Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1921, Page 13

ENDINSURRECTION | IN UPPER SILESIA Gen. Heneker, Gen. Hoefer and 12 Other Leaders Reach an Agreeinent. INSURGENTS TO RETIRE German Militia Also Must With- draw—Steps Taken to Prevent Revenge Acts. BY A. R. DECKER. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921.) OPPELN, Upper Silesia, June 24— Gen. Heneker, commanding the Brit-! ish troops in Upper Silesia; Hoefer, commanding the self-defense militie, and a committee of twelve| political leaders have reached an un- derstanding, it is reported, for liqui- dating the insurrection. Provisions! have been made to prevent the pos- sibility of acts of revenge on either side. The insurgengs are to retire; within twenty-six )irs and the Ger- | man militia within Yorty-eight hours . after that. I Three Zones of Occupation. With the retirement of the militia there will be three zones to be occu- pied by the allied troops, the Ger- mans and the Poles. The first retire- ment line of the insurgents will be} to Hindenburg or Zabrze, as the town was calfed before its name was; changed at the time of the war, as a mark of honor to the general. This line, which will be known as the Koenigshutte line, runs through a rural district, but includes important | s$ngustrial plantsand the largest mines il 1. The next line will be the frontier. Meanwhile the self-defense militia; will be drawn gradually to the Ger- man frontier. The truth is that the great body of the militia has already retired to the Loebschuetze district; west of the Oder, in compliance with | the request of the British leaders, in whe= they have the greatest con- fidence. Insurgents Tire of Demonstration. ‘The insurgents, tired of the “armed demonstration,” have for the most part gone to their homes, but they keep their arms and equipment and maintain their orgahization, keeping in touch with headquarters by means| of couriers mounted dn bicyeles” U'n- less the long-pending threat to order the insurgents to their homes is car- ried out they will go home of their own accord. It is considered that another week! will see the end of the insurrection unless the insurgents balk at th evacuation of the industrial region or the Germans act rashly toward Upper Silesia. —_— BAND REACHES NORFOLK.! D. C. Boy Seouts Will Spend Two | ‘Weeks at Navy Base. i The Washington Boy Scout Band,! comprising sixty-six pieces, arrived in | Norfolk early this morning and will | be stationed at the naval base there for two weeks. during which daily | concerts will be given in and around the cit The band is composed of members' of Troops Nos. 43 and 15, and was or- ganized here in 1914 as a fife, drum | and bugle corps. Si &rew to a full-fledzed band and be. came prominent during the various| loan drives and patriotic meetings during the war. ! House Wiring . 1 Efficient Work— Estimates Given E. R. VOGELSON Mainr 3734 504 H st Nz.)y. AWNINGS AND SCREENS —made to order. Materials and work-" anship very best. Screen your win- dows now and free the home of filex. Moderate Prices—Best Workmanship Estimates cheerfully furnished CORNELL WALL PAPER CO. 714 13th N.W. M. 5373-5374 - Women’s Whi h = and-turned soles ee......... Just the shoe for comfort, heels—also very low heels. “\lnmel’. 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Since Postmaster General Hays has made It plain that the director of the welfare department will be on a plane equal to other heads of great divi- sions of the Post Office Department, much interest has been expressed in the forthcoming selection. With Dr. Hubert Work, first assist- of the American Medical Association, actively at work, it is felt thefe i little danger that the physical wel: fare of postal workers will be over- looked. Wide Field Expected. The functions of the new director, who probably will do his work under the broad supervision of Dr. Work, will be extended further' than the mere physical welfare of the 300,000 postal employes, however, as impor: tant as that is. 1t is known that the Postmaster Gen- eral is tremendously interested in bet- the condition of the postal workers in every way possible, and this will include physical, mentul and even spiritual welfar MRS, HOBBS ENDS TEACHING CAREER Connected With™ District Schools Since 1864, She Now Retires. Closing of the public schools Wed- the end of a long teaching career for Mrs. Annie Mar- garet Hobbs, seventh grade teacher at the Park View School, who has been retired by the board of education. She ay. clearing up | numerous routine matters demanding her attention before embarking on her nesday marked was at the schoo! today. long vacation. Mrs. Hobbs fitst began teaching the District public 564, ut a salary of $2i first class was a first grade, wh | presided over in an old one-room frame building on 1 street southwest between 41 and 6th streets. Other ferson, ‘re she She was one of from the point of service yei teachers the District school system, and is well known by hundreds of persons in|horseshoe pitching courts — estab- Washington whom she has taught. likhed. A roque court is in prepa- chool officials show that | ration this week. ik M < ‘been teaching for| These constitulee but the _“high fo. Seven years after|lights” of what has been done at she became a teacher in 1864 she re- | the local post office in the way of signed, but returned to men, eal her - | for The Star. 00ls which Mrs.' Hobbs has taught in include the Greenleaf, Jef- Petworth and Park View, has been for the last five the oldest the school stem in 1884, after being away for Mrs. Hobbs de- ge to a reporter Whatever is done at one post office wiil be duplicated throughout the post offices of the nation, as far as the equipment of the different offices will permit. Recently Postmaster General Hays caused a therough survey to be made of the Post Office Department build- ing itself in regard to ways and means of bettering the working con- ditions of the clerks. The woman enguged for this work went at the matter in a thorough- going way, and needs in the department, it is under- stood, sueh.as bath equipment. A rest room already was in operation, with a system. of nursing service clerks who are ill. Would*Avold “F The department is faced with problem of co-orinating all fare work, and making it as thorough ing lured into attempts at extrava- gance and “fads.” This is one of the new director will have of which he will have clear course. employes, it is' pointed out. without ing them feel that | “patronized.” On the other hand, it is declared, too much interference with the em- ployes, even to aid them. would be greeted with suspicion, especlally in they are in in some sections of the country, it is held. It is altogether likely that the Washington city ypost office will be taken a8 a working model for other post ofiices in its welfare work for | clerks and carriers. nce, rest rooms. a club and bowi- been provided, and in alleys have ing real welfare work. It seems certain that Postmaster Chance will be con: sulted freely in the work of estend- ing the welifare operations through- out the nation. The first nunnery was established in Summer Rates persons, month summer rate, De Luxe Table d’Hote. Special Table d’Hote.. bath Burlington Hote Vt. Ave.—Main 8980 Rooms without te Shoes for in season’s best styles; Cuban Values $6 to $8, At $3:203$4.9 Oxfords, rubber Large double room, beauti- fully furnished, for one or two per 2 .$75 Single Room and Shower...$60 380 rooms, with baths..$2.50 to $4 ..§150 3100 Meals, table d'hote or a la carte. $2 France. 7 7 WY - 722 222 L W T Z 7 pointed out various| Prunning any risk whatever of mak- ! being { _Under the direction of Postmaster ant postmaster general, and president to aid thel wel- as possible, at the same time not be- | the problems which | to face.had it is believed, and through the meshes to steer a Much can be done for Pick of the Entire Stock $10 Al Wool White Flannel Trousers These men will ansist Gen. Charies G. Dawe! of the federal budget, in wielding appropriations. Francis J. Kilkenny confidentinl axxixtant. Dawes, who was then controller of t Gen. Dawes in France. en. Dawex w PETTY OFFICER IN NAVY ACCUSED UNDER DRY LAW David Scheér, a chief petty officer in the Navy, stationed in the phar- macy gt the navy yard, was arrested vesterday afternoon by Detectives Wise and Nalléy of the fifth precinct ana charged with illegal transporta- tion of thirty-four one-half pints of Canadian whisky. He had the liquor in a traveling bag, it is charged. Scheer, according to the police, the whisky was brought from aboard the United States transport Henderson, docked at the navy yard. He also is said to have told the police that there was a quantity of whisky aboard the transport. * The police seized the whisky Scheer in his possession him to deposit $100 collateral for his appearance in Police Court. They also reported to the naval authorities the information as to other whisky being on the transport. It is prob- able that officials of the Navy Depart- ment will order a search of the trans- port for the whisky said to be stored aboard the craft. Six arrests of alleged violators of the Volstead enforcement law were made by Revenue Agent E. F. Rose and Policeman E. F. Thompson of the fourth precinct. They seized 139 bottles of peach extract, 7 bottles of | cognac flavoring, 5% gallons of hard cider and 4!z pints of gin. The peraons arrested and the charges against them are as follows: Thomas Lurke, 135 E. street south- t, gelling hard cide muel Schi- koff. 1255 Union street southwest, il- legal possession of hard cider: Israel Pomerantz. 947 E street southwest, lling peach extract: Joseph Dant- 237 C street southwest. selling dch extract; Antonio Francisco, 500 street southwest. selling peach ¥ 4% extract, and Robert Campbell, 319 G street, transporting 4% pints of gin. Burke, Schikoff and Pomerantz de- posited $250 collateral each. Dantzig and Francisco were released on bond in the sum of 00, and Campbell, unable to furnish collateral or bond, was locked up. William T. Abbott of Chicugo (center), axxociate of Mr. Dawex, will be acting assistant director. Upland. Pa. (right), will xerve an one of the axniniants, the Iaw aifowing I appoint twe Army officers to complete the lixt. and required | newly appointed dirdetor runing knife om government cago (left) will be Gen. Dawes the of He went to Washington in 150D ax weerftary to Mr. e currency. #e was persoual aide to Cal. J. C. Roop ot CHANGES IN FIVE YEARS IN NAVY ESTABLISHMENT Great changes have occurred in the naval estzblishment, in the past tive years. They are shown succinctly in 4 comparative statement just is- sued by the Secretary of the Navy giving “the approximate number of civilian employes, officers and en- listed men amd naval vessels during the period from June, 1916, to May 1, 1921 July 1, 1916, the total number of civilian employes in the partment and in nav tions was 36,0 for the Navy Department proper {July 1, 1916, total civilian forc 1915, total 6.388 1. 1921, total, 2202, and July 1. 1921 { (estimated), 1913, a decrease of 289 in_the last two month The number of officels and enhsted men increased from a total of 57.898 July 1, 1816, to total of 509.364 De- cember 31, 1918, and then decresed to 335,666 Ma 1921, Vesscls fit under construction numbered 410 in May, 1916; 1,405 in December, 1918, and in May, 1921. Total appropriations for thes Navy in 1916 amounted to $158,037.08 | December 31, 1 for service and GROCER IN BANKRUPTCY. Justice Hitz of the District Su- {preme Court tixed a bond of $3,000 for George Offutt, jr., named as as- signee by Samuel Silver, grocer, at 21st and P streets northwest. Mr. Silver has made an_assignment for fhenefit of creditors. He schedules his liabilities at $5,984.47. and says his assets include stock valued at $1.050, | debts due him, amounting to $779.45, an equity in premises 1202 New Hampshire avenue and in lease of store. Attorney Alexander Wolf appears for o buniness | Y e AIRTESTS T0 GO ON INSPITE OF DEATHS Trials .for July Bombing Ex- periment to Continue at Langley Field. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 24.— Air maneuvers at Langley Field will! not be abandoned or postponed longer as & result of the tragic death of Capt. Douglas and Lieut. Plumb, killed while bombing the old San Marcos. Announcement to this effect was made today from brigade head- quarters. Gen, Mitchell, chief of the air serv- ice, whi conduct a gencral inspeciion at the flying station tomorrow, &nd the airmen will resume practice flights and tests for the bombing ex- periments to be conducted early {n| July. Alrmen today are tuning up their machines in order to_make a good showing tomorrow. The inspection | will be one of the most complete con- ducted at the field in a long time, it is_understood. Reports were current this morning that a party might come down from Washington to witness them. This!| report could mot be confirmed, hr-w-l ever. - HAD FINE AIR RECORD. ! Capt. Douglas Held Ratings as Pilot amd Observer. By the accident last Wednesday at |Hampton roads, when Capt. Howard T. Douglas crashed into a plafy piloted by Lieut. Plumb, resulting’ in the death of both aviators, the air service | lost one of its most valuable officers, Capt. Douglas was not oniy an able pilot. but served throughout the war as an airplane observer, and, at the time of his death held both the rating of “airplane pilot” and the rating of “airplane observer.” Shortly after the declaration of war, Capt. Douglas joined the Army znd volunteered for aviation duty. completion of his training Upo in sent to France, where, after a short course of instruction, he was sent to the front an observer with a French observation squadron. He w: later assigned to the 88th Aero Squad- ron, just prior to the Chaicau Thierry operations and served through the war with the American forces—for a {time as aerial observer in the 8sth, and then as operations officer, and er as group operations officer. When the troops moved to Collenz, just after the armisti g iwas sent with them, and, for a time iprior to his return to the United States he served in_the capacity of corps air officer. Throughout Ltime he proved himself to be an officer of the greatest of courage and ability and an excellent sense of duty. Upon his return to the United States he was assigned to staff duty in the office of the chief of air service here, in which duty he still acted at the time of his death. He pre 'del_i Xl.li Alaska flight of Capt. St. Clair Stre and his brother officers, in 1320, for the purpose of blazing the trail in the choosing and preparation of landing fields, and In the preparation of facili- ties for caring for the personnel and the planes of the expedition as they traveled. His last assignment in the opera- tions division of the air service includ ed the working up of a grdat deal of ithe details of the bomaing now being carried on at Langley Field, and he had taken the greatest of interest in the work. During the maneuvers he was assigned for duty as liaison officer between the Army air service and the oflicer in char@e of the air forces of the Atlantic fleet, mnd hiz last flight made for the pu this country as an aerial observer, he waj Capt. Douglas | project | 1 I honor of Prof. Thomas H. \of |2 valuable fliing case. George W this i phesident Child’s Paternity Gets Court Tests In Science and Art SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Junc 24 —~Superior Judge Thomas F. Graham today was weighing the against mother In determining the pa- terity of sevem-year-old Eu- gene Sor to decide whether Julius Sorime or Mra. Mamle Delsecco, who were husband the blood from Sorine, ! and his mother showed the boy waxs which was dealed by Mrs. Delsecco. “Her mother knowledge bellen his findings,” declared the wom- an’s attorneys, who had expect- ed the test to support her state- mentx. Halg Patigan, San Francisco sculptor, was called 1o make obwervations of the cranial characteristics of Sorine and | the boy, and hix report, filed yenterday, acce: led by wketches, showed, he sald, pe- | culiarities common to both. | pose of keeping himself entirely fami- | liar with the grogress of the whole project. LIEUT. PLUMB'S BODY FOUND. i Remains Show No Sign of Death From Explosion. HAMPTON, Va., June 24—The body of Fifst Lieut. M. J. Plumb. who met jdeath off Tangier Island Wednesday afternoon, was found yesterday after- noon .by flyers from Langley Field about a quarter of a mile from the xcene of the accident. Although considerably mutilated, the body showed no marks of powder or mangling from the explosion of a 200-pound TNT bomb,:which was re- ported to have been dropped near where the machines of Capt. Douglas and Lie@t. Plumb fell after their crush, It had been feared that,the bodies of both men had been. blown to atoms by the bomb. At Langley Ficld, it was said last night, the search for Capt. Douglus' body will be carried on sev- eral days longer. Civilians and so! diers in smail boats are sting a number of fliers in scout machines in the, search. Pe 2 LAW PROFESSOR HONORED T. H. Patterson Given Reception by Students After Resignation. Many members of the faculty and student body of the Washington Col- lege of Law attended a reception given last night at the college in Patterson who recently resigned from the fa 1ity. Prof. Patterson, who has served fon the faculty of the institution for about seven years, was presented with 1- ford. speaker of the class of 1922, and chairman of the committee in chars of the reception, made the pretenta- tion speech. A dance followed the re- ception. The second season of the summer school of the college opened Monday with a large increase in enrollment over last y The summer course consifts of criminal law, personal property, negotiable ingruments and evidence. i A meeting of the class of 1922 will be held at the college Wednesday night. E. A Bursiem was installed as of the Lamda Sigma Chi Society of the college at the annual banquet held recently at the Franklin Square Hotel. Other officers installed re J. M. Fiedler, vice president; Rol- lin Holbrook, second vice president; Robert P. Harve secretary-treas- i urer, and William M."Cobb, marshal. Sleeping sickness has destroyed 65 per cent of the inhabitants in some districts of Afric 'EELL Fine All-Wool Suits That Sold Up to $50 YOUR UNRESTRICTED CHOICE We are closing out our entire stock of Bell Cloth Suits at these two give-away prices to make room for summer stock. All sizes—all styles— _all fabrics, including Herringbones, Worsteds, Neat Pin Stripes, Serges, etc. Absolutely every- thing in the house—nothing reserved. No Charge for Alterations - ' . " A Small Deposit Will Reserve Any Suit in the House Of Any Suit in the House at These Two Sensationally Low Prices 920 F 941 Pa. Ave. N.W. - 13- ADOPT “OPEN SHOP" FOR OWN DEFENSE Burlesque Theater Owners Announce They~Are Forced Into Protective Measure. MOVE TO “AVERT RUIN” President of National Associatior Outlines Plans to “Battle De- -mands” of Employe Bodies. Burlesque theaters have adopted the “open shop” policy for the coming sea ‘in defense of their business, according to a statement received b; Manager Harry O. Jarboe of the Gay ty Theater from H. Clay Miner, pres idegt of the National Assaciation o Burlesque Owners. ! “The burlesque interests of th United States have with the utmos uctance been foreed into protectiv ociations in order Lo avert pending says the statement, outlining ! plans to battle the demands of union lized stage hands and musicians. National As cater Own of the of Burlesque ' sociatio ers, operating fifty theaters’ in th United States and Canada, are unani rmously of the opinion that the onl: j way this can be done is by ta control of their propertics and ing their business from the Aarbitrary land unreasonable domination of thi jleaders of organized labor, which con trol was lost during the prosperous times incidental to the inflated busi due to the world war, and whicl in the reaction, has become 1 hardship. “One full theatrical season unde conditfons such ax were experienced | during the latter half of the one jul i passed would wipe out a business it ! tiken a lifetime of the preseni s and show producers o other lines of theatrica entertainment reducing their pricer of admission the burlesques havy been forced to reduce their prices it order to meet this competition ane secure their share of patronage. “Theater owners have been asked to increase terms and stand additiona {expenses in order that the shows mas ilive, and have agreed to do so, bui {when they ask the unionized Stage id musicians, who have i hunds | shared with them the brief prosperity they have enoved, to co-operate with ithem in mecting the changed condi Itions for one season they are me: | with insolence, threats of penaities ot i even higher wages and more exacting g conditions unless contract: Claxsed ax “Business Suicide.” “To do £0 would be business suicide jand the theater owners, with theii backs to the wall in_defense of thei: i ve been forced to declard | the op: op policy for the coming “The wages paid will be more thar e living wage puid for similar serv s in u line of work, and therc will be no imination in the en } ent of cither stage hands . | musicians. Union men who desin {work will be given it Ex-servies given preference union men in_our employ have come to us privately and statec that they do not consider our reques for a cut in wages for the coming season unreasonable, as they ar aware of the serious slump in ow business, but they are howled dowr and brow-beaten by their leaders i they dare make any suggestion tend. bing to relieve their employers.” Street N.W.