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Evening star., 1924-02-24
TWO LARGE STILLS
CAPTURED NEAR CITY
Eight Men Arrested in Raids by
Dry Agents at Waldorf and
Clinton, Md.

Prohibition agents early yesterday
morning captured a complete 1867
gallon still and 1000 gallons of mash
on the farm of J. Z. Garner, two miles
north OF Waldorf. Md. and arrested
Len Jones, James Edwards. Horaos
Proctor and william Peegler. The
men were taken to Baltimore and
charged with selling and possession.
Warrants were sworn out In Baiti-
more for Benjamin Chesivoir and
Raymond Beavers, declared to be the
owners and operators. Chesivofr and
Beavers are declared by the agents to
be the men who were engaged in re-
moving the 200-gallon copper kettle
from Jackson Hall alley here the
night of February Is, when Senator
Greene was shot.
Shortly after this raid. which was
led by Agents Thomas L. Wheeler
and George 7. King, with seventeen
agents participating. another raid
was made on a farm two miles east
Of Clinton, Md. and q 500-gallon still
and 5000 gallons of mash captured.
Warrents were sworn out in Bal
timore for Matte Chesivoir. de-
clared to be a brother of benjamin
Chesivoir. and Charles Il. MacFar-
land. Thomas White. George L. Tay-
ior. Fred Rawlings and James j..
Tucker were arrested and taken TO
Baltimore. where they were charged
with manufacture and possession.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
OF COLGATE
HOLD Meeting HERE
President of Institution Is Among
Speakers Heard by Wash.
ington Association.

Memories Of past events in the his
tory of Colgate University and future
plans for the development of that in
stitution, as told by DIR. George b.
Cutten, it's president, featured meet
ing attended by members Of the alum
nj of the university from Baltimore
and Washington. in the City Club last
night under the auspices of the Col
gate Alumni. Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
DR.. Cutten told of the decision Of
the board of trustees of the unfver-
sity to establish 1000 students as
the maximum to be enrolled in the
institution at one time. detailing the
advantages of such a plan. He out
lined the plan for raising a 100000
fund for building gymnasium and
also told of endowment fund efforts.
DR.. Cutten. who is Canadian. is
the possessor of an enviable record as
Il scholar, university president and as
an athlete. He accerted the prest-
denCy of Colgate University in 1922.
DIR. Cutten will deliver sermon at
the Bethany Baptist Church. I'd street
and Rhode Island avenue northwest,
this afternoon at ) o'clock.
During short business session
last night the following were elected
officers of the society: Rev. Maurice
r. Halnm, general secretary of the
Maryland State Sunday School Assoc
citation. president; Rev. James w.
Nancy, a graduate of the class of
1894. vice president, and Horace L..
Stevenson, secretary and treasurer.
Rev. Hugh 7. Stevenson, pastor of
the Bethany Baptist Church, and
John w. Lewis of Baltimore were
elected additional members of the
executive committee. Mr.. Nancy had
the honor of writing the first Col
gate song after the name of that
institution had been changed from
Madison to Colgate.
The rest of til, program included
brief addresses by the following. who
recalled many things of interest about
their alma mater: Manuel X. Kline.
T. ]. Healy, ]. F. Davidson, Robert
w. Burroughs, Mr.. Lewis. Marten
Matheson. Mr.. Nancy, Mr.. Stevenson.
Rev. Mr.. Stevenson. Mr.. Hamm. Rev.
Cove G.. Johnson, pastor of the I'm
manuel Baptist Church: Rev. Paul
Berry Warrington, pastor of the Tenn
pie Baptist Church, Baltimore, and
Rev. Leonard Lumb, pastor Of the
Rogers Memorial Church, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
| DEAD, 2 WOUNDED
IN CLASH OF COUSINS
Survivors of Shooting ARRAY In
North Carolina May Not,
Recover at Hospital.
By ,nc .A.sociated Press.

by the Associated Press. -t...-
HIGH POINT. y. G., February &C.
One man is dead and two others are
wounded. perhaps fatally. as the re-
suit Of a shooting affray engaged in
by three farmers on a Davidson coun-
ty highway, six miles from Thunias-
vile, about = o'clock this afternoon.
William Ward. twenty-seven, is
dead and the wounded are Butler
Myers, twenty-five, and his father,
Albert Myers. The father has the
better chance TO recover according
to physicians at the hospital where
the two wounded men are receiving
treatment.
The two younger men were cousins.
the mother of Ward being sister
of Albert Myers. and they lived on
farms about half a mile apart.
The fact that the elder Myers was
shot was not learned by the officers
until several hours after they had
found the two younger men by the
roadside. one dead and the other ap-
parently in dying condition.
The father of young Myers had
proceeded to his home after sustain
ing bullet wound from Wards re-
volver through the right lung, 1t was
stated. Both of the wounded men
are guarded by officers regardless of
their serious condition.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
SUIT AGAINST BOX
ON FILE ONLY HOUR
Papers Then Sent Back to Com
plainant to Wait for Serving
of Summons.
by the Associated Press.

By lHt i>>ttlateu
NEW YORK, Febrbuary ga COM
plant in an action for sl.100, 900.
brought by Frank Hendricil, a lawyer,
against Edward W. Box donor of the
s10O,OO0 American peace award. was
on file today for just one hour in the
county clerks office. Hr. Hendrick,
one of the unsuccessful contributors of
peace plans in the Box contest, asked
for 100000, the amount to be paid
for the winning plan when approved by
referendum, and s1,0Oo,000, estimated
as the value of publicity and prestige
attached to winning the prize. He
claimed the jury OF award failed fairly
TO consider his plan.
Mr. Hendriok carried to the office of
the county clerk the complaint, to
which was attached copy of the plan
he had submitted for the award. Tho
clerk who accepted the documents. how
ever. mistook the copy Of the att"r-
ney's peace plan for an affidavit of srrv-
ice. showing that summons i'll the
suit had been served on Mr.. Box
After the attorney had left the office,
however, IT, was discovered that the
summons was not among the papers.
and they were returned to the attorney
to be filed when the summons is 's=rved.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
OPPOSES CHANGES
IN REVENUE BUREAU
Mellon Says 0verhauling of
Personnel Would Destroy
Existing Morale.

Recent suggestions in some quar-
ters for an overhauling or reorgani-
zation of the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau were met by a declaration from
Secretary Mellon last night that such
a move could only result in harm to
the machinery now set up. The
Secretary also emphatically denied
that there had been more than iso-
lated instances Of corruption in the
bureau.
Mr.. Mellon said the bureau would
of this year. The administrative
changes carried in the pending rev.
enue legislation will aid materially
in speeding up settlements, the Sec
retary declared. adding that the re-
Gently inaugurated policy of decen-
tralization of bureau work would re-
duce the cost of collections and save
money to taxpayers.
There are now only one-third of I
per cent of the 1917 returns uncom-
pleted." Mr.. Mellon said in a state
ment. "The primal reason for delay
in adjusting taxes for the year 1917
and 1918 is the immense amount of
work involved in settling invested
capital. determining the value of
natural resources. the March /, 1913,
value of assets, and questions Of con-
solidation. The decisions of the
courts, such as the stock dividend
case. required many reaudits and
large refunds. This also retards set
Elements. These are the years of the
excess profits taxes. Once these high
tax years are settled and settled cor
rectly. an audit Of income tax returns
will be much simpler and can be more
promptly handled.
II do not believe that any overhaul
ing of the bureau would do other than
harm. The training necessary to
handle tax cases is highly technical
and education and experience are es-
sential.: The employees in the bureau
have this training and experience and
are functioning satisfactorily. To dis
turb the situation by creating in
them the impression that an overhaul
ing is to take place, would be to de-
stroy the morale of the organisation
and render the existing machinery
much less efIectave. , ..-.-------
Evening star., 1924-02-24
Coolidge APproues
Daugherty's Name
On, Ticket u, Ohio

President Coolidge has approved
the declaration OF Attorney Gem
eral Daugherty as a candidate for
delegate at large from Ohio to the
republican national convention un-
der pledge to vote for Mr.. Cool
idge as the republican presiden-
tial nominee.
Mr.. Daugherty was selected sew
eral weeks ago by republican lead
ers of Ohio as one of the seven
delegates at large to be placed
on the primary ballot under Mr..
Coolidge's name, but the Ohio law
provides that a candidate for the
presidential nomination must per-
sonally approve the declaration Of
each delegate committed to him.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
$1,000, 00,0O0INSURANCE
ON SARGENT EXHIBIT
Paintings in New York Protected
from Possible Vandalism After
Boston Incident.
Ry the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, February 23.-Fifty-
nine oil painting and thirteen water
colors by John Singer Sargent were
insured for s1.oOo,OOO today as an ex-
hibition of the artists work opened
in Grand Central Gallery.
The insurance, it was said, was to
protect the owners of the pictures
against possible vandalism of tie
sort that resulted in the spattering of
ink on Mr.. Sargent's THE Syna-
goEue" in the Boston Public Library.
The paintings. assembled from all
parts of the country, are valued at
from $4,000 to 100000 each. They
were executed within the last fifty
years and include portraits of many
prominent persons.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
NOTABLE LECTURE
COURSE ARRANGED
Washington Study to Pre-
sent Experts in Topics of
Current Interest.

A course of six lectures on the fore
most problems of the day by promi-
nent men qualified to explain them
will be given on Monday afternoons
for six weeks, beginning March 10,
by Washington Study. The hour has
been set at 4:45 O'Clock, in order to
suit the convenience of those who
work in the government departments.
John Hays Hammond is adviser for
Washington Study and Miss Maria
Ewing is director.
the completion of it's second winter s.
course in morning lectures, and the
interest shown in these lectures
prompted those in charge to give the
afternoon course. 1t is emphasized
by them that the course has been ar
ranged as an educational opportunity,
and that the cost of s4 for the six
lectures Is to cover expenses. The
lectures in the afternoon Will be
given at Rauscher's.
Some Speakers Selected.
While the course has not been COM
pleted in detail, the subjects for dis
cussion have been tentatively decided
upon as follows: THE Permanent
Court of International Justice at the
Hague" by DIR. James Brown Scott.
president of the American Institute
of International Law and secretary OF
the Carnegie Endowment for Inter
national Peace: Foreign Trade" by
John Hays Hammond; Emigration
and Labor" by Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis: Radio" by a speaker
to be announced later. and The Con-
stitution in Our Keeping" by DR.. Da-
vid Jayne Hill. Changes in the sub
jects or additional subjects and speak
ers and the dates, will be announced
later.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
Delayed Storm,
Bringing Sno,c
Is Due Tonight

The snowstorm forecast for
Washington and contiguous terri
tory last night was stalled some-
where in the Ohio valley and will
be twenty-four hours late. accord
ing to weather bureau reports.
Barring subsequent delays, the
snow should reach Washington
tonight, and will have the CITY
covered with a mantle of white
Monday morning.
Clouded skies will greet WASH
ington this morning, the forecaster
announced, and sunset will bring
the vanguard of the storm which
is expected to continue through
Monday. There. will he. little
change in temperature today, bat
warmer weather is forecast for
tomorrow with slushy. UNDER
footing.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
BALL TO BENEFIT
CH|LDREN'S HOME
Episcopal institution May Be
Moved Soon to Site
Near Cathedral.

The annual ball for the benefit of
the Episcopal Home for Children will
be held on March at the New VIII
lard Hotel.
1t is hoped that soon the home may
be removed from its present site to
one near the cathedral, because the
location of the home as it is now, at
the head Of Talbert street. Anacostia,
precludes any additional enlargement
lack OF space. An additional building
is badly needed In order to accommo-
date smaller children.
The home at present takes in chill
dren from six to sixteen and is forced
to turn away children under six. The
additional buildings would allow for
be needed because OF the greater ex-
pense attached to the care Of infants.
who would require nurses.
The homes work is to care for the
homeless, friendless and needy chill
dren. regardless of faith. The work
land at Colonial Beach by Prof. and
Mrs. Alexander Melville Bell. This is
now the summer home and is called
the Bell Home.
Inrough the EFFORTS. of Mrs. w. G.
Davenport. wife of the rector Of
Emanuel Church, Anacostia, a home
was built in Washington. In 1911
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ewing gave
$4,000 to the home for the purchase
OF additional ground and I new build
ing.
An average OF fifty children is
cared for at the Washington home
and In summer the Colonial Beach
homo provides shelter for 4 few more
After the children have been at the
institution long enough efforts are
made to place them in suitable homes
and the officers keep in touch with
the progress of each child thereafter
until Its future IS properly estab-
lished.
OF Washington, is chairman of the
incorporators of the home: Charles J.
Bell is vice chairman. Olge Single
ton, secretary.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
SUIT IS DISMISSED.
Validity of Sale Is Upheld in
Courts Decree.

Ey the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. February -
The suit of the federal government
against the Nashville Industrial Cor
poration. seeking to annul the sale Of
the Old Hickory powder plant prop
erty near here TO the Nashville Indus
trial Corporation. was dismissed this
morning in the federal court here by
United States District Attorney A. V.
McLane and Heber II. Rice. special
assistant for Attorney General
H. NJ. Daugherty.
A decree entered expressly recogniz-
es the validity and legality of the con-
tract of sale entered into between the
federal government and the Nashville
Industrial Corporation on December
20. 1920.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
EXPERTSPREPARED
TO DRAFT REPORT
Reparations Committees Ex.
pected to Work Two Weeks
to Secure Clear Text.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the ASSoclated Press.
PARIS, February 23.-Drafting Of
the report OF the expert committees
to the allied reparations commission
is expected to begin early next week.
final hearings on the railway, bank
ing and budget questions having
been about completed with two long
sessions today. 1t is not expected,
however. that the report will be ready
fer presentation before two more full
weeks at least, as much work is yet to
be done in finding expressions exact
enough to satisfy all concerned. This
difficulty is increased by the fact that
the draft Of the report must be in
three languages, English, French and
German.
Report to He Short.
The first thing the drafting COM
mittees will strike for is terseness
and scissors proof conference in
order to avoid possible incl!nations
to dissect the report and accept certain
recommendations and reject others.
To attain this object, 1t is under
stood, the drafting committee will
try to reduce the general report to
two or three typewriter pages with
annexes explaining in detail the out
lined suggestions.
Persons in close contact with the
experts emphasized today that the
various estimates as to loans, the
possible income from the German
railways and other monopolies. which
have been appearing in the press
for the last few days, are purely
guesswork and that no authorized
member of the personnel of the COM
mittees has given out any of the
figures. which may be contained in
the report.
All Expert. Agree.
Committee circles also empha size
the unanimity which has marked the
discussions. AS an example of this
there was cited today the reports Of
two railway experts, Sir William Ac-
worth and NJ. Leverve.
Before they were heard by the COM
mtttee, Sir William, who is the ex-
pert supervisor of Austrian railways
under the provisions of the league
of nations loan. and NJ. Leverve, q
Paris engineer. submitted written OBJ
servations OH the German railway
system. Their reports agreed virtual
ly in every detail and their agree
ment continued throughout the round
table discussions afterward.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
SAUNDERS BANKRUPT;
CORNERED PIGGLY STOCK

MEMPHIS, Tenn, February "a
Clarence Saunders. former president
of the Piggly Wiggly Corporation
and Piggly Wiggly Stores. Inc. filed
a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
I'm United States district court here
late today.
Saunders listed assets aggregat-
ing S3,244,070 and liabilities totaling
S1976,S19,
Evening star., 1924-02-24
ATTEMPT MADE TO KILL
PREMIER OF ALBANIA

By the Associated Press.
ROME. February 23.-An attempt
was made today against the life OF
the Albanian premier.
While the premier was passing
through a corridor of the hall where
the assembly was sitting a student
shot him, according to a dispatch
from Tirana:
The premier is reported not to have
been seriously injured. .....4--
Evening star., 1924-02-24
S1,7OO,O)D DECREE
AWARDED TO j. S.
Suit involving Old Hickory
Powder Plant Results
in Victory.

The government has won its case
against the Nashville Industrial Corr
poration, involving the Old Hickory
powder plant. A decree was entered in
the federal court at Nashville yesterday
awarding s1,70o. 900 to the government.
Advices TO the Department Of JUS
tice announcing the courts decision
said that all costs also were assessed
against the defendant.
The case is regarded by the Depart
ment as one of the most important to
grow out of the war, and the decree
resulted from prolonged conferences
between representatives of the Attor-
ney General and owners of the plant.
SI.OOO.OO0 Cash Payment.
A cash payment Of 81 100000 is or
dered by the decree. and the balance
is to be paid in three deferred pay
ments extending over a period Of two
years.
In addition. all claims Of the cor
poration for credits due from the
government are disalIowed The gov
ernment retains the property in es-
crow until the entire balance is paid,
and the corporation is required TO
make deposits Of cash or government
bonds at the rate OF at least $4,000
a month until the sum oc $4,000 has
been paid.
The civil settlement will IN no way
upset the criminal actions row pend
ing against several of the men in
volved in the company. Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty said today he would
waive none of the governments
rights in respect to prosecutions.
The Old Hickory powder plant was
constructed by the Du Pont Engineer
ing Company in 19i7-19Is, and cost
the government sS5,0Oo.oo0. 4 is said
to be the largest powder factory in
the world.
Evening star., 1924-02-24
Colgate Secures
Egg of Dir'osaur
From, Cobb Desert

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. February 23.-Col-
gate University now has a dino
saur egg. 1t cost $1,000 and is the
first to be sold from the nest of
twenty-five eggs which the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History.
recently transported from the des-
ert of Cobb. Mongolia, to a glass
case in dinosaur hall. It's guar
Suteed age is 100000 years.
Evening star., 1924-02-24

Once the pride Of the Australian
navy, the battleship Australia will be
sunk on Anzac day. in April, with be-
fitting ceremonial. ShS. is to be
bscrapped in accordance. with the terms
Of the WASHINGTON treaty,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
NO ONE WANTS
TO FIGHT WITH
TOMMY GIBBONS

NEW YORK, Nov. 49," Every
fighter in the country wants tic
fight Dempsey but none of then
will fight Gibbons,' Tex RickarC
said recently in explaining why ht
couldn't make attractive heavy
weight matches.
The New York boxing commission
learned the same thing late yester
day when it tried to get better
match\ than the Gibbons Norfolk
bout which had been arranged foi
the Christmas fund in Madison
Square Garden on December 9.
The commission summoned Harry
Wills, Jack Renault and Gene Tun.
ney, three of the leading challengers
of Dempsey, to put a Gibbons match
up to them.
. Wills said he had sore hand
and couldn' box for at least two
months. Renault said lie had a
sprained thumb. Tunney didn t
show up at all.
After being convinced that Glib
bons was not wanted by the out
standing challengers for the heavy
weight title, the commission approx
ed the Gibbons-Norfolk match by a
= to ! vote.
William Muldoon, former chair
man of the commission, held out for
BARLEY Madden, who was offered as
a willing victim by his manager,
Charley Rose. Gibbons, however,
had beaten Madden more decisively
than Wills did last summer and the
other two members of the commits
sion wouldn t consider him.
The showing that Wills made
against, Firpo, compared to the SUI
perior class that Charley Weinert,
third rater, showed against the
South American has taken so much
steam out of the Wills boom that
a Wills Dempsey match seems far
ther away than it ever was.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
FULTON SILENT,
REEDY DECLARES
HE IS INNOCENT
Bonds for Windsor and
Fuente to Be Put
Up Today
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Nov. 19.--Bond
for Tony Fuente, Mexican heavy
weight, and his manager, Fred Win
sor, will be put up today, Winson
telephoned the United Press. The
two are jointly charged with FREQ
Fulton and his manager, John E
Reedy, with violating the state
anti prize fight law by staging an
alleged fake knockout at Culver
City Monday night.
sWe're not going to come out
of hiding now,' Winsor said. "We
have arranged for bond and our at.
torneys will hamdle the matter. In
the meantime, | wish the public
would withhold Judgment until all
the facts are KNOWN
LOS A,NG ELES, Nov. 19.-Tony
Fuente, Mexican heavyweight, and
his manager, Fred (Windy) Win
sor, have promised to come out of
hiding today and join Fred Fulton,
Minnesota plasterer, in denying
that Fulton s so second "knock-
out' Monday night was prcarrang-
ed.
For one SO big, Fuente has shown
surprising ability in keeping him
self out of the public gaze since
the fiasco in which he knocked Full
ton down three times and hit him
twice.
Fulton and his manager, John E.
Reddy, are at liberty under 81 900
bail each, charged with misdemean-
or i'll violating the state s anti
prize fight law.
Fulton and his manager were
cited to appear for a preliminary
hearing Friday afternoon.
The giant Minnesotan refused to
answer questions put to him by
Chief Deput" District Attorney
Buron Fits.
II be made the goat, anyway, !"
he declared.
Reddy, however, said the fight
"looked suspicious to him. He de-
MED that he knew anything of
plot for Fulton toi do dive to the
canvas. without being forcibly sent
there, and said he was "disgustcd
and through . with his bulky
charge
Should the district attorney de-
eide to prosecute the principals in
the alleged fake fight on felony
charge, testimony of j. Mcneil, To-
cal banker, will perhaps prove the
states strongest point.
Mcneil stated that he had known
Fulton in the east and talked with
him before the "fight.'
"a friend was with me, and he
asked Fulton how he felt about the
scrap. TO my amazement, Fulton
said he was going to quit to Fnente
and was to get $500 from Winsor
for doing so.
This charge the big plasterer de-
ljcd, declaring that he had not
even talked with Mcneil before the
event.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-19
NO COMMITS SION
NAMED UNDER NEW
CAL. BOXING LAW

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19-Gov.
Richardson has made no decision on
the personnel of the California box
ing commission provided under the
new boxing law, he is quoted as hav-
ing told the San Francisco Chron-
iclc in story by Harry B. Smith,
sporting editor of that paper, to-
day. Smith quotes thd governor
lis saying he voted against the box
irC amendment