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Evening star., 1923-02-15
QUIZ ON PARENTAL
COURT CONDEMNED
Women Ask That Hearings
Be Stopped Because of OBJ
iectiOnabIe Statements.

Some of the most prominent women
in Washington. who have for many
years been engaged in welfare and
general civic activities, called upon
Chairman Focht of the House District
committee, today, protesting that the
hearings on the Free bill to establi sh
a parental court in the District of
Columbia. which have been in prog
ress for several days before a sub
committee, should be stopped These
women said that the publication of
statements which have been made be-
fore the committee is an insult to
such women as Judge Kathryn Sellers
of the Juvenile Court, who, they say.
has done more good work among the
needy and delinquent than any other
person in Washington in recent years
They also resented attacks made upon
the board of childrens guardians and
the Associated Charities which insti-
tutions, they said. have for years won
the confidence and support of the best
interests in the National Capital.
Members of Delegation.
However, while demanding that the
hearings should be stopped. these
women insisted that this should not
be done until after the board of
charities has had an opportunity
specifically to reply to testimony
presented to the subcommittee.
Among members of the delegation
were: Mrs. Robert Elmore, daughter
Of Justice Sutherland: Mrs. Walter S.
Unord. wife Of the secretary of the
Associated Charities; Mrs. Virginia
White Speel, 4 personal friend OF
Chairman hal m Focht for many years. and
committee of the Mothers Congress
and Parent-Teachers Association; !;
Mrs l. d. Smoot. representing the
congress of Mothers; Miss Lydia
and Mrs David r. Covell. wife of the
rector of Trinity P. E. Church.
All OF these women say they have
personal knowledge of the work of
the Juvenile Court, the Board Of
Children's Guardians. the Associated
Charities and welfare work con-
nected with other correctional in
stitutions.
Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Juve-
nile Court was the principal witness
before the subcommittee today and
stated that If the Free bill is adopted
In Its present form it will be thrown
out as unconstitutional She said
that all the desirable features could
be carried out under existing law and
that if the Free bill were enacted she
could set the entire school system at
defiance and disrupt it's authority.
Legislation Opposed.
All of the members of the subcom-
mittee who have been conducting the
hearing have plainly shown that they
are not at all friendly to this legisla-
tion and several have been outspoken
in condemning the bill.
Representative Thomas l.. BIanton
of Texas, who, until today, has shown
himself to be most sympathetic to-
ward the proposed legislation, de-
clared today that the Free bill is the
most crudely drawn bill he has ever
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Evening star., 1923-02-15
CREW FEARED LOST.
Hope Abandoned for Steamer Tus-
can Prince.


can Prince.
By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash, February 15-A
number OF lives were believed to have
been lost early today when the British
steamer Tuscan Prince went ashore
near Esteyan, Vancouver Island, ac-
cording to a message received mere from
the tug Sea Monarch.
The Sea Monarch. at the time the
message was sent. was rushing TO the
aid of the vessel, which was said to be
a total loss. The message gave no de-
tails and did not state the source OF the
information contained.
Message Gives Up Hope.
Ship breaking up. we are going to
drown" was the last message from
the Tuscan Prince, which came
through the air and was picked up oy
the radio station OF the Seattle har-
bors dspar tment.-, Another message.
from an unidentified source, confirmed
the report that the Tuscan Prince was
aground near Esteyan. b. c.
Believe Ship Lost.
The Tuscan Prince is undoubtedly a
total loss, Harold Burchard, repre-
sentative here for Furness-Withy
Company, agents for the Prince Line.
Limited. of London. owners Of the
was commanded by Capt. ]. Chilvers
and had crew of forty-two men
aboard. She was of 5.275 tons.
At that hour nothing was known Of
the fate Of the crew of the vessel
and her position could not be deter
mined The Tuscan Prince was due
in Port Townsend, Wash. this morn
ing and therefore was believed to be
nearing the entrance to the Strait Of
Juan de Fuca when the accident oc-
Cured
The Tuscan Prince sailed from San
Francisco for Seattle last Sunday.
Her home port is Newcastle, England.
GLITTER RESCuES CREW.
Evening star., 1923-02-15
POLISH LOAN APPROVED.

affairs commission of the chamber OF
deputies today gave its approval to
loan by the French government Of
400, 100000 francs to Poland. A bill
making provision to that effect will
be introduced in the chamber.
CA Paris message, Wednesday, said
the commission had held up It's ap-
proval of the loan until Poland had
given more definite information as to
what she had to offer in the way
of guarantees0
Evening star., 1923-02-15
UNEMPLOYMENT FEARED
Germans Trying to Incite Sympa-
thy of French Soldiers.
the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ESSEN. February 15.-In the opin-
ion OF Ruhr industrialists. unemploy-
ment may soon be the problem con.
fronting French and Germans alike.
The directors of the various branches
Of the Krupp works say that there is
enough repair work. on hand to keep
the plants running while longer,
but that the outlook for the future
is dark in view of the Tightening Gus
toms ring.
Despite the success of the French
lContinued on Fage 2. Column a
Evening star., 1923-02-15
ARREST EXPECTED SOON.
specia, Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK. Md, February Is
An arrest is expected hourly in the
kidnapping Of Sister Cecilia from Notre
Dame Convent here, according to an
announcement made by States Attor-
ney Aaron r. Anders following an in
terview with the nun.
It Is expected that Sister Cecilia
will have fully recovered from her
experiences by tomorrow. so that she
will be able to go to Baltimore and
there aid the police in locating the
house where she was held prisoner
and later escaped.
Evening star., 1923-02-15
PATIENT HANGS SELF.

John Stokes, fifty-two years old,
patient at St Elixabeth's Hospital.
hanging. He had been in the hos
pital eleven years, formerly residing
in New York.
Frederick Saunders, an attendant,
found the body suspended from the
stairway in Birch building. Coroner
Nsvitt gave . certificate Of suicide.
Evening star., 1923-02-15
RECALL OF BRITISH
ONRH|NE HANGS ON
CONFERENCE TODAY
French in London Seek Aid in
UnraveIing Transpor-
tation Tie-Up.
10000 GERMAN POLICE
ARE ORDERED DlSARMED
Sixty Coal Trains Slipped Through
Gordon Exceed Deliveries
to Invaders.
T., the Associated Press,

Bl the Associated Press.
LONDON. February l5.--British and
French cabinet ministers met here to-
day in a conference which, If 1t talls
to evolve a program for British CO.
operation with the French and Bel
etans in solving the Ruhr transporta-
ton problems. is considered likely to
result in the early withdrawal OF the
British troops from the Coiosne
area.
The British ministers at the meet
ting in Downing street we're lf'ihe
Minister Bonar Law, Lord Curzon' th@
secretary for foreign affairs. ana the
Earl of Derby, the secretary for war.
The French cabinet was represented
by NJ. LIE Trocquer. the minister OF
public works.
Request Meets sympathy.
II was understood as the conference
started that the French request LOT
additional transport facilities through
the British zone was being received
sympathetically. The British main
tain that the French have little need
for more railway lines to handle rep
aration coal shipments to france
but it is realized that the French
have a problem equally serious in the
transporting of supplies from France
into the occupied territory.
The question may be settled tenn
porarily by the transfer of six
mile section of the British zone, con-
tanning a double-track railway line
to the French.
Evening star., 1923-02-15
100000 VERMONT LOSS.

BARNET, Vt. February 15.-The viii
Iage OF McIndoe Falls found itself
without stores today and a number of
Its residents were homeless as q re-
suit of a fire which was driven
through its center by a high wind
last night. The loss is estimated at
100000. Eleven buildings, including
four stores and several dwellings,
were burned.
Evening star., 1923-02-15
MONTAGNES GO TO JAIL.

NEW YORK, February 15.-The four
La Montague brothers. Montagu, Rene,
William A. and Morgan E.. wealthy
distillers, who pleaded guilty last
week to a federal indictment charg-
ing conspiracy to violate the Volstead
act. left today for the Essex county
jaiI. at Newark. N. j., to begin SEN
tences imposed by Federal Judge
Winslow
Evening star., 1923-02-15
Germans Redeem
reasury Bills,
Paying Belgium,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS. February 15.-Ger-
man treasury bills issued in con-
nection with Germany's agreement
to pay Belgian reparations were
met when they fell due today.
Evening star., 1923-02-15
RESCUE SHIP SINKING.

SAN FRANCISCO. February IS
The steamship Santa Rita, which was
searching for the steamer Nika on
CONTINUED on Page s, Column 81
Evening star., 1923-02-15
WEATHER.

Fair and continued cold tonight. to-
morrow and probably Saturday; lowest
temperature tonight about . degrees.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at 2 prl today: Highest. 81. at
2 pm. yesterday : lowest. 16. at am.
today.
Evening star., 1923-02-15
ssFrOn Press to Home
Within the Hour

The Stars carrier system covers every
city block and the regular edition is
delivered to Washington hornes as fast
as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1923-02-15

Continued on Page 2, Colun
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, 1923-01-04

ashore, the fight is now to be directed
toward a stoppage OF Illicit shipments
At their source, or at least to establish
sources Of information abroad which
WI enable American authorities TO
Keep such a close check on wholesale
dealers as to diminish the probability
OF large supplies coming through.
Col. o. @. Forrer. assistant director
oil the prohibition bureaus narcotic
division. is en- route to Europe in this
connection and IS said to carry creden.
tlais from the state department to of.
hcials of similar bureaus in several
countries. He is to confer with the au.
thorities in Italy. Spain. France and
possibly Germany.
, 1923-01-04

smaller allies Of France. notably Po-
land and czecho-slovakia. and even
neutrals such as Denmark, to re-
cover possession Of territory inhabited
by Danes and Poles, and to begin
again to prepare her hegemony over
Europe.
We know YER well right now"
says the premier's cable message,
that h day Germany VIII want TO
make war it will be on the smaller
nations that h VIII throw herself.
, 1923-01-04
HOTEL WILL
Be ENLARGED WITH
ADDITION OF ANNEX

CHEYENNE, Wye, Jan. 4.-Harrv
+. Hynds, mansS1ir of the Plains
Motel, n OF the most famous hostel.
ries in h west. has announced that
early this spring work will be. started
on a $50 room addition. The annex
win be a five story structure, finished
, 1923-01-04

commission. were given by adminis-
tration senate leaders today after
Chairman Lodge OF the foreign rela-
tons committee had conferred with
President Harding Int Ambassador
Harvey at the White House
Senator Lodge did not express
definite opinion regarding the advis-
, 1923-01-04

ability Of adopting the resolution but
neither no nor any or err administra,
ton leader evinced any hostility to
ward It. Immediately after his visit
to the White House he called a sps
cial meeting of the foreign relations
committee for tomorrow to considE
the proposal.
, 1923-01-04
ALL COUNTRIES
ASKED TO MAKE
WAR ON DRUGS

" WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.-Friend,v
cooperation Of several foreign govern.
ents is being sought By the United
States in its fight TO STAMP out the
use of narcotics in this country.
Recognizing the difficulty Of pre.
venting distribution of drugs arr,
they have been successfully smurrlsd
, 1923-01-04
U. s. PARTICIPATION IN
CONFERENCE CONSIDERED

WASHINGTON. Jan. 4-Assurances
Of Immediate consideration for the
resolution Of Senator Robinson, Dem
ocrat, Arkansas, proposing American
representation on the Preparations
, 1923-01-04

AS fast as the wind may mean
anything from s miles per tJou-.
which is a Tight dir" to 30 miles per
hour. a terrible hurricane.
, 1923-01-04

Her plan Of nonagEression would
leave her free to do so and would pro-
h!bIt Us from going to their help"
, 1923-01-04

building and adjoining It. The ground
in the same light brick IS the main
floor will be used for stores with four
floors of guest rooms above.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
SOLDIER KILLS SELF
IN PRESENCE OF HIS
BUDDIES IN BARRACKS
Sergeant Sends Bullet Into
Chest, Dying Soon
Afterwards.

With some OF his comrades asleep in
their hunks, others sitting near him,
Sergeant George o. Gootie, COMPANY
X of the Twentieth Infantry, Second
Division, took his pistol froIh the ho!'
ster at IL 40 O'Clock Sunday nigh.
pressed the mGz., TO the left side OF
his chest and fired, according TO the
story Of the tragedy told at Fort Sam
Houston Monday morning.
Gootie died in the emergency ambul-
ance while being taken to the station
hospital.
Sergeant Gootie was SO years old and
had been in the army for six years. He
was unmarried. His home was Irons
dale. Ky.
During the war he was first iicu-
tenant in the Infantry. A board of Of
ficers from the Twentith Infantry has
been appointed to investigate the case
Final funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
Nothing unusual had transpired Sun
day night in the barracks occupied by
Company X. and it is said Sergeant
GOotie seemed to be in no unusual frame
of mind. Some of the men were al
ready in their hunks for the night,
while others were preparing TO retire
when startled and awakened by the sud
den shot. Probable suicide was state
ment written on the dead soldiers rec
ord blank at the station hospital
1t was reported that the trouble which
caused the alleged suicide originated out
side of the army.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
WATER SUCKED AWAY, SHIP
RESTS ON HARBOR BOTTOM,
In HAWAIIAN TIDAL WAVE
Giant Crests Raise Vessel Above Level of the Wharf
Then Lower 1t to Mud and Coral When Earth
quake 5000 Miles Away, Sends Giant Billows
Onward-islanders Flee to Mountains When
Twelve Lives Lost as Water Rushes
Into Streets. ....

shocks at J:1O $. m, reached maxi
mum at . 80 a. M, and the. lett the
sheet entirely until 80 a. m, after
which minor disturbances were recorded
for several hours. =,
MIR; McComb said the selsmograpn
recorded two heavy shocks ana one IlInt
one on thursday, FEBRUARY J. at
p. m. . Ill.
The tidal waves that swept haWaI,
apparently Travelled Tor approximate!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
NEGRO NEARLY FROZEN
Rode Freight From Houston To San
Antonio.

Willie Blk. 16-year-old negro, was
taken to the Robert Il. Green Memorial
hospital, at O'Clock Monday morning,
his body severely frozen and his feet
badly frost bitten.
The boy. according TO information
given the police, had erode the rods
Of freight train from Houston to
San Antonio. He collapsed when he
crawled from his cramped position be-
meath box car near the oil storage
tanks. just beyond the east yards of
the G. H. & S. A. railway company
and was found by a switching crew.
The boy says his parents live in
Little Rock, Ark. He was taken TO
the east yards station on n switch en-
CINE and central police headquarters
notified. He was later removed to the
hospital in the police ambulance. Hos
pital physicians advised police he would
probably recover.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
FIRE CLAIMS FOUR DEAD, 81 INJURE|
FATHER LOVE FAILS
IN MURDER CASE

Memphis. Tenn, Feb. 5.-Through
the ages, mother-love has won for er-
ring children, has been allowed to sacri-
flee self. 1t has been idealized in poetry
and song, has achieved the title of
worlds greatest ideal.
But unsung. unidealized father-live
passes unnoticed.
And now when father attempts to
make the supreme sacrifice for his son,
his sacrifice is refused.
The test came in the trial here of
John w, Hudson Jr., for the murder
Of Mrs. Hattie Ferguson.
Here is the story from its beginning !:
Hudson Jr, evidence shows, became
the intimate friend of Mrs. Ferguson.
though he was legally bound to a wife
and was father of a boy, s, and though
she, likewise. was wife and mother.
Woman Vanishes.
On Feb. 8, 1922, Mrs. Ferguson went
for ride with Hudson. Then she
vanished. No one knew her fate
until
Her body two months later was fish
ed from a stream, 4 gaping bullet
hole above her eye told how she had
met death.
Hudson Jr. was sought In July he
was seized as traffic yiolatOr in
Chattanooga and was identified through
a police bulletin photograph.
On the train en- route TO Memphis
young Hudson told officers, they say,
that he killed Mrs. Ferguson.
"She was the only woman l ever
loved" they quote him as saying. I'VE
quarreled while keeping rendezvous,
shot to frighten her. The bullet took
effect"
Tried for Murder.
Hudson Jr., was put on trial for
murder.
In the course of the trial Hudson
ST.. 6S, hobbled TO the witness stand
and confessed in open court he had
fired the shot that killed Mrs. Fergu
son when he was striving TO wrest a
revolver from her grasp.
Despite that, the jury within an
hour found Hudson Jr.. guilty of MUIR
der and voted death in the electric
chair.
Attorneys of Hudson Jr. now have
appealed to the supreme court.
Will father-lOve win? Will the aged
man be permitted to give up his few
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
AGED AND FEEBLE SEEN
TO APPEAR AT WINDOWS,
Then VANISH IN FLAMES
Burnt Wreckage and Broken Wire, Cow
cred With Icicles, All That Is Left
After Four-Story Building Crumbles.
Some Slide Down Ropes to Safety
When Stairway Shut Off-Buns May
Prove Fatal to Several.

Wichita, Kan Feb 5.-Two bodies have been found.
two others undoubtedly dead and 81 burned eight
seriously that they may die the result of fire today
that wiped out the Getto building, of Wchas land
marks leaving only four-story brick wall and mass of
burned wrackage and broken wires with cicles
Flames first discovered shortly after a. m Es-
cape by stairway was impossible.
Many of the occupants of the burning building slid down
ropes to safety.
Thryx apartments composed the upper three stories
of the building majority of the jewellers aged some
of them feeble Business firms located on the main
floor
No cause for the fire has yet been discovered =
Four believed missing were seen to appear at
windows; then they disappeared in the flames.
Eight persons taken Immediately to Wichita hos
pitfalls and "a others treated at nearby hotel Some
of the injured were badly burned that they were unable to
use or legs
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
FARM BILL NEGLECTED
Rural Credits Program May Not Get
Through Present Congress.

Washington, ID. C., Feb. 5.-A posi-
bility that the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
per farm credits program may be block
ed in Congress unless there is some as
surance of action on the administration
shipping bill was foreseen in some quar-
tiers today after series of conferences
TO discuss the legislative outlook for the
remaining four weeks Of the Sixty-sev'
enth Congress.
After a talk with President Harding,
Representative Mondell. of Wyoming
Republican leader of the House, de.
clared there were so many difficulties
in the way of an agreement that it was
entirely possible the farm credits meas.
ures could not finally be written into
law before March despite the fact that
legislation on the subject has passed
both the Senate and House.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
AUCTION OF COLONY
BUILDINGS RECALLS
EVANGELIZING TRIP
elijah" of Kingdom In
corporated' Sailed and
Starved Around World.

Durham, Me-, Feb. 5.-Shiloh, for %
years the home of the Holy Ghost and
United States Religious Colony, Of
which the Rev. Frank W. SANFORD
was the head. was to go under the ham
mer today to satisfy unpaid taxes Of
SJT10S to this town. Judge Henry Z.
Coolidge of Lisbon Falls, is the present.
owner of the property, which was trans
ferred to him by the trustees of -Ths
Kingdom Incorporated, the holding or.
ganization formed BY Sanford.
TIL buildings of the hill top colony
were erected at a cost Of 100000.
After seyenteen-month eyangelizing
cruise in the yacht Coronet. during
which journeys were made to Africa,
Asia and parts of the remote North.
Sanford. known to his followers rs
Elijah was arrested in Portland a
October, 1911, charged with causing the
deaths Of six Of his disciples through
neglect and starvation. He was con-
victed aud served ten years in the fei.
eral penitentiary at atlanta.
On this tour the evangclizstioR vas
performed not by actual visits to the
various countries, but by offering pray
er sbOrd ship several miles off short
for the conversion Of the natives. With
the Coronet, was the yacht Kingdom.
The latter vessel was wrecked off the
coast Of Africa and those who bad
shipped ON her crowded on the COrouct.
On the return trip, provisions gave out.
Sails were swept away b. storms and
all on board were obliged to man The
pumps. -Four men died Of scurvy and
two were drowned.
After Sandword's conviction. the cel-
ony rapidly dwiRdle,l and It's build -
finally were deserted.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-05
Italian Princess Is Engaged.
BY the Associated Press.

London, Feb. 5.-Tbe engagement OF
Princess Yolanda. eldest daughter Oi
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Elena. TO Captain Count Nalvi di Der,
COLO. is announced. says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Rome this aft.
ernoon. The unofficial matchmakerS Of
the continent long have been busy with
the name of Princess Yolanda. Re.
ports that found most credence were
that her engagement TO the Crown
Prince of Belgium would be announced
next summer. At times there have been
rumors that she would marry the Prince
Of Wales.