Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1921, Page 4

THE | SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON RACING IMMIERANT "What Congress Is Doing AUGUST 7, ‘1921—PART 1.~ BIDS ARE REQUESTED i . FOR MUSCLE SHOALS D. C, Enters Race for a Seat KIELING OF BROKER "< 5= x5 ‘MYSTIFES POLECE Los Angeles Man Shot From “Ambush—Accompanied . by Famous Beauty. Byfthe Avaociated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 6.—John B. Kepnedy, a young insurance broker, WHITE HOUSE CLERK Wi Nelson E.'Webster and Mru. E! ‘Lamont-Lilley Joined in Wedl I Nelson' H. Webster, for sfany’ FREE AUTO RIDES TEMPT PRISONERS Number of Offenders In- creases Since Police Aban- don Horse Van. Police Court records made public last night indicate that the popularity of au VESSELS MAY END Husband Willing to Wipe Slate Clean if Pledges Are Given. Frantic midnight racing of immi- &rant-laden steamers into American Henry Ford’s Offer Declared Best So Far Received by War Department. Every .industrial establishment and financial company in the United States which. might be interested in the purchase of the Muscle Shoals, Als., nitrate plants and dams has been in- formed that bifds for the project would be welcomed by the War De- partment. Despite this general Invi- tation, it was announced yesterday, no bid has been received which government considers comparable to ‘¥ disbutsing clerk at the White Hou and. Mrs. Elizabeth D. Lamont-Lil were married on August 1, in Elkton, Md.,, according to an announcement zecelved by friends of the couple here. The wedding took place at high noon and was performad by Rev. Mr. Dixon, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church there. The families of both the bride and groom have been prominent in affairs of the eastern shore of Mary- land and Delaware for many years. Mrs. Webster is a direct descendant of a family that settled in that sec- tion more than three hundred years ago. The House. . BY WILL P. KENNEDY. House Leader Mondell expects that' quick action can be had. this week ‘on .geveral important meas- ures. Tomorrow Chairman® Kahn of the military affairs committee plans to get the West Point cadet bill passed, and, after that, the con- fopencé; report on the packer bill is to be taken up. This will mgan The Senate. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The prokibitionists and the farm- ers will hold the center of the stage in the Senate this. week, with legislation backed by them in order. In the first place, the anti- beer bill, which has already passed the House, has been made the un- finished buginess of the Senate, and it is expected that it will be | "7 mines was shot to death from ambush last night in a suburb while searching for a “lucky penny” in company with Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, a young divorcee of Evanston, Ill, and. despite a gay's work on the case, the police tonight confessed themselves baffled by _the mystery. The young man had arrived in front of his bungalow in Beverly Glen, and at Wer suggestion, she told the police, thé“two began to search for Tucky penny” she said she had buried near thetront gate some time previously. ile they were stooping over dig- ging the sand two shots rang out, the woman told the police, and Kennedy fell at her feet. She screamed for help after she had caught his dying words, “Good night, Madalynne.” Drive Away in Machine. harbors to land monthly quotas in the first minutes of the first day of new months may be done away with here tomorrow, when ship line officers and immigration officials get together to formulate a new agreement. Commissioner General Husband of the immigration buread, in announc- ing the conterence sterday, said he was willing to “wipe the slate clean," admit under bond the 400 or 80 August quota excess now in har- bors and begin a1l over again, If the companies would: reach a binding agreement among themselves not to exceed quotas hereafter. Quotas Exceeded In Two Minutes. Due to such a race July 31, the Greek, xurkllh and other small quotas for Ugust were exceeded in the first two minutes of August 1. One ship lost passed, notwithstanding the op-. position of the “wets” and senators ‘ Who hold that the anti-beer bill violates the Constitution, since it exceeds the authority given in the eighteenth amendment. ‘When the beer bill has been dis- posed of it is planned to take up the Capper-Tincher anti-grain- gambling bill. What will come after that largely depends upon the wishes of the administration, ex- pressed by President Harding when he returns Washington Tuesday. If the President insists upon the go-called railroad bill, for the funding of the rallroad credits thrcugh the War Finance Corpora- tion, and asks that it be passed for/hwith, then all the hopes of a midsummer recess which have been a hard fight, as former Republican ' Leader Mann is Considerably put out because the packer bill was passed while he was taking a few days off in his garden. ask that the calendar Wednesday by unanimous donsent. allowed, the naval affairs commit- tee has the call on what legislation will be brought up. Mudden of the appropriations com- mittee expects to make his report on the $125,000,000 deficiency ap- propriation asked by the Shipping the House act on this report Thurs- day. $125,800,000 asked for by Chairman Representative Mondell intends to business be advanced to Tuesday' If that is Tuesday or Wednesday Chairman Board. The intention is to nave Indications are that. of the able. _|that submitted by Henry Ford. One or two offers have been received, but were said to be wholly unaocep! One of these came from a man who sald If the government would glve him $50,000,000 he would take aver operation of the and guarantee to make “good profit: Others of the same character have been rejected. Secretaries Weeks and Hoover re- cently announced that they expected to receive a bid from a substantial source, but in the absence of the cab- inet members clared today th not put in appearance. ¢ e———— IRELAND HAS DROUGHT. Advices Say It Is Worst in 100 e _expected offer had tomobile rides afforded prisoners trans. ported from various precinct stations to the court is responsible for an increase in the number of passengers carried by the big police motor van. Following relegation of the old horse- drawn wagon to the scrap heap and the institution of the high-powered motor van, and gince that time, the number of prisoners transported to the Police Court has been steadily on the increase, the figures show. Many Prisoners Hauled. 15th and L streete. service, has been appointed head public health administration In of the Johns Hopkins University. acting , ‘officlals de- After August 15 the couple will - make their home in the Ethelhurst, DR. FROST GOES TO NEW POST. Dr. Wade H. Frost, former surgeon in the United States public health of the department of epidemiology and the school of hygiene and public health An old attache, who has seen the vearly haul increase from 2,000 last year to the grand total of 5.252 this year, de- clared that he has seen many prisoners | evince manifest delight over the ride to the court, apparently acting as if, in making the trip, they were “‘putting it I ! out because of a lighter crossing her | carefully nurtured during the last | Lagisr of the Shipping Boara only over” on the police. . & neighvor said she saw two men tor dohn Sharp Williams. 'OW. &nd risked carrylng back her| week or ten days must die. If the | about -$40,000,000 will be recom- Years. A glance at the records shows, be Y es drive away in an automobile at the |succeed Semator Jol —_ load of immigrants at the company’s| President indicates that it will do | mended. by the committee. Ireland is suffering the worat|51des @ steady gain in passengers, the time the shots were fired and the po- . 5 expense rather than take a chance on| if the Senate passes the ratlroad On Wednesday, the Norris bill Eing 2 Tt fact that the big van experienced no | lice today discovered a clump of broken bushes a few yards from ‘where Kennedy fell. The man's head was shattered, apparently with a shot- gun charge. A revolver was found by his side unused and Mrs. Obenchain #aid it belonged to Kennedy. The young woman, although only twenty years old, had been married some two years ago while a student at Northwestern University. She was held tcday as a witness. She told the police she was wholly unable to explain the shoo.ing; that she was planning to marry Kennedy, having - obtained a divorce for that reason. but that the wedding had been delayed because his family objected. | EUGENE POTTER ROBBED. Two Hold-Up Men Get $45 From Georgetown Man. Eugene Potter, . 2587 Wisconsin avenue, told the police of the 7th precinct he was held up by two unid cd men at Wisconsin avenue and 35th street shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday morning at the point of a pis- tol and was robbed of $45, He told the police he thought the highwaymen {were colored, |~ Louis Brooks. 600 6th street south- west, told the police of the taking of running down the barge. She was a British steamer, bringing a small part of the month’s quots of Greeks. and had refused, Commissioner Husband said. to take others. A Greek ship with the whole month uota of Greeks left after the British vessel, but won by two minutes in docking August 1 and would be permitted to land her entire cargo under existing rulings. he conference tomorrow is planned to devise ways and means of meeting this situation. Warned When Law Passed. Commissioner Husband said he had been warned when the present law was enacted that there would proba- asserted, according to police, that she had been on friendly terms With her .former husband, who lives in Chicago, and that he had not op- posed her divorce because he felt she Wwould be happier with Kennedy. Taken. to Scene of Shooting. Poday, .at her own request, Mrs. Obgnchain was taken to the scene of his automobile. The automobile was recovered. but two tires and a num ?er of tools valued at $165 were miss- ng. Mack M. Goerman, 2012 3d street, asked the police to -recover a coop of chickens stolen from in front of "l‘i‘u store. The fryers were valued at 20. Zeb Sneed. 1312 G street, reported bly be efforts to make a game of it in order to prevant further efforts to limit immigration when the emer- gency measure expires. Companies, however, that bring the majority of immigrants are adhering strictly to agreements, among themselves, how- ever, he added, that they would not bring more aliens of any nationality than could be admitted under each month’s quota. the. shooting. She told the sheriff she the theft of §11. He said the mone; was taken from his hand in the Dis The difficulty is with smaller lines Dbill after it returns from a vaca- tion of three or four weeks, the Senate is likely to take this pro- posed recess. There I8 a strong de- sire_on the part of the majority of the senatora to have a recess—a breathing spell—before tackling the tariff and tax revision legisla- tion. They see no reason why they should not go away while the finance committee works on those bills. A meeting of the interstate com- merce committee has been called for Tuesday to consider the ad- ministration railread bill, however, and Senator Cummins of Iowa, chairman of that committee, is expected to return to Washington tomorrow night, in time for the meeting. The railroad bill will lead to a contest in the Senate. | Senator La Follette of Wisconsin has announced he will fight it tooth and toenail. Other senators believe that it would be more ad- visable to wait until freight rates have been lowered by the roads before passing this legislation— with the. Kellogg amendment is to be called up. ‘War Finance Corporation extended authority with regard to export trade. with some planning to hawe the House recess from Thursday* night to Monday. . gressional comutission on agricul- ture featured thet committee work during the last waek. On Wednes- day, Gov. Harding' of the Federal Reserve Board, and John Skelton Williams, former comtroller of the currency, clashed on & question of veracity and Mr. foreibly detained from. a personal physical clash with his adversary. ury Department told the ways and means committee on Thursday that a cut of $250,000,000 in the ordi- nary expenditures of the aovern- ment taxes are to be avoided. .The ways and means committee has been in executive session all weck ou the This allows to the Leader Morwlell, after conference «f his colleagues, is Hearings befawe the joint cen- Rarding was Mellon of the Treas- Secretary is necessary if addjtional drought in 100 years, according to advices to. the Department of Com- merce from William C, Kent, Ameri- can. consul at Belfast. relief of plenteous rain comes soon,” Mr. Kent_said, “the potato crop, as well as flax, will be ruined; cattle will rujned. William M. Park of the American trade commissioner's office in Eng- land reported that country to be-suf- | fering from an extended drought. many localities, Mr. Park said, water is cut off from dwellings and business establishments in the evening. —_— ARMY LISTS FOUR TEAMS. ‘War Department’s Quota in Camp Perry Rifle Matches. The war department has author- ized the entry of four. Army teams in the National Rifie Association match- €s at Camp Perry, not fatten business slumps_throughout the past year. During this period the monthly figures are: July, 338; August, 325 September. 390; October. 468; Novem- ber, 377; December, 369: January, 460; February, 406; March, 497; April, 505 May, 595; June, 52! The foregoing figures do not give the slightest intimation of the volume {of work performed by the judges of the : | Police Court, however. nor the num- ber of prisoners actually in the toils. Many prisoners.are taken to court in | automobiles or motor patrol wagons of ! the police department, it is explained, increasing the number two or three hundred, it is believed. Heavy Fines Collected. Incidentally, it is stated, the Police | Court is one of the best paying govern- | {ment institutions. Court records for | the last fiscal year show a total of | approximately /50,000 cases docketed, ! while the amount of money turned into | the treasury was $322.386.76. collected in cases involving offenses | against the United States amounted to $89.501.68. while the sum collected in “Unless the and gardens will be In Ohfo this fail. The Hottest Fire Known for . oD s By s m involving offenses against the ) Cooki thought she might throw more light particularly the senato: froi tax revision bill. They are the coast artillery rifie | C25€S b > 2 ooking on’the affair if she could go over the mlaiu:g‘e':xmfiflem;;g g";:r:é';mnonh Tx?.flumr’.’{'. et bers of| B ricultural states where the Members of the foreign affgirs |team, the infantry rifle team, the|LIStrict laws was $232,386.76. { ground, but she made no di: ery | oRicl = = 5 that would help solve the slaying. the police said.” blunteer witnesses brought various ries of Kennedy's recent life to the st aughorities, and these were being in- east, reported the loss of $75. He sald the money was in a pocket of his coat that was sent to a talloring es- tablishment. but it was not there when the coat was returned. Willlam Hill's barber shop at 1705 Excess Allens Cause Trouble. Since June 30 probably not more than 400 aliens have arrived in excess of quotas, but these have taken prac- tically all the time of the bureau farmers are demanding a reduc- tion in rates. The Senate finance committee will continue to work on the tariff bill, and may undertake to vote on the American valuation plan committee said it was improbaile that any action will be taken By the committee on numerous resol tions regarding the withdrawal of, American occupation forces from: Germany. cavalry rifle and engineering rifle teams and the Philippine Scouts rifle team. Because of the lack of funds, how- ver, the Army rifle teams will not tend the twenty-eighth annual rifle Much of the money collected in the | District branch of “the court came | from persons charged with traffic violations, it is stated, while on the United States side bootleggers were liberal contributors. Demonstrated and Sold by Columbia Sales vatigateq, although received with lit- & fMcials to handle, it was said. Con-| adopted by the House and alse Chairman McFadden of the bank- | tournament at Seagirt, N. J. Augts: —_— | Agency tle hope that they would lead to a :5;:'!(1'!&[(1\"!8 m?rt;‘ed of a pair of iderable pressure is brought by u the ’pthOud dye embargo, ing and currency committee names 17 to 27. That will result in the sur- Two first edition coples of Bunyan's | llls 1 s N Sk nce throush & winooper §8ined | members: of Congress and others 10| which the Houne rejocted. Hear: | oot coreome MoGregor, Danbar |render of & number of reamniie Sur- “Pilgrim's Progress” have just been | 4th St. N.W. ‘An inquest over the body of Ken- |€ntrance- through a window. 8 W. Detly will be held. it was announced, but’ the date will await completion of preliminary inquiries. : had been ordered taken back by the| ings on the many schedules of the | guets Examination of Kennedy's clothing | Sireet. about §:30 ock Friday night. | ship companies that brought them as| bil}, SerE i shawed he had a number of important | M Schroth dicovered him and he | pec 5 A e st papors and a wallet containing $56. Several articles of jewelry worn by him had not been disturbed. . Police records here show that Ken- nedye as attacked and beaten on the strec.” about four years ago by two men who, he said, were strangers to m. PRETTIEST GIRL ON CAMPUS. n o Mra: Obenchain’ Became Famous University Beauty. CHICAGO. August 6.—Mrs. Mada- Iynne Obenchain, who w: h John B. Kennedy when he was siain near his-cottage in a suburb of Los Ange- les*carly, today. once was famous in - Chicago as “the prettiest girl on the Northwestern University campus.” She later became the bride of a wealthy attorney, widely known throughout the middle west, Ralph B. Obeenchain. She was_ granted a divorce in 1920. Mr. Obenchain said today that h couldd give no explanation of the a tack on Kennedy. “I never saw him, he'said, “but 1 knew he was a good friend of the family. Mrs. Oben- chain’s mother lived in Los Angeles and her father is dead. I have heard from her only indirectly since the | haven’'t séen her for divorce and some time." “I always loved my former wife, 8ai@ Mr. Obenchain. “I love her stil No mattér what she may have done, | I will stapd by her always. She has only’m send for me and I wil go to her o' ns-fast as a train can take me. »¥ hepe she will let m in this" her hour of need.” T SUN-SPOTS AND WEATHER. S Subject _B?{:ened by Recent Tem- perature Coincidence. “SuB€Pats and Weather"" title ag.a article in the Meteorologi- cal Magdzine for July by Dr. C. P. Brooks, who makes some interest- ing suggestions. b It ig,mentioned that the subject is| again opened by the recent develop- ment of unusually large sun-spots with-assagciated heat, electrical magnetly, shenomena. A bibliographi- cal 1ist 15 given of authorities on the #And the author says that al- Me literature is erroneous, we far.from definite conclusions, 0g ago as 1651 Riccioli claimed that . temperature rose with decreas- in ots, and vice versa. and in 1873 re- s of an investigation by Koppen e published, showing that temper- re reaches a maximum shortly be- 8ot minimum and & minimum ut i$pot maximum. plsltive correlation of sun-spots nfall has been found in the . and also with elements such as Take leveis whick depend on rain- fall, ;-4 close parallelissm has been demamstrated between sun-spots and tropical hurricanés, and Brooks says-ihat the study of eleven years' wind data in-the Falkland Islands reveals that at spot maximum the storiiness Iy greatest. DENIES DESERTING WIFE. Husband. Declares She Misrepre- tisented Age When Married. Alleging that he was -induced to marry the plaintiff by reason of her statement that she was twenty years of age, when she was only fifteen, and denying that he at any time deserted" hen -Kelth M. Gaylor, nineteen years old, filed in the District Supreme Court his answer to the suit of Mrs. Harriett Ann Tupper Gaylor for sep- arate maintenance. The husband declared his wife re- fused 1o perform any housework and |¥oURE man. ment, it was announced yesterday. As |, nically accurate. His knowledge must Unhappiness. was. caused by the. in- of today, there were sixteen have the. scientific background of, terference of the bride's mother. Gay- lor has been ordered to show cause Monday why he should not be com- pelled to pay counsel fees and ali- mapy to the wife. Attorneys Raymond Neudecker and Bertrand Bmerson, jr., ‘elcn( -the husband: —_— IS NAMED CHIEF OF BUREAU. Dr. Michael E. Gardner has been appointed chief of bureau of pre- ventable diseases and director of the bagteriologic laboratory of the Unit- muu public health service. OFFERS-FIVE FELLOWSHIPS. The School of Mines of the College of Engineering of the University of Al offers five fellowships of the $540 in mining and metal- b u{ research co-operative work W] the United States bureau. of miges. . They have been established fog the purpose of undertaking the sofution of the problems being stud- led by the United States bureau of hat are of ec impor- . tance’to thé ‘state of "Alabama and slsewhere ia the south. 2] value of e help her | is the! and j _An unidentified colored man ‘was discovered in the basement of the house of C. R. Schroth, 3212 Macomb - ran from the house. ASKS ROAD EXTENDED. Would Eliminate Detour in Prince | Georges County. Extension of the National Defense {highway in Prince Georges coun Md.. one-eighth of a mile to bring {t into Lanham, Md.. is asked in a let- fer.sent to Gov. Ritchle of Maryland by John R. Riggles. president of the Good Roads League cf Prince Georges County _Building of the additional one. eighth of a mile will eliminate the Decessity of a threesmile detour, Mr. IR geles says. Contract for the build- ing of part of the road-will soon be {let. The letter also asks that the {Toad be bullt sixteen feet in width instead of fifteen feet. OBSERVATORY IN USE. Only Municipal Institution of Kind Opens in Des Moines. The Municipal Observatory, at Des Moines, Towa, which is sald to be the only municipal observatory in the | world. was opened on August'1. The | observatory " bullding is to- be { cauipped by the Drake University with an eight-inch equatorial tele- { scope., It is to be under the control of the { university and open to the public at { least three times a week, and at any other time when occasion may war. rant. BOLT DESTROYS HOUSE. Strikes Same Place in Which Man Was Killed by Lightning. Special Dispatch to The Star. ELKINS, W. Va. August 6.—That lightning never atrikes twice in the same place was digproved this week, vhen the residence of Commodore Simmons at Dailey was struck and completely destroyed by the result- ant fire. This is the same house in which i William Hornbeck .was killed by lightning several years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons and two chil- dren were in the house at the time, but no one was hurt. So rapidly did the fire burn that it was impossible to save any of the furniture or effects. ——— ‘: RANDALL. IS SENTENCED. Hold-Up Man Must Serve Eight Years in Penitentiary. Willlam -A. Randall, Yyears old, of Cambridg. . Was sentenced Friday by Justice Siddons, in Criminal Division 2, to serve eight years in the penitentiary. Randall pleaded guilty to joining with Joseph Homer, twenty-nine yeats old, in a number of hold-ups of pro- prietors of small stores in several cities, including the robbing of the store of William Gildenhor: 1223 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, Octo. i ber 8 last. Randall also admitted that he shot Edwin E. Monk, a citizen, who was about to apprehend him as he fled from the store. Homer is serving a sentence of thirteen years<in the penitentiary. —— CHARGED WITH ROBBERY. Gordon Hagans, a former soldler, winted in this ¢ity to answer charges of grand larceny, is_under arrest in Clover, S. C. It is charged that Ha. gans, while rooming at the home of Mrs. Mary McCarthy, 1211 K street, robbed five other roomers of- $76 and nu- merous articles of wearing apparel. Detective Cornwell is on his.way to South Carolina with a warrant for the twenty-two Mas: MRS. J. C. KIRBY DEAD. Special Dispatch to The Sta WARRENTON, Va., August 6.—Mrs, Julia C. K|rby, widow of Capt. James D. Kirby, died at her home near War- renton, aged seventy-seven years. The funeral took place Wednesday at her home, with interment in Warrenton cemetery. She is survived by the fol- lowing childre: ‘Willlam A. Beasley of Colorsdo, James D. and Walter C. Kirby of Washington, D. C.; John-and Rllgh S.-Kirby and Miss Constance Kirby of Warrenton. - HEAT VICTIM DIES AT 108, Special Dispatch to The Star. BENWOOD, W. Va., August 6.—Ed- ward Kidd, aged 108, huvl-x been born in Virginia in 1813, is dead at Nefts. He had been in good health until overcome by the heat several days ago and had worked like a man thirty years younger. He was found dead in bed. He i survived by his third wi No children are living. ‘While a resident of. Virginia he was among the .first men_to- enlist in the Confederate army. He was six feet three .inches tall, and at his death ghed 170 pounds. E (=3 l m fl permit them to be admitted, once they reach port, for “humanitarian” rea- sons, the commissioner id, and none vel Steamship lines are appealing for rellef, Mr. Husband said. and it is proposed at tomorrow's meeting to start again. There was excuse for the exceeded quotas in June, when the quota was exceeded by 2,500, Husband said. but none for the re- peated disregarding of the rule by certain lines. Since June Italian fmmigration has been regulated by the companies handling that business, and there remained in July a balance ings have been held on these con- testad matters. The committee, however. still has before it hear- Senator Borah of Idaho, who led the fight for a reduction of the Army to 156,000 men, now has come forward with a proposal that the Army be still further reduced t0 100.000, in view of the necessity for cutting down expenses. It is his belief there will be less on- position to the reduction to 100.000 than there was to the reduction to 150,000. He has a resolution pend- ing for the proposed cut. The Senate privileges and elec- of 2,500 that could have been brought, but that will be distributed through the year by the companies under agreement among themselves. GOVERNMENT WILL OPEN NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL New Courses Will Be Under Direct Supervision of United States Public Health Service. Uncle Sam will inaugurate a train- ing school for nurses September 1. These courses will be for four years, and the training will be under the direct supervision of the United States ~public health service, - With headquarters in this city. Among the inducements offered to young women to enroll is the government's guaran. tee to house, feed and train. them, be. sides the payment of $30 a month dur- ing the first three years, and $40 a month during the final year. The students also wlill be presented with diplomas when they become proficient, and will be given opportunities to as- sist' In caring for disabled military patients. ‘The first schools will open at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, and at Fox Hills, Staten Island. Other schools will be opened later in the year, and they will be conducted at certain hospitals of the public health service. That the government is resolved to train thoroughly its nurses is evident from the advance notice of the open- ing, as made public by the public health service. It states that the service hospitals provide experience in surgical nurs- ing, including orthopedic, eye, @ose ! tions committee is expected to set- tle the case of Senator Newberry of Michigan, republican, charged by Henry Ford with having been elected by fraud, during the week. By a party vote the committee will uphold Mr. Newberry's right to his seat, it is sald. ‘The Senate got down to brass tacks during the week just closed and put through the agricultural and Black as a subcommittee to conduct public hearings on bills for credits for agricultural prd- distribution to the states of cap- tured German cannon, znd other war trophies - was re- committed by a vote of 103 to 99 on Wednesday, debate. to prepare statistics showing the number of in the classified civil service Washington wio voted in the last election is made in a bill intro- duced by Representative Vare of Pennsylvania. Sweet bill, revising war-risk insur- ance regulations and creating a veterans' bureau to handle all the affairs of former service men, was accepted by the House Tuesday, by a vote of 264 to 4. now run its legislative course. fieldpieces after a five-hour Demand upon the census bureau government employlel n The conference report on the This bill has credits bill. the conference report on the Sweet bill establishing a veterans' bureau to care for the former service men, and the so- called packer bill. The demand for the passage of the bill extending the District of ‘ ' 1 Columbia rent act to May 22, 1922, is becoming more and more insist- ent. Senator Ball. chairman of the District committee, will urge that week. it be passed one day this GERMANS SHIP TO U. S. Believe Many Unlawfully Enter Country as Seamen. Many Germans are shipping at Ger- | man ports on vessels bound for the, United States as seamen at wagés, of | 1 cent a month, ‘according to a_ le -i ter sent to Secretary of Labor Davis by Chairman Lasker of the Shipping | Board. The belief was expressed by Secretary Davis that the Germans are permitted to land in this country as seamen and then flee into the interfor. Until a treaty is signed with Ger- many, it was explained, it will not be {legal for German citizens to enter the United States. Mr. Davis said he expected to ask that a bill be introduced in Congress requiring the registration on arrival of all foreign seamen. There are and- throat; medical, including cewm- mupicable, rvous _and mental di; X-ray-- and :laboratory " tech- the diseases of Kpalth nursing., ,rtcs“’wm be ecgnd or third year of e through <affiliations with civilian hospital étures, - recita- tions: and. daboratory .work ~Will . given in the requiyed subjects in-edch hospital training echool. * 5 TO UTILIZE ‘BIG: BALLOON. Huge Dirigible, Bought From Italy, Being Assem :bled at Langley. Ve, August. at Langiby® e wnfib;iumnwn‘fn the., ""fi",’“"rt‘;';""‘ by RO g eesaty P Ttaly, parts of ‘@s airship having begun to arrive bysrail. o 2 Original’_ piafs -were _to ‘have. the machine assembled at New York and flown to Langley Field, where it will 'be housed permanently, but these plans were abandoned because of special arrangements made at Lang- ley Field for keeping the machine. FORTY CASES ARE PENDING Controversies and Strikes Before " Department of Labor. Forty cases of controversies or strikes are at present pending before the Department of Labor for settle- before the Department for settlement and twenty-four controversies which had not reached the strike stage. Seven are new cases. m in the motion picture studios in Los Angeles, Callf. = Adjustment of two controversies was announced. Do not lb;ndon your cat or .do:. Brhfi it to the WASHINGTON ‘ANI M-'i RAESCUEsl;”EAflU :'2 aryland Avenue ‘or phone Main 8088. ¥ * | mittee, War Départment, to-assemble probably 40,000 Chinese in this coun- Q without legal right to be here, he [ded, as a:résult of their taking ad- ‘antage of the seamen’s t, “which || permifs foreign seamen 'to iand at ‘American ports. g —_— POLO PLANS ARE APPROVED, . The Secretary of War-has approvedt the plan of the central polo com- eight polo players and the necessary mgu*:lnu at Camp Alfred Vail, N. J., for about one month’s practice, prepara- tory to formifig a.team to represent the Army inithe junior polo cham- pionship * toufnament. At tourna- ment ‘will be played at Philadelphia, Pa., ‘betweef September 12 and 24, and is limited to teams having a total handicap o2 less than twenty goals. cheémistry. customer’s clothes. MAIN OFFICE: MUDDIMAN: “Harry W. Taylor, Inc. Painting 12333 18 N.W. 5. Dyers‘ .The dyer must be an expert. His training must be thorough and tech- No employe is entrusted with the important work of applying dyes. until his efficiency has been amply demon- strated. ' We don’t try him out on the Call Main 4724 . and DYERS 40°122 Special Price $3.50 Electric Irons Special Price $4.85 1204 G St. 616 12th St. Paperhanging Decorating Col. 1077 ST., NwW. held by the service teams. - Or THE SECOND FLOOR . THE BOYS* SHOP sold in London for '$10,000. OF THE P-B STORE Hundreds of Washington mothers are buying their boys’ school suits at substantial reductions at the P-B Semi-Annual Clearance Sale Boys’ Woolen Suits for Fall and Winter Wear $15 and $18 Suits, fancy patterns (some with 2 pairs of pants), now......... $20 and $22.50 Suits, blue serge and fancy (some with 2 pairs of pants), now.... $25 and $27.50 Suits, blue serge and fancy (some with 2 pairs of pants), now. . $19.75 This clearance covers our entire stock of Boys’ Woolen Suits, suitable for Fall and Winter wear. Any, style, any material, any size. * $12.75 $16.75 Boys’ Summer Clothes Boys” Wash Suits.....c.covneeaanienen Straw Hats for boys and girls . .uavii-ve V5 Off Clearance sale of Boys’ Union Suits. . .. . -69%¢ Boys’ Blouses, $1.50 values............79%to $1.15 Boys Pajatnas; i o i e e $135 Entire stock of Boys’ Palm Beach Suits. . $8.75 $4 Play Shoes for boys, canvas tops, leather trimmings and leather patches, extra heavy rubber soles........... 14 Off $2.95 Nationally Known Store for Men and Boys ' THE AVENUE AT NINTH Closed Satarday Dnrm; July and August l LittleWonder NOISELESS IN OPERATION: No Wick No Odor No: Smoke -