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Horstford, Mr. & Mrs. Hugo Hansen, Mr. & Mrs. Rateliffe, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Barnes, Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Johnson, Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Corrigan and daughter, Mr. Corrigan and fiancee, Mrs. Agatha Glasgow, Mrs. Nellie Birch, Mrs. Augusta Moorehead, Mrs. Beverhoudt and daughter, Mrs. Amelia Franeis and family, Miss Christina Larsen, Miss Keta Lewis, M:ss Violet- Vietoria, Miss Lily Creque, Miss Vallade. Sergt. Msjor Lewis, son of “apt. Lewis and a member of the 15th Infan- try who won med2is in Frarce, Messrs. Joe Bendisher, Knox Heyliger, Iritz Irwin, Henderson, Terrence Guolden, Erik Nielsen, James Watt, George Sur- phlis, Carl Hendricks, the Totten Eros., Andrew C. Pedro, Alva Me Farlane. This must not be considered a complete list of all who attended. Most of the costumes wer2 made Ly Mrs. Sophie Roberts (Coda) of 117 W. 142nd St. who is among the best dress- makers and designers to be founlin this city. The eptire affair was a marked ,a122233 from all angles It was a very large and resp~ctable gathering, with no niff-ratfs or valzar dancers to mar th2 plewsare of aanyone. There was but on» eriticism o oifer, and that is, th2 hall e»>uld bav: baen larger to aceomodate tne crowd, Mrs. in'ay and Mr. Walter Weny io aceepting the hearty congeratulations of all who attended, have announced their intention to hoid another in the very near future at the beautiful Laurel Gar- dens.lloth St. and bt Ave. whea icis to be hoped that it won’t b 2 neces:zary to choose devout men to carry Volstead to s burial. TELEGRAMS. 87 CROIX STATION. New York, May 9th. The [Federal Judges Rogers, Hough and Manton to- day filed a dissolution order against the American Sugar Refining Company and otker corporate and individual defendants in the Governments anti-trust lawsuit, which began here twelve years ago. Madrid, May 9th---It was officially an- vounced last night that the morale of the Moorish tribzsmen had been greatly af- fected as the result of yesterday’s milita» ry operations. The principal lieutenant of Raisuli was killed and another chief wounded, while several other aides were killed. Various factions of the tribes men who were on the point of surrender again became mqkr;e hostile as the result of a propaganda being waged by a lead- ing chief, in order. to prevent the dis- bandment of his forces. He spread a rumour that Spain was obliged so repa- triate her troops on account of financial conditions in that country and he assur- ed bis followe s that they would be vic- torious if they could hold out for arother month. It was officially stated this after- SET. G : e B¥ 18 ®» ¢ - PR Tee S sTR el~s RT noon that Raie}xli’s retreat had been cut off. _ Washington\ May Jth.---With the ob- ject of consideing all the issues involv- ed in the recogr * 'n of Mexico by the United States, appointmen. of an International ‘... :missiop. is advocated in some officiz! quarters as a solution of the continued failure of the U~**~4 States and Mexico t ) reach an agr-.ment on a recognition reL.. " Although the United States sti’ insists that positive guarantees again: the confiscatory ;pro- visions in the Mex can constitution must precede recognitic , it has been intimat- ed that if Preside: Obregon would form- ally suggest the f¢ mation of a commis- sion to eor Juct ne: otiations, the United States Gr vernmer would agree thereto. Such a request, iowever, has nrot yet been received. F -esident Harding yes- terday discusse ' ¢ entire situation with the Republican & ater for New Mexico. It is indicated t* some action to hasten the course of th_ ~gotiations may be ex- pected. London, May ,th. M. Tehitcherin, in the course of 1 interview vith the correspondent ol 2 “'Herald” st (Genoa. said. ‘‘Our note 1l demand a lcan of one billion dolla:s, either in mcney or goods. We must have somethingin re- turn for our recognition of our debts, snmething different from the vague pro- posals of the allies’””. He also declared that the Russians sincerely desired a con- tinnation of the egotiations, but that they insisted on tk -ir right to national- ize property without indemuification and also to settla frontier guestions directly with the natiops cencerned. Paris, May 11th. The newspaper "L’ Kelair’’ today prints the text of a military convention, said to have been signed by representadives of the Russian Sov- jet aimy and the German general staff at Berlin, on ‘Aprir third this year. The principal clause is one by which the Germans undertake to furnish the Red army with the arms and material necessary to equipene hundred and eighty regiments of infartry and sufficient heavy field artillery for twenty infan- try divisions, The German general staff according to the alleged convention, undertakes to reorganize the Rus- sian -Baltic and DBlack sea fleets and supply, at the earliest possible date, five hundred new airplanes, together with a supply of spare parts and one hundred and fifty field wireless outfits. The Germans would train sixty Russian instructors in the latest discoveries and inventions for chemical warfare and send technical experts to Russia to speed up existing munitions plants and open new ones. The Red /irmy staff, on its side, guarantees the establishmert in Russia of three German plants, one: {or the manuf cture cos airplanes, one for poison gas and ene for .arms, on condition that the Russian army ean use the cutput when needed, and Ger- war -~~~ " lists weuld be ad hitted to ‘rms factory in Aighan- istan. ~d text, prirted by ‘LBEely says that t*tae Rus- sians unw... » maintai® no: less that eightee an vy and - ight cavalry divisions on e west rn ir-atier and the staff furth~- .. .4+ ' ake to increase *ha -~ _.vity of the ilexandrovsk and wikolai Evsk railways. Finally, the al- leged convention says, the two staffs will prepare a joint plan >t operation for pro- curing Russian access {0 the Baltie Sea, The ¢ontracting parties bivd themselves to keep the eonvention secret, the docu- m2nts being signed, according to the newsuaper, by DMovitzki Stefanas, Ma- jor General Von Seech, Vice-Admiral Pehncke., Lieutenan’ Scharf and Major Tetter. Lexington Ky, May 10th.—Twenty eight thorcughbreds, valued at least at quarter of a miilion acllars, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the racing stables” owned by Mr. Camden, a former United States Senator, and by Mr. Molar, prominent breeder, at the Lexington race tract last night. The fire is believed to have been caused by Light- ning. Paris, May 10th. —The possibility of the 1924 Olympic games going to Los Angel- es, (alifornia, was apparently brought a stage n-arer by yesterdays meeting of the Frenreh Olympic Commiitee, when attention-was dra vn to the fact that Par- liament had not yet voted the promised credits te: finance the games., Londes, May 10th. The Govt. was sharply ittacked in the Hcouse of Com- morns tc ight for failing to protect three British fficers recently kidrnapped in Ireland. New York, May 10th. The early raw sugar market was firmer tcday, spot and FMay Cuba’s being quoted at 2.7/16 cents, cost «nd freight, equal to $4.50 fcr centri- fugals, and Jure at ¢4 cents, equal to 4-11 # (ienoa, May 10th. The United Siates G4, bas finaily consented to the British mar.date for Falestine, Earl Ealfour in- {ormed the League of Naticns tenight. Londen, May 10th. Pondoland, who has been occupying the position of second choice in the betting on the Derby, today won the New market Stakes over the flat course distance of a mile and a quarter from a fieid ot thirteen. _ Pelfast, May 11th. A bomb was thrown ir Glenview street last night, wounding teo women. Three Roman Catholic yeuihs, James, Frances and Thomas Me- keowr, were tsken from their beds at Baily Mulderg last night by a gang of men arnd shot, James being Kkilled and the others seriously wounded. Francis re- ceived sixteen bullet wounds. Washington, May 11th.—President Hardinz today signed the bill, extending for two years from July first next, the three per cent immigration restriction aet: