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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-15
BREWTON TEAM
 GIVEN BANQUET

BREWTON, Ala, Dec. 14.-A ban quet was given at the Rotary club rooms honoring the B. c. I. football team This team has lost only two games during the football season.
 The color scheme and the place cards beautifully expressed a football idea and the team colors An evening of fun was thoroughly enjoyed by all. In teresting talks and songs preceded the elaborate plate luncheon served to the boys and their guests numbering 60.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-15
BARNHAM BECOMES
 HEAD OF , LOOPS

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 14.-W. G. Barnham, of Durham, N. C., president of the Piedmont and South Atlantic Baseball leagues, was yesterday unani. mously elected president of the Virginia league to succeed w. S. Move, resigned. at a meeting of league directors here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-15
AUTO DRIVER IS
 BADLY INJURED

HOUSTON, Texas. Dec 14.-"Wild Bill" Wade, professional automobile race driver, was seriously injured at the Houston speedway today when his machine jumped the embankment and crashed into several parked automobiles, turned over and burst into flames. At the hospital, it was said his condition was critical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-15
WAITE HIGH TO
 MAKE LONG TRIP

TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. 14.-Waite High school football team, claimants of the national scholastic championship, left here today for Portland, Oregon, where Lincoln High will be met in a post-season game next Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-15
AMERICAN POLIOIsTs WIN

MEXICO, CITY, Dec. 14.-The Tel low Jackets, polo champions of the eighth corps area, romped over the stars representing the polo club of Mexico in the first game of an international polo tournament yesterday afternoon. The Americans scored 9 goals against a lone tally for the Mexicans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-15
SAVAGE MILL RETTJRN

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14.-Dan Savage, head coach of St. Louis university foot ball team, has been re-engaged for two years, Il. J. McMahan, president of the Athletic association announced last night. At the same time, it was stated, negotiations had been closed for a game with Carnegie Tech to be played here next November 21.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-15
COOSA COUNTY
 WINS AND LOSES

GOODWATER, Ala. Dec. 14.-(Spe- ciaD-A double bill of basket ball was served between CooSa County High and Weogufka Consolidated school here.
 The first game was between the girls team of the two schools in which Weo- gufka came off victorious by the count of 19 to 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-15
CnNR0Yk 0,S CIRAN

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 14. Mike Conroy, New York heavyweight. last night knocked out Antolin Fierro, champion heavyweight of Cuba. in the fourth round of a scheduled 12-round bout.
 Conroy weighed 199 and Fierro 229
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-15

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Evening star., 1924-08-04
D. C.. CHURCHMAN BRINGS STORY
OF WEIRD PERU TRIBAL RITES
Children Tortured to Death In Tribal Belief
That They Are Responsible For Illness,
Prot. Kern Declares.

Returning to Washington from the
remotest of Peruvian jungles. Prof.
NJ. L. Kern. young peoples leader of
the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
has brought back weird stories of
witchcraft and murder that still
mark the religious rites of savage
Indian tribes of South America
He found savages numbering boys
and girls in the belief that the chill
dren were responsible for diseases
that afflicted their elders. He saw
medicine men practicing unbelievably
shocking customs over his subjects
and witnessed other customs that
were iniquitous and disgusting.
At Headquarters Here.
Back at the headquarters of the
Seventh Day Adventists at Takoma
Park. Md. Prof. Kern has given a
of missionary work in the tropics,
particularly among the Chunkos.
along the headwaters of the Amazon
River. Here civilizations liquor has
penetrated. with the result that muir
der and other crimes are common he
said.
"The Seventh Day Adventists have
established a mission station beyond
civilization in Peru" he continued.
'T had to go through the thickest
jungles 1 have ever seen in my life
to get to the station. I was met
by a party of red men and women
who know little or nothing aobut
the great outside world. In the COM
pany / spoke to at a church service
were 12 murderers. Men are slain
and their murderers are not appre-
hended. They live unto themselves,
and they will torture little children
with the belief that they are re-
sponsible for sickness among them
and eventually kill them. I saw
fathers who had destroyed the lives
Evening star., 1924-08-04
2O-FOOT CHANNEL
.NEEDED|NPOTOMA(:
Engineer Officer Outlines
Necessary Dredging for
Information of Congress.

| Redredging of the Virginia channel
of the Potomac, between the Highway
Bridge and Georgetown. will be neces-
sary to provide a controlling depth OF
20 feet and Congress will be asked at
the coming session to authorize the
work to meet the needs of navigation.
That is the outstanding feature of the
annual report of Maj. James A. O'Con-
nor. the engineer officer in charge, just
submitted to Maj. Gen. Taylor, chief
of engineers.
In the last previous dredging opera
tions, competed last December, S6O,729
cubic yards of material were taken
from the channel and deposited on Co.
lumbia Island. A survey made in June
last showed a fresh deposit of 37S. 600
cubic yards, an amount which, Mai.
O'Connor says. might accumulate under
ordinary conditions in two or three
years, and was due mainly to the un-
| usually heavy spring floods.
Controlling Depth Noted.
Notwithstanding that heavy fill,
June survey showed that the controI1-
ing depth of the Virginia channel was
1919 feet and that the Washington
channel. which was not in the line of
lhe rushing waters, mad depth of 30
feet. Maj. O'Connor Gays that the flood
of May 1914 was the highest in the
Potomac since the record flood of June.
1889. "''e'
During the past fiscal year ended June
80, the sum of s63.739 was expended
In the maintenance of various prof
ects including the levee and chan
mel around Columbia Island, which
is to be crossed by the proposed
| Arlington Memorial Bridge. A bal
ance on hand of S14,S75 will be ex-
pended this fiscal year on the various
works in progress.
Sees Commerce Facilitated.
Maj. O'Connor says that commerce.
has been facilitated by improvements
made and that deep-draft vessels can
now enter Washington and George
town harbors, resulting in a. material
reduction of freight rates. He re-
peats the statement of his predeces-
sors that the terminal and transfer
facilities at Washington are made
Quate and should be improved and
says that the wharves, as a rule,
are in very poor condition, except
those operated by the municipal and
Federal Governments" There are
about 9,440 feet of water front along
the Virginia. and Washington chan
nelS, he says, which are available
for terminal facilities of which about
1870 feet are in use.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
BELL AND WATSON
INSPECT HOSPITALS
Removal of Fire Hazards In
volving Children and Sick
Persons Aim of Tour.

Accompanied by Fire Chief George
Watson, Engineer Commissioner Bell
went out today to get first hand in
formation on the fire proof condition
of hospitals, orphan asylums, and
child caring homes and similar in
stitutions.
This is the first move by Maj. Bell
IN his consideration of the report
made by Watson several days ago
in which he recommended that every
agency caring for sick persons. in
valid or children be required to OBJ
tain strictly fireproof structures with
in a period of from three to five Years
The chief said this morning he
would not attempt to take Maj Bell
to every institution in the city, but
would show him some of the different
types of building now in use that
he regards as fire risks.
Bruen Home Visited.
The tour began with a visit to the
Bruen Home for Children. a frame
structure at 3535 Eleventh street
which was damaged by fire last week.
1t was this blaze that prompted the
fire chief to take up with Commits
sioner oyster the question of inquir-
places of the kind are exposed to
hazards.
The 40 children of the Bruen Home
are being cared for in other homes.
while funds are being raised for a
new building.
Before leaving on the inspection
trip, Maj Bell said he had referred
Chief Watsons report to Building In
Spector Oehmann for comment.
1t is possible that the board of Com
missioners may discuss Chief Wat
sons recommendation informally at
their meeting tomorrow. The fire
chief believes that brick institutions
that have infiammable floors and in
pletely fireproof within a reasonable
number of years.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
FIREWORKS PRODUCTION
IN1923 SHOWS INCREASE
81 Establishments Engaged in
Manufacture Reports 5 Per
Cent Gain Over 1921.

Establishments engaged in the man
ufacture of fireworks, toy torpedoes,
shells, sparklers, etc, during 1928
produced articles for sale to the
value of s4961,237, per cent more
than was produced in similar COM
modify manufacture during 1921, the
previous census year.
OF the 81 establishments reporting
for 1923, five each were located In
New Jersey, New York and Penn
sylvania, four each in Illinois and
Massachusetts, and the remaining IA
in California, Indiana Iowa. Maine,
Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, V1r-
ginia and Washington. These firms
employed 1868 persons, to whom a
total of $1,154.040 was paid an sal
aries and wages.
Establishments manufacturing clocks
and time recorders in 1928 reported
products valued at $28,553,5S2, OF
which $19,252,470 was contributed by
clocks $672,571 by clock movements,
$3,327,711 by time recorders and
IS, 800, $50 by other products. In addf-
ton, clocks and time recorders were
manufactured to some extent as Sec
ondary products by establishments
engaged primarily in other industries.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
DISTRICT MILITIA
GOES TO VIRGINIA
National Guard Troops
Leave City Next Week for
First Time Since War.

Plans have been completed for the
movement of the National Guard of
the District of Columbia next Sum-
day morning from this city to Fort
Humphreys, Va, where they will un-
derGo their annual two-week period
of active training service. Barrack
buildings in the center of the camp
are being renovated and otherwise
placed in condition to receive the
troops. Gen. Lloyd NJ. Brett, adju-
tant general of the District of CO.
lumbia militia, and Col. John w.
Oehmann. commanding the 121st Reg
iment Of Engineers, have made a
thorough inspection Of the quarters
and approved them.
The troops which will go to this
camp are the 121st Regiment of En-
gineers and the goth Military Police
Company. The soldiers will assemble
at the Armory, 472 L street north
west, early next Sunday morning and
at 10 o'clock, headed by the regimen
tai band and with full packs, they
will march to Union Station, where
they will board a special train. Ar
irving at Accotink, Va, they will be
shunted onto siding, where a camp
engine will take the train direct to
the camp.
Capt Edward II. Grove, supply Of
ficer of the local guard, with a spe-
cial detachment of 25 men, will leave
here Friday morning, on a motor car
avan, containing the heavy equipment
which it will be necessary fer the
troops to have while they are in
camp.
This is the first camp since the
war where the troops have left the
city, the other encampnents having
- n<
tional Guard Rifle Range at Congress
Heights, D. c., and the members of
the guard are looking forward to it
with much pleasure. Many recruits
is rapidly filing up to full strength.
Tomorrow night will be the last drill
night before camp, and the Armory
will be open to visitors and to pros
pective recruits.
Work Tactical Problems.
This camp will be one Of the most
interesting since the war, and the
engineering branch is one of the
most interesting of the military serv-
ice. Many engineering as well as
tactical problems will be worked out
in the large area which the camp
covers, and in it may be found all
kinds of conditions, which troops are
likely to meet in active service in
time of war. There will be bridge
building across deep ravines, pontoon
DrldSe DullQlnS on the Hotomac River,
which borders the camp, and demoli-
tion work with the aid of high ex-
plosives.
The Military Police Company will
be mounted on motor cycles, and win
patrol the entire camp area during
the period of the encampment.
Excellent facilities have been pro-
vided for the comfort of the troops
while there. The barracks buildings
will be screened, and the mess halls
are large and well ventilated. Shower
baths will have both hot and cold
water, and there will be. opportunity
for swimming in the Potomac
Evening star., 1924-08-04

Of their own children because they
didn't want them
When our missionary went in
among them he gained their conf
who was made we'll after a terrible
disease. and looked as if it was going
to die. Our missionary understands
nursing and the application of ra-
tional healing methods. Many times
the savageS have threatened to kill
him, but he continues to work among G
! them and has a large following who
now attend his services every week.
Thirty-elght, among them three
chiefs, came a six-day journey to
hear about the true God. Women
bring their nursing babies to the
services and sit on the ground, while
men occupy benches constructed in a
crude manner. They practice polyg
amy and L saw men with their
plural wives. The missionary refuses
they have put away all but one wife,
and there are some among the con-
verts who have complied with this
requirement"
Saw Gigantic Trees.
Prof. Kern says he saw trees "a
feet in circumference and 100 feet
high to the first limb. in forests
because of the density of the trees.
He slept in houses made of bamboo,
with little or no privacy, and found
the suspension bridges across the
rivers with locked gates on them and
watchmen employed to look out for
Indian slaves who might attempt to
escape from the plantations run by
the natives. He says he travelled as
high as 1884 feet above the sea level
on railroads that zig-zagged up the
mountainsides. Stone walls are built
at different intervals to catch run
away trains that NAV start down the
tracks. A train on which he was
riding was wrecked by backing into
one Of these walls, but it was kept
from p1unging into a deep canyon.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
Address; Room 722, News De-
partment, The Evening Star,
Washington, ID. G.

.. l am constant reader of your
paper and the other day 1 saw print
ed statement to the effect that the
State of Illinois was paying a bonus
to its service men. My husband en-
listed in Illinois having resided
there for five years prior to entering
the service. He died about a year
ago. 1 understand 1 am entitled to
his Federal bonus; am I also entitled
to the bonus from the State of Illi-
nois?-Mrs. r.
A The Illinois bonus act provides
payment of so cents per day of serv-
ice after April 6, 1917, with a maxi
mum of $500 to each person who
served. Claimants to receive bene-
fits must have been legal residents
of the State. In case the soldier is
dead payments will be made to the
following relatives in the order nam
ed: Wife, child, mother, father, bro
ther or sister. Application must be
made before January 1, 1925. The
Service Recognition Board, SPRING
field, Ill, will mail you an applica-
tion blank upon your request. You
are entitled to the benefits and should
make application.
Q. Please tell me how to secure a
copy Of my discharge from the Navy.
bonus, but l must have it to file with
an application for a Government po-
sition?-I. l. H.
A. The Navy will give you a GER
tificate in lieu of your lost discharge.
Address letter to the Bureau of Nav
igation, Navy Department, Washing
ton, d. c., and ask for form 121 up
~ xxrh inh fn 1y fn
cate.
Q. Taking advantage of your kind
offer to clarity the application for ad-
justed compensation, I would appre-
ciate your informing me the proper
answer to question No. 4.
took the oath of allegiance at the
second officers training camp. Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga, August 26, 1917. I
was commissioned captain November
q, 1917, and received orders to report
to my regiment December Is, 1917.
reported for duty on the last men,
toned date.
However, my pay as captain started
November 27, 1917. Piease inform me
of the proper date that L should
specify as entrance into the service
in answer to question No. 4.-F. J. J.
A. The date you took the oath of
allegiance is not the date your serv-
ice began. The date you accepted
your commission would De the prop
er date had your pay and duties COM
menced on that date. Your difficulty,
it seems to me, is due to some ir-
regular proceeding at the time you
were commissioned and ordered to
report for duty. If you were in a
camp from November 81, 1917, await
ing actual formation of regiment
and during that time received the pay
| of captain, 1 believe you should un-
der question 4, say your service be-
gan November 81, 1917. If this an
swer is not consistent with the facts
in the case then it is more than likely
that mistake was made in paying you
before your actual service began. 1t Is
well to claim all you think you are en-
titled to receive. You will not make
any mistake by saying your service
began November 27, 1917.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
TWO DEAD IN FIRES
BELIEVED INCENDIARY
Two Others Seriously Injured in
Series of West Side Blazes
Yesterday.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated preSS.
NEW YORK, August 1.-Two per-
sons are dead and two others seri-
ously burned as - result of five fires
here early yesterday, all of which,
police believe, were set by the per-
sons responsible for the fire in 9th
street Friday in which the wife of
a minister jumped to her death. All
the fires were in the same section of
the upper West Side.
Mrs. Margaret Watson. 72 years old.
was suffocated by smoke while at
tempting to climb to the roof of the
apartment building in which she
lived. Frederick Stillman, Is years
DID, a tenant of the same building,
died in the hospital from burns. Mrs.
Rebecca Mayer, rs years old, and
William Dalton, grandson of Mrs.
Watson, who lived in the same build
ing, are in critical condition.
ALI the fires were in buildings with
wooden stairs.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
CAPTURE OF SUSPECT"
EFFECTED BY RADIOCAST
Former Insurance Commissioner of
Maine, Missing Since February,
Arrested in Shreveport, La.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
SHREVEPORT, La, August A.
Beecher Putnam, former insurance
commissioner of Maine, who has been
missing from his home at Houlton,
Me-, since February, is being held
by police here. He was arrested last
Friday on a suspect charge, at which
time he told police his name was
B. F. Miller. Several hundred dollars
in liberty bonds and Canadian bonds
were found on his person.
Putman's description was radiocast
and resulted in an inquiry being re-
ceived from Dr.. H. l. Putnam, Berk-
ley, Calf. He then admitted bis
identity. Putnam denied that he had
any trouble in Maine. Asked why he
left home and what profession he
was following he said, 81 am a tour
list, travelling for my health
Evening star., 1924-08-04

as provided for in the pending bill,
would mean an increase to between
s23,O00.O00 and s24,000,000 annually
from the clerks themselves.
It is estimated that the per cent
increase in the deductions from the
salaries of the government employees
will provide a sum sufficient to take
care of the proposed increase in the
rate Of the annuities as well as the
increase incident to the reduction in
ages at which employees may retire.
1t is believed that with the increases
proposed the Government will not be
called upon for an appropriation in
aid of the retirement fund for more
than q quarter OF q .centuZs --
Evening star., 1924-08-04
Name Envoy to Argentina.

BERLIN, August 4.-Ministeria1
pointed minister to Buenos Aires.
He was formerly in the consular
service in New York and was at
tached to the German legation at
The Hague during the war. Since
1920 he has been in charge of the
civil service section Of the foreign
Office
Evening star., 1924-08-04
BAND CONCERTS

By the United States Marine
Band. William H. Santelmann,
leader; Taylor Branson, second
leader; today at 7:3O pm, at
Sylvan Theater.
March, The Star of the Guard"
Steiberitz
Overture, "RienZi'. Wagner
Caprice, "Eglantine". Van Loock
Solo for Cornet,
Musician John P. White.
Grand scenes from Samson and
Delilah h..-..........S .Saint-Saen
Waltz. On the Beautiful Blue
Danube. Strauss
Two movements from the New
World symphony" .Dvorak
a. Largo. b. Scherzo.
The Star Spangled Banner"
By the United States Navy Band,
Charles Wise, assistant director:
guest soloist, Joe" Goodwin:
today at 5 pm, at the Capitol.
March,
The southlanders" .Lithgow
Overture, "Sakuntala". Goldmark
Suite of two numbers
(a) Dreams of Love-. Liszt
(Nocturne.)
(b) "Valse Caprice. .Rubinstein
Vocal solos, popular. numbers.
Mr.. Joe" Goodwin, baritone
Reverie,
THE Robins Farewell. Arthur
Grand War March and Battle
q (From 15l the opera "RienHia5 sshef
Gems from the operetta The
March, Hail to the Spirit of
Liberty. Sousa
Finale, The Star Spangled Ban
ner."
BY the United states Army
Band, w. ]. Stannard, director;
today at 1880 pm. at Iowa
Circle, Thirteenth and P streets,
junction Vermont avenue.
March, The Chicago Tribune"
Chambers
Overture, Morning, Noon and
Night in Vienna" ...... Suppe
Excerpts from The Prince of
Pilsen'. ..Luders
Dance hits
(b) "Mindin' My Business"
Donaldson and Kahn
Grand ad,,o selection, s.I Samson and
valse de concert, Dreams of
CHILDHOOD. ..........W .Waldteufel
Characteristic,
"Cocoanut Dance" Hermann
Finale, march, Troopers Tri-
.Tha 9qnal 81. so.nsios piIs Fillmore
By the United States Navy Band.
Charles Wise. assistant director;
~ fxx-@
and Kennedy streets northwest,
tomorrow at 1880 pm.
March, THE Guiding Star"
Stieberitz
Overture, "Rackocky". .KeIer-Beia
Rhapsody, "Slavonic". friedman
Grand scenes from the opera. The
Queen of Sheba". .Gounod
Waltz di concert, Italian Nights"
Tobani
Gems from the musical comedy.
Little Nellie Kelly. .Cohan
Popular, selected.
March. "Staunch and True" Teike
Finale. The Star Spangled Ban
ner."
BY the United States Army
Band, w. J. Stannard, director, at
Washington Barracks Bandstand
tomorrow at 1880 pm.
March, Troopers Tribunal"
Fillmore
Overture, Morning, Noon and
Night in Vienna" .Suppe
Excerpts from The Rainbow
Glrl. .H1rsch
Cornet and trombone duet, Home
to Our Mountains. Verdi
performed by Sgt. J. Dufresne
and Staff Sgt. Z. Clapp).
Grand scenes from Carmen"
Bizet
Popular hits
(a) Wonderful One" whiteman
(b) June Night"
Friend and Baer
Morceau de concert, Love in
Idleness". Macbeth
March, Chicago Tribune
Chambers
.Tha Star spanglsa Banner" =
Evening star., 1924-08-04
WILL FIGHT DUEL.
italian Fencer Accepts Hungarian
Challenge.

LEGHORN, Italy, August 4.-Oreste
PuIitti, Italian fencing champion at
the Olympic games, has accepted the
challenge to a duel with NJ. Koyacs,
Hungarian fencer and one of the
judges in the Olympic tournament. M.
Kovac's challenge was issued because
Pulitti objected to some of his rulings
during the international matches.
Evening star., 1924-08-04

The white crab spider assumes the
solos Of the -doHeE in which u txsA
Evening star., 1924-08-04
H0NEYMO0NER VICTOR
In FIGHT WITH BANDITS
Loses 500 and Watch, But Cap
lures One of Three Armed
Men in Hold-Up.
By the Associated Press.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., August
4.-Roy l. Bobbit. physical direeIor
of the Parkersburg, w. Va, Y. M.
c. A, while on a honeymoon automo-
bile trip was held up on the Lincoln
Highway early yesterday by three
armed bandits. He was robbed oS
500 and a gold watch, but captureS
one of his attackers, after a scuffle
in which he received a slight wounti
in the hand. The physical director
highwayman.
The man captured was identified
as William E. Oughton, of New Brlins-
wick. He was held without bail for
the grand jury His companions fed
when 4ehhlt turned uRpp Qpkhtans ;.
Evening star., 1924-08-04
Missionary Buried at Sea.

NEW YORK, August 4.-William
Simpson, IS, of Kansas City, Mo-,
died of heart disease on July 80 and
was buried at sea, it was reported
by officers of the liner Columbia,
which arrived here yesterday from
Glasgow and MoyiHe. He was a
cabin pasaepgeS. .-..-----.--.