Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1921, Page 2

- HOOVER BUYS HOME IN NORTHWEST D. . » Ennouncement Follows Close- fy Report of His Being Of- fered Place in Cabinet. * "Word from St. Augustine, Fla., that President-elect Harding has offered the | post of Secretary of Commerce to Her- bert Hoover was followed closely to- day by announcement from a reliable source of the recent purchase by Mr. Hoover of the residence at 2300 S street northwest. home Thomas M. Gale News of Mr. Hoover's dec establish his home i1 W ved to strengthen ¢ the dispatch from Florida by those in touch with developments of the la few days with regard to seiection of a ¢ cabinet. e hile the Gale property was not transferred to Mr. Hoover specificall it is regarded as certain that the ho was bought for his personal occupanc. The records show_that the iwuse ‘acquired by the West Branch Corpor tion of New York. It was indicated that the consideration mately $125.000. Near Wilson's New Home. It is understood that Adoiph Miller of the Federal Reserve Boz late of the ®aid to be a close friend of Hoover, looked after the latte terests in the negotiations for transaction. Mr. M 2320 S street, a few doors aw the Gale property. In the same bloc also is the residence recently bought by President and Mrs. Wilsen for their future home. i The Thomas J. Fisher Company, handled the IcLean. e and agents for the prope sale for the owner, ¢ The house is of m pressive proportions. tige througlt its location in Kh»'h!nqk selected by the President for his home in private life. The bu is two stories in heizht, and is con- structed of red brick, with White colonial trim. The front entrance js flanked by large white columns. To the east of the house is a large im- lled garden, extending far to the' Year. A large porch supported by colonial columns affords a view of the zardens and of the residential section to the south. The structure contains twenty rgoms and five baths, with ample facilities for entertaining and for private offices such as a member of _the cabinet might wish. YOUNG S INDICTED N FATAL SHOOTING @enty-'rhree Bills by Grand . Jury Include Several . Charging Larceny. -Herman Young, colored, was in- dicted today on a charge of man- slaughter. 1t is alleged that he shot W L Sten il L b December. Twenty-two other indict- ‘ments were reported. The grand jurors ignored a charge of cruelty to a child preferred against E. Harris d - exonerated Nicholas. Kiatta Charles < E. ‘Woodson of having opium”in their eeweenion. An outoiof oplum was found on the premises occupied by i E the ised, but they denied that it |, ©T, 2 port of the W. B. & A. for - belan; to them. 1920, which proves our assertions, deny the W., B. & A. the raisa of fare }Turner and Agnes Wood, housebreak- “ing; James H. Wood, grand larceny: ‘Jo-eph Cosumano, assault, and Alex- ander Shorter, assault to kill. | Others indicted . and the charges ’against them are: Robert Thomas, assault with intent to kill; Mary | j Thomas, assault with dangerous wea- Pon; Robert C. Thompson and William Alexander, robbery; Joseph D. Henry, | ;Edmond J. Matthewsos; Oliver Borne- “ymann, Melvin M. Hammock and Thomas Russell, housebreaking and cdence iven | was a&pproxi- i and gains pres- | building | and killed Leo Hill, also colored, hltl Other charges ignored were: Amosi H | PRAYER BOOK AND SODA POP WON'T HELP FILL SHIP CABINS, HE WARNS Soft drinks. prayer books and hymnals in the salons of American ships won't fill ssenger 1:sts, the R. F. Blain of Commerce, the Shipping Board confercnce on trade routes to the orient. m not a drinking man my- ' Mr. Blaine said. “but 1 would not g0 on a long trip on the high seas in a dry vessel. and there are lots of oth<r Americans wlo feel the same way, so something must be done.” Japanese and Brit'sh interests are putting bigger and faster ships into wervice from Vancouver to the far east, Mr. Blaine sald. and the board “must not only cali bu 5 got to raisc once in a wh e game for passenger traff wants Americans to patronize ican ships. He urged that distances to the ori attle advantages over Francisco for lincs to be e lished, while harbor facilitics rail connectiohs pointed to allo- cation of the Puget Sound city compared with Portland, Ore last | COMMUTERS PLEA ONW, B.& A FARE Basis of Increase Suggestad by Examiner Wagner. Recommendation that the Interstate {Commerce Commission disregard the tentative report submitted to it by Examiner W. H. Wagner on the in- creased rates of the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis railroad and jestablish a rate of fare on the basis of the report of the road for 1920 is made in a letter sent to the commis- sion today by the W. B. & A. Com- muters’ Club of Seabrook, Md. —The commuters® association has asked that rates on the road be put on a basis of 10 per cent above those in effect dur- ing the first haif of 18 Extract From Letter. i follow part: | apThe Comim Ciub repudiates Ex- aminer Warren H. Wagner's report to {your commission on raise of fares, July 11, 1520, of which the Commuters’ {Club complained. Examiner Wagner's report is misleading and violates every purpose for which the 1. C. C. was founded—that is, to insure the travel- ing public a fair deal in rates of fares and prohibit the padding of accounts by railroads. “In this réport every reference is cleverly worded or facts evaded to favor the W., B. & A_: the traveling | public is not considered. The compa- iny’s report for 1920 shows, regardless {of diminished traffic to Camp Meade, {the expenses also diminished and the icar mile earnings increased to 47 jcents mileage instead of 43 cents, as {in 1919. The raise of pay for con- {ductors and motormen 1s only a trifie.| ‘as they receive less than 4 cents a car mile. The W. B. & A. paid 6 iper cent on preferred stock and T% iper cent on common stock. Position Taken by Cl “The terpninal property in Washing- ton was purchased out of the compa- ny's earnings. Examiner Wagner {states it was a 20 per cent raise, but does not mention the 100 per cent| raise and 50 per cent to Camp Meade.; He would allow 3 cents mile fare in| Maryland and make no comparison of seven miles of road in the District, with 8 cents fare and transfer privi- leges. “The contract with the Wash- ington~ Railway_ and Electric_Com- pany calls for 5 cents fare. . There- fore, the Commuters’ Club asks that you disregard Examiner Wagner's recommendation of February’ 24, study given July 11, 1920, or give them a| flat raise of 10 per cent, same as the Annapolis Short ine.” SEEK 500 MEMBERS. Urge I. C. C. to Disregard] The letter sent to the commission to-{ ]District Police and Firemen The storm did not deter President Wilxon from taking hix dally auto| ride. The photograph shows White | House policemen ting the return | of the Chief Exccutive yesterday afternoon. DECISION ON BONS |ernment employes. Stanton Park Citizens Start Special | Two-Week Drive. An additional 500 members secured Jarceny; George F. Lemmer, Oliver | Within two weeks is the goal set by Bornemann, Melvin M. Hammoek, #Claude W. Balley, Thonfas Burroughs @and Percy Creamer, grandilarceny; :William H. Chism. forgery; Walter Chambers. forgery of United States rith Mae Gillesple, sending ob. ionable matter through the mail jarry Borman. Johm Thomas. Rob- H. Silldorff. Daniel Glover and sElmer E. Hawkias, non-support. POSTAL TELEGRAPH SUED BY U. S. FOR ACCOUNTING Statement of $2,000,000 Paid to Company as Agent of Gov- ernment Sought. NEW YORK. February 21.—The United States government through Assistant United States Attorney Earl B. Barnes filed in the United ,States district court here today a suit iin equity to obtain an accounting from the Postal Telegraph system for the money paid to that company as agent of the government in operat- jng the system for one year during the war. i Mr. Barnes said that the amount in {dispute between the government and the Postal Telegraph Company totals approximately $2.000.000. According to Mr. Barnes, the compa nies took in a net revenue exceeding 34,000,000 during the tweive months they were under government control, but when the lines were returned to their owners the government neglcted {to take its money out and the com- panies later refused to give it up. . When the President took possession jof the system July 31 1915, he said it was stipulated that ali money taken in was to be for the account of the gov- erament. In November, 1919, after the lines had been returned to their owners, the administration fixed $1.650,000 as the amount to be paid the company as com- pensation for rental, and $500,000 for depreciation. but the companies refused to accept this, claiming it was insuffi- clent. —_— PRICE REDUCTION SOUGHT First of Series of Conferences Held This Afternoon. ‘What is to be the first of a series of conferences to bring about a readjust- ment of prices on a national scale is being held this afternoon at Raleigh Hotel, under the auspices of 1he Research Institute, which aims to have the relative purchasing power of sgricultural and manufactured prod- mets placed on the same basis as be- fore the war. James T. Lloyd, formerly representa- Rive from Missouri. was the principal speaker at the meeting this afternoon. Arrangements for the conferences are being made by George H. Shibley, director of the Research Institute. | FOOD POISONS FAMILY. One Woman Dead, Six Persons Ill From Left-Over Chicken. " UNIONTOWN, Pa. February rs. Mary Shady, aged forty-seven, is and six other members of her {@amily are seriously ill as a result of iting chicken Jeft over from the ily dinner yesterday. o Three dociors summoned o the ouse are uncertain as to w! Caus #4e death and Miness, the | the Stanton Park Citizens’ Associa- tion, which today began an intensive ‘drlve to greatly increase the member- ship of the association. The territory of the association has been divided into sections, with a team leader for each section, and it is proposed to canvass the territory thoroughly. Territory of the associa- tion extends from East Capitol street to H street northeast and from the Union station to 9th street northeast. The association invites every white resident in this section over twenty- one years of age to become a member. Dues are $1 a year. A circular setting forth the advantages of being a mem- ber of the association has been printed. The circular also carries on it an application blank. Harry Stull, 408 4th street northeast, is sec- retary of the association. Applica- tions should be mailed to Mr. Stull. FACES NEW CHARGE. Man in Jail Awaiting Trial for Murder Suspected of Bribery. ! TOPEKA, Kan, February { the House for a separate vote. LIELY TOMORROW to Get $120 Early Re- | ports Indicate. I Decision regarding the $240 bonus for government employes is expected to be reached by the House tomor- row. In the opinion of House leaders, and especially those who have had charge of framing the legislative, execvtive and judicial appropriation bill, the bonus proposition will be agreed to for the general run of gov- 1t is expected that all of the veter- an employes in the government es- tablishments in operation before January 1, 1919, will receive the bonus. It looks now, those most familiar with the situation say, as| though the police and firemen of the District will receive the same bonus as dduring the present flscal vear, $120. A strong fight, ‘however, will be made on the floor to get the full $240 for the police and firemen. Navy Yard May Lose Out. It is generally conceded that the Senate amendment, which would in- clude navy yard and arsenal employes in the bonus, will be rejected by the House. ‘1t is an open secret that not one-of the six conferees from the House and Senate on the legislative appropriation feels justified in insist- ing upon the bonus for navy yard and arsenal-employes. It is the opinion of the conferees and of others in the House who have particularly interested themselves in the bonus question that three of the new government establishments will be brought under the bonus provision. They flgure that the United States tarift commission and the woman's bureau will be allotted the full $240 bonus, and that the employes of the bureat of war risk insurance will be allowed a $120 bonus. The entire bonus question will be debated on the floor -of the House tomorrow, when the conference report on the legisla- tive appropriation bill is called up for action. The report was submitted to- day for printing by Representative Will R. Wood of Indiana, who is-in charge of the bill. Goes Back for Vete. The bonus question could not be set- tled in conference because it was one of the items of new legislation on the bill which has to be brought back to Other items which were brought back for a House_vote are. the question of farm loan bank bonds, the items of $100,000 for carrying out the provisions of the Volstead prohibition enforcement act and ‘the item which was knocked out on a point of order in the House which would require the Secretary of the Treasury to make requisition on the Secretary of War for all typewriters reeded in the government service. The War Department has reported that it is holding 53,000 of these typewriters. 7 Members Show Interest. Members of the House today are taking-more Interest in the question of the bonus for government employes than ever before. Each member is be. ing seen today by the friends of the government workers in an effort to 21.—| get a record vote on the bonus propo- George W. Cruze of Wichita, awaiting | Bition. trial there on a charge of murder in connection with the death of his wife, was brought here to apswer a charge of attempting to bribe Miss Kathleen Foley to leave the state. Miss Foley, who was to have been a witness at his trial, died here Friday night an hour after telling her mother that a man and woman had forced her to drink poison. Cruze was questioned for eight hours in connection with the death of Miss Foley, according to police. He admitted giving checks to Miss Foley to leave the state that she might escape the ordeal of appearing as a witness. e AUTOS HIT STREET CARS. A collision between the automobile of Samuel S. Waters, 109 10th street southeast, and a Capital Traction car occurred at Massachusetts avenue and 8th street northeast yesterday after- noon. The automobile was damaged and Waters received painful cuts and bruises. He was given first aid at “asualty Hospital. 0l Zaitsoff, H street northeast, was driver of an automobile that col- istreets northeast yesterday afternoon, Miss E. Santsell, 3403 '13th street northeast, who was alighting from the street car when the aceident hap- pened, was slightly injured. —_—— PUBLIC LIBRARY TO BE OPEN. Library will be open on Washing- ton's birthday at the usual hours, i9 am. to 9 pm ‘SMOKING MOUNTAIN’ OF POCOCATEPETL IS ABOUT TO ERUPT MEXICO CITY., February 20— Popocatepet]l, Mexico's “smoking mountain” is in imminent danger of violent eruption, according to the report of a commission from the National Geological Institute which has just returned from a tour of investigation. Immense columns of gases, sometimes more than 2,100 feet high, are arising from the crater, which. no longer is covered with snow. due, the geologists say, to the volcano's activity. g ! llided with a street car at 4th and D | Friends of the police and firemen in the District are especially active. It is being pointed out to the members that the police and firemen are only quasi-federal government employes. and receive 60 per cent of their salary from the District reyenues. The Dis- trict Commissioners have stressed the need for an increase in salary to build up a force. Members of Con- gress are also impressed with the ar- gument that the police and firemen provide their own uniforms, and that a bonus of $120, or even $240, could be justified as a clothing allowance. They are unwilling, however, to have | which could be utilized in negotiating | it appear in the record as a clothing allowance. SENATE D. C. COMMITTEE INTENT ON CAR MERGER Members Still Hope to Obtain Ade- quate Service at Lower Cost to Public. Members of the Senate Distnict com- mittee are intent upon bringing about 2 merger of the two street car com- panies operating in the District of Columbia, as & means of providing adequate service at a lower cost to the public. The committee was sched- uled to meet today to consider the France bill to permit the merger of The central bullding of the Public|he Washington Railway and Electric Company and the Potomac Electric Power Company, as first step toward the merger of the Washington Rail- way and Electric Company and the Capital Traction Company. ~A quorum of the committee, however, was not obtained, and action was postponed. Senator Ball of Delaware, chalrman of a subcommittee which has been considering the France bill, was un- able to be present owing to a meeting of the naval affairs. committee on the naval appropriation bill. While no action was taken and no report submitted by the subcommittee on the France bill, it was learned to- day that the members of the sub- committee are inclined to look with favor on the measure. They are in- clined to belleve that the arguments advanced by the officials of the power company and the Washington Rail- way and Electric Comvanz for the merger have not been met by the op- ponents of the bill by vk PPN O3S READY TO MAKE THE BEST OF THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY THIS WINTER TO ENJOY COASTING. Senator Johnson Praises Independence of Hughes, Did Not Oppose Selection (Continued from First Page.) revealed after Mr. Hughes has been in office a short time. Mr. Hughes thinks in straight lines. He will endeavor, of course, to meet the pledges which the republican party gave at Chicago, but he will work out a foreign policy in his own way. The fact that Senator Johnson of California is pleased with the selec- tion of Mr. Hughes does not mean that the new Secretary of State has said something or is committed to some policy which is pleasing to the irreconcilable group in the Senate. Mr. Hughes on Foreign Poliey. On the contrary, an examination of Mr. Hughes' utterances on foreign policy shows that he has maintained a certain flexibility of viewpoint which will come in handy when the many factions of the republican party start pulling and hauling for their own theories. Here, for instance, are the main points which Mr. Hughes made on the covenant, indicating the condi- tions upon which he might favor the entrance of the United States into the present league of nations: 1. Omitting the guaranty in ar- cle ten. 1 Suttable limitation as to the field of the league's inquiries and action | so as to leave no doubt that the in- ternal concerns of states, such as immigration and tariff laws, are not cmbraced. 3. Provision that no foreign power shall acquire by, conquest, purchase, or in any other way, any possession on the American continent or the is- Jands adjacent thereto. 4. Provision that the settlement of purely American questions shall be Femitted primarily to the American nations, and that European nations ahall not.intervene unless requested to do so by the American nations. 5. Provision that no member of the league shall be constituted a mandatory without its consent and no European or Aslatic power shall be constituted a mandatory of any American people. 6. Explicit provision that unani- mous_agreement or decision is T quired. 7. Provision that any member of the league may withdraw at its pleasure on a specified notice. Mr. Hughes to Formulate Plan, Mr. Hughes has inclined toward the view that there was a substan- tial basis in the treaty of Versailles a new understanding with Furope. Whether that amount of good in the treaty can best be retained by rati- fying the pact with a new set of specific reservations or by negotiat- ing an entirely new treaty with Ger- many is the particular problem which Mr. Harding has asked Mr. Hughes to solve. What Hughes says wlil be dcne. President-elect Harding believes that a man who came within a few electoral votes of being elected Presi- dent of the United States and a man who has held a position on the Su- preme Court of the United States will be trusted by American opinion, no matter what his conclusions may be after studying the facts. During the campaign Mr. Harding expressed broad principles and did not attempt a formula. Mr. Hughes will endeavor to work out a detailed formula, and whether it squares ab- solutely with the utterances of the campaign is not going to worry Mr. Harding, so long as it does square with the plank in the republican na- tional platform written by Elihu Root which committed the party to “an agreement” covering substantially the same general objects as were, from the republican viewpoint, wrongly phrased by the democratic adminis- tration. And when Mr. Hughes gets through with his job his promotion to his old place on the Supreme Court of the United States may be his reward. (Copyright, 1921.) TRIES MURDER, SLAYS SELF. ST. STEPHENS, N. B., February 21. —After three unsuccessful attempts to kill his father, Osiris Nixon, aged six- ty years, Otis Nixon of Waweig set fire to his father's farm property and then “shot and killed himself. The father escaped with minor injuries. 1.5, CLERKS PLAN HANGES IN UNION Local No. 2 So Unwieldy That Several Sublocals May Be Formed. Much thought is being given by of- ficials of Federal Employes’ Union No. 2 and the National Federation of Fed- eral Employes to plans for the proper reorganization of the former body, it was learned today. 1t is claimed that the big local union of government workers has grown unwieldy, with its membership too large to get under one roof, and its thirty branches are not entirely sat- isfled with present arrangements. Proposal has been made that in- stead of the present number of four| local unions here—Nos. 2, 105, 89 and 71—more locals be created as fol- lows: Professional workers' union elerical workers' union, scientific and technical workers' union, skilled trades workers' union and unskilled trades workers’ union. This would involve the creation of at least four more locals, provided that the present Local No. 2, would retain the strictly clerical workers in its membership. There would then remain the professional, scientific, skilled trades and unskilled trades unions to be formed. | Thig scheme would require forma- tion of unions along occupational lines, and probably would meet with objection from members of the union who are opposed to such lines of di- vision. 3 On the other hand, such divisions would group together federal em- ployes who have strictly common in-| tercsts, and make for a certain solidarity of opinion and desires. The scheme outlined, it is stated, does not involve in any way the re- cent proposal put forward in some quarters that the present thirty ranches of Local No. 2 be made into sublocals” with charters from No. 2, each with its own treasury. —_— COURT ORDERS D.C. HEADS TO REINSTATE POLICEMAN | Peremptory Writ in Favor of Jere- miah F. Sullivan, Recently Removed From Force. Justice Gould of the District Su- preme Court today granted a per- emptory writ. of mandamus against J. Thilman Hendrick, Charles W. Kutz and Mabel T. Boardman, Commission- jers of the District of Columbia, re. quiring them to vacate an order of February 8, removing Jeremiah F. Sullivan” from the police force. The Commissioners are also directed to restore Mr. Sullivan at once to the en- joyment of the privileges and emolu- ments of the position as of that date. Sullivan, in_addition to his service on the police force, had been employed as caretaker of the property of the imperial German government at 2201 S street northwest, and had there maintained a number of wooden ga- rages for the storage of automobiles. May 8, 1920, Sullivan was charged in the Police Court with violating a building regulation in connection with the garages. He was acquitted of the charge, but this did not prevent the presentation of charges against the policeman before the trial board for conduct unbecoming an officer by violating the building regulation in question. The board recommended the dis- missal of Sullivan, and on appeal to| the Commissioners the latter sus- tained the action of the board despite | the acquittal of Sullivan in the Police Court. - | Attorneys Daniel Thew Wright and Chapman W. Fowler represented the policeman. HAIG TO VISIT VICTORIA, B.C. VICTORIA, B. C., February 20.— Field Marshal Earl Haig, commander- in-chief of the British forces in France during the last years of the world war, ‘will visit Victoria during the autumn, the Pacific Coast Officers’ Assoclation announced. 2] il MORE SNOW TONIGHT OR TOMORROW PREDICTED New Storm Over Territory East of the Mississippi Forecast—Tem- perature to Rise Here. Moré'/'snow tonight or tomorrow morning was’ forecast today by the Weather bureau for the District, while the city attempted td “clean up” the thick mantle of white which nature spread over all outdoors yes- terday. Another snowstorm over the greater portion of the territory east of the Mississippi is forecast. following the blizzard conditions which prevailed throughout the east yesterda Generally fair weather prevailed to- day after vesterday's storm, both here and throughout the area affected. While reports of deaths and tie-ups came from New York, little hurt was done here. Officials at Union station reported normal conditions today, trains run- ning on schedules, although a few trains had come in somewhat late yesterday. Children of the city today indulged in sledding to their hearts’ content. The weather here will be unsettled. with slowly rising temperature. Twenty-five degrees is expected to be the lowest point reached tonight. NEW YORK DIGGING OUT. Thousands of Men With Shovels Clear Way for Traffic. NEW YORK, February 21.—New York's millions of workers, faced with impaired transportation facili- ties as a result of the twelve and one-half inches of snow which winter loosed Sunday, experienced difficulty and suffering in getting to places of employment today. Commuter serv- ice from outlymg districts was ham- pered by snowdrifts two to ten feet in depth. In sections close to the heart of business travel was impeded to a great extent. Thousands of men, with improved facilities for removing the snow, were at work in an effort to clear a way for traffic. The Storm, which began before 1 o'clock Sunday morn- ing, continued unabated untii shortly after 10 o'clock last night. Nine persons lost their 'lives, either di- rectly or indirectly, as a result of the storm and hundreds were injured. CONSIDERING WAGE CUT. Employing Printers Invite Confer- ence With Unions. W _YORK, February 21.—The New York Employing Printers’ - Associa- tion has announced that it had re- quested various printing trade unions in the city to send representatives to a conference called for next Thursday to consider a_“substantial reduction in wages in all branches of the trade.” The decrease in the cost of living and the economic conditions of the in- dustry make a reduction imperative on April 1, the announcement said. The local association is the largest of its kind in the country, and em- ploys approximately 20,000 workers under “closed shop” conditions. 3 Start The Day Sl by ey GrapeNuts is ideal for breakfast exclusively forecast in The Star ceral weeks ago, mational head- ! quarters of the American Red Cross | has announced the peace-time reor- | ganization plan, whereby the thirteen | administrative areas within the bor- | ders of the country are reduced to | eight. By the elimination of five divisional | headquarters and c ministrative forces,” in part, “greater economy ministration of the peace | will be effected.” This probably is true, but the angle of the matter which particularly interests Wash- ingtonians is the fact that the Potomac division. one of whose con- stituents has been the District chaj |ter. is one of 'the administrative areas done away with, leaving high and dry the local chapter, already famous for its widespread and varied work. and occupying a most strategic osition in that it is in the National Capital, quarters. Of the territories formerly compos- ing the Potomac division, Virginia is attached to the southern division, West Virginia to the lake division and Maryland to the Atlantic division. There seems nothing left to do with the District of Columbia except at- tach it to some one of these three di- visions, with faraway headquarters. or to the fourteenth division, which embraces all the chapters outside of the United States; or else attach it in some way to the national head- quarters, which has not the necessary machinery to assimilate it. Place Proposed for District Chapter. Commissioner Mabel T. Boardman believes that in the proposed reor- ganization of the American Red Cross on a peace basis the District chap- ter should be attached to the four- teenth division, which has headquar- ters in Washington, and takes in the chapters In foreign possessions of the United States. Miss Boardman, who is an_officer in the District chapter, said today she feels it would be more feasible to at- tach the local branch of the Red Cross to this foreign division, with head- quarters in this city, than to place it under one of the nearby divisions, with headquarters in New York or Atlanta. The Eight Divisions. Headquarters of the eight divisions retained will remain as located at present, the consolidation consisting of the absorption by these divisions of contiguous states that have formed the five divisions that imme- diately are to go out of existence as separate entities. Under the new alignment the divisions will be follows: . Y New ~ England__ division — Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ver- mont and New Hampshire, with head- quarters at Boston. | "Atiantic_division—New_York, Con- necticut, Pennsylvania, New Jjersey, Maryland and Delaware, with head- quarters at New York city. Lake division—Michigan, the bulletin say: in_ ad- program location of national head- Indiana. The solidation of ad- ! RED CROSS REORGANIZATION ABOLISHES POTOMAC DIVISION !District of Columbia Chapter is Left Un- attached—Consolidation Plan Aims to Effect Economy in Administration. ©Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, with headquarters at Cleveland. Southern_division—Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabamna, Mississippi, Louisi ana and Tennessee. with headquar- ters at Atlanta. Central division—Tllinois, Wiscon sin. Jowa. Minnesota, Nebraska. South Dakota. North Dakota. Wyoming and Montana, with headquarters at Chi- cago. Southwestern division — Missou Arkensas, Kansas. Oklahoma. Texas, Colorado and New Mexico, with head- quarters at St. Louis. Pacific division—California. Nevad Utah and Arizona, with headquarters at San Francisco. orthwestern Washington and quarters at Seattle 1t is definitely understood that the northwestern division will be added to_the present Pacific division whe the otlier consolidations have been fully effected and experience has been gained in the conduct of Red Cross work from a single office with- in so large a territory division — Oregon Idaho, with head- N.Y.CITY HIRES JOHNSON TO FIGHT TRACTION BILLS California Senator Accepts Task of Appearing in Opposition to State Measures. NEW YORK. February 21.—Corpo- ration Counsel O'Brien announoed to- day that, with the approval of Mayor Hylan, he had engaged Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California to fight traction bills now before the legis- lature. Senator Johnson has accepted. AIR MAIL NIGHT FLIGHTS. |Trial in Transcontinental Service Is Proposed. OMAHA, Neb., February 21.—Trial night flights in the transcontinental air malil services between New York and San Francisco are to be started tomorrow morning, W. I. Votaw, man- ager of the local air mall field, an- rounced. Word to this effect was re- celved from Otto Praeger, second as- sistant postmaster general at Wash- ington. One of the planes is to leave New York for San Francisco at € am. to- morrow, at which time another ma- chine will leave San Francisco for the e Mr. Votaw said that dif- ferent cities along the route have agreed to build bonfires to mark the trail, but that most of the night fiying will be done by compass. The planes will carry wing-tip flares to be set ?fl by the pilots when making a land- ng. It is expected that regular night flying services will be started this coming summer, he added. 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