Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1921, Page 4

THE EVENING ml]’s Sm'mm_ 9 ngh Cost of Federal Ph'o'h'ing: Starts Uncle Sam a“”Wq(g/mg - SURVEY IS ENDED With D. C. Officials He Stud- ied Building Costs in Cleveland. of construction of public Cleveland is about equal Washington, according to Tremendous Exbeme of Inter-department and Private | + Wires in Washington Arouses Gover'n’ment In These Economical Days™ i i ‘ | Washington is getting too large for his comfort. i The old gentleman, who didn’t mind W. Ballou, superiritendent! the size of his phone bill during the who returned home today rom the Ohio city. The superintendent stated the party, hich was composed of Maj. Carey assistant engineer com issioner; Snowden Ashford, munici- al architect, and himself, 'obtained ‘much valuable Information” relative o the type of schools in that city nd the cost of erection. He intimated hat some of the information gather- ed would be helpful in planning for the proposed new schools in Wash- ngton. All that Dr. Ballou would n Cleveland is that it is about the ame as in this city Inspected Cleveland Schools. u stated that he inspected largest high sehool and Iso mude a survey of a number of ne-story elementary 8choolhopuses hat have been erected there. He in- icated that he was favorably im- d with that type of construc- ion. Cleveland's system of raising reve- ues to build needed school buildings s favorably commented on by Dr. liou. He pointed out that the city ecently raised $20.000,000 for school. house construction by floating a bond ssue. Several millions of this money, e said, already has been expended n acquiring four and five acre sites or erecting schools in future vears. Sent on Imspection Towr. Supt. Ballou and the District offi- iuls were sent on the inspection our by the Commissioners for the urpose of studying types of chools erected in other cities. in ade ition to the cost, due to the criti- made by a member of Congress at the cost of building schools here d by the party likely will itted to members of Congre: The District officials today are in juffalo making_a survey of the ichools there. They will return to ashington tomorrow morning. QUIET DAY” MEETING TO BE HELD IN.CEURCH omen,'y_ill Bl.th'u{to_‘r ?ié-Lenten Bervices at $t. S John’s. Arrangements for the “g omen,” to be conducted mund S. Reusmaniefe of the Bos- on Cathedral, Friday before Ash ednesday, February 4, have been hanged to be held at St. John's hurch, 16th and H streets, instead of the residence ‘of Mrs. William J. ardman, 1501 P street, s originally lanned. This changé has been.made ye to the grest demind for tickets jtting persons to Mrs. Boardman's idence. e “quiet day” will begin at 10:30 m. The subject of the period from :30 to 11:30 am. will be “The Hal- owing of Duty,” from 11:30 to 12:30 he_suybject will be “The Hallowing ¢ Prayer” and from 12:30 to 1 p.m. he subject will be “Intercession. m 1 until 2:30 p.m. there will be n intermission to ailow those in at- ndance to return home for luncheon. The afternoon periods will be from :30 to 3:30 p.m. when the subject Il be “The Hallowing of Pain,” and rom 3:30 to 4:30 the Concluding sul wiil be “The Hallowing of Death. Persons attending should bring their r books and {vmw.. All wom- of Washington are cordially in- ited to atten et day for LEG BROKEN IN CRASH. . T. White Hurt in Collision. Other Trafic Accidents. J. T. White, 811 Upshur street, re- elved a fracture of his left leg yes- rday aftermoon in a collision be- iween a moter cycle, on which he as riding, apd the automobile of . E. Weatherless, 2502 Georgla venue, at 6th and K stree a8 treated at Emergency Hospital. Lana Johnson, thirty years old. 1404 th street. was struck by an electric r st Relee, Va., last night and in- red. She was brought to the city the ear that injured her and later ken to Emergency Hospital Peterson, fi’fl 1 strs ceived injuries to his face last t when his automobile and a reet car collided at 9th and ‘I Streets. He was treated at Emer- gency Hospital. - i A collision between the automobiles Christoplier -D. Bartelmes. mem of No. 5 engine company. and nce Hamilton, Cabin John Md. occurred in front of 903 Pennsylva- nis nue about 9:4§ o'clock last ight. Both machines were damaged. ! TREATED FOR POISON. 3 Gertrude Martin, thirty-five years old, 229 V street southwest, was ven first aid at Casyaity Haspital ight about 7:48 o'clock for pei- n she Js said to have taken while on the street at Massachusetts a: nue and Sth street northeast, almost in front of Casuslty Hospital. Policeman O'Dsy of the ninth pre- cinet took her into the hospital, Leter she was transferred to Washington Asylum Hospital, where it was sald her condition was favorable. Very Rev.! war, when money was loose and ex- penditures large, is beginning to have contraction of the pocketbook. His growing pains are over and now he is taking a careful inventory of his ex- penses with view to cutting them down. Long-distance ealls do not az- gravate the pocketbook of Uncle Sam, for he realizes they are not made when not necessary. It's the size of the phone bill in" Washington that looms up too large. One of the biggest items of expense. government officials claim, is th rental paid the telephone company ifor so-called “tie Jines.* conmeciinz the rious' government departments and apart from the general switchboard, called “Government,” which algo con nects the Gepartments. The tie lines laro methods of direct communication | whereby one department may be con- switchboard without being switched ito the central office and back to the department called. Before the war the Treasury De- partment ruled that the departments should only pay for the use of these line: distance between the two buildings connected, Some time in 1918 this ruling was abrogated, and now the government pays for the use of these nes on the basis of the distance C. & 0. OPEN TO PUBLIC, TO BE USED IN MANY WAYS Plan Towing Barges by Tractor Instead of by Mule. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 29.—Members of the public service commission are watching with interest the activities of a number of manufacturing and coal and mining concerns in the Cumberland (Md.) and Piedmont (W. Va which are preparing to revive the use- fulness of the old Chesapeake and O caral. ‘The commisgion recently ruled that *he: canal a public water route, and fixed rates for tonnage. Some’ of these concerns are planning to use the old water route for trans- portation to connect with both the ex- iport point at Newport News and the {rail terminals at Washington. Here- | tofore the operating company of the canal held exclusive rights of operation. The result was that frequent com- plaints were made about overcharges for transportation. The rates that have beea sanctioned by the commission are as follows: Class 1, 1 cent per ton for the first twenty miles and % cent per mile thereafter; class 2, 1 cent per ton per mile for the first twenty miles and % cent thereafter; waybill on boat, 4 cents per ton for first twenty miles and 2.cents thereafter; special rates on coal, 50 cents per ton from Cumberland to Washington: waybill }mto on boats for coal, $2.04 per ton between Cumberland 'and Washing- ton each way. .There are a Iimited number of barges on the canal now, but it is understood that a nymber of large barges will be put on. which in time will be tawed -by tractors instead of mules. Ohairman Maloy of the commission. #ays that he rezards the new aetiv- ities on the canal to be of great im- portance, not only to_the state, but to Washington and Newport News, from a transportation viewpoint, and that the canal promises to come into a.new usefulness. ? READY FOR CIVIL LIFE. Tumulty Already Arranging Fu- ture Law Offices and Home Here. Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the President, is all ready and waiting for the big change March 4. He has se- lected his offices for his law practice and has practically eompleted the terations and repairs in the house he recently purghaged at 21st street and alorama road, which is to be h!s fu- ture home. He expects to be com- rrtably settled in the :mk 4, -and ee) homes™ for fi- .. ‘While Mr. Tumulty expects to prac- ties law in Washington. it !s known that he algo will do considerable writ- ing for publication, and it is consid- ered likely that he may devote a short o between now and next summer on the chautauqua platform. He has had repeated offers from several of the .leading chautsuqua becking agencies for his services. ITALY CLAIMS OLD MUSIC, VIENNA, Jsnuary 28.-—Italy has 1aid claim to the famous collaction of medievel musical manuseripts made by Johann Hinderbach, an Aus- trian priest, who late in the fiftesnth century became Bishop of Trent. This collection was bought by Austria from t Cathedral Jn 1 comprises_155 pleces of the known French, Germa. Italian snd Latin scores, forming a | history of music from 1000 to 1400 JA.D. District National Bank. 1406 G Street 'The Secret of Saving Systematically laying away a specified sum is of more Prestdent R. N. Harper, Vice;Presidents * * W. P: Lipscomb, Lewis Hoimes, C. J. Gockeler, N. L. Sansbury, Cashier H. L. Offutt, Jr, the savi _ importance than how large amount if done spas- modically, Diligen’t;!y adding “to a ngs ‘gccount yery soon. . finds that account of worth while size—and you're able - te do things that require money, The hardest thing-is to begi it. n__but a dollar will do Our Savings Depart- ment pays interest at the _ratsof 3%:° Tncle Sam’s local telephone bill in j necied with another through its own | *“on the basis of the actual | traversed by the connecting wire. This wire may go from the“dnter- state Commerce Commission, for ex ample, east around the Capitol. west to Georgetown and then back to the Labor Department, not over a block from Interstate. If the government | paid for the wire on the old basis it would be charied only for about a cuarter of a mile of distanc but under the new system of pavments it must pay for the distance tra- versed by the call, which might be entirely across the District from end to end. That is one item, probably the largest, that is causigg Uncle Sam concern about the Eize of his local phone bill. Another {tem {s the use of govern- | ment phones for other then official business. In some of the departments | notably Commerce, Labor, Treasury and Interior—wall phones or booths are provided for use of employes in | making personal calls. Sometimes hey are used and somatlmes not. It sts the government, it has been esti- mated. about 2 cents per. call whes | the call goes outside the switchboard | of the department or bureau from which it is made. 3 The total cost of telephone service in the Depariment of Commerce, ex- | crusive of toll calls. for the fiseal vear 1920, was $13 619. Multiplied by nine, the number of other lar partments. many of which are than Commerce. and with many bureaus and independent government establishments added to this total, it will be seen that the government’s annual local phone bill entails quite an imposing outlay each year. GERMAN KU - KLUX, WITHHOLDING ‘TAR, ARREST PLOTTERS By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1 BERLIN, Germany, January 29. —A German organization founded on the principles of the Ku-Klux Klan has been formed in this country “to root out radicals and other extremists who oppose the return to Germany of the imperial realm of the Hohenzollerns.” The suggestion to organize such a league originated in the Berlin newspzper, the- Deutsche Zeitung; by Max Maurencher, editor. He called upon the pan-Germans to get together ag: t the menace of soviet Russian propaganda among the Germans. Already several cases of kid- naping among prominent Germans have taken place, which are being attributed to the German Ku-Klux Klan. While the German organization | refrains from the tar-and-feathers method zgainst people convicted by its secret councils, it has suc- ceeded several times in having prominent German. society men ar- rested and sent to prison on some charge or other after announcing to itg victim that he would fall a prey to the Ku-Kiux Klan un- less he promised to refrain from supporting the republican cause and to back the monarchist cause instead. P REJECT LIQUOR PENALTY. i Tennessee Legislators Defeat Sus- g pension for Drinkers, KNOXVILLE, Tenn,, January 29.—A special to the Journa} and Tribune from Nashville says: “Im the Tennes- see legislatyre a joint resctution pro- viding for.the suspensign of members who appear on the floor or in com- mittee rooms while under the in- fluence of intoxicants was tabled by the houss by & vote of 50 to 24. ‘A house resolution calling upon prohibition agents to furnish the house liquor traffc committee com- plete stocks of bottled-in-bond for ‘testing’ purposes was held over.” —_— — | 1 | STAR, SATURDAY “WILD MAN" AND FAMILY CAPTURED WHEN" FLOOD DROVE THEM FROM THE JUNGLE man asserts he only one eye, ha FRICTION IN THE RANKS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYES Split Impending Between Union No. 2 and National Federation Is the Belief. Impending split between the Federal Employes’ Union No. 2 and the Na- tional Federation of Federal Em- ployes, of which it is & member, was seen today in government cmploye circles as the result of the quarterly meeting of the union held last night. Friction between the big local union, the largest body in the na- ional fe i and "the national federation has existed for some time, it became known to- day. One of the main points at issue is belleved to be the matter of affilla- tion with the American Federation of Labor. It is persistently rumored in federal clerk circles that there is to be a “new organization” which will include workers, but will not be affili- ated with the Amcrican Federation of Labor, “Unless certain evils are corrected action will be taken.” emphatically declared a leading member of Union No. 2 today. It is the hope of conservative ele- ments in the union that the diffi- culties may be adjusted at the na- tional convention of the federation next autumn, GUESTS OF CITIZENS. Representative M. Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania and Mrs. Kelly were guests of honor at the reception of the Mount Pleasant Citizens’ Asso- eiation last night )in the Powell School. iore than 150 members were present, He gave a short address on the ifeeds of good citizenship, fol- lowing his intreduction by Hobert P. Young, vice president of the as- sociation. During the address he urged that the citizens of America recover ideals, which had been over- shadowed by polities, through a unit- ed effort in support of American the- ories of government. Following the address an entertain- ment and dancing were provided for the guests. In 1920 | Driscn by kigh water from his haunts in the jungles of Leat river; near Luxby, Mins., Albert Parsons appeared recently. who says she ix his wife, nnd a child two years ol almost unciothed. They nlept on a pile of old sacks in a tumbledown cabl which was a retreat of bushwhackers during the civil war. They subsisted on wild fruits, roots, herbs, fish and such animals as they could trap. With him was a woma; ‘When found they were The his wife with a steel trap many years ago. She has & lost the other in a fight with a wildeat. DETECTIVE HURT IN CHASE OF HOLD-UP SUSPECTS Leg Caught Between Running Board of Police Car and Fugitive Auto. Caught between the running boards of a police automobile and a machine which four detectives were pursuing Detective Edward Kelly was severely injured last night while participating in’ the arrest of three men who were wanted in connection with the investi- gation of the several hold-ups the past few weeks, particularly the case of Mr. and Mre. H. A, Mervis, 1439 T street, two weeks ago. Accompanied by Detectives Scrivener, O'Brien and King, Kelly had partioi- pated in an exciting automobile chase of geveral blocks, forcing an automo- bile_containing the men to the curb on Florida avenue near 132th street. Kelly was on the rungng board of the police car and his leg was caught between that @nd the other car. Two of the three men placed under arrest registered as John P. Caseon, 445 Newton street, and Donald Ed- ward Kain, 129 E street, The name of the third was not made public. Mrs. Mervis' wedding ring, part of the. property taken from her by footpads, was recovered in a sewer at 3d and E strests yesterday. Detectives are continuing their in- vestigation of the hold-ups and murder of Frederick Schnurr, 1831 1st street, who was slain in front of 1707 1st street last Saturday night. Ad- ditional arrests are expected. FAVOR CONFIRMING 5,500. Senate Committee to Recommend Army Appointments. The Senate military committee yes- terday veted to recommend conflrr:a: tion by the Senaté of “original” pointments of about 5500 junier Army officers, whose nonfinations were referred to ths committee rve- cently after a tilt in the Senste over blocking all of President Wilson's nominations. Those approved by the committee involve no promotions, but only appointments to new D tions created by the Army reorga zation act. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York 34 Nassau Street, New York Paid Policyholders a Total of One B $87,523,160 lion Six Hundred and Forty-One Million Dollars paid to Policyholders since the Company began business in 1843 Total Dividends to Policyholders Since the Beginning of Business $335,374,883 Total Paid-for Insurance Established in 1920 $423,677,719 Insurance in Force Decembef 31, 1920 $2,357,973,121 Balance Sheet December 31, 1920 ASSETS Real Estate Mortgage Lo Policy loans ,.. U. 8. Liberty Bon Other Bonds . Stocks Interest and accrued -, Premiums in course tion Cash ($3,138,510.13 at interest). Cash advanced to pay claim: Total Admitted Assets Dec. 31 Assets Hents ‘due and of collec- Liabilities LIABILITIES ees-8 11,706,467.68 104,367.541.55 §7,409,400.98 4 33,495.00 . 833,583,514.03 . 22,019,204.50 Policy Reserve Supplementary Co Premiums, 1921 Dividends -$671,000,181.19 Ten Yearsf Progress Surphus Inceme Other Pnliu{ Liabilities ,. nterest and peid in advance ...., Mincellaneous Liabilities |, Reserve for Taxes payable Payments to Pofl’cn;'llolden $562,097,862.00 4,476,246.68 9,556,440.37 1,697,099.94 /1,139,235.01 ¢ Rese Dividendss payahie in 1921 Reserved for Future Deferred 3 . 89,720,257.1% 23,058,543.13 Contingenoy Reserve (Surplus) Total Liabilities. Insurance in Ferce 1910. .. .$572,859,063 $562,518,998 $10,340,065 $33,981,242 $56,507,928 $1,464,024,396 1920.... 671,000,181 647,941,638 23,058,543 126,370,360 87,523,160 2,357,973,121 Thomas P. Mo 423 Southern Building, 15th & H Streets N.W. l‘ga;l%, Manager JANUARY 29; 1921—PART 1 RIGHTTOCARRY GUN ASKED BY EX-JUDGE Prominent in Prosecution of 21 Men for Murder in West Virginia. WILLIAMSON, W. Va., January 29.— James Damron, former judge of the Mingo county circuit court and a prominent figure among counsel for the prosecution in the trial of the twenty-one men charged with the killing of Albert C. Felts at Matewan, today asked for a permit to carry & pistol. ‘The application wi Bailey, who is presiding at the trial. Mr. Damron was the bench when the fight occurred at Matewan last May and summoned the speci: rand jury which returned the indictments on which the defendants are now b lllf tried. It was in his court that t| trials were postponed from September last until this month. Prospects were slender today that a jury would be obtained before a journment this afternoon. Thirteen men were in the jury box when court opened, with seven addi- tional tentative jurors to be selected from the comparatively few talesmen which remained of the original panel Judge R. D. Bailey said that should the list be exhausted before the jury has been completed additional venire- men will be drawn tonight and dep- |uty sheriffs will be sent through the {county to summon them for appear- made to Judge MARINE CORPS ORDERS. Maj. C. H. Wells has been trans- ferred from marine headquarters in this city to the recruiting office, Phil- adelphia. He wlill relieve Ma). R. B. Creecy, who is transferred to head- quarters in this city. 2 Capt. J. B. Sebree, from Philadel- phia to San Diego, Calif. Maj. E. L. Bigler has been appointed major in_the Marine Corps Reserve. Capt. J. T. Allen and First Lieuts. D. W. Bender and R. F. Boyd have been retired. Capt. D. H. Owen, from Parls Island, S. C., to Hampton Roads, Vi Capt. G. W. Martin, First Lieut. 8. E. Ridderhoff and Second Lieut. 8. L. Zea, from Quantico, Va. to navalsta- tion, Guam. IRISH TO MEET SUNDAY. k program for the mass meeting to pe held tomorrow afternoon at the Belasco Theater In the interest of Irish rellet activities was announced by Daniel W. O'Donoghue, chalrman of the general relief committes, last night. BSenntors David chusetts and Jam Reed of Mis- ’oqfl. Representative Clarence J. Mc- .0d of Michigan and Rev. Jobhmn B. of Goernuxn n elaborate musical program has been arranged. The doors will be opened at 2:30 o'clock, The committee yesterday outlined plans for extending the work communities surrounding Washin ‘Wal A ance on Monday. Scarcely a dozen spectators were lnresant when court opened. The de- fendants were in the majority so far [as numbers were concerned. Damron Declines to Talk. Before the examination had pr ceeded far correspondents in the courtroom succeeded in reaching Judge Damron with many questions as to why he had asked for the pistol permit. Judge Damron replied that he did not eare to go into details, and there the matter rested. At this point in the proceedings it became known that 8id Hatfleld and Charles Kiser, two of the defendants, had been cited for alleged contempt by the federal district court for the southern district of West Virginia, the answer being returnable next Tuesday, At- torneys for the defense immediately telegraphed to Jud ‘Waddell of the court, explaining that complianc would be impossibl The question of kinship again bob- bed up at the examination of pro- spective jurors Joe Dempsey was excused when it developed that he was related to William Starr. one of ‘endants. William Dempsey, s said to be a relative of Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight pugi- listic champion, was accepted tenta- tively yesterday. M. C. Burchett of Breedon, the twentieth man examined today, caus- ed a stir when his name was called. Many persons in the courtroom re- called that Burchett had been shot and wounded last election day by a man whe later met dmth in a bat- tle with the state police alonz the Norfolk and Western railroad when he resisted arreat. Jt was thought for a time that the shooting directly concerned the industrial situation, but thir both civil and military au- thorities readily disproved, they said. Burchett was given the sixteenth seat in the jury box. ASKS $10,000 DAMAGES. Suit to recover $10,000 damages has been filed in the District Bupreme Court Benjamin Wilkerson against Isadore Freund, Wilkerson was employed as a laborer by Freund, a plumber, and while digging a trench for some pipes, the walls of the trench caved in and covered him with earth, inflicting serious injury, it e asserted, s i First Lieut. W. Domingo to the U Second TLieut. E. 3 from Norfolk, Va. to th! 1. Greth, from Santo ited S ton, Includin; Clarendon, Riverdale and Congre: i Alexandria, Leesburg. nn-vllle.u Would YOU Give *52 to save a girl e - The Travelers' Aid, For $10,000 the people of Washing- ton can keep at work one of the most valuable and helpful agencies ever set up for the protection of innocence and inexperience from the wiles and schemes of wickedness and injury. This is the Travelers Aid, an organi- zation which “meets all trains” and not merely welcomes the incoming wayfarer, but renders practical assist- ance in every case of need. No one can ever know the good that is done by such an agency, or the barm that is averted. For its work is quietly done, without publicity or cs- tentation. That. is essential. The young girl who comes into a big city, without friends, often with no funds and no place of shelter, cannot be made the subject of public attention. To her is extended the helping hand of the Travelers Aid. She is guided, betriended, assisted, and few ever know, It she is in any kind of trou- ble, she is set on the way for its al- leviation. If she merely wants a home, she is provided with accommo- dations. Sometimes employment is found for her. But the Travelers Aid work is not confined to girls and women. Men also are helped, directed, advised. In a railroad station like that here there is never a lack of human material for the sattention and service of the organization’s aids. The misfortune is that there are not enough of tham to find all the cases of need. For many people, not knowing of the agency, fall to make known their re- quirements and fears. They must be sought out, and that takes time, and above all it requires a speecial quality of tactful discriminatien. For §10,000 this organization can be maintained for another year. It is ‘worthy of help, ‘Will. Washington serve itself by main- taining the Travelers' Ald in full ef- ficiency throughout 19217 —————— Editorial, Fvesing Star, 27, 1931, January 27, wes Tes gor for fai’ #in The th” Te. I has ting Golt can hope duri B vote ap) ad¢ bla e The city needs it.|Of With our limit- ed organization it is impossible to canvass the thousands of pcople who would gladly subscribe to this worthy work. SEND CHECK Lifetime Furniture Commences next Monday morning. It will be well worth your while to read our advertise- ments in Sunday’s paper. Besides quoting some unusually low prices, we make a remarkable offer. The February Sale - S o We are proud to know, too, that when you come to this Lifetime Fumiture Store you’ll find that our statements of values are more than lived up to—practiced. Mayer & Co. Seventh Street Between D & E Rockville, into ’ !