Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1921, Page 3

AWES MAY HED AL RELEF WORK Soldiers ~Want Aggressive Man to Run Combined Services. Need of an aggressive head of the services handling soldier relief work 10 overcome the complaints of delays is being pointed to by those who are in close touch with such work, in- cluding officials of the American Le- gion. Charles G. Dawes, former briga- dier general in the procurement or- ganization in the Army, and now head of the commission which just com- pleted its investigation of the war risk and other soldier relief bureaus, it ig predicted in well informed oir- clek, is to be the head of the con- solidated organization recommended by the Dawes committee. Mr. Dawes, it is pointed out in le- gion circles, has the unqualified in- dorsement of the ex-service men. who are anxious to see aj the head of the service some one who will “cut out the dress parade and get the work dene.” 4 Legion officials point out that Mr. Dawes is the logical appointee to put the government soldier activities on an efficient basis, and there is a re- port that he will be asked to fake the duty, at least until the organization work is perfected. That the consolidation proposed by the investigation committee will be put into effect there is little doubt. The President’s coming message to Con- gres is expected to strongly recom- mend it. In fact, one of the reasons for urging quick action on the ques-| tion was the reported request of the President that it be in his hands in time for him to_ include its recom- mendations in his message to Con- gress. NS A proposal for the consolidation of the war risk bureau. the soldiers hospital section of the public Lealth service and the vocational education bureau was made in the last Con- gress. 1t is the Rogers-Capper bill, and it is expected that it will be re- introduced immediately upon the as- sembling of the special session of Congress Monday. Legion officials and other . organizations interested in seeing some results come out of the present chaotic conditions in service men's relief activities will put their full force behind it. The inefiiciencies of present soldier activities, brought out in the course of ‘the President’s committee investi- gation, it is expected, will do much to bringing about an early enactment of such a measure into law. SHIPS WITH WET CARGOES MAY TOUCH AT U. S. PORTS | Palmer Opinion on Vessels in Transit to Be Interpreted Broadly. New cusfoms regulations making ef- fective a recent opinion of former At- torney General Palmer covering ship- ments of liquor from one foreign port to another via this country will probably be promulgated within the next few days, Treasury officials said. While the in-transit liquor opinion declared that ships touching at Amer: ' can ports with liquor %board were violators of the prohibition laws, offi- cials said the new regulations would not give rise to international embar- rassment. Careful study of the opin- jon. they asserted, has enabled the customs service to draft regulations in compliance with the law, but suf- ficiently broad to remove any prob- ability of complaint from foreign shippers sending liquor by way of this country to other foreign desti- nations. p Shortly after ‘the in-transit liquor opinion_was issued the Treasury an- nounced that on representations from the British embassy the Department of Justice had been asked to review its ruling. Later it was said the de- partment had informally declined to grant a review. According to Attorney General Paugherty, no formal request for a Teview of the opinion has been re- ceived by the department, nor would such a request be complied with, it was explained. unless it should come from the President or a member of the cabinet. SPECIAL NOTICES. “I've got an engagement t’ take an auto demonstration,” said Lafe Bud this mornin’, as he borrowed a quarter t’ git a haircut. “I wish I'd bought a guitar in- stead o’ so many silk shirts,” said Al Lark, late o’ th’ brick- yard, t'day Copyright ARMY NOW HAS N0 2 LIEVTENANS Many Vacancies . in 0the|" Grades Also—Will Hold Examinations. Present conditions in the Army with respect to the commissioned per- sonnel are unprecedented. There are 4,768 vacancies in the number of officers—17, are no longer any second lieutenants in the service. The authorized num- ber of second lieutenants is 2,694, but all the officers of that grade have been recently promoted to the grade of first lieutenants. those promotions there still are vacancies in the grade of first lieu- tenant. due to promotions also from thaf grade. ] Adjt. Gen. Harris says that while it is not proposed to fll all existing vacancies at this time, the necessity for more officers for the Army re- quires that a large proportion of the vacancies be filled without delay. To that end a final examination of ca{;dh dates for appointment as second lieu- tenants will be held, beginning April 25, throughout the United States, in the Phillippine department, Hawaiian department. anama Canal depart- ment and in $he Army in Germany. That examination will be competitive, said Gen. Harris, and is designed to 1ill about 585 pressing vacancies, mainly in the Infantry, Field Artil- lery, Coast Artillery, Air Service, En- gineers and Signal Corps. It is not deemed expedient, he safd, to fill any more at this time. Because of the Jarge number of vacances in the list of first lieuten- ants, the adjutant general says, sev- eral hundred of the candidates who qualify for appointment. as second lieutenants ‘will be promoted almost immedia y to the grade of first lieu- tenant. ‘Every facility for obsa\nlng information regarding the coming ex- amination,” said Gen. Harris. “has been made available at all military stations. All young men aspiring to a military career should know of this opportunity and should act promptly, as the opportunty will soon be a thing of the past.” SPECIAL NOTICES. T WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts other than my own. HORION .!. GRINDER. 319 Tth s 11 NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT A SPE- Sial meating of the stockbolders of the Wrenn Adding Machine Company will be held at the office of the company, at Room 606. Westor, Tuilding, on Monday. the 25th day of ApFi A.D. 1921. at the bour of 3 p.m. pose of considering and votis ipon position to increase the capital stock of id Wrenn Adding Machine Company from $60.000 to $100,000, and for the transaction of such other ess as may nfo;wrl‘?r;\me sach meeting. 21, etore meetin 3 PET M. DORSCH. J. BARRETT CARTER, L. A. WALTERS. Tirectors of Wrenn Adding Machine Company. Y BEASLEY, ROOF EXPERT, PAI Pd"}:‘d repaired: no obligation is completed mtil satisfaction is assured. 1336 Fairmont at. * GAS RANGES REPAIRED AND REBUILT. CLYDE 1. BOWERS, resr 616 H st. nw. Main 7004, - 2i REACUTIFUL RADNOR HEIGHTS—LARGE Tots. between Ft. Myer and Washington: ad- vantage of new Key_:d ge: nrrxrl:;:\n:l:,l‘xpll; v priced; easy terms. E rv.,“I"l"".‘.‘l‘ s Colorado bldg. ) 18 surniture from Salisbury. Md.. an ericks. ‘MI;‘!. “\'i. SMY 'S TRANSFER AND STOR- ACE b LY R Can Maim o0 ash. Grafton & Son, Inc.,¥ g it 100 “Heating and Roofing Experts 35 Years.” _ ONE COAT OF LIVE OAK ASBESTOS ROOF- ING CEMENT is equal in thickness to more than ffty_coats of roof paint. Onmly coating = ‘brush that will stop leaks in D™ I apply wame and guarantee roof for ears. o1 alen sold 1o bulk. ) 'Dlsf)m LARK. Sole Distributor. 1314 Pa. (my1*! Line. 421 Work W, 11e Simpson for Cement COL. D488 L. N. SIMP 10 9th NOTICE 18 X THAT THE PARTY ship hererofore subsisting letween (he trading as New Sonthern Repair § TR st mow.. han been dixsolved N usine<s will be conducted at the same + Harry H. Beach. All accounts owing rtnership should be paid fo him HARRY H. REAC FRANK K. LOGAY. 100 or any house entered by a burglar that is Penperts cquipped with the Haivtend Burgiar Niarms. No wiring: price reavonable: free demonstration and instally wne Lincoln 28963 e e omiy and original “'Bigzs” in the Heating ke oY A Plumbinx business. ix ‘The Biggs Engince‘rir:g 3(llo. 1310 14th st n.w. "none rankiin T ING—PLUMBING Warren, W. Biggs, W. K. Pace, Jas. Cunningham. Heating and Plumbing repairs & og_promptiy_attend by exper: bafting, cold rolled steel. e * 'fin CRA MFG. }—'L‘,k,' w. Get Well This Way Drugiess Route to Health. Justments. (6) treatments. §5.00, LOUIS W. HOFFMAN tor building, Suite 212, ros n squares, roinds, squares, co. in its mission for better busi- ness. High but Dot bigh priced. fTHE SERVICE SHOP BYRON S. ADAMS, grade, PRINTBRS, 512 Ut B POOL _CAR FOR CALIFORNIA ABOUT April 20; Teduced rates and greater security; household goods. personal effects. SPCTRITY STORAGE CO.. 1140 15th st. HOUSEKEEPERS, ATTENTION—Rugs wrahed at your residence: look like new: proloag t wear of rugs. Progressive Sales Co., 608 F- i '$15 Down, $15 a Month, Own your own metal fireproof garage, $105 immediate construction. ~Only 12 monthly Iron-Clad Garage Co., 921 15th « Main 5672. —from rust and decay by having us piy_our famous Ironclad Roof Paint. Outlasts all others and keeps out rus: for years. We'll gladly estimate, TRONCLAD Ecotinz 1416 ¥ st. a. w. Company. Phone M. 14. OLD FLOORS PLANED. SCRA AND RE. polished; sampie closet done free: no floors too bad. C. ADAMS, 607 G st. n.w. Fr. 5518, ge CLAFLIN FOR EYEGLASSES. FPTANOS FOR RENT—UPRIGHT AND GRAND piancs for rent at reasonable pri Yli!d on purchase price by RNITURE, THE BIG ¢ 4th st nw. Phone Main 213 Roof & Plumbing Repairing ¥e guarantee thoronghly high-class workmanship. © 3207 Electric Wiring & Fixtures We do not claim to be the cheapest, but we do_gnarantee satisfaction. The Elmer H. Catlin Co. Main 697. 30911 13th st. n.w. 120 Beautifully Typed Letter Heads Add to Your Prestige Let us submit samples of our printing. | The National Capital Press 210-1212 D St. The Shade Shop W. STOKES SAMMONS | 830 13th St. t(ict Our New Low Prices on Window Shades. Esymates SHEDD PLUMBING —Doesn't Cost any more. but oot ¢ t represents . "lll.}:jl' n l: r\:lvv Vl:l k nilllff‘llonv.l.li‘“‘ This Way for Spring e BEACTIFIERS | Blacl Paints e Blaclc &AL | R : | meea:” Fioor ! Painters to, Ex 2 i; fil:ll‘ : Supplies | vt patne Tiner | S0c pt. Becker Paint and Glass Co., 1230 Wisconain_sve. _Phope W Fix Up the Porck BASESH el e rweaths for porch ¢ We huve Torch Column Tases, Columns |5, il onear, ol Lom. FEE Geo. M. Barker Co., Inc. 49-A51 N. Y. ave.: 1517 Tth st. Tel. M. 1348 B 9, Ef - Don’t Wait Until It Rains —again before sou have your leaky roof re. paired. us on the job at once, R. K. FERGUS.%: ‘l-m:. 1134 9t 8¢. Phose N Boofing Bxperta,’ N CLEARNG HOLSE National Service Bureau to Look After Interests of Stranded Soldiers. The recently established national service bureau of the American Legion, 1723 I street, was selected as the clearing house for veterans' wel- fare organizations in the District, at a meeting heid last night in the board room, District building. James A. Drain, department commander for the District ¢f Columbia of the Amer- ican Legion, presided. The meeting was called for the purpose of discussing ways and means of providing relief for needy and stranded veterans of the world war who come to Washington either to press their claims before the war risk bureau, securc hospital treat- ment or arrange for vocational train- ing. and before their departure find their funds exhausted. The object of the meeting was explained by Chair- iman Drain. who read a ietter from District Commissioner Cuno H. Ru- dolph, indorsing the movement and | Sugkesting that immediate ateps be ;taken to distribute the burden for the worthy and unfortunate men who find themselves stranded here and also that equal care be exercised to guard against imposition. 1,000 Claims Made. The various speakers told of expe- riences of the organizations with which they were connected and of the assistance rendered during -the past vear, while Albert E. Haan, who h been appointed_national service di- rector of the American Legion, in charge of the bureau in this city, said that over 1,000 claims had been re- cived since the opening of the serv- ice bureau Wednesday. He said that efforts will be made to keep the men from coming to this city. through the various state organizations of the legion and welfare organizations in the states. The need of a large in- stitution or proper housing facilities for those who do come here was also pointed out. The various government departments responsible for the delay in paying claims, some pending since the signing of the armistice, also was dwelt on, and the necessity for quick- er action referred to. Prominent Speakers. Dr. W. A. White of St. Elizabeth’ Hospital stated that, while his insti- authoriged {tution was ready to render every as- 6—and there |SiStance provided under the law, he felt that a clearing house was the only way from a centralization stand- point to handle the situation without overlapping of effort. Mrs. Walter S. Ifford, Red Cross service bureau: William Wolff Smith, commander of National Press Ciub Post; Willlam F. Notwithstanding | Franklin, commander of Vincent B. .074 | Costello Post: Paul E. Twyman, com- mander of Henry C. Spengler Post: Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, director or the Community Service; Mrs. Walter 1. M?COY. president of the George Bald- win McCoy unit, the American Wom- en’s Legion; A. J. aBrrett, National Catholic War Council, and Dr. J. G Townsend of the United States public health service were among the oth- ers who spoke on the relief work for the veterans. Committee Appointed. ‘The following -committee was ap- pointed to arrange for a centralized i pian of procedure: James A. Drain, department commander, the American Legion, chairman; Albert E. Haan, national service director, the Ameri- can Legion; C. H. Harrington, Y. M. C. A, Service Club; R. B. Handy, ir.. chairman, national legislative com- mittee. Veterans of Foreign Wars; Paul E. Twyman, chairman speciai committee,. District relief committee, the American Legion; A. J. Barrett, National Catholic War Council; Mrs. Walter S. Ufford. Red Cross service bureau; Mrs. Walter 1. McCoy, Ameri- can Women's Legion: Dr. J. G. Towns- end, United States public heaith sery- ice; J. C. O'Connell, Knights of Co- lumbus; A. R. Cohn, Jewish welfare board. and Maj. J. G. McGee, Salvation | Army! The special relief committee repre- senting the various American Legion posts in the District is composed of Paul E. Twyman, commander Henry C. Spengler Post. chairman: Howard S. Fisk. Commander George Washing- ton Post: William F. Franklin, com- mander Vincent B. Costello Post: W liam Wolft Smith. commander Ni tional Press Club Post: Earl H. Smith, department historian; J. P. Kohen, de. partment executive committee. A meeting of the &pecial committee on centralization will meet next Wed- nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the District_headquarters of the Ameri- can Legion, 1423 New York avenue northwest. 'and report to the gen- eral committee at another meeting to be held next Friday nicht at 8 o'clock in the boardroom, District bullding. _ = OFFICERS RE-ELECTED BY BROOKLAND CITIZENS — s Disastrous Frosts May Interfere ‘With Annual Spring Rose Show Here. A. W. Turner was re-elected presi- dent of the Brookland Citizens' As. sociation and all other officers were selected for another term at the an- nual meeting in Brookland Masonic Temple, 12th and Monrop streets | northeast, last night. i A. H. Fast was again chosen secre- tary-treasurer and Noel B. Parks financial secretary. Announcement was made that it was probable that the rose show of Brook- land, the annual feature of the com- munity, probably would not be held this year on account of the recent heavy frosts which nipped the buds. Prof. F. L. Mulford of the bureau of plant industry of the Department of Agriculture delivered an address on rose culture. He urged that some steps be taken to provide a rose show of the varieties including the hydro- tea and the tea roses, of the hardier type, which might possibly survive the frost. It was finally decided to attempt arrangements for a rose show with all the varieties possible in the ex- hibit. A resolution indorsing the appoint- ment and confirmation of Cuno H. | Rudolph’ and Capt. James F. Oyster { as District Commissioners and ex- | tending to the new Commissioners an invitation to speak before the asso- iciation was adopted. | The dssociation indorsed a resolu- ! tion recently adopted by the City : Club calling for a move to have the Zovemmment pay for the water used | from the District water system. The proposed in€lusion of the sauare ! bounded by &th and 9th streets, Ham- !line and Irving streets northeast in | the industrial zone was opposed in a resolution as an encroachment upon the residential section of Brookland. The resolution will be presented to the authorities. GREEKS FREE 100 YEARS. !Church Jubilee Program Arranged Here Tomorrow Night. One hundred vears of Greek inde- !pendence will be observed tomorrow inight by the Greeks of Washington |with a_jubilee at St. Sophia's Church, 8th and I. streets, at § o'clock. An elaborate program S been ar- ranzed and sneakers of national rep- utation will deliver addresses. Every Greek and friend of Greece is invited to be present. A musical program b. the Greek orchestra will be one the features. —_—— ORDERED TO THIS CITY. Maj. Walter R. Weaver, air service, at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex.. has been ordered- 7 this.city. for-duty. + i i | 1 i { 1 i to the appeal of the Assoc zens’ Relief Association fo money ? Eight thousand do_llars i family welfare agencies to ¢ They need your help. Will you give it by sends S. Reeside, 923 H street nor! _—- PRESIDENT ISSUES CALL FOR TREE PRESERVATION Sets Aside Week for Educational and Instructive Exercises Bear- ing. on Forest Protection. President Harding was highly praised by the American Forestry As-| Sociation today for setting aside the forest-protection week. May 2 duestion is of the utmost importance to the business interests of tne coui- try, said Charles Lathrop Pack, pr dent of tne association, for the for- est fire loss for the last fi reaches a listle more than $85 President follows “Whereas ihe destruction by for- est fires: in the United States in- volves an annual loss of approxi- mately $20,000.000 and the devasta- tion of approximately 12.500,000 acres of timber land and other natural re- sources, and “Whereas when the present plorable large area of non-productive land is being greatly Increased by 33,000 or more forest fires each year, and “Whereas the menace of a future timber -shortage threatens to become a present economic fact seriously af- fecting our social and industrial wel- fare. and “Whereas @ large percentage of the forest fires causing the annual waste of natural resources may be pre- vented by inereasing care and vigi- lance on the part of citizens: “Therefore, 1. Warren G. Harding, President of the United States, do urge upon the governors of the vari- ous states to designate and set apart the week of May protection week and citizens of their states to plan for that week such educational and in- structive exercises as shall bring before tife people the serious and un- happy effects of the present uuneces- sary waste by forest fires, and the need of their individual and collective efforts in conserving the natural re- sources of America.” RflCK CREEK BRIDGES _ SAFE, SAY D. C. HEADS Admit, However, That Calvert Street and ° Klingle Ford Structures Are Inadequate. While admitting that the Calvert Street and Klingle Ford bridges over Rock creek are inadequate, the Com- missioners do not regard them as un- safe for use. They expressed this belief in a lotter today to the Chevy Chase Citizens' As- sociation, which discussed the condition of these bridges at a meeting a few nights ago. The letter of the Comm sivners follows: “In_further response to your letter of March 22, T am directed by the Com- ‘missioners to advise you as follows con- cerning .the safety of the bridge crossing Rock Creek valley at Calvert street and the bridge crossing Klingle Ford valley n the line of Connecticut avenue “The last periodical examination of these' bridges was made on March 18 and the repom of the engineer of bridges thereon indicates that they are in good condition. S sioners requested an _appropriation -fo Harding's proclamation the preparation of plans for a bridge ! to replace the Calvert Street bridge. ' This appropriation was granted and plans perpared, but up to the present time the Commissioners have been been unable to secure an appropriation to- ward the ercction of a new bridge. ““The Commissioners admit that the bridges are inadequate to properly meet present requirements, but they believe that the bridges are safe if the traffic regulations are observed.” ANACOSTIA CITIZENS PLA| MEMORIAL TO WAR DEAD Congress Heights and Randle Highlmda May Be Asked to Join Movement. Erectiop of a suitable memorial for bovs of. Anacostia and the vicimity who lost their lives in France is con- templated by the Anacostia Citizens® Association and Board of Trade, it was announced in a statement issued today. Action taken at a recent meeting of the board of directors of the asso- ciation guaranteed that steps toward this end would be taken. Dr. G. C. Havener, Capt. Lord of the eleventh precinct, F. A. Dony, S. Hobacher and R. F. Bradbury, who were appointed members of a committee ‘to take the initiative in ‘the matter, will act in conjunction with a committee to be appointed by the memorial associa- tion. The co-operation of the citi- zens' associations of Congress Heights and Randle Highlands, as well as of other organizations, will be sought. A number of sites are under consid- cration. The board has indorsed the move- ment for better lighting facilities for the city, and requested the Commis- sioners ' to install modern electric lights on Minnesota avenue between Good Hope road and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. BANISH CARE AND FROWNS Masonic Lodge Members in Fun- Producing Prograni. Discarding the white aprons and tying a multi-colored ribbon on the tail of the “third degree” goat, mem- bers of Hiram Lodge, No. 10, F. A. A. M., their wives and daughters, last night celebrated the annual ladies’ night at Wardman Park Hotel. Serious speeches were banned. but “fun” predominated by order of Wor- shipful Master Charles E. Johnson, who welcomed the 1,100 members of the lodge and their guests. Frank Scott past master, as master of ceremonies, announced that any one wearing the frown of worldly care would be masonically handled. and to back up his threat a “goat” was brought out snorting for action. A first-run six-reel comedy feature was shown, followed by the Wooding Jubilee Singers in “below the Mason- Dixon line melodiel At the conclusion of the picture a buffet supper was served, and danc- ing followed in the large ballroom. The committee on arrangements com- prised: Arthur Richards, chairman; Frank Scott, Dr. William P. Herbst, Willis Ray Gregg and Donald Mc- \Pherson. TEACHER LEAVES $28,300. Martha E. Tucker, colored, a retired teacher of the public -schools, who died March 14, left an estate valued at. $28,300. She owned real estate worth $18,000 and personal property valued ‘at’ $10,300, according to the petition of her daughter, S. Estelle Tucker, for letfers of '{dmfiniltutlon on the estate. Have You Done. Your Share? Arc you one of the 4,408 pers’ox;s who have responded * | coilective friendship at de- | 1921, as forest | to request all| [ s o WASHINGTON, D. (., SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1921—PART- 1.7 iated Charities and the -Citi- r more members and more " s still needed to enable these * ontinuestheir work. ing a contribution to Howard thwest? CHEST OF SILVER GIVEN CATO SELLS AND WIFE Remembrance From Indian Office Accompanied by Kindly Letter. Employes of the Indian: office last night presented Cato Sells, retiring commissioner of Indian affairs, and Mrs. Sells with a chest of sllver. The gift was accompanied by a letter which foHow: “We have known you so long., so well and so pleasantly that we would be untrue to our deepcr and kindlier |Selves to leave unapoken a word of « the separa- |tion of your dally work from ours, This friendship we feel is mutual and abiding, because it has grown out of sincere and sympathetic co-operation in the service as wide as a race, as sacred as the human soul. “To this work you brought a great j Purpose, an inspiring enthusiasm and a ‘dauntiess energy that have im- parted kindred qualities to all of us, not only in the home office, but among the larger personnel of the fleld, and given us azeal to have some lasting i | we serve. “We have profited by your constant optimism, your firm fidelity to the higher standardd of.public adminis- :;aell?‘x‘:mar;d Jour discerning vision of an side to the in llndln: welfare. B “In asking you and Mrs. Sells— Wwhose aid has been so reflnmsge and helpful to all your uplifting efforts— to accept the articles thai accompany this assurance of our sincere esteem jand good wishes, we know that an expression far worthier of your ap- preclation may be shown by our faith- ful endeavor to carry forward the :l;t;(l;k(:f_pre_plhfltng all the Indians to eir rightful plac goverpment. s mouriEreay “From all ei office.” URGE STATE BUILDINGS ERECTED IN WASHINGTON Northwest Suburban Citizens’ As- sociation Proposes Each Com- monwealth Represented Here. Erection of buildin, e) i all the states of the Union in Wess ington was indorsed by the Northwest Suburban Citizens' Association at a meeting last night at the Tenley School. A. E. Shoemaker was the au- thor of a resolution. 2 The association, on motion of J. T. Allison, voted to oppose any attempt to. compromise on the valuetion of the Potomac Electric Power Company as found by the Public Utilities Commis~ sion. Legislation for the establish- jment of a home fof the feeble-minded jwas asked by the association. Repeal of the Borland law regarding payment by property owners for street paving was asked in resolutions pre- sented by C. C. Lancaster, and which were adopted by the association. An- other resolution presented by Mr. | Lancaser, and which was adopted, asked reduction of the rate of taxa- tion in the District to a rate not ex- ceeding $1.75. THe association adopted a resolu- ion, bresented \by Mr. Lancaster. thanklng Presideni Harding for ap- pointing Commissioners Oyster ajnd Rudolph, “thereby giving the people of the Distriét home rule.” IHAYS TO.TALK TO CLERKS. EWill Be on Program- at Meeting of Federal Employes’ Union. - Postmaster General Will H. Hays Is to address the quarterly meeting of | Federal Employes’ Union, No. 2, to be {held on the night of April 22, at Py- jthian Temple. This will be Mr. Hays' first public address in Washington since taking office. At a meeting of the board of rep- resentatives of the union, held at 1425 New York avenue last night, the ques- tion of government employes being jallowed to buy coal from the govern- ment fuél yard, maintained by the In- terior Department, was discussed. MAN REPORTED MISSING. Wife Asks Police to Search for Husband. Alfred J. Carter, forty-eight years old, is reported missing from his home at 3602 11th street since April 2. His wife has asked the police to search for him, but was unable to suggest his probable whereabouts. Mrs. Carter told the police that her husband. who was employed in a pri- vate printing ostablishment, had spoken about leaving the city, and j1ast Saturday morning, she stated, while she was at market, he took his clothing and disappeared. : Before leaving the city. she said, he telephoned heg he was going, and told her “to take good care of herself. A written message left¥at the house. she said. contained a power of attor- ney for her in the matter of property interests, but she learned it was not drawn 56 as to comply with legal re- quirements. . S — CHILD’S BODY FOUND. Taken From River- Shore Near Giesboro Today. Coroner Nevitt and police of ‘the ! eleventh precinct are conducting an | investigation with\a& view to deter- mining the identitys and cause of death of a child whose body was found on the river shore near Gies- boro about 6:30 o'clock this morn- mployes of the Indian i i 5. Raymond Goodman, resident of Giesboro, found the body. He notified the police, who took: charge of it and removed it to the police sta- tion, where it was held until ‘taken to_the morgue this afternoon. It is thought by the police that the ‘body is that of a child six or eight months old. No magks of vio- lence were discovered, 2 single garment on the body: contained no mark which would assist’ in identi- fying it. Policemen who examined the body said it was very much discolored, but not decomposed, suggesting it had been in the river but a short time. An autopsy probably will be perf:rm:d to determine the cause of death. . MAJ. GEIGER'S NEW POST. Maj. Harold Ge:ger, air service, at Ross Field, Arcadia, Calif, has -been ordered to Berlin, Germany, for duty as military observer (aviation) on the staft of the United States’ commis- sioner to Germany. Before. his de- parture from this oountry . he will confer ‘with ‘the .director .of ‘the milj- tary .intelligence . on, . general War Department, N 4 . part in the splendid progress of those| ) TEACHERS TO MEET. Special Conference to Be Held. for A “Primary Instructors. A special conference of kindergarten figat, second, third and fourth grade teachers of ‘the~white public schools will be held in the assembly hall of the Wilson Normal School next Sat- urday, morning at 10 o'clock, it was announced: today by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools. An address on “Some Changing Concep- tions in the Education of Young Children” will be made by Miss Patty Smith Hill, director of the depart- ment 8¢ lower primary education -of the Teachers’ College of Columbla University. - Attendance of teachers at this con- ference.” said Dr. Ballou, “is volun- Officers in the school system inciuding building principals; are in- vited. | INSTRUCTIVE NURSE SOCIETY INDORSED Cleveland Park School Asso-- ciation to- Aid $50,000 Fund Campaign. Tndorsement of the Tnstructive iting Nurse Society and of its ap- proaching campaizn to raise the| $50,000 with which to continue and' |amplity its important health con- iservation work was unanimously given by the membership of the land Park School and Community sociation at _its meeting held night in the John Eaton School. The campaign is to be held during the week starting April 24. This ufianimous approval of the nursing society by the association followed an address by Mrs. Whitman Cross, president of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society, who gave a brief but comprehensive account of the nursing, instructive and Amreri- canization activities of the organiza tion of which she is head. . Address by Mrs. Cross. a People living in the healthy com: munity of Cleveland Park have not the same need for the instructive vis- iting nurse as those living in other parts of the District,” said Mrs. Cross, in part. “In other sections, however, thete is a constant and pressing de-! mand for her services, and our so ciety stands ready to supply such| nurses ta families who cannot afford | to pay for such service. + “Only 10 per cent of the city's sfck are in hospitals and our work is caring for the other 90 er cent of the sick— the sufferers scattered throughout the ! city. Not all the very old people of | ‘Washington are in the homes for old people, and we care for many of these aged_ones who"are ill, some incurably ill We visit these people regularly an see that they have proper care. “At the present time,” she continued, “we have fourteen nurses doing what we call bedside nursing. These nurse: averago from ten to fourteen visits a day. Last yedr our nurses made 32,416 visits. Such work, of course. is a great Drotection to the health of the city, for one deglected family may be a source of danger to the entire community. During the recent epidemic of. grip here we attended to more than fifty cases in one weék. = Educatioa Part of Work. “The visiting ritirses also do a. great. educational work. in teaching mothers the proper care of their children— how to feed and clothe the new-born | Baby—while “olr ‘matérnity . service. em- | jbodies- the care and 3nstruction” of the mother before, during aad after; the visit' of ‘the stork. 1 “In our work we know no race,| |ereed or color. " Last year our.pa- tients represented’ eighteen national- ities. ~ Thus we do Americanization | work, - for. man¥.’of - our . patients -do not_even ‘speak . English. “We could _keep three more nurses and one more maternity nurse busy today 'if we could add that number to ouf staff. We need- money. not only to cohitinue, but to expand the work., Our-services are available to peoplé” in_every section of the city If some-one in your family should become ill today yop would only have to pick%ap a phone and advise us in order to obtaim aid.” ! 1 ST. MARY’S SCHOOL FUND NOW GROWING RAPIDLY Committee Pleased With Drive for $250,000 to Rebuild In- stitution. Algernon 8. Gardiner, chairman of the executive committee for the $250,000 campaign of St. Mary's Industrial Schoal,: today announced the drive was progressing “very satisfactorily.” ““We are much pleased with the re- sults of the last few days,” Mr. Gardiner said. “Several large contributions have been Teceived. The pledges made have been .0 mumerous that it is impossible at this time to make a definite count of the money collected.” . . _GaNiner today. urged the 600 workers- to prompt returns of their _collections. se workers are spread over every ion of . the city and are’ canvassing thousands of homes. . The' “Babe" Ruth "Band of St. Mary's School; which spent most: of last week here, will-return Monday and Tuesday and give concerts’ in” various parts of the city. b 'When St. Mary's is rebuilt it will be dedicated to James Candinal Gibbons. The late ‘cacdinal, ‘president: of the board;of rustées of the school for forty- three “years, and it was his dying wish that the, instifution be bullt up again. | The, gchool was destroyed by fire two years ago.. . . GETS VERDICT OF $5,000. Harry Tate Recovers for Injuries Suffered.in 1917. Harry Tate, who was driving a pie wagon of -the Connecticut-Copperthite | Pie Company, -March 15, 1917, when the vehicle was struck by a truck of the Potomac Electric Power Company and the driver and his ples spilled over the straet. has been awarded a verdict for $5,000 damages against the power company for his injuries. The verdict was rendered by a jury last | ! 1 i i transportation { would be ta | 1= |Former Superintendent of Federal !and would go straight if given a. DISCUSS PLANSFOR REVSION F TAKES Secretary Mellon and Sena- tor Penrose Confer—Hear- ings Start Next Week. Chairman Pénrose of the Senate finance committee and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, at-a conference late yesterday, discusseq plans for a revision of the internal revenue tax. The President has indicated that he. will deal with tax revision in his message to Congress Tuesddy. The revision of the tax proposed by the republicans is believed to lond‘ toward. several definite principles These include primarily repeal of the excess profits tax, which Mr. Hard- ing advocated in his campaign speeches: reduction of surtaxes on the larger incomes, repeal of special consumption taxes, such as those on and certain stamp'! taxes, and elimination of several com- | modity taxes. Imposition of a salen | tax is_ being agitated strongly, but without certainty of adoption in the | republican program Secretary Mellon in his cenference ! wasg said to have discussed the formal | tax revision recommendations ‘which | he_plans 1o submit to Congress. Sepator Penrose sald the- Senate committee’s hearings would begin next week and that .the sales tax en up first. with advo- cates and opponents invited to pre- sent their views. Hearings on the inpcome tax schedule, he said. would follow. Reduction in Army and Navy ap propriations and those for govern ment bureaus is being advocated by Senator enrose. < “The Army and Navy appropriation,” he said, “should be reduced to the lowest minimum cdnsistent with maintaining organization. Eversthing else should be eliminated. A “No sane man.contemplates gnother great war ip-the lifetime of the pres- ent or the next generation.” Senator Penrose also eaid . big re- ductions could be made by “abolish- ing a large number of useless govern- ment boards and bureaps.” “The Federal Trade Commission has been a national stench and scandal. he said. “Another board that ought to go is the Railroad Labor Board and a scrap heap ought to- be gotl ready for what remaipsyof the Ship- ping- Board, which- is . figantic - evi- dence of incompetence and is beyond rescue.” }'! MR. DICKERSON ACCEPTS' | REL| — et Prisons Assumes Directorsh ip-of Socfety Aiding Ex-Convicts. Denver S. Dickerson, former superin- tendent of federal prisons, today accept- ed the managing direetorship the Prisoners’ Relief Society. Although his -policies. have not yet been formulated completely, there is a general plan undér consideration to ex- tend branches of (the organizations to every city of importance in the TUnited States. “I_am glad to .associate selfl with | the Prisoners’ Relief Society,” Mr. Dick- erson said toda; T appreciate the op- portunity to .assigt in_extending the here of usefulness of an organizatien that has done and doing a splendid work for the réleased prisoner. The big probleri “of criminology today is t proper handling-of the man just out bf prison who is without money, friehds and the means of making a livellhood. A large percentage of men in prisof want to go stra when -they t(fln‘t chance. A great many of these men re- turn to crime because of their failure to get employment to make an honest liv- ing. This is especially true during the periods when work is scarce and there are several apphcants for every job. ‘As the head of the federal prisons for the past two years, 1 have had oc- casion to observe the work of the Pri oners’ Relief Society in handling re- leased prisoners and am convinced that its methods place it in.a class by itself.” —_—— FARM LABOE INCREASES. Reports 10 the bureau of crop es- timtes indicate that the -farm labor situation -in the United. States is “de- cidedly easier” than it has been for three years. ~ _° 3 The reports show that while the percentagé of ‘normal.supply: April 1 was' 95.2, the relative demand- was only $7.5 and_the ratio of supply to demand . was 108.8. —can do a whole lot of harm.to Clothing in & very short ' time. | Don't delay. Order Tar Bu-l or Tar Paper. E. Morrison Paper Co.;’ 1000 -Pa. Ave. SAVINGS BANK UNIGN OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN WASHINGTON WELCOMES YOUR ACCOUNT 710 4TH ST. N.W. N in Cireuit Court, -Division 2, Justice Siddons. 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