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Evening star., 1923-12-16
PRISON ACCEPTED
IN SOAP CLAY DEAL
Joseph w. Boyd Breaks Up
Trial at Phoenix, Ariz.,
by Guilty Plea.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz., December l5.-The
trial Of Joseph w. Boyd. charged with
the promotion and sale of worthless
"saponaceous clay" deposits. ended
abruptly today when the defendant
changed his plea to guilty and was
Immediately sentenced to two and
one-half years In Leavenworth prison
and fined $1,000 on each of the five
counts In the indictment against him.
Boyd's operations are alleged to
have extended through Michigan,
Texas. Colorado, Oregon. California,
Kentucky, Arizona and Washington
d. C. During the trial more than
thirty witnesses testified to losses
amounting to more than $4,000.
Boyds former home was in chicago.
His trial began November % and
brought out dramatically the details or
his promotion of the Natural Soap
Company of America" which was incor-
porated in Arizona in 1919. The sale
Of the worthless stock commenced upon
the Incorporation OF the company,
which. 1t was alleged, had no assets.
alleged, during the trial, by stories OF
his "saponaceous clay deposits near
Prescott, Ariz., which he said was used
in the manufacture OF high brand OF
soap.
The Mohammedans Of India contract
ed with him for q million dollars
worth of the soap, he declared to his
victims, according to the evidence, be-
cause II contained no animal fat.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
HARVARD GLEE CLUB
CONCERT ANNOUNCED
University Singers Have Won Hon
ors in q. S. and Abroad.
Here January /.

The Harvard Glee Club. recognized
as one Of the ablest choral organi-
zations In the United States. as well
as one of the most popular of all the
many collegiate glee clubs, will pre-
sent the first big musical program
of the new year in Washington on
New Year day In the Masonic audi
torium.
During the short space of four
years the Harvard Glee Club has ac-
Quired an enviable reputation for
artistic programs, devoted entirely
to good music. both ancient and
modern paiestrina sasma. wittoria; tori Bach
are represented on their programs,
as well as tht modern French and
Russians and selections from folk
songs.
Ia It's annual series Of concerts in
Pablo casais and Frieda Hempei have
been assisting soloists at the Harvard
Glee Club concerts and. during the
with with the Boston symphony orchestra.
During the summer of 1921, at the
express Invitation Of the French gov
ernment. the club crossed the Allan
tic and sang in Eranss TtsSv They The also
of Germany. The funds for the trip
were provided by friends of Harvard
University and those interested in
the progress Of American music. In
addition to favorable criticisms from
the foreign music critics, the club
was honored by the French govern
ment, which decorated DR.. Archibold
T. Dawson. the conductor. with the
academic palm.
The concert January 10 under the
local MANAGEMENT Of Z. Arthur Smith.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
Woman, at 80, Fulfills GTlhood
Dream, at Ne,p York Song Recital

frail, yet sturdy: excited. but eonfe
dent. She leaned on the piano and
sang "a Song of the South" Her
program of dozen selections was am.
bilious, one piece being in Spanish and
another partly in Latin.
The critics won't pass Mrs. Wright
to the Metropolitan. She didn't "tickle
the ear with her song. but she
reached a more satisfactory recording
instrument that pulses against the
ribs.
Mrs. Wright showed she had q good
tone in the middle register. Below
that she became hoarse; above that
she reached high C-she was metal
lie; but so are some opera singers. :.
Her voice wasn't plastic; she linz
gered on notes, slid off key occasion
ally. Nevertheless there was beauty.
After the first group of three num-
bers she came back with an excellent
tone in "Out Where the West Be-
gins" (Chapman), and her second
group was well done. The third and
last was not SO good. She had to re-
tire just before her next to the last
number for rest. Her last song was
Gounod's ave Maria" and she sang 1t
well.
When. she was out of hearing
Nine. Haggerty-Snell asked If the au-
dience thought she uouid sing. The
audience remained two minutes 60
applaud nm Affirmative EaDaxs
Evening star., 1923-12-16
EXTEND CAMPAIGN
FOR HARDING FUtD
Committee to Let Drive for
Memorial Run Until
$4,000, 900 Raised.

Because the campaign movement bv
the Harding Memorial Association aid
not get thoroughly under way un-
I'll tnis week the executive commit
tee or the organization has decided
to extend the time of its efforts to
raise the necessary $4,000, 900 through
December and as far into January
as will be necessary. The board or
trustees Of the association announced
that the results of the camnaipn
during the last week have been
gratifying.
From Alaska comes the following
statement:
Alaska will subscribe more Der
capita than any other section Of the
Union" This was signed by George
c. Hazelet of Cordova, territorial
chairman. Porto Rico reports as fol-
lows: Whole island cooperating en-
Enthusiastically. Confidently hope to
cover quota The campaign there Is
headed by Emilio del Toro, chief
justice of Porto Rico.
Sixty thousand posters. on which fs
large portrait of the late executive,
are being displayed in panks, most
offices and other public places
throughout the country.
Radio Addresses Made.
Addresses on behalf of the memorial
movement were made from forty
rad1o stations. from Portland, Greg. to
New york city. prominent men in
eacn or the cities represented talk
ing from ten to twenty-five minutes.
These speeches were in addition TO
the broadcasting by FIVE large sta
tions of President Coolidge's eulogy
or his predecessor from the White
House on Monday night.
special gifts committees are at
work In thirty large cities TO obtain
representative contributions from tha
wealthier men and women. In gem
eral. however. the Organization
simply provides an opportunity for
people to give to the memorial fund
and open solicitation is avoided
Results in those cities in which the
organization has already been work.
ing effectively indicate that the re-
sponse from the nation at large will
be most generous. Because of the
great extent Of the movement ID
is unlikely that 1t will be possible
to announce any totals for ONE time.
To-Day many churches devoted
part of their services TO some form
of tribute to President Harding.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
BABYLON'S RIVAL CITY
FOUND IN MES0P0TAMlA

CHICAGO. December 15.-kish. the
ancient capital of Mesopotamia, rival
of Babylon for might and magnifi-
cence, has been located by scientists.
acting jointly for the Field museum
and oxford University, according to
a letter received at the museum to-
day from Stephen S. Langdon. direc-
tor Of the expedition.
The letter expresses hope that in
formation may be unearthed from the
time of the flood recorded in the
Bible. Work on the excavation was
resumed in September. after being
suspended since March because of
the heat. The excavation has re-
vealed cuniform writing tablet dat
ing back to the twenty-first century
B. c., and the Oldest temple ever
discovered. according to the letter.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
FORD PLANS NEW ROAD.
Seeks Permit for Forty-Three-Mile
Addition to Ironton.

Henry Ford's Detroit and Iron
ton Railroad Company asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission yes
terday to authorize a new 43-mile line
between wauseon, Ohio, and Durham,
Mich. Permission was sought to is
sue sufficient mortgage securities to
finance the project
The chief purpose of the construc-
tion is to cut off distance on the Iron
ton road into Detroit. According to
the map fled with the commission
the cutoff would be absolutely
straight for the entire forty-thr ee
miles. No straight line of track for
that distance ever has been built in
the United States.
No definite cost estimates were in
cluded. but exhibits fled with the
application indicated that a bond is
sue of $5.000.oo0 was contemplated.
Evening star., 1923-12-16

given TO Mr.. Coolidge. but evidently
soma Of the others are very mucn
downcast. Gov clifford Pinchot OF
PennsyIvania, another of the Roose-
Welt lieutenants in the great walk
out of 1912. still Is straggiangg sI ing what wsn
Was expected to be a spectacular bid
for the Presidency has turned out
~ he very much of a burden. 'ne
friends of President Coolidge sUlI
saw he was very wise In permitting
the Pennsylvania governor 10 conouct
in person the anthracite hesou@
tions.
Machine Runs Smoothly.
The Coolidge machine is working
with apparent smoothness III all It's
details. william NJ: Butler or
Massachusetts,. the head OF the cam
paign. is comparatively. unknown to
national politics. He Is a cautious
man like his chief, however, and ike
ly to make few mistakes. That is
all the Coolidge train needs, q STEADY
hand and few mistakes. senator
Johnson's hopes are based on the
theory that things will go otherwise.
practical political advice. c: Bacon
Slemp. secretary to the President, Is
likely to be, after all. the political
brains behind all the Coolidge moves.
His appointment as secretary was q
big surprise to Washington. which
set by President Harding. Mr..
Coolidge would elevate his personal
secretary to the post Mr.. Coolidge
was more far sighted than some of
his advisory friends, and the result
has been the Coolidge for President
movement has been in capable and
busy hands ever since Bacon Slemp
took the oath of office.
Evening star., 1923-12-16

Continued from First Page.)
is certain It will be. he expects It to
be called up for action in the House
before the end of the week. He bases
this expectation on the fact that with
hearings just starting on the appro-
priation bills there Is no special busi-
ness awaiting action and on assur-
ances he has received from both re-
publican and democratic leaders and
from the progressive group" that
they will cooperate in expediting
this legislation.
Having made a canvas of ma
jority of the House. members. Repre-
sentative Zihlman is convinced that
Just as soon as the measure comes up
In the House IT will be passed with
out any trouble. In fact. he thinks
1t could be passed by unanimous con-
sent.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
CREW FEARED LOST
IN VIRGINIA WRECK
Five Rescued, But Sunken
Norwegian Ship Carried
From Is to Fl Men.
By the Associate Press.

by tHe dSsOclateu FreSs.
NORFOLK. Va, December 15.-with
five shipwrecked seamen aboard the
oil tanker w. w. Mills tonight pro-
ceeded from Frying Pan Shoals for.
a Texas port. The coast guard cutter
Modoc was awaiting the coming of
the dawn so that she might begin g.
search for the bodies OF the crew OF
the wrecked vessel. believed TO be the
Norwegian steamer Runa, with
crew of from sixteen to twenty-one
men.
Coast guard headquarters here to-
night received a wireless message
from the Modoc stating that the sea
was too rough for her to undertake
to transfer the survivors from the
tanker, and adding that the latter
craft was proceeding to her destina-
tion in Texas.
The names of the FIVE survivors
picked up by the Mills, it was re-
ported, were not known.
First information received here re-
garding the shipwreck came in a tele-
gram early this afternoon from
Charleston, reporting that five sur
vivors from the Norwegian steamer
Rena had been picked up by the W
w. Mills, en- route from Philadelphia
to a Texas oil port.
Investigation of marine records dis
closed that the Norwegian steamer
Rena was off the African coast. The
Norwegian steamer Runa, however,
was found to be in the locality of the
Mills, who was off Frying Pan shoals
when she reported the shipwreck.
The Runa left Newport News De-
cember 9 for Savannah, and, records
here indicate, sailed from Savannah
December IL for Liverpool
Details of the disaster have not
reached here, but the Modocs mes
sage indicates that all members of
the wrecked ships crew, except the
five picked up by the Mills, were lost.
The Runa is a small steamer of So
gross tonnage.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
WITNESS VANISHED
IN KLAN Staying
BelIboy at Hotel Where Fox
Stayed Has Gone, Clerk
Tells Court.
BY the Associated Press.


ATLANTA. Ga, December 15.-
Of Robert Bennett, bell boy captain
at a local hotel, regarded as an i'm
portant witness for the state. was
the feature of the testimony adduced
today during the trial of Philip E.
Fox, former Ku Klux Klan editor.
Fox, according to H. b. Williams.
hotel clerk, registered at his hotel
a few hours before he shot William
S. Coburn, Khan attorney, November
5. He was escorted to room by
Bennett Bennett disappeared, the
clerk testified, shortly after a repre- repre-
sentative from the solicitor generais
office talked with him and ordered
him to testify for the state.
Assigned to Room.
Mr.. Williams testified he assigned
Fox to q room. He declared the guest
appeared to be nervous.
J. w Halves, travelling salesman.
the next witness, testified Fox penned
him up in an elevator in the hotel and
demanded to know what was 40
ing riding with him and what did 1
want. When l tried to get on ne
would not let me. He looked IKE
he was crazy, his face twltcneo anu
his eyes jumped"
Klansmen connected with various
administrative departments OF the
order including Paul S. Etheridge.
imperial klounceL testified during
the morning session.
Declared Insane.
Fcx was declared insane by r: {.
Swint an expert alieniSt, IN testi1y-
ing for the defense late today.
The expert is superintendent OF
the Georgia State Sanitarium for the
hn n
specialist for twenty-five years.
Fox Is a man who hears voices, yet
he does not rave and keeps his IL
lusions to himself. A voice tells him
to kill and there are some cases
where men have wiped out their ram
nies," testified the expert
Dr. Swint said Fox stated to him
that he had heard voices regularly
during the last six months.
"The voice of God told him TO XIII
Mr.. Coburn or else Mr.. Coburn would
kill him." Dr. Swint testified Fox
told him during the sanity test.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY.

Having selected Chicago as nation
al headquarters and arranged tenta-
lively the national organization,
those in charge of the preconvention
campaign of President Coolidge yes
terday took up state organization
and designated Hoke Donithan Of
Marion to lock after the Coolidge
interests in Ohio.
The announcement with respect to
Mr.. Donithan was made by James B.
Reynolds. former secretary or the
Republican national committee. and
known among political leaders here
a. "the Coolidge board Of strategy"
II said that William NJ Butler Of
Massachusetts. who Is in charge of
the Coolidge campaign. had appointed
Mr.. Donithan as his representative
in Ohio"
Mr.. Donithan has had several con-
ferences with Mr.. Butler within the
past few days. and also talked with
G bascom siemPi 3. secretary as cyoso to PTesi,
of President Harding. and was a
delegate to the 1870 national con-
In addition to the Ohio situation
attention also was a., given s to the mat;
Oklahoma and preparations were
made for q conference Monday to con-
notice OF the Presidents intention to
enter the South Dakota primaries.
Secretary Slemp had a conference
with James A. Harris. republican ma
tionaI committeeman from Oklahoma;
state Senator Fry of Oklahoma, and
L q. Disney, q member of the Okla
homa republican committee. In addi-
ton to the question Of organising
the state, the appointment Of the
new additional Judge to which Okla
homa IL entitled. was discussed and
the judgeship matter also was taken
up BY the three OklaRonans and
by Senator Harreld with the Presi-
dent
mittecman from Indiana, had con-
ference with Mr.. slemp and q brief
talk with the Presideat. and will be
white House.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 15.-A
woman. eighty years old. fulfilled her
girlhood wish tonight In an audi
torium Just few feet from AID street
and Broadway. and all that that i'm
plies. Doing so made her very happy
and the 500 men and women there
were glad.
Throughout her four-score years
Mrs. Henry Clay Wright of Dallas.
Tex, wanted to be concert singer.
The death Of her parents prevented
her from studying while she was
young. She was adopted and later
she married. But always she had too
many cares, except to practice with
an accordion her husband had bought.
She sang In church In Dallas. how
ever, and during the war led COM
munity singing. Three months ago
she came here and became a pupil of
Mime. Ida Haggerty-Snell, who ar
ranged the concert in the Wurlitzer
auditorium, which was more than filled.
Like others OF temperament, Mrs.
Wright was late. She came onto the
platform, q gentle. nervous figure In a
pale lavender dress. adorned with q
corsage bouquet, her brownish gray
hair knotted ON her head. She seemed
Evening star., 1923-12-16
Monroe Doctrine
Held as Useless
AsOd Umbrella
By the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 15.-
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, suf-
frage leader, today told the For
eign Policy Association that the
political parties indorsed the Mon
roe doctrine because neither
fathered 1t and both liked an
tiques.
There are more entangling
things in the Monroe doctrine"
Mrs. Gait declared. than George
Washington ever dreamed of. To
say the doctrine Is right and true
because all Americans believe in 1t
is wrong, because South Americans
do not believe in II.
Our policy is worn out; II Is
now defense Of our commerce, az
defense of big business. The doc
trine. has not been applicable
since the war. The golden rule
has never reached the diplomats
OF the world. 1t Is untarnished.
as 1t hardly ever has been used.
The only thing a Secretary of
State can do with the Monroe doc
trine Is to interpret II. Secretaries
of State have been Interpreting It
for years. and will be for years to
come. It's like an old umbrella;
you can't throw II away"
Evening star., 1923-12-16
ABANDON REBEL ARMY.
Laborers Quit Estrada Ranks as
Federals Advance.

DEL RIO, Tex, December 15.-The
group of insurrectionists under Gen.
Enrique Estrada is beginning to
abandon him in view of the advance
of federal troops. which has started
energetically." said a Mexican gov
ernment official statement issued here
today.
Military commanders who have re-
ceived proposals from Adolfo de la
Huerta to join the uprising have re-
jected them, the statement added,
'impressing upon him their full ad-
herence to the government"
The Statement announced that q
mayor in the state 70 Tezuitlan at
tempted to bribe forces under his
command against the government,
without success, and that a contin-
gent of laborers. mostly spinners
from the state of Vera Cruz. has
gone toward the vicinity of Orizaba
to encounter the forces OF the rebel
general. Sanchez
Evening star., 1923-12-16
NEW u. S. AIR MARVEL, CS-I,
HAS POWERS OF VAR PLANES

With a wingspread of fifty-six
feet the machine weighs about
1000 pounds and is eleven feet
high and thirty-four feet long. 1t
may be launched from a catapult
on a battleship's deck or the flying
deck of an aircraft carrier, has a
2,200-mile range without landing
for refueling and is quickly con-
vertible to either sea or land
plane.
Constructed OF steel and dura-
lumin. except for the wings, which
are made of wood and fabric, the
craft Is designed to fold so as to
save space. AS land plane a
maximum speed of los miles per
hour may be developed and the
machine Is equipped with radio for
sanding and receiving. two ma
chine guns and with running
lights similar to an automobile
Evening star., 1923-12-16

Detailed description Of the CS-1.
a seaplane, which combines the
functions of three usual type
planes-bombing. torpedo launch
ing and long range scouting-and
which was put through tests at
the naval air station. Anacostia.
d. c.. last week, was announced
last night by the bureau Of aero
nautics. Navy Department. which
developed the extraordinary ship.
The plane, which Is equipped
with a $50 horsepower engine, Is
the lightest for It's horsepower
ever built, being able to fly with
more than its own weight as
load, and powerful enough to carry
a greater load than twin-engtned
bombers now in use.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
COOLIDGE BACKERS
SEE EASY VICTORY
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
will have to be more vigorous than
he has ever been before to turn the
tide of battle in his favor He will
have to be more virile and more bit
ter in his attack. and almost single
handed will have to struggle to tear
down his party's confidence in the
man who stepped to the helm OF the
ship of state when President Harding
was permitted to lay down the heavy
tasks which fate and fortune had
thrust upon him.
A President seeking nomination for
a second term has a prodigious ad-
vantage over all outsiders. Even so
beloved a character as the late Col.
Roosevelt could not upset the renom-
ination of President Taft In 1912. The
colonel could only organize a third
party. in which he was sure to re-
ceive the nomination. Senator John
son was Col. Roosevelts right-hand
partner In that enterprise. Whether
his~sry will repeat itself remains in
the lap Of the gods
Chance Seemed Good.
Senator Johnson and several other
potential candidates had been en-
couraged in their 1924 aspirations by
the belief that President Harding
would decline to run for a second
term. This would have thrown the
race wide open and that would have
been much to the liking of the gen.
tieman from California. In a free
field he is a splendid runner. At a
time when his ambition mantled
highest, Calvin Coolidge, then the
Vice President. apparently was far
from the minds Of any of the repub-
lican leaders as a possible successor
to Mr.. Harding. There had been no
President Of the United States from
New England in seventy years. and
the wise men of the G. o. p. had no
inclination to break established pre-
cedent and look to the conservative
zone Of the far northeast at a time
when progressive sentiment once
more was rising in the middle coun-
try and the far west
Fate played its prank upon the wise
men, however, and those among the
national committeeman who would
have grinned at the silent man" of
Massachusetts six months ago were
loudsst in their declarations at last
weeks meeting that 1t would be moth
ing short of a national disaster to
think of any one but Calvin Coolidge
for President during the next four
years.
Johnson's Position.
OF course, Senator Johnson and his
hackers do not look at it in exactly
that light. They are going to try to
convince the country that only a
strong man from the great open
spaces can meet and cope with the
country's problems in the important
four years to come; that only a strong
man like Senator johnson can keep the
gaunt hand of Europe from Americas
much coveted throat.
Meantime. virtually all talk OF
other entries In the q. O. P. handi-
CAP has ceased. Senator Johnson IL
not discouraged by the running start
Evening star., 1923-12-16

tomobile reciprocity measure.
The Senate insurgents plan as outlin-
ed today is to vote for Senator Howell
on the first ballot tomorrow and then
II he fails to obtain a majority to
switch to Senator Couzens. Should he
also fail to gain sufficient support for
election some of the group. at least,
would throw their votes to Senator
Smith, who received five votes from re-
publican insurgents and the two farm
er-labor senators from Minnesota last
Wednesday and failed of election on one
ballot by only one vote.
Evening star., 1923-12-16
REBEL AGENTS NUMEROUS.
Third "ofRcial Representative" Of
Huerta in New York.

NEW YORK, December 15.-The
third 'offlcial representative" Of
Adolfo de la Huerta, leader Of the
Mexican revolution. appeared In New
York tonight In the person OF En-
rique Seldner. who said he was de la
Huerta's cousin. and alone was en-
powered to transact business for the
revolutionists. .-.t
Each of the last three days has
brought forth q new "on1ciaf repre-
sentative of the revolutionary leader
On Thursday. Belisario A. Quiros an
nounced he had been authorized by
telegraph to clear vessels for revo-
1utionary ports. and transact other
business.