Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1921, Page 2

ONCHEF N ANSHER by Decision Refusing diate Abrogation of Agreements. Associated Press. SCHICAGO, February 11.—Labor offi- lals representing fifteen railroad Wotherhoods today mapped out their GEmpaign of rebuttal to the railway Sacutives’ plea for abrogation of na- tjonal agreéments before the United tes railfoad labor board. No ses- on of the board was held today. nding notification from the unions to when they will be ready to pro- ied with the case. esterday’s ruling nying the railr through W. of the board s' request. made tterbury of _the nnsylvania railway, for immediate abrogation of the agreements, brought e case back to its regular ‘schedule. nk P. Walsh, retained as counsel fdr the~ brotherhoods, departed last fdre he had introdiced his argument was said in labor circles that he plobably would return next week eanwhile a_committee of cighteen biotherhood officers is working on a reply to the specific objections to accident yasterday afternoon makes ribus rules as presented Ly the it |ihree fatalities for a period of seven rigers’ committee durin the last d T e ’ eks. B. M. Jewell, chairman of the hree a week was the total| etiployes’ committee, declared vester- {reached when “No Accident week dafy before e bodrd that for e |was launched only two months ago. | ¥ he had been “up in an airshi T heamea 24 had devoted all his time and that [ Has every one forgotten the results of | the committec to preparation of a 1y to the Atterbyry request. Must Make New Survey. e said it would be necessary to ke a mew survey of the situation béfore he could advise the board when h¢ would be ready.to proceed with tHe case. This he promised to do to- y. and he said he expected to no- the board tomorrow of the date en” his committee would have its evidence ready. hen the board adjourned vester- ddy it set Monday as the tentative ddte for reconvening. following the usual custom of reserving Friday and Saturday for executive sessions. fiec..m of the board that the na- tipnal agreements shall remain in e until completion of the present t héaring was characterized by rail- | longer. { rdad employes as a victory. The| “There is no question in my mind! rdling came as a surprise both to | that the last week of safety observance rdilroud and labor representatives | in Washington produced carefulness on agd upset plans of union officials for a;bombardment of the railroad's re- quest for immediate abrogation of the agreements. It left littte for the labor men to do except file a state- nt prepared by B. M. Jewell, presi- dent of the railroad employes' de- partment of the American Federa- tien of Labor. X This statement and an amplification by Mr.. Walsh charged the railroads with being a party to an attempt at wiping out collective bargaining and crushing all fabor organizations. When they had finished, they were ugprepared to proceed with the regu- lar rebuttal of the railroad evidence obfecting to the national rules, and the hearing went over until Monday. £ Executives File Protest. “Mr. Jewell's request for time in which to prepare his testimony met with protest from the railroad rep- résentatives, but he: promised to canvass the situation today and ad- vise the board tomorrow when he would be ready to proceed. :Both sides of the controversy ex- ed gratification that the hear- ing . 'would proceed in the regular manner. ‘W. W. Attesbury, speaking for the raliroads, declared that “if theré was urgency on January 31, when 1 made the request of thel there is still more now. De- cember reports from .the : tate Commerce Commission sHo¥l that 116,040, miles. . of . railrpads not earn thelr operating expensg# and fized charges for that month.¥%¢ The railroads have cgntended that “abro- gation of the national agreemients would mean a big cut' in their op- erating expenses. W. Jett Lauck. consulting econo- mist’ for the labor en, however, de- clared the real issue wagy not the rules themseives. “but what they camicretely eanctlon—the. peineiple. of eallective bargaining of t = recefved ! ugion recognition.” “When this principle Ha the board's sanction no further dis- | turbances or acute controversies will occur on the roads”” Mr. Lauck said.! The American Association of. Rail- ! Executives today called a meet- | ing for February 18 in Chicago of all presidents of railroads belonging to the organization to consider further steps in the railroads’ fight for abro- gation of the national agreements. by which they expect to cut operating eXpenses as one move in restoring pre- war conditions on the roads, { —_— LIEUT. RUPP’S DEATH * THOROUGHLY PROBED ficers Deny Report of Suicide. “Family Arrives to Get 3 Body. NEWPORT NEWS., Va. 1%—The Army board the death of Lieut. D. A. Rupp, found soned Wednesday ‘night at ‘his q ers in Langley. Field, viewed UWe body today. The lieutenant's mm was badly burned as if by e powerfu) acid. lembers of February the board examined sdveral of Rupp's friends yesterday | agd made a minute survey of the rdom in which the lieutenant died. j. Hensiey steadfastly denies re- rts that Rupp committed suicide, s#ying that he had two bottles by his bed. one containing medicine and the other a powerful and odorous dirinfectant. Rupp's friends are at a loss to un- derstand how any man could have continued his mistake after the first bite of the acid. which evidently Purned as soon as it -touched tha Dputh. fW. H-Rupp of York, Pa.. the lieu- t s fatHer; Mi¥s Sarah Rupp, h:“‘iuer, and }'1 H.“Ruw. a :mthqr. ape here preparing to take the bod. to York tonight if the Army authori. tips will release ft. Mrs. Rupp, wife of the lieutenant, 0 found him dead, 80 badly bpoken up that she h thus far been unable to give the board of investigation all desires. MANY ATTEND SERVICE. “Quiet Half Hour” at St. John’s .Church is Popular. Many men and women wers In at- tendance at the first of the “quiet half hours” today from 12 to 12:30 @'clock at St John's Episcopal Ckurch, 16th and H streets. vhich are to be held each Priday during Lent nnder the direction of Cannon Douglas, act- 1ng rector of ths church. The Christian unit; mecting which 48 to be held this afternoon at 4:15 o'clock and eaca day, excep: Satur- day, during Lent. i* 1o be addreesed by Rev. Dr. o Dudicy, reetor of St. Stephen's Church. Rev. 1. C. Ernest Smith addressed the meeting yesterday afternvon.’ GEMS STOLEN AT BARRACKS. A pocketbook, containing a solitaire diamond ring valued at sapphire ring valued at $25, the prop- erty of Kisle Becke, 140 12th stroet southeast. was stolen from the gym- masium at marine barracks last night, aecording to a report (o the police. The poditatheck, minns the rings, wes fsumd B GRS R the information it asts of | lights are used for this operation. One jlight for 5 | open I Boston, jable inquiring into} TAMPA FORBIDS PLANES TO FLY DURING SUNDAY CHURCH WORSHIP HOURS TAMPA, Fla., February 11.—Fly- hines must not fly over during hours of worship This order was laid down by the city commissioners as a result of complaints made to the commiusion that hirplanes flying low over churches last Sunday disturbed the congregations to such an extent that many members were deprived of the benefit of spiritual advice being given them from the .pul- pits. INMEDIATE ACTION ONTRAFFIC NEEDED Continued Deaths Warrant New Laws, Declare Experts. Lies slumbering here One William Lake; He heard the bell But had no brake. —Detroit News. BY THEODORE P. NOYES. Another death from an automobile that week, wheh the death rate from accidents was entirely eliminated? Something must be done to stop this wholesale slaughter of the citizenry of the city. And something must be done immediately. If intensive co- operation with the police department by the community is needed again, as m “No Accident week,” let's have it. Or, if a display of greater zealousness on’ the part of every policeman in the city will cut down the number of ac- cidents, let's have that also. Another Campaign Due. “It looks as if another ‘No Accident week' w bout due,” said William Ullman, secretary of the American, Automobile Association today. “These ! fatal accidents are mounting up into | t00 great a total to be ignored any | the part of the majority of motorists. | They took pride in coming out of the weck with & clean slate. - “The pedesirians, however, did not pay much acention to ‘No Acciden. week' as the motorists, and that is why the American Automobile Association is so vigorously pushing an anti-Jay walking law for the District. “There must be some regulation of the pedestrians. The motorist cannot | be saddled with every restriction and have the pedestrian wander around at his own sweet will. Law Difficult to P; “Of course. a law of this kind would be very hard to put into effect. That is granted. Bul why pot give the regulation a trial? It is certainly worth that, and, if it works satisfac- torily. make it permanent.” In’a recent issue of The Star it was | pointed out how an anti-jaywalking | law might be put into effect with the least possible trouble. ‘This law would only become: effect- ive at congested crossings where traf- fic policemen were stationed. The pe- destrians would obey the semaphore in_ exactly the same manner as the motorists. . “ Pedestrians would cross onky on m‘é white lines. The officer wguld his whistle, which would mean th. he was about to change his signal, giving _time for the Dedestrian to reach the sidewalk. Any pedestrian caught in the street after the officer had blown his whistle, walted a ‘minute and tarned | his semaphore, Would be liable o the same penalty as a motorist who was caught in the same predicament. How the Lights Work. This method would work out -the| same way as the traffic light signals| on 5th avenue, New York. ‘hree h avenue open to traffic,| another light showing that the signal is about to change, and the third for crossstreet traffic. The inter- mediary light gives warning to every one to get off the crossings, exactly as a traffic officet’s whistle would do here if the regulation was put into force. Washington, for its population, has more accidents than Boston, Mass., | according to flgures sent in from the police department of the latter city. = Boston, with a population of 748,000, | had sixty-six deaths last year from automobiles, while Washington, with 437000 population, had fifty-six | ths. A significant fact about the idents in both cities shows that ile Washington had sixty-seven killed in 1919 and fifty-six killed in 1920, Boston had ninéty-two fatali- | ties in 1919 and only sixty-six in 1920. | a larger city, narrower streets and much heavier traffic was | to reduce the number of ac- ! cidents by twenty-six, while Wash- | ington, with wide streets and every | faocility for corrective measures, was | only able to reduce the number by | eleven. Perhaps a study of the traffic meth- ods used in the larger cities might Pabout 9 o'clock 1 saw ‘wreaths and gariands as tributes from SAD OVERLOVE GRLTRES TO DI Swallows Poison and Falls While Walking With Companion. In despair over the resuit of a love affair, Miss Mary Spaulding, twenty-two years old, of 941 southwest, while walking with Russeil Gill, near his home on the Tth street pike, Stlver Spring, Md., last night took poison and today is m & serious condition at Walter Reed Hos- pital. Gill declared today that at about 9:31‘, o'clock the girl suddenly threw up her arms and dropped to the ground. He| ‘hailed a passing automobile and rushed her to the Walter Reed Hospiial. Walter Reed authorities turned over to the ploice a death note left by the girl_in her handvag. It was addressed tc Gill, According to Gill, Miss Spaulding had threatened several times to commit sui- . but he said that he did not be- lieve she would attempt the act “T received a letter from her saying that she was coming out to see me last night” Gill declared. “I met ‘Maryland avenue THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY,- FEBRUARY 1], 1921, ° MAY ASK FUNDS TO REFURNISH WHITE HOUSE EXECUTIVE OFFICES Tt is considered likely by officials of | This wear and tear is shown to ex- the White House that provision will ;:;:d‘g;t;"d:;tlh;hhxifi‘ phr,::nlhz;oo“maenr;: be made for refurnishing entirely, of | ;s q during President Wilson's second in part, the White House executive |administration and which has not offices. while the estimates are being | been ‘entered gy‘ bim 9‘;)7:‘ e Hl\):;: ! eI |three years. But the big r prepared for a dpecial appropriation ‘lml-n u:!(-rl to a considerable extent hy‘ | for putting the presidential residence the President's sacretary when meet- | itself in proper order for the new ad- | ing various delegations and individual | ministration. callers at the offic ll: s in lll;‘Is r;m'nfi | tha a s caraba er fur-| Attention is directed to the fact that | it ytande which many visitors A%k the executive offices are in sore need |to bhe shown while visiting the ex- of interior improvement, such as new | acutive offices. The furniture Was rugs, window hangings and draperies [ presented to President Taft by native) and some new furniture, or the re- | ilipinos. upholstering of some of the present| 7o put the offices in proper condit furniture. In urging these Improve- | will take at least $25,000. it is es | ments, attaches point out that the:mated, and with the $60,000 needes | offices receive hard wear and tear, and | for the residence the total special ap- are seen by infinitely more persons . propriation to be asked of COngress than are the rooms in the residence. will therefore be in the neighborhood It is stated also that the present fur- |of $85.000. These estimates are being | nishings and furniture have served |prepared by the office of the public jlonz and well. but give plain evidence |buildings and grounds, which depart { of their use. and are finally assuming {ment has charge of the physical e an arance of what might be|of the White House, oflices and termed “old” or “shabby i grounds. [RENTS ARE REDUCED ON EIGHT PROPERTIES Two Landlords Are Denied Posses- sion of Their Premises. PLANS T0 EXPEDITE FREIGHT DELIVERY Light rental reductions were or-| her out here at about 7:30. She was lively as a cricket. We talked about things in general and, all of a sudden. her throw up her hands and fall down. 1 took my ashlight and threw it on an auto- Jobile which was soing by. It took | jus to Silver 1z, and lhprf we zot another car and went to Walter Reed. I did not know she had taken poison. 1 thought she had suddenly become ill. “I telephoned her mother this morn- ing. She said that she would be out this evening to see her.” Gill said that he had known her about six years and had seen her at intervals during that time. He was a soldier overseas in the 28th Division during the war, being a member of the 115th Regiment. i i Members of Miss Spaulding’s family were preparing to go out to the hos- pital today. They had not known of the plight of the girl until today. Maj. Webb. exccutive officer at Wal- ter Reed, declared that it would be ten days or two weeks before the patient would be out of danger. He said that ‘her. condition was serious, but that Miss Spaulding had a possible chance 1o recover. UNVEILING CEREMONIES OF SUFFRAGE MEMORIAL Representatives of Than Thirty National Organizations | Will Participate. Details of the program of cere-| monies in connection with the unveil- ing of the suffrage statue in the Cap- itol next Tuesday were made public today Women representing more than thirty national organizations will lead a long procession into the rotunda. Marching beside the organization rep- resentatives will be flower bearers and banner bearers, each with the stand- i ar& of the organization. A group of | young girls in costume will carry More women of the forty-eight states. Miss Eleanor Anthony, greatniece of Susan B.. Anthony; Mrs. Nora Blatch Barney, granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady ‘Stanten, and Mrs. Cavender Will- cox, jranddaughter of Lucretia Mott, GnrTy,_special wreaths at the head of the procession. ‘When the group Is assembled Miss Jane Addams, presiding officer of the ceremonies, will offer formally the memorial to Congress. Speaker Gil- lett will accept the monument on behalf of Congress. . The unveiling will follow his speech of acceptance. After the unveiling, the representative of each organization will place the wreath carried by her flower bearer at the base of the monument and the banner will be elevated during this stage in the ceremonies. A chorus of fifty femsle voices will lead the re- cesslon. During the cefemonies the en- tire routunda will be decorated with a mass of banners and early flowers. e COL. HARDING RESIGNS. Leaves Panama for Good—Canal Tie-Up Threatened. PANAMA, February 11.—Col. Ches- ter Harding, governor of the Pan- ama Capal Zone, sailed for the United' Statés yesterday afternoon and will not return to the isthmus. His resignation and departure leaves Col. Jay J. Morrow as acting gov- ernor. Operating mechanics employed on the canal have resigned because of the withholding of bonus payments and the situation threatens a tie-up of the canal by the time the Atlantic and Pacific fleets return here from the joint maneuvers which are now |in progress off the west coast of South America. | work to the benefit of Washington. — !WATSON KARR DIES FROM i INJURIES BY AUTOMOBILE Watson Karr. seventy-seven years 2226 Nichols avenue, Anacostia, was injured fatally by the automobile of Lieut. Clayton C. Shangrau, U. 8. A., i stationed at Bolling Field, in front of | Bis home last night about'7:45 o'clock. His leg was broken and he received { probable internal injuries. Death oc- | curred at 7:20 o'clock this morning. | " Mr. Karr had visited a store opposite { his home and was returning when the | automobile struck him. Lieut. Shan. grau assisted the injured man into his home, where he was attended by { his family physician. He was conscious and remained .so i for several hours, but late at. night a change for the worse manifested it- self and death followed. The deceased, a native of Dayton, {Ohito, entered the civil war as a pri- {vate in_Company B, 48th Ohio Volun- teers. He was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, and later served at Gen, Sherman's_headquarters in a clerical capacity. He was seventeen years old when he volunteered. Mr. Karr came to this city in 1887 and served as a route agent for The Evening Star. He retired from active business several years ago. He s sur- vived by his wife, Mrs. Mary W. Karr, and a son, Fuiton B. Karr. Coroner Nevitt arranged to hold an inquest at the morgue this afternoon. Funeral gervices probably will be held Mon- day. Interment will be st Arlington. GRANGETO INSTALL HEADS Newly Formed Lodge Will Meet Tomorrow Evening. Specis! Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., Februoary 11. —There will be public installation to- morrow evening of the officers of the recently organized lodge of the Na- tional Grange. County and national officers of the grange will be. present, and refreshments will be served. The officers are as follows: Master, H. H. Millard; overseer, C. V. Turn. er; secrotary, Percy Tripp; lecturer, Mrs. George B. Fadeley; steward, Mra. Edmund Flagg: assistant stewards, J. Walton Blggers and Miss V. G. Gott: treasurer, Mr. Le Provost; chaplain, 8. Henry Birch; gatekeeper. Fits- Slade; Ceres, Mrs. Le Provost; B, S old. i many other advanc moderate prices. SHOE -~ New Brogue Just the shoe for present or early Spring Wear with Wool Hose or Spats. Designed along clean-cut, stylish lines of selected Brown Calfskin, with low mili- tary walking heels and wing tip. Your inspection is invited of this and Footwear of the better sort at extremely STETSON 1305 F | hopes it | tration will feel !EDISON PIONEERS HELP INVENTOR CELEBRATE HIS 74TH ANNIVERSARY WAR WITH BRITAIN | I WEST ORANGE, N. 3. February 1l.—Thomas A. Edison, seventy- y four years old today, was in celebration of the annive by the Edison Pioneers, an orxani- zition composed of the inventor's S of fifty y he ploneers 1d childre Ample Room for Dispute, But | Hostilities Beyond | Possibility. wives early at home in s meeting. Mrs. Edison . 'RENCE. tined the women and ch D D AVEDILAIE while Mr. Edison and hix “pals Whatever passed between the| he chose to call them, tal American correspondents in London | dixs gone by. = S ¥ Shas i inner was to be served for the and Sir Auckland Geddes in their] | DMNHET was to be served for the { confidential k relating to the pos-| the pioncers were to heip the ir aibility ‘of a war between the United § ‘ventor re d his many messa States and Great Britain, all Wash- | felicitation 3 = ington is sure that an exaggerated importance has been given to the in dnirertanes tas been siven 1 U (CRIPPLES_HIDE DEFECTS. that the hetween untr and il have | Unfortunate Men Use Various hed 2l state, has per- : haps n misled into taking seri- Means of Securing Work. 1y ny of the anti-British dem- Crippled men, caught on the wa of unemployment, are using all poss ble methods to cover up their defec! onstrations in the United States. THere Is no denying the existence of an anti-British feeling right here in B m‘,;:.-n:m:;l;‘:;;:m “r-":m<r’;-:§i"v"'~' in order to obtain work. according to o % PDA I S1Hugi . eeney, Supe: . have froquently had friction ‘of a [gei, 1% MeQuceney, superintendent more or less disconcerting kind with | “\MPNGAORANI MEUOTE L L ey Britiah offcials. A n applied to him for a janitor Moreover. there fs no denying fhat ition in the schools. Afier giving British_public opinion is huilding false | him the usual verbal examinafion it thinks the Harding adminis: 2uees y e was abou riv A nina | Queeney stated, he was about to give the applicant a job. but discovered a cancellation of war debts than 4id the {1iat Ao hes w1 oo fnar Cove Wilson administration. hand. The applicant, MeQuienes s, War Talk In Absurd. covered his hand wilh hic Sources of controversy exist, but any- conferring with him so it would dered by the District rentd L‘Onl!ml . . sion in determinations handed down Committee of Federal High-|tpday.” Two tandiords were denied vossession .of their properties. The o itst of decisions follo way Council Favors 0pera- | Sarcarc Rimster B streot northwe: notic to v ate lel"\;t-'[l H H by Charles S, Shreve djudged fin- ' tion by Railways. e i Rosa 5 S 4 2008 Delivery of freight direct from rail- | g4 areers Sonmion. apartment 4, 20081 road freight yards to the doors of the | from $2 3 a month. Charles b. Sager, defendant. Hattie Matthews, apartment 9, 2005 | 3d street northwest; present rental of $25 a month declared fair. Charles D. Sager, defendant. W. Lawrence Hazard, apartment 211, Falkstone Courts, 14th and Fairmont streets; rent reduced from $65 to $50 consignees in Washington may be rec- ommended within a few days to rail- roads enmtering the city, it was an- nounced today by Dr. R. S. McElwee, chairman of the store-door delivery committee of the federal highway council. Dr. McElwee is director of | month. N;;llxm to wacat s:‘ri\ju; by i a . . ss Properties udge the bureau of foreign and domestic |insuflicient. Virginin S, Carter aparts commerce of the Department of Com- merce. . The store-door delivery held a meeting in ment 116, Falkstone Courts; rent re- duced from $90 to 3$2.50 a month. Samuel L. Lytle, jr. 218 4th street | isoutheast; rent reduced from to committee ew York Tuesday and a resolution was adopted recom- g5 50 a m o] ) ) . & mending that the railroads entering |Sons, Inc. qefendior” ©- Donohoe & the large cities of the east. and par- | Joseph oble, 915 8th street ticularly Washington. to avoid con-|northeast; rent reduced from $. 2 cast; duc m $40_ to gestion and delay, “should be urged |$35 5 maonth. Wil 1 ol e to establish and operate a, store-door | fendant. & collection and delivery tem to be | Lena . Davis, 924 17th street north performed by or under the control of | west; rent reduced from $75 to $65 a the carrier. the carrier to assume lia- | month. Mrs, Francis M. Chisholm bility for the safe transfer by theirlund Mrs. William Stevens, defendants representatives, a reasonable charge | J. Bernard Sparks, apartment 3. 218 to be assessed for such servi i [4th =street northwest: rent rduced e eatio A from $4 to $35 a month. John K. Dono- A _committee of five, of which Dr. "Gt & Sons Inc., defendant. { o John M. D. McCubbin, apartment wee is one. was appointed 10|78 {1} Sireet northwes irea .horl-. Il“wa‘.:l sux(;:lfgv[d that as _'ar‘r = Tenties'sioula v imptsyeir oy | BAKERS” CONTROVERSY UP | e supervision of the railroads. There « | ible ati v i ponible organizations to. wipis 0| TO SECRETARY WILSON | were suggested as follows: To form a truck company under the ownership and control of the railroads; for the iers to form their own trucking . and to pool equipment and operation of existing companies, by contract or agreement, under central- ized control. Dr. McElwee told the committee that delivery direct from railroad vards to the door of the consignee would result in a_ saving of more than a million dollars a year in trucking fees in Washington: that it would" result in more satisfactory New Basis for Agreement Present- ed at Meeting of Employers and Journeymen. i Secretary of Labor William B. Wil- | son stepped into the bakers contro- | versy today, when it was announced | {that the conduct of negotiations be- | |tween employing and journeymen bakers regarding the 15 per cent wage | ut authorized for February 1 by Con- | and quicker delivery and that ae ciliator Mahany would be handled| a general proposition it would be [th7OUEh his office. ! infinitely better than the present a meeting of employing bakers | method ot ‘dslivery. . -2 " {in the Oriental Building Association Hall today it Is understood that an | Raflroads Apprehensive. jentirely new basis for agreement hi'j‘ iscussion at the meeting brought itween master bakers and journeyman | o: the cenclusion that railroads are |was presented. fehrful of béing responsible for the . This proposition, it is understood, | actual delivery to store door and|will offset the present agreement in ! wished their obligations to terminate ' operation. The Employing Bakers' As- | at feclr own platforms They fear | sociation received it for consideration. | that the public will demand that the | The same proposition from the Sc- cargler perform this trucking Serv-|rtary of Labr will be presented to icp free” as part of the through rate |, meeting of the journeymen bakers! and the possibility of claims arisin® | tomorrow afternoon. In case they ac-| frém damage of pilferage beyond | cept jt, it is blieved that strike clouds i {;’“r‘{:d‘cu"" and control of the | will drift away from the local labor| 8. horizon, since a basis for amicable t was explained by John T. Stock- { qg ou o J | top of Chicago. ‘president of a truck. | . cussion of the proposition will be company, that in the service his, ™ p one gcore, however, that of the' = company performs the trucking com- | o On one y X | pay from February 1 to pany signs for the goods as the agent | j,iq “the men are firm. According to of the consignee at the rail platform | members of the union, the decrease is and the responsibility of the carrler | jjiega) and a refund will be sought at | ceases at that point. | e e STEAM PIPE BURSTS. ANECDOTES AT BANQUET. Anecdotes of his fraternal lite wer Children at Brightwood School | related by Representative H. J. Drane Have Holiday as Result. of Florida, at a banquet of the Jo- seph H. Choate Chapter of Sigma Nu Children attending the Brightwood | Phi Fraternity of the National Law School got a holiday today, when !School last night at the Ebbitt. Other a steam pipe in the boiler room !speakers were Justice Frederick L. burst, making it impossible to heat Siddons of the District Supreme the buflding. ~ School officials believe | Court, Prof. Thomas H. Patterson and the pipe will be repaired in time to| 'y “Morgan. W. C. Martin acted as open) the school tomorrow. o | toastmaster. The committee on_ar- A steam pipe in another sectio L of the school also burst yesterday | TAnSements was composed of C. F. afterncon, but officials found that it Miller, Joseph O. Hendry and G. B. was not necessary to close the build- | Hard. ing at that time. = Carpets The Most Practical Shoe for Early Spring. Exactly as sketched. Very moderately priced at e Spring Styles in SHOP lably factors of growing importance The Linen Shop Specials for Saturday not be noticed A number of other unfortunate men, Mr. tody who takes the trouble to go be- neath the surface here will find first of Iso MecQueeney declared, have | that government efficials 15 well as|tricd to hide their defects. in order to At Foyernment officlals 23 el 8 | secure ‘work by sending iin applica- «r of any kind in the present tions which fail to stirulate thei tion an absurdity, if not an impos ical condition. anG they look upon the publishel suz- estion that America and England_are treading the “path Jeading to war” as| FUNERAL OF S. N. MEYER. about as accurate a reflex of the true situation as the statement of future conflict between America and Abyssinia. But, aside from such absurd conse- quences as war, there are unquestion- Private Services Held at Residence This Morning. Private funeral services for S. N. Meyer, F street business man, who dicd Wednesday at his homs, 2701 Cathedral avenue norghwest, were heid this morning at the residence. Interment was in the Hebrew Con- gregation cemetery. Mr. Meyer was in his seventy- cighth year. He had lived in Wash- ington for more than fifty years. He is survived by five sons and a daughter. MUSIC FOR PRESS CLUB. Program of Unusual Merit Arrang- ed for Sunday Afternoon. A musical program of more than usual merit will mark the entertain- ment and dinner at the National Pres Club next Sunday afternoon, and b use of the number of artists to ap- pear. the program will begin sharply at 4 o'clock, at which hour the doors in the relations betwecen the United States and Great Britain which Sir Auckland Geddes recognized while he was here and which, in the interest of friendship between the two countries, are not being camouflaged wherever Anglo-American questions are frankly discussed Trish Question to Front LFirst and foremost in the situation in Washington is the influence of the Irish question. Englishmen resent American criticism on t subject, but so long there are Americans of Irish descent in the United States, just so long will be speeche bitter f % on the part f Congress representing districts those Americans of Irish origin reside. As for a prece these ympathi point ways to the fact that at a time hen America was in the throes of civil war England went further than America has ever gone in the Irish controversy when she recognized the belligerency of the Confederacy. the What ix happening on the' Irish] Will be opened to all woman guests question isn’t particularly new to the[of members. 5 present generation either. It is not| Misses Constance and Frances S0 long ago since the democratic na- | Finck. pianistes. will give the first tional convention adopted a plank ex-|and last numbers, and there will be pressing sympathy with the aspira-{a humorous reading by Miss Ada tions of the Boers in their conflict|louise Townsend. ~Vocal numbers with the mother country. The rec-| Will include M ELRAIRERC S ook ords are full of American expressions|contralto. with sliss ).(lvhm:mn of sympathy with liberal and inde-| Floeckher as accompanist., and Earl Carbauh, baritone, with Mrs. Carbauh pendent movements in all parts of the ot ool world. { at the piano. violi The cause of Ireland will continuelVirtuoso. with & dzree following in to be agitated in the hope that morat| Washington, also will be heard. his force will persuade the British gov- Senor Emilio T e tion i autenomy.| “The program has been arranged by b cpestion that the United Z e R i physica | Budolph de Zapp of the club chter— force for any such purpose is charac- terized as ridiculous even by the most | activa of the Irish sympsthizers inj our government. Not Aimed at Great Britain. To read theIdispitches about the building \of an, American Navy “at least the cqual of any other power'| oyr-MBIA CITY. Ind. February the far-away observer might think|iy_Mrs, Sarah Fellows Ireland, the general board of the Navy and 'hf‘lmothvv of Merritt W. Ireland. sur- committees of Congress were really|gzeon general of the United States aiming at Great Britaip, but that isn't { Army, was buried here today. She true. The naval polcy of the repub-|was ninety-two vears old and died lican and demecratic administrations |in Chicago early in the week. accompanist being { Dorien. the Washington French will introduce the arti: An old-fashioned country dinner will ed in _the club dining rooms 30 until 8 o'clock. MRS. TRELAND IS BURIED. Club, who is tending to rcoincide in the sens Besides Surgeon General Ireland that all parties agree ‘America must|Mrs. Ireland is survived by the fol- | enter a disarmament conference with | lowing children: Homer ireland of just as powerful a hand as anybody | Dayvton. Ohio: Mrs. Clara Pyle of else in order that reduction of arm: ago and Wooster M. Ireland of ment may be really begun. Hereto- ! Louisiana fore the powerful nations have re fused to reduce armaments and natu rally the nations of lesser strenzt have followed suit. !""But there is nothing in the discus sion over armament which threaten good relationship between the Uni States and Great Britain. An agre ment on naval armament is fully ex- pected by fheMeading men of our go ernment as an Initial example to a! other natibtgs Irritations:’ over trade and such things as cable communication no doubt continue, but nobody he: considers the suggestion of war b tween the two English-speaking cour tries as anything but the remote contingency, and certainly no issn thus far has been presented which in any way susceptible of such a ser ous consequence. (Copyright, 1921.) uth Sts, Linens Upholstery style, quality and ideas in spring hat | tainment committee. and president of | hapeaux Leon, 3850 to 335 An unequaled combination of Hats, representing each individual model. A truly re- markable showing of high class Hats of newest materials in all the IDAM WOULD RUIN D.C.S PLAYGROUND Great Falls Project Would Obliterate Favored Camp- ing Grounds. Washington's playground for camp- ers and hikers along the Maryland and Virginia eides of the Potomac river and the Chesapeake and Ohio canal in the vicinity of Chain bridge will be obliterated if Congress ap- proves the Tyler plan for harnessing Great Fulls. * Realizing this, owmners of camps and shacks in the territory planning for an active season le there will he a few vears of even though the Tyler recom ation should be adopted imme- v, the opinion is general that popular section for outdoor Sports i doomed. The canal, from locks 5 to 13, in clusive, will be submerged, if a 11 { foot dam is built at Chain bridge. as { proposed by Maj. Tyler. Such a dam would form a lake that would ap- ch to within thirty-five feet of » Great Falls conduif, through which Washington obtains its water supply. Not a shack would be left in the mile stretch between the two locks Same Condition in Virginia. ar_condition would obtain of the river. « more than 100 mbined sections, which arc used as summ.r Topularity of the canal s.ation above Chain Rridse for camping pur- Poses has srown by leaps and bound< in the last few years Many of the lodges are equipped with = eloct: lights and all the conveniences of city home Bathing beaches have been establishet along the canal ant the river and week-end fishing and swimming parties have been much in vogue. What Ground Would Remal Should the Tyler plan go through there will be left for camping nur- Poses a five-mile stretch of territory between Jock 14 and Great Falls, This country is more rugged and pictur. csque than that between Chain hridge and lock 14. The Tyler plan also con- h‘m.plau-.w the con uction of a dam at Great Fails which would submerge the canal 10 a point about # mile th.s side of the Monocacy river and de. Stroy Pennifield’s lock and ofher 11 vorite haunts of fishermen. Forme President Cleveland was a frequent ViSitor at Pennificld’s and enjoyed the :lv;“]vxrl,rb: to be had in the river at this WANT CIVILIAN LEADER. Resgldents of the Philippine Islands may regard the appointment of a military man as governor general of the Philippines as a deterrent of the present successful civil government, according to a statement issued today by the Philippine Press Bureau here. ‘The Filipino people have full con- fidence in the good intentions toward them of the President-elect,” statement reads. “Should a militas jman be appointed governor general. however, it might be construed by many Filipinos as a reversion to the old days of rule by the iron hand of militarism.” —_—_— “FINE BUNCH OF BABIES.” Fair co-eds at George Washington University are a fine bunch of “~babies,” according to the young man tudents who peeped in last night at y party” given by the Wom- en's University Club in the clubrooms, 27 G street. very girl was dressed in the garb of youngsters ranging from one_to twelve years. Some girls wore swaddling clothes, chewed on Fubber istoppers and played with pretty Iit- tle rattles. Other girlies had a fine ! time crawling around on their knees, | crying, gurgling and looking cute. Then there were grown-up babies | present. These assumed the role of | little schoolgirls, with knée-length | skirts and pig tails down their backs. { The school irls had a lot of fun pet- | ting the little babies..holding them in their laps and rocking them to sicep ‘o the tune of a jazzylullaby. When the refreshment bell rang those babies forgot all about their \ value. Charming 3 new milllnery—smart-