Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1921, Page 17

R ¢ S5 REDS MASS TROOPS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1921 PRESIDENT TO SFE | TEIIRTY-THREE MORE RoOMS _ {Ty M| POWER NEEDED IN 5TH AND 6TH DIVISIONS 1 — | ‘ Bavarian’s Offer to Columbia Heights Citizens Elect a Néw President LONG-TIME CREDITS Paint Gen. Pershing URGED BY FARRELL Holds They Are Necessary to Sell American Goods Abroad. Annual Convention of the Nati Foreign Trade Council Opens at Cleveland With 2,000 Delegates. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, May 4—The eighth annual convention of the national foreign trade council opened here this morggng with approximately 2.000 delegates, representing every part and every industry in this country present when James A. Farrell, chair- { man of the council and president of the United States Steel Corporation, called the first general session to or- der. American foreign present problems will be the gen- eral convention theme during the four days the delegates are in ses- The subject will be discussed trade and_its| sion. in its many icd phases by ex- perts of international reputation. Chairman _ Farrell delivered the opening address. The four main points in Mr. Farrell's address were: sity for an extension of credits to enable nations paariyzed by the war to buy in Amer- ican markets; revision of the tariff on a flexible bargain plan to permit of the imposition of penalties for discrimi- nation against American products or the granting of concessions for their favorable treatment; abolition of dou- ble taxation in order that American investnfents abroad may be exempt from domestic income tax to place American_exporters on an equality basis_with Britsh, French, German and Japanese competitors in foreign fields; development of the American ercantile marine. T red L Kent of the Bankers' Trust Company, New York, followed Mr. Farrell, his subject being “Financing Foreign Trade.” Mr. Kent gave de- tailed information regarding the trade conditions of countries in every part of the world with which the Tnited 'States has, normally, had profitable trade relations. He sav facts as to the foreign trade condi- tions, the outlook. American oppor- tunities, the present-day trade difi- culties and what can be done to help those difficulties. His recommenda- tions agreed with Farrell's— long-time credits. The same point of view was ex- pressed in the address of the next speaker, Gov. W, P. G. Harding of the Federal Reseyve Board, Wash- ington, D. C.. who talked on “Frozen Credits—What They Are and How to Thaw Them.” ADOPTS METRIC PLAN. Japan Orders System—To Be En- forced in Twenty Years. TOKIO, May 4.—Japan has decided to adopt the metrio system. The bill as passed by the house of peers ; stipulates that in the five years to come all leading factories, govern ment offices, government works and technical schools will be asked to “use the metric system of weights and measures instead of the Jap- + anese. The general public will be made to use the system within twenty years. Mr. —_— The “dhole,” the red wild dog of northern India, is a most dangerous creature. Hunting in packs, it will attack any living thing, even that jungle king. the tiger. UALITY ®_workmanship is assured when Plitt does the Paint- ing, Paperbanging or Up- holstering. We sell fine Furniture. Geo. Plitt Co.. Inc - ¥5.'&3% J. FRANK FERRY Famey Meats, Fruits and Vegetables Special for this week “purme - 908, 916 Louisiana Ave. N.W. skin deep” S=it behooves every lady to take care of her skin and keep it healthy and in good condition—not artificially ,with more or less harm- ful cosmetics. Mrs. Coon’s Prescriptions —are nature’s aids. Her Almond Skin Food Nourishes and whitens; builds up the tissues—mak- ing the skin soft and vel- vety. Muscle Cream Takes out the Wrinkles Absorbent Cleansing Cream Cleans the pores and re- lleves irritation of sunburn. Tried preparations—all of them. $1.00 Each For sale at Drug and Department Stores. Prepared by Mrs. N. C. Coon 1405 Eye Street . Skin rou emarting or begin ning to sho rash? Resinol Ointment is what you need to give quick relief and clear away the trouble. Then adopt the use of Resinol Shaving Btick. You'll be ited ‘with your cool, easy 72y =4 Resinol j commander- H. V. SPEELMAN. HEADS COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CITIZENS| Harley V. Speelman was president of the Columbia Heights Citizens' Association at a _meeting of the association held last night at St. Stephen's Parish Hall. Henry C. Cole was elected first vice | president, Adam H. Gaddis, second vice president; Miss Elizabeth A. Hay den, third vice president; Eliot ‘Wright, treasurer, and W. 1. Swanton, secretary. The new president of the Columbia. Heights association is a personal friend of President Harding and came to Washington from Cincinnati eight years ago. He is connected with the United States Treasurer's office. Receives 111 Votes. Mr. Speelman served two terms as president of the Federated Improve- ment_Associations of Hamilton Coun- Ohio, an organization which cor- sponds to the Federation of Citl- " Associations here. He also was nt of the Evanston Welfare Association, an organization which corresponds to the Columbia Heights association. Mr. Speeiman is a past chief of the order of ons of Veterans, U. §. A. Mr. Speelman received against 28 votes for C. C Mr. Cole, 112 votes, against 27 for George A. Ward; Mr. Gaddis, 90 votes. against 19 for A. B. Shreve. The other officers wete uncontested, Fol- lowing_the announcement of the re- sults, Mr. Lancaster moved that the election of Mr. Speelman be made unanimous, which was done. The de- feated candidate for president and Frederick J. Rice were appointed a committee by W. B. Todd, the retir- ing president, to escort President Speelman to the chair. The association adopted a resolu- tion. presented by J. Clinton Hiatt, urging upon Congress the adoption of the $5,000,000 school building pro- gram_ originally outlined by the school authorities. A motion to re- fer the resolution to a committee was defeated, it being urged by many that the matter was of great moment nd the association should take defi- nite action A resolution was adopted asking the Washington Gas Light Company to conduct experiments with new types of street lights on 13th street north of Clifton, it being declared that this street is “decidedly insuffi- clently lighted.” Mrs. Cabot Stevens outlined the needs of the Near East Relie 111 votes, Lancaster; 7 72 (e WO Gt Z, WL ol 2227 77 22277 N elected | POLITICAL CLUB Members of Harding and Coolidge Organization to Call in a Body. OVER 1,000 TO ASSEMBLE Personnel Includes Number of Woman Voters—School Cadet Officers at White House. The Harding and Coolidge Club of the District of Columbia will be re- ved in a body at the White House s afternoon by President Harding. | who. on this occasion, will shake the! hand of cach of more than 1.000 men and women of the District, all mem- bers of this campaign organization. Louis Addison Dent, president of the club, who made the arrangements for the reception, said today that from all reports received by him he looks for very few absentces when the club presents itself at the White) House at 5 o'clock this afternoon Aside from having the distinction of being the first Harding and Coo- lidge Club formed in the United ! States during the last campaign, this elieved to have had and paid-up | | organization is the largest individual membership of all the political clubs during the campaign. Its membership | passed the 1.200 mark before election, d: The club not only made large! contributions to the campaign fund| of the republican party, but it was| active in advancing party interests: and many of its members were es- Pecially active in getting state voters residing in Washington either to re- {turn to their homes to vote or to cast their ballot by mail. Receives Members in a Body. When the President receives the club this afternoon it will be thel! first time since his inauguration that he has received a political organiza- tion in its entirety. He has received the officers and delegations from sev- eral bodies, but never before the en- | tire membership. Mr. Dent expects that there will be as many women in the line this afternoon as there will be of men. It has been arranged for the members to assemble at 4:30} ! oclock on Executive avenue, between | i the State, War and Navy building, at {the “west side of the White House i grounds. There will be no music, but| | the various flags and campaign ban-| ners of the club will be carried. Mr. Dent _will introduce each person to |the President and will afterward give the latter a brief account of the founding of the club and of its ac- tivities in the campaign. Officers of the Club. Besides Mr. Dent, the officers of the club are: Harry Wardman, treasurer; John Louis Smith, secretary; Gus A. Schuldt, assistant secretary, and the following honorary presidents: Charles J. Bell, E. J. Stellwagen, William T. Galliher, Henry B. F. Macfarland and iMyron M. Parker, and the following vice presidents: T. Lincoln Townsend, Thomas Bones, Maurice Rotenberg, E. F. Colladay and Joshua Evans, jr. | Mrs. Virginia White Speel is chair- man of the women's division of the club and Henry M. Camp is director of club organization work. 1" President Harding today received Col. Ludlam, Lieut. Col. Broadbent, {and Lieut. Col. Simons, officers of the Washington High School Cadets, the White House. The young office were attired in full dress uniform and were congratulated by the exec tive on their fine appearance and the high_quality of their organization, which, he said, he always has admired and in which he has always taken a great interest. | at | B e whogir - U Pty | schoot jwest by 11th { boundary schools in it are the Abbot, Arthur,! Deplorable C onditions Revealed in Survey of Public Schools of the District—En- largement of Wheatley School. There are eleven public school build- ings in the sixth division and not a room in any of them is vacant. On the other hand, the overcrowding has re- sulted in the use of seven of the flimsy one-room portables, created sixteen oversize classes and caused two third- grade classes io he put on part-time in- struction. This information was given out today by school authorities to prove conclusively that additional school ac- commodations are vitally needed in this | division, as well as the others in the | tem. The sixth division lies in the north- | east section of Washington, and is bounded in general on the north by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks and the District line; on the east by the Dis- trict line and on the west by Ist street to Florida avenue and then to the Bal- timore and Ohio railroad tracks. The schools in it_are the Benning. Blai Blow, Hayes, Kenilworth, Ludlow, Mad! son, Taylor, Webb and Wheatley. Two of the seven portables in use in_ this_division are at the Blair chool, four at the Wheatley and one at the Madison. The boys' playroom at the Webb School is now used for manual training shop purpose: sixth grade class at the Webb School | has to be sent to the Blow School for classroom work. due to the conges- tion, according to school authorities. Addition to Wheatley School. To accommodate classes now in port- ables and other undesirable quarters, to reduce oversize classes and to eliminate part-time classe. officials estimate that twelve rooms are necessary in this di Relief from the overcrowding in the sixth division will be provided as soon as the proposed twelve-room addition to the Wheatley School is completed. An appropriation for beginning the work on the Wheatley School annex was provided in the District appro- priation bill for the fiscal vear begine ning July 1. But a provision in the measure makes the funds available immediately and the Commissioners are expected to open bids for the construction of this annex soon. It is hoped to have this addition ready for occupancy by September, 19: Besides ¥ School annex school officials believe that an eight- room addition to the Ludlow School. at 6th and G streets northeast, is nec- essary to meet the increase in school popuiation in the Trinidad commu- nity. An appropriation of $220,000 for this addition is asked for in the $5.000,000 school building program, Which school officials hope Congress will approve at this session. Fifth Division Much Crowded. Overcrowded conditions in the fifth school division have resulted in the use of ten one-room portable struc- size classes and one part-time class, size classes and one part time class, according to figures compiled today by school authorities. To remedy this situation, it is estimated that twenty- school | | {as there i {one additional classrooms are needed. | buildings There are fifteen school in the fifth division, which is bounded in general on the east by the Balti more and Ohio railroad tracks, on th south by Florida avenue and Ist street to the grounds of the Capitol an Smithsonian Institution, and on street, and the of Soldiers’ Home. Blake, Brookland, Cleveland, Ecking- ton. Emery, . Gales, Henry Langdon, Seaton, Twining and Web- ster. Enroliment About 6,500. The statistics of school officials show that the total number of regular class the| west ! The ! rooms in the fifth di total enrollment in approximately 6,500. Six of the portables in the division are located at 18th and Monroe streets northeast, three at the Gage Sehool and one at the Brookland School, which is used for manual training. Unoccupled Roomn. There are only two vacant roon the schools of the fifth division ision is 161 the d The ision is ms in one in the Cleveland School at $th and T streets. and one in the Seaton School at 2d and I streets. The unoccupied room in the former school. however. may soon be used for a special class, s an insistent demand for Hm establishment of such a class in School officials point out that one . room which is_used by the second | e S ori bbish heaps of grade at the Gage School was noty For out of the rubbish heaps built for such use. They also make it clear that all of the occupied rooms are used a full day. In the original $5.000,000 school building program drafted by the board of education provision is made for the relief of the congestion in the fifth division. The project calls for the construction of a junior high school in Eckington at a cost of approxi- mately $590.000. This proposed school, officials say, should contain twelve elementary classrooms and twelve high school rooms. EXEMPTION OF BUILDING TILL 1926 MAY BE ASKED Congress Will Be Requested to Pass Legislation to Encourage New Projects. Congress will be asked to exempt dwellings built in the District of Co- lumbia the next year from taxes un- til 1926, if the law and legislation committee of the Washington Cham- ber of Commerce takes favorable ac- tion on the project. The matter was taken under consideration last night by the directors of the organization at a meeting held in the Homer building, and was referred to the commitee for further investigation The idea of exempting buildings from taxation for a definite period was first submitted by Senator Cal- der of New York., who believes that the plan will materially stimulate building and will be onc of the meth- ods necessary to end_the acute hous- ing shortage throughout the United Btates. It is understood that the committee will hold a meeting at an early date to take action on the matter. The board indorsed the advertising campaign for Washington carried on by the Washington Advertising Club. The symbol of the club is in the shape of a heart bearing the fol- lowing slogan, ‘“Washington. the Heart of the Nation.” This slogan will probably be adopted by the ma- ority of civic organizations at the equest of the club. C. E. Rubie appeared before the directors as rep- esentative of the Advertising Club. The following were admitted as members of the chamber: Dr. Truman Abbe, A. T. Andrews, Harry Thomas E. Clark, Mar- larence A. Doyle, Jack Harris,” R. M. Hicks, H. Jackson, H. G. Kennedy ster Quinn, Rowzee & Schuermann, J. Wilbur Sherwood, Elizabeth L. Smith, Dr. S. A. Charl- ton, Miss C. B. Lally, Arcley Rayne Marshall, George F. Harbin, Samuel Gritz, Philip H. Wisman and William Ames Craig. | CARS AIRED TODAY Hoofs Strike Sparks From| Cobbles in Honor of An- | niversary of Trolleys. |THIRD RAIL 33 YEARS OLD i | 1Muny Cities Pay Tribute to Rich- mond’s First Electric Cars, Invented by Sprague. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 4.—The resounding crash of Missouri hoof fire against tin fenders of archaic street cars is heard today in many cities through- | | street car barns and the tall weeds of vacant lots mule cars of a third of a-century ago have been rescued by electric railway companies and again put on rails today for a few hours under “hayburner” power. The reason for this demonstration is that the modern overhead trolley car is thirty-three years old today s for the first time and eleetric railw " in history are celebrating’ this event. | Tt was in Richmond. Va, May 4. 188K, that thirty eleetr with overhead trolleys were put into operation and the contract for the ) first eomplete, double-tracked line of | this character in the world was ac- cepted as completed i i Fifty Years of Effort. For fifty years prior to that inventors ranging from Thomas Dav- | enport, a Brandon, Vt. blacksmith, to most of the famous inventors of the period had been working toward the goal which Frank J. Sprague of New York city finally achieved. Stephen D. Field and Thomas A. Edi- son began_experiments late in the 70s, and in 1879 Field filed an application for a patent on a third-rail system. In 1880 Mr. Edison bujit a small road at kg his in Menlo Park and_demonstrated the pract; of electricity as power for transporta- at_expositions in Chi- le, Me Field and Edison exhibited an electrie locomo- | which ran around a circular track ! -third of a mile i ngth The period from 1850 1o 1588 was' productive of many able contri- | butions to the future industry by £d- ward M. Bentley and Walter H.| Knight, who in 1884 built a two-mile Tine in Cleveland; John C. Henry, who | built small roads in Kansas City and | California; Prof. Sidney H. Short of | Denver. Dr. Wellington Adams of St, Louis, Charles J. Van Vepoele of Chi- cago and Leo Daft of Greenfield, N. J. Daft perfected an electric engine which in 1886 hauled a total of 300.000 persons in old horse cars between Bal- timore and Hampton, Va. Jay Gould’s Experience. Some of Mr. Sprague’s earlier tests were made in New York city, and among those wWho came to witness Met by Adverse Hin First Division of the American expeditionary force, wants to paint the picture of Gen. Persh- | ing. The Knights of Columbus, | which o present h por- trait of A. E. F. commander | to_the government, hi acknowledged Klammerich’s ap- | plication with a brond hint that he would not get the commis- | sion, Writing from “the Father- Kiammerich exprexsed | dmiration “for the soldiers America and their comm and by dation ingn ha adorned many Havarian ENATOR JOHNSON FLAYS DAVID BLAR The nomination of David H. Blair of Winston-Salem, N. C., to be inter- nal revenue commissioner yesterday was sent back to the Senate finance committee for further investigation, by vote of the Senate. Opposition to the confirmation of Mr. Blair was led in the Senate by Senator Hiram Johnson of California, who attacked Mr. Blair's course as a delegate in the republican national convention last June, and charged he had vio- lated the North Carolina primary law Mr. Blair was chosen as a delegate at a state convention. Later, in a preferential primary nator ' John son. one of the republican presidentia candidates, received a large majorit In the convention. Mr. Blair voted for Mr. Harding despite Senator John- son's claim that his support was pledged to the Californian until re- leased by him. The North Carolina primary law, Senator Johnson was said to have declared, specifically re- quired delegates to vote for the pri- mary choice. A Second Obfection. Another objection to Mr. Blair, pre- sented by Senator Johnson, concerned questions of income tax payments by corporations in which Mr. Blair's relatives were said to be interested. In a statement by Senator Johnson issued after the executive session, the Caliifornia senator sai ‘The second objection to Mr. Blair, because of a secrecy maintained con- cerning income tax returns. is in- volved in some obscurity. Mr. Blair's ther-in-law is one of the richest, but not richest man _in North wrolina. He sought, by forming a partnership with his family to lessen the amount of his income tax. He was required to pay and it is as- serted that he did pay, the full amount claimed by the government, and the members of his family, as partners, have sought a refund. Some hundreds of thousands of dol- lars have been at stake. There is a dispute about the present exact sit- uation. At any rate, Mr. Blair ought not to be put in a position where he is_in the slightest degree connected with refunds, due to his wife, his father-in-law and other relatives.” The father-n-law of Mr. Blair th is ON RUMANIAN LINE Soviet, Doubting Story of Accidental Shelling, De- mands Explanation, 1‘I\LARMED l {Communist Propaganda Being i Spread Insidiously Throughout | Country by Russians. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. AT MENACE | By Cabte to ¢ and Chicago Daily News, right, 192 CONSTANTINOPL 4 | bolshevist attitude toward Rumania | is growing more menacing. The soviet foreign commissar, M. Tchitcherin, after informing the Rumanian gov- ernment that the peace pourparlers scheduled for Riga at the beginning of May had been indefinitely post- poned, sent another drastic note April 9 The soviet authorities complain that | ) the explanations given by the Ru- | manians are unsatisfactory. They alse | charge at the Rumanian army i {bombarding Ukranian villages and | facilitating the activities of the Pet- |lura bands that cross the Dniester | river under the protection of Rumans ian troops. ! The explanation of the Rumanian | Bovernment “that' the alleged bom- ybardment of the Ukraman villages 1y of a fow stray shots fired during artillery target practice was not accepted by M. Tchitcherin, who demands more pr, nformas tion as to what steps will be taken to suppress clearly hostile a by Ru- manian troops along the Dneister. Meanwhile the Russians are masss ing forces on the Bassarabian fron- tier. The soviet command has now concentrated the whole of the 14tH Army, fifteen divisions, between Staro, Konstantinov and Tiraspol, while four more infantry divisions are in reserve at Mohilev. | In addition the bolsheviki are con- jducting an intense communistic coms paign is Rumania, mainly along thé Bassarabian border, where local seerct organizations as well as nu- i merous individuals, " ACTON the Dniester, “hems Ives n Rumanian as artists and merchants. It is reported that in Bassarabia, {where many are discontented with | the Rumanian rule, the whole of the ! Jewish population has been won over to_communism, The Rumanian government realizes with much anxiety that communism is filtering into the country and is do- ing its utmost to prevent the further spread of the doctrine. —_— _ PLAN AID FOR LEPERS. Woman Missionary Workers to Hold Final Meeting. them Jay Gould. Unfortunately,!J. W. Cannon, cotton mill owner. The i one day Mr. Gould took a position'amount of tax refunds involved in| The closing meeting for the summer near an open safety fuse on one of | the Treasury Department case is said |0f the Women's Interdenominational the cars. and whe fuse suddenly |to be around $1,000,000. Missionary Union will be held Friday blew out with a startling flash Mr.; In_the Senate's executive session|at 2 o'clock in the Mount Vernon Gould attempted to lean from the car,! Mr. Blair was reported to have been jPlace M. I3 Church South. Mrs. John and at once lost all interest in the | defended by Senators Smoot of Utah jNewton Culbertson to preside future of electric railway develop-|and Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, re-| Among ihe speakers will be W. M. ment | publicans. | Danner, general secrctary of the At the beginning of the operation of | American mission to lepers of New electric cars in Richmond wages were (= = = York city. Special gifts will be ro- from 75 cents to $1.75 a day. The aver- |in the United States, which carry alceived for the Protestant Chapel in age wage paid by sixty companies|total of approximately 14.000,000.000 the Virgin Islands. Mrs. Maria Rey- having more than 100 miles of track | persons, or ten times as many as ride [ nolds Ford of the Disciples’ Church each, in the United States, today 58 cents an hour. is on the steam railways, vearly. The investment in lines is approximately will Cross tell of her work for the Red in Bavaria during the recent Today there are more than 80,000 | $5,000,000,000, the trackage is 44,400 | war. The meeting will be open to the electrically propelled passenger cars miles and 300,000 men are employed. I'THE GREATEST SALE OF FOUNTAIN R HELD IN THIS CITY EVERY PEN WARRANTED To Be 14-Kt. Solid Gold SELF FILLING AND NON-LEAKABLE Through a very fortunate deal with the factory of the entire stock they had on hand, we have been allotted just 3700 of these Pens, which were intended to be sold from $3.00 to $4.00 each. The factory wants the money_ quickly, and in order to make the quickest turn- over ever made in the Foun- tain Pen business, we've made the selling price 'l " Each A Few at Higher Prices REMEMBER These pens are made of the same llent quality of gold which you in any $3.00 and $4.00 pens, which Is 14-kt. solid gold. This is _your opportunity to get your favorite style pen at factory cost _or less. We stand beck of every pen we sell, and back of us is the manufacturer’s guarantee. See Large Display in Window; Sale Starts To-. day and Continues Until Every Pen Is Sold MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED A DRUG STORE, N.W.—One Store Only publi 2222 2 W, i 2% %