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Evening star., 1925-02-17
BY the Associa ted Press.

ny tHe hssociAte0 frcoo.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. February IL
Why Henry c. Koenemann. 81, for
merly shoe manufacturer. walk ed
away from his home In Philadelphia
one morning 26 years ago. changed
his name to Henry c. Schwenk and
came to Memphis. leaving no clue
behind through which An army OF de-
tectives could pick his trail. still re-
mains an impenetrable, profound
family secret.
But tho man was happy today
probably happier than he has been
for a quarter of a century. He heard
the cheery greeting OF his two boys
as they bent over his bed at local
hospital last night with a Hello.
dad" and smiled back at them with
a mutual recognition.
He had been mourned as dead after
a search of more than a year when
the police and constabulary of the
country had failed to strike a trail.
Henry c. Koenemann, jr., asso-
ciated with a Philadelphia cotton
firm, and Joseph G. Koenemann. a
sales representative. the sons. ar
rived in Memphis from the Quaker
City yesterday.
In Sufferer From Paralysis.
The father. suffering from an at
tack OF paralysis since last February
Q, was in n semi-stupor when the
sons reached the hospital. He didn't
quite understand. They did not press
the effort of recognition On the ia
theirs part. 1t was late In the after
noon when they returned. Hello.
dad!' they cried, bending over his
bed.
He peered first into the face of
Henry. ~, the older of the two boys.
Joe. the other son, bent still lower
The sick man scrutinized him closely
And then q smile broke across his
features.
You young scoundrels," he said
Evening star., 1925-02-17
INVESTIGATING BLASTS.
State Troops Probe Dynamiting i,
West Virginia Mine Fields.

PHILLPPI, W. Va, February IT,
Two dynamitings last night At tho
Moral mine Of the Bari Coal Co.
were being Investigated today by
State troopers on duty In this field
since q number Of companies an
nounced they would operate nom
union.
Ono explosion damaged the home
Of George Austin, general manager
and part owner Of tho company.
Later a blast rocked the home Of a
non union minor. Occupants of the
house were uninjured but suffered
from shock.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
DEFENDS WARREN
IN SUGAR ISSUE
Company Declares He Was in
Mexico When Deal Was
Made.

A general denial of the complaint
recently made against 1t by the Fed
eral Trade Commission has been filed
Sugar Company. of which Charles B.
Warren was an onhcial when he was
nominated by President Coolidge to
be Attorney General.
The company declared that its con-
tract with the Larrowe Milling Com
pany. which was the basis OF the COM
plant, was made in the course OF
routine business when Mr.. Warren
was in Mexico, and never came before
the board Of directors. II expressed
a perfect willingness to cancel the
arrangement II the commission de-
sires.
The commissions complaint. which
charged a conspiracy to suppress
campetition in the marketing OF beet
pulp. has been the reason advanced
for some OF the opposition to Mr..
Warren's confirmation as Attorney
General
In its reply the Michigan company
daclares It's contract with the Lar
rowe company was for one year only.
contained nothing OF an improper
character and Is about to expire. II
was asserted that the agreement was
made in the course Of ordinary busi-
ness. and that no great Significance
was attached by the Michigan COM
pany to the arrangement.
The Toledo Sugar Co.. which is
owned by the Michigan company. and
which also was named in the COM
missions complaint. has filed a re-
ply. saying II has no contract with
the Larrowe company. Both the
Michigan and Toledo concerns ad-
vised the commission they would not
contest any decree the commission
might care to make In the premises.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
REV. F. B. SAPP CALLED.
Former Capital Pastor Goes to Cum
berland, Nd, Church.

CUMBERLAND. Nd, February IT,
Rev. Finley B. Sapp has accepted the
call to the First Christian Church of
this city. rendered In cooperation
with the board Of Maryland, Della
ware and the District of Columbia
and the national board at St. Louis.
Mr.. Sapp is an alumnus OF Bethany
College Of West Virginia and has
served as pastor at Pine Bluff, Ark;
San Jose. Calf; Greenfield and Win
chester. Ind, and Washington, D. c.
He has served as State superintend-
ent Of missions In Washington and
Idaho and was for a number of years
superinte endent of the Dakotas on be-
half Of the national board. Mr.. Sapp
has Masonic connections at Washing
ton, D. c., and Fargo, N. Oak.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
SHOWS AT PRESS CLUB.
Movie Production Of Passion Play
VIII Be Given.

The famous F'reiburg Passion Play.
In q screen production just as II has
been rendered for more than three
centuries, will be presented at the
National Press Club tomorrow night
At 8:30 o'clock.
This production was recently given
4 private showing At the White
House. For many years efforts were
made to prevail upon the Passion
in movie form. It was not until re-
Gently that the consent was forth
coming.
Other attractions will include NJ
Camille Martin. Partisan pianist. The
evening will be 'ladies' night" At the
club. with dinner from to 7:3e
o'clock.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
Medical Officers Shifted.

at Carlisle Barracks, Pa, and this
city have been assigned to stations
a. follows: Maj. Roy r. Morris and
Capts Leroy d. SopAr, Cleve c. Odom
and Martin P. Hamrick, to Walter
Reed Hospital: Capt. Henry 8. Cole,
to Fort Eustis. Va: Capt. James g.
Hall, to Camp Meade, Nd; Maj. r.
e. Sheppard. to Fort D. A. Russell,
Wyo.. and MAJ. Darius G. Abshsr, to
Fort OEistseSpe, a.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
ARBITRATION OF CLAIM
REFUSED BY RUMANIA
Declines to Let Reparations Com.
mission Decide on Alleged
German Debt.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST. Rumania, February
17.-The Rumanian government, re-
to accede to Germany's suggest lon
that the reparation commi ssion de-
eide regarding the unsettled financial
differences arising out OF the Ger
man occupation of Rumania In 1917
Is.
The differences include c.00o.00o lei
(normally about $400.000.000) for cur
rency redemption, which Rumania
claims is outside the scope OF the
Dawes plan. and a separate liability,
for which Germany refuses to assume
responsibility.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
TRIBUTE TO DEAD MINERS.
$4,000 Persons Attend Rites for
136 Explosion Victims.

DORTMUND, Westphalia, February
ia throng estimated at 10000 at
tended the final obseQuies today OF
the 1876 workers who lost their lives
in the Stein mine explosion here last
week. Crowds lined the streets and
the bells In all the churches of the
city were tolled as the funeral pro-
cession passed to the cemetery. Dele
cations Of foreign miners unions fol-
lowed the hearses, which were COW
cred with flowers. The public busi-
ness ofiices OF the city and most of
the private homes displayed signs OF
mourning.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
SHINES MARKED TO DIE.
COMMUNIST TESTIFIES
Tells Of Plots in Trial Of 16 for
Bolshevist Conspiracy Held
at Leipzig.
BY the Associated Preas.

LEIPZIG. Germany, February IT,
At the continuation Of the trial of the
Is communists. alleged members of
the German "Cheka," Felix Neumann,
one OF the defendants, testified that
the late Hugo SHINES. Germany's pre-
mier industrialist, and Herr Won Bor-
sig, president Of the Metal Indus
trialists' Federation. were to have
been assaSsinated by the communist
terror group after they had put away
Gen. Won Seeckt, head OF the Reich
swehr. The plans were not carried
out, Neumann said. because he and his
associates received new orders to kill
alleged stool pigeons.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
ASKS FOR INJUNCTION.
Joseph Dorf Says Sigzuund's, Inc,
Broke Agreement.

1865 Seventh street. has asked the
District Supreme Court for an In.
junction against the corporation to
prevent 1t from purchasing for sale
In the upper store goods Of the quail
ity sold In the basement. Under his
agreement with the firm It was not to
sell goods OF the quality displayed in
the basement, he states. Dorf claims
that he has suffered tho loss Of
$4,000 BY reason OF alleged viola.
tions Of the agreement. Attorneys
James g. Easby-6mith and r. w. Hill,
jr., appear for tho plaintiff.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
MERCHANT, MISSING Is YEARS,
ANSWERS GREETING "HELLO, DAD"
Philadelphia Shoe Manufacturer Who Disappeared
and Changed Name Is Identified by His Sons
in Memphis Hospital.

affectionately. first patting Henry's
hand. you bet know you"
my boys" he said. proudly, turn
ing to q nurse at his side. Il am
just like your stubborn old grand
dad" he told the boys, and he at
tempted to relate a "reminiscences. but
his strength failed him. Attendants
at the hospital said they noted an
improvement In his condition last
night and the hope prevailed that
within a few weeks his strength may
permit his return to Philadelphia.
stubborn old man." say railroad
men with whom he has worked for
the past 12 or Is years. I'll say he's
stubborn" agreed his nurse.
Probably So" admitted the boys.
And in this trait probably lies the
secret of his mysterious disappear
ance from his business, his home and
his family.
Insurance Agent Solves Mystery.
E. L. Stidman, Investigator for an
insurance company, Is the man who
brought about a solution of the mys-
terry.
AS Henry c. Schwenk, the missing
man, carried a $4,000 policy with a
nationally known insurance company,
when Schwenk, as he was known
then, was believed to be dying at
the hospital, Mr.. Stidman instituted
search for the mans kin. He went
through all the old mans effects at
his home and found a tattered en-
velope with mourning border in
his trunk. On the back was scrib-
bled:
Henry c. -"
Joseph G. -"
There were two Philadelphia street
addresses opposite each name.
Mr.. Stidman communicated with a
representative of his company In
Philadelphia, who Investigated the
addresses and discovered the sons.
Evening star., 1925-02-17

In Scotland originated tho fancy
that q bride should be lifted over
the threshold Of her husbands home.
Otherwise some mishap would befall
her, either the evil eye or other
witch's charm. This custom was.
widespread, for II survived until COM
paratively recent times in the nerth
Of England,
Evening star., 1925-02-17
KLAN ENTERS CANADA.
Makes Formal Application for In.
corporation.

TORONTO, Ontario, February IT,
Representative Of the Ku Klux Khan
have made formal application for In.
corporation In Canada but have been
asked for further information as to
their aims and objects. Lincoln Goldie,
provincial secretary. said yesterday.
Registration papers granted to J.
r. Code, an attorney, were issued to
the Invisible Empire. Knights Of the
Ku Klux Khan, OF the Dominion OF
Canada, and the Hidden knights Of
the Midnight Sun Of the Dominion Of
Canada Code said he was acting for
c. Raymond Larson. an engineer, and
Carlton B. NcQoVan.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
WOMAN BANK OFFICIAL
HELD IN $4,000 THEFT
Actual Losses Of Rhode Island In
stitution May Reach as High
as 100000.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press
KINGSTON, r. l., February IL
Miss Maude E. Tefft, 3s, secretary ana
treasurer of the Kingston Trust Co,
was arrested last night. charged with
the embezzlement Of the nominal sum
Of $4,000.
Complete examination of the ac-
counts Of the bank has not yet been
made, but 1t Is thought that the
amount OF her alleged thefts may
mount as high as 100000.
The doors OF the bank will remain
closed this morning for the first tim,
in more than a century, IL was an
nounced.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
TEACHER IS HONORED
FOR PART IN PAY FIGHT
Services Of Mrs. Edith c. Paul in
Protest Against Rate for Sub
stitutes Are Recognized.

In recognition Of her servicee In the
interest OF tho District public school
teachers, especially tho nght now
being made against the new scale of
salaries adopted by the board Of edu-
cation for substitutes. teachers OF the
coIored schools yesterday presented
Mrs. Edith c. Paul, president Of the
Teachers Unions, with . testimonial Of
howera
A letter signed by Marie Madre
Marshall, Dorothy Pelham and 8. e.
Compton accompanied the flowers.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
COLLECTIONS ARE HALTED
Hagerstcvn Mayor Acts Against
Volunteers Of America.
Sp~ciai Dian. teh 70 The stas

Special Dfspatch TO The BtaF.
HAGERSTOWN. February 17.-De-
claring that Investigations he con-
Quoted in conjunction with the local
authorities had convinced him that
funds collected here for charitable
purposes had not been used to help
the needy. Mayor Charles e. Bowman
today ordered representatives Of the
Volunteers Of America to discontinue
soliciting funds here.
Evening star., 1925-02-17

high school pu-
pills weeks before
the formal publi-
cation of the de-
tails OF the second
contest. according
to Ruth Newburn.
who in the 1924
contest represent
ed the District of
Columbia and The
Star and won the
$1,000 8 e C o n d
prize.
Miss Newburn
Is now attending
George Washing
[ o n University,
and IL specialize
ing In English.
o. A. -
Evening star., 1925-02-17

In front Of the apartment houses In
Spanish cities 1t 10 no unusual thing
to see three young men standing side
by side In the street. looking up and
pouring out impassioned protesta-
aoof.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
INTENSE INTEREST
IN |NCONTESTFOUND
Ruth NeWbun Cites Interest
in Coming 0ratoricaI Event
in Capital.

Tho mere information that the ma
tional oratorical contest on the Con-
stitution would be repeated this
spring created intense interest among
Evening star., 1925-02-17
FOREIGN.
(s an, Greenwich time. today)

So greatly does Switzerland depend
on its visitors that the revival last
season OF tourist tranic brought 4
glow Of property to the entire coun-
Evening star., 1925-02-17

II you nssd work, read the want
columns Of The Star.
Evening star., 1925-02-17
Under Police Chief.

An amendment to the bill now pro-
vides that he can only prescribe PEN
alties OF 10 days. he cannot take q
permit away from a motorist unless
for violation and conviction of a traf-
40 law. and the motorist may appeal
from his decision. and he Is to be a
subordinate official to the chief of
police.
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts,, In
introducing the amendment to put the
new ohcial under the police depart
ment. said that he did not believe that
there should be a separate division
created to handle trafnc.
This bill, he said, Seeks to
establish another bureau IN. tho seat
of the Government here IA the Dis.
trict. 1t proposes the creation Of q
separate Office and q separate bureau
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
PRISON RECORD Is
ONLY REQUIREMENT
FOR NEW COLLEGE

WASHINGTON, Sept, 5. - A
prison record is the one and only
qualification necessary for enrolment
in washingten's newest university.
This unique institution is being
founded by e. z. budding, superin-
tendent of the Prisoners Relief So
ciety and himself an ex-convict. II
will be known as Letha Watts Mem
orial university, in honor of the one
woman who stood by budding follow
ing his release from the West Vir-
ginia penitentiary where he served
four years for manslaughter.
A class in stenography and type
writing the first unit, is already in
existence. The students" are busy
typing circular letters describing the
school and soliciting financial assist
ance
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
COLORADO STREET
GRADING is ASKED

Twenty-Five property owners petit
toned the city Saturday to grade and
gravel Colorado street, between LON
brano and Granada streets.
For a distance of two blocks the
street is almost impossible, especially
after rains, and it is damaging our
automobiles" the petitioners asserted.
The request will be referred to PAU
Steffler. street commissioner.
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s. A.FACT0R'::E : !; !: !: =:
VI u U rsus,
NAL
|SLARGEST :. !: !; : :
ie.
IN SOUTH !: !:
Hs ~~~s /
Big Company Is Reporte'
to Have Acquired
Business as Branch.

Sale Of the Southern Ice and Coli
Storage Company, Frio and Durango
streets, to r. w. Morrison of Sar
Antonio, for a consideration under
stood to have been between $650,0Ot
and $750,000, was confirmed by S. A
Clark, secretary of the ice company
Saturday. 1t is understood that Mr.
Morrison was acting for a holdin,
company in the DEAL. but officials o
the ice company refused to deny OF
confirm the report.
Mr.. Morrison and Messrs. I. V
Lawson, former manager of the ict
company, were out of the city Sat
urday and could not be reached.
The Southern Ice and Cold Stor
age Company is the largest ice and
cold storage plant in the entire South
Mr., Clark stated, having capacity
of 300 tons of ice daily, and the
largest cold storage facilities of any
plant south of the Mason-Dixon line
Reports in San Antonio are to thu
effect that the same holding compan!
which recently acquired electric and
ice plants in Cuero, Victoria, Cola.
and other Texas cities, was the pu
chaser of the local company.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
'ELEFANT' FALLS
INTO HANDS
Of LAW
Animal Arrested for Parad-
ing Through Streets With
out Official P ermit.

Elephants in the Breckenridge park
zoo probably never heard of The Lost
World" thrilling cinema spectacle
which opened Saturday at the Palace
theater and will be shown during the
ensuing week, but one of the big fell
lows tramped the streets of the city
Saturday afternoon to tell the resi-
dents that the big picture of the
year. has arrived.
The heavyweight of the zoo wasn't
at all pleased when his parade through
the city was brought TO an abrupt end
at the police station, where his care
taker was arrested and forced TO make
bond before he was liberated.
Only the limited size of the Jail
probably saved Mr.. Elephant from be-
ing incarceratcd.
ELEPHANT PARADES
1t all started when the management
of the Palace theater decided upon the
novel stunt to advertise The Lost
world"
The Lost World was people by
prehistoric monsters of immeasureabic
size" refSoDnd the manager. why
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
realms in Factory Rebuilt PIAN0-P PLAYERS
$ MEX I,LE

NEW YORK, Sept. ga picked
herring is nothing out of the or
binary, but a souscd whale is news.
1t is a whale of a tale, as you might
say.
Passengers who arrived yester-
day on the Italian liner Presidents
Wilson are responsible for the story.
Four days out from Lisbon, they
said. a whale flirting with the ship,
rolling its eyes and otherwise disport-
ing itself.
Growing more aftectionate the
mammal snuggled close to the boat,
nudgcd the iron sides with its nose,
and then, with n flippant gesture of
its tail, splashcd away.
Passengers said the whale had i'm
hibed too deeply of bootleg liquor
dumped off the rum boats.
This was denied, however. by per-
sons who have sampled bootleg stuff.
If the whale had been drinking
hooch, they said. it would have chewed
the propeller off the ship.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
IN the week with .
lures, followed winner:
as the week dray
Ing Ing to- to the The re chnroo
part of III -
p'iidd1sssyemg Drunk

.. HSHIS.
"sSu don't appreciate an
Irishman."
A eO-year.old man thus ex-
pressed himself when employees
of the sheriff's office refused to
give him money to buy dinner
Saturday.
"If you appreciated the worth
OF an Irishman you would buy
him food, and you'd help him
satisfy his thirst" the exasper-
ated man declared.
ut seems that your thirst has
already been abundantly salts.
fed" Deputy Sheriff Toscano
said, as he escorted the 1unin-
vited guest from the office.
While en- route to Justice Of
the Peace Boitz's office with
Deputy Toscano the man made
several Intellectual efforts to butt
his head against hssI walls Of
the courthouse.
The man faces a charge Of
being drunk.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
HE Who HESITATES ISSAVED
San ANTONIAN BELIEVES NOW

Pedraza told them he was going out
South Flores Street.
I'VE are headed that way, jump in
and we will give you lift" they said
He accepted. They drove out South
Flores Street. As they approached
Cevallos Street the car was spccdcd
up and they turned down that street
before Pedraza could object. Where
Cevallos crosses San Pedro creek the
car was stopped.
Give us your money" one OF the
men said to Pedraza, drawing gun
He did so. and when they told him to
get out Of the car he again complied
with their order. The men drove
away rapidly.
He did not report the affair until
Saturday when he saw the men on a
downtown street. He called an Off
Ger. but the men had seen him and
sped away.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
RANKS THINNING,
VETS MAY DISBAND

NEW YORK. Sept. 3. = Because
their ranks are dwindling on account
Of deaths and because surviving mem
bers are getting too old 10 attend
meetings Of the Tenth Legion, New
York Veteran Volunteers, has been
called by President Thomas d. Col
Inns TO DO held at the State Armory
in Middletown, n. Y. 10 discuss dis
banding the organization.
The association is composed Of
Civil War veterans Of the Fifty-sixth
Volunteer Infantry, the Seventh and
Eighth Independent batteries and the
First Regiment OF Mounted Rifles. Al
the units were recruited in New York
state during the rebellion.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
CLOSING OF ALLEY
B BANNED BY LAW

The Beacon. Lumber Company will
not be permitted to close Banner
street. an alley upon which its build
ings abutt.
A ruling handed down Saturday BY
City Attorney Joseph Ryan stated
that a thoroughfare could not be
closed to the public if in any in
stance in the past an AUDITING prop
erty owner had protested such action.
There has been objections and III
make my recommendations according
to the city attorneys ruling at the
council meeting Tuesday" Street
Commissioner Paul Steffler said.
A petition to close the alley was
received last week.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06

That "hc who hesitates is lost" is a
false doctrine is the profound belief OF
Antonio Pcdraza, 65, Ill North Colo
RADIO Street.
Had he hcsitated. when two oblising
motorists offered to take him home in
their automobile Friday night he
would not have been robbed of 81.
The next time accommodating mo-
torists offer me lift I am going to
hesitate until they get disguised and
move on he told officers.
PcdraZa was standing at Soledad
and Commerce streets waiting for a
street car when two we'll dressed,
prosperous looking men, drove up to
the curb in an automobile. He was
holding a s. bill and two 81 bills in
his hand. The Lien saw the money.
They asked:
Which way are you going, broth
err"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
CLUB PADLOCKED
BY COURT ORDER

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-A 30-day
paddock decree yesterday was con-
scented to By George Wolf, attorney
for the Club Vogue. at No. 90 East
Fiftieth street. shortly after notice OF
the governments action had been
served.
Mr.. Wolf called at the office Of As
sistent United States Attorney Fred
eric C. BcllinEer, said the club man
agement would be changed and thas
steps would be taken to prevent yio-
lations of the prohibition law in the
future.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
4S BLAZES CAUSED
BY LIGHTNING In
NORTHERN FORESTS

REDDING, Cal, Sept. Slight
ming was responsible for As forest
fires in Trinity and five similar fires
in Shasta county. Forest rangers
and fire fighters are today engaged
in a desperate battle to check the
flames, which are raging over an
extensive section of territory.
The fires in Shasta county were
under control today. All tourists are
being halted by the rangers and are
assisting in the fire fighting.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
CALL MEET OF CITY
PLANS COMMISSION

Charles Graebner, acting chairman
of the City Plans Commission, has
called a meeting of the commission for
II o'clock Tuesday morning. The
nominating committee. appointed at
the meeting last Tuesday, will make
a report and the election of perma-
nent chairman is expected.