation, each employee being
privileged to have one guest for the
dancing. Plans are being made to
obtain music of unusual order and
the middle floor of the big building
will be used for the ball room Among
those who are expected to be present
from out of town are treasurer, n. B.
K Brooks and Mrs. Brooks of Boston,
Charles Jensen, assistant treasurer
and Mrs. Jensen of Boston, Edison Nye
of the Boston office and Mrs. Nye,
Harry +. Wasson. Philadelphia sales
man and Mrs. Wasson. Howard Ba-
con. Providence salesman and Mrs.
Bacon Major Shoefield, head of the
New York, Philadelphia and Provi-
dence sales offices and Mrs. Shoefield
Work has been begun this week on
the installing of the machinery of the
plant on the first floor and later the
entire building will be open FOR one
or two days for the inspection of the
public in general.