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Evening star., 1924-09-16
"OBEY" vow IN MARRIAGE
PROVOKES CONTROVERSY
Church of England Likely to Meet
Demand for Deletion at Com
ing Assembly.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. September l6.-The word
obey in the marriage service of the
Church of England is again the sub
ject of comment and may raise a
controversy when the national as
sembly OF the church meets in NO
vember The League of the Church
Militant is determined that ii shall
be deleted and canvass is being
made among the women of England
to enlist their aid
The marriage service as it stands
now is the application Of sixteenth
century ideas of women to the tWen-
tieth century,, says Mrs. MarSton
Acres. an official of the league. 1T
implies 4 diStinct inferiority both of
position and Of intellect III the wife
and in the honily of the service the
reasons given for the state OF matrl-
mony are not materialistic.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

New York, chairman Of the House
committee. and Herbert w. Blandy Of
the Post Office Department
1t Is pointed out that employees will
be called upon to state their indi-
vidual cases, where they feel that
they have not been properly dealt
with by the Reconsideration Board.
Also, 1T Is stated. that employees
will be requested to call upon the
Senators and Representatives from
their respective States to 'push" any
action that is taken at the mass
meeting. An ALLEGATION Of positions,
rather than an ALLEGATION of salaries,
is desired. it is stated The meeting
was called by Mrs. Margaret Hop
kins Worrell, who will preside.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

the dark as to the cause for the short
ages which the concern faces.
Farmers in this vicinity have stored
their seasons wheat at the Sands
company warehouse here to be held
subject to selling orders when the
market is favorable. Some of this
wheat has been sold and shipped. but
no returns has yet been made to the
farmers. 1T was said.
The Orleans County clerks office
records show that Sands obtained
100000 on April from a Lockport
bank. giving a blanket mortgage COW
ering three farms and signed by him
self and his wife.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
ABOLITION OF BOARD
TOPIC AT Meeting
Federal Employees to Discuss Civ,
ing Redistribution Duties to
Civil Service Body.

Abolition of the Reclassification
Board and placing the duties of the
BOARD In the hands of the United
states civil Service Commission are
10 be discussed at a mass meeting of
Federal employees of the District of
Columbia in Central High School to-
morrow night at s o'clock, it was
announced today. Retirement legis-
lat1on is to be considered also.
Among those who are to be present
at the meeting are Senator Thomas
Sterling of South Dakota chairman
OF the Senate committee on reclassif-
cation and retirement legislation;
Representative Charles I. Stengle of
Evening star., 1924-09-16
TEACH LAW TO POLICE.
Boston Will Prepare Its Cops to
Combat Attorneys.

BOSTON. september ia law
course TO train police officers for
contact with attorneys in the law
courts Will be naugurated this Fall
in the Boston University School of
Law.
We feel it to be a civic duty TO
help in training the policeman so
that he may effectually prosecute
offenders in the court Dean Homer
.Albers said in making the announce
mcnt.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
PLEA IN BANKRUPTCY
FOR WORLDS BEAN KING
Voluntary Petition Today for
Lewis E. Sands & Co., Whose
President Disappeared.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBION, N. y, September 16-A
volunteer petition in bankruptcy for
the Lewis Il. Sands Co, whole
sale bean concern, will be presented
in United States District Court in
Buffalo today. and it is expected a
receiver will be appointed. Sanford
T. Church. attorney for the company,
announced last night. Lewis l..
Sands. known as the worlds bean
king" who vanished last Tuesday, is
president and general manager
Mr.. Church reported that the books
presented such a complicated maze
that it was difficult to tell the exact
financial condition. The liabilities
exceed the assets by possibly 100000,
it was said.
Officials of the company remain i'm
Evening star., 1924-09-16
From, Roof:
Calmly arises to
A1Uuit ambulance

Nine-year- old Archie Thomas top
pied off the roof of n tWo-story
building AT 2233 New York avenue
yesterday afternoon and fell to the
ground.
Persons who saw him fall
thought they had witnessed q
tragedy. The boy calmly picked
himself up and waited for the ar
rival of the Emergency Hospital
ambulance. At the hospital it was
found he had only cut his ear and
been shaken up bit in the fall.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
Standard Oil Asks $4,000 900.

BUCHAREST. Rumania, September
16.-The Standard Oil Company's
Rumanian subsidiary, the Romano
Americana, has assessed at $10,-
100000 the damages to it's oil proper
ties caused during the German occu-
patton Of Rumania The company
expects reimbursement from Ger
many under the operation of the
Dawes plan.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
A Sure Way To
End DandruH

Ihere is one sure way that has
never failed to remove dandruf at
once. and that is to dissolve il.
then you destroy it entirely. TO
do this. just get about four ounces
OF plain. ordinary liquid arvon
from any drug store tthis is all
you will need), apply it at night
when retiring; use enough to
moisten the scalp and rub it III
gently with the finger tips.
By morning. most if not all. of
your dandruff will be gone. and
two or three more applications
will completely dissolve and en-
tircly destroy every single sign
and trace of it. no matter how
much dandruff you may have
You'll find, too. all itching and digging
of the scalp will stop instantly. and your
hair will be fluffy, lustrous. glossy. silky
and soft. and look and feel hundred
times Observation-Disclosures.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

thirty-third annual convention Of the
National Horseshoers' Protective AS
sociation
Business could be better, but don't
let 1t ever get into your heads that the
horse is becoming extinct" he said.
In many big cities horses are being
used more and more for jobs requir-
ing many stops. On the farm, espe-
cially the small farm, and on larger
farms where the soil is soft, horses
continue on the job"
Evening star., 1924-09-16
HORSESHOER IS OPTIMIST
Steed Holding Own Despite Auto
and Planes, Saws Smith,

PITTSBURGH. Pa, September 16.-
In this day of fast motor cars and
faster airplanes the word ''optimist"
was defined as "manifestly a
horseshoer," c. II. Lippman. a village
smith of Cleveland, told his fellow
workers who met yesterday for the
Evening star., 1924-09-16
Dutch Queen Sees Budget Balance.

TIE, HAGUE. September lire
opening Parliament in Il speech from
the throne today. Queen Wilhelmina
said there WAS slight improvcn: ent
in the coUntry'S economic outlook
ard if the financial measures await
in@ Parlamcuts sanction were APP
proved the budget would balance in
1928
Evening star., 1924-09-16

The worlds athletic records for wom-
Ell were broken at the French women's
championship meet held recently in
Paris
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Indian Lucy" a Squaw living in
trc Yosemite Valley, ella inns to be 120
wars of age.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
Exceptional Values in the Semi-Annual Sale
7urniture and Beds Greatly Reduced

ure and beds now while the Semi-Annual
e has been greatly lowered in price.
Combination American Walnut 1O-Piece
Dining Suite Special. .$195
Combination Walnut 1O-Piece Dining Suite.
dull two-toned finish. .$295
Combination Mahogany 1OPece Dining
Suite 6O-inch buffet. t...............S .SZo5
Combination Mahogany lOPece Dining
Suite inlaid $3.50
Solid Mahogany Tea Wagon with drawer, $50
Gate-leg Table, solid mahogany top: size
36x48 $24.5O
Velour Upholstered Living Room Rocker.
assorted covers SZ7.5U
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Y ou will save greatly by purchasing fufn
Sale is in progress. Every article listed HI
Very comfortable Coxwell Chair, with conbi
nation mohair and velour cover. ......... .45
Post Bed in combination mahogany, twin or
double size. Observation-Disclosures. $Z4.5O
Metal Bed, in graceful bow-foot style; mahog-
any finish; twin or double size. ....... $3.50
Fine Box Springs, with art tick; double size,
$3.50. Twin size. $3.50
Al-laver Felt Mattress, art tick; double size.
$3.50. Twin size. ze..................$ $19.75
All Goose-Feather Pillows art tick. $3.25
,3-Piece Cane Living Room Suite. .$175
Handy Windsor Chair ............. $8.75
Furniture Section,
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Choice OF two styles OF frames three nisesgold and brown
gold and blue silver with motif top Size OF frame
12I5x45 inches. A most unusual value.
Evening star., 1924-03-16
AMERICAN AND CZECH
ENGINEERS TO MEET
Congress at Prague Will Be Post.
lude to World Power Confer.
enee in London.

AS postlude to the world power
conference in London, American en-
gineering societies will unite with the
Czechoslovak Society of Engineers
and Architects in an international
management congress under the aus
pices Of the Czechoslovak government
IN Prague next July. Announcement
OF the congress was made by the
American Engineering Council.
The Prague invitation was trans
mitted by the Masaryk Academy to
the engineering societies of this coun-
try through the American Engineer
ing Council, of which former Gov.
James S. Hartness of Vermont is
president Acceptances have been re-
ceived from the four founder societies
OF civil, mining. mechanical and cleo
trical engineers. Management prob
lens in manufacturing and allied
pursuits will be discussed.
The program embraces technique of
organization and management, Office
organization, management control
labor relations, elimination of waste,
cost accounting as a factor in pro-
duction and control, and motion and
time studies.
American and Czechoslovak engi-
neerS will deliver addresses. Dele
gates will attend from Poland, Jugo-
slavia and Bulgaria and other central
European countries.
Evening star., 1924-03-16
THE CIVILIAN ARMY
BY LIEUT.. STEPHEN F. TnLMAN.
Orgsnized Reserves-National Qua

serve officers as to what books they
should purchase for their studies. the
Quartermaster Association has pre-
Pared booklet covering the required
Due to the extreme cost OF preparing
such guide, it will not be distrib-
uted generally. A certain number has
peen assigned to the local reserve
Lieut.. Tillman. A copy may be had
from either Col. Scott, Capt. Todd
,, Lieut.. Tlllman or the clerk in the
office.
the Secretary of War has author
lied the issue of two pairs of light
wooden stockings for use during field
training to each enlisted man of tho
be included in future changes to Ma
t1onal Guard equipment tables. Issues
for 1924 will be made on the basis of
actual number taken to camp in 1928
pius ~ per cent, but not to exceed
the authorized peace strength. :.
Second Lieut.. Stephen F. Tillman OF
the Adjutant Generals Department
editor for the Reserve Officer, the
official publication of the Reserve
OHcers' Association of the United
states. The paper is issued monthly.
Col. o. II. Dockery, jr.. has been
assigned to duty as officer in charge
G. NJ. T. c. affairs. Sd Corps Area, RE
iiieSlhs IN chsrM Maj. "a Alfred red H. Erei who wa.
year. Maj. Erck has now been as
signed as assistant to Col. John p.
Hains, officer in charge of the Organ
lied Reserves of the corps area. This
assignment meets with much approval
among the local reserve officers. as
Col: Hams has been laboring without
assistance, and Maj. Erck will prove
an invaluable assistant.
Recent figures on the strength OF
the Enlisted Reserve Corps show that
there are now 2,167 members enlisted
or this number, ESQ are in the 9Th
Corps Area. In the Sd Corps Area
| which includes the District of CO.
iumbia there are 112 enlisted reserv-
lists, being the lowest of all the corps
J areas. The I'd Corps Area is second
on the list, with an enrolment OF 430
The following reserve officers hav-
ing served out their terms on commits
lows: Second Lieut.. William B. Brown
Of Mount Rainier. Nd, is relieved
| from assignment to Motor Transport
Company No. s94, Quartermaster
Corps. Second Lieut.. Donald b. Glenn.
! ent, 1924 Monroe street, Washington
d. C. is relieved from attachment to
| the 343d Engineers. Second Lieut.
George 5. Douglass. zoos 10th street
northwest. is relieved from assign
ment to the 409th Attack Squadron
Air Service. Second Lieut.. Eugene w
Goodwin of Bethesda, Md, is relieved
from attachment to the 40Sth Attack
! Squadron. Air Service. Second Lieut.
! Alva NJ. Templeton, 1853 Monroe street
| northwest, is relieved from assign.
| ment to the 4o9th Attack Squadron
Air Service. First Lieut.. yelling H
Lodge, 5l9 Southern building, is re-
| lieved from assignment to the 409th
, Attack Squadron, Air Service.
The following changes among the
reserve officers of the non-divisional
group have been ordered:
Engineers-First Lieut. Angus
Ward has been assigned to the 343d
Regiment. Capt. Milo II. Brinkley
has been assigned to the 473d Engi-
Evening star., 1924-03-16

neer Train, Water Tank. Capt. Har.
old L. Parrish has been assigned to
the 5asth Engineer Train. Heavy
man has been assigned to tbs 517th
Engineer Train, Heavy Bridge. Majs
Charles T. Du Rell and George A
Geib and Capts. William S. Jones and
attached to the 343d Regiment. Capt
Frank J. Kelly, Clarendon, Va, hav-
ing been placed in the BA group by
the War Department, is relieved from
assignment to the 419th Engineer
Battalion. -. - =
Quartermaster Corps-Capts. Peter
have been. assigned to the 315th Mo-
tor Repair Battalion. First Lieut.
Albert L.. Acker has been. attached to
the Motor Transport Company 1877.
been assigned to Motor Transport
Company 7S4. Capt. Clifton A. Brodie
has been assigned to the 18th Service
Battalion. Second Lieut.. James S.
Service Battalion. Maj. Charles W.
Freeman has been attached to the
23d Service Battalion. First Lieut..
Roy r. Priest has been attached to
First Lieut.. Harrison +. Meyer has
been attached to the Motor Transport
Company 7SG. First Lieut.. Clarence
NJ. Peck having removed to the I'd
Corps Area, is relieved from assign
.ment to. Motor Transport Company
TS6.
Medical Corps--Maj. Francis NJ.
Shockley has been assigned to the
365th Regiment.
Field Artillery-Capt. oliver Mckee
has been assigned to the 473d APtil-
lery. Mai. Stewart NJ. Grayson, Medi-
cal Reserve, has been assigned to the
496th Artillery. First Lieut.. Sidney
p. Simpson has been assigned to the
same regiment. Second Lieut.. Brink
c. Renick has been assigned to the
1920 Artillery. First Lieut.. Clifton F..
Wheeler, Dental Reserve, has been
assigned to the 496th Artillery.
Signal Corps-Second Lieut.. Clyde
McCurdy has been attached to the
322d Signal Battalion.
Coast Artillery-Second Lieut.. Ed
ward l.. Maier has been relieved of
his attachment and is assigned to the
161th Company. Sergt. Frank A.
Swartwout, jr., has been assigned to
the T65th Company. First Lieut.. AL
bert w. Lybrand has been promoted
Evening star., 1924-03-16
OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR ESSAY CONTEST
Various Universities to Reward
Writers in Chemical So
ciety Competition.
LOCAL. COMMITTEE CHOSEN
Headed by William K. Cooper,
Head of Y. NJ. C. A. Here.

Several scholarships have been
donated by various universities to be
given as awards in the American
Chemical Society's prize essay con-
test now being conducted in the high
schools and secondary schools all
over the United States. it was an
nounced today by the society's COM
mittee on prize essays. These scholar
ships are in addition 10 the six four
year tuition scholarships TO Yale Uni
versty and Vassar College given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis p. Garvan of
this city. The universities granting
the scholarships are: The University
Of Arizona which gives two scholar
ships remittine all fees. The Uni
rersity of, Iowa, one scholarship; the
University Of Kentucky. one, and one
from the University of Mississippi. In
South Dakota the Northern Normal
and Industrial School at Aberdeen
essay submitted in the state. In
Texas the Baylor College for Women
offers a scholarship to prize winner
worth $40. and the University OF
Texas also offers "a tuition scholar
ship worth $120.
a national committee consisting of
Chairman Herbert Hoover. Secretary
of Commerce of the United States; j.
4. Angel, president of Yale Uni
versity: Charles III. Mayo. surgeon
Mayo Foundation; James w. Wads-
worth. jr.., senator New York;
chairman United States Senate COM
mittee on military affairs: Jane Ad-
dams, settlement worker; j. &. Mer-
riam. Carnegie Institutions: Robert J.
Guddihy,- Literary Digest: George
Eastman E,a Stnan x n6ak (OmnanV.
Julius RoSenwald, Sears, Roebuck &
Co.; H. n. MacCracken, president OF
Vassar College; Edgar F.. Smith, ex-
provost of University of Pennsyl-
senator Ckansas). United States SEN
ate committee on agriculture anC
forestry: Ida Tarbell, editor; Alice
Ames Winter (Mrs.). General FEEDER
ati9n anSrau OF ,1',,?,a WGmen's Clubs; Robert
erick +. Weyerhaeuser. lumberman
and j. j. Carly. American Telephone
d Telegraph Co. will award the
scholarships to Yale and Vassar The
OF a special committee in each
The District of Columbia Commit.
tee is headed by William Knowles
Cooper. general secretary of the Y,
M. c. A. Other members are:
Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor
First Congregational Church: Father
q. l.. Coyle, Georgetown University;
Mrs William Z. ChamberIin. presiden
Women's City Club; John B. Larner
president Washington Loan and Trust
Co.; Gilbert Fl. GrosTenor, president
National Geographic Society: Rabbi
Abram Simon, Washington Hebrew
Temple: Mrs. John Allan Daugherty
Mrs. John G. Let's. Arthur d
Marks. DR.. Frank W. Ballou. super
lntendent Washington public schools
and William +. Mcdowell bishop
Methodist Episcopal Church
Evening star., 1924-03-16
DOUBLE PROGRAM GIVEN.
Jefferson and Gaelic Evening" at
Community Center.

A double program. entitled "A JEFF
ferson and Gaelic Evening" was pre-
sented at the Thomson community
center, 12-h and l. streets northwest
Friday night by Judge Robert f. Mat
ttngly and the students of Miss A.
lambourne's school. Judge Mattingly
spoke on Jefferson. while the students S
gave visualized talks on both Jeffer-
son and Ireland.
Other features included Irish folk
songs. by Miss Angela Small, accom-
panied by Miss q. W. darkness: old
Irish ballads. by John Sheehan whis-
Ting solo. by Miss Catherine O'Brien
Il reading, by Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips,
leader OF the Local Talent Club. and
numbers by the Edward Ward Or
cheStra.
The program was arranged by Miss
Anne Marie Howard OF the community
center department of the public
schools. with the cooperation of Mrs.
A. J. DriscoN, secretary of the de-
partment.
Evening star., 1924-03-16

to the grade Of captain, Coast Artil-
lery Corps. He viii retain his present
assignment to the 5f6th Artillery
Headquarters. Second Lieut.. Mahlon
Pitney having removed to the. I'd
Corps Area, is relieved from assign
ment to the 767th Company.
Air Service-First Lieut.. John w.
Smith has been assigned to the 405th
Pursuit Squadron. Second Lieut.. Dom
aid o. Woolf has. been promoted to
the grade of first lieutenant. He will
retain his present assignment to the
454th Observation Squadron.
In the change. announced for the
Coast Artillery Corps, from companies
to regiments. the following is for re-
serves: Coast Artillery. Organized
Reserves-the designation of COM
panies Of Coast. Artillery Corps, Or
ganized Reserves, by serial numbers,
prescribed by previous War Depart
ment orders, will be discontinued on
June 80, 1924. These companies VIII
hereafter be designated as batteries.
and the batteries will be organized
into battalions and regiments.
Evening star., 1924-03-16
REICHSBANK SUIT FAILS.
Court Declines to Issue Bankruptcy
Rule Outside u. S.

Justice Bailey of the District Su-
preme Court has declined to issue
rule on the Reichsbank of Berlin,
against which a petition in involun-
tary bankruptcy was filed several
days ago by F. Il. Schaub, said to be
a cousin of the former kaiser; f. n.
Goodner, a public accountant, and
Walter Holland, Washington lawyer.
The court finds it has no authority to
order rule served personally out
side the United States and also points
out that the petition describes the
Reichsbank as private bankers, but
fails to say whether 1t Is a CORPORA
tion or partnership, and, if the latter,
does not disclose the names Of the
partners.
The petitioners set forth that they
held obligations of the bank totaling
4,015. .o2o. 700 marks. and that the
alien property custodian and Ameri-
can bankers held property of the
Reichsbank valued at $500. 100000.
Evening star., 1924-03-16
CAMERON MAY ASK
PROBE BY SENATE
Resents Cramton Charges of Bright
Angel Trail Claims Con-
spiracy.

Senator Cameron. republican, Ari-
zona, told the Senate yesterday that if
there were any more attacks upon
him for opposing government pur-
chase of Bright Angel trail in the
Grand Canyon he would demand a
Senate investigation.
Recently in the House Representa-
tive Cramton, republican, Michigan.
charged that Mr.. Cameron at the
same time that ne was leading a cam
paign against the purchase was hold
ing control of the trail through min
ing claims" and in defiance of two
orders OF the Supreme Court.
Il never had motive in my life
that was not honorable said the
Senator. land / defy any man to say
otherwise. l have done more to de-
velop the west than any other man in
the United States. If this matte. goes
any further will start an investiga-
tlon in the Senate and have the mat
ter fully inquired into"
Evening star., 1924-03-16
CLUB TO HEAR. ENJOYS.
OF LITTLE Entente
Local Branch Of League Of Woman
Voters Has Series of Euro
pean Topics.

The ministers OF the "little. en-
tente'' will speak at d meeting OF
the committee on international CO.
operation to prevent war, which is a
local branch of the League OF 'WomI
an Voters, at the Women's City Club,
90 jackson place. Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock. The following Tuesday
the diplomatic Representatives of the
Baltic states will speak.
Those who will address the COM
mittee this Tuesday are Prince A
Bibesco Of Rumania- DIR. Frantisek
Chvalkovsky of Czechoslovakia and
DR.. Ante Tresich Pavichich of the
kingdom Of the Serbs, Croats and
SIovenes. The subject Of each speak
er will be the government of his
country and the stabilizing effect
upon that part of Europe produced
by the creation of this entente.
Finland Lithuania, ESthonia and
Latvia will be represented at the
meeting to be held Tuesday week.
Evening star., 1924-03-16
COMMISSIONS GIVEN
TO ST. JOHNS OFFICERS
Students Honored in Ceremony on
Campus-Col. J. r. Scott
Acts for Government.

Commissions and warrants were
presented to the commissioned and
warrant officers of St. Johns Col,eea
at exercises Friday afternoon on
the college campus. The presentations
were made by Col. John r. Scott
O. s. A., who stressed the benefits
that can be derived from the citizens,
military training camps.
Col Clark, the commandant of the
college, and his assistant, Lieut.. Stone,
took part in the exercises. Rev
Brother Alfred; president Of the col
lege, presided.
Those who received the awards
follow:
Cadet major. John James Kelly;
captains. Albert Hamilton Pike.
Albert Vincent Murphy. Thomas F.
Coilins and John J. Morris: first
sell Edward Keegan; second lieuten-
ants, James ODonnell Moran, Harry
Michael Hagan, James Edward Cow
hig. James Joseph Henaessy and
geant. Charles Francis Byrne; band
leader, Thomas Francis Finnin; first
sergeants. John Vincent Gallagher,
Thomas Patrick Hudson and James
Dahiei MG&udae, Jr.' color Sergean is,
Thomas Joseph Dunn and John Fitz-
Nelligan, Raphael Joseph Dondere,
Arthur Martin McKnew, Edward
AIoysius Kelly, James Stafford Haines,
Ralph Vincent Mangan. Ardis Joseph
Maldonado, Stephen Anthony Gatti,
John Francis Colbert. Joseph Edwin
Popkins, Charles Joseph Parrot and
yohn Bernard Yeabower; corporals,
John Francis Roueche. Leo lawrence
Balducci, George Francis Hughes,
Morris Purvis Hull, John Joseph Nell
1igan, Ladislaus Joseph Esunas.
Charles Bernard Quade, Paul Bernard
Burke, John 80 Francis Cavanaugh,
Frank Anthony Rapple. William Ed
ward Harding. Charles Raymond
Woods, Edward Francis O'ConneIl and
Vincent McAlear; competitive drill
medal winners. Sergt Stephen A.
Gatti and Sergt John. B. Yeabower,
drst and second awards respectively.