Evening Star Newspaper, June 3, 1921, Page 2

AR LINE MERGER *PLANS DISCUSSED ou: D. C. Subcommittee “Takes Up Proposals in “ Executive Session. _executive session today the spe- 4 pubcommittee of the House Dis- i committee considering legisla- iztlon for a merger of the street car \f@ystem in the National Capital. of fwhich Representative Fred Zihiman s Maryland ehairman, discussed “¥UE various proposals that have been ‘ade. These included: The proposition of Commissioner “Ovster to umite the Washington Bail- ay and Electric Company and the Poiomac Electric Power Company, &i- Jowing the power company a ten-cent te, with the idea that its earnings ill help carry the sireet car com- “pany along. The proposal made by several mem- -bers of the House District committee, _inciuding Representative Kunz of fl- it i 2 a linois, to put a flat rate into effect. a five-cent fare. and thus force a “merger. The plan of the Commissioners and | that of Represenrative Woods of Vir- Finia. both of which propose shifting the tax burden from a gross tax of 4 per cent to an excess profits tax on the net_income. The committee also discussed the va- Tious phases of the plan for allowing all profits over a fair return to go into the revenues of the municipality. This gproposition has caused considerable i§discussion on an additional plan to al- lew part of that excess profits to be iaid back o the street car company 31 a merger is effected. Another proposition considered was , he advisability of the District taking * over the tracks, controlling the opera- _“tion of the cars and re-routing traffic 450 as to ease congestion. . Several members of the committee #xpressed their views as to what would “constitute a fair return to the street gar companies. Their opinion was that it would be about 6 per cent on the @ctual value of the property. Thers was also considerable discu: Bion as to whether an incentive in an additional allowance over the fair re- turn should not be allowed as a pre- mium to induce the companies to ex- ercise economy in operation. It was agreed that another hearing Shouid be held on Tuesday. when Representative Keller of Minnesota. a member of the House District com- mittee, will give his views in regard 10 the ownership of the street railway Eystem by the District. WEST VIRGINIANS ELATED "OVER NEW ELECTION LAW Privilege of Voting by Mail Ex- tended by Legislature, Through Activity of Residents Here. Members of the West Virginia So- ciety of the District of Columbia are slated over the news of the passage £y the West Virginia legislature of a “bill permitting persons absent from fihe state to vote by mail. This ac- tion on the part of the legislature was due largely to the activities of West Virginia Society here and indi- vidual members of the society and .atives Goodykoonts and Eehols. The activities on the part of the society Were led by Col. William De Grange. There are twq_or' three thousand West Virginians femperarily residing in the District of Columbia. principal- /1y from the secénd congressional dis- trict, now repfeseited in Congress by George M. ers of Martinsburg. This legislation wii enable s @rest “many West Virginians temporarily in the District and eisewhere to cast their ballots. which. on aecount of the great expease and inconvenience of going home: has been heretofore dmpossible. Both political parties are & active in rounding up their Yoters here forthe next election, in 1822 Organization work in the re- ublican camp (Is being handled by ey A Takor i Munsey duilding, in an effort to get ail re- publican voters listed and from time to time kept in touch and informed ‘with the facts with regard to their particular districts. Mr. Baker, in the campaign just completed, in as- sociation with .C. M.- Shinn. looked after the republican votes from West Yirginia temporarily reslding in the District of Columbia. working under the direction of Henry M. Camp, chairman of the campaign committee of the republican state committee of the District of Columbia. " REALTY STRING IS TIED TO LOANS, SAY ACCUSERS Charge Made at New York Against U. S. Banks and Fire and Life Insurance Companies. NEW YORK, June 3.—Some of the f3argest savings banks and fire and life -insurance companies in America, the | Lockwood legislative committee learned, through the assistance of Represen ~! ! i will {bomb by the movement of any part of i l Terrified Rodent - Sets House Afire | L In Virginia Town fpecial Dispatch to The Star. V., Jume PREDRICKSBUR t 3—An unwaual atory | Rere of the setting H the dwelllag of Mrs. Ben W shire, near Mine Run, in Oranke { | | | | | eounty, by a large rat. which had bullt ita meat In an ateve. Whea a Mase was made in the steve, the imprisemed rodent eaught om fire and rvushed through a fue = asn atfempt fo emeape ecremation. While rw ning above the ecfitag, Hta bla: Ing bedy caught the woodwerk vapld and hard work the flames were extinguish but mot until after econsldernble damage had been dowe. The loas waa euvered by imsuramee. PLANNEN SFETY DEVE FOR BOMBS Army Ordnance Experts Seek | to Prevent Tragedies Like Blast at Aberdeen. | Improvement of the releasing de- jvices on the bomb racks of airplanes will be effected by ordnance experts of the Army. The meed for such im- provement was found by ordnance ex- perts who have gone into the details of the explosion at Aberdeen, Md., last Tuesday of a bomb, with the loss of five lives and the injury of eleven other persons. The experts will start immedi- ately on the study and perfection of the needed improvement and it will be installed without delay. While an accident such as happened at the Maryland proving ground would not happen again once in a million times. ordinance _officers explained, never- theless. they propose to take every precaution to insure absolute safety jprevious to willful discharge of the bombs in combat work. Best Type Now ia Use. The rack which was used on the ill- fated plane is one of a new type. and had been thoroughly tested. both at the Dayton piant, where it was de- igned. and at the Aberdeen proving grounds. It is declared to be the best type now in the service. The particular part of it which is to be made the subject of study the rod which releases the bomb. Only a slight movement of this rod is need- ed from the observer's seat of the plane | to release it. | While the official tests previous to placing the racks in the service did 'no( show the need of it. nevertheiess officers who have investigated the Aberdeen accident say that the flexi- bility of the plane Drobably caused this rod to move and thus release the {bomb. The matter is to be remedied by making the movement of the re- leasing pin greater. By this revision of the design, of- ficers explain, any flexibility of the iplane will be taken care of, and it preciude the releasing of the the plane itself. The fact that the bomb had dropped once before the accident and had been replaced ind cated to them that some movement of the plane was responsible for it being released from its rack. SUBLETTING EVILS | ‘AIDTOPROFITEERS o . i = 1(,\54 nei m First Pi_qe.) shall sublet at a Bgher rate of rent than the temant pays unless the rent commission allows it. Senator Ball under the act. Mr. Lancaster urged the committee to allow the Ball rent act to die and leave it to the people of Washington to deal with the housing situation. He sug- gested that if a landlord violated his contract with.a temant to furnish heat or other service he should be deemed guilty of a penal offense, and suggested that the law be amended to cover such a case. Bates Warren, operator of rental properties, suggested subletting. evil_be left to the owner: to deal with. He said that they would large by making the original tenant live up to his contract. which provides as a rule that they shall only sublet with the ap- prosa! of the owner. John 8. M. Bowie, representing H. L. Rust Company. told of a case of profiteering through a sublease at 2400 16th street. He said that the original tenant paid $155 per month for an apartment. and that his firm allowed her to sublet it furnished at $350 a month. The firm found later, however, ¢hat the original tenant had a side agreement with the sub-lessor by which she received an additional $350 rent per monih. making e total of $700 a month. Mr. Bowie told the committee that the changed conditions in Washington make it impoasib] for such extortion to be practiced any longer. He insisted that there are too many apartments for rent at reasona- ble prices. Mr. Warren asked leave to correct i have frequently compelled borrowers ‘an impression which his testimony of 3 who wanted to erect buildings to pur- | yesterday. he said. had given. In say- jchase undesirable real estate held by these institutions before they would grant the requestes for ioans. ., The real estate unloaded in thi } came into the possession of these cor- porations through foreclosures, and they Were anxious to be rid of if. Among the corporations accused hy | witnesses of having done business .n « this way were the Prudential Life in- surance Company, New York Bavings Bank, Manrattan Life Insarance Com- pany, Mutual Life Insurance Company. impire City s:vlnn_ Bank, Hrookiyn of Brooklyn. In some of the transactions the jend- ing corporations also compaiiel borraw- ers to accept liberty bonds at par, wit- nesses said, although these securilies Irequently were worth 10 per cent below Ppar.and less. Brokers acting s go-between in the deals often took commissions from tne banks and insurance compani:s for find- ing buyers for their undesirable real estate, and then turned around and ¢ol- lected from the borrowers becauss they helped procure the loan. Yet it wag all one transaction, and the ‘oan was cop- ditioned on the purchase of otner prop- erty, one of these brok:-s, Sydney H. Hughes, admitted to the committee, | e ISMOKE TO BE DISCUSSED. ‘Government Building Officials Will Hold Meeting. Smoke ordinances of the District of Columbia, particularly as they relate to the government departments, will ’ ber discussed at a meeting of the As- '+ pocistion of Government | Superintendents, to be heid at the I; \ tertor Department next Tuesday even- } ing. The association will discuss ways ; and means to lesssn the amount of !mkammlwmm— ! ; | ernment buildings in Washington. ! Cost accounting will also be taken u Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, su- perintendent of public buildings and . grounds, will be a guest of the as- sociation, and will speak. His subject has not been announced. Paul N. * Pedk of the bureau of efficiency will _ speak on reclassifieation. TUsS. PAYS CANADIAN ROAD. rafiway, was %o fieé Treasury today by the < erce Comfnission. ™ Sperss Confitzo way | |that any monopoly e llrlde in rental property existed among ing that he believed there would be increases in rent when the Ball rent act expires mext October he had not intended to convey the impression that all rents wouid be increased, he said. Edwin A. Krauthoff, owner of an apartment house, speaking for the real estate board. denied imputations or restraint of the real estate dealers here. He denied also that any black list. showing tenants who had appealed to the rent commission, was kept by the real es- | tate men. Monmouth Hetel Case. Chairman Sinclair of the rent com- mission, referring to the testimony given previously by James L. Carrick. of the Fidelity Storage Company and the Monmouth Hotel, said that the rent commission had fixed the rents of the Monmouth Hotel covering seventy-five apartments, with an ag- gregate reduction of $2,800. This de- cision had been appealed to the Court of Appeals and the case will not be heard until mext October, he said.| However. he said, complaints were filed with the commission that the owners of the hotel were withdraw- ing service, including electric light and heat in the cases of some of the tenants who would not pay the old rent. but would pay only the rent fixed by the commission. The com- mission, he said. had awarded one tenant §150 damages for this action. -:"be.e:d::r-ry-l“ that Mr. Carrick ng on = cam among the business men and m lords of Washinngton against the ex- tension of the rent act. He read a letter which he said had been sent out by Mr. Carrick to many persons urging tkem to appeal to Congress and to the President to prevent an ex- ugdo:' of 1:; reat dot e also read a letter written in re- ply by Henry B. Davis, a builder, who declared that the rent act was still needed to protect temants, although he expressed himself as opposed to government regulation of business. He expressed the.opinion that if the Ball rent act is slowed to die there is hardly & tenant who has appealed to the remt commission who would not be put out either for spite or be- caum the landlord wanted higher ren Mr. Sinclair expressed the opinion Ball rent act di@ not need to smmended t6 raake it powsible for of a apestment. in s poswession of his 8 e wald that fhe rent commiseior uid and would deal with such cases. insisted that subletting is controlled | that the | be able to prevent extortionate charges ! CONVENTION HALL SITES CANVASSED Joint Committee of Trade Or- ganizations Goes Over Plans for Building. Plana for convention hall here capable of ac- commodating from 3.500 to 4,000 peo- {ple. with the requisite committee |rooms, are expected to be perfected within & short time, according to Robert N. Harper, chalrman of the Joint committ, representing the Chamb. of Commerce. Board of Trade and Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association, which has the iwojae\ in charge. l May Fovm Cerperation. The joint committee held a mession yesterday afternoon and went over {the plans for the bullding, discussed & number of sites in view, and tatked over the proposal to for;p & Gorpora- tion to handle the project. Mr. Harper sald today that the rep- resentatives of the thres bodles will &0 back to their organizations now {and obtain authority for going ahead with the building pian. While there are several sites in {mind, Mr. Harper sald that there was | one site particularly favored on which !the building could be erected at a itotal cost for land and building of 1$260,000. He would not divulge the {location of this particular site at this time, but said that {t was centrally located and close to all car lnes. Will Push to Completion. o The building will simply be a place; for the benefit of the commercial in- terests and the people of Washington. It will be just four walls and a roof. with a large stage, an auditorium and necessary committee rooms. It will fill a great need. and the proposal will !be pushed to & final conclusion, he ! pointed out. HEARS TESTIMONY | OF GEN. MITCHELL 1Board Investigating Airplane I Disaster Examines Air Service Official. Brig. Gen. Mitchell, assistant chief jof the air service, was today before i the board from the inapector general's {department of the Armv which conducting the investigation of the falling of an Army airplane near Mor- gantown. Md. last Saturday. killing seven men. Gen. Mitchell was flying up from -Langley Field at the same time and had an experience with the same storm. In the light of all available infor- mation regarding the airplane dis- aster. Secretary Weeks said he is dis- {Posed to’regard it as an “act of God.” The violent storm and the absence of la landing place, he added, seemed to him as a layman to be the responsible causes of the disaster. ! One question which will be care- tully probed is that of the temporary seating arrangement of the airplane. The litters in the cabin of the ambu- lance plane were removed before the plane left Bolling Field for its flight to Langley Pield, Va, and temporary i seats were installed. Expériments wiil {be conducted to determine if these | could have been moved by, the occu- pants 80 as to affect the ®gailibrium of the plane. < 'SERVICE FOR AIR VICTIMS. Press Club to Homor Maj. Con- nolly and A. G. Batchelder. Memorial services for Maj Maurice Connolly. who was killed in the wreck of the Curtiss-Eagle airplane near Morgantown, Md., Saturday, will be held in the Albee bullding Tuesday evening at 8:15 o'clock, under the aus- pices of the National Press Club Post jof the Amerjcan Legion. Both Maj. Connolly and A. G. Batchel- der, executive chairman of the Ameri- can Automobile Association, who met ia similar fate, were members of the National Press Club and of the Alfalfa CJub, and, although Mr. Batchelder Wwas not a member of the American Legion Post, his memory will be hon- jored also Tuesday night. {®'Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. ithe lowa delegation in Congress. offi- {cers of the Army air service and oth- |ers will be invited. Arrangements are { being made by a committee consisting jof Post Commander Willlam Wolf Smith. W. A. Du Puy. Earl Godwin, |Dr. Kelier and Earl Hamilton {Smith, for the American Legion Post; | President Avery Marks and Theodore Tiller, for the National Press Club, land Maj. Gen. Charles F. Humphreys and Charles P. Light, for the Alfalfa Club. POUND BREAD LOAF | ON SALE IN STORES | The pound loaf of bread made its {appearance in Washington today {under the new weight and measure law and sold at neafly all of the lcorner grocery stores for 10 cents. | Until today a majority of the {bakers handied a twelve-ounce loaf which sold in the stores for § cents. Although the consumer paid more for his loaf of bread, the change in reality amounted to a_slight reduc- tion in price. With the advance of 2 cents in price, four ounces were added to the loaf. One chain of stores advertised a {pound loaf of bread for $ cents, and {one or two individual stores were {zeported to be selling the pound loaf for 9 cents, but the prevailing figure was 10 cents. A majority of the big bakers who formerly handled the twelve-ounce iloaf at a wholesale price of 6% cents istated they were baking the pound !loat today at a wholesale price of $ cents. A twenty-two ounce and a twenty- four-ounce loaf also have been in use in the District in the past, but these loaves are unlawful under the mew law. which stipulates that bread shall weigh only eight ounces, six- teen ounces or multiples of a pound. The bakers are urging Congress to amend the new law to make possible again the twelve-ounce and the twenty- four-ounce loaves. - Although the new law regulates the weight and measure of practically every commodity entering into the daily life of the community, interest ; centered todsy in the price of bread. Ice from today om must, under the law, be s0ld by weight, and all deal- ers are required to use scales that are marked in multiples of a pound instead of five-pound designations. ‘The law fixes standard dimensions for all baskets and boxes: in which i fruits, vegetables and berries are sold. It permits the superintendent of weights and measures . 10" inspect pumps used for measuring gasoline at automobile service stations. It requires that fish be sold by weight instead of by units, and fixes at 10 per cent the quantity of. liquor that may be sold In'v’llfrl. taw ha been Foporisd B i5 moen 4o up to noon to- George M. Robeits, ferce of inspectors were busy’ through- day instrueting dealers ia the tormw of the law and making various «,olnts cieds to them. the construction of =}Durand Greenville. a learned Fremch THE EVENING STAR,” WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 3 PROPOSES SYSTEM OF IMPENDING PERILS FROM GALES The suggestion made by Repre-j sentative Campbell before the Army air board which is examining into the cause of .the airplane erash last Saturday, in regard to ebtaining the weather conditions before fights are made. recalls an interesting and far-reaching sclentific observation made some years ago in the Astro- nomica! Bulletin of Frarice by M. meteorologiat. when the theory of; “holes In the air’" (o which at that {time the formidable list of fatalities ,had been altributed In the progross. 1of aviation. was under discussion. The French savant at that time;| !doubted the theory of “holes In the jRir’ & tho cause of ureonsutical sc- cldents, but said in h's opinion "sud- den gusts or squalls at critloal mo- ments may be the real factors caus- ing the trouble’ and proposed = system of warnings of gales and sudden gusts of wind which would inform the airman of the approach ould h tempt an atil the squall or storm had In his memolr entitled. “The Gelea and Btorms” the learned French meteoroiogist suggested that the Iso- chronic lines or uniformity in time marking the commencement of storms corresponded with much longer f{so- chrones of aqualis. He sald thero is. more or lena sinuous bond extending from near the eenter of the circum- ference of @ depreseion. This bond.| he said, {8 often from 650 to $40 miles | long. and In fts interior the wind is _—m— WOMAN EMPLOYES PAID HIGH SALARIES SEEN NATION’S RUIN __(Continued from First Page.) personnel turnover in the examining corps during the past few months, he | said, has amounted to about 25 per cent, and is due to the inadequate compensation given the employes in this branch of the government. The witness said unless steps were taken to increase the salaries the work of the patent office would continue to Zet in arrears, and it would be diffi- cult to bring the work up to date. He urged the establishment of an outside or independent agency to allocate Dositions in the government service after consultation with departmental heads and bureau chiefs. i Another witness at the morning ses- sion was Dr. Mildred E. Sheetz, senior assistant physician at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, who asked for a higher rat- ing for the assistant physicians in that institution than they have been allowed in the pending classification bills. She said the proposed designa- tions for this group of employes would not give them the professional rank accorded to veterinarians. St. Elisabeth Nurses Hi! Moses Sanger. administrative Of- ficer at St. Elizabeth's Hoapital. who followed Dr. Sheetz on the witness stand, indorsed the Sterling-Lehibach | bill. He said it would be difficult to: make allocations in the service at St. Elizabeth's under the Smoot-Wood i He also called attention to fact that under the Sterling-Lehl- bach bill nurses at St. Elizabeth's would receive less compensation than is now given them. Dr. Sheetz told the committee that she would file a brief later on behalf of the nurses. The last witness at the morning; session was Dr. Lyman F. Kebler, | chief of the division of drugs in the bureau of chemistry, Department of Agriculture. He said in the final analysis efficiency is the goal of standardization in government work and that other considerations are in- cidental. He also ingorsed the Sterling-Lehlbach bill. Technical Employes Testify. Yesterday afternoon's session gave representatives of the government's scientific and technical employes an opportunity to lay detailed jnforma- tion before the joint commitfRe re- garding the underpaid conditions af- fecting this group of workers. The witnesses were Dr, J, Meyer, physicist of the standards, and president of the scie tific and technical sectlon of Federal Employes Union, No. 2; Dr. George A. Hill, astronomer at the Naval Ob- servatory. and vice president of the Federal Employes’ Union, No. 2; James Robertson of the Nautical Aimanac office of the Naval Observatory; W. liam L. Wallace, chief draftsman of the bureau of comstruction and re- pair, in the Navy Department, and Dr. Jacob Diner. representing pharmacisf in_government employ. 1 Dr. Meyer said the scientific and | technical group as a whole favors classification based on duties, as in the Sterling-Lehibach bill. rather than on salary ievels. In order to arrive at the proper salary for any employe there must be a véry definite state- ment of his duties. he contended. The speaker indorsed the Sterling- Lehibach measure, as did Dr. Hill of the Naval Observatory. The latter refuted the claim that government workers have advantages in the mat- ter of annual sick leave not enjoyed by persons in outside employment. Compared to Other Werk. He stated that the better-conducted industries have a Saturday half-holi- day all the year round, fourteen days of annual leaye and Sundays and legal holldays, which leaves. a total of 246 | working days. Government employes, Although they have thirty days' an- nual leave, have Saturday haif-oli- days only during three months of the year, which ‘leaves a total of 2631 working days. The witnegs thought this difference should be Borme in mind when com- parisons are being made at the ex- pense of the government workers as 2, consideration in fiXing rates of pay. He sald that between 1914 and 151§ 329 of the government workers took ten days or less of sick leave and that 48.9 took no sick leave at all. Mr. Wallace, in advocating the Sterling-Lehlbach bill, urged the im- portance of a central revilwing au- thority and classifying agency in or- ler to co-ordinate the allocations as made by the department executives. Mr. Robertson told the eommittee of the difiiculties of securing qualified men to fill_vacancies in the Nautical Almanac office. Dr. Diner urged that pharmacists be siven a professional rating. GIFTS TOTAL $1,500,000 TO UNIVERSITY OF VA. President Alderman Receives Ser- bian Decoration—FP. G. McIntire Endows Chair With $200,000. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va., June 3.— Gifts to the University of Virginia totaling $1,500,000 were announced to- day by President Alderman. One mil- lion three hundred thousand of the amount represented centennial en- dowment fund, and $200.000 was & ift by Paul Goodloe . Mcintire of &lrlontnil!e to 7 h‘:’!‘ depart- ment of commerce a nance. Mcintire had already . made large gifts to the university, includ. fng the school of art and architecture and Greek amphitheater. Following _the conferring of de- grees upon 193 graduates Dr. Rosalie Sorton Slaughter, representing the King of Serbia, pinned the distin- guished service Order of Sthavar upon the gown of President Alder- man as recognition of aid given Ser- bia by the unfversity during the world war. y DETAILED T0 V.. M. I Cupt. Themas T. fleld artil+ lery, st Camp Travis, has besn detailed as assistant prefessor of mili- tary science and tactics at the Vir- einia Military Institute, Lexington, (hel | from the mass of government clerk: ‘1921 JURY IN MURDER CASEIS DISMISSED No Agreement in Trial of Ce- TO WARN AIRMEN. very 8trong and often accompanied by preeipitation. The advent of the squalls is gener- ally marked by a gentle southwest wind, veering with startling sudden- ness . and violence to the northwest, masses of clouds eoming up rapidly from the west and frequently heavy thunder, il - sy & s pithemcon o cil Burkett, 11, for Slay. Saunil in casily " knd” denmitely obo ing Playmate. served. £ ITHQ .'lr"anh ‘mclentist sugge eddl lthT\ telegraphic warnings be Immediately v L —The jury try- dispatched to centern lying eastward| KNOX, Ind. June 3 dury in the subsequent puth of the disturb- | ing the case of Cecll Burkett, eleven. ance. He sald the scheme hnd beenicharged with the murder of Benny praoticelly demonstrated when 8ta-|g, ., yeven, was discharged by messa '8 An- i * tlons-wastiaflEuris segl messege Judge William Pentecost In circuit nouncing storms and squalls, which subsequently passed over the city &t{court here this morning when it falled to reach an agreement. By the Associated Press. the predioted time. i gt t . tical congr 1o Fremklace e 1es. the pian wan| The jury had been in continuous tried by Mr. Lincke. a!;;clormt:l 'P;e deliberation for more than eighteen meteorological station. en y ob- servers’ within & radius of 150 muul'""“"» It was not learned how many were asked to nmotify the director of |ballots were taken. Whether there any squalis which passed over their|wijj be another trial was sald to rest separate stations. Save In one or twolw ity the prosecution. cases all the storms which visited},eptative of the state was in the court Frankfort® during this: period were| yhon the jury was dismissed and no known to the diector mere than an{atatement ‘was forthcoming. our in advance. M. Durand Greeville says the ex- Young Defendant Smiles. pense of such warnings would bel The little Burkett boy smiled when negligiblo compared with the prizes|the jury was discharged, apparently awarded aviators, not to mention the|not realizing just what it was ail cont of machines. etc., and the lament- |about. He will remain at freedom un- able loss of lite, which might be|der the same $10,000 bond which was obviated. He says the ordinary fore-|provided after the death of the Siavin casts and warnings issued by various boy at Ora, Ind., last Thanksgiving national meteorological offices are far|day. 100 general to be of use In this re-i The trial began last Tuesday. Most gard, but special service might bejof the witnesses were children rang- substituted as a trial. ing in age from seven to eleven vear: Benny Slavin was fatally shot with a small rifie whle at play in the same yard with the Burkett boy and several other children. Demtes He Fired Rifie. An effort was made in court to prove that there’ was bad feeling between the lads. The defendant stoutly main- tained he did not fire the rifie and held that he did not know his play- mate was injured. The case was one of the most un- usual in the history of Indiana courts and was the first in which a person of such extreme youth was brought before the bar to face a murder | charge. TERMS FOR MEXICO REGARDED LIBERAL SCHOOL OFFICIALS BEGIN | ON NEW SALARY RATING Supt. Ballou Handling Bulk of Work in Compilation of Teachers' Schedules. School system officlals today are starting the compilation of a new sal- ary schedule for teachers in the local schools providing general increase Droposals to be included in the next District appropriation bill. Dr. ~ Ballou, superintendent of schools, is handling the bulk of the work with the aid of Stephen Kramer, assistant superintendent of schools. The work thus far has reached only | the initial stages, it was said today. | but it is estimated that increases | which will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year in the|whole matter and thus render aggregate are proposed for the teach- foperative the troublesome claus ers in the local schools. The broad theory on which the The” attitude of the teachers is for | American government is proceeding is legislation for pay which cannot be|this: Mexico has indeed a legally knocked out of consideration through | elected government, and from that points of order on Capitol Hill. movement to disassociate themseives (Continued from First Page.) but is the government fulfiling international based on the differentiation in duties, | obligations, capable of adjusting is understood to be on foot, &lthough |equitably the many _international no definite steps in this direction have | points in_dispute between the two been taken. countries? That is something for the outside SAYS NEED IS URGENT. power to decide. and before such a judgment is made assurances can be asked for and given which will clear ‘up any doubts and which, also, can Assistant Secretary Clifford Asks'!'be used as a basis for discussion in the event that at some future time $500,000 for Hospital. another Mexican administration not An appropriation of $500,000 for im- 2 tention comes into office. Th provement of the government speed- ::oi::c: o e o hle obtomeTof way hospital in Cook county. Illinois, | the negotiations going on at Mexico was urged today before the House|City is bright. but nothing tangible ideration. capable of ‘A | viewpoint iz entitled to favorable con- | 80 friendly to the American points} | | I i Student Sets Record In Making a Perfect | Score in Army Test " wtudent { pariment of the Fo ! of Vocational Tral University of W mer satlor ed n mew record the Army’ “Alpa” iatelligence paychology test wan 207 In sevemteen minutes, made by a Yale professor, it was = LASKER OFFERED SHP BOARD POST President *~ Makes Tender After W. C. Teagle Declines to Head Body. Formal tender of the chairmanship of the United States Shipping Board has been declined by Walter C. Teagle. president of the Standard Oil Com- pany of New Jers This was made known at the White House following a conference between President Hard- ing and Mr. Teagle immediately upon the former's return from Annapolis { vesterday. The oil executive said he was appreciative of the honor of the offer. and would have been glad to have taken an active part in the build- ing up of the American merchant marine, but he was compelled to de- cline because of his inability at thix time to sever his connection with his private aftairs. It _was plainly evident that the President was greatly disappointed at his declination to accept. It has been his desire to obtain the services of one of the big business men of the country to lay down private business and enlist in the service of the gov- ernment. A. D. Lasker, a prominent advertis- ing man with offices in Chicago, and who had charge of the advertising for the republican national committee during the last campaign. is under- #tood to have been offered the place since Mr. Teagle's declination Mr. Lasker's executive and organization ability is well known to the President. The President’s offer was telegraphed last night to Mr. Lasker. who will come to Washington Tuesday for a conference with the President. —_— REAPPOINTED AS NOTARY. Henry W. Samson Received First Commission From Roosevelt. President Harding has ‘reappointed Henry W. Samson a potary public for the District of Columbia. the com- mission being for a term of five years from May 17, 1921 Mr. Samson was first appointed by President Roosevelt, and reappointed by Presidents Taft and Wilson. He is an active member of the Wash- jington Board of Trade: was chairman of its special committee on law pro- tecting the nation’s flag: is a member 1 7 of the District of Columbia Society. building committee by Edward Clif.|can be announced as yet by either!Sons of the American Revolation. l"’d| ford, assistant secretary of the Treas-|government. as it is the method and{gecretary of the flag committee of the ury. He told the committee there was!not the substance which is causing | imperative need for better sewerage|the delay in agreement. and water facilities. (Copyright, 1921.) The hospital, which it was estimated TELEPHONE BILL PASSED. would cost approximately $5.000,000, will be completed by August 1. Mr. The Senate yesterday put through ‘final passage a House bill which Clifford said. and will accommodate would allow telephone companies do- about 1,000 disabled former service men. ing interstate business to consoli- date, with the approva! of the Inter- HOLDS LUNCHEON MEETING. state Commerce Commission. The The membership committee of the the | bill. which is an amendment to the Chamber of Commerce held a lunch- eon meeting this afternoon at : Bellevue Farms Lunch. Sidney West is|transportation act, goes to the Pres- chairman of thiz committe; ident. 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The citizens' military training camps. 10 be copducted by the War Department this summer have re- ceived the hearty indorsement of the bourd of directors-of the Warhingten Chamber of Commerce. The camp for District men is to open August 1 at Camp Meade. | The board recommends and directs to the attention of the citizens of the country “the great benefits arising from training of this kind.” and pur- ticularly appeals to members of the chamber, asking that they “encourage their male employes and their sons to avail themselves of the benefits of this training.” Resolutions adopted mate that “training of the kind comtemplated will develop the physical wigor and manliness of our youth; it will benefit them morally and mentally; it w$ ! bring together all types. creating closer national and social unity and regard for constituted authoriy.” The resolutions point out that Gen Pershing has emphasized the obliga- 1ion resting upon every citizen to pra- pare himself 1o merve his country in time of danger. and has direcied the attention of the country to the cit- izens’ military training campe. The Rotary and Kiwanis clubs have indorsed the movement. NEW TRIAL GRANTED. Slayer of Detective Wilson Will Face Another Jury. Clara Johnson. colored, mninstess years old, convicted of mansiangirter in connection with the killing of Dee tective Sergt. Wilson during thewass riots of July, 1919. was grantsd a new trial today by Justice Biddons ia Criminal Division 1. Because thelste Justice Gould had expressed to lme court =aid, 2 doubt he of the correctness of his ruling imees i{fusing a prayer of Attorney B. Ia Gaskins, for the defense, conasening the law of self-defense in the emse, Justice Siddons felt compelle® €4 grant the new trial l ‘The girl was only sevemtesn Jears old at the time of the homicide, the court pointed out, and was scred undoubtedly at the noise made by the trampinz feet of the detectives ms they entered her home at might easily have reached the eome clusion that the approaching men were members of a mob and that she might be about to become their wioe tim and so fired the fatal shot. A jury ought to be allowed to pass on this phase of the situation, the court stated. DEBATE SOLDIER BILL. Sweet Measure Would Consolidate Various Agencies. The Sweet bill providing for con- solidation of various government agencies dealing with former service men is now beinz debated in the Houst. and republican leaders expect a vote before the end of the week. The measure would establish a new bureau in the Treasury Department in which would be placed the war risk insurance bureau, the rehabilita tion division of the federal board for | vocational education and functions of the public health service. relating to disabled and sick war veteran to this price. Come and see them. Many are Silk Lined. 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