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Evening star., 1923-03-19
POSTAL EXPENSES
WILL Be REDUCED
Conference Called Here to
CurtaiI Cost of Running
New York Office.

Postmaster Morgan OF New York
will confer With Postmaster General
New and other officials of the Post
Ofice Department here Wednesday in
an effort 10 arrive a. the best means
oil cutting expenses at the great met
ropolitan post office for the remainder
of the fiscal year.
New York city faces in an extreme
degree the situation confronting ;,il
the post offices of the country. in
cludiug the Washington CRY post Of
fee. where overtime work has been
abolished until July l, together with
use Of auxiliary helpers.
Postal Receipts Jump.
Postmaster Chance OF the Wash
irgton city post Office today report
ed to the department that postal re-
ceipts here have jumped 20.S2 per
cent during the first fifteen days OF
the present March, as contra sted
with the same period last year. Re-
ceipts from March 1 to 15 were $685.
2O3.6S. as compared with sl61.56O the
previous year.
This tremendous increase of busi-
ness here. paralleled at the other big
offices. is indicative OF what the
postal service faces with limited
funds not sufficient to conduct the
normal postal business during the
remainder of the fiscal year.
The New York city postmaster. in
charge OF the greatest post office in
the country. will go over the entire
situation in his city with local
postal officials. including First AS
sistant Postmaster General John H
Bartlett. under whose bureau the
pcstmasters and clerks and carriers
directly come.
Postal work during the last quarter
of the fiscal year. beginning April l
ed at the conference Wednesday
when ways and means of handling
the metropolitan mail situation will
be thoroughly canvassed.
Auxiliary Help stopped.
The department contemplates max
ing it's greatest savings in cutting
down the number of deliveries in New
York. probably from six to five in the
business sections, and from three to
two in some of the residential sec
tions. All auxiliary help has been
laid off, and this affects more than a
thousand men, who, in normal times,
would help in the delivery of mail.
NOW, Wnen neeueu more than ever,
they must be dispensed with until the
next appropriations become availab BILE
July L.
The Post Office Department Is now
ready to allot funds for the last
quarter, April l to June 80. Much
will depend upon the conference here
Wednesday as to the exact allotment
of postal funds to the larger post
offices of the country, and the result
of the conference will be awaited
with interest by postal workers
everywhere.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

was in constant and intimate contact
with men in public life, particularly
at the Capitol, and this personal ac-
quaintance with public men and their
ambitions and ideals was of invaluable
service to Mr. Smallwood in his work.
While the romance and what is
called the human interest" element
in the news of the day were always
keenly and sympathetically studied
by Mr.. Smallwood, especially in
matters of public interest to the citi-
zens of the District of Columbia in
connection with charitable affairs
and other similar public movements.
at the same time Mr.. Smallwood nut
into his work, as many citizens of
Washington will testify, a conserva-
tive, sound judgment in regard to the
affairs of the District of Columbia
frequently not met with except in
men of mature age.
Tribute by Associate.
HE was the best loved newspaper
man in Washington" said a member
of the Press Club this morning when
told of Mr.. Smallwood's death. Many
will echo this sentiment.
One of the last functions attended
by Mr.. Snallwood was the banquet
of the Evening Star Club held at the
willard a few weeks ago. As stated,
he had recently been i'll, but had ap-
parently recovered and was the recip-
lent Of many congratulations on being
able to resume his active membe ers hip
in the organization.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
McADO0 GOES TO MEXICO
TO AID IN LAND CASE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Ell PASO, Tex, March 1s.-Chihau-
hua City newspapers received in FL
Paso today report that William G..
McAdoo went to Mexico to help the
Palomas Land and Cattle Company
keep intact it's 1850, ,000-acre Chihau-
hua estate. The estate recently was
ordered appropriated by the Mexican
government.
Mr.. McAdoo, formerly Secretary of
the Treasury and director general of
railroads, is accompanied on his trip
to Mexico BYE. j. Marshall, president
of the Palomas Land and Cattle Com
pany, according to Chihuahua news
papers. Marshall lives in Los An.
geles. The company's land comprises
one of the largest estates in Mexico.
Mr.. McAdoo will go to Mexico City
and meet President Alvaro Obregon. it
was said. He left Ell Paso last week,
announcing he was going to Mexico
on business for American interests.
but declined to state whom he was
representing.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
STATE LOSES TAX CASE,
Supreme Court Rules Land Bank
Mortgages Exempt.

States cannot tax mortgages held by
federal land banks. the Supreme Court
held today in a case brought by the
Federal Land Bank of New Orleans
against Judge D. w. Grassland of a
probate court of Alabama
The Federal Land Bank of New Or
leans offered for recording mort
gage on lands situated in Mont
gomery, Alabama. and paid the reg
ular recording fee, but protested
against an additional fee which was
assessed under the state revenue act
Of 1919. The federal government con-
tended that the state law of 1919 was
ineffective because states could not
levy and collect taxes for revenue
purposes on the business of the fed
eral land bank. The state courts sus-
tanned the tax as lawful.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
HOUSE OF DAVID
EXPOSE" BEGINS
Trial Begun Which, 1t Is
Claimed, Will DeIve Into
Secrets of Cult.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March 10.
A suit which attorneys for either
side say will delve to the very foun-
dations of the House of David reli-
gious colony at Benton Harbor was
begun in United States district court
here today. The action is that Of
John w. Hansell and wife of Nash
vile, Tenn, instituted to collect the
sum of sS0.O0O from Benjamin Pur
nell, head of the colony. the plain
tiffs claiming that sum due them
from property turned over to the
organization when they joined the
House Of David. and for labor per-
formed by Hansell. his wife and six
children while they were members
Hansell and his wife. the bill Of
complaint sets forth. were expelled
from the organization. Defense at
torneys say the expulsion followed
alleged attempts on the part of Han
CELL to organize revolt in the colony
against the leadership of Purnell
Fraud Alleged.
Hansell and his wife allege in Their
bill of complaint that fraud was prac-
ticed upon them when they joined the
organization, declaring they were lcd
TO believe the colony was Of relie-
ious nature only. They assert they
discovered the House of David en-
gagged in various commercial activ. =
ties in Benton Harbor The defense
will contend, il was announced by al
torneys at opening of the trial. that
the colony was solely d religious or
ganization. Purnell contends the
Hansell cult can be decided only by
the ecclesiastical court of the associ-
alton at Benton Harbor.
The suit was filed a year ago in
Cincinnati before Federal Judge Peck
Resignation of that jurist and variou-
motions delayed start of the case.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
340,917 INDIANS IN U. s.,
REPORT TODAY SAYS
$1,000 of These Are Attending
Schools Provided by
Government.

The total American Indian popula-
ton in the United States is 340,s1I.
belonging to 81 various tribes or
remnants of tribes. according 10
tabulation completed today by the
Interior Department. The number OF
tribes that originally Inhabited the
United States before the. white man
came to this continent has never been
accurately enumerated, although stu
dents claim there was a much great
er figure than 81, the present official
figure. The Indian population was
also much larger.
At present $4,000 of these Indians
are attending schools. being educated
by the government Nineteen thou
sand of this number are Indian
children going to boarding schools.
while $1,000 attend the public schools
Fifty thousand Indians are now en-
gagged in farming and in raising crops
for their own support while 10000
Indian families have abandoned their
tcpees and live in houses. The In
terror Department maintains seventy
eight hospitals and sanitariums for
the Indians.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

NContlnued from First Page.)
and very active in the management
of the campaign of 1920. He would
nave TO resign his cabinet portfolio,
it is said
Charles D. Hilles, national commit
teeman from New York and former
chairman of the national committee.
will unquestionably be conspicuous in
forwarding the denomination of the
President, and may be placed in
charge. He is at present in private
business in New York
But in the long run, the politicians
say, 1t is President Harding himself
who will have to perform the lions
share of the work by presenting him
self to the people and recounting at
first hand what the republican party
and his administration have achieved
in the first half of his tenure of Of
flee. This is to be done in a series of
addresses to be delivered during the
coming spring and summer months.
He will make an extended tour. and
will also make some speeches before
non-political gatherings.
Evening star., 1923-03-19


skilled laborers, except certain
classes.
Seek Executives' Opinion.
Heads Of departments are asked as
TO the wisdom OF having the question
naire filled out by each employe and
reviewed and commented upon. by
his immediate superior, having the
QUESTIONABLE filled out by the i'm
mediate superior and subject to COM
ment by the employe or having it
filled out by the immediate superior
without consultation with the en-
ploye except to secure such infor-
nation personal to the employe as
the superior may not have.
Department heads are asked as to
the wisdom of including in the ques-
tionnaire questions as to leave OF
absence, annual and sick; overtime
service and pay, working hours, sex
of employe and age of employe. Such
questions are not included on the
tentative draft.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
REISLER PLEADS GUILTY.
Gets Twenty Years in Staying of
Aunt-Three Others Freed.

NEW YORK, March 19.-Morris
Reisler, indicted with his mother,
his brother George and his uncle.
George Katz, for the murder of his
aunt. Miss Bertha Katz, pleaded gull
ty of second degree murder when his
trial was called in the supreme court
in Brooklyn today.
He was sentenced to twenty
years Imprisonment in Sing Sing,
while tile indictments against his
relatives were dismissed.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
NINE. CLEMENCEAU DIED
IN PARIS 6 MONTHS AGO
Paris Reports Death of Estranged
American Wife of Former Pre-
mier Was Not Recent.
By the Associated Press.

BY The Sss0claItu Prefs.
PARIS, March 19--The death in
Paris of Nine. Mary Plummer Glenn
enceau, estranged American wife of
the former premier. referred to in
dispa tches from America, occurred
here six months ago. and received
little public attention at the time
owing to the delicate and almost for
gotten marital questions involved. In
the divorce granted NJ. Clemenceau
in 1891 he was given custody of the
children, who lived with him through
their school period and up to time of
marriage An annuity was later
voluntarily accorded the former wife
by NJ. Clemenceau. The court records
confirm the divorce granted NJ. Glenn
enceau in 1891, with custody OF the
three children.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
COLD WAVE DUE HERE
TONIGHT: BLIZZARD TIES
UP THE MIDDLE WEST
Continued from First Page.

mountain sections Of Maryland ana
Virginia will have heavy snow.
The storm is due to a high pressure
from the arctic regions coming in
contact with the low pressures that
have been prevailing in the United
States for several days. The storm
early this morning was moving rap
idly southeasterly over the great
lakes and New York
Evening star., 1923-03-19
SUPREME COURT RECEsSEs

recessed until April 8 today. without
announcing it's decision in the case
of the Public Utilities Commission
against the Potomac Electric Power
Company.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
EBERT NEAR OCCUPIED ZONE.
German President Talks With
Labor Leaders and Officials.

BY the Associated Press
HAMM. Germany, March I9-Presi-
dent Ebert ventured as close to the
French occupied zone yesterday as
/! was compatible with the safety OF
the republics chief executive and
conducted a series of enthusiastic
conferences with the labor leaders,
industrialiSts and officials of all
branches of the civil service He
then took the night train back to
Berlin
. The president was Justify cheered
whenever he presented himself in the
streets of Hamm, which throughout
the day were jammed with huge
crowds of miners and steel workers
who came over from The occupied
area and vowed they would see it
j through
Herr Ebert assured these men that
| the government would stand by them,
/ especially with respect to safeguard :
| ing the food situation and profiteer-
! ing.
! DIR. Becker, minister of economics,
/ and DR.. Braun. minister of labor.
and the Prussian ministers Severing
! and Siering, who accompanied the
| president, also delivered speeches.
/ Occupation Cost Mounts.
(: BY the Associated Press
; PARIS, March 19.-The governme
! has sent to parliament a supple
mental request for an appropriation
! on account of Ruhr occupation ex-
! penses in which it asks for a total
/ of 1876 million francs for occupation
! operations during January. February
! March and April. This is said TO
| be offset by a saving of $4,000, 600
| francs, due to the reduction in the
| expense of maintaining the decreas-
| ed forces in the Rhineland and in
i the interior.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
SNOW IN MEMPHIS.
Temperature Drops to IA Degrees,
Breaking Record.
BY the Associated Press.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. March 10
Memphis and the central Mississippi
valley, after week of warm wealth
er, was lifted back from spring to
winter today with the temperature
here down to IA degrees above zero,
the coolest March weather of record.
Early risers reported a light snow
furry but before noon the clouds had
disappeared and a bright sun gave
promise of a quick return TO normal
spring-time weather.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

part in the preconvention campaign that
il is significant the President expressed
no dissent when he learned of what had
been said TO the press of the country.
1t is safe to assume he agreed with the
purpose of the Attorney General, namely,
to remove all doubts and challenge any
who aspire 70 nomination under the re-
publican label TO offer their progra M
and show wherein it is better than that
Of the administration when In due time
Will also be disclosed.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
HULL SCORES PRESIDENT.
Declares Daugherty Announcement
Confession of Weakness.

1t is Office holders under President
Harding seeking 10 suppress those
republican party leaders who are de-
serting the Harding cause and look
ing for another candidate who are
behind the semi official announce
ment by Attorney General Daugherty
that President Harding will be a can
didate for denomination. according
to a statement given out today by
Cordell Hull. chairman of the demo-
cratic national committee.
This announcement, Chairman Hull
says is confession that the Har-
ding administration has not come up
1 to standard, in which case Mr.. Har-
ding would have been given re-
nomination without question He
sizes up the present administration
| as the most conspicuous failure of
any of the twenty-nine national ad-
mini strations." and says the demo-
Gratis ARE ready TO go TO bat" on the
outstanding issue of 'omisSions and
! tration."
HulIs Statement.
] The Hull statement follows:
| The semi official announcement by
! Attorney General Daughtery that
| President Harding will be candi-
date for denomination is of small in
| terest as news compared with the
/
ment at this time. If President Hard
! ing had only risen to the level of an
! ordinary President, it would have
! been taken for granted that the party
+! concerning his denomination has been
j raised by the fact that his admins
! tration to date has been the most
! conspicuous failure of any in the
/ twenty nine national administrations.
With this fact confronting them, the
| progressive element in the republican
! party as well as conservatives of
sound political judgment, long, ago
realized that Mr.. Harding could not
| be reelected. and began to look fol
| another candidate. The failure of the
Harding administration was demonstrat-
| ed and emphasized by the Reputation
given it at the polls last November.
! Says Democrats Ready.
! THE reactionary supporters OF the
| President. largely confined to the Of
| fice holding and offlce-seeklng classes
evidently realized that if MIR. Hard
i ing was to be renominated some
| thing would have to be done to re-
! vive interest in him, which was fast
waning, and also to suppress those
party. leaders who are rapidly de-
serting the Harding cause in search
| of another candidate. Hence, the
announcement of the Harding can
+! didacy by the Presidents closest
! personal friend and most influential
Daugherty. Hence, too. the Presi-
dents announced purpose of making
| a speech making tour of the country
"The announcement of Attorney
General Daugherty will have little
| or no effect upon the national politi-
| cal situation in either party. One
! of the outstanding issues in the
| 1924 campaign will be the record OF
| omission and commission of the
/ Harding administration. whether Mr.
| Harding heads the ticket or not. On
| this issue the democratic party is
/ ready now to go to bat"
Evening star., 1923-03-19

He Is a small man who cannot act
as subordinate.
Evening star., 1923-03-19

Difficulties are things that show
what men are.
Evening star., 1923-03-19
GERMANS DENY BID
FOR u. S. RUHR AID

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Evening star., 1923-03-19
Occupation Cost Mounts
BOARD SEEKS DATA
ON RECLASSIFYiNG

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1923-03-19
CLEAR FIELD SEEN
FOR Mr.. HARDING

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-24
+ RHE EUMAT|C
 BEGIN ON GAL LTS
Says We Must Keep Feet Dry, Avoid Exposure, Eat
 No Sweets.

Stay off the damp ground, avold exposure. keep feet dry, eat no sweets of any kind for while, drink lots of water and above all take spoonful of lad Salts occa Sonally to help keep down uric and toxic acid.
 Rheumatism is caused by poison toxins, called acids, which are gem erated in the bowels and absorbed into the blood. It is the function of the kidneys to filter this acid from the blood and cast it out in the urine. The pores of the skin are also a means of freeing the blood of thls impurity. In damp and chilly, cold weather the skin pores are closed, thus forcing the kidneys to do double work they become weak and slug gish and fail to eliminate this poison, which keeps accommodating and circu- lating through the system, eventually settling in the joints and muscles. causing stiffness, soreness and pain, called rheumatism
 At the first twinge of rheumatism get from any pharmacy about four ounces of lad Salts; put a table spoonful in glass of water and drink before breakfast each morning for week. This is helpful to neu- tralize acidlty. remove body waste also to stimulate the kidneys, thus helping to rid the blood of these rheumatic poisons.
 lad Salts is inexpensive, and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice. combined with lithia, and is used with excellent results by thousands of folks who are subject to rheumatism.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-24
FOOD DEALERS MEET
 AND PLAN ACTIVITIES

The regular meeting of the Bir- minghan Retail Grocers and Butch CTS association was held Tuesday night at the Hillman hotel. Many new members were in attendance. Plans fer national canned foods week, body and full cooperation was as sured che canned foods committee in making the campaign success.
 An annual get-together meeting of members and all retail food deal CTS in the city and district was dis cussed and resolution for the pres ident to appoint committees to work out plans was adopted.
 Many legislative matters were dis cussed and support urged on all bills that had been approved by the as- soeiation. A number of new bills from other organizations were sub mitted and discussed.
 President Shropshire reviewed the activities of the association during the past year and asked for full O. operation on the issues for the new year, after which he named large number of local and foreign manu- lecturers who had given 100 per cent co-t peration to the association.
 The National Car Card Advertising company of Washington, D. c. was congratulated by the association on the cooperative plan. advertising tho "Neighborhood Grocery" in the street cars throughout the country. The plan was outlined by Earl Wun- derlich, representative of the com panY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-24
COMMERCE CHAMBER TAKES IN THIRTY -NINEI

The Chamber of Commerce has taken in S9 new members this month. Among the new members is City Commissioner Mrs. Mary Echols An other new member is Dr. c. A. Brown, associate superintendent of the Birmingham public schools.
 Following new members were elected by directors Tuesday; Oliver Shearer Roebuck Realty company, Oldsmobile company, Inc, Stevens Motor company, Inc, Cooper-Ogle- tree company, Acme oil Company of Alabama, George B. Tarrant, Ameri- can Printing company, Kendrick- Chambless Realty company, Clark Williams, Louis Gelders, Frank s. Address, pr. Ed l. Glass, R. Dupont Thompson, pr. J. NJ. Hankins, G. R. Harsh, J. k. Burns, vice president Lincoln Reserve Life Insurance com pany; Good Roads Cast Iron Gull vert company, Jerome Tucker Real Estate Agency, Charles A. Brown, A H. Gather Printing company. Birmingham Southern college, The Diem and Wing Paper company, Birmingham Office Supply company, ". J. Douglas, R. c. Osborn, Henry c. Ashmead, Kelser-Geismer Engineer ing company, Vaycide Chemical coropration, c. A. Cunham com pany, T. O. Melton, J. F. Spencer, Birmingham Gas Appliance company, W. Harvey Wood, Mrs. Mary Echols, Birmingham Printing company, Tar rant City Drug company, B. Swift, Robert L. Totten, W. N. Malone.