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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18
BERL|NGER EASILY
WINS PENTATHLON
Gives Great Exhibition in
New York Meet-Sexton
Finishes Third.

N YEW YORK, January II R.-
M Barney Berlinger, the husky
Y and speedy young man who
captains the University of
Pennsylvania track team, gave a fine
aIl-around performance to win the In
door pentathlon event, which furnished
the high spot in the Norwegian Turn
Society games tonight. Berlinger piled
up a total of 4,34o.52 points out Of a
possible 5000, to finish far ahead Of
Harold Osborn Of the Illinois A. C.,
former Olympic star, who made total
Of 3,994.64.
Berlinger won two Of the events out
right and tied with rival for the best
performance IN each Of the two others
He fell down in only the 40o-meter
run, turning in the slowest time, Of
So seconds.
Starting with a surprise performance.
when he tied Osborn in his own
speciality, the high Jump. with a leap
Of 1875 meters, or 6 feet inch, Barney
went on to outclass the field in the
hurdle event, as he covered so yards
over the sticks in 8 seconds, and to win
the shotput by good margin with
hsave Of lilo meters, 48 feet inches.
He tied with Abe KurtZ Of New York
University In the 60-yard dash, each
covering the distance in 6 AS seconds.
Kurtz turned in the best time in the
400 meters, 552s seconds. but trailed in
the other events and was last in the
field Of four in the point totals. Leo
Sexton, former Georgetown star, now
competing for the New York A. c., was
third with 3,944665 points and Kurtz
scored 3,736.36.
Another big event on the program
produced an odd naix-up that ended
with two races at a mile and one-half
instead Of one Three star performers,
Gus Moore and Phil Silvernan Of the
Brooklyn barriers and Nat Lerner Of
New York University, were not notified
when the race was to be run and were
left In the dressing room when the start
was made.
Later a special event was staged at
the same distance and this trio finished
In order. Moore beating the time Of
Frank Nordell Of N. z. u, winner OF
the first race, by nearly two seconds.
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Weeks Schedule
OF College Elves

Tomorrow.
American University vs.. Catholic
University at Brookland, $3.50.
American U. freshmen VS.. Cath
Ole q. freshmen at Brookland, 1880.
Tuesday.
Randolph Macon VS.. George Wash
ington at G.. w. gym, $50.
Southeastern VS.. Strayers CONFER
ence game) at Central High gym,
$40.
wednesday.
Mount st. Mary's VS.. Georgetown
at Tech High gym, $3.50.
Columbus o. VS.. Benjamin Frank
lin conference game) at Central
High gym.
Thursday.
Maryland VS.. Johns Hopkins at
Loyola gym, Baltimore.
Friday.
Gallaudet VS.. Maryland State
Normal at Towson.
Saturday.
Georgetown VS.. New York Uni
versity at New York.
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DUNBAR BASKETERS
BEAT DOUGLAS, 22-21
Baltimoreans' Rally Barely Falls
Short-Minns, Robinson
and Bland Shine.

Dunbar High Schools basket ball
team took the measure Of Douglas High
Of Baltimore yesterday on the Dunbar
court in a thrilling contest that gave
the Poets their first South Atlantic Con-
ference victory. The score was % to 81.
The Washington schoolboys estab-
lished an early lead which they held
until the last four minutes, when Dor
sey, Baltimore guard, cut loose with a
shooting attack. The rally brought the
visitors to within two points Of victory.
The game was filled with penalties,
Dunbar registering points and Doug
las by free throws
Minis, center; Robinson, forward, and
Bland. guard, for the Dunbar team were
sensational throughout. Dorsey, guard,
and Moss, forward, were outstanding for
the visitors.
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JESS Nicely HEAD
COACH AT CLEMSON
Assistant Mentor at University OF
Alabama Announced as Sue
cessor to Josh Cody.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEMSON COLLEGE, S. c., January
17.-Prof. II. w. Barr, chairman Of the
Clemson College Athletic Council. an
nounced today Jess Nicely, assistant
coach at the University Of Alabama,
viii succeed Josh Cody as head coach
OF intercollegiate athletics at Clemson
Prof. Barr said Nicely, who now is In
Birmingham, Ala, would take charge
when Josh leaves" Cody's contract
with Clemson expires June 80.
No assistant coaches will be an
nounced, Barr said, until after the
athletic council has received any
recommendations Nicely may care tc
offer. Jules Carson now Is assistant
foot ball coach here. His contract will
expire this Summer
Nicely, like Cody, played under the
veteran Dan McGugin at Vanderbilt
He coached i've years at Southwestern
before going to Alabama, where he has
been for the last three years.
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Catholic IT, to Be Acue Track: Central No1v Is Key Quintet s.
Schoolboy Court
Games This Week

Tomorrow.
st. Johns VS.. Eastern, at Eastern.
Tuesday.
Central VS.. Western, Eastern VS..
Business (publc high school cham
pionship series), at Tech gymnasium.
First game, Central VS.. Western, at
$3.50 o'clock.
Wednesday.
Gonzaga VS.. Tech, at Gonzaga.
Georgetown Prep VS.. Episcopal
High, at Episcopal.
Eastern VS.. Washington-Lee High,
at Washington-Lee.
Business VS.. Swavely, at Swavely.
Western VS.. Maryland Freshmen,
at College Park.
Georgetown Freshmen VS.. Strayer's,
at Tech.
Thursday
Central vs.. Maryland Freshmen,
at College Park.
Hyattsville High VS.. Towson High,
at Towson, Md.
Friday.
Business VS.. Tech, Central VS..
Eastern public high school cham
pionship serieS), at Tech gymnasium.
First game, Business VS.. Tech, $3.50
o'clock
Swavely VS.. Gonzaga, at Gonzaga.
Woodward VS.. st. Johns, at St.
Johns.
Western VS.. Staunton M. A., at
Staunton, Va
Georgetown Freshmen VS.. Bliss
Electrical School, at Bliss.
Saturday.
Business VS.. Navy PlebeS, at An
napolis.
Eastern VS.. Alexandria High, at
Alexandra.
Landon VS.. Episcopal "B" team,
at Alexandria.
Western VS.. Massanutten NJ. A.,
at MaSSanutten.
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MOUNT RAINIER DATE
Junior High Basketers Will Play
Kendall This Week.

MOUNT RAINIER, Nd, January
l7.-Mount Rainier Junior High Schools
basket ball team, which has won two
games in three starts this season, has
one contest listed for next week. It
will entertain Kendall School Of Wash
ington next Friday afternoon on the
Mount Rainier court.
Mount Rainier sim has a few open
dates and wishes to arrange games with
Junior high schools of Washington and
small high school teams Of nearby
Maryland and Virginia. Write the ath-
letic department Of the school or call
Hyattsville 1861 after $50 pm.
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Varied Sports

Wisconsin. !; Michigan, o Chockey)
Army. Z; Bates, (hockey).
washington and Lee, ~: Duke. 8
(swtmmtng).
Army, IS; Penn A. c., o (fencing).
Franklin and Marshall, "a; Army, 8
(wrestling).
Navy. ls11; North Carolina. 1917
(wrestling).
Iowa. IS: Wisconsin, II (Wrestline).
Washington and Lee, 20; N. G. State,
(wrestling).
Ohio State, IS; Western Reserve, IL
(westling).
Indiana 2AG Pennsylvania 10 (Wres-
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ARMSTRONG HIGH WINS
Rolls Up 80 Points Against s for
RiaIto A. c. Basketers.

Completely outclassed, the Rialto
basketers lost to the Armstrong High
School yesterday on the Armstrong
court, 80 to 8.
Mozee, Armstrong center. made 10
points to lead his team, while Hager
and Wood, forwards, were having a
field day with six points each Jackson
and Young registered all the Rialto
points.
Armstrong viii meet Phelps voca-
tional tomorrow at the Garnet-Patter-
son School court.
The line-lIn.
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v. M. |. QUINT VICTOR
overcomes Lynchburg, AZ to 80, in
Fast Basket Ball Game.
Special Dispatch to rbe Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEXINGTON, Va, January l7.-v.
M. !. defeated Lynchburg College to-
night in a fast basket ball game, II
to 30.
Capt. Mac Brown, Bob Brown and
Granger were the bright spots in the
winners game. Wiebel, midget for
ward, displayed the best game for the
visitors.
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cAPITOLs WIN, 13 TO IL
Toss From Foul Line by Harris De
feats Census Flappers-

An accurate shot from the foul line
a finish gave the Capitol A. G. its mar
gin of victory over the Census Flap
pers in a basket bah battle that pre-
coded the Census Enumerator- Northern
league contest In the Immaculate Con-
ception gym last night. The score was
10 TO ~.
It was close all the way the Capitol
girls leading at half-tinae. 8 to 6.
Thu 1irne-nnS.
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ELDB;RooKE TOPS LOOP

Calvary brakes upset Mount Vernon,
% to II, last night In the Sunday
Mounts from first place. Eldbrooke
NJ. E., which idled, now occupies the
top post by half game.
In other games Calvary NJ. Z. downed
Wallace MEMORIAL, 20 to 20, and Pet
worth triun he'd ever Calvary Baptist.
- 70 D -ll.....l.L...au..
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COLORED ELKS BEATEN

Drop Basket Game to Baltimore
Owls After Leading 10 to /.
Although p!ling up a 1o-to-1 lead
early in the going, the Washington col
ored Elks' basket ball team was beaten,
80 to 81, by the Owls quintet Of Balti-
more yesterday on the Elk court.
The Owls staged q great rally to
overcome the local team before the half
was over. The shooting Of "Lanky"
Jones, Baltimore center, placed his
team in front and 1t was never headed.
The half ended with Baltimore leading,
Is to IL.
Lacy Of the Elks was the leading
scorer Of the game with 10 field goals
and one foul. The line-ups:
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Basket Ball Tips
BY SOL METZGER.

This is Chicago's quick breaking
basket ball play. Left guard. No. 4,
dribbles cross court to his right
while right guard, No. 5, rushes
across in front of him, performing
the same quick turn.
But No. SIS opponent isn't going
to lat -1ceive the pass from and
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w

0r1pble unmolested to the basket,
even though he breaks in that d.
rection. However, the hook pass
from No. 4 is to No. 2. who is re-
leased from his guard by the block
of the center, No. 3.
No. 2 takes the pass, dribbles a
few strides and Is under the basket
Tor O one-hand push shot.
eCongxioaA aooAA
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OFFERED LONDON BOUT.

BALTIMORE, Md. January II H1.--
Vince Dundee, claimant of the English
niddleweight boxing title through his
decision over Len Harvey, the British
titleholder, has been offered $4,000 for
a match with Jack Hood, English fight
er, in London.
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Hockey Results

National League.
Toronto, 8; Canadiens, !.
Detroit, 5; Philadelphia, 2.
Montreal, 3: Ottawa, 2.
Kansas City, 3; Buffalo, 0.
st. Louis, /; Duluth. o.
Tulsa, 4; Chicago, 8 (overtime).
international League.
London, 8; Cleveland, 2.
Buffalo, !; Pittsburgh, !.
Canadian American League.
Providence Reds, 4; Boston Tigers, 2.
6pE1ngfield Indians 80 Philadelphia
AWHNA. q
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CHALLENGES D. c. CUNTS.

Games with local basket ball teams
are wanted by the Oakley Club Of Bal
timore. Sunday afternoon Tits in
Washington especially are desired by
the Orioles. Manager Ted MARKS, ~
West Riddie street. Baltimore. Nd b
hAndl1nM the ach0dui@
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BRUDER WILL COACH

EVANSTON, H., January II R-
Henry ''HaIrd Luck Hank Bruder, cap
tain Of the 1880 Northwestern foot ball
ean, has signed as assistant to Head
&QAch 6fauy GAnAgo ct Kentucky 10
- mnogk Nn9 NEskI "a no @pg4
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WESTERN HIGH WINNER
Makes Fine Finish to Score Over
st. Johns Freshmen.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, January IT,
Western High Of Washington defeated
the st. Johns Freshmen here tonight,
20 to %. The visitors took the lead In
the last five minutes
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BOYS CLUB is VICTOR
PAMELA and Bruder Lead Attack
in Defeat of st. Martina

With A. PAMELA and Bruder Leading
the attack, the Boys Club basket ball
team scored a 19-to-17 victory over 81.
Martins in the Boys Club gym last
night.
Mealy and A. Harrington were high
scorers for the losers.
The lina-ups:
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The Line-un.
PETRoLLE VS.. KING TUT.

ST. PAUL. January II F.-Billy
Petrolie and King Tut have been
matched for a 1o-round bout here Feb
ruary 2. Tut, a junior lightweight,
agreed to make I40 pounds for the
fight. Petrolle is a lightweight.
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WOODWARD FIVE BEATEN

Bows to Alexandria High Team in
29-to-21 Contest.
ALEXANDRIA, January l7-Alex-
andria High School scored hard
earned basket ball victory over Wood
ward School Of Washington tonight In
the Alexandra Armory, 20 TO 81. Evan
at center and Schreiner, forword, led
the winning attack. At half time Alex
andria led, 8 to 6.
A crowd Of 1000 persons saw the
contest.
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The Line-uD-

CARDINALS CHALLENGE.
Cardinal S5-pound basketers want
games with teams in their class. call
Potomac 3099.
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GOOD START FOR SAKS
Clothiers Beat Mercury in Opening
District Loop Game.

Saks Clothiers got OF to a promising
trict Amateur Basket Ball League when
they defeated the Mercury A. G. in the
Boys Club gym last night, 80 to IA.
The first half was closely contested
with Saks holding an 8-to-7 lead at
recess. The Clothiers' superiority in
the second session was pronounced.
The line-ups:
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WATCH out, scholastics, for this
w Maryland freshmen team!

and Eastern of the public high school
group, in addition to the c. U. yearlings,
the Old Liners Wednesday will enter
tain Western and Thursday Central.
Two former high school tossers, who
played in the championship series last
year, are included on the Terrapin
squad. They are Lampson of Central
and Chase Of Business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

EOs4A 80. "a rOsala ....E 8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

HTHILE the scholastic spotlight
w shines on the championship
series. plenty more basket bail
battles are on the weeks card. Twenty
one games in all will be played, with at
least two games every day Of the week.
Eastern, as usual, will be the busiest
OF the bunch, playing five games all
told.
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HURRICANE PHOTO
AERO FALLS, 3 DIE
Plane With News Pictures
Believed Struck by Light
ming in Florida.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VERO BEACH. Fla, September IA
Racing northward through storms with
news pictures of the damage wrought
by the hurricane that devastated Belize,
British Honduras, three men were
killed last night when their airplane
crashed at Oslo, miles south of here.
The dead: e. A. Edwards, 80, staff
photographer for the Miami Daily Her
aid; George H. Gibson, 26, chief pilot
for the Curttss-Wright Flying Service,
Inc, and @. r. (Roe) McBroom, %,
co-pilot. All were from Miami.
In the face of threatening weather,
the plane left Miami shortly after dark
with a package Of pictures that had
been transferred from another plane
from Belize. Heavy rain began falling
shortly after its departure.
Some distance south Of here the plane
ran into a severe rain and electrical
storm. Suddenly it fell into an orange
grove owned by Albert Helseth.
they believed the plane was struck by
lightning It's motor was buried in the
ground and wreckage Of the fuselage
strewn for some distance.
The men were en- route to Atlanta,
where the pictures were to have been
distributed by a news organization.
The pictures were ruined in the crash.
Although the plane fell about 100
yards from Helseth's house, he was
unable to find the wreckage at first,
due to darkness. Firemen from Vero
with the aid of lights.
Edwards went to Miami in 1925 from
Omaha, Nebr. McBroom was a student
FLYER.
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E1OItI hSI uSC'J
der way, more than 800 additional fur
naceS were sold.
Mr.. Russell, the company's chief en-
gineer, took the stand after Mr.. Wood
had left to get the missing papers,
armed with about bushel of formula
bic looking charts and graphs.
One Of them showed pressure con-
ditions in the plants for many years
The line representing the monthly
maximum was above 6 inches almost
the whole way and in one or two in
stances reached inches. He said that
within reasonable limits, pressure has
nothing to do with the size Of the gas
bills.
The company, he said. has found that
low pressure Is a cause for more COM
plant than high pressure and that
during the period of maximum COM
plants last Winter per cent came
from the area where consumption had
increased and SO per cent from the
areas where consumption had not in
creased.
While Mr.. Russell was testifying the
commission ordered q recess for lunch
con, after which the reports subpoenaed
from Mr.. Woods home were TO be
brought into evidence.
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CRIME LAID TO TWO
NATIONWIDE GANGS
Col. Isham Randolph Holds
Robbery and kidnapping
MonopoIized.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, September 14-Col. Isham
Randolph, head Of Chicago's Secret Six,
said yesterday that evidence has been
uncovered which leads his organization
to believe that two NATIONWIDE criminal
gangs exist which have obtained mo-
nopolies on robbery and kidnapping.
1T has been shown conclusively," he
said, that approximately IS per cent Of
the daylight robberies about the United
States, particularly those involving
shootings and large thefts from finan-
cial houses, are being conducted by one
large countrywide body of SUPER
criminals"
Gang Has 148 Killers.
The gang, he said, included LAB kill
ers and was for a long time directed
by Fred Burke, recently sentenced to
life Imprisonment in Michigan.
The kidnapping racket" he con-
tinued, also has become a sort of a
one-gang national monopoly, figures
formerly identified with the Shelton
mobs being said to stand out as di-
recting geniuses of this new system Of
CAOOi NAAl6 AAAOAASJ 4AO4A WV0AtAAy phoAAANoo
men,"
The Shelton gang formerly operated
in Southern Illinois.
Col. Randolph Is president of the
Chicago Association Of Commerce and
helped to organize its Committee for the
Prevention and Punishment Of Crime.
isis committee has since come to be
known as the Secret Six, Of which Col
Randolph is the only member whose
identity Is known.
Campaigns on Crime.
The Secret Six has taken a COM
manding part in campaigning against
gangsters and crime in Chicago. Col
Randolph said in his statement that the
antl-crime campaigning body has
cleared the way for Federal or State
prosecution or conviction Of 81 GRIM
inal groups, including Al Capone."
Col. Randolph said that the Secret
Six has extended its operations ito aid
in experimenting forgers, robbers, bust
ness and labor racketeers, high jackers
pay roll bandits, kidnapers, promoters
Of fake charities, Short-weight merchants
and score of other criminal specialists"
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U. S. CONSUL At BELIZE,
INJURED, FLOWN TO AID

AS victim of the Honduran hurri-
cane, Giles Russell Taggart, American
consul at Belize, British Honduras, was
flown yesterday to Tela, Honduras. for
medical attention. He was suffering
from pneumonia, broken ribs and
bruises.
AdviceS from Consul Stout at Tela to
the State Department said that first
reports showed Taggart's injuries to
be slight, but examination at the United
Fruit Co. hospital in the Honduran city
showed him to be suffering from severe
injuries.
Taggart was born in Clarksboro, N. j. d;
entered the diplomatic service in 1912,
and has been in Belize for four years.
He is 81 years Of age.
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FASCIST OUTBREAK
LEADER IS SEIZED
Prince Ernest R. Starhem.
berg's "Putsch" in Austrian
Province QueIIed.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VIENNA, September 14.-Prince Err
nest Rudiger Starhemberg, Fascist lead
er, was arrested today and police were
seeking others who attempted to seize
control Of the Syrian provincial gov
eminent In a brief "putsch" yesterday.
The Austrian government, having ap-
parentiy suppressed the Fascist upris-
ing In northern and eastern towns, took
punitive measures. 1t suspended more
than 200 civil servants, accused Of ac-
lively or passively promoting the revo-
lutionary plan and ordered them to
trial.
Two generals associated with the
Heimwehr, Fascist force, also were ar
rested today. They were seized at Linz
Prince Starhemberg was taken prisoner
at castle in Waitzenkirchen.
Five Others Sought.
Warrants for the arrest Of five other
Fascist leaders, including DR.. Walter
Pfriemer, proclaimed dictator In the
Syria section, were issued. Col. Rau-
ter, head Of the Syrian Heimwehr, and
Count Lamberg. his aide, also are
named In the warrants.
Prince Starhemberg, who was an ad-
herent Of Germany's Adolf Hitler in the
notorious ''kapp putsch" in 1920, is a
national Socialist and reputed to be one
of the wealthieSt landowners IN Austria.
y TOD oct
an ambition some day to rule over
Austria and German Bavaria and that
he had organized his own army.
DR.. Pfriemer and Count Lamberg an
nounced in manifestoeS after yeE;er-
days uprising had been suppressed that
they were breaking away from the
putsch. They urged their followers TO
return peaceably TO their homes and
authorities said the Fascist bands were
dispensing Of their own accord.
Heimwehr Battles Police.
The members of the Heimwehr seized
public buildings in number OF towns
and came into sanguinary conflict with
police and troops. At least one workman
was killed and several were wounded
when the Fascists stormed the Secre-
tariat of the Social Democratic party
at Kapfenburg and were driven of by
Four machine guns and 80 rifles were
captured at Pernegg. where government
forces routed the insurgents after
shooting fray. Heimwehr adherents
were reported to have planted machine
guns in the public square Of Bruck and
to have concentrated men in Judenburg,
Zeltweg and Schlamding. Their mill
tary encampment at KloSterneuburg
was surrounded and number Of prison.
erS were taken.
Fascists Retire.
The government rushed troops from
Vienna and Graz. capital of Syria, at
the first outbreak of trouble, and an
nounced that they met with little re-
sistance generally. The FaScistS were
said TO have given up the captured
buildings and retired from the towns
The arrest Of Dr. Pfriemer and Count
Lamberg. among Others, was ordered on
charges Of treason after posters had
been put up in Syrian towns announc-
ing that they had seized control of the
provincial government.
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West Point Placed
Under Quarantine
AS Paralysis Hits
One Cadet Suffers Attack.
Visitors Entry
Prohibited.
BY the Associated Press.


WEST POINT, N. Y, September IA
Oficials at the United States Military
Academy announced today that Cadet
Waldemar ]. Thinnes Of st. Paul. MINI
was suffering from infantile paralysis
and that "one-way" quarantine was In
force at the post.
Thinnes was sent TO the post hospital
two weeks ago and the quarantine,
which does not prevent cadets leaving
the acadmy grounds and returning at
WILL but which stops all tourists and
visitors entering, was established week
ago. Cadet dances have been Cancelled
and the cadets are holding chapel out
doors.
The case was said to be light one
and Thinnes to be in no danger of not
recovering, though doctors said 1t was
too early to say whether he would eS-
cape any after effects of the sickness.
AS the i4-day period Of incubation had
passed, officers were hopeful there would
be no spread Of the disease among the
cadet ranks. The quarantine would be
maintained for a time, however, they
said. as precautionary measure.