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Evening star., 1924-01-07
COURT OVERRULES
| EDUCATION BOARD
Louise r. Denny WrongfuIly
Denied Position, Justice
Van 0rsdeI Holds.

The District Court Of Appeals in
an opinion by Justice Van Orsdel
today reversed the decision OF the
refused a mandamus against the
board Of education to compel the
appointment of Louise F. Denny to
the position of probationary teacher
in the colored high schools. The ap-
pellate tribunal finds that the teacher
headed the list of eligibles May I.
1929 and was entitled to the place
made vacant by leave OF absence
granted Otilia Cromwell.
The board defended its refusal to
appoint the petitioner on the ground
that the vacancy was only temporary.
that the teacher, Otilia Cromwell. had
a "gentlemans agreement" with As
sistant superintendent Wtlkerson
that when she returned from spe-
would be open for her, an dalso claim
ed that a subsequent examination
for eligibles had been held and that
the petitioner on the merged lists
stood No 8.
Justice Van Orsdel says he 10 not
impressed with either contention of
the school board. AS to the merger
of the lists. he points out that the
merger was made after the fling Of
the petition of Miss Denny and was
dated back to the time Of the exami-
nation, and when she brought her
suit she was the first on the list,
There is no discretion, says Justice
Van Orsdel. in the board of education
under it's rules as to the appointment
or rejection of a teacher whose name
is at the head of the eligible list.
AS to the. gentleman's agreement,.,
the court points out, that the pledge
must be filed with the superintendent
of schools SO that 1t may serve as
notice not only to the board itself. but
to competing teachers that a vacancy
does not exist. The assistant could
not ignore the rules In this regard.
the court suggests, nor could the
board abrogate it's own rules to meet
the exigencies OF single case. and
Certainly not to the detriment of a
right which had accrued"
The case Is remanded to the Dig
trict Supreme Court for further pro-
ceedings.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
PLEAsEs LEAGUE HEADS.
Officials Glad at Chance for Ref.
erendum in q. S.

By Radio to The star and the Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1924.
PARIS. January 7.-League OF ma
tions officials are delighted at the
Box peace plan and declared that If
the full text does not contain such
notifications that its outline is mis-
leading, adoption of this plan or
something similar. by the United
States. would almost certainly be
welcomed by the league and govern
ments which are members of the
league. Therefore 1t would be a real
step toward organizing world peace.
Great interest Is expressed in league
circles in the referendum on the Box
plan which will now be held. It is
declared that this is the first time the
American people have been given
an opportunity to express themselves
on the league issue uncomplicated by
extraneous issues.
Gull text Of prize winning peace
plan on page ~
Evening star., 1924-01-07
KILLS SELF AFTER CAR
SERIOUSLY INJURIES MAN
George A. Rooth First Flees, Then
Shoots as Police Enter
His Home.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.,' January
7.-George A. Rooth, sales manager
for milling company here and
prominent socially, shot and killed
himself last night as the police were
entering his apartment to arrest him
in connection with serious injuries
to Heber Tilden, clubman. who was
struck by an automobile when he
alighted from q street car.
The driver Of the automobile, which
struck TiIden fed, according to the po-
lice. returning to look at the injured
man before an ambulance arrived, after
which he is said have left again
without offering aid.
Rystanders noted the license num-
ber on the car, and it was through
that. the police said, that they To-
Gated Rooth. ...
Mrs. Dorothy Rooth, who is said
to have been divorced from Rooth
reoentiy. Is in New YORK..
Evening star., 1924-01-07
80 DEATHS BLAMED
|. ON COLD WEATHER
Chicago Toll II Lives as
Subzero Blasts Subside.
Entire South Icebound.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January THE middle
! west, plains states and northwest
welcomed a return of normal tenn
| perature today, while the subzerc
! blasts that wrought havoc for forty
eight hours spent themselves in at
| tacks on the east and south. But /;
| is feared that the relief Is only tenn
| porary, for colder weather again has
appeared over the western Canadian
provinces.
A recapitulation of the effects OF
the cold at Chicago shows a loss OF
| seventeen lives directly attributable
| to 1t, and that the sixteen degrees
below zero recorded broke record
of twelve years.
Thermometers today had climbed
| more than forty degrees from the
lowest point reached, however. and
generally fair weather for a few days
! at least Is forecast.
Entire south Icebound.
With the exception of Florida, the
entire south was held icebound Sun
day, but the forecast indicates that
the mercury will rise during the day
South Carolina throughout Sunday
shivered in its coolest snap since jap
| uary, 1918, the temperature dropping
to four degrees above at Columbia
Georgia suffered with the cold, espe-
| cially IN the northern and central
parts. The thermometer registered
four-tenths of a depree above zero
Sunday morning and an aged woman
was reported frozen to death. An.
other death In Atlanta OF a woman
| whose clothing caught fire from an
open crate was also attributable to
the cold wave.
One negro was reported frozen tc
death and a white girl and a neEress
were burned to death while trying to
keep warm, as a result Of the low
temperature Of Saturday night and
early Sunday morning in Macon, Ga
| its coolest days Sunday since 1918
! the mercury falling to 8 degrees be-
| low zero in the mountains and to L.
| above on the coast
Girl Dies Of Burns.
| Alabama reported one fatality a,
Sheffield as a result of zero weather
| Seeking warmth in front of an open
| fireplace, a fifteen-year-ol girl O,
| Fayetteville, Tenn, received burns
from which she died this morning.
No deaths were attributed to the
| cold snap in Memphis or surrounding
| territory, and the midsouth expects
| that low temperatures will mean q
| profit of millions OF dollars to this
region when casualties are counted
| among the boil weevil.
Ice formed on the Mississippi sound
at Bay st. Louis, Miss. early today
| for the first time in twenty-one years
The ice was OF sufficient strength
| to permit skating as far out as 1,0OC
feet from shore.
The cold weather in New Orleans
| and vicinity Saturday night and Sun
| day was responsible for six Deaths
New Orleans was visited by the first
| freeze of the year Sunday with ice
everywhere. Reports from the In
! terror and coast points in Louisiana
| and Mississippi told of temperatures
| ranging from IL to 16 degrees.
INFANT FROZEN TO DEATH.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
WEEKS AND DENLY
!. HIT CONSOLIDATION
OF DEPARTMENTS
War Secretary Points to
Many "EviIs"of Plan for
Reorganization.
DENBY FEARS MORALE
WOULD BE IMPAIRED
Unity of Effort Held Possible Now
Through Various Joint Boards
and Budget Bureau.

Consolidation of the War and Navy
Departments was opposed by Secre-
tary Weeks and Secretary DENLY to-
day at the opening Of hearings by the
Joint congressional committee on re-
organization OF the government de-
partments.
The plan to consolidate the two
service branches into a department
or Defense" as proposed in the plan
recently submitted bys Walter F.
Brown, chairman of the committee,
was assailed at length by the Secre-
tary or War, and as vigorously, but
In much shorter form, by the Secre-
tary Of the Navy.
Secretary Weeks declared that the
proposal to consolidate the two de-
partments. part of the general plan as
proposed for the reorganization of
the executive departments, Should
not be favorably considered at the
present time, in that such action will
not accomplish the objects claimed
Tor II by Its sponsors. will adversely
anect the efficiency Of the Army and
Navy ana will serve to impose an ad-
ditional agency between these two
agencies of the commander-in-ch
the President"
Fears for Morale.
Secretary DENLY said that "the
combination would impair the morale
Of the Army and Navy, and clog their
administration and so prove a
menace to the national defense"
Secretary Weeks occupied most OF
the time devoted to the first hearing,
which was held in the public lands
Gomaitsee room MIN, In the Senate Office
two secretaries were heard. Mr..
Brown presided.
Declaring that the War and Navy
departments are the result of a CEN
all that implies in the way of tradt-
aons and esprit de corps. and that
settled organizations and long estab-
lished traditions should be changed
only as the result of the most in
disputable evidence that changes are
desirable. Secretary Weeks summar-
lied his contentionsz as follows:
1T may be stated:
81. That national defense is not
clearly defined function that can be
single department. 1t is a function
of the executive and all departments
are involved in the discharge of this
function.
Have Distinct Missions.
"e. That the War and Navy De-
partments are two of the several
executive agencies established by
law to assist the President in carry
ing out his functions. Neither one
nor both of these departments are ex-
clusively charged with-the functions
of national defense.
"3. That the Army and Navy are
two of the several instruments es-
tablished by law for making effec-
tive certain policies of the govern
ment
-. That the Army and Navy have
distinct missions which demand sep
arate and specific equipment and
training.
"5. That the duplication of effort
and the expenditures resulting there
(Continued on Page 2, Column 4
Evening star., 1924-01-07
|B0K REFERENDUM
| NOW UP TO PEOPLE
Successful Plan Out of 22,165
Is Passed on for An-
provaI of Voters.

NEW YORK, January THE people
of the United States begin voting to-
day on the proposal to have their
government adopt the program Sc
lected by the American peace award
as "the best practicable plan by which
the United States may cooperate
with other nations to achieve and
preserve the peace Of the world"
The program is the one selected by
the jury of award from 22.165 plans
submitted from twenty-five countries
in the contest for the 100000 offered
by Edward W. Box for the most
practical means for the United States
to cooperate with other nations on
the preservation Of peace.
Author Not Named.
The name Of the author will not be
revealed until the people have fin
ished voting upon it, early in Febru-
airy.
He already has received $4,000,
half Of the prize. and viii receive the
balance II the program is approved.
The plan was numbered 1869 and
was known only by such designation
to the jury, only one person, a dele
gated member of the jury. being cog
nizant OF the winners name.
Through coupons printed in daily
and weekly newspapers and in mag
azines, the public will vote. Writ
ten criticisms OF the plan also Will
be reviewed.
Prize Offered in July.
Announcement of his 100000 prize
was made by Mr Box on July 1. 1923.
On November Is the contest closed.
Mr.. Bok's award was followed by
the action last week OF Edward A
Filene, Boston merchant, in Offering
$4,000 for a European competition
for the best plan for restoring pros
perity to the war-stricken continent.
Mr.. Filene frankly credited his ac-
ton to inspiration received from the
Box award.
prFASES T.EAGrE uEAnS
Evening star., 1924-01-07
WOULD CANCEL LEASES.
Caraway Introduces Bill in Teapot
Dome Oil Probe.

Resolutions to cancel the lease Of
Teapot Dome, Wyoming naval oil re-
serve, to the Sinclair interests, and
that OF California reserve, No. 2, to
the Pan-American Oil Company, were
introduced today by Senator Cara
way, democrat, Arkansas. Immediate
consideration was blocked by Senator
Smoot, republican, Utah.
Senator Caraways resolutions
charged that the Teapot Dome lease
was obtained "corruptly" by private
negotiation.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
MEXICAN UPRISING
DECLARED ON WANE
No HeadWay Made in Month,
Says CapitaI-FederaIs
Claim Steady Gains.
By the Associated Press.

by tHe asEOSAaLtd EArsf
MEXICO CITY, January (By
radio via the Fort Worth Star-Tele-
gram.)-Of1cial government reports
upon the Mexican military situation
Indicate that the revolutionary move
ments confronting the Obregon gov
ernment on the east, west and south
Of Mexico City have not progressed
materially since the flrst rebellious
activity broke out just a month ago
while the federal armies are con-
stantly improving their organiza-
tion and positions, and the govern
ment Is daily lyrssFengthaning both Its
domestic and International relations
Since the capture of San Marcos
and re-occupation of Puebla. in the
state Of Peebla, little military activ-
ity has been manifested upon the
Vera Cruz front aside from tie
federal occupation of Tehuac i
which was evacuated last week. p. :
suant to strategic federal movements,
While Gen. Eugenio Martinez. COM
Imander-in-chief of the Vera Cruz op-
er erations. has been making preparations
for an offensive against the Vera Cruz
revolutionists under Gen. Guadalupe
Sanchez and Adolfo de la Huerta, as
well as Gen. Fortunate Maycotte and
Gov. Manuel Garcia Vigil in the state
of Oaxaca, he has been forced to devote
considerable attention to eliminating
the menace to his rear through the op.
erations of revolutionary forces in the
state of Hidalgo.
Offensive Is Near.
With the expected rebel advance
from the vicinity of Tehuacan still un.
materialIzed, 1t Is generally believed
the federal offensive will not be long
delayed. as the war department stated
in its latest communique the offensive
against Guadalajara would start with.
in forty-eight hours. and the belief
has been expressed that offensives or
both the Jalisco and Vera Cruz fronts
would start simultaneously.
Federal successes at San Marcos,
Pueb,a and Octopan, and the defeat OF
Romulo Figueroa at Zacualpan. in the
state of Mexico, were declared to more
than Offset the disaster which overlook
federal columns at Teocuticlan, in the
state Of Jalisco, under Gen. Lazarc
Cardenas, operating in the rear of the
army of the rebel general, Enrique Es-
,rada, who Is now occupying Guadala-
tara. Although operations against
Guadalajara have been at etandstill
/, lately, military operations on the west
ern front were shown in the state OF
Mexico, when Gen. Marcelo Caraveo
inflicted a crushing defeat at Zacual-
pan, upon rebel column, under Gen.
Romulo Figueroa.
Defeat Upsets Rebel Chief.
Gen. Figueroa, according to inter-
cepted radiograms, confidently expected
to march unopposed upon Mexico City
and the defeat upset his plans consid.
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
BILL ASKS $762, 900
FOR DISTRICT PARKS
Zihlman Measure Would Buy
Klingle Valley, Piney Branch
and Patterson Tracts.

Appropriations not to exceed s7s2,-
900 for the purchase of four large
tracts of land for the extension, Of
the parkway system of the National
Capital would be authorized under a
bill introduced today by Representa-
tive Frederick N. Zihlman of Mary
land.
The plots Of land recommended for
purchase are:
Klingle valley, eighteen and one
half acres, price not to exceed $780,
600.
Piney Branch valley. eleven acres
east of 10th street. price not to ex-
ceed $155.000.
Piney Branch valley nineteen acres
extension west of 18th street, price
not to exceed 100000.
Patterson tract. sixty acres, price
not to exceed 100000.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
INTRIGUES ON FOOT
FOR CROWN PRINCE
Restoration Party Seeks Coalition
of Silesian Catholics With
Industrialists.
BY HIRAM X. MoDERwELL.

By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1924.
BERLIN, January 7.-Webs of in
trigue are already beginning to spin
about the former crown price, ac-
cording to Herr LAMA in the usual
ly well informed We1tbuehne.
According to LAMA the crown
prince party has recently been or
ganized under Hergt, leader of the
German nationalist party. who as
serted that he had succeeded in
uniting Siiesian Catholic land hold
ers. with the Protestant Industrial
lists.
His friends boast that Hergt re-
Gently obtained informal assurances
from English statesmen that restora-
tion Of the Prussian monarchy would
not be opposed providing no attempt
was made to restore the previous en-
pire.
Volunteer home defense" brigades
are being organized to support the
crown prince movement. To pay them,
land owners are taxing themselves
five pounds OF rye per acre monthly,
but the princes supporters complain
that he refuses to help the plots and
INSISTS on leadinE . quiet life.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
INFANT FROZEN TO DEATH.
Mother and Another Child Nearly
Perish Of Cold.
Special DISPATCH to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, January T.
One death is charged to the cold
snap. that Of Thelma. aged twenty
Ave days, daughter of James Cor
don, at Ridgeley, w. Va, opposite
this city. The home was without
fire, and when neighbors arrived they
found Mrs. Gordon and her two-year-
old SON without sufficient covering.
The mother and older child We're
nearly frozen and the infant was
frozen to death.
The temperature considerably mod
Grated this morning, the lowest be.
Ing 10 above IT Altamont on top OF
the Alleganies. near Oakland. where
yesterday morning it was IL below.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
DE VALERA QUIZ DELAYED.

DUBLIN, January John Finner-
ty. the American attorney, who is
here in connection with the litigation
involving Irish republican funds in
America, has announced that. at re-
quest of counsel for the Free State
he has postponed taking
the testimony of Eamonn de Valera,
and others concerning the ownership
OF the fund until the arrival of Will
liam Cannon from America on jan
uary II.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
Blast Wrecked
Di1n,ude, Body
OF Chief ShO,Us
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
>TOULON, France, January u
A medical examination of the body
of Lieut.. Grenadan, commander Of
the dirigibIe Dixmude. has shown
that the officer received a violent
shock. that all his limbs were
broken, and that he was dead be-
fore he fell into the sea.
These facts, the experts believe.
show that the dirigible exploded
and that her cars dashed down
ward with terrific speed, the
bodies Of the crew being hurled
against the sides of the cars when
the Dixmude struck the water.
All the cars were closed except
that Of the commander.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
JEWELS WORTH $4,000
STOLEN IN APARTMENT
~ ~. Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January Three
bandits today forced entrance into
the fashionable 7th avenue apartment
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Richmond, took
Jewels valued at $4,000 and fed.
The robbery was carried out in a
manner similar to that perpetrated
last Thursday in 18th street apart.
ment of David Palter, where loot OF
$4,000 in jewels was taken.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
KHAN LOSES CASE
F IN SUPREME COURT
Appeal to Restrain PubIica.
tion of Alleged Stolen
Papers Is Denied.

The appeal of the Ku Klux Klan
in it's suit to restrain publication of
sertain papers alleged to have been
stolen from khan headquarters in At
lanta, was denied today by the Su-
preme Court
Evening star., 1924-01-07
Citrus Growers,
Fighting Frosts,
Flee From Heat
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Calf. January
Citrus growers, who last week
stayed up all night keeping their
orchards warm, yesterday put away
their smudge pots and climbed into
their family automobiles, in an ef-
fort to escape the heat--the ther-
mometer registering 80 degrees.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
D. C. RENT LAW ADVANCED
Hearing By q. 8. Supreme Cour,
on March 10.

The Supreme Court advanced today
for hearing on March 10 next the case
brought by the Chastleton Corporation
to test the constitutionality Of the rent
law in the District Of Columbia
Evening star., 1924-01-07
HARRISON TO TALK TAX.

A jackson day banquet speech to
be delivered tonight by Senator Pat
Harrison of Mississippi. on the sub
ject OF the Mellon plan for tax re-
duction, will be broadcast over radio.
The speech will be delivered by Sem
ator Harrison at . banquet In Pitts
Aurgh. Pa.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and tomorrow; no
change in Temperature; lowest tenn
perature tonight about 20 degrees.
Temperature for twenty-fcur hours
ended at 2 p m. today: Highest, "a, at
noon today; lowest, 19, at $3.50 am.
today. Full report on page z.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-05-07

Pred soudce' HULA pOhnan
byl vcera Jim Cignoman, ienz
vyfasoval SIS pokuty a k tomu
jeSte nahraditi must soudni u
traty. Chlapik tento Sc totiz
napil "pod obraz" V opici
prisel do chodby iednoho no.
telu, kde Sc pohodlne vysvlekl
a nohy dav ma stIl uvelebil sc
" iedne lenosce a sladce usnul
spankem spravedlivych. Kdyz
hotelni zrizenci podivneho ho-
sta vzbudili, utekl tento do vys
Siho patra, kde poznovu usnul
a spal kdyz jej svalili Sc scho
dou. V tvrdem spanku pax po-
kracoval i V policeini cele, kde
lei nikdo liz nerusil, az teprv
k ranu, kdy mel byti predve-
den a vyslechnouti ortel.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-05-07

Host promluvi dnes ma kon-
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"DEN MATEK".

Guverner Donahey ustano-
vii nfiSti ned6li iako ''Den ma
tex" V statu Ohio, V ktere ma
me- vzpominati nasich rodite-
lex. ale nemame. iak gu
werner Donahey dodava. zapo-
minati "stareho muze" taty.
ktnrI TAX nezaslouzene jest od
strkovan. nebot' jiz V pisma
Se pravi: "Cti otce sveho mat
ku svou." Jest zaiiste chvaly
hodno venovati vzpominky
matkam. ale souhlasfme Do
rahevem. 70 snad otec by "a
oluhoval v6tsf poznrnosti neil
lost zvvkem - zasluh O W.
chovu rodinv snad prece take
tax trochu ma.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-05-07
USPECH ORGANISOVANE
PRACE.

We sporu mesta S hasicskou
unii nastal vcera mir znovu-
pTijetim do mestskych sluzeb
hasice a presidenta hasitske
unie "A. Urbanovice, jenz byl
bezpecnostnim feditelem sus-
pendovan jedine proto, re ne
chtel uposlechnouti radnicniho
"fermanu", ably vystoupil z u
ME. Uzavreny mir IDA Sc byti
ale jen prozatimnim, nebot'
jak pravi radni Peter Witt,
jsou podminky primeri vice
jak podivnymi, jelikoz NEST
ska administrace nikterak cla-
mex proti uniim ze stanov ne
odstranila. Jinak jest povazo-
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-05-07

radni Clevelandu Wingova,
pustila Sc vcera do prace a
pocala lustiti prvne problem
spoieni poulicnimi drahami
mesta S predmestimi. Budou sc
konati iiz pravidelne schuze
ma zdeisi radnici vzdy prvni
a treti utery v mesici o 3 hod.
odp. V celem metropolitnim
distriktu zavedena ma byti jed
notna jfzdni saba die pozme-
meme Taylerovy vysady. Do
schnze dne 20. kvetna pfizva-
nj budou lfednici Spolecnosti
clevelandskych poulicnich drah
a traficni EXPERT, ably pronesli
svoje nahledy o tomto zajiste
dulezit6m problemu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-05-07

van unii vysledek "a uspech,
jak pravi sam president Cleve-
landske Federace prace Laugh
lin, ienz soucasne dava kredit
/ mestskemu managerovi Hop
kinsovi.
Tento, jakoz bezpcGnostni
feditel Barry opakuii znovu,
re nebylo nikdy jejich umys-
lem unie poskozovati. Eel ale,
ze skutky tvrzeni tomu pone-
kud odporovaly.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-05-07
MERKUR ZASTfNf DNES
SLUNCE.

Ones We 4.42 hod. projde
planeta Merkur roziasn6nou
tvafi slunce pTechod potrva
sedm hodin. Polni obzorkou
neb dalekohledem mono Mer-
kur spatriti v podobe ne prave
velke tecky. ielikoz rozdfl vel
kosti planety nroti slunci Jest
Drills velkv. Merkur mefi v
prGmeru 5000 mil. kdezto "zi-
votadarne" slunce mil 866. 900.
Zaiimavy ,iinak Gkaz neudava
Sc Drills casio, posledne Sc tax
stalo V prvnim valecnem roku.
dne Z. listopadu 1914 a prist6
SO. tak uda az 8 listopadu r.
1927. Jen jest6 iedna planeta
81 ,dovoluie nodobne slunci
vstonpiti o.drahv mezi nasi
zemi. totiz Venuse. ktera DO
sledne iako iei' kolega Merkur
prnsla vr. 1882.
DIR. 7. J. Nassau. professor
aetronnr'in The Case School Of
Annlied Science. oznamuie. ze
hv6zdarna vernina bude MI
stunna V sobotn q " pondeli.
Merknr sice bude liz prvc. ale
"a TO hudou moci vSichni. kdnz
co q rehnSkV unsmir zaiimaii.
oo1orovati rSsic Saturn V
neinriznivsisich posicich.