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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
FIRE TRUCKS COLLIDE
RESPONDING TO ALARM
One Put Out of Commission, Other
Slightly Damaged. But
None Is Injured.

Colliding at Rhode Island avenue
and Seventeenth street this morning,
No. truck was put out of commits
sion and No. / engine was damaged
while responding to a fire alarm at
1881 " street
The running board OF the truck was
badly damaged and the fender OF the
engine was damaged. Delay result
ing from the accident made 1t neces-
sary to summon other companies to
take their places.
Allen Taylor resides In the house
where the Are occurred. The fire was
in a room on the second moor OF the
home, where a bed ignited and was
DESTROYED. None Of the f1remen on
the machines in collision was injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Mother and Girl,
Trapped in Blaze,
Saved by Firen,e1,

Trapped in their apartment on
the third floor of 1920 G street
when fire broke out early today on
the floor below them, Mrs. Amelia
Graeux. so years old, and her
daughter. Martha, II. were carried
down ladders to safety by flremen
of No. Engine Company.
The blaze at first was so threat
ening that a second alarm was
sounded, and before it could be
extinguished the building and a
stock Of gowns In a shop on the
second floor had been damaged to
the extent OF nearly $4,000. The
shop is owned by J. Willard
Greene, retired millionaire" police
man.
Mrs. Graeux and her daughter.
awakened by the sitting smoke
which poured up from the lower
story, shouted frantical1y for help
through an appraised window. and
pedestrians sounded the first alarm
from a nearby box. The mother
and daughter were given first aid
treatment at Emergency Hospital
for shock and partial suffocation,
after which they hurried back and
watched the firemen complete their
work. Their apartment was not
damaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
MINER HERO IN SLIDE,
Holds Back Avalanche Of Coal 10
Save Injured Man.

NEW YORK, December 27.-MichaeI
Long. laborer, entered a coal pocket
last night and, with another coal ava
lanche impending, saved the life OF
a fellow-worke buried to the neck in
sliding coal.
More than 500 tons Of coal IN the
immense pocket, frozen and jammed,
tumbled in a slide over BENJAMIN
Bradderak, a laborer, who went into
the pocket to loose It. Long was
pushing coal away from Bradderak
when a second coal slide began. He
braced himself against the side of the
pocket and held back the avalanche,
while with one free hand he kept the
falling coal from burying Bradderak
When firemen had cut a hole in the
side OF the pocket, Long told them
to take Bradderak out frst- Longs
hand had been so torn by the coal
that he will be unable to use 1t for
some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Boys Fight Duel
With Shotgu'ts to
Settle Argument
One May Die as Result Of
Test to PrOre Best
Marksnun.
Spec,a! Dispatch to The Star.

CPcCAdA 10 Inc ctaTs
DALLAS. Tex. December 27.--
julius Jordan. 16 years old, is In a
hospital not expected to live and po-
lice are searching for another youth
about the same age, as the result of
a shotgun duel staged by the boys to
see which could shoot the best"
The shooting followed an argument
between the two boys as to which
one was the best marksman with air
rifles, and when the discussion became
somewhat heated some companions
went for the shotguns so that the
boys could settle the affair.
The shotguns were thrown down
between the youths, each took one.
then backed away about SO or 50
feet and both fred. Jordan dropped
wounded while the other boy ran.
The left side of Jordan's face and
head is filled with buckshot and his
left eye is believed to be punctured.
Part OF his face was shot away.
Between rs and 80 boys witnessed
the argument and the shooting, one
boy saying that 'he could not look at
the shooting" and ran across a rail-
road track nearby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
FURNACE. GAS KILLS 3.
Family Overcome by Escaping
Carbon Monoxide! =

PORTLAND. Greg, December 27.-
Carbon monoxide gas from a defective
gas furnace killed three persons in
one family here yesterday. The dead
are: Charles e. Adams, So; Mrs. Mary
l. Adams. 81, grandmother Of Charles
Adams: Miss Marjorie Adams, II,
granddaughter OF Mrs. Adams and
niece of Charles Adams.
The three bodies were discovered in
their home by a relative who called
at the home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
LAND DEALS STIR MEXICO
Acquisitions by Americans Taken
Up by Government.

MEXICO CITY, December 26.--The
Mexican consul at McAllen, Tex, has
notified the foreign ONCE that Ameri-
can companies recently acquired ex-
tensive tracts of land on the right
bank of the Bravo River. which is
prohibited by the Mexican constitu-
ton.
(The Rio Grande Is also known in
Mexico as the Bravo del Norte.)
The foreign office has referred the
matter to the department Of the iute-
rior for Investigation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Old Tribe Legend
Lures Indians to
Seek Hidden Gold
Dig for Big Ransom, Re.
puted to Haze Been
Paid 400 Years Ago.
the Associated Press,

Core spondence OF the Associat ted Press.
BUENOS AIRES, November Is
Descendants of the Incas along the
Andes still search to this day for
the hidden gold which legend says
their ancestors gathered to ransom
their emperor. Atahualpa, from the
hands of the Spanish conqueror, Pr
zarro. four centuries ago, and which
they never delivered because Pizarro
betrayed and murdered him. The gold
promised by Atahualpa was enough
to fill the room where he was i'm
prisoned as high as his neck, and is
supposed to have been buried and
sealed with powders somewhere in
the Andes.
SHOWS have melted groups Of Indians
from southern Bolivia and north
western Argentina pursue their
quest, armed with picks, and some
of them carrying explosives to blow
away the powders which are supposed
posed TO cover the treasure.
Last Summer a number of them
who had climbed Cerro Colorado in
Argentine territory came across a
mound OF stones evidently piled by
human hands. The stones were SOL
idly fixed in a sort of concrete and
resisted their picks. Then with dy-
The golden treasure they had hoped
to see was not there, but instead the
unchanged and we'll preserved num-
my of an Inca chief. A few silver
trinkets and a huge, strange disk Of
copper had been entombed with him,
but no gold.
The Indians carried their late an
cestor to the town of Salta and ir-
reverently sold him a few weeks ago
to Justo Ducasse, an archaeological
collector of Buenos Aires, who has
brought him here and tells the story
Of the discovery. The mummy wears
a crown of parrots feathers as fresh
as II they had just been plucked, and
a curious blanket of black and white
check with an embroidered red fringe.
The long hair is plated. A bone
tag attached to the crown denotes he
was Of high rank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
NOTED SURGEON DIES.
DR.. Arthur Z. Yoosuf succuinbs
TO Heart Disease,

WORCESTER, Mass, December -
DIR. Arthur K. Yoosuf, who won
fame as a surgeon In both the Balkan
and World wars, died suddenly In his
office here last night His death was
caused by heart disease. Overwork
IN connection with the erection OF d
new Assyrian church, coupled with 8
large practice is thought to have
caused his sudden death.
DR.. Yoosuf was born in Harpoot,
Asiatio Turkey, In 1857. the son of .
silk manufacturer, coming to New
York in 1889.
During the Balkan War he was
chief operating surgeon in hospital
in Constantinople, and was later dec
Grated by the Sultan Of Turkey for
meritorious service. During the
World War by DIR. Yoosuf served as a
major In the United States Medica!
Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
News Writer Dies.

NEWPORT, r. l.. December a.
Marshall w. Hall, day correspondent
of the Associated Press in this city
for approximately 20 years as a mem
Der of the staE OF the, Newport
Daily News. died at the Newport Hos
pital last night after, a long Illness.
With the late, Frank. NJ. Wheeler
Hall gave to the country in October,
1914, the details OF. the -uriheralded
appearance OF the German war sub
marine U-53, which preceded her raid
on allied shipping or Nantucket anu
In Vineyard Sound. Mr. Hall wac 90
years. old. His. wife and daughter
survive, 49,. rN -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
FRENCH BANKER HELD.
Accused Of Spreading Alarmist
Reports in Nantes.

PARIS, December 27.-The govern
mont IS not combining It's efforts in
REFRESHING false Communist reports
to the expulsion Of undesirable for
eigners. 1t was learned yesterday
that action had been taken against
a banker Of Nantes. who is declared
to have recently sent circulars to
some so Of his clients warning them
that conditions in France were criti-
cal; that Aniiens was in the hands Of
the Communists, and that a railroad
strike was imminent The banker
whose establishment is not Of the
first importance, Is officially charged
with propagating alarnist reports
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
RUSSIAN ARTIST DIES.
Leon Nicolaievich Bakst, Noted
Painter and Theatrical Desiener.

PARIS, December 27.-Leon Nico-
laievich Bakst, noted Russian painter
and theatrical designer, died at his
home here today, aged IS years. He
was educated in art at st. Petersburg
and Paris. AMI after working for a
time In Moscow settled in Paris. and
rapidly achieved popularity as a de.
sfgner for the stage. His chief fame
was won through his designs for the
setting of some Of the notable pro-
auctions of the Russian ballet. but h.
also was widely known as a portrait
painter and mural decorator. He WIS.,
tied the United States in 1929 and ex-
hibited a number of his paintings In
New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
u. S. Gutter Speeds
To North to SAGE
T,UO From, Freezing

The Coast Guard cutter Tampa
Is ploughing Northward through
ice and rough water on 2o0-mile
GRAND to Westport, Nova Scotia. In
an attempt TO rescne two fisher
men before the bitter cold Of the
northern Winter takes their lives.
The fishermen, natives of South
Addison. Me, were stranded on an
island off the Nova Scotia coast
when their frail fishing craft was
wrecked. They were reported to
Coast Guard headquarters here to-
day to be in a "pitiful plight" and
near death from freezing. Orders
were issued directing the Tampa
to go Immediately to the rescue
and she left her base of Boston
at dawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
HeIp II Asked for Jobless,

The aid Of every employer In the
District OF Columbia Is sought in a
drive being conducted by the Ministers
and Deacons' Union Of the District Of
Columbia and the American White
Cross, two colored organizations, to
secure work for the numbers who are
out Of work. A committee headed by
Bishop Isaiah p. Brooks, president OF
the Ministers and Deacons' Union, and
Rev. Simon P. W. Drew, president of
the White Cross Labor Bureau, has
been appointed to cooperate In OBJ
tanning the attention OF Washington
business men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
TWO MEN DIE IN FIRE.
Workers Hotel ledger Sacrifices
Life for Friend.

NORTH TONAwANDA, N. T, De-
cember 26.-Two men lost their lives
when fire swept through tho Wash
ington Hotel, q workmen's lodging
house, early today.
Paul Kabby made his way to the
street safely from the third floor, but
dashed back into the blazing building
when h. learned that his friend, Will
liam Smith, was missing. The charred
bodies were found, with arms clasped,
In Smiths room when hremen were
able to enter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
HIGH PRICES FOR BOOKS.
Shakespeare Folio Brings $4,000;
"Humor's Faces" $4,000.

Correspondents Of the Associated Press.
LONDON. November 3s.-The book
sales season has opened in London
with several rare editions offered at
auction. The chief OF these was q
copy Of the third folio Of Shake
speare's plays, which made a record
price of $4,000. A copy Of "Hunnor's
Antique Faces" q collection Of cpl
grams bearing the date 1905 and of
which only-one other copy 10 kaewn
to exist, brought $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

duction. amounting to 2h cents per
hour.
AS the amounts in the impounded
funds grew larger each year, interest
In the outcome Of the case, has in
creased proportionately among the
users OF electricity.
The amount which each individual
will have refunded will depend on
the amount Of current they have used
monthly during the past seven years.
One consumer, who has lived In an
apartment, figured out recently that
his refund would be about $50, IL the
impounding should stop at the present
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Two in Transfer List.

Capt. John r. Kaiser. U. S. Infantry.
at Annapolis. Nd, on leave of absence,
has been ordered to Hartford for duty
with the Connecticut National Guard.
and Sergt. Samuel Latsen, detached
enlisted mems list at Fort Humphreys,
Va, TO Philadelphia, for duty With the
Pennsylvania National Guard,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Col. Jewett Ordered to Manila.

Lieut.. Col. Henry c. Jewett, Corps
of Engineers, attached to the office
OF the chief of Engineers. War De-
partment, has been ordered to
Manila, P. l., and Lieut.. Col. Wilbur
willing, Corps OF Engineers, at Bos-
ton, to the Panama Canal Zone. for
duty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
BISHOP BOWS TO EDICT:
Presents Pontif1ca1 Documents &c
Argentine for Approval.

BUENoS AIRES, December 81
Bishop Boneo has sent to Foreign
Minister Gallardo for the govern
ment's approval the pontifical docu-
ments accrediting him as apostolic
administrator Of the Archdiocese of
Buenos Aires.
The bishop at first declined to COM
ply with this formality and a strained
situation between the Argentine gov
eminent and the Holy See appeared
imminent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
LONDONDERRY IS FLOODED.

BELFAST. December 27.-The streets
Of Londonderry. Irelands only walled
city, arc under water today in conse-
quence Of the torrentiai Christmas
rains. The food Is said to be the
worst In the city's history. The popu-
lation IL going about the streets in
tauntins cars and launches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

3second Death and Second Birth
will be the subject Of a lecture to be
given tomorrow, 8 pm. at United
Lodge of Theosophists, 1871 Is street.
Public invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

Community Service dance, $50
o'clock, at Pythian Temple. Free
dancing class, 1880 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
Resignation Accepted.

The resignation of First Lieut..
Ignatius L. Donnelly, U. S. Infantry,
has been accepted by the President to
take effect December 81, and the
Of Warrant Deer Luther
G. franklin at Atlanta Ga, to take
effect January s..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

DR.. Howard Temple Of st. Louis will
talk of Constructive Thinking" 8
o'clock, at League for the Larger
Life, 1923 K street. Public invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

Continued from First Page.)
Since that time, the matter has been
in the lower courts and a decision
has been expected recently.
Refund to Cover seven Years.
Although the company. during the
seven years of litigation, has only
been allowed to keep approximately s
cents per kilowat hour. consumers
have never stopped paying the 10-cent
rate. Therefore, the bills they receive
from February on, as result of the
settlement, will show a noticeable re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

TivoIi Pastime Club will give a
dance, 9 o'clock, private ballroom of
Arcade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TONIGHT,

The Amicitia Club Of Young Busl-
ness and Professional Woman's De-
partment, Y. w. G. A.. will give a
dance. 8 o'clock, at Blue Triangle
Hut, Twentieth and B streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

The executive board meeting Of the
District League of Pen Women Will
meet, 8 o'clock, at clubhouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

The National Fellowship Club will
give a get-acQuainted dance at the
Cairo. Strangers invited to attend
and get acquainted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

The d. G. League OF American Pen
Women's fellowship tea, scheduled
for this afternoon, has been postponed
until January 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27

West End W. c. T. U. will meet
Monday, 9 pm, at 2f13 street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-27
LIGHT RATE CUT TO III CENTS;
USERS TO GET BACK s3.O0O,O 900

Continued from First Page.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18

be so obviously concerned in prevent ing him from having an opportunity to prove his claims. To put it quite pointedfy, it is quite plain that they are very much afraid he can produce cheaper fertilizer at Muscle Shoals.
 This anti-Shoals propaganda is daily appearing in the public. prints, and while its real source is not indicated, it would be we'll to bear ir mind that when a competitives industry takes it upon itself to oppose movement such as this, itds far more likely that pri- vate interest, rather than the public good, is the prompting motive.
 While it must be admitted that much constructive good has been accom- plished among the farmers by the two organizations referred to in the way of soil improvement work, clearly defined line must be drawn between informative publicity matter and what is obviously biased propaganda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
 AN AERIAL. RUNAWAY

The giant dirigible Shenandoah, which has been speculatively regarded as the craft likely to be chosen to make the naval attempt to reach the North Pole in a single flight, broke away from its moorings late Wednes- { di6X and sped before the storm wind ina northeasterly direction. For a time naval officials despaired of the ships safety, but finally wireless mes sages came with assurances that it was under control and would soon beon it's way back to the station at Lakehurst,- New Jersey. While the parting of the anchor cables and rig gipg caused dismay among the station forces, that accident in no way indi- cates the unfitness or unwieldiness of the airship, while the fact that it was gotten under control by its crew though thus caught by surprise, shows that the design and equipment are su- perior to those of craft previously constructed. Whether it is sufficient lYtrustworthy to warrant it's use for Polar flight is open to debate.
 It should be remembered that the presidents order authorizing the use of naval craft for this flight did not specify the Shenandoah only, but any other dirigible. the navy department might choose. Several experienced ob servers have declared the Shenandoah unsuited for the flight and have urged the selection instead of a still larger and more powerful vessel of greater cruising radius which is now nearing completion. It is believed by some that, to send the Shenandoah would be to send crew to almost certain deatf and the vessel to destruction, whereas the new craft possesses advantages that would render the chances fal mSre favorable to success. The Pole has been a fixture for so many cen. fur1es that perhaps few months o1 delay would not materially affect the welfare of the world, and might add greater assurance of a return flight from the Pole to civilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
SOURCE OF THE OPPOSITION

One of the most conclusive reasons for believing that Henry Ford can pro- duce cheapeE fertGlizer at Muscle Shoals is to be found in the unswerv- ing opposition of the fertilizer inter- eststo the lease of the project to Mir. Ford. Ever since the proposal of MT. Ford was submitted to official Wash ington carefully yelled, but persiet- ently conducted, campaign of propa- xaa<ia has been directed against the proposi:1on, aLd tlere are times when the Fertilizer interests appear almost panicky over the possibility that the bid Of Mr. Ford fer the Muscle Shoals piant will be accepted.
 # TO perhaps a majority of people, the source of this anti-Shoals publicity is not apparent. It is not generally known that two big publicity organi- zasfons are maintained by the, two xAxincipal fertilizer associations of this SBuntry. Both of these organizations
 zaintain large staffs of experts, and fHeir propaganda work is well financed bk the two associations back of them. zkThes principal feature to be found i alt of this. propaganda is the con siStents denial that MT. Ford will be a6le fe produce cheaper fertilizer. If 2Eat Be true, then the fertilizer inter- 4Sts have nothing to fear, and it is sisssing strange indeed that they should
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
IN A FREE COUNTRY
(Dalhs Journal)

Every once in a while something occurs to make us doubt if this country is really as democratic as it claims to be. Senator Johnson S broadside against the administra- tion for supplying arms and ammu- milton to the Obregon forces in Mexico doesn't reawaken the doubt so much as does a report from Kan sas City that an old-fashioned per son was elected from restaurant in that town because he insisted upon drinking his coffee out of a saucer.
 To other diners in the restaurant this old-fashiOned persons indul- gence was objectionable. not only on the grounds of table etiquette, but because. as they alleged, he made a whistling noise as he drank and in blowing his coffee to cool it sprayed few of his fellow diners with the amber liquid. The of fender justified himself by the as- sertion that he liked to drink his coffee out of a saucer.
 With such cases before us we may ask what has become of the privileges which originally inhered to freemen? One by one they are being taken away, it would seem. Are we to become standard ized in all things? And who had the right to fix the standards? We have improved. we think, on the good old way of eating hot biscuits and syrup in combination-but is it such improvement as enhances the enjoyment of the eater?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
A GOVERNORS VISION

The governor of Kentucky has sub- mitted in his first message to the leg islature program that is concise and definite. He not only states explicitly the states needs and responsibilities, but outlines plan whereby such ob- legations may be financed. The pro- gram calls for better facilities for public schools, state institutions of all kinds, good roads and other projects of general public betterment. The proposed plan would call for bond issue of seventy-five million dollars, representing an indebtedness of two and half per cent. against the as- sessed valuation of the state. The governor assures his people that, if history repeats itself as in North Car olina, as direct result of the i'm proved roads and other public works, the property values of Kentucky would practically double in value be- fore the completion of the under taking. ~,
 Without going into detail with re- spect to the program, it suffices to say that nowadays states thrive and are prosperous in accordance with the vision and wisdom of their leadership. Modern progress is along certain defi- mite lines, and the welfare of any commonwealth demands that progress. It is everywhere perceived that an adequate system of good roads is an essential preliminary to the develop ment of natural resources, whether agricultural, mineral, industrial, com mercial, financial, intellectual or so- cial. Kentucky appears to have gu bernatorial leadership of the right sort, and the only doubt in anybodys mind is whether it's legislature will possess the intelligence necessary to bring to the state the prosperity with which its natural advantages could so freely endow it. There is hope that Kentucky will grasp her opportunity, if only for the beneficial effect her example will have upon her sister states, some of whom have not yet seen the light in all its clarity.