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PLAN BREVITY
IN MAKING NEW
SEDITION BILL
\
Committee to Offer Law
Prohibiting Advocacy
Of Violence.
HEAR OPPOSING VIEWS
Kane Advises Meeting
Cause of Unrest, Not
Punishing People.
If any further effort I* made by
the House Judiciary Committee to
secure the enactment of new antl
sadition legislation It will be in
tile form of a briof. simple bill
making unlawful the advocacy of
force and violence for the over
throw of the government.
This was indicated yesterday In
questions put by members of the
N committee to Attorney General
Newton of New York, who ap
peared to urge the passage of leg
islation. and Francis Fisher Kane,
former United States district attor
ney at Philadelphia, who resigned
In protest against Attorney Gen
eral Palmer's nation-wide raids on
radicals, opposing the- bills.
"The legislation n<->w being con
sidered." explained Representative
Husted. Republican, of New York,
??does not in any way prevent the
expression of political opinion of
any character, however violent the
desired change may be.
"It is limited to the punishment
of those who advocate physical
force and violence as a "means of
accomplishing changes in govern
ment. If a man does not advocate
physical force and violence as a
means he can advocate any form
of government he may choose and
be absolutely safe so far as this
proposed law is concerned."
Tkiikn PrrafRt Uit Good.
Mr. Kane insisted, however, that
existing laws are sufficient to meet
present conditions. He replied to
Mr. Husted:
"Punishing people is not meeting
the cause of the present discon
tent in the country. To meet the
agitation and propaganda you must
stop the cause. You have got to
go baM> to the reasons why a man
is a propagandist. What' you are
really aiming at you will not get."
Mr. Kane does not believe the
conditions of u?rest reported from
all parts of the country present
sny serious danger. Reports that
"conspiracies are on foot to cap
ture the government by force and
violence are ridiculous." he de
clared.
"Considering the size of the Uni
ted States and the fact that we are
a nation of 100.00.000 people." he
continued, "it seems to me there
have been extremely few outrages
since the signing of the armistice.
The people who have been arrested
for deportation have not been armed
and practically no arms or ex
plosives were found in their pos
session.
"There have been a few real bomb
ing outrages and the miscreants can
l?e brought to justice under pres
ent laws. The long arm of the Fed
eral government generally reaches
a felon sooner or later.
"After all. is not much of ths
present 'Bolshevism* in this coun
try mere talk? I quite agree with
Judge Anderson, who says the pres
ent excitement is not justified by
the facts. I cannot take the menace
?f 'Bolshevism' seriously.
"A sedition law in time of peace
breeds suspicion against honest.
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j ?Il krowr teachers of Washington, teaching ex
ttarively at the
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you need nn appointment. Open 9 a. m.-ll p.
m. Phone Franklin 7551
law-abiding: citizens. It can be used
by arbitrary administrations to
limit free speech, free press anu
othjr constitutional Guarantees. Let
us beware how we continue such
laws unnecessarily in tiroes of peace,
when It Is to the interest of the
public that individual opinions
should be freely expressed as to the
administration of the government."
Representative Husted pointed out
that Attorney General Palmer says
there is no law to reach the advo
cacy of force and violence for the
overthrow of the government,' and
rsked:' ?
"What objection could Vou have to
the enactment of such a law?"
"If limited to that. I could have
no objection/* replied Mr. Kane.
"It Is a very great crime, but there
are no instances of it and such a
law could not do much harm. I
mean there could not be many side
products, or evil Indirect results
which you should guard against.
"But it would do more harm than
good to pass the Davey bill, rec
ommended by the Attorney General.'*
Chairman Volstead interposed
that the proposed law must be
drawn so that the public will sus
tain charges brought under It, "or
we had better not pass a law at all."
Attorney General Newton, of New
York, asserted that in New York
City, there are between 300,000 and
500.000 radicals "belonging to or
ganisations which advocatc the
overthrow of the government." He
continued:
"Between 70 and 80 headquarters
are sustained by them, whose offi
cers are known. These headquar
ters publish and circulate Socialist
propaganda.
Radicals Called Violent.
"In the United States there are
thousands of radicals of a violent
type who are advocating the over
throw of the government and the
establishment of a dictatorship
such as exists in Russia. The ef
fort of these radicals Is encouraged
and the aims they are pledged to
{ accomplish are boldly set forth and
J glorified by a press equally as radi
cal and violent as the revolutionists
themselves.
"These radicals mean to over
throw the government by violence
and after having done that will
repudiate the national debt and
establish a revolutionary govern
ment along the lines of that exist
. ing in Russia.
"I feel that if we had a Federal
j law it would be of great assistance
I to State statutes."
This law should Include deporta
I tion and postal censorship provi
sions. Mr. Newton urged.
John D. Moore, of New York, rep
resenting the Friends of Irish Free
? dom. took issue with Attorney Gen
eral Newton's assertion that there
are from 300.000 to 500.000 radicals
j in New York City. According to
j official census statistics, he declar
I ed. one out of every six men above
J the age of 21 would have to be a
j radical to sustain Mr. Newton's
! lowest figure.
Representative Kelly
Says Muzzling Press .
Means U. S. Autocracy
That an attempt Is being made to!
make America an autocracy
' through the Graham and Davey
'anti-sedition bills was the declara
tion of Representative M. 'Clyde
j Kelly. of Pennsylvania, during the
, debate on the agricultural appro
priation bill in the House Commit
tee of the Whole yesterday.
Kelly declared that the farmers
In this country were as much Inter
ested In their government as the
city dwellers and some recognition
of their rights should be made in
the present situation.
Our forefathers, who framed the
Constitution, placed a prohibition
on Congress against restricting the
right of free speech and a free
press, he declared, and if these two
agents of liberty should be muzzled
the administration would have as
! much power as the former auto
] cratic rulers of Prussia had before
J the war.
He told of seeing two German
weapons in the war zone?& cat-o"
nine-tails as a weapon of fear, and
a camera pistol as a weapon of
treachery. These two, he said, sym
bolized the Graham anti-sedition
bil. which he described as little
more drastic than the Davey bill.
Davey tried in vain )to interrupt
the speaker while he was referring
to his measure, but Kelly refused to
yield to questioning. The Pennsyl
vania Representative declared that
such legislation which would muz
' fcle the press would breed more an
' archy than all the Reds in the
I country.
A CHALLENGE
By Roland Robbins, Chairman of the
Campaign Committee, Community
Service, Inc.
"I personally have thoroughly investigated the
work of Community Service, and I warmly wel
come the proposed investigation by committees
from the trad* bodies. I want it made and made
immediately and without fail. Because it cannot
very weD be completed before Monday, February
9, our committee has decided not to postpone the
date for the commencement of the campaign,
which is and will remain February 9, but to con
tinue the drive two weeks, until February 23, with
the thought of having the intensive work done in
the second week, after the reports of the investi
gating committees have been made. Because I am
so confident that these reports will be favorable,
and because I personally will see to it that no dis
tortion of the truth or misrepresentation of fact
by any one or any organization shall go unchal
lenged, I am absolutely confident that the' people
of Washington, whose heart is always right, will
indorse Community Service. It is to be regretted
that interested parties delayed the mvestigation
nntil such a late date, but it is a matter of con
gratulation that they became sufficiently inter
ested to conduct an investigation, which 1 trust
shafl be complete and strictly bearing on aD vital
matters at issue." ?
A School for Every Village in India
Is Aim of Americans Despite High Cost
Hindu stria wfco are pupila at)
the villa** aehoola founded by
Aaterlcan*. Below la ahowa a
type of the ntnda aehool slrla.
The rllltfc aehool at Rnkaapa^
han an ntteadanee of 60, deaplte
the fart that the oaly balldlmc
available la a 12 hj 13 t?t mad
hat* with one door and bo wla
do^a. 'The Chrlatlaa people la
the village hare ,?eeared a tap
pi) of hrleha and will ereet a
aiodern aehool.
Germany Faces Revolt
As Censored Crime List
Brings New Irritation
CONTINUED FROM PACE ONE.
termost for a revision, and we rely
upon the Socialists in the alied
countries to support it to that end.**,
An atmosphere of despair, punc
tured now and then by flashes of
defiance, envelopes Wilhelmstrasse.
The government was literally stun
ned by the extradition list which
may turn out to bo a knockout blow
to the Cabinet, with consequences
i no man dares to speculate upon.
The government's worst fears
have been realized. The list shows
that the optimism expressed in cer
tain quarters to the last was made
of thin air. ( s
Tc*t on fSov<*rnntent.
"France and England insist upon
their pound-of-flesh-promise ex
i torted from us," said one of the
? highest members of the govern
' ment tonight.
The stability of the present gov
j ernment will be tested to the ut
J most in the next few days. The
i supreme test may Indeed come
| within the next forty-eight hours,
j Inclusion of the Ex-Crown Prince
j on the list did not come as a sur
; prise to Germans but wonderment
i is expressed that he should be de
j manded of Germany when he is in
Holland. t
Even Dr. Mathisas Erzberger,
who throiiKh his leadership of the
"sign-the-peace-party" last sum
mer has become the most hated
man in Germany is quoted as hav
| ing to said to a friend he would
j not stay in the government if it
I decided to comply with the Allied
1 demand. He has sufficiently recov
I ered from the bullet wound inflicted
j by a wound-be assassin recently,
i as to be able to take part in the
cabinet sessions.
Baron von L.ersner*s action In re
signing rather than transmit the
list to Berlin is eulogised by the
German press as that of "a true
patriot."
Another sharp surprise was the
news that Field Marshal von Mack
ens??n. like Hindenburg past 70, is
among the demanded.
When a high government official
tonight predicted the answer to the
allies could be summed up in the
word "impossible." a correspondent
observed:
"But you signed all provisions of
the treaty.**
"I wish to God." was the reply,
"that we had never signed the Ver
! sallies document and had let the
| allies at that time do their worst.
Today, fifteen months after the
1 signing of the armistice we are
confronted by a demand which calls
upon us to give up some of our citi
zens."
At least ?=ix Germans who have
been dead for some time are said
to be Included in the list of alleged
war criminals demanded by the
allies for trial. Three of the;# are:
1. General Fritz von Bulow, ??jg>
of Hindenburg's best generals in the
Masurian Lakes battles and who
later commanded the German center
in the 191? battle of the Scmme.
2. Major Elder von Der Planltz,
who was the ex-Crown Prince's ad
jutant in 1914, ard who was killed
in action cn the West frpnt in 1915.
3. Herr von Sandt, former civil
governor of Belgium.
Inclusion cf these dead men In'
the list Is eliciting much sarcastic
comment from leading Berlin news
papers.
Capital and Surplus, $2,000,000
IT is better by far to btuld
your fortune slowly and
well, than to take a chance
of getting rich through some
gauzy scheme that speculation
offers.
II Your money is safe banked
in this time - tried institution,
and will earn you a fixed in
come. '
tfRimr rat. of lnttfttt pal oa beth
large and tunall accounts.
National Savings
& Trust Conopanj,
Cor. 15th and N. T. Ave.
FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR
Wilson Clings to Aim
For Ratifying Treaty,
Senator Hitchcock Says
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day when the Senate Committee on
Ilules referred the Kellogg *rd
I Curtis amendments to the cloture
i rule to a subcommittee. It wa<
! understrf>d yesterday that Vice
i President Marshall will rule that
when the treaty comes up Tor de
bate in the open Senat.- the olof.ro .
I adopted with reference to th* tr. aty
at the last session will still bo in
i force. This is exactly w hat Sena
tors lolinson, 1 Surah ?n.1 other
members of the irreconcilable
group do not want, so In case U<"
chair rules that the cloture is still
In force. Senator Johnson or Sen*-;
tor Borah, it was said last night.
will move that the treaty be acain
i referred to the Foreign Relations
[Committee, the plan being to B?t
ithe treaty technically before tire {
jee-mmittee and bring It Kick to
Ithe Senate free from cloture.
I Senators favoring flat rejection
| are hampered by the lact that they
I cannot learn" the plans of Senator ,
i Loilite, leader in the fight for rati- |
! fi cation with strong reservations.
I Ten of them met Thursday in an;
j efTort to determine their cout>e
I when the treaty is called up M"?
I' day. but were unable to agree.
Senator Lodge expects the irre
concilable* will attempt a filibuster
| Monday when he moves to suspend
Ithe rules end proceed to conMdera
. tlon of the treaty. Under the rules
I th?y can talk endlessly on this mo
tion Some of the Irreconcilable*
urged that another ultimatum be
I served on Lodge, threatening to tie
i up the treaty indefinitely unless he ,
' agreed that no effort would be made :
: to limit debate on the treaty itself.
Grey Letter a Tonic.
I Lord Grey's letter has tremen
i douftly stiffened the resolution of the
I bitter-enders never to let the treaty I
be ratified If there is any way to :
' prevent it. For that matter, the
cjrey letter has strengthened the d?
' termination of every faction in the
| treaty fight. ? a .
! Lodge's group claims to find in
IGrev's leter endorsement of their
program of reservations, and this,
has made them Insistent that ac
ceptance of that program is the
price of ratification.
, while the Irreconcilables are plan
inlng a fast and furious camraign for
complete rejection, the Lodce group
and the Democrats are making c(iuall>
careful plana Neither side has yet
determined its course of action on
Mondav. Lodge is undecided whether
to present his reservations In their
original form or in the form in which
they had been tentatively agreed on
in the bipartisan conference when that
compromise effort failed.
According to csble dispatches from
London no protest, official or semi
official, to Lord Grey's letter on the
I tieaty reservations had been received
I by the British government late yes
| terday.
BORAH SENDS THIRD
QUERY TO GOV. COX
j The third letter in Senator Borah's
I series to Presidential candidates, ask
1 ing them to define how they stand on
I the peace treaty, was sent yesterday
to Gov. James M. Cox, of Ohio, who
I is a Democratic aspirant. The first
letter was to Gov. Lowden and the
I second to Gen. "Wood.
In the letter to Gov. Cox Senator
Borah calls attention to an attack
I made by the governor upon nepubli
1 can Senators for delaying ratification
of the treaty, and says that as he l?
one of these Senators and falls under
the governor's Indictment, he deems it
proper to inquire rtiore fpUy Into the
governor's view*.
The letter adds: "I Infer from yo ir
statement that you are in f?vor ot
ratifying the treaty of peace with the
I league of nations incorporated. Just as
1 it came from Versailles, and as It was
I submitted to the Senate; that you are
I not In favor of making any changes or |
I modifications cither of the treaty or
i the league. Am I corrcct In assum
j Ing that this is your position, and
j that you are in favor of ratification
without any change whatever?
"The covenant obligates the united
I States, should it enter the league, to
I respect and preserve against external
' aggression the territorial Integrity
! and existing political Independence of
| all members of the league. Are you
In favor of entering tbe league with
s ? /
: ??? .V
Article Ton in it, without any change
or modification thereof, or without
any reservation, as to the obligation
of the United States in reference
thereto?
"I understand from your speech that
r you ar?? thoroughly in favor of the
provision of the league which gives
the British empire six votes to the
United stales one. Am I />rrect in so
construing your position?.
"Furthermore, may I ask?and this
is the most Important to my way of
thinking?are you in favor of jo;niog
this league of nations and assuming
its responsibilities and its burdens
1 without giving the Amfrican people
an opportunity to vote upon it, either
through a plebiscite or the only other
possible way, through the process of
a national election?
"Are you opposed to permitting the
question of whether or not we shall
become a member of the league to be
submitted to the people in any way?
If you are not opposed to submitting it
to the people, may I ask in what way
you would suggest that it be sub
mitted?"
Senator Borah's letter to Gen. Wood,
asking him to state his position with
reference to the treaty and the league,
has not been answered. Gov. Ix>wdcn
replied to the Senator's inquiry very
soon after it was sent to him, stating
that he favored ratification with the
Lodge reservations.
Congress Kept in Dark
About Operations of
U. S. Troops in Siberia
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,
| ident and the Mikado as to the use of
the railroad which has been guarded
by the Amerircan troops.
Did Jnpnn Violate Treatyf
"5. What, if any, agreements made
by Japan have been kept and perform
| ed by Japan on her part, and what, if
Iany, agreements made by Japan have
Leen violated.
"6. The notes exchanged or corre
spondence between the President and
ether interested countries, shovfing
the reason for the change of policy
and the withdrawal of our troops.
"7. Also, to inform Congress, if it
can be done consistent with public
safety, the reason lor the present or
dering of the troops out of Siberia,
and to state whether the President has
received any assurance from the So
viet government that the said Soviet
government will assume to pay the
ancient debts of the Czar of all the
Russias, in consideration of o?r prom
ise to lift the blockade and remove
our troops."
"If the Secretary of State decides
that it is safe for the American people
tc be informed as to all of these ne
gotiations and secret agreements,"
said Mr. Mason, "it would furnish in
teresting reading for the citizens of
the United States."
Canadian War Veterans
! To Meet in Montreal
Ottawa.?The annual convention
of the Great War Veterans' Associ
j ation of Canada is to open in
j Montreal on March 22, according
to announcement from Dominion
| headquarters here. The date is
{much earlier than usual and is so
fixed owing to the fact that at that
time the Federal parliament will
be in session. A series of provincial
conventions will precede the Do
minion gathering.
The Montreal convention is ex
pected to decide whether or not the
organization should enter the po
litical field. As there are 761 vet
erans' branches throughout Canada
the assembly, which has been
termed "the returned men's parlia
ment." will be of considerable pro
portions. t
Derbies Hit bj Hare Shortage.
London.?A rabbit ikln ahortage
Imperils the derby hat industry.
London battera declare. It requires
a quarter of a pound of akin cut
ting* to make a bat.
PRICE OF BREAD
DUE FOR SLUMP
U. S. Grain Corporation
Head Predicts Surplus
Means Drop.
Will America see lS-cent loaves
of bread? Will the rising price*
of wheat in the big market* hit
the average consumer?
On the contrary, bread Is likely
to romp down. The average con
sumer should be immune from these
abnormal prices being paid for
wheat, if he will use sense in buy
ing.
Anyone who tries to corner the
wheat market, anyone who tries
to get rich by speculation in wheat
and flour, is liable to lose heavily.
Julius H. Barnes, federal wheat di
rector. has even gone so far as to
warn jobbers and millers not to
speculate in wheat with the *>
proaching dissolution of the U. S.
Grain Corporation June 1.
"The 42.000 licensees should real
ize that the withdrawal of such a
market and price Influence as the
U. S. Grain Corporation cannot be
made without introducing large
hazards to the wheat and flour
handler." said Barnes. "World in
fluence* of great potentiality in
price-making exist today.
Psiats to UiHrt*.
"There is no guide to point the way
way to commercial security. Individ
ual judgment must solve unusual
problems. eoon to be faced. We can
only warn of the play of the world
wide factors of unprecedented poten
tiality. and submit Information, as
accuiate as humanly possible, on
which business policies must con
struct.
Exports for the last six months
have been 33.000.00f) less than last year.
"Flour production in the United
States for six months exceeded last
| year * production by 12.000.00fr barrels,
while exports of flour have been
11,<M-,000 barrels less.
| 'Flour stocks visible are very large.
, li,00<\0w) barrels" against ?,i*?O.OCO last
| year.
Arreage Xot Definite.
"New-crop prospects will shortly
be a decided price influence. Much
I emphasis Is laid on otir fall-sown
acreage of 39.000.000 acres, as
against &0,000.000 a year ago. It is
i well to remember that America's
! second largest winter wheat yield.
; 68.V000.O00. came from 37.000.000
(acre? sown. Also, that twice in our
I history the yield from spring sow
ings alone exceeded 350.000.000
j bushels.
I "Import and export embargo re
strictions ^re now eliminated, and
? Canada and Argentina are already
: making sales, attracted by our
prices now ruling above the guaran
teed level.
I "!>ealers are carrying 437.000.000
bushels ok wheat, against 299.000.
, OOo a year ago. Seriously ponder
I this eondition. . After June 1, next.
! the Grain Corporation authority to
i buy wheat at a guaranteed price
expires, and therefore the security
of that basis is withdrawn."
May Press Sawdust
Into Bricks for Fuel
Vancouver, B. C.?There has been
<a Are burning on the waterfront of
the Hastings Mills on Burrard Inlet
for twenty-five years. Through rain
jand storm and winter and summer
the flames burn T?rightly and the
bla'-k smoke rises. Ever since the
mills started there has been this
;bonfire, fed by the endless sawdust
:carriers. Hundreds of tons of
wooden particles have been burned
iut this plant alone.
At other mills throughout the
J province the sawdust is treated In
the same way. As sawdust has a
low commercial value, and no one
mill produces enough of the material
to make a paying proposition of pre
paring it for various marketable
uses it has been allowed to go to
waste for many years It is thought
now. however, that with many mills
operating within a reasonably small
radius there is enough being pro
duced to make a sawdust-handling
plant a good investment.
It can be pressed into bricks, or
manufactured into dyes, or otl\rr
chemical properties extracted. The
matter Is being investigated by <ap
Italists and it is probable that some
steps will be taken this coming
spring or summer to make use of
sawdust from B. C. mills.
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ALEXANDRIA
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nr Klnr AMI
Alexandria. Va.. Feb. The time
! limit for candidates who desire to
' e#ter the coolest for mayor, council
and aldermen expired at raidnljht
tonight. The list filed with Charles
Bendhelm. chairman of the cilj
Democratic committee, follows: For
mayor, CapL Albert Bryan. Fourth
ward; James M. Duncan. Fourth
i ward, and William J. McCaffrey.
First ward. Mayor Fisher, incum
bent, will not again be a candidate
for office.
There also will be contests for
council In the Second. Third and
Fourth wards. The aldermen in ths
four different ward* will have no
opposition and they are as follows:
First ward. F. F. Msrbury; Second
ward. W. W. Bal longer; Third ward.
John T. Harrison; Fourth ward. C.
C. Batcheller.
Candidates for common council In
the four wards, from which two
each are to be nominated, follow:
First ward. J. I>. Matter and E. P.
I Ticer, incumbents; Second ward. Je
rome Kaufmann, incumbent. H. F.
Downham. J. Harvey Robinson.
Frank C. Pulltn and A. D. Deeton:
Third ward. H. R. Burke. Incum
bent. George Kfeus and W. C. Drury.
Fourth ward. Clinton 8. Ballanger.
8- Divers, incumbent, and W. E.
Risdon.
The only incumbents who are not
?candidates for re-election are: Jos
Ieph M. Armstrong. Second ward,
and August J. Pohl. Third ward.
In addition to the contest for
mayoralty honors there also will be
contests for councilmanic honors
in the Second. Third and Fourth
wards.
Hexekiah Mudd, 67 years old. a na
tive of this city, died last night in
Washington. The deceased had been
an invalid for the past twenty-four
years, when he was stricken with
paralysis. For a number of years he
operated what was known ss Fox's
Ferry, between this city and the
Maryland side of the river.
While encaged in this work he was
stricken. Mr. Mudd is survived by
three children. Lewi* A. Mudd. Wash
ington; Mrs. Mary J. Fitton and Hor
ace A. Mudd. both of this city. The
t>ody <vas brought here and taken to
Wheatley's mortuary chsj>el. The
funeral will take place at 9 o'clock
Monday from St Mary's Catholic
Church, and burial will be in St.
Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs. Julie Simpson, wife of Harry
H. Simpson, died at 1:** o'clock this
morning at her residence. ?1- South
Alfred street, after a short illness.
| She is survived by her husbsnd. Her
I funeral will take place at ? o'clock
i Tuesday afternoon.
Marvin Javins. years old. died to
i day at his residence. Jl" North Pitt
j street. Ills funeral will take piece
i Monday aftern<?on from his late resi
dence. near Francoms, Fairfax
County.
Miss June l?wls. 1* years old.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Henry l^ewis. died yesterday at her
; parents' home, near Linconia. Fair
fax County. Her funeral will take
place tomorrow afternoon.
Rev. I.?ouis Smet. pastor of St.
j Mary's Catholic Church, today of fid
' ated al the funeral of Frank Rebec,
who died Tuesday, at St. Mary 's Cath
olic Church. Burial was in St. Mary's
Cemetery.
The funersl of Mrs. Ida F Beach,
who died Wednesday, took place this
afternoon from her late residence. &C
Queen street. Service.- were conduct
ed bv Rev. E. V. Regester. D. D.. pas
? tor of the M. E. Church. South, and
burial was in Hethel Cemetery.
The Ocneral Realty Corporation has
sold to Mrs. Mary Frances Evans the
house and lot at 310 Wolfe street.
Clifford E. Cole has sold to Virgil S.
Howard lot 16. block. S. section I.
I George Washington Park.
The Knickerbocker Social Club has
arranced for a valentine dsnce Febru
ary' 16 in the auditorium of the Eiks'
Home.
Shoes Back Religion.
Rangoon?The ete^.al shoe question
has aeain bobbed up and been finally
j settled. Ancient usage dictates pa
goda visitors be barefoot. Youns
Burmese "conscientious objectors" in
I sist that shoes are far more religious.
The British government has ruled that
I the trustees of each temple shall de
cide the shoe matter with respect to
j the wishes of a majority of their oon
I gregations.
Starring Man Rich Heir.
London ? Found starving in a
I wretched shack. John Francis. Strand
i bootblack, is entitled to 119,000 as heir
j of a friend of his mother.
For Colds. Crip or In Hum* a
land a* a PreTentiv^. take LAXATIVE
l RKOMO Qt lNlNE l'jh|*t*. for K. W.
J GROVE'S Fifnatare on the box. Sftr.
i if-ex-ft
CLEARING OFF
JERSEY PIERS
?
Huge Piles of Army Bag
gage at Hobpken Re
moved for Storage.
New York.?Ths great army p,er?
at Moboken which will always rr
main part of the history and tra
ditioas or tlx American ElMI
tlonary Forces. are being clear*
by moving men * ho arc run
fronted with the tank of remoi
Ing 1M.004 piece? of moBdescrip
loat baggage from tbe piers.
Although many thoussnd pioce
of the luggage have been returned
to forirer service men by the Lost
Baggage Department of the Knightt
of Columbus. 4*1 Fourth avenue. .f
waa announced that the work will
be continued by the '<Caaey" organ
isation and tha official* and ro'n
of the array.
All of the lunagc li being re
moved to Governors Island, where
it will be placed In storehouses and
arranged under an Index system of
cards and flies corresponding witlb
the method In operation at llobokrn.
The books, furniture and oth*t
paraphernalia of the piers are also
being carried away and within thr.-?
weeks the piers will be ready tof
occupancy by steamship companion
One of the greatest tasks ahead ot
the moving men Is the transferrin
* lOU.OOO barrack bars which hav?
become estranged from home-comini
contingents of the A. E K.
Large car floats with half a dorm
freight carr, on each are being uH
ss '-moving vane " When the cars
?tre loaded the floats sre towed 14
Governors Island.
Willing to Cire Wife.
London.?Kilo Lun, Chinw, ip ? u
in^ Mrs Bella Hale for breach ol
promise. After an fnm-n^ni ol
a year to Kao. Mrs. Hale eloped
with Percival Hal*. whom #-he l.a?i
known a w#?ek Kao says he wants
her back. Hale's willing, but Mrs
Hale hasn't made up her ir.nd.
Poker Not Played for Fan.
Spokane.?"Nobody plays p>k<-i
for fun." said the Mi^man whe
walked Into the ba'k r.??m ?.f c
billiard hall and arrr.-t^d nine
for gambling. Tlie prisoners held
the same was without money.
8 Victor
JAZZ ARTISTS
Appearing m Pencn
Poli's,Feb. 8th,3:30
BILLY MURRAY,
Teaor-Coaedian
JOHN H. MEYERS,
Baritone
MONROE SILVER,
Moaoiogist
FRANK CR0XT0N,
Rim
HENRY BURR,
Tenor
FRANK BANT A,
Piaaisf
ALBERT CAMPBELL,
FRED VAN EPS
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President.
Mn/rox e. aii.es,
Vice President.
WILLIAM J. KLATHER,
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MSHn EVAKS, Jr.,
Ca?klrr.
A VOX M. lUfl'fl,
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HO BERT V. FLEMING.
Anslstnnt Caiklrr.
GEORGE O. VAN,
Assistant Cashier.
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L. Kemp Dfcval
I, no In E. Jeffries
John S. l.arrom be
Hear7 B. Speaeer
Harry F. Clarke
Fleming Newkold
James M. Jobnaten. Jr.
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