Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1921, Page 2

IHELP IS.PROMISED: IMPRESSIVE RITES ~ INPAY-CUTFIGHT) ~ FOR ZR-2 VICTINS Nation Pays Homage as Fu- neral Is Held at New York Navy Yard. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 17.—The ngtion from President to humblest citizen today paid its tribute to the memory of sixteen brave men. These sixteen were American of- ficers and men of the ill-fated dirigl- ble ZR-2, whose disastrous plunge into the river Humber put two na- tions in mourning. Around the caskets of fifteen—for one has been buried in British soil— there gathered in the New York navy @G LuiS KICErNOOR Irom & greac band of mourners, coming from ail ranks of American society. With them, in rev- erent sympathy, stood guards of honor from three foreign nations— Great Britain, France and Brazil— which landed parties from warships now in port. Secretary Dewby Pays Tribute. Secretary of the Navy Denby, rep- resenting President and cabinet, tended the memorial service and placed on_eath casket a bouquet of Hlowers. When he had finished his sad task, his hands were trembling and his eyes moist. As promptly as the Navy runs througn its maneuvers, it began the Sovice .00 Ly fleiu Gedd. i witd a martial funeral, worthy of the gallant v WU Ot BOugile BUVENLuLS i tound death. Because of- rain, whjch became a downpour at 2 o'clock, the hour set for the ceremony, the rvice was held in the yard mess hall, instead ot outdoors. 4t one e¢nd of the whitewashed hall was the speakers’ platform, and in front of it, in-a long, solemn row, the dead. Each coftin was shrouded in the American flag, each was covered with flowers, each bore a simple card bearing the name and rank of the deceased. First to file into the megs hall were the American guards of honor — picked seamen and men from the Ma- rine Corps. The line of blue and khaki was drawn up along one side of tae auditorium. British; Freach and Brasillans ‘Mourn Canvass. of Congressmen by Navy Yard Machinists Wins Support. BOYS’ RATE OF PAY LOW Apprentices Will Receive But $4.40 {Weekly Under New Scale—Pro- - test to Mr. Harding. T™ans for continuing the fight against the navy yard wage reduc- tons will be made by officials of Columbia Lodge, No. 174, comprising machinists employed at the Washing- ton navy yard, .at & special canfer- ence. at 10 o'clock this morning, in e coutteil chamber of Naval Lodge Hall, . The officials also will draft another statement irging' President Harding to intervene in behalf of the navy yard workers and take action to have the pay controversy reopened. The ‘statement will be taken to the White House tomorrow. ,A committee of Columbia Lodge. headed by. President Herbert P. Lee- man, canvassed members of Con- gfess in Washington: yesterday aft- eFnoon, and .secured their support in the wage fight campaign. All of the legislators seen, acording to Mr. Lee- man, agreed to write or personally see the President tomorrow to urge him to have the pay cut question brought up at the cabinet meeting Tuesday- 3 LR Wil Present Resolutions. Resolutionis adopted by apprenticeés employed at the local yard, at a mass meeting yesterday, protesting against the reduction in their pay, will e carried to the White House tomo row, by a committee of the bo: The committee is composed of Archie B. Fletcher, James H. .Johnson. Wil- liam ‘E. Thomas; Charles T..Stuart d William B. Canfleld. - The boys also will present copies of .the reso- lutions to Secretary of the Navy Den- by. 2 The resolutions read: “Apprentices to the trades are as a rule drawn from mechanical g - men and —a platoon of royal -marie a class of citizens that from eir- | Tigh, “0 ol B m . e British cumstances must expect the YOUNE | ryiser Dauntless, which yesterda: men to contribute toward the suD-|pore the bodies home, entered. On port of the family or at least tolth. side facing the Americans, the maintain themselves. “In_connection with their appren- ticeship, ambitious boys are desir- ous of extending their education by taking courses of study in their spare time, which entails expense they can- not_expect their families to bear. “To bring this more forcibly to your attention we wish to quote the following: To Reeeive 3440 Weekly. “A fourth-class apprentice under the new scale will receive 10 cents per hotir, 80 cents per day, or $4.40 for a full week of forty-four hours. “One of these fourth-class appren- tices submits the following weekly budget of Iiving ‘expenses: te Board, consisting of two meals per day and three on Sunda, Lunches Eritishers—trim in their blue uni- forms, with white belts and pith hel- mets—took their stand. Into the rear of the hall filed sailors from the Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes and the French cruiser Ville da'ys. Then the doors were thrown open to all. As the floor slowly filled it besame an oblong of contrasts. The glitter of gold lace on staff officers was tempered by the. somber dress of the women. In this scene it was the men, not the women, who touched the picture with color. On the platform were seated men of rank—the Secretary of the Navy, three admiials, commanders of for- eign_warships at anchor here: Sir Hugh Trenchard, British air ‘minister; p| Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard of the United States Army; British and French - consul generals and men prominent in varied walks of life. 111" But even_nearer the caskets were privates and ordinary seamen, while iRoom Car fa) Dedu Weekiy pay. inside the auditorfum and out were men without collars. who stood for Mt $5.71 | hours in the rain, until their clothes | were soaked. to pay tribute to men who had faced death unflinchingly. The democracy which the gallant sailprmer’ had known in life was their's :in death. (The;sound of mufed drums out- side the all—the strains of the Star Spangled Banner within, and the service had started. Women in black, closest relatives of the.dead, who had pressed their hand- kerchiefs to their eyes as they passed the caskets on entering the hall, stood a little straighter. held their heads a little more proudly n_they the anthem of a country for which their sons, brothers and husbands had lived “The above figures show no allow ance for clothes. education, recreation and the purchase of necessary tools. “At the Indian Head provinggroynd apprentices are required to pay $3-per ‘Week for board and $2 per wegk a# th. Government Hotel. “We apprentices desire to place ou selves on as high a standard of citi- genship and skill as the goverbment can and should “expect of the future citizens, and to do this we need the encouragement of a wage which will insure this standard and allow us to at least support ourselves while serv- ng our appreénticeship. ® Ask Further Consideration. and Qied. “We feel that the rates of pay for Ome Mother Near Collapse. apprentices under the new scale are| But there was one gray-haired wholly inadequate and we earnestly protest against this, what we feel to be an injustice, 'and respectfully r quest that thess rates be given fur- ther consideration With the view of mother for whom the strain was too much, the sorrow too deep. It seemed as ‘if she would faint and she was led weeping from the building. Secretary Denby raised his aand- providing a scale sufficient to enable the apprentices to maintain them- selves.” It was announced last night by Mr. Leeman that the entire fourth class of apprentice boys in the sight shop of the yard have resigned their posi- tions to seek more lucrative positions elsewhere. Mr. Leeman said that a number of other boys also contem plate resigning if. they can find pos tions in private establishments. Many May Lose Homes. Many of the navy yard employes, according to Mr. Leeman, are con- fronted with the loss of homes they are purchasing, due to the drastic cut in ‘their pay. The low salaries, he said, make it virtually impossible for them to continue-payments. This fact also is yevealed in a let- ter received by officials of Columbia Lodge from the real estate firm of Joe Brown, 1317 F -street. protesting against the reduction- in pay of the navy yard employes, .. - “For the past several years I have been engaged in the sale. of. real estate,” said Mr. Brown's letter, “and among these sales several have been made to navy yard: employes, and since the proposed reduction 1 am in- formed by several of thie old purchas- ers that in all probablity the reduc- tion would mean that they cannot cén- tipue to make their: payments and will possibly loose their property.. Several prospective purchasers whé have been paying exhorbitant rent since the - war and who have intended to purchase Teasonably priced homes on ‘moderate térms, cannot now.£arry out their fu- tentions, owing to: this situation.. “AS a taxpayer a_ citizen, I do not feel that this cut.should be made at this time, as the'nayy: yard is prac- tically the big faectory of this city and this reduction will mean irrepara- be loss to the employes, who rendered faithful and efficient and - diligent services during the wa FIRE ON NORSE SHIP. Blaze Fought by Tugs After Vessel Puts Int> Port. SAVANNAH, September 17.—Fire in the cargo of the Norweglan steamer Bjornstjerne, which cleared last night for Bremen and Hamburg, caused that 'veasel to put back in port for aid early this morning. She carried cotton and naval stores and 2,800 tons of phos- phate rock, loaded at Tampa. Fire-fighting tugs, with-several Sa- vannah firemen, went to the burning vVessel five miles below the city, and 4:30 o'clock this afternoon it was snnounced tbat the fire was under eontrol. Tonlght one stream is being used on the fire. The ship is owned by the Thorkelsen Company of Nor- way. Its gross tonnage is. 9,00 2 —_——— .'2,000 SHINGLERS STRIKE. *VANCOUVER, B. C., Setember 17.— Bighty-five per cent of the shingling mills of British Columbia were.closed today when the 2.000 workers struck l i in " protest against a reduction in ‘wages. One half of the strikers are be Chinese. . said to TAX HEAD CHOSEN. BRETTONWOOD, N. H, September 17.—Samuel Lord, tax commissioner of ‘Minnesota, was elected president of the National Tax Association, i F - Th Tas aunounced 4 e today.” = kerchief to his eyes as the mother was assisted down the aisle moaning again and again: “My bal Lieut. Com. F. [E. Moyer, Navy chaplin, conducted the final ritual that of the Protestant faith. A male quartette sang “Lead Kindly Light.” ‘Then Secretary Denby stepped for- ward. Behind him were three Ameri- can seamen, bearing bouquets sent from the President and cabinet. Rev- erently he placed one on each coffin. Sir Hugh Trenchard and the com- mander of the Dauntless then laid on wreaths from the British embassy. British air ministry and the crew of the British cruiser which had served as funeral ship. On the casket of Commander Louis H. Maxfield, who was to have had charge of the ZR-2 on her transatlantic flight, was a rep- resentation -of the airship, in English violets, with a card inscribed: “A re- ntembrance: from your shipmates whom you left behind.” & Then Capt. M. C. Gleason, Catholic chaplain, conducted ‘the second serv- Ice. . Opposite him, holding lighted candles, were three bluejackets— youngsters scarcely eighteen. “Nearer, My God, to Thee"—and then three volleys. Sharp and crisp they rang ont. A bugler sounded taps. The service was over. When -the- yard Had been emptied of visitory fifteen hearses drew up in front of the mtss hall. and the caskets were borne away 10 the Naval Hos- pital. B = Four bodies Wil be interred in Arlington, one—that of Lieut. Emory Coll:~will be buried at sea, and the others will be turned over to the nearest of kin. CONVENING SENATE TO HAVE BIG TASK (Contipued from First Page.) will be allowed to charge 2 per cent Interest per month instead of 1 per cent under existing law—which has driven the pawnbrokers out of the District. ‘The House District committee before adjournment authorized a favorable report on the Woods bill for the merger of the street railways, and this will be taken up in the House at the earliest opportunity, if its suport- ers have their way. The Senate has not yet acted upon the nomination of Henry Lincoln Johnson, colored. to be recorder of deeds for the District. The nomina- tion has been referred to a subcom- mittee headed by Senator Jomes of ‘Washington, which has not yet act- ed upon the nomination. There is much opposition to the confirmation of the appolntee. MILITARY MOUNTS TEST. An endurance test of military mounts will start at Camp Vall, N. J., October 10 and end at this city October 14, re- quiring a speed of sixty miles a day for five days. ‘Fifteen Army thor- oughbreds will be ridden by A; officers and _about thirty-five thor- oughbreds, privately owned and rid- o . The test DR. FOWLER TO PROBE CHARGE IN BOY'S DEATH Will Investigate Claim That Victim Contracted Meningitis at Rosedale Pool. Health Officer Fowler announced last night that he would begin an in- quiry into reports that fourteen-year- old John Zimmerman of 912 6th street northeast died from meningitis said to have been contracted in the swimming pool of the Rosedale playground. Dr. Fowler said his first step would be to call upon Dr. William F. Pat- ten, who attended the boy, for any Then again: the tramp- 6f marching| facts he may have that would shed { light on the case. “Chlorinated lime is used as a dis- nfectant in all of the municipal swimming pools,” said . Fowler, “and each playground (s provided with typewritten instructions from the health department as to the amount of lime that is to be used and when and how the pools should be cleaned " As a further precaution, the health officer said, his Inspectors take regularly and an- alyze them to be sure that the water is at all times safe for children to bathe in. Dr. Fowler sald cases have been brought to his attention of persons whose eyes or ears were irritated by the chlorinated lime used in the swim- ming pool, but he said he did not be- lieve this irritation would, of itself, prove serious. ‘The health offic said he recog- nizes the importance of the question to all of the people of the District and that he will make overy effort to determine what effect, if any, the swimming pool had on the iliness which caused the death of the Zim- merman boy. DE VALERA ACCEPTS OFFER OF PREMIER ON BRITISH TERMS —_— (Continued from First Page.) stitution within it are based. “It is fatal to that principle that your delegates in the conferency should Be there as the representatives of an inde- pendent and sovereign state. While you insist on claiming that, a conference between us is impossible. “I am, yours faithfully, “LLOYD GEORGE.” DE VALERA’S ANSWER. Irish Leader Hopes for Renewal of Peace Parley Invitation. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, September 17.—Eamonn De Valera, replying to Lloyd George, says that the Sinn Fein already has accepted the premier’s invitation in his own exact terms. They had not asked the premier to abandon any principle, and had only one object in seeking a conference on the basis of truth. Mr. De Valera’s reply to the prime miniter’s telegram was given out by the Sinn Fein publicity. department. It was drafted by him at Blick Rock and brought to the Mansion House, where it was made public by Arthur Grifith and Bamonn J. Duggan and was distributed to the press by Desmond Fitsgerald, propagarida minister. The expectation here is that it will make podsible a renewal of the invita- tion to a peace The text of ir. follows: ference. De Valera’s reply “In reply to your last telegram just received I have only to say that we have already accepted your invita- tion in the exact words which you requote from your 7th you- te abandon’ any principle, even letter of the instant. We' have not asked informally, -but surely you must un- dnsulnd l.l;ll ';. n'u only recogaise ourselves for w) we are. 3¢ this self-recognition be made a reason for cancellation of the con- ference, we regret it, but it seems in- consistent. “I have already had conferences with you and in these conferences and in my written communications I ha%e never ceased to recognize myself for what 1 was and am. this . in- volves recognition on your part, then you have y recogn us “Had it been our desire L the solid substance of Ireland’s right the veneer of technicalities of international which you now introduce we might have claimed al- ready the advantage of all theso con- sequences which you fear vlould from the reception of our h object at heart—the ing up of the eo:uunu on such a h.fl of truth 'g‘uld make it possible to secure through it the result which the peoples of these two islands so ardently desire. s faithfully yours, INN DE “Now, belleve me, ave but one 2 ‘E. RA." LLOYD GEORGE MUSBT REST. Can Attend Only to Most Urgent Business, Physicians State. AIRLOCH, Scotland, September 17.—S8everal days must Prime Minister Ll able !: .DIM to any it the m: urgen ine says an offic statement luu.:; todsy, quott Lioyd George’s phy: ng Mr. dentist, who lanced the abscess w! caused {llness. The statement says: “A medical t s the prime minister is suffering from the effects of a chill and sceptic absorption, the latter resulting from an abscess of ce. Rest is_essential “‘i“l} the pse loyd George will be 1 peace confs H I i ised us. to add to f th al flow delegates. = ANO] VALE! S els; before tiend bu sician and = hich report say rmy 181 will. be several auspices most urgeat business.’ MAKES FIRST ENTRY. Matthew Trimble Jr., to Exhibit at Local Dog Show. To Matthew Trimble, jr., owner of the Twin Pine kennels, goes the honor of making the first entry for the eighth annual dof show of the Washington Kennel Club, to be held October 14 and 15 in the auditorium over Center market. Mr. Trimble will show a number of wire-haired fox terriers and scme of his famous fleld trial pointers. Among other early en- tries are those of Dr. Georg Payette, 8. J. Held, W. E. Swainson, George Lane and the Spee Dee ken- nels, owned by F. A. Kerr and George Goodacre. E. K. Lincoln, motion plc- ture star. has entered his completo kennel of chows and will be here to see them exhibited. Many people have refrained from entering dogs in the local show under the mistaken idea that their dogs must be registered with the American Kennel Club to be eligible, according to a statement yesterday by R. H. At- kinson, chairman of the bench show committee. Such registration is not necessary, Mr. Atkinson explained, any one having a dog of recognized breed being permitted to compete for the prizes. An expert will be stationed at the downtown offices of the club, 712 12th street northwest, to advise applicants as to the eligibjlity of their dogs, nd Miss Ray Egoff of Philadelphia, one of the most expert dog fanciers in the United States, will arrive shortly to help the committee in ar- ranging entries and clagses. One of the most promising classes will be the beagle class. George Good- acre and Roland Booth, both fanciers of this type of dog, have aiready en- tered, and several other owners of the small hunters have signified their intention of competing. SCHOOLS TO OPEN WITH RECORD ROLL {Continued from First Page.) ington, thirty years ago, and has ten regular classrooms with accom- modations for 350 students. The hours for the students will be from 8:30 to 2 for the morning shift, and from 1 to 5 o'clock for the afterncon shifi. An incresse of 100 is expected in Business High School's enrollment. ‘Fhe registration last year was 1,200, despite the fact that the school has a normal capacity of 900. The two- shift system also will be operated at this school, but will only apply to freshman students. Western High School is another of the senior institutions which will put the two-shift system into operation again this year to provide accommo- dations for its excess student body. Dr. Elmer Newton, principal of this school, has been unable to estimate the prospective increase, but said last night that the enrollment tomorrow probably would be in the neighbor- hood of 800, the peak of last year's registration. Western has a capacity for 650 students. The two shifts this year will be from 8:30 to 12:30 for the morning clusses and from 1 to 4:15 for the afternoon classes. Junier High Sehool. Miss Alice Deal, principal of the Columbia Junior High School, said that statistics available yesterday in- dicate that the enrollment at this school will be over 600 this year. The enrollment last year was about §50. All of the non-resident pupils enter- ing the District high schools for the first time will be required to attend the ninth grade at this school. The ninth grade course is similar to the first-year cqurse in the senior high schools. Miss Deal wants her new pupils to report tomorrow at » a.m. Walter L. Smith, principal Dunbar, said last night that of the be increased by about 200. There were approximately 1,400 students at this school last year. Proportionate increases are expected at the Arm- strong Manual Training school and the Shaw Junior High school. With the exception of several minor administrative matters, school authorities last night completed all plans for the opening of the schools. It will be a week or more, however, before the school machinery begins to function properly. ACQUITTED OF PATRICIDE. Girl Acquitted by Coroner’s Jury After She Confesses Crime. CARROLLTON, Miss., September 17. —A coroner’s jury today brought in a verdict: that Nora Bert Scruggs did not kill her father, C. H. Scrugss. despite the fact that the young ‘woman, according to the authorities, ‘:1:: made a formal confession of the e. CHICAGO OPERA IN GOTHAM. CHICAGO, September 17—The last| il obstacle to the appearance of Mary Garden’s Chicago Opera Company for a five-week season in New York be- mlnc January Slgn been removed, ge M Spangler, business man- ager, announced today with the sign- ing of eight interlocking leases on the Manhattan Opera House. The eight leases were necessary, he said, to obtain consent of all factio among the heirs of the Iate Oscar Hammerstein, who owns the house. B Col. Conrad 8. Baboock, Cavalry, has| of Gen. | for the purpose of adding it since 1539, Several addi FIVE ARMY OFFICERS SOON T0 BE RETIRED Maj. Gens, Wood, Morrison, March - and Dickman and Brig. Gen. Carter Listed. Four major generals and one briga- dler general of the line will be trans- ferred to the retired list of the Army within the next few months. The major generals are Gens. Leonard Wood, Jobn F. Morrison, Peyton C. March and Joseph T. Dickman and the brigadier is Gen. Jesss Mcl. Carter. Their re- tirement will enable the President to appoint four major generals and five brigadier generals, and will call for a general rearrangement of high military commands, Date of Gen. Wood's Retirement. Gen. Waod's retirement will take ef- fect on his confirmation as Governor General of the Philippines. It is ex- pected that his nomination to that of- fice will he sent to the Scnate the latter part of next week. Notwith- standing his absence from this country, Gen. \h;no: l‘tll‘lll cr:mm. nominal com- mand of the rps area at Chicago. Maj. Gen. George Bell, §r., is tempo- rarily in command. Gen. Morrison com- mands the 4th Corps area at Fort McPherson, Ga. He will retre for age December 26. Gen. March, for- mer chief of staff, will retire Novem- ber 1 at his own request. He is now in Euro; Dickman pe on leave of absence. commands the Sth at San Antonlo, tire for Oct former chief of Corps area ‘Texas. He will re- en. Carter, o1 ia’ bureau, ‘War Department, will retire October 1 on his own application. Probable Place for Gen. Memoher. On the rruunpuan that Secretary Weeks will grant the request of Maj. Charles T. Menoher for relief from duty as chief of the air service and his assignment to duty with troops, it is predicted that that offi- cer will be given command of the 6th Corps Area, at Chicago, about to be vacated by Gen. Wood, or assigned to the command of one of the other corps areas, where new assignments are under consideration. GREEK FORCES MAKE STRATEGIC WITHDRAWAL Line Strengthened by Falling Back Across River Without Losses. LONDON, September 17.—It was offi- cially announced iA Athens yesterday that the Greek forces in Asla Minor would fall back to a line of heights to the east of Sivr-Hissar, says a Cen- tral News dispatch from the Greek capital today. ATHENS, Greece, S8eptember 16.—An official statement issued today on the operations against the Turkish na- tionalists dated September 13, after reviewing the fighting of July and August, says it was considered inop- portune to continue pursuit of tne enemy, and the Greek army withdrew to the left bank of the Sakaria river. “The maneuver involved croasing the river over the very narrow fr.nt of about eighteen miles, but it suc- ceeded perfectly,” the statement says. “The whole army crossed in parfect order and without being harassed by the enemy. The difficult maneuver succeeded so well because of the fact that the enemy had been besaten on the Sakaria.” Another official statement, dated September 14, say. ‘A weak enemy detachment attempted to cross the Sakaria at dawn, near a bridge, to destroy the railroad tracks. Attacked by our troops, the enemy was thrown into the river.” \ QUEEN SOPHIE IN PLEA ober G the milit .| TO AMERICAN RED CROSS enrollment at his institution wouldyBegs Officers to Continue Child Health Stations in Soloniki District. By the Associated Press. SALONIKI, Greece, September 17.— Queen Sophie of.Greece has sent a personal appeal to the Washington and Paris offices of the American Red Cross, requesting that the child health stations be continued in the refugee camps here throughout the winter. ‘The queen’s request came after an- nouncement by the Red Cross that it would close its medical work in the Satoniki district October 1. This was fixed several months ago in the contract between the Red Cross and the Greek authorities, the patter promising to take over all Ameri and hospital er:‘m the date specifi wo! e £ ‘The Greek authorities say that owing to the fact that all of 'S resources have been diverted to the war in Asia - m T "the Greek doctors their unt e and nurses are released from war service. 3 Greece' —_— ALLEGED FUGITIVE ARRESTED Edward 8. Hyde, whose home is said to be in Richmond, Va., was ar- rested yesterday afternoon by Detec- tive O'Brien as erll‘mn m tion in that city by eys, “.::fltu have mm;‘ e for physical condition was such that ector' Grant said he was unable to tell a connected story. [3 government lon.. 'S TRANSFER WAR HOSPITAL. | fulfill Th from justice. equest of of Educa- ther story to this historic been bullt from tim lan have e SEEK ARMY TRACTORS FOR STATE ROAD WORK Highway Officials Will Urge Pass- age of Phipps Bill Transferring Surplus Equipment. The executive committee of the Na- tional Association of State Highway Officials, representing all the states, is to meet here September 329. It is understood that road building officials among the state highway de- partments all over the country im- tend to appeal to members of the Senate and House to pass the bill in- troduced by Senator Phipps of Colo- rado, which would turn over to the ates a quantity of road building equipment in the possession of the War Department. The road-bullding equipment ordered to be turned over to the states by the War Department, under the Phipps bill, consists of 1,500 five-ton cater- pillar tractors and 200 mobile ma- chine shop units, for repairing and rebuilding tractors, trucks, etc.. used in road bullding. The War Depart- ment has on hand, left over from the war, 4,000 such tractors, alone, fn addition to many of the machine shop units, it is stated. The tractors are valued at between $4,500 and $5.000 each, a total of about $5,000,000, and it is said, the expenditure of this amount of money or a large part of it in state taxes for road-building machinery could be saved to the tax- payers of the states if the Phipps bill could be passed and the War epart ment turn over the equipment to t| states. Almost all of the states have large road-building programg. In only a few of them is it impossible to work on the roads in the winter. Many of the states are thus gradual- ly putting men to work. North Caro- fina has_ recently n’pprovad a bond ue_of $60,000,0 for_that purpos and West Virginia and other states are following a similar policy, it is reported. This does not take into account road building by counties, of which there are about 3,000 in the United Staten. and does not embrace e & “federal-aid” Wwhich may be b s, uilt partly with fed- eral and partly with state and county money. ‘The 4,000 War Department tractors, of which the states wani 1,600, are admitted by many Army officers to be on the road to obsolescence, and if another war were to occur now it is said that few, if any, of these trac- tors on hand would be used, in view of the economies that would be had by using the latest type tractor for purely military purposes. The trac- tors and machine shop units are stored at Camp Holabird, Md., out- side of Baltimore; at the Erie Prov- ing Ground at Fort Clinton, Ohio; at the Rock Island Arsenal; at the S: vannah Proving Ground; at Camp Pike, Ark.; at Fort Sill, Okla.; Camp Jessup, Ga., and at Camp Nor- moyle, Tex. State highway officials, governors of states, and others, hope to inter- est Gen. Dawes, the director general of the budget, and Col. Smithers, the chiet co-ordinator of the new general supply system, which will dispose of government property left over from the war which is not needed. The{ expect to get Gen. Dawes and Col. Smithers to use their influence to have the War Department designate unnecessary surplus at least 1,500 the 4,000 tractors on State highway officials have been informed that because of one or two instances where broken-down equip- ment turned over to states by the War Department had been sold, charges have been made that the states have all sold equipment fur- nished by the War Deparmtent. State officials. declare these charges uns! stantiated and easily disproven on application to the federal bureau of public roads in- Washington. ‘This situation, it is said by high- way officials, is particularly empl sized in the case of the state of N braska. The state now finds it nec- session of the Department, but she cannot get them from the War Department, even though they are idle. It is stated that all of the states, collectively, now have plans to buy, nearly 2,000 similar tractors, in or- der to carry out their road building programs and put their unemployed labor to work. ROTHSCHILD TO QUIT TURF Decides to Sell Most of Racing Stables at Auction. PARIS, Sptember 17.—Baron Maur- ice de Rotschild, the prominent horseman, anounced that he had de- cided to offer the greater part of his racing and stud stables at pub- lic auction and retire from the turf. Baron de Rothschild arrived at his decision, because he had been out- bidden for the services of Wallace Davis as horse trainer, by N. E. Am- batielos, & wealthy Greek ship owner. NEW MAST FOR MAYFLOWER. PORTSMQUTH, Va., September 17. —Before the presidential yacht flower weighed anchor in Hampton Roads for her week end voyage to sea with President Harding and party this afternoon, she was gone over by an estimator from the navy yard here and measured for a mnew malnmast. e mast will be put in the Presi- dent’s yacht when she comes to the yard in.a short time for her rhauling. navy annual ove! SHIP ABLAZE FROM LAMP. MOBILE, September 17.—An over- turned lamp on the British schoomer W. 8. McDonald, lying in Mobile har- bor started a fire on the vessel today that did considerable - befors it was extinguished. Bev. streams nlnwmnnlntu:'mm sary to extinguish the fire. The loss will reach $5,000. : PATENT EXAMINER RESIGNS. Charles K. Ward, for more thasm|. twenty years an examiner in the O States patent office, in the el::‘-“-( -—ie."hn resigned > and gone to Agn_Arbor, Mich.. to live. SUPPLY OF WATER, SIX BEHIND BARS Federal and City Govern- ments Being Watched to Aid Conservation. An inquiry has been started by of- ficials of ‘the Washington aqueduct office and the District water depart- ment to determine whether filtered water is being wasted by any of the branches of the federal or is- trict governments. Col. M. C. Tyler, engineer officer in charge of the aqueduct, is making the Three Men and Three Women Accused in Worthless Note Transactions. ‘The appearance in several stores in Georgetown recently of pertions of cancelled $10 federal resxerve bank notes, carefully pasted together, and Wwhich caused much concern at the Treasury Department and among the secret service men, had a new de- velopment last night, with the ayrest of three white men and three eol- ored women, who are alleged to have investigation in the federal depart-, confessed eir transactions in the ments, and Capt. John E. Wood, as- | matter. sistant engineer commissions will The men er_arrest are Harry find out where the city government is_wasting water. This survey, it became known last night, was stated a few days ago and is pursuant to 2 recommendation con- tained in the annual report of J. S. Garland, superintendent of the water departmet. “All of the government bureaus have been requested to co-operate in this effort to find out where filtered water might bs saved,” Col. Tyler stated last night Summer Is Serjous. Washington's water situation 1is never serious during the winter months, but next gummer, when the daily consumption, begins to mount again, the conservation of water in the large plants of the government will go far toward relieving the strain on the single conduit from Great Falls. Although plans are now under way for an_ additional conduit that will place Washington out of danger of a water shortage, it will be several years before the project is completed. The purpose of the present survey is to conserve the water supply street, where a purchase x 1 l Henry Rithman, V. L. Slocombe and Joseph Willlams, all of Rosslyn. Va.. and the colored women are Minnie Harris, and the latter's mother, Lot- tle Harris, thirty-eight years old, re- siding at 1510 33d street. The men are charged with pasting together portions of federal reserve bank notes, while the women are charged with passing the notes. Turns Up at Treasary. The attention of the Treasury and Secret . Service operators was first attracted to the circulation of the notes when one came to the Treasury Department last week through a lo- cal bank where it had been deposited. It was ascertained the bill had come from the Georgetown section. Galen Green, secret service agent, notified several store keepers in Georgetown to_be on the lookout for similar bills. Detective Kuehling the seventh precinct was aiding Mr. Green in the search for the persons who had passed the bill. It had been at fruit ‘store of Jarvis Brothers, 3601 M was made and wherever possible pending completion | change obtained. of the new conduit. Another was passed at the store of Two reflecting pools now being con- | George Heon, 3509 M street, where structed in Potomac Park the attractiveness of Memorial and the Washington Monu- to 844 to:change also was secured, after a pur- the Lincoln|chase. Last Wednesfay two of the women are said to have gone to the ment will be ready for use in the fall | latter store and one of the:n tendered 000 gallons of water. nce O. Sherrill, officer b of public bulldings an n d grounds, to use city water in the pool stated, however, that the water in the pools will not be changed more than once a month. The colonel said ar- rangements will be made to treat the water in the pools with chemicals to keep it fr and breeding mosquitoes. Sediment in River Water. Col. Sherrill said his office consid- | 0 to prevent | They = = tain and will hold approxi-|a similar bill in payment for a puiy Manesural chase. Harry C. is, a clerk in the store, who had been nothied by the detective to be on the lookoul for 1d yesterday it is planned [such a bill, called a policeman and He |the women were arrested. Accused White Mem. Following the arrest of the colored women they were questioned as to where they had gotten the menmey. are said to have stated they ob- the notes from three white men whom they met last Saturday on the Aqueduct bridge. They then re- lated they had met the men again ered pumping water for the reflecting | Wednesday night, and are said 1o pools from the Potomac river. which is nearby. in order to avoid using city water. The river water, he said, woul have a sediment in it and it was de- cided to use city water. The reflecting pools will constitute one of the beauty spots of the Na- tional Capital. Looking into them from one end the sightseer will be- hold_the Lincoln Memorial outlined on the surface of the water. From the other end of the pools the Wash- ington Monument will be visible. One pool will be 2,065 feet long and 160 feet wide. The other pool will have a length of 230 feet and a width of 160 feet. Both pools will be three feet deep in the center and six inches at the coping. They will cost approx- imately $500,000. CIRCUS ROBBERS AT LARGE Believed Bandits Were Arraigned in Portland Court as Vagrants. VANCOUVER, Wash., September 17. —The tnree bandits who robbed the Sells-Floto shows here of $30,000 last night were today believed by the po- ‘| have stated the men gave them ad- ditional notes. The women were arraigned be- fore United States Commissioner Hitt yesterday afternoon on a charge of passing the notes. The case was continued until tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Believing the men would again at- tempt to meet the women, Detective Kuehling and Secret Service Agent Green took them te the Aqueduct bridge and told them to walk across. They were part of the way over when the three men, who were later ar- rested, are said to have met them. The officers, who had approached in an automobile, placed them under arrest. Former Treasary Guard. The men were taken to the police station where they are said to have confessed. Rithman, according to De tective Kuehling. stated he was em- ployed as a guard at the Treasury Department in 1918 and found a ackage of the half bills on the fioor. Pie took them home and them in a drawer. forgetting about them until last week, when he found them. He is also said to have told the officers that the portions of the bills re pasted together with tissue lice to have stolen their automobile ! paper by Slocombe and Williams and in Portland Tuesday. thought they grants that night and required to ap- pear in police court the following morning, where they were released | after they had shown they had money. 8ix women of the circus, who were in the truck when it was s the highwaymen, told the sheriff a Vancouver and the Portland officers that Roy robber trlo. They sald they recog: nised him from published photo- graphs. itopped b; < % [through them, were picked up as va- |of rdner, escaped McNeil's Island convict, was the leader of the | Authorities | that he was given one of them. The flicers say all of the men told sub- stantially the same story. The men and women will be tak before Commissioner Hitt for a bear- ing tomorrow afternoon. It was explained that the bank notes are cut lengthwise, and holes punched after they reach the Treasury Department. preparatory to their final destruction. Rithman, it was stated, said he supposed package he found had fallen from a truck as they were being_transferred to the division where they are finally destroyed. ¢ RIVER VICTIM IDENTIFIED. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., September 17.—Mrs. Samantha Moore, of Mon- treal,today identified the body of the colored weinan taken from the mouth of the Niagara River at Youngstown as that of her sister, Miss Beatrice Orr of Akron, Ohlo. GEORGIA BANK CLOSES. EATONTON. Ga. September 17- The Bank of Eatonton, a chain bank of which L. O. Milton of Macon, is president, was closed today on orders of the state banking departmeat. The bank has a capital of $50,000. — For the theft of $100,000 Dave dlenderson serves five years in prison. Before going to jail he hides the money in a dove cote. In prison he confides the hiding Pplace to a fellow convict about to be freed. After Henderson’s discharge rge a girl regenerates him. But before the money can be returned to its owner, Henderson must have run the dreadful gantlet of the underworld. 'The Stal' Monday, Se.pt. 19.