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D POLICE
OFFICERS If
DEADLY
(By Associated Press)
StuebenviUe, O., Dec.- 28.
Joseph Jones, a .mUl worker, and
Deputy Sheriff Harry Jones, of
Brooke County, West Virginia.,
lay woujjdd in a hospital" at
Follansbee, a little town just
across the river, recovering from
the terrors of a gun battle be
tween Jones and officers last
night during which houses weru
pelted with hundreds of bullet3
from machine guns, pistols and
riot guns.
The fighting started when
the officers tried to arrest Jones
on his wife's complaint that, he
forced her to sign over property
to him.
Stilt EXPRESSES
PLEASURE ftl FORMER
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Dec. 28. Without
debate and with a chorus of aye3
from Democratic Senators and.
silence of most Republicans the
Senate adopted a resolution of
fered by Senator Harris of Geor
gia, expressing ' pleasure and
joy of the Senate' upon the re
covery toward
President Wilson.
Vj '
EXILES FACE
AND
Dedeagatch, .Western Thrace,
Dec. 28. Heavy snow, icy winds
and intermittent rains have
wrought great misery and suffer
ing among1 the half -million shel
terless refugees scattered over
Thrace and -Macedonia. Unless
help is prompt andgenerous, the
Greek and Armenian exiles in
these areas willJperish in large
numbers. Already the majority
are half -naked, starving and dis
eased. All the elementary needs
of life are lacking. Food stocks
in the towns are growing low.
Famine must ensurethis winter
unless flour is sent in.
Human woe. and wretchedness
seldom havev reached such levels
Large numbers are dying daily
of exposure and inanition. The
condition, of the children and
babies is pitiful. Infectious dis
ease are rampant. Typhus - is
gaining such headway that it is
feared the great epidemic of
1918-1919, which began at Caval
la, will recur. . Lift in the East
always has been cheap, but never
so cheap as in this corner of Eu
rope. Had the population been
permitted to remain in,v.Easterii
Thrace and faced the Turkish in
vader, their lot could have been
little worse.
When The Associated
Pressj
correspondent crossed the little
river near Drama where Paul
bantized the first Christian. he
was assailed by a band of hunger
maddened Greek women and
children who begged piteously
for a crust of bread. They said
they had been on the march for
24 days and were subsisting on
beetroots. Although there was a
foot of snow on the ground,
many were shoeless, coatless ami
htless. The blistered, bleeding
feet of the children left .red
silhouettes in the snow. V ;
In spite of many "promises "of
help from the Outside, little has
heen 'done to assuage the -misery
of these helpless exiles. Most of
thm are women and . . children
They are sadly in need of help.
BATTLE
PRESIDIT'S HEGOVEBi
health of forme- mmZxlZ
nnrn n fini
iSERf
DEATH
FOUB O'CLOCK HDITIOIT
HOUSE IS
m FIRE
Charlotte, N. C Dec. 28. The
building and contents of T&jcftnas
and Howard Company, w?sale
grocers, were destroyed "bfire
of unknown erigiu. The loss is
estimated as high s a hundred
thousand dollars.
T
PROPOSES BOTH MOVIES
AND PLAYS FORTHEATRES
Northampton, TVlass., Dec
--Something in the nature of a
penffjemenls agreement between
motion picture exhibitors and
those interestedjin the spoken
arama is suggestea as a solution
cf the community theatre prob
lem by Samuel A. Eliot, Jr.,
assistant professor of English at
Smith: College. Mr. Eliot is the
author o several one-act plays
and was active in the community
theatre venture of the Northamp
ton Players, . which attracted
wide attention a few years ago.
- !
Expressing in at recent letter to
DESTROYED
tne uauy Hampshire aazettoipare(i detailed maps, show
a nope rior a revival ot a commun
ity repertory company in North
ampton,: Mr. Eliot advanced the
idea -that in a city of this size
Tsorthampton has a population )f
i piay ana tne :movies.
'acaaemy oi music is
small to support more than one
play out of ten thoughr as many
repetitions . as the Northampton
Plajrers used to give. ,Three or
tour performances are enoucb.
ft" t mm . " ' V
Ana tne patrons oi tne movies
have - their rights as well and
should, I think, be given a fnll
half of the time. . . .... , , '
r -The movies are highly profi
table and, if the , latter half of
eacjv week were regularly de
voted to them, . they , ought to
bring m enough money to offset
possible losses on plays acted by
a permanent company m the
first half of each ween. This
company would thus have the
equivalent of ten .days, not six,
in which to prepare each new pr -duction
no small advantage to
their art."
WHY. IE HERMIT CRAB
FEEDS HIS PALS.
London, Dec. 28. The mystery
of the hermit crab, and the rea
son why he always lives -witb
messmates ' ' of other species,
has at last been cleared up.
Dr. J. H. Orton, of the Ply
mouth Marine Biological Labor
atory, whose pet oyster became
lamous oy revealing to science
the power of the mollusc to.
change is sex, has studied the
relationshins of the common her-
j -
nmit crab to the anemone and cer -
tain worms which live commun -
ally with it.
The conclusions reached by Dr
Orton are that both animals are
benefitted by their habits. The
anemone derives advantages from
the hermit crab by being dragged
about with its entacles on the
ground, and 'being given oppor
tunities for picking up food left
or lost by the crab!. The crab
obtains protection from fish at
tacks owing to the unpleasant
ness of the anemones as food. "
. In 'the case of the worm, one
wasi observed to crawl along
side the body of the crab and
literally tafee with impunity v a
piece of food from between the
crab 's jaws and bolt it an ac
tion tolerated' by ; the worm's
landlord
EXPLOSION
. (Bv Associated
Rome, De. 28. Nine menirj 5
killed when W fort blew up wln
the accidental explosion of a si ill
The debris was scattered
miles around.
VALUABLE
OF GREAT
(By Associated Press)
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 28w
The Harvard University IiibrfK-
ha3 made effective progress
accumulating data of the Wor ld
War which will enable the 15
torian of the future to determine
the exact Hispositioh of the im
posing military forces at all tuftes
throughout the period of active
fighting. Ddltaiied maps . shd
airplane pnotographs iorm pn
important part of the collection.
An official of the library,
plaining the collection recei
pointed out that the fighting! in
France was in a region of which
the French government had
me
s
houses, woods, fields, brooks 4n-
tours and every other fea
For the most part, " he
tinued, "the trench warfare
sufficiently static to make
possible for the intelligence
partment of each army to pre
exact maps revealing the pr
layout of enemy trenches,- anc2$&
a great extent the dispositioa.tw:
iiwchiije. runs,-artiUery- ei
mechanical ' processes of -makini
such,maps from week to week or
from day to day reached durins
the war, a perfection hitherto
unknown, " ' "
"The historian of the future
will be able to take the French
maps of their own and of the
enemy's lines in a certain sector
and the G eraan maps of their
own and of the French lines, all
of which iere prepared at f re
quent intervals, ; and by compar
ing them will be able to see exact-
ly how the warfare in that sec
tor progressed. He will not
have to depend, as the historian
of former wars depended, partly
on personal recollections and im
pressions of where such and such
a charge toek place, and where
the lines ran during such a week.
"We already have a large col
lection of suoh maps, in addition
to hundreds of books and docu
ments relating to military, econ
omic and political conditions m
the warring countries, ranging
from complete files of .Parole, the
German .army publication offi.
cia.. casualty lists and .files :of
airplane photographs, to collec
tions of war posters and official
memoranda. We have . a -com
plete set of the official proclama
tions issued by the - German : gov
ernment from June, 1914, to the
armistice, and are now acquiring
the German confidential review
of the foreign press. In getting
J material from Germany we have
been erreatlv aided bv Elliis L.
I " .
; Dresel, former American commis-
j sioner at Berlin, . who is a Har-
yard graduate.
' We are trying, with the as
sistance of friends or the univer
sity and others who have valuable
material7 at their disposal, to build
up not merely an entertaining as
sortment of war documents, but
a working collection of ' source
material which will be of posi
tive value to those in the future
who may wish to study the pre
cise progress of events anc their
underlying causes throughout the
war.
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nights .Ilresh -northwest, rlnd
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f By Associated Press)
Washington, .Dec. 2d.farr3r
rresident Wilson, planning ,
was receiving, congratulations on
his sixty-sixth birthday, the only
-scheduled event of the day beinsr
visit oi a aeiegation irom tne
W ooarow Wilson Foundation.
SCHOOLS IN SOVIET
DlfflESSE
Moscow, Dec. 28L- The numb er
of public schools tin Soviet Rus
sia shows an increase under tht
a d . v b -t . j, m aoi mb mk BBi at BB . mm i i . vi . ,i mm - - m bib mm . . W. 1 -MT .
RUSSIA SHO
Soviet regime as comnard withi0 dopt th v&k proposal, sy.
prerevolution times, according
. . - w. . . . ' - T
to recent announcement of A.
Lunatcharsky, ommissar ; for
education. -r
. Puriag the first two years of
the; revolution, public education
was given much attention by the
Soviet government, and the uum
ber of public schools was brought
up to 30,900 with a staff of 70.
000 teachers ad 2,250,000 pupils,
as compared' with 22,000 schools,
32,000 teachers Cand . 1,300,000
pupils in 1911. But in 1921 with
the chage of economic - policy
and the abolition of the non-.
monetary- system, came the first
reduction of expenses in educa
tion and. curtailment of public
schools. ; In 1922 -a ' further num
ber of ' schools had to be closad,
on account of budget difficulties,
while many schools were deserted
L b ytheir staffs owing to insuffi
cient and irregular pay
At tke
,uuu scnoois, vsmj - MeaeTm&immv
and 1,635,000 pupils- But 1923
is expected to show a decrease,
for th'e government will place the
cost of upkeep, of public schools
upon local authorities, and these
are notoriously short oi funds i
ROME PTES TO
L Tl
(Uy Associated Press)
Borne, JLec. zo. Italian tennis
circles are awaiting with interest
the replies of Allied Tennis Fed
erations to invitations extended
to them by the Italian Lawn
Tennis Federation to send teams
to participate in the international
Hardcourt Tournament to be held
in Rome next May.
The reply of Germany already
has, been received, and is in the
affirmative; Kleinroth, who is
playing in his best ' form just
now will captain the German
team. He is regarded by many
experts as the best singles player
in Europe at the present time.
Count Salm, of Austria,; is ex
pected to lead the Austrians.
The feeling here is that Bel
gium, England and France will
abstain, but that Spain will send!
over. its Davis , Cup , team,, the!
Alonzo brothers, Flaquer and;
Count de Gomar.
RUSSIA PRODUCES A
Riga, Dec. Sitf,--The Soviet
Russian government has entered
the motor car manuf octuring
business, and the first car to
come to Riga a ttraeted much
. interested attention. It is gray
in color,; of . 40 r horse power,
weight 2,530 pounds, has a speed
of. 53 niUes an hour, and seats
seven passengers. J
. The operation of the factory
where the first car was produced
is in the. hands of a staff said to
have- been': trained in the United
States'. - r-"'t-
INTEHIATOi
HIS
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Dec.' 28-Chair
man Lodge; of thi Senateoreign
Halations Committee, wajs sum
moned - to the White House, and
after aJ talk with ? the Presiaent
indicated that President Harding
would send a letter to the capitol
during the . da. indicating his at
titude toward a new Economic
and Disarmament Conference be
tweeh ; the president and Secre
tary 'iiugnes. r ;,
, WashingtVn,: DeLii.Th
President askxjSenate not
inn in o i latfft'i. v
mg - in a iletter to Senator tLodge
that congressional actio C 1 now
would embarrass him in negotia
tions already! being conducted
looking to such a , conference.
Just what steps have been tak
(n or are in contemplation were
not revealed, ( but Senator Lodge
said that negotiations for a con
I ference did not include cancella
tion of the allied debt.
SIEICE FL'iDS IIEl'J W
(By: Associated Press)
London. Dec; 28. Sugar may
today byvobtained from soda
water, theH aerated i : beverage
which Lflows" f ro nickel lated
three yearjfcavi, ben. eohducfc
ing laboratory experiments with
the idea of duplicating .artificial-1
ly the work done-by plants in
self nourishment.-. t
' It always has been a scientific
mystery how ;. living plants . build
up the sugar, necessary for their
growth, from the" carbon dioxide
or carbonic acid, a component
part of the atmosphere, which
they absorb, by mixing it with
carbo-hydrates and the starch
universally found in plants.
Their experiments convinced
the scientists, Professor E. C
Baly and Professor ' Heilbren,
that not only is it possible to pro
duce formaldehyde from soda
water by the action of very short
wave length light, but that it is
also possible to produce formal
dehyde with ordinary sunlight
in the presence of malachite green
or other appropriate coloring
matter.
Carrying, their investigation a
little farther they succeeded, by
acting upon soda water with ul-l
tra-viole rays,. in building up
sugar. They found that formal
dehyde turns directly into sugar.
The yield of sugar may be in
creased by heightening , the con
centration of carbon dioxide with
sodium carbonate.
RUBLES T10W CHEAPER
THAU
(By Associated Press)
Moscow, Dec. 28.--The Russian
ruble continues constantly to de
cline, and as a result the price of
every eommodity in Russia has
increased.
Since November 1, the prices
on food have gone up 72, per cent
and on clothing and other . wear
ing appareal 60 per cent, while
wood, which is extensively used in
Russia as fuel, ; has advanced
more' than a hundred ? percent.
During .the : same period the Tate
of exchange has gone up only 15
percent. ' iLate in November the
dollar Drought 25,000,000 rubles.
TO pooh sue.1
p:. y. -' 'iV;3:
St -' .., ' : iff
EVER
. (By Associated Press)
JValta, Dec, 28. As a result
pf unsatisfactory news from Lau-. .1
Isanne it ir understood that ships - v
4,uC xiiiiiu ... jieaixerranean 41
fleet, which rrived here Satur-
day for a "three .weeks isit,' have ' K iJ'i
receivea oraers to rXUrn to tne
Near East, it fis - JMieved. "All r
available vessel : ajreV. preparing,:
io leave tonignt. . t, . v
WlfSBnTBtlA
BET DEr.BjTOLf.USQI
Lausanne,;Dec 2&.l$iftcpt; ,
beads' : have -made ,tlirippear
ance ' in the. Lausanne iconf erencef
and are assisting the poets, philos. sr :
ophers, liiorians; antiquarians
and statesmen of Levantine dele- . :
gations in solving Near "Eastern
Djellaladine Arif fBeyy r-
sentatiye of the Anjra fgovrit
tnent at Rdme, constant1 jtsar-1
nes a strand of largtj: red beads - ,
which he fingers , nervously ,
while discussing howv the r srBoS' 1 ,
phorus arid the DardeneUesshall .
b disposed of.
.".Others ..'members of the' large
. Turkish iarty carry v similar -" -
beads, and to a lesser : degree:
nneoi;',
brains can function, or at least
they think they V must. Conse
quently it is not unusual to meet
fNear Eastern Represent atrves
wandering . through the hotel
lobbies of Lausanne in an aimless
way with brightcolored beads in
their hands.
BERLIN IMPOSES TAX
Oil GLUTTOIIY
(By Associated Press)
Berlin, , Dec. 28. -A tax on
gluttony is the latest method of
raising funds to be devised by
the municipality of Berlin.
Gluttony is defined in the reg
ulations as excessive "consumption
of food or drink, and the fact of
excess is determined by the cost
of the meal. The r figure In
marks at which the gluttony be
gins is to be fixed and announced
monthly. The . cost of eating in
excess of this amount will be
taxed at the rate of 25 percent.
English girls wnTFiicnbn
Paris, Dec 28. Three English
girls won the recent annual type
writing competition of France.
The first prize went to Miss
Woodword who proved to be the
speediest competitor. She was
closely followed by Miss Mitchell
and Miss Aldred. Monsieur
! Gavrin won the French national
i speed contest with 10,00 strokes
in twenty minutes. Madjemois.
elle Piau, secretary to Albert
Thomas director of the Interna
tional Labor. Bureau, wag second.
COTTON tlARTIET.
TODAY'S MARKET
J anuary . . 26.4tf
March 26.69
May -L -r 26.69
July . . . . . 26.43
October . . i 24j66
SATURDAY'S MARKET
January . 25.96
March u- - 26.28
May . . . .L 26.39
July . 26.17;
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