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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
TYP|ST HAD
FEAR Of
GOING
DEAF
Police Quiz Friends of Dead
Girl, Who Throw New Light
on Mystery.

That impending total deafness
caused Miss Eva Long, pretty
Government stenographer, Of 1929
Church street northwest, to kill
herself was the opinion of head
quarters detectives expressed to-
day.
Information that Miss Long had
become respondent came into pos
session Of the detectives today
following the discovery that Miss
Long formerly roomed at oil
Massachusetts avenue northwest
with two girl friends.
A daughter Of the proprietress
Of the rOOming house, Mrs. Made
line Daniels, called at detective
headquarters and told the detec-
tives that Miss Long was greatly
depressed at the impending afflic-
ton.
VIII Quiz Her Friend.
The detectives are now seeking
to learn from friend Of Miss Long
living at the Cumberland apart.
ments. Fourteenth street and Mas.
sachusetts avenue northwest, wheth.
Ter or not Miss Long had ever inti-
mated that she meant to end her
life.
Policeman William A. Link, of
the Third precinct, at whose home
Miss Long lived, said that she had
left there Friday evening to attend
school At Eighteenth and streets
NORTHWEST ShA was planning to
visit her home In Washington state
this spring, and had received a
draft for $500 from bes parents Tor
that purpose.
James Cole, 1867 MERIDIAN staset
northwest, Parker Armed, iaae CD
street northwest, and Hylnan yxase.
1879 Holmead street northwest <.as
covered Miss Longs body. nhey.
Uniformed the park police and the
body was taken to the MOrgue.
Description Tables.
When Policeman Link later on
reported that Miss Long was miss
ing from her home the description
he gave tailed With that of the
young woman. lie quickly idonti.
fled her at the Aorgue.
Link said that Miss Long wore a
hat and carried pocketbcok when
she left home. Neither OF these
articles have been found, and It Is
believed that they were lost when
Miss Long was first attacked at a
spot far from th~ Tidal Basin.
DIR. Herbert tyn, deputy coro.
ner, will pc - Z. s1AutOpsy on
Miss Longs body some time today. q
and will make a report Of his find
ings to the coroner's Jury which
will be at the Morgue at o'clock.
Another argyle that isbeinR gone
into Ia whether or not robbery was
the N we. The Detectives say
that seine ono may have learned
that Miss Lonk had received a
> $500 draft and ~ MD "a rob her
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Slaton had declared was no issue
in the case.
Mrs. Byfield, Atlanta beauty.
charged in her suit that Gambler
attacked her on board the steamer
Berengaria in 1922, while they were
en-. route to Europe. This attack.
she alleged, caused bodily injury
which necessitated an operation for
premature child birth. Expert medi.
cal testimony was presented to sub-
stantiate her claims.
Gambler. In presenting his de.
Tense. answered her charge by de-.
clairing the whole affair was a
plot between Mrs. Byfield and her
husband to compel him to give
them o large sum of money"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
WEATHER

Rain and snow this after
noon and tonight; Tuesday
fair; no change in tempera-
ture; lowest temperature to-
night near freezing; fresh
east Shifting to west winds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
RICH GOLD DEPOSITS ARE
FOUND IN SOUTH AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,
March 1O.--The famous Lost Main
Reef, which is believed to be u
new Rand, has been located near
Krugersdorp.
Investigation has proved 1t rich
in gold deposits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
TURKISH PARLIAMENT
TAKES CALIPH'S DUTIES

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 10
Mutapha Kemal Pasha today sent
a letter to the Moslems in India
saying the Turkish parliament will
administer the duties previously
performed by the Caliph.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
Given DIPLOMATIC Post.

Stanley Hawks, former chief Of
State Department, today was an.
pointed third secretary Of the Amer.
lean Legation at Warsaw. Poland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
81 DEAD ARE TAKEN FROM
CASTLE GATE MINE

CASTLE GATE Utah, March 10-Nine No. g. Of the Utah
Fuel Company here which transformed into SHAMELESS
hy terrific explosion today continued to give its dead
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
MRS. BYF|ELDLOSES$1OO,0OO
SUIT AGAINST GAMBLER

DECATUR, Ca. March 10.-Mrs. Clyde Byfed, Atlanta
beauty today lost her 100000 damage suit against Walter
Gambler when the jury returned verdict in favor of the
millionaire She charged bodily injury and assault while
in 1922.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-10
Dutch Royalty in Spain.

MADRID, March 16.--The Prince
Copsort Of Holland. husband of the
Queen. was received in audlence to-
day by King Alfonso.
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High Court to Recess.

The Supreme Court of the United
States announced today it would
take recess from March II to
April Z.
Evening star., 1924-11-15
COURT DENIES PLEA
Of MABEL NORMAND
Actress Barred From Intervention
in Church Divorce Suit.
Naming Her.
By the Associsted Press.

Los ANGELES. Calf November
1o.-Mabel Norrnand. motion picture
actress, was denied the right to in
tervene in the divorce suit brought
by Georgia w. Church against Nor
man W. Church. in an opinion hand
ed down by Superior Judge Hartley
Shaw here yesterday.
Miss Normands petition to inter-
Nene was filed because of allegations
in Mrs. Church's complaint to the ef-
feet that Church and the film actress
drank together and indulged in rath-
er informal visits at the hospital
where both were patients for time.
In denying the petition Judge
Shaw stated that Miss Normand's in
terest in the Church divorce case
seemed TO center. mot in the success
or failure Of either party" but in
the suppression of unfavorable pub
licity which she has received"
Miss Nornand's 100000 slander
suit against Mrs. Church. recently
filed as an outgrowth of the divorce
case. also was subjected TO attack
yesterday when the defendant filed
4 demurrer asking dismissal of the
case on the ground that the actress
complaint did rot contain facts con-
stituting sufficient cause OF action.
Evening star., 1924-11-15
DOHENY LOAN HELD
ACT OF FRIENDSHIP
Hogan Says Oil Magnate Was
0ld-Time Comrade of Sec
retary Fall.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, November 1.-The
little black satchel" of the Senate
oil investigation still loomed promi-
nently on the stage of the Govern
ment's Elk Hills lease cancellation
suit as arguments were resumed in
Federal Court today, but it was play
ing a dual role.
Because it once contained 100000
in currency loaned by +. l.. Doheny
to former Secretary of the Interior
Albert Is. Fall, the little satchel be-
came a symbol of the Governments
allegation that the leases and con-
tract IL seeks to annul were obtained
from Fall for Dohenys Pan-Ameri-
can Petroleum and Transport Com
pany by conspiracy and fraud.
Act of Friendship.
But yesterday Frank j. Hogan,
opening arguments for the defense
dragged the much discussed satchel
into court as a battering ram to de-
moiish the Governments case. Pic
turing the 80 years of friendship that
preceded Doheny's loan to Fall, the
hardships they endured together as
prospectors, the natural sympathy
which the more prosperous of the
two must have felt for his less for
tunate friend, Hogan declared that
the 100000 loan was "a personal
transaction impelled by impulses as
fine as any that ever actuated human
action.
Does a bribed official give or send
Evening star., 1924-11-15
KENTUCKY RIOT SUSPECT
fLEES. BUT is RETAKEN
Alleged Rinsleader and Two Others
Held Under Bond in Race
Disturbance.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HARRODSBURG. Ky. November 10.
While being taken from the court
house to the county Jail late yester-
day, G. a. Ferris, Knoxville. Tenn,
alleged ringleader in rioting at Dix
River Dam Sunday night. who was
ordered held for the grand jury under
$500 bond, broke from guards and
ran two blocks before he was recap
tured.
Carl Headerlight and A. Burns. also
were held for the grand jury yester-
day. following examining trials be-
fore County Judge 3. c. Alin. Bonds
was fixed at $1,000 each. Cases Of six
other men also charged with parti-
cipation in the rioting, in which ne
gro workers were driven from a con-
struction camp at the dam after Ed
ward Winkler was slain by negro
highwayman, were dismissed
Preliminary arraignment of two ne
groes held as suspects in Wrinkles
Staying was continued until next
week.
Evening star., 1924-11-15
LAPLAND CUSTOMS
RELATED BY FISHER
Life of Nomads of Scandi-
navia's Frozen North De-
scribed at Lecture.

If you should call on LAapp, up
in Scandinavia's frozen North. don't
bother to knock on the door OF his
kata, or tent, the dogs will have
announced you.
When you are chatting with the
head of the Lapp family don't ask
him how many reindeer he owns
that would be equivalent to asking
an American how much money he
publish income tax returns in Lap
land.
And if you call around when the
lady OF the house is throwing large
quantities of matted twigs out the
door, that doesn't mean she Is break
ing up housekeeping-she probably
is only making a weekly change Of
carpet.
Finds Many Flowers.
These, and many other curious and
interesting things about the little
known, nomadic. short-statured
Laps, whose home ranges across
northern Norway Sweden and Finland,
were related to members of the National
Geographical Society last evening at the
New Masonic Temple. by G. Clyde
Fisher.
DR.. Fisher gave the first showing
OF the most comprehensive motion
pictures and Photographic studies yet
made Of the land of the reindeer"
In their cold country. sometimes as
cold as 20 degrees below zero. he
found variety of beautiful flowers
orchids. yellow mountain violet and
wild geraniums among them-and
also the English sparrow and the
starting.
Great Coffee Drinkers.
The speaker pointed to the resem-
blance of the Lapp's name for their
tent-like homes, "kata." to our word
cottage He said they are a kindly,
somewhat reserved, and hospitable
people. They have among them men
OF considerable wealth, as Gauged by
their reindeer herds, and they are
sending their children 10 schools. So
far they have developed but one au-
thor-he has been granted an an
nuity by the Swedish government and
his books are being translated into
several languages.
The Lapps are great coffee drinkers
They use fishscales TO settle their
coffee, as we do the whites OF eggs
They use goats milk; and they EN-
ploy dried reindeer milk when they
go on their journeys. They wander
about in their own cline. above the
Arctic Circle. but they have never
sought a. warmer habitat.
They live in a land of austere
beauty, many lakes, rivers and water
falls and majestic mountains with
hanging glaciers. The most remark
able bird in their locality Is the tern
which makes the longest round trim
migrations of any bird in the world
Evening star., 1924-11-15
CALLS CHARGE ABSURD.
Museum of Art Head Says Vigo-
roux Made False Statements.

NEW YORK, November l0.--Robert
". De Forest, president OF the Met
ropoIitan Museum of Art, has char
scteri7ed as absurd and imma-
terial' the charges made by Jean
Visoroux, former employe Of the
late C. j. De Motto, the New York
and Paris art dealer, that certain
gothic statues sold by De Motto to
the Metropolitan are not authentic.
ViEoroux made the charges in the
Paris court, where he was found
guilty of breach Of trust in his deal
Ing with De Motto.
Mr.. De Forest, in statement is
sued at the museum. said that part
OF Vigoroux's testimony, as con-
tanned in dispatches from Paris, that
yigoroux had to pay money to in
termediaries through whom he got
in touch with the museum, in order
to make the sales, was utterly false.
"Our museum welcomes Mr..
De Forest said, investigation Of any
object in it's collections. We per-
fectly realize that even the highest
expert judgment may sometimes be
erroneous. We will be glad to in
vestigate any charge relating to the
authenticity Of anything in our col
1ections, if made by a responsible
person"
Evening star., 1924-11-15
SIGN HEALTH CODE
FOR TWO AMERICAS
Representatives in Havana
Affix Names to International
Measures.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, November 1o.-The pan
American sanitary code, designed to
make effective international measures
for protecting public health. was
signed yesterday by the representa-
tives of the Is American governments
attending the Pan-American Sanitary
Conference. The code standardizes in
spection and sanitary measures at
ports and border stations of the coun-
tries.
1t was signed in treaty form, sub
ject to ratification by each govern
ment. 1t was decided to meet in Lima
Peru, next year. DR.. Carlos Il. Paz
Soldan of Peru was chosen president.
The report on infectious diseases and
hygiene, setting forth measures recon-
mended for the prevention and treat
ment of disease, also was approved.
Last night the delegates were guests
at banquet at the Havana Country
Club. No more sessions will be held
until the formal closing tonight, when
President Zayas and other officials will
be present.
Evening star., 1924-11-15
Wild Ducks, Seeking
Water, Land in Oil
Tanks, Meet Death
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHREVEPORT, La. November
1o.-The drouth in Louisiana is re-
sulting in the death Of thousands
of wild duck, in a manner unusual
North Louisiana is dotted with
giant earthen tanks, in which is
stored crude oil from the Arkansas
and Louisiana fields. with most
of the small lakes and marshes
dry and minor streams little more
than brooks, ducks arriving from
the North are mistaking the oil
tanks for water and alighting in
them. They never rise again, for
the thick oil permeates their
feathers, making it impossible for
them to fly. Thousands are sue
cumblns in the tanks, while others,
after struggling to the edges, flop
over to the ground and die.
Similar conditions existed on the
Ouachita River two years ago
when the stream was covered with
waste oil from the Arkansas field.
The ducks upon settling in the
water were covered with the oil.
Residents captured many and at
tempted to wash away the oil with
gasoline and other fluids. but the
remedy in every instance resulted
fatally.
Evening star., 1924-11-15
RAISE NEARLY HALF
OF ROCHESTER u. FUND
Opening Dinner of Drive for So.
100000 Brings Announcement
of 81, 100000 in Gifts.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ROCHESTER, N. Y, November To-
At the opening dinner last night of
500 community workers in the $I0,-
100000 campaign for the Greater Uni
versity of Rochester gifts were an
nounced OF s2,500.0oo from George
Eastman and S1,000.0oo from the Cen
eral Education Board of New York
Announcement was also made yester-
day that the alumni of the university
nearly reached their goal of $1,000,
600.
Among the largest subscriptions
from graduates are those of Joseph
T. Alling, president of the Alling and
Cory Company Of this city, for $780,
900: Dr. John P. Mum Of New York
president of the United States Life
Insurance Company, $4,000; Lemuel
W. Bowen Of Detroit, treasurerLef D.
NJ. Ferry & Company, $4,000; Charles
A. Brown, attorney Of CAicago, $780,
600, and Albert H. Harris of New
York, vice president Of the New York
Central Railroad, $4,000.
Evening star., 1924-11-15
NON-UNION MINERS QUIT
AT UNION-OWNED MINE
12o Walk Out at Brotherhood of
Engineers Colliery-Stone De-
clines Statement.
b. the Associated Press.

br Ch6 Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. November To-
One hundred and twenty non-union
miners employed in the Brotherhood
and Premier mines Of the Coal River
Collieries Company, which is owned
by members of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers, are on strike,
1t was announced here last night by
Samuel Pascoe. Ashland, Ky, district
official Of tho United Mine Workers
of America.
At the Office of Warren S. Stone.
president OF the brotherhood, and
chairman of the board of directors
Of the Coal River Company, it was
said no statement would be made.
Mr.. Stone recently issued q state
mont that miners at the pits had ac-
cepted cooperative method of pay
ment whereby they became stockhold-
ers in lieu of payment of the miners
union wage scale.
According to Mr.. Pascoe, the men
quit work Monday after a meeting
held by Percy Tetlow, special repre-
sentative Of President John L. Lewis
OF the International Mine Work ers'
organization They are now being
maintained by the union in the vi
cinity of the mines, Mr.. Pascoe said
Mr. Pascoe and three other miners
union officials are here to interest
the Cleveland labor movement in the
controversy between Mr. Stone and
the miners.
Evening star., 1924-11-15
AGENT CONVICTED
IN ART FAKE CASE
Vigoroux Penalized by Paris
Jury for FaIsifying De Motto
Productions in U. S.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. November 15.-Jean Vigor-
oux, who had been on trial for
several days charged with breach OF
trust in connection with his duties
as representative in New York for
the late Joseph De Motto, an art
dealer. was found guilty yesterday
by a jury in the Assizes Court.
The jury in its verdict found there
were eXtcnuating circumstances.
ViEoroux, who had charged that
various art objects he had sold In
tho United States for De Motto were
spurious, was sentenced to one month
In Jail and TO pay 4 hne OF % francs
and S3,775. as damages to the Dc
Motto family.
The Jury refused 10 believe that
spurious antiques were manufactured
by De Motto. and in the courtroom
the finding was regarded as a vim
dication of the judgment of American
art purchasers, as the entire case
against Vigorous hinged upon three
sales the defendant made in the
United States
Articles Held Genuine.
These were a statue of the apostle
ST. Paul, purchased by the Metro
politan Museum In New York Tor
$4,000; a head of Christ, in stone,
sold TO Hawley W. McLanahan or
Philadelphia for $1,000, and a statue.
Virgin and Child" sod to Mr.
Winthrop of New York for s'.ooe.
The verdict also was considered as
refutins charge made BY Deputy
Psul Roncour. French delegate to
the League of Nations. during ms
pIea as attorney for the defendant
that Americans know more about
selling hogs in Chicago than they
do about French art.
The Jury was loath TO believe
Visoroux's statement that New YORK
men -about-town" would accept
.'left-handed commissions for when
they were unwilling to take respon.
sibility. The trial. however. snordeo
opportunity TO Count Boni de Castel-
Ian. tn appear as a witness and testi-
fv that 1.-THE acceptance of commits
sions for sales of antiques by noble
men Of the world is d quite common
occurrence"
Deputy Andre Paissant. who ap-
peared as attorney for the Denote
interests. told the jury that while
Count Roni wears fine Walstcoat
and a sweet red rose i'll his button
hole. his testimony must be taken at
its face value.
Nisorcux was considered by those
who listened to the testimony TO have
failed in his boast that he would eX-
pose a great number Of fake WORKS
OF art \ letter written by him to
Joseph Brett the Gothic art expert
OF tho Metropolitan Museum OF Art,
was produced III court. This letter
in which NisorouN wrote that tine
statue which l sold you is Of Suaran-
teed thenticity." made great I'M
preston upon the jury and serves to
cast doubt on the defendants loud
and oft-repeSted statements in the
court that the statue in the Metro
politan Museum was spurious.
Evening star., 1924-11-15
for Week,
Gets Home to See
His Corpse There
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, November 15.-A
strange case Of mistaken identity
was revealed here yesterday when
Patrick J. McDonough returned to
his home after a weeks absence
to find his family mourning him
as dead and gathered about the
body of q stranger.
The body had been identified as
that of McDonough at the city
morgue yesterday by Ray B. Nc
Donough, a son, and also by a
nephew. The body is now be
lieved to be that of James Jones,
a resident of a local hotel. The
man had died of heart disease
last Tuesday at local hospital.
After McDonoughs joyous re-
union with his family, the body
of the stranger again was re-
moved to the morgue, where ofYi-
cials declared 1t the most unusual
case of mistaken identity within
their memory
Evening star., 1924-11-15
SUGAR STRIKE SPREADS.
Cuba Threatens to Deport Foreign
Labor Agitators.

HAVANA, November 15.-Reports
received here say that the strike Of
sugar mill workers in eastern Cuba
is spreading. Under protection of
rural guards work has been resumed
in the Palma mill, in Oriente Prov
ince, owned by former President
Menocal.
The statement is made in govern
ment circles that unless the trouble
in the sugar mills is settled speedily,
all foreign labor agitators will be
deported
Evening star., 1924-11-15
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra, Stanley
Hall, this evening at 5:45
o'clock, John S. M. thinner
mann. bandmaster.
March, Our Sammies,"
Fandersloot
Overture, Light Cavalry"
Suppe
Two Hindoo Pictures
(a) approaching and Pass
ing II Hindoo Temple"
tb) THE Shepherdess of the
Himalayas" ...... Hansen
Scenes from grand opera
Faust" (request) =. .Gounod
Fox trot, Il Wonder Whose
Dancing With You Tonight"
Herndon
Waltz suite, The Imperial"
Eilenberg
Finale, Where the Lazy
Daisies Grow" Friend
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1924-11-15
Woman browns in Rain Barrel
peeial Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PARkERSBURG, ". Va, Novem-
her lo.-Mrs. Mary Startling, aged II.
committed suicide at her home. near
here, by drowning in a rain barrel
She had been in A depressed state
for some time. She sold her home
at Rockland about six months ago
and recently purchased the home
where her death occurred
Evening star., 1924-11-15

Mrs. Espa Stanford. the first woman
to serve as private secretary to a
Texas governor, now enjoys the ad-
ditionaI distinction Of being the first
woman member Of the Texas indus
trial accident board. AS reward
OF her faithful work as secretary
Gov. Neff has appointed Mrs. Stanford
10 the State industrial accident board.
Tho appointment is for four years,
with a salary Of $4,000 per annum
Evening star., 1924-11-15

to the briber promissory note in
return for the bribe?" he asked. "Or
il the note given Doheny by Fall
was an evidence of guilt, is there
any reason why Doheny should have
preserved it when a match from a
penny box could have obliterated for
all time any evidence of a bribe?"
Hogan expected to conclude his
argument TODAY.
Evening star., 1924-11-15
Charity at Home.
From Life.

Small Natalie was picking over her
toys to fill a basket for some poor
children. Suddenly she held up a lit
tie book.
Mother" she cried. here's 'Aesop's
Fables, May ! give il away? Any
little child would just love it. l
hate it"
Evening star., 1924-11-15
DIES IN 8-STORY FALL.
Man Repulses Girls Effort to Stop
Leap.

Leap.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Novem-
Der 15.-Joseph Hay, so years old,
formerly of New York City, met in
slant death here yesterday when his
body crashed against the pavement
from the eighth floor OF an office
building. Office girls, who believed
he was acting without due consider
alton, sought to restrain him from
approaching an open window. He re-
pulsed them, and while they went into
adjoining offices for help the tragedy
took place.
Hay had lived here a number OF
years. operating in real estate. He
was reputed to be wealthy. He WAS
ezra tic In temperament and had spent
considerable time in hospitals for
nerve trouble.
Evening star., 1924-11-15

Twelve inches for those who like
extreme fashions, 9 and 10 for the
more conservative, is the length of
the women's skirts at present.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-05-16
Georges VieU

George, age seven. and his aunt
were walking homeward when an
April rain cloud appeared. Georges
aunt hustled him rapidly toward shell
ter, but after a few rumbles on thun-
der the clouds passed over. Soon an
other small cluster of clouds ap-
peared. The aunt, renewing her
speed for home, asserted: II wonder
where those clouds are goingT'
George, being vexed from the proceed
ing rush, quickly replied: 81 think
they are going TO thunder"