Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1921, Page 2

o SRR e T HEADS A, F.L.LIST Executive Council Drafts Tentative Program of Activities for Year. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI. May 6.—The prin- ciples and program which the organ- ized labor forces of the United States will be asked to support and uphold during the next year were being drafted here today by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. IN HEALTH MOVE! BY DOCTOR'S STORY P 3 By the Associated Press. B NEW YORK, May 6—Dr. Hugh Gen. Sawyer Surpnsqd bY | russen. a (chnmpn’m:r of m:nun?ix. E - Y., testifying at a hearing on the . Number Offering Services, | He Tells Educators. divorce suit brought by James A. Stillman, a New York banker, de- * A surprisingly large number of per. #ons have already volunteered their ‘| clared that Mrs. Anne U. Stilima while under his treatment in Apri services for the proposed public wel- | fare department, Brig. Gen. Charles 1918, told him that her husband was {not ‘the father of an_ expected child. E. Sawyer told members of the Amer- ican Council on Education, at thej The child. Guy Stillman, who | initial session of the two-day annual with his mother and Fred an Indian guide, in the di-| meeting today, in the assembly hall ©of the Cosmos Club. vorce suit, was born the following vember. While the testimony was given be- hind closed doors, the defendant's at- tornevs admitted that it had been offered and conditionally accepted by “You will ‘be surprised at the num- ber of well qualified perso! who have volunteered their services for the new department. in - omen w reality.” Gen. Sawyer. said. “T have never been able to see why {the referee over their objections. The {question of its final admissibllity| This declaration, when completed {probably will be argued in the trialf will be incorporated in the council's annual report, and be presented to the public health service was place under the Treasury Department, or why the bureau of education wa ’ courts. Dr. Russell said that Miss Anne|the annual convention of the federa- Stillman had accompanied her mother | tion to be held in June at Denver, Col. on the trip to Buffalo and that while| While the council’s program is tenta- they were there Mr. Stillman arrived. |tive, it was unofficially learned that placed under the Department of the Interior. { Finer Citizens Is Aim. b t type of Americ n citi- . Sawyer followe explanation of the o proposed -epartment, tection for disabled veterans' organizations Defepdant's counsel quoted Dr. Rus-|the trade unions will be asked to con- sell as saying that the father, mother|tinue the fight against the ‘“open and daughter took tea at Dr. Russell's(shop.” Repeal of the anti-trust laws home aud later went on an automo- | OF Special exemption for labor unions ibile ride with him to Niagara Falls. |{rom persecution under such laws Strenuous objections to the doctor's|also will occupy a prominent place in testimony were made by defendaht's the document. Resistance to court in- and mentally, are the | coungel who declared that it was not|junctions and compulsory arbitration objectives president Harding in!onjc confidential and privileged, there- | Will be urged. _ A ORISR public welfare department. | gort {TdrCClinle but alvo & violation | The couneil will also officially notify To make the be American citizens | ,¢ ,rofessional ethics. the convention of the serevance of o mukt start on education. There- | \PrOGHITAL (Was present through- | Telations with the International Fed. fore education will be the foundation | oy the hearing. She was driven to]eration of Trades Union. because of L hne of the new depart- | {ne haa e room by her son, James | the European organizations radical iStillman, who told reporters that he|tendencics. The council. it was learn- up with anwoyiq st to his mother and would|ed today, is going to give considera- wtion of the | teatify In her behalf if necessary. Mr.|tion to the question of wage reduc- Stillman. who 19 also accused of infi- | tions and the cost of living. Labor of- delity in the wife's answer towhis|ficials said that the council takes the charges, was not present. position that a widespread attempt is the dcpartment. He urged the edu-|" Cross-examination of Dr. Russell|being made to reduce wages while cators to indorse .the plan proposed be started at the next hearing,|retail prices are maintained at a much |’ for the new federal agency. | tentatively set for May 18. Before|higher standard than the situation The council will consider the in-1Dr Russell went on the stand today |Jjustifies. dorsement of the proposition at ses- | Charles R. Keller testified that Mra 4,000,000 Unemployed. sipns later this afternoon 1n a Stillman _ahd her daughter ~were Sy sesston will be devoted to alguests for several days in April. 1918, | g RCROTtS received by the council to. t3nfarence on the methods of stand-|a( the hotel where he was employed | pessams at more than 4.000.000 izing and accrediting colleges. Anlays clerk. e erintey thout. ;employment Tin address is to be delivered by Acting |“ A letter said to have been written|<hS Country. and the situation is President George D. Olds of Amherst|by Beauvais to Mrs. Stillman and to| Wy |i% No.Improvement. i College. ve contained terms of endearment|U'nited Mine Weorkers ot famoricy. suig Other Speakers on Program. as admitted as evidence over objec- | ¢hat 150,000 miners are out of Work 3 & " Kk are Clyde|tions of the defense after the hand-|.n% that 300, P orki Tk Others who will speak are writing had been identified as Beau- hat 300,000 are working from one Furst of the Carnegie Foundation for| WiLUINE hag 'y 19gntifled as Beau:|to, three days a week, ihe Advancement of Teachin 4 L e i LR o, “Practicaily none of our men have L et o Tt the *niver. | years superintendent of the Stillman|gteady employ . Kendrick C. Babcock o summer home at Pleasantville. ; employment, !, ho added. sity of Tlinois, Dr. Geonge F. Zook of [ Summer home a e, Stui| There is no market for coal. the ~ the bureau of education. the Very Rev.{eral other letters were offered, bul{mines are shut down. The English Edward A. Pace of Catholic Univer. | not admitted for the present. mine strike had no offect at all on sily and cretary Robert L. Kel f the American market. the 3 | £ f edu- M. fhe Soveciyof chuch Boaris o | NEYWY COMPULSORY trom e S i TR Standard zation of colleges also will arvation if they took a wage re- EDUCATION LAW WILL BE FRAMED be continued in the conferences to? on, for that would not increase (Continued from First Page.) the the morrow morning, when the principal their opportunity for work. address will be delivered by Chan- cellor James H. Kirkland of Vander- bilt University. The American Council on Educa tion is an organization composed of representatives of the principal asso- ciations dealing with higher educa-|formation tion. Its chairman is President Harry | situation. Pratt Judson of the University of | “I think that the Engineer Com- Chicago. Dean Virginia C. Gilder-imissioner has made a study of buil sloeve of Barnard College is secre-|ing costs in Buffalo and Cleveland tary. Corcoran Thom, vice president|said Dr. Ballou. He added that a sur- of: the American Security and Trust|vey of building costs in St. Louis and Company, is treasurer. and Dr. Sam- | Rochester showed that the costs here uel P. Capen is director. for public schools were much lower. y He said that while he would be glad '~ BOARD’S NAME CHANGED. to see an investigation of building costs, he desired to impress the com- D. C. Commission to Codify Laws Relating to Juveniles. tee with the immediate need of more school buildings. The Commissioners vesterday changed the name of the Children's Code Com- The executive council was brought under the fire today of the local ad- vocates of the “open shop” move- ment. L. H. Van Matre, secretary of the industrial division of the cham- ber of commerce, issued a state- ment attacking ‘the closed union shop 35 3, restriction upon “a work- s ability and opportunity by its dead-level sllndurdg'p e He also said that the “closed shop discriminates and interferes with a man’'s opportunity of earning a liveli- hood. More than a_ thousand con- cerns here. Mr. Van Matre declared, have declared for the “open shop. “Let them go ahead,” said Presi- dent Samuel Gompers, “they cannot injure the American labor move- ment. We have weathered the storms of the past and are not even annoyed by such squalls as these.” ‘They are only fooling themselves,’ said Matthew Woll, vice president of the federation. Employers sooner or later will learn the truth and be fl;;lr'!o co-operate with organized BUILDING TRADESMEN WOULD ACCEPT ARBITERS Want to See New Work Boom, _Bays President Wiljam regarding the building Discussing the $2.000,000 program, Dr. Ballou said that he did not col template the abandonment of any schools now used. He said that the absence of school building construc- mission to Public Welfare Code Com- | brought about an acute mission and added new duties to the| ‘Sepatar Jones asked 1:“‘:(‘::&“(1 -:;:‘ny;qun. The membership was not .l;hooeld building plans could not be 3 $ opted, with a, resulti This commission was created by the |time and money! Dr fi‘-sno:"r:gu:d' tha i year with instructions to codify all|have the plans for 5 laws in the District applying to juve-|ing xpplypv.o those of :n':x';u‘:-l 3:‘5‘:: niles and to suggest any new iegis-|to the difference in sites. l:uun dde;;neldh '.n:?ter‘nudur;l:-teord“ "rln;e s:paflnlendenl told the com- adopted by ey Tday | mittee that the large number of smail tion here In the last five years had former board of Commissioners t it was not always feasible to commission as | school buildings here was one of the “To codity the laws of the District of | bata snae” seera) Sdministration, He Columbia relating to matters of public | scheol buildings here—as. Hutcheson. .. ‘welfare concerning the care, confinement | there are in B: S AN fany, s . and treatment of the insane and mental | twice as mmy”;z'p"n: bl e e | OO CLUNATL Ve e Frateically defectives, children. their care, custody, | the desire of the board was to adopt |*/! the bullding trades unions tion, labor and correction; em- ployment of mirors, the Juvenile Court, 2id or support of, parents, aid to mothers ‘with dependent children, charities and carrections and charitable and corvec- * tifnal institutions and all kindred or ed subjects, and to recommend to the Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia what amendments and new leg- islation are, in their judgment, nec: #ary to Improving the law. +That Justice Frederick L. Siddons, ‘oL James S Easby-Smith. Mrs W S Ufford, Judge Milton Strasburger, Mrs. + Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs. Ernest P. Bicknell and Mr. Frank F. Nesbit are hereby appointed members of said com- mission to serve without compensation. *The number of members of said com- mission may be increased from time to time by the Commissioners” up to a Tmaximum strength of fifteen.” —_— _ D. C.BILLS BEFORE HOUSE Amendment to Potomac Insurance H given. Many of the government em- Company Charter in List. ployes are unable to find homes in At the request of the District Com- | the District and must live across the missioners, Chairman Focht. of the|District line, and their children House District committee. has intro- | Should be given the benefit of the duced a bill to amend the charter of | District schools. the Potomac Insurance Company. hi Representative Frederick N. Zihl- man of Maryland, a member of the! House District committee, introduced . a_bill to regulate the transportation | of refuse in the District. m glad to make reply to this Representative William Mason of | assertion” said Dr. Ballou. *“I have TiHnols. introduced a bill sanctioning | before me a statement which has the demand for payment i advance | been placed in the hands of the Sen by licensed operators of “for m.—e"ue and House committees on appro- vehicles. and would have the police|priations, which undertakes to show settle disputes about the fare. the capacity of the school buildings, /. The House appropriutions commit- | and which Durports on the face of It tee received from the District Com-|to be authentic and approved by the missioners an estimate of $1,000' to | Engineer Commissioner. cover damages suffered by Lewis; “The Engineer Comm Reed, driver of a truck, who was in-|Kutz, did not gather or supervise the Jured recently at the District stables, | gathering of these figures. They were 17th and U streets, and who sued the | gathered by employes of the repair District for, $25,000. department of the office of the mu- 1 the sixteen-room_uni Dr. Ballou said that there was no difference of opinion between the board of education and the District Commissioners as to the emergency program. This program, he said, gave. consideration to the needs of both the white and colored schools. He pointed out that the total school enrollment was between 68,000 and 69,000, the highest in the history of the schools. He said that there had been a steady increase of from 31 to 4 per cent in the school enroll- ment during the last five years, and that a similar increase is to be ex- Pected next September. Senator King questioned the su- perintendent about the children liv- ing outside of the District who at- tend the District public schools. Dr. Ballou said there were 2,485 of these children from nearby points in Mary- land and Virginfa. He pointed out that Congress had authorized their instruction in the District schools, and added e,” personally, be- lieved this instruction should be throughout the country afe willing to submit the question of wagé re- ductions to arbitration, - Willlam Hutcheson, president of tKp United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join- rs of America, announced 1ast night after a meeting of the executive council of the building trades depart- ment of the American Federation of IAI)'%P. “We want to be fair and see ~ ing boom,” he added. hulla President Hutcheson declared that building material concerns were ap- parently attempting to direct public attention on wages instead of reduc- ing their prices. He sald that build- ing operations throughout the country apparently were at a standstill, await- ing adjustment of the new wage and working agreements. “Even {if settiements were made in a number of cities,” he added, “we have no promise that our men will be given work. ~ The_executive council of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor began its ten-day conference here with an in- {or'l’ill‘!‘l dlucu;l{on of general labor con ong and the situation i - ‘western Ohio. iasiih “We have taken no action.” said President Samuel Gompers of the fed- eration. “We are just getting under wa, ‘We have considerable routine and our reports to prepare for the annual convention of the federation at Denver, in June.' President Gompers assailed the ‘hzfnnl’:x-u! mohvzmen! and declared reached “its peak begun to decline. pea't-andihias The “open shop” attack by the em- ployers has not made a “dent in the American Federation of Labor, Frank Morrison, secretary of the fe eration said. adding: “Organized la- bor will emerge victorious and tri- umphant from the struggle.” —_— $800,000,000 LOSS ON SHIPS CHARGED (Continued from First Page.) said Senator that there are a number of uchoolrl.z)n'll in the District which are used for nothing except St old furnitures & kst “I essaril} subjects American vessels to a rerious disadvantage, estimated at § per cent on the capital investment. The compulsory advance in each foreign port of call of half wages earned seriously affects the working of ships and leads to expensive delays. The burden of these should be removed in the inter- ests of the seamen as well as the ship- owners. “The bare boat charter basis with an early revision of our navigation laws— the latter an urgent requirement of the situation—might be called a plan to en- able shipping people to send our ships 10 sea upon terms of equality. —_— JERSEY CITY ELKS COMING Party of 75 to Be Guests Monday of Washington Lodge. Seventy-five members of Jersey City Lodge, No. 211, B. ¥. O. Elks, will be the guests of Washington 0. 12, Monday. Thirty auto- driven by members of the or- der will make & sightseeing tour of the city. By special invitation of the Presi- dent they will be received at the White House at 12:30 p.m., to be fol. llowed by a luncheon at the Town and Country Club. The Jersey City party will be In charge of the treasurer of No. 211, W. A. La Dew. The commit- tee for Washington Lodge is Fred J. Merscheimer, chairman. and Messrs. P. J. Callan, Edward Newmyer, jr., James Farreil and Arthur A. Riemer. SENT TO COLUMBUS, OHIO. Tdeut. Commander Alvin K. Quartermaster w) ¢ nicipal architect in March, 1919! On 5 its face, the statement would indicate ~APPOSES INSURANCE BILL. [that the figures were gatherea in et taberions, M:)rchA 1920. G r. Ballou the committe (J< B. Jones Addresses Board of |the data contained in this -u.x’an&h t was inaccurate, that the work had Trade Committee. ly done and that the . Characterizing the Fitzgerald bi been repudiated by Col providing for compulsory workmen's | KUtz because of confused questiona. JM!IIDGBIIHOII as “soclalistic, bolshe- ble statements it contained. Going # vistic and communistic, both in its|into detail he showed that he wate drce 8@ its Intent™ J. ment asserted there were more b e A ekretary Conmurer OPe Tt | Classrooms which could be used for Workmen's * compensation _publicity | classroom _purposes "in the schools { bureau, addressed the insurance com. | than there actually are. mittes"of the Washington Board of Jones oad"Be quoe:t!,g{x:‘ kit Plrrnd T: e afternoon. A Mr. Jones pointed out that the meas- | Teasons ‘for this compilaiion of fg: | ure was practically the same as the!ures by the municipal architect, Dr. } Non-Partisan League compensation law | Ballou_replled that he did not care iy now in force in South Dakota, and|'QUnSWEF- o L oo 04 th said that the Fitzgerald bill was only |, Senator King suggested that per @ part of the propaganda of the league | hap3 # new municipal architect was 5&11."‘:::5“33 the state of South | "Ry ce o new municipal arehi- The speaker said that the binl|tect” said Dr. Ballou He said that ahould be fought to the last ditch by |the statement to which he referred the citizens of the District of Co.|W%as compiled under the orders of the Jumbia, esserting that it was con- "’"';"' muntolpal;architect.iSoowden ey lo the principle 1aid down by | ASMETe up the auestion of pay of A t in busines: d the school teachers, . Ballou sald B uvernment - ® 274 more business|inai“the mlaries were inadequate. Members of the committee wini|Senator Jones suggested that while vigorously protest passage of the bil | the committee was interested in the at the: ‘nmearings "befors the question, he did not think it should tons) committes, which ar l"’g' be gone into in connection with the [ Thursday. are to be! matter then under consideration—the Fosu s need of school bullding Dr. Ballou {replied that the salary question was i pressing. He suggested that there ESSAY CONTESTS AT G. W. U. | R, (i ga™o be conatdered in The subject for the annuul prize | determining the pay of teachers— Mmerican history essay contest saluries should have some relation to eorge Washington University ill be “The Mexican Policy of the Democratic Party Undér Wilson services rendered; the schedule of s aries should have some relation to the supply and demand of teachers, and the salaries of teachers fn the Dis- trict should be established with re- Dr. Charles Clinton Swisler, head the history department. 'l;elu:ll E:d; Home l}uhu’(lllz- 2399)" will subject. fop/the an- ual prise Bnglish history o senjor studemts who. Reported to Be Willing to Have Sir Arthur Duckham Arbitrate | By the Associated Press. LONDON. May miners, i to the government to accept question by Sir Arthur Duckham with Sir Arthur was a member of Sankey coal comm: ted a minority report favorable to the miners’ claims. ALUMN! ARRANGE SMOKER | Gonzaga College Association to Hold “Get-Together” Tuesday. Final arrangements have been com- pleted for a talk” by the Gonzaga College Alumni Association Tuesday. Chairman nounced under way at 8:30 p.m. and that the smoke contest will be on a par with previous ones. Vaudevill limited to eight minutes, and musical novelties will be on the program. Rev. Gonzaga College, and Samuels, teacher of music at the col- lege for several years, will be guests of the association. . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. FRIDAY. MAY 6. 1921. . & or eage, the woman of the picture. Jessie Hall, is reported to have been kept a prisoner for sixteen yearw by her mother.' now aged seventy, and a nister, thirty-five, n ‘he Hall home is a shack on a thirty- 'm, fifty yards back from the rond and half hiddem by treex, in the town of Ballston, mear Round Lake, oner” Wage Question. i ph .—The striking coal is reported, have intimated their willingness arbitration on the wages iew immediate settlement of | m strike. to the submit- st ssion and B “get-togather smoke- Walter 1. Plant wi that preliminaries will an- get wi stunts, a few speeches, vice president of arles Davey, Prof. Amabile Some DBig In the Magazine of Next Sunday’s Star “Meet Inez and Trilby May” Sewell Ford, writer of the popular Shorty McCabe and Torchy stories, is writing a new series of fascinating yarns. They concern Inez; “a Swede on both sides and a lovely girl,” and Trilby May, will delight in the quick action, unexpected inci- dents and rich humor famous. First publication of the stories anywhere. ;“T rapping Wild Animals in the Jungles” This article, one of a Mayer, is something n Each thrilling article, artist, Will Crawford, is complete in itself. Read the story of the white monkey, an adventure with Mahommed Ariff, and how a live python was caught. “Historic Yorktown May Become Government Property” A full-page, well illustrated story of one of the most famous battle grounds in America. A bill is now pending in Congress to place historic town in hands of the people—a shrine of the future. “The Fade In,” a § Mildred Cram This is a yarn you will —a story of adventure the old Arabian Nights—and yet with an entirely different setting. “The White Hat,” by Sax Rohmer An author is known by have heard of Sax Rohmer. interest you with one of his stories? “The White Hat” is unusual; it follows along an entirely dif- ferent line. Don’t miss letter, Sterling Heilig’s story fashions by the famous authority, Anne Rittenhouse, and a cracking good story by Holmln Day. In NextSun Claim Relating to Ireland Uprising ply claim that the pre: Ireland secession in 1860, Re: for the Recogr public, at that today, Cash to the amount of nearly $1 Together with these features of The Sunday Star Magazine are the Rambler, Ring W. Lardner’s weekly BRITISH MINERS INDICATE |REPLY TO LLOYD GEORGE. WISH TO END THE STRIKE ev. C. F. X. Murphy Discusses Replying to Premier Lloyd George's ent.insurrection in analogous to the south's C. F. X. Mur. vy at George- ed more than ham Lincoln n Association tion of the ish Re- 31 | street, last nigh! enting on the reported ceting of Sir James Craig and Eam- on de Valera, Father Murphy said Sinn Fein Ireland had always 0od ready to meet Ulster more than hy, professor of n Univ 0 members ouncil of the half way. Miss Mary O'Toole presided, and during the evening Miss Katherine rill entertained by singing Irish songs. UNCLAIMED GOODS SOLD. Police Department Nets $1,500 at Auction. It is believed the police sale of abandoned and unclaimed property. hich started yesterday and finished 1 net the department 81,50000, s included in the list of unclaimed property, which will bring the total to_approximately $2,500. ‘There was an absence of the spirit- ed bidding which characterized the sale last year, prices were far below those of last year. Bicycles brought an average of about $6, the highest price brought for a wheel being $20. it is stated, and the Features “short on looks, but long on conversation.” You for which Sewell Ford is series written by Charles ew in the newspaper line. illustrated by the famous tory by read to the very last word as thrilling as a page from the fiction he writes. You Did he ever fail to it! from Paris, a full page of day’sStar covered by Willlam Hennessey, superintendent of the Saratoga Sprimgs, N. Y. Hu- &al xteps to have her placed in a suitable institution. PACKERS’ BILL OPPOSED BY THOMAS E. WILSON Presents Argument to House Com- mittee Considering Norris- McLaughlin Measure. Fluctuations in the live stock mar- j ket are largely due to the unscientific | and inefficient system employed by | producers in marketing their prod- lucts, and the real trouble at the base of the whole question is not so much « packer's problem as it is a_pro- ducer’s problem, Thomas E. Wilson aflo, president of the Institute of American Meat Packers, told the House committee on agriculture to- day in appearing in opposition to the Norris-McLaughlin bill to control the pucking Industry. Mr. Wilson, who said he spoke for the 200 packing companies. which comprise the membership of the insti- tute, told the committee that legisia- tion of the sort proposed would sim- ply serve to divert the largest single industry in America from energetic efforts to adjust itself to a changed and difficult situation. The result, he said, would be quite as harmful to the live stock producers as to the packing industry itself, as the inter- est of the producers is so closely in- terwoven with that of the packers that what is injurious to one is bound to prove harmful to the other. ———— LARGE LIST OF ENTRIES FOR CAPITAL HORSE SHOW Total, Including the Various Rac- ing Events, Near the Thousand Mark, Is Report. Seven hundred and fifty entries have been made for the National Cap- ital horse show, to be staged at the Arlington Park show grounds from May 12 to 17, Melvin C. Hasen, gen- eral manager. announced today. The books are closed. ¥ The above figure includes only the show clas: Counting the variou racing events, the entries total close to a thousand. Many noted horsemen, including Gen. John J. Pershing, William du Pont of Wilmington, Del., and Mitch ell Harrison of Nokesville, Va., have reserved stables for the meet and en- tered their best mounts. In Gen. Pershing’s stable there are fourteen horses, including Jeff. T others are Princess, John Bunn; Dandy, Chevy Proctor, Prom nent Tom, British Tom, Bell Beach, High_ Ball, Minnie, Maurine, Duchess and Kidron. The remount service of the Army, through Maj. Stanley Koch, has made seventy entries. Mr. Du Pont has forty-five entries and Mr. Harrison of Nokesville thirty. A total of ninety exhibitors of Washington and nearby states will have entries in the show this year. The entries include seventeen polo ponies; thirty-five in_the light-weight hunter class; twenty-five in the heavy-. weight hunter class; twenty-two in the ladies’ hunter class: fourteen In the Corinthian class; thirteen Army hunt ‘teams: fifty-four in the open cl ffty-nine in the handicap and five hunt teams. The racing events will be a feature of the show and will be distributed throughout the meet, with probably two races a day. The committee in charge of the show announced today that a part of the pavilion has been turned over to the Salvation Army for a tearoom during the meet. —_— KIWANIS TO URGE RIGHTS. ‘Will Ask Congress to Intercede for French Cable Privileges. ‘The appointment of a committee to draft a special memorial to Congress asking that body to intercede with the French government for the same cable privileges in France by United States as that country enjoys in America, was voted at the meeting of the Kiwanis Club at the Hotel Wash- ington yesterday. G. Manson Foot spoke on the time lcst by American business men at present, due to delay necassitated by cablegrams having to pass through government hands before reaching their destination in France. Claude Wooward presided and an- nounced that the fund being raised by the organization for the Boy Scouts {of the District had passed the $8,000 mark, and that everything indicated the fulfillment of the quota of $10,000 this week. ‘The membership offered silent pray- er tribute to Willard Frackner, fellow Kiwanian, who died in this city Monday. Announcement was made that the next meeting will be “Marine day,’ when it _is expected that Maj. Ge: John A. Le; other marine offi- cers will be present. ASSAULT ON GIRL CHARGE. L. L. Davidson Under Arrest in Miss Naomi Bond Case. Lester Lee Davidson, nineteen years 014, 1425 35th street, was arrested last night by Detectives Kelly and Seriv- ener and charged with assault on Miss Naomi Florence Bond, 2305 18th streat, at Columbia road and 16th street early Wednesday. Davidson, according to the detectives, admitted being one of the thres young men in the automobile in which Miss Bond consented to be driven home and from which she jumped when she resiized she was not going to be taken home. Davidson and James Thomas Walke: 3243 P street, who was arrested b: Detectives Kelly and Scrivener Wed- nesday night, were released on $500 B s et 0 g to has ROt Deen arrested, ARS _ST,.;OB in GlcuTJar ‘ ‘Tl'lm‘.l’l-‘l.t. | ~oat, MAY O I — Unearthed by Farmer W hile Plowing Field LANSING, lown, May 6.— Fortune, turned her smiling facé on John Brazel of Lanmsiag | when the plow which he was | operating unearthed $1.300 in | gota. i i { | 1 The sum wan found o e old Patrick Caliahan farm, where Brazel was working as a farmhand. The moncy was n or- tune is belleved to have been | [ | SHARPLY SCORED) TOGKING “WASTE Mrs. Stoddard Says D. C. Youngsters Could Thus ‘Clothe Youth of Europe. All the children of Europe of three years of age or under could be com- fortably clothed with the stockings alone that are wasted here, Mre. E. C. Stoddard, chairman of the clothing committee, told the District Feder tion of Women's Ciubs at the morn- ing session of tne annual convention at the Hadlelgh today. She aiso warned the women to be careful in the selection of materials for clothes and be sure they knew what they were buying. The wastefulness in stockings is only one of many lines in which there should be conservation, she stated. She eaid she had been informed by many women that they had home barrels of stockings which they would give to the clothing commit- tee. Mra. Stoddard stressed the point that there was a great need for clothing for use overseas, and also said that the committee would be ma- terially helped in its work if it had a suitable building. Laxity on the part of the parents of the District was blamed for the shortage of public library facilities here, by Mrs. Edward Dana Hardy, chairman of the library extension In a mild way the pre- vailing inadequate facilities are de- plored, she said, but little real help is given toward attaining additional There is no excuse for it, she pointed out, and characterized the lack of more than ofe public library bere in the capital city as a crime. Every _intelligent Washingtonian knows the need, but there is general indifference. Reports also were made by the fol- lowing: Mrs. E. F. Foltz, Capital Hill Mrs. 8, D. Gorve, Six- Pitcher, Arthur McDonald, woman Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, patriotism committee; Mrs. J. J. Locher, moving picture committee: Mrs. 5. W. Morris, temperance committee; Mrs. J. W. Frizzell. folk lors committee; Mrs. Court F. Wood. legislation commit- tee; Mrs. Charles P. Granfield, com- mittee on _literature; Mrs. Rose Gouveneur Hoes. housekeepers’ alli ance; Mrs. Josephine Rich. committee on vital statistics. and Mrs. Grace Daish, club extension. Will Ald Paris Ch The organization voted to pay a year to the American Woman's Club of Paris to a t in sustaining {t. The club is a place for the reception and assistance of Americans who make pilgrimages to the battlefield cemeteries. The elections are being helt toda The polls remained open until 2 o'clock, and the tellers are counting the votes. Miss Mabel Boardman and Mrs. Thomas Winter, president of the General .. Federation of Women's Clubs, will be guests of honor tonight at the dinner. Reports Are Recelved. Reports were received at the afte noon session yesterday from the fol- lowing: The Anthony League., by Mrs. Anne E. Hendley, president: Chapter B. P. E. O, by Mrs. nk Fuller; Columbia Heights Arts Club, by Miss Cornelia H. Hill; day nursery and dispensary, by Mrs. Willlam E. Andrews; District of Columbia Wom- an's Christian Temperance Union, Mrs. Emma Shelto: Florence Crit- tenton mission, Mrs. Emma B. Fitts: Graduate Nurses' Association, Mrs. William J. Tucker; Legion of Loyal ‘Women, Mrs. Thomas Calver; Lincoln Circle, Ladies of the G. A. R., Mrs. Alice M. Goodacre; ePtworth Wom- en's Club, Mrs. W. 4. Winkelhaus Women's Auxiliary of the Railway Mail Association, Mrs. A. K. Wine; Women's Bindery Union, Miss Laura di vomen's Single Tax Lucy R. Swa tl Club, Mr: nton; Aid Association for the Blind, Mrs. James E. Gilpert. NEGRO CONGRESS TO END. Addresses Set for Last Session. Memorial to President. “The Negro and Citisenship” was the subject discussed by the general assembly at the third-day meeting of the National Race Congress of the United States of America at the Zion Baptist Church today. Dr. . Summerville of Ports- mouth, Va., opened the discussion with an address on the rights of the negro to enjoy full citizenship, con- tending that through endeavor and accomplishment the colored man had qualified to participate in every privi- lege enjoyed by his white brother. Dr. W. H. Jernagin presided. Rev. R. H. Bowling of Norfolk, Va., will be the principal Speaker at the late session today, after which re- from all standing committees will be read. ‘The convention will adjourn with tonight's session, when those to ad- dress the congress will include Rev. P. J. Bryant, Atlanta, Ga. and J. Wel- don Johnson, secretary, N. A. A. C. P. The musical program will be pre- mented by members of the Mount Moriah Baptist Church, under the di- rection of Isalah Johnson. There will be a meeting of the ex- ecutive board tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock sv.a éhe g(gun't C:rmel Bap- tist Church, 3d an streets. ‘When received by President Hard- ing yesterday the congress presented the chief executive with a memorial asking that race segregation be abol- ished in the executive departments of the government. The appeal further asked that the federal government ex- ercise its powers against lynching, peonage, restriction of negro suffrage and Jim Crow regulations. —_—— NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY. COLUMBIAgS. C., May 5.—Rumors of the organization of & new republi- can party in South Carolina were con- firmed last night by C. C. Campbell, well known Columbia man, who said that he has been making efforts to secure the appointment of cellector| of internal revenue for South Caro- lina, but that he does not know who will be appointed to the office. —— VERMONTERS GIVE PARTY. ‘Between bites of maple sugar and doughnuts. smilingly remarked at the meeting of the Vermont State Soclety at Ra er's last night that the best maple sugar that was made came from the farm. where he spent his boyhood days. He gave a word of praise to the Vermonters in Washington and stated that their steadfast principles were to be found in every walk of 1if6. ‘Addresses also were made by Guy 'W. Bailey. president of the Univer- of Vermont, and Prof. J. W. from that ‘university. atted as toast- also Lo J Vice President Coolidge | D ——— WAYSEENTOEND MARINE HOLD-0UT Secretary Davis Will Hold Another Joint Conference After Seeing Workers. Hope for an early settlement of the wage dispute which has thrcatened a general tie-up of American shipping was revived today as the result of the reopening of negotiations between Chairman Benson of the Shipping Bourd and representatives of the ma- rine engineers in conference with Secretary Davis. Y The Labor Secretary is prepared to resume his joint discussion with these two parties to the controversy begun last night after representatives of the workers had at their request held a separate conference with him. Al- though all parties maintained silence as to the progress of the subsequent joint negotiations, which continued tor several hours, there were indica- tions of optimism for an ultimate set- tlement. The union representatives asked for a conference with the Secretary after holding a prolonged discussion of the situation, in which it was indicated they had reached a decision as to just how far they were prepared to go in reaching a settlement. Prior to resuming his discussion with the men, Secretary Davis went to the White House, where he discussed for more than an hour the new developments in_the situation. While the shipowners were not rep- resented at the joint conference last night, it was said they were Kept in- formed of developments by telephone. It was planned to keep them a quainted with today's proceedings also in_the event of continued ab- sence of their representatives. SHIP OWNERS MEET. Another Parley With Workers Is Expected Next Week. By the Associsted Press. NEW YORK, May 6.—An attempt to arrange further conferences in this city between steamship owners and marine workers who walked out Sun- day in protest against a 15 per cent wage reduction was made today by the American Steamship Owners' A sociation. All independent operators met in the association’s offices and it was reported that the workers would be invited to attend a parley early next week. ‘The Shipping Board steamer Callao left early today for Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. Other American steamers departing were the Arapa- hoe for Jacksonville, Eastern Crown and Auckiand, and F. P. Barstow, for Mexican port CABINET WEIGHS PARTICIPATION IN ALLIED PARLEYS (Continued from First Page.) found. “It is not a tax on exports” he said, “but a measure of paying power, a barometer of trade. He explalned that no placed on exports as such. The Ger- man government would be required to take the total value of the ex- ports and pay the equivalent of 26 per cent into the reparations fund, but the percentaje could be paid out of any kind of taxation the German government should elect—out of the internal revenues, for example. Awaits Amerjean Opinion. M. Briand believed that the finan- cial world would accept the bonding scheme, and he was particularly in- erested in American opinion on thi subject. He considered that the bond: could be used in paying international trade balancés; Americans owing money to any European country could pay In these bonds, which would have a gold standard and would, in sddition, be bearing interest at & p.er cent, with 1 per cent amortisa- tion. Acceptance ang free use of the bonds, he pointed out, would have an extremely healthy influence on ex- change and tend to restore economic solidity among all the commercial na- tions. The premier spoke of the invita- tion sent by the supreme council to the American government for the ap- pointment of representatives in_ the supreme council, the ambassadors’ council and the reparations commis- sion, adding that he hoped sincerely the invitation would be accepted. PREMIER RAPS CRITICS. Lloyd George, Discussing Repara- tions, Defends Own Position. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May —The speech of the prime minister. Mr. Lloyd George, in the house of commons this even- ing on reparations, apart from a re- cital of the findings of the supreme council and 2 minute explanation of the terms imposed on Germ: wi in the main, a defense of his o position against accusations from liberals and laborites of undue yield- ing to France and an apology and justification for the French atti- de. tu"l‘llfi premier was followed by Lord Robert Cecil, who earnestly appealed to the French ministers to frame their policy and model their language so as to avoid any cooling of the sentiments between France and Eng 1a0thn R. Clynes, chairman of the parliamentary labor party, and for- mer Premier Asquith spoke favorably of the moderation of Mr. Lioyd George’s pronouncement. Mr. As- quith ssid he thought a most rea- sonable and practical issue from the difficulty had been found by the su- preme council. PARIS PRESS DISCONTENTED. Says Declaration ‘Hurts German Pride, But Not Position. the Aesocinted Press. "PARIS May 5.—Discontent with the reparations declaration of the Lon- don conference, which the newspapers have been somewhat cautiously ex- pressing, is finally summarized by the Temps and Journal des Debats in edi- aking & dark view of Eu- mmediate future. The Journal bats remarks: dsgl’l?::upremt council achieved two victories—it reduced the reparations commission to submissivene! caused the resignation of the Feh: -Simons cabinet.” Both papers emphasize that Ger- many is required only to declare cate- gorically her intention to mi the allied demands, and the Temps adds, ‘which means in French to give prom- ises. But if after May 12 she does not keep these promises, to what will she be_exposed?” the paper asks. The Journal des Debats says that the declaration hurt German pride, but not her position. and ad “oPh, ministers of state will regain th energy when it becomes passing from the resolution to mate. Fial execution. They keep on their guard so long as our class of 1919 is Mobilized. As soon as the soldiers have returned to theig homes the G mans will protest ~ simultaneously their good will and their inability to h and that no ane is bound by orials rope’s i mobilize every time it is a question of getting a new agreement on paper?” . —— More international conferences have :“ held at Th