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Evening star., 1923-09-18
D. c. 1925 BUDGET
$2,5O0,0(O LOWER
THAN THIS YEARS
City Heads Reveal Fact in
Strong Plea to Gen. Lord
for Larger Allowance.
GROWING CITY REQUIRES
MORE MONEY, is CLAIM
Drastic Cut Hits Schools, Paving
Program, Parks and Vital
Projects.
Outstanding Points
In City Heads Plea

Here are some of the OUT
standing revelations I'm the
Commissioners' letter TO the
budget bureau.
The amount requested for the
school building program for
next year I'm the regular esti-
mates will not do more than
finish four buildings already
under contract.
The item for street paving in
the regular estimates has been
reduced to "less than One-third
of the appropriation for the
work for 1921
The item for work on the
conduit to increase the water
supply reduced to ''sIightly over
One-third of the appropriation
for 1824.o
Elimination entirely, of esti-
mates for continuing the motor.
ization of the fire department.
as well as provfsion for pur-
chase of land for the Rock
Creek and Potomac parkway.
The supplemental estimates
were prepared I'm the hope OF
making up these shortcomings
in the regular budget.
Evening star., 1923-09-18
BY HAL o,FLAHERTY.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
LONDON, September 1S.-PTemier
Baldwin's meeting with Premier Poin-
care of France, as viewed in London,
holds very slight possibilities of mod
flying the political, relations of the
two countries. Both have expressed
an aversion to<political conversations
at this juncture, but as they meet for
the first time they cannot but profit
from personal contact.
Neither premier can add to what
he already has said in speeches and
notes. It is certain that short per-
sonal talk could not alter their
avowed policies.
Premier Baldwin's position is vitality
affected by the impending empire con-
ference. which will review Great Bril-
Evening star., 1923-09-18
MAY EXTEND CONTROL.
Walton Threatens Absolute Rule of
Muskogee County.

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, September
1S.--Extension of absolute martial
law to Muskogee county, one of the
most important sections In the east
epu half of Oklahoma, looms as Gov.
walton's next military maneuver
against the Ku Klux Klan.
1T is regrettable," said the gov
ernor in a telegram to the Muskogee
Phoenix. "if, as my secret agents
have reported. your community is
ganization that would .insurp all the
powers of the civil authorities and
courts, in iieu of which citizens, botn
innocent and guilty. are summarily
seized upon. maimedy beaten and, we
believe, in some cases murdered by
hooded masked Baobs. am
afraid that in order to clean up your
situation we will have to take your
county under complete martial law.
Annual Fairs Postponed.
In, the same message Gov. Walton
declared it would be necessary to
postpone the annual state fairs at
Muskogee and Oklahoma City in or
der properly to enforce military rule.
Ralph Hemphill, secretary of the
local fair association, said financial
losses amounting to hundreds of
thousands OF dollars would result
from postponement of the fairs,
A military court of inquiry today
began an investigation of masked ac-
tiyities here and in other parts of the
state, which is expected in some quar-
ters to lead to a demand for records
and other data at the Ku Klux Klan
state headquarters here. Gov. Wal
ton. In hts declaration of state wide
martial law, declared that the head
oklahoma City, and that in order to
stamp out the organization lit is nee
Sssary to stamp out it's source"
Records Reported Removed.
A report today said that records
of the Khan had been spirited out of
the state. State officials of the order
have maintained silence since mar
tfal law was proclaimed.
Meanwhile troops of the Oklahoma
National Guard continue to command
affairs, although the civil authorities
and courts are not being interfered
traffic and pedestrians to be off the
streets between midlIg1t and 8 am,
and guards stationed al the. state
capital here are the only outward
signs of military occupation.
Machine guns, which were trained
on the city hall and the county court
house, were strucks-Gnwn late yes
terday, when the, military returned
jurisdiction to the police.
Strict censorship of all news con-
Z, -nDII,II,I on I-ag,. q Column AZ
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1000 Marks, Left
Heir,I,2OO Times
BeIoW Court Fees

STRASBOURG, September 1s.-
Laurent Meyer. living at Soultz-
Sous-Foret near here. ineherited
during the war 1000 marks from
a relative. The law grinds slowly
so that the estate was not wound
up until recently when Meyer was
summoned to touch" his money,
as the French say. and notified to
bring with him 81 francs as the
cost or making out the papers.
AS ,he costs amounted to 1900
tir1es he amount of the bequeSS,
Meyer told the court officials to
keep the money.
Evening star., 1923-09-18
THREATENS APPEAL
TOU S. AUTHORITIES
IN OKLAHOMA WAR
State Senator Questions
Right of Governor to Con-
troll Legislature.
WALTON MAY EXTEND
CONTROL BY SOLDIERS
Calls Off State Fairs and Says He'll
Use Troops to Get Farmers
Food.
&, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla, September lS'-1h ne
suggestion that the federal govern
ment might be called upon to insure
a republican form of government IN
Oklahoma, as guaranteed in section
4, article 4, of the Constitution OF
the United States" was made In
statement issued this morning Dy
State Senator Joseph c. Looney OF
wewoka, judge advocate of the state
military inquiry board investigating
floggings in Tulsa county.
Capt Looney made it plain that ne
expressed his personal opinion as
lawyer and member of the Oklahoma
Legislature, and not as a member OF
the forces maintaining military rule
throughout the state.
Capt. Looney refused to be quoted
as a member of the Oklahoma. Ma
tional Guard. but expressed confidence
that his rights as a member or the
senate entitled him to free express
sion of opinion in the matter OF at
tcmpts to assemble the legislature
without the call of Coy. j. c. Wal
ton, whose proclamation of statewide
martial law Saturday night threw the
commonwealth into an official state
of rebellion"
NAV rvrrNn rOnTp0T
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FRANCO-BRITISH TRUCE
ON RUHR HELD UNLIKELY
Personal Contact of Baldwin and PoiF,-
care Not Expected TO Alter
Their Policies.

tain's whole, foreign policy, particu-
larly her attitude toward Germany
The empire conference begins October 1
and will extend well into November. so
that before It's termination some def
mite move inside of Germany may
allow the British dominion repre-
sentatfves to take an active part in
the final settlement.
Several of the dominion premiers
already have made known views on
reparations supporting the home gov
ernment's policy. Tn his desire to
keep the united support of the do
minion representatives the premier
would hardly be likely to outline new
moves during his talk with NJ. Poin-
care which might change the atti-
tude of some OF the dominion repre-
sentatiyes.
Even If NJ Poincare could produce
a German proposal for cessation of
passive resistance in the Ruhr it is
not probable that he would be able ma
tertally to alter Premier Baldwin's s
(COnrinnad on CnIt,y,p
Evening star., 1923-09-18
Plane, High in Air,
Is Anchored to
Speeding Airship
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Septem-
ber 1S.-An airplane, piloted by
Lieut.. Rex X. Stoner. was anchor
ed to a moving airship at height
of 1000 feet over Langley Field,
near here. today.
The light. speedy plane was trav-
cling at the rate of seventy-five
miles an hour when it overlook
the Army dirigible C-3. going sixty
miles an hour. The lighter craft
swooped under the dirigible, from
which dangled a stick at the end
of a rope. The stick was fitted
into an eye-bolt on top of the air
plane, which for some time was
held fast to its mooring. Although
a gust of wind broke the stick,
the test was regarded by airmen
as successful and as Offering un-
limited possibilities in assuring
portable bases in the air for light
planes in time of war.
Evening star., 1923-09-18
SEIZED FOR SHOOTING.
NEGRO IS LYNCHED
Mississippi Mob Takes Prisoner
From Officers and Stays Him
Along Highway.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HATTIESBURG. Miss, September
1s.-John Gray. twenty. negro. was
shot to death last night on the Rich
ton-New August highway by a band
of irate citizens, who forced officers
TO turn their prisoner over to them
after Gray had shot q. w VALLEY of
Richton, father of DR.. w. A. VALLEY
and DR.. Dave VALLEY, both prominent
jackson, Miss. physicians.
Evening star., 1923-09-18
BELGRADE DISSATISFIED.
Italy's Action Brings Resentment
and Premier May Suffer.


By the Associated Press.
BELGRADE, September 1s.-The
italian charge d'affaires here has ex-
planned to the government that the
dispatch Of Gen. Giardino to Fiume
as military governor of the free city
has affected in no way the actual
status of Fiume nor the possibility of
an Italo-Jugoslav understanding. 1t
should be regarded. he said. as a pre-
cautionary measure on the part of
italy. made necessary by the recru-
descence of activity among certain
extremist elements.
News of Gen. Giardino's appoint
ment caused considerable unofficial
comment here. especially since it was
felt that a settlement of the Fiume
question was in sight.
Wants Appointment Cancelled.
Popular feeling was that a mill
tary coup had upset the course of
events at Fiume, and demands that
Italy should be asked to cancel the
appointment were frequently heard.
The minority parties in parliament
are preparing to take part in what
is expected to be lively debate on
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GREEKS BEGIN MAKING.
MASSACRE APOLOGIES
Rx the Associated Press.

ATHENS, September 1S.-Fulhll-
ment of the conditions stipulated In
the note to Greece from the inter-.
allied council Of ambassadors 5as a
result of the massacre of the Italian
mission near Janina began today,
michalis expressed official apologies
to the British, French and Italian
governments at their respective le-
cations.
Evening star., 1923-09-18
F|UME SITUATION
D|STURBS LEAGUE
Greek and Balkan Delegates
Confer on italian Action in
Sending Governor.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
GENEVA, September 1S.-The new
developments in the Fiume situation
caused by the appointment of an Ital-
ian general to take charge of the
government there are viewed here
with some concern. especially by the
Balkan delegates to the league of ma
tions- The Greek and Bulgarian rep
resentatives conferred today with the
delegates from Jugoslavia.
REIGRAnE nISSATrSFIEn
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BROWNS TAKE THE LEAD.

In the first game of today's double
header the score at the end of the
fourth inning was; Browns, Q; Ma
tionals, o.
Evening star., 1923-09-18
5000 MISSING AS
FLOOD HITS JAPAN
Temporary Barracks at Yok-
ohama Inundated During
Saturdays Storm.

BY the Associated Press.
YOKOHAMA, September 1S.-Tem-
porary barracks here were flooded
during terrific storm Saturday and
5000 persons are missing.
Evening star., 1923-09-18
WEATHER.

Increasing cloudiness. followed by
showers lite tonight or tomorrow:
warmer. Temperature for twenty-f0ar
hours ended at pm. today: Highest,
70, at 80 pm. yesterday; lowest, 4s,
at 3 80 am. today.
Full report on page IL.
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7(Contnlus0 on rage 2, Column a
Evening star., 1923-09-18

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block snd the regular .edi.
ton is delivered TO Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1923-09-18

Relative to the question of separatism-
In Catalonia and Galicia, he declared
that the decree signed by King Alfonso
would prevent further propaganda. He
warned agitators that the leniency of
the authorities had come to an end.
Gen. Rivera urged that he be given
lust ninety days SO as to make II pos
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-06-06
LaInOinc.

Eben II. Googins and wife have
opened their house on the shore road.
Roy Slower was laid to rest in For
est Hill cemetery last Wednesday
morning, the grange burial cere-
mony being used.
Mrs. C. A. Reynolds came Thurs
day of last week accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Bernard Rose and daughter
Evelyn, and Miss Helen Foster. Mr..
Rose returned to- Cambridge, Mass,
after few days
About dozen people met at the
parsonage last Friday to do paper
ing, painting and cleaning. Both
church and parsonage received atten-
ton.
Rev. Thomas l., Brindley and wife
are expected the last of the week.
There will be preaching at the church
next Sunday.
A meeting of the Forest Hill ceme-
terry corporation was held Memorial
day at the church. The following
officers were elected: Moderator, F..
l., Hodgkins; president, Ed Gil
patrick; secretary and treasurer
Mrs. Fl. e. Crane; board of directors
ed. fitzpatrick, Charles Hodgkins,
Fred l.. Hodekins. Mrs, Nellie STRAIT
ton, Clarence B. Young, Elwood M.
King and Henry f. Crane.
June 4. r.
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West Franklin.

C. e. Randall has bought the
Galen circuit place, and will move
there soon.
Miss Carrie Turner spent the
weekend in Milbridge.
Harold and Ralph Worcester re-
Gently visited their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. G. Worcester.
Mrs, Maria Goodwin is at home,
after spending several months in
Wilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Marston and
two children of Portland, We're
guests of Mrs. George Bradbury
Wednesday.
DR.. Merriman leaves to-day for his
home in Bar Mills.
Services appropriate to Memorial
day were held at both churches Sun
day. Large delegations from the d.
of V and the Red Men and few re-
naming G. A. r. veterans were in
attendance.
June 4 M. F.. B.
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Norwood on her eighty-eighth birth

Norwood on her eighty eighth birth
day.
Oscar Richardson, who is now in
Memphis, Tenn, has Just been pro-
n0unced out of danger, following an
operation for acute appendicitis. He
was operated upon Saturday night,
and peritonitis set, and his condition
was critical until Friday.
Edwin Webster has purchased the
house formerly occupied by Perry
Robbins.
Mrs. Phebe Colt and SON Austin
and Mrs. Jennie Norwood are in Seal
Harbor for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Colson, who
are employed at Seal Harbor, were at
home over Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Vansaw has returned
from a visit of two weeks at her
home in Prospect Harbor and vi
entity.
Mr.. and Mrs. HarIand Murch are
at home from Bar Harbor.
Mrs. Tena Elliott and son Stan
wood are here for thes summer at
the Davis house.
June 4 p. nj.
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Mckinley.

Mr.. and Mrs George Wallace Wis
tied here this week, arriving Satur-
day and leaving Sunday for their
home in South Portland.
Mrs Hazel Bickford and daughter
Marjorie, Dorchester, are visiting
Mrs. Alice Gordius. Miss Lillian
~Ciosson is also at home from Boston,
where she has spent the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler, West Up
ton. Mass, are visiting Mrs. Wheel
er's parents, Mr.. and Mrs, William 5.
Trask. Mrs. Wheeler, formerly Miss
Flavilla Trask, was married recently
in West Upton,
Miss Doris Torrey was home for
the holiday and weekend.
Services were conducted by Rev.
Angus Macdonald of the Sunbeam
Sunday evening. The service was
largely attended, and an eNcelieht
sermon was enjoyed. Song service
was conducted by Mr. Alley.
Miss Annie Gott and her nieces'
Clara and Grace, are visiting Mrs.
Esther Colt and Mrs. Cora Bragg.
William H. Thurston, as agent OF
board OF unUerWflteIS VI 4NeN VI ~
is in Camden on business connected
with yachts Kalmia and Duchess.
Augustus Colt left Sunday FOR
Camden, where he has employment
on yacht Kalmia
Miss Georgia Ray is at home from
Pretty Marsh, whore she has taught
the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs, Clarence Mckay and
children are at home from Pough
keepsie, N. Y,
Mrs. Mary Richardson is at home
from Portland, where she at
tended grand chapter, O. r. s. Sh'
was installed grand Martha for the
ensuing year.
A daughter, Grace Elizabeth, wa'
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Max c. Gum
May %. Mrs. Gum was formerly
Miss Letitia Latty.
A sunrise party was given to Mrs
Jennie Manchester in honor Of he
birthday last Tuesday evening. ant
another on Thursday to Mrs. Mildred
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Colts Island.

Congratulations are extended to
Miss Evelyn Colt, who was married
Saturday evening, May 26, to Alfred
Reed of fremont
DR.. and Mrs. ]. d. Phillips of
Southwest Harbor recently visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Driscoll.
Rev. A. M. Macdonald, who is on
the Sunbeam, brother of the late
Rev. A. P. Macdonald, preached an
interesting sermon at the Methodist
church Sunday morning.
June 4. Mrs. Chips, jr.,
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Partridge Cove.

w. A. Emery has gone to Bar Har-
Dor, where he has employment for
the summer in the Office of the Bel
mont hotel. Mrs. Emery will join
him later.
Y George Mcdonald has employment
with the Standard Oil Co. at ELS
worth.
Mrs. Esther Kingsbury of Ellis
worth spent last week with her sis
ter, Mrs. G. A. Thompson,
June A.. Y.
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Mt. Desert Ferry.

Miss Phyllis Clarke is home from
Rowland, where she has been for
several weeks.
Mrs, Nellie Grant was called to
Allston, Mass, last week, by the seri-
Gus illness of Mrs. P. A. A. Killam.
Dr.. Hugh Mckay and family of
Rowland, were visitors at w. w. Jel-
lison's Friday night.
Congratulations are extended to
Elmer Carter and Lillian Martin,
who were married at the home of his
aunt, Mrs, Arthur Lounder, at Han
cock Point, Thursday evening.
June 4. c.
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North BROOKLYN.

A Boston party has purchased
the William Hartman place of w. r.
Perkins.
Edward Hall is soon to build a
residence on his land, near the sum-
mer home of George Wedge.
Mrs. Benjamin Cole and daughter,
Winnie Means, visited Mrs. Coles
daughter, Gertrude Ray, in Milbridge
last week.
The Capt. Samuel Hall residence,
occupied by Louis Choate and wife,
caught fire one morning last week,
from a defective chimney it is said.
and house and stable were burned
to the ground. Mr.. and Mrs. Choate
Lost some furniture and other per-
sonal belongings. There was an In
strance Of $500 on house and barn.
June 4. "Xenophon."
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Itching, bleeding, protruding or
blind piles have yielded to Doan's ONT
ment. soc at all drug stores.-Advt
Evening star., 1923-12-08
NEW ORLEANS CLAIMS
FIRST APARTMENTS
Letter Says Daughter of Early
Spanish Governor First Put
Idea in Operation.

New Orleans. in a letter to the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards, protests Il recent news dis
patch crcditing the first apartment
house in America 10 New York, back
in 1858.
The Baroness Fontalba, daughter
of the Spanish governor of Louisiana,
AlmonaSt2r. was the builder of the
first apartmcnt house in America, ac-
cording to historical data vouched
for by the New Orleans Real Estate
Agents Association. And il wasn't
one sporadic apartment house the
baroness built. 1t was sixteen.
The houses We're erected in 1916,
a row of them on either side OF the
city plaza. with wide galleries run
ming the full length of the row. and
with delicateiy wrought grill work
on iron balconies. The buildings
were in three stories, with provision
for a family on each floor, and with
shops as well as living quarters on
the ground floor.
The merchants along old Royal
street as early as 1910 occupied
apartments over their ground floor
shops, the associations research has
found. The most pretentious OF
these, the apartments for two or
more families over the Louisiana
Bank. an apartment house of the
days of 1916, is still standing. 1t is
now the Patio Royal.
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were odd lengths. In studs the waste
due TO even lengths is also large, but
hot as great as in joists.
IN boards the odd lengths are not
as useful with the standard spacing
| OF lnches as the even lengths The
committee said there would he little
Use for odd length boards if ioists
were always spaced regularly. but
openInss s were almost invariably
placed so that a percentage of the
ODD lengths may be used for the same
reason. Short lengths may be used
to a large extent. The percentage
OF short lengths used in an average
| building is variable but generally
amounts to from % TO 30 per cent or
more.
The committee. in view of these
facts, recommended that manufac-
! tCrers produce standard studs In
lengths of to II feet in addition to
the even sizes now produced. 1t was
recommended that dimention lumber
be produced in following lengths: ? by
8, and II feet; by s, 9, II and 13
feet; by TO- l3 and IL feet, in addi-
ton to the lengths now on the mar
ket
Summing up Its investigation, the
| committee said:
Using Even Lengths.
The practice of using only even
lengths, which has always prevailed
iE this country, causes not only
waste at the buildings. but core
spending waste at the sawInills.
Lumber manufacturers saw logs
in 16-foot lengths. If a defect ap-
pears near the end of the 16foot
piece, il is now necessary to saw Off
full two feet. Under the new rule. II
| adopted in many cases the loss Will
be only one foot. In a similar way
short pieces are produced where these
nay come from the slabs due to the
aper Of the log. a large percentage
of these short lengths is now
burned because no market can he
found for the short lengths. owing TO
the prejudice of the retailer and con
sumer.
investigations by the forest prod
ucts laboratory showed that. based
on observation in six mills the waste
duo to even length manufacture in
sawmills and planning mills amounted
TO 7.29 per cent Of the whole or
this A certain per cent was necessary
waste The unnecessary waste was
equal to 1.2T per cent"
Evening star., 1923-12-08
BUILDING PERMITS
TOTAL $352,5OO
Many Home Projects Among
Weeks Aggregate for Con-
struction.

Permits for building aggregating in
value 1882, 500 were issued by the
commissioners during the week. In
Cluded In the list are a number of
home building projects. The list
follows:
O. NJ Kennedy. to repair 625-
6e7 Pennsylvania avenue southeast;
$4,000.
L. G. Fletcher. to build on street
between Half and 1st streets south
east; $4,000.
H King, to erect garage, 1919
Marion street northwest; $1,000
Joppa Lodge, No. 35, +. A. A. NJ. to
build at 4209-4211 9th street north
west; $4,000
l.. +. Breuninger. to build. 1900
4402 10th street: $4,000.
Maddux. Marshall & Co. to build
$500 Rittenhouse street; $4,000.
r. l.. McKeever. TO build. I'LL
1121 Sd place northeast; $4,000.
Boss & Phelps, to build. 1910 and
1922 Ordway street; $4,000.
A c. Block, to build, 1909 Holly
street; $1,000.
Harry Taylor, to build. 3710 Ingo-
mar street; $500.
II. G. Smithy, to build. ten houses,
3700-37lS Jenifer street; 800. 900.
Wardman Construction Company,
to build. S215-32l7 Cathedral avenue;
$4,000.
II. r. and VI. Z. kashe. to build
3217 5th street southeast; $500.
L. Il. Leishear. to build garage,
912 Liberty street southwest: $4,000.
J. Il. Higdon, to build. 30iS South
Dakota avenue northeast: $1,000.
NJ. L. Beckner, to build. 531s Reno
road; $1,000.