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Evening star., 1923-12-20

the words on the darkened lawn,
flashlights or other methods of light
ing will have to be used.
Assisting the choir will be trumpet
ers and flutist from the United
States Marine Band.
Program of Evening.
The program follows: Fanfare of
trumpets; "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful, :"
choir and audience; Draw Nigh, I'm
manuel" "A Virgin Unspotted." God
Rest Ye. Merry Gentlemen" choir {;
20 Little Town of Bethlehem" choir
and audience; The Shepherds Christ
nras Song" tfute .obbligato); I'VE
Three Kings" (maIe chorus), and
The First Noel" choir; Joy TO the
world" choir and audience; 20 Holy
Night" tsoprano and chorus); Sleep,
Holy Babe" choir; Holy Night.
Peaceful Night" choir and audience
"Hark. the Herald Angels Sing" choir
and audience.
The First Congregational Church
chorus choir is composed of the fol-
lowing:
Observation-Disclosures Cable. Virginia
Craig, Nellie Davis. Leona Hayes,
Freda Hill, Helen Hurlbut, Susan
Hurlbut. Christine Irish, Edna James,
Blanche Kerr Ruth Kerr, Erma Mil
Ter, Kathryn Murrell, Madeline Nick
les. Harriet Nash, Helen Nash, Agnes
Neill, Nina Norman Mary Owen,
Helen Pabst, Ruby Potter, Mildred
reynolds, Mabel Thrasher.
Altos-Elizabeth Clover, Florence
FeIlers. Emma Flint. Esther Gilbert,
Grace Hudson, Goldie Hutchins, Ma
bel Kennedy, Mary Mitchell. May
Nuchols, Louesa Preston. Florence
Reynolds. Marian Stephenson, Martha
Blanchard, Marta Brokaw, Phoebe
YoungS.
Tenors-Bernard Bartoo, Hugh
Bugg. Ralph Cady, Rush Conklin
Claude Hanan, Ernest Hobbs, Harold
Howard, Lawrence James, Marshall
Knight, Roy Miller, Carl Roeder, Pau
SedGwIck and Fred Zimmerman.
Basses-RaIph Aiken, Walter Ander-
Evening star., 1923-12-20
DEMANDS INQUIRY
IN G. P. O. WAGE BILL

Referring to the first bill reported
to the House at this session of Con-
gress. which would authorize the
public printer to fix the rate of wages
for all employees in the government
printing office. with a few specified
exceptions, and against which report
Representative Blanton of Texas
raised a point of order, Representa-
tive Stengle of New York today of
fered resolution of inquiry. He
said:
Efforts were made a few days ago
to rush through a bill giving to the
public printer power and authority
to fix the rate of wages for journey
men. apprentices laborers and other
persons. as may be necessary for the
work of the government printing
office. In this connection 1 made
some Investigations and am con-
WINGED that unless Mr.. Carter, the
public printer. can show beyond
doubt that he is a practical printer
and versed in the art. of book binding
as set forth in section 375S. title As,
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States. he not only should not be
giver such authority. but should be re-
moved as an illegally elected public
official. If Mr.. Carter possesses the
proper qualifications as set forth in
the law he should welcome the adop-
tion Of my resolution; if not, he
should be forthwith removed"
Evening star., 1923-12-20

Continued from First Page.)
ncsota spoke in opposition to the
personal property tax because, he
"a id, it is a nuisance and people do
not pay it honestly. He told the COM
mittee that the question Of taxing
automc biles has been a big problem
all over the country and that in GER
tain states, including his own, in
order to avoid paying Ave or six
taxes, they had decided on a single
tax on gasoline as the fairest ar
rangement, so that those who use
automobiles the most pay proportion
ately higher taxes.
The question of constitutionality hav-
ing been brought up several times during
consideration of this reciprocity bill
Representative Fitzgerald explained
to his colleagues that the ques-
lion Of constitutionality does not ap-
ply in the District. as this is not
constitutional limitation on Congress
to legislate for the District" he said
''and Congress has all powers over
legislation affecting the National
Capital"
moved that the bill be reported as
amended, Representative Zihlman
asked for q separate vote on the In
derhill amendment imposing personal
property tax. Representative Lam
pert of Wisconsin, then sought action
so that vote on the bill would be
deferred until the next regular meet
ing. Representative Kent stated that
he believed the bill in it's present
form could not pass, and that he
would vote against it. He urged that
it be allowed to go over until after
the Christmas holidays.
Representative Zihlman explained ed
that his insistence on early action
was in order to get the bill into the
House for consideration on the first
District day. and for that reason a
special meeting was arranged for
January 4, the day after. Congress re-
turns from the Christmas holidays.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
TREE PROGRAM PREPARED.
President to Turn on Lights on
Ellipse at 5 PM

The program for the celebration
December "a at the community
Christmas tree in the White House
ElIIpse was announced today by Iu-
cretia Walker Hardy, acting general
director of the community center
department of the public schools 1t
follows:
Tree lighted by President Coolidge,
pm.
Fanfare of trumpets.
Carol service by the crowd. led by
A. Torowsky, organist of Epiphany
Church, accompanied by the follow
ing quartet Of the Marine Band Ar
thur Witcomb and John j. Miller,
cornets: Peter a. HazeS. euDhonium,
and Lee G. Sanford. trombone.
Christmas concert by the Marine
Band, led by Taylor Branson, second
leader of the band, 7:15 pm.
Program for COlOred.
The program for the midnight serv-
ice Of the colored community centers
Christmas tree in the White House
Ellipse, December "a, was announced
today, as follows:
Song, Come Hither, Ye Faithful"
by the choral clubs of the Birney,
Burrville. Deanwood and Lovejoy CEN
ters, accompanied by the community
centers' band.
The prophecy.
Pastoral symphony" by the com
munity centers' band
The Story Of the. Shepherds" by
the Ira Aidridge Community Players.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE.
Mrs. Gertrude S. West Wins De-
cree Against Hacker.

Justice Stafford in Equity Court to-
day awarded an interlocutory decree
of absolute divorce to Mrs. Gertrude
S. West, wife of George B. West, a
public hacker. The bill filed by the
wife charged that West had miscon-
Quoted himself on many occasions
during the summer of 1922 in an
apartment house in this city.
Mrs. West alleged that her husband
deserted her short time after their
marriage. and she discovered that he
was living in an apartment, the ad-
dress of which he had kept secret
from her. She testified that on a visit
to his apartment she found evidence
of his alleged infidelity. Under the
terms of the decree the wife will re-
ceive SIS per week alimony, besides a
counsel fee and the costs of her suit.
Attorneys Raymond Neudecker and
L. E. Simonton appeared for the wife.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
.COURT USES NEW
|. DRY CASE METHOD
Departure in System Report.
ed Here-JaiI Sentences
Imposed.

A departure in the handling of pro-
Jacksonville, Fla, was reported to
prohibition headquarters today by
A B. Stroup, chief of the New Eng
land division, who has just returned
from Florida, where he attended the
hearing Of cases in which he secured
evidence while head of the Florida
Porto Rico area.
During the first week of court at
Jacksonville, Mr.. Stroup said, Fed
eral Judge Rydon NJ. Call imposed
fines totaling sS,450 in fifteen cases
and four Jail sentences of three
months each. imposition OF JAN
sentences in federal courts in Flor
ida is departure, although under
the state law a Jail sentence is COM
pulsory," he said.
While in Florida Chief Stroup was
told of some of the methods employed
by rum runners on the Jersey coast.
The story was relayed by Frank Gra-
ham, a fish merchant of Fernandina,
after he had questioned one of his
fishermen, Frank Oliver, a Portu-
guese, who had just returned from a
fishing trip off the Highlands. Asked
if he had seen the rum fleet, he said:
"Yes, / was on two of the vessels,
and you couldn't get me to drink any
of their liquor If you paid me for it.
On both vessels they had d large still,
many knocked-down white horse
cases, bundles of counterfeiter stamps
and labels. boxes of fake caps, empty
bottles, coloring matter and flavoring,
and were just filling the bottles with
the concoction, placing the stamps
and labels on to make it look like it
had just come over.
when enough bottles were filled
they would set up one of the White
Horse cases, and it would be brought
ashore as the real stuff If they
had any good stuff on board 1 didn't
see it,
"Since this was an entirely unso-
licited statement" Stroup reported,
''and came from a man who had the
experience and had no connection
with the prohibition forces, 1 con-
slider it a criterion Of the real con-
ditfonS"
Evening star., 1923-12-20

ward Philippine independence. as re-
peatedly charged in the different
cablegramS quoted"
The Wisconsin representative also
asserts that the investigation he pro-
poses should disclose what valid OBJ
lection, If any, exists against having
the American Congress now declare
the Philippine Islands are and of right
ought to be free and independent"
Cites Charges Against Wood.
The resolution calls attention to
dispatches published last May in va
rious American newspapers, in which
it was declared Gov. Wood had in his
tors, representatives and others
prominent in Washington social life
who received payment from the Phil
ippine independence commission" It
also refers to charges made in some
quarters that Gov. Wood has usurped
power and has assumed the role of
dictator"
Attention is called to the row which
developed recently between Gov
Wood and various insular govern
ment officials and eliminated in the
resignation of the latter, and ref
erence is made to Gov. Woods admin
istration in Cuba and to the presi-
Dental campaign conducted in his
behalf in 1920.
In Justice to Gov. Wood and those
who contributed to his political cam
paign,'' the resolution reads, the in
vestigation should be extended to in
clude charges to the effect that rights
in the Philippines given or proposed
to private American interests are not
unrelated to such contributions"
r INV
tigating committee would do well to
look into the deposit of Philippine
government funds in various Ameri-
can banks. A total of s31,449,219 of
such funds, he says, are in banks and
trust companies in the United States
Evening star., 1923-12-20

Mansion Will not be sufficient for l. :
Illuminating purposes, so the White
House electrician has arranged to in
stan additional lighting facilities On
the portico will be large grand pi-
ano, on which Harry Edward Mueller,
choir master and organist of the
FIRST Congre gational Church. will ac-
company and lead the organization of
singers.
Suggestion for Candles.
feature which those in charge of
arrangements declare would be most
effective. but which they are reIuc-
thnt TO urge or recommend would be
ihc possession by the audience of
lighted candles during the exercises.
the Christmas atmosphere of many
years ago, II Is pointed out. would bs
emphasized. However. there are sew
riitI obstacles, such AS the length OF
th' program compared with the
ithEth OF the candle: the prevalence
OF WIND and the possibility that
clothes may become Ignited.
1hc words of the carols to be sung
by the audience with the choir will
be printed in The Sunday Star, and
thos" who attend the concert are re-
gu"st"d To clip The verses TO see
Evening star., 1923-12-20
WOMAN NEAR DEATH ATTEMPTING
TO SAVE CANARIES FROM FIRE

an oxtinguisher until she was forced
to turn in an alarm.
Mr.. Berger, father or Mrs. haIti,
and found that Mrs. Hartigan was
still in the apartment where II is
supposed she returned to rescue her
three canaries and stamp collec-
ton valued at over $4,000. She was
badly burned about the arms ana
face.
Several other women were taken
from the apartment house. which
raridly filled with dense smoke. Mrs.
Mary F. Mclaughlin. sevonty-seven
years of age, an invalid; Mrs. E. G.;
Mohurin, sixty-fve years old. and
Mrs l.. r. Riley, ninety-one years old.
ycre taken out of the house by fire.
men.
Evening star., 1923-12-20

Songs, "Hark. the Herald Angels
Sing" Holy Night" 20 Little Town
of Bethlehem everybody.
Appearance of cross in the sky as
symbol Of atonement.
Songs. Nobody Knows the Trouble
/ See" Joy to the World everybody
Marie Moore Forrest, pageant df-
rector of the community centers of the
public schools. announced today that
any organizations wishing to obtain
the carols TO be sung Christmas eve
or which desire to be assigned places
about the tree for the singing should
communicate with a. Torowsky Of
Epiphany Church.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
PASTORS TO ARGUE
ON NEW DOCTRINES
Straton and Potter Will De-
bate FundamentaIism and
Modernism.
Rx tic Ansocinted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 20.-Reli
gious modernism meets fundamentalism
in open debate tonight.
The question: Resolved, That the
Bible is the infallible word of God
will be argued afiirmatively by the
Rev. Or. John Roach Straton. pastor
Of the Calvary Baptist Church. He
will be opposed by the Rev. Charles
Francis Potter. pastor of the West
Side Unitarian Church. The debate
will be held in DR.. Straton's church.
nately in the two pastors churcnes.
Two EpiscopalianS and "A Christian
Scientist will be judges tonight.
Modernists of the Protestant Epls-
copal Church expect to receive TO-DAY
the report of the bishops of their
faction who attended the meeting OF
the house of bishops. at Dallas, TEX,
which agreed upon the pastoral letter
Of their controversy with the funda-
mentaliSts Of the church.
Liberals Too Wenk.
At the Dallas meeting the liberal
bishops voted with the conSerNatlEeS
in favor of the pastoral letter. de-
Gliding according to mouernlSlS mere
that they were numerically too weak
to make. an tffectual protest then. The
moderniStS anticipated that the no
eral report would be radical IN It's
text ~
In the midst of these reports Dr.
Leighton Parks. rector of st. Bar
th0lomewS who spoke openly against
the pastoral letter last Sunday, de
clared that he had received much
unwelcome publicity; that he mad not
defied Bishop William I. Manning
which he said would have been a
disloyal thing to do and that he mad
not .'fCuted" the doctrine of the VIZ
gin birth
DIR. Parks Explains Position.
DIR. Parks said he belonged neither
10 the Modern Churchman'S Union
nor any other organization of min
lsters: that he consulted no one about
his Sunday address, and that what he
said then was the same doctrine ne
ad preached for thirty years.
The only Significance in his divest-
ing himself of his prtestly accoutre-
iments and appearing in his black robe
was that he intended to deliver Il
"theological lecture" instead of his
usual sermon. 1t was an old prac-
tice, he said, in the Episcopal Church.
Asked for his motive i'll d"IlNerlng
the lecture" DR.. Parks said: The
sermon would not have been preached
had | not been required by the canon
of the church to read the pastoral
letter to my congregation After
having Stunned the limelight all my
life" he added. 'tit hurts my eyes,
physically and spiritually, to be in it
| now.
Evening star., 1923-12-20

Mrs. Clara E. Hartigan, eighty-two
years of age. was perhaps fatally
burned in an attempt to save several
canaries and a valuable collection of
stamps from fire i'll her apartment
at 203l + street. last night. The
canaries were suffocated.
The fires originated in a closet
in Mrs Hartigan's apartment from
an undetermined cause. Finding the
fire spreading rapidly. Mrs. Harti-
gan took her three-year-ol great
granddaughter, Louise Berger, who
was visiting at the time, and carried
her to the hall and called the tani-
tress, who tried to fight the fire with
Evening star., 1923-12-20
SYMPATHY EXPRESSED.
Resolutions Sent to Family of Boy
Killed by Truck.

Resolutions of sympathy in the
death of Kenneth Russell Lemley,
nine years old. who was run over and
killed by a truck in front of his
home, 24O2 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest recently, are expressed by
his teacher and members of his class
of the Sterling, Va, Sunday school.
The members of the class drew
up the resolutions and sent them to
the parents and sister Of the deceased
Evening star., 1923-12-20
COMPLETING STATUE.
Bas-Relief Being Made of Former
Senator Williams.
Special Dispatch TO Tho Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
WINCHESTER. Va. December % =
Herbert Barbee, a well known sculp-
tor OF Luray, is putting the finishing
touches on bas-relief in plaster of
former United States Senator John
is TO be submitted TO the Nississinni
Society in Washington.
This organization is planning to
perpetuate in marble or bronze the
memory OF great men of that state.
Mr.. Barbee recently completed A
marble bust of George Washington
for hotel here bearing the first
Presidents name
Evening star., 1923-12-20

fred Gilbert, Robert Hamill, Arthur
kettner, Donald Preston, Charles
Rich, Melville Veitch, John Shaddick,
Max Tucker, Lawrence Gould, Harold
Whitmore and Woodruff Youngs.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
From Her Viewpoint.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mrs. don't think much of that new
doctor you've been seeing.
Mr.-HOw's that?
He doesn't seem to know much He
hasn't even ordered you to quit smok-
ing. drinking or coming home late"
Evening star., 1923-12-20
Debt Now Small.

The bonds still outstanding repre-
sent. il is said, a figure so low that
the soviets now are willing to recog =
nize the pre-war debt if they can
thereby secure French recognition.
French opinion is divided on this
question. Moderates Of both the left
and right are suspicious and hostile
toward the soyiets, but the extreme
left is favorable because of a COM
munity of political views. and certain
elements of the right are favora Bile
for reasons of foreign policy.
France. it is felt. should make a
serious effort to detach Russia from
a German allegiance, thereby isolat-
ing Germany and lessening the dan
ger of new war against France.
Furthermore, it is argued. an un-
derstanding with Russia would
strengthen France in it's disputes
with Great Britain.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
PHILIPPINE PROBE
DEMANDED IN HOUSE

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1923-12-20
SOVIET OVERTURES
| PROGRESS IN PARIS
Poincare Holds Russian
Friendship Might Serve as
Foil to Germany.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.

BY Radio TO The Star and the Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1923.
PARIS. December 20.--Following.
repulse of its overtures of concilia-
tion toward the United States. the
soviet government of Russia is re-
ported TO be on the verge of making
similar overtures to France with Il
view of obtaining recognition here
As France seems willing to forgive
the Russian war debt the big OBJ
Staclc to a Franco Russian under
standing heretofore has been the
Russian refusal to recognize the pre-
war debt to France. 1t is now re-
ported, however, that the soviets
within the last few months have been
building up, at ii low current rate,
large numbers of Russian bonds on
the Paris market with the result
that a large part of the pre- war debt
already has been redeemed at a mere
fraction OF it's capital value.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
AUTO RECIPROCITY BILL
GOES OVER UNTIL JAN. d
AFTER WARM DEBATE

Continued from First Page.l
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-05-11

In Michigan, the cam aign for this
fund is led by DR.. Frank B. Broderick.
State welfare officer. Ee will receive
contributions either by check or in
cash at his Office at 214 Lincoln
Building, Detroit, Michigan. All funds
whether received by mail or from in.
dividuals in person Will be re .eipted
ant strictly accounted for No dona-
lions In excess of $l0 are requested.
as the Legion feels that this collec-
ton should be a fund Of the whole
people
This money says DR.. Broderick.
"will be raised without a definite
campaign as such. We hope that q
simple appeal TO the people of Mich
igan will bring to Is moro than ample
funds to care for Michigan's quota.
The question is, shall we honor ON
Memorial Day the memory OF those
boys who died for ls and who now
sleep overseas.
"The United States government
now maintains these graves, keeps
them In splendid appearance. But
the Legion wants each grave to have
on Memorial Day little, direct per.
sonaI tribute from the people OF the
United States, Will Michigan do It's
share?"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-05-11
Good Husbands and Wives.

What is good husband? Dorothy
pix defines him thus: "A man who
can tell Il good story, who keeps his
small change loose in his pockets, and
who believes-or pretends to believe
In the myth that woman Is mystery
who must be worshiped, but never
solved Mere man, on hearing this,
thereupon gave 1t as his opinion that
a good wife was one who laughed at
those good stories, who left that small
change still loose in his pockets, and
who, bless her heart, never expected
her husband TO try to solve the mys-
tery.-Washlngton Star.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-05-11
(First April 20-Last July IS, 192S)
MORTGAGE SALE

MORTGAGE SALE
WHEREAS, Default has been
made in the payment Of money Sc
cured by mortgage dated September
|22, 1920, executed by HENRY ME-
MI AND IDA L0VIISA MEM his
wife of Pelkie, Baraga county, Mich
|igan to the HoUGHTON COUNTY
LOAN & INVESTMENT ASSOCIA-
lTION of Houghton, Michigan, which
mortgage was recorded in the office
of the register of deeds for the coun-
ty of Baraga and state Of Michigan
on the End day of December 1920 in
Liber 16 Of mortgages on page III,
which said mortgage contains a pow
er of sale, and upon which mortgage
there is claimed to be due at the date
Of this notice the sum Of two thousand
seven hundred ninety two and b9.
100 dollars ($2, ,792.5O OF principal
and interest, and no suit or proceed
ing having been instituted at law to
recover the debt now remaining Sc
cured by said mortgage, or any part
thereof; Now
IAEhEFohE. NOllCo 10 hCtO1y
given that by virtue Of the power of
sale aforesaid and Of the default
aforesaid, and pursuant to the stat
ute in such case made and provided,
the said mortgage will be foreclosed
by sale of the premises therein de-.
scribed at public auction to the high
est bidder at the front door of the
court house in the village of L'AHse,
in the county of Baraga, Michigan,
being the county in which the premis-
es to be so sold are. situated, upon the
18th day Of July, 1923 at three o'clock
in the afternoon.
The said premises described in said
mortgage are situated in the county
Of Baraga and state Of Michigan and
are described as follows, to-wit:
East half Of the northeast quarter
of section thirty three (33), township
fifty one (51) north range thirty four
$40 west, containing 80 acres, more
or less, according to the Government
Survey.
Dated April IA, 1923.
HOUGHTON COUNTY LOAN e.
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION
By E. F. TREVARROW, Secretary,
Mortgage.
Rees, Robinson & Petermanf,,
Attorneys for Mortgage,
Business Address,
Houghton, Michigan.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-05-11
FUNDS SOUGHT FOR
! GRAVES IN FRANCE
LEGION PLANNING ENDOWMENT
FOR CARE OF FALLEN
HEROES MOUNDS
SHOULD KEEP. MEMORY GREEN
To decorate the graves of the 500

To decorate the graves OF the 800
-onracd ve:e1ans who e'eep
e. slCep overse as, the Amer
icaa Legion OF Michigan is raising q
Memorial Day Fund. This money
will all go into 100000 endowment
planned by tho national organization
OF the Legion. which will provide an
annual sum to care Cor the graves Of
these heroes In perpetrity.
This national fund will be expended
In France and elsewh ,re overseas
under the direction Of Myron T. Her
rick. ambassador to France. In all.
there are 32.100 graves to be cared
for. Two francs fifty centimes will
decorate one grave once a year.