Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1921, Page 2

7 - - . ANDVA. TARIFFS UBAT ALEANDRIA " Business Interests Will Be i Damaged by Added Fare "f Rates, Says Capt. Evans. Business and real estate interests of Alexandria. will be “serious! enmaged if new tariffs providing in- creased fares for the Washington- Virginia railway b o effective, | ‘Capt. George H. Evans, business man- ager of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, told Examiner Mackley of the Interstate Commerce Comm ‘today in reopening the hearing on the fariffs now before the commission. Capt. Evans, who has been actively associated with business interests in ‘Alexandria for many years, said there is now pending a real estate deal in Alexandria involving forty-five lots and several thousands of dollars which is being held up pending de- cision of the Interstate Commerce ‘Commission on the new tariffs. He said the effect of the proposed jnereased rates would be travel and would probably many persons now living in Alexan- dria, who work in Washington. mov- ing from the Virginia city to 1 place | nearer their business. He cited the case of the Navy torpedo plant em- at least half of whom. he Probably a part of ihese »s, Capt. Evans - 111 Beek fransfer to a place of work near- er their homes if the rail rates were creased. Commuters Heard Today. Commuters on the Washington-Vir- by the ginia railway were heard toda: gommission. the road having closed its jargued with iReply to Note Invites U. S. to PAYNE OPPOSES USING NATIONAL PARK WATERS Secretary of the Interior Uncom- promising in Opposition to West- ern Irrigation Project. Uncompromising opposition to any and all attempts to utilize Yellow stone National Park flood waters for irrigation in Montana was exp today by Secretary of the Inte Payne, who appeared before a S ate committee against the Walsh bill to_authorize such use. When vou once establish the principle that vou can encroach upon national parks for any utilitarian purpose. be it power or reclamation. ¥ou have begun the destruction of all Mr. Payne “It the ing of the en Senator Gooding. repu can. Idaho, M. Payne at some the po bilities of pros. happiness for people in irrigation expense 4 heap more in the world meals a d the Secre- n terminating the discus- length on perity and the west b “Ther: than three tary said, sio: | EAGUE WILLINGTO OPEN YAP QUESTION Send a Representative to Meeting. B the Associated Press PARIS, March 1.—The coun league of nations in its reply to the! Of cheering friends. American note on the mandates ques- | dent-Elect Coolidge, tion invites the United States to send Vice Prexident- 1 0f the | a four-y visit. Testimony with presentation of the case for the road Saturday by John E. Zimmerman of the firm of Day & Zimmerman, present operators of ihe Foad. Day & Zimmerman took over ihe road after the former manage- ment had practically acknowladged its insolvency. it was testified. . Daniel R. Stansbury. president of the Alexandria Commuters' Associa- tion, told Examiner Mackley that the . Present management cannot be wholly blamed for the present condition of . the road. He said, however, that the Present policy appears to be to get alopg with half the number of cars in service that were on the road several ears ago. Mr. sbury said a car fett Alexandria for Washington this imorning with 107 passengers on far too many for ome car to TY. % “I really believe a lower rate of fare would bring in more revenue to the ‘road.” Mr. Stansbury said. “T do not believe an increase in the present ra‘e of fare would bring increased rev- enue, but would have the effect of decreasing the number of passengers " o such an extent that increased rates Would not be reflected in increased Tevenue.” “My opinion,” Mr. Stansbury said, * ®is that the projected new automobile bus line between Washington and Alexandria will materially reduce the Fevenues of the road.” © Frederick E. Ballard, an attorney for. the road. in cross-examination of Mr. Stansbury, brought out the point that the present fifty-two-trip book Between Alexandria and Washington gosts $4.46. This is at the rate of 8.6 “gents a trip for a distance of about ‘elght miles, he said, or only a little more than a cent a mile. The new farift increases the cost of the fifty- * twortrip book to $5.55. If the fifty- 'wostrip book were charged for on a tflil of 213 cents a mile it would cost #n the neighborhood of $9. ; Agdinst this point Mr. Stansbury Pointed out-that frequently the whole of the fifty-two rides are sometimes net used and that satisfaction has not Deen obtained in requesting repara- -tion from the road £OF such riges. Mr. Bal then read inlo the record the covering the point in the company's tariffs 6f reparation lor tickets not used out of commutation Books. : WOULD KEEP WATER TEMIN ARNY BILL Senator SMhefland to Urge Acceptance by Conferees of $200.000 Fund. The formal estimate for %n appro- Sriation of $200.000 to prepare plans for and begin work on an increased water supply for the District of Co- umbia. in accordance with the plans submitied by Maj. Tyler, United States | Engineers. to the water power com- wission, was received by the Senate today from the Secretary of the Treas “Fh ftem has already been Included in the Army appropriation bill by the Senate, the amendment having been offered by Senat>r Sutherland of Utah. The Army bill is in conference and th: District wa er supply item had not Been reached when the conferees as- sembled today. Senator Sutherland, one of the con- | ferees, said that he would seek to have the amendment retained by the conferses. He sid he could see ! R0 objection to its being carried in the Army bill. which is practically the only chance of obtaining the re- quired legislation at the present ses- slon. The increase in the District water supply is urgently needed, he ! pointed out. and he could not con- | geive that the House would oppose the plan to appropriate the money for it. ‘With his letter of transmittal Sec- retary Houston of the Treasury in- eluded letters from Secretary Baker of the War Department and Col. ‘Kutz of the board of District Com- missioners in which they urged the desirability of providing the money 10 start work on the increased water supply at the present session of Congress. —_— APPROVE ACTION KEEPING HAMILTON SCHOOL OPEN Association Thinks Present Build- ing Should Be Kept Until Another Is Assured. Action of the board of education in deciding not to abandon the Hamil- ton School for Tubercular Children untll a modern open-air institution is| erected to replace it was concurred | in by tke board of directors of the | Assoctation for the Prevention of Tu. berculosis at a meeting last night. The directors went on record as of the opinfon that until such time as| shall make suitable pro- vislons for & modern open-air school the Hamilton School should not be abandoned, as such action would com- pel the children now attending It to remain at roma. Pending action by Congress the | A representative 1o the next meeting of the council, to be_held in April. it was learned here thi®afterncon. The was cabled to Washington by American embassy early in the afternoon. Concerning the Island of Yap. the reply says the council was obliged to accept the decision of the supreme council. It indicates, however, that the whole question may be reopened if the Washington government sees fit to send a plenipotentiary to dis cuss the matter. The reply to the American note on the andates question was delivered to the American embassy here at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. . The only definite official informa- tion as to the contents of the note is that its tone is particularly friend- | i ly. and that its general tenor is an eiaseditiess. invitation to the United States to RAISO. Ind. March 1— co:nnuo the conversation. Mandamus proceedings against Coro- A representative of the council con- < :l of Porter county were ferred with Ambassador Wallace this epel of Por ounty afternoon as to whether there would today in the superior court at I be any objection to having the note araiso by Dr. Clement W. made public here. T. §&. May Control Cables. The answer to the American nrotest has been couched in very conciliatory terms, savs the Matin. and the solu- tions of the problem suggested should. the newspaper declares, commend themselves to the United States oV ernment. One plan advanced, it said. would be the leaving of the Island of Yap under the Japanese mandate. but would give control of the international cable station there to America. Viscount Kikujiro Tshii. the Japanese representative on the council. is de- clared to have made an address yes- terday. during which he asserted Japan was ready to accept any compromise in the matter. JUDGMENT IS WITHHELD. {Briggs of Chicago to compel him to {hold an immediate inquest into the death of thirty-eight persons in the Porter, Ind.. train wreck Sunday. The proceedings condemn the coro- ner's action yesterday in withholding the names of the partially dead. Coroner Siepel attracted at- {tention recently when he temporarily barred state officia from a murder inquest. Robert H. Moore, deputy 1 Capital Traction Company and the prosecuting attorney for La county, acting as attorney for Dr. Briggs, filed the sult. Michigan Central to Report. DETROIT, March 1.—Promise that “a complete and most searching” in- vestigation will be made of the wreck at Porter, Ind. Sunday night, and that “the result wili be made Known as soon as the Inquiry is completed.” Depflm was made here today by the genera Siate ent Awaits Full Text | jncey"of the Michigan Central rail- road. SO Notalen Maniatories Desire to avold Incorrect impres- State Department officials are with- | sions of the wreck and its causes was holding judgment on fhe notes on|assigned by the railroad as its reason mandates prepared by the British | for maintaining secrecy until the in- overnment and the council of the|vestigation is concluded. “We believe league of nations until the full texts | that to give out information based are received, but they indicated today;upon the incomplete inquiry would that if the notes had been summar-|do more harm than good,” the state- lze?flgo:gectly in vrnu;‘ dispatches they | ment sald. wo e unacceptable Should the replies be deemed unsat- | FExtijer Stslement: isfactory. answers may be made hy| The statement follows. the present administration, notwith-| —~Our iavestigation has not been standing that it will end on Friday, |completed. and we could not in fair- It was explained that such a cource!NeSs to the public give conclusions might be advisable 50 that the recorq | Pa8ed on incomplete iriformation. Not would be brought up as nearly to date [0PLY I8 & thorough investigation be- as possible for the officials of the new |\N& made by our company. but also, administration. % lwe understand, by the public service The statement said to be in the|commission of Indiana and the Inter- British note relative to mandates iq |State Commerce Commission. The re- Mesopotamia, that President Wilson (SUlt Of all these investigations will himself at Paris urged that mandates D€ iVen the public as soon as they be limited to natlons members of the |4Fs Completed. league of nations, was denfed. Under.| . ‘Our investigation is being held at secretary Davis declared that the Niles, Mich. which is only proper, in- PresidenTs policy as enunciated n¢ |@8much as Niles is the divisional ter- Paris ever had been “to destroy any |Minus of the tern division, on short-sighted selfishness. which division the accident occurred. “Regarding the reported contention |THAt accounts for the report that the of Great Britain that the ofl conces- {ENEineer and -firemen ‘were spirited sion In Mesopotamia had been prani. |aWay" to Ni They were not ‘spir- ed it prior to the war, the Uniteq|ited away’ They were taken to the States will admit that there was so |Point at which the investigation is be- oral agreement, but that it was not |ing_held. consummated until later. | The accident, of course, was most s = unfortunate and we cannot express in {words our sorrow, but the public may CAPITAL TRACTION fu,— assured a complete and most searching investigation is at this min- lute being conducted and the result OFFICIAL OUTLINES {will be made public as soon as it Is completed. BASIS FOR MERGER Engineer Long at His Home. JACKSON. Mich, - March 1—bngi- (Continue neer W. Long ‘of this city, who d from First Page.) drove the engine attached to the Michigan Central which met with dis- aster at Porter, Ind, Sunday night, 'w.,,hm." n Railway and Elecum‘,’]‘;:f}[‘e“ his home in Jackson late last Company,” is far mol . desirable than ‘.m,,,,:i,.',',“{,’:,','e’;,’fi :’l:gl He declined to be interviewed, and to unusual conditions and from fares 41l efforts to see him at his home were higher, perhaps, than are required by |Unavailing today. the company to meet operating ex- Investigntors at Work. p:rr;’flet‘n 33‘6 to pay » Teasonable re-| By the Associsted Press. on the investment, = 3 Bighect thaatithes e s ;"'fi_";?n“;. PORTER, Ind., March 1.—Investiga- should pay. tions by Indiana state officials and of. Merger by Force Scored. | ficers of the M igan Central and “T do not favor a merger by force | New York Central railroads were con- either directly or indirectly applied. | tinued today to determine the cause ongress, of course, muy in the|of the wreck here Sunday night, fatal exercise of its right of eminent do-|to thirty-eight passengers, on the main condemn, and take over the prop- | eastbound Michigan Central train. erties of the companies, or either of | Members of th fhem. on payment in money of values | train crew were closeted all da e ascartamed terday with General Supt. J. L. McKee, 1 doublt its right, throuse tajer: but [but no statement of the ‘information tion of excessive taxes and otherwine. | * o e nirra ine todies tak to hamper and destroy these proper. el odiostakonito tien It has the power to pen the Chesterton morgue, a mile from through taxation, but 1 do aot 5 the wreck. identifications had been that Congress. in ita wisdom, desires | mad® Of all except two. but some o to 80 use its power. My helief is that | LN*S¢ were regurded by Coroner & Congrexs desires by legislation hon s unverificd. The coroner de- ful to the companies and protect| clared the death total would not ex- the public, to encourage and proside | céed thirty-scven or thirty-eight, but for a right conclusion and consolida. {information from relatives and friends tlon through a fair agreement of|showed hadf a dozen persons still un- merger, and in this effort and direc. |accounted for early today. All of the tion it will have our cordial co-opera- | wreckage had been searched early to- tion. {day except beneath the battered en- “I am, and my associates in the man- of the New York Central train, agement of the Capital Traction Com-!and a heavy wrecking crane was ex- pany are, in favor of such a consum- | pected early today to lift it from the :::}k;’;‘ and it Congress would enact a | pit where it buried itself. rmitting a merger, which is 2 i by law prohibited, I believe that the vt o e Eight of the bodies had been claimed by relatives and removed for burial, but dismemberment of some made it difficult to determine the exact total and likewise to complete some of the identifications. One or two more may be beneath the engine, the coroner said, but he believed the death roster was complete Bodies of four women and one man remained today unidentified, but some of them could only be recognized by relatives, officials said. wished-for consolidation brought about in the near future by the voluntary act of the parties in interest. “We think that such permissive legis- lation should contain a proper provi sion for the acquisition of the stock of | dissenting minority shareholders on coudemnation and payment in money of the fair value thereof. 1 believe that in the statement by our board of position and of the ele. ments to be considered in a plan of could be | | school board should use any and all funde et its disposal to render the buiMding and grounds entirely sani- o, the cu‘re':lflnru d;'n!dn;‘h 'was pointed out by the directors that congressional appropriationsare meeded not only for a new school, but for adequate equipment, including a m for transportation of the ehildren. The association orwaried o' e Bchoot board $heg school board '$900 te be used for the employment of a asok at the H.-.mn:;:n School, for ail- ditional food, supplies and equipment and for car fare, as the transporta- tion- fund i mow-entirely exhausted. merger, referred to above, yo o tions as to the lines and “proposens! which should be included, and as to service at cost, are fully answereq If, however, there is any other jn- formation desired which I may fur. nish, I will be pleased to make fur. ther reply.” SENATOR FALL ILL. Senator Albert B. Fall of New Mexi- co, who, it is generally accepted. will be the new Secretary of the Interior, is confined to his rooms at the Raleigh Hotel with a cold. He is not seriously 111, §t was sald at his office today, and eapects to be out within a day or two. All four of the most important wit- nesses in connection with the wreck are railroad men of long experience and this one is said to be the first wreck in their careers. Engineer Long has thirty-one years of railroad service and has been with the Michi- gan Central since 1890. Towerman Cook was acting as a substitute for the regular operator, Towerman Pler.. ing, but Cook had long experience with the levers. Identification of three additional bodies eatly today brought the offi- cfal list of positive identifications to thirty-five. The additions were Miss < TO MANDAMUS AGAINST CORONER ASKS INQUEST IN INDIANA WRECK H. O. Seipel Condemned in Proceedings i for Withholding Names of Partly Identi- fied Dead—T elegrapher Tells of Crash. K. | identified | Porte | Dorothy Langin of Cleveland, whose THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 192% RETIRING VICE PRESIDENT WELCOMES HIS SUCCESSOR HARDINGS TO ATTEND NATIONAL CAPITAL. 2% lect and Mrs. Coolidge of Boston, Mass., photographed last night on arrival here for at least ‘Fhey were met at Union station by the retiring Vice President and Mrs. Marshall and hundreds Left to right—Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Maxsachuwetts, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Vice Presi- Vice President Marshall and Mrs. Marshall cl: & mothe body was identified last night; Mrs. Lillian Waggoner of Bat- tle Creek, Mich., and Mrs. Katherine Arney. Chicago. Her husband's body was identified vesterday. Tells of Ghastly Crash. Charles Whitehead, telegrapher in {the signal tower which regulates the { passage of the trains over the cross- | ing. last night, for the first time, gave his version of the events preceding and during the collision. He substan- tiated the statement of Joe Cook, op- erator of the fifty-six levers in the tower, that the signals were set against the Michigan Central train !and exonerated Cook of any blame for the disaster. Whitehead, too unstrung to talk nnectedly, was back at his job, out- wardly calm. “T send and receive all messages telling when various trains will ar- rive” he said. “I have nothing to do with the operation of the signals and am not considered in any way re- sponsible for them. Ordinarily, a man named Plering runs the levers, but he wanted to take a night off and hired Joe Cook, who is a substitute opera- tor, to work for him. i Both Men “on Thelr Toes.” Because of the mass of switches, detours and the intersection, both of us must be on our toes all the time, and we were. Far down each track is an appliance which rings a bell in the tower when a train hits it. When we heard the bell we saw it was the New York Central. About thirty seconds later the Michigan Central bell rang. Joe set the signals against the Michi- gan Central and opening the track for the New York Central. We sat peer- ing down the New York Central tracks, watching the headlight gradu- ally grow larger and larger. W {hadn't noticed the Michigan Central “The New York Central engine gradually grew larger and larger, and finally its outlines were plainly visi- ble. Suddenly I heard Joe shout: My God, Charley, the M. C. is com- ing through the blocl Saw Train Coming Fasat. “I can stiil hear that shouted warn- ing. T turned quickly to the right, and there, not 150 feet away, was the Michigan Central, No. 20, crashing down, at sixty milex an hour. It was #0 close 1 could see the spaces between the fender bars. Joe jumped for the door and I jumped after him. “We heard a terrific grinding smash. There was a hiss of steam, a brilliant, red glare lighted up the tower and our little bullding shook all over. The crashing of glass—the tower windows breaking—tingled in my ears, and the tower continued to rock. . “We lay against the door for a mo- ment, and then collapsed to the floor. A few seconds later, I suppose, Joe got up and dashed downstairs. I fol- lowed him. When we reached the ground Joe was running full speed up the road to Chesterton, two miles away. I was told that he never stopped until he reached there, al- though several persons tried to halt m. m, a G $ n J & Dreamed of Coming Glare. “I went down to the wreckage. The conductor of one of the trains came up and tried to 'usk me something. He couldn’t talk, he was shaking so, and I guess I couldn't have answered. I don’t remember much after that. I went home, but could not sleep. 1 kept seeing those two glaring headlights— they seemed gigantic—rushing down on ¥e. 1 dreamed of them, and 1 must have tossed a lot, for 1 several times d the bed clothes off the floor. ‘m all right now, but thank God for my escape. fell away from the tower. Otherwise 1 wouldn't be telling you this.” Whitehead explained that the signal system was interlocking, so both tracks could not have been open at the same time. Closing the track to the Michigan Central automatically open- ed it to the New York Central, and vice versa, he said. N. Y. Central Running Slowly. Whitehead sald the Michigan Cen- tral probably was making sixty miles an hour, but that the New York Cen- tral was traveling slower—probably forty miles an hour. “They always travel nearly full speed, but the New York Central train seemed to be coming slower than usual. Perhaps the engineer saw the other train and tried to stop,” White- head said. Cook was unable to work last night, but was not needed. Every train on both roads was ordered to stop before reaching the wreckage and to pro- ceed only by hand signal. All derail- Ing switches were locked and all blocks were set against oncoming trains. A special crew of signal men guided the trains in their slow prog- Tess over the crossing. VICTIM SECRETLY MARRIED. Miss June Campbell Awaited June 2 for Announcement. JACKSON, Mich., March 1.—Miss June Campbell, stenographer in division head- Quarters of the Michigan Central here, who has been identified among the dead at Porter, Ind., was secretly married to Richard Eva, a locomotive engineer, in this city about one month ago, accord- ing to friends of the young woman, but it was agreed they were not to live to- gether until June 2, her birthda; Close friends of the family said that she had been married previously to a Louisville ;‘n:n. whose name cannot be learned re. Harry Campbell, a brother of the dead woman. is a teacher of mathematics in Louisville. A B i’noy |PREMIERS REJECT condition in German industry, he de- curren: {ments be not spread over too long a period, as the Germans might not be grandchildren dren too heavily saddled with debt.” the total capital sum. on which Ger- discounted at 8 would be 50,000,000,000 goild marks, but that there was payments already made. estimated by equ pointment of a joi vestigate the value of these items al- ready paid. i MONTGOMERY TAKES OATH. of Church, who was elected chaplain for {the House in the 67th Congress last | night, was sworn in today as chaplain | for the unexpired term of Rev. Henry | N. Couden, recently retired as chaplain emeritus. sented to & verdict against it for Marks, who broke a leg January 15, 1917, by stepping into a depression in the sidewalk near 7th and B streets by a jury in Circuit Division 2, before Thew Wright and Peyton Gordon ap- peared for the plaintiff. Fortunately the cars , BESNETTONE SO BNs T EINT IR | 2N I i "3 Praveor Whits SPECIAL SERVICE SUNDAY President-elect Harding has accept- ed the invitation to attend the serv- at Keith's Theater. A box has been President and Mrs. members of their President and Mr family. Coolidge of the Supreme Court Idward Lawrence the membe Rev. Dr. | pa lerviee lana w whos natio y Senator Pomerene of Ohio and Sen- ator Wadsworth of New York v\A‘l” speak at the service on “The Relixiou Significance of the Inauguration. resentative Husted of New York i chairman of the invitation committec The service will include the recita- tion of “The Flag” and Battle Hymn of the Republic Julia This church isiof s founded in jce and sacrifice saved the by M 1 ss, who is coming < especially for the ordon of Chic: Company is com- from New York to sing. Other s will include Mrs. Mabel M. Kinley Baer, a niece of former Presi- dent MeKinley. and Earl Carbauh, soloist at President Wilson's FUNERAL FOR SOLDIER. Military funeral services for C Charles Edwin Chambers of this who died in France October I, of pneumonia, were held yesterday afternoon at Arlington cemetery. The body arrived from France during the past week. Corp. Chambers enlisted as a private in Company C, 312th Machine Gun Battalion, on September 27, 19 and was sent ‘directly to Camp Meade. In July of 1918 he went to France with his battalion, after having been pro- moted to the rank of corporal. Corp. Chambers came here North Bloomfield, N. Y. He graduated from Eastern High School and at- tended George Washington University for two years. He was employed in the Congressional Library as an as- sistant chief of division when he en- listed. He was a member of Myron M. Parker Lodge, No. 27, F. A. A. M. He_is survived by his father, Edwin H. Chambers; his wife, Virginia F. Chambers, and two-year-old son Charles E. Chambers. His mother died shortly after her son’s death, without knowledge of the circumstances. NEW COMMITTEE NAMED. ing s0lo! D, 191 GERMAN OFFER TO PAY $7,500,000,000 (Continued from First I’a ared, largely due to the state of the Dr. Simon then asked that the pay- illing to work “if they and gre saw their -grandchil- teis. The committee is: | Gude, chairman; Arthur 1. Randle vice chairman; J. George Auth, R. F. Bradbury, George B. Bryan, Appletor | P. Clark, jr.: A. H. Coolidge. Allan { Davis, G. E. Dunkum, W. C. Eisinger. i Dr. Charles M. Emmons, Willlam H Ernest, S. M. Frazier, Adolphus Gude W. F. Ham, Ernest &. Herrell, A. G. Dr. Simon then asked the fixing of any would pay interest and provide sinking sum in the usual way. He id that if the Paris annuities were per cent their values dispute over the These were the Germans to be alent to £1,000,000,000. He declared ermany was willing to agree to the ap- nt commission to in- | berg, John H. Ruppert, W. H. Sardo. i Lewis M. Thayer, Washington Top- ham, F. A. Van Reuth, Joseph I. Wel- ler and Harry Winingder. The board of directors of the cham- ber will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the Homer building. —_— NEW RULES FOR FIREMEN. New rules to govern the conduct of i firemen, about which there has been much discussion in citizens' meetings, went into effect today. ‘The two sections of the new regula- tions which provoked most criticism were: One requiring mg:mbers of the department to salute superior officers, and another requiring the men to be attired in full uniform whenever they appeur_on the first floor or out in front of the engine house. Officials of the fire department will observe tlosely conditions during the i first few months of the new rules, in view of the predictions which have been made by citizens that some of the regulations will arouse discon- tent among the men. —_—— P Rev. James Shera Montgomery, astor the Calvary Methodist : Episcopal —_—— D. C. ACCEPTS VERDICT. The District of Columbia today con- 1.000 damages, in favor of Dollie orthwest. 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MeG this his his deg and men of on Su! Las Board of Trade Increases Member- Trade yesterday afternoon at a meet- membership leadership of Charle President The, wood R. Arthur umes Watkin DENY VIOLATING LAW. Sixteen Men and Women Arrested hotel raids conducted Jast wecie in| NEW YORK, March 1. — En prohibition enforcement agents were | Caruso, who recently was critical ;H'_»':!Ig‘m-tl in United States branch Po-|ill from a heart attack follow i ity UThe ‘pny and pleaded not| pleurisy, today underwent a third ants demanded jury trials and were|OPeration for removal of pus from the released on bonds of $1.000 each vleural cavity. His physicians a: Ralph Given, assistant United S nounced he now was resting com- attorney pers could because of the number, o today are: Florence Dunmore, Charles Marshall, Jerome Butler, Leroy son, George W. Steve Loukide: Liovd ’ va esented by R Muse, Alexander King, John D. Sprow | 3% tr Sy “uperss Prescnted by Rev and William Everett. The ministers contended that the Word was received here today of the death of Bana M. Lasley, formerly of Mr. Lasley spent the greater part of | graduate of George Washington Uni- versity. State University. years of age at the time of his death, burial took place in Columbus, Ohio, Ursula Lasley: his mother, Mrs. J. B. MAY ATTEND REUNION. The large number of women whol attended the first reunion of ove seas war workers held yesterday at the Red Cross District Chapter 1 under the auspices of the Red Cross Overseas League was a Kratifyving surprise 1o thos in charge. . meeting was open only to those who served abroad members of some recognized organization either during or after hostilitie Miss Mabel T. Boardman was the activities of the various corps of lu cal pter and emphasizing the need lice and fire departments. s «d for recruits in the speak Mre. Seaton Schroeder, director of aids canteen corps, and Mrs. D s of the supply corps, w n and _ thrift sses. Miss aret Lambie, vice president of the absence of Mrs. Living- its president il be held at the the American Red Club, 1801 1 street open with a After this m KE IN 40 NEW MEMBERS ship to 255. new members were added to s of the Washington Board of ase ro) of the executive committee of members approved by the ommittee, under J. Waters. Thomas Bradley nced the appointment of del he Southern Commercial y are William H. Baldwin ham. William Washburn m . Johnson. new memb D. Allen new the as an are um B. Boll Bouic Ch n H. Borger. S. Cooper, Ma h C. Carte e Craw ton A Frazier, Barl K. Ford h, Hilleary . Hoskin- S. Johnson, Alv nton 1 Lean allwood. | Sullivan, Alexan- William Ife and principal speaker. outlining the many for boo and magazines for the po- 4 departments Isasc W. Littel chairman of attention to the chapter's con 4 Cross Overseas League, pre- meeting of the league ay. March 9, when northwest, Wedne the occasion will cial dinner at ing the leagu quarters at the Red Cross Cha House, 16 Jackson place. —_— CARUSO UNDER KNIFE FOR THIRD OPERATION ullivan Thompson, Walker, ph Whitney. in Hotel Raids Arraigned. Xteen men and women arr ed in fortably. stated that the remaining umbering in the neighborhood score, would be arraigned some week, or as soon as the pa- be made out. Trials. he would be held during the week of h 14 to 19, inclusive, although, me would € L0 g0 over to the following week. he defendants arraigned in court COLORED PASTORS TO AID. Deploring conditions resultant from the carrying of firearms, the Alliar of Colored Clergymen of Washington went on record at a meeting in the Y. M. C. A. hall last night as indors- ing the crusade against the evil. Rev. A. C. Garner of the Plymouth Congregational Church presided, and the resolution condemning the lack of legislation and need for enforcement Peters, James M. Gunn. Franci ¥ A Gwigan, Raymond T. Sisier, Fre rri- mith, Smith, Alice reen Gore. only remedy for such conditions is the | strict enforcement of the law against | all offenders, both white and colored. | | LOCAL CADETS MAY MARCH. B. M. LASLEY DEAD. city, who died in Detroit, Mich.. late home, February 20. Plans are under consideration by publie school anid District government officials, it was learned today, to have the Washington High School Cadets parade up Pennsylvania avenue from the Capitol to the White House ¥Fri- day as part of the inaugural oere- monies of President-elect Harding. Before making any definite arrange ments for the parade, these officials will communicate with Mr. Harding in Marion to get his approval. It is proposed to have the cadets form a part of the guard of honor to escort the incoming President from the Capitol after he delivers is inaugural to his new home in the youth in this city, and was a He later received a maste in engineering at the Ohio He was thirty-five ree was in the engineering depart- t of the Hercules Motor Company Detroit. Funeral services and February 22. rviving him are his widow, Mrs. ley of Columbus, Ohio, and a sis- ter. s Chi Mr. Legion ang a member of the Miss Mabel Lasley of Columbus. Lasley was prominent in Ma circles, a2 member of the I hite House. When reaching the ecutive mansion. it is planned have them stand at attention at the north entrance until President Hard ng enters fraternity @u[in éf)]?artin@ 91 Years 150 hard coal was f77s¢ used to heat washington homes - GHE superior heating qualities of the new fuel from the Pennsylvania coal fields brought it into quick favor. 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