Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1921, Page 2

* UPROARINMEETNG Uninvited Speaker at Confer- ence on Movie Censorship Severely Criticised. Unannounced and unexpected, Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, head of the inter- " national reform bureau, appeared yes- terday afternoon at the regular meet- ing of the executive committee of the Washington Chamber of Com- merce, precipitating a stormy ses- sion. The center of the storm was Dr. Crafts, who was put to a severe grilling by members of the commit- tee. in regard to motion picture cen- sorship. Following the discussion, which at times waxed warm, the committee adopted a resolution declining to in- dorse the stand taken by Dr. Crafts. The resolutian follows: “The executive committee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, after a full and free discussion of the Pproposed changed regulations of mov- ing pictures exhibited in the theaters of this city, is of the opinion that regulations which now exist are suf- ficient to protect all against harm and bad influence and still ive an oppor- tunity for entertainment and educu- tion.™ With a bag full of official looking papers, Dr. Crafts appeared in the committee room at the beginning of the regular on, asking to be heard by the committee. He had prepared a letter to the chamber, which, in part, follows: “I note that this afternoon you are to consider an invitation of the Dis- trict Commissioners to send repre- sentatives to a hearing on the ques- tion of further regulations of cen- sorship of motion pictures, of which they admit ‘there is need.’ Accused of Trying to Deceive. I have the admissions of the lead- ing officers of twelve great film-pro- ducing companies that ‘very objec- tionable films of vicious and criminal i tendency’ have been exhibited all over in the country in recent months. In this connection Dr. Crafts sald that he possesseq the longest tele- gram on record—1,200 words—from a “Mr. Hampton, president of four moving picture companies,” which absolutely Justified Dr. Crafts' staud on_moving picture censorship. Members of the committee de- manded to see the telegram. After some hesitation Dr. Crafts handed it out, and it was read aloud by Harry King, a_member of the committee. It was found to include scatching condemnation of Dr. Crafts and his stand on “movie” censorship. Robert N. Harper, former president of the chamber, then accused Dr. Crafts of trying to “put something over on the committee,” pointing out - that he had tried to make the tele- state one thing when it most emphatically stated the opposite. ; . Crafts then produced parts of & magazine article which he said Were further proof of the justice of his stand. Several members of the committee remembered reading the article in question in its entirety, and ! stated that it was nothing more than an enlargement of the views ex- pressed in the telegram, and was Whole-heartedly opposed to any fur- ther movie censorship. Members of .the committee were in- dignant at_ the way in which Dr. Crafts presented his evidence. Fre- quent charges that he was “attempt- ing to_color his evidence and slide over things” were made throughout the time he was speaking, Crafts,” said King, “you $10 and Ten Lashes For Each Cigareite or Drink, Strange Pact WAVERLY HALL, Ga., Feb- ruary 26—A cigarette, a drink of liquor or an audible oath hereafter will cost $10 and ten lcks with a lash In thix town te many young men who have formed an organization here and pledzed themselves. it was | said, to abide by the rules. Many older citizens are said to be aiding in the movement. lMARSHALl FAVORS | ACTION ON CONDUIT |Vice President Looks onl! Water Supply Situation as of Great Importance. Vice President Marshall, in a state- ment today in The Star, declared {self in favor of early action to increas the capital's water supply and expres: the opinion that if the legislative jam ! in Congress prevents action at this se sion an approvriation will be made early PLANS FOR S*FETY { supply situation as a matter of critical { importance to the health and welfare of the peo ashington. He also be- lieves Great should be developed | | for power purposes. Had the Great Falls investigation been de in time for the federal power com- | A. F. of L. Department Pro- poses Law to Minimize m mission to have transmitted an earlier Danger to Workers. report on_ It to Congress, there 18 no doubt in Mr. Marshall's mind an initial Arrangements for co-operation with | appropriation for starting work on the the American Society of Safety En-|Water supply project. which can be gineers in the framing of a law | handled separately from the power de- n velopment proposed, would have been national standardized | yuihorized at this session of Congress. tablishing a COMMERCE CONFER. selected by W. Alexander, the retiring Secretary, photographe: safety code for the erection of ladders | R e P s {and scaffolding in building operations! He believes sentiment in the Senate | were being made today by officials of |at least 1s entirely favorable to the pro- the building trades department of the | posal to build an additi conduit American Federation of Labor. Tt is!from at Falis, although he doubts the aim to have each state enact the|whether the Senate at this session would universal code agree to an appropriation being pro- The purpose is to prevent the great | vided in the form of a rider to the loss of life and large number of in-} 1y or other regular appropriation juries to men engagcd in the building bill industr by Secretary; There was still some prospect today of William J. the department. |a1ther gon Dill beigss re Herbert C. Hoove - . = ported by the riations com- | Commeree, and Joxhua (& s Devices. ¢ , 5 tes Lack of Safety Imittee. If anot + of this kind | at the department today. “The loss of life. principal lisideemea o b S i sioned through imperfections and | Ziblman of Maryiand and Moor lack of safety devices on scaflolding of Virginia will appear before the a and ladders in large building opera- | propriations committer to urge inclusio tions.” Mr. Spencer said, “has been |in it of an item of $200.000 with which terrific during the past year. One | io start work on an additional conduit, trade alone, the ironworkers, produced [as recommended by Secretary of War figures at the recent meeting of the aker. executive council of our department Wil At Altter Aasch 4. showing that one death every iwenty- [ . s e four hours and one maiming every | Former Senator Weeks of Massuchu- cg‘;;t:‘;_“‘d“;r;:“Uf“,‘flp;‘q‘l"{_j’;‘; for #he | bregident Harding's cabinet, will be g st year. chairman of the federal power commis- “President Donlin was authorized to sion, said today that the reorganized obtain money for building homes. | Does Not Deter Him. say you live in Washington, that you have lived here for twenty-five years and expect that you will spend the Test of your lifetime here, and you say you like Washington and think it a beautiful city; now, don't you think that you can accomplish more if you stop villifying the gity and its people and instead praise the city and its people?” ; Crandall Upholds Motion Pictures. “Harry Crandall, owner of a chain motion picture theaters in this eity, made a brief talk. He said that Bo one attempted to say that the mo- tlon picture industry and the pic- fures it produced were perfect, but that there had been shown a steady provement in the last five years. Z*Five years ago,” said Mr. Crandall, # said that almost 25 per cent of the §cv‘e!' should not be shown, but now is figure has dwindled until there only 1 per cent of the moving pic- res made today that should not be own. I have instructed all the managers ) my theaters to question the pa- o NSTANTINOPLE, February 26.— : : : S vhic 5 ns on leaving the theaters as to| CO! % Ty 26. ability of authorities to get teachers,|ent rates for gas. the rate of returni The Panaman note. which early this| ™ ‘g Ul RCTGI COTREn o . whether there was anything objec- |Tifis, capital of the republic of! PEACE AT ST. ALBAN’S |2ccording to Miss Josephine Colby.|on fair value, with no aliowance of jafternoon had not reached the State . niverel, MECHREs of, tne council's tionable in the pictures shown, and Georgia, is again in the hards of the | field secretary of the American Fed-|amortization. was 1.44 per cent. The |Department, w aid by Mr. Lefevre | in. the proper policy in approaching it there is, I want it reported di-|yoiuneviki, according to report i eration of Teachers. speakinz today | petition states that it is expeeted that ito ask immediate return of the arms |55 important subject. The Droposs Fectly to me.” g Dorts reji : a meeting of organizations affillat- | the return on fair value for twelve for use in repelling the reported in-{¢jon now before the rail executive Yt was brought out in the commit- | ceived here today. The soviet forces| Will Meet With Parish Next{ed with the American Fedcration of [months ending May 31 will be 5.80 per |vasion of Panama soil by an armed |is’the result of these meetings. > { which were reported in recent advices Labor. cent. force of Costa Ricans. Dr. R, McElw: e Desa tee's discussion that Dr. Crafts re- | whicl e Tepol cent advices Tuesday to Ar] orps e of C e r. R. S. McElwee of the Depart- feives @ saiary of §3,500 per year in| to have occupied the Tifis arsenal, but y Arbitrate ];'x ';.d.-:.?“y)x,t:;r;“f{"sxa»':vuig":;] ”t‘r;» Say Present Rates Fall Short. mlu:‘:-,..::}‘geurfr(g: oo, :\r‘(ir;::xr:uzr(‘:_‘j ment t‘;f Cor:;n‘w!'u: s chairman of the :1» p‘ollltionmn;urh::ud = :rt::‘enszehr:x-,w"e later expelled by the Georgians, | Differences. al Federation of Federal 1m.| The petition states that while the lojey "gilice. received by M. Lefev P e G ery Somuiiee ot jthe onal refor - khow i an Da principal of | companies believe they are entitled 1o} gt s e o Ferancoi Aty Sl e 5 ouncil. ever, that practically all of this mnnvy!g_"l;’ are said to be re-entering the jDissension in St Alban's parish over s T Schaol Ma T (- Payl |3 ber cent on fair vae i i Iollbwel e e was turned back into the organiza- | “iL¥: it g s on OB R ey ol Salind s ident of the High School Teach- | tention to the fact that the existing | ne goeeranr of the Canal Zona: Briw. s | (PARIS, February 26— Announcement | as vicar of St. David's and St. Patricis on: Miss Elizabeth Gateh, sec. | vates have failed to Vield even a 8 per |1 For oo s ey ara e o | HEALTH MEN TO CONFER. The resolution adopted will be|ltal the Georgian forces had evacu-|chapels, in tie Conduil road neighbor- | ratary of the High School Teachers |cent return. In contending for con- |y Tnien the question of arms was placed before the Commissioners of {goreign office this afternoon. el | hood, may be adjusted next Tuesday at| Union; Miss Ethel Smith of the Wom- | tinuation of the present rates they iqisonesed E 2 the District by the following com- i °X'Fevslutionary committes has been | Ui MEUNE Of the vestry of the parish, | -n's Trade Union League, Thomas F.|Zurther point out that the period from 1 “"“F{TYa5 7. Alvaro, foreign minister Meeting Here Monday Is Called on mittee of the cnn;';b;rit”":}“’;l"‘ Al-| formed At Tiflls, the forelgn office h-‘u::‘\weH‘:r}";‘\.‘a‘glln{;Z(:o:x{‘;:t"L‘x;mlo:rl‘s:ru‘nml: F‘I."lhf};‘v'\i'l,nb{.;g’flml O Clera e i-npnriinn‘;xif-\:rfir“fiz T represents 1ow{of panama. who is in Washington for Account of Typhus Cases. bert Schulteis. Robert N. Harper,|been informed, and the Georgian gov- | ooy h ir e O et S e 5 S Lk = i tha inauguration c nonies, denied{ _ Harry King, William Gude and James | ernment has been installed at .\1uuus,i3,',':;,’,‘.’,‘1?,&',‘"J:fi‘,;f'}f;,‘; o o T LT e g e At oom '““1 that, 'as stated in press dispatches, the | State and federal health officers from 1150 miles northwest of Tiflis: o t i Grage Teachers’ Union. The meet- | cembe ; ate there has| LAt oo returned to their gwne|several of the large Atlantic ports will AR 3 LONDON, February 26—Fighting be- | 4U3t whit plan the bishop has (n}ing was held at 1423 New York ave-|Dbeen a falllng-off of 100,000,000 cublc|gry. - 1 Lei the munitions, coniei. | meet in Washingion Monday, at the call & = - { mind has not been learned, but he said | aue - ect, as compa i S ATae e |ers: - 1 5 . Hugh S. O i S OPPOSE MOVIE CENSORSHIP. "l;fegnnvfi;fldgx:31:”{;%"9:5"‘{?.‘f."’, in | ©oduy that e was iaking every pese| Plans were worked out whereby | ey 2 xi‘;’r“‘;!e?rd With the same pe=ing of five or six thousand’ carbines oD {'illf’;mm“_\;:"";;;:z;(‘rur}ieorugdn republics, appears to have terminated | iDIe measure to restore harmony, and | Sreater publicity might be given bY! 1t is stated that the price of oil, | Lhynire T roricren s 1958 when | cuss the danger of typhus cases among Opposition to censorship of motion | for the time being, says a Constantinopl. ; that hie hoped to be able to do this atinll the organizafions reprose ted to!which 1s a 1 fuétor in the man- !, pitterly contested national election j the immigrants from Europe plctures in the District in any form | dispatch to the London Times. The | g T€Xt meeting of the vestry VD el (he | utacture of zas, probably will aver- O oW hn arcd Biuon | Dr. Cumming returned a few days ago is voiced by Washinglon Lodge, No.|Armenians are hold x;g the Borchalu ter- | The two chapel congregation e “nl‘;’l""";nm, age 10 cents per gallon during the | gle between political factions. ;fror;wlhi;x \Uor: o\:‘he;;‘ he. 21:516 2 per- S1ks, in a petition sent to | ritory, title to%which was contested by | O aTirs eri f May to D - 5 o i 4 expres: sona SSLRY f conditions, and ::. B(_:ngfil;‘mmw SBetitian sent (ol titony Aie o s ¥ IainEs AlHEa et ARt St ors, especially on the snuzhnrn,}‘;:;";‘h_‘{"l’; May to September. Th he n _"”'“lr;l:‘l”;h"\“i‘.‘"“.'l,,*"E‘;'i“‘}‘|.\.an! that while the situation should be eicomuilsataRecR Vg f ] Saunders almost a month ago, holding | border. are illiterate, and said that|fact that the price of oil went up tojconfidence “that the United " States | watehed carefully, there was no greater :::;?air")pgn e St hat his resignation was practically e could not even speak English. :‘--,. 3 (srlw'r gallon last year wa i\\‘o\[xld KIV"“"('&\.':]\I‘i'fi“"‘:"r ~-! (hat | CRACE from typhus than there had s, . as follows i PEaats Eratonfwal et Y 1" 'Feachers and parents need educat-|the main factor in the increas “It is unthinkable, aid, “that | peen at any time i “We '}"1"" c ““"" ‘Y-’{“ ‘f.'“"""L'?",""HOUSE MAY SETTLE ,’ peod ve ‘l‘fk,:,‘{ Hnat (lx)w;"h‘l c‘ii,i”,; {ine el s A ('I:)l”h‘\-l from $1.25 to $1.32 in the ,m‘,«.-c:re.;a‘?f theKUnlted St which guaranteed | moning. dozioeithefast taix | now in force in the District, whic | g eee kel it b e onfetaca At o teul|l Sammai s : Oost of | the territorial integrity of Panama. | Among those who will 3 5 Y 1 108 the chucehiorapaciy Int Ehafe lito1e e E combated | Summing up the question of cost of | 5 T mong will attend the con- s e e Sty o g $240 BONUS TODAY 5 st e Shocrie Wil o s et emchers whshneid i mamufhctine e et L0l °| il hnold ansihing mected by | crsperee B Repals: Sontlants any indec a e films. ! N ger e hav aroE e collar jo should mnot join the| “With reference to the cos alsr s LORACRE Aty as- | missioner of health for New York; Dr. more than amply fiil the need which | N oNer ey chooss @y loar | A nerican Federation) of \Labor: il iene, B e : | Ralph X. Greene, state health commis: ausorahin, Wit 1taiaiendancievily. fa i . Alban’s, said today that neither | As a result of tod: conference, it modities are not fixed and uncertainty | 21 ed the belief that sfoner. for Florida. ‘and physiclans from: B i Aha yamCten fact (Continued from First Page.) [ B mor the' vistry had made any of: [ ‘% 1iely that’ the orsanized federal| exigts as to what they will ba during | Ty bk O eiomplaw o iel miadejiBostontand i deiphiad “Ha a mind ct = — er looking towa 2 st 7| employes will take a more active in- | na s 23 e be during ;1o seek rercessi hetween the that the motion picture is the great-| o0 T T T E [{|.r:,x“‘..1§,’|2§1.}.l“ A aache acHementios s et s ““; period for which the company|ihreatened combatants by the United est educator of the day, we believe it { [TARSPORSO UGN OF STploves increased | (uing was in the hunds of Bishop |Of tho teaching profession, and that|23K8 an extension of the selling|states PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED would be un-American to handicap it | JEo S500000 10 239810, The Armyi yarding. In the meantime the two | the organized teachers will help even | Tates | .Citizens of the invaded province of el e by an in g which s | ¢ plicating the field forre fon|chapel congregations have arranged |more lirgely than hitherto in getting iChiriqul are eager to repel the in- 5 o 3 foredoomed to failure and into which | hion “the appropriation provides, { for Sunday school services in the | reclassification for the government [yaders. | Their uick response to Mr. Harding Will Witness Pythian T i "t retn pereanal | hich the apprebriation provides. ‘" | for, Sumlay wihool services in”the WILL OF MRS. EGAN FILED. |tosident Porras” ubpeal for voruns |10 tor : opinions or political graft and that 1 “lan evening service at 8 o'clock - 5 5 o teers indicates that they will do so | Initiation if Duties Permit. would serve to satisfy one class and | *'C/7Cu¢ appropriation reduced from|the Shull factory. opposite the. ites- STRICKEN IN wita beiDr: Mangics RrLancis Baany|yLiiout dioulcy: flherelis nojdoubt {| s s ounsement iwas] smaoe Mastl ok h o v . ‘ensus 3 Il factory, opposite 2 3 rancis Bean, | ), e - v ast night antagonize another 181,215,000 to $1.600,000. ervoir School, whero the Itev. F. L ! OFFICE. former Gnited States ministes tolDags | Loat ey ullght Iby the Webster Lodge, Knights -of REFORMER CLAIMS POINT. | Dr. Crafts. in a ment to The Star today, said that he had succeeded in makirg the following point. in spite of interruptions. at the meet- ing of the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce “That the Commissioners themselves in calling the hearing had expressed the belief ‘that theré is need of some further regulation or censorship of motion pictures. and had stated. that ‘while most films had passed som sort of censorship. this had not been rigid enough to prevent the exhibi- tion of some very objectionuble films and had also sta'ed that ‘no specific regulations governing exkibition of motion picture: the Commissioners are authorized to terminate the license of any theater or other place of amusement when- ever it shall appear to them. after due notice, the person holding such Ii- cense shall have failed to comply with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioners for the public decency “The ridiculous part of the resolu- tion adopted by the committee is that it approved of the regulations now in force. when there is none.” said Dr_Crafts. The doctor denied that he had shown any reluctance to show the telegram in question, that he had taken it to the meeting for the purpose of show- ing it to members of the committee and that only one man in the room accused him of trying to mislead the sommittes, have been made. but | {tax “provisions, the : 1 very b T Sehange in the House bill, retain-- by a very small number of c(:.:i'::;flf,‘l?;“‘, e The possibility of Joseph P. Tum- |11 uban@e I G HOASE o Vonus consumers who contribute but g d given “to the ap-|y1ry - secretury to the President, be-|on length of service, deferred certifi- tively small percentage of the app parently widespread agitation for > : “. { home aid and voca- cani's revenue from current, as fully | lower wages.” The council went on |IDE Placed on the international joint | Cates, farm and home ai 471 Brought out at prior. hearing. The Tecord as being of the belief that|commission to arbitrate disputes be- | LgHal train S e evuillcaniNonin sredbbanor KN et Gt o b the present living costs did not merit |twcen this nation and Canada has not | 5 in charge of the bill, plans such service is in the cost of coal a reduction in wages. The contention |deterred him from hurrying along the | |’ (1 up 1w the Senate at the and becanse of the price paid for if }:g;doflélcx;‘sm::atzatr ::xeA reduction m!m;;mls incident to the opening of fm'_ t },‘-,mruulmv. probably next week. the rate prevailing under said sched- . N uel, in some cases, loffices in thi city. e as (] e veri Hrs za notic e had by ¢oand was a e or has been made Targely by the manu: [rooms in the Soathern bullding. | ors asossion i emators cerre hearing Iadepite, . no-compinte: facturers and has mot been put into| Other than to say that the President | ihode feland, and Jones, New Mexico, tory and discnriminatory. Under the effect by the retailers. As a clincher | has offered him an appointment to this | gamocrats, reserved the right 1o offer rate prescribed by said order, No. a8, to the maintenance of present wage | much-coveted commission, Secrelary | amendments on the floor. -They in- the use of clectrical energy has in- | scales it was pointed out that the|Tumulty has not mad: known whether | dicated that they would seek to have creased, the applicdnt retaining not “post-war weeding-out proci in{he has accepted. Neither has it been | the’ bill made immediately effective; only prior consumers, but adding to the building trades has reached the |intimated whether one of the present iy offering amendments to restore: the number thereof, the said con- point where 2 dollar's worth of work, two members of the commission will { the taxation provisions. sumers receiving said electrical en- ::xéfih;ex:egi":dwen for every donar'a)!’;;ar-'--:"{t:r:ut[? msm"'!':' nultlc room Tm'l Senator Thomas, democrat, 1‘olor:iglll. g 2 L 1{4 s ;'u.«l, xl!:nr:’ X:l\.ply (r-:xu’l;} S 3 i M. or whether the commis- § who opposed the expects to file | gene power at present price During the war. it was admitted, | sion recently itsued 1o Senator Mark | n minoens ?»-l'm‘rl.m”' H j coal. standards of production lagged be- |Smith for appointment to this body | One of the amendments added bv| “Other demands are now pending cause of the fact that most of the ef- [ will be withdrawn in Mr. Tumulty’s |the committee provides that ail for an extension of service there- ficient workers were drafted into the | favor. 'The commission con: of | claims must be filed by July 1, 1922, under, all of which, as well as inj military or naval service, leaving|only three members, at $7,500 a year [six months before any of the pro-iother respects, justifving the reason- their jobs to be filled by those below | each, and their service is at tig will | visions go into efect, &0 that the |ableness of the present rate or above draft age. The original{of the President, and their appoint- | zovernment may know what propor-| The commission announced that. a g hearing on the gas application will workers are back on the job now, it ment is not subject to confirmation by was declared, and as a result ef- the Senate. options. BILL FOR SOLDIERS BONUS IS REPORTED tion of men file for the cash or other W. R. & E. PETITIONS FOR CONTINUANCE (« ntinued from Fir t Tace.) 24 for capital expenditure kind stated, and it will be nec made a ve committee y large part of the ou be held in the boardroom of the Dis- - - lirict building he & . = 2 e e ilding on the morning of R e g PR e e e { which was offered to Mr. Tumulty by his e e e T TIFLIS AGAIN IN HANDS chiet several weeks ago and which, after 0.000 SC {",';’}:. rebioning tol90 sents nene o several days’ consideration, was declined, cubleted MatchiLe el inonide AN severdl i Smsiieslon, s dclincl | FQR LACK OF TEACHERS | i i vt brentat order of i to Representative Cordell Hull of Ten- Hergisl OF BOLSHEVIKI FORCES | ressce; who went down to deteat at. the The rates which the company asks e Dwent : % to have continued are: For less than D e ity Scekning (his | Miss Colby Gives Figures at Meet-| 1000 cubic fect 4 monih, §1:32 Do P id not desire a place which 4 1.600; 100,600 to 300,000, $1 o Foes Previously Expelled by Geor- | Wintiq"Suterrere wion “trs Dot miich ing to Launch Publicity |i000: 3000060 to 500000, 3123 per 5 5 sl SN ae 11,000° 500,000 to 750,000, $1.17; gians Re-Enter City—Constanti- |!&W he expects to carry on here. Campaign. 0000 K0, 1.000600. 3112, and for mors e | than 1,000,000, $1.07 Twenty thousa nople Beports Confirmed in Paris. |gIoHOP HARDING SEEKS in the United St Winter will preach, {NOMINATIONS ARE HALTED- i Capitol police reduced by fourteen privates at $1,050 and ten privates at 3840 o Appropriation for promoting com- werce in the far east increased from £100.000 to $150,000. ! Division of information, $19,340, eliminated from the bill. Items Brought to House for Vote. { Items brought back to the Hous: o for a separate vote are as follows: | Senate to bring about the confirma- Appropriating $200,000 for purchase | tion of President Wilson’s nomina- of bonds of federal land bank. | tions of Army officers of high rank| { Increasing the appropriation for|was blocked in the Senate yesterday !E,I)—ghl‘:m_ogo;yazzrcemen: from $7,100,- | afternoon by the republicans. The L 7.5 A vote on a motion to go into Vi Appropriating $75.000 to fix up the | session was dl'!t'ale: 36 to exf“;;“; | new ;a\'i\' building to accommodate | grict party alignment. i {545,000 in janitors and watch farec 1o | confirmed the nominations of three the Shipping Board. About one-third | E€neral oficers who served during the of the building, or 170,000 square feet, | WaF With Germany to the rank of! i1l belninda avatlabYs: brigadier general In the Reserve { Transferring motor trucks from the | Corps. They were: Richard C. Mar- | War Department to various specified | shall, jr.; Brice P. Disque and John other departments of the government. | H. Sherburne. Fixing the price of typewriters and | Senator Robinson vigorously ecriti- providing for the transfer of ma- | cised the action of the majority in re- chines from the War Department to| fusing, as he said, to honor the of- ficers of the regular establishment, the general supply committee. AGAINST PICTURE CENSOR. William Gray, of €03 L street at 1116 F street He was taken to Only Three Army Officers of High Rank Are Confirmed. Another effort by democrats of the Glanc Magazine today. H. 0. B Sterling The $240 bonus. The sale of xome land in Chicago to the city of Chicago for street pur- BOSES: Miss Maibelle Heikes, justice of New York, will appear at the hearing on WOMAN OUT FOR POSTMASTER. motion picture censorship before the Commissioners Monday, February 28. Miss Heikes is an author of the film. drama, and will speak against further regulation. Her name was presented today by Representative Herbert C. Pell of New York, SALT LAKE CITY, 26.—Jeanettea Hyde, republican na- tional committeewoman from Utah has announced her candidacy for post master of Salt Lake City, tah, February ‘AN Olive McClintic Johnson Sydney C. Partridge md schools are closed| “Tho company states that durinz the ate £ to the in- calendar year 1920, with three differ- sixty-five years old. was stricken with mark. has been filed for probate. The document was executed at Copenhagen, vesterday afternoon. band sole beneficiary. Emergency Hospital. named as executor. He is also A Feast of Fiction and Features in Tomorrow’s Star e over this list of writers who contribute to the Section, a section made up of the most timely feature articles and best fiction obtainable in America Ring W. Lardner The Rambler Anne Jordan Ann Rittenhouse shop Heilig Sewell Ford In Tomorrow’s Star President-elect Harding ns Secretary of OF PRESENT FARE | aid in drafting the safety code. A . Ty n v commissioniwould talka Up penaingiaps o to continue expenditures in this ratio committee composed of engincers, em- ; Laadb i ’ T Aoma eatt 2 2 Poverss renibors i Aariers, wil | Blicutions for water power projects soon Senate Committee’s Only | for some years to come for which ex- L 29! ; March 4. y | penditures it will be necessary to is- meet in the near future to take the | ditnough the new co fon will ot h giminati § aue bonds the saliability of which 3 s direc - be calle on to Ke a o1 3 -] o e pon o i Cxecutive councli ot e code | H,calied upon to make. o recommenda- | Change Is Elimination o it Taridiy diheid dpon (he Showing that has been enacted by New York |plan, it is « lered likely it will call P e gatacaTling| state as a completely logical and effi- | the seriousncss of the water. suppl Tax Features. ! 100,090 1o Be Needed. cient code. situation to the atiention of Congress | “At least $5,000,000 will have to be Income Tax Suggestion. in April, should action on Ui recom-| With the tas provisions eliminated, to meet the requirements of ; The executive council of the build- | Iy gation of the present commissiond .. <oigiers' bonus bill was reported 1 423, in addition 1o ing trades department. whose quar- 2 e s » Senate today by the finance th ant has maturing in terly meeting adlourned this weck, Lo ”"’ ke e of its said general | also adopted a resolution advocating committee. v cash bon uld be pigrtguge 5 per cent bonds, all em- i spcried s, otellion J%ocSing | TUMULTY PUSHES PLAN {2REi S Thy Sqdees vonts o mosmads € voe tepc . 2 i ceeds from. mortzages, which did not < of the interest ¢ e $10.000.- maintaining the credit of the com pass the figure of $40.000. The pur- TO OPEN LAW OFFICES {¢t-0v0 of American war loans to th 1y through satisfactory earnis Ppose, it explained, was to loosen lies in financing adjusted compens: if it is to meet its obligations, and money which would stimulate build- T g2w tion for former service men is one of ,roperly provide for the denfands ing operations in the home construc- : the plans under consideration by Con- upon it for service. tion line. The council declared its|Prospect of Becoming Member of |gress . “Referring particularly to schedule opinion to be that such action would 2 3 T 'he question of taxes to meet the! Il (wholesale consumers), the use of cheapen rents eventually, on account | International Joint Commission i.gat of the bill was left for the next’ electrical energy thereunder is Such, of the possibilities it would give to VCongress. Aside from striking out the as heretofore stated. as to constiluts apoplexy while in a physician's office t January 30, 1913, and names her hus- | DECREE DECLARING | MANDEADIS ASKED | | 1901 and Not Heard From Since 1906. | The District Supreme Court is asked {to declare Oscar N. Walker legally | dead, because he left Washington in 11901 and has not been heard from | Since 1906. | A petition for letters | tration on his estate b b his sister, Mr Marion May Schuckers. says her brother {owned three picces of real estate and t has on deposit credits amounting to 1 $1.600. | Mrs. Schuckers tells the court she { thinks her brother is dead. ke ex- I plains that when he left he directed {her to coliect the rents from his prop of admini; as been fi terty and apply them to the support {of ‘their mother, who died last De- {cember, and the balance due the i brother is now about $1,600. She asks i permission to advertise for informa- {tion concerning the absent brother with a view of learning where and jwhen he died. In an aflidavit attached to the peti- ! tion, Thomas Waliker. a brother, | says commiunication with Oscar N. Walker Left Here in| | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1921—PART 1. INCOMING AND OUTGOING SECRETARIES OF Building of Homes Aided in New York By Tax Exemption NEW YORK, February 26.— ‘The board of extimates yesterday adopted the ordinance exempt- ing from taxation to the extent of $3.000 a year for the mext ten Years al buildings erected for dwelling purposes in the greater | eity. The ordinance, designed to re- | lieve the houxing shortage here, | | now gzoex to Mayor Hylan for his signature, whereupon it be- | | | comes emective. | | PROVES HOSPITALS War Risk Head to Sup- port Statement. Chairman Good of the House appro- Director Cholmeley-Jones of the bureau lof war risk insurance, by the figures HAVE 4 000BEDS. 1Good Cites Bureau Figures to | priations committee today proved to SAYS INDIGTMENTS ARE DRIVE AT LABOR Federation Official Declares U. S. Is Party to Conspiracy, jo* If Tnere Is One. The executive council of the Amer- lican Federation of Labor met here jtoday to consider the action of the {government in prosecuting officials of {the United Mine Workers of America {for alleged violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. Before the meeting began Wil |Green, secretary of the Miners' Union, fand one of thos, {Indianapolis, issued a formal ment declaring that if the union ofti- leials were guilty of conspira |government itself is a party the |because the miners had been suuject {10 government regulation and control {ior the last three years | Matihew Woll, vice president of the Amercan Federation of iabor, de- iared the indictment of e {union oticers was “a part of th {Uon-wide propaganda to destroy the trade union movcmens,” as toe m struck “at the very foundation of the indicted yesterday at state- m > na- s after the latter's depar- {of that bureau, that he was correct in |PFIECIPICS oL coliective varkainin |qe 1901, hearing rom Reno. 108 s statement, challenged by the | Mr. Greene's Statement. {etter wes received in Hebraary, 1806, { American Legion, that there are 4,000 1 Alr. Green said all ugrcements made fand was pe cd Clifton, Ariz. | beds in government hoSPItals VACAN Gincurs weres smae tuaer bos oo Inquirics through Masonie channels §,ng avaijable for ailing vetera n and with the approval of the jand in dabor pape led elicit {jegisjative committee of the caeril FUcl AGRILS any information of his brother, he Legior in a statement had chal-| *r'roduction was speeded up during states S #ed Representative Good. saving | the war under the lupetus of (he { The next of kin of the absent man, these were merely “paper beds™ | povernment,” he said, ancrcascs i as stated in the s petition, ar By reports February 11, 1921, Chair- re maue unger tue dorection Thomas B, Wa L Buth E. ) man Good showed that ti were 507 Uel AuimSaation asd the { Reyaold huckers { yacant beds in Army hospitals and |selliug price oi coal was lixed by it and l-'.‘“ e B S. .A" 258 vacant beds in Na hospitals. lan @ way il reguitted wages and torney Wharton k. Lester representsjncjuding this total there were when an increase was graated it the petitioner. cant beds in the hospitals under the |stupuiaied Whal InCrease n Seiing { public health service, a total of 2.535. ! price should take place in order to PANAMA CLASHES Besides this, Representative Good |wbsorb an increase in wages. pointed out that in =state oldiers’ “These indictments seem w be the |homes in twenty institutions in fif-|rewara the muners are recenving ior WITH cOSTA RICA i teen states th(‘re_ are 616 vm‘anlvbed L PULUng fordh special etior ° - h‘ making a total immediately available | (Continued from First Page.) of the | jsome 1,500 rifles taken over from the Panama government following the sizning of the Hay-Varilla treaty were returned, and most of these guns I sold_at public auction here in 1914, ! The remainder were shipped to the Pan- {ama consul in New York for disposal in j191s. While ¢ s been proceed- fing unde tutional powers in mobilizing s Panaman forces, the ,authority to declare war rests with the which has not as yet national assembly acted. A general exodus of Cos from Panama is _taking pla {many Pananans who are in Costa Ri {are tryiug to reach Panama. Status of Territory Questioned. An interesting phase of the i results from Costa Rica oce ritory under the arbitration ¢ Chief Justice White of the States Supreme Court, which was h ©ed down in 1914, while the United States herself, has, by virtue of her treati wrantecd the territorial integrity i this bountry. The F claims, however, that Justice White decision contained 2 clause to the eff that if his award should not be accepte Ly both parties the territorial sta would revert to the conditions laid dow; | naman government s by the decision rendered by President | t of Fran, that . It is under the Loubet land anama claims the ‘a has seized tated in offic While 1l circle: [ here las Wt that Panama was muc disturbed over the arms situation, the ZOve .nt had determined to settle 1+ with sta Rica without intervention by the United States, and would purchas sutficient arms from private munitions i {concerns, if they were not available | elsewhere 5 i It is known the Sinclair oil interests { have been conducting drilling operations in Costa Rica, near the disputed terri- tory, and reports are in_circulation in jama that the Costa Rican govern- ment has already granted a British cor- poration a concession for oil exploitation in the same general locality. ASKS U. S. TO RETURN ARMS. But Panama Expects no American Intervention in Struggle. Formal request that the United States return several thousand rifles said to helong to the P: ernment but impounded by the Canal Zone authorities in 1916, is contained in a note handed today to William Tennings Price. United States min- ister at Panama City, according to advices received here by J. B. Lefevre, {Charge d’affaires of the Panama le { gation, nama gov- REPORT MINOR THEFTS. iMeat and Cigarettes Stolen—Two Men Frightened Off. Two unidentified colored men made an unsuccessful attempt to enter the |store of J. R. Hayden, 924 8th street | outheast, early today.” They succeed- Ecd in breaking the lock on the front door, but were frightened off. Sam Smallovitz, 301 Q street, report- ed to the police that burglars visited his store Wednesday night through the basement and five cartons of cigarettes were stolen. Several pieces of meat were stolen by burglars who entered Harry T. Cissel's store at 1846 Tth street Thurs- day night. MRS. WATKINS IS DEAD. Mrs. John T. Watkins, wife of Rep- resentative John T. Watkins of the fourth Louisiana district. died at her residence, 1725 Connecticut avenue, at 10:30 o'clock last night. Although she had been in poor health for some time, the end came suddenly and un- expecte Surviving her, besides her husband, are a_ son, William K. Watkins of this_city; a_married daughter living in Tampa, Fla. and an unmarried daughter, Miss Melle Watkins, living in Minden, La, The remains will be sent to Mrs, Watkins' home, Minden, at 9:45 o'clock tomorrow eveniug, of 4,154. i Meore Available July l Besides_this, Chairman Good pointed out that'by April 1, the vacant bed i capacity will be increared to 5.250, by {June to 5.501, and by { One thousand beds will be av ilable July 1 to 7501 | | WAL 114 Oluer (o increase production. | The Liiuminous coal commussion {1ts award sct forin e foluwin hope that there will be a deca in 1 €ost ol LVILE 1 the LeXi (WO 3« b we realize (iat the iners have Lorisy AN ncTouse above Laeir auvad Wagcs and consider the possie 1uiu & ne un hving costs as an viiset @Y by July 1 in each of two hospitals lhies: losses. now nearing completion. One of | “Tuis i proof that the nuine {these is the Speedway Hospital at did mot keeh pace With tue iciease “e {Chicago, authorized (wo Vears ago. as | ‘ot (ost 00 uvaig duling o wal {was the hospital at Dawson Sprins Would Block Dilliugaam [ Delivery of these two Lospitais is| p . 000 e N jexpected soon and surely by July L ! it e Lebieduin bib . “Of course, If there had been any | 150 swutsber o siions o e o - real need and desire to provide hos- | i JIATE Gl BACUS Wb serat e anty i the cof n 4alu, wid b pital facilities, the Treasury Depart laticmpted oy org in wee ment could have pushed the work on{ing with the program adomed by & these two buildings very much faster,” | o fore T antirnaivis viocaiP isaid Representative Good. Lutor, Wiil: seek G0 Sans F }On Abril 1, according to a state-|johnson bili, Which Virluais biuiio. yment of the bureau of war risk in-!immigration for & year, 101 ihe v @ surance. furnished Mr. Good this!i,eusure. Toe Infungnmn bill wa brning, additional facility wiil be! ed by the nate, and an agr ovided in the hospital for patients. t on it by Senite and House co.$ with nerve trouble. at Marion, Ind.|terces 1S now pend.ug. {Over $1.000,000 is being spent at that| Legisiative represeniatives of oca jiustitution. The bed capacity will | ganized labor also have been instruct i be increased from 478 to 1.000. There|cd (o press their efforis to oblain & !a at present 136 vacant beds in that, congression investigation into coi.e { institution. {ditions i Ke area in West i , 5 Virginia i nereaxe at Many Pointx. Judge Anderson, who received i He also poi out that at Johns the ind t for arraign- |City, Tenn., where there has recen {been an expenditure of more than 1$1,000,000 in remodeling existing hos- | pital faciliti and which it is be- lieved will be the most modern tuber- cular sanitarium in the world, the city of 833, vacant ‘ording to the figures for 24, and on April 1 the bed will be increased to 1,000, apacit At Dayton. Oh board of managers of Soldiers’ Home has advised Chairman Good that the bed capacity will be in- creased by April 1 from 391 to 800 the National where the bureau of war risk insur- ance had fifty-three patients, addi- tional bed capacity will be made be- fore June 1 to 300. Calif., the bed At Los Angeles, capacity will be increased by June from 246 to 500. DOOR DELIVERIES ASKED. Railway Executives Considering Highway . Council Proposal. More extensive use . “e high- way and motor truck -in store door oollection and delivery of freight i now being considered by railway jtraflic executives in eastern terri- tory, as the result of a proposal sub- imitted to the executives by the Federal Highway Council. Pythias, that, official duties permitting, President Harding would be present at the class initiation exercises April 19. The initiates of the now class wiil be obligated on the Bible used by Justus Henry Rathbone and his thirteen asso- ciates, the original knights. Edward S. | Kimball, only surviving member of the | &ve founders, will be present. MRS. L. W. MOORE DEAD. Michigan Woman, Suffrage Pio- neer, Had Been Living Here. Mrs. Lamar Walker Moore, pioneer in suffrage and educational move- ments, died yesterday afternoon the home of her daughter, Mrs. Pearle Moore Gray, in the Hadleigh apart- :rnx:‘nls. She was Seventy-eight years old. Mrs. Moore lived for many years in Allegan, Mich., where she was noted for her philanthropy. She was the head of large business interests there. The body will be taken to Allegan for interment. COLUMBIA ALUMNI ELECT. The Columbia University Alumni Club of the District elected Oliver { Hoyem its president at the annual i meeting last night at the Cosmos {Club. ‘The vice presidents selected are George Henry Owen, Dr. C. L. C. Anderson. Dr. George S. Rice and Ivan P. Tashof. Brief addresses were made by Dr. and Dr. Rice. . the president of the | At Northwestern Home, Milwaukee, | at| jinent, and in issuin; s for arrest {of the defendants he the bond of ] at $10,000. Names of all defend- ‘ excepl twelve, were made public bistrict Attorney Van uys. { perators, including Thomas Zdward C. 1 Penna anaugh, and high j United Mine Workers' its president, John Ltary, William Green, were | defendants. The National ciation was among | fendants. The indictment covers specifically the lust three years in the coal industry, ang i follows an investigation that has b conducted almost continuously the last shicen months by agents of the federal Department of Justice. The charge is made that the agree- ments entered into between the opera- tors and miners provided that coal should not be sold at any time for a price that did not vield a profit to the . that increases of wages ta s should be added to the price of that competition among operators should be eliminated: that no coal should be sold below the cost of production, and that the means of increasing cost and production in the price of coal should be by closing and keeping idle the mines The orerators estublished a uni- i form cost accounting system for tihe operation of the mines, it is charged. nd by agreement employed a greater number of miners than was reason- ably necessary to vperate the mines properly. Creation of “high and fictitious mar- ket prices” for coal was brought about by the operators, according to the indictment, by an agreement fol- lowing suspension of the national fuel regulations in February, 1919, not Searls, Jackson and William J officials of the Union, including , and secre among the Coal Asso- the corporate de- n\g.’ X wi mine to contract for the future delivery of coal and not to sell coal unless they were able to obt a price equal to or above the price that had Leen fixed by the national fuel ad- ministration Aswociation's Planx. Regarding the activities of the N, al Association, the indi charges that this organizstion is tional ! iengaged in marking out zones into {which coal may be shipped and that ireports on production and prices in each zone enable operators to govern the supply and price of fuel. The indictment charges that in the plan_to increase the price of coal the {operators retused to sell fu 10 any one {not a member of the Retail Coal Dealers i Association and allied organizations an: ithat they refused to sell coal to any one for purposes beyond their immediate needs, thus preventing the storage of { coal for future use Another plan for increasing fuel prices, {it'is charged, was to sell it through sales agencics which were separate in namws only from the operating and producin company. Profits were thereby increaz |ed, the indictment savs. The operators also created the “spot” market, the indictment charges, by agreeing to sell coal only for immediate delivery at prices agreed upon at the time of delivery. In carrying out their iplan to cause a scarcity of coal te i grand jury said the operators publish ¢ | Broadcast during 1920 articles pointing |out that there was a shortage of coal | and urged people to purchase {“"Alleged methods of the operators to avoid deliveries on contracts also were !cited in the indictment. It charged a | contract for weekly deliveries would be | made contingent ~upon three-days-a- week operation of a mine and that the operator, purposely closing the mine so |it would not be operated for the three {days, would then refuse delivery for ! that week. Further, it charged that the joperator in a subsequent week would Work the mine an additional day or two i over the three days specified in the con- tract and would retain the excessive production for sale on the *spot” market At a price higher than the contract price. 226 ARE INDICTED. Operators’ Associations and Miners Charged at Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, February 26.—Co- operation between coal operators and miners in six states to force high prices for soft coal by restricting production was charged yesterday by a federal grand jury indictment re- turned in court here. Two hundred and twenty-six defendants, including 127 operators and miners and ninety- nine operators’ associations or com- panies, were accused of conspiracy to violate the Sherman anti-trust law. The defendants live in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania. —_— It is an odd coincidence that King George and his four sons, the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, Prince Henry and Prince George, were all bora @8 a Saturday. Al