Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1921, Page 13

BAND CONCERT. Montrose Park today at 7.80 pm.. concert by the Marine Band, Taylor Bronson, second LABOR MEN DRAFT leader. March, “On the Hike,” s 5 Brockenshire i Overture, “La Dame Elanche.” Boleldieu Solo for clarinet! grand fanta- | | |~ sia, “01d Folks at Home,” Cox ! (Musiclan John Walters) Excerpts {rom “The Runaway rl™ .« Ca Morceau de Salon “Souveni Drdla Scientific _ Investigation of’ Field of Modern Industry | to Be Ordered. | ?;LQSE $27,500,000 DAY PAY 1 Novelties: H (a) “You're Jyst the Type.” | Donaldson (b) “When the Sun Goes -Bloom ‘A’ Span- ish Festival”..., Demeérsseman ‘The Star Spangled Banner.” Notice—Operators of automo- biles are kindly requested to | please not start their machines during the rendition of num- bers. Gompers Says Unemployment Sit- 2 wation Is “Economic Crime.” By the Associated Press. . how readjustment and reconstruction ¢ % ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. August 23— |¢an mean only reduction of. their The executive council of the Amerl-|™W2§%T = o okoy who, among! ean Federation of Labor today started work on the drafting of “a policy to serve as a guide for the labor move- ment of America.” A thorough and scientific investiga- tion of the entire field of modern in- dustry will be ordered, it is stated, and the results of this inquiry will form the basis of the new policy. “No investigators or studenis have the capitalists, has suggested a re- duction in the rate of interest on a loan or a reduction of profits, or even a simultaneous reduction of wages | and profits. Living Cost Stll Up. “The cost of living has not come down. Instead, with profiteeriag un- {checked and unrestrained, it is going | {up. especially rents. Ninety per cent | Y€1 of the homes in the United States undertaken a more fundamental in-, (. o1% MO0 L S & NOaT L0t the | quiry or inquiry of greater meaning, Saia Samuel Gompers, president of the | €Xorbitant rents gouged out of the! federation. “In order to report In ac- i !€NaNts by the profitcering and un-; cordance with the directions of the i CTupulous landlords is blamed on the Denver convention those who under-high cost of labor during the war.": take the inquiry must delve into every | The council had before it a pro-| nook -and corner of the reaim of pro-|Posal to call upon Congress to take | duction, for it is obvious that no part|3tePs to relieve the present unem-, of our industrial life is without its!Plovment situation by legislation and bearing upon the question of wages, | 2King appropriations that would and that in turn the question of wages 2id in speeding up public work. Ac- had its bearing ubon every phase of | tion on this will probably be taken | industry and every other question in-|later this week. volved in industry. threnldem Gompers also reported to Commivtes's Revort mends. |0 c0uncl, el B naeied at | ' The council had before it today a|Harding to take steps to have. ihe | report of a compittee which cOn-|government protect the small inves. ducted an_investifation to determine | & & S ye tors from fraudulent and fake stock the possibility of coordinating the | . 2 1 2 chemes, 1o urge the continuance of present ecducational institutions and FERCTICE, 10 UXRC O TORCAETECE 201 activities conducted nunder the au-|gne, [Wlnes U (TCaiUry, CAvIngs S6- i spices of organized labor. | e investment for the average This committee also investizated! {melre INVERINS the strength of the demand for al el 5 ventral labor university. “which mavy | Will Fight Frau he developed among the affiliated! He said that I'resident unions” and considered the matter of 'had agreed to bring the extension covrses and scholarships|the attention of Secretary the | which would .make the facilit.es of {Treasury Mellon and co-operate to | such an institution of widest serv-!bring about methods to rid the coun- | ice. The question of administration!(ry of these fraudulnet schemes. The ' and financing such a university also{matter is also to be brought to the| were cousidered. lattention of the governors of the A report on an investigation to de-|twelve federal reserve banks. The | termine if organized labor is getting |labor chief declared the public had | a “square deal” in school text books|been swindled out of about $5.000.000 is_expected shortl last year by the sale of worthliess While the council has taken a sur-|and fraudulent stocks and securities. vey of the unimployment situation| Mr. Gompers also reported to the and discussed wage reductions, it is|council that President Harding, with stated that no action has been taken{ whom he had conferred on.the ques- on these matters. Wage reductions,|tion of appointing a representative labor leaders say. are being accepted |of labor on the American delegation by the unions under protest and the|to the coming disarmament confer- quegtion of encouraging the organized | ence. looked with favor upon the workers to strike will not be con-|proposition. A definite decision is sidered. 1expected shortly, he added. Sees Millions in Pay Vost. Harding matter to of The present unemployment situa- o e onome crmes a1l 9,856 TICKETS SOLD. resulting in a losg of skdnnAo;mhn' — day in wages to the workers of the!Fj i ! cm?mln-. President Samuel U""‘pen;:““'s‘ Precinct Lears, With Tenth! declared last night. a ‘Good Second. H “The precent defression.”” he added. ! 5 1 1 become even more acute and! Members of the police department! the, reduvm.n-l. if they can be forced!have disposed of 9,856 tickets for the wilk upon us. not only- Preve . Ajpage hall game to be plaved hetween | boomerang to the employer but a,tcams of the police department and| menace to our economic. financial|fome Defense League for the bene- ! political structure. fit of the policemens’ fund. Police of | s n all this talk about readjust-{ihe first precinct lead the sales wigh! " _ment and reconstruction, why is it|s total of 1.934, the tenth precinct| that the pressure is al s broughtlcommand being second with a total to bear upon those whose standards of life and everyday existence would be demoralized and deteriorated by a reduction in wages, and why -this| - The. Roman bridal wreath was of drive to reduce their- wages first? verbena, plucked by the bride her- . The rank and file cannot understand | self. of 1,337. —_— |way Company. {nation, George S. ldevoted yourself unreservedly to the i from the board permit me to add a RESGNS AS HEAD Dr. Tewksbury Will Be Suc- | ceeded by Dr.:Péabody, Resident Physician. Resignation of Dr. William D, Tew bury as superintendent of the Tubercu- losis Hospital and abpointment of Dr. Joseph Winthrop Peabody to succeed. him were announced by the Commis- sioners today. E 2 Dr. Tewksbury is leaying the Institu: tion after ten years of service to devqte all of his time to his private practice, Dr. Peabody. has been resident physl- cian of the haspital for some time and the Commissioners :felt that his cxperi~ ence made. him tae'Jogiogl man to suc~ ceed Dr. Tewksbury. 5 The new superintendent was'born -at Wakefield, Mass., thirty-eight vears ago. | He 'received his early education in the public schools of that city and later | attended Boston College. For a brief perlod he served as an official of the Boston and Northern Rail- which position he re- signed to study medicine at Georgetown University. this city. Dr. Peabody has been a_resident of the Distrigt since . i Dr. Tewksbury's resignation was a; source of regret to the Board of Chari- | ties, which supervises the institution. | The board was sorry to lose th= services of Dr. Tewksbury because of the faith- ful and efficient manner in which he. has conducted the institution. In accepting Dr. Tewksbury's reslg- Wilson, secretary to the Board of Charities, wrote the retiring official the following letter: “In_acknowledging receipt of your resignation as _superintendent of the Tuberculosis Hospital I am directed by the Board of Charities to express! its appreciation of your faithful and eficient service, first as resident phy- siclan and latterly, for_ten years as| superintendent. Fog i “During the period of your incum- Lency as superintendent vou have! welfare of the patients, and they have appreciated your work to such| !an extent that complaints have be- | come almost unknown. Our com- | ¢ on medical charities has s taken a keen interest in the work of the Tuberetlosis Hospiial, aml has been greatly gratified be- | use of the efficiency of the service. We have noted with the utmostj satisfaction that during the period of your superintendency you have been so faithful to your professional work on behalf of ‘the patients en- trusted to your care that you have attained a position of recognized pre-eminence in your specialty. We realize that the demands for your professional service are such that you cannot afford to devote; your time to administrative work, and we appreciate the fact that for some time you have been continuing in the service at a great personal sacrifice. We are glad to know that you will be able to give without financial remuneration a portion of vour time | to the care of the patients at the hospital as a member of the visiting staff. ¢ “In conveying this note of lrihutei personal word of my own high ap-| preciation of vour faithful service, | of which 1 have known so well, and | | to express my best wishes for your continuing success in_an ever-widen- ing field of usefulness.” | ] - HUGE FUND ASKED. Representative London, socialist, New York. proposed in a resolution_offered yesterday an appropriation of. $500,000,- 000 to_ relieve distress by ‘“igwolutagy™ unemployment. -The funds would administered. by the Deparfment ! Labor. ('omplete Passeniger Service ~ Washington " fo P1ttsburdh, via the Short Line ‘Morning—A fternoon—Evening—Midnight _ Four- through - trains, awith ; high-class, ymodern ; coaches, fsleeping jor parlor cars. Leave Washington: = B Arrive Pittsburgh The mo-ing train affords a convenient departure, with an early evening arrival in Pittsburgh. The aftermoon train (observation) allows the business man a full half day ‘with a convenient evening arrival in Pittsourgh. Travel on both of thess trains (with mountains, interest, by way of famous Harper’s Ferry. of on tickets prepared, make your reservations and lay aside unf reservations and information miy 13th and F Streets N. W., and Union Station. ear service) insurcs a dayl] more than one hundred miles along the Potomac, over a routs to keep his the business day. As the midnight train. ~ in Washington, ride over the with historic evening’s luuvnlni s further con-- Agent—Mr. . W., will h-g your called for. Ticketay city . ticket_office. Baltimore & Ohio B fablished 1827 $hut b | Wife-Love Defeats Mother-Love: - As Child Husband Wins Spouse Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, August R. Lee, jf., the fifteen-year-old bride- groom of Brentwood, Md., was al- lowed to decide his own case by Judge Gorter yvesterday when he and his -nineteen-year-old bride appeared In the superior court on a hearing lof the writ of habeas corpus. taken out by the wife against her mother- in-law, and wife-love won out over mother-love. The story of the youthful love and marriage, as told at the hearing, was that young Lee. who is known by his chums in the neighborhood’ of the District line as ' “Piggie,” met Margaret M. Medcalf of Cottage City last April._ down in Prince Geoorges county. A childish affection turped to real honest-to-goodness love—if you believe them both—and the result was that they eloped to this city on August 3 and were married:” Couple Separated. Returning to their respective homes. George was ' immediately snatched from the side of his bride i clared that he wanted his wife just 23.—George | 88 _badly as she desired him. “If you were told that you could &0 either to your wife or mother, which would you choose?” asked his wife's counsel. “I would go to.my George, with a wide grin. While the lawyers werey arguing George sat beside his mother and she talked earnestly with him, but his eyes constantly wandered to-the other 8ide of the room, where Mrs. George R. Lee, jr., the wife of his fifteen- z’!fl[;’-oh‘ bosom, sat with an engaging. mile. wife,” said Finally the case was passed up to | the court and Judge Gorter promptl gave his decision. & R Court’ Dismfases Case. “I do not see that the boy is under any restraint. The facts do not show that he is being held against his will either by the mother or by the mag- istrate. The case before the magia- trate has ‘been dismissed, and I see no reason why the boy cannot go where he desiree. Thefe is no action :«:;?q’e to take, so I wilf*dismiss the This put the matter directly up to ::; y:v:‘ns hl;ldafirolom. He was given option of ju is ow — halion] Judging his own case- In spite of the pleadings of his by his irate mothcr, and from that Mother he shook his head and turned of the community. “Piggie” stendfastly refused to give up his wife. She declared that he was the only thing worth while in her life, but George's mother and the majority of his eight brothers and sisters tried their best to break up the match. Finally the mother caused his arrest |ment on a charge of being incorrigible, and he was taken before Magistrate Rob- ert Joyce, who, after hearing the case, rendered a decislon, the gist of which was that if George returned to the home of his mother all would be well. If he refused to do this, the justice would sentence him to prison for five years. George, on the witness stand, said the justice might have said “Maryland School for Boys.,” but he was under the impression that It was a sentence of “five years In jail.” The bridegroom couldn't see that five-year term, =o he agreed to goO home with mother. A day or two later {lovers has been the principa. topic|and walked trom the room his wife walked to his side, placed her arms around him and thev esauggled up to- | gether in a hug. After a while they untangled themselves and left theplage from the Jarvin & Pug courtroom with their counsel. George's mother decl: will prosecute a suit for the annul- of the marriage in FPrince Georges county. —_—— RESIGNATION IS ASKED. Secretiry Hoover Releases Ship- ping Commissioner Quinn. Resignation of Patrick M. Quinn, shipping commissioner of the port of New York, has been requested, Secre- tary Hoover announced yesterday. Mr. Quinn was suspended several weeks ago by the Commerce Depart- he was shipped off to the home of a{ment, pending an investigation Into relative in Waldorf. Bride Demands Husband. This arrangement didn't suit George. was making the the best of it. His torney General Allan Fisher took out i 1 I charges of an alleged practice by deputy shipping commissioners in ac- cepting gratuities from shipowners. Secretary Hoover said that while there is’ no evidence connecting Mr. ide, however, took things in her | Quinn with any alleged irregularities | lown hands and (hrough Assistant Al- i & o £ the investigation had disclosed that the practice of accepting gratuities a writ of habeas corpus, upon which, existed among the personnel of the Mrs. Lee. his mother. was required to produce him in court yesterday. number of witnesses appeared before Judge Gorter and he was confronted by a mother in tears. pleading for her child, and a wife, white-faced and de- termined, demanding her husbard. Mrs. Lee, the elder, declared that her husband is ill and at a sanatorium in North Carolina, and that George fis e of her chief means of support for herself and the large family of chil- dren. She wept bitterly as she told how she had tried to break up fhe love affair before it had gone too far. | | New York office. | jtimc on the romance of the youthful |2Way. As the parent, in tears, turned | fichting apparatus, but the 500 in- | i | ST FRELLS * INVRGINA TOWN Mathews Courthouse Swept by Flames, Supposedly .. ~Incendiary. By the Agsociated Press. NORFOLK, Va. August 23.—Fire, eved of incendiary origin, wined out.the business section of Mathews ‘Courthouse this morning: Ten build- ings were: destroyed, including the Farmers and Fishermen's Bank, the post office and other structures. The loss is estimated at $100,000, partly covered by Insurance. County officers are making an in- vestigation and have practicaily come to the conclusion that the fire could not have been of accidental origin. The blaze was discovered shortly after 2 o'clock in the department store of Jarvis & Pugh. It had gained but | little headway at the time, and hld' apparently been burning only a short; time. 500 Pight With Bucketa. ’ The village is without modern fire- habitants turned out en masse with| byckets, women and children pump- ing while the men fought close up to the blaze. A stiff breeze fanned the tore, and before it was checked it had ared that she|gwept two blocks of the business sec- on. The buildings destroyed were: The Farmers and Fishermen's Bank build- ng. In which the post office was also located: Jarvis & Pugh’'s department store, Matthews drug store, W. A. Hurst's store and residence, garage, owned by Joseph A. Davis; Dr. C. C. White's office, R. W. Foster's tailor shop. Several smaller buildings, in- cluding a blacksmith shop and ware- house. The contents of the vault of the Farmers and Fishermen's Bank is be- lieved in tact. The post office funds were in the vault and no money was lost in the building, although the fix~l tures of both {nstitutions were en- tirely destroyed. 0OIL PROPOSAL MADE. U. S. Eager to Settle Tax Issue on! Mexican Product. i Officials of the State Department re- cently informed representatives of the Town of 100 People, Mostly Farmers, Has 9-Hole Golf Course GANN VALLEY, 'S. D.. A sust 22—This village, wi total population of a trifie leas than 100 persons, the majority ef whom are engauged In agri- cultural pursuits, claims the distinction of being the small- est town in the country main- ining a mine-hole regulatio molf course. Teeing - Rreens a everything to be found on the large city courses are provided, and the golf epi- demic has spread te mearly | every family. Gann Valley is the juffale county. It s twenty-three miles from the nearest rallrond, and de- pends entirely upoa the stage n‘ e for suppiies from the out- side. CANAL PROJEGT COST §252.728.00 Utilization of St. Lawrence, Montreal to Lake Ontario, Held Feasible. Utilization of the water in the St Lawrence river from Montreal , Can- ada, to Lake Ontario for canai and power development purposes and deepening of the channel to twenty- five feet for navigation purposes is found feasible in a report submitted today to the international joint com- mission. by engineers of the United States and Canada. Total cost of the project is placed at $252,728,000, in- cluding development of the hydro electric power plant, which is poten- tially placed at 4,100,000 horsepower. Deveélopment of such a vast amount of energy, however, is not considered feasible by the engineers, who say it would not be a sound economic pro- ceedure. as a market for it is not now in existence, and cannot be expected to materialize at once. The sound method, the report says, lis to improve for navigation alomeloision' Jf reaches in the St. Lawrence river where side canals and locks can most | be used and where de-} economically {velopment of power at some future time is not interfered with by the pro- posed improvement. The commission. which is composed of Obadiah Gardner of Maine, chair- man; Clarence D. Clark. Marcus A. Secretary Hoover several weeks ago | American Oil Company who pian to go H a = = ordered an investigation of chargesito Mexico City Lo confer with Mexican |tmmm ropenei e il mecre of graft in ship commissioners’ offices. | offcials on the petroleum situation. that Jt was declared to be the Commerce [the United States government would be Department's intention to stamp out | gratified if the guestion of the recently B forms of graft wherever It existed. | pmanod 1L I o o e artie CAMP SHERMAN CHOSEN. Camp Sherman at Chillicothe, Ohio. will be the first Army cantonment chosen for one of the four United but the youngsters evaded her. and|States vocational universities to be when she thought George was at work he had slipped off to this city and the marriage was performed. Claims Girl Enticed Son. Mrs. Lee blamed the girl for en- ticing him away. “You know, judge.” she. said, “a girl of nineteen is far more mature than a boy of fifteen, and besldes. she flirted with him, and that was how they met.’ The bride, slender and girlish, with blonde hair, a big black hat on her head, knee-length skirt and black silk stockings, was calm in contrast with her mother-in-law. She said that she loved George: and that she wanted him. George, in spite of the -fact that he is without a job—at least, he didn't know whether or not his employer is keeping -his place open—smiled, chewed the end of his finger and de- Isatd today. established in different sections of the country, fn erans’ Bureau officials Announcement 1 i i of the selection of |treaty the first rehabilitation institution site | will be made, according to Director Forbes. within the next ten days, prior to his leaving for a tour of the coun- try to select the remaining sites. The first university for former serv- ice men, Col. Forbes said, will be in | operatian inside of three months, I'with about 2,000 men in attendance. $200,000 APPROPRIATED. An appropriation of $200,000 was made by the Senate last night to en- able the Secretary of Agriculture {o provide clerical and other assistants for the enforcement of the packers' control act. i amicably by the two parties to the con- troversy. The proposed delegation of oil men, it is understood here, will be headed by ‘Walter Teagle, president of the Stand- ard Oil Company of New Jersey. Protest against the increased tax was placed before Secretary Hughes in the form of a bricf several weeks ago and at about the same time the suggestion was made by the department that ai{ of commerce and amity be con- cluded between the two nations. The protest madc by oil men asserted that the tax not only was illegal bLut was i tantamount to confiscation. SUES SENATOR SUTHERLAND. Suit for “back dues and horse hire” | was filed against Senator Howard | Sutherland of West Virginia by the Riding and Hunt Club of Washington in the Municipal Court today. It is alleged that a bill of $233.80 still remains unpaid by the senator- after unrepeated attem, to _collect same by the plaintiffs. Attorney PGad Bryan Morehouse represents the club. Trial is set for September 6. “Franklin Four Phone your order fér Guernsey Mlll( CHESTNUT FARMS Pasteurized Guerr‘sey Milk is | the product of Guernsey cows exclusively and contains a higher percentage of fat and other food elements than ordinary milk. Of creamy colored richness and unexcelled flavor, this newest product of our dairy 1s meeting with marked appreciation in an ever-growing number of homes. D TRY it in your home. Telephone us your order today and we will start your service tomorrow—or ask for Guernsey milk at any of our retail stores. Bottled. double-capped with sanitary Hood caps Chestnut Farms Dairy et A e HENRY ‘N..BRAWNER ‘Phone Franklin 4000~ - “i° - GEO. M. OYSTER, Jr. P . Thousand, please! * ' 1114-1120 "Connecticut Ave. i i i _— tary, representing the United States, and Charles A. Magrath, chairman; Henry A. Powell. K. C.; Sir William Hearst, K. C. M. G., and Lawrence J. Burpee, secretary, representing Can- ada, will consider the report at a meeting in Ottawa, October 4. The report is open to the public until Sep- tember 20 at the old land office build- ng. Total annual cost of operation of the project is estimated at $2,662,000 and the estimated cost of increasing the entire stretch to a thirty-foot depth is $17,986.150. The improvements con- templated in the report can be made in eight vears and will permit control over | the water level in Lake Ontario. Cost of developing the fourih section of the profect, which is between Si Regis Island and W=ddington. N. Y and is_the largest section, is placed z $159,097.200, of whic 1,457,000 s chargeable to power development. Rec- ommendation is made that only de- velopment . of 1.464,000-orsepower be contemplated at present under the es- timated cost of 252,728,000. D INWELCONE 10 WORLD PARLEY Committee Offers Board of Trade Services in Enter- taining Visitors. PLANS AWAIT APPROVAL Further Steps Probable for Mak: ! ing Portsmouth Port of Call for N. and W. Steamer. Taking the lead among Washington civic organizations in planning to wel- come visitors to this city for the dis- armament conference, called for Ar- mistice day, Novemver 11. tihe Board of Trade, at a imeeting yesterday of the executive committee, voted to offer its co-operation to the State Depart- ment for the entertainment of dele- gates to the conference. J. Harry | Cunningham, secretary of the board. {was authorized to get in touch with [Secretary of State Hughes %o acquaint {him with the action taken by the com- | mittee. Plans Await Approval. If the plan meets with the approval of the Sjate Department the board ! will then"take active steps in prepara- Ition of an elaborate program for the {visitors, consisting of tours through- out the city and any form of enter- tainment that the State Department may elect. The board has placed it- self entirely at the service of the de- partment and will follow its wishes in regard to the form of entertain- ment. Nothing further has been heard re- garding the Portsmouth stop of the Norfolk and Washington boat, ac- cording to W. C. Johnson, chairman iof the industrial interests committee {of the board, who made his report at |the committee meeting yesterd: !The matter is still in the hands of the State Service Corporation of Vir- ginia. asserted Mr. Johnson, and no Bction cans be taken until the de- the corporation is made | known. Plea Made to Company. ! Through the industrial interests i committee the Board of Trade has for Isome time.been trying to_get the iNorfolk and Washington Steamboat { Company to make Portsmouth a port lof call, believing that such a stop jxcould ‘materally benefit the mer- chants of Washington. The matter has been taken up with the steam- boat company and has been referred to_the corporation. President Thomas Bradley was au- thorized by the committee to appoint delegates to the Atlantic deeper | waterways conference, to be held in Savannah, Ga., November 15-18. On recommendation of the member- ship committee, Francis Scott Key Smith was elected a member of the |board. Samuel J. Prescott, chairman {of the committee, presided. RELIEVED FROM DUTY. | Col. Frederick L. Palmer, retired ihas been relieved from duty as pro- | fessor of military science and tactics jat the Gulf Coast Military Academ {Gulfport, Mies, and will proceed to this home. —_— Australia is =aid to have about 10« ‘lnetles of snakes, three-fourths o them venomous. The big p rice drop! Society Brand and The Hecht Co. Spring & Summer 230 SUITS Thouéll yo:: can wear these suits right through the fall we are confronted with— This Alternative ITHER we must tie up loads of money and violate our store policy by carrying these suits over, or— WE must put prices * down to a point that will pay you to buy for present wear and to carry over your own. ~ W e’ve made our decision at $23.50 and $33.50 —what’s yours? New FALL suits show a somewhat longer vent, closer-fitting body models; patch pockets and a general air of sporty indifference that is simply the art that conceals their artistic make-up. $35 to $65 Just in! More and plenty of Van Heusen Collars the soft collar that looks like a stiff linen collar and wears better. 50c—andjrichly worth it; ask the men who are wearing them. - The Hecht Co. Seventh at F