Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1921, Page 2

. BETTER CONDITIONS, HIGHER PAY, URGED American Engineering Council Aids Fight in Behalf of Patent Office. The American Engineering ‘Qouneil hgs tiken up the fight for-better condi- tions ‘and - higher pay in the Dpited States patent office, sad In a statement from the New. York offices of the or- sanization _today. . characterized - the he patent office 3 the nt brane e e s e resultant_grave danger to the nation’s interests. ‘Tem Per Cent Raise in Seventy Years. In the last seventy vears, the state- ment_declares, the pay of the personnel has been increased only 10 per cent. In 1848, says the statement, the salaries of the principal examiners in the patent office equaled the salaries of the United States District judges and were one-half that of the chief justices of the United States Supreme Court. Since that time. it is d, the salaries of these judicial officials have been increased 300 per cent. The efficiency of the patent office is bveing impaired, according to the state- ent, by the resignations which are depleting the supply of principal ex- aminers at the rate of 25 per cenmt vearly. These examiners. it is said, receive from $5,000 to $6,000 annually in patent law offices, where their gov- ernmert training makes them in con- stant demand, and at the expense of tederal efficiency. Will Attend Hearings. 5 Engineers from all parts of the United States will appear before the joint _patent conference committee when hearings are begun on the Nolan bill, says the statement. This bill pro- vides for an increase in the pay personnel of the patent office. The en- ineers will urge its passage. | “The patent system has been the; principal factor in the progress of the United States frem: an agricul tural, non-manufacturing group of colonies to the greatest manufactur- ing nation in the world,” the state- ment says. “Since the armistice the European nations have been devoting painstaking effort to building up a scientific research and patent system. America must do likewise if our manufacturing supremacy is to be maintained. ‘Weuld Encourage U. S. Inventors. “We need absolutely to give Amer- ican inventors the encouragement of reasonably prompt action. Searches should be so thorough as to warrant being sustained by the courts. So overloaded is the patent office mow that thorough search is impossible, and the result is that there are alto- gether too many partly invalid pat- ents. It is of supreme importance that the patent office ba put into. such Shape as to eliminate the perils sur- rounding uncertainty and inefficiency. INAUGURAL STORM BREAKS IN- SENATE OVER $50,000 ITEM (Continued from First Page.) o said, was no to indulge in ex- luncheon todsy at the chairmen parades. AIRMAN McLEAN HOST TO ASSISTING CHAIRMEN Edward B. McLean, chairman of the naugural committes, was host at This gathering was preliminary o eeting of the general ugural commi ‘which will be held n the red reom of the Willard this 'ternoon at 4 o'clock, at which the meo-u-n‘mm and to in- at i uarters that Chatles J. Bell, presi- nt of the American Security and Company. has been appointed jrman of the budget committee, will of apportion- have charge ng the funds among the various com- ees. of the finance nittee, makes his report at the meet- dug of the general committee this afternoon it will be slidwn that tl €ull amount of money for the inaugu- ¥ation has been subscribed. He an- Sounced last week that $82,000 had been subscribed. T Geverner-Elect Coming. * Gov.-elect Davis of Ohio has indi- wcated already his intention of coming ito Washington, with his full staff, to ‘participate in the inauguration of his;: Jellow Ohioan as President of the #nited States. We this effect has Sike expressions are expected to be re- #cived from a number of state execu- Hives. * The local inaugural committee ‘has invitations to all state gov- them to attend the in- y heir t d V- ‘ral democratic governors will re- wpond. s Merchants Approve Pegram. ¢+ Approval of the official {naugural Pdrogram was given yesterday by the ¥xecutive committee of the Merchants Mnd Manufacturers’ Association. + In @ letter sent to Henry M. Blair, “hairman of the Souvenir program ommittee of the inaugural commit- ee, Charles J. Columbus, secretary of &he association, says: - L “The executive committee of the &ferchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation. takes cognizance of your an- Mouncement that the only authorized ‘¥ollcitors of advertising in the official sprogram are Miss Helen J. Nicolay of /the Woodward apartment, Arthur D. ‘,E;nu of the Washington Post, J. E. Rice of the Washington Herald, A. T. “cDonald of the Washington Times #nd Fleming Newbold of '3 are, therefore, advising the nembership of the Merchants and \Manufacturers’ Association that the ‘official program to be published by he commictee as outlined above is Mpproved and that none other will be | o miven the sanction of the executive ‘ommittee. ! “We will further advise our mem- bership that in the payment for ad wertising they shall make checks pay- #bie to Mr. Cuno H. Rudolph, treas. urer inaugural committee, “It is a further pleasure to advise ou that the city of Washington is oroughly equipped to furnish the per and do the printing for the offi- ial inangural program, and if desired ifhe Merchants and Manufacturers’ As- @octation will indicate the printing ouses that are particularly adapted {or this class of work. he work done in Washington.” i Cengress Asked for $35.000. . joffice of Gov. Cornwi New President of Washington Automotive rade Association €. H. WARRINGTON. FLAMES DESTROY W. VA, CAPITOL One Killed, Several Hurt. “Priceless Records” in " $1,250,000 Fire. CHARLESTON. W. Va. January 4.— The capitol building of West Virginia was destroyed by fire late yesterday. One laborer was killed, a fireman in- jured seriously and several others burt when a section of roof under which they were standing caved in. The spectacular nature of the fire was enhanced when much ammunition, stored on the third floor of the build- ing exploded. The fire started on the third floor just above the senate cl r, and i a few minutes the chamber was re- duced to ruins. It then spread along the corridor to some of the state of- fices, where valuable records have been stored dating back to the organ- isation of -the commonwealth. At 4 p.m. the roef of the Lee street wing had fallen, and the flames had spread with great rapidity to the cen- ter of the building, :lnlnt out-” the Fire Reaches Ammunition Steres. Firemen soon found that the point where the blaze originated was in- umu:lm‘t ug they tiumed'flul:xlr :b ntion other sections of the big bullding. In spite of the valiant efforts of the firefighters the thi floor, where much ammunition was stored, was soon ablaze. When the heat finally reached the ammunition the firemen were forced to back away, for their lives were en- igered by exploding cartridges. Blast after blast, mhich sent showers of sparks s d, marked the progress of the fire, as it burned a path through the munitions rooms. Soon after the fire was discovered clerks mho:u from u:& l'lrncl:re. enrry‘ ing personal prope: or the most part. A few bore the records of their branches of the state government. Gov, John J. Cornwell was in his of- re” apparatus firemen on all sides of the structure, and numerous lines of hose running into the building, the governor final- ly emerged from the executive of- fices, walked across the street to the ecutive mansion, from that Int Wi the progress of the es. “Priceless Records” Destroyed. ‘Within four hours after the fire was discovered the capitol building, con- taining the governor’s office, state partments and ‘“priceless '.i. nothing but & mass of smoking ruins. State officials made no attempt to estimate the loss, but they said that the records destroyed, upon wrich no insurance was carried, could not be replaced and that it was impossible to estimate their value. le state records were saved by lerks, officials and Aremen, who car- ried them from the turning buildin The capitol bullding, erected rn 1881 at a cost of more than $400,000, is be- Heved to hava lteen the oaly brick capital in the United States. State officials today #a!d that the property :{llg’g:d :ll valued st appreximately State officials that while the senate and house cl bers were de- stroyed, they did not believe the ses- sion of the legislature called to con- vene in the immediate future would be affected. They said arrangements would be made at once to provide for the senate and house and attaches, and that new quarters would be found at once for the state departments made homeless by the fire. The origin of the fire has not been determined. HOOVER CHEERS VIENNA. VIENNA, Jlmur‘. 1—A New Year message from Herbert Hoover to the effect that, through the magnanimity of the American people, he is in a position to continue feeding the Aus- trian children was received here with great gratitude. Translated and placarded on the walls about the city, it caused many expressions of relief and joy and was the only ray of h: iness in an other- wise gloomy New Year day. veyances of all kinds from Febru 28 to March 10. = Committee Members Named. The following committees have been announced: Committes on _ballroos apt. James F. Oyster, chairman vice chairmen, Eiliott Woods, 2 Ayres and F. L. Owens; Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor, Miss Grace Temple, Mrs, William C. Johnson, TRomas Hastings, New York: Edward Pierce Casey. New York: I Van Buren Ma. Eonigis, New_York; Waddy B. Wood, Georize' W. Barnes, Chapin_ Brown. W. Ballou, Henry P. Blai Boteler, ' William _ Berens, . E. Cross. Maj. H. W. Cu ler. ¥. G. Coldren, R. E. Conner, Wil- liam V. Cox, Charles T. Claggett, Edward O. Craig, T. C. Dulin, B, L. Dougherty, Victor B. Deybe 7. Donovan, George W. Evaus, Joshu Evans, jr.; A. Gumpert, H. H. Glass| James B. Henderson, Col Robert Harper, _ Joseph . Langler, Charies Moore, Willlam P. Richards, D. C. Roper, jr.; A. I Schulteis, Charles 1. haffner, A. Leftwich Sinciair. B Lindley Sinclair, J. A. Sullivan, W. D. West and Charics 8. Willls, Committes on_ historic sites—Mra. Virginia White Speel, chairman: vics chairmen, Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker and Miss Mary Perry Brown: Miss Grace M. Plerce., secretary: Admiral George W. Baird, Miss Velma Barber, Dr. Marcus Henfamin, Frank G. Ca L P The Commissioners have transmitted lo Congress a joint resolution calling tor the appropriation of $53,000 for the maintenance of order and the pro- Yaction of life and property during in- Auguration week. u This fund js used to employ special policemen, to defray the expenses of \out-of-town detectives and any other tems incidental to public order. 3‘1 The resolution also would giye the ‘ommissioners power to regulate the fares to be charged by public.con- Mrs. . Henry C. Corbin, liam V. Cox, Charles F. Crane, M Charlotte Everett, Mrs. David Ed- monston, Frederick 1. Fishback, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Gaillard Hunt, Mrs. W. H. Jacques, Mrs. Harry New, Herbert Putnam, Gen. George Richards, U. 8. M. C.; Maurice Rosenberg, Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph, Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, Mrs. Char- lotte Van Doran, W. P. Van Wickle, Mrs Harold Walker, Mr: West and Elliott Woods \ < - in the numerous departments | 1Bk William D. | He THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 EXPECT HOT FIGHT ASCLERKS GATHE Lehlbach Bill to Be Bone of Contention at Reclassifica- tion Meeting Saturday. Reclassification “fireworks” are ex- pected to break loose at the clerical service meeting to be held at 8§ o'clock Saturday night at the Public Library to consider the classification of 60,000 clerical workers of the government in the Lehlbach bill! Representatives of the joint confer- ence on reclassification are to attend the meeting in order to bring out jections to phases of the classif tion of clerical workers which other- wise might be overlooked. R. J. Quinn of the adjutant general's ofice, War Department, and Dr. J. Franklin Meyer of the bureau of standards will represent the joint conference at the meeting, which to be held under auspices of the Na- tional Federation of Federal Employes. Study Al Bills Carefully. Jeremiah Connolly, chairman of the joint conference, said today that he would gttend the meeting if other business would allow, but that if not he felt sure the views of the confer- ence would be well represented ' by Messrs. Quinn and Meyer. Members of the conference have en- deavored to look at the various re- classification bills—of the reclassifi- cation commission, Representative Lehibach and the bureau of efficiency —with open minds in order to boost the best bill. It is felt in some quarters, on the other hand, that the National Feder: tion of Federal ti bach bill, which is declared faulty in its classifications. “Leoeseness” Is Alleged. Members of the joint conference, imany of whom worked as détailed men from the departments on the re- classification commission’s staff, have intimate knowledge of the various classifications of government workers proposed, and are determined that any gradings finally adopted shall be “righ | By this they mean neither “too loose” mnor “too tight.” It is under- stood that the strongest protest to be brought at the clerical service meeting Saturday night is against al- le, “looseness” qf the gradings, it being declared that in an effort to re- ?uce the n\lmbe‘r of classes the grad- ngs are not fine enough to make proper discriminations. © ATTACKS TINKHAM FOR DRY CHARGES Wheeler Says Prohibition Has Not Increased Crime in District. | “No one who knows the facts will take seriously Representative Tink- ham's charge that prohibition has {a- creased crime in Washington,” said Wayne B. Wheeler, general coungel of the Anti-Saloon League. “Both Mr, ham and Mr. Sebring, chief clerk of the Police Court, are frreconciladle opponents qof prohibition. heard of & man committing . murder, zur‘h:', ll-lllh:r any other crim imply because Was sober? The comparison in Washi; n has increased marvelously in popula- tion since November, 1917, when pro- hibition went into effect; that after every war there has been a wave of crime. This was the greatest war in history, and the aftermath is pro- portionately great. Present business conditions and decreasing wages also tend to increase crime. We can only imagine what would have been the situation if the salooms were open now to- aggravate the situation. In spite of all these unsatisfactory con- ditions for making a good showing for prohibition, here are some of the facts which our wet opponents have failed to report: “At the end of the fiscal year 1914 {he commitments to Occoquan only 70 in 1920. Commitments for disorderly conduct, 1,173 in 1914 and only 35 in 1920, a decrease of nearly 97 _per cent. “The report of the Associated Chari- ties is equally convincing. In 1914 husbands who were guilty of the of fense of non-support numbered 13. in 1920, 18. Those whom the Asso- ciated Charities had to assist in 1916 were 2,766; in 1920, 998. Those fam- ilies and individuals who had to have un?pofl ‘where the alcoholic problem entered in 1916 were 527; 1920, ‘These are illustrations of how pro- hibition tends to decrease crime and offenses where alcohol heretofore was an important factor in it. It doubtless true that in some respects there have been more arre; but these are due to conditions quite apart from prohibition. “The Supreme Court many years ago characterized the liquor traffic 28 ‘a source of crime and misery to soclety.’ Prohibition is demonstrating that this is true” MISS K. C. MURPHY DIES. Was Former Employe of Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Miss Katherine C. Murphy, formerly an employe of the bureau of engrav- ing and printing, died Saturday, fol- lowing an illness of fifteen months, at her home, 1022 North Capitol street. The funeral will be held from St. Aloysius_Church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Requiem mass will be sung. A floral tribute will be offered by the Vincest ! B. Costello Post. of will be in Mount Olivet cemetery. Miss Murphy is eurvived by h8r mother, Mrs. Katherine Murphy: two brothers, Danlel and Willlam, and two sisters, Helen Murphy and Mrs. Ed- ward Z. Farley. SUFFERS BROKEN JAW, Clifford Sharp, Riding Cotor Cyele, Hit by Street Car. Clifford Sharp of 107 I street. ye: terday afternoon was occupant of th side car of a motor cycle that was ruck by a street car at New York wvenye and 1st street. ve years old, 1207 1 by the automobile of Adam Ewal 626 L street northeast, near 14th and streets northeast, yesterday aftes was taken to 1921. | ALIEN RESTRICTION The Army would be limited to 175,000 enlisted men unless an appropriation is passed for the maintenance of a larger force, under a resolution introduced yes- terday by ntative Hull, lows, a member of the House military com- mittee. The measure would direct the Secretary of War to cease er en- listments at this time. Protests Black Occupation Troops. Representative Britten, republican, of Illinois. has introduced his_resolution requesting the President to protest against the retention of French black colonial troops in the occupied area of Germany. Wants Alien Property Restored. Return to the original owners of all money and property seized during the war by the alien property custodian under the trading with the enemy act is proposed in a bill introduced today by Representative Caldwell, democrat or] g Mana Pleads for Ecomomy. Pleading for economy in govern- ment expenditures, _Representative Mann, republican, of Tllinois, deciared in the House yesterday that the one thing that “made President Wilson the most hated man in the United States” was the gross wastefulness ©of the present administration. “The people, north and south, were sore over the orgy of extravagance,” said he. “If this side of the House (the republican) is wise it will heed the warning. Unless the new Presi- dent helps to run an economical ad- ministration he will never be return- ed to the White House.” Soldier Fund Boost Denied. An amendment to increase the item of the sundry civil bill for the care of disabled soldiers and sailors from $33.000.000 to $46,000,000 was defeated yesterday in the House, Representa- tive Rogers, republican, of Massachu- setts, its author, said Congress should not economize at the expense of dis abled service men, but Chairman Good of the appropriations committee said the fund proposed, with an un- expended balance, would provide all the money necessary for this work. Armistice Day as Holiday. Senator Penrose yesterday intro- duced several bills, one of which would set aside Armistice day as a national holiday and another would direct the bringing back from the battlefields of France of the body of an unidentified soldier for burial with proper ceremonies in Arlington Na- tional cemetery. To Scrutinize Distress Appeals. A resolution calling on the State Department for “accurate informa- tion” as to the “necessities of women dren in the various distressed urope for whom funds g raised in the United States was adopted yesterday by the Sen- ate immediately upon its introduc- ion by Senator Edge, republican, of w Jersey. ‘Wants Oil Reciproeity. Reciprocity on oil and oil shale de- Posits between the United States and other nations which make no re- strictions upon the exploitation by Americans of petroleum within their dominions and retaliation against such nations as discriminate is pro- posed in a bill introduced yesterday by Senator McKellar, democrat, Ten- nessee. It was referred to the foreign relations committee. The Shipping Board is requested to ascertain the facts before July 1 as to the restrictions and practices and notify the President, who is empow- ered to prohibit exports of oil Criticises Presidential Tomb; News Notes From Over U. S. Ohio Commission Would Have More Fitting Tribute to William Henry Harrison—Girls’ Seminary Burns in West Virginia. COLUMBUS, Obio, January 4.—The tomb of President William Henry Har- vison at North Bend, in Hamilton county, near Cincinnati, “is far from a fitting last resting place of so great an American,” according to a report made to Gov. Cox today by the Wil- liam Henry Harrison memorial com- mission, appointed by the governor to direct the work of taking over and improving the burial property. The comi sion reported that thne tomb and pYoperty both are in excel- lent condition now, but the hope is ex- pressed in the report that “ihe near future may bring forth on the part of both state and citizens a decided ef- fort to erect upon this most beautiful site a fitting monument for Ohios first President and most gallan: sol- dier.” o commission was appointed by Gov. Cox_following reports that thc tomb of President Harrison was in a neglected and run-down state. The last legislature appropriated $10,000 for ‘the work of the commission, but the report filed today shows that less than $1,000 was expended. The com- mission is composed of Horzace Bonser, chairman; former Representative Al- fred G. Allen and W. W. Simmes, all of Cincinnati. pa Adopts New Method. TAMPA, Fla- his city changed its form of government this morning, the mayoralty and aldermanic form giving way to a commission of five men, one of whom, C. H. Brown, be- mes mayor commissioner. A city ager will be chosen who will gove:! the various departments and be responsible to the commission. Steamer in Distreas. BOSTON.—Radio messages saying that the Shipping Board steamer Capulin was in need of a tow, with her fuel supply exhausted, were pick- ed up here. The message gave her position as latitude 40:56 north, lon- gitude 58:65 west, or about 835 miles north of Cape Henry. The Capulin left Rotterdam on December 18 for Balumore. 8. C. Cotten Growers Meet. COLUMBIA, 8. C—By ulb’:lgv. Cooper, terday was “Cot! e- age Bedu’::(cn day” in South Carolina and meetings of farmers were held in more than one-half the counties of the state. Car Skids, Owmer Killed. AUBURNDALE, Fla—Dr. B. V. Cafee, & prominent physician of Au- burndale, was fatally injured here, when his car skidded and rolled over an embankment on the shore of Lake Ariana. Held for Japanese Death. NORFOLK, Va—W. O. Jones, for- merly a Norfolk policeman; W. B. Seymour ‘and Ernest P. Graham, chauffeurs, were arrested here on the charge of murder. They are accuse of causing the death of Hadle Sesaki, a fireman attached to the Japanese steamer Kaisho Maru, who was fatal- 1y wounded in a fight on board the steamer at Lamberts Peint early Christmas morning. Thought Dead 25 Years, Returns. ‘WILMINGTON, N. C.—A disappear- ance mystery dating from 1895 was seemingly cleared up here ‘when Mrs. Isking of this city stated to news- paper men that Harry Teboe, who, as a lad of eight years, was believed to have been drowned at Wrightville , mear here, in July, 1895, had been found in the person’ of Robert Hayes of Hauto, Pa. Landslides in n. PORTLAND, Oreg.—Reports of fur- ther slides of earth highways and railroads and of rivers and creeks running bgnk full or out of bounds are arriving from many points. The Willamette river here stood at 17.7 feet last night, and all the lower pler levels were flooded. Little damage was reported, largely as a result of warnings of prospective high water which had enabled owners to remove their goods from the wharves. A slide in South Portland tore out part of a boulevard. Near Astoria one slide covered a highway to a depth of fit- teen feet for 150 feet. serted he had made a settlement, drawing a pistol to give force to his argument. Sincarelli told the police it was necessary for him to kill Ana- nias to save his own life. Girls’ feminary Burned. CHARLESTON, W. Va—The Lewis- burg Seminary for Girls, at Lewis- burg, Greenbrier county, was de- stroyed by fire, with a loss approxi- mately $100,000, according to a long- distance telephone message received here. Only four girls were in the building and they escaped without difficulty. The other 160 students had not yet returned to their studies after the Christmas holidays. The semi- nary is controlled by the Gregnbrier Eresbytery of the Presbyterian Church Attacks Jaflers’ Laxity. LITTLE ROCK, Ark—Delivery of every convict in the penitentiary could be accomplished by friends out- side, due to the presence of ln'flders leading from picket houses on the Wwalls to the ground outside, and the fact that the night guards “are in the habit of sleeping in the picket rooms,” according to a report made by Capt. J. Carroll Cone, commanding National Guard troops on duty at the penitentlary, to Gov. Brough. Gonzales May Return to Mexico. SAN ANTONIO, Tex—Gen. Pablo Gonzales, one of the leaders in the movement, which culminated in the overthrow of President Carranza and Who later became estranged from the new Mexican government, has left San Antonio for a border point, where, it is reported, he will confer with agents of President Alvaro Obregon in regard to returning to Mexico. Voice Returns to Veteran. DUBLIN, Ga—Herschel H. Lowery of this county, former service man, Who lost his voice during an influenza attack three years ago in an Army camp, suddenly found it as clear and strong as ever, while dressing. Low- ery, who is about twenty-eight years old, said he had been unable to speak above a whisper since he suffered from influenza, until yesterday, when he started to whisper as usual and recovered his normal tone of voice. “Dry” Fines Net $7,050. CLEVELAND. — Municipal Judge Stevens, beginning his new term to- day, fined twenty-one liquor law vio- lators a total of $7,050, and set a new record by imposing two fines of $1,000 and costs, the maximum for first offenders. Two violators drew $700 and costs each, and four were fined $500 and costs. Ohio Has Woman Judge. CLEVELAND.—Flowers were miss- ing when Miss Florence Allen, the first woman common pleas judge in Ohio, if not in the country, took the 1bench in criminal court. Judge Allen’s first casé was that of the state against Louls Bolton, who was accused of obtaining money under false pre- tenses. He was acquitted after the jury had been out only a few min- utes, and Judge Allen began hearing her second case. Seattle College Wins Debate. SEATTLE. — The University of Washington won its debate with Princeton by a unanimous vote of the judges, Washington's team arguing the megative of the question of na tional legislation to prohibit strikes in essential industries. Girl Stowaway Nabbed. NORFOLK, Va.—Admitting that she was smuggled ashore from an Ameri- | can freighter in a rowboat after being concealed in the hold during the trip from Bordeaux to Norfolk, Amelie Arnaud, a French girl of eighteen, is being held by the police while the Department of Labor rules whether she must be deported. STATE CAPITOL. CHARLESTON. W. VA, 'DESTROYED BY FIRE BILL IS OPPOSED President Wilson’s Mother an Immigrant, Says Louis Marshall. . Vigorous opposition to any. legis- latlon restricting immigration was Dresented today to the Senate immi- gration committee by Louis Marshall of New York, representing the Ameri- can Jewish committee. He named a number of distinguished | Americans who “sprang from alien apcestry” and sald “many of the boys who car- ried the flag through the Argonne were immigrants.’ “President Wilson’s mother was an immigrant,” he added. “Charles Evans Hughes' father and mother were both immigrants.” The committee decided today to conclude hearings next week and be- gln preparation of a bill for presenta- tion to the Senate. Commissioner Wallis of Ellis Is. land is to be heard tomorrow an the committee will recess until Mon- day, when witnesses from Pacific coast statés will be heard. The Royal Ltalian government has suspended the issue of passports to subjects emigrating to the United States, and will refrain from issuing such passports until informed as to the classes of immigrants desired in this country, the State Department has been advised by the Italian em- bassy. The substance of the embassy's let- te was transmitted yesterday by Acting Secretary Davis to Chairman Colt of the Senate immigration com- mittee, which began hearings on the House bill to restrict immigration for one year.. Chairman Colt said he hoped other nations would follow the course of the Italian government and obviate the necessity of “continuously legis- lating on this subject. Suys Labor Wants Monopoly. Iready.” he said, “there are indi | cations that Czechosicvakia will en- iter into a diplomatic agreemen: with | the United States with regard 2o reg- ulating immigration. It is not probable that other nations will do the same, if the suggestion is made that it would be agreeable to this country.” Dr. Henry W. Berg, representing the greater New York Taxpayers' Asso- ciation, testified and charged that pro- {ponents of _restricted immigration {sought to “create a monopoly for American labor. Mr. M. H. Knox, manager of the Arizona Cotton Growers' Association, asked that Mexicans be permitted to cross the border to assist cotton growers in harvesting and other work. May Boost.Clothing Erices. Judge Leon Sanders, president of the Hebrew Sheltering Ald Society of New York, in opposing the Johnson bill argued that the present flow of immigration from Europe was ab- normal. The last witness heard, H. L. Flam, president of the Associatoin of Dress |Manufacturers, New York, said he as unable to get American girls to {work in our shops, despite the eight- hour day, good pay and best sanitary conditions.” “They will work as stenographers for $15 a week,” he added, ‘but won't work for us for $40 to $45 a week.” Mr. Flam declared the dressmakers had to depend almost entirely upon European labor, and if Congress closed the doors. the members would have to pay more for the dresses of their wives and daughters. o STAFFORD DECIDES AGAINST PACKERS (Continued_from First Page.) to present within a short time to be fixed by the court. “In order to facilitate future prog- ress it is considered best to state here that the court cannot see ite way to approve any plan for the can- solidation of the yards whether by a holding company or otherwise. “Any plan to be acceptable must provide for an early and complete di- vestment by the defendants of all the obnoxious holdings. “If any delay is to be allowed in the actual divestment under the plan that may be proposed, such plans must provide for complete control by the court in the meantime of all such stocks, and must leave the matter in the hand of the court in such wise that the plan itself may be terminated at any time, If the court shall deter- mine that the defendants are not pro- ceeding thercunder with promptness and vigor. “Clause 13 is considered as applying only to those corporations in which the defendants hold a controlling in- terest. Six Months in Special Case. “An extension of six months may be allowed in the case of the Crescent City stock s, owing to peculiar circumstances there existing. “Unless the defendan{s are able to propose a plan that will meet the foregoing requirements the court will feel obliged to appoint officers to take the title to all the stock in question and to hold the same subject to the order of the court until suitable ar- rangements can be made to have it disposed of in accordance with the terms and purposes of the decree. “The defendants are allo tension of —— days within which to file new plans.” Justice Stafford subsequently agreed to give the packers thirty days in which to file a new plan for disposing of their stockyard interests. ————— CARDINAL GIBBONS GAINS; GETS REFRESHING SLEEP Physicians Believe Return to His Own Home Will Benefit Health, BALTIMORE, Md., January 4.—The improvement in Cardinal ~Gibbons' condition, which permitted his return home yesterday, continued yesterday, it was stated at the archepiscopal residen He enjoyed a_refreshing nigh sleep after an absence of nearly month at the hom o ffriends in west. ern land, where he became se. riously ill, and was said to be “doing very well.” -The cardinal's physiclans, Dr. Charles O’'Donovan and Dr. G. Louis ‘Wetzel, were pleased at the way in which he withstood the fatigue of the trip home. Although advantage had been taken of an unusually fa- vorable turn in his illness to bring him home, the physicians were some- ‘what uneasy as to the outcome. Due to the extreme weakness induced even in a robust man by a long sojourn in bed, they would not have been sur- !prised if a temporary setback had jresulted from the thirty-five-mile trip. Only the ordinary reaction of elight fatigue occurred. Dr. O'Donovan and Dr. Wetzel be. lieve that the easing of the cardinal anxiety to be back in the home atmos- phere that has grown dear to him ‘will have a beneficial effect on his health. This desire has been e: pressed by the prelate several' times in the last few days. The cardinal was warmly wrapped in comforts and reclined, virtually in = gitting position. on the rear seat of the limousine during the journey home. During the entire trip he kept up an animated conversation with the other members of the party. He was alert, commenting on va- ints of interest en route, and |ngb° M"lgy on lhetllow progress being made e automo- bile. Upon his arrival at his home he turned to the other members of .the party and exclagimed, “How glad 1 am to % DIES OF WAR GAS. William Lee Rhine Succumbs at Home. Another District soldier made the su- preme sacrifice for his country today, 88 a result of injuries received in bat- tle. He is William Lee Rhine of Com- pany B. 312th Machine Gun Battalion, Wwho was gassed in the Meuse-. ne offensive in October, 1918. His death occurred at the residence at 2319 North Capitol street. Interment probably will be in the Arlington national cemetery. ashington on December 20, 11892 Mr. Rhine had svent mractically WILLIAM LEE RHINE. his entire life here. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel U. Rhine, both of whom survive He also is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkes Rhine; a sister, Marion, and a_brothe chine Gun Battalion, October 7, 7, and sailed for France in July of th following year. He was a the 312th Machine Gun Battalion Post, No. 24, and of the J. O. U. A. M. RESOLVEDTO SAVE " WAIFS OF EUROPE Campaign for Starving Chil- dren Will Be Pushed by Every Possible Means. The committee in charge of Wash- ington’s participation in the Hoover campaign to save the lives of 3,500,- 000 children who otherwise woyld starve this winter announces that it intends to employ every possible method, old and new, to bring in the remainder of the capital's quota, $120,000, representing 12,000 youthZul lives, before the campaign shall end, January 16. Although the drive is to be extended nl‘l nally until the end of the month, the local committee is confldent that the whole task can and will be cleared up here within the time originally allotted. More than 8,000 lives have been saved so far by residents of the District. Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly's team of Y. W. C. A. workers is still ahead of the other twenty-six organ- izations with $4,626.12 pledged or col- lected to date. Mrs. Goldsmith Sig- mund’'s team is a close second with $4,569,05, and John Dolph’s workers aggregation is running third. A round table luncheon at the Y. W. C. A., presided over by Mrs. Bayly, fol- lows the daily ‘meeting of the workers at noon. Checks are still coming in as the result of the special“meeting of a hundred representative men and wom. en heid last week at the home of Mr. Robert - Woods Bliss, the total from that source now being over $20,000. ‘There is plenty of work for both adults and boys to be done at head- quarters, in the Homer building, by those who want to belp, but cannot do canvassing, accol g to Chairman Moses, and volunteers are desired. R. H. B. Lyon, chairman of the speakers’ bureau, has made numerous successful visits to _establishments employing more than fifty persons. Assisting him are Maurice Rosenberg and Thomas J. Donovan. Recent Contributions. Department stores have responded with particular generosity. 8. Kann Sons Co.’s employes bhave given $468,75, and those of Lansburgh & Bro. nearly $400, both unsolicited. Among the late donations not previ- ously acknowledged are those of Mrs. E. L. Phillips, $500; All Souls’ $59.26; Julia E. Atkinson, $300; Julius Garfinkle & Co., $300; Mrs. M. L. Lov- ell, $250; Calvary Baptist Church, $245.9 Wilkins-Rogers Milling Co., $200; Mrs. Henry Winslow Fitch, $200; Mrs. Letitia Scott Bromwell, $200; Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, $200; Henry White, $100; E. D. White, $100; Mrs. Wilbur Carr, $100; Mrs.' Charles Boughton gvoodfl . $50; Evening Star employes, 222, DR. T. N. McLAUGHLIN DIES AFTER TWO-DAY ILLNESS Widely Known Physician, Native of Washington, Was Former President of Medical Society. Dr. Thomas Notley McLaughlin, one of Washington’s prominent physicians, died yesterday afternoon at his resi- dence, 1736 Connecticut avenue north- west, after an illness of only two zays. Born in Washington fifty-nine years ago, Dr. McLaughlin, who was widely known in medical and social circles in the National Capital was the son of Thomas A. and Rachel McLaugh- lin. He received his professional edu- cation at Columbian College, pred- ecessor of George Washington Uni- versity. He served for three years as resident physician at the Philadelphia City Hospital. he_ embarked eminently successful medical practice here. He was a former president of the Medical Society of the District of Dbia. o ei.aughlin is survivea by his widow, who was Miss Madge G. Irvin, and by his_sister, Miss Fannie Mc- Taugnlin, He was a member of the Cosmos Club and the Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club. No funeral arrange- ments have been made. PUBLIC PROTECTED *IN NEW TAX RULING (Continued from First Page.) houses of last years goods at o rices, the way will be paved for oW Difchase of new goods at low e Drices, making possible the earn- ing of reasonable profits during the year 1931 we Law Interpretation. Thmn‘ of the Treasury is not paternalistic. It is no sudden out- burst of generosity, but is a strictly legal interpretation of the revenue law. Legal experts figured it out that unless the government permitted firms to use present market values as a basis for cost, the government would be exacting money that was not actually earned, and business houses could contest the ruling in the courts and probably win by con- tending that the sums taken by the governnmient were taxes on capital, which, of course, is not . av. > | motion of first member of | th NEW HEAD SOON FOR MINER SCHOOC Principal Will Be Harped Be« fore Opening of Next Semester. Appointment of a principal for the Miner Normal School will be made before the end of this month, it was said today by school authorities. The principalship of this institution ba9 been vacant since June 30, 1920, when Miss Lucy E. Moten, the former head, retired at her own request under tho terms of the beneficent teachers’ re- tirement act. ‘With the retirement of Miss Moten, E. A. Clark was made temporary principal of the normal school. It is estimated that more than 100 pere sons have applied for the position. School officials intimated that they have virtually decided who shall be the new principal. They want the appointee to take over the duties at the normal school at the beginning of the next semester, January 31. Discussing the Miner Normal School that this ‘an mate responsibility to the local com« munity.’ “Under existing law and practice® he said, “all teachers appointed to the first two grades of our. ele- mentary schools receive a critical portion of their culture and all their professional training before their ap- pointment under the auspices of the School; and teacherships of highe; grades ase recruited, according to th time-honored procedure, by the pro- teachers who have nd second grad camonstrated = | perior efficienc: “The facilities of the normal schoc are. therefore, vitally important, nol merely to the hundred or more st dents in training, but., more sign. cantly, the thousands of childr now and in all the years to comse elementary schools of the Dise |trict. It is then undoubtedly true th {the principal and the faculty of ii { Miner Normal School necessarily exery a profound influence upon all teach ing in our elementary echools and all the learning dome by pupils while i attendance upon our public schools elementary and secondary. Mr. Bruce pointed out that many 5 the most devoted teachers in the pube and far sbuth are graduates of th Miner Normal School. Therefore, Hd contends that under these circu¥- stances the selection of 2 new prfg cipal of the school is of the greates smportance, whether viewed Ppros vincially or nationally. e LANDLORD IS DENIED POSSESSION OF ROOM2 Notices to Vacate 22 Apcrtmentd “Legally Insufficient,”” Com- * mission Decides. The District rent commission teday denled Margaret Jean Calvin posses> sion of twenty-two apartments in the Nansemond, 2140 H street northwest. It was declared that the notices to vacate served to the tenants were “legally insufficient.” The commission also refused the F, Smith Company, agents for thé lumbja apartment house, 1401 Girard street, permission to increase rents on twenty apartments from $65 to $80 a month. The following month- Iy rates were fixed by the commis- sion: Apartment 1, Samuel R. Strattom, $52.50; apartment 3, Dr. W. E. Philes, apartment 4, Mary V. McDevitt, ent 5, Mrs, A. $65; apartment 6, Dr. Frisbie, $65; apartment 7, Mrs. Emma S. Miller, $65; apartment 8, Miss M. M. McCabe, $65; apartment 9, lh“' Rents were reduced in the Clarion apartment house, 1495 Newton street nortbwest, for which Samuel Shapiro is the agent, as follows: Apartment 1, H. B. Altdoerffer, from $47.50 to $40 a month; apartment 4, A. M. Jamieson, from $47.50 to $40 a month; apartment 5, George M. Montross, from $47.50 to $40; aparts ment 6, Amanda A. Rabette, from $22.50 to $20; apartment 7, S. F. Bow- man, from $22.50 to $20; apartment 8§, C. C. Judson, from $47.50 to $40; apart- ment 25, George M. Slye, from $47.50 to $42.50; apartment 31, H. C. Rand, from $55 to $50; apartment 35, C. L. Carmack, from $47.50 to $42.50; apart- ment 38, E. A. Williams, from $47.50 to $42.50; apartment 41 Mary A. Cart- ner, from $47.50 to $42.50; apartment 4, H. L. Hanna, from $47.50 to 34 apartment 45, Willlam M. Wilson, from $47.50 to $40 a month. Other determinations were handed down as follo! Walter G. Wilmarth, apartment 29, the Monticello, 3151 Mount Pleasant street northwest; rent reduced from $40 to $33 2 month. James W. French, defendant. - R. R. Sabine, apartment 2, the Pan- ama, 913 M street northwest; rent reduced from $50 to $37.50. Edward P, Schwartz, Inc., defendant. Fred A. Wolff, apartment 3, tte Oliver, 2217 14th street northwest; rent reduced from $55 to $45 a month. Ryon Company, Inc., de- month. Stone & Frank A. Murray, northeast; rent u $25 a month. Isadore Levine, de- fendant. east; $30,50 2 month. H. H. Bergman & Co., defendant. John A. Newman, 1420 New Jersey avenue northwest: rent reduced from $30.50 to $25 a month. Catherine Bogan, 1381 F street northwest: rent reduced from $32.50 to $25 a month. James Waters, de. fendant. Rosa Cockrille, 1325 Vermont avenua northwest; rent reduced from $125 to $70 a month. & Gallagher Company, defendant. Mrs. William F. Pleins, apartment 10, the Park, 121 13th street northeast; rent reduced from $52.50 to $45 a month. Samuel Shapiro, defendant. L) Peyton, 109 4th street north- east; rent reduced from $100 to $57.560 a month. P. Donal Clark, defendant. Lillie M. Armstrong, apartment 33, 1117 Vermont avenue northwest; rent reduced from $35 to $37.50 a month. Gardiner & Dent, Inc., defendant. ASKS MORE PLAYGROUNDS Better recreation facilities for chil- dren of Washington were urged by Mrs. Edna K. Bushee, executive sec- retary of the Juvenile Protective As- sociation, at & tea given in her honor rday afternoon at the Oollc:: Woman's Club. recommende furthering of the project of specal moving pictures for children and ad- "%'v?fl'-?"o‘} g:’:mun of the District in co-operatng with the big sister and big brother movement, Mrs. Bushes -ul.ilcf,rfl!h.lp‘oths children who need friends and advice. —_— Misses Ellen and Mary Dovle, who own'a square section “of janad near Florence, Kan.. are reported to have added $2,000,000 to their bank aceount by disposing of the oll gas righta. ’ lic and private schools of the “:j . & - .4