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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-03

WashingtOn.-Shipp board of
Acials make public wage increases
of from 81 to $40 a month for deck
and engineer officers. radio opera
tors and workers in stewards de
partment ON shipping board yes
Evening star., 1923-04-22
JURY IN MORSE TRIAL
DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE
Twelve in Box. But Both Sides
Still Have Challenges-De-
fense Charges Revenge.

Slow progress was made again yes
terday in the selection of a jury for
the trial of Charles w Morse, his
three sons and four others on charges
of conspiracy to defraud the govern
nent in connection with wartime
ship contracts. Twelve prospective
jurors were in the box at adjourn
ment of court for the day. but the
government has used only five of its
ten challenges and the defense only
four.
Defense counsel got before the
talesmen the claim of Morse and his
associates that the indictments
against them are the result of per
sonal revenge and an effort of GER
tain officials to get even" Attorney
Nash lockwood Of New York asked
a prospective juror if he would convict
should the evidence disclose such ef-
forts. but on objection of the district
attorney the juror was not permitted to
answer. Mr.. lockwood also asked the
juror whether he would acquit the de-
PENDANTS if the evidence under the
instruction of the court would show
that the case should have been tried
in the civil courts for mere account
ing and should not have been brought
in the criminal court.
Each talesman was subjected to a
long and careful examination by
counsel for both the government and
the defense. Some of the questions
by counsel indicated that circumstan-
tial evidence was expected to play a
large part in the trial.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
SPEED FINES, $40 TO S35.
Total of $415 Assessed Against
Traffic Law Violators.

Minor violators of the speed regu-
lations involving twenty-nine per-
sons, paid fines running from $40 to
$50 in the Traffic Court yesterday.
twenty-five of them paying the min
inlum of $40. The total fines for
speeding were 1915 To this is to be
added $40 IN a collidng case. or a
total of s415.
William H. Thomas. charged with
driving his automobile while drunk
and colliding, had the first charge
dismissed and he was fined $40 on
the colliding charge.
Those paying fines for violation OF
the speed regulations were: John
Johnson. SIS; Leroy Fletcher. $40:
John Watkins. $40; James D. Boone.
$40; Thomas J. Brown. $40; Neil
Clements. S25: Clara Z. Davis, $40:
Roy Driver, $40; Reginald =. Fitz-
gerald, $40; Jacob Goldstein. 500:
George r. Gill, $40: Walter l.. Ganter.
, $40: Raymond Hawkins, $40: Samuel
; r. Harris. $40; Joseph Johnson. $40;
Herman Levine. $40; John McCor-
mick. s35: Julian r. Phillips. $40:
Serge Petvinkis. $40; George H.
Parker. $40; Walter f. Schaffer. $40:
Charles G. Taylor. $40; Edward B.
Lee. $40: Thomas Mayer. $40; Ollie b.
Morris, 500; Earl b. RemsburE. $40;
Harrison Burke, $40; George =.
Hardesty, $40. and Max Sussully, $40.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Snecial Dispa .ch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 21.-
Henry G. Brock. banker and clubman'
sentenced to from six to ten years IN
the Eastern penitentiary last Mon
day after three people were killed
by his automobile, will soon join the
exclusive set there.
This organization has no president
of course-if 1t Is an organization in
the customary sense at all-but it
has a number of special privileges,
growing out of the intelligence, the
good behavior or the valuable serv-
ices to the. prison of its members.
They go to bed a little later than
other prisoners and are permitted
larger area to wander about in.
1t is a group which includes Will
liam Lieb, formerly republican lead
err of Schuylkill county, serving a
term for forgery; Jesse Williamson.
I'd, once commodore Of the Schuylkill
navy, serving eight years for en-
bezzlement: Ralph Meyer, serving
embezzlement of funds from the
North Penn Bank: Charles Toomey.
doing ten to thirty years for en-
bezzlement at the Fidelity Trust. and
others.
These men have privileges which
Brock has not yet received, because
they are not believed to be the type
OF hardened criminal usually behind
prison bars
Brock will leave the fourth gal
lery, or quarantine section. tomor-
row. The usual period spent there
Evening star., 1923-04-22
SURVEY OF ALLEY
HOMES FASTENED
Engineers Prepare Data to
Be Acted Upon in
June.

With June 1 rapidly approaching,
officials of the engineer department
are speeding up their investigation
! to determine how many alley dwell
ers have to be evicted on that date.
Maj. F. S. Besson, acting engineer
commissioner. stated last night he
hoped to have a complete report of
the situation ready for the board of
Commissioners early in May.
A recent survey by the police re-
vealed that there are approximately
10000 persons living in alleys. Cor
poration Counsel Stephens, however.
had rendered an opinion. which has
been approved by the Commissioners.
holding that large number of the
Inhabited alleys do not fall within
the terms of the alley closing law.
The corporation counsel held that
under the wording of the law the
only alleys affected are those less
not run straight through from street
with sewer. water and light.
Under this opinion, If any one of
these three elements is present the
dwellings in such an alley will not
have to be closed.
1t is expected that this construction
of the law will reduce to three or
four thousand, and possibly less, the
number of persons to be evicted.
Mr.. Atkinson is now listing all OF
the alleys. stating their width.
whether they open on two streets
and whether they have sewer, water
and light.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
HOME, SWEET HOME
HOUSE TO Be BUILT
Replica Of John Howard
Payne Dwelling to Be
Erected for Campaign.

A replica of the famous Home,
Sweet Home" house. immortalized by
John Howard Payne, will be built in
the triangle south of the Treasury
Department to aid in the Better Homes
In America campaign, it was announc-
ed last night. The campaign for bet
ter homes will run during the week
Of June to lO--the same week that
the Shriners will hold their national
convention here.
The Home. Sweet Home" house is
TO be used not only as model dur
ing the Better Homes campaign, but
also as a bureau of information for
the Shriners.
VIII BE Built soon.
The house is to be erected and
maintained under the auspices of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs.
cooperating with the Better Homes
movement. The furnishing will fol-
low the styles of the long ago. and
the Department of Agriculture will
plant shrubs and climbing vines to
cover the building.
Work on the house. it was announc-
ed by Miss Ida Hafford chairman of
the Washington committee for better
homes in America. Will begin tomor-
row. and the house will be complete
within three weeks.
The house will cost about $4,000
and will be built on a wooden founda- :
ton. After the demonstration Is
completed the house will be moved to
permanent site as the property of
the General Federation of Women &
Clubs and will serve as permanent
demonstration house for better homes
in America under the auspices of the
federation.
VIII Fit Out Library.
The materials for the house are
being supplied by national material
associations and a few of the ma
tionally known material houses.
Mrs. Rose V. S. Berry, chairman of
the fine arts department of the gem
eral federation. has already under
taken a search for the books which
would properly occupy space in the
shelves of a house of the Payne
period. On other shelves will be
books of the ideal home library list
of 200 recently prepared for the
Better Homes in America National
Council This is the list which has
been praised and censured by college
presidents. librarians and national au-
rhorities throughout the country.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
BALL GAME TO AID
HOSPITAL PLANNED
Directors to Start Ticket.
Selling Drive Here
Tomorrow.

Buy ticket and take care of A
child at Children's Hospital for day
With this slogan. corps of LOG
woman volunteers will endeavor this
week TO sell 10000 tickets for a ball
Boston teams at American League
park on June %. for the benefit of the
hospital. The entire proceeds will GO
direct to the hospital after deducting
the actual expenses of the game.
Plans for the ticket-selling drive
Will be completed by the volunteer
chambeau tomorrow morning at Il
O'Clock. The committee has been or
ganized by Mrs Reginald r. Walker
and Mrs. w. J. Flather. Mrs. H. II
Westcott will sell boxes for the game
She also will have charge Of the dis
tribution of all tickets.
Each to Sell Fifty.
Each of the women on the COM
mittee will undertake to sell fifty
tickets or more at 81 each. The
tickets also will be placed on sale to-
morrow at all cigar stores, leading
hotels and clubs.
Thomas B. Sweeney, chairman of
the ways and means committee for
the benefit game. pointed out last
under twelve years of age are cared
for by the hospital annually. and that
it's expenses average approximately
$4,000. Thirty-eight thousand. five
hundred dollars of this amount is
of charities, the hospitals meager
endowment fund. and from priva te
patients. The hospital depends en-
tirely upon charitable contributions
for the deficit. The money raised
applied to the annual deficit.
Clarke Griffith's boys are willing
to play for the hospitals benefit and
the management of the Washington
team has kindly contributed the use
the public to do is to purchase a
Sweeney sseer TOT Besides hepng sad the hos
pital the buyers of the tickets also
will see good ball game"
Committee Members-
Assisting Chairman Sweeney on the
ways and means committee are Mrs.
Horace H. Westcott, Mrs. Frederick
H. Brooke Samuel s. Crocker, Mrs.
DR.. w. H. Talbot. DR.. A. T. Randall.
Frederick De c. Faust and Marshall
Langhorne.
District Commissioner Cuno H.
Rudolph. president of the board of
directors Of the hospital. pointed out
in his last annual report that due
to the great amount of purely char
liable work the revenues from pay
patients and income from endowments IS
have been entirely inadequate to
meet expenses. which has confronted
the institution with large deficiency.
"A most energetic committee-the
same which did such splendid work
during the past year-will again do
its utmost to alleviate the unfortunate
situation" said Mr.. Rudolph. "and
it is hoped that the good people of
Washington, who have never in my
experience Of over thirty years. been
found wanting when worthy OBJ
ject for their beneficence was brought
to their attention. VIII respond
literally that this splendid institu-
ton may continue to function at the
highest standard of efficiency"
Evening star., 1923-04-22
GENERAL SURGERY CLINIC
HELD AT WALTER REED
Georgetown, George Washington
and Johns Hopkins Medical
Departments Guests.

The medical departments of George
town. George Washington and Johns
Hopkins universities were guests at
a clinic in general surgery held at the
Walter Reed Hospital yesterday.
DR. John T. Finney and a DR.. Thay-
or. members of the faculty of Johns
Hopkins: Sir Harold stiles a member
OF the faculty of the University Of
Edinhurg. and other prominent fac
ulty members of the institutions were
among the guests.
In the clinic a chance is being given
for thorough study in surgical oper-
ations. cases being brought in which
are at various stages of healing or
have healed in order that the physi-
clans might see and make study of
the progress and result of operations.
Following the work and demonstra-
tions in the clinics. luncheon was
served the guests.
Another clinic will be held next Fri
day, when members of the Tri-State
Medical Society will he guests. The
society was originally made up of
members from Illinois. Michigan and
Wisconsin. Minnesota having been ad-
mitted to membership later.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Uncle joe Guest
At Grand Party
On 87th Birthday

Uncle Joe Cannon's eighty
seventh birthday party in his own
home town, May Z, promises to be
grand and glorious affair. a
committee of citizens in Washing
ton yesterday told invited officials
and other friends. The committee
consists of John Hartshorn. chair
man: Allan T. Gordon. Russell
Rottger and w. j. Parrett. All
Danville will turn out to celebrate
and adjacent sections of Illinois
and Indiana will be represented.
A big stand will be erected on the
Cannon grounds and there will be
speeches and congratulations and
everything.
Secretary Davis of the Depart
ment of Labor will be the princi-
pal speaker, followed by Senator
Watson of Indiana and Senator
Mccormick of Illinois. Gov. Nc
Cray of Indiana and Gov. Small
of Illinois will be present. The
grand exalted ruler of the Elks
will be in attendance and special
trains with Elks aboard will come
from several cities.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
WINTER CARES 0'ER,
But TAX IS: DUE
Collector Takes Joy Out of
Spring With Notice That
May | DraWeth Nigh.

Just as Mr. Citizen has finished pay
i ing for the last lump of coal and is pre-
pairing to enjoy the blooming flowers Of
spring, along comes Chatham NJ. Towers
with the unpleasant announcement that
real estate taxes are due in May.
!! In sending forth this message it is
far from the mind of Collector Towers
to spread gloom. His only motive Is to
break the news gently to father in ad-
vance, SO that he may prepare his
bank account to meet his annual con-
tribution toward the maintenance Of the
city government
The property owner who observed the
new law by paying the first half of his
tax last November will not have so
much to fear as he glances at his May
tax bill, for it will be for only half the
years tax.
But he who laid his tax bill aside in
November and said, I'll pay that later
on" will find the full amount for the
fiscal year facing him next month. plus
a penalty of per cent on the half he
did not settle for in November.
Full Tax Due May 1.
Collector Towers announced yester-
day that after April 30 no first half pay
ments will be accepted. On and after
May l the property owner must pay the
whole tax plus the penalty on the first
half.
81 suggest" said Mr.. Towers that
the taxpayers examine their receipts
closely and see that there are no arrears
on their property. If they cannot find
their receipts they may inquire at the
office when they call for their new
bills.
THE recent law making the payment
of taxes in. two installments was rather
confusing to "A number of taxpayers as
taxes have heretofore, since 1900, been
paid in one installment during the
month of May"
The bills due next month may be
called for now, or they will be mailed
to persons who make written request,
giving the name of the person to whom
the property is assessed and the square
and lot numbers.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Police Court Has
Best Cash Week
In Its History

The heaviest weeks business ever
recorded in the Police Court since
its organization, is indicated by the
financial receipts, which for the week
ending yesterday totaled $15.146.45.
or that sum more than $4,000 was
from fines imposed by Judge Robert
+. Mattingly in cases where defend
ants pleaded guilty N whisky cases
and were assessed fines during the
TWO days Monday and Tuesday of the
past week, when he sat in the Unite d
states branch of the court.
ihe nearest approach to the re-
ce1ptS for the past week were for the
month of October last year. when
the cash receipts for fines ard for
feited collaterals totaled $4,000. The
growth of the business of the Police
Court Is indicated in the receipts for
the hrst Quarter OF the current CAL
endar yea:-January, February and
March--th" receipts for those three
months exceeding by more than $4O.-
600 those of the same period last year.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
SAYS PROCESS WAS SERVED.

Edward r. Guinane. deputy mar
shall. yesterday filed in the District
supreme court an affidavit defending
his service of process on Mrs. Eva
Birch of 461 NJ street southwest in
a divorce proceeding. He says Mrs.
Birch was hanging clothes in her
yard when he handed her the sum-
mons, but she refused to accept 1t
and after he had placed it on her
arm the paper fell to the ground
Mrs Birch had claimed that she had
not been served.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
FINES TOTAL $1,150.
Dry Law Violators Pay Up OH Re-
cent Convictions.

Fines totaling S1,15O were paid into
the United States branch of Police
Court yesterday by defendants pre-
viously convicted on charges of vio-
lating the national prohibition law
and who had been given time in
which to raise the money to settle
their fines. Those paying fines were:
Neele Hardy, $50; George w. She'll
horne, $3.50; Abe Fishbien, $3.50:
George Henry Jason. 5000: Tazzell
Eizzell. $50; Bessie Johnson. S1O0;
George Wilson, 800: Nathaniel Nc
Neil, SIS; Joseph Hipkins. $100, and
Hattie Johnson, SIS.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
VICTIMS OUT OF DANGER.
Boyd and Miss Spang1er Reported
Improving.

Miss Bessie Spangler and Leroy S.
Boyd, librarian of tha Interstate
Commerce Commission, who were
shot and wounded by John Barton,
rejected suitor of the girl. while Miss
Spangler and Mr.. Boyd were walking
Friday night on Columbia pike, near
Arlington, Va, were reported out OF
danger by DIR. III. c. Corbett of that
town, following a medical examina-
ton of the injured couple yesterday.
Sheriff Clements of Arlington
county has notified the Virginia au-
thorities to arrest Barton on sight
He went 10 his home. near the scene
or the shooting, and changed his
clothes before fleeing, it was learned
Evening star., 1923-04-22
WILL GIVE MUSICAL.

The National Benefit Club of the
Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. c. A. is to
give a musical program at the vesper
service at o'clock this afternoon at
the association building, 9th street
and Rhode Island avenue northwest.
Those who will take part include,
besides the entire club, Miss NJ. f.
Hayse. Master Alfred Scott. Thomas
Rivera, Miss Beatrice Myers, S. w.
Rutherford, Miss c. l.. Austin. Miss J.
l.. Hodges. E. N. Broadnax, ]. G. Chap
man and r. B. Clark. r. H. Ruther-
ford is master of ceremonies
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Banker Whose Auto Killed 3
In Line for Special Fauors in Jail

by prisoners is about two weeks
With the sanction of officials he is
receiving certain courtesies
According to prison authorities
Brock is fitting in nicely. If he
Is moody and downcast he doesn't
show it. He has been taken all over
the prison and it was his first visit
to the various departments
Evening star., 1923-04-22

Mary Nestur. formerly a maid to
Queen Marie Of Rumania, is working
in an indianapolis factory and at
tending night school in order to graf
ify her ambition to become an
American
Evening star., 1923-04-22

In Tutankhamen's time Egyptia n
girls were married before they were
fourteen, and among the lower classes
were mothers at fifteen grandmothers
at thirty, and wrinkled old women
when they were forty
Evening star., 1923-04-22

Flowers Vim Telegraph.
Send bouquet of flowers via tele-
graph" Consult Guide, 1912 F.-Ad
vertisement.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
SPECIAL NOTICES.

FURNITURE REPAIRED AND TPHOI-
stored at yonr home: will go anywhere. Ad-
dress BOX ~ w office
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Instruction Free

Ladies', make your hats for the cost
Of materials
Rraids flowers feathers reasonable
Hats made TO order. $3.50.
Buckram and wire frames
HemsttchinS. quick service.
HARRIS HAT FRAME SHOP
1910 i St. NV
Evening star., 1923-04-22

PRETTY FLOORS
Let me scrape or clean and refnish your old
floors put down new ones.
&. ADAMS. Barrister bldg
Main 1857. Night. Franklin 6347 o4s
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-02-22
When on the Losing Side.

The securities Of the Hamburg
American and North German Lloyd
steamship companies ranked as
reasonably conservative investments
before the World war. On April
these companies will call In bonds
issued at par value Of $32. 500, 600,
The redemption will cost only $4,000
the bonds happen to be In marks In.
stead of dollars. The sound American
business man who ten years ago put
$100.0O0 into these securities will get
back something less than $3l. One
advantage Of our having won the war
instead Of Germany is that Liberty
bonds are still worth from 9S to 95
cents to the dollar. The kaiser car
paper his house at Doom with dollar
bills, II he wants to, but 1t will COS!
aim $8.25 q square foot to do 1t, plus
paste and labor. The steamship bonds
would be much cheaper.
legion Weekly.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-02-22


sailor and handy fighter. and told him
to go to it.
Carter county said 1t with votes,
giving a two-to-one majority to the
young veteran of the World war.
London got busy almost before the
last precincts were heard from.
He first picked his active allies, ten
deputies, all of them experienced In
police work and the majority Of them
service and Legion men. Then he
took stock of the forces Of the enemy
reconnaissance. they called 1t in mill.
tary circles. ...z
Numbered among this genial tribe
were peddlers, gun men, automobile
drivers. hijackers. gamblers. yeggs
and plain bad men,"
Not that Carter county merits, or
has merited, particularly unsavory
reputation. But 1t was late border
community, easy of access to the law.
less, attractive In Its newness to their
predatory instincts. There was q
strong and growing better element In
Carter county. the element that sought
out Ewing London for the sherlff's
place and elected him thereto.
London planned his campaigns like
field officer. There was nothing i'm
promptu about raids. His slogan was,
Get the man at the top" and a raid
that didn't produce the person Of the
directing genius In lawlessness was
considered q failure.
Now London has been in Office not
quite a year and he and his men have
made 900 arrests for violation Of
laws.
London has paid a tribute to the
assistance Of American Legion men In
cleaning up Carter county. He was
formerly commander Of George II.
Anderson post OF Ardmore.
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-02-22

ernoon each week by himself. for more
than a year. He has shorn and shaved
the disabled soldiers without charge
and his brothers have done likewise
In volunteering their services without
cost to the heroes.
Alvin Owsley, national commander
Of the American Legion, has written
personal letter to Mr.. Ocheltree,
stating: "Please accept the sincere
thanks Of the American Legion for
your unselfish devotion to the men
who fought for US. It Is an inspira.
tion to our organization which places
justice to the disabled above all other
aims and purposes. l hope that !
may have the pleasure Of seeing you
some day and thanking you In person
for your service"
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-02-22
Fred Lmdin, Political "Mystery Man"

Everybody In Chicago and Illinois
Is talking politics. The whole state Is
'het up" over Mayor william Hale
Thompson's announcement that he Is
not candidate for reelection and
the Indictment Of Fred LundIn In con-
nection with charges Of graft In the
Chicago board Of education.
LundIn Is more or less mystery
man" to the citizens Of Illinois. He
Is popularity credited with being the
longtime boss Of the Thompson-Lun-
dln.Small machine.
Lundin was born In Sweden In
1868. The date of his arrival In Chi.
cago Is not known. He first was a
newsboy. Then he appeared peddling
"Juniper Ade," non-alcohollc bever-
age, with wagon and two negro gui-
tar players. Here Is contemporary
eous description Of the future War
wick, about thirty years ago:
''The driver himself was a youth
of odd appearance. A cowboy hat
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-02-22
Suns In the Bornlnu.
me essTAvA eonsAny, NEW yoax CIR.

The Harvard scientists working at
the astronomical observatory in Peru
say that they have discovered and pho.
tographed 1000 Lew suns which are
just being launched into existence and
which will some day In all probability
be full-grown suns like our own. each
with its own solar system. The nebu.
lac arc In the shape of whlrling spirals
of what looks like luminous vapor.
1t is supposed that they condense in
the course Of ages into suns and throw
Off pieces that condense more rapidly
than the main body did. being smaller,
and so become planets. Nearly 25
years ago Professor Holden Of the
Lick observatory estimated there were
at least half million uncharted nebu-
lac to be discovered. so that those
which have been discovered are only
a small part Of this number.