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Evening star., 1923-04-27
GIRL SCOUT MUSIC
| FOR MRS. HARDING
Parade and Serenade Plan
ned, Following Closing
Session Today.

Final business matters were fin
ished at this mornings meeting of
the National Council of Girl Scouts, IN
convention at Wardman Park Hotel.
including the unanimous choice of
Chicago for the 1924 convention, and
the closing session OF the convention
will be held this afternoon at the
White House. when the delegates will
form a line Of march and parade past
Mrs. Harding. serenading he- with
Girl Scout songs IL she is able to re-
ceive them.
All question OF any decentraliza-
tion in the scout organization was
settled for the present this mornin g
by a motion of Mrs. Arthur W. Hartt
OF Boston, that no plan should be
given precedence over the present or
ganization and that local and district
chapters should adjust conditions as
well as possible compatible to the
constitution until machinery is pro-
vided by the committee on revision of
the constitution" that was unani-
mously passed with a vote of thanks
TO Mrs. HART
Report OF Committee.
The report Of the standards COM
rnittee presented by Mrs. Arthur O..
Choate was accepted. resolution
presented by Miss Corinne Chisholm
of Atlanta that medals be given for
home service awards. being approved
and referred to the awards committee.
1t was decided that the order of the
Golden Eaglet. the highest scout
award. should still require the pres
ent all-around qualifications. a motion
that alternatives could be substituted
for physically handicapped scouts
being defeated.
The rreasurer's report was accented
with a vote of thanks to Mrs. Nicholas
F. Brady.
Work Lauds L. S. Women.
Speaking at the annual dinner of
the national council, held last night
at the Wardman Park Hotel DR..
Hubert Work, Secretary Of Int
thinking girls. sensible mothers and
whole some young people in the United
States than ever before in our his
tory, and the growth Of the Girl Scout
organization proves the statement
"at old people predicting the down.
fall Of civilization because young
girls wear short skirts hung from the
shoulders with no restricted waist
line-just what doctors have been
urging for thirty years
Secretary of Commerce Hoover in
his address said that the franchise
for women means obligation and that
unless the women are DeCter ntteQ 10
undertake this obligation than the
men have been this nation cannot
hope to survive. Other speakers in
cluded Col. c. Q. Sheriff., Miss Mabel
T. Boardman. DR.. Vernon Kellogg.
Mrs. Juliette Low. founder Of the
Girl Scouts, and Miss Carolyn Thorn.
Mrs. Hoover Reelected.
At yesterdays session Mrs. Herbert
Hoover was reelected president;
Mrs A. Q. Choate of New York, first
vice president: Mrs. Julius Rosen-
wald. second vice president; Mrs. w.
NJ Hoffman, third vice president; !;
Mrs. Albert E. Thornburg OF Georgia.
fourth vice presidnt: Mrs NJ. w. Ohm
stad Of Pennsylvania fifth wise presi-
dent Mrs. John T. Baxter of Mime
apolis, Mrs. Lyman Delano of Will
Of New Haven, Mrs. Nicholas Brady.
Miss Parsons. Mrs. Skae and Mrs.
Williams were elected directors.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
TO HEAR JEFFERSON
MEMORIAL PLANS
Meeting of D. c. Committee
on Foundation to Be Held
Tomorrow.

The first meeting Of the Washington
committee Of the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation will be held
tomorrow at 4:30 pm. at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, vice
chairman, 1926 X street.
The meeting will be informal Rep
resentatives Of a number Of various
organizations Of social and political
tendencies will be present, as well as
a number Of old residents of Wash
ington.
Will Report on Condition.
Mrs. Gouverneur Hoes will make a
organizations and a mems committee
will be formed for Washington. So
licitor General James NJ. Beck. Gar
diner l.. Boothe Of Virginia and Mrs.
Minnegerode Andrews will make ad-
dresses. Tea will be served by Mrs.
Helkins and several Of her friends.
Board OF Governors.
Members Of the board OF governors
Of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Foundation include the following: Ed
win A. Alderman. president Univer-
sity OF Virginia; Mrs. Minnegerode
Andrews. Lady Astor. George Gordon
Battle, cambridge Colby. former Sec
TetdrS OF STATE, MISS Ruth Read Gun
ningham, John W. Davis. former am
bassador to Great Britain; Victor J.
bowling, justice, New York supreme
court; James W. Gerard. former am
bassador to Germany; Stuart G.. Glib
honey. lawyer; Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson. Moses II. Grossman, Charles
\. Haskell. former Governor OF Okla
homa: Charles D. Hilles, former
chairman. republican national COM
mittee; Mrs. J. Allison Hodges, Mrs
Rose Gouverneur Hoes. Mrs. Z. D
Hotchkiss, Mrs. G.. T. W. Kern. Mrs
Martin W. Littleton. Charles d. Make
peace. vice president Seaboard Ma
tional Bank: Martin T. Manton, Judge
United States circuit court; William
G. McAdoo. former Secretary Of the
Treasury; Murray NJ Mcclure, presi-
dent alumni board Of University OF
Virginia.; Guyt McLendon, secretary
of state. Georgia; Alton b Parker
former chief Judge. New York cour,
of appeals: Theodore Roosevelt, as
sistant secretary of the Navy: Thomas
f. Rush, president National Demo
cratic Club; James r. Sheffield, presi-
dent Union League Club; Arthur S
Tompkins, justice. New York supreme
court; f. Lee TrinkIe, Governor OF
Virginia.: Felix NJ Warburg, Mrs. ]
Shelton Williams and Will Hays, for
mer Postmaster General.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
warn HOUSEWIVES
TO LAY IN SUPPLIES

Arrangements for preventing a
sudden rush on the market of food
stufrs in Washington during the
the citizens committee on food sup
plies. of which John H. Wilkins is
chairman.
Circulars are to be sent to every
housewife in Washington urging her
to buy at least three weeks supplies
Of non -perishable foodstuffs before
the convention.
A statement by Chairman wilkins
today announced that from q strictly
visable on account of the coming
ShrinerS convention for housewives
in the city Of Washington to allow
their stocks to go to the vanishing
point As q result. the committee on
food supplies is making every effort
foodstuffs to accumulate supplies at
least three weeks in advance, as q
last-minute rush will necessarily
mean higher prices and possibly a
Sugar is getting attention from the
committee. The statement by Mr..
wilkins today announced that sugar
enough to supply the demands of the
public was on hand and that the de-
mand for this product could be sup
piled II the market was not ham
pered by extreme movements, such "a
buyers strike or by boarding.
Sugar today Is selling at 1oh and ii
cents at the corner grocery.
The prices being quoted by jobbinK
houses range from 1915 to $40 per
hundredweight.
Extremes are to be avoided wher-
ever possible" Mr.. wilkins declared.
"a buyers strike can prove Just as
disastrous as boarding. Speculation,
no doubt, has played considerable
part in the recent advance in sugar,
but in the fnal analysis the law of
supply and demand always has and
always will continue to operate"
Evening star., 1923-04-27
WARNING T0USERS
OF BOOTLEG LIQUOR
Drink Sold in Washington De-
clared of Poison Quality
That Menaces Life.

Any persoh who drinks bootleg
liquor sold ia Washington is taking
big chance with his health and may
endanger his life, according to Edgar
N. Read, chies of the prohibition en-
forcement for the Washington dis
trfct.
Whisky sold in Washington is all
manufactured. with the exception of
that obtained on physicians prescrip-
tions. according to Mr.. Read. Since
last October. when q certain big
bootlegger was arrested and his stock
seized, no genuine whisky has been
found by prohibition agents in raids
which covered every section of the
city and included seizures Of the prop
erty Of most OF the largest bootleg
gers IN the capital. he stated. Boot
leggers make g. profit OF from 700 TO
1900 per cent on every bottle OF the
manufactured gin and whisky they
sell. claiming this profit is part of tn e
money which they must make on ac-
count OF the chance they take.
Tho grain alcohol and some de-
natured alcohol out of which the
products of Washington bootleggers
are manufactured and later sold as
real whisky does not come from
Washington, but from a source out
side this city, Of which prohibition
officials know.
Canada is purchasing immense
whisky is manufactured for a quick
sale in the United States, under fake
labels, and, because 1t has been car
ried across the international line, is
sold as genuine bonded whisky
Retail bootlegeers who buy from
the whisky fleet anchored outside the
three-mile limit off New Jersey and
New York, shop around among the
vessels Of the fleet to get the cheap
est price for what they sell as real
whisky. The stuff they buy is fire.
quently manufactured outside the
United States.
Familiar With Situation.
Mr. Read is probably more familiar
with the local liquor situation than
any one individual, :as with his agents
he has participated in or directed
practically all the Hquor raids in and
and a half. Agents Of the prohibition
unit. working with the vice squad
under the directioR of Lieut.. O. T
Davis, have seized thousands of dol
lars worth Of alleged whisky and gin
during the past fall and winter.
They have failed Ito find any real
whisky or gin in all their seizures.
The liquor being sold by bootleg
gers In Washington now, is poison. to
although the prohibition agents have
not found any samples Of wood alco-
hol in their seizures. The "coroner's s
cocktail made famous in and near
New York. has not yet found its way
to Washington.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
From the $3.50 Edition Of Yesterdays Star.
STILL OPERATING
IN PRISON; DRUGS
SOLD BY CONv|CTS
BY the Associated Press.
pHIJ,ADFIpHTA

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 2s.-
The county grand jury in report
to the court today on its inspection
OF prisons and city hospitals stated
that In a visit to the eastern peni-
tentiary it saw prisoners under the
influence of drugs and liquor. found a
still in actual operation where liquor
was being made and that the jury
was able to purchase heroin from one
Of the prisoners"
The report was eagerly awaited az
result of the resignation announced
last Saturday of Warden Robert J.
Mckenly and the declaration by
prison inspector that a self-consti-
tuted committee OF desperate prison
ers known among the inmates al the
-four horsemen" were running the
penitentiary. The grand jury report
stated that much Of the recent trou-
BILE at the penitentiary was due to
the fact that more than 100 prison
ers are confined in 500 cells, with il0
guards working in three shifts. Three
women are confined in cells built for
two. Unemployment among the men
and women is also noted, most OF the
woman prisoners sitting idle in their
| cells all day and that the existence
of the mon is even more depre ssine
only a little moro than 600 OF then
being employed.
The report stated that two babies
born in the peuitentiary. have been
sharing the cells OF their mothers
for nearly two years.
The food at the prison was uneat-
able" the report said. and on one
occasion the bread was sour and the
meat was indescribably tough"
The prison. the report said, has a.
commits Sary departmenG wherA nrfa-
oners who have money can buy tea
coffee. sugar and other articles O.
food, with luxurtes such as cheese,
sardines. cookies, etc.
The report made many recommea-
dations to correct the evils IL pointed
out, and urged the abolishment Of the
old penitentiary and the prisoners
placed on farms, where shops could
also De built to give employment to
the convicts.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
CONFERENCE PLANS
CHURCH PUBLICITY

A conference on church publicity is
being held in Epiphany Parish Hall
today under direction of the Rev.
DR.. Robert F. Gibson, executive sec
retary of the department of publicity
Of the National Council Of the Epis-
copal Church:
Representatives are present from
the dioceses of Washington, Rhode
island, Delaware. Maryland, eastern
North Carolina South Carolina and
southwestern Virginia The confer
ence was opened this morning at
o'clock with communion, the Rev.
Raymond F. Wolven; assistant rector
Of Epiphany, AS celebrant, and the
Ray Thom Williamson, jr., rector Of
the Church of the Advent, as as
sistant.
The principal discussion Of tho
morning centered about the problems
Of diocesan papers. and how to get
them into the hands of every church
member of the dioceses. The con-
ference is being attended by rectors,
laymen and laywomen.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
BOARD OF TRADE OUTING
ON RIVER TOMORROW
Auto Caravan to Leave Headquar-
ters at l P.M.-Gala Day
Promised.

The big caravan Of automobiles to
take the members of the shad bake
and membership committees of the
Washington Board of Trade on their
outing tomorrow 10 High Island, on
the upper Potomac river, will leave
The Star building. where the Board
Of Trade has its headquarters, tomor-
row afternoon promptly at l o'clock.
The entertainment committee in
charge Of the outing has made elab-
crate plans to keep things moving
the entire time the party is on the
island and those who had look at
the program say there will not be a
dull moment. All tastes have been
looked after. 1t will conclude with a
big dinner in the evening, and 1t will
be dark when the party heads for
Washington.
There will be a game of base ball
between teams of the business men,
fishing parties and a lot OF other fea-
lures
Evening star., 1923-04-27
PRICE GETS RESPITE.

Charles Price colored, who was to have
been hanged today. was granted a. re-
spite yesterday by Chief Justice Mccoy,
at the solicitation Of Attorney James A.
O'Shea, until next Thursday. Mr.. O'Shea
made this eleventh hour appeal to
the court. pointing out that Price
had been hoping his execution would
be stayed up to last Monday. when
the mandate from the Court OF Ap-
peals was received. The lawyer ask
ed respite OF thirty days for the
prisoner TO prepare to meet his God.
Assistant United States Attorney
O'Leary opposed any further delay,
pointing out that 1t had become a
public scandal; that Price. who shot
a man over a small sum of money.
May 80. 1918, had not been executed
for his crime nearly five years later.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
Auers Bible Furnishes No Basis
For Leading Religious Beliefs

supposedly brought here after they
were stolen from a Spanish MONASTERY.
His assertion that he deciphered the
text after months Of patient reading
OF underwriting which had been
washed out by acid, but which was
indelibly imprinted by steel instru-
ment used by the original writer is
contradicted by others who say they
carefully examined the manuscript.
The putative version antedates by
two or three centuries the Vulgate
which was a translation made by ST.
Jerome in the fourth century from the
Hebrew texts. DR.. Buchanan first as
sorted his discovery in 1917, but II was
when his version was first printed 1t
was suppressed In this country. DR..
Buchanan is q teacher at q prepara-
tory school for boys at Ardsley, \. y.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 27.-An old con-
troversy fiared up today among bibli-
cal scholars over the assertion OF DR..
z. s. Buchanan, former manuscript
curator Of the Hispanic Society of
America, that he has discovered a
second century version of the New
Testament which, he says, furnishes
no basis for belief In the day OF
judgment, the end Of the world.
Baptism or hell, and assigns to, woman
a more superior place than previously
accepted versions.
DR.. Buchanan's text was taken from
vellum manuscripts, known as the
Codex Huntingtonianus PalimpsesiuS.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
BRITISH SHIP ASHORE.
Cymbric Queen Hemmed by Ice Oh
Cape Breton.

HALIFAX. y. s.. April 21.-Wireless
messages today reported the British
steamer Cymbric Queen ashore and
hemmed in by an ice pack about five
miles from Point st. Esprit, on the
Cape Breton coast.
The government steamer Sydney
picked up distress signals from the
Cymbric Queen, but could not re-
spond as she was bottled up by
drifting ice in Bras Dor lakes. The
Cymbric Queen is 2,400-ton vessel.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
U. S. PARTY IN FRANCE.
"Good WHIP Delegation Greeted By
Oacials at Home.

HAyRE, April 27.-The good will"
deieRation from middle western and
southern cities. which sailed from
New York April 81, arrived here on
the steamer France today. All the
mayor OF Havre and the ub-prefect
received the delegation in the name
of the city and the French govern
ment and bade the tourists welcome
to France.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
RUSSIAN CHURCH, AUTHORITY
By the Associa ted Press

By the Associated Press.
WARSAW, April 21.-The Polish
government has recognized Most Rev.
Meletics Metaxakis, pa
.triarch OF Constantinoble, as the su-
.preme authority in the: Russian ortho-
dox church. inasmucii as Patriarch
Tikhon, now detained. by the soviet
authorities. is not free: to exercise his
bontifical powers.
Evening star., 1923-04-27

to surpass anything of its kind now
in Washington.
The date for unveiling the memo
rial has not been set. but a date within
tho next six weeks is expected.
Authority to erect the memorial
was granted at the last session OF
Congress and site east Of the court
house and directly opposite Mr..
Darlington's ONCE in the Columbian
building on 5th street, whero he
walked daily for a third OF q century
on his way to court, has been Sc
lCcted and approved.
The memorial. which VIII cost
$4,000, was financed entirely by
private funds. Those who have led
in tho movement are julius Gar
finkle, Milton E. Allies. Frank j.
Hogan and Charles G. Glover.
Evening star., 1923-04-27

Within a very short time work will
be started on the erection in Judici-
ary Square Of the handsome memorial
to the late Joseph G. Darlington. for
many years one Of the leaders of the
local bar.
The memorial is to consist Of an
exceptionally artistic marble foun-
tain, surmounted by a maiden in tho
nude with fawn by her side. II is
the work Of G. T. Gennewein of New
York and is now reposing on the
lawn at his studio on Long Island.
The design has been approved by
the Fine Arts Commission and IL con-
sidered by those who have viewed It
Evening star., 1923-04-27
WALES OFF TO BELGIUM.

LONDON, April 27.4-The Prince Of
Wales left today for Brussels to at
tend the unveiling of memorial to
commemorate Belgium's kindness to
Britain's troops in the world war.
Evening star., 1923-04-27

The Mossamedes grounded several
days ago at Cape Frio. Southwest
Africa, and was found abandoned
with no sign of her 231 passengers
including % women and % children,
nearly all Portuguese.
Evening star., 1923-04-27

could attach a hook to be used as
a terminal for a clohtesline. During
the summer that followed the post
became covered with tiny branches
and green sprouts and by fall these
lad gotten quite large.
SO we trimmed off the lower
branches and the result is the beau
Mrs. Turner said today. "lt has borne
fruit for a number Of years an its
products are those delicious red
plums, fine for eating and wonderful
for jelly
Mrs. Turner Is convinced the pres
ent tree has grown from the branch
of that perennial plant which was
destroyed by the storm.
She has since sold the property on
which the plum tree now stands. but
1T Is located just across the street
from her present residence.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
STAMP PRICE RECORD.

PARIS, April 27.-A vermilion one
penny stamp Of tho island Of Maui
ritius, 1S47 issue, brought 10000
francs at the sale of the Ferrari col.
lection yesterday.
Evening star., 1923-04-27

Doomed to death and with all
chances Of future existence appar-
emily against 1t a plucky plum tree
in Berwyns Md, has fought its way
to the highest pinnacle of success.
More than a score of years ago
there floursshed in this same COM
munity a large plum tree. One day,
without warning. a storm struck 1t
to the EARTH The owners Of the land
on which it grew used the trunk
and branches for fuel But they
overlooked one branch.
When Mrs. NJ. L. Turner moved to
Berwyn. eighteen years back, she
found something which she thought
resembled a. post and on which she
Evening star., 1923-04-27
BOATS FROM WRECKED
VESSEL REACH SHORE

By the Associated Press.
WALFISH BAY, Southwest Africa.
April 27.-Three boats belonging to
the wrecked Portuguese steamer
Mossamedes have arrived at Port
Alexander, Angola
Evening star., 1923-04-27

There are more than $4,000 jack
rabbits in Texas. but less than 8 per
cent of them have ever ridden on a
ferryboat.
Evening star., 1923-04-27

In spite Of their entrance into poli.
tics the women OF Egypt are not
abandoning their wells.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
REICHSBANK GAINS PROFIT
Annual Report Reveals Big In
crease in Year.

BERLIN. April 27.-The annual re-
port OF the reichsbank for 1922 shows
a profit OF 43,50O,oo 900 marks for the
year. as compared with 565,ooo. 900
marks in 1921. A 40 per cent dividend
has been declared for 1922. as against
one Of 10 per cent in the previous
year. The governments share in last
years net profits is fixed at 1920, 00o,-
600 marks.
Evening star., 1923-04-27

FOURTH RACE-The Chesapeake stake
Is 900 sdded three-ysar-old oolts and Aliie
mile and q sixteenth.
Evening star., 1923-04-27
HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES
For Saturday

FIRST RACE-The Pathfinder purse, 81, 200; I;
txn.yaar-olds: four and a half furlonEs.
Evening star., 1923-04-27

YrTH RACE-Ths Old Dominion handioap;
thres-year.olds and up; purse, N,ooo; mile
.nd ssUanty yards.
Evening star., 1923-04-27

R. T. Wilson entry. 5Audiey Farm sntry.
SECOND RACE-Ths Liverpool stssplechass
handicap; four-year.olds aAd up; purse, $,60o;
short course (about two mileD.
Evening star., 1923-04-27

THIRD RACE-The Greenwich handicap;
thrse-year-olds and up; purse. $lb0o; six fur
Evening star., 1923-04-27

From the $50 Edition Of Yesterday's s.,-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
DOREMUs. DANIEL S co.

NEW YORK, March 6.-Stocks: During the morning session a number of stocks in the industrial list advanced sharply whep profit-taking developed on quite large scale and the list reacted Rails were somewhat of disa ppointment. January earnings as the rule are very encouragins when compared to January, 1922 and on the prospects for 1924 the rails should do better
 Cotton: There has been much realizing by longs today. and the market has ab- sorbed these rather heavy sales with com paratlvely little disturbance. The maxi nun decline from yesterdays high point is only about 50 points on the May posi- ton. At present levels and after sharp and rapid an advance such setback might be considered only minor ton. As pressure from specula- tive liquidation ceases. the market recoy- CTS quickly which shows the absence of spot pressure and leads to the conclusion that the fundamental basis of serength Is still an influence In the market
 Chicago Grain: Wheat made lower start on the opening Liverpool cables. It imm ediately met belated short covering and important new buying. which carried prices sharply upward, meeting extensive all the advance and closing about h un- der last night Primary receipts were fair and cash demand good. Durum premiums at Minneapolis up Sc, while Chicago pre- miums were slightly easier on red wheat.
 The action of the market today and the character of the news holds out every hope to believers in ultimately higher this corn situation will continue to be felt, and not at all concerned as to the probable future course of the market- Doremus, Daniel & Co.