Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1921, Page 2

DECISION ADVERSE | | TOPLEA F OWNERS Rent Commission Denies Possession in Submitted Cases. The District Rent Commission today denied the F. H. Smith Company pos- session of ten apartments in t:e building at 1405 Girard street north- West. "rhe notlces to vacate served Ly the agents were adjudged “legal- ly_insuthcient.” )Tenznls of the affected apunmenu. are: Mrs. A. H. Keller, apartment 5; Dr.. William R. Frisbie, apartment 6: Miss M. M. McCabe, apartment 8 Clarence Coiford, apartment 12 Frank H. Pelouze, apartment 14: Jiss Caddie Browning, apartment 17; Mrs. Albert M. St. Clair, apartment 18 Mrs. Helen W. Clark, apartment 21:: Mrs. E. K. Gaines, apartment 22, an Henry C. Workman, apartment 23. Possession of five other premises was denied the owners in determina- tions handed down today. A number of rentals were reduced. List of Determinations. The list of determinations follows. Martha Sutherland, apartment 7, the Dunbar, 41 H street northwest. rent reduced from $23.50 to $21 & month. Gardiner & Dent, Inc., de fendants. F. D. Neuser, apartment 4, 207 R street northwest; rent reduced from 27.50 to $22.50 a month. Allan E. Walker & Co., Inc., defendants. A. Marks, third floor, 636 Q street | northwest; monthly rental of $27.50 asked by landlord granted. Notice to vacate served by William Donovan adjudged insufficient. Rosa Brown, 1232 614 street north- west; rent reduced from $12.50 to $10 a month. B. F. Saul & Co., defendant. Edith L. Draper, apartment 108 the Amabassador, 16th and S streets northwest; rent.reduced from $85 to $75 a month. H. R. Howenstein, de- fendant. Frank C. Moseby, 2140 F street northwest; rent reduced from $20 to $17.50 a month. J. Edward Lewis, de- fendant. Other Rent Reductions. A. Anderson, 1924 L street north- ‘west; rent reduced from $35 to $30.50 a month. A. S. Caywood, defendant. Mrs. Carrie Merryman; 484 M street southwest; rent reduced from, $19.50 to $16.50 a month. C. H. Parker, defend- ant. Mrs. A. V. Byrne, 1214 Massachusetts avenue northwest: rent reduced from $135 to $100 a month. Notice to vacate served by W. R. Marshall adjudged in- sufficient. Edgar E. Porter, 3142% O street northwest: rent reduced from $22.50 to $31.50 a month. Frank A. O'Neil, defendant. College Girls Are An Inch Taller And Also Heavier PHILADELPHIA, January 10. —Women are growing taller and heavier, according to Dr. R. Tait Mckensie, director of Physical education at the Uni- versity ot Penmsylva “Statistics of women's col- verage college &irl of today is an inch taller e collexe girl of 1860,” tics also a to the increased interest im sports and outdoor life. COMMITTEE URGES INAUGURAL BALL BE IN PENSION OFFICE (Continued from First Page.) erected. It was pointed out that the stands are erected through a system of concessions made by the inaugural committee, and that the concession- naries took the risk of bad weather. etc,, when it came to selling the seaf No More Asked. Frank J. Hogan, who was a delegate from the District of Columbia to the republican natlonal convention, said the inaugural committee is not asking any more of the government this year than has been asked for the inaugu- ration of other Presidents. - F. S. Hight, manager of the New ‘Willard Hotel, insisted that it would be only fair to allow the hotels to charge for a single room in which two people could be placed a sum equal to double the regular rate. He | said that cost in hotel operations had not been reduced, but that owing to the establishment of minimum wage s etc., the cost was very high. Many of the rooms were vacant im- mediately before and immediately after inauguration, he said. For that reason, Mr. Hight said, it was only reasonable that reservations' should be made only for a week. Asks Use of Pension Office. An amendment to the New resolu- tion, authorizing the use of the pen- sion’ office building, was presented by Wilton J. Lambert. Milton E. Afles testified that ev- erything was being done to prevent waste and to run the inauguration as economically as possible. He said that it was planned to cut out some of the souvenirs and other features which have added to the expense of past years. -He estimatéd ' that it would cost from $75,000 to $100,000 to STILL NEED FUNDS FORB000 CHLOIREN Relief Leaders Here Hope to Complete Quota for Eu- rope’s Starving. Washington set out three weeks ago to save the iives of 20,000 children of central and eastern Europe who, other- Wise, would starve this winter. So far over 8.000 of the allotted youngsters are still waiting for some benevolent resident of the District to donate the $10 which will feed and clothe each of them until the next harvest. And the local participation in the nation-wide Hoover campaign, as this drive of the European Relief Council is usually styled, will come to a definite end on January 16. The harm done by famine conditions is a veritable emergency it is pointed out. Such damage is not only immediate, but cumulative and permanent. It is & inotable fact that in the first stage of famine the human animals eat the food Which should go to their cattle. Next they consume the cattle themselves, and herds take years to replace. In other words, they live on principal Instead of interest, which is an economic disaster, and in the second place, months and years of under-nourishment later bring about racial deterioration. oth should be given when the weather s inclement ; soon it may be too late. Work for Full Amount. The shipments to be sent by the European Relief Council. of condensed milk, peas, beans, flour and sugar, will be limited only by the response to its appeal, and those in chatge of the local campaign are determined that no effort shall be spared to put Wash: ington over the top before next Sunm- day, by raising $85,000 in the interim. Pat Rooney, the star of “Love Birds,” which closed a successful en- gagement at Poli's last night, auc- tioned $50 liberty bonds between the acts and helped in other ways to swell the fund for these helpless waifs. Arthur C. Moses, chairman of the Washington committee, announced sterday that the meetings at 12:30 p.m. daily would be continued through- out the week for the captains and the teams to make returns and to dis cuss the progress of the campaign. Sale of Art Works. The exhibition at the Arts Club, 2017 I street northwest, will end on Thurs- day. Many Washington painters and sculptors. have donated some of their best works for the sale, proceeds of which are to be turned over to the Hoover fund. Announcement will be made this week of the artists in the all-star operatic concert to be given at the Natfonal Theater, January 20 at 4:30 p.m., for the benefit of the starving children. Mrs. Charles D. Chapin, 1801 Gottlieb Schoellkopf, 3140 O street|pay the expenses of the Inaugural|jgth street northwest, is ome of the northwest; rent reduced from $22.50 to $21 a month. Frank A. O'Neil, de- fendant. Notices Insuficient. Benjamin Hall, 123 K street south- ‘west; notioe to vacate served by Floyd E_Davis adjudged insufficient. Powell R. Louthan, apartmerft 5. the Panama, 913 M street northwest; notice to vacate served by Edward P. | Schwartz, Inc., adjudged insufficient. John Sanderson, room 14, 600 !All!lll;l nven:obnorlt'_hgn: notice o _vacate served by “Shapiro ad- Judged insufficient. Ralph Lambert, 416 V street north-. ‘west; rent reduced from $12.50 to $10 a month. A. S. Caywood, defendant. ! Henry U. Stone, 1311a 24th street northwest; rent reduced from $25 to $20 a month. David E. de- fendant. Mary E. Frick, apartment 408, the ‘Tuxedo, 1439 T street northwest; rent reduced from $57.50 to §52.50 a month. Randall H. Hagner & Co., defendant. George T. Jones, third ;}Irln;‘%met x;onhwelh‘ rom to $50 & mo! defendant. ‘P % -E Oden Carrol, 905 New Hampshire avenue northwest; rent reduced from $60 to $35 a month. Isadore Gold- berg, defendant. s Apartment Ren In the apartment house B¢ 1621 13th street northwest, for which Stone & Fairfax are agents, rentals were fixed Charles H. $22. ; apartment 32, Ada Beverly, $20.50 & month;apart ment 21, Richard Price, $22.50 a ; 'apartment _31,_ D, Givens, $2250 'a_month, and apartment 41, Richard F. Poss, §22.50 a month. ELABORATE MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR GORGAS ——— 1 Southern Bociety to Honor Late ceremonies. In reply to a question as to what the tickets for the proposed inaugu- ral ball would cost, Mr. Ailes sald they would be $5. Senator New said that objections had been made to granting the use of the pension office for the ball on the ground that when Congress gave t| use of the building at the time of the Taft inauguration, it was with the un. derstanding that the citizens of Wash- | To the Editor of The Star. ington . would * provide an adequate building within the next four years. Mr. Afles replied that steps had tal and_about $190,000 subscribed. and" that Mrs. Henry F. Dimock had taken up the matter of erecting a George Washington memorial buflding subscribed for it. He said also that the Knights of Columbus were prepos- ing to spend $5,000,000 for the erection of a memorial building here. Suggests Congressional Library. In reply to a question by Senator King of Utah, Mr. Ailes said that it ‘would be impossible to g\' a reception and ball in the Capitol ing or the Library of Congress. « John Joy Edson, who has been a ‘member of inaugural committees here since the inauguration of Benjamin Harrison, and wio was chairman of thé second inamguration of William MecKinley, insisted that the requests made by the present committee were entirely reasonable. Sentiment, he sald, largely governs in the conduct of ‘the inaugural ceremonies. The erican people demand every four years a festival and celebration at the time of the inauguration of their President and Vice President. In the days of Washington and the earlier Presidents he said that balls were given at a cost of $50 to $200 a sub. scription. Now the reception democratic, and any one can g a charge of $5. @ said that ther was no place in Washington wher this ball cah be held except the pen- sion office and he predicted that the government would not have a loss of $10 if permission to use the building e e Major General Hall of the Americas: An eldborate program has been a ranged for the services to be held in | memory of the late Maj. Gen. William | Crawford Gorgas by the Southern So- i i clety of Washington in the Hall of the Americas Pan-American Union, | next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. ‘The ceremonies will open with num- bers by the Marine Band, after which | the assembly will be cailed to order | by Willlam H. Saunders, president of ; the society. Maj. Gen, Peter C. Har- ris, adjutant general,” United States Army, will preside, and his opening | address will be responded to by Dr. | Clarence J. Owens, past president of the society; Senor Don Federico Al fonso Pezet, ambassador of the repul lic of Peru;: Sir Auckland Geddes, bassador of Great Britain; Dr. Ci los Manuel de Cespedes, minister of the republic of Cuba; Senor Dr. Don Rafael H. Elizalde, minister of th. republic of Ecuador: Secretary Ne ton D. Secretary Josey™ Danfels, Norman H. Davis, acting Sec. retary of State; Senor Don J. E. Le. fevre. charge d'affaires ad interim, republic of Panama, and Dr. L. Rowe, director general, Pan-American Union. Benediction will be given by Rev. Dr. J. Henning Nelms. Admission will | be by card. The following committee charge of the arrangements «. Harris, chairman; Clarence J. Owens, vice chairman: Josephus Dan- iels. Claude N. Bennett and Clarence C. Calhoun. BONNET DELIGHTS MANY ! AT BRILLIANT REGITALi Clergy of Many Denominations At- tend Service at St. Dominic’s Church to Hear Organist. Joseph Bonnet, whose virtuosity as a’‘concert organist is universally acknowledged. was the central figu: Yesterday aftérnoon at St. Dominic-s . n a service recital in which the choir of the Catholic University, directed by Rev. Dr. Abel Gabert, also took a prominent part. Members of the faculty of the university occupied seatls in the sanctuary, and the con gregation, composed of Tepresenta. v 'many denominations ans from every branc the art, flled the edifice. ~ tiioe The program was unique, in that the compositions were chosen from what, 1o the modern organist, is almost an unexplored field of ~ ecclestastical bly to preserve the strictly ccclesiastical character of the earlier numbers on the program. M. Bonnet indulged in little or no change of tone olor in his treatment of the liturgical melodies. It was only in the latter half of the program, the ancient Christmas carols, that he displayed the brilliant technical equipment and '|iNQUIRY OF PROPOSED ! should be warned of conditions | thereby take warning to stay away were granted. HOTEL RATES ASKED Senator Sherman, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, introduced a resolution in the Senate today directing that com- mittee to investigate rates for hotel sccommodations proposed to be charged by the hotels {m Washington during _the inauguration. It was referred t§ the District committee. Senator Sherman, in discussing his resolution, declared that ;the local hotels proposed to charge $5 a day for rooms, twice the price charged for much superior accommodations in Chicago_during the national conven- tion. He urged that the investiga- tion should be made and if there is no law to cover the case, the publlfi an from Washington. ‘He expressed the hope that the gov- ernment would not appropriate a single dollar for the inauguration. He asserted that extortion in Washing- ton is not individual, but is city wide and District wide, and that the cap- ital is the one shining exception to general reductions in prices prevail- ing throughout the country. He ex- pressed the doubt if visitors will have enough loose change to get home after a visit to Washington. ‘He declared there is more law breaking in the District of Columbia, under the nose of the beneficent government, than anywhere_in the country, and more murders committed here than in the Whole of Scotland. During the war, he maid, profiteering was more ram- pant in Washington than anywhere in ! the country, and the city’s reputation is a by-word and a jest. Senator Sherman declared that the government in making appropriations for the inaugural ceremonies becomes a decoy or stool pigeon to attract e numbers of people in order that they may be plundered by the people of this city. Committee Rents More Offices; Rooms Reported; Police Planning Safety Two floors of the Wyatt building, at 14th and P streets, have been leased for ‘Offices of the various committees that are arranging for the inaugura- tion, and the chairmen of most of them will be installed there during the next two or three days. The head- guarters of the inaugural committee will remain at the New Willard. A letter was received by the inau- gural committee today from the offi- cers of the Connecticut Avenue Citi- zenw Assoclation, saying that a com- mittee has been named to obtain for that organization a place in the ‘in- augural parade. The inaugural com- Mmittee hopes that this will be fol. lowed by similar action on the part of other citizens’:associations, 8o that the civic population of the National Capital may be fitly represented in exquisite taste in tone color for which he is famed. Following the reeital the “Second Vespers™ of the “Blessed Virgin” wa: xung Ly the choir, unaccompanied, and” the hymns of the .benedict service were given also n Gregorian ant with brief interludes by M. S (\ the parade. Today’s mail broaght to Chairman Edward A. Mitchell of the housing | parade. and comfort committee an encourag- active patronesses of this affair. Mrs. Samuel Steinberger is arranging for a large card party at the Hotel Ar- lington on the afternoon of January 17 to increase the collections. CHILD PREFERRED DEATH TO RETURN TO OLD HOME ‘Wil you publish this true story of a little girl from Vienna? Perhaps fit will win a few dollars for the starv- ing children. It is true, for I was staying in the town where it oc- curred when it occurred. Perhaps many Americans do not jand that now about $50,000 had been | know that in Switzerland there is a great organization which brings starving children from the central countries for a period of rest and to be fed into health. I saw hundreds of them last summer. Little gray- faced, nervous wrecks, with great black shadows under old wise eye a sight that no one with half a heart can ever forget. The_little heroine of my st 3 thirteen years old. The day be; she was to be sent home, the woman with whom she had~ six blissful. weeks, neither suffering nor seeing any one suffer, and 3 every day all she wanted of #oo: which we take for granted, Ibu| which she had not seen for five yéar: could not find her. She was found al last. Her limp little body, dead, hanging to a gas jet in used room. On her pillow .was pinned a note. It read: “Both my lit- tle brothers died from hunger, but I won't go back and die as they did.", Every one who ever loved a chil go without something to take-that terror from some starving child! (Signed) JULIA REED TAYLOR. by BILL FOR D. C. DELEGAJES Senator Capper Proposes Election of Representatives to House. { Senator Capper of Kansas today introduced a bill providing for the election of delegates to the House from the District of Columbia, for the election of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the members of a public utilities commission and the members of a board of educa- ion. ‘The bill is identical with one in- troduced recently in the House. It was referred to the District com- mittee. ARMED MAN ROBS DRIVER. Corby Baking Company Employe Held Up Early This Morning. "R. L. Morris, 508 34 street, driver of a team for the Corby Baking Com- pany, was held up at the point of a pistol at 30th and Brandywine streets about 5:15 o'clock this morning and robbed of $7. Morris told the police that a lone colored man about thirty years of age held him up. Sight of the weapon and fear the colored man would use it, the driver stated, suggested the advisability of his submitting without making a fight. —_— INJUNCTION SUIT FILED. James H. De Pue Alleges Usurpa- tion of Business Rights. Suit for injunction was filed today by James Pue aguinst Bruce T. Pugh to prevent the latter from claiming ownership.of a system of civil service courses and preparations for examinations. The plaintiff says he engaged the defendant to manage an office for him while he was called away from the city. On his return, he says, Mr. Pugh declined to restore he business to him, ordered him rom the office and threatened him. Justice Stafford directed United States Marshal Splafp to take pos- session of the office, in the Davidson building, and .lock it .up until further order of the court.. The defendant is directed. fo shéw cause Janyary 11 why the injunction should not be granted. £ every bit of avaflable space being used, there still will be late comers who _will have difficuity in finding sleeping accommodation: nd for that reason hig. committee is making fresh efforts to find rooms in every quarter of the ‘city. Maj. Gessford and Inspector Grant are faking steps to protect the public during the festivitics. The best de- tectives from twenty-five or more of the largest cities in_the country will be in Washington by the time the crowds begin to gather here, and known crooks will be picked up and held for investigation as Soon as they are seen here, 50 that they will be out of temptation’s way during the excitement. “The smallest fife and drum corps in the world,” organized by veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, has asked permission to march in the The request mes from Mansfield, Ohio, and_the “corpi con- 1 list of rooms in private homes |sists of -Oliver J. Cunningham, that will be avaitable -for-visitors|plays & bass drum and snare a:xhx: during the week of the inauguration.|as he marches, and I Murphy, who He is of the opinion that. even with!performs on the¢ 8f¢, ¥ senator was not in the car. IRISH EFFORT MADE 10 SLAY OFFICERS Shots Are Fired Directly at Wife of One, Riding With Them in Motor Car. By the Associated Press, DUBLIN, January 10.—A sensational attempt was made this morning to as- sassinate two officers, who, with the wife of one of them, were riding in a touring car in the outskirts of Dublin. The car was riddled with bullets, but the driver speeded up and escaped with his passengers. One of the of- ficers was wounded. The identity of those in the car was not disclosed, but the car ultimately went to Dublin Castle. Two attacks were made on the car, the first at Charlemonte bridge, a mile from the heart of the city. Eight men subjected the machine to a fusil- lade of revolver shots. According to the authorities, one of the attacking party mounted the running board and twice fired point-blank at the woman in the machine. The bullets passed through her clothing, but she was not ‘wounded. The officer who was wounded re- ceived his injuries in this attack. The car raced away, but shortly afterward a cart was driven across the road and when the car slowed down & number of men who had been in ambush opened a hot fire. The car again escaped and reached Dublin Castle, badly smashed by bullets. : Conferenees Broken Off. ' BONDON, January 9.—Conferences between the Rev. Michael O'Flanagan, acting president of the Sinn Fein, and Premier Lloyd George with a view to %ringing about peace in Ireland have Neen broken off and will not'be re- sumed, says the Daily Mail. Before Father O'Flanagan returned to Ircland on Friday night he had a long conversation with the premier, and the outcome is said to be de. scribed in official quarters as “not as satisfactory as could be hoped.” Peace negotiations have not alto- gether broken down. the newspaper adds, but Father O'Flanagay will not be a party to further exchanges. DUBLIN, January 9.—The first can- didate publicly to offer himself for election to the south Irish parliment is Lord Decies, who has written a letter for publication tomorrow in the Irish newspapers, in which he admits that the home rule act Is far from perfect, but says “it represents a gift of self-government which is ours for the asking.” BELFAST, January 9.—Troops at Derry today surrounded the residence of Joseph O'Doherty, Sinn Fein mem- ber of parliament, and arrested him. He will be interned. Two previous raids on his home were without re- sult. —_— IN GEN. BUTLER'S HONOR. The following s the program of the orchestral concert at the marine bar- racks, $th and G ‘streets southeast, to- ‘which will be given by the Marine ul te, “A Day in Venice,” Nevin—a, Alba (dawn) ; b, Gondolieri (gondoliers Canzone Amorosa (Venetian love song . 4, Buona Notte (good night) ; favorite | songs of the 13th Regiment of Marines (organized and commanded in France by Gen. Smedley D. Butler) : a, “The Long, Long Trail”; b, “You're the Flower of | My Heart, Sweet Adeline” ; waltz, “Wed- | ding of the Winds,” Hall; *Humoreske,” Dvorak ; selection, bert; marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.” “The Star Spangled Ban- ner.” Immediately following the music a dress parade will take place on the pa- rade ground, at which “Onward, Christian Soldiers,”’ the march of the 13th Regi- ment of Marines, will b> played. SERVICES FOR OFFICER. Funeral services for Lieut. George Baldwin McCoy, son o Tice Walter 1 McCoy of the District Bupreme Court, who was fatally wounded ‘at Soisson, France, July 19, 1918, were held this afternoon at Arlington cem- etery at 2:30 o'clock. Full military honors were accorded. Among the American Legion posts represented were: George Washing- ton, No. 1; Vincent B. Costello and the George Baldwin McCoy unit, American Women’s Legion, of ‘which Mrs. McCoy is the head, also sent a delegation. - Lieut. McCoy was born in BSouth Orange, N. J., October 12, 1892. He was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Army during the war. He was attached to_ the headquarters com- pany, 18th Infantry, at the time of death. - The body was interred in France in the Plerre Fonds cemetery. Justice McCoy and his family visited the grave a year ago, and later made ar- rangements to have the body brought to this country for final burial in Ar- lington cemetery. —_— ASKS DIVORCE AND AUTO. Lois E. Powers today asked the Dis- trict Supreme Court for a limited di- vorce from Clifford. Powers, an em- ploye of the navy yard, and for the return to her of an_automobile, to- ward the purchase of which she had contributed her savings, she stated. She says her husband ordered her from their home without provocation November 20 last and on Christmas eve begged her to return. Ten days later he again ordered her to leave, she assert: 'hey were married in New York July 12, 1917, and have no ‘SBweethearts,” Her- |, | THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 1 Automobile belonging to Senator Penrose of Pennsylvanin, which, in avolding a collision with Connecticut avenue and Calvert street, skidded to the sidewalk, SKIDS INTO MAILBOX. | Senator Penrose’s Chauffeur Hu] Close Call in Avoiding Another Car | Making a sudden turn to avoid col-I lision with the automobile of Charles} Corby, Walter Mancer, driver of} nator Boise Penrose’s automobile, { had a narrow escape from injury} today at the north end of the Con-! necticut Avenue bridge at Calyert street, when his machine skidded into 2 combined fire alarm station and mail box. Both the iron supports of the mail box and the forward section of the automobile were badly dam- aged. The slippery asphalt street is held to be the cause of the accident. Police of the Tenleytown substation are con- ducting an investigation. SEVERE ATTACKS | Sugar Growers Demand Pro- tection, While Other Interests " Want to Be Left Out. Dissatisfaction with the Fordney emergency tariff began to manifest itself today as the Senate finance committee resumed hearings on the House measure. Although Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, declared the committee ought to be against any amendments, the scope of the bill, came in for criticisms from several directions. Representatives of pro- ducers. of sugar, receivers in “New York of ghipments of Bermuda pota- toes and onions. and :importers. of vegétable olls and soaps appeared to protest against provisions of the bill as it passed the House.: The sugar growers declared they must have pro- tection, while the other interests rep- resented, dealers in products already included in the bill, insisted they be left out. Plea by Dairy Industries. There also has been an urgent plea by the dairy industries that import duties be levied on cheese and butter, neither of which was allowed to put in the bill by the House. Senator McCumber, who has presided at most of the sessions, announced that the commitfee should not allow revenue production to enter into any phase of the consideration, saying that that feature could well await to be dealt with in the general tariff and revenue legislation. So far as he was indlvidually concerned, he added, whether the government derived any revenue at all from the bill did not matter, since it was purely an emer- gency proposition, designed to pro- tect the farmers’ products. In conmection with the appeal of the sugar growers, who were headed by Senator Ransdell, democrat, Louis- iana; Senator Smooth, republian, Utah, said that to grant the request for protection would mean “just opening for a wagonload of he declared. “To amend means that it is gome. It won't pass if it is changed. But I serve motice that if amendments are to be attached to the House bill I will insist on beet sugar - being in- cluded, for those people are in a bad fix. Then I will support all of the amendments.” PLAN TO MAKE UP DEFICIT. Benefit at Poli’s to Provide Balance of Armistice Day Fund. Sponsored by Mrs. Henry Dimock, Irs. Thomas F. Walsh and other ma- trons of Washington soclety, a bene. fit_ minstrel performance will be pre-. sented at Poli's Theater during the last week of January. The afternoon of January 28 has been selected tenta. tively as the date of the eprformance, which is to clear the deficit encoun- tered in/ the celebration of Armistice week last November by & number of former service men in Washington. Members of the Walter Rced Hos- pital Glee Club and others who ap- peared at the armistice celebration will participate in the benefit enter- tainment. Mrs. Dimock, president of the George Washington Memorial As- sociation, will be treasurer of the benefit. With the assistance of Mrs. Walsh and others prominent in so- clety the sale of tickets is being started. “SMOKER” FOR G. U. Two events of importance to Georgetown University students this week are the sophomore tea-dansant on January 14 and the senior “smok- er” of the law school the following night. Senator David 1. Walsh of Massa- chusetts will be the principal speaker at the “smoker.” Arrangements for the affair are .in charge of Mort J. Donoghue, chairman of the general committee, who states that it s being planned as a “farewell” get-together meeting of the “golden jubilee™” class. — MEETING IS CALLED. The first meeting of the committee which is to raise funds for a memor- ial to the piomeers in women's work will be held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at the National Women's Party headquarters, 14 Jackson place. Mrs, Edmund Brenpan will preside. The meeting will be called to order by Mrs. Anna Hendley, president of the Anthony League, using the gavel owned and used by Susan B. Anthony Miss Lucy Anthony pre- Hendley on “WEevery women's :n;n ng-mez' 1" re. Mri Christmas. A representaty organization In gaested to be P! 392 other ear HEARING ON GREAT FALLS PROJECT SET Full Report of Army Engineer Will Be Submitted This Week. Public hearing on the Great Falls water power proposal was set down for January 26 at the Department of the Interior at 10 am., by the Fed- eral Power Commission in a meeting today. Secretary of War Baker, chalrman of the commission, was in- {formed that the full report of Ma. ;u C. Tyler, Engineer Corps, U. S. A. | into i water at Great Falls for storage and for power. , Army |another city-wide membership drive. Who has conducted investigations the feasibility of using the manufacturing electric will be submitted to the chief o engineers tomorrow or Wednesday. J. H. Levering, a civil engineer of Los Angeles, is expected to submit an alternative proposition to the one contemplated in Maj. Tyler's report, it was learned today. Mr. Levering is understood to have conducted ex- tensive investigatlons of the power and water storage possibilities at Great Falls. He is said to have ar- rived at substantially the same ulti- mate conclusions reached by Maj. Ty- ler, but his proposal would arrive at the same end in an entirely different manner of construction. mmissioners Are Expected. ‘The District Commissioners many other persons interested in the Great Falls' project. including repre- sentatives . of local electric power compagiés, are expected to attend the hiarlng";anuury 20. preliminary report was submitted by Maj. Gen. Beach, chief of en- gineers, from Maj. Tyler to Secretary Baker and by him sent to Congress shortly before Christmas. This report recommended immediate use of the water storage facilities at Great Falls for manufacture of electric power and stated that Maj. Tyler believes a pow- er development of from 45,000 to 50, 000 kilowatts is possible and that its cost will be such as to permit the delivery of overhead power at a total! cost of about 5 mills per kilowatt at substations in Washington at a volt- age of about 6,600. DETROIT OFFICIALS MAY BE ARRESTED Failure to Obey Injunction in Traction Fight Brings Contempt Inquiry. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., January 10.—Circuit Judge Harry J. Dingeman was expected today to decide whether Detroit city officials were in contempt of court fol- lowing the crossing by the city early Sunday morning of the Detroit United Railway’s tracks with tracks of the new municipal street railway after an in- junction had been issued by the court forbidding such a step. E. J. Burdick, assistant general mana- ger of the D. U. R., had called to the attention of Judge Dingeman the al- leged violation of the injunction. Bur- dick also had announced he would start suit against the city on charges of false arrest, asserting he haa been held a vir- tual prisoner on Belle Isle during the early hours of Sunday morning after he had made an ineffectual attempt to serye the injunction on city official Guarded by 2 force of policemen est mated at 200, city laborers to the num- ber of 100 were taken early Sunday morning to Mack and St. Jean avenues, where the work of crossing the Detroit United Railway's Mack avenue line was begun. Burdick, who had obtained an injunction from Judge Dingeman Sat. urday, appeared and asserts he had be- £un to serve the injunction upon Joseph §. Goodwin, manager of the city railway system, when he was taken into custody by a policeman on a charge of disturb- ing the peace and placed in a patrol wagon. B S The patrol wagon, Burdick stated, was driven across the Belle Isle draw- ; bridge to the island police !lauoml The patrol wagon was Griven back to the city, and after the lapse of about an hour Burdick sald he was released by the police. He was unable to re- turn to the city, however, because the drewbridge is not lowered for any except police traffic after mid- night. - Burdick, with the injunction pupers in his pocket, was forced to ait on the island. he said, until rly morning, while the work of crossing_the D. U. R. lines was com- pleted. Police officials admitted Sun- day that Burdick had been taken to the island station. "Fhe St. Jean avenue line of the new municipal strect rallway system has been one of the storm centers of the fight between the D, U. R. and the city in recent weeks. In 1919, accord- ing to the company, it contracted with the city to build this line and began construction, but later was or- dered to discontinue building by the city after the voters had approved of the municipal railway project. WOOLEN MAKERS CUT WAGES. LAWRENCE, Mass., January 10.— The American Woolen Company today announced a wage reduction of 223 per cent to take effect next Monday. General business conditions were assigued as the reason, | ! ilaborers of the United States, Mexico , knocking down a 1amp post and mail box. The: and South and Central America Mr. and | h Would Chain Petty Criminals to Pole With Rock to Break RUSSELVILLE, Ark. Janu- ary 10—Chief of Police Walter Turnbow said today he would ask the city council for thority to place a rock pile in the public square with a set of chal ttached to a flagpole in the cenmter. Pernons convicted of petty crimes would be chaiuned to the fiagpole and forced to serve their sentences breaking roc! Chief Turnbow said. ! GOMPERS AND HIS PARTY Will Attend Pan-American Federa- tion of Labor Conference Opening Today. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 10.—Samuel Gompers and fourteen other repre- sentatives of American labor, accom- panied by a Mexican reception com- mittee, arrived in Mexico City shortly before noon yesterday to attend the Pan-American Federation of Labor conference, which begins today. The Americans were met at the sta- tion by representatives of Mexican workmen's organizations, who escort- ed them to their hotel. There was no | clare for: labor parade, as had originally been| planned. . Aside from declaring that the pur- pose of the present gathering was to create good relations among the Gompers had little to say regarding the program to be followed, asserting that he did not desire to anticipate the work of the conference. Asked what concrete measures for promoting better relations among la- borers are to be pjaced before the con- vention, Mr. Gompers asserted that the resolutions which would be pre- sented at the early sessions would speak for themselves. Efforts by cer- tain ‘radical elemen which broke away from the pan-American body to hold a rival convention were char- acterized by Mr. Gompers as a *“ in a drum The pan-American conference will be the third that has been held. Dele- gates from sixteen South and Central American republics and represent: tives from the United States and Mex- ico will attend. PLANNING FOR CITY-WIDE “DRIVE” FOR MEMBERS Federation of Citizens’ Associations Begins Campaign With L. G. Julihn Chairman of Committee. Plans were begun today by the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Association for W. B. Westlake, president of the federation, named L. G. Julihn of the Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens’ Association. chairman of e steering committee to direct the drive. Other members of the steering committee were chosen as follows: Jesse C. Suter, D. H. York, Edwin 8. Hege and Albert Schulteis. Mr. Julian will call a meeting of Rthis committee in a few days 2o map out the scope of the campaign, the pi of which will be to enroll in the citizens’ movement every man who did not join his neighbor- 0od organization in the first drive, held in November, 1919. In appealing for members the asso- ciations will point to the efforts made by the organized citizens to keep down 'utility rates. FIFTY YEARS WEDDED. Fifty years of married life, begun in Washington on January 11, 1871, are today being reviewed by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Smoot, who are observing their golden wedding anniversary at their home, 112 3d street northeast. In 1885 Mr. Smoot was appointed to the Indian service and was stationed at the Pine Ridge agency in South Dakota. Later he worked among the Kiowa, Comanche, Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes, when raiding and cattle stealing was an all too fre- quent occurrence. During the civil war Mr. Smoot served as an ambulance driver with Gen. Phil Sheridan’s command. Mrs. Smoot was the daughter of Greenbury Eichelberger of this city. ‘Though they have no children of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Smoot have partly raised nine, the youngest two of whom they adopted. —_— AUTHER RETURNS HOME. CHICAGO, January 10.—Pierre Paul Auther, who eloped from Madison, Wis., last Tuesday with Mrs. Philip Franzen, last night returned to his home in Highland Park, Ill, with his wife and baby, while Mrs. Franszen left for Madison with her husband, the four figures in the “love quad- m:tld’ having made peace with each other, Franzen announced that he would withdraw his charges of larceny against Auther, whom he charged with robbing him of Mrs. Franzen at tite point of a gun and forcing him to write a check for $100 to help pay for the honeymoon Auther and Mrs. Franzen planned to take. Mrs. Auther said she expected to be happy with her husband hereafter d that she would let him be the ‘master of the house,” for she be- lieved that she herself was re- sponsible for his attentions to other e Fr id Ny r. anzen sai e was glad to take back his wife, and she elgremd her willingness t0 remain with him forever. IRISH THANK ITALIANS. A vote of appreciation was extended the Italian Catholic Boclety of the Holy Rosary Church for “its open ac- knowledgment of the Irish republic and its calling_on official Washington to recognize the same” by the Padraic H. Pearse branch of the Friends of Irish l-‘reod| . om at Typographical Hall last night. The Italians were extended an invita- tion to join the Irish organization. The resolutions adopted were presented by Willlam E. Ryan, P. H. O'Dea and Pat- rick Quinn. Announcement was made that the or- ganization is planning to hold a Ceillidhe, an entertainment consisting of Irish music and folklore, at hical Temple, January 23. Joseph R. McDon- ald is chairman of the committee on ar- rangements. Those addressing the meet- ing last night included Arthur Keep, Donald MacEocagain, Iarry Whelan and Mrs. Agnes O'Connor. PLEADS FOR'YANK SAILORS Chairman Benson of the Shipping Board today took steps to combat unem- ployment among American merchant sallors growing out of prevailing condi- tions in the ocean-carrying trade. All operators of government vessels were cautioned “not to be misled into the employment of foreigners” merely be- cause of the lower achedule of pay, the chairman sald in a letter. The existing situation, the chairman said, has forced the board and private ship owners to lay up & gréeat many vessels. . The tru of American efforts,” he added, “is to increase the efficiency of operation. The most certain means to this end is improvement in the effi- clency of sea labor. This improvement in turn has been brought about by getting_the American man afloat and can best pe corftinued by keeping him lurged upon forty-two state legi ARRIVE IN MEXICO CITY | NATIONAL TRAFFIC CODE T0 BE MADE Delegates Hold Conference - Here and Will Work for Action by States. Representatives of thirty national organizations met at the Washington Hotel today to formulate a national traffic code, adoption of which will be ¢ tures meeting this month. Every phase of traffic fro moving of tractors over highways o the operation of traction liner will ba canvassed. The conference is expect- ed to last most of the week. - If a code, acceptable to all interests represented is adopted a whirlwind ampaign to got immediate considera- on for y the state le will be instituted. i e delegates met in the - lor of the Washington thix" momming to get acquainted and shape up the conference plans. This afternoon they expect 1o receive from the printer the draft of a traffic code which the or- ganization committec completed only ast night, after having made an ex- haustive study of the traffic rules and regulations of ail states and of Can- Chicf Recommendations, While the committee’s recommenda- tions have not been made public, the most important are understood to de- 1. A uniform system of registration by which it is hoped v t and aale of e e . A uniform system for issui OPerators’ permits, under. which ap. plicants would be required to demon- Strate their ability to drive a car and their knowledge of traflic ru deafi((;ompulsnrv reporting of acci- 4. Revocation of licenses for cer- tain causes, including intoxication and fallure to report accident 5. Uniform signals relating to rail- road crossings, speed limits and local parking regulations. 6. Unification of state laws for the benefit of interstate traffic. One of the recommendations, it is understood, will provide for the auto- matic cancellation for a period of one year of the driver's permit of any person who shall have convicted ;ner:: times for speeding within a year. Members of Committee. The organization committee sub- mitting the report is composed of Charles M. Talbert, director of streets and sewers of St. Louls, who is pre ident of the conference; David R. " Faries, general counsel of the Auto- mobile Club of Southern California, secretary; Harry J. Meixell, of the Motor Vehicie Conference of Naw Yerk; W. H. Maitbie, attorney for the American Electric Rallway Asso- ciation; David Van Schaack of the National Insurance Federation, W. H. Moore of the Farm Implement Asso- ciation and F. L. Exs . & member of the California state legisiature, representing the National Traffic ficers’ Association. Local interest ‘were represented when the conference convened this morning. * The police department and. the Capital Traction and Washington Railway and Electric companies sent delegates. There also were repre- sented the Federal Highway Council, American Automobile _Association, National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, Council of National De- fense and motor transport section of the War Department. Chairman Talbert explained that the organization committee’s recom- mendations would be presented as a working draft, and that it was ex- pected many amendments would be offered. In the main the committee’s suggested code is worked up under three heads (1) Registration of vehicles, (2) registration of drivers and (3) rules of the road. SCREAMS ROUT BURGLAR. ‘Woman’s Cries Cause Man to Flee. Robberies Are Reported. A woman’s screams routed a bur- glar who tried to effect an entrance to the apartment of Joseph H. Dier- ken, in the Bristol, 1833 S street, about 0 o'clock this morning. 2420 Shannon place, ’ ‘Washington y the house he missed $100 in cash from his pocket. Frederick Montgomery, roomer at 714 5th street, asked the police to re- cover a gold watch and chain. The articles were taken from his room while he was asleep, he said. Ralph Studwell, registered at Wil- mat Hotel, reported the theft of a case of carpenter tools and a rifle from his automobile at North Capitol and F !Lreels!’.oolic valued the stolen roperty at B Mll’sl {)n Vandersall, Government Hotels, reported the theft of a coat valued at $30 from the hotel lobby yesterday morning. C. A. Mantz, 627 New Jersey avenue. reported the theft of $40 from his room yesterday. A wagon and a set of harness were taken from the stable of Jacob Fow- ler, 1269 Half street southwest, Satu day night. Mrs. S. A. Merrill, 1234 10th street, reported the theft of a wrist watch. Roland Hughes, Callao, Va., reported the theft of a suit case containing wearing apparel valued at $35. PLANS FOR FINAL MARCH. Irish Sympathizers Discuss Last Visit to White House. Plans for the last of the seventy- four marches around the White House by Irish sympathizers in com. memoration of the seventy-four days Lord Mayor MacSwiney fasted were discussed at a meeting of the Pa- draic H. Pearse Council of the Ameri- can Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic at Gonzaga 1 last night. B‘;Ylanulry lg marks the end of the nightly vigils, and. according to an Announcement made last might by Rossa F. Downing, the full member- ship of the organization will turn out in honor of the occasion. Lord Mayor O'Callaghan of Cork is ex- pected to be in the city at the time, 2nd he will be asked to review the rade. plNew Jersey, according to a tele- gram received from Maj. Eugene K. Kinkead, vice president of the fed- eration, will send a large delegation to Washington for the demonstration, and the New Jersey members of Congress will be among the speak- ers at & big rally to be held after the parade. ‘The membership drive for “1,000 by January,” inaugurated in October, closed last night with 1,567 new mem- bers added to the rolls of the organi- zation, making a total enroliment to date of 2,100 members. Rev. Michael Hogan of Morgansa, Md.. closed the meeting with a brief ad- dress. — MEETS IN ATLANTIC CITY. Call for U. S. Chamber of Com- merce Annual Gathering. men Deseting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States next spring were e s L he convention “nE U lon Aas ntion e er announced today. . © . The annual meeting will be held at Atlantio City April 37, 38 and 3 President Joseph H./) of the chamber sald that consideration had been gixen to both 'Was] 1 New Orleans. Wi inateg@ because it ficient accommoda ment M, N obe rogams made by New T led bee: of the desire to fiola tho wettug 1 s place near Wi