Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1921, Page 2

2] -, MAN'S BODY FOUND < PARTIALLY BURIED Mystery Surrounds Grue- some ‘Discavery Near G. U. Prep School. Mystery surrounds the death of a man whose badly decomposed body was found late yesterday afternoon in a ravine about fifty yards from the Rockville pike, near the Georgetown Preparatory Schodl, in Maryland. Dis- covery of am oblong pearl cuft link with the letter “F” on it. together with peculiar gold bridgework on his teeth,-may Jead to an identification, howeyer, “Fhe body, believed to have been that of a man about forty years of age, was, discovered by J. Sheldon An- drews, colored, an employe of the: Geergetown Preparatory School, who! was walking through the ravine when e saw the tips of tan shoes protrud- through the earth. Bones were soattered nearby, “A, hasty -search -also disclosed the herd. The condition of the head and body was such that the police believe death resulted last summer or fall. Bottle of Chlaroform Found. Near the body was found an-eight- bottle of chloroform and a can le of lime. The can of lime | overturned. When Andrews discovered the body he notified the hool authorities, who communicated with officials at Rock- ville. and the Washington police. ve Sergt. Sandberg. Bertil- expert and photosrapher of the ‘al police department. went to the cene carly this morning and took | photographs which disclosed that the man had heavy gold bridge work in his teeth. which is of peculiar con- struction. He wore dark clothes. On the clothing was the mark of a New clety. Mrs. Whitman Cross, who out-!will not send a* al message to {lined the orgin and the work of the|Congress regarding the transportation organization. | situation, but will confine his infor- The Instructive Visiting Nurse So- mation and recommendations to the ciety was ‘organized about twenty |general message he will read to the Five Brothers, Civil War Veterans, Meet at Confederate Reunion RICHMOND, Five brothers, PRESIDENT HEARS RAILWAY WORKERS Mr. Harding Takes Up Men’s Problems Before Pro- ceeding Further. Before conferring with railroad ex- ecutives and representatives of the shippers and producers regarding a policy to be adopted by the admin-| istration to bring about the desired transportation relief, President Hard- ing is giving thorough consideration | at this time to that phass of the problem which more directly affects the railroad workers. During the past few days he has discussed the problem with high cf- ficials of railroad workers' unions. Additional information from the standpoint of the empioyes was ob- tained this morning from W. Lo Mc- Menumen, deputy president of the Brotherhood of ~Railroad Trainmen, and yesterday afternoon from W. S. Cartcr, president of the Brotherhood of Enginemen and Firemen. He will have u similar conferenco at 4 o'clock this afternoon with W. S. Stone, pres- ident of the Brotherhood of Locomo- the Confederate army, eunior y attended a of their comrades in burk. They are: A eighty-three, of Spanishburg, W. Va.; Mansfield M. Moore, eighty, of Cambral, Va.; O. M. Moore, seventy-eight, of Ellls- tom, Va.; E. T. Moor: five, of Bradshaw, Va., and Be; | Jamin Moore, meventy-three, of Shawsville, Va. | _ The oldest two of the Moore brothers have about seventy | descendanta ench and the third is childless. They are probably the only five brothers, natives Hving. who | o 3 K E B 2 WANT TO RAISE $50,000 TO AID VISITING NURSES Meeting of the Society to Consider Means of Continuing Its Work Among the Sick. Announcement of plans of the In- structive Visiting Nurses to raise $50.000 during the last week of this month for the continuance of the so- clety's work was made yesterday |tive Engineers. afternoon after 4 meeting at the resi-| While virtually every angle or fea- dence of Mrs. William ture of the problem is being pointed Eustis, 1500 Rhode Island avenue. out to the Pres Corcoran | { dent. that he may be Mrs. Corcoran Thom. a member of | properly informed before making any the board of managers, presided, and | recommendations to Congress, the introduced the president of the so-| P’rcsident has made it clear that he years ago. The work was started with | one nurse during one summer as an | experiment. This experiment proved | the need of such work in Washington. i The work is now the care of the sick people of Washington who are not in assembled body at the Capitol next Tuesday. May Be Plymouth’s Gue: President Harding will try to ar- range matters so as to attend the York tailor., . The mame of:the tailor. However, ha@, been washed out. The man wore tar shods, resembling Army footwear. and hes underwear. He had reddish hair, a:prominent nose and a square jaw. Dr. William T. Pratt, Montgomery county physician, with State’s Attor- mey Dawson and Sheriff Nicholson, visited the place this morning and examined the body. near which was hospitals. A short time after the society was organized it was discovered that there was not one school nurse in the city An appropriation was secured from Congress and now there are ten school nurses in Washington. An- other constructive work accomplished is that in connection with the Tuber- culosis Association. At the request of | celebration at Plymouth, Mass., Au- gust 11, marking the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims. When Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, and a committee from the state called at the White House and extended an invitation. he promised conditionally to attend, “if business permits.” It has been made known at the White House that the President has tendered to former Senator Gronna found a woman’s handkerchief. In Be pockets four pennies, several lead pencils and some papers were found. There was nothing on the papers that would lead to an identification. The body was taken to an undertaker's at Rockville. Letter “F.” on Cuff Link. ‘The finding of the letter “F” on the euff link. it is believed might disclose the man possibly to be Lieut. Edward Walker Franklin of the United States Marine Corps, who disappeared from the Raleigh Hotel last September and has not since been located. At the marine hsadquarters. the rec- ord of Lieut. Franklin showed that he had been dropped from the rolls last Détember as a_result of having been mlssing since September. The marine headquartefs at Quantico was com- municated with and it disclosed that Lieyt. Franklin had been there only three days when he came to Washing- ton: Whep. the officer disappeared from the, H6tel he left his uniform in his. roof. What clothing he .wore could not be learned. - An egaminatjon of the skull by Dr. Pratt failed fo disclose any marks Wwhich would tend to show how the man lost his life. 2 “Sheriff Nicholson is ¢oming to Wash- ggon this- #fternoon to.%onfer, with local pdlice regarding the case. I! WHEN BONBS GOES (Continued from First Page.) fore th convene; It is understood that the applica- tion of the Lehlbach classifications, which classifications and integral salary rates have the indorsement of organized federal employes, is asked in arder to find out what the cost of the new rates would be. . 1¢ is not definitely known to gov- ernment workers that the reclassifica- tion nieasure, known as the “Brown biL" is the same as the measure which Senator Smoot proposed to in- uce, but it is gencrally supposed thal such is the case. - w -~ ‘TBe reclassification commission’s bi}l seems lost in the shuffle, and it is, -not anticipated that it will be brsLght up at the next session in angp fo Xcept insofar s some of ity provisions may be carried in one ofthe Pther rival bills. Tlanées of Workers. reclassification. - commission's i catrigd some T.700 classes or DS -of workers. and it has been paind of the Lenl ameasure to this nymber of classés ef -Brown of the bureau of ef- cy;made it _plain seve: months that his re&'usimfimr:lmeluure id go fhe Lehlbach bill “one bet- in the.matter of reduced number asses of employes. . . 4 is regarded as likely that the re- t for the application of the Lehl- bill to the departments has been e in an endeavor: to arrive at the t sum. needed to give increased es tp government employes, with iprobable desire of the proponents ghis Dill to be able to demonstrate gat it can be done more cheaply to igovernment than tHe rival “bill" be.put.into operation e 1abor involved in attempting to the Lehlbach classifications to governmént’ departments at- this hag nonplussed officials, who, as st@ied. Rardly know what to do. about matter. 7 “Clubs and Plant Preservation. TWAby Edidor of The Star: Ffe desire expressed in The Sun- diy Star by Mrs. Patten, and in_the ' e@iitorial Monday. to form John Bur- hs clubs' to perpetuate the name work of the famous naturalist, | “commendable. There I8, however, ional society, with several thou- members, that is doing for wild rers what the Audubon Society doing for birds and what the ican Forestry Association. is do- for trees. It is the Wild Flower rvation Society of America, bh chapters in many parts of the try. It was organized in, Wash- and the Washington @pter now numbers more than 200 ®dalt members, including many of the government natural science staff agd public school science teachers, among which Mrs. Alburtis is a very nefive member There are at least three junior clubs and several hun- dred’ Junior members around Wash- ington. It therefore seems hardly wdvisable to have two. local com- ting_organizations in exactly the eamé fleld. A chapter has just been starfed in Baltimore and others in Virginia and Massachusetts are about to be organized. There has been me talk recently regarding a pos. 8ib] n"s next session of Congress e change of name on account of length, and possibility of uniting with' another national socicty known @& Society for the Preservation of Our Native Plants. It is not Mmpos- sibile, that the Burroughs name might be mcceptable to all, but in case it §s_impracticable to make a change in name or combination of the two existing societies it is much more probable that the name John Bur- youghs clubs would be an acceptable designation for the Junior Wild Flower Preservation societies. If thos interested will co-operate I sl be glad to bring the matter Yefore the national meeting in New York on May 25 and see if action canibe obtained at once or a com- nittee appointed” for further con- sideration The above society is I <orporated and all life memberships and most, . i~not all, larger dona- tiopy.go iute ¢n endowment fund: e P. L. RICKER. thisorganization two nurses were as- signed to tubercular work and con- tinued this work until it was taken over by the city. At present a malernity service is conducted for the mothers of new- born babies who cannot go to hos- pitals. These mothers are also in- structed in the proper care of their babies. Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Eustis and Miss Mobray, one of the nurses of the society, also made brief addresses. | ¢ js known that the executive is Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of | considering the appointment of Wil- the men’s committee. explalned the|jjam T. Riter of Salt Lake City, Utah, work that the men will do, and said|as assistant attorney general. It is that when the purpose of the society | understood that Mr. Riter is strongly is fully understood by the people of | supported and that he has been rec- of North Dakota the post of United States minister to Denmark. and that the latter is seriously considering its acceptance. The incumbent is Joseph C. Grew, former secretary of the American’ peace commission in Paris and later one of the American com- missioners. Appointment by President Harding of William T. Nolting of California as auditor for the Philippine Islands has been announced at the White House. Washington they will give the sup-]|ommended . by _Attorney General port needed to continue its work. Daugherty. | - Recelves Italian Gromp. President Harding today was urged by a group of prominent New York Italians, all. of whom were active in the interests of the.party during the last campaign, to appoint Dr. Vincent Giordano. editor of the Belletino of New York, to some high place in the consular service. The delegation also took occasion to extend good wishes to the executive and to assure him of their continued loyalty, Nicholas" Silvagi, assistant district attorgey, New York city, who headed the group and acted as spokesman, strikers holsted |t0ld how the Italians were organized the red flag. and Besleged the police [ during the campaign and the efficient station. . ‘The -sityation is assuming a | service Pettormed. He sald that critical ‘aspect, dispatch says. they would continue united for his The trouble arose whan the strikers | support and would always be ready captured the nager of a mine, | for .a@y undertakin t b who _refased 3,3.. “rda P S g requested by BT ala Sk rescucd the man: b0t IHARDING ON PUBLIC LINKS call for aid and rescued the man, but the polios were surrounded by the 4 Participates in Gol? Match at Po- tomae Park. miners, whose -forces hgqd by this time been incréaged to thousands. Presfdent Harding afternoon played nine holes of golf on DISORDEBS AT MINES. the publig’ course in Potomac Park. Strikers Interfere With Pumping Al With him were Senators Kell kshire District. Minnesota, Frelinghuysen of New Jev: By the Associated Press. sey and Hale of Maine. The President LANARK. Scotland, Aprfl 6.—Dis- | Who was “giving the party,” person. orders were reported from many dis- |8y went to the wicket and paig a tricts in Lanarkshire this morning, | QUarter apiece for himself and his at several mines the striking work. |three friends. He then handed the INDUSTRIAL CRISIS HALTS FOR MOMENT {Continued trom First Page.) coal strike in Cowdenbeath, in Fife- shire, Scotland, .according' to a Cen- }rll News dispsteh from Dumferm- ne. > ‘The - police attscked the strikers with batons, but late yesterday men having interfered with pumping | fOUr fickets to the man at the gate, operations.” Several arrests are satq |2nd With Benator Kellogg as’ his to have been made. partner in a feursome began the match. His intention to try out the public course was not announced In advanes e pr “;’y l‘);:re 'IT an hand at the links e - |only the usual afternoon crowd. Tha y to. Lose Coal Ex-|pl.7 [ie tousy &fternoon crowd party port xmm, Due to Strike. :‘V:;'Y &on‘l;laly. and hsuve‘ them the ay over the course, NEW YORK. April 6.—The United|executive "and “his partner. metessi States bids fair to win the English coal '.hell’ opponents two up at the finish. export trade, if the present strike Col. Sherrill, one-of the President's inaids and superintendent Great Britain lasts any length of time, | buildings and grounds, wul":n rl’::’e‘:f said a statement issued here tonight by | fited spectator. The President told later e wat es) 1 the Wholesale Trade Coal Association. | Dleaseq with she wourse P Eislly well ‘Foreign buycrs have peen much dis-{ green, he said, was particularly goo :::l‘fl-:hd by {-h. ll’ecllrl'll:" :hr:ublu in the coal mines an -subsequent. i interrupted _shipments on_ contracts| BOWie Entries for Thursday. read the statement. “Americans are| First race, claiming; two-year-olds: TRADE MAY COME TO U. S. very anxious to secure this businesa. four furlongs—Wilfex, 110; ) toriims increased demand, if it ma-(115; Grace E. 111; Mad 0% will enable the " bituminous | Belie Wrack, 114; Kate Bru mizes of the eastern part of the coun- | *Land Sail, 101; Dolly Varden’ 113 try to operate with more regularity and | Lina, 109. i thus make it possible to keep their or-| Second race, claiming: four-year- ganization together, so that when the|olds and up: six and a half furlonge.— cxpected demand from industrial con-|General, 115; Circulate, 110: Olive sumers of bituminous coal in this coun- | James, 110; $Backbay, 115; *John J, try_ materializes, as_ it probably will|Case: Benevolent, 110; Kirah, within the next thirty days, the mines adorna, 110; *Vansylvia, will be able to take care of it.” 110; 1105 Cherubino, 110; Keziah, 105; *Ballast, 105. Also eligible, *Maiden Voter, 100; Enos, 110; Hacka- SPEAKS FOR SOLDIERS. |more. 105: 0akiawn Bete, 105, * |, Third ‘race, claiming: three-year- olds and up; six furlongs—Who Cares, Plea for Release From Prison |116: No Trumps, 112, *Ima Frank, 108: T % Sttahe, 116 Sister Emblem, 111; *On. Based on Debs’ Case. |r'lr; 102; Sugarmint, 113; *Jock’ Scot, {111, \ S (o minor offenats Was urged, ta | (hrec-irar-oldxt mcven Turlonie - the event that the federal government | Wiy 100 Nignt Rarier, 1 poninnle shall decide to free Eugene Debs and | 06: My thoions® his ericriiald; DOIY Cinef Epators by members of Vin-| Fifth race, the Martha Washington cent B. Costello Post, American Le- | purse: for illes and murey BELOR f)i‘;:‘h::t:]"mdfi:““' last night, in the | years old and up; seven furlongs—My 2 Dear, 108: Wood Violet. 106: Escar. commition: of wiieh the resolutions | polette, 106; Tailor Maid, 104; Uncis s chairman. to refer the matter o | Ls5le. 106. the District executive committee of .,,’Z",:’;A':',"‘; fi‘““;"‘o';‘f four-year-olds §!"’5"’§,'°g' eret tann Breckinridge. | _Siesta, 114; War (‘fix’h“fx’i"‘?s;;le];s A . C., introduced the resolution. | -~ : . Y S i Serxt. Bretkinridge and Mrs Charics Ny ‘.?.:jr:"l:la:‘ Fool] . iompson spoke on the subject. Ay A >. o g The St Mary's Induscrisl Sepool | *Golden Dawn. 11%; Woodthrush, 111 Band rendered several selections. Rev, { 1244y Emmeline, 109; *Sentimental, Peter Ireton, who was in charge of | 105 the band. delivered an address, in| Seventh race, claiming; for four- which he outlined the program for | Year-olds lm_i_ upward; one mile and a rebuilding the school, which was de- | SiXteenth — Challenger, 110; Banyan, stroyed by fire. 105; *Orenzo, 1 Tan 11, 106; *Salute, A resolution was adopted calling |108: ®Alma B., 96; Yaphank, 105; *Pad- upon the Shipping Board to discharge | 9y Dear, 105. ¥ several hundred alien seamen, now | tApprentice allowance. said to be employed by the board. and | Weather clear; track fast. to replace them with Army and Navy . T CHERRY TREE IN PRESS. . veterans. G. W. U. Student Year Book to Be ———— CORCORAN CADET MEETING. X D,h}flbnted Anp May. The 1931 edition of the Cherry Tree, The Corcoran Cadet Corps Veterans' Assocfation will meet Monday night student year book at George Wash. ington University. haa gone to pr i at 8 o'clock at the National Guard armory. Important business will be brought up and final plans for the an- and will _be ready for distribution arly in May, it was announced to- day by its editors. The book will be nual outing will be mad the | replete with {llustrations, historical “WHAT'S THE USE” WINS. Davis | sketches, biographies, jokes and other Speaking on the subject, “What's l‘r-'e. Oqur H. Llndo(' ‘r'o"n""a prize-speaking contest of the depart-|features. There also wijl b ment of arts and sclences of George |historical sketch of thalunl’v:r:?l’fll.zl: Washington University last night in e In-tltuflln‘ commemoration of the centennial cel- 2023 G strest. ~Bernadetts B. Michaelson | O 108 i February. took second honérs and Fobert Nelson S Anderson third. Miss Michaelson spok: on ¥The Presidential Election of 1973" | to' kill & robin or swallow. In wome and Mr. Anderson on “The Challenge.” | lands the ill-luck, 1 the killing be ‘The judges were Prof. De Witt Crois- ‘u’wmanéaw lumwce!uamu burlal .is . and lven o iwallo - Robert. Whitney Bolwell. saored they few Prof. : counted because flew William Allen Wilbur presided, round the cross of eu:-'r,:”'., = It has always been deemed unlucky ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, ROCK CREE CH OF WASHINGTO £ PARISH, AS IT WAS AND AS IT APPEARED TODAY FOLLOWING EARLY MORNING DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE. UNION OF CAR LINES GOMES UP TUESDAY First Conference Between Company Representatives and Commissioners. The first conference looking toward a voluntary merger of the strect rail- way companies will ‘be held at the District ‘building Tuesday morning, according to an announcement by Col. Charles W. Kutz, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission. The commission will be represented by Commissioners Kutz and Oyster. Each rallway company will send two representatives, who have not been definitely decided upon. William F. Ham, president of the washington Rallway and Electric Company, said the executive commit- tee of his company probably would se- lect its two delemates at a meeting this afternoon. The Capital Traction Company also will decide within a day or two who it will send to the meeting. Solution Believed Near. With the fixing of a date for a round-table discussion of the problem, Washington probably is nearer to a consolidation of its street rallway lines today than it has been for vears. While an act of Congress will be necessary to authorize the consolida- tion, the House and Senate, it has been indicated, will Jose no time in passing such an act if the companles and the commission can agree on a basis for the merger. Any agreement reached also will re. quire the approval of the stockholders of the companies. No one familiar with the street rail- way tangle would venture a predic- tion today as to how long conferences will have to be held in order to bring the companies to a proposition on which they will unite. Spirit of Optimism. A spirit of optimism prevailed at the District bullding, however. The bringing of the parties involved to- gether around a conference table to thrash out the question is in itself a big step toward the desired goal, it was pointed out. Oficials of the commission are sat- isfied that a merged company could not operate under present conditions on a b-cent fare. It is probable, how- ever, that a reduotion to 6 or 7 cents could be made following consolida- tion. —_— PHYSICIAN DIES IN AUTO. Dr. 8. 8. Hepburn, Annapolis, Found by Wife in Machine. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 6.—Dr. S. 8. ‘Hepburn, a physician of Annapolis in active practice, died last night of a sudden heart attack after he had been visiting patients during the evening. His wife found him au- tomobile, which was in his garas Dr. Hepburn was forty-seven yoars of age and was born in Loudoun county, Va. He began practice in the West River section of Anne Arundel pounty about twenty.five yoars ago. A3 had been in practico in %n:xa lia or 'enty years, e is su Vi y ;.u wife "«o ‘was Miss Burwell of West River, and one daughter, - ! GROWERS HOLD TOBACCO.|TODAY 4TH ANNIVERSARY Much of Last Year’s Crop in North Carolina Unsold. Acreage planted in tobacco this year in North Carolina will probably show a slight decrease from last year, according to reports to the Depart- ment of Agriculture, issued today. A considerable portion of last year's crop was said to be still in the hands of the growers. Transplanting was reported as prac- tically completed in Florida, and the plants growing fast in Tennessee, with the possibility that a few buds may have to be replanted as a result of the recent freeze. Virginia “bright” factorily. New England reported that its acre- age this year probably would be re- duced, with much of iast year's crop still in the growers”hands, while re- ports from Wisconsin showed very iittle tobacco was being purchased and prices continued low. —_— The prevalence of spots on the sun makes the mariner's compass erratic and unreliable, but the reason is one of nature's riddles that has never been solved. —— WALTER. K. BACHRACH Portraits of members of the family on their ‘. Cleveland, markets said to be closing up, and organiza- tion of Growers' Co-operative Mar- keting Association progressing satis- £ Largest makers of qufixy'mfliu in the world"* ¢ 1327 F St. N.W., Washington, D. C. Bachrach-quality at prices ranging from $18 a dazen up- ‘ward—depending cussed Generally. hensollern dynasty. No versary, were ple. Senate and House, 1917, declaring. German thrust the imperial which has been upon clared.” —_— ducing country in Eurona Expansion Trained in the original Baltimore stadio under David Bachrach, his distinguished father, Walter , K. ; Bachrach became associated _ with 3 his, brother_in the Worcester studio in 1909. ‘Soon ~afterward " he “took~ over the Washington and Baltimore studios, and by his aggressive management rapidly extended the Southern group of studios —riow part_of this great, vational organization. During the late wat, the Government appointed Kim an officer in the photo- gnphic.division of the Air * Service. birthdavs form pleas- ant recollections. % hrach PHOTOGRAPHS of DISTINCTION N 2 Brookliyn i Washington Frovidence CEEP :2::;‘.1@1- . Piusburgh New Haven as A aupon finish and style. OF DECLARATION OF WAR No Official Recognition of Event Takes Place, But it is Dis- Four years ago today the United States joined with the allies in the great war against Germany and her allies and contributed materially to the subsequent overthrow of the Ho- officfat recognition was taken of the anni- but it was the subject of general conversation among the peo- The declaration of war was con- talned In a joint resolution of the passed April §. “that the state of war between the United States and government, United_States, is hereby formally de- That resolution was formally pro- claimed by President Wilson on the day of its passage and receipt by him. Russla is the only great gold-pro- D. C. HEADS TO SUBMIT DEFICIENCY ESTIMATES Will Ask Congress for Funds to Meet City’s Urgent Needs Until July 1. As s00n as Congress reconvenes the | Commissioners will submit to the House a list of deficiency estimates to carry the District government through™ the balance the fiscal year. The various departments and bu- reaus arc forwarding statements to the auditor's office showing the amounts urgently needed to permit the wheels of government to operate smoothly between now and July 1 Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, audltor, cannot say what the total amount of AUTORULEIS HELD BAR T0 TOURIST A. A. A. Fights Regulation Re: quiring Registration of Visiting Motorists. That the new traffc regulation the metropolitan police dej requiring visiting motorists to regiss ter with the department on arrival in this cit vill 3 the estimates will be until he sub- ST L A Sk its them to the « Commissioncre, |the city. is unfair to motorists iy which probably will be done within 4 [Eeneral and is directly adverse ¢ of First Figures Givea Out. These figures are the first to be made public showing the actual results of Postmaster General Hays' campaign for constant maliling. hour by hour, and are supplemental to the general statement made by Postmaster Chance before the conference of pos- masters, that owing to the lessening of pressure of night work he had been able to transfer twenty-four men to the day shifts. $100,000 FOR MRS. SHONTS. NEW YORK, April 6.—Surrogate Foley has directed the Guaranty Trust Company, temporary adminis- trator of the estate of the late Theo- dore P. Shonts, traction magnate, to pay his widow the $100,000 claim which she had against the estate un- der an agreement of separation. Sur- rogate Foley granted the company permission to sell enough securities to meet the claim. tew days. all arguments of the District in i3 missioners will seek any deficiency appropriations other than those that|Maryland are some of the conteny are urgently necded to keep neces-tions of the American Automobilf sary employes and buy required suP-| pygociation in its fight to abolish It is understood the District of Co- |this provision from the reguiations. tain additional money for street or|.,.h , 5 road repairs between now and July 1. | pi) %I RslIS, step. it s pointed out Last spring two deficiency itema wWere lnian of the association and ‘nen!‘;":)‘!:; obtained for suburban road WOrk. UL | other state has such a regeIatios. woy winter the roads were in excention- | “Cajifornia hix the wieiit aUyibad “’,"g"‘"’m Justifying the re- | ragistration rule, but nhs‘l:‘:m:-‘:: quest for deficiencies. | put into effect solely for the purpose ——————e of catching automobile thieves oper- co-operation with the California mounted police, which maintains pa- i(rol! on ail roads leading in and out ]or the state. The main purpose of thi; tion, it.is believed, is to Dractice of some Washingtonjans who maintained residence in other I [ Lugs on their cars. U. S. Departments Hasten tOi \The pivot of the whole situation. in 8 the opinion of officials of the associa- P 77 -2% tion, rests on the fight between the Post Letters Before 4 P.M. -| Many of the matorists who now aie driving into this city with out-of- . t] town tags in reality possess Distriot in Answer to Hays’ Plea. |iiciucs Sieo but it suth fack tn sk land the drivers will promptly be ar- to the request of the Post Office De-p';;:;‘e‘dv{ AR 4 ¢ s g & fact an expense of buyin PaglnopttatL A0LEcrs s anailed fon In home state tag, a District tag and tinuously through the day, instead of la Maryiand tag undoubtedly heuw der being held until 4 o'clock, according!terred many motorists from display- jwith tags from their home state. Postmaster Chance. As pointed out by the association, Ever since Postmaster General | the law is evidently to stop this prac- Haye informed the President and his|tive, but. in doing o, it works against binet that a large per cent of the ; motorist is arguing for—one tag for departments, was being handled at |the forty-eight states of the Union. {the city post office In the evening.| ¢ Postmaster Chance has kept tab on | ey DCUer Visits to Washington. Shoeceiote en news of the District's po- ifying inflow of mall early in the day. | Circulation throughout the country Postmaster Chance said teday. A big | aid Mr. Batchelder, “it {s more than increase of letters handled from §|Probable tkat it will have a deterrent am to 4 p.m, every day. is shown. offect upon motor tourists contem- “ 1 icans are quick to resent an unfair o A o O P oYes | and unfriendly attitude, and while to handled 175,847 letters, as against | 5ome the regulation may seem to be 107,615 on the same day a weck ago, | of Small importance. its effect will g Washington to be cut out of many a per cent increase. - ooy ol Big Improvement Noted. “If the real intent of the require- This means, the postmaster pointed | ment is to sift out those car owners 2 v 1 out, that 65.232 letters which normally | Iing ln ‘Weshington for u more or persons who procure home state reg- o'clock by the shift which works from | istrations in -order to avoid paying 4 p.m. to midnight were canceled and | tribute to Maryland—this purpose gotten into sacks during the com-|SOWL be SCcOmPY Vi g into effect such an paratively slack early hours. m“mn;"mn :, ‘non-resident’ as ex- ists in Massachusetts. letters, as against 145,363 on the. same day a week previous, an increase of Law in Massachusetts. 54,653 letters, or 37.59 per cent in- crease. plies to ‘residents of states or coun- tries who have no regular place of on from midnight to 8 a.m.. handled |abode or business in the common- 40,253 letters against 90,335, the same| wealth for a period of more than thir- day the week before, a decrease of|ty dx & calendar A 50.082 letters, or b5.44 per cent de-|words, ane who regu = abode’ in " the pl‘lllllet‘:lu of Columbia the shift, because it means that more| would ‘com| o o oo letters are being handled during the|annual registration fos his motor car. dayight hours, thereby relieving the i might care to consider that not a few enormous pressure which has always < s ration bl P ers. their home states simply because of i the unfair attitude of Maryland, which the passage of the Sweet-Pittman bill” PROTESTS GERMAN ACT. Barring of British Ship From Kiel By the Asseciated Press. PARIS, April 6&—The council of ambassadors today approved the draft of a mote to Germany protest- the Kiel canal last month the British steamer Wimbledoa, nd for Dansig under charter by neh company and loaded with ma- The protest recalls that the treaty of Versailles declares the Kiel canal shall be free of access to the shi of war and commerce of all nations It is not expected that the Com-|oore to secure reciprocity from Jumbia heads will not attempt to ob-| No other American city has takeq it is pointed out. at the close of last | gor“, WT AN #UCh & regulation. | ating in that state and is worked in States from using their home state District and Maryland for reciprocity. on their cars wh d s V- People here are responding readily | o e Rokn Maky to figures compiled today by City!iPg the District tag in conjunction the ‘very thing that practically every mail, especially the mail of the Such checking up has led to a grat- | lice-registration requirement gains Taking Monday as an example, | PIating a visit to Washington. Amer- an increase of 68,232 letters, or a 63.40 | D¢ far reaching and tend to cause living in Washington for a more or would have been handled after 4 could be accomplished much more On April 2 “crew 2” canceled 200,016 “In Massachusetts ‘non-resident’ ap- One night recently crew 1. which is ty days in a calendar year' In other crease. A decrease was welcomed in However, the District _authorities been the portion of the night work- sooner or later will be corrected by Canal Subject of Note. ing against the refusal of access to terials for Pol not at war with Germany. The Story the Week Has Told Do you appreciate your obligation as an American citizen to keep abreast of the times? Do you find it difficult to so assimilate and cql- late the news from day to day as to follow co- herently the march of world affairs? Do you feel that if this work of ascertaining, digesting and interpreting were done for you by an expert it would be worth your while to read the result of his effort in your behalf? {Then read THE STORY THE WEEK HAS TOLD, which, starting April 10, will appear each week in the Editorial Section of The Sunday Star. These articles, written by Henry W. Bunn, ‘will be of real help to any thinking man or wom= an. They will furnish you the FACTS as to what has happened presented in a vivid and pictur- esque style. They will not deal with opinion as to those facts. { The Star has searched the ficld for a man fully competent to render this service to the reading public. In Henry W. Bunn one most admirably suited for the task in hand has been found. Ex- tensively traveled and read, a Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy of Yale University, a student of history, biography and political econ- omy; he served as a licutenant colonel during the great war. Attached to the military intelli- mwmmmmmq- portunity for intimate touch with recent world affairs. { His work will be that of getting the facts as they developlnthenm!uudqytohyndmfiu a report to you thereon each weck. The Star is confident that in so doing a real and vital service to the public will be performed.