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members with an opportunity for pub
lie appearances.
Officers for the current year are:
President, Mrs. Lewis Krams- Beck;
vice presidents, Mrs. B. n. Naylor,
Mrs. w. III. Chambers, Mrs. J. T.
Smith, Mrs. Harry Rogers and Mrs.
Frank Winerich recording secretary,
Mrs. A. l.. Henderson corresponding
secretary. Mrs. Walter jGrothaus, and
treasurer, Miss Elsie Engel. =
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all movements leading TO a higher
civilization, especially those which af-
feet the women and children of these
countries. OF the active members, 30
represent the different American ma
tions, the special duty being to keep
informed on the history and activities
of that country, and to assume respon-
sibilities for special programs about
them. Days of importance in Latin
American countries are fittingly cele-
brated. Meetings are held in luncheon
session on the first and third Mon
days of each month at the Gunter Ho-
tel. All members are privileged to
bring guests. Distinguished visitors
to the city from atin-American coun-
tries are entertained by the club. Of
ficers for 1924 are: Director gem
eral. Mrs. j. c. Grisy old: assistant
director general, Mrs. Aaron Pam
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Antonio Club Women Resume Activities After Summer Recess

Ralph Jackson; and treasurer, Mrs.
L. o. Evans.
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Meetings are held in the knights OF
Columbus hall on the first and third
Wednesday Of each month.
Officers for the present year are !:
Grand regent. Mrs. \. j. Leblanc =.
vice regent. Mrs. III. l.. Jaster; fl
nancial secretary. Mrs. Charles REM =
historian, Miss Olga Kubena; treasur-
err. Mrs. Marie Chambodut: monitor
Miss Mamie Connors prophecies, Miss
Mamie Connors; sentinel. Miss Ada
Butler; organist, Miss \. Mockert
and lecturer, Mrs. j. +. Doyle.
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1922. Its aims are general improve
ment, compromising especially intel
leectual culture, growth in charity and
the advancement of education. The
meetings are held on the second and
fourth Thursdays Of the month in the
homes of the members. This chapter
now has fifteen members The officers
Tor me current year are: President
Mrs. Wilson Shafer; vice president.
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Mrs. Mortimer Hallam: recording see
etary. Mrs. i. G.. Virgins; CORE
spending secretary, Mrs. Harrison
Croker; treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth
Forrest: chaplain. Mrs. Charles Gil
bert; guard, Mrs. W. ii. Hardin
pianist, Miss Eva OrZin.
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presidents, Mrs. +. w. Fiddle, Mrs.
+. Mellor; secretary, Mrs. Ralph
Tugo; treasurer, Mrs. A. Hardy.
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ton of better films. It has COM
mittees on music, good citizenship,
social welfare, law enforcement, leg
islation. rural work. "made-in.San
Antonio" and hospitality. 1t rep
resents the national society for the
prevention of war.
The federation was hostess to the
regional meeting of women voters
and to the state democratic women's
meeting. and this year will entertain
the state women voters league, and
the district federation convention. 1t
has established magazine THE
Scribbler," which is the official or
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all the activities of club women in
San Antonio. The federation is rep
resented on alb committee striving
for the advanccmcnt of the city. such
as charter revision. flood prevention
and auditorium building. Publicity
WORK is done in selling Christmas
seals. the Salvation Army and the
Red Cross. 1t secured Il censorship
"f moving pictures ard vaudeville
shows for the city. two Of the cen
sors from The federation being 81,
the national eociet:- for the promo.
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once month in the homes CT the
members when questions of interest
to the community are discussed. This
year the club will specialize on the
subject of proper food and clothing
for children of pre-school age. The
president for this year is Mrs. b. 5.
Morris and the secretary and treas
urer is Mrs. Nellie Atkins.
The Pan-American Round Table
The pan-American Round Table
was organized in 1916, and has, at
present, 81 active members. The OBJ
ject of the organization is to promote
mutual knowledge, understanding.
and friendship among the women of
the Western Hemisphere, and to foster
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recording secretary, Miss Emmy Jean
Schultze and treasurer, Mrs. Joseph
NJ. Krakauer.
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fIIC .ffrIy NIFII1dH NIUD.
for the current year are: President.
Mrs. Lula Zilla Nueva; senior vice
Mrs. Lilly L. Nichols; jun
ior vice president, Mrs. Theodosia Mo
ran; treasurer. Mrs. SLaude Smith
secretary, Mrs. Minnie Warfield
chaplain. Mrs. Josephine Simms; con
ductor, Mrs. Bessie SEM; guard, Mrs.
Meter.
The T. Il. o. SisterhoOd.
The San Antonio Chapter Of the
=. +. o. Sisterhood was organized in
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luncheon is an important event of the
club year. Seven important speak
ers have been presented to San An
tonia this season. and 1co letters urg-
ing the Preservation Of trees OH The
Texas highways have been sent. AS
sstancc has been given in forming
four new city fcderations of women's
clubs in other cities OF the state. The
civic department has helped to enter
tain boys in the c. VI. I. &. Officers
for the current year are: President.
Mrs. J. X. R"rc;ta; Vice President;
Mrs. J. +. King, Mrs. Sallic King
Hopkins ard Mrs. i. 7. Staufier:
Recording Secretary, Mrs. q. ". Fit
hugh; Corresponding Se;rctarv. Mrs.
II. I. Saunders: Urea urcr. Mira.
Ralph Emerson; and Parliamentary
ian, Mrs. J. II. Big.
Catholic Daughters Of Au1.r'ica.
The st. ANTHONY Court OF the Cath
Ollie Daughters of America was orga;
lied in %an Antonio in 1918 and h..
membership of $50. lis work l.
philanthroTic, educational. civic and -
cial in pu; peso, with 4 department foi
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table work the civic depaI ,mcnt, with
Mrs. Fred j. Maurer as chairman dis
tributes plants and seeds, and fosters
flower shows. and an annua manu-
facturers day; the literary depart
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The Lotus Club.

The Lotus Club cf San Antonio
was founded in 1915, and its present
membership numbers %. 1t is purely
Il literary study club. and the mec,-
ings are held twice monthly, the first
in the home Of a member. and the sec
on,l at the Gunter Hotel. The Officers
Of this club are: President, Miss Ma l.
mic Sexton: vice president. Mrs. Jacs
Watt; secretary. Mrs. \. I. Turner,
treasurer. Mrs. Marcus Clark; parlia
mcntarian. Mrs. j. +. King reporter.
Mrs. Willis johnson.
The South Side Community Center.
The South Side Community Center
was organized in 1914 and has ten
members. The meetings are held
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the insurance Of its members. .'uG
practical philanthroric work is done
at the Bexar county hospital. tine
Juvenile Training School ut Southton.
and in the base hospital. Five hundred
poor children of the city are provided
for each Christmas. Substantial Is.
sistance is given to the free clinic, the
Catholic Community House, the Sal
walton Army, homes for the aged. and
the Red Gross. Active cooperation :
given to any Increment for civic ami
moral improvement and development.
Evening star., 1923-02-28
FIND MANY TRACES
Of ANCIENT TRIBE
Skeletons of Prehistoric In
dians Once Roaming
| OzarkS Uncovered.
USED SPEAR THROWERS
Primitive Men Believed to Have
Disappeared Just as They Neared
Bow and Arrow Stage.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NOEL, Mo-, February 2S.-The pre-
historic Indians of the Ozark noun
tains Of Missouri probably were just
learning to use bow and arrows when
they disappeared from the region. NJ.
Raymond Harrington of the Hye
Foundation, New York. said today.
harrington Is head of an expedition
which has just unearthed skeletons
near here of promitive men believed
10 have lived ten or fifteen centuries
ago and to be a type of Indian found
nowhere else in America. Usage In
dians inhabited the Ozarks in his
toric times, the archaeologists de-
clare, but the men who came before
them used much cruder weapons and
entists assert, that this newly dis
covered type of Indian killed his
game in different fashion and made
such clothing as he wore in an in
different way.
Used Spear-Throwers.
Evidences that these prehistoric
men used spear throwers and spears
have been discovered by the exca-
Nators. The thrower was stick
with a hook at one end and piece
OF rock near the other. driven
through the side of the stick SO that
1t projected an inch or so on either
side.
The butt Of the spear was placed
against the hook and with the index
and middle fingers holding the pro-
jecting stone, on either side, the spear
was hurled great distances, it is be-
1ieYed.
Members of the expedition have
found that these early Indians OF the
Evening star., 1923-02-28

Osark frequently wrapped tho bodie.
OF their dead in mats that required
weeks, if not months. to make, De-
fore cremation, which WAS not an IN
common custom.
A body which was cremated, the
explorers found. was clothed in three
different types OF grass mats. each OF
q distinctly different weave, indicat-
ing they may have been made oy
Indians Of three tribes.
Tho prehistoric mon Of the Osarks
the excavations indicate. lived IN
homes under tho lime cliffs and rock
formations. They did not live high
up on the face Of the cliffs, as did
the clin dwellers OF Arizona.
FiAd Many Relies.
Among the articles uncovered 10
one described by tho excavators as
an Invitation card" 1t consists OF
three short sticks tightly bound to-
gether by bark rope. When left near
an Indian camp fire by another men,
Der Of the tribe. It Is said to have
constituted an invitation to dine. The
strands binding this particular ar
ticle are In a state OF perfect preSer-
vation. as are the sticks.
Another article discovered In the
same excavation Is tho foreshaft of
a spear. Small lines forming dia.
monds had been cut around the
stick and the cuts had boon filled
with white paint. The paint resisted
even the scratching of q finger nail
Evening star., 1923-02-28

ment in Europe. Inc, designed to
hasten tho abolition Of interna-
tional war and to encourage peace.
full settlement Of international dif-
ference" was approved yesterday by
Supreme Court Justice Guy.
Announcement then was made that
the organization. with many interna-
tionaily known figures on it's Board of
directors, had purchased building
in Paris as it's headquarters and that
t. comply with technicalities Of the
ment had been incorporated to hold
title TO the building. For ten years
the Paris ofilces had been rented.
Evening star., 1923-02-28
In an address at the chamber Of oom-

In an address at the chamber Of CON-
merce here.
DR.. Motion declared that many OF
the negroes OF tho south are coming
north because of crop failures, the
bool weevu and labor shortage in the
industrial centers. and declared that
northerners should interest them
selves in the progress the south IL
making toward q solution Of the race
problem, a. the problem promises to
grow moro acute in the north than
It has been hitherto.
"It would be wise to talk tho prob
lem over frankly with our people tc
get at the facts In the negroeS con.
dition economically. socially and In.
dustrially, and avoid the possibility
Evening star., 1923-02-28

of Misunderstanding and friction"
DR.. Motion continued.
I'VE cannot have peace and good
VIII In this world unless We are
willing to talk over things together;
to talk over our difficulties and mis-
understandings and our prejudices."
Evening star., 1923-02-28
SLAPPED. STUDENT SUES.

ATLANTA. Ca, February 2s.-J. D.
Smith. principal of the Forrest Park
School near here. has been made de-
fendant in a suit for $4,000 damages
brought by HOke s. Ragsdale. stu
dent. The allegations set out that
the plaintiff was attacked by Smith
with such force as to infiict per-
manent injuries and to render him
deaf in one ear.
The principal has issued state
ment saying that he had slapped the
youth when he became impudent.
Evening star., 1923-02-28
STORMING IN ENGLAND.
Berengaria Forced to Anchor OF
Southampton Three Days.

LONDON. February 2s--The steamer
Berengaria, bound from New York
has been anchored for many hours
off Ryde and unable to enter South
ampton owing to q fierce gale. The
. liner arrived Tuesday morning, but
was compelled to abandon an attempt
to enter the harbor.
1t was decided to land the passengers
and mails yesterday afternoon. and
this proved a stiff three-hour job.
During the round trip from South
ampton to New York the Berengaria
picked up eight calls OF distress, most
of them from long distances.
The widest kind Of weather pre-
walls all over England. The wind
varies from forty to seventy miles an
hour.
This has been the wettest February
in England in forty years. Immense
tracts of the country are flooded.
Evening star., 1923-02-28
LEADER SEES WAY TO AID
RACE PROBLEM SOLUTION
Notion Says North Should Pest It.
self on Progress Made @
by South.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. February 2S.-The
race problem can be solved only by
full and frank discussion Of their
relationships, DR.. Robert r. Motion,
principal Of Tuskegee Institute, said
, 1923-07-02
RAIL Sh0PMEN
TALK STRIKE

DENVER, Colo. July Gov. w.
e. Sweet today renewed his efforts
to avert a threatened strike of 5000
shop crafts employees on the Denver
4 Rio Grsnde Western and the Rio
Grande Southern railroads. when he
was informed by representatives of
the union men that the Denver & Rio
Grande Western has not fully lived
up to directions of United States Dis
'trict Judge ]. Foster Symes. who re-
Gently approved a plan of settlement
after hearing Attorney General Rus
sell w. Fleming. representing the
workers. and Henry McAllister, Jr..
representing the railroad.
Although there has been a slight
Improvement" said George A. Doyle,
international representative IF the
machinists' union, allied with the
shop crafts. I'VE feel that the com.
pany is sidestepping.s and unless
there is an improvement we VIII con
slider the calling of a strike at the
meeting of the executive committee
of the federated shop crafts Thurs
day evening"
, 1923-07-02

under lock and key in a n%elghboring
county jail since 2 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon. Charges that no
action had been taken by the author
tiles and the intimation that Sheriff
Perry A. Morris had himself o n
tributed to the escape OF the two de
PENDANTS fell with a ridiculous crash
as announcement was made that the
pair was in custody ready II desired
to face the jury of three men impan-
eled by County Coroner Gay TO hear
the evidence adduced by witnesses to
the shooting. which is blamed by
Cantlin on the DETECTION of a bullet
tired into the ground in an attempt
to intimldnte the driver of an auto
mobile who refused to dim her lights.
Because public opinion has been Gus
ed to an intense point. It was also
stated that unless absolutely neces'
sary the two would not be produced
at h inquest but their dispositions
would be taken elsewhere.
Any possibility of mob violence In
connection with the case was averted
by the policy OF the county author
tiles in spiritlng away the two prin-
cipals in the affair to n point I'M
known. and the Withholding Of all
Continued on Page Two)
, 1923-07-02

casper. and we realized there was I
car behind us. but never dreamed 1t
was the same people who were be-
hind us all the time. lie then gave
the signal to let him pass.
II pulled to the right and he per.
haps drove a length of fifty feet
alongside of us and stopped. MY
mother said. There's trouble. Helen.
l said. 4 will never stop. they arc
holdups'. AS we approached the car.
these men then attempted to jump
on the running board on the side BY
Mrs. Mann, the right hand side.
With his he remarked. why in hell
don't you turn out your lights, and
of all the cursing N profanity that
was used, / can't remember every
word that was said. 1t was cursins.
word after another, Mrs. Mann
made this remark: Helen, / would
stop the car and bawl those fresh
smart alexis out. She also said, L
am so mad at the way they have
talked to you that l would 1 k to
get out and lick them myself.
IT went as fast as my car would
allow, SC they could not get on the
car. I drove perhaps 200 feet when
he again passed me and stopped his
car on the right hand side of the
road at the entrance to Evansville.
las We approached. two men
stepped out of their car and took
positions n on each side of the
road. I attempted to,drive again as
fast as possible. and these men kept
cursing and swearing at me and
hollering. Dim your lights. dim your
Continued on Page Two.)
, 1923-07-02
SHELBY FIGHT HANGS ON
PAWN DUE TONlGHT;
WILL BE PAID, IS CLAIM

H. Stanton. Great Falls banker. and
with Lane in the management Of the
bout. said the money would be paid
to Kearns today. IN accordance with
the terms Of hsa contract.
Kearns was advised yesterday that
$4,000 was Immediately available In
cash mid the balance would b. In
hand from the 5000 contributions
made by 20 leading business men 81
Montana. The heavyweight cham
plon's manager was closeted in a con
ference with Stanton md Ayres Al
Dempsoy's Missouri river camp yes
terdny. at which time assurance wal
given Kearns that tho payment would
be made.
Major Lane, who spent yesterday
in Shelby. was scheduled to arrive
here today TO make the payment to
Kearns.
II haven't q word to say said
Mr.. KearnH. "Gt win be my turn "a
talk II tho obligation In not met. ]
have every assurance, however, that
tho money Will be paid, The COM.
mittee has until midnight 10 fulnll
the terms OF my contract"
Dempsey plans to do only light
boxing today, bag punching and
shadow boxing, The champion In
ished his nparrins program ysster'
day when he baked iva rounds eaeh
with jack burke OF Pittsburgh aai
Continued on Page rwol
, 1923-07-02

proposal to offer to the champions
manager.
Major Lane declined to reveal
what amount of the $1,000 900 had
been raised.
This committee has failed In It's
attempt TO raise the money" Major
General Lane said. I'VE have no
authority 10 call Off the fight. That
must come from Kearns. Dempsey's
manager and 10y sfoiumby. who
signed the article Of agreement with
Kearns."
1t was significant that Molumby
declined to remain In the room with
Major Lane and his associates when
tho announcement OF tho failure
WINS made.
, 1923-07-02

According to her statement. h WA
driving the automobile in which her
mother, Mrs. Newccmb. and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Mann were also riding.
the party having left Glenrock about
Z O'Clock in the evening.
'on our way towards Casper. we
noticed a terrible storm" the state
ment says. I'VE had no curtains Or
chains and decided to hurry as fast
rs the new Ford would let us. Per-
haps 1t was fifteen miles asst of Cas-
per when we were coming this way.
that another car came up around n
curve and up yer n little hill and
was upon us and past as before 1
had time to turn my dinners on.
At the same time a man exclaimed
Turn out your lights. I had been
turning out my lights for every car
/ met and no one else did that for
me. Once when l dlmmed the lights
we went in the ditch. and I had to
stop. so 1 made the remark to Mrs.
Mann. who was now sitting with me
in the front seat, that 1 would not
my lights again because every
body else got way with It and be-
1 could not see the road when
my lights were out and theirs Were
"A car carrying Mr.. Miller and Mr..
Cantlin Il found out later that It was
Mr.. Cantlin. did not know this Mt
the t'me) passed us going about 80
miles an hour. and hollered at us:
Dim your lights. I thought
any more about It as 1 thought he
was perhaps some smart aleck on the
road. We kept coming on toward
, 1923-07-02

as the American peace award. n
said to be one of the most princely
ever offered as a reward for a non
commercial idea
The award will be given in two
parts. The first $4,000 will be paid
for the idea itself. while the second
will be given when the practicability
the idea is proved. Such demon
s~tration, 1t Is said. will consist either
in adoption by the United States SEN
ate or by a convincing popular en-
correment.
Although a policy committee for
the administration of the prize has
been selected, the jury which will
pass upon plans and make the award.
, 1923-07-02

Island yesterday were Immediately
passed and landed in New York.
Among the quotas expected to be
filled today are the Greek. the Swed.
ish and those of several small
European countries. The Greek quota
allows only $50 10 enter during any
one month, but the Swedish is ons
of the largo allowances. 1905. This
monthly quota Is 20 percent OF the
annual quota. so II tho allowances are
filled each month no immigrants will
be accepted between December 1 n
July /. 1924.
The ships which anchored in Grave
send Bay overnight were the Muen'
chen from Bremen. with 1908 pas
sengers: Santa Ana, from Valparaiso
and Cristobai with 81; Afriatic from
Southampton with $50; F~ranconia
from Liverpool with 1850; Algeria
from the West Indies with Is; Ohio
, 1923-07-02
COLORADO OIL
TEST DRILLING

DENVER. Colo, juno IA dstor'
mined effort 10 discover II tho Wall
Creek and Dakota sands which OK
tend from Wyoming Into Northern
Colorado contain oil within their
Colorado area Is being maze by a
crew OF driilsrs about Is miles north
OF Fort Collins, These sands are rich
oil bearers In Wyoming but no great
amount Of oil has eyer besR found In
Northern coierado, This Grew, how
ever, which claims 70 have 100000
back OF It. ia working pHdsr instrue'
tions to go "a mile into the ground
II necessary and determine whether
or not there 10 % ia that part of tho
state on july / It IL reported that
the hole was down q little ever $500
feet,
, 1923-07-02

GREAT FALLS, Mont. July a.
By the Associated PressS The
Dempsey Gibbons henv hit
championship fight was near col
lapse today when Major j. E. Lane.
trustee OF tho battle admitted at
e:45 y. m. that the s100, 1000 due
Dempsey tonight had not been
raised and he did not SEQ any pros
poets OF missing It.
Tho committee which sought TO
raise 100000 In S 5000 contribu.
lions from twenty business men Of
tho state will continue To function
until IL o'clock tonight, tho tine
limit set by Kearns for the receipt
Of Dempsey's money, Major Lane
said, but II would have no now
, 1923-07-02
CHAMP bRONC
RIDER INJURED

Howard Tesian, broncho rider who
took first honors at the Frontier Days
celebration last year broke his leg
yesterday at Salt Creek in the process
of doing some unloading. Teglan's
mishap is lookad or as especially
serious because of tho proximity of
the Cheyenne frontier days this year
and aiso the Casper Rodeo. 1t is i'm
probable that he will be able to take
part in either.
, 1923-07-02
in ROAD
KILLING BEHIND BARS
FOR OVER TWO DAYS
Confidence in Sheriff and Prosecuting Attorney Vindicate
By Announcement Withheld in Fear of Mob Violence; &
Inquest Over Body of Dead Woman Opened Today

and prosecuting Attorney Embre f. Foster, whosepo policy in connection with the
fatal shooting of Mrs j. ]. Newcomb or tn East Yellowstone highway last Friday night
led to heir vnifcaton by persons wo ok snap Judgment, was vindated today
when Earl j. Cantint suspended as undeah eff, and W. E. DUSTY" Miller, son of a