Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1921, Page 13

i THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 OFFICIALS PROBE “GAS” EXPLOSION; TEN KNOWN DEAD MEMPHIS, Tenn., January 25.—A three-cornered investigation by agents of the United States bureau of explosives, representatives of the oil company and local officials was under way today to definitely determine the cause of the ex- plosion of'a tank car of gasoline at the plant of the Colyar Reese Company here Saturday, which killed ten negroes and caused widespread damage Lo property. Approximately a Score ol peisons were injured, and hospital reports indicate that several still are in a critical condition. Two white employes of the Col- yar Reese Company are among the injured. Both were badly burned. Colyar Reese, president cf the oil company, attributed the ex- plosion to spontaneous combustion, which occurred when vapor from the gasoline, released when the dome of the tank car was removed, came in contact with the atmos- phere. Another theory was that the explosion might have been due to a spark from the chisel of a workman opening the dome. D. L_Andrews, local representa- tive of the federal bureau of ex- plosives, was of the opinion that use of a chisel in opening the dome lid of the tank car might hav caused a spark, which, coming in contact with escaping vapor from the tank, possibly ignited the* fumes and set off the explosion. Andrew McKinley, negro work- man who opened the car lid, was fatally burned. —_— TREE EXHIBITION TO LAST ONE ADDITIONAL DAY HOUSE T0 DECID FATE OF PACKER Bill Establishing Federal Reg- ufation Passes Senate, 46 to 33. “FRIENDS PREDICT VICTORY Would Create Boara. All fundamental features of the leg- islation as presented by the agricul- ture committee as a substitute for the original Kenyon-Kendrick bill were retained by the Senate. The bill (would create a federal live stock mmission of three members, ap- ointed by the President, to have urisdiction over the live stock in- ustry. This commission would have | 'power to issue orders. collect and di seminate information, have access to packers’ books and have general su- pervision over packers. stock yard commission men and similar agencies. Review of the live stock commission’s orders would be provided by the bill, which also prescribes rules for con- duct of the packing business and stip- ulations against monopoly. unfair trade practices, engaging in unre- lated industries and other similar acts. | rison, “Hitchcock, Johnson of South Dakota, Jones of New Mexico, Ken- drick, Kirby, McKellar. Myers, Over- man, Owen, Phelan, Pittman, Pom- erene, Ransdell, Reed, Robinson, Shep- pard. Smith of Georgia, Swanson, Trammell, Whish of Massachusetts and Walsh of Montana—28. Total for—46. Republicans_against—Ball. RBrande- at Floodtide—“Little Fellows” Exempted. ‘With a victory in the Senate be-hlndl them, proponents of the bill for the federal regulation of the meat pack- The Senate, by a vote of 46 to ::3.| passed the packer bill late yesterday afternoon—a margin of ‘thirteen votes. The Senate did not divide along party lines. but a majority ofl against it. The line-up showed eight- een republicans and twenty-eight democrats for the passage of the bill and twenty-three republicans and ten democrats against the bill. will be sought when it is taken up in that_body. Every effort will be made to obtain final action at the present session of = Congress. Exhaustive hearings have already been held by | hearings will be undertaken. ! The vote in the Senate in‘favor of ! i the hz‘,,bwa, larger than had been ex- | Colored Pupils Will Be Benefited by pected by either the supporters or the | al School et o) i 17k v et cas (M EXteLaLOD OORECS i Display. erally conceded that the bill would in the Senate, but this may pot prove ! to see the tree work exhibition at the correct. Wilson Normal School, following a re- quest from Supt. R. C. Bruce for a ecial day. Tomorrow from 9 a.m. 13 5 p.m. has been added to the sched- in from missing classes to be added to the American Forestry Associa- tion's referendum on a national tree. This will run the total well over 18.000 votes as a result of the educa- The last day for the public to see the tree work exhibition is this after- noon and tonight, this extra time having been added because of the |large crowds that have been going asked for a set of the exhibition charts for use in the summer schools. and the educational campaign con- ducted in the schools will be sum- marized with pictures by the Amer- ents to be held in Atlantic City the | last part of February. Pomerene, democrat, Ohio, to elimi i nate this feature having been de- . R e MR.*COLBY NEARS HOME. Only two .important amendments = were adopted by the Scnate before | Secretary Colby and party, return- would inciude horses. mules and | Hampton roads tomorrow morning goats within the operations of the and will make the trip to this city on bill. although horse and mule markets | the naval yacht Niagara. would be excluded from the proposed | federal supeérvision. exempt’ all persons whose chief busi- ness is livestock growing or produc- tion of agricultural products from the | bill's_provisions. The author declared | that the legisiation should not extend How They Voted. | gee, Colt. Dillingham, Edge. Eikins, On passage of the bill the Senate|Fernald, France, Hale, Keyes, Knox, recorded as follows: , | Lodge, McCumber, McLean, Moses, Republicans for— Borah, Capper, | New, Page, Phipps, Sherman, Smoot, Curtis, Gooding, Gronna, Johnson of | Sutherland, Wadsworth and Warren indexter. Spencer, Sterling, | Heflin, King, Shields, Smith of Ari- nd and Willis—18. zona. Smith of Maryland, Stanley, Democrats for—Ashurst. Culberson, | Underwood and Williams—10. Fletcher, Glass, Gore, Harris. Har: HInnuna ers today were laying their plans for thedemocrats voted for the bill, wiiie A special rule, giving the packer the House committee on agriculture, there has increased hope for similar | | Another day has been added to al- ule. tional campaign the nature study de- {to _see the work of the pupils. ican Forestry Association and sent to Voluntary licensing of packers also passing the bill. One. by Senator|in& from a visit to South America oh Another amendment, by Senator <o smail stockgrowers who operate California, Kellogg. Kenyon. La Fol- | —23. 3 5 Hope for Measure Becoming Law action in the House. a majority of the republicans voted bill the right of way in the House, and it is not believed that further, action in the House. It has been gen- have a harder time in the House than!low the pupils of the colored schools Four hundred more votes have come partment conducted on tree values. The University of Virginia has | the convention of school superintend- is provided, an attempt, by Senator Wadsworth, republican, New York,|the battleship Florida are due at Pitman, democrat. ~Nevada. would their own feeding yards. Lenroot, McNary, Nelson. Nor- Democrats against—Beckham, Dial, 605-607 7th St. Your Unrestricted Of Any in the House e Look through our cabinets. A for your selection. You’ll be sure to find just what s P O T i i g (LU Any Overcoat in our entire stock, $19.75 Get the full meaning of this sale. This is not an offering of odds and ends or discontinued lines but of our entire REGULAR stock, which embraces the FINEST overcoats in this city. Overcoat $19.7 D Overcoats that sold at $65, $55, $50, $45, $35, $25 Pick out any overcoat you may choose and pay but $19.75, even though your choice may be a fine, all-wool kersey or a rich plaid-back. We have hundreds of fine, all-wool overcoats coats in all sizes (33 to 48), in all models, and in all colors. EISEMAN’S, 605-607 7th St. Between F & G Sts. NINEMEN “HELD" Police’ Detain Them “for In- vestigation”—No Clue Yet Found. Supt. of Police Gessford spector Clifford L. Grant, detectives, are actively participating in an investigation of the murder of Frederick Schnurr, the barber, who Was shot to death in front of 1707 1st street about 10:30 o'clock Saturday night. Detectives Kelly, Bau O'Brien, Bradley, Keck, Sweeney and Scrivener have been assigned to the investigatioi The dotectives yesterday question od more than a score of men the thought might know something of the tragedy. and before 12 o'clock | last night nine men were under ar- rest. No charge other than “Held for investigation” was recorded. and it was said at police headquarters this morning that none of the men under arrest had been connected Wwith the crime. ‘Additional arrests will be made, police officials asserted, until ali su pected persons are in custody. In- spector Grant said members “of | force are not fully satisfied that rob- bery was the motive for the slaying of_the barber. We have eliminated no theory. the inspector said. “and will not elim- inate any until something develops. Mrs, Mary B. Schildroth who wit- nessed the shooting from her room. was unable to hear what. if anything, ths slaver said, her windows being i closed, and persons on the opposite side of the street told the police they heard no words spokeh. i The fact that there were persons on the street in plain view of the automobile gunman, Inspector Gra suggested, seems to make it appea that robbery was not the motive, He realizes it is possible, however, t the pulling of the trigger may have been an accident, saying the armed man had his weapon prepared for action and that something happened to disconcert or excite him and cause the premature discharge. In spreading a dragnet for the slayer the police also had in mind the possibility of landing behind the bars the criminals who figured in recent street and store hold-ups. Automo- bile bandits figured in several of the hold-ups. the inspector said, and in almost every instance the men were described as being between eighteen and twenty-five years old. TO FIX DEDICATION DATE. Commission Saturday Will Consider | Lincoln Memorial Ceremonies. A date and program for the dedica- {tion eof the Lincoln Memorial, now | nearing completion, are expected to be determined at a meeting of the Lincoln Memorial commission here next Saturday. Former President Taft, who is now in Bermuda, it was announced, will return to this coun- {try in time to preside at the meeting as President of the commission. The date for the dedication is expected to {be fixed for some time in the early \spring. The ceremonies of dedication, .ac- cording to plans now under consid- eration, will include as participant Mr. Taft. Woodrow Wilson and War- ren G. Harding, as fermer Presidents and President of the United States, and diplomats from European and South American countries, as well as official representatives fgrom all sec- tions of the country. Illinois will be prominently represented the and part. MISS WILLARD TO WED.’ Betrothal to Mervyn Herbert, Eng- lishman, Announced in Madrid. MADRID, January 25.—Elizabeth Wil- lard, daughter of Joseph Willard, United States ambassador to Spalin, is betrothed to Mervyn Herbert, secretary of the | British_embassy in this city, it is an- | nounced by La Epoca. N’S Bet. F & G Sts. Choice you want, as we have H LT T MID-CITY CITIZENS INDORSE NATIONAL REPRESENTATION IN AUTO MURDER ., Appeal in Explaining Measure Now Representative Sherman . Tepresentation elect | Columbia by the Mid- at i the plan: sentative Bi The {as commending the reinsertion of the | 0 pl {tion bil ala e northez asph ploring lord Municipal Representati alyzing his_r | before the judiciary committee of the: House, | that tion also sue and be sued in the United & courts. No Change in Local Government. He resolution delegate in Congr % trary for accredited representative or !sional government. T in are rema the for the kaiser's government. pointed out that the (ierman people | were getting along all right under | his_ reign. i o1 root true tion Capi dividuals, registered some opposition, but that not a single organized body oppose: it. ed a ment to view the original copies of the C Inde; tion pot ism. Poi tion anny, Burroughs declared this year: ment providing taxation without rep- resens=tion south, too, will be given a notable|form census figures to show that the Dis- trict Thomson School. is true for New Hampshire, and my | state would would any state in the countr. Mr. Burroughs exnre local organ lution in “Whether the committee was con- vinced that it lution or not, sentiment mously amendment,” he said Mr. Burroughs di Before Congress. in Congress and the oral college for the District of w including Massachusetts, New ¥ Citizens' Association ts meeting last night in Formal approval of measure followed a detailed ex tion of its provisions by Repre- Toughs. ssociation also went on record |of 1918, were greater than any one one of thirty states. The population, intelligence fac |and resources of the District qual state for the purposes of represen n_in the District appropri favoring a minimum basic of $1.500 for public schoo opposing the use site_at Ist and st for the municipal It plants and stables, and de- |that any attempt to take land- | t « ant procedure from the find little time to help Washington. urt. Sees Ultimate: Vietory. e lege, he do aste and | adoption of his resolution. and Burroug! lution, wh . in on-| ch S MOW 'the House may pass it.” he observ no_action may be taken t But right, win, and with nearly half a mill ipersons in the District back of the cause it is bound to wi In response to a request for qu ns from tion. Mr. called attention to the. fa not only the right of representa- | in Congre: provided for. but the rizht of District citizens to Burroughs _ expressed emphasized tha does the point not provide leaving Congress the lative power over the tric it provide merely for ajbe . but on the con- |under the present form of congre reme | within two years. He raid that {impracticable. those who say let things! istrict run along as presentative Burroughs |lows: ot long ago. however [S. same arguments were advanced irian. It was | here a McFarren and Abraham Sheff i don't believe in that argument. | or branc : for the District of Columbia it 2 T et Hasbs e inal Thirty-Three. stand for i not nor { Pleased With D. C. Support. ed gratific over the unanimity with which | % ations indorsed his reso- Pleted last Saturday, the recent hearings at the Thursday in the green room of He said that two or three in-| shoreham Hotel. speaking for unemeelves | At this meeting a representat d | committee of 100 will be selected laid in the work to be done by | can committee for relief in Irelai to! hould report the reso- it was convinced that| here was almost unani- ; i man. favor of the proposed;™pl, | oogress of Thursday's meet which Peter A. Drury, president of in natically describ- | visit he had at the State ll--parl-lo | tSouthern building. committee of the honorary commit € thirty-three held yesterday In titution and the Declaration o Daniel W. 0'Do pendence, and told of his realiza- | §hue will act as chairman and that Washington was “the only | David L Walsh will be among on the western hemisphere where | Principal speakers. is absolutely complete despot-| Senator Walsh, who is one of inting to the principle that without representation is " expressed in the documents, that in spite of principle the District for 100 s had had a system of govern- tax tyr- Mr. | seneral ¢l mittee called by Judge Morgan | O'Brien, national chairman. for New York, where he will atten mapped out for a public mass meet “in its most repulsive tell ntelligence St rds High. the committee. of Columbia, in point of popula- b Here, Take ’Em At such prices we're practical- ly giving away these trousers TROUSERS Well-made Trousers of good materials in. neat dark stripes that will go well with any odd coat. 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York s indorsed unanimously |and Pennsylvania; that the District’s |resuorces, as judged by federal taxes the | six states. and, as judged by last ear's income tax, greater than any |it absolutely to hold the status of a tion in Congress and the electoral col- pointed out that of the |citizens of the District should not take Streets (100 TSy a view of the prospect for He said the men on the hill were busy with their own constituents and coul “The committee may report it and in_the end, will of Columbia members of the associa- the the {opinion that if the proposed amend- ny {ment reached the states for ratifica. change in the method of local govern-|tion it would be accepted by them ment. St i did not think the District ever could dmitted to the Union as a state He characterized representatives in the House and in |the proposal to make the District a part | the Senate, with the right to vote the {of Marylarid for the purposes of na- same as those elected by the states,|tional representation as “fantastic and he said. Four new members were admitted they [to the association last night, as fol- William Tash, A. S. Gardiner, WILL PLAN IRISH RELIEF. If the argument is:Committee of 100 Is to Aid Orig- | Announcement was made last night | that plans for the work of the Ameri- 1 the organization of which was com- will be made | honorary committee of thirty-three, of | Merchants’ Nationa] Bank, is chair- was outlined at a meeting of the sub- Senator members of the committee already an- |exported from Russia as payment for nounced by Mr. Drury, left last night 1 meeting of the national com- |tion against the importation of specie At Thursday’s meeting plans will be to be held Sunday. Organization of a public speakers’ bureau, which will of actual conditions in Ireland, and the means of distributing relief Representative Burroughs quoted | were discussed at yesterday's meeting. Hugh Reilly was elected treasurer of , - 1921, IBRITISH SURRENDER 10 SOVIET IS SEEN Proposed Trade Pact Makes Business No More Secure, Says London Times. By the Associated Press (] LONDON, January 25.—The proposed Russo-British trade agreement is de- clared by the London Times to be complete surrender to soviet senti- -] SUN-KISSED SKIES suvissep ssiss WINT CONPULSORY or puowse suos | PHYSICALTRAINNG anuary’s sun- skies have started wild flowers blooming in the vicinity of Washington. Bob Barr, hiker extraordinary of the District building, has discov- ered hepatica in bloom in the hills bey®dnd Cabin John. Annually Barr finds the first hepatica, but his dis- covery broke all records for early appearance of the flower. It blooms usually about the middle of Feb- ruary. “Tt looks like an early spring and a hot summer,” said Barr, who traveled several miles along the Chesapeake and Ohio can: be- tween Cabin John and Great Falls West End Citizens’ Associa- tions Asks Congress to Pass Bill. POINT TO WAR LESSON of | ment.” Sunday. “All the residents of |Country Denied Services of Many The Times says the document dif-| this section with whom I talked i tor | the earlicr dratt, and adys: "It Wili| went fishing sterd: Hens Meeti tor | in no wise ‘make the business com- | povs gene th scitmy eariier than eeting Told. Y | munity less hosile than it has per- sual d ! s C A Taess usual, and unless a freeze comes | Deploring that so any men were un- ta. | S1stenily shown uself to eany treaty | along. farmers will have spring With the Soviet autnorities. A e T Milvaneed before |ftted for military service in the recent Tne labor organ, the Luily Herald, exults that “the Briush governme winter officially . end: {war because of physical defects. the boay is recognizing ine sovielt gov- West End Citize: Assoctation, which ernment in everytning but worus, =l t night at Concordia L real own on the iusertion of the; 23 - terms having to do with Asia Minor,| CAMPAIGN MADE CERTAIN | unanimously went on record as favor- Persia, ‘Afghanistan and India, on the ing compulsory physical education ground that the soviet government will not recognize those countries as spheres of British influence. - Sees No Serious Objection. The Daily News thinks that the document. is framed in a far and equitable spirit, and that there is nothing in i1t to which serious objec- tions can be taken either here or in Russia. “1f,” says the News, “Russia pro- tests that it (the agreement) does not explicitly recognize the Sovereignty of her government, our reply must be that it does In fact unmistakably glve that recognition The terms of the British-Russian preliminary agreement, which Leonid Krassin, the soviet representative, has taken to Moscow for considera- tion, officially follo Refrain From Hostile Action. Each party agrees to refrain from hostile action or propaganda outside its borders against the other's insti- tutions. The soviet particularly agrees to refrain from an encouragement of | Asiatic peoples to action against Brit ish interests, especially in Asia Minor, Persia, Afghanistan and India. British subjects in Russia and Rus- sians in Great Britain will be per- mitted to return to their homes if they so desire. Each agrees not to impose any form of blockade against the other or any discriminations agalnst trade not imposed on other foreign countries. Ships in the other's | harbors shall receive the treatment! usually accorded foreign merchant | ships by commercial nations. The agreement provides for the clearance of- mines from the Baltic |sea and the approaches to Russia and | | the exchange of information regard- | ing mines. It provides for the ad- mission to both countries of persons appointed to carry out the agreement, with the right to restrict them to specified areas and the exclusion of | any who are persona non grata, and also free communication and exemp- tion from taxation. A renewal of tel- egraph and postal facilities, including parcel post, will be arranged. Great Britain agrees to refrain from | the |attaching any gold securities or com- modities, not identifiable as British | the | government property, which may bel and training in the public and high schools of the city and nation. A resolution to this effect was in- troduced by Luther W. Linkins, mem- Required Fifth Council. ber of the health group of the City 00,000 home for local | Club and active member of the West tual | End Citizens' Association. Mr. Linkins ! said a bill outlining this plan was b | fore the education committecs of both the Senate and the House. H. K. Bush-Brown. prominent sculptor and member of the Fine Arcs Commission, in an instead of the District propriating more money Committee Report Recommending Drive for Funds Is Adopted by ed, hi: ion Erection of a Knights of Columbus became a v certainty last night, when Potomac Coun- cil, at a meeting in Knigiits of Colum- bus Hall, adopted a recommendation of the new home committee providing for ‘a campaign or drive for funds be con- ducted by the order in this jurisdiction. Four other councils have approved. either partially or entirely, the report and recommendations of the new home committee. The concurrence of Potomac Council in the first section of the re- port providing for the campaign co pleted the necessary list of five councils in_the jurisdiction approving the build- ing of a new home. The campaign will be conducted among | members of the organization, and by members of the organization. A sec- tion providing for its conduct, under the dircction of a professional system or company was killed by viva voce vote. —_— "TRANSFER BUREAU MEN. As the work of the bureaus of the War Department is reduced the ex- cess officers employed in them are be- ing gradually transferred to stations in other parts of the country, where there is greater need of their services. That is in comformity with orders from the Secretary of War to reduce to a minimum the number of officers stationed here. All emergency officers have been discharged and it is estimated that | there are now not more than a thou- sand Regular Army officers on duty in this city. —_— their economic and political relations shall be regulated in the future.” The agreement shall continue in force until the treaty is arranged, except that either may after a vear give six months' notice of its ter- mination. Infringement by either government frees the other from its obligations. but the aggrieved party shall give the other a reasonable op- portunity of explaining or remedying the default. The government recognizes in prin- ciple that it is liable to pay compen- sation to private persons who have supplied goods or services to Russia. All claims of either government or its nationals against the other in re- spect of obligations incurred by ex- 1sting or former governments shall be equitably dealt with by the treat es- authorities for building shwuld be chool ¢ nld c nd physical studi effect was adopt- board of he es- bine both mental A resolution to thi ed and ordered sent to the education. Maj. John D. York, a member of the fine arts commission of Chis spoke, advocating the cr civic theater in W er- the association. ‘A communication from the ( town Citizens' Association as! immediate confirmation by the ate of the appointment of J. Th Hendrick_and Mi Board- man as District read by the secretary, and indorsed. by the other communication, lumbia Heights Citizens’ Ass also was read, stating that a col tee on taxation had been appointed. and urging other associations to do the same. It was referred to committee. The following new members were elected last night: Archibald Hop- kins, Miss Lucy Brickenstein, Mrs. Mary Brickenstein, John H. Bricken- stein, Joseph Ardigo. William McKim and John H. Connellun Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. IRISH DISTRIBUTES PAPER. Copies of “Ireland’s request to toe government of the United States for {recognition as a free and sovereign |state” have been sent to all embas- sies and legations accredited in ‘Washington by the Irish diplomatic mission. with a request to transmit the document to their respective for- eign offices. Copies also have been forw: rded Yo teading statesmen and publicists in ngland and the continent and to the prime ministers of all self-governing dominions. nd, the ive to the the ing tee | the no- imports, or securities for payment. and to refrain, as well, from legisla- d a J.lor bullion from Russia, and from requisitioning such. The preamble sets forth that the agreement is necessary “pending the conclusion of a formal general treaty between these governments, whereby ing a0 1-MOo~-aau~sis Specially Priced. $7.45 for )a'romen <~ who want Comfort Illustrated are three conserva- tive models in Black Kidskin, built primarily for soft comfort, flexibility and sturdy wearing qualities. Choice of medium, narrow or full toes; low or moderately low rubber heels. Two are on “com- bination” lasts—narrower in the heel and instep than across.the ball of the foot. 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