Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1921, Page 2

SPENDS DAY ON GOLF LINKS tarts for Capital Tonight on Mayflower—Aiso Guest at Luncheon by the Associated Thess SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y. September - —President Harding, taking a holi- ay aboard the Mayflower. landed ere today to play on the National olf links. The presidential party spent the ight aboard the Mayfower at anchor Gardiners Island, but this morn- was transferréd fo the Sachem. 'steam yacht belonging. to Manton | ork and Providence. s made because the drawing seventeen feet, been unable to proceed p Peconic bay. Taken Aboard Chaser. Submarine chaser 271 came along- ide the Sachem in the bay and took | board Mre. Harding, oover and Wegks and Feveral other embers of the party. who landed’at Harbor and mutored to the golf lub, there to join the President:-at he clubhouse as luncheon guesta of T, klml Mrs. ‘Albert H. Ely of New ork. The President’s partners for a ome were Mr. Metcalf, Senator inghuysen of New Jersey and J. F. vers. an official of the club. After | Juncheon it was dxpected that the President would leave for Washi ¢n on the Mayfower. Party Spends Night on Yacht. NEW YORK, Séptember 14.—The resident and 'his party spent last inight on board the yaeht.-which was ,anrlmrcd in Gardners bay. off Shelter island. Three cabinet members—Secretary f War Weeks, Attorney General gDaugherty ahd Secretary of Commerce oover—together with Undersecretary f State Fletcher and Brig. Gen. Saw- er. the President's physician, will ake the trip to Washington on -the ayflower. Attorney General Daugherty, who is uffering " from ptomaine poisoning, as unable to go ashore with the arty last evening. being confined to is stateroom on the Mayflower. His ondition is not considered serious. kGENDA SENTOUT = . BY U. S. TO NATIONS IN ARMS MEETING (Continued from First Page.) Secretaries i 3 § £ 3 he strength of her navv indepen- ently, nor of suspending the pre- viously arranged building program. ut as she has heartily approved car- ailment, sosas fo promote the hap- iness of mankind, Japan is willing o make efforts to establish some ar- ngement witk the powers. “Japan_believes. first, it _is igainst the fundamental spirit of the Vashington conference that any jower should possess superior forces jufficient to secure a decisive victory ver any other power or powers; erefore the powers should minimize powers concerned mall not establish any naval base or ake any arrangement to serve as for their navies on the the second provision, Shimbun_says that. ‘the officlals originally suggested ghat fortified islands in the Pacific hould be prohibited, but.this- wai amended as above. Furthermore, continues the news- per, Japan wants to suggest that imitation should be put on future Jrarship construction after a certain ear, to be named. because destruc- ionof existing warships or suspen Bion of construction on those build Ing would involve inconvenience. Also the period for the completion of| Ppreviously planned .vessels should be #xtended. For example, it is pointed out, the United States should extend her three-year program over a longer eriod, thereby regulating the aug- gxematlon of her.naval strength. Concerning seaplanes, submarines and other destructive agencies, it is stated, there will be further discus- sions. ' Definite plans will be drawn | up after this draft is submitted for: consideration by the cabinet and| diplomatic advisory council. {PAGEANT PLANS YBOGQESB. "h-hn.lly Completed, Mrs. Forrest Announces. 3Plans for the pageant to be given Qt the New Willard Hotel Nvember 16, [ connection with the ball for the e :nce on the limitation of armament, ve virtually been completed, it was orrest, pageant director. “Peace” will be the theme of the '3' the Woman’s National Fundation legates to the forthcoming confer- ;:nonnczd today by Mrs. Marie Moore eant. “Happiness” will" sit en- roned in a court with “Peace” hov- | been ng over her as a guardian angel. %o the court will come groups of pil- ms bearing offerings, each group presenting one of the nations rep- sented at the conference on th mitation of armament A girl, dres in a simple gown, will lead the :droupl and followi g her will come tellites carrying ‘f!l symbolic of e industries which flourish in peace imes in the various nations. “When the gifts have been presented, 8 group of girls composed of the most eful dancers in Washington will age “The Dance of Happiness” be- fore the throne. These dancers al ready are being trained. Incidental music for the dance will be }\Irnlnh Wy a chorus. WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS N VERY STORMY SESSION GQrthodox and Laborites Split Over Laws for Palestine—Adjourn- ment Called. ) JCARLSBAD, Czechoslovakia, Sep- thmber 14 (Jewish Press Association), £LA serious disagreement between the izrachi (Orthodox elément) and the ft Wing (laborites) today fos e leaders of the World'l Zionist ngress to adjourn the stormiest ssion the delegates have witnessed ce the congress opened September The adjournment was taken in the | pe that an agreement might be ‘ected outside the regular sewsion." e disagreement arose over a reso- 13tion opposed by the Palestine com- ittee to the effect that all institu- tions in Palestine supported by the jonists should be compelled to live in every respect to the Jewish law. e unorthodox members of the left l.le a determined effort to defeat i olution and succeeded, by a 1 ‘majority, ‘in having -it ublu_ iereupon Herman Struck, one of the zrachi leaders, declared the Misrachi Would withdraw its suppert from the estine foundation fund-and other jonist funds. The storm then broke d the chairman suspended the ses. m in an.effort to restore harmony. lfld bring about an agreemént. MOB HANGS NEGRO. COLUMBIA, La., September 14.— Imon Holmes, a negro, arrested to- y on a charge of murdering Sid- mey Manheim, station agent here, was - hanged by a mob last night, the body __then being riddled with bullets llld ~ set afire. Holmes was alleged to have confessed to the posse that captured im. H ! | g F ARBUCKLE IS KEPT IN PRISON CELL BY MURDER CHARGE —___(Continued from First Page.) | to induce Arbuckle to visit the xll(‘. but he refused to do so, she sald. “Fatty” Deeply Concerned. Arbuckle took more than usual § terest when, toward the close of t! session. Coroner Dr. T. B: W. Lela 4: el How do you hww member what happened if .y drinks of whisky?"' -* "My memory 18 alw answered. Tra G. Fortlouls, a salesman, took the stand. He testified that he was present at the party, but left before Arbuckle is supposed to have gone iinto a bedroom with Miss Rappe. Shocked by Detalin of Party. Mr. Semnacher testified that he a tended the party-after trying in vaif to induce Miss Rippe. to return to Los | Angeles.-+He was not present, he sald. during the alleged attack, but came back later and saw Miss Rappe on the bed. apparently very {ll. Semnacher also testified that he! visited Miss Rappe the day following ;. the party, and she said to him: ‘Roscoe hurt. me. He said he did not hear the scream- |ing testified to by Mre. Delmont, and was surprised when he heard the full details of the party from Mrs. Del- thont the next day. Arbuckle’s mood. throughout the gay yesterday was one of indifference ‘to everything but the weaving out of the story of the tragedy at the Inquest. He paid no attention to mnewspaper photographers snapping him from all sides, and disdained the many ques- tions that were asked him by inte | viewers. 2 s good,” she .| _Arbuckle. was taken: before Federal | Prohibition Direetor 12, Forrest Mitch- fell late yesterday by police detectives in answer to a citation ordering him there to tell wher to have been consumed at his party, was obtained. Mitehell questioned Arbuckle closely, and the only answer he was able to‘get was. “Never had any.” When asked to explain the presence of two empty ‘whisky bottles alleged to have beem found in a waste basket in his foom, he denfed knowledge of -ny' liquor. Arbuckle was before the director for nearly an hour, and then was taken back to his cell. Inquest Comtinmed Today, The coroner's” inquest, which started Monday, was continued ‘ today, Miss Zeh Provost and. Allo. show girls, scheduled as’ w(ln@-un, They attested in “statements. ¢o ‘Fhe authorities and the grand jury:that they. were present at the Labor.day party. The women's vigilant’ committee fermed to assist the moral.forces of the city in maintaining the honor of the courts and of the admin.strative bodies ts ed at its regular meet- p. WMe “Arbuckle matter- and denrmhu—on the stand it THalf take. Arbugkle received siewds of his i d\ctmem. in’ tie olg prison_early to- n day.: ‘He #ald’ not! unmoved., Newspaper men - tempted to interview him noted that his face was more pallid thah’ usual and that an ‘air of dejection seems to have become fixed on Aim. He sent out for his breakfast. keep- ing its items a secret. WIFE TO HELP ARBUCKLE. Hastens to Assist Him After Sepa ration of Pive Years. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. September 14—)&-- Roscoe Arbuckle, who was known professionally as Minta Durfee, left New York today for San Francisco to help her husband if possible,.al- though she has. beén separated frem im for five years. 'L am going to him becmsex thlnk it is my duty to be aear hin, said. ant te help him in every way T can, I don’t know' just how I can be of service to him, but many things will turn up that I can d “When we were married I was v enteen and my husband was twoni. one. That was back in_ 130S.. Jive years ago we agreed to disagree and received a separate ymaintenance. Unfortunately—or perhaps-fortunate- 1y, as- you please—there are no chil- dren. We were not bitter agajust each other. We simply decided*that we would remain good friends. Mr. Arbuckle has been very generous in his treatment of me in_regard to finances. I have not had to Iork during these years, and last Fel he made me a present of & fine mmr mobie. “A “reconciliation? That depends upon whether I find that my place is with him and whether he finds’ that he is ready for a return to the life we led when we were married. when I was his inspiration. . All I know now is that I &am lsul’l’ 1o & friend who needs every bit of help he can get.” Mrs. Arbuckle was accompanied on the trip to San Francisco by her mother, Mrs. Flora Durfee of Los Angeles. “CLUB DROPS mucnz. Los Angelefi Athletic Organization Bars Film Comedian, By the Associated Pir LOS ANGELES, Calit., Septembu 14.—Roscoe (Fatty) _Arbuckle dropped from the members roll of the Los Angeles Athletic Club here. President 1lllam Garland sald “it was the-unanimous beitef -of" the directors that such a step should be taken.” The L. A. A. C. is the largest club’ in the city. THEATER OWNERS BAR FILMS, New York Picture Houses toiAwdt Outcome of Charges. By the Assoclated Press. ‘W YORK, September 14.—Exhi- m’f('z:m of motion pictures in . which mamv pending the final determina- tion of the charges against the co- median. The organization represbnts more_than 600 theaters in Greater New York. URGES PLAYGROUND IN JUDICIARY PARK (Continued from First Page.) In precinct No. 10, where there were rced | five white playgrounds: and no col- ored, the arrests of white youths under seventeen years of age. was. one to évery 400- and one to every forty colored. The smallest number of arrests appears in every jinstance where there was opportunity for the greatest amount of supervised play, which must be construed. to mea that mischief making is less inviting To emphasize the need for purcha: ing more playgrounds, Mrs. Rhod points out that at present only one- fourth of the children of the District are provided with supervised tion on -Rublic playgrounds. VETERAN DRINKS PO'SUHA Ammpuw:namamvs. Gompensation Is Reduded. D‘PE‘I'%RB‘BURG, Vlg Seb!el:l:.el' “.— sponde; o monthiy com Denbation trom: the, goverament nad been reduced, George l(ooro, vet- eran of the world war, who dest o of his legs In the- conflict, yesterday attempted to take his own life » swallowing poison in a local pool- room. rushed a_Pete mmu and it is nm nm h. mblbly recover, 'than constructive recrea-.| £ many | “the Mquor aiteged | == < Mllh“ he ~|GEN, PER§HING CEERED. ) AS HE 855 FOR FRANCE | mk- Hands With Former Pri- Cwates'and Officers Alike a5 B>, f Reaches Pier. " . NE W YORK. Septenibe ‘14.—Cheer- by hundreds, Gen. Pershing sailed 8y 'for France on the Paris to be- stow posthumouysly.an an unknown Egench poilu the congressional medal of *hopor. “He Téund a throng nf lormer com- {rades awaiting him when he reached ]hln pier on the Hudson river. Shak- |ing hands alike!With privates and of- | ficers, he clapped some on the back 88 he eXclianged greetings. Then, -with the crew of the Paris |at attention, the general was piped jaboard By a boatswain and a few |minutes_later. the giant " liner was 1 being warped-into the straam. = The general, ‘Iookllnlh hale and | hearty, wore'civiliap clothes, a gray- mixed wit, with fedora hat’ He was jaccompanied byhis -lda. o Queke- meyer. He expressed pleasure, not only at |the honor bestowed upon him when he was ordered on the. mission. but also at the dpportunity for renewingj. acquaintances in France. , = . It Is expected that Gen. Pershing|’ ilt ‘escert..to . thiy ‘country from France the - body an_unknown American soldiér, to be buried In Ar- lington cemeter$ on Armistice day. IVIOLATORS OF WAR LAWS i LIKELY TO BE DEPORTED ECommutnt{on Qf Sentences on Cou- | dition That Offemders.Be Banish- ed" to- Rudsial Ts Considered. - Commutation: of the sentences of four federal prisoners. convicted of offenses against the war laws, con- ditioned upon their deportation to so- viet Russia, Is understood to be under copsideration by government officials. The prisoners were said to be Jacob Samuel Lipmann, Hym: Tk nd Mollie Stiemer. Th}g j we®e conv! d, it was said, for activi- ues against the draft act during the ar. The three men are imprisone ,t Atlanta and the woman at Jeffer on_City, Mo. Should such action be decided upon; { Ab: m-' jt was explained, the prisoners would, Dot be pardoned, but their sentences { woutd merely expire upon condition of thelr going to Russia and not return- 4Ang to this country. Should they re- turn, it was asserted, they would ren- der themselves liable to imprisonment again. The question of whether the prison- ers could be deported.to soviet Russia would depend, it was said, upon per- mission from the soviet government, | but this matter, it was'indicated. was {being taken into consideration. hile any administration action in conncetion with the three men and the woman, it was declared, would not | g and’ gppeéared ! indicate any general policy in connece tion with war law offenders, how- ever, it was intimated that a number of the approximately 200 prisoners now serving sentences for their of- fenses are foreikn born, and their deportation might solve the problem of their ultimate treatment by, the government. DAIL EIREANN PICKS . _PLENIPQTENTIARIES FOR PEACE PARLEY (Continued from First Page.) therl probably would be the vice- Asks Irish Carriers to Take Back His Views. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 14—"Although no actual hitch has occurred in the 2 says the BEvening Stand: today, “the premier w. dissatisfled with Eamonn De Val reply that he asked the couriers se :olhnd to return immediately to blln fo convey to Mr. De Valera :u:e,_nrem.ers views on the points raised.”, “In view of the indefinite character of the Sinn Fein proposals,” con- tinues thé newspaper, “the couriers were in effect told to go home and produce something better. Mr. De Valera's note was so full of reserv: tions as to precipitate all sorts of dif- ficulties wer: advance of the full conference. ““The reservations, al: did not ac- cept Mr. Lloyd George's first condi- tion—that the basis of the whole con- ference must be aoceptance of land's inclusion within the empire.” “It is believed the points at issue will be cleared up in sufficient time for the conference to open next Tues- day.” continues the newspaper. “The premiér is acting within the .| powers conferred upon him personally to conduct the interim negotiations in order that nothing might interfere with_the_holding of the conference Tuesday. BELFAS;, September 14.—There is a theéory here that the mission of Harry Boland and Joseph McGrath, Sinn Fein leaders, who went to Gajr- loch -to - confer with Prime Minister Lloyd George, was to obtain the re- 1e: -of Irish republicans who have fitérned. Sinn Feiners living in County Tyrone have been express- ing during the past few days a strong bellef that their comnfl would soon be liberated. PRESIDENT APPRECIATIVE *OF METHODIST ACTION Sends Message to London Meeting Relating to Aim to Pro- * mote Peace. LONDON, September .-14.—A me: sage from President Harding was read at today’s session of the World's Meth- odist Conference, stating that he felt ‘greatly encouraged by the confer- ‘| ence’s recognition B‘JI‘I efforts to pro- ‘mote peace by removing the causes of ‘war, and the inspiring promises of the asgsistance of the Methodist Church to this desirable end.” The topic for today's session was: “The Attit: da of the People Toward ‘Religion Problem—Its Causes and Solutions. Canvlcmm * conscience and courage are-the three things demanded by the ‘world of t‘la leadership of the religiots journalist, Dr. E. C. Wareing, president of the “Editorial Council of the Prot- Press of America, told the dele- nn- to the Ecumenical Congress here 008 e old day ‘of individualism in journalism may have sed away.” he nt “but the demand for it on the part of ic stil | door a .hmty 23 some journal, +or religious, express o -of hltlmegl‘uega i the, of lpou N o taet i Suas the' 1 the foundation on which the chmh is sald. ‘Th:h. Ppress as an roads over T bt "t wivitual e passes as it becomes {ncarnate in the iveq of men.’ GOE§ TO PACIFIC FLEET. Commander Percy W. Foote, former neval aide to Secretary Daniels, and now attached to the nodvl shi San Fran the cf a ‘lvll!o'n of the Io- stroyer force of the Pacific fleet, i they not cleared up in{. The Amétican delegation in Berlin, tak In the center i been signed recently. | PROPAGANDA CHARGED. British Declared to Be Diltorting: Facts in School History. s annamal encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans today discussed the report of the. :esolutions mittee, which charged tbat “British propaganda” was evident in revised ditions of a history used in public schools. The report stated that the iomits historieai facts, such as the Boston tea party, battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill; eulogized Benedict | Arnold and sacrificed historical facts {in tavor of international relations be- itween the Upited States and Great Britain. Other resolutions favored sondemnation of the Ku Klux Klan serviee "men to legislation making | profiteering, in_time_of war a felony. j SERVICE LEGION MEETS. Reports Mark Day’s Session of An- nual Convention. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 14.— This morning’s session of the fourth annual convention of the Seryice Star Legion was devoted excluslvely to reports. Among them was a review of the year's activities by Mrs. M. A. Toy of Cleveland, national president. : “Although the war is ended, the or- anization is doing a consistent work for the benefit of all ex-service men, rdless of their -muaxms vbnh other bodies,” Birs. Tog. Ve t réhahilitation.and .‘w.L tioa. flt \altralll us necessary .and wherever “Wg i A local D:dfl‘hllll't tio egion chas interested :itse 'gsqny,m ‘their plights.” - 'hé -afternoon program called for opobts - of “ihe_ stanging committées nd addresses. Among those sched led to speak was Representative Theodore 1. Burton of Ohio. A theater party was scheduled for tonight. MANY RETURN TO WORK.: = CHICAGO, September 14.—Facing the possibility of an open shop in the Chicagobuilding industry and spurred to action by refusal of Judge K. M. Landis, arbiter, to grant a wage de: cision rehearing until they are at work, union men in the building in- dustry here were coming back to work in large numbers today. ‘The unions voted last night to re- ‘main at work and advised those who Qquit to return to the jobs they left. . The carpenters have refused to cept the Landls award, which inclu ed a_cut in wages for them from $1 to $1:00 an hour, and the plumbe also voted last night to refuse to abide by the arbitration ruling. Prac- tically all other unions voted to go back to work. The two building em- ployers’ organizations have announc- ed that they will employ non-union fnen, beginning tomorrow, unless the uinion men are back at work. —_— WILLS TURKEYS TO TENANTS.. * BOSTON, September 14.—Free tur- keys for Thanksgiving for all tenants Who have lived in his houses or apart- ments for three years are provided in the will of Alfred V. Lincoln, a former real estate man, filed for probate here yesterday. “KNICKER" GIRL HIKERS ARRIVE HERE FROM NNEAPOLIS, September 14.—The | ! the com- | September 20-22, book | Welfare Council last night. and demdnded support of all former | | ' | 13 | PAYS FINE OF $100. ——— Antonio Lassarl Admits Throwing Hatchet ‘While Engaged in Row. Antonio Lazgarf, who admitted throwing a hatchet while in a dispute with ‘Somerset R. Waters, jr.. Sep- tember 2, paid $100 when found guilty of assault by Judge Hardison in Pollen Court today. The court ad- ed that Lizzari did not try to hit ten. but stated that it was a gerous practice of even throwing a hatchet at a person. just after the pemce treaty ited States Commissioner Dresel. PLANS FOR CONVENTION. Committee fieady for Congress of Catholic Men Here Next Week. Final plans for the”convention of National Council of Catholic Men, to be held at the New Willard Hotel were ‘discussed at a meeting of the executlve committee of the Wasfington District Council of the orgamization in the commit- tee rooms of the National Catholic Admiral William S Benson presided. The convenrion will open with a solemn pontifical high mass, cele- ibrated by Rev. John Bonzano, at St. Patrick’s Church, Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The opening session of the congress be called by Archbishop Edward J. Hanna of San Francisco, and will be presided over by Rt. Rev. Joseph Schrembs, D. Bighop of Cleveland, Ohio. William H. Murray, president of St. Martin's Parish Council and vice president of the District Council, was appointed chairman of the new committee .fln unemployment. CHARGED WITH FRAUD. Jacobus, Shipping Board Expert, Arraigned Before Mr.’ Hitt. William Jacobus, metal expert of the United States Shipping Board, re- siding at 2400 16th atreét, this after- noon is being given ‘4 _preliminary hearing before United States Com- missioner Isaac R. Hitt on a charge of violating section 35 of the federal oennLcode 1{1 g‘e dant s charged: WIH ~infenf to defraud the United States Shlnnln Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation, by willfully fal: fying and concealing material fa and in making fraudulent statements and _representations. George W. Gibbs, jr.. general man- | ager and vice president of the Gibbs | Gas Engine Company of Jacksonyille, | Fla., the pr 1al witness, testified that Jacobus intimated to him that he would “fixV hiy-clalm for him. The ! Gibbs Gas¥nging Company had taken over one of theMUnited States Ships ping Board plants and had put in a claim for shortages in the inventory. Mr. Gibbs testified that jacobus was agsigned to the-case and that after several conferences he paid to the defendant 380 in smarked currency and was to pay hijh a total of $1,000. DISCUSS CHURCH UNION. SCRANTON, Pa, September§l4 Rev. H. Deber of Philadelphia was elected moderator for the coming year | by the German Presbyterian churches lof the easter district of the United- | Sthtes, in session here yesterday._Ir: | vington, N. J., was chosen a place for next year's convention. The question of amalgamation with the German Reformed churches, after a lengthy -discusslon,- was referred to a committee with instructions to in- quire into the plan of consolidation and report at the next session. RUSH WORK ON NEW TUNNEL. | GENEVA, September 13.—The open- ing of the passage of the second Simplon tunnel, parallel to the first, was_completed today. The masonry work of the vault of the tunnel is also well advanced. It is hoped to have the second tunnel ready for use by the end of the year. NEW YORK. — MANY VACCINATED. School Children Crowd Offices of Health Department. Scores of children, accompanied by ! their parents, .flocked to the health department in the District building today to be vaccinated to enter the public_schools next week. Health Officer Fowler announced that his staff would vaceinate schcol children from 12 to 1 o'clock on Wednesdays and Saturdays. As early as 10 o'clock, however, and girls began to file into the health bo le office and by noon a hce had hrmed} in_the corridor. Dr. Fowler detailed a number of medical inspectors 10 handle tae crowd, which was much larger thun | he had anticipated. —_— ".LECTURES ON HYGIENE. Public. Health Service Announces Arrangements. . Arrangements for a series of JS tures on public hygiene in va: citien have becn announced by ‘he public health service. The courses: will run for about a week in each city, with from on various medical and sanitary topi and the lecturers will include Fre erick. R. Green, John H. Stokes, A. J. | McLaughlin, William C. White, Vale- ria Parker, W. F. Snow. W. and M. J. Rosenau. Cities and dates so far scheduled, the health service said, include Hot Springs, Ark., some time in November; New Orleans, La., and*Columbia, S. C. January 9 to 14; Dallas, Tex., and Bl mingham, Ala., JAn“lr)' 16 to 21; Mem- phis, January 23 to 28; Louisvi January 30 to February 4; Indianap- olis, February 13 to 18; Pittsburgh, February 20 to 25; Cleveland, Febru~ :(ry 276l0 March A. Evans March 20 to 25; Port- K mm! City. Kan., okane, Wash., and J. tAprll 17_to 22: Helena, Albany, N. Y., April 24 to Denver, May 1 to 6, and Washing- ate in May. tes in the 'schedule remain vacant, it was said, but these are be- ing rapidly allotted. —_— T. E. JARRELL CHOSEN. Elected Chairman of Real Estate Board’s_Convention Club. Thomas E. Jarrell was elected chair- man of the gnnwnuon Club of the Washington Real Estate Board at a meeting of the club this afternoon in the board's headquarters. John A. Petty was made secretary of the club. Plans for increasing the membership of the group. were adopted. with a minimum of twenty-five members set. The purpose of the club is to encour- age attendance of local realtors at the annual convention of the National Asso?iation of Real Estate Boards in San Francisco next year. Each mem- | ber of the club will pay into a com. mon fund enough money to pay his expenses incident to the trip agd the total amount will then be investe and the proceeds of the investment used for buying badges, advertising and other items for the Washington delegatfon, Members of the club at present arc Clarence F. Donohoe. Joseph H. Her- bert, Perts H. Russell, William & Phil- iips,—Robert Keever and ~Wil- unders.” in addition t& Mr. Ham H..§a Jarrell lflfl Mr. Petty. INFORMS BUDGET BUREAU. Senator Sterling Gives Data on Em. ploye Classification. Senator Sterling, chairman of the civil service committeé, today called at the budget bureau and discussed the reclassification of government employes with the assistant director, Mr. Abbott. He left with Mr. Abbott copies of the varicus reclassification bills now before Congress, and also cople- of the hearings on reclassifica- tion before the joint committee of thej Senate and House on civil service. Sendtor Sterling said that he ex- pected " to hear from the budge bureau regarding the proposal for reclassifiation df the employes bLefore long. He hoped to have his com- mittee perfect a reclassification bill for “subiission to the Senate soon after Congress meets again. If pos- sible, the measure will be considered also by the House civil service com- mittee 8o that uniform measures may be presented to both houses. LARGE INCREASE SHOWN. Receipts at Post Offices in Fifty Cities in August. Postal receipts .at the largest fifty post offices during August totaled $19,283,963.16, as compared with $18,- 445,886.98 during August, 1920. The rate of increase was 4.54 per cent, or, making adjustment for the one more business day in August, 1921, 66 per ! cent increase. The Washington of- fice stood eighteenth, with receipts of $285,862.69, as compared with $253,- 176.98 in August, 1920. SENATORS GO TO FUNERAL. ‘The delegation of senators named by Vice President Coolidge yeltervlny, who left last night to attend the fu- neral of Represéntative Taylor at Pine on Friday consists of Senators Caraway, Arkansas; Har- rllom Mississippi; McKellar, Tennes- Spencer, Missourl, and Harreld, Oklahomm —_—a— ‘WILL STUDY TRADE ROUTES. Shipping Board officials are soon to undertake a special study of trade routes between: the United States and South America with a view of developing those already estab- lished and of inaugurating new lines where needed. Reorganization of the Shipping Board, which has been in progress for three mon(hs should be completed by October 15, board offi- cials said today. In preparation for that event, Chairman Lasket called into conference the heads and as- sistant heads of all departments, ganization would be opérated. LIEUTENANT DISMISSED. President Harding has approved the sentence of dismissal and one year's imprisonment at hard labor imposed by general court-martial, at Camp Benning, Ga., in the case of First Lieut. James E. Quivey, infantry, con. victed of the charge of violating the ninety-fourth article of War. MARINE CORPS TO RECRUIT. General recrtiiting in the Marine Corps will be resumed tomorrow. T the past ten weeks only former marines have been accepted, but re- cruiting officers now are authorized to accept first enlistment men and to re- enlist honoubl; discharged men from the Army and Navy. CAPT. LACKEY TRANSFERRED. | } Capt. chry E. lAckey. enmmndln: e, s T cruiser. , has_bee: mand of !!u will relieve ‘who has been & of the U 8. numbering about 200, and outlined to them the policy under which the or- CHRISTIAN BREAKS RIBS: | President’s Secretary Confined Aft- er Fall on Mayflower. NEW YORK, September 14.— George B. Christian, jr.. secretary to President Harding, was confined to the presidential yacht Mayflower to- day with two fractured ribs. He slipped yesterday and fell down a companionway. Bri, Gen. Sawyer, the President’s physician, who is at- tending him, said today that his pa- tent was feeling well and that there was no danger. —_— {AIRPLANES TO ESCORT * ZR-2 DEAD INTO PORT {British Officers Will Be Among Fleet Which Will Meet Vessel Off New York. NEW YORK, September 14.—Air Commodore L. E. Q. Charlton and Capt. 8. R. Bailey, British aerial and naval attaches at Washington, will {participate in the greeting to be ex- nended to the British cruiser Daunt- jless Friday morning by aircraft as she approaches New York with the bodies of Anfericans killed in the ZR-2 disaster. It was announced today that the Brx sh officers, who will represent heir government at exercises after llhe arrival of the bodies, will be ac- companied in a seaplane. by Capt IHnmld E. Hartney, executive secre , ry of the Aero Club of America, and Ci jAmerican aircraft industr: harles E. Redden, representing the MAN DEAD FROM POISON. et iBoc[y of Whitfield I. Thomas Found Today at 409 10th Street. The body of Whitfield I Thomas. forty-one years old, believed to have come to Washington from Missis- sippi. was found in a rooming he at 409 10th street today by Mrs. Ed- ward Sherry, the landlady, when she went to clean his room about i2:39 o'clock this afternoon. Thomas had been dead for several hours. Beside his body was an empty glass which had contained poison. Mrs. Sherry told .the police Thomas had been dejected and complained of being ‘out of work. Thtmux was a 32d degree Mason, and cards found {in'his room show that he had applied ‘lfl the local Masonic employment bu {reau for work He left a note re- lquulln( that the Masonic autho three to six lectures | tles be notified to care for his iody. Coroner Nevitt was notified and will j examine the hody this afternoon WILL DISCUSS ARMS. 'l‘opte to Be Taken Up by B.e(ormed Presbyterian Council. {_PITT'SBURGH. Pa., | Disarmament will be ]ed upon at the eleventh General Council Of Reformed Churches throughout the world, holding the Presbyterian eystem, which will open a ten- | September 16, according to Br. J. . Pemln‘ of Edinburgh, Scotland, who is ow in_Pittsburgh. Dr. Fleming is interim general secre- ltflry of the general council of the al- nce., GIVES BIRTA T0 220. Mother, Aged 41, Was Married at Age of 14. OMAHA, Neb., September 14.—Mrs. Earl M. Rowray, forty-one, gave birth to her twenty-second child yes- terday. Mrs.; Rowray became a bride at fourteen and a mother at seven- teen. She has been married twice. By her first husband she had twenty children. Four years ago he died and she married a man twenty years he junior and_ since then two children have been born to lhem. ] ACCOUNTING IS ORDERED. Mrs. Berggoll Must Make Report of Property. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. September 14.—A bill in equity was filed in the fedeyal district court here ordering Emma C. Bergdoll to make a leompme “accounting of all the prop- erty belonging to herself and her {son. Grover C. Bergdoll, the draft dger. The action was filed by United States District Attorney George W. Coles and Vincent Carroll on behalf of Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian. Mrs. Bergdoill's property along with that of her. son Grover, was seized last spring by the cus- todian, and up to this time she has ot made & complete report of her own property or that held in-trust by -her for Grover. FARM RELIEF URGED. Federal Reserve Also Suggested as Aid to Cattlemen. LINCOLN, Neb. September 14.— Gov. McKeivie sent a letter to W. P. G. Harding, governor of the Federal Reserve Board at Washington today, suggesting the reserve system oper- ate as an agency for financial relief for Nebraska farmers and cattlemen. He suggested the board lend money on warehouse grain receipts. Immediate credit relief; for the farmer and cattlemen of Nebraska will be necessary to avoid extermina- tion of these industries, already men- aced by losses of the last twelve months, Gov. McKelvie's letter said. e JAZZ SPEEDS UP CLERKS. Post Office Employes Aided by Music, Make New Records. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, 14.—Stimulated by phonograph music, night clerks at the Mimmeapolis post office hére have increased their speed and accliracy, Postmaster E. A. Purdy | announced at the conclusion_of tests covering a month’s period. “We have found that ciassical and popllar records abolished worry dur- ing the ‘graveyard’ shift, from 7 p.m. Mr. Purdy said. September 14.— discussed and act- l Special Dixpatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., September 14.— Funeral services for James G. Burton, who was founder of the Lynchburg hosiery mills and its president at the time of his death in Battleboro, Vt., ‘'were held- here ‘ yesterday at his late home. Mr. Burton was a native of England, but had been engaged in business here twenly-lhreu years. Until health failed him, he was an active worker in Memorial Methodist Church. In addition to his widow, is survived by two daugliters, Misses Una and Georgia, and a son, C. Burton, all of Lvnchburg. DEMOCRATS PICK GAI'DIDATE. September 14. ‘The dem: ocrats of the fifth Virginia district, in a delegated convention of three men and three women, yester- day nominated J. Murray Hooker of Patrick county for the unexpired term of the late R. A. James in the Sixty- seventh Congress. The nomination was reached on the fifth ballot and was the culmination of a harmonious convention. . 31 BODIES FOUND IN RIVER.. “EB!DA Spain, September 13. ty-one bodies of lhl)nl. d.ro'::ed ln the Se; rlver nur ere yester- as -‘:e t of the capsizing of an excursion t have thus far been recovered. September | FORIAL MINE WAR HEARINGS DROPPED Senators to Visit Coal Fields “for Informal Inquiry—Leave Here Saturday. Members of the Senate subcom- mittec investigating conditions in the West Virginai coal flelds will leave Washington Saturday for West Vir- ginia with the intention of resuming the inquiry in an informal manner. The subcommittee, meeting in ex- ecutive session, decided against im- mediate resumption of the formal in- quiry in the coal fields pending con- clusion of+ihe murder and arson trial in Mingo county and the grand jury proceedings in Logan county. Reason for Actl The decision of the subcommitte Chairman Kenyon stated after t meeting. was by unanimous sidering the views of operators us presented in a telegran reccived yesterday from their coun sel. Z. T. Vinson. of labor; as pre- sented 1o the committee today by James Lord, president of the mining departinent of the American Federa:- tion of Labor, and Edgar Wallace. legislative agent of the federation and of the military as submitted today by Brig. Gen. Bandholtz, unti) recently commander of the fedreal troops in the state. n view of the trials going on th “The co: i decided not to hold formal ginia. 1t will be :mpo.-:mble for Sen- ator Sterling of South Dakota, the ?lher member of the subcommittee, o go.” Senator Kenyon said it had not been decided whether the members of the | subcommittee would ge to Hunting- ton, Charleston or Williamson. It ix the plan of the members of the com- mittee, he said, to survey informally the conditions in West Virginia for several days and then formulate x program, should it be decided to hold formal hearings. Trouble Has Quicted Dowa. Senator Kenyon stated that Ges Bundholtz had given the committe 2 report on conditions as he observed them and had stated that the situa- tion had_about quieted down. The Federation of Labor repre- sentatives appearing before the sub- committee, the chairman said, had {urged resumption of the formal in- quiry at Williamson next Monday. a~ tentatively arranzed several w. {ago. Telegrams making the same jQuest. he said. were recefved from: |Several labor -leaders in West Vir- | ginia o The operators in their telegram” oy’ posed Issumption of the investigation until after pending court proceedingx had been concluded. 2o Grain and Farm Bureau Heads Backing Scheme Involving More Than $100,000,000. By the Associated Prows, CHICAGO, September 14.—A suc- Gfssor to the Farmers' Finance Cor- poration, the $100,000,000 fiscal ‘sub- sidiary of the United States Grain Growers, Inc., on an even greater scale is under consideration, it was announced- yesterdas. The informatien came from J. M Mehl, assistant 16: Président Gustaf- son of the United States Grain Grow- ers, Inc., and from President J. Howard of the American Farm Bu- eau Federation. Mr. Howard said that replies re- ceived to letters ment the directors, asking their opinion on certain changes. indicated that 2 new and en- larged finance corporation would be attempted. The Farmers' Finance Corporation was incorporated in Delaware, but encountercd opposition from the sc- curities commissions of Indiana. M nesota and other states, lm—(.one it was said. because of the concenira- tion of power in the board of di- rectors. “The fact of the matter is that we sought at this time to finance only grain, whereas, in the long run, o ton. tobacco, livestock and other faru products must " said President Howard. “Ohio and lowa jhave already arranged for state | fnancing corporations, while Nebras. ka and Minnesota farmers are con sidering similar action. Assuming that other states will fall in line, there would seem to be need for national clearing house for them and sentiment seems to be that this should be broad enough to care for all needs of the co-operative movement, instead of grain alone.” i Michigan Lawyer Made Permanent Arbitrator for Brotherhood. DETROIT. Mich., September 14.— Judge Patrick H. O'Brien of Hough- ton, Mich., has been named perma- | nent arbitrator for the United Broth- erhood of Maintenance of Way Em- ployes and Railway Shop Laborers, as a result of his success in settling differences betwedn heads of the . it was announced at interna. tional headquarters here yesterd Judge O'Brien is to have no voice in union affairs, but will decide points of law and interpret the union's constitution. When Leo- 1. Kennedy of Wilming- ton, Del., brought suit recently for reinstatement as general chairman of the Pennsylvania System Union and another suit designed to bring an accounting of the union’s funds came up in Judge O'Brien’s courl fie Sug- gested the disputes be arbitrated and offered his services as a member of the board of arBitration. This re- sulted in Kennedy's reinstatement and withdrawal of both suits, Judge O'Brien then accepted tempo— rary appointment as arbitrator and his permanent appointment has just I;:en confirmed by internatjonal union eads. The brotherhood has a membership of approximately 250,000, —_—— Follow Reduction of Wages of Gary Steel Workers. GARY, Ind. September 14.—A general reducticn in prices ranging from house rent§ to costs of a divorce is in effect in fiary today. The cuts follow closely/ the big reduction in wages of ste i n reduced ~their call and attorneys an- of from $100 to $50 vorce cases. charges to nounced a cul for handling GOING WITH SHACKLETON. Dr. Goddard of ‘Sosth Africa Add- ed to Explorer's Staff. LONDON, September 12—A dispatch from Cape Town, says that Dr. E. J ology enbosch - University. South Africa, hfiz been dppoin member of thef staft of Sir Erl Shackleton, whi snortly is to ‘make n into the antarctic. een. The remaining .nineteen on_the boat still. are