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ASK SPECIAL FUND: | FOR PLAYGROUNDS Commissioners Would Also Have: Congress Appropria- tions for D. C. Wage Board. CITY FUNDS NOW USED Believed 60-40 Basis Will Be More Satisfactory—Danger in Present Plan. The Commissioners, in their annual report to Congress, may ask that the department of playgrcunds and the minimum wage board be given ap- propriations, the same as all other local activities. In past years these two agencies of the District government have been singled ovut and their appropriations charged in full against the city, while all other appropriations were made on the basis of 60 per cent against the District and 40 per cent against the federal government. Oyster Favers Commissioner Oyster, who super- vises playgrounds, believes that de- partment should be appropriated for in the same way that all other branches of the municipal government are provided with funds. Commissioner Rudolph pointed out that the Comuissioners have in the past recommended that the play grounds appropriation be carried simi- Jar to all other funds. It is likely that the injustice of this variation from the general plan of appropriating for the District again wili be called to the attention of Congress by the present board of city fathers. It is not the amount of money in the appropriations for playgrounds and the minimum wage board, but the principly involved that brings forth the pro §t. See Danger Ahead. In the last appropriation act the al- Jotment for playgrounds was $133,220. ‘The payment of the full amount out of District revenues instead of 60 per cent of it will not make a serious drain on the local taxpayers. But citizens of the District look upon this practice as a dangerous en- tering wedge. which, if permitted to 5o on indefinitely might at some time be applied to other departments. Playgrounds, city officials point out, have come to be recognized as a necessity in large cities. to Mrs. Susie Root supervisor of municipal playgrounds. the playground is no longer looked upon merely as a place where children may romp in safety, but as an important factor in the proper development of the youth. . Playgrounds Mental Ald. Not only does the playground help to give the boy or girl a healthy body by providing safe, open-air exercis but. also helps to give the child healthy mind by providing recreation in_wholesome surrounding: Mrs. Rhodes believes that play- grounds are an important factor in reducing juvenile delinquency, and therefore should be looked upon by Corigress as a municipal need and not'a luxury. BADY OF GIRL, STABBED INHEART, FOUND IN CREEK Belleved Murdered and Thrown From Bridge—Traces of Auto Wreck NeaF dbene. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. August 27. ~—The body of Miss Virginia Turner, twenty-one-year-old daughter of Ar- thur C. Turner. prominent citizen of Clearwater and former county com- missioner. was found floating in a creek, fifteen miles froin Clearwater ‘late today by two small boys. One of the young woman's arms had been broken and she had been stabbed through the heart. The young woman left her home Wednesday with the announced in- tention of visiting Tampa. The body was found about 150 feet from a bridge, which, according to officials who made an investigation, gave the appearance of having been the scene of an automobile wreck. The body was carried to Clearwater and remained in a mortuary several hours before its identity was estab- lished. Following a coroner’s inquest to- night, Coroner Evans and police offi- cials expressed the opinion the wom- an had been murdered and thrown from an automobile. Traces of an automobile leading to the water's edge were found, officials said. They added, however, they had no clues as to the possible murderer. MAY FAVOR MERIT PLAN FOR D. C. JOBS (Continued from First Page.) District government has always been regarded by the judiciary as a di tinct municipal corporation, entirely separate from the government of the United States. The Attorney General pointed out that the employes of the District are as distinct from the civil service of the United States as would be the employes of any city government in one of the states from the civil serv- ice of that state. Efficiency Bureau Report. ‘The report of the efficiency bureau is not likely to be ready for submis- sion to the Commissioners on Septem- ber 1. It will be completed, however, early in the month. The report is expected to contain a recommendation that the salaries of the statutory employes of the District be Increased. In a preliminary state- ment to the Commissioners the ex- perts already have found that clerl jn the local government are paid about 30 per cent less than similar workers in the federal service. Other suggestions to improve the conduct of various offices of the local government also will be incorporated in ‘the report. The survey is being made by the United States bureau of efficlency at the request of the Com: missioners. CHILD HELD FOR MURDER. Fourteen-Year-Old Girl Accused of : Aiding in Slaying Father. BARDSTOWN, Ky., August 27.—A warrant was issued here today for th arrest of Allie Nolan Vance, four- teqn-year-old daughter of Charles Vahce, who was shot and killed in hi hed at the Vance home, near here, August 18. A corone: jury held the girl and her mother “culpable of the act.” o warrant, the authorities said, been issued for Mrs. Vance, whose stgtus, it was announced, would be determined later. The girl was not placed Jn jail, but is in the custody of’a guard. e girl and her mother the inquest that just previs to his death Vance chastised his daughter begause she persisted in receiving the attentions of a ycung man to whom .ance objected. — FRUIT VENDERS TO PROTEST. Protest against action of the police i in -arresting pushcart men sellis fruit is to be made at a meeting of fruit venders to be held at 3 o'clock this afterncon at 921 Louisiana ave- ue. Sslvatore Bcalco is to preside. Whelan is to- speaks,- B stified at hi Comes From California To Confer With Her Chief MISS MABEL WALKER VILLERANT, Brilliant Los Angeles attormey, who is in this city comferring with Attor- ey General Daugherty con: Ing her appointment as assistant United States attorney gemeral. This is o of the highest offices of the legal pro- :le:lltl filled by a member of the gen- sex. ENGLAND TO BLOCK RENDING OF EMPIRE, SAYS LLOYD GEORGE (Continued from First Page.) critical stage in the British view, as mirrowed by the great majority of newspapers, including those previously supporters of home rule and those a e Daily News and the Manchester Guardian, whick in the past have gone almost as far as the Sinn Fein. They think the Sinn Fein declara- tions of general principles have gone far enough, and that -the time has come for dropping declarations of principles and getting down to the business of arranging the terms if the Sinn Fein proposes to negotiate the proposals which the government offered to set forth in detail in Prime Minister Lloyd George's first letter. The general belief expressed is that Eamon de Valera, the Irish repub- lican leader, having said all that is necessary to assure Irishmen of the Sinn Fein's theoretical standpoint, will do this. Tre British find it difficult to analyze Mr. de Valera's exact position from whatever light his latest notes throw upon it. There is the belief, or at least the hope, that the policy of the Irish republican cabinet will be while constantly affirming Ireland's claim to independence to negotiate at the same time terms for dominion status under the new watchword of sent of the governed”; in other words, that while clinging to the assertion of the inherent right to independence, the cabinet will “consent” to accept dominfon status, bargaining to the last ditch for the nearest approach to independence possible. It is hoped here that the final solu- tion_may rest upon a referendum of the Irish people. If the Irish republican cabinet eventually refuses the British terms, a referendum of the British people probably will follow in the form of the British government resorting to a general election to give the country a chance to reject or confirm the gov- ernment’s policy. > Judging from the newspapers again, thers is a distinct hardening of Brit- ish sentiment in the direction of co- ercing the Irish with more force than hitherto has been used. British sen- timent, they declare, would approve this, based on the feeling that the government has offered very gener- ous concessions and that the secession of Ireland could not possibly be per- mitted. Ulster apparently is giving .no help to a compromise, and Mr. de Valera, it is believed here, must drop any hope of making an arrangement with the northern provinces whereby they will present a united front with south- ern Ireland to Great Britain. Ulster publicists are standing pat on the platform of refusing to waive any of the rights their new government ac- quired under the recent home rule act. The general policy of the Belfast newspapers and the Orange societies is not to give a soft answer to any of the republicans’ pretensions, as the Ulstermen term them. ‘Tomorrow Mr. Lloyd George is go- ing for a vacation in the Scotch coun- try, forty miles from a railroad. There is much curiosity here as to who will act as negotiators in behalf of Great Britain in case the negotia- tions begin, since the prime minister in his letter to Mr. de Valera empha- sized that there should be no delay in negotiating. IRISH REPLY DELAYED. Cabinet Members Will Consider Draft Again Tomorrow. DUBLIN, August 27.—The Irish re- publican parliament met in secret ses- sion today to consider the reply of Prime Minister Lloyd George to the letter of Eamonn de Valera, the re- publican leader, on the British peace proposals. Most of the deputies afterward scattered for their homes, while the members of the republican cabinet who will draft a reply to the prime minister went into the country for the week end. They will return here Monday. The next meeting of the cabinet has not been set, but it is fully expected here that the negotiations for a settlement of the Irish problem will continue. To Direct Relief Work in Russia unced liberal newspapers, such as|K! PRINGE CLAIMING THRONE OF SERBIA George, Who Once Renounc- ed Right as Heir, With- draws His Renunciation. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 27.—Prince George, the former crown prince of Serbia, who in 1909 renounced his rights to the throne, announces that he has told Premier Pachitch of Jugoslavia of the withdrawal of the renunciation, according to an Agram (Jugoslavia) dispatch to the Hungarian Telegraph Agency. It {s reported also in the dispatch that George’'s candidacy for the throne, which was accepted recently by Alexander after the death of King Peter, is. supported by Stefan Raditch, leader of the peasants’ party in Croatia. The fact that neither the city of Agram nor the provinces of Dalmatia and Bosnia were represented at King Peter’s funeral is declared to have caused a political sensation, and the government is reported to have or- dered the dissolution of the Agram city council. Prince George renounced his right to the throne of Serbia in 1909 be- cause he was accused of murdering a servant. The assembly approved the renunciation, declaring his brother Alexander heir to the throne. DELEGATION FOR KING. Alexander Satisfactory, But Swell- ing Increases. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, August 27 —It has been decided by the oabinet to send a delegation of ministers to Paris to express to King Alexander the country’s sympathy with him in his iliness, and report to him on gov- ernmental affairs. 5 PARIS, August 2 ‘Today's official bulletin by the physicians attending ing Alexander of Jugoslavia says his condition continues’ gatisfactory, “but the swelling has ifcreased, al- though remaining circumscribed. RELIGIOUS WAR OUTBREAK. Sanguinary Encounters Reported From Sanjack of Novipazar. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, August 27. ants and Mohammedans are reported from the Sanjack of Novipazar, Jugo- slavia. A detachment of gendarmes and peasants have been surrounded in the village of Komoran, thirty-five of them being killed. The govern- rushing troops and mountain batteries to the scene. SAIL TO MISSION FIELDS. Six Virginians Among Those Going to Orient and South America.™" Six Virginia Baptists have gone to foreign fields the past week under the appointment of the forelgn mission board of the Southern Baptist con- vention, with headquarters at Rich- mond. Three of the number sailed from Seattle yésterday afternoon for the orient in company with more than sixty other Southern Baptist mission- aries destined for flelds in that sec- tion of the world. The Virginia members of the party sailing from Seattle were Miss Carrie E. Owen of Roanoke, who will do secretarial work in_ Yates Acadenty at Soochow, China; J. Hundley Wiley of Gordonsville, who will teach in the Shanghai Baptist College at Shang- hal. China, and Mrs. Elizabeth Elly- son Wiley of Richmond, who was M Elizabeth Ellyson ‘prior to her mar- riage to Mr. Wiley a few weeks ago. will be associated with her husband in work at Shanghai, China. The three other Virginians sailed from New York and are Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Crabtree of Dumbarton, who will do evangelistic work at Rio, Bra- zil, and T. B. Hawkins of Bedford, who will do evangelistic work at Buenos Aires. Argentina. Mr. Haw- kins was married shortly before sail- ing to Miss Lou Ellen Combs of Red Level, Ala. who will be associated with him in his new work. LEGION PLANS OUTING. National Press Club Post to Visit ‘Edgewood Arsenal. “The National Press Club of the American Legion will hold its fall outing at Edgewood Arsenzl, Edge- wood, Md., from Friday afternoon, September 2, until Tuesday morning. Sepetember 6. A special car will be attached to the 3 o'clock train Friday afternoon, arriving at Edgewood sbout 4:45 p.m. The same car will leave Edgewood at 9:38 on Tuesday morning, arriving at Washington at 11:37 a.m. While at the arsenal the party will be the guests of Gen. Amos A. Fries, Chief of the Chemical War- fare Service, and the officers of the Chemical Warfare Service stationed at the arsenal. There will be bathing, boating, fish- ing, dancing and other amusements. Those desiring to go by train will communicate with Capt. Willlam Wolft Smith, room 1438 Munitions Building. —_— LEAVES BABE AT NURSERY Police Hunting Mother Who Failed to Return. A six-month-old child was left at Providence Hospital day nursery Fri- day afternoon by a young white wom- an giving her name as Fannie Ed- wards. who said she was the child's n;:;;.‘l;ar. She failed to return for the child. Sister Berchman, in charge of the hospital and nursery, last night re- ported the incident to the police of the fifth precinct. The woman, she reported, claimed she had been de- sertad in Alexandria by her husband. The police are searching for her. —_— ‘WILL URGE LONG TRUCE. A..F. of L. Wants Peace Prolonged Until After Conference. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August 27 —The _executive council of the Amer! can Federation of Labor, it was learned tonight, has decided to send to Premier Lloyd George a special com- munication urging that the Irish truce be continued until after=the forth- coming disarmament conference at ‘Washington, whatever may be the outcome of the present Irish peace negotiations. None of the council would discuss tonight the proposed communication. RAP SINN FEIN LEADERS. BELFAST, August 27.—The Royal Black Institution, a branch of the Orange Order, held demonstrations to- day throughout Ulster at which vigo! ous resolutions were adopted concern- ing the present Irish negotiations. That adopted at Ballymena, County Antrim, is a fair sample. It said: ‘“We look with shame upon the humiliating sight of the British prime minister groveling in_ the dust ‘to rebels and assassins. We congratulate 8ir James Craig, the Ulster premi for having refused to confer with a man_calling himself_the president of the Irish republic We tell him that on these lines he has loyal Ulster at his back. and that the day he deviates this he has ceased to re, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D, O 'AUGUST 28 Whisky Smugglers Unloaded Cargo at Baltimore Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., August 27.—One of the four rum-running schooners which recently slipped by the Coast Guard vessels into the Chesapeake bay unloaded its cargo of whisky at one of the Pratt street docks, accord- 18g to storles being told by bootleg- gers, now that the ships have made £00d their escape. g Another of the schooners, the last to unload and make a get-away, an- chored just off the mouth of Middle river, where launches conveyed sev- eral thousand cases of bottled goods to an island near by, it is sald. Th maneuvers took place while revenue runners and Coast Guard ships were said to be combing the lower reaches of the Chesapeake in search of the whisky smugglers. The other two vessels, it {s report- ed, put in farther down the bay, their cargoes being concealed, to be brought either to Baltimore, Norfolk or Washington later. The schooner which landed at Pratt street carried a second load of water- melons picked up along the Virginia coast in the bay. The one which an- chored oft Middle river had its cargo camouflaged by lumber piled on deck, Nelther vessel attracted attention of the local coast guards force, which, during the past week, have been sending out scout ships from Arundel ' ASKS ESTATE ACCOUNTING Charges Brother-in-Law Conceals Sister’s Assets. Alleging that his_brother-in-law, Ludwig T. Struck, has been guilty of a concealment of the assets of his sister, who before her death last February, was Mrs. Matilda G. Stru Herman F. Passman, of the Typo. graphical Temple, yesterday, filed in the District Supreme Court a petition for Struck to disclose just what es- tate Mrs. Struck really did leave when she died last winter. Passman_alleged that although his sister in her will provided that he and Struck were to divide the personal ! property, Struck has taken it all and now is monopolizing the use and occupation of premises 117 E street northwest, the family residence. The petitioner is represented by Attorneys Raymond Neudecker and Bertrand Emerson, jr. ARMY TIRES STOLEN. Two Arrests Are Made and Part of Supply Is Recovered. Theft of automobile tires from the Army quartermaster garage on Q street northwest between 1st and 2nd streets led to the arrest last night of Osie Clifton, colored, twenty vears of age, 1320 R street, and Palmer Cobbs, colored, 1304 T street. According to the police, Clifton, an employe of the garage, obtained the tires, while Cobbs disposed of them. The tires were said to be valued at $75 each and were disposed of. for 25 each. Sixteen of the tires had been the police last night. recovered by —_— HEAT AGAIN HITS KANSAS. Temperature of 111 Degrees Re- ported at Salina. August 27.—Cen- n suffered from a heat wave today, Salina reporting an official temperature of 111 degrees. The weather bureau reported that yesterday eighteen of the twenty-six reporting stations recorded tempera- tures of 100 degrees or more. LAST BAD YEAR IS SEEN. SALT LAKE CITY, August 27— Frank J. Hagenbarth, president of the National Wool Growers' Associa- ion, which is holding a joint meet- ing here with the American Live Stock Association, declared in'an ad- dress today that the present would te the last “bad year” for stockmen, because conditions are becoming sta- bilized. He asserted live stock men could look with confidence to the|q, future. —_— STEAL W., B. & A. TICKETS. ven hundred dollars worth of S";n':m;‘ tickets on the Washing- ‘Baltimore and Annapolis rail- 4 were stolen Friday night from tha office of H. B. Pillsbury, 54 H Btreet northeast, by burglars who also made an unsuccessful attempt to open the safe. The tickets, it is ex plained. must be stamped to be vali fated and therefore are useless. Po- lice believe the theft was committed after closing hours by some one Who bad secreted himself in the office. —————— DWIGHT ISLEY RESIGNS. Dwight Isley, scientific assistant in the United States bureau of ento- . has resigned to accept the position of associate professor in the department of entomology, University of Arkansas, and associated ento- mologist in the experiment station. NAMED AS SPECIALIST. - Prof. G. F. Warren of Cornell University has been requested by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to serve as consulting specialist to the chief of the bureau of markets and crop estimates during the reorgani- zation and consolidation of the bu- reau. Prof. Warren has accepted and has been granted a leave of absence from Cornell. WOMAN SUES ANOTHER. Through her attorneys McMahon and Hodgkins, Annle B. Eich yester- day filed suit against Minnie 8. Rose for $15,000, alleging personal injury. The plaintiff charges that she was assaulted by the defendant at 640 New York avenue and seriously in- jured and humiliated. Docks cove to points along the bay in searc ¢ the rum-runmers. Of X Very circumstantal story 1is being told of the schooner Wwhich came into the harbor. She landed at the foot of Center market spac early last week and was moored at the wharf for two or three days be. fore the melons were disposed of. At that time, melons were in demand and there was frequent inquirle: from dealers relative to the pric for the lot. e skipper listened to the offers and made negotiations in a little red book, but made no move to close & deal. Fruit brokers, it said, called the captain a fool for his delay. Then one night, about the middle of the week, several trucks were seen to drive up to the schooner and there was much activity aboard. The trucks then went their way, but at daylight the melons were still aboart It was at this point, say dock loit- erers, that the captain showed con- cern as to his melon cargo. He was ready to sell, and did sell, at prices less than half his previous offers. Toward the end of the day, it is re- ported, he actually gave melons away to clear his cargo, and that night the schooner pulled out into the stream and was gone. Baltimore, according to reports, is flooded with whisky from Bimini Island and the Bahamas. It has been coming here in schooners and yachts for a month or more, and this city is said to have become headquarters for one of the biggest whisky rings in the country. NEW STREET CAR FARES, HALF CENT CHEAPER, EFFECTIVE THURSDAY The new street car rate ef five tokens for 35 cents becomes ef- fective Thursday. From that date until March 1, 1922, a street car ride will be one-half cent cheaper than the present rate of four tokens for 30 cents. "le!r ytz: do n:t !buy tokens, how- ever, the cash fare w! S i1l still be The commission's order pro- vides that the new rate shall be effective at 12:01 a.m., September So, if you happen to be down town late” Wednesday night, you ;‘fln get home for one-half a cent ‘(v:g:“!,):f v"’-fl“fl! til the clock strikes Persons who live in Mary suburbs on the lines of the r\’\!,“;: fl!‘lll E., will continue, however, to pay 30 cents for four tokens, since no change has been made in that company's Maryland rate. e Washington Ral Electric Company has ‘rl.::ym‘;:‘: tickets printed to be sold at four for 30 cents aft the District line.’ B¢ C4r8 cross —_— OFFERS TO QUIT RACE. Prince Georges County Candidate Pleads for Republican Harmony. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, M In a communication day. addressed to nd J. Wilson Ryon, anti-or tion leaders of the Tepublican a;‘n'::y ol girince Georges county,” John T, Sher, clerk to the board of county commissioners. and a candidate for he republican nomination for clerk of the circuit court for the county, offers to withdraw as a candidate If the anti-organization people are will- nE and ready to witharaw such an ¢duivalent amount of representation rom the anti-organization ticket as the olerkship bears to the whole ticket. Says Mr. Fisher. “I have viewed with alarm the bit- | terness that {s being. engender. this primary fight In our rerresany have no hesitancy in saying if some means is not devised to put a check to this uncalled-for and brainless ;nanner of conducting our party af. airs—I mean organization and anti- organization people—we as repub- licans will soon find ourselves sleep- Ing in the grave of political oblivion r‘::;.\‘]l:n{;'l‘e Wll!j old owl toots his meloe S el nelody from his roost on ‘I now, in the spirit of eace harmony. offer to withdraw . as o candidate for the nomination for the clerkship in favor of your candidate, laude G. McKee, provided you, anti. organization people, are willing and ready to withdraw an equivalent amount of representation from your anti-organization ticket as the clerk- ship bears to the whole ticket. Let us have peace and stand united Come and meet us half way.” 3 SOCIETIES FORM COUNCIL. Sixteen High School Fraternities Organize to Meet Problems. Organization of a tempora; - fraternity council was cgmpl‘;yte!inlleur! night at a meeting of representatives of “sixteen fraternal societies of the m:arrlungwp high sehools at the head- ers of the Wash St ington Chamber ... The purposes of the council to unite the various organizations Into one body which can deal ef- fectively with the many problems which affect them as a whole.” The council will consider the effect of the rules recently adopted by the board of edug:tl‘m‘n barring fraternity mem- ers obtaining certai bers obtaining certain distinctions in Willis Kern was elected president of the council. G. A. Prevost was chosen recording sec- retary. 12,040 TICKETS SOLD. Reports of the several police cip- tains made to Maj. Harry L. Gessford, superintendent of police, show- that 12,040 tickets for the police relief benefit game have been sold. It is planned to boost the sales next week. and Maj. Gessford feels confident that the sales will be great enough to more than fill the seating capacity at American League Park, 'Labor day, when the teams will participate in the annual event. Hot Weather Advice for Babies It 1s raw milk that causes mearly all_the loose bowols among babies. Raw milk is hard to digest for babies. Scalded or boil- ed milk is easily digested and does not constipate. Milk poor in fat is best for babies. Pour off some of the™ cream when milk appears very rich. Every baby should ffl small doses of ‘orange juice or strained canned tomato juice, diluted in some water, between bottles, once or twice - daily. These sub- stances contain quantities of vitamines which help the as- similation of food. / Give the baby plenty cool, boiled water between bot- tles. A healthy baby needs no pacifier. Keep all milk cold and cov- ered. Dress the baby lightin Use no flannels. Keep the feet uncovered in hot weather. Protect the baby against flies and mosquitoes by net- ting. Besides the daily bath, sponge the baby off once or twice a day. Keep the baby in the open air and in shaded places as much as possible. Do not allow the sun to strike it. Cover lightly or not at all. Very delicate. babies are often successfully raised by milk powder, made by the cylinder process, dissolved in * boiled water. E Do ‘not worry the baby or fondle it. It needs quiet. Get the sanitary rating of your milk supply at the Health Ofice. This Bulletin {s poid for by the SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF SICKNESS £906} Hefiots .. W Raxiinass Spezy ;fllm‘ unanimously | 1921—PART 1 DECISION. ON DEB WILL AWAIT PEACE President and Mr. Daugherty Confer .on Amnesty for War Law Prisoners. The administration’s intentlon to defer consideration of the question of amnesty for Eugene V. Debs and other federal prisoners convicted un- der war-time laws until after ratifi- cation of the peace treaty with Ger- many was made known at the White House yesterday after a conference between President Harding and At- torney General Daugherty. Daughter of Supreme Court I Justice Named 1 im“m Secretary Of Mini a Wage Board Mr. Daugherty called at the White |' House prepared to discuss recom- mendations concerning a pardon for Debs, now imprisoned at Atlanta, but the President was said to have taken the position that decision on the case of the socialist leader and similar offenders should await the conclusion of peace. While officials would not disclose the nature of Mr. Daugherty’s rec- ommendations, the administration decision to defer action was under- 8tood to be indicative of a disposition to deal with the war law offenders in 28 generous manner as the facts of the individual cases would warrant. Mr. Daugherty’s recommendations in the case of Debs are understood to be the result of an exhaustive study of the soeialist leader's case separately and also in its relation to other prisoners confined under the same laws. The document, officials said, was intended as the basis for the administration’s policy on the subject of all imprisoned offenders against war laws. MRS. EMILIE A. BASSHOR DIES AT ATLANTIC CITY Received $28,800 a Year Alimony From Former Husband, Capt. I E. Emerson of Baltimore. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., August AMrs. Emilie A. Basshor, former wife of Capt. Isaac E. Emerson, millionaire hotel {proprietor of this city. and mother of Mrs. Raymond T. Baker, who was formerly Mrs. Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt, died suddenly today at Atlantic City, according to a dispatch received here. Mrs. Basshor obtained a divorce from Capt. Emerson in 1911, and was awarded alimony of $28,800 a year. Shortly afterward she married the late C. Hazelton Basshor, and Capt. Emerson sought to escape payment of the aMmony, but the court ruled that payments must continue during her lifetime. Besides Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Basshor is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Vickers of this city and Mrs. W. W. White of London. _ OUT FOR LEGISLATURE. Arthur C. Keefer of Brentwood Seeks Republican Nomination. Arthur C. Keefer of Brentwood, Md., will be a candidate, subject to the republican primaries, for the Mary- land state legislature, it was an- nounced yesterday. Mr. Keefer re- cently passed the District and Mary- land bar examinations. During the :‘r he served in the United States VY. Mr. Keefer was born in central New York state, moving with his parent at an early age to southern Mary- land. He attended the county schools, graduating from the Sur- rattsville gh School in 1915. He studied law at Geor%e ‘Waeshington University, and was later employed at Maryland University. —_— MANY GARAGES BUILT. Twice as Much Spent for Them as for Schools. Prosperity of the American péople i8 shown by the fact that they are epending twice as much for garages as schools, it is shown in figures on building in the United States, made public iast night by the Depa: Bublic lae Y epartment 2 United States, in 1920, was $: ,0;;5 l:O. a little r&oredlhnn half the cost of garages, the depart 2 e partment’s figures A total of 81,103 one-and-two-family houses were built in 196 cities in 1920, while 93,121 garages were erected, In the 196 cities, which contain 32.7 per cent of the country’s population, $1,204,490,764 was expended in build- ing operations, $40,522,240 of which was for construction of motion pic- ture houses. NEW NAVIGATION CHIEF. D. B. Carson Named by Mr. Hoover to Head Bureau. Secretary Hoover and Assistant Secretary Houston of the Department of Commerce were in conference with President Harding early yes- terday afterroon, following which Mr. Houston annowiced the appointment of D. B. Carson of Tennessee as chief of the bureau of navigation, suc- ceeding Eugene Chamberlain, orig- inally of New York, who has been chief of the bureau for twenty-eight years. Mr. Carson formerly was gen- eral manager of the Nashville, Chat- tanooga and St. Louis railroad for more than ten years. He also has had extensive navigation experience. —— ROCKVILLE FAIR GIVES MANAGERS GOOD SURPLUS Association Believes Annual Event Should Be Made One of Best Conducted in Country. Special Digpatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 27.—The sixty-eighth Rockville fair, which closed yesterday afternoon after a four-day exhibition, was the most successful from every standpoint in the history of the fair association. According to Treasurer Eugene W. Cissel, the total receipts from the fair proper were in the neighborhood of $18,900. This, it is understood. will be sufficient to pay all expenses, in- cluding permanent improvements, such as the erection of new fences and buildings and the repair of old ones, and leave a balance of some- thing like $4,000. In addition, the association -will probably soon re- MISS ELIZABETH BRANDEIS, Who succeeds Mrs. Clarn Mortenson Beyer, resigned. The position carries n snlary of $2,500. Misx Brandeis was for more than a year assistant 10 Mrs. Beyer. REVOLT IN GERMANY FEARED AS RESULT OF POLITICAL FEUD (Continued from First Pagi imprisonment for his attempt on_the life of Herr Erzburger in the court- room during the sensational trial of the Erzburger-Helfferich 1libel suit. Government Fears Effects. The party organs continue to pour out a flood of bitter recrimination. The national party, of which Dr. Helfferich is one of the leaders, has instituted proceedings for criminal libel against the independent organ Freiheit be- cause the latter’s charge that the pan-German party instigated Erz- berger's murder. The government has visibly been disconcerted over the possible effects of demonstrations in Munich against high prices and the alleged reac. tionary methods of the Bavarian au- thoriti The assassination of Herr Erzberger, which is viewed here as an abhorrent political murder, and the situation in Munich are regarded as having the aspects of storm signals, the results of which cannot be foretold at this hour. Bavarian Situation Serious. The government apparently is more than apprehensive in respect to the ramifications threatened in the EBEa- varian situation, which now is re- solving itself into a final test of strength between Premier Kahr and his faithful chief of police, Poehner, on the one hand. and the labor ele- ments on the other. In political cir- cles here, how it is considcred that the Bavarian officials 11 have to work out their own salv on, as the central government in Beriin, for varjous reasons, has not felt it pe sible to come to the rescue. I connection. moreover, politic: rel point out that the Berlin and Munich governments have not given indic tions of overaffection for each X No single event ost-rev sassination which is discus: grees of pa know no restraint. Murder Charged to Politics. The Freiheit insists that primaril responsibility for the murder rests upon Herr Ergberger's leading po- litical opponents. “The revolvers dis- in _Griesba Baden,” the newspaper declares, “were loaded in the editorial rooms Gf the Kreuz Zei tung, the Deutsches Tages Zeitung and other pan-German organ Vorwaerts is outspoken in condem- nation of the national and German peoples’ parties, their ~leaders and their newspaper organs, whom it charges with moral responsibility for the murder because of their “unrclent- ing persecution” of the former min- ister, who, it declares, lapse came, had the courage to stand by the fatherland and negotiate the armistice for which®Hindenburg and Ludendorff hegged on their knees after William fled to Holland.” * 2 Public Appeal Made. The clerical organ, Germania, which was close to Herr Erzberger through- out his politjcal career, says the deed was the melancholy consequence of the campaign of vilification and heckling carried on by the parties of the right, which, it declares, did not hesitate to use the most contemptible falsehoods in their pursuit of the dead that apparentl. man. The socialist and communist news- papers call upon the masses to join a common rally for the ficht against re- actionaries along the whole front. President Loebe of the reichstag was in conference with the party leaders with respect to the autumn session when the assassination occurred. The cabinet devoted the greater part of its session to contemplation of the possible results the shooting would have on the political situation. Put in Charge of Newly Created Commerce Bureau SR ceive about $4,600 from the fund con- |- tributed by the big race tracks of the state for distribution emong the fair assoclations of the state and about $800 from the state, which will place the soclety in splendid financial shape, The fair just closed was, it is gen- eraily admitted, as great an improve- ment over the one of 1920 as_that one was over previous fairs. a matter of fact it was the first real fair ever held at Rockville. By reason of the fact that it is held elmost within the shadow of the National Capital, and in the heart of one of the richest agricultural sec- tions of the country, the present man. agers see no reason why the Rocke ville fair should not be made the equal, of any institution of its kind anywhere in the country, and it vhen the col- | ‘., STRSTAENTOAD HOUSIVG OFENVDYS |Realtors Offer Help to Em- bassies and Legations Involved. SOME REPLIES RECEIVED Real Estate Board Keeps in Touch With Officials Arranging Arms Parley. First definite steps toward prepar- ing to assist in housing the various y completed by the Washington Real staie Board, it was learned iast night With the appointment of & special | committee, headed by John P. Story. to make all arrangements in connec- tion with the request of the State i Department for co-operation, the board has dispatched letters to the British, French and Italian embase and to the Japanese and Chinese le- | gations, pointing out the desire of { the organization to place itself at the service of this government and the foreign governments involved. Replies Already Received. It was ascertained that replies have already been received from the Brit- ish, French and Chinese diplomats | The tenor of these letters is that the offer of the Real Estate Board i deeply appreciated and that the en:- bassies and legations will be glad to avail themselves of this service. Officials of the Real Estate Board are keeping in daily touch with State Department heads in charge of prep- arations for the arms parley. It is understood that the disarmament committce of the Real Estate has called a meeting for tomorrow. at_which concrete recommendations will be made and means for carrying out the housing plan discussed. In accordance with the wishes of Undersecretary of State Fletcher, the board is expected to undertake the appraisal of homes and other prop- erties which may be offered for rent by realty owners, with a view to ad- vising the State Department and the various embassies and legations as to the fair rental valuation. The uncertainty of the duration of the conference and the possibility that the envoys may require livink quarters for a longer or shorter period than they are available have caused some difficulty in making ar- rangements. Several large residences which are now -vacant and which might be available for use by the foreign contingents are expected t. be rcoccupied by their owners within a few months. Dritain te Bring 100, Washington officials have begun to get an idea of the magnitude of the armament and far eastern confer- ences in point of the number of par- ticipant < The British government, responding to informal inquiries, advised the iState Department that its delegation and accompanying staff would num- ber about 106 persons. The Chinese government several days ago in- formed officials here that its repre- sentatives and their attendants prob- ably would total almost a hundred. The Japanese narty, originally fixed at cighty persons, it was learned to- day, now has grown to at least 150 ersons. While Japan's delegates probably will not exceed six, as in the case of the other participating pow- ers, there will -be a number of at- tache: specialists in finance, rail- ‘roads, navigation and administration faffairs, in addition to numerous army and navy representatives. 1t is understood here that a speclal steamship and two special railroad trains will be used for the transporta- tion of this Japanese delegation. | which at this time promises to be { the most numerous of any taking part in the conference. ITALIAN PREMIER COMING. Bonomi to Represent Country at Disarming Conference. ROME. August 27.—Premier Bonomi, the Meridiano announces today, will represent Italy at the conference on !disarmament 2nd far eastern ques- itions in Washington in Novembe next. 3 { CARNIVAL TO BE GIVEN i Interesting Events Provided for St. Martin's Church Benefit. Plans are complete for the grand car- nival to be staged by St. Martin's Church on the grounds of the parish gchool, T street near Lincoln road, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights. Straw rides, dancing. throwing balls at sawdust babies, fiying horses and other forms of amusament for grown- Ups and children will be provided. Thy { proceeds will go to the church fand. { Among the men and women who have been placcd in charge of various activi- ties are C. E. Vernon, Mrs. Montgomery King, Dr. May Boland, Mrs. Thomas . Frank Gunning, Joseph Mc- Cann, Miss. Anna _O'Brien, Miss Ger- rude Ganges, John Borger. Mrs. John T. Trapp. J. J. Foley. Capt. y Walsh, Daniei Cleary, Richard Sullivan, £ C. Mooney, Mrs. Leischman, Mr Lawton, L. Krauss, H. K. Murphy, E.J. Lefferts, F. B. McGivern, Dr. T. J. Sh C: W, Floeckher and Miss . B. Birklé: Rev. Bugene A. Hannan is pastor of the church and Rev. F. X. Cavanaugh as- sistant pastor. - —_— ASK CHILD HYGIENE FUND: Workers for Devastated Franc Seek Contributions. The American Committee for Dev- astated France has issued an appeal for an emergency child hygiene fund for the devastated area in France. Miss Anne Morgan sends word thdt there is a_ “distressing situationg owing to bad health conditions cavs~ ed by the drought.” People of America who have healthy, unharmed children are asked to send a thank offering, and those whose children are il 'mite of - sympathy” to the child hygiene de- partment of the American Committee for Devastated France, 16 East 33th street, New York city, Dr. Alexander Humphreys, treasurer. ASKS COMPANY RECEIVER. New York Firm Fileg Suit Against Interborough Railway. NEW YORK, August 27.—A receliv- ereship for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, which operates most of Manhattan’s subway and elevated lines and some subways in Brooklyn, was sought in a suit filed in the federal court today by the American Brake Shoe & Foundry Company, which has a clalm of $57,074. Other large traction companies op- erating in Greater New York have been in receiverships for some time. Al efforts to increase fares above five cents have failed. The bill of complaint against the Interborough states that it gwes more than 33,000,000 for material, equipment, taxes and supplies and is unable to pay. It is declared that a receivership is necessary not only to protect creditors but to continue the operation of subway and. elevated lines. The Interborough Company in 2 ressed hope that would be ceivership might be averted.