Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1921, Page 2

TROOPS.ON RANGE - FOR 4-DAY SHOOT "_Company M to Arrange Fare- . - well Supper at Camp § Meade. 18pecial Dispateh to The Star. CAMP MEADE. Md. August 19. ‘With fatigue uniforms, equipped with "combat packs and rifles, 100 Wash- ington students attending the mili- tary training camp here, marched two miles to the rifle range early today. Where - they will receive four days instruction in rifie practice. After arriving at the range instructions were given by Capt. Goe and Lieuts. Loucks and Kelly in loop and hasty sling making and triangle drawing. Trigger pressure and other points connected with accurate firing are being mastered by the bys in prep- aration for active firing at short and lone range early next week. “= This afternoon .32-caliber bullet: ‘11l be used in gallery practice. Will Arrange for Supper. { A committee, consisting of Privates Sheiry, De Witt and Babbington ha: been appointed to make arrange: ments for the farewell supper to be held by Company M at the mess on | { the night of August 29. The officers and non-commisioned officers of the company will be guests of the stu- dents. The boys may also invite rela- tives or friends. Tomorrow morning the boys will { prepare for the general weekly in- | spection by the battalion commander, “Maj. Hartigan, and the sanitary offi- yRer of Camp Meade. i At o'clock the second competi- titive drill will be held in the stadium. {one student from each of the com- g?anles of the 3d Battalion will be rep- ifresented in the competition, which itwill include rifie and ammunition jmomenclature and squad movements. {f As €ompany M carried off the hon- tors in the first competitive drill held {last week, a student representing the #Washington contingent is expected %o win first place in at least one of {2he drills tmorrow. ii Week End Passes Tomorrow. i} Jomorrow noon week end passes il be issued to all students having iless than five demerit marks, with the jlnderstanding that they will return i2o camp before 9 o'clock. Sunday jpasses will also be issued for the tentire day. if Officers attending the reserve offi- Ikers training camp were instructed iln cavalry and infantry contact, with {kupplementary observation of artil- eryattacks, today. This instruction asted from 8 o'clock today until 10:45. t 11 o'clock the entire school at- ifended the fourth of a serles of ten tures given at the Liberty Hut by ol. George N. Simonds of the general taff. His subject was “Organization f the National Guard and Organized }'!{eaerve in the Third Corps Area.” Tonight the officers will attend a ecial motion picture demonstration at the Liberty Theater. No definite ‘$rogram has been arranged for Sat- rday, it being planned to permit the fieers to visit their homes. espe- ially those living in Philadelphla, Ealtimore and Washington. “I hope the day will soon come when 400.000 young men will be attending vilian ' training camps during _the mmer,” said Secretary of War John . Weeks vesterday, during his visit v the training camp. “Our appropriation this year en- &bles us to offer military training to ,000 young men all over the coun- Congress, e I think, will see the lue of these camps when the first tch of men get home and begin to Blk about them.” 41 With Secretary Weeks had come to &o camp Maj." Gen. Jam rd. chief of infantry, U. S. A., §iistant, Sccrctary of the Treasury dward Clifford. . ®The President did not accompany Secretary Weeks, as was announced ‘om the camp yesterday. < HIONDELL PREBICTS - - RENT ACT APPROVAL (Continued from First Page.} November, and said that if fhe rent act were not continued, worse chaos th?n during the war would be the re- sult. Others Make Statements. Judson I. Kingman, owner of prop- erty, described to the committes 1hs unsuccessful efforts to regain pos- session, tena: 3 Somion nt, Edward A. Leftwich Sinclair, chairman of the rent commission, and Mrs. Clara iSears Taylor, 2 member of the com- ission, dedarev:’ that they were con- the testimony given Iy before the commission that the ‘housing emergency continued to exist i \v%s::;‘ngl:]gn. and that it was es n e life of the re bengxlendetk nt act should rs. Taylor sald that 3,635 case: had been disposed of by the comE tmission since it began work, and that (about 780 still were pending. New icases are coming in at the rate of flflxen a day, she said. x lawyer told me yes r—a ilawyer representin e te .erty—that if the law expired nex October, he had a pile of evlctlon: inotices so high to serve,” said Mrs. Taylor, extending her arms. Mrs. Taylor sald that she was ab- isolutely sure the plan was to raise ents here if the rent act dies. She nsisted that practically no repairs ,are being made by owners of prop- lerty for rent. Declines to Put Motion. After Mrs. Taylor concluded, Rep- resentative Lampert announced that ihe, for one, had heard enough_evi- ence to act, and he moved that the ibill be favorably reported. Chairman 'ocht, however, declined to put the motion, on the ground that the com- mittee, under the rules of the House, could not transact business while the House was sitting. . A parliamentary wrangle ensued, ‘and finally the committee went into executive session. For upward of half an hour the proponents of the ;bill declined to permit an adjourn- iment, waiting until the House itself had adjourned so that the commit- tee could take action on the bill. Ac- tion followed immediately the ringing jof the bells announcing the House +had adjourned. HALF-TON HOGS ON VIEW. Proposed Feature of Exhibit at Montgomery County Fair. Hogs weighing haif a ton will be ithe principal features o hog i day, Wednesday. Thursday and Fri. ‘day of mext week. Frans for the fair are practically complete. Severa] carloads of mid- way apparatus arrived at the fair grounds today and workmien are now putting the finishing touches on the extension to the grandstand. ! BUY FIRE APPARATUS. District Commissioners Let Con- * tract Calling for Nine Pleces. | A contract for the purchase of nine leces of motor fire apparatus, zt a otal cost of $96,441, was awarded by the Commissioners toda to the American-La France Company of El- mira, N. Y. ‘The contract calls for three motor umping engines, three motor hose B agone: one 75-foot merial hook and Jadder, one city service truck and one hose tower. Fire Chief Watson expects to re- iceive the new apparatus in about five ‘months. Commissioner Oyster and Chief Avatson endeavared to obtain the ap- -atus from the Army, but found one available at nearby camps that jthe commanding officers were will- ing to give up. T g owners of prop- | % MRS. STORER PUBLISHES BOOK ON ROOSEVELT Privately Circulated, It Tells of Efforts to Gain Red Hat for Cardinal. PARIS, August 19.—Mrs. Bellamy Storer has published for private cir- culation. & book which, in large part, relates to her controversy with Theo- dore Roosevelt over efforts to have Archbishop Ireland made a cardin: a_controversy which gained wide at- téntion through publication of the so- called “Dear Maria” letters. The edi- tion is limited to 100 copies. Entitled “Theodore Roosevelt the Child,”. the book, after giving anec- dotes’ of Mr. Roosevelt in various stages of his caree; and making such ! deductions as to his characteristics as he title of the book implfes, quotes i from letters by him to the author and her husband, discussing ‘the advisa- i bility of the red hat for the arch- ibishop. The earliest letter relating to jthe Archbishop Ireland incident was | written when Mr. Roosevelt was gov- jernor of New York. 1 It is understood that Mrs. Storer withheld the brochure from general circulation because of the claims of the Roosevelt family to proprietary rights in all Mr. Roosevelt's letters. The book contains a letter from Cardi- nal Gibbons, approving of Mrs. Stor- ter's plan to publish ‘the letter: One of the letters, written when | Col. Roosevelt was police commi lsloner of New York, contains a scat ing denunciation of editors of a cer- {tain New York newspaper, one of | whom, Joseph Bucklin Bishop, later { became the colonel's friend and is now his biographer. —_— NAVY RAISED RENT AND COAL, ALTHOUGH APPROVING PAY CUT (Continued from First Page.) TWODIE, ONE INJAL RESULT OF QUARREL Joseph D. Stang, Cloppers, Md., Suspected of Shooting J. A. and E. Pearson. Two brothers, John A. and Eugene Pearson, twenty-five and twenty-three | years old, respectively, were shot and killed outside the home of Joseph D. Stang, a mechanic, at Cloppers, Md., six miles north of Rockville, last night. ~ That Eugene Pearson died of a gun- shot wound is regarded as positive by officials who viewed the body. On account fo doubt as to the precise cause for the death of John A. Pear- son, a special post-mortem examina- wound in the mouth as well as in the back of the neck, will be conducted today at the Pumphrey undertaking establishment at Rockville by Dr. Willlam T. Pratt, he Montgomery county. Possibilities that a rifie bullet produced death caused arrangements to be made for the au- topsy. Stang, who is sixty years of age, is being held on a technical charge of murder at the jail in Rockville, while his son, Joseph, Archie Pear- son and William Butcher are being held as material witnesses. Butcher claims to have been held up and rob- bed of $11 by John and Eugene Pearson in the neighborhood of the picnic grounds at Cloppers a short time before the shooting. Grounds for Holding Autepsy. The autopsy today is to be held to determine whether a wound in the mouth of Pearson is a rifie wound and whether this wound or a gun- shot wound in the back of his neck caused death. The Pearson brothers were shot following a general melee outside the Stang home, where Francis Ca- hill of Brunswick, Md., had taken refuge from alleged attacks of the Pearsons. Joseph Stang, jr., ordered the Pearson brothers, John, Eugene and Archie, away from the house, it was said. A fight ensued in which Mrs. Stang, sr., her daughter and Stang, jr., are alleged to have been attacked by the three Pearson brothers. * Sald to Have Used Shotgun. ‘The senior Stang obtained a shotgun, according to reports reaching State’ Attorney Thomas Dawson, and fired upon the Pearson brothers. John A. Pearson received a wound in the neck and Eugene was shot fatally in the chest. l democratic government, he said, and it was anything but fair. He also suggested that a system of efficiency marks should be devised, and should include provision for giving credit to men of long service. Under jthe present system a man with thirty years' service is just as likely to be discharged as a man with thirty days’ service. Members of the shops com- mittees should also be given preference when discharges are made necessary. Capt. Robison read a:recent order promulgated by the Navy Department at the direction of Secretary Denby in which commandants were directed to do everything to enhance the spirit of both naval men and civilian em- ployes, and said this was the first time that civillan employes had ever been included in such an order. Cut Overhead Charge. In refutation of the charges made several times during the course of the hearings that the planning di- visions involved an éxcessive over- head charge which must be born by the mechanical forces, E. C. Cleaver, representing the planners and esti- maters of the Washington navy yard, cited figures to show that the plan- ning division had cut the overhead charge at the local yard from 1569 per cent to 112 per cent. The planners are in a posjtion, he said, to detect waste and to correct it quickly. i i John A. Pearson. It appeared a clean wound in the roof of the mouth, un- like a shotgun's gaping wound. A .22 long caliber rifle also was found at the Stang home, according to State's Attorney Dawson. A shell not ex- ploded was in the chamber. Mrs. Stang said today that If the rifle had been fired, it was in the at- tempt to prevent its use by Cahill, who had run up to the house following W. F. Ruckert, planner at thean alleged altercation with the Pear- Washington yard, said that the plan-|son brothers. ill is now in the ners and the workmen were co-oper- county hospital suffering from a ating thoroughly there, and there was | broken jaw and Injuries about the no ground for any charges of sus-jhead and body. g:zll‘on between them and the work. : PLUMBERS MAY STRIKE IN WAGE CONTROVERSY Capt. Robison, however, thought that the planners, who are men taken | from the various trades to plan and | estimate Jobs on their particular lines, | should be required to go back to their benches three months out of each! year. This would serve to wipe out| some of the suspicions of the planning divisions that have cropped up in the various yards. He thought that their pay should be based on the trades they represent, while the planners thought that it should be based on similar work on the outside. Rewards for Saving Plans. Reward for navy yard employes who | suggest workable plans for saving the | government money and at the same time increasing the efficiency should | be provided for, Capt. James K. Rob: ison, told the labor men at the hear- ing. He said that he would try to de- vise some plan whereby an employe could be financially rewarded for anything he did toward increasing the efficiency of the government ma- chinery. Representatives of the building trades_protested against any reduc-4 tion of wages at this time, and Lu-| ther C. Steward of the National Fed- { eration of Federal Employes also protested against any reduction in pay or lengthening of the hours of | lclerks in the navy yards. He said! {that the reduction of forces to date jalready bad put increased work -on the clerks left, but Capt. Robison pointed out to him that this was not a logical statement, as the mechanical forces in the vard also had been re- duced, thus reducing the amount of paper work. Painters Present Plea. The painters appeared and sought to acquaint the board with the im- portance of their work during the war by Kkeeping ships from being Threaten to Quit on Monday if Arbifration Board Fail¥" to Act. Steps to place their wage dispute with the Master Plumbers’ Associa- tion, comprising all District plumbing mployers, before the arbitration board of the Department of Labor, were taken today by officials of Local Union No. 5, United Association of Plumbers. The controversy grew out of the refusal of the master plumbers to agree to the demands of the journeymen plumbers for an increase of 50 cents a day over the present wage of $8 a day. In refusing to grant the increase, the plumbers’ association offered to submit the question to the Labor Department arbttration board. Union representatives stated today that they are willing to submit the ques- tion to the arbitration board and already had taken steps to do so. The union representatives pointed out that unless the arbitration board takes the question under considera- tion approximately 400 journeyman plumbers will go on strike Monday. Many of these piumbers are employed on large building projects in Wash- ington, and a strike, it is sald, will seriously hamper bullding opera- tions. . The union demanded the increase in a_ communication to the Master Plumbers’ Assoclation Thursday, Au- gust 11. The ultimatum asked that the increase become effective Monday. | unk. * 1 take it you mean this camouflag sald Capt. Robison. “That just kept 2 lot of people from getting nervou T. Gerern, representing the wood- workers, suggested that the board's opinion might be affected by public opinion demanding reductions, to which Capt. Robison replied that he did not Intend to give consideration, ! in reaching a conclusion, to any opinion but his own. l23-;1!. Robison pointed out that he! had examined a number of pay rolls of firms this year, and a comparison with those of last year showed a con- {siderable decrease in wages. —_— CENTER TO GIVE PAGEANT. Maria Montejo Davidson Is Au- thor—Written for Arts Club. The pageant to be presented at the ! Centra High School Community Center Tuesday evening by the community center department was written and produced by Maria Montejo Davidson for the Arts Club of Washington, it was announced today. The theme in-| volves the choice of the greatest of | arts by Minerva, goddess of wlsdom,‘. and the action takes place on Mount Olympus, where the arts of present and past contend for supremacy. } Among those who will take part ln| the pageant are Mrs. Lillian Holt, Mrs. | Nell Wiggins, Vera Trohold, Virginia Catlett, Mary Werle, Lydia Hunte! \Marguerite Weighell, Betty Wnrd.[ Doris Matell, Blanche and Marion ‘Walker, Mabel Reilly, Linda Smith, Louise Hunter, Virginia Houston, Eva Reevess, Ethel Wynne. Johnson, Al- berta Ayres, Ella Huseby, Julia Mac. Farland, Helen Marston, Gladys Mur- | phy, Loretta Murphy, Mildred Pid-| geon, Thelma Schmitt, Elizabeth '\'ln; Tuyl, Marie Abbaticchio, Louise Cot- ton and Helen Yearse. Besides the pageant there will be a program of entertainment Which | will include one of the comedies of the O'Connor Players, recreational singing, led by Helen Burkart; a clown act by the Y: M. C. A. Players and songs and comedy by Helen Hurley and her six “kiddies.” Every child under sixteen who attends the affair will be presented with a souvenlir. Proceeds of the entertalnment will be used to defray the expenses of ‘Washington’s first Music week. ———e NAMED AS GUARDIAN. Justice Hitz of-the District Supreme Court and Judges Hardison and Mc- Mahon of the Police Court have ap- pointed Norton M. Little of the real estate firm of Terrell & Little, Inc., a member of the board of children’'s guardians for a term of three years, beginning October 6, 1920. George E. Fleming, c:lcc pnllaelnt :t ";ho Union Trust Com, A m the board‘in May, 1"‘. cancy is just being filled. » | l tion of his body, which contains a h officer of A wound was found In the mouth of Track and Field Meet Feature at Chesapeake Beach. A track and fleld meet will be con- ducted under the auspices of the American Legion at Chesapeake Beach tur\ut 25, the day of the an- nual extursion of that organization. Among the events listed are a twen- ty-five yard dash for girls under six- teen and a similar event for boys un- der sixteen; a fifty-yard dash for mem- bers of the American Legion only, and one for female members of the legio a 100-yard dash for members; a 200 yard dash for-members; a broad jump for members; a three-legged race, open to all; a shot-put for member; only; & canoe race for members only; a mile run for members; a sack race for members; the American Legion derby; a relay race for female mem- bers; fat men's race, open to all Daughter of Late Rear Admiral Succumbs at Age of 90. Miss Jane Wilkes, ninety years old, and well known resident of this city ]tor many years, died Monday at the home of her niece, Mrs. A. G. Rankin, ‘Wellesley, Mass. Her home was in I(hll city at the Farragut. Miss Wilkes was the daughter of the {1ate Rear Admiral les Wilkes. She came to this city when a younsg woman from Charlotte, N. C., where she was born. Funeral services will be held to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock at St. John's Episcopal Church. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery, next to the grave of her father. ‘The _ honorary pallbearers will be Gen. John L. Clem, Col. Willlam K. Smedberg (a nephew), Col. Guy_ V. { ( candidates of 200 pounds or more; &' Henry, Rear Admiral P. M. Rixey, Rear special gion team donated a cup for & priz pillar race for teams of fiv, war between posts for female mem- a cater- prise walts. in all events. MAY FORCE FACTS FROM OBENCHAIN District Attorney Wants Him to Repeat Story About Ken- nedy Case Before Jury. By the Associated Press. Prizes will be awarded { Ralph R. Obenchain, former husband of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain, charg- ed with Arthur C. Burch with the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, may be called before the Los Angeles county grand jury to tell what, it anything, he knows of the case, it was stated today by Asa Keyes, deputy district attorney. Mr: Keyes' statement followed the publication of interviews with Obenchain, in which the latter was quoted as saylng the be established and the ‘real crim- inal” produced within five days. Kennedy the grand jury as well as declared he would matter thoroughly today and prob. brought before the jury if it develops |he was correctly quoted. The deputy district attorney sald_the fact that Obenchain is attorney for Mrs. Obenchain would not, in_ his opinio grand jury. He said that an attor- ney is not privileged to withhold ey dence that does not own client. Malcom McLaren, a special investi- gator, employed in the case by the (district attorney’'s office, was quoted | in the investigation if he knew who killed Kennedy. Obenchain when told of this said the offer was “ri- dicuous and absurd.” TO COMMAND 3D CORPS. Gen. Bailey Advanced From Camp Meade Post. Brig. Gen. Charles J. Bailey has bean relieved from command of the 7th Division and also from further j duty at Camp Meade, Md, and as- signed to the commnand of the Third Corpa Area. with st tion at Fort How- ard. Md., near Baltimore, if possib!. Maj. Gen. Charles G. Morton, re- cently in command of troops at Hawaii, and who was recently a sizred to the Third Corps Area. was ordered to this city for duty under the chief of staff. Lieut. Col. Lorenzo D. Gasser, gen- eral staff, today was detailed es sec- retary of the general staff, War De- partment. He has been acting secre- tary since July 1, last. —_— AMERICAN PLAN DROPPED. Hotel System Thing of Past, Stewards’ Delegates Say. PITTSBURGH, Pa., August 19.—The American plan in hotels in large cities is a thing of the past, according to delegates attending the convention of the International Stewards' Associa- tion here. Neither the traveling pub- lic nor the hotels want it, and “that covers the whole ground,” F. J. Smith, hotel manager of Newark, N. J., said. “Besides, the American plan is bad for the digestion,” Mr. Smith contin- ued. “It's human nature to eat every- thing in sight after one has paid for it. Club breakfasts, table d'hote luncheons and regular dinners in greater number will be offered here- after throughout the country.’ relay race for American Le-!Admiral G. to which The Star has a tug of bers; a bathing beauty contest and a LOS ANGELES, Calif., August 19.— innocence of the defendants would “If Obenchain knows who killed the district attorney’'s office would like to know also,” Keyes sald. He investigate the bly take steps to have Obenchain| preclude his being called before the implicate his |yesterday as offering Obenchain an | lappointment from that office to aid, Senate ‘W. Baird, Rear Admiral C, H. Stockton, Rear Admiral Charles O'Neil, Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder (a cousin), Rear Admiral Willlam A. Wnlnwrl% t, Joshua Evans, H. Ran- dall Webb, Richard Harlow and Peter M. Wilson. ANTI-BEER ACTION MAY GO TILL FALL Stanley Amendment Threat- ens to Cause Postnone- ment of Legislation. There were conflicting reports as to the possibility of agreement on the anti-beer bill when Senate and House conferees took up their work again today-behind closed doors. The Stanley Senate amendment, described by those who framed it as merely a reaffirmation of the fourth and fifth amendments to the Consti- tution to guarantee protection of the home, still stood as the rock against which the measure might be wrecked beyond hope of final enactment be- fore the recess next week. Repre- sentative Volstead, leader of the House managers, was said to be agreeable to a compromise on the Stanley proposal, but unalterably op- posed to its acceptagnce as a whole, and determined to fight the require- ment of warrants to search other property than homes, including auto- moblles. Opposition in the Senate to rejec- tion or material amendment of the Stanley amendment, framed after nearly a score of senators, many of them temperance leaders. had been consulted, made it doubtful, members sald, whether any anti-beer legisla- tion’ could be passed until fall. Wheeler and Reed Cla: The reported presence of Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti- Saloon League, at the discussions be |tween Senate and House conferees, jwhich always are secret, was de- nounced yesterday on the floor of the by nator Reed, democrat, i Missouri, as unwarranted and unmiti- i gated Insolence. Both Senator Ster 1ling and Mr. Wheeler denied that the | latter had ‘participated. After the Reed attack Mr. Wheeler issued a statement attacking the _senator, | which the latter obtained and read to ithe Senmate. This provoked another flurry, Senator Reed and others indig-| nantly denying that any filibuster had been attempted by the Senate to delay passage of the bill. Senator Reed de- {clared that when the league attorney | charged filibustering, he knew “it was {a dellberate and premeditated false- | hood.” ! —————— SMUGGLING RING FOUND. Declared to Be Importing Aliens Into United States. MIAMI, Fla. August 19.—An al- most invulnerable smuggling ring, with headquarters in Havana, work- ing in co-operation with individuals in this country, is the main factor aid- ing in the importation of aliens un- lawfully into the United States, it was learned here today from sources usually regarded as authentic. Local immigration officials and spe- cial agents investigating the capture of seven foreigners here early Tues- day refused, bowever, to discuss the cas. —_— ORDERED TO UNIVERSITY. Lieuts. Samuel R. Shumaker, Howes Bodfish and Arthur C. Davis have been detached from duty at the naval prov- ing ground, Indlan Head, Md,, and or- dered to take a course of instruction at the University of Chicago. ARMY SHOES SOLD. The War Department has sold 260,- 000 pairs of Army shoes to fifteen different dealers at prices ranging from $1.45 to $2.51 a pair. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1921 LEGION TO HAVE OUTING. | MISS JANE WILKES DEAD. 0L KUTZ PLEASED BY MERGER ACTION Hopes Present Congress Will Settle on Rail- way Question. Col. Kutz, chairman of the public utilities commission, expressed grati- fication today over the action of the House District committee in report- ing favorably the revised Woods bill 1 to solve the street rallway problem. “I am very hopeful now,” said the colonel, “of seeing the present Con- gress take action on the street rail- way question.” Col. Kutz pointed out that the Woods bill as finally adopted by the House committee contains many of the provisions of the Commissioners’ bill and meets with hir approval, al- though it differs in some respects Tom the of the Commissioners. “Our bill and the bill just approved both authorize the two street rallway companies to merge,” said the colonel. Both bills would relieve the com- panies from paying crossing police- men and from paving charges.” Same Object in View. While the taxation clauses differ slightly, they have the same object in ~ view—namely, to equalize the earning power of the two roads. The bill as approved substitutes a 1 per cent tax on the gross receipts of each company, instead of 4 per cent, and further provides for a tax of 50 per cent on net earnings over and above a return of 7 per cent on the fair value of each company. The Commissioners’ bill would abol- ish entirely the 4 per cent gross re- ceipts tax and substitute a tax of 50 per cent on net earnings in excess of a 6 per cent return on fair value. Under the Commisdioners’ bill the 4 per cent gross tax would be restored after the companies had merged. See Consolidation Near. The belief prevailed at the District building today that if Congress en- acts the bill as it now stands Wash- ington will be nearer than ever before to obtaining a consolidation of its two street railway systems. Milton E. Ailes, chairman of the board of directors of the W. R. E. said that while he has not had an op portunity to study the bill as ap- proved. he believes it is a step in the right direction. George E. Hamilton, president of the Capital Traction Company, could not be reached today. Wiiliam F. Ham, president of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, is out of the city, and S. R. Bowen, vice president, said he preferred not to make a statement on yesterday's action of the House committee. There are two provisions in the bill that will, it is believed, tend to bring the companies to an agree- ment on terms of merger. One is the { proviso that different rates of fare i shall be established for each road i next July if a merger has not been i brought about by that time. The other is the taxation clause. which i will have the effect of equalizing the | earning power of the two systems. William McK. Clayton. chairman {of the committee on utilities of the | Federation of Citizens' Associations, also voiced his_approval of the bill as adopted by the District committee. Ready to Report Bill The bill which was ordered favor- committee yesterday will be formally | reported to the House by Chairman | Focht either today or tomorrow. Representative Woods of Virginia, démocratic member of the committee and the author of the bill, has sug- {gested to Mr. Focht that he shouid reintroduce it so that the bill will bear the name of the chairman. Mr. Woods said that the bill had been |ordered feported by the republican ! members of the committee and that he thought the bill should have th | prestige of carrying a republican's iname when it comes up for action in | the House. He sald he was anxious for remedial legislation to aid in the street car situation here. LIQUOR EMBARGO LIFTED. Can Now Be Shipped Through Alaska to Yukon. DAWSON, CITY, Y. T., August 17.— The United States government has lifted the embargo recently imposed on liquor shipped through Alaska to the Yukon, the territorial government announced today. A manth ago the people of the Yu- kon voted for private importation of liquor for beverage purposes. but fed- prohibition officers _announced the shipments could not go through Alaska. Yukon authorities asked the British ambassador at Washington to request a concession, as the only freight route-from other parts of Canada to the Yukon crossed United States territory. | | e HALL OF THE AMERICAS; iPAN-AMERICAN BUILDING, WHERE DISARMAMEN CONFERENCE PROBABLY WILL BE HELD. : ably reported, by the House District | i streets. | Emergency Hospital. CLOUDBURST DESTROYS NEW MEXICAN TOWNS One House Left in Santa Tereza, ‘While Hatch Is Completely Wiped Out. By the Associated Press. LAS CRUCES, N. M., August 19.— Relief was being rushed today to resi- dents of Hatch, N. M, thirty-eight miles north of here, who fied, thinly clad, to the hills when a wall of wa- ter from a cloudburst flooded the town and destroyed every bullding in it early yesterday. No loss of life was reported. The cloudburst struck Santa Tereza, a village in the foothills, two miles west of Hatch, destroying all but one building, the water then rushing down the Arroyo into Hatch, a town of 500 inhabitants. Today from three to seven feet of water lies in the stricken village. Of- ficlals of the United States reclama- tion service said there was no way to drain the water off except to dig alat their looms and spindles. in a deep canal, as the town lies basin, below the level of the Arroyo. Farmers, armed with shotguns, last night guarded the bank of the Rio Grande south of here to prevent|again raising of the flood gates. The farm- ers insisted that raising of the gates' Concore would ruin their crops without being | Concor of material benefit to the flooded dis- | 3t Con trict. ENGLAND REFUSES TO CHANGE TERMS OFFERED TO IRISH (Continued from First Page.) being taken for the relief of Rus- sian famine sufferers. U. S.-Anglo-Japanese Unity. The other, delivered yesterday, devoted to a discussion of the Anglo- Japanese treaty, and voiced the prime minister's hope that Great Britain, the United States and Japan could reach an_ understanding by which they would face the future in accord, and would together maintai the peace of the world. The frank ness with which Mr. Lloyd George talked on these subjects Seemed to give observers reason to believe he would follow the same course in dis cussion of the Irish question, and that something of the attitude of the government relative to the future might be indicated. Lord Curzon, the secretary for foreign affairs, speaking in the house of lords today on the Irish negotia- tions, said the government had of- fered all that could be given with- out compromising the safety of the ! Fleming f realm, the sovereignty of the crown and the dignity of the empire. INDORSES IRISH PLAN. Approval of de Valera. The Irish men and women of the Abraham Lincoln Council Gives was | j, njthe United States are united in their support | of President de Valera and the dail eireann, and whatever steps they take to settle the Irish question will be sat- isfactory to them, declared Rev. John J. Callaghan at a meeting of the Abraham | Lincoln Council of the American Asso- ciation for the Recognitton of the Irish Republic, at 1731 I street last night Daniel E. Doran was the other speal ‘The council went on record oppos the Penrose bill, which would perm the President to use his discretion in "'f, matter of refunding European war debts. —_— INQUIRIES OF PRISONERS. Mr. Flood Learns 300 Americans Are Held in France. A resolution asking the State Depart- ment whether any steps have been taken to obtain the release of Americans said to be imprisoned in France or to effect thelr transfer to the United States was introduced yesterday by Representative Flood, democrat, Virginia. According to H. Cleveland Coxe, for- resolution states, 300 American veterans i charged with infractions of the civil laws. —_— ‘RPPROVES $5.000.000 LOAN | War Finance Corporation Will Make Advance to Aid Export. An application for an adv $5.000,000 to the Citizen: ern Bank of Sovannah, G: cing exports was approved: yesterday by the War Finance Corporation. The advance will be made to finance cotton, cottonseed cake, peanut cake and naval stores for export sale. The commodities, the corporation said. will be for the most part produc from Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. and South A statement by Mills B. Lane, presi- | 2bout even more seriou: dent of the bank, was made public by the corporation. . “These funds will be used,” Mr. Lane said, “as a financial resource and facility in addition to the usual fed- betterment of the people in my part of the country. The War Finance Corporation’s emergency help will be an added source of strength in the orderly marketing of the crop from our part of the country.” STUDENTS PLEDGE $1,300. Students from the District in the University of Illinois pledged $1.300 to the new Illinois memorial stadium campaign fund in the recent drive on the campus, it was announced today. The new stadium, which will be com- pleted for the foot ball season of 1923, will seat 75.000 persons, the largest collegiate athletic plant in the United States. It will be dedicated as a me. morial to the soldiers of the university and state. Practically $700,000 was raised by students. The alumni quota to be secured in a national campaign this fall is set at $1,500.000. The tota] cost of the structure will be more than § 000,000. HURT AS AUTOS COLLIDE. Joseph Birch, Rockville, Md., was tnjured yesterday afternoon In a col- automobile of Lieut. H. R. Jones, U. S. A., 3104 N street, at 34th and M He_received surgical aid at 1of the world war are in French prisons | ance of ia i | i GOVERNORS VIS CHEERSSTRIERS Both Factions in Cotton Mill Controversy Hopeful of Beneficial Results. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE. N. C., August 19.— Figures compiled as to the number of employes of the six cotton mills at Concord and Kannapolis who have re- turned to work since the reopening of the plants—figures on which both factions are practically in agreement —show that of the 4,000 who were at work when the six plants were shut down by the strikers, 1,600 are again The fig- ) ures submitted are as follows' Cannon mills at Kannapolis are working 1,100, as against 2,200 origi- ‘abarrus mill, Kannapolis, 150, Brancord mill, at Con against 52; Cannon mills, at against 350; Hartsell, at st 121 and Locke, against 600 Will Speak on Duties. _The situation in both towns today is reported as unchanged, with both factions eagerly awaiting the arrival of v. Morrison, who is to speak at 3 o'clock this afternoon and make somewhat of a public deliverance as to the rights of the strikers and their duties as well. The labor leaders, who were instrumental in getting the gov- ernor to come to the scene of the strike after he refused to act on their telegraphic advices, appear to : 1y heartened. President Bar- federation of labor If as having made at progress toward recon- he had succeeded in Morrison w.th the ex- f visiting the scene of the strike personally and making a popu- lar address. Sov. Morrison is not expected to at- tempt a mediation of the differences. He said in h sent that ed an economic , as governor, couid ervene. $55,000 IS TOTAL ASKED IN FIVE DAMAGE SUITS . Damages aggregating $55,000 are asked in five suits filed late yester- day afternoon in the District Su- preme Robe! cord, issue, not, therefwre . Pog a4 Sterrett & or $15,000 damages for the loss of services of his son, Billings- Pogue, who was injured January 31 Jast when his motor c collision with an automocbile of the defendants at 16th and U streets. Margaret Poole seeks $10,000 from nsylvania ailrocd Compa; the Pullman Company for juries alleged to have been sustainedh When a car in which she was riding was derailed October 30 last between iy J. Fr derie senger on the same both companies for $10,- ges train, s 000 dam Tk on Railway and Elec- ‘ 1 < £10,000 t forms the basis $10.000 damages Van de Water ley. The plaintift truck and injured by to the defend ng the roadway unsylvania ave 13520. she was cross th street and nue northw Attorneys sented the ‘mbert, R. hwartz repre HEAVY GRAIN MOVEMENT SEEN DESPITE COSTS Heavy rail mov con ent of grain will in spite of high g\' and low market prices, H W Salt Lake City traffic bureau, the commission today Farmers will be compelled to sell and take a loss, he 10 meet long de- ferred debt he testimony was given in connection with the inves. -igation of rates on grain and hay in ern states. Unless carriers reduce the rates on grain, however, the movement will b curtailed greatly after this year, be cause man; farme: abando: K their farms, Mr. P R R In calculating -ight rates, he commi uld figure on an increised grain movement during the next few years. provided freight rates are reduced, the witness contended. W. S. Hanson, a Utah farmr and banker, said farmers in his state had cxhausted their credit at the bank. Banks as a rule are not forcing liqui- dation, as they know it would bring s conditions. POLICEMEN RELIEVED. eral reserve bank facilities for the|Adolph Waldorf and D. A. Davis Sent to Precincts. Adolph Waldorf and D. A. Davis, policemen detalled with the bicycle =quad at police headlquarters, were ordered returned to precincts Nos. & and 9 respectively, in_orders issued today, to take effect Sunday. They will ‘be relieved by Policemen T. A. Fitzgerald of No. 9 and J. A. Fleish- hauer, No. 1. — AWAIT COURT DECISION. England Does Not Recognize U. S. Jurisdiction Over Marshall. Formal notice that it can mot recog- nize jurisdiction of the United States over the high seas beyond the three- mile limjt fixed by international law for manv years has been served by the British government in connection With the seizure twelve miles off the Long Island coast of the British schooner Marshall. reported to have been laden with liquor. It is expected that the British au- thorities will await the outcome of court proceedings and final establish ment of the vessel's resistry before lision between his automobile and the |any further diplomatic step is taken It has been deemed necessary, how- ever, to give notice in advance tha: Great Britain cannot acquicse in ex tension of American jurisdiction over Ernest Smallwood, colored, six years | the high seas bevond the usual limit old, 312 Warren street northeast, was knocked down by an automobile driven by Charles M. Simms, 1522 B stree! {southeast, in Southeast Washington | yesterday afternoon. His right ankle was-sprained and he received injuries to his face and hands. The injured APPROVES RATE CUTS. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion yesterday authorized railroads to establish rates on grain and grain products trom Chicago, Mississippi river crossings and points in Illi- nos, Indiana and other states to Atlantic ports for export at 7% cents a hundred pounds less than the pres- ent rate. The rates may be estab- lished on ten days’ notice. The com- mission also approved a reduction of 6 cents a hundred pounds in export rates on flour from Buffalo to At- lantic ports when manufactured from grain brought into Buffalo by the lake route. MRS. MOORE DIES. ‘Word was received here today of the death Thursday, at Greensburg, P of Mrs. Elizabeth Stauffer Moore, widow of John William Moore, both of whom had many friends here. Mrs. Moore was noted for her philan- thropic gifts and active work for community welfare. Funeral services are to be held at Greensburg. -Three daughter and a son survive her. ~ boy was treated at Casualty Hospital. | 5' memorial to he Y. W. C. A. GETS $100,000. The Young Women's Christian As- sociation will receive $100.000 from [ r husband, Edward A the will filed for probate recently At o tae o No condi 10 quest By an error this legacy was report- ed .0 have been left (0 the Young Men's Christian Association . OPEN BUREAU EARLIER. Beginning next Monday morning at 8 o'clock, the police traffic bureau will be opencd at 8 o'clock in the morning and kept open until midnight. The extra hours added to the bureau's work will assist traffic policemen in the several precinc Maj. Harry L. Gessford, superin- tendent of police, informed his several captains today that the change will enable members of their commands to | obtain necessary information without delay regarding persons arrested for trafic violations. “This is made necessary in all cases ‘where persons are known to be willful violators of the regulations or have been previously arrested for violat- ing speed regulations,” Maj. Gessford advised his captains. A “Such- information must be given to the prosecuting officer to enable him to properly act in each case.