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Evening star., 1924-09-15
FUNERAL IS HELD
FOR c. v. SEMME:S
Many Clubs and Associations
Represented at RiteS-Bur-
ial in Mount 0Iivet.

Funeral services for Charles w.
Semmes. who died at his residence,
1900 Delaf1eld place, last Thursday,
were conducted at the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church today
at 1880 o'clock. Mgr. =. c. Gavin
officiated. lnterment was in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Honarary pallbearers were William
l. Radcliffe, vice president of the
Rotary Club: Henry Stringer, presi-
dent OF the City Club: Isaac Cans,
president of the Washington Chamber
of Commerce; Samuel J. Prescott,
vice president of the Board of Trade ;
Paul Lum. president of the Washing
ton Automotive Trade Association;
Ross r. Andrews, president OF the
Merchants and manufacturers ASST
citation; b. Frank Saul, j. Philip Herr
mann, William Knowles Cooper,
William S Roberts. Harry S. Evans,
Arthur McEl;o oy, Frank Shipe. James
X. Polk, Ben Prince, John Newbol1.
A. +. Unger"r. w. H. Moses and
Joseph Delinger.
Active pallbearers were Charles a.
Mccarthy. John A. Sweeney. E Z.
Owen. Adam A. Weschler. Edward c.
Yonker and Clarence Dodge.
Members of the Rotary Club and
the employees of the Semmes Motor
Co of which Mr.. Semmes was
president. attended the services.
Among other organizations officially
represented at the services yere the
Cosmopolitan Club, the Board or
Trade, Washington Chamber of Com
merce, City Club, Racquet Club. Co
lumbia Country Club. Congressional
Country Club, the Washington Auto
motive Trade Association, Merchants
and manufacturers Association, Ad-
vertising Club and the Old Colony
Club.
Also attending the services were
Commissioner Rudolph, Supt. of Police
Mai Daniel Sullivan, Chief of De-
1ectives Clifford Grant and numer-
Gus other friends prominent in the
affairs of Washington. Many huge
floral tributes were received.
Evening star., 1924-09-15
LA Toilette GUARDS
CONTENTS OF SPEECH
Senator to Go to New York Thurs
day for First Campaign
Talk to Audience,

Facing his most strenuous week
since announcing that he was an
independent presidential candidate
Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette was
busy today shaping up the speech
he will deliver Thursday night in
Madison Square Garden, New York
City. He expects to complete the
text before leaving for New York
No inkling has been given by Sem
ator La Toilette as to the ground
he will cover in his initial campaign
speech to an audience. Friends, how
ever. predict that he will touch on
all the issues he considers of major
Importance. singing several out for
emphasis. Later in the campaign
they say. he will discuss the others
at length.
Senator La Toilette, according to
present plans. will not go to New
York until Thursday. He will remain
there a day or two after his address,
perhaps over Sunday, for conferences
with political lieutenants and sup
porters.
Evening star., 1924-09-15
WHEELER TO AID FUND
CAMPAIGN FOR PARTY
Candidate Called Back to New
York to Attend Dinner Tonight
to Consider Finances.
BY the Associated Press.

by the AsSOcia ted Press
NEW YORK. September 15.-A call
for assistance in the campaign fund
raising endeavors of supporters of the
La Follette-Wheeler ticket brought
Senator Wheeler of Montana, its vice
presidential nominee. back into New
York last night, and put two-day
interlude into his stumping tour.
With r. NJ La Toilette, jr., he will
be a guest of honor at BANQUET
tonight at the Waldorf Astoria Ho-
tel. where the third ticket pros
poets and financial needs will be
given prolonged and executive con-
sideration. The banquet will be an
invitation affair and not open to the
public.
This engagement concluded, SEN
ator Wheeler and his party will take
the road again, in time to make two
speeches in Pittsburgh. His itinerary
thereafter will take him west,
probably clear to the Pacific Goa st
and through the Southwest in re-
turn. AS far as the program has
been laid out he will make two
speeches in Cleveland on September r
It: will be in Toledo and Columbus,
Evening star., 1924-09-15
RUM AS ELECTION FACTOR

NEW YORK, September 15.-Arthur
J. Davis superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League of New York, in a state
ment issued yesterday, charged foreign
liuuor interests with having formed a
conspiracy to influence the coming
American presidential elections. The
plot, Mr. Davis asserted, is centered
in the United States at present but the
consipartors are active also ip Eng
land, Sweden and Canada.
4 special agent of the interests, ac-
cording to the dry leader. is in this
country to influence Americans to
make changes in the prohibition laws
favorable to the. foreign liquor pro-
ducers. MIR. Davis said the plot may
be traced to French group known
as the expectation commission on
French wines.
Evening star., 1924-09-15
SOVIET IMPOSES TAX
TO RAISE famine FUND
Traders and Merchants Heavily
Assessed to Relieve Impending
Food Shortage.

BY the Assoc ted Press.
MOSCOW, September 15.-All Rus
sian citizens are required to pay spe-
cial taxes to relieve the impending
food shortage, under the terms of
decree issued by the council of the
peoples commissars. The taxes range
from four rubles for workmen to ESQ
for traders and merchants.
This taxation is expected to yield
IS, 600, 900, which is approximately 20
per cent of the total amount ap-
propriated by the government for re-
lief measures in the famine stricken
areas. The government will pay the
remaining 80 per cent out OF its
budget.
Evening star., 1924-09-15

Ohio, September IS; Dayton and Gin
cinnati. September 10, and at Chi
cago, September 90
Representative John M. Nelson, ma
tional campaign manager for the In
dependent ticket, will have charge
of routing Senator Wheeler's tour
west of Chicago Dates and local
arrangements after September 20
were still being left open and sub
ject to shift when Senator Wheeler's
assistants consulted today with
representatives of the campaign
speakers bureau.
Evening star., 1924-09-15

Damascus was killed, and Morris
Haddock, also of Damascus, is be-
lieved to have been fatally injured.
The latter is in a hospital in Cuth+
bert. III
The engineer of the train saw the
crash and sent rescuers to the scene
Evening star., 1924-09-15
Auto Races Train, 2 Killed.

ARLINGTON, Ga, September Ia
While believed 20 have been racing
Georgia, Florida and Alabama rail-
way train Saturday night, an auto
mobile containing two men crashed
into another on the highway between
Edison and Cuthbert. Guy Webb Of
Evening star., 1924-09-15
Billy" Sunday Again in Service

ELMIRA, N. Y, September 5.-Rev.
william A. Sunday opened six-week
campaign here today in a specially
constructed tabernacle. more tnan
10000 people attended the morning,
afternoon and evening services. This
10 the first campaign conducted by
Mr. Sunday since his illness IN
Memphis, Tenn, last May.
Evening star., 1924-09-15
HONOR IMBRIE AT NICE.
Widow, Officers and Crew of Vessel
Attend Rites.

NICE, France, September IA
service in memory of Maj. Robert w.
Imbrie, whose body is aboard the
u. s. 8. Trenton in Villefranche road
stead on it's way to the United States
from Persia, was celebrated Sunday
in the parish church in the presence
of the widow and a delegation of OF
Evening star., 1924-09-15

Fishes sleep as regularly as human
beings, but since they have no eye
lids they do not appear to sleep
Most species sleep at night, and rest
upon the bottom, and some kinds
even lie upon their sides.
Evening star., 1924-09-15

ficers and men from the Trenton. Maj.
Imbrie was killed by mob on July
18 at Teheran, Persia, where he was
the American vice consul.
Evening star., 1924-06-01

Novelty Silk
Carriers, Special
69c Pr.
A small but very import
ant part of the modern girls
wardrobe. Heretofore. they
may have been made OF, any
thing, but today to be right
they must be pretty and
made of good-looking silk
ribbons in combinations OF
matching or contrasting COL
ors.
OF silk and faille ribbons
with shirred ruffle at top and
bottom in these combina-
tions and others; jade and
peach, mais and orchid, rose
and gray, turquoise. and
coral and black. Style pre-
ciscly as sketched on figure.
Excellent gifts from one
girl to another.
THIRD FLOOR.
Evening star., 1924-06-01

a special concession from prom
inent maker-these attractive bits of
silk, quite the thing for present time
and Summer wear, are offered at a
really extraordinarily low price for
such quality stockings.
Every pair flawless - and that
means something in fine silk stock
STREET FLOOR
Evening star., 1924-06-01
JaIAy.ty Fiber
S,ceaters, $4.95

And the price represents
an extra special value.
Jaunty jacquettes and pull
over styles in a variety of
attractive two-tone color ef-
iects - or, il YOU prefer.
choose youthful sleeveless
group from 36 to ~.
SECOND FLOOR.
Evening star., 1924-06-01
AU-Sik Lace Clos Stockings
A Remarkable Purchase
Duplicating Our Regular $500 to $4OO Qualities a
$l.99

ings-added wear, added attractive
ness and durability.
Full fashioned in shape to
the foot, enhancing perfect ankles
and beautifying Indifferent ones.
Silk from top to toe-discrim-
mating women like this feature.
Black, white and a good range of
new colors.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Embryo Mining Engineers Odd School

N ETHLEHEM, PA.-Seven auto
n mobile loads Of embryo mining
- engineers folding cots, cooking
utensils and spare tires are roll
Ing over the country. veritable uni
versity on wheels. The party consists
Of 80 students of mining engineering
from Lehlgh university who left Beth
lehem last month and are 'roughing
IT. over 3.0o0-mile route through ts,e
United States. and Canada, stopping In
an the important mining and Industrial
regions. Saturated with the Theoretical
aspects of their course in mining the
young men have set out to become
familiar with its practical phases and
are stopping in every important min.
ing district long enough to "eet down
In the dirt" and WELD picks. shoyels
and drills alongside veteran miners
The inspection trip is in charge Of
Profs. Ralph Bartlett and Howard
Eckfeldt Of the mining department Mt
Lehlgh university. Besides the .nnder.
graduate members. the party includes
several prominent educators who
seized this opportunity to study at first
hand the mining operations along the
route They are Prof. Alfred G. Gallon
who is head Of the mining department
at the University n Illinois. Prof
Parke b. F'rain, professor OF electrlcar
engineering at Brsoklyn Polytechnic
Institute. New Yosk Lloyd w. Fisher
Of the mineralogy department at Yale
and Charles E. Lawell Jr., who is head
Of the mining department at the Uni
versity Of West Virginia. The part,
carries complete equipment for camn-
ing and cooking
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Maryland
State Briefs
Richie To Seek
Ruling On Heuisler

Governor Richie issued statement
in when he expressed belief he was
acting under a specific compulsion Of
the law in naming successor to
Judge Charles W. Heuisler when the
latter's 15-year term expires November
a.
The Judge had announced his be-
lief that his term should not expire
until the general election Of Novem-
Der. 1926.
The Governor said the f9st intima-
tion he received of Judge Heuisler's
position was from the newspapers and
that he had no idea Of asing the pre-
mature resignation Of jurlst Of
Judge Heulsler's standing.
He revealed that. although his own
view OF the law is strongly fixed. he
acceded to Judge Heuisler's wish that
Attorney General Robinson be con
suited.
The Governor previously had asked
Mr.. Robinson to clear up the question
whether the terms OF several mem
bers of the bench elected is years ago
would expire on the anniversary of
their election or on the day they quall-
fed He asked that the further point
raised by Judge Heuisler be settled
at the same time
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

park. The commission has taken 1S4f
acres OF the land on which Mr. Fisher
holds an option. The papers have
been signed by the governor, and. serv
Ice having been made on the owners
the state has now legal possession
The property taken lies, all but a few
acres, at the western end of Montauk
where the high land rises from the far
end Of Napeague beach. There are
1913 acres there with a frontage on
the north of from Eve to six miles on
Napeague harbor and bay and 1877 on
the south side with frontage Of lit
tie over a mile along the ocean be
ginning short distance to the east Of
the Napeague Coast Guard station
Most Of this tract is wooded, but on the
ocean side It gives way to cleared-dp
lands about quarter of mile inland
The remaining 81 acres have been
taken at the tip end OF the point, back
Of the lighthouse.
What compensation will be paid for
the property Will be settled later by
the Claims court. At Mfr. Fishers es
innate of $500 value, the total cost to
the state would be s552. 900, but the
commission claims that his figure Is
far too high. Actual work will not be
undertaken before next spring.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

The route of this novel university
on wheels leads from Bethlehem
through ti,e greui anthracite regions
Of Pennsylvania and the glass plants
and salt mines of New York state. Nj
agara Falls, with its mammoth hydro
electric plants, Toronto, through the
wonderful lake country of Ontario
with trips to the famous Nipissing sill
yer mine and the Porcupine gold min
ing district; thence west to the nicke
district Of Sudbury, Ontario the iror
regions Of Lake Superior and Mar
quette, and the copper mines Of Kewee
nav peninsula. Striking south theiI
trail leads through Wisconsin and tht
zinc and lead districts Of the northern
Mississippi valley, the coal mining re
glons Of northern Illinois. Chicago. Or
bana, Terre Haute, the enormous quar-
rying operations near Bloomington
Ind. Ohio, with its welI-known geologi
cal horizons and oil sands" Wheeling
W Va, and thence to Pittsburgh, Pa.
where opportunity Will be given tc
study manufacture Of coke and steel
until the opening OF the school year
necessltntes the party's Fastening east
over the Alleghenles to Harrisburg
and back to Bethlehem for another
year of study.
Each evening. after camp is made.
short time is spent in getting notes
taken during the day in order and dis
eussing things observed, A regular
roster of daily duties is in force fol
each member of the party, so that ey
cry man. be he professor or sopho
more. gets his share of potato peelina
and dish washing.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Both Parties Prepare !.
For Registration

Workers Of both political parties are
deyoting their time to preparations
for registration of voters
The present poll lists are being
scanned and efforts are being made
to reach persons whose names are not
on the books, but who are entitled TO
register for voting at the election No
vember 4.
There will be onlt two days for reg
istration in Baltimore city this fall
September % and October I The
hours will be from 2 P. M. to 10 P. M.
In the counties the registration days
will be September 80 and October I
and the hours will be from . A. NJ. to
. p. M.
In both city and counties the regis
tratIon officers will meet October is
for revision of the lists. No names
will be registered on that day.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Thomas G. B. Howard
Dies In Cambridge

Thomas Contee Bowie Howard, for
years commander Of the Maryland
oyster navy and later manager of the
Annapolis-Claiborne ferry. died at his
home in Cambridge Of heart disease.
Born in Anne Arundel county jan
uary IL, 1854, he removed in boyhood
to the Neck district, Dorchester
county. As young man he became
captain Of bay vessel and later en-
tered the mercantile business at Cam
bridge
During the administration OF Gov,
ernor Henry Lloyd he was appointed
second officer of the State steamer
Julia Hamilton. Later he was trans
ferred to the McIane.
While in charge Of that vessel as
executive oflcer. he had a notable
fight with oyster pirates in Chester
river
Later he became commander Of the
State Fishery Force.
He served for some time as captain
of steamers Of the B.. C. and A. and
during the Spanish-American war was
a lieutenant in the United States
Navy
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
State Normal Roll Doubles

The State Normal School at Tow
son. which opened its fall session
Monday. has already enrolled 1i17
students. more than double the
largest previous enrolment in its his
tory. Albert S. Cook. State Superin
tendens of Education, announced after
conference Of the State and city
Boards OF Education OF the total,
sos are from Baltimore and 614 from
Maryland counties.
This increase in enrolment results
from the agreement to transfer the
work 5f the Teachers Training School
in Baltimore to the Towson institu-
ton, about which there was such
acrimonious discussion last winter.
Mr.. Cook said that he expects the plan
to work out satisfactorily and with
marked economies
There is not now sufficient dormi-
tory space to accommodate all of the
students who will want to live there
but quarters will be found for many
Of the Baltimore students in private
homes in Towson. while numbers Of
them will live at home in the city and
go to school on the cars
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
R. x. Compton Given
Dinner BY Society

The Southern Maryland Society
gave a dinner at the Baltimore Club
in honor of its president, r. Keith
Compton, who has been appointed di'
rector of the Department of Public
Works. Richmond, Va
Mr.. Compton, who has resigned as
chairman and engineer of the Paving
Commission. will take up his duties in
Richmond this week, He was given
a gold watch by the society at the
close Of the dinner.
The directors and 40 other members
of the society attended the dinner and
had as their guests a number Of Mr..
Compton's personal friends and a
group of city officials Among the city
officials were Howard Bryant, Acting
Mayor: R. Walter Graham. City Comp
trolIer and Philip b Perlman. City
Solicitor.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Two Certified To Head
Child Welfare Bureau

Two physicians. one man and one
a woman. we're certified to Health
Commissioner C. Hampson Jones by
the City Service Commission as eligi-
bic for director Of the Bureau of Child
Welfare, Health Department They
are DR.. William H. F. Warthen, 1647
wilkens avenue. and DR.. Helen Har-
rington. 500 North Broadway.
The dictatorship of the Child We'll
fare Bureau was resigned few
months ago by DR.. Mary Sherwood
1t is considered one of the most i'm
portant departments under Commits
sioner Jones The salary is $4,000.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Maryland's Corn Crop
Shortest In "a Years

Maryland's corn crop this year will
be the shortest since 1900. according
to John S. Dennee, agricultural statis-
tician here for the United States De
partment Of Agriculture. A crop Of
l5,690.0OO bushels is expected. Mr..
Dennee said, while the average pro-
duction for the last five years has been
25, 100000 bushels.
The cold. wet spring and summer
drought are blamed for the short crop,
although the acreage planted in corn
this year was smaller than usual.
Should an early frost pvertake the
crop, farmers say, the prospect will
be even more dismal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
SLAYERS
GET LIFE TERMS
Judge Adds SO Years on Charge
Of Kidnapping
LOEB AND LEOPOLD uNMOvED
Judge csverly Finds No Mitigating
Factor In Leopold And Loeb Crime
mo Ruling on Mental
Sickness

Chieago.--Nathan Leopold, Jr., and
Richard Loeb, who were sentenced to
life Imprisonment for kidnapping and
numbering Robert Franks. IA. in May.
were taken to Joliet Penitentiary.
Judge John r. caverly. retiring
chief justice OF the Criminal Court Of
Cook county. pronounced sentence on
the slayers Besides imposing life
terms for the murder he added 80
years for the kidnapping.
Under the second charge, Il was
said, the young men cannot be re-
leased on parole until they have
served more than 81 years in Joliet
Penitentiary The life term alone
would have permitted such release
after 20 years.
But the court urged that this privi-
legs never be extended to the self-eon
fessed perpetrators OF what he called
"an abhorrent crime
He found no mitigating clrcuni
stances in the deed. its motive or lack
Of motive, or in the personalities and
antecedents Of the boys. but he said
he chose imprisonment instead of
death because of the age Of the de
PENDANTS.
This determination appears 10 be
In accordance with the progress Of
criminal law all over the world and
with the dictates Of enlightened hu-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Montauk Point Seized for State Park

nicola, L. I.-Montauk Point
MI Is to be state park. Mon
Nv i tauk point is the sharp. stony
blum where the south shore Of
Long Island ends, topped by pic
turesque lighthouse. Negotiations for
purchase by the Long Island park com
mission were about to result in pur-
ehases at as fair prices as could be
secured when Suddenly the commission
learned that the owners Of more than
30 per cent of the meaning the
portion between Napeague Halbor and
the lighthouse. IA miles, comprising
H,000 acres, had given an option on
their properties to Carl G. Fisher. who
took hold Of Miami. Fla. pumped eight
feet Of sand onto sub-tropical swami.
and built hotels, casinos, golf courses
and other things. Mr. Fisher frankly
announced that he proposed to do TO
Montauk what he did for Miami. As
for the state park. Mr. Fisher said he
was willing to sell to the Long Island
commission, at high price. some Of
the worst Of his land. on the west end
Of the Hither woods.
AT this point the commission used its
weapon Of last resort-the law au-
thorizIng such.a state agency to enter
upon and appropriate land for a state
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Many Birth transcripts
Issued For New Pupils

Approximately 5000 transcripts of
births have been issued by the Health
Department to parents and guardians
who entered children in the public
schools Of the city this year for the
first time.
More than 5000 transcripts were is
sued during 1923. Under an arrange
ment entered into by the School Board
and Dr. C. Hampson Jones, Commits
sloner of Health. no charge now is
made for transcripts for school pur-
poses.
The usual charge is so cents for
each transcript. This fee applies in
cases where the transcripts are not
needed for children entering school.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
New Bank At
Parkville Planned

Articles of incorporation OF the
ParkvilIe Bank were filed in the
clerks office al Towson. The incors
porators are Paul w Beermann. Rich
ard Williams and Alva P. Weaver, of
Baltimore. and Arthur NJ. Bacon and
]. Purdon Wright, of Baltimore
county.
The amount of capital stock author
lied is s25,000. divided into $500
shares Of the par value of $40 each. +
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
HEADS WAR VETERANS.

Michigan City, Ind.-chauncey Her
rick of oneonta n. Y. recently was
elected national commander-in-chief
Of the United States War Veterans in
the final session Of their 2sih annual
encampment here
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

tember Is, bearing 2S per cent. and
maturing in one year. has been over
subscribed and the books closed. Sub
seriptions totaling s59s,000,OO0 have
been reported, of which slz6,O00O0O
represented tenders Of Treasury notes
maturing on the date Of issue. The
Offering was for approximately $780,
600 900.