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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
GERMANY HAS BAN
ON RAP|ER DUELS
Death of Student in Bout
Leads to Decision Pastime
Is Unlawful.
By the Associated Press.


BERLIN, January 4. - Dueling
with rapiers, a favorite prewar pas
time of German student fraternities,
has been declared unlawful by the
Supreme Court of Leipzig which, up
holding the Federal Courts decision
Of last year, pronounceS 1t combat
with deadly weapons"
Consequently the recent trial of the
law student, Gerhard kruSchke, ac-
cused of causing the death of his ad-
versary and friend, Walter Beer, in a
duel, assumed unusual significance.
Students with the characteristic facial
scars thronged the courtroom and a
number of medical and academical
experts were subpoenaed.
The proceedings revealed that
Kruschke and Beer, who were friends,
had fought a duel merely in a sport
ing spirit and that KruSchke's rapier
had entered his opponents body be-
tween the deranged quilted protector
causing his death.
The eminent surgeon, Prof. August
Bier. and Prof. Zeller of the Char
lottenburg Polytechnic, testified that
fencing with broadswordS or rapierS
was only another form of sport which
they held to be even less dangerous
than boxing. Notwithstanding this,
the court agreed with the prosecuting
attorney, and sentenced the unlucky
swordsman to five months imprison-
ment in q fortress.
Before the war, fortress imprison-
ment was common for army officers,
but generally considered something
of a farce. For in the majority of in
stances the prisoner was well treated.
dined and wined, often hobnobbing
with the governor of the fortress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
SAYS Lands KNEW.
Former BLACK Sox" Attorney Charges
Old Revelation.

LOS ANGELES, January 4 @.-
Ray Cannon, Milwaukee attorney, who
at one time represented base ball
players dismissed following the ex-
pose of the SO called White Sox
scandal" in 1919, declared here to.
day that Commissioner K. NJ. Lands
knew back in 1922 that the Detroit
Club, American League, had thrown"
games to Chicago in 1917, as charged
recently by "Swede" Risberg, and re-
fused to investigate it.
Cannon was attorney for Oscar
Happy) Felsch, Charles Buck)
Weaver. Joe Jackson and Risberg in
claims against the Chicago Club after
their dismissal from base ball. Can
non said that Felsch told the base
ball commissioner, Weaver later cor
roborating, that the Detroit Club de-
liberately permitted Chicago to win
seven games near the end of the sea
son. Cannon said he asked Charles
Comiskey to submit to an examina-
ton to determine the status of the
White Sox club, but that Comiskey
declined.
"At that time" Cannon said, Com
missioner Lands made the statement
that the money interests in base ball
were above reproach while only the
termed by Lands as unlawful agree
ments.'
THE present base ball muddle is
nothing but a resurrection of facts
that We're brought out in the 1922
case, in which Felsch, Weaver and
Risberg, who were represented by me,
revealed the throwing of the 1917
games. At that time Ray Schalk,
White Sox catcher, admitted that a
fund existed, made up of donations
of between $45 and $50 by Chicago
players and which was to be given
to Detroit club for losing"
During the investigation, Cannon
quoted Schalk as saying that each
member of the team contributed like
amount, adding there was nothing
crooked about it and 1 remember con-
tributing $45 to it,
"Felsch, in a brief signed statement
during that investigation" Cannon
said, eliminated that Charles and
Louis Comiskey of the Chicago Club
were cognizant of the transaction be-
tween the Detroit and the Chicago
clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
SUPREME COURT DROPS
MUNCIE EDITORS APPEAL
Man Convicted of Contempt of
Court Fails to File Record
of Case in Time.

By the Associated Press.
Because he had failed to furnish the
records of his case in the lower courts
within the time specified, the Supreme
Court yesterday threw out the appeal
of George r. Dale, the Muncie, Ind,
editor. whose difficulties had included
a conviction of contempt because of
publication Of an article in his news
paper.
Dale was charged with having vio-
lated the State prohibition law and
the article he published dealt with
the prosecution of the case
Under the law an appellant must
furnish the Supreme Court with a
printed account of the case up to the
time the appeal is made, and must pay
for its compilation. The court in dis.
missing the appeal merely said the
rule had not been complied with.
There was no oral opinion.
Attorney General Gilliom of In
diana had urged that the appeal be
dismissed on the ground that there
was no Federal question raised. but
this phase of the question was not
passed on by the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
Queen OF SHEBA'S
ANTELOPE" CAUGHT
Acquisition of Six Mountain
NyaIa Reported by Abys-
sinian Expedition.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, January 4.-The
acquisition of six mountain nyala--
the Queen of Sheba's antelope"-by
the Abyssinian expedition of the Field
Museum was announced today in a
dispatch received from the party, now
in the wilds of the Gugu Mountains of
western Abyssinia. The accomplish
ment Is the most important feat of
its kind since the Roosevelt party
brought skins of the owls poll out Of
the Hymalayas.
Only two museums in the world
possess specimens of the rare animal.
The Abyssinian party secured three
bulls and three does within a few
days after making camp near Mount
Albasso in the Gugu Mountains.
Hope to Get Fawn.
When the dispatch was started
back to civilization members of
the party hoped to secure a fawn
TO complete a group for the Field
Museum.
Wilfred Osgood. the leader of the eX-
petition, and Jack Baum, correspond
ent of The Star and North American
Newspaper Alliance, were the first to
obtain specimens, each bringing down
doe the day camp was made.
The biggest bull secured, believed
to be an unusually large specimen,
stood So inches high at the TANKS,
with horns 80 inches long.
Horns Tyre Shaped.
The horns of the nyala twist back
in a lyre-shaped curve, with semi
transparent tips of white polished by
contact with the bush. The hides
are grayish buff, with white threats
and V-shaped white marking across
the nose. A rough, heavy name runs
along the back from the head to the
tail.
The small herds from which the
six animals were shot were found at
attitudes of from 10000 to IS 900 feet
The party also reported that it had
been successful in acquiring skins of
many other animals and rare birds
Copyright, 1927. by North American News
paper AllianceD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
REEVES
CONSPIRACY CASE
Millionaire Opposes Plea of
Four Arrested in 1924 to
Dismiss Bonds.

@AHS~NAN~'SN' 1850
FREEHOLD, N. j., January A.
An alleged conspiracy to besmirch
the reputation Of Max Phillips
millionaire head of the Phillips
Jones Corporation and polo enthu--
siast, stood revived today after lying
dormant for more than two years.
Phillips, who asserted he was the
Intended victim of a conspiracy per-
petrated by rival business interests
so powerful that influence that
reached as far as Washington had
been used" appeared in court here
Yesterday to oppose motion to dis
charge bail bonds totaling $26,500
posted by four persons arrested on
August II, 1924.
The four were Hattie Hagan, Mrs.
Beatrice tombstone, Anita Berg and
Frank III. Berg, jr. They were ar
rested on the grounds of Phillips
pretentious estate at EatontoWn,
Monmouth County.
Phillips complained that they had
ingratiated themselves into his con-
fdence, and that Anita Berg had
been introduced as the Countess
Y-Dey- r Bursky."
He charged that they had at
tempted to get him aboard yacht
so that he could be charged with
violation of the Mann act and that
photographers were held in readiness
to take pictures.
Counsel for the defendants pointed
out that a grand jury which lnVes-
tigated the affair in, January, 1925,
had failed to return indictments and
Prosecutor John J. Quinn. who at
that time presented the evidence, ex-
pressed reluctance to do so again.
Counsel for Phillips argued he had
clear case of conspiracy. Decision
was reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
OREGON GASOLINE
TAX DISPUTE UP
State and Motorists Join in
Submitting Issue to High
est Court.

Motor companies challenging the
gasoline tax imposed by Oregon upon
dealers and the license fee imposed
upon operators of automobiles today
joined with the State in submitting
their controversies to the Supreme
Court without argument.
Washington companies are challeng-
ing similar laws of that State, how
ever and their cases were called for
argument today.
These cases were brought to test
out the right of States to impose such
taxes, the argument being that they
amount to tolls upon Federal-aided
highways, which are prohibited by act
of Congress.
In all of the cases the States have
submitted motions to dismiss on the
ground that the appeals were improp-
erly taken direct to the Supreme
Court instead of to the Circuit Court
of Appeals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
MANY SHIPS FIRED ON.
Chinese Demonstrations Against
Aliens Are of Long Standing.

SAN FRANCISCO, January LR.-
The attack yesterday upon the British
concession at Hankow is one of long
serie$ Of anti-foreign demonstrations
of recent months in China. Ameri-
can, British and French warships
have been fired upon in the Yangtse
River while protecting foreigners in
the interior of China.
The British have been the chief
objects of attack. An incident at
Wanhsien, far up the Yangtse, last
September sharpened the hostility of
the Chinese toward them. Forty Brit
ish naval men on a small boat went
to the rescue of Britishers held prIs-
oner by Chinese northern soldiers on
two British merchant vessels. They
succeeded in taking off the captivcs
despite heavy fire by the Chinese SOL
diers. Twenty or more of the British
were killed or wounded
Many Chinese Killed.
The British gunboat Cockchafer
replied to the Chinese fire. Accounts
differ as to the effect. The British
official version was that the Chinese
suffered approximately 800 casualties
III killed and wounded, of whom 80
were soldiers. The Chinese asserted
that the British fired into the city of
Wanhsien, killing upward of 1000
Chinese.
The Cantonese, backed by Russian
money and munitions and listening
to Russian advisers, have issued pro-
nouncements against British and
other foreign imperialism They in
cluded the United States in these pro-
nounCementS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 4.-The
cost of living in the Southern section
of the United States, as given in re-
Spouse to questionnaires, is too high
for employees of the American Rail
way Express Co. to send their chill
dren to school, it was testified today
at the wage hearing before the spe-
cial board of arbitration.
r. l.. Walters of Washington,
d. c., general chairman of the South
Atlantic disti ct of the American
Federation of Express Workers, was
the chief witness yesterday in the
workers plea for a 12-cent -an-hour
wage increase, affecting $4,000 per-
sons.
Living costs in the smaller South
ern cities, Walters said, have risen
in an equal proportion with the larger
cities, and questionnaires from which
he read told of families living four
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
Mrs. Coolidge Goes
To Charity Ball on
Her 18th Birthday

Mrs. Coolidge was As years old
Yesterday, but the only event in
her observance of her birthday at
all out of the ordinary was at
tending a dance with the Presi-
dent
The function was the annual
charity ball for the benefit of Chill
dren's Hospital, given at the Will
lard. President and Mrs. Coolidge
watched the dancers for half an
hour from the presidential box.
No outside guests were invited to
the White House for Mrs. Cool
fdge's birthday celebration and she
did not alter her usual daily life,
taking her customary walk in the
afternoon and returning to the
Executive Mansion for tea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
he January meeting Of the Coun.

The January meeting Of the COun.
Gil of Social Agencies will be held next
Monday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, in the
Burlington Hotel. Miss Fay l.. Bent
ley, director of school attendance and
work permits, will speak.
The Board of Education will hold a
stated meeting at $3.50 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon at the Franklin School.
The center for psychic development
will meet at 1871 I street tomorrow.
DR.. Jane B. Coates will speak on THE
Science of Right Thinking"
The Red Triangle Outing Club will
take a hike Sunday across country to
Hyattsville, starting at 2:45 o'clock
in the afternoon from Third street
and Concord avenue.
The United Lodge of TheOsOphists
will hold it's weekly class at o'clock
tonight In room 700 of the Hill Build
ing, Seventeenth and 1 streets. A
special meeting will be held at S:15
o'clock tomorrow night.
The knights of Columbus will hold
New Year party and dance in their
hall, 918 Tenth street, at 9 o'clock
tomorrow night.
The first tea of the English-Speak-
ing Union at it's new headquarters,
the Carlton Hotel, will be given to-
morrow from 4:30 to 6 pm. Mrs.
Copley Amory will be hostess, assist
ed by Miss Martha Goldman. Admiral
William l.. Rodgers will speak at
pm.
Isaac Cans will address the students
of the mcfarland Junior High School
tomorrow, 2:15 pm. Subject: How to
Become Successful Men and Women"
The Educational Health Council
will meet Saturday, pm. at it's new
headquarters, 1904 Sixteenth street.
DIR. St. Louis Estes will speak on
How to Live $50 Years. Public
invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
South High-Living Cost Bars Children
From School, Express Workers Testify

and five in room. with scarcely any
furniture.
Frank Coleman of the accounting
division and Samuel Edelstein of the
transportation division, New York
office, testified also as to living costs
generally.
w. c. Duke of Richmond Va, a
foreman employed by the express
company, said each year he had to
make up by outside work an $500
deficit in living expenses. Others
adding their testimony on the same
subject We're Patrick Carney, Peter
j. Fallon and John Swift, sorters at
Jersey City, and Thomas D. Milton.
messenger, of Richmond, Va.
Joseph A. Marchetti, general chair
man of the New York and New Eng
land division of the brotherhood, said
that in New York hardly a week
passes without a collection being
taken up for one or two destitute
employees of the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
JACKSON READY TO TALK.
Declares He Cannot Make Chicago
Trip, However.

SAVANNAH, Ga, January (P).-
Joe Jackson, banished from base ball
after the 1919 world series, told news
paper men today he could put
straight lots of things in the record
which are not true rs base balls
latest scandal offers opportunity"
The former Chicago White Sox out
fielder said he would tell his story
from Savannah should Commissioner
Lands desire, as his business made
a trip to Chicago impossible, but that
he would withhold comment awaiting
advices of his attorney, Ray Cannon
of Milwaukee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Fair tonight
and tomorrow; not much change in
temperature; lowest tonight about 36
degrees.
aryland-Cloudy to partly cloudy
tonight; tomorrow fair; not much
change in temperature.
Virginia-Fair tonight and tomor-
row; slightly colder in extreme west
portion tonight.
West Virginia-Partly cloudy and
slightly colder; probably light rain or
snow f1urries in extreme northeast
portion tonight; tomorrow fair.
Records for "a Hours.
Thermometer pm, 40; pm,
35: IL midnight, SO; 4 am, 81; 8 am,
80; noon, 43.
Barometer pm, 29.S9; pm,
1889; II midnight, 29.S2: am, 1851;
am, 1854: noon, 2946.
Highest temperature, 40, occurred
at noon today Lowest temperature,
80, occurred at 8 pm. yesterday.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, A; lowest, 81.
Tide Tables.
Compiled by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
IOQay--LOW tue, S.Z3 am. ana $3.50
pm; high tide, 2:4S m. and 2;43 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, Oil am. and
1927 pm; high tide, 1886 am. and
1874 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 1927 am; sun sets
4;58 pm.
Tcmorrow-Sun rises 7:27 am; sun
sets 4:59 pm.
Moon rises 8:13 am: sets 5:57 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
XXnafhar. In Various Eifins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
BUS PERMITS UPHELD.
Court Rules States Can Govern
Carriers Within Regulations.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
States may require interstate bus
lines operating within their borders
as common carriers to obtain permits
and licenses, provided interstate COM
merce is not restrained the Supreme
Court held yesterday in an appeal by
the Interstate Buses Corporation of
Connecticut against the Holyoke Street
Railway Co. of Massachusetts.
In sustaining the Massachusetts
regulation the court found the records
in the case did not show whether in
terstate commerce had been restrained.
and that in the absence of satisfac-
tory evidence on that subject the regu-
lation could not be invalidated.
A device that recently appeared in
England automatically lights the gas
when the kettle is placed on the stove.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
WILL NOT DELAY STATEMENT.
U. S. to Make Expression of Policy in
China Before MacMurray's Coming.

Although Minister MacMurray has
been summoned to Washington for
conference on the Chinese situation,
it was indicated at the State Depart
ment today that the statement of
American policy toward China in
response to the recently published
British memorandum would not be
delayed to await his arrival
No definite period for the Minister'S
stay in the United States has been
set. and 1t is assumed that he will
spend some time at home on leave
unless conditions in China require
that he hasten back to Picking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
LIME AGENTS IN FARLEY.
Field Representative of National
Association in Session.

A three-day conference Of field rep
resentatiVes OF the National Lime AS
ISOLATION is being held at the Bur.
Ilngton Hotel today, tomorrow and
Thursday, Representatives are here
from every part of the country.
The conference opened with a
luncheon and was followed by ad.
dresses by G.. B. Arthur, general man.
ager of the national HEADQUARTERS
here; G. A. kimbel, G. j. Fink and
r. p. Brown. Tomorrow and Thurs.
day the conference will be devoted to
the discussion of technical subjects.
Thursday night the general manager
will give a dinner to the visitors and
the local depa :tment heads The con
ference was arranged by J. S. Elwell
in charge of the construction depart.
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
GEORGESCO ARRIVES.
Rumanian Conductor to Direct
Opera Here January 10.

Georges Georgesco, royal conductor
of the Grand Opera and the Philhar-
monte Orchestra of Rumania, arrived
in this city last night to conduct the
final rehearsals for LA Boheme, =
which will be given under his direc-
ton by the Washington National
Opera Company at the Washington
Auditorium, January 10.
Plans are being made by the Ruma-
MAN legation for a luncheon in Mr.
Georgesco's honor this week. The lega-
ton has taken the presidential box at
the Auditorium for the opera.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04

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however, it is believed he may testify
anyway.
Risberg, who returned to his dairy
farm near Rochester, Mimi, following
his appearance here Saturday, is to
leave for Chicago today to face the
men he implicated by his charges.
Clarence Rowland, who managed the
sOx in 1917 and who, Risberg charges,
suggested the pool for the Detroit
players, already is here. He conferred
yesterday with Ban Johnson, presi
dent of the league, and said he would
go before Lands and prove his inno-
cence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
INSTALLATION FRIDAY.
Potomac Grange to Observe 59tI
Anniversary.

Potomac Grange, No. l, will observe
its fifty-ninth anniversary Friday
night with a dinner and installation
of officers. 1t was stated incorrectly
in The Star. Sunday that the affair
would be held on Thursday night.
The dinner will begin at $50 o'clock
Friday night and will be held at All
Souls Church Hall, Fifteenth. and
Harvard streets. Sherman j. Lowell,
past national master of the grange,
will conduct the installation cere-
monies, and Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine and the executive committee
of the National Grange will be guests
of honor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04

bayoneted him. Using long poles, the
Chinese beat two other sailors.
For more than four hours the thin
British line held, protecting the civil
ian men, women and children. AT
nightfall belated relief came. From
the native section of Hankow or from
Wuchang, across the river, where the
Cantonese government has it's head
quarters, arrived Chinese soldiers,
who dispersed the mob.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
TONIGHT.

A lecture on Christian Science will
be delivered in the Third Church of
Christ, Scientist, Thirteenth and l.
will be Charles l. Ohrenstein, C. S. B.
of Syracuse, n. Y.
The Retired Enlisted Mems Associ-
alton, No. l, of the District of Column
bia. will install officers in Pythian
Temple. A dance will follow.
The Botanical Society of Washing
ton will hold its 19Sth regular meet
ing at the Cosmos Club at s o'clock.
The Phil Sheridan Corps will hold
Joint services for the installation of
officers with Phil Sheridan Post at
8 O'Clock in G.. A. r. Hall.
The Business Women's Council will
meet at the Church of the Covenant.
Mrs. Selden Spencer will lead the
Bible class from 6:45 to 7:15, and
there will be an address by Bishop
William F. Mcdowell on Intel
lectual Friendships
The Columbia Heights Citizens
Association will meet, o'clock. in
Columbia Heights Christian Church,
1895 Park road, the new meeting
place for the association. J. H.
Hanna, president of the Capital
Traction Co, and William F. Ham,
president of the Washington Railway
and Electric Co., will speak of the
merger of street railways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04

1t will require 10 years to build the
proposed railway station at Florence
Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
MINISTER TO CHINA
CALLED BY KELLOGG
TO CONFERENCE HERE

CONTINUED from First Page,)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04

The Botanical Society of Washing
ton will hold its 19Sth regular meet
ing at the Cosmos Club at o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
BASE BALL TO PAY
$4,000 FOR PROBE
OF SCANDAL STORY

Continued from First Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04

DESPAIR is the blighted fruit of
hope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
The knights of Columbus will hol

a New Year party and dance in their
hall, 918 Tenth street, at O'Clock
tomorrow night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
The United Lodge of Theosophists

will hold it's weekly class at s o'clock
tonight In room 709 of the Hill Build
ing, Seventeenth and 1 streets. A
special meeting will be held at 8:15
o'clock tomorrow night.
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zABIL svoJU slsTRU.

A1ldrej Kurilla, obyvatel z
Rychnavy, Spis, dina 2. apr. t. r.
pre- 20 Kcs prisiel do zvady SO svo-
iou sestrou Marion. Pri zvade se-
.stra hodina ma brata kladivo, 90
no vel mi rozrusilo a preto t'aE-
kym predmetom zbil sestru, ktora
"a kratky cas- zomrela. Zalovany
.dl'a lekarskeho ilsudku trpel ma
epilepsiu (zradnik) a pocas po-
iednavania tri razy zamdlel pc
reel Stat. zastupcu prosil porot-
GOV, ze ked' on zapricinil smrt
aby no tiez tym ,trestah. Sud no
ale odsddil ma 2 roxy vazenia, ma
5 rokov ztratu nradu ma 3 roxy
ztratu politickych prav.