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1hey are Hes, all lies, every one
OF these charges against the House
Of David and Benjamin." she said.
Il have stood it just about as long
as can.
mo one, except probably some
wives who loved their husbands as
| do mine, can realize what It
means to woman to be compelled
to hear her husband branded az a
defamer of womanhood. BENJAMIN
has been called just about every
vile name there is. He has been
pictured as man who forces young
girls to undergo revolving treatment
as man who forces women Ia
marry men he picks out for them.
Knows He Is Honorable.
He is not that. know him for
the lovable, honorable, and, above
all, cIear-minded leader of the col
ony. And have known him for q
great many years.
IT say to those who believe thes.
stories, II your husband were ac
cused Of such actions and yo,
knew he was guilty, would you
stand by him? There can be but
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EkBUREA NJ
NAN ENDS
lF
9. r Cral11er Shoots Himself
n bathroom, Had Said
0ood-by g Vie

& 9s&
a few hours after s. had bid
his wire good Nv ID the Union
station, where she took ! mid
nieft train for New York city,
Charles r Crarher, former gem
eral counsel 81 the Veterans
Bureau, shot himself to death
with ! ~ caliber revolver in the
bathroom Of his home at 2314
Wyoming avenue northwest.
Resigned on February 10.
The suicide took place at the
former home OF President Warren G..
Harding, which was purchased ~
Cramer after he came here from
the Pacific coast to accept the i'm
p0rtant job at the Veterans Bureau.
Cramer resigned from the Vet.
erans' Bureau on February is as .
direct result Of an avalanche OF
criticism which was directed against
him by veterans In Washington and
other parts OF the country.
Cramer's body, attired In night
clothes. was found by the maid at
the Wyoming avenue home at 8
O'CLOCK THIS morning.
Heard Revolver Shot.
When Captain Lord, OF the Tenth
precinct station, together with a
number OF other officers arrived at
the house, 1t was recalled by the
butler that he had heard the re-
port Of a revolver at o'clock this
morning. At the time he thought
Ii was the slamming of a door. The
body. was still warm when the Of
ficerS arrived.
Investigation showed that after
Cranier returned to his home from
the Union Station, he attired him.
self for bed, but did not lie down
In HIS own bedroom, but rested on.
q couch in another part or the
house.
note or any fact which would &C
count for his act.
Found in Pool Of Blood.
Three persons were, in the house
at the time of the suicide-Arthur
Jones, chauffeur: Marion Ian
caster, a maid, and cook: II was
the maid who discovered the body,
a. she had been instructed to call
Cramer at o'clock. When she
found that he was not in his room,
she went to the bathroom, where
she found him sprawled on the
floor beside a pool Of blood.
The chauffeur said that he took
both Mr.. and Mrs. Cramer to the
Union Station last night and that
they chatted in the best Of spirits.
All Of the servants said that their
employers always appeared to be
on the best OF terms.
Police have already located Mrs.
Cramer, who arrived in New York
city only this morning, and she Is
on the way back to Washington.
Detective Charles Mullen, who
made the investigation Of the sui.
eide, said he found the death" bull
let in the bathtub. 1t was his opin.
ion that he was seated In the bath
room when he fired the revolver.
The bullet entered over the right
ear and penetrated his head. Death
was probably instantaneous.
Cramer came to Washington at the
outbreak of the war with a view to
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entering the army, but was rejected
on account Of detective sight.
On June 90, 1921. he was appointed
general counsel Of the Veterans Blu.
reau. but left on February Is, fol
lowing the insistent protests Of vet.
Grams that men who had seen active
military service be given the import
ant posts. His resignation was ef-
fective March s last.
Cramer came to Washington from
San Francisco. He is member OF
the Army and Navy Club. the Metro
politan Club, the Chevy Chase Club.
the Racquet Club. all OF this city,
and Of the Lambs Club, of New York,
and the Bohemian Club. of San Fran
cisco. He was q graduate of the
New York University, class OF 90.
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QUARRELS WITH WIFE;
THEN COMMITS SUICIDE

PHILADELPHIA, March IA
Thomas Miller, thirty.five years old,
of Camden. committed suicide by
shooting himself behind the ear.
He came home under the In
fluence OF liquor and quarreled with
his wife. She left the house and
when she returned he was lying on
a sofa dead.
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Plaster Cast Of Her
Leg Is Blue Book
OF Ocean Trip
By Cosnnopoiltan NeWs service,

NEW YORK, March To
remind her of her voyage from
Europe, Mrs. 3. III. Bailey, Of
Brookline, Mass, today has u
plaster cast for her left leg
which is also i s.bIue book" 81
the passengers who arrived on
the Baltic yesterday.
While en- route across the At
9lantic, she dreamed there was
an intruder ii her cabin and
she fell from her berth, break
ing her leg ia two places. The
ship surgeon put her leg In d
cast, and while she was on deck
summing herself the passengers
decided To autograph the cast.
.She' Is 3 good little sportt, :
said Mrs. Bailey's husband,
BIO ston manufacturer, upO1
meeting her at the pier.
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HUGHES SETS TACNA-ARIcA
ARBITRATION DATES

Secretary of State Hughes today
forwarded messages to the Ameri-
can ambassadors to Chile and Peru
informing them that the six months
period agreed upon on which the
two countries shall present their
arguments in the Tacna-AHica arbi.
tration will date from March IS.
President Harding is to act as
arbitrator Of this dispute.
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HUNGRY, He SAYS, so
KILLED PET RABBITS

YoNKERS. N. r., March a.
Anthony Manuel, eighteen, was
hungry, he told judge yesterday,
50 he spent $3.50, practically his
entire fortune. for a rifle with
which to hunt rabbits.
The trouble came when he hunt.
ed the wrong kind OF rabbits. Thev
were pet ones belonging to wealthy
residents of Park Hill. ManueI.s
defense was that he needed then,
more for food than their owners
did for pets. He was held for ia.
Xesttgation.
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French Ready to Rush
$4,000 More Soldiers
To Aid of Ruhr Army
BY FRANK e. MASON.
ETnkArnMAl0raaI KnSva @n-v,a..s

PARIS, March 1.-THE first con,
Gingent Of $4,000 French REINFORCE.
mentg will leave for the Ruhr Fri.
day or Saturday, the war office
stated. Orders were teIeRraphed Nv
the war office during the mornine
70 Chaumont, Nancy, Tours, Lyons
and other troop centers to eauip I'M.
mediately forces to strengthen the
French army already In the Ruhr
The work Of preparing the $4,000
soldiers for field duty will be rushed
at top speed.
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MAN FOUND DEAD, WOMAN
DYING or STARVATION

BOSTON, March 14.-George w.
Ryner, sixty-six years old, of Rox-
bury, was found dead, and his house
keeper, Anna Walker, dying from
lack Of food here early today.
Police say the couple had not
tasted food for over week. Physi-
mans recovery.
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SAYS
HI Must
IGR
SILT
Never Knew Gil. says sabe.
a. he and Mrs. Ruth
Charge HIacIslnaiI.


NEW ORLEANS, March IL.
Shoulders o-shouIder, Babe Ruth
and his wife today are facing the
world determined to fight the
$b0, goo paternity suit of nine
teen-year-old Dolores Dixon, ok
New York, who both Babe and
Mrs. Ruth swear they never knew.
The Ruth family defiance was
hurled from their room In the
GruenWald Hotel by united
family, while fhree-yea1-old Dor
othy Helen Ruth, clasped tight ii.
her mothers arms, chuckIed aa
her husky father poked her ii the
ribs with his big forefinger and
said:
WHl Fight 10 Finish.
Wen fight blaclrnaiI Is the lin.
ish, hey, Dot?''
Over the wires from New York
came the news late Tuesday night
that Miss Dolores Dixon. nineteen,
who mysterfousIy vanished from
her apartment at $50 Riverside
Drive. New York, had through her:
attorney, George Feinberg. ok New.
Fork, filed suit for $50 ,000, charR.
ing Babe Ruth had assaulted her
repeatedly last winter In New
York. and was the father Of her
child that was soon 20 be born.
s.Blaclumail, (" He Says.
Just q bunch Of blaclSmail. was
the way Babe Ruth summarized ii.
That's Just what It is.'' echoed
Mrs. Ruth.
The Ruth family had sust arisen.
Mrs. Ruth was clad In q kimono.
Big Babe was arrayed In q raincoat
hastily thrown over his shoulders an
he answered the knock Of the Cosmos
pOlitan reporter at Room 1865. Baby
Dot was toddiing about the room IN
her nightie. II there was q buried
skeleton in that family. It was well
buried.
Were going to fight this Dixon
girl. can't even remember having
met her." said Babe. It's plain
blackmail. and the way 70 fight
blackmail IL to force Il out into the
open"
WIN Back Husband.
"That.s right assented Mrs.
Ruth. 'It,s q shame that anything
Hike that should be tried-but
know It's blackmaiI and I'm with
my husband clear to the finish of
this. advised him myself 20
force this fight out into the open.
Now. I haven't the least idea who
this Dixon girl Is, never saw
her, and when my husband says be
doesn't knew her, / believe him.
How long have known OF thiE2
Why, from the very first. Ny husa
band told me about II last Noveiil-
Der when he was served some kind
OF summons in the case"
you ignored the summons, didn't
you?" Babe was asked.
Told Wife Last Fan.
"ot course, did, said Babe.
And told my wife about 1t It
the time. Don't get the idea that
this is the first time crooks and
bIackmailers have tried to shake
me down for money. I've been
bounded by confidence men and
crooked, scheming women and
creoled scheming gamblers ever
since / made my home-run record.
Fl suppose that when the world
found out 81 was alnofle the high
est salariea players r the history
7
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HOUSE OF DAWD'S QUEEN
DEFENDS HER king"
BY CosmOpolltan New. gervico.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich March 14-The silence which for years
has shielded King Benjamin and Queen Mary Purnel
sensational accusations have repeatedly their
rule OF the House Of David Cult was broken today by
Queen Mary, who finally has to her husbands de-
tense. She speaks not queen but loyal wife.
Purnel stands accused by Detroit girls Mrs Ruth
SANFORD Reed and Mrs Gladys Bamford Rubel charges
gross immortality shocking religious rites and wholesale
marriages again bring the colony into the limelight
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THE WEATHER

Fair and colder tonight
with freezing temperature;
Thursday, increasing Cloudi-
ness followed by rain or
snow; diminishing northwest
shifting TO east winds.
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The Midgets i'm Charge

The Washington Times staff today took orders
from set of bosses. squad Of Lilliputians in
vaded the offices and took charge They cut copy,
beat up the typewriters, ran the printers ragged,
bulldozed the editors and made life interesting in
general Read about them Page L.
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0
DIATE
RlJHR
British Spurn German Offer Of
Preparations II Case Of
Intervention.
BY LUTHER a. HUSTON,
u p 1SSs.s,S 8ssSa..Ir ~ as.sm gSav~aS,a

LONDON, March ~. a pro-
posal just brought from Berlin by
member IL the British House Of
Commons that Germany will sub
nit new reparations offer il
Great Britain win intervene n
the Ruhr has been rejected by
Premier il. Bonar Law, II was
learned from high source this
afternoon.
Made As .sSug gestiotl.' \
This Offer was made inforTnally
Al the form OF d .'suggestiOn. q
Premier Bonar Law told the par
Humanitarian HAT Great Britain was
NIT prepared to step III at the
present moment. The premier be
lleved that France would resent
interference, for already warming
Z has come from Paris that the
French want no intervention.
It Is repeated that q die hard
tremendous power a the cabinet
and that Il 81 coneistentlY Oppos-
inr British trferueS ton.
IN diplomatic ctrcleg Il II said
that strong pressure IL being
brought to bear upon Chancellor
Cuno at Berlin to urge him to ac-
cept the Frahco-Belg decision at
Brussels al D Adesire for peace"
on the part Of the French and
BeIgians and to announce that
Germany III ready to accept any
PROPOSALS from any neutral for q
conference Of political and economic
experts to fix definite amount
Of reparations and take guarantees
TO secure payment.
Army withdrawal Urged.
Flie amalIness OF the government
commons vote led to fresh agita.
British army Of occupation from
the Rhine.
The, vote was on Sir John Simon's
resolution to cut down the civil ap-
preparations Of the government 50
a. to force an open declaration on
Ruhr policy. Premier Bonar Law
won out by q narrow majority Of
forty-eight votes.
Both the Chronicle (organ Of
former Premier Lloyd Georgel and
the Daily Express declared today
that recent events show that the
public docs not back up the gov.
ernrnent's do nothing policy.
Belgians Refuse TO Advance.
Great Britain must withdraw
from the Rhine" said the Daily Elk.
press. SIT IL d necessity now"
There are limitations from official
sources that Belgium is not pleased
with the continued French advances
into Germany.
According to the Daily Express
the BefRians have refused to advance
any farther and are refusing to sup
port French schemes for annexation
OF German territory.
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Propoaes Neutral zone.

Proposes Neutral Zone.
LONDON, March 14.--Lord Robert
Cecil announced this afternoon that
the League of Nations Is proposing
q settlement of the Ruhr issue
through the establishing of an inter-
national neutral zone between the
French and German borders.
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BIG DEA H
PLOT
Barred
Raids Reveal Irish Plotted "a
KIN Bonar Law and
Lloyd George.
n YTIternal IonaI News gervIce.

LONDON, March The
most widespread assassination
plot since the days of the Jacobin
agitations IN England more than
i century ago was frustrated by
the raids and arrests Of Irish
rebels in England and Scotland,
according to the Daily Sketch TO-
day.
NOtabIes Marked Tor Death.
According to this paper the Irish
rebel leaders had marked the fol.
lowing Tor death:
Premier al. Bonar Law, former
Premier David Lloyd George, Sir
Hanar Greenwood. chief secretary
for Ireland; Ronald MacNeii, under
foreign secretary, and other notablee.
Numerous women spies were EN-.
ployed by the pl0tters. The women
obtained work az domestics In the
households Of the prominent men
whose deaths were planned, and
made systematic reports upon their
movements.
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DUBLIN. March 14.-"Up with
the Irish republic" shouted four
Republican Irregulars as they were
being executed by Free State troops
at Stranorlar today.
This makes eleven irregulars
executed in ireland within twenty
four hours, and bring the grand
total to sixty-four since the Free
State decided upon its execution
policy" last November.
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ON TRLA, AS 81 AVER
OF INN

Mrs Mary
w els
charming
host ss &
It the
Massapequa
Inn,
Fresport
z. Who
y being
tried for
the murder
Of Capt
james W
Petit,
found dead
with !
shotgun By
his side.
Mrs. Wells
was said
to have
been his
sweetheart.
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9n M emnrianl.

ANDERSON. Sacred to the memory of our
dear mother, JULIA ANDERSON. who de-
parted this life years ago today, March
-, 1915.
The rose that is sweetest and purest
Is the bud that is killed Ivy the frost,
And the love that is dearest and truest
THE FAMILY.
BALL. Sacred to the memory Of our dear
(nee De Marr). who departed this life
four years ago today, March - 1919.
1t is not the one with the tears that flow:
1t is not the one that speaks of you alone:
The one that is silent and nourns low
Is the one that thinks Of you. mother,
when all alone.
watched you. dear grandmother. fading,
But little did l know
That oil this day, four years ago,
Ny precious grandmother from me would
YoUR LOVING DAUGHTER AND GRAND
DAUGHTER.
BERRY, JOHN Sleep on, blessed sleep; l
wears and this is the remembrance of your
YOUR WIFE.
BURROUGHS. In loving remembrance Of
BERNARD NJ. BURROUGHS who died two
years ago today, March, 20, 1921 WIFE.
CARROLL. A tribute of love to the memory
of my dearly beloved parents. BETTE T..
CARROLL who departed this iifc twenty
years ago today. March 20. 1903. and
DANIEL CARROLL. nine years ago, March
Is. 1911.
Thou art gone. but not forgotten,
Fresh my love shall ever be;
For as long there is memory
| will always think OF thee
LoAELl UALGuTER ANNIE. .
Evening star., 1923-03-29

Albert Lee Thurman. senior partner
of the law firm of Thurman & Quig-
ley. and former solicitor Of the De
partment of Commerce, died last
evening at his residence. 22l9 Cali
fornia street northwest lie had been
in poor health for several months
Born In Columbus. Ohio, July 10
1869. Mr.. Thurman had lived in Wash
inGton for the past ten years and was
widely known in the National Capital
He was Il grandson Of former Senator
Allen q. Thurman Of Ohio. and from
his fathers family Inherited bril-
liant lega! mind. lie was Il lifelong
democrat and strong Wilson man,
and his appointment to Il post in the
Department of Justice was among the
first made by the President. In 1919
devoted himself TO private practice
here. He was member OF the Ma
uonal Press club. the RacqIc, Club
and had but recently resigned from
the Columbia Country Cluh.
Mr.. Thurman WAS d graduate Of the
University OF Virginia. where he dis
ting guished himself both as a scholar
and an athlete. He is survived by
his wife and by two sons and a
daughter of d former marriage. Mrs
nurman was MISS Eleanor EItlDgc
Marshall of the Marshall family Of
Virginia and Maryland. The daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Lee Thurman. makes
her home here. The elder son. Allen
Thurman. a graduate of the Uuiver-
sity Of Virginia. is III business III New
York. while the younger son. John
Thurman. is student at the Uni
verSity Of Pennsylvania. Both in
herited. in d marked degree. the stth-
letic ability Of their father.
The funeral will be held in Colum-
bus. Ohio. the funeral party being
scheduled to leave Washington to-
morrow afternoon.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
HENRY K. WHITE DEAD.
Was Well Known Lawyer and For
mer Alabama Resident.

Henri Kirk White. LAWYER. and
former resident OF Birmingham.
Ala, died Sunday following an ill
ness of more than two months. Fu-
neral services were held yesterday Y
morning at Hvsong's parlors. fol-
lowed by intcrment in Cedar Hill
cemetery.
Floral tributes were sent by Sena-
tor !. Thomas Helm. the Alabama
State Society and other organizations.
Among those attending the funeral
were senator Hetiiu. Mrs. George Il.
Huddleston. wife of Representative
Huddls ston. and Mrs. Thacker V.
Walker. wife Of the president OF the
Alabama State Society.
Mr.. White was born in Birming-
ham SiXty-fiVe years ago. He praC-
ticed law there for twenty Ell ght
years. and came to this city about
five years ago. where he made his
home at 1897 l. street. He continued
his practice of law here, becoming
associated with the firm. White d
Chambers. his partner being Judge
William L. Chambers. He was also
secretary and treasurer of the Cot
ton Tax Recovery Association.
Surviving him is L son, Harry
White of Birmingham Ala.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
BRADLEY FUNERAL
RITES TOMORROW
Washington Loar and Trust Com.
pany Official to Rest in Oak
Hill Cemetery.

Funeral services for Thomas Brad
ley, vice president and real estate Off
Ger Of the Washington Loan and
Trust Company. who died at George
town University Hospital Tuesday
morning, will be held at Christ
Church, 31st and o streets north
west. Georgetown. tomorrow morning
at IL o'clock. The services will be
conduCted by the rector, Rev. j. H.
W. Blake, ID. ID. The interment will
be in Oak Hill cemetery. Georgetown.
The active pallbearers will be:
Harry w. Blunt, Samuel Riggs,
Rawlins Hume. Harry l.. Rust. Harry
g. Meem. Boyd Taylor. Arthur Peter
and Randall II. Hagner.
The honorary palIbearers will be-
John Joy Edison. John r. Larner.
Andrew Parker, Henry F. Keenan,,
Cuno II. Rudolph. j. Harry Cunning
ham. John A. Johnston, Harvey W.
Wiley, Charles Lindsay, Ben Minor
BenJamin w. Guy. =. G. Hawn, J.
Eris Powell. John H Clapp. Frank
+: Reeside, Floyd T.. Davis, William
NJ. Beall Thomas Bones and Edward
Colladay, {. Is. keferStein.
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CarbS Of ThdnBs.

wish to extend my thanks and
heartfelt appreciation TO my many friends
and relatives. and the minister. the South
Carolina Club, for Their many beautiful
letters, kindness and sympathy, during the
illness and death Of my husband, J. ".
GAMBRElL also the navy yard cn-work"rs
for their contribution.
MRS. JOSEPHINE \. GAMBREIL.
LASH. ! wish To extend my thanks and
heartfelt appreciation to the friends tor
their kindness and sympathy aud also the
beautiful floral tributes sent at the death of
my dear fatI.er
HIS son los A. LASH
LUCAS. I wish to express my thanks and
appreciation 10 the Nj. calvary. NJ. Gii"aI
Baptist Church. the Young Ministers Union
neghbors, relatives and friends for their
sympathy. kindness and beautiful floral
tokens during the illness and death Of my
husband, Rev. MARK ID. LUCAS.
MRS. PHRENELIA LUCAS.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
MANY NAMED IN WILL
OF MRS. MARY H. COPP
Document Filed for Probate Divides
Cash Among Several, With
Home Held in Trust.

The will of Mrs. Mary II. Copp, who
died March u. was filed yesterday
for probate. She leaves her house
held effects. wearing apparel. silver
ware and the like to Cora B. San
born. Christine Irish and AcLearey
II. Sanholn. George w. White and
the American Security and Trust
Company are named as executors.
Among the cash bequests are $1,000
to the Pilgrim memorial fund of the
Congregation Church, $4,000 to Will
liam Howard Copp. $4,000 10 Cyrus A.
Sanhorn of Somerville. Mass; $4,000
to Christine Irish for benefit of her
invalid brother, Philip j. Irish, and
$4,000 to Henry y. Copp of Kaukauna.
Wis. \ number of other relatives
and friends are remembered with
smaller amounts.
Premises IL Maryland avenue
northeast is left to the American
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MRS. JULIA A. LEE, 60
YEARS IN CAPITAL, DIES
Was Widow of Well Known South
west Merchant, and Native of
New York City.

Mrs. Julia a. Lee died yesterday at
the residence OF her daughter. Mrs.
e. j. Button. 1895 Park road Funeral
services VIII be at the Park road resi-
drnce al o'clock Saturday Rev.
John r.. Briggs, pastor of the Fifth
baptist Church. Will conduct the serv-
ices. 1nterment viii be in Congress
stonal cemetery.
Mrs Lee was born in New York
city, but has resided in the District Of
Columbia for the past sixty years
She was the widow of Samuel Lee. A
well known merchant of Southwest
Washington. and a sister of the late
Thomas J. Trodden. She was a mem
bcr of tn Fifth Baptist Church. and
- survived hy six children. Sergt
Robert T.. Lee of the third police pre-
cihct, Sergt. James H. Lee Of the
fourth police precinct. Mrs. r.. j. But
ton. Mrs +. Luve, Mrs. \. ". Nolan.
Mis- j. y. Beck ana several grand
children.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
WOULD PRESERVE TREATY

BY the Associated Press
TOXIC. March ga public move
ment designed to controvert any ac-
tion toward abrogation of the Sino-
Japanese treaty of 1915, which eN-
tended for long terms Japan's leases
of Port Arthur and Dalny on kwang-
tung peninsula, was started by the
organization ut mass meeting of
the National League of Japan"
The meeting was attended by lead
crs of all political parties. prominent
business men. finanriers. bankers and
university professors. Marquis Hach-
iSuka was chosen chairman.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

the American flag, an honor which
Senator Nicholson had declared the
greatest that can be accorded any
man."
Throughout this morning the body
lay in state in the rotunda Of the
state capitol, with an honorary guard
of national guardsmen. There the
coffin bore but q single floral tribute
"A wreath from the republican state
central committee.
The services at the church later
We're to be conducted by the Rev. H.
Wray Boyle, its pastor