Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1921, Page 13

ANTIJAYWALKING { LAWIND. C. URGED Secretary of A. A. A., Aroused { by Accidents, in Plea to T Maj. Gessford. kidents which have occurred in this <ity during the last week, William Wilman, secretary of the American Au- tomobile Association, has written’ to Maj. Gessford urging the adoption of @n anti-jay walking ordinance for Washington. Mr. Ullman points out, in his letter %o Maj. Gessford that a compartively easy way of determining the need of & jay walking law is by a comparison of the different types of accidents; Whether they occurred in the middle of the street when a pedestrian was walking at an angle, or whether they happened at the regularly designated crossings. He urges the department 1o keep such statistics for traflic reg- ulations of the future. Secretary Ullman's Letter. Mr. Ullman's letter follows: “It is with much regret that I learn from the daily newpapers that street collisions between automobiles ana pedestrians seem to be Wwith the same frequency that the days before the District Council came into existence. Since the press accounts seldom reeal whether the collisions occurred at street corners or in the middle of the block, I am wondering whether your department has kept a record of the exact piaces of occurrence. If £0, will you permit me to gather some statistics therefrom? 1If not. don’t you think such a record ought to help immeasurably in framing traffic regulations? “You know. the A. A. A. has contended for a jay walking or- dinance in the District—that is, a regulation which would require pe- destrians to cross at designated crossings, at which they would have the right of way, giving vehicles the right of way between streets. While fthe District Commissioners in their wisdom ‘have not seen fit to indorse our views, we, nevertheless, still con- tend that a jay walking ordinance i8 the necessary thing to reduce Btreet accidents in Washingtoa. Suggests Full Record “Why not put our contention to a test? If you have not kept a record of just how the accidents of the past | year have occurred. why not keep a { record during the next few months and let us see just whether the bulk of the collisions are due to motorists driving recklessly at street crossings or to pedesirians running wildly or meandering absent-mindedly where vehicles are supposed to be operated with some freedom? - “I should be very glad to hear from you on this subject, and wish again to assure you of the services of this organization and myself personally in any plans you may formulate to make the Streets of Washington safer for pedestrians and motorists alike.” Driver Exonerated in Miss_.Havenner’s Death; Other Auto Accidents Coroner Nevitt held an inquest at| “the morgue yesterday afternoon in the case of Miss Mary A. Havenner, telephone operator, who was fatally hur. by a motor truck while crossing in front of 1740 14th street Monday night. A verdict of accidental 2 was reported, exonerating Frank G. Weaver, driver of the truck. A Albert G. Judson, sixty-three vears old, 2238 18th street, who was knocked down by an automobile shortly before Christmas, his left leg broken and his head hurt, died at h.s home Monday afterncon. An autopsy performed on the body yesterday showed that death resulted from concussion of the brain. ked iong i i Aroused over the serious traffic ag- [ occurring | ' POLICE TORESIGN fety | Eight-Year-Old Girl Plays “First Lady” in North Carolina RALEIGH, N. C., February 9.— Eight-year-old Angelia Morri- mon, daughter of Gov. Cameron Morrison of North’ Carol belleved to hold the istinction of being the youngest “first 1ady” of any state in the Union. Mr. Morrison i a widower, his wife having died early last year. When Gov. Morrison was in- a few weeks axo, de augurated, little Angelin was at his during all the festivities o occasion. Angelin was nccorded & great ovation when she cnter- ed the City Auditorium, where Mr. Morrison took the oath of office, walking between and holding the arms of her father and the retiring _governor, Thomas Walter Bickett. After Gov. Morrinon had taken the oath of office, Angelin ac- companied him to the executive offices in- the capitol and thence to the governor's mansion, where she ntood with her father in the receiving line and shook hands with thousands of vis- itors. LOW PAY CAUSES Officials Maintain Force Can- not Keep Complement With- out Adequate Salaries. Four resignations from the police force in two days is regarded by po- lice pfficials as being an indisputable reason why the $240 bonus should be | restored. While there is no such rec-| ord of resignations in the fire depart- ment, members of the fire-fighting force are almost begging for a res- toration of the bonus in order that they may make financial ends meet. “It is not a demand,” commented Capt. Edward O'Connor, president of the Firemen's Association, “but our request is made merely as a matter of Justice.” “The men are sadly in need of the bonus,” was Maj. Gessford's comment, speaking of members of tihe police force, “and I do not know what some | of them will do If they do not get the! bonus.” Discussing the resignations of the four poncemen this week, Maj. Gess- ford made it clear that the matter of salary was largely the reason for their quitting. “The matter of purchasing uniforms cuts a big figure in the salary and bonus question,” said the superin- tendent of police. “Somethings must be done to make the positions attrac- tive if the aity is to get its full quota of men. “At this time, with the salary with- out the bonus,” he added, “the posi- tions are not attractive, and young| men are not applying as they shoutd. Make them attractive, however, and 1 believe plenty of applicants will ap- et P& L. Dalrymple, president of the Policemen’s_Association, and W. J. Kerns and E. M. Seaman of the com- mittee on ways and means are con- tinuing their efforts to convince Con- gress of the justice of the bonus plea. They have supplied members of the committees inuch information as tol the cost of living and salaries of po-| licemen in_other jurisdictions, znd, feel that Congress will respond fa-) vorably to their appeal. In Hoboken, N. J.. a fireman re-| ceives $2.250 per anmum, while the fireman who performs corresponding duty in this city receives only $1.660. Tais information, with much of a similar kind, was supplied the com- mittees of Congress by Capt. Edward ©O'Connor. An inquest will be held at the morgue tomorrow afternoon, when a jury will determine if death resulted from the injury. An automobile driven by Benjamin Grice, 1702 12th stre=t, and a street car ‘collided at Vermont avenue and U streets yesterday afternoon. Frank McRae, 1825 12th street, occupant of | the automobile, received injuries to his head and hands and was taken to Freedmen's Hospital. Mr. Judson was on his way to a branch post office near 1Sth street and Columbia road to mail a Christmas package when he was struck by an au- “omobile said to have b.en driven by Herbert Spencer, seventeen years old, of Galvhton. Tex., who was attending a military academy at Winchester, Va., l??a..‘ visiting friends in this city. . etnen O'Reflly. and Bradshaw 'of 1ths" wently precinct filed charges of col- liding and failing to stop after the acei- dent occurred. He deposited $80 collat- eral, which was forfeited in Police Court. Miss Carrie Pace, a government clerk, was knocked down by an au- tomobile, being backed from the curb in front of 504 14th street about 4:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon. She was treated at Emergency Hospital for a scalp wound and shock. Mrs. G. W. Kidwell, i215 N street. was knocked down at 10th and F streets yesterday afternoon by the .automobile of Gardner Boothe, Alex- andria, Va, and slightly injured. She was given first aid at Emergency Hospital. Miss Ruth Owens, 516% M street northeast, was knocked down in the Agriculture Depariment grounds yester- day afternoon by a District government automobile and injured. She was given | first aid ergency Hospital and the driver of the car was arrested. J. J. Van Schoelandt, nineteen years ©ld, 1000 I stree:, received injuries to his nose and left thigh last night when knocked down by an automobile .at Pennsylvania avenue and 1st street. He was given first aid at Casualty Hospital. Willlam Gordon, thirty-eight years old, 1315 Massachusetts avenue, was knocked down by a street car at Pennsylvania avenue and 6th street southeast last night about 9 o'clock and his r ght leg cut. Physiclans at Casualty Hospltal gave first aid. Fruit Skins on the Sidewalk. To the Editor of The Arar: When one finds new nails or tacks scattered along & roadway, as I ha found many times, once finding ne: ly a dozen nalls at a single street corner, and at another time twenty double-pointed tacks within a single block, thers can be no doubt that thess were mcattered daliberately and with malles, For the malice three explanations appear: Roevenge for some accldent or fright, envy, or de- mire to make galins for some repalirer or salesman of tires. But when one finds banana skins or orange peels scattered along a sidewalk, It s incredible that these have been scattered for malice, but it is to be imagined that they were thrown there because of lack of con- sideration, just as persons throw scraps of paper or the like on the sidowalk, when at least they could have thrown them In the gutter, where they would be swept up. A fruit peel when fresh s slip- pery; when rained on or partlally decayod especlally %o, and many are .the falla or painful strainings of snuacles that result from slipping on such a peel, and occamtonully & 1imb I8 broken by the fall, I hope that ! this note may serve some useful pur- pose, B. PICKMAN MAN CALL SAVES HIS CASH. H, J. McKane, 1907 G street, em- . ployed as watchman In the Depart- ment of the Interior, was stopped in front of his home about 1210 o'clock ! this moerning by two colored men, _whe demanded his eash, MdKane shouted for tha pollce, frightening .ot the colored men, one of whom r fired g partirg shot at the govern- imtfi: employe before getting out ef “Firemen feel confident that when the situation clears in the matter of salary and bonus, and the matter is clearly understood by Congress,” said Capt. O'Connor this morning, “Con- gress will deal justly with us. “Data on salaries paid other de- partments was obtained Wwith that end in view. The committees knew we were sharing in the- bonus and fixed the salaries at $20 less than they otherwise would have fixed them had their been no bonus.” PLAN UNION OF FORCES. of Presbyterian | i Representatives Men's Clubs Receive Suggestion. A union of men’s clubs of Presby- terian churches of this city was ad- vocated at a banquet of the Men's Club of Eastern Presbyterian Church last night. Addresses were made by Rev. Wil- liam F. Weir, general secretary of the assembly committee on men" work, of Chicago and Rev. Charles H. McDonald, associate secretary of the committee. J. Morville Barker, presi- dent of the class, presided and George H. Winslow, class teacher, mcted as toastmaster. There were brief ad- dresses by T. F. Sargent of the First Presbyterian Church, Alexander B. Garden of the' Garden Memorial Church, R. H. Alcorn of the Metro- politan* Chuech and Judge Raymond Loranz of the Eckington Church. About 200 men attended the banquet, which, included members of men’s classe8 from the Eckington, Sher- wood, Garden Memorial, - First and Metropolitan Presbyterian churches. == o = Jhere will The rich, Madeby satiske INSTANT POSTUM You may drink it freely with benefit, for it contains nothing harmfl—and every sip, becauseof Aavor. made instant} > thats convenz'encg ' There is no waste ~thats economy Theres a Reasor for Postum All grocers carry it Postum Cereal Co.Inc, Battle Creek, Mich. Instant Postum is in the cup — THE FEVENING PUBLISERVIE RATES A PROBLEN R‘evision Soon Due Depend- ing on Confirmation of Commissioners. SENATE EXPECTED TO ‘ACT Four Utilities, Including Gas and Street Railways, Faced by Uncertainty. With the rates of four public serv- ice corporations coming up for re- Vvision in March, speculation was rife today as to how these cases would be handled if the Senate fails to act on the nominations of Commissioners Boardian and Hendrick. The appointments of Mi: man and Mr. He on March 4 in t 3 s Board- ndrick_expiro by law he event the Senate takes no action. 1t is possible the ;SE‘:[[! tl'_rla)’ dflcl between now and in- uguration day on th tions before it. ¢ itRoroomine There will be a special sessi e it session of the Senate on March 4. to which the incoming President could send nomi- nations for tne commissionerships, i necessary. Pt The ate Expires March 17 he present rate of $1.32 per thou- sand cubic feet for gas ex nres with the meter reading period on March 17, when, if the commission does not act, the rate goes back to 95 cents. 3 On March 31 the street car fare of four tokens:for 30 cents, or 8 cents cash, goes back to 5 cents, with 2. cent transfers, and on the same date the rate of 83 cents per kilowatt hour for electricity to private homes returns automatically to 8 cents, if a new order is not issued. The law requires ten days’ n and a public hearing before rates mre acted upon, which means that these cases would have to be considered In the early part of the month. is ‘possible the gas com- panies will get their, application be fore the comimicsion®before the end o is month. since i the first to ckpira. o, "ates are Faced by Uncertainty. While the electric light and street "ar companies ordinarily would have all of March in which to seek con- sideration of their rates, the uncer- tainty of .conditions at_the District building may lead them to lay before the commission at an early date ap- plications setting forth the rates they believe they will need after March 31, In any ‘event, the Commissioners who are in office when the applica- tions are submitted will have their bands full fixing the three rates— for gas, electricity and street car service—almost at the same time. RUMOR OF WHOLESALE CLERK OUSTER REFUTED Clerical Employez in War Depart- ment Not Affected by Secretary Baker's Recent Order. Clerical employes of the War De- partment will not be touched by the recent order of Secretary Baker re- garding the replacement of technical workers drawing $1.500 a year and over by Army officers. Definite assurance to this effect was EBiven vesterday at the War Depart- ment. ther-by s-tting at rest rumors e of the higher-paid clerks. was indicat. that there be further ordecs along the I of the one issued last week. probably ex- plaining and amonding the recent order. The Natlonal Federation of Federal Employes has called upon the office of the chief of staff for in- terpretations of tha order. Officials of the National Federation, when apprised of the assurance of the department that the statutory em- ployes would not be affected, in any way, declared that this.was reassur- ing. but did not fully satisfy their minds. — YEAR'S PLANS OUTLINED.” Plnng for the work to be carried on during the year by the West Vir- einia Society were outlined by <. Z. Gates, president of the organization, 2t a meeting held in the Thomson School last night. A program of music and readings, arranged by J. William de Grange, secretary, followed the business meeting. An informal dance ended the evening's entertainment. The next meeting of the Societv will be held the second Tuesday in March. EX-CONGRESSMAN TO SPEAK. James T. Lloyd of Missouri, for- mer member of Congrees, will de- liver a lecture on “The Humanity of Christ” in the Sunday school hall of the Church of the Ascension, Friday evening, February 11, at 8 o'clock. Mr. Lloyd is one of the Lenten noon- day speakers at Keith's Theater. BAN POISON GAS FOR WEEVIL. Poison gas will not be used by the Department of Agriculture to ex- terminate the boll weevil in the cotton belt, the Department of Agriculture announced today. Effect upon the weevil would be “problematical,” the department stated. sinlc it for health and for pleasure, too is two-~fold enj coffee-like STAR, WASHINGTON, ( SDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1921 BOLTS BARE GERMAN PLOT TO RUIN FAMOUS TROOP SHIP Hoped Mougt' By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 9.—A Ger- {man war plot .that failed was re- | vealed here. Four defective bolts. {taken from the: machinery of the transport Mount Vernon, told’ the tale. They were discovered by the | engineering forces of Commander R. D. Gatewood, director of the Shipping Board’s division of construction and repairs, and placed on exhibition at his office. Here is the story. After the Mount { Vernon—formerly the Kronprinzessen Cecile, the famous “gold ship” that | raccd into Bar Harbor in the early ! days of the war—had been seized as a troop ship her German crew i two-thirds of the way throush il four six-inch bolts that connected the engines with the main crank-shaft. The skilfully made cuts ned hidden by the fittings of the engines, and were only discovered recently PLAN CELEBRATION FOR WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY Sons of Revolution, Sons of Ameri- can Revolution and the D. A. R. Arranging Public Ceremony. Plans for the public celebration on ‘Washington's birthday similar to exercises conducted for the past six years by the District of Columbia So- clety of the Sons of the American Revolution, National Society, D. A. R., and the Sons of the Revolution in the District were perfected by a joint committee composed of representa- tives from the three organizations iyesterday. Memorial Continental Hall will be the scene of ceremonies. James FL Preston, president general of the Na- tional Society, Sons of the Revolu- tion, wjll preside and make the ad- dress of greeting. The gold medal offered this year by the District of Columbia "Society Sons of the American Revolution, and the Sons of the Revolution Society in the District, to the school child sub- mitting the best essay on a desig- i nated revolutionary topic will be pre- | sented. Addresses will be delivered by Rep- resentative Simeon D. Fess of Ohio and by M. Jean Jules Jusserand, the French ambassador. Col. Henry C. Breckenridge, nresident of the Navy League of the United States, will read extracts from the state papers of George Washington. The music for the occasion will be furnished by the Marine Band. The the Epiphany, and the benediction by Rev. Wallace Radcliffe of the New York Avenue Presbvterian Church. i The representatives of the three so- cieties on the joint committee of ar- rangements follow: Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution, Col. Frederick C. Bryan, ‘Albert D. Snangler, William A. Miller; Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. Francis St. Clair, Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger, Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins; Sons of the bia, Brig. Gen. George Richards, Charles P. Light, Dr. Marcus Benja- min. | 1RUSSIANS IN BAD STRAITS. i that there would be a wholesale oust-}§ More than one million Russian ref- vrees now living outside of holshe- vik territories are in need of clothes, food and medical attention, it is de- clared in a statement issued by the American central committee for Rus- sian relief. | The annual report of the American icentral committee, just published gives the following statistics for Rus- Isian refugees in the territory ex- tending from Finland and the Baltic states down through central and eastern Europe and the Balkans to the Black Sea region: Finland, 26.- 000; Germany, 200.000; Switzerland 10,000; Balkans, 77,500; Turkey, 300.- 000; Tiflis. 45,000; Manchuria, 50,000 western China and Shanghai, 17,000: Japan, 8,000. No statistics are given for the refugees in England, France. Spain, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Austria, though numbers of Ruusl_nnu are known to be in these countries, bringing the total number of the ref- ugees far ov.: the million mark. STUDENT LIFE, TOPIC. The February meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association of the O Street Junior High School will be held in the auditorium of Old Central High School, 7th and O streets, tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. Activities of students at the institution will be discussed, it is announced by Frank J. Sobotka, president of the associa- tion. SWEET POTATO SIRUP TEST. Sweet potato sirup Is to be manu- factured by the Department of Agri- culture at Fitzgerald, Ga. The proc- ess was worked out in the labora- tories of the bureau of chemistry by Dr. H. C. Gore and patented by the department for the benefit of the public. invocation will be delivered by Rev,! James E. Freeman of the Church of | Revolution in_the District of Colum- | 000; Baltic states, 50,000; Poland, 60.-! Vernon Would Break Down " and Become U-Boat Victim—Plans Failed. when the cngines were taken apart. Intended Prey for U-Boatx. It is to be presumed that in certain American detention camps there were trained German engineers who t- ed eagerly for reports which aid not come "of “something happening” to jthe cénverted troop ship. For it is believed that the bolts were left barely holdinz with the hope that the craft would just eracp out into U-b lanes and then fall prey to the under- aca craft when a sudden strain on the engines came with an order for full speed ah But the bredkdown never. came Luck or toughness of steel permitted the liner to make a dozen round- trips through submarine-infested ses earrying on each voyvage from killed, but made her way to a French port {OVER 10,000 PUPILS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS Greatest Number Ever Enrolled. Officials Express Much Much Concern. Enrollment in the high schools ha | reached the higl point in their {history. First official fizures since the beginning of the sccond semester, compiled by school authorit show !ll:\t 10,084 students are registered in th i ns, indicating an increase of over the first semes ter and 1 over last year. | . The enroliment ‘at Central High School totals at Eastern, 756; at Western at Business, 1249 at McKinley, 3 : at O Street Junior High School, 505; at Armstrong, 70 at Dunbar, 1,400, and at M Street i Junior High School, 367. School officials stated that they are greatly concerned ove- the large in- crease in the high school enrollment, due to the fact that they will be un able to add more students to the pres- ent enrollments. It was pointed out that the senior institutions are now operating on a two-shift system to accommodate the large registratio: and that next September there will be no_accommodations for the 2,000 &radal school pupils who are expect- €d to be promoted to the high schools. D. C. JEWELER DISCUSSES THE DIAMOND SITUATION A_dispatch from Amsterdam, Hol- land. published in The Star yesterday Stated that ‘“nearly §,000 of the 10,800 members of the Diamond Workers' Union here are idle and the bottom seems to have fallen out of the world's diamond market.” In connection with this dispatch S. W. Straus of R. Harris & Co., the local jewelers, stated today: “Information from an authentic source throws a different light on the diamond market situation than is indicated by the Associated Press dispatch published in The Star yi terday. Idleness among the diamond cutters of Amsterdam is not due to an overproduction in the diamond market, but due to the fact that ship- ments of rough diamonds are not being received in Amsterdam. There- fore, not having the material to cut, the cutters are necessarily out of employment. facts, the statement in the dispatch that diamond prices are being main- tained is entirely consistent and ac- cording to the facts.” | distinction. prices. IO 3,000 1 to 4,060 mes Just to round things out, she encircled the globe to bring me from Russia. | iount Vernon had several | narrow cccapes. Ones she was tor- podoed and thirty-five of her crew In view of the above | j§ — URGE CURFEW LAW - AND§240 BONUS iLincoln Park Citizens PI ead for Police and Firemen of ‘ the District. SEEK AID FOR WIDOWS \Will Ask Congress to Pass Pension Law—Ingram Memorial Needs Funds. H. Judd, president of Lin- Citizens' Association, is favor of a curfew law, and cd a resolution providing association meeting held |1ast night at the Bryan School. He ialso said he favored the restoration |of the $240 bonus forfiremen and po- licemen and that he opposed the rules oon to be put in effect in the fire de- partment. Mr. Judd's resolution provided for a irequest of the District Commissioners to fix a time limit for children under lthe age of twelve years to be on the streets unaccompanied, and asked that suitable penalty be fixed upon parents heartily {he introducc icne to the or guardians for violations of the | regulation. o | “The loss of sleep and excitement caused, by associat'un and the usual temptations are sapring the life blood of tha nation,” the resolution recited. ‘ANl park benches should be cleared of persons under twenty-one vears of by 10 o'clock, and names of in- tent violators of the law should be ied at tho station houses by the offi- jcers on the beats. —Children unac- {cmpanied by parents should be ex< icluded from moving picture show {places after 9 oclock at night” The resolution was referred to a commit- |tee with instructions to report a pro- posed measure at the next meeting. Plea for Police and Firemea. motion of W. A. Greer, the as- sociation went on record as favoring the restoration of the bonus for the {fire and police departments. The reso- lution denouncing_the fire department o rules, offered by W. J. Barrows, who characterized them as being ' “un- American. and _mot in keeping with what we term equality of cit- izenship.” also was adopted. A resolution to have the Disgrict Code amended so as to make women cligible for jury duty was adopfd. At the suggestion of President Judd, the association started a move to get street car service to the new Eastern High School. Several suggestions as to routing of cars of the Capital Traction Company were made and the question was referred to the railroad committee. On motion of D. A. Edwards, the association voted to request Congress to enact a dependent widows’ pension law. Other Matters Discussed. Ray L. Smith discussed the ques- tion ‘of the possibility of Ingram Me- morial Church having to abandon in- stitutional accivities because the dues are not enough to support them. was said by several members that abandonment of the activities would prove a serious blow to the youth of the Lincoln Park section. The association voted to assist in | the efforts that are being made to’ ! require improvement of the railroad | viaduots in the city. President Judd i referred to the H_ street viaduct as {a long, dark and dirty hole. Facing the walls with enameled brick and ! preper lighting would make it an at- tractive spot, however, he said. TRADE BOARD MEETINGS. Two committee meetings were an- nounced today by the Washington i Board of Trade. They are: Streets and avenues, tomorrow, 4:30 o'clock, T. Janney Brown. chairman, and .sewers, Friday, 4:0, Asa Phillips, chairman. (J/ soureclicu REVAILED upon by several of his Washington patrons, Mr. Will- iam B. Sharpe, of New York, comes to 1108 Connecticut Ave- nue, with Tailoring style for men of dress Before opening his shop at 241 Fifth Ave- nue, Mr. ‘Sharpe was connected with a high-class tailoring house in London. The House of Sharpe brings its Fifth Avenue standards and prestige to its new establishment. An exceptional selection of imported woolens and advance Spring patterns is proffered at attractive 1108 Connecticut Avenue Connectici It Discovers the Wind ‘ “Played Snowball” | in Farmer’s Field | AVO Y. February 0.— When Peter Finizn went out to do the chores one morning recently he was mystified wsight of n large number of huge snowballs acattered over his farm. On the twenty-acre ficld there were hundreds of them, | ranging in sfze from =ix to | eighteen inches im dinmeter. Leading up to ench snowball was a streak of bare ground had | | | | | | in forming. Finigin and neighbors who gathered to study the odd spectacle decided that the wind, which had blown n_gdle the night before. had whipped up small varticles of “good pack- ing” wnow and started them down the field, xome of the par- ticlen gmathering up additionn anow until balls had been form- that were too heavy for the wind to move farter. All the paths of the snowballs were in the wame —eneral direction that the wind had been blowing. To record the unusual freak of wind and xnow, Mr. Finigin sent for the correspondent of n Bufinlo newspaper, who counted more than 1000 snowballx of | more than ten inchexs indinmeter. ‘ CONVICT TAKES DAY 1 OFF I GRLS GARD Murderer, in for Life, Eludes Guards All Day and Returns to Prison Voluntarily. FRANKFORT, February 98.— Joseph ‘Wendling, central figure ten years ago in a Louisville murder, has added another to his remarkable ex- { ploits, state reformatory officials an- nounce. He™ broke prison, they said, apparently paraded the streets of Frankfort in woman's dress and when he tired of his brief freedom was caught by guards ascending a rope lad- der in an attempt to scale the refor- matory walis and re-enter his prison home. The fact that he carried a dress led prison officials to belicve Wendling may be responsible for the appearance of the “woman in black,” whose pres- ence on the streets has been reported a number of times to the Frankfort police. Wendling, secreted himself in the prison chapel after a picture show and in some unexplained manner made his way outside the reformatory walls. His absence was noted and a search instituted, but he voluntarily returned. Wendling, subject of a nationwide search in 1909, as siayer of Alma Keil- ner, eight years old, whose body was found buriéd under a Louisville church of which Wendling was janitor, was found in San Francisco in July, 1910. Brought to Louisville, he was convict- ed of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. While a trusty, he once was found in the home of a Frankfort woman and still later, after an absence of a week, was discovered passing the Frankfort courthouse disguised as a woman. All prison privileges, it was sald, have been denied him. SETS RATE OF EXCHANGE. Effective February 13, postmasters | | ed States in issuing international money orders in accordance with the following schedule: Great Britain, 1 pound sterling, $4; Netherlands, 1 florin, 35 cents:; Sweden, 1 krona, 24 cents; Denmark, 1 krona, 20 cents; Norway, 1 krona, 20 cents: France, 13 i francs, $1; Belgium, 13 francs, $t. pee Meus lail Tordonr,5"Ave, 1 Averue. Bstablrskrr.ents Randall H. Hagner—Realtor. Dupont Co. Ogilvie T = a7 \ o IM’ ”IIM ol o onnecl ut Avenue Association . are to convert the money of the Unit- | Allan E. Walker & Co.—Realtors. Hausler & Co—Stationers and Engravers. M. Pasternak—Women’s Apparel Manhattan Cleaning and Dyeingz Emile—Hair Dressing Parlor. Young—Millinery Importer. L. Corrado & Co.—Interior Dec- orators. Ash—Women’s Apparel. L. C. Zimmerman—DMilliner. Pluym—Women’s Apparel. The John A. O’Rourke Co.—In- terior Decorators. Underwood & Underwood—Pho- tographers. Story & Cobb—Realtors. Cooke—Flower Shop. Sharpe—DMen'’s Tailor. WELFARE TOPICS AT ATLANTA MEET Continuation of Instruction to Woman Voters at Con- ference. D. C. LEADER IS AIDING Social Hygiene, Good Government and War on “Boss Rule,” Prom- * inent Features. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, February 9.—Effogts ta interest and educate every woman {voter in the third region of the Na- tional League of Women Voters : continued™ here today at the closing day’s session of the regional confer- ence. 3 The third region jsoutheastern state lley of Aiken, S consists of nine with Mre, ey Tuiian . chairman, and, IMrs. Maud Wood Park of Washing- ton, D. C, chairman of the national league, and many other nationul ofli- cers are in attendance. Subjects Discussed. Child welfare, social hygiene, wom- an industry, methods of making the lleague more effective for good gov- ernment. and other subjects were’ topies of discussion by speakers today A woman's war on “boss rule” and “reactionary” elements in both the chief political parties was declared’ by speakers. : In a plea for the education of woman{ voters, Mrs. George Gellhorn of € Louis, vice chairman of the national: league, declared the organization's {Work means that women are not go- ling into the big political parties “as | machine-made rubber stamps, but with ideals, help and inspiration.” - * “Walked Rirgs” Around Boases. “No wonder the machine boss hates us," she ®aid, “but we are not worry ing about him. We walked rings taround some of them, and we will’ {walk some more. Miss Katherine Luddington, Hart- ford, Conn.. and other speakers took the same stand as did Mrs. Gellhorn, and Rev. Dr. J. £, role Lyons, Atlanta. pastor, who opened the sessions with prayer, pleaded that women might “reverently and intelligentiy” work in the political parties against material- ism and selfishness. WOMEN PLAN BENEFIT. City Club tc Postin - .. The Women's City Club has ar- ranged with the Delasco Theater for. a benefit performance Monday even- ing, February 14, when Guy Batea Post will appear in “The Masque-' rader.’ The club has passed the experi- mental stage in its career and is Aew a permanent organization in the Na- tional Capital, filling a unique place in Washington life, as its member- ship is made up of women connecte.d with all phases of the city's activi- jes. Several dinner parties have already been arranged before the perform- ance, to be served in the club's gril where dinner is served each night 1o members and their gucsts, with spe- - cial club partics every Thursday evering. Many theater and box- parties are being planned for the Ibenefit: among them is the galler. | “peanut_party: i Keith - Forest Mrs. Randolph | chairman of the benefit: commifte: assisted by Mics Florence Stiles, w t Miss Bess Davis Schreiner in ch of tickets. or National Bank. Sisters—Hair Specialists. RN Bt [T it LT H H ¥