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Evening star., 1923-04-05
Thirsty Turks
Bidding Liquor
Last Farewell
Dy the Associated Pncss

BY the Associated Press
CONSTANTINOPLE, April g
Constantinople has three more
days in which to quench its thirst.
for the local authorities have
postponed until Saturday the en-
forcement of the prohibition de-
cree.
Meanwhile the streets are blocked
with porters, cabs. carriages and
automobiles laden with liquid
cheer, which Is offered at top
prices. The period within which
alcoholic beverages may be ex-
ported has been extended for two
months.
After Saturday drinkers of liquor
will be liable TO thirty strokes
with the bastinado, while the stocks
of beverage dispensers will be con-
fiscated
Evening star., 1923-04-05

Continued from First PageD
the only feature of the trip as il now
is viewed by Mr.. Harding. 1t was said.
as through Informal conferences with
leading citizens in all of the cities
and towns visited he hopes TO learn
intimately and clearly the thoughts
and ideas of the people. These con-
ferences. he is said 10 feel will give
him a background for use in formu-
lating new policies and in carrying
out old ones.
Some thought is being given by the
President, IL is further said. to a sug-
gestion that after his trip q series az
conferences be held at the White
House to weigh the information re-
ceived during the trip and to decide
upon its application. AS described by
one OF those close to the chief execu-
tive these would be conferences of
the best minds OF the party and the
administration, conducted similarly
TO the conferences held by the Presf-
dent during his 1920 campaign and
since entering the White House.
Gompers' Warning Unnecessary.
The statement issued by Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor. in Washington
last night, warning the republican
party against sponsoring anti-or-
ganized labor issues In the 1924 cam
paign still was subject of comment
today among members of the Presi-
dents encourage. The general opinion
remained that such a warning was
unnecessary, because, regardless Of
the pressure exerted TO bring about a
declaration by the. republican party
in favor OF the open shop. leaders were
firmly opposed TO any such step and
the President was described as un-
yielding to such influence.
Mr.. Harding today continued to fol-
low his program of recreation and
rest, playing round of golf during
the forenoon. 1t. had been thought
that he might make the trip today to
Aiken, S. c., postponed yesterday on
account of rain, but the executive
elected to play golf here.
Evening star., 1923-04-05
MISSING PRIEST
FAILS TO RETURN
Telegram Declaring Father
Vraniak HomehOund
Believed Hoax.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO. April 5.-Officials of
Nirden, Ill, and st. Louis failed to
substantiate 4 telegram sent yester-
Gay from BuTa.o. y. Y, to a knights
of Columbus organ in New York.
stating that Father j. A Eraniak.
missing priest Of Virden, Ill, was be-
ing returned 10 his home after rescue
from abducto
Edward Houlihan of Chicago, state
deputy Of the knights of Columbus.
said he had communicated with off,
cials of Virden and ST. Louis and that
he was informed that Father Nrania1
had not returned to his home. He
said the message probably was a
hoax.
MIR Houlihan was asked to investi-
gate the new turn in the case by
john B. Kennedy. editor of the
knights Of Columbus publication to
which the message was directed.
Evening star., 1923-04-05
MASKED MEN TIE
WOMAN, BEAT MAN
Couple Kidnapped From Auto
in Georgia-Alienation
Suit involved.
BY the Associated Press.

MACON, Ga. April S.-Her hands
tied by her assailants. Mrs Frederick
Pace OF New York late last nigh,
witnessed the severe whipping of her
companion, Lynwood l. Bright Of this
city, after they had been kidnapped
from their automobile by eight un-
masked men and taken 10 secluded
spot four miles from here.
With the license number of the kid
napers' car given them by Mrs. Pace,
officers began search for the maraud
ers. Police declared q thorough in
vestigation would be made.
Given "a Hours to Leave City.
Bright, according TO his version of
hours in which to leave the city.
under penalty Of death. He stated IT.
would be impossible 10 comply. be-
cause a week would be required 10
finish up his business affairs.
Mrs. Pace told officers the kidnap-
ers said they resented testimony OF
negress in Bright's divorce case
last Monday. Bright said they add
ed blows after they charged him with
an attempt to take his property awaT
from his children. He said he could
identify some of his assailants, al
| though he did not know them per
sonally. Mrs. Pace was not molested
further than being forced to watch
the beating.
Mrs. Bright Not sorry.
Mrs. Bright, when informed OF the
whipping at her hotel last night, said
she was very glad to know there
were some men in the world any
| way" Mrs. Pace declared before of
fcers that Mrs. Bright knows all
about this kidnaping.'
~
Tabernacle Baptist Church. Resi-
dents were aroused by what seemed
a fist fight, and reported the matter
to the police. investigation disclosed
deserted motor car. in which iaun-
dry bundles bearing Bright's name
were found. Several persons then
told police that the deserted autom"-
bile had been "pocketed" by two
other machines. and then came the
clue to kidnapping. Deputy sheriffs
Immediately were ordered to search
the vicinity.
Couple Found Walking.
The scene Of the kidnapping was
Boston was kidnapped several months
ago. Residents who saw both at
tacks said the circumstances in last
nights affair We're almost identical
with the Schneider case. even to the
type of automobiles used
Bright and Mrs. Pace were found by
deputies walking toward Atlanta.
They said the route taken to the
scene of the fogging was circuitous
and had confused their sense Of d.
rection.
After relating the incident TO po-
lice, Mrs. Pace was taken TO her
hotel, and Bright left without stating
I his destination. He was suffering
from flesh wounds caused by the
lash and It was understood that
doctor had been summoned to give
him attention.
Mrs Pace lives with her mother a.
I4S7 Fort Washington avenue, New
York city. She recently figured III
a suit brought by Mrs. Bright for
alienation Of her husbands affections.
The case was settled out of cour'
Mrs Pace said she came TO Macon {"
protect herself against anything
which might be brought up in the
Bright divorce case. She was not
called to the stand.
Evening star., 1923-04-05
BELIEVE REPORT TRUE.
Relatives of Missing Priest S"re
He'll Be Back.
By the Associated Press.

by the Assoc tated F-ess.
NIRDEN, Ill, April 5-Relatives
and friends of the Rev. Father John
A. Eraniak, former rector of the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church here
who disappeared mysteriously a. month
ago, are making every effort TO verify
the report that he has been located
in Buffalo. y. Y.
Joe Vraniak brother Of the young
priest said he and his brothers.
Frank and Edward. and his mother.
Mrs. Jennie Vraniak, believed the re-
port was true. and are anXiously
awaiting further word
James OBrien. grand knight Of
the Vtrden Council of the Knights
of Columbus, who is in charge Of
the $500 reward offered by the
council for the return of the priest.
said he would go to Chicago today to
confer with state officials of the or
ganization there concerning the re
port.
He said the reward will not be paid
until the terms specified are fulfilled.
Evening star., 1923-04-05
SEEK AUTHOR OF TELEGRAM
Buffalo Police Doubt Responsibility
of Sender.
BY the Assoc ated Press
PTEEAIn

BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO. y. Y, April al
though they are convinced that the
message sent from here TO New York
Knights of Columbus. reporting the
rescue OF the Rev j. A. Eraniak. kid
naped Illinois priest, was the work
OF a crank. Buffalo police and private
detectives today continued search for
the man who fled the telegram at
the Lehigh Valley station yesterday.
A man believed to have been j. Z.
Perrin. sender of the telegram. call
ed at d detective agency yesterday
afternoon and later a note addressed
TO him was received at the agency.
1t was in the same handwriting. the
detectives said. as the original Of the
telegram sent to New York. The
note referred 10 a real estate trans
action over a piece OF property at
an address which was later found to
be non-eXiStent.
Detectives believe that the man
thought he could get the reward by
reporting the rescue of the priest
and wanted to establi the agency
as a place 70 which ii could be sent
and received by him. Men at the Of
flee who talked with him expressed
doubt of his. responsibility.
Evening star., 1923-04-05
HELD ON DRUG CHARGE.

William Carmichael, colored, forty
wears old, said by the police to be
better known as William Golden. was
arrested yesterday afternoon by De-
tectives Sanders and Evans and Rev
enus Agent Rabbit for an alleged
violation of the Harrison narcotic
law, at his home, 4bS Missouri ave-
nue., where, the officers allege. they
found two walls of a prohibited drug
in his trunk.
Evening star., 1923-04-05

in Marion county. about ten miles
northeast of this city
His first Impressions and recollec-
tions were obtained there. It was
there that he played about his daddy's
barnyard as a chubby-faced little fell
low. He. first experienced the Joys
Of the ''old swimmin' hole" on the
farm in little creek that cut
through the. 1a5h acre tract
The Presidents father, DR.. George
T. Harding, sr.. who Is q praettcing
physician here. today told of the
Presidents earliest ambition. He
sire came from frequent fishing trips
with his daddy in the creek running
through the home farm. Intimate
friends say the President never has
become a good fisherman, although
he plays at the sport at times.
Announcement of the Presidents 8
purchase. developed the fact today
that DR.. George T. Harding. jr., of
Columbus recently purchased the
birthplace farm of his mother. who
was a plekersop. The old pioker:on
Grove, consists OF ninety-nine acres.
Evening star., 1923-04-05
SUSPECT OLD POISON.
London Inclines to Popular Beliefs
Of Superstitions.
Rr tha Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 5.-The London
press, in its voluminous accounts to-
day OF Lord Carnarvon's life and
death, reflects the popular feeling
that perhaps there really is some
thing in the story that the ancient
Egyptians set mysterious death
trap in the tombs of their rulers, so
as to punish, by means of poison
those who might disturb these sealed
resting places.
Superstitious souls, ever since the
infection suffered by Lord Carnarvon
became known, have contended it
was possible he was the victim Of
retribution thus inflicted. Fears of
Evening star., 1923-04-05
ENJOYS SON SHOT.
By the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ROME. April 5.-A bullet was fired
at the son of Baron Won Neurath.
German ambassador to Italy, as the
young man was walking in the en-
bassy garden last evening. His right
arm was scratched. The assailant
has not been apprehended.
Premier Mussolinh IN consequences
of this incident and the assault last
Saturday on Robert G.. Goldie, British
vios consul at Naples. has personally
undertaken the task of effecting a
better organisation OF the police
Seses throu Ehout. ztthsL kingdom,
Evening star., 1923-04-05

rapidly worse The end came at 2
o'clock this morning
Although medical science will at
tribute the earl'S death to such an
accident as might befall any one who
entrusts himself to this climate,
there are thousands of natives who
firmly believe that the vengeance
of the pharaohs was visited upon the
explorer who so patiently sought out
the treasures OF ancient Egypt. Su-
perstition has il that he who tampers
with the tomb of an Egyptian mon
arch is doomed by curse of the
ancients. and consequently the earl S
Illness was pointed TO as a fulfill
ment OF the old legend.
Some Blame Ancient Poison.
There are also those who believe
that the earl, in his work In Tutank-
hamen's tomb, accidently came into
contact with a poison left there
thirty three centuries ago to safe
guard the king in his last sleep.
Death of the Earl of Carnarvon
brings into prominence in the British
peerage another American woman,
for the wife of Lord Portchester. the
new earl, was formerly Miss kath-
crime T. Wendell. daughter OF the late
Jacob Wendell, jr., of New York. The
wedding took place in London last
July.
Miss Wendelrs father was New
York commission merchant and n
brother OF the late Prof. Barrett
Wendell OF Harvard.
Evening star., 1923-04-05
SUES FOR $25,OOO.

Margaret r. Regan yesterday filed
suit in the District Supreme Court to
recover s25,ooo damages from r. x.
Fragile, who Is said to own an auto
mobile which collided with the
plaintiff at 9th and r streets Decem-
Der 81 last. She says she sustained
permanent injuries. Attorney T. Nor
ris Wampler appears for the plaintiff.
Evening star., 1923-04-05
that will never show anything bu
dry holes.
Twenty Sales Bring s8S,715,s16.

The twenty sales prior to today
brought into the treasury of the
Osages total of s6s.715,s7S, repre-
senting leases on more than 600, 900
acres.
Besides, the Indians collect a roy
atty on all oil produced.
Col L. Walter has conducted all
the Usage sales. since the first in
1912. Little jumps up Of the bidding
scale at hundred thousand dollars a
clip mean nothing to him. In
monotonous tones he calls: What am
l offered" Nine hundred thousand
dollars. who'll make it million?''
and so on.
The composure of the silent oil
kings as they spend million or
more with slight nod of the head Is
the wonder OF the visitor. The heavy
bidders sit about the house studying
maps. faces masked like images. and.
when pointed to by the auctioneer.
nod if they decide TO bid the price
called for.
Not all the tracts fall in the mill
lionaire class. Nest of them go for
amounts under 100000. The smallest
bid accepted for any tract Is $500.
Evening star., 1923-04-05

further retribution, it Is suggested
may deter Egyptians from touching
the tomb again, but Sir Wallis Bulge.
keeper Of Egyptian antiquities in the
British Museum. says that If the eX-
cavation enterprise continues to be
financed he is sure there will be no
trouble in procuring native labor.
Sir Wallis said he had never en-
countered literary records suggesting
that vengeance would be visited upon
persons entering the tombs of the
pharaohs, but he added: Had ii not
been such an old tomb II mi ght be
reasonable to suppose that poison
had entered Lord Carnarvon's sys-
tenn from the gas present in imper-
feet mummifieation.'
Evening star., 1923-04-05
Follows Tomb Discovery.

The death Of the Earl of Carnarvon
comes soon after the elimination of
the exploit that brought him chiefly
into public notice-the discovery of
the rich tomb of the Pharaoh Tut
ankhamen in the valley OF the kings
in Egypt by the archaeological eX-
petition which he headed.
While the press of the world was
still devoting no small amount of its
space to the notable contributions to
the worlds art and history which
Lord Carnarvon and his fellow ex-
plOrcrs had uncovered. came the news
that he had been suddenly stricken
down and was lying seriously i'll in
Cairo from the bite of an insect
BY the public at large the misfor-
tune which the Earl had met was
regarded as a lamentable incident of
what might happen in tropical
CLINE such as that of Egypt. But
to the credulous students OF Egyp-
tian mysticism the news did not come
as surprise.
Evening star., 1923-04-05

Sir Philip Lloyd Greame. president
Of the board Of trade in the British
cabinet. hnds relaxation in singing
comic Aonga
Evening star., 1923-04-05

The Tonga or Friendly Island
group, which lays claim to being the
only country free of debt in the
world, is ruled over by g. woman
Evening star., 1923-04-05
Talk of Ancient Curse.

Even before Lord Carnarvon was
stricken with blood poisoning. an
nounced as due to an insect bite.
by the ancient Egyptians with mys-
tic incantations on any who dared
disturb the sleep OF a pharaoh. After
he was stricken, the old legends
spread and hundreds were TO be
found, not before superstitions, who
were ready to believe that the old
Egyptian curse had fallen on the
rich and famous Englishman.
There were some who even ques
toned whether II was an insect that
had dealt him the poisonous stroke.
II was suggested that he might have
touched some poisoned object in the
tomb itself set thirty centuries ago
to revenge the dead king on any
who might disturb his rest
Marie Corelli, the noted writer, re-
Gently declared that she called the
attention of Lord Carnarvon to the
beliefs of Egyptian mysticism and
also expressed herself as not surprls-
ed at an accident occurring 10 those
daring explorers who rifle the tombs
OF dead monarchs." She cited from
an ancient book on Egyptian history
which gave long lists of the treas
ures buried with some OF the kings,
among these divers secret potions
enclosed in boxes in such wise that
they who touch them shall not know
how they come 10 suffer"
Wife Taken Ill.
Lord Carnarvon was first reported
Ill on March 1s. His wife started by
airplane from London to his bedside
in Cairo. but was brought down in
Paris by a sudden illness that seized
her in midaIr. She finished the trip
by boat and rail, arriving TO find her
husband somewhat better. He was
unable to fight off the poison. how
ever, and soon suffered a relapse
This was followed by pneumonia.
The fifth Earl of Carnarvon was
father to the earldom in 1890. His
mother was descendant of the ia
nous Lord Chesterfield, author, states
man and man OF fashion.
His father, the fourth Earl of Car
narvon. was British colonial secre-
tary under Lord Derby, and while
holding this portfolio moved the sec
ond reading of the bill for confedera-
ton of the British North American
colonies. Resigning upon the passage
OF the reform bill in 1857, he again
became colonial secretary under Dis
TdeIl III 1919, Surviving uHtll 1919. Later
he served for two years as lord lieu
tenant Of Ireland.
Spent 100000 In Research.
The ffth Earl OF Carnarvan is sur
vived by son and A daughter, be-
sides his widow. The son holds the
title of Lord Portchester
Lord Carnarvon was reputed to
have spent moro than 100000 main
tanning the expedition which finally
uncovered the pharaoh's tomb last
December. after seven years of fruit
less excavation.
The tomb, which contained an un-
precedented quantity of objects OF the
greatest historical value, as well as
the uHdisturbed sarcophagus of the
pharaoh, is said to have been the rich
est find ever unearthed in Egypt.
Evening star., 1923-04-05
OIL KINGS POUR MORE
MILLIONS INTO OSAGE
INDIANS GOLFERS

CONTINUED from First Page
Evening star., 1923-04-05
READY TO CHOOSE
GUARDIAN BOARD

Continued from First Page. J
Evening star., 1923-04-05
PRESIDENT SEEKS
WESTERN OPINIONS

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1923-04-05
SOFT COAL FAMINE
CREATED BY UNION,
OPERATORS CHARGE

Continued from First PageD
Evening star., 1923-04-05
EARL OF CARNARVON
SUCCUMBS; RECALLS
CURSE OF PHARAOHS

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1923-04-05
PRESIDENT BUYS
BIRTHPLACE; WILL BE
GENTLEMAN FARMER

iContinued from First .PageD
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-22
FAIR TAX LAW CANNOT BE
PUT THROUGH LEGISLATURE,
AUGUSTA SPEAKERS CLAIM

ant, and a member OF the Exchange
club, declared that an income tax
was the ultimate answer to the
question of taxation in Georgia. He
suggested that state returns should
be accompanied by copies Of federal
income tax returns.
John Sylvester, well known re-
tail merchant, opposed a sales tax,
but favored an income tax.
F. 2. Gracey, head of J. B. White
& Co, expressed willingness to &C.
cept both sales and an income tax
provided they can be made to reach
every class. But, he urged, an in
come tax doesn't reach every one.
He thought that taxes on automo
biles and luxuries, sales taxes,
should be made as reasonable as pos
sible.
J. Paul Stephens, representing the
Federation of Labor, opposed sales
tax and insisted that an income tax
is the fairest and most equitable
means of raising revenue.
At the conclusion of the informal
discussion the meeting adopted reso-
lut.ons, thanking the governor and
the tax commission for their visit
to Augusta, and commencing their
efforts to find a suitable system Of
taxation for the state.
During the afternoon, the COVER
nor and members of the commission
visited the state home for mental
detectives near the city, and were
much Impressed with the needs OF
this ms .itution.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-22
Whipping Of Convlcts
Again Becomes Live
Issue in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 10
Convict discipline sprang to the
front again in Alabama yesterday
with the announcement received
from the members of the state board
of convict supervisors and Governor
Brandon that the whipping lash
would be restored to its prison sys.
tenn. Today, the Jefferson county
grand jury is making it's prepara'
tons to start is investigation to-
morrow of conditions at Banner
mires, near here, where state con-
Vets revoIted nine days ago and
blew up machinery valued at $1o,-
600.
Abolition of the convict lease sys-
tenn has been a warm issue before
the present session of the state leg
islature and members of the state-
wide committee for the addition OF
the system will also meet here to.
morrow to hear testimony regarding
the Banner outbreak.
A resolution adopted by the con-
vict board yesterday was to the eff
feet that the disciplining of state
cOnviCts by corporal punishment Will
be put in use again when extreme
cases demand such action.
Convicts will be called from the
Banner camp tomorrow to TESTIFY
before the grand jury and Solicitor
Jim Davis has promised them abso-
lutte protection. He denounced the
secrecy maintained by officials re-
garding the Banner outbreak and 6e-
clared he would summon all wardens
and doctors before the grand jury
in the effort to get at the bottom or
thp matter
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-22
SOLICITOR WILL DEMAND
THAT PRISONERS TESTIF
One Life Lost When
Battleship Arkansas
Rammed DESTROYER

BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 2O.-One
man was killed and thirty injured
when the battleship Arkansas
crashed into the destroyer MacFar-
land while maneuvering off Sand
wich at dawn Wednesday, it was
learned today when the crippled de-
stroyer was towed into the navy
yard.
Spencer William Brown, Of North
Carolina, was killed.
Stories were told of how members
of the MacFarland's crew swan
through thirty feet of fuel oil that
flooded the ship when a tank in the
hold burst under the impact of the
crash.
Two seamen, A. M. Brown and
George Stack, saved the lives of
comrades trapped in oil and wreck
age when they made fast a line to
a stanchion and hauled out those
endangered.
A board of inquiry today began an
investigation of the accident.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-22
TOWN is LAID WASTE
BY CALIFORNIA BRUSH FIRE
Fast Moving Airplane
Successfully Anchored
To Military Airship

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Sept. 49,.
An airplane, piloted by Lieut.. r. K
Stoner, was anchored to a moving
airship at a height Of 1000 feet to-
day over Langley field. The expert
ment was regarded as opening great
possibilities for operation of small
airplanes in time of war from por-
table bases.
The light, speedy plane, piloted
by Lieut.. Stoner, was travelling at
the rate of IS miles an hour when
it overlook the army dirigible C-3,
going SO miles an hour. The plane
swooped under the big bag and a
stick dangling from the airship was
fitted into an eye-bolt on top Of the
airplane which for some time was
held fast to it's mooring.
A gust of wind broke the stick,
but the test was regarded by air
men as successful. ~.