Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1921, Page 2

‘Daniels Gets State Depart- % ment Aid in Case of Officer Shot by Japanese. Secretary Daniels conferrcd today ~ith Acting Secretary Davis of the State Department fn an effort to ex-| swedite complete efficial .reports of the { Killing of Lieut. W. H. Langdon of ! Po American cruiser Albany Japanese sentry at Vladivostok. After the conference, Mr. Davis said | o State Department was socking the { fallest reports from its agents at; Viadivosto The American consul | there already has been asked for al wore complete account than that ree ‘eived yesterday, but mo reply ha Yot come from him. Meantime the Navy Department is en et fu it the Siberian port. Explanations of Affair. s sanessaerrniang species of blackberry, nearly four times as large as the domestic garden variety, has been discovered in Colombia by Amer- fcan ecientists, and ig being ex- perimented on by the Department of Agriculture With a view to die- tribution to farmers of this coune try. The giant berry was discovered by Dr. Frank H. Chapman of the American Museum of Natural Hise tory in a remote forest region of the South American republle, It was brought here by Wilsen Po- pence. agricultural explorer of the Department of Agriculture, who named it the Colombian ber compliment to the country of its deavoring toi % aller reports from naval officials { GRUUPS ASS'GNED Whether_a protest will be lodged | with the Japanese foreign office will dopend upon the facts as developed hy the investigations now in progress. it was said at the State Department. «m the basis of such official and un- official jnformation as has been re véfved. some officials are inclined to rd the shooting as the act of an f excitable sentry. " Reports received by the American —zovernment agencies thus far, how “%ver, do uot coinede with the official < that the Amer afi The report to the Navy received yesterday Langdon, in Jvore his deati. ‘turned the seutry been ghot in the Story Told 'he reperts to the Department bowed the shooting occurrcd at tiuight in frout of the Japanese di ‘sfon_ headquarters, the American's ¥l.death following a few hours later at < hospital. " The Japanese sentry claimed ukpicions were aroused when he saw he officer flashing a band lamp and ¢ <alled_upon him to hait. The officer % replied, he said, by firing n revolver t him. This he réturned with a rifle hot, after which the officer fired twice at him. The sentry ran back to eall * the guard, and when he returned the American had gene. ¥ Lieut. Lanzdon sald he was halted .v the entry, repiied to a question s to hi¢ identity and proceeded on He had gone only a few fret. he €aid, when the sentry fired | 42t -him. the ball steiking him in the Zback. at which he turned and fired wo revolver shots. The report fur- her stated Langdon was in full uni- S form and that his clothing and the! . wound itself shawed he had been shot 40 the back. the ball passing out at e left side of tho chesl. The dispatches from both Admlrm [ evidence ret and had offered every asaistance n their power to clear up the trag- edy. { ihe Japanese officials at ‘ ‘ H Japanese Coacerned. f | A message to thé Japanese em- ®assy here said the Japanese governs fnent and peonle were greatly con- 4erned over the incident, and that »oth the minister of war at Tokio and {he Japanece commandant at Viadi- Yostok had expressed regret to the sommander of the Albany, of which Lieut. Lungdon was chief engineer. r Get. Sato’s Statemen My the Ansociated Presh. t~— TOK10, January 12.-—The Japanese official report of the fatal shooting of _Jddeut. W. H. Langdon, chief engineer of the United States cruiser Albany, »y a Jepanese sentry at Viadivostok, Ia the early morning of January 8, agTees with the Japanese press re- Ports that the sentry's shot was pre- 4eded by a revolver attack upon_the sentry, according to Maj. Gen. Sato §f the ‘staff of the minister of war. 1 A bullet from Lieut. Llu‘i’n's re. yolver passed through the sentry's leeve, and after firing the shot the Neute: t ran o and was shot in he back, the general said the report stated. The sentry who fired the shot is being _court-martialed. it an sounced. Gen. Of, the Japanese com- ‘founder at Viadivostok, immediately ent the officers of the Albany ex- pression of his regret. and the min. ster of war also cabled his regrets. o A A s S 2 RENTAL BOARD HANDS 'DOWN ELEVEN DECISIONS i Five Landlords Denied Possession of Property—Rentals Are Fixed. ! Eieven decistons were handed down today by the District Rent Commission. { Five landlords were denied -possession ~of their preperty and & number o tals were fixed. The list of de. “inions follows: . Sullivan, 1718 14th street nsufficient. Monthly rental “from $12.50 to $17.50. Richard E. Roberts, apartment 6, 22544 14th street northwest; notice to vacate served by J. Dallas Grady ad- Ijudged insuffieient. 1 Robert Farris, owner of 1701 Monroe “rtrest northeast, denied possession of 2he premises, which are ecoupied by -D. Paoline. The rent was reduced from 7345 to $37.50 & month. Mary H. McTwiggan, 2409 13th rtreet northwest; rent reduced from “¥100 to $50 a month. Thomas o.‘ . W. s ng straet, and A. 8. Parker, 706 Irving street; rents sduced from 340 to $30 each. Dennis sMcCarthy and Harry Wardman dented . possession of the properties. Fdith Brungard, apartment 7, the ‘fhomas, 1400 M street northwes n! Zreduced from 370 to $60 2 month. No- “2ice to vacate served by Joseph D. Rogers adjudged insufficient. . Ernest L. Loving. 509 L street ‘morthwest; rent reduced from $40 to -$37.50 a month. Klise Beuchert, de- “¥endant. ”" Dalsy Ross, 1338 13th street north- | cAMP PERRY SELECTED. i iChairmen Named to Get | Data Bearing Upon Re- | classification. § Rriefs getting forth the suggestions {ef government empioyes in the proe | fessio subprofessional, educational and elerical services in regard to the | Lehlbach reclagsification b.1l \Wwill be L Dr K Natfonal Federation of ~Federal Eme made today of | on of the comni on hearings, 1 and employes are invited to gofi- i nunicata suggestions to the follow. sented o Congress through thel FINDS A SPECIES |MAN WHO BROUGHT e o train at Mattice, Ontaris, furnished by the Canadian National railroad an lHving quartets for the newnpaper correspondents who waited at that post for the longemisaing ballooaista to emerge from the Canadian wilds. et e 8wttt ettt U. S. REQUESTS MEXICO TO CHANGE COURT RULE | Decision on Naico Mining Company Suit Declared to Be Unfair. {ing committee members, according m! MEXICO CITY, January 12.—Ths ir service and grou i Professional. subprofessiona) and { educational servic i Dbr. 1. Frankiin Meyer, chalrman of } | committee, will review ihe following igroups Architect, on . forestar, 2 {illustrator, phy ientis i i . enginecring and scientific atd. | Miss Julia Lathrop, chief of the !children’s bureau, will review econ- tomist and pelitical sclentist, nurse, {social economist, social investigator land community worker. ! Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian ;of the District of Columbla, will re- view librarian, personal officer, pub- ilic inspection. tranelator, library as-|{ ‘sistant and educational specialist. | Qeorge A. Warren of the patent of- ifice will review accountant, business examiner, lawyer, patent examiner and law exsistant. Dr. C. L. Shear of the bureau of plant ndust will _review {culturist, fologist, dentiet and dletitian, p! !macologist, physician. therapeutist nd veterinarian. Clerical service—R. J. Quinn of the |war Department, chairman, will re. w personnel, weather bureau, clerical | jadministrator and biological survey. { Miss Cornglia Lyne, Department of } Agriculture, hureau of markets, will review fecsiving _ and. disbutsing { clerk group, counting, securities, ac- i counting_and auditing, time and i roll._exhibits, film dn;::‘m:‘l&:, cost omputing and money g wu‘;unm 3. Schutrumpf, Department { of the Interior, solicitor's office, will inmw mrrespvnduacse and foreign elations correspondence. i “Walter Keston, War Department, {will review filing, mail dead let- iters. recording, docketing, finger ! print classication, indexing, finger i Drint identification, mail routing and dispatching, ocoding, cour! g mail Aling, and record, and essees i ments. * Biller, pension office--Fxamin, .mlr. ?‘nn-mnuon rates, vcrimn! i . J. Quinn, War Department—ber. sonnel, W or buresy, clerioal ad- ministrator, blological survey. Juliette Stedbins, oMae of the super- vising architect, Treasury Del ent —Automatic addressin i pliea, address plate ou ‘plnto verifying. addressing operating, sssorting machine opare '-un:, commissary, ,mechanioal tadu lation filing, mimeographing, miscel 1ancous appiiance operating, ‘purchas. ing, ofce pguuu operating, mili- tary and naval stores, shipping, prope rty aoccounts examining. *NMra. Lilla Shepley, &amtl::l Mbnll‘-yl-— Publioations, Proo: A dlfi:?-\: Merriam, Institute of Gevern- i men!hflelel‘.r}lh-—‘l‘elapbon!‘ fire alarm 1 telephone, Info; { {barial, mechanical ad i rmation, statimioal, ac- | i dreest i chanical tabulating. ' {Will Be Scene of Wext Interna- 1 tional Rifie Matches. i Camp Perry, Ohio, will be the scene of the next national rifie matohes. {The selection was mmde today at a maeting of the national board for the motion of rifie practice, which was .md in the office of Assistant Secre- | tary of War Willlama, chalrman. The {hoard is composed of Army, Navy {and Marine Corps offfcers and otvil 1ians. Selection of a date matches will bs made later. Jn atendance At the meetink were f the National Rifle Associa- tion of America. Which yest y held its annual meeting Nere. The inew officers of the association, elected | vesterday, sre Col. Bmith W. Brook. bart, lowa, nresident; Maj. Frank i Maloney, Ténnessee, firm vice presi- 5 Maj. Fred M. Waterbury, New York, second vice prasident; Gen. W. W. Moore, South Caroll i third vice president: Brig. Gen. 1H. Phillips, &. ‘Tennesses, secretary, and Capt. rl D. 88, treasurer. ICIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES. {'Theodore Horn, 84 Toars Old, { Passes Away Suddenly. | Theodors Horn, elghty-tour years ipld, eivil war veteran, l%d suddenly | 'Tyesday at Brooklyn, N. ¥. He was for many years an employe of the War Department. He had been {retived from the departmeatal tice. _wrest: rent increased from $35 to $38 a! Funeral services will be held tomer- inonth. Caywood & Garrett, defend-|row afterngon a ante. t $:30 o'clock {a th {chapel at Oak Hill cemetery. United States government through George T. Summerlin, its chatge d'affaires hers, todsy presented a note to the Mexican forsign office tnviting its attention to a reoent decision of the Mexican supreme court regurding a suit for ewnership against the Noica Mining Company, in the state of Chihuahua, and asking the foreign office to investigate the findings of the court with @ view to their re- ica property, owned otiginally by American, Htl.llh .'Imv:s't:::‘::t ";; terests, fepresents an in' epproximately 20,000,000 pesos, which is placed In pardy by the supreme court’s decision. The supreme court denied the r quest of the mine owners for reten- tion of the mine “Maravillas.” Which the lower courts had ruled belonged to the descendants of SBantiago Stop- pelli, who now seek its full possession. It is known Mr. Summerlin called personally upon Foteign Minister Hidalgo and requested an investiga-| 8 latte tion and that th er gromiud to take up the matter immediately with President Obregon. The British and nch charges also are known to be active in the request for a review o the supreme etourt's action, with the possibility of immediate notes of pro- test from their governments. The Mezxigo City ne apers de- Pay | sctibe the American note as an ener- tie test amounting to & demand, nt Ix othe; nuro-‘n ‘was learned r last night that the representations of |, io, the United States were informal and not severe. — Inquiry Called “Infermal.” The call of Charge d'Affaires Sum- merlin at Mexioo City upon the Mexi- can foreign “office was sald at the t, | Btate Department today to have been! mude in response to instructions that he make informal inquiry as to & re- port that the Naica mines had been delivered to Mexican claimants under an order of the Megican eupreme court. No protest was contemplated in the case, it was added, pending fur- ther information a8 to the facts in the Can The Natca pro::rty has besn heold by it pecent litigatien caused Qeudt as to the title. IMPORTANT TAX SUIT BEFORE SUPREME COURT Decision Asked on Status of Sale of Stock in Bstate Assets at & Prefit. Appeal of trustees of the eatate of the late Arthur Ryerson of. Chicago from & ruling of the bursau of in- {ternal revenus, le vying $311,000 on profits realized thréugh thessale of eortain stock included in the asmets of tho estate, has brought to the Bu- preme Court & tax suit regarded by government officials as second in im- the govel e asyte. whith ave not DAid to the ttust assets, wi are not p! but are udded to and become part of the trust estate, can be u\nudun profits under the excess rofits law.” .Amlnt the securities left by Ryer- shares of preferred capital oseph & Bons, a corporatios 13, these Btocks were returned as a oash value of 3561000. 1In 917, they were sold by the ,280,080. The aollector n rdered that the 2 included in tire income report as “sdditional profits™ ustees of thousands of estates, Tepresenting aswets of many millions, are said to be awaiting the outcome before converting which have appreciated greatly in value during Tecent years. PRESERRESGTE TRADE BOARD TO BE HOST. nnmm D. C. Commissioners at Willard Tonight. “The Disteict Commissionera tonight will be guests of the Board of Trade ve 4 meeting to_be held in the New %ltn'lanl aot:l. Reports will be made B i Sk et b :.rd-r.neurm- aad corroctions and O 12s Brudley, president of the board, will preside and a buffet supper f| NERVES THE CAUSE OF FISTIC BATTLE, AERONAUTS ASSERT | “outinued from Fir ;o‘m\ made by a navel court of in- uiry at Rockaway, N. Y., immediatel. following the arrival of Lieuts. Klfloly. g-neu and Hinton at that place. ; rders to this effect have been issued by Secretary Danfels. The precept for the govérnment of the court is being prepared by Capt. Thomas T. Craven, {director of naval aviation. Secretgry Danlels says the investi- g_a}lon wiil be broad and comprehen- sive and will establish all facts in connection with the expedition. Chief among the points to be established Is whether the flight was regularly ordered by the proper authorities of Whether it was simply taken by the three officers on their own initiative either as a simple ‘“exercise flight" Or as an attempt to break the balloon | recora for distance. Another point to stabli Wi it (e aviators wers ordered (o make a prolonged flight for meteo. rological observations or other legiti- mate purposes, they were not better :I)l‘:lgll:ed With food, water, maps and In referring to the proposed fin- uiry, Secretary Daniels said the court | pay particular attention to the 5 ;:’%rltgdunle!l? newspapers and news cates of letter: s 8 from the three In t connection he denied that the Navy Department had authori rized Mrs. Hinton to make public the let- { ter she had received from her hus-| band, Publication of which was u:e cau;:':l_“tna fistic clash bcelw‘:en L ell and Lieut. Hin! their arrival at Mattice. : !arn & FIGHT CASE OF “NERVES.” Blow Struck by Farrell Not De- livered in Hate. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star, MATTICE, Ont., January 13.—Lieut. Stephen A. Farrell and Lieut. Walter Hinton appeared to be the best of friends today. The fight, {f angrv words ang a blow can be called a fight, was a d climax In a theatrio sefting, The man 200-mile trek from Moose Factory, James bay, they wero in a log eabin when the blow was struck. gunlde touched with snow, stretched the un. ;.‘1"":“:.‘:";;‘1 in ‘which they, with 5 . Kloor, 5o nea: ";%& . rly lost their e blow jtself was a distressi thing. It was not done with venom. It was not done with hate. It was done in'a moment when nerves that had been stretched to the breaking point actually did break. And that breaking was not due to the crisis of danger, :’:u‘cul: the reaction that came with TO DISCUSS TAXES. Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association Plans Meeting. Federal tixation problems will be discussed by the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Aswoclation at ity an- | pe" 1) nual meeting Tuesday night at the | provide educational opportunities for the ! many boys who want the military life Either the cutting down of Army to 175,000 men will mean some Raleigh Hotel. President Philip King today an-|ihe nounced that Representative lIsaac plan whereby enlistments aro accepted or a year and no longer, or else regu- rs who have been in the service for rs will have to be encouraged to seek norable discharge 80 as to mak for the youngsters desiring vocational and general education. Commenting on the educational sys- Bachrach of New Jersey will speak on phases of his =ales tax plan. Others who will discuss taxes are o Lew Hahn of w York city, man aging director of the National Retail oot Mich eiatimain ot the | f of et , Mich., chairman of the |tem, Maj. Gen. Liggett of the th Corps | from the vete, , at San Francisco, writes o ‘ducation is a necessit: training is a necessit; necessity. The present scheme of opera- tion has proven, by obtaini results, that the program of and vocational training and recreation can be successfully carried out in the Arm Maj. Gen. C. P. Summerall, command- ‘writes: committee on taxation of the same organigation, and Harold Young of this city. President King and the other officers will present their reports for the year and announcement will be made of the complete list of section chair- men who have been elected during the past month. These chairmen are to constitute the board of governors for the ensuing yoar. ‘The officers of the association will be elected at the first meeting of the board of governors following the an- nual meeting. LORD MAYOR OF CORK IN WASHINGTON TO|: TESTIFY AT IRI it S le AR . L TR POT AT TR DisposL o o awroesrcowsewwre URBAN SURPASSES Mr. Williams Declares No Nation RURAI- Would Have Temerity to At- i E tack the U. S. for Years. | Senator New’s resolution to limit e Retrian s vo 175,000 men ana |CENSUS Bureau Announces {to halt the recruiting campaign now | [beine conducted for tme Army was| Unprecedented Condition taken up for consideration soon after the Senate met teday. An amend-| in This Country. ment offered by Eenator Lenroot ofy i More than ha A e e e e hen Bait the population Myl i { the Tnited States lives in urdan terr.- | Senator Warren of Wyoming. s] tory ©or in places having a population imn'mbl'r tuf the militar umnr,‘ com-iof 2.500. or more, the census buresu mittee, favored the New resolution, | announce v, {but announced hix opposition to a T« "nounced today. Persons liviag in i citis and towns of more than 250 duction of 156,000 men., as proposcd - £ j When the i320 census was taken aum:- iSenator Lenroot. { Senator ¥ ms of Mississippi de- | bered 54,318.032, while those livin iclared himself in favor of the Len-: .. i = i Foot amendment and 4 return to the | [UTal territory numbered 51.3%0, | traditional policy nf the United States | This is the first time in the history lto maintain & small arm: Ho said | Of the United States that such a con- jthat this is all the more necessary { dition has been recorded. today when the people are burdened | Population of the cities and tow { with taxes to pay the war debt. Sen-|in 1920 showed a gain of 5.6 per cen: {ator Williams predicted that no na-{OVer that in 1910, and was 514 per {tion would have the temerity to at-|Ccnt of the total population of t Geeorge McLeod, the India: | of the three ballosnists to the with his dogs M PROPOSED CUT IN U. S. ARMY MAY HURT EDUCATION PLAN Vocational Training Giving Handicnppcd D e otichaeasantotie pper who brought first news tatde BY DAVID LAWRI (Copyright, 1021.) Congress i considering the cutting! Camp down of the standing Army to 175,000 This means that a surplus of & 00 men wouid have to e themselves had just completed their|honorably discharged when their en- listments expire. the fluctuation in the size of the United States Army is not a matter of general concern, there are indications of wide. spread = disappointment who had been rusl to get the benefits of the new educational system. From practically every Army corps srea in the United States has come word of the success of the,educational end vocational training system which has been in operation for about a year. Enlisted graduates courses are serving as instructors and clerks In many posts, printing schools are earning, since their separation from the service, good wages in the trades, and ealisted men { who have studied agriculture and trac- tor work are findigg many opportuni- ties to make good use of their train- i ng. It is a eafe bet that the educational system started In the Army bas. come ‘The Mig question is how far ted States government should The men | about 50,0 While nominally of commercial graduates of N Ve 2 ook | Tiove ™ the “wduraroeand I Rot only be- I e only way any one can ul stand the far-reaching value of educa- tion and recreation to the Army and the country {8 to visit fhe classes and shops SH HEAR f who enlist {tack the United States for many vears | Country. 8 The bureau's statement did not un- i ertake to account for the drift from: States so as to bring about war. The i1 now in Holland and a lunatic. ito come, or to aftront the Ilnl\d’ {Lamt man who attampted that, he said, | the rural to urban territors. but pre- { viousl, ofticials have bu! i largely to the world r. Large jViously officlals have attributed it {SAYS BACK TO THE SOIL Teutonic Professor Asserts There ! Must Be New Distribution of Population. | Cross-Atlantic Cable Sersica to BERLIN. January many cannot hope tb wage suc {fully the war of revenge she i {ning until she ix economically in dependent. and especially until she can produce food to fued herself. and D that to do this she will have to move | twenty million workingmen from her citics to the land, iz pointed out by ifrom the country, while many eoldie: t . o {who lived on farms before joining { 1S GERMANY’S ONLY HOPE | the Army took up lifo in s after their discharge Tl The urban and rural populations Alabama s 00,317 and 1838857 ) | Kansas ! Kentucky Louis in, Marst | ::.--4 | Michig, M Prof. Cerehoe, one of her authorities. ! Minneao ‘We must bring out complete | Mississipp change in the present diatribution of our population,” he says, “Germany is easily able to support a population of one hundred millions if forty millions | live tn the country districts. But she cannot eupport seventy millions if. as ! at present, only seventeen millions live in the country If Engiand and France in 1916 had bought the entire harvest of Rumania Germany would have been forced to sue for peace 'on_the most humiliating terms.” This same conditfon is pointed out in the Fretheit by Prof. Forster, and the German authorities are tak- ing steps to encourage a movement back to the soil. FRANCE CRITICISES SALARIES LEAGUE PAYS worle. Photograph shows McLeod Declares Captain of Commission Draws More Money Than Marshall Foch. Cress-Atlantic Cable Service to The Star. PARIS, January 13.—France is crit- icising the big salaries paid (h; mem- tions labor bureau at Geneva and the various reparations commissions, and Men Chance in World—Draws Recruits |Frencomeinis in sccupied territory and Creates Trained Reserve. trasts in_their salaries and the {1eague’s officials. In Le Matin Stephanie Lauzanne points out that as the staff of th. plebiscite commission in Upper Silesia is paid in American dollars, month, draws 2,000 francs, whil the 1st Division wen to|captain of the commission dra\:s : b otz‘gg:{" 'rlr.yul;,“fn the last M‘nl:r salary than does Marshal several thousand veterans who had loyalty ana fortitude, had contebated PROPOSES ABROGATION to the victory that brought honor to ;1;1: oountry. They were destined to tr‘:;n to civil life withomt any ekilled WIth hete nteiiipence aasarete e B S g s | T Whn Chatrnen of s ik Inferior tybe who had omaines moos| agers, Still on Stand at Chi- Perty T the Ingustra wand, PS5 Injustice wad o great that we. ay 3 oA oa t we at{ CHICAGO, January 13—The rail- them as bosstpia o oc5ive 88 many of {road labor board's hearing on rules through ' the Vuml‘:n':l in ‘:hme trade | and working conditions continued to- was fot uncommon to 00l8. It {aay, with E. T. Whiter, chairman of four service stei jJoe mén with {the railroad managers committes, still wound stripes in- & olese fraiiree {on the stand. Mr. Whiter Is present :::m‘:; ur:gm:‘m. ihe elements % |ing -'dn-n‘edt gument for the ab- Their c‘ountry ::fl :{.‘: arithmetic. ron:r::n‘o & present national ETOW up in ignoram Tod (them to | 4875 ¥ ommatrly"ffrog e Pl b7 | WIS, L5 Tl S, Lo e kom0 H or it | Mr. n today with rule h :".“'};elgo:::; Shat the ideals of !‘sl“‘oa Sisciplinary cate. . endure.” llowing adjournment today, the n. J. G. Harbord, command- | heari: : i'v'fivzv.g";“' at Camp Travis, T!:.igordl:: c:lgnn':;c‘;:a;mmu:nf:gée‘fi. “When I was a: = M. Barton, chairman of thé board. The gion iast winter, o ed (Scihis Qivi- {twoday recess, he said, was neces- tioeace, 1 looked on the new ed N sary to allow the board to meet in o::m.l‘reqmumm, in the service o5 | executive session for consideration of one hv:ho.-: rfi::.t;?“;"‘" of whm“omer cases before it. m Yiotims in " the thirty-one pears’s | hangesos. e unitorm.® Tfave{ U. S. TUG WRECKED. woati work to be but eminentty desiamel N Army, The foregoing series of comments Near Galveston. ican Army was not view of how the pew old generals, | men of the crew perished. The tug Missouri Montana | il North Dakota . | Oklahoma . Oregon Penasylvar : Rhode Isand . ina The District of Columbia 18 100 3 cent urban, inasmuch as the city o Washington Is co-extensive with t: [CELL YAWNS FOR GROON Negro Youth Says He Stole P jamas for Honeymoon. Lewis Pin, colored. nineteen y: OF RAIL LABOR PACTSi i cago Hearing. { | enol the Amer-| GALVESTON. Tex. Jamuary 17._J cation, dut they give & by publi- | The Tnited States engineering depart- old, attired in his wedding garmen this morning visited the office of Mar riage License Clerk Kroll and pai $1 for a paper authorizing Rev George O. Bullock to unite him 1 {and a_clerk v {ad see the attitude and the progress of or - maess “walters whe. Sois “$155 % { matrimony with Estello Campbell. The wedding was ot for 7 o'cloc tonight at the parsom's home. but change in the plans may result fro Lewis’ arrest in”Stinemets’s store a: 1 F streot for the alleged thert of a pair of blue pajamas. Polipe- woman Hubbs allcges that she sei: him take the pajamas. and then = took him. Lewis was in an uncertain fran: of mind when thoe policewoma:: reached police hcadquarters witl: him and turned him over to the de- tectives. “You'll ha to get $50 to lear. as col!ulenl. the young man was told. “or postpone’ youf weddingz. Perhaps Estelle will not have you when she hears about this.” “She’ll have me, all right,” he sail. Pin admitted to the polisewoman and others, it is stated, that he wanted the pajamas to wear on his wedding trip. It was his fi a rest, he declared, and he wae at loss to explain why he had taken t pajamas in the crowded store. Lewis was sent to the first pr.- cint station to be detained until h~ produced the $50, failure to do = meaning a police cell for him tonigi instead of wedding belis. REPORTS ON GREAT FALLS Maj. Tyler Submits Result o Finding to Gep. Beach. i Maj M. C. Tyler of the Enginr. Corps, U. 8. A., has submitted his iofficial repert on the Great Falls water power proposal to Maj. Gen, Seven Believed to Have Perished!un-lnx H. Beach, chief of engineers. ‘The report is now in the hand: the river and harbdor. dl'lllon‘:l.fl?: ‘War Department and is being studicd members of the committee. It by {will not be made public unti ment tug Capt. Talfor has been|gqne to Congress, »rznmy Bext l'ltorfi 'S-aye rece . So, Plan s being | wrecked, and it is believed sevenrh! g _for by, - { 1aft Babine Sunday morning for Gal- DPropriations for this or that patpe: veston, and nothlny! was heard of the fran| purpose, o, T ehouthat If anything is to be|oraft until today, when her deok- be d no! reck for educational and vocat, ::mm'“ Dl Gatvar ST iAmandmenu to Fess-Capper Phys- nE al train- {ashore on Galveston beach. ut thak’s not the difcuit e S e - MEDICAL CONTROL UP. ical Education Bill Proposed. &TeSS . probably y. Con- i value of the plan. !llmarfl:"“ ""f; ATTACKS GRAIN BILL. | ,ienaments to tne Feas-Capper ment is that dy cutting 4 develop: :‘f;‘;bp:gu ’,"',',“’x:c:_‘“"“ :;::k":‘; “the Bxpert Says Measure Would Para- i 3 left in the * and they 2"71",'.'5'2 1yze Marketing Machinery. men are in sc| and at least $¢ L o jor tne Chicago Board of Trade, tod T ie There. ok, for educationand 1082 | Yola the House agriculture committee n for ent the mervice. The plans for & L |grain fatures bill would “paralyze the 1 bill, which that enactment of the Capper-Tincher | proposes to create a dv- partment of physical education in the federal department of education, were urged at a hearing last night before the House committee on education. Half| peslie F. Gates, former president; The amendments sought to pecifi- cally provide that state systems of medicine under allopathic ocontrol should be prevented. It was urged that at least one man or woman should be appointed to rep- s epartment of education in the cab. | present grain marketing machinery | regent each one of the schools of prac- i r?“ would not fnclude direct instruc. | without providing an adequate lluh-’ on but merely the stimulaf mi :fi:tey:g‘l‘t? g e A = Suld Teacy | S roa a Y plan would | Gates, “would simply make .perm: , ¢h the grown-ups and at the same | nent the same sort of abnormal mar- | tice recognized by the state law: the physical care of the school :hl‘l'! legisiation.” declared Mr. | gren. Walter L. Lee, 1015 1st strest north- | ment will be in that cemetery. west; rent increased from $20.50 to $25 Lenih < areve Hamilon &tehi-| SENATE CHAPLAIN QUITS. |¢oR LIQUOR ON U. S. SHIPS . . [rom X 1:..‘4:'.2:‘ month. Terry & Davis, de-;lev. Forrest J. Prettymen Going Proposed to Allow Bale Outside will be sel i H me créaté & military reserve ket that brought on the drafting of | (Copyright, 1921.) i the bill.” H ——— ! In presenting the arguments of the { WELD"‘ i exchanges Mr. Gates asserted that the | G COURSE ADDED. jfutures market “provides a constant | e * | market in peace or war, in prosperity | r panic, where producer may dis- FAMINE IN INDIA. 77,000 Persons Are Already Re- ceiving Relief. - Elisabeth de Grummond Robb, apart- {ment 24, the Hermitage, 1117 Vermont avenuc morthwest; rent reduced from to $35 a month. otice to va- .m:-u.a insufficient. - SUES PULLMAN COMPANY. - Betause he was denied the berth _Jer which he had a ticket and bumailiated before other travelers, Lou's Marks has filed suit in the Dis- | trict Supreme Court to recover $10,000 | .Aamages from the Pullman Company. | “HBe says he purchased a ticket September ¢ last and was not given the berth called for and was required by the conductor to accept less de- sirable accommodation: ” DENTED INSURANCE MONEY. R. G. Cholmeley-Jones, director of the war risk bureau, has filed in the . Déstrict Supreme Court an answer to 2he mandamus proceeding brought by John F. Norris of Maryland to com el the payment to him of the insur- amce due William Ricketts. Norris /clatms that as foster father of the dead soldier he is entitled to his fn- -suremce. The burcau maintains that foster parents are not within the la a8 beneficiarids of the war risk insur- anea t / to Xnoxville, Tenn. Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman has ten- idered his resignation as thflu'n of erved by Gardiner & Dent, Inc, | th®, Senate, to take effect at will He is going to Xnox- becomo pastor of & church in that city. Dr. Prettyman has been lof the Renate sinoe the beginning of ithe Wilson administration. been pastor for a number of years of Emery M. E. Church South. 'h are many candidates to suc- ceed Dr. Prejtyman as chaplain of the Senate. The selection of a chap- lain will be made by the republican caucus of the Senate. e e, MRS. A. R. FENNING DEAD. Widow of Washingtonian Was at Son’s Cleveland Home. Mre. Annie R. Fenuning, widow of James A. Fenning, a resident of Washington for nearly half a centuty, died today at the home of her son, Karl Fenning. ln Cleveland, Oh Mrs. Fenning had a ance in_this city. of the First Presbyterian Church. The body will be brought to Washingten for private interment at Rock Creek cemete. Three-Mile Limit. Amendmeat of the prohidition e forosment act, 90 s to permit Ameri- passenger liners plying in for- ey trad t.nrum .-Z sell liquor :-'?m. the three-mile limit of the United s:.-m. was "‘l’:l‘ ‘:a‘r.:v ouse committe :’ ;i officials, who oonphlno‘ that because of present restrictions foreign sbips were handling the bulk of travel. Re) tative Bdmonds, repubd- lican, Peansylvanis, suthor of the amendment, declared that failure to amend the law weuld make it impos- sibie for American ships to get any- thing except everfiow travel AUTO DRIVER FINED $330. Earl J. Reinburg, charged with m|-1 while lhxlah(‘. speeding and colliding, was fined $389 upon his appearance today before Judge M Mghon in the District branch, Police Court. In defanit of the n_t the fine, a jail sentence of Atfty days will be imposed. Jt was testified that on the night of December 18, Reindburg collided with an_automobdile ewned by Alexander H. Bell, at the intersection of 17th and P streets morthwest, portance only to the so-oalled hwntJ ed capital case recently argued. The {ssue D! ted, acocording to pos- | E ot usy day Ameriean Levd Mayor D. J. O’Callaghan (righ: 5 the '-“I- om conditi t) after his arrival in Washington 7 he will present to the unoficial ind. He is shown with Peter the Inte lord m _ M. Lord is chief. big shop. Students at MeKinley School Will ;o.q of his products for prices bnedi Study A o8 on world supply and demand. Futures Oxy-Acstylene Work. {irading stabliizes values, reduces the A course in oxy-scetylene welding | toll between producer and consumer, bas been added to the curriculum at | f2cilitates distribution and prevents McKinjey Manual Tratni ol ] under irection of A. ;‘Pl':?::tl. , it Sy Sen B NAVY PLANES AT LA UNION. clals. Two el - S .: :u“t:‘l:n.il;:.fib?e‘e“f been en- |Expect to Reach Panama Cnnl‘ Zone by Sunday. SAN DJEGO, January 13.—~The four- hllx in lheed 8an ave reached La . according to messages at the naval air station. only 805 miles at ve 'WILL OF MISS C. E. WEBB. Ran- | December 30. planes will reach the Panama Canal Zone by noon Sunday. H MRS. STAHL AS SOLOIST. Ars. 3. J. Stanl, soloist at the West| WOMEN'S UNION HEARD. ‘Washington Baptist Church, sang for a| Director Wilmeth of the bureau of iarge number of War Du?rtmant em-{ engraving and pmm-? today con- in the Munitions bullding yee- | ferred with members of the women’s afternoon, at the “si of the | union of the bureau concerning the finance department, of which Gen. H.[training of woman workers of the, 3 LONDON. Jaguary 13.—Famine is officially acciardd 1o exist in one of the districts of India, while there is, a food scarcity in many oth tricts as the resuilt of lack of wint. rains for the crops, it was announc by the India office this afternoon. More t 77,000 persons are al- ready receiving el HELD FOR GRAND JURY. John Sams, colored, was committed to jail by a coroner’s jury this after- noon to await grand jury action on a charge of homicide. He was held for the action of the investigative body. following the taking of testimony relative to the death of Bernle Hart, colored, who, it {8 oharged, was dealt e o bt in thelr home at Sams during n r homs af 1213 Union strest, December 31. Hart, at Washi Asylum Hospital two days ago. Inquest over the body of the slain man was conducted at the morgue. WOULD ADOPT ORPHAM Application has besn made to the District _Supreme Court by Lieut. Commander George L. Smith, U. §. . and his wife for permision to adopt Kleanor Coleman Bryan, an orphan, twelve years old.