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Evening star., 1924-12-29
GAS VICTIM FOUND
ONCE STAGE STAR
Mrs. Jennie Ross in Company
at Ford's When Lincoln
Was Shot.
J., ffe Ar~,c.a'~d Pre- =.

=. frr \ hs~,c.a:~d Press
PHILADELPHIA. Dcccmb"r ca
lhr"-tiEatien Of the Gcath by HIumi-
mating ;cas --iturday of Mrs Jennie
t"SS, widow oi Gen. w. j.. W
Ross Of Baltimore. last night r,
''Httd that years ago she was ;l.:
:.''iT"sS of some note. and had Il minor
part in the production at FOrd's The
;tcr. Washington, the night Pres idrnt
Lincoln was aSsassinated. AS Jenriic
anderson, she appeared in the COM
pany headed by Laura kcene, and
for several seasons was the leading
feminine character in the organiza-
tion of Joseph jefferson. Her death
is believed to have been accidental
Since the death of her husband.
member of an old and prominent Bal
tlmore family. 23 years ago, Mrs.
Ross virtually had led the life Of re-
clnse, the police said. For year and
- half she had lived here with her
niece, Mrs. Bertha Addy.
Mrs. Addy said that advancing age
had induced some peculiarities and
that Mrs. Ross had Withdrawn from
all social life several years ago. She
was 81 years old.
Mrs. Ross vas the second wife of
the general. They w.re married 50
years ago. She was = member of
the prominent Anderson family OF
Boston. y Stepson.- Miles Ross Of
baltimore. and three nieces, Mrs.
Marshal J. Barry Of Baltimore, Mrs.
Rudolph Druke Miller. Johnstown,
IA, and Mrs. Addy survive her. Her
body will be taken to Baltimore to-
day for burial
Evening star., 1924-12-29
FETE FOR CHILDREN
AS CHRISTMAS TREAT

The annual Christmas entertain
mont for the children of the en-
ployes Of. the Government Printing
Office Is being held this afternoon and
evening under the auspices of the
Government Printing Office Cafeteria
and Recreation Association in Hard
ing Hall.
More than 1000 children are attend
ing the event. which includes music
given by an orchestra Of 80 pieces
from the Printing Office and the
Ballet of the Fairie es," by the pupils
of Clara II. Roehries studio de
Dan9e. The program, given under the
direction of w. d. Skeen, follows: ::
Punch and Judy" ]. Leonard Reh:
moving pictures, Our Gang; skit
School Days" Margaret Little,
Lorraine Voucher. Helene Kearney
Gilmore Levy, Betty Kupfer, Margaret
Taibert, Katherine Ellis, Mollie
Horson, Dorothy Berman and Jack
Sullivan; Nut Band, director, Joseph
z. O'Crady, Otto Hammerbacker,
Allyn Shakleford. George B. Sammons,
C. Fl. Van-Hook, George Marshall,
Tell NJ. Peterson, Philip E. Baker
and Edgar c.. Emeigh; speciality,
Helen Kearney and Margaret Little;
overture, G. P. o. Orchestra; comedy
Juggling, Charles Welsh, and song
and dance by Katherine Ellis.
Evening star., 1924-12-29
SHEPHERD WANTS
LEGAL V|ND|CAT|0N
Foster-Father of Dead "MiI-
Iionaire Orphan" to Have
"Traducers" Indicted.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. December 30. While
States attorneys awaited further re-
ports of doctors who examined the
exhum ed body of William Nelson Nc
Clintock, millionaire orphan" Will
liam d. Shepherd. foster-father and
chief heir of the dead youth an
tion and for ultimate disposal of the
fortune.
Shepherd hurriedly returned to Chi
cage from Albuquerque, n. Mex. when
inquiry into McClintock'S death was
begun upon request of Harry Olson.
chief justice of the Municipal Court,
two weeks after the death, Decem-
her 4, of McClintock, supposedly of
typhoid fever.
Shepherd asserted he would seek
the indictment of persons he names
only as my traducers," and that he
will destroy the fatality hoodoo" that
seemingly rested upon his million
dollar legacy by separating 1t into
several funds. which upon the death
of himself and his wife, would be used
for the sbetterment of mankind. He
said he would provide a trust fund
from which Miss Isabelle Pope, Nc
Clintock's ffancee, would receive $4,000
yearly during her life, after which
the fund would be divided among
several charities.
Drs. William B. McNaliy, William II.
Burmeister and Ludwig Hektoen last
night had progressed to the point in
their examination of the dead youth s
viscera to bring unofficial announce
ment that, as far as had been de-
termined, typhoid fever was the cause
of death.
Evening star., 1924-12-29
FILlPIN0S TO HONOR
MEMORY OF PATRIOT
Club to Commemorate the Execu.
tion of DR.. Jose Rial in Exer-
cises Tomorrow Evening.

The twenty-eighth annual eos
memora ton of the anniversary of TIE .
execution of DR.. Jose Rial will b.
held tomorrow night by the Filipino
Club of Washington at s o'clock ia
Carroll Hall, 924 G. street.
DIR. Rial was a Filipino patriot.
The anniversary has been held ever.
year both in Washington and Manila.
where a statue to the Pacific Island
hero stands. The program will in
clude: Overture, Filipino String Cir
Gle, from the Z. S. S. Mayf1ower; in
troductory remarks. Alfredo Samson:
address. Juan Ventenilla; plano solo,
Miss Kathryn Cooksey; Ideals of DR..
Rial, Prospero Sandal; soprano solo,
Mrs. Claro NJ. Recto; address, Charles
r. Evans; vocal solo, Clifford r..
Faust; address, Stephen Bonsa; So
prano solo, Miss Anne v. Fitzhugh;
MY Last Farewell" (RizaD, recita-
tion by Miss Natividad Pamintuan,
accompanied on the piano by Miss
Ofeha Pamintuan; selections. Filipino
String Circle.
The Filipino Club officials are:
President, Juan Ventenilla; vice
president Arturo Tomelden: secre-
tary. Dedimo NJ Fonbuenza: treas
urer. Pedro Y. Martinez; critic, Cesar
carballo; sergeant at arms, MeIecio
Acantilado, and house manager. Vidal
de Jesus.
Evening star., 1924-12-29
ECONOMY AS CHECK
ON !. S. EXPENSES
House Debate Reveals Both
Parties Favoring Halt in
Government Operations.

4 halt, in the name of economy, to
the ever-increa sing activities of the
Federal Government was urged from
both sides Of thu House today durin g
general debate on the appropria tion
b.ll carrying $50 100000 for the Post
Office and Treasury departments.
Chairman Madden of the appropria-
ticns committee said he hoped for
further tax reduction. but that tn"
actions of Congress would in large
asure! determine whether it would
be possible. Representative Byrns of
Tennessee, ranking Democrat on the
committee. declared that, without
questioning the sincerity of President
Coolidge in his efforts for economy, he
was convinced there had been no such
great reductions in the. cost of gov
ernmental operations as the public
had been led to believe.
' He insisted the figures failed to
show a material net reduction in the
original peace time cost of Govern
ment.
Mr.. Madden told the House he was
disinclined to support legislation call
ing for appropriations, but that for
one thing, he favored erection in some
cities of buildings to house govern
mental activities where rent might
be saved.
The committee chairman also de-
clared he favored enactment of legis-
lation to authorize a reasonable re-
turn to income taXplayers each year
when there is a Treasury surplus.
Mr.. Byrns urged upon the House
that reduction of appropriations and
expenditures was not a partisan mat
ter and should not be dealt with from
a partisan standpoint. He said it
was easy to "juggle figures and make
claims of economy" but genuine
economy would be tested finally by
the extent to which taxes are re-
duced without impairing the power of
the Government to meet it's proper
and Just obligations and to retire its
public debt, as originally contem-
templated.
Evening star., 1924-12-29
S5-BILL RAISER JAILED
IN FRANCE FOR FRAUD
Pole Accused of Bilking Passengers
- en- Liner by Getting Money
Changed as $50 Notes.
Nv the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
l., PARIS, December 29.-The Paris
police have arrested Jelka Goldman,
q Pole, on a charge of victimizing
passengers on the liner Lutetia with
altered American IS bills, according
to LIE Journal A
Travelling first class from Buenos
Aires, Goldman is said to have asked
a number of fellow passengers, as
soon as the French coast was sighted,
to change $50 United States bills
into, francs on the pretext that he
had just time to catch the Paris
train and would thus be unable to
get French money ashore. In this
way he is alleged to have obtained
substantial sum, two persons alone
parting with $4,000 francs between
them.
When, landing, the passengers en-
deavored to change Gofdman's bills
they found them to be IS notes to
which ciphers had been clearly added.
The Paris police were notified and
Goldman was apprehended here. Ac-.
cording. to the police Il number OF
similarly raised notes are being cir
culated in South America, and they
allege that Goldman, as member
If the band, was sent to operate In
-,..I :, It'll stccR of b!.-G.
Evening star., 1924-12-29

That beautiful holly wreath you
have hanging in your. window, or
sprays with which you are decorating g
your home, may be preserved in con-
dition much like natural beauty by :
special process, which is revealed to
the public by L. l. Kicker of tho
Wildfiower Preservation Society.
Mr. Kicker. who has been active in
Ihe cG mp5ign this year to save the
holly and ground pine in this vicinity
and elsewhere by the use Of Substi
tYtes, is an expert OF the DeDartr7 ent
of Agriculture, ard yesterday gave
out details of 4 scientific PROCESS by
which the holly already in use in
homes. may be preserved fer an an
definite period.
TIE process consists of certain
chemical baths to be given the. holly
leaves. The treatments may also be given
with equal success, it is pointed out,
for the preservation of other kind> OF
leaves.
Came From Europe.
The process OF preparing leaves in
this manner. as far as can be learned
was introduced into this country from
Europe several years ago. 1t is not
known to be patented and Is prac-
tically controlled by a very few who
have erdeavorcd to keep the process
secret
The leaves, singly or preferably on
branches, one to three feet long, arc
placed in a large wooden or cement
vat containing Javelle water. Jayelle
water is made by putting four pounds
of sal soda talso called sodium car
Donate and washing soda), into yes
sci with one gallon of water and
boiling ten minutes; then adding one
pound of bleaching powder talso
called chloride of lime), free of
Jumps When cold, it is strain ed
into jug or bottle. and kept tightly
corked For large quantities, the
same proportions should be used and
strained into a wooden vat and ap-
piled at once.
Directions for treating various
kinds of leaves are given by Mr.,
Kicker.
Full strength Of Javelle- water, NIr.
Kicker warns, will destroy the leaves
in a, shs.t time, so it is necessary
to dilute it. oak. leaves" he says,
ION account of their large amount of
tannin, require the solution TO be di-
luted -one-fourth, while all other
leaves dncluding holly) require the
solution to be diluted one-haf. The
time for bleaching varies from "a to
IS hours, depending upon the leaf
used. When thoroughly bleached, the
leaves should be removed to another
vat and thoroughly washed in run
ming water for several hours, and
after several thorough rinsings, they
may be Immersed for 10 or Is min
utes in one-fourth of 1 per cent
solution of eacetic or, hydrochloric
acid. The leaves should then be
placed In another vat containing q
basic dye of the desired color The
setting of the color Is not. absolutely
necessary. unless the material Is to
be much handled. The acid bath will
also aid materially in setting some
Of the coIors. The leaves are thus
removed from the dye, thoroughly
washed and placed for az few hours
s5iuAfon Of =, eiiTl, after which III
Evening star., 1924-12-29
Vines and Liquors
For Holiday Use by
Enjoys Reach Port
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
BOSTON, December 29.-Choice
wines and liquors consigned to the
embassies of France. EnGland,-
Italy, Argentina, Belgium and
Spain, and shipped to reach Wash
iIfEton before New Year day, ar
rived at this port yesterday in an
especially sealed and guarded
compartment of the Leyland liner
ScYthian, which has been badly
delayed by storms. Th2 consiGn-
mont is 10 be taken to Baltimore
by the Scythian and shipped l.!
rail from there to Washington.
1ho to- ;n"luG = II cascs of
chanDiisG. s'iA eases Of port, one
cas-" nf sherry, y cases OF gin, Al
cases Of whisky. nine cases of
vermoutii two cases of claret ana
Eargundy,. ono case of brandy, 2S
cases of assorted wines, one ease
of rum and two of cognac.
The Scythian sailed from Ant
werp December 8, and was de-
layed five days by successive
gales.
Evening star., 1924-12-29

by tE. Associated Press
LONDON. December 2g.-The death
of \. Henry Savage Lantior. noted
artist and explorer. has occurred at
slor, nee. Italy, says a dispatch to
tine Daily Mall.
The birthplace of 4. Henry Sayagc
Landor was Florence He was the
grandson of Waiter Savage Iandor.
the famous English writer. He tray-
eled for several years in the East.
through Japan, China and Corea, but
he had already made his name with
Il book called Alone With the Hairy
Ainu, or $500 Miles on a Pack Sad
de" on account of his stay with the
primitive inhabitants of the Kurile
Islands. He subsequently published
"Corea, or the Land of the Morning
Calm"
Found River Sources.
Landor was the first white man
to reach both sources of the Brahma
putra River and establish their
exact position (Tibet. 1S9D. 1t was
early in 1897 that Mr.. Landor set out
from England with the avowed in
tention of making an entry into
Tibet His expedition was one of
great danger He suffered almost
indescribable tortures. for he was
seized by the Tibetans, after pro-
ceeding for no fewer than Sc marches
with only one bearer and a sick coolie-
IS out of his original company of
so having deserted him.
He and his two men, were put in
chains They were tortured by fIe
and other barbarian means and finally
were sentenced to the stretching
log" kind of. rack which inflicted
irrepa rable injuries to the bones and
muscles. They were kept In chains
for many days. but were finally re-
leased, and I.andor reached India with
% wounds. These adventures were
recounted in The Forbidden Land
published in 1898.
Notwithstanding his injuries, Ian
dor accompanied the allied troops in
the march to Picking in 1900 at the
time of the Boxer rising and was the
first Anglo Saxon to enter the For
5idden City, side by side with Gen.
Linievitch.
In Several Wars.
He was in the Americas wal
against the Malanos, Mindanao Island,
in 1908. In the World War he wit
messed the Eelgian campaign. and he
inspected every battle front from
Antwerp to Saloniki.. He crossed
AlIicd III IT'S -WloeSt part In iSVo dHS
crossed South America from Rio Ja-
neiro to Lima, traversing urexplored
central Brazil and the Andes, 191e-12.
Landor's versatility was demon
strated in the invention of two types
of improved armorcd car, anew type
of rigid airship, a. device for destroy
ing :barbed-wire acknowledgements ana
an armored motor cycle with mitraii-
lcuse. He. wrote a~score OF works on.
his adventures.
- :
Evening star., 1924-12-29
4 CHILDREN BURNED
TO DEATH IN HOME
All Asleep in One Room-At-
tempt at Rescue Blocked
by Flames.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CADDO. Okla, December 29.-F" :
children were burned to death wi-s
sleeping in one room Of Il farm hou 3
near here which was destroyed ear r
Sunday morning.
The father NJ. T. Taylor i'll in >
room on the first floor, tried to 81.
the children from the flaming roo-I
which was on the second floor, but
the fire had gained such headwa <
that he was driven hack. The oriGiI
of the blaze was unknown.
HatselI Powell. n neighbor. was
badly burned about the face and his
hand was severely lacerated when lie
climbed a lattice to the scond story
and attempted to save the children.
AS he smashed the glass of window
to the room, in which the four slept.
a gust of flame swept outward, scar
ing his face, and forcing him to drop
to the ground.
Mrs. Taylor and two older children,
who had been visiting at Sherman
and Tioga, Tex, arrived this afternoon.
The fire occurred at am.
Evening star., 1924-12-29
Hold-Up Men Pick
Wrong Motorist
To Try Their Game

Two self-appointed traffic officers
out to collect some money from timid
motorists to buy New Year gifts
ran into the wrong person when
they stopped Private Frank Williams
of No. 81 Engine Company last night
and demanded he pay them SIS in
lieu of arrest for speeding.
Two young white men in an
automobile drove up to Private
Williams and. representing them
selves as policemen, accused him of
driving 30 miles an hour.
IF we take you to the police sta
tion you will have TO deposit $50
collateral. but if YOU give US s15
we will release YOU" one of the
mcr. said. When Williams de-
manded that they show their
badges, the would-be cops jumped
into their car and fed.
Evening star., 1924-12-29
BAND CONCERT.

Blythe United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra Stanley
Hall, tomorrow evening at 5:45
o'clock: John 9. NJ. thinner
mann, bandmaster.
March, Our Filtration. Sousa
Overture, GLORIOUS Nation"
Bergenholtz
EntriActe--
Ca s""Loves PIaint". Jansen
(b) An Evening, Hour"
Woods
Gems from musical comedy,
"The Lady in Ermine,"
Romberg
Fox trot, IT Want to See My
Tennessee" .Ager
Waltz song, Give Me Smile"
ss o. J. Ratio
(Manager Palace Theater).
FipalefN Show Me the Way"
: Ted Lewis
-''rN. &c. srsurIed Eanner."
Evening star., 1924-12-29
CHANUKAH RECITAL.
Celebration by Hebrew Institute
Pupils Held Last Night.

A Chanukah celebration and recital
under the direction OF Rabbi j. T.
Loeb at Odd Fellows Hall by the
pupils of the Washington Hebrew In
nony was given in English and He
stitute WAS held last night. The cerc-
Brew. a drama. Fl ,nuah and Her
Seven sons" directed by i, S Frist b.
hsre nd a. =. hol,,on.. w,.,i i
Evening star., 1924-12-29

Wooden tables with glass tops. un-
der which are figured tablecloths.
have taken the place of MARBLE
topr-sd aer wing stend;; in some tea
Evening star., 1924-12-29

Two Florida towns have woman
~ 'yors--Live Oak and Melbourne
Evening star., 1924-12-29

An II e,.en ia%e,s III s,s.rs - he
co.nt iu-t .-,,n. ..f.
Evening star., 1924-12-29
NOTED EXPLORER,
A. H. LAND0R, DIES
Made Tortuous Journey
Through Tibet to Find
River Sources.
Bv tt. Associated Press.

by tE. Associated Press.
LONDON. December 29.-The death
of y Henry Savage Ianior. noted
artist and explorer has occurred at
.'lor, nee. Italy, says n dispatch to
the Daily Mall.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-06

She left her father completely dis
organized, like a man just awakened
from nightmare, tremors running
through his muscles in ripples, his
mouth dry, and the only thought he
was capable of, an incredulous asser-
tion that it couldn't have happened.
He had been wont to argue with Jen-
ME that quarrels did him good, opened
his pores. stimulated his mind. made
even his disposition more benevolent.
1t was nonsense to pretend that there
was anything poisonous about them.
Evidently, though, quarrels with his
daughter went into special class.
The sober processes of reflection,
when he had cooled down enough to
comfort. He had sense Of ire
parable injury done to precious frag-
lie thing 1t might be patched to-
gether after q fashion, but it could
never again be as 1t had been before.
He felt no abiding anger against the
girl-was unable, indeed, to remember
what she had done to provoke his ex-
lloSlou. NE IONcu anu neT
more than ever; her courage In fight
ing him off, defying him. even while
his hands had sripped her. No tears,
then! No hint of surrender.
For hours he sat in the chair he'd
risen from to spring upon her, smok-
ing, slipping whisky, meditating in a
mood of deepening melancholy. Jen-
ME Macarthur had warned him that
his plan wouldn't work, and 1t looked
as If Jennie, once more. was right.
1t would have worked, though. but for
his Internal temper. The girl was like
him; was more, in every way, his
daughter than either of them had
dreamed possible. They might, II he
had not smashed the possibility to bits,
tonight, have become the finest sort
Of comrades-an alliance, defensive
and offensive, against the world! He'd
like to prove Jennie wrong, for once
Where the devil, he wondered, had
Trix picked up that fantastic idea
about him and Jennie? She couldn't
have thought of such thing by her
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-06

It's easier to descend from our an
cestors than it is to rise above them.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-06


cousins plan. but she had given him,
he'd come by then to believe, use
full tip.
The change of the plan for Trixie's
summer amazed Joe and thoroughly
alarmed him by bringing about their
first quarrel. She'd struck him as be-
ing oddly noncommittal, even ungra-
Lake Forest, and, at one point in his
explanation Of the change-it was sub
stantially restatement OF Violets OBJ
jections, though the source of them
was not ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS uttered
short laugh and had refused to tell
him why. But he was in no mood for
faulttinding with her. and, dropping
the subject, wooed her back into an
affectionate humor with him by telling
her stories and taking her for long
ride.
Two or three evenings later. without
misglving, he brought up the matter Of
Margaret again, this time as a ques-
tion comfortably disposed of. He was
glad, indeed. Of something tangible to
discuss with her that night, for a
tritiing incident upon his return from
the Office, just before dinner, had been
ranking absurdly in his mind ever
since.
Anson, on letting him in and being
asked where she was, had expressed
the correctly servile belief" that she
was at the telephone. A minute later
Joe had met her coming down the hall.
kissed her with his accustomed hug,
and then, merely by way of saying
something asked her whom she'd been
telephoning to. She'd answered, IN
stantly. II wasn't telephoning"; adding,
moment later, "Oh. 1t was Just a
wrong number"
The thing had been buzzing in his
brain ever since like a plaguey mos
quito. Why hadn't she said 1t was a
wrong number in the first place rather
than at the end Of palpabIe hesita-
tion? There must be dozen ways of
explaining the contradiction, only he
couldn't think of one nor could he
make up his mind to ask her. 1t was
WIN sense OF escape from all thlS
that he launched subject that could
be talked about.
"You needn't worry. any more about
that Cape Cod idea,' he told her.
That's all fixed. told Henry. yes
terday, that meant to keep you round
with me for while before you went
anywhere; but he gave me sort of a
hint that I'd better talk 1t over with
Margaret, myself, so 1 dropped in
there tonight on the way home. The
invitations still open; any time you
want to go down there for a week or
two, we're to let her know few days
ahead. But she understands 1t won't
be for the summer"
Beatrice said, rather dryly, IT sup
pose she's broken-hearted about that"
They're all perfectly friendly with
you. seems to me-" the girl commented
Joe said he was glad they were.
Zone thing I've learned in fifty years
is t" take the best advice l can get
whenever I'm off my own beat And
there's probably nothing I'm more igno-
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-06
YoU WIN. 7Rlx"

SYNOPSIS. - Josepa Greer. a
black k-bearded pirate of fifty.
having discovered process OF
extracting fiber from fax straw,
is made director of big corpo-
ration. For years distrusting
men OF affairs. Greer has played
a lone hand. Now holding what
he considers the winning cards,
he is willing to sublet his wits
to wealth. To protect his own
interests Joe has foisted his own
secretary. Jennie Macarthur.
upon the company. Henry Cra-
ven, bank clerk related to John
williamson. the millionaire back
er of Greer's new company. Is
offered by Williamson the posi-
tion of treasurer of the new COM
pany. with the generally UNDER
stood purpose Of watching Greer.
Craven accepts. Joe tells Jennie
about his wife. and his nineteen
year-old daughter, Beatrice,
whom he has never seen. He is
planning to force the daughter
into Chicago society. Joe goes
to a weekend party at William
sons house. where he meets Vio-
let. Johns wife. and Is strongly
drawn to her. He fascinates her.
Beatrice arrives and father and
daughter get acquainted. Bea-
trtce proves to be handsome, self
willed and lacking social polish.
The affair between Joe and Violet
progressee.