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Evening star., 1923-08-18
THE WEEK
Epitome of Events Up to
August ~. 1928.
FOREIGN.

Germany on verge of revolt. view
Of nations chiefs. Westmlnster aD-
hey thronged as England joins tribute
10 Harding Nineteen die in German
riots; fall of Cuno at hand. Italian
government TO give UP operation OF
public utilities Bergdoll shoots foe
dead and wounds another in fight with
kidnapCrs. British send reparations
note England pushes air program to
control air. United States Mexico
agreement near completion. Berlin
may halt all reparations to aid re-
forms French accuse CurZon of sup
porting Germany and disaYowing the
allies Poincare affirms stand-pat
policies with regard to Germany.
british declare France violated Yer
sailles treaty in Ruhr invasion. Ar
Eentine swimmer crosses Engllsh
channel in sixteen hours and thirty
three minutes. Poincare will fatty
reject British note; Ruhr occupation
TO continue. DR.. Gustav Stresemann.
new German chancellor. after fall OF
t'uno. F'ifty-one slain in riots in Ger
man cities. War menace seen In South
America. due to Argentine and Bra
lillian armament. De Valera captured
Icy Irish soldiers during speech.
Rritain hopes for United States aid
i'm reparations tangle. One hundred
killed or wounded in Germany
through riots led by communists.
United States Mexico pact signed by
ENJOYS. Poincare to inform British
German default is willful. Red threat
grows in German cities. Britain in
formed United States stands pat on
rcparations view.
Evening star., 1923-08-18
BEDTIME STORIES " H 1ss::;s: ss:::.:

chance at me, for l shall keep my
eyes open for him. AS for other enc
mics, / guess / am smart enough to
keep out of their way
He peeped out of the bushes to-
ward Farmer Browns barnyard. 1t
looked most interesting up there.
Old Mr.. Toad had advised him not
to go any farther in that direction.
He had told him that it was no place
for him Up there. But the more he
watched the more curious he be-
came. Hel saw some big birds walking
about. and they didn't seem to be
at all afraid. OF course. they were
the hens of Farmer Browns boy. and
so. of course. We're at home. But the
young Chuck didn't know this. They
were the first hens he ever had seen.
'If il is safe for them. it is safe
for me- said he to himself. Il can
run over there and have a look
around. and then run back again.
There is no sense in being afraid
when there is nothing to be afraid
Of
Still the young Chuck hesitated.
Then he happened to think that per-
haps his mother. Polly Chuck. would
come looking for him. He knew that
if she found him he would have 10
go back home. Then his curiosity
wouldn't be satisfied. He looked all
around up in the blue. blue. sky. No
where could he see Redtail the Hawk.
He looked over to where those hens
were contentedly scratching in the
barnyard. Never had he seen more
peaceful scene. He crept a few feet
beyond the bushes and sat up. There
he sat for some time. looking this
way and that way. every way.
ITS silly to be afraid" said he.
There isn't a thing to be afraid Of
I'm going over there"
Once more he looked all around.
Then he dropped down and started
straight for Farmer Browns barnyard.
He felt the thrill of adventure. He
was going to see things he never had
seen before. He was really out in
the Great World. He felt very big
and very bold But as he ran he had
enough sense to try TO keep out of
sight as much as possible. He kept
he came to the edge OF Farmer
Browns barnyard.
Copyright. 1923. by T. W. Burgess.'
Evening star., 1923-08-18

Gen Gouraud leaves Washington
on his way back to France. Dis
trict naval reserves start on cruise.
2.3O1 salaries of District employees
agreed upon by the classification
board. Police bureau building pro
posed. Vincent B. Costello Post asks
Donovan to resign. District Amer
lean Legion posts honor Presiden
Harding. Results in five large cities
of high water pressure shows its
value. District guardsmen back
from Camp Simms. Budget officials
tour the District for data. Post
master Mooney cautions postal
truckmen against reckless driving.
vention here. New junior high
school to be located on y street be-
tween Gath and 25th streets. Dealers
say price of gasoline in the District
to be cut l cent in a week. Secretary
Weeks says he has no power to sane
Col. Keller, former Engineer Com
missioner, kept on Army list Dis
trict feels gas war: 1-cent drop in
price. Woman in Kepner case dis
District. D. C. budget slash of FIVE
millions seen. Two killed as result
of airplane crash here. Chicagoans
study District street lights. Fire
destroys Poolesville, Md. business
section: loss estimated at $4,000.
District to seek funds pared off bud
get in later request. Kepner ac-
quilted on charge he shot his wife.
Neighbors protest erection of apart
ment house at Georgia avenue and
Whittier place. Building inspector
urges test for builders. Ten milk
dealers cited in court. New Mount
Alto Hospital building approved.
District alley buildings valued at
s1.212,000. Eight-cent bus fare or
dered retained. President favors ar
chives building. New entrance to
Rock Creek Park planned.
Evening star., 1923-08-18
B. Y. P. u. ACTIVITIES

Elections in local unions around
the city have resulted as follows:
Bethany-President. Miss Ethel
HeGner; corresponding secretary,
Miss Geraldine Saunders, and treas
urer, Herman Bailey
tennial-President. Tate CuIber-
son; corresponding secretary. Miss
Helen Haley; treasurer, Mr. John
Larkey.
Congress eights-President. John
7: Miller: corresponding secretary.
Miss Doris Strobe; treasurer. Miss
Ruth Mcdonald
Fifth-President. Herbert S. Reamy;
corresponding secretary. Miss Mary
Baurman;- treasurer, Miss Helen
Moore.
F'irst-President T. r. Wilson: cor
responding secretary, Miss Bertha
Garrett treasurer, Mr.. Roswell jim
kins.
Fountain Memorial-Presid A.
Fl. Blakeslee; corresponding secre-
tary. Mickeal Ihrie; treasurer, G. H..
BlakesIee.
Second-.President. Miss LiIlian
Hefner; corresponding secretary, Miss
NJ Minerva Grimes; treasurer, Will
Ray Price,
Takoma Park-President. Miss Eve
lyn Henley; corresponding secretary,
Miss Phoebe Tauberschmidt; treas
urer, Miss Alice James
Tempie-President. Mrs. r Ocker-
shausen; corresponding secretary,
Miss Rule Evans; treasurer, Mrs. L.
w Horner.
West Washington-Presid Il.
c. Hodges: spondinG secretary.
Miss Bonita Stomback. treasurer, Miss
Grace Wright
First Alexandria-Presiden Miss
Sadie Pitts: corresponding secretary,
Miss Louise Adams: treasurer Miss
Mary Finks.
Second AleXandria-Pre sident. f l..
Cornell: corresponding secretary. Mrs.
J. D. Hammond; treasurer, Miss mex
Simpson.
Cherrydale. Va.-President. Miss
Minnie Parker corresponding secre-
tary. Miss Ethel Harris; treasurer.
William Mahaffey
The third annual picnic and field
day of the Columbia Federation will
be held on the reservoir grounds
Rock Creek Park. August p, start
ing at pm.
Brookland union will entertain the
federation at the opening meeting in
September. Delegates to Virginia
Beach and Braddock Heights assem-
blies will make their reports at this
meeting. 1t is also expected re-
port of the Baptist World Alliance,
that met in Stockholm, sweden. re-
garding the organization of world
wide b Y. T. L. will be made. Gen
eral Secretary James Asa White at
tended the alliance meeting and now
is visiting European countries with
this object IN view.
Evening star., 1923-08-18
DUTCH PACIFISTS TRY
RECONCILIATION PLAN
French and Germans Invited Into
Homes for Week to End Hos
tility by Contact.
BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright 1923.

by Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1923.
AMSTERDAM. August 1S-A small
group of we'll intentioned Dutch
idealogists still believe through thick
and thin. with admirable but hardly
conceivable optimism. that they are
promoting the idea of world peace
by organizing private reconciliation
weeks" in Holland.
Such a reconciliation week" has
just begun at Utrecht, the city in the
center of Holland. French and Ger
mans are being brought together in
Dutch homes. where they will be
guests of Dutch families for a week
The Dutch hosts strongly hope that
seven days of contact between the rep
resentatives of the two nations. which
thus far apparently cannot abide
each other. may result in better
TEEN.
The idea. so somewhat simple. is
meant for the best. but the meetings
thus far have not been striking sue
cesses. as only very small number
OF French and German International
lists have come to Holland in order to
be reconcled. This number included
reconciliation league. and Madame
Huchet of the Christian peace move
ment in Paris.
A real flood of exalted and fervent-
Ily pacifist speeches are delivered daily
and lot of resolutions are voted.
But Dutch public opinion being rather
prosaic. the Dutch have not yet been
warmed by the eloquence. They are
looking at the movement with skepE
tical eye, earnestly calling into ques-
tion the practical results of a peace
conference of convinced pacifsts
Evening star., 1923-08-18
News of the Clubs

Mrs. Bernadine y. Angus, ana the
vice chairman, Miss Bertha r. wore
have all affairs connected with the
new arrangements in hand.
The plans for redecoration OF the
rooms are in charge of Mrs. Eugene
De Land Saugstad. chairman Of the
house decorating committee. The en-
tire first floor of the clubhouse will
be used for assembly rooms. The
two upper floors are to be rented fol
studios. The cafe. which Is to be
known as the Pen Women's tearoom
will be in charge of a we'll known
manager and various business wom-
ems clubs in the city have made plans
to hold luncheons there.
The District League itself, under
its commercial women's section
chairman Miss Grace Hudson--will
hold weekly forum luncheons at the
clubhouse.
Members of the District League will
use their membership tickets for ad-
mission to the clubhouse this year
and guest privilege tickets also will
be issued as desired. In addition to
served in the cafe.
Mrs. III. 5. Mulliken, chairman OF
the library committee, plans to ex-
tend the use of the books in the
possession of the league by conduct
ing an active circulating library.
Anthony LeaEue.-Mrs. Anna E
Hendley and Mrs. Nanette b. Paul
president and vice president of the
league, were the guests of the Ven
ice Park Citizens Association. Allan
tic City, at the July meeting held in
the rooms of the Lulu Temple Yacht
Club. Mrs. Paul followed the three
commodores-Bailey. Baer and Jolley
in an address on the early days of
Venice Park. and spoke of her graft
fication in watching the natural de-
velopment into the. proposed estab-
lishment of Sunday school from the
educational work conducted by her
and Mrs. Hendley Il few years ago in
the clubhouse in the form of Chau-
tauqua lectures.
The Practical Psychology Club
Gounded by Anna Maud Ilallam) held
a special meeting Tuesday evening in
the armory room of Central High
School. Important business relative
TO the convention in Toronto. Canada
officers report and study in text book
were on the program.
Evening star., 1923-08-18
Y. M. c. A. NEWS ITEMS

Page Nick. Etchinson. religious
work director of the Y. NJ. c. A. will
occupy the pulpit of the Fourth Pres
byterian Church a t both the mornine g
and evening services
The Gospel Team of the Kinnear
Glass of Calvary Baptist Church will
conduct the morning service at the
Mt. Tabor Methodist Protestant
Church. 35th and Wisconsin avenue
northwest.
Rev. s. NJ. Croft will conduct the
morning service at the Petworth Bap-
tist Church, Sunday morning at IL
o'clock.
have Rev. T. T. MacEwen as their
speaker for the morning service.
Rev. w. P. Blake will speak at the
Sixth Presbyterian Church at the II
o'clock service on Sunday.
Homer !. Councillor will be the
speaker at the morning service of the
Ingram Memorial Congregational
Church.
The pulpit of the Western Presby-
terian Church will be occupied by
Wilbert j. Cooke for the morning &
service.
Evening star., 1923-08-18

Womcn's City Cuban informal
dance will be given under auspices
of the entertainment committee Mon
day evening at $50 o'clock.
\ subscription supper and dramatic
evening is scheduled for Wednesday.
The supper, which will be served in
the garden at $50 o'clock, will be
followed by A dramatic and musical
program beginning at 7:30 pm. Miss
Ruth NJ. Hansford will sing IAN Old
Fashioned Garden" and other songs,
Mrs Ruby Smith Stahl serving as ac-
companist. Austin Dobson's "a Low
erS' Quarrel" will be the dialogue
given by Mrs. Rose Yates Forester
and Martin Scranage. There will be
two tableauN vivantS--Miss Grace
McVcy. in Rossettrs The Blessed
pamozel'" and Miss Virginia Here.
Shalott." Miss Amy Leavitt will play
the accompanying music. Reserva-
tions will be limited to 100.
The evening class of the French
section will meet Tuesday at 6
o'clock fGr the diners at the French
table, and at o'clock for the mem
hers of the Causerie. The morning
class viii meet Wednesday at IL am.
These classes are free to club mem
berS.
League of American Pen Women
There's no place like home"-such
has been the decision of the league.
Though the organization has been
considering various new locations for
its clubhouse. announcement has been
made that the District branch has
this week signed the lease on it's
present quarters, 1922 II street, for
another year.
One change of Importance has been
made. due to the growth of both the
Washington body and the various
branches throughout the country.
Expansion has become necessary and
the clubhouse. formerly the joint
home of both the District League and
the national executive board will
hereafter he occupied exclusively by
the District membership. The ma
tional board is moving into new
quarters in the Shorcham Hotel. thus
releasing its former office for the use
Of the district.
Tho District clubhouse chairman.
Evening star., 1923-08-18
NATIONAL.

Day of silence marks nations last
tribute to President Harding. United
states tanker missing with crew OF
thirty. Coolidge returns from Marion
10 face pressure for an extra session
If Congress. Coolidge backed by
Eorah. Secretary Christian sends his
resignation to Coolidge. Coolidge to
,pply full force of United States to
.oal deadlock Tumulty asserts that
presidency is hard. cruel task.
RS and operators to conference.
coolidge takes over Harding's desk at
The White House. Seven men killed
in train crash at Fowler, Col. Sena-
single term for-President bill to Con-
gress Coolidge believed to support
idea of world court. United States
rcady TO fight anthracite strike with
substitutes. Gasoline prices set low
record as they range from III to 22
trapped as blast wrecks mine in Wyo-
ming Eight bodies and property
damage of one million found after
hoods in Utah. Coolidge approves big
ut in national budget: Mrs. Harding
busy with packing. Wheat farmers
Of northwestern states ask extra ses-
sion. Eighty-seven miners bodies
taken from shaft in Wyoming.s New
negotiations begun to prevent hard
roal strike. Nation rallying behind
Coolidge as he makes plans. Presi-
dent names c. Bascom Slemp a sec
rotary. Anthracite crisis is. believed
PASSED by United States officials.
:iichest bootleg ring declared trapped
by arrest of eighty-four in Savannah,
ia. Coolidge studies Harding poll
ries and tackles routine work. Cross
continent air mail Service to be
llunched August 21. United States
,.~"rS twcnty-ci::ht ships rs Navy
k.Gl soes in.0 cleGl. l4llsd States
Evening star., 1923-08-18
Charred Corpse Found at Sea
Cires Clue to Missing Tanker
By the Assaciated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. August lS-The
scorched body of man. apparently
seaman, picked up among wreck
age on oil-strewn waters in tho
Caribbean sea last month apparently
has explained the fate of the tanker
Swift Star. which vanished as mys-
teriousIy as did the L. s. collier
Cyclops several years ago. c. u.
Mallory & Co. owners of the tanker,
it was learned. have decided that a
bolt of lightning sank the vessel.
which carried a crew of twenty eight
men.
The Swift Star left Los Angeles for
Fall River, Mass. and was last Spok-
en- at the eastern end Of the Panama
canal. July IS. Her captain was Il.
e. Hall of Baltimore.
The mute testimony of the prob
able explanation of the tankerS dis
appearance was presented to the
owners by Capt. Foilett Of the
schooner Albert II. Willis. which was
about 200 miles north of San Girls
tobal July %. She was close to the
island when wreckage was sighted.
The sea was Uttered with splintered
wood Two wooden lifeboats and
one steel. each bearing the name
Evening star., 1923-08-18
BY r. A. EMMONs.

Two weeks ago we were consider
ing the ginkgo, n member of the
great confer family, which, unlike
others of this family, is not ever
green, but drops its leaves in the au-
tumn. as do nearly all the broad
leaved trees. Today we have another
confer that is untrue TO the family s
first cteristic-evergreen foli-
age. The bald cypress sheds its
leaves in the fall and along with
them many OF it's smaller twigs as
well.
ON superficial examination the
leaves of the bald cypress resemble
the leaves of the hemlock. though
smaller in size and much more deli
cate and feathery. The needles are
about one-half to three-quarter inch
long, fiat, and light yellow green.
The cones are about an inch in diam
eter, brown. nearly spherical and usu-
ally grow at the tips Of the branch
let's.
This is the familiar tree of the
southern swamps. a stately tree and
one of considerable beauty. CROWN
Evening star., 1923-08-18

TO a height OF fifty to eighty feet, and
even at times to $50 feet Its trunk
is straight and spring. its branches S
short and horizontal or dropping,
forming head of narrow conical
outline. In swamps where its roots
are submerged in water they throw
up the so-called knees" apparently
an effort OF the roots to get out of
the water into the air. They seem
to be formed by the abrupt. upward
bending of the main roots, rising sew
eral feet above the water.
Many of the oldest trees in the
world belong TO this cypress genus.
TaXodium. In Mexico there is "A ia
nous cypress tree in the gardens of
Chapultepec. which is called the
Cypress of MonteZuma. Ii is one of
the species known as Mexican cypress
and is believed TO be between 500 and
500 years old 1t is l1J feet high and
has "a trunk diameter Of fifteen feet.
In the parks of Washington there
are number of the bald cypress-on
the Mall, in Lafayette Square and at
Soldiers Home. The trees pictured
are on the Mall Immediately south
OF the new National Museum.
Evening star., 1923-08-18
Changes in Stations of
Army and Nary Officers
OF Interest to Capital
Army.


Chaplain J. l.. Bennett, at Camp
Meade. Md, has been ordered to Ma
nila, L. L., for duty.
! Col. IT. J. Powers, infantry. at De-
troit. Mich, has been ordered to this
| city for duty in the Office of the chief
! co-ordinator.
! Master Sergt. n. p. Raleigh. Signal
Corps. at Fort Myer, Va, and First
Sergt. John Renner, 18th Infantry, at
Camp Meade, Md. have been placed
on the retired list of the Army OH
Maj. Raymond c. Bull. retired, has
been relieved from duty as assistant
professor of military science and tao
ties at Georgetown University and
Will proceed to his home.
Dallas. Tex. has beer detailed to
! the Signal Corps and assigned to duty
| at Port Sam Houston, Tex.
Maj. A. S. Buyers, Coast Artillery
Corps, at Fort Monroe, Va. has been
ordered to Raritan arsenal, Metuch-
en-. n. j.. for duty in the ordnance
department.
Capt II. H. Royal of the 9th naval
district has been assigned to the COM
! mand of the hospital ship Mercy.
Commander 4. c. Pickins of the
spector of ordnance in charge of the
proving ground and the powder fac
tory at Indian Head, Md.
Lieut. Commander +. S. r. Brandt.
commanding the Lardner. has been
transferred to the 1st naval district.
Lieuts Max Cole and c. E. Williams
have been ordered to the naval hos
pital in this city.
Lieut.. e. +. Bilson of the Pensacola
has been ordered to the naval station
at Guam.
Lieut.. F. L. Hubbard. Medical Corps
at San Francisco, has been ordered to
the recruiting barracks, Hampton
Roads. Va.
| Chief Pharmacist G. 7. Lyon of the
National Red Cross, this city, has
been ordered to the naval hospital
| this city.
| The President has accepted the
resignation of Lieut.. Benja min q
f; Iiolton. Medical Corps on duty at
the naval hospital, Norfolk
Evening star., 1923-08-18
HOW TO REVIVE CHURCH.
DR.. ABERNETHY's THEME
Southern Evangelist to Preach To.
morrow Morning at H Street
Christian Edifice

The Rev. Or. Arthur TalmaEe Abcr-
nethy is to preach at the II street
Christian Church tomorrow morning
at ii o'clock. His subject will be, "HoW
to Revive the Church"
Dr. Abernethy, formerly a Philadcl-
phia and New York newspaper man,
began his pastoral career in New
York, and after serving several years
as pastor of Richmond Street Church
Cincinnati, OHIO. be retired from tina
active pastorate 20 engage i'm literary
work. He is the author Of thirty
three books.
In the south. where DR.. Ahcrnpthv
has been Lying for the past iva
years. he is known as the cvanEelist
of the moonshiners" because of his
book of short stories on "moonshinr''
life. He is a kinsnfan of the Rev. Dr
". ;. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church. this city. and an
uncle of Representativ Charles !.
Abernethy from North Carolina.
Evening star., 1923-08-18
REPORTS S|BER|ANS
NEARSTARvAT|ON'
American Skipper Says Set.
tiers in Northeast Cannot
Sell Their Furs.
BY the Associated Press.

ny INC hSsOCldteu frebs.
NOME, Alaska, August 1S.-The
people of northern Siberia will be
starving very shortly if nothing is
done by the Siberian government to
relieve the situation. declares Capt.
Anderson, master of the schooner
Blue Sea, which arrived here Wed
nesday. The schooner, owned by Olaf
Swanson & Company. Seattle. was
interned for time by soviet author
tiles at East Cape, Siberia.
Capt. Anderson said the American
trading schooner Belinda of Nome
had been confiscated by soviet au-
thorities and converted into a gun
boat. Her entire cargo was seized,
he said, without any reason for the
action being announced.
The inhabitants had many furs,
Capt. Anderson said. but the traders.
being prohibited, under soviet regu-
lations. from removing their furs
from Siberia. were unwilling to trade
their cargoes of foodstuffs
During the Blue Seas stay at East
Cape red guards seized a large part
of the cargo. Capt. Anderson was
held in arrest one day, he said.
Evening star., 1923-08-18
DEAF CONVENTION ENDS
AFTER DOUBLE TRAGEDY
Two Delegates to Atlanta Meet
ing Drowned When Raft
Turns Over.
BY the Associa ted Press.

ID! IHP Associated frcss.
ATLANTA, Ga, August 1S.-Arthur
l.. Roberts of Chicago was elected
president of the National Association
of the Deaf at the closing session of the
national convention here yesterday. The
convention adjourned abruptly to show
respect to the, victims of Thursday
nights tragedy, in which two persons
were drowned during a water pageant
given in honor of the 1000 delegates.
Mr.. Roberts succeeds DR.. j. H. Cloud.
st. Louis, who, after six years in the
presidential chair. announced his retire
ment. The Chicagoan has been. secre-
tary of the organization for three Years
Other. officers were: O. w. Under
hill. st. Augustine. Fla, first vice presi-
dent: Mrs. c. L. Jackson, Atlanta
second vice president. and A. F. Moore,
Trenton. n. j.. secretary treasurer. DR..
T. F. Fox, New York; Dr. Cloud, and
]. w. Howson. Berkley, Calf, were
elected to the executive committee.
All unfinished business will be re-
ferred to committees
Funeral services for Miss Elsie Maurer
and ]. w. Vendergrif. who were drown
ed when a raft on which they and
seven others were riding was capsized
will be held here today.
Evening star., 1923-08-18

Swift Star were found. The sea
thereabouts was covered with an
oily flint Capt. Follett's lookout dis
covered an eight-foot packing case
amid the debris. and it was hoisted
aboard the schooner. Investigation
revealed the body of the man who
apparently had died from burns. Ii
was buried at San Andres.
Discovery OF the body led Capt
Follett to believe that lightning had
struck the tanker amidships. dis
abling her wireless and exploding
one or two oil tanks. the tanker
quickly sinking with all hands. Capt.
Follett was of the opinion that the
man whose body was found was
killed outright 10y the lightning and
flung into the packing cases which
remained afoat when the ship sank.