Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1921, Page 17

4 . W Roads of the eastern district failed R 3 and adjudicator in the general land e’ "$1167.800 RATWAY * DEFITINMONTH G Executives Declare 202 } Roads Show Operating Loss for January. REVENUES SHOW GAIN 3 Fall $68,439,800 Short of Estimate Set by Commerce Commission, Says Announcement. Tabulation of earnings statistics from 272 railroads of the country shows a deficit for January of $1. 800, tho Association of Railway ecutives announced last night. More than half of the railroads failed to earn expenses and taxes during the month, the statement of the associa- tion said. Operating were $468,834,000, an increase of 51-5 per cent over January, 1920, while op- crating expenses were $442,474,000, an increase of 63-5 per cent over the same period of a year ago. The met operating income, which was mnot Ziven, represented a decrease of 12 per cent, as compared with Januar: 1920, it was said. Freight Revenues Increase. Freight revenues amounted to $323,- 586,000 an increase of 41-5 per cent over the previous Janua senger revenues were $105.247,000, increase over January, 1920, of 14 3-5 per cent. The roads failed by $6 433,800, the announcement said, to earn the amount estimated under the increased rates fixed by the Inter- state Commerce Commission in ac- cordance with the transportation act. 167,- Ex- by 116 per cent to receive the amounts estimated, while southern roads failed by 75 per cent to realize the profits estimated. A plan to require more complete data regarding wages and_hours of railroad employes, proposed by rep- resentatives of the Railroad Labor Board in conference with a repre- sentative of the Interstate Commerce Commission yesterday, would cost the roads $4,000,000 a year, A. P. Thom, goneral counsel for ~the railway executives, told the conferces. First of Conference. The conference was the first of a series between the two federal bodies to agree on a basis for data required of the roads. Horace Secrist rep- , resented the labor board and M. O. ! Lorens the commission. Mr. Secrist | proposed 148 employe classifications, | saying data now compiled by the roads was not sufficient to enable the labor board to act intelligently, as an accurate comparison with wages and hours for similar work in other in- dustries was not shown. Mr. Thom proposed a plan for 123 classifica- tions, adding that the roads were eager to give every assistance needed by the government. APPLIES TO PRESIDENT. /Dr. Emma R. Bailey Would Be As- sistant Land Commissioner. Dr. Emma Reba Bailey, a lawyer 4 office. today announced her candidacy for the assistant commissionership of the land office. / Dr. Bailey has written to President Harding outlining her qualifications and requesting that she be considered a candidate for the position. She has been a republican for thirty years. Y Whken you think of Social, Scholastic or Business Engraving, Think of ANDREWS'. Y EMBOSSED AND ENGRAVED PROGRAMS for SCHOOL Please fplace your order as early as possible 1 EXECUTION EXCELLENT CHARGES REASONABLE R. P. ANDREWS PAPER' CO. 731 Thirteenth Street Brzaches tn Norfolk, V., aad Yerk, Pa. revenues for January|QUestion Five Witnesses in Légion to Decorate Grave of Every U. S. Soldier in World War By the Associated Press. INDVANAPOLIS, March 31— The grave of every American dier who died abroad in the world war will be decorated on | Memorial day by the American lon. All_posts of the legion were ealled_on for contributions to ] bear the expense in a bulletin sent today by Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant. The burdea of the cost, the bulletin maid, Tests with the members of the legion, but public contributions also will be accepted. Relatives of the deceased sol- diers may have a special floral offering or decoration placed on the graves through the legion’s committees in France, Great | Britain, Belgium and Germany, it also was announced. SEEK TEN NEGROES [N PEONAGE CASE Murder Charges in- Georgia. ATLANTA, Ga., March 31.—Federal activity in the investigation of al- leged peonage conditions on the farm of John S. Williams in Jasper coun- ty, which, according to a declara- tion by Clyde Manning, negro farm boss, led to the murder of cleven negroes, was renewed today with the questioning Mgy Department of Jus- tice agents of five negroes taken into custody late yesterday as material witnesses. Ten negroes in all were sought by federal agents, who went secretly to the plantation. Many negroes have fled to Atlanta and other places since the revelations attributed to Man- ning. Som Discusses Case. Stories alleged to have been told the grand jury by Floyd Johnson, a young. white man, that there had been a concerted effort to cause racial trouble and to make it appear negroes killed the men found dead,.in the hope of influencing public sentiment in favor of John S. Williams, were discussed yesterday by Dr. Gus Wil- liams, a hero of the Somme retreat, where his services won him the Brit- ish war cross. - Dr. Williams declared his father and brothers were innocent of the murder and also of -the alleged at- tempt to incite race trouble follow- ing the exposure of the alleged con- ditions. Dr. Williams said his father lately had paid the fines of negroes who would otherwise go to the chain gang, in order to get labor. Dentes Peonage Charge. “Are the peonage charges against your father and brothers true?’ he was asked.~ ‘Well, if they are gullty of peon- age,” Dr. Williams replied, “there are many other farnfers in Georgia guilty of the same crim: It is true ‘they have bailed negroes out of jail, but they have paid them wages and given them clothes to wear. After federal investigators made their trip to the plantation’in Feb- ruary, Dr. Williams said, and told the Degroes “they should be making more money_and working only eight hours a day,” the elder Williams decided to let all dissatisfied ones leave. He even gave the negroes who owed him money enough funds to get them out of the county and canceled their debts,” Dr. Williams ¢oncluded. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D 75 TONS OF BELLS IN CARILLON WILL MAKE NO DIN OR CLAMOR Englishman Dwells on Mysteries of Bells Capable of Playing Any Tune a Piano Can Play. ‘When is a bass called a tenor? “When it's in a carillon,” answers E. Denison Taylor of Loughborough, England. Thus another musical conundrum has its answer in a musical season in Washington which has been without equal in the history of the city for its extent and variety. But Washington's “musical season” will never be complete, according to the head of‘the firm of English bell casters, until the National Capital has its great memorial carillon, or bell tower, in which the heaviest bells will be called “tenor” and the over- tones will be perfect. At the Willard Hotel today Mr. Taylor, a tall Englishman with a scraggly beard, behind which his moutH and eyes often smiled, outlined some of the mysteries of the pro- posed carillon, over which he " con- ferred last night with members of the Arts Club of Washington How the bellmen call the bass bells the tenor bells was but one of the carillon mysteries. There is going to be no din in con- nection with the great tower, Mr. Taylor made plain. Although the tower is to hold prac- tically seventy-five tons of bel there will be no deafening reverbera- tions, the bellmaker stated. Tower Construction Counts. This happy result will be-secured by the construction of the tower and by the tuning of the bells. It is likely } that the windows of the tower will only begin at about the highest point, up where the small treble bells hang. Thus the tones of the ever-increas- inly size bells as they go down in the tower will have to rise in the shaft. mingling as they do so with the other tones issuing from the windows in perfect accord with the other and lesser bells. B But this is not all. Mr. Taylor says the bells will be 8o cast as to get the overtones in true musical relation to the fundamental notes. Any musician will understand this. Each bell will DIES IN PHILADELPHIA. Mrs. Hannah Callahan Leaves Many Relatives in D. C . Word was recelved here today of the death in Philadelphia yesterday of Mrs. Hannah Callahan, sister of John J. Callahan, of 1729 North Capi- tol street, this city. Mrs. Callahan died at 6 o'clock last night, after a lingering illness lasting more than six months. Funeral services probably will be held Saturday from Mrs. Callahan’s late home, 1251 North 17th street, Philadelphia. Mrs. Callahan is sur- vived by her brother John and sister, Miss Maria Callahan. Among her nephews and nieces in this city are John, Paul, Leo, Frank, Raymond and Vincent Callahan, Miss Rosa Callahan and Mrs. Rene E. Fraile. e FREIGHT CHARGES CUT. SAN FRANCISCO, March 31.—Slight reductions on freight charges on sev- eral commodities, between Pacific and Atlantic ports, were announced by the Pacific-North _ Atlantic _conference, comprising virtually all steamer lines engaged in that tariff. The largest reduction was on Philippine_hemp, 5 cents a hundred pounds ta 70, cents. 937-939 F all offering of this These new selected re. esent the last iword in becoming"Dress Hats. Choice of all-black, black and white and \§ the most fashionable shades of the day. Far above any sale this sea- son at five dollars. $5 and $6.50 Sailors, Friday at $2.95 A good selection of sailors, all straw, with smart taslored or draped georgette bands, in black and colors. Blouses entirely made by hand, $3.45 A selection of fresh new models that will instantly appeal to every woman. The hand-drawn work is beautifully executed, and the variety for cho THE HOUSE OF QULITY Mayer Bros, & Co. Street N.W. No hav tone will sound in three octaves. And the harmonics will be perfect. By Mr. Taylor's system of bell tuning | the mouth of the bell can be meas- ured. | . “How do we measure it?" smiled the beliman. “‘Ah” that is a secret.” How Clappers Function. Then the clappers are going to have something to do with the general softness of tones of the whole bell tower. The clappers are not allowed to swing loose, to come down with great force and produce a tremendous clatter of sound. {two inches of its bell, so that when [ the performer at the clavier or key- presses a_key the olapper will strike the bell forcibly but softly, and the bell will send forth melodious waves, with all its harmonics in perfect ac- cord. “Most of the bells you have in this country,” Mr. Taylor said, “have horri- ble overtones. Mr. Taylor said he didn't know ex- actly why the big bass bells. the largest of which in the proposed carillon here wAll weigh 22,000 pounds. were called “tenor.” but sald it had always been the custom in the science of bells. ‘The carillon wil] have a range equal to that of a piano, with all the half tones, so that any composition play- able on a piano can be duplicated on the carillon. “Jazz, why certainly,” said Mr. Tay- lor. “I have heard jazz on a carillon. But it doesn’t sound just right, you know, not exactly in keeping with the dignity of sound of the bells.” The action of the clapper is very quick, once the key of the clavier is depressed, the bell man explained, so that eighth and sixteenth notes can be executed in sprightly fashion. There is nothing elephantine about a carillon, he intimated. The proposed bell tower here is to have a musical range of about one- fourth to three-fourths of a mile, within which radius it will be heard at its best. In the immediate neigh- borhood of the tower, however, there will be no din or clamor. DISCUSS WELFARE TOPICS Civic Subjects Up at Meeting of Business Women’s Section. Civic and industrial welfare toplcs featured the discussion at a meeting of the professional and business women's section of the Women' Club last night. S An address by Courtenay Dinwid- die on the value of community or- ganization for promotion of civie spirit was followed by the discussion of charges that women were dis- criminated against in the govern- ment departments. The club will be asked to foster a resolution protest- ing against alleged discrimination against women in government serv- ice at its mext meeting. Dr. Edith Coale presided. NEGRO CONFESSES MURDER. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 31— John Whiteside, alias Ambry Garrett, negro, brought back from Chatta. nooga Saturday night, made a com- plete confession of the murder of J. L. Bourgouis, seventy-three years, and Lacey Murphree, fifteen-year-old boy, in the office of county solicitor, Joseph R. Tate, according to the so- licitor. Branch Stores Friday’s Leading Attraction this special purchase of i' sses and Suit§ in exclusive models , for women and misses $ choice..eceeececes. A new record in value-giving for the considera- tion of every woman who loves apparel of quality and indroiduality. DRESSES, THIRTY-NINE splendsd taffetas, lovely satins, canton crefpes, georgettes and crepe de chines, in many styles all leading shades; in regular and extra sizes. SUITS, THIRTY-NINE DOLLARS, in fine hand-taslored and firu'shzd serges and tricotines; #lain or fancy silk braided. Every suit handsomely silk lined. Staple colors and leading shades; in sizes. Purchase of $7.50 and $10 Refined Millinery Creations Friday at $5 Easily surpassing any previous season. arrivals carefully i w 15 delightful. VireV /eI TIQVE/BNY DOLLARS, Sizes 34 to 46. /e 78\ /e two harmonies: that is. the same one-half a vibration of the metal at Each clapper is held within one or board at the bottom of the tower Hall of Gullibles Takes in~Buyer of Great Terminal NEW YORK, March 3L—In the hall of gullibles, t long corridor of immortall fon for men who have bou; Eiffel Tower, Brooklyn Bridge and traffic rights to the Atlantic Ocean, rcom was being made today for Gregory Pantasi, res- taurateur. Gregory complained to the po- lice that he had paid $1,200 for a “large mection” of the Grand Central Terminal, and that when he went home to get an additionnl $500 needed for com- pletion of the deal the “owner” disappeared. Followed, the arrest of = Yyoung man who gave the name of Christopher Nicholas, accus- ed by Pantasi of being his ad- viser, “owner,” described as a tall, handsome ma; ‘whe okes cork-tipped cigarettes in the object of a police nearch. LIEUT. GONEY DIES OF HIS INJURIE Body of Victim of Aero Fall Taken From Natchez to Georgia for Burial. By the Associated Press. NATCHEZ, Miss, March 31.—Lieut. Willlam Devoe Coney, twenty-seven, who was injured when his airplane crashed into a tree near Crowville, la., last Friday morning, died of his injurfes at a local hospital here at 5:20 p.m. yesterday. The body left here for Brunswick, Ga., where the funeral will be held Saturday. The body was accompanied by Lieut. Coney's mother, an aunt, his brother. and Maj. N. B. Claggett of the 4th Aviation Corps. Lieut. Coney was a son of the late Edgar F. Coney, a _lumberman of Brunswick. He was born in Atlanta in November, 1893. His/ youth was spent in Brunswick. At the outbreak of the Mexican trouble in 1916 he enlisted with the Brunswick Rifles, an infantry or- ganization, and saw service on the border. Returning to Brunswick in 1917, about the time the United States entered the European war, he entered the officers’ training camp at. Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where he was commissioned as a second lieu- tenant of infantry. Later he was transferred to the air service, re- ceiving his preliminary training at the -ground school at Georgia Tecl in Atlanta. He was assigned as fly- ing instructor during the war and had no opportunity to see service at the front. On the day he was in- jured the announcement was made at San Diego, Calif., of his- promo- tion to a first lieutenancy. e HOUSE. CAUCUS CALLED. Republican Members to Meet Two Days Before Extra Session. House Leader Mondell has called a caucus of the republican members of the House in the Sixty-seventh Con- for April 9, two days before the g:::’!et by President Harding for the opening of the extraordinary session. The principal business of that meet- ing, it is understood, will be the se- jection of the republican whip end the confirmation of the schedule of committee. assignments as made up by the committee on committe I Never Look-for THURSDAY.. MARCH 31, g In the Heart of Old Jtaly—Crescent Teid Aunt Jemima's Jubflee—Harmonizers' Quastet m;!m}ruwmm'.w e sl Do You Eve Thiak of Me? i e? — in's ] Do oL Peec }Pox Trot—Selvin's Dance Orchestra. e } Fox Trot—Al Jocker's Dance Orchestra 1921. “SILESIA SHOULD BE OCCUPIED TO FORCE GERMANY'S HAND"| Allied Officer So Declares in Discounting All Other Methods Reparations Expeditiously. BY WILLIAM E. NASH. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dafly News. Considered to Get tained? new sure Only by the mobilization of classes ‘through measures that | Copyright, 1921 ! WIESBADEN, Germany, March 31— New penalties will be enforced against Germany if Berlin does not make concrete reparations proposals in the immediate future, in the opin- fon of a trustworthy military au- thority in Mayence. He believes that the new scene of action will not be the Ruhr region or the vicinity of Frankfort, but Upper Silesia. Everybody is now beginning to alize.” said this officer to the writer, “that_the action glecided upon at the | last London conference was unsatis- factory and inefficient. Neither the occupation of Dusseldorf nor the plans. for the Rhineland tariff fron- tier have made the Germans see th seriousness of their situation. O the contrary, these actions have served only as pin pricks to arouse the resentment of the Germans and stimulate their policy of resistance. “In bringing further pressure to bear, four forces lie open to the al- lies, namely, the maintenance, even after the plebiacite, wf control in Upper Silesia, the occupation of more territory in the Rhur basin, the seiz- ure of Frankfort, Darmstadt and Mannheim and the isolation of Prus- sia_from south Germany by driving a military wedge up the valley of the Main. Plans have been formu- lated for each of these actions, but for the present, I do not think that more than one will be put into prac- tice. It may be necessary to try them all before Germany yields. Money Real Objective. “First of all, we must assume that any new action will have as its prime | e n would be unpopular in France To occupy iso lated sen and B feld, rather than the whole b n ould be 1o repeat the same falla clous policy “of pinpricking already tried at Dusseldorf. “In Upper Silesia, on the other hand, the allies now have an army | numbering ‘more than 15,000 men, | whose officers have spent several months in studying the resources of the country and who should be able to elaborate economy coercive meas- | ures within a short time. A blow | struck there would prove particu- | larly humiliating to Germany after the hopes aroused by the German | newspapers over the results of the plebiscite. There can be no doubt ' that Germany counts a great deal on the speedy restoration of her power in that pro: ce. Other Alternatives. “The third alternative—that is, the occupation of Frankfort, Darmstadt and Mannheim—is improbable, despite certain American newspapers’ state- ments to the contrary, because it would not aid in the solution of the reparations problem in the slightest degree. So far as I know, the report that French troop concentrations have begun for this purpose is false. Furthermore, the allies have already had one unhappy experience with Frankfort, from which they gained nothing but ridicule. If the supreme council now decides to march troops in there to stay ten or fifteen years I think the French will be glad to go, but to stay only a short period of months they would not. “Finally, we come to the last des- perate alternative of an ambitious thrust through the center of Ger- many. It is extremely doubtful and | for | worked out by Alexander T. Stuart, n: PLAN DRIVE 10 GET TRAINED TEACHERS School Officials to Make Special Plea to Young Women in District. The campaign proposed by school officials to recruit Washington school- girls into the teaching profession will be launched next week. All details the movement are now being director of intermediate instruction, at the request of Supt. Ballou. It is planned to have school officials, teachers and normal school students address assemblies of high school zirls and to speak before mothers’ clubs and parent-teacher associations on the subject, “Why Not Tech? The speakers will explain. the course of trafning in the normal schools and the desirability of every girl considering the opportunity provided in teaching for rendering important public service. Larger Classes Wanted. The campaign will be conducted with a view to enlarging the classes in the normal schools, and thereby assuring an adequate supply of satisfactorily trained “teachers for the \Washington public schools in future years. In a communication to Mr. Stuart, directing him to formulate plans for the teacher recruiting campaizn, Supt. Ballou declared that “one of the seri- ous problems during the past several years has been procuring sa y ained teachers.™ Dr. Ballou added ington, but all over the country. It seems to the superintendent that the time has come when we, as members of the profession, should appropriate influence to a: solution of this problem. Three Main Issues. “The problem may be divided into several parts. The first has to do with objective the dollection of money from the territory eccupied, and in this sense, according to economic experts, the only two parts of Ger- many that can come into considera- tion are Silesia and the Ruhr valley. To occupy the latter region would demand a body of troops relatively strong in number and exceeding the effectives on the Rhine, especially since the French class of 1920 is at present in process of demobilization and will not be fully relieved by the class of 1921 before the end of June. Where could such a force be ob- GATHER COAL DATA. Officials Fear Reserve Stocks Are Being Unwisely Burned. A questionnaire inquiring about the stocks of coal on hand April 1 was sent to coal consumers yesterday by the geological survey to determinme whether consymers are unwisely burning up their reserve supplies. Purpose of the questionnalre, Director Smith announced, is to find out how much coal is being carried over from the past coal year, in order that consumers and producers may make intelligent plans for next year. Bituminous production during the third week .in March was down to 6,468,000 toms, the lowest point, ex- cept during the 1919 coal strike, since the businees depression of 1914, Di- rector Smith said. The weekly aver- age for 1920 was 10,700,000 tons. The decrease was to be expected in part, Mr. Smith said, because of de- cline in consumption and exports. —_— False teeth were made and worn | 000 i Vocabon Recrede } } Green Beothers® Novelty Band whether such a policy would meet| with the approval of Great Britain or the consent of the present French cabinet, for it would involve raising several hundred thousand fresh sol- diers. Nevertheless it might be un-| dertaken by a radical Poincare cabi- net in alliance with Belgium. The objective would be purely political ' In order to accomplish such a pur pose France would be forced to aban- don all hope of any indemnity, permit the union of Bavaria with Austria and allow the re-establishment of the Wittelsbach monarchy. MAGAZINES FOR FRENCH. Patients Would Read American Literature, Says Mrs. Becker. Mrs. George F. Becker of this city, who is at present doing hospital work at the Institut Pasteur, at Lille, France, asks that any one having magazines or Interesting current lit- erature nd them to that institute, ‘which is a hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis. ' She states that the patients are anxious to read American works of importance, as there is' great desire for anything concerning America and the work of its people. Any publications marked for the Institut Pasteur and delivered to the Smithsonian Institution will be for- warded through its international ex- change service without charge. ASSIGNED TO SEA DUTY. Lieut. Commander Leslie J. Jordan, on duty in the bureau of ordnance. Navy Department, has been assigned to the command of the T. 8. S. Clem- OCALION RECORDS ' Play on any Phonograph VOCALION RECORDS for APRIL NPRING'is on thewnayand there isno better thebisds themeevwes. The month’s means of bringitig.some of its brightnestjoto recordings cne i».baaming these days. . - - . - © . . - - SPECIALISTS IN PLAYER PIANOS O.J. DeMOLL O.d DeMOLL g Washingtorn's AEOLIAN HALL - Twelfth and G Streets Stownvay Duo-Art Punslas Veber Duo-Art Pianoclas Asoliax Vocaltons populgr song inclade the tatest numbers-that every- prompting persons endowed by nature with the qualifications whlchyprvmllo success in teaching, to enter a ocourse of training leading to the profession. The second part of the problem re lates to the appointment and advance. ment of teachers in the service, and the third part to their compensation. 1 am directing your attention to the first of these problems, namely, that | of prompting our high school girls to enter the normal schools to prepare for elementary school teaching, or to enter a teachers' college to prepare for high school teaching. It appears to the superintendent that this is a vital matter, in the solution of which the profession should be playing a conspicuous part. The teaching pro- fession is, and will continue to be, largely gvhat we as members of the profession undertake to make it. The profession should, therefore, under- take to maintain and improve the standards of the profession. ANNUAL BANQUET HELD. Pennsylvania State College Alumni Hold Meeting Here. The first annual alumni banquet of Pennsylvania State College was held last night at the University Club. Rep- resentative Kelly of Pennsylvania was the principal speaker. He pointed out how education has played a great part in the development of the United States, and urged wider support of the institutions of learning. The following officers were elected: A. A. Hansen, president; P. A. Pat- | terson, vice president, and F. A. Ash- brook, secretary-treasurer. It was stated that weekly luncheons will be held in the future as a_means of stimulating interest in alumni s~ tivities. er e ey oprebiid