Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1921, Page 2

OFFICERS' RESERVE - RULES ANNOUNCED ‘War Department to Issue De- tails to 66,800 Veterans, Members of Body. {CORPS HEADS GET POWER h Commanders Will Assign | Line Officers, Who Must Have Training or Experience. Detailed regulations under which ‘thousands of world war veterans, now members of the.Officers’ Reserve Corps, will be assigned for duty in the reserve army framework contem- plated by the national defense act ‘were made public yesterday by the War Department, and will be dis- tributed immediately to the 66,800 officers who now compose the corps. Assignment of reserve officers to the twenty-seen divisions of organized reseres throughout the country will follow immediately as the first step in general staff plans under which an army of more than 4,000,000 could be quickly mobilized at need. The regulations are extensive and cover every phase of the relationship between the citizen officers and the Regular Army. The same theory of decentralization of administrative au- thority from the War Department to corps area commanders is carried out for the officers that was employed in planning for the organized reserve system. Many Second Licutenants. There are now in the officers’ re- serve two major generals, O'Ryan of New York and Price of Pennsylvania, and seventeen brigadier generals, all of whom saw service in that rank during the war. There are also 322 colonels, but the great majority of the reservists, 29,967 of them, are second lieutenants. In conformity with war-time prac- tice ,the regulations provide that only men with actual training or ex- perience may be appointed reserve officers of the line. This includes ap bointments in the infantry, cavalry, field or coast artillery and air service. the combatant arms of the Army. Special service appointments may be made, however, where the civil train ing or professional training of a citi- zen fits him for war-time service with the Army, but not to lead troops in battle. To accomplish this two distinct classes of reserve officers are created. Assignment of line officers will be by corps area commanders, and the Red Racer Snake Bites Into Auto Tire, Hides Twice, Then is Killed PUEBLO, Cel.,, October 1.— J. H. Welsgerber, a telegraph operator, while touring the country in am automobile re- cently had an exeiting experi- ence with a red racer wnake. ‘The snake, which was five feet and a half long, crawled under the mechan! When finally loeated—in the dust pan—it was killed. KIWANIANS ELECT BOOBAR GOVERNOR Norfolk Convention of Capital District Unanimous for Washington Man. John J. Boobar, gencral manager of the Termiral Taxicab and Yellow Cab Companies, was elected governor of the Capital District of Kiwanis at the an- nual meeting of the organization at Norfolk, Va.. yesterday. The seventcen clubs included the Capital District in voted unanimously for Mr. Boobar. Harry G. Kimball, local attorney, was re-elected secretary and treasurer, and JOHN J. BOOBAR. other officers chosen to serve during the ensuing year were Julien Y. Willlams of the Alexandria Kiwanis Club, first leutenant governor, and David Pender of the Norfolk Kiwanis Club, second regulations provide for localization of officers to units of the organized reserve in the vicinities in which the officers live. For this purpose more officers than are required by organi- zatlon tables may be attachedsto such units. ‘Three Groups Created. | Thrée groups of officers are created | for assignment purposes. These are the general assignment group, to be! assigned by the War Department, and including men' regarded as eligible for duty of a special character in connection' with the general staff; the branch. assignment group, com- posed of specialists in the various non-combatant branches of the Army, to be assigned by chiefs of such branches, and the territorial assign- ment group, including both classes of reserve officers, to be assigned for duty by corps area commanders. Provision is made for promotion of’ reserve officers, even during peace time, for merit, with the restriction .that advanced rank may be granted only where there is a definite place in the higher grade for the officer to fill. It is also emphasized through- out the regulations that no reserve jofficer may be called to active service for training for more than fifteen idays in any year except with his con- fsent. The regulations point out that ttimitation of funds available to the ;War Department will further limit ‘the extent to which such officers may ibe called to the colors except in event ‘of war. 1 ! May Hold Guard Commissions. « A special section of the regulations jsovers the dual National Guard and Reserve Corps commissions author- fzed by the act. There is no conflict in such commissions, it is stated, and [National Guard officers holding also reserve commissions would pass into the reserve group entirely in the event of federalization of the guard for war, retaining their assignment in the guard, but available for duty «vith any part of the Army. Where » guard officer in such dual status is promoted his reserve rank will ad- wance automatically without addi- tional examination. : Provisions for assignment of re- Berve officers to Army schools for training are included, but it is noted that here also availabllity of funds will limit the extent of such assign- ments. 5 SLAIN AFTER INSULT. QUITMAN, Ga., October 1.—Ray Newsome, a negro, was taken from the H. A. Woods farm near Pintta, e today and shot to death as either turned loose or escaped from the car. He was accused of in- sulting a white girl PARSON’S HYMN HALTS ; WHEN POLICE UNCOVER . WHISKY ON PREMISES i, Head thrown back, mouth wide ‘ open at a 45 degree upward angle, "'and beads of perspiration standing out on his brow, James Meredith, colored parson, proprietor of the K Street Flats at 633 K street southeast, was surprised in the middle of a musical outburst Fri- day afternoon when Detective Wise and Sergt. Russell of the fifth pre- cinct walked into his room. He stopped short in the middle of the hymn “We Will Gather By the River,” looked at the badges of the poicemen and ejaculated “Oh!" The police searched his premises ‘and uncovered between two and three gallons of whisky, gin and mahogany-colored _alcohol. They searched him and found, they say. marked money which had been used by an agent in purchasing in- toxicants from the parson. The net result of the surprise visit was the entry of charges of illegal possession of intoxicants and . selling intoxicants, on the books of the fifth precinct, opposite the name of Meredith. & lieutenant governor. Acclaimed by 800 Delegates. A delegation composed of sixty-five members of the local Kiwanis Club, headed by President Claude H. Wood- ward, twelve members from the Hagers- town Kiwanis Club and six Alexandria Kiwanians left Thursday night for Nor- folk with the firm intention of electing Mr. Boobar, who has served as first lieu- tenant governor of the Capital District for the past year, but from word re- ceived last night there was little or no opposition, and after several ballots the popular local clubman was epthusiasti- cally acclaimed choice of the:cbavention. More than 800 delcgates attended. Mr. Boobar has been prominently identified with the business life of Washington for the past twenty years. Born in Minnesota, he came to the city in 1900 as private secre tary to Representative Page Morris of Michigan and served in that ca- pacity until 1911, when he was ap- pointed director of the Terminal Taxicab Company, with which he has remained. He prides himself on be- ing the only republican ever elected to the Minnesota state legislature from his home district and on being the originator of the first bicycle band ever organized in the United States. One of the Founders. He was one_of the founders of the Washington Kiwanis Club and served as its president for two successive terms. He is prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of the Knights of Pythias and a thirty-sec- ond-degree Mason. He is affiliated with the Temple-Noyes Lodge, No. 32, F. A. A. M. He is also an active worker in the Cathedral Heights Citizens’ Association. He is married and lives at 3321 Wisconsin avenue. Several of the Washington dele- gates returned to the city last night and, according to them the convention was the most successful ever held by the clubs of the Capital District | Kiwanis. Every possible means o(i entertainment was arranged for the ! out-of-town guests by the Norfolk Kiwanians, and from the time of: their arrival Friday morning until last night the city dispensed hospi- tality in the true southern style. « KIWANIS MAY AID JOBLESS. H. M. Karr Suggests Each Member Employ One Man Extra. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., October’ 1.—Harry M. Karr of Baltimore, president of Kiwanis International, is anxious to have the organization, of which he is head, concern itself actively in re- lieving unemployment this winter and is-the author of the unique sugges- tion that every ome of the 60,000 Kiwanians m the United States em- ploy one extra man in his business during the winter months. Speaking before the Capital district convention here today, Mr. Karr urged that every Kiwanian in the dis- trict adopt such a policy and take one extra man_into. his business estab- lishment. He sald he is urging the same course on Kiwanians in all parts of the country. “I think we will all agree that the tide of business has turned,” said Mr. Karr, “and that gradual improvement has set in. But, nevertheless, it seems probable that the coming winter will be worse from the standpoint of the laboring man than any of us have seen in years. “We are all practical business men and we must learn to solve our own problems. All that the government conference on unemployment could do was to refeg the matter back to the various cities with the recommenda- tion that they undertake more exten- sive construction work in order to provide employment for idle men.” * U. S. UNION ELECTION. Federal Employes to Vote for New Officers Beginning Tomorrow. Federal Employes Unfon, No. 2, and its thirty-five branches, will hold their respective annual elections beginning tomorrow. The schedule occupies prac- tically every date of the whole month, up to and including October 27. For the election of officers of the local itself, which is conducted by a referen- dum, the ballots are now being sent out by the secretary, J. Q. A. Braden, from the headquarters, 1423 New York avenue northwest. > The polls will close on October 14 The candidates are as follows: Presi- dent, W. J. Hendricks; first vice presi- dent, Dr. J. F. Meyer, E. L. Scheufler; second vice-president, George A. Hill; third vice president, Mrs. Adele G. Guthridge; fourth vice president, Frank M. nes, fifth vice president, James P. McKenna; secretary-treasurer, J. Q. Ralph J. Kelley; A. Braden; reécorder, 3 an, M s led, WILL LEAD JOBLESS ARMY TOCONGRESS Urbain Ledoux to Ask Aid for Plan to House Unem- ployed Here. Satisfled that his plan for housing the jobless in Washington, which was presented to members of the President's unemployment confer- ence yesterday, is in the proper hands and will be handled in a vigorous manner, Urbain Ledoux, champion of the unemployed, who has been in Washington for the past four days, faces a busy week. He expects a_contingent of about fitty unemployed men in Washington today from New York, and with this “army” and many recruits he expects to gather in Washington during today and tonight he will appear before Congress tomorrow seeking the help of the legislative body in assisting the unemployed. Lodging House Needs $100,000. Ledoux does not believe the Munici- pal lodging house in Washington will greatly help the housing situation for unemployed men here. An appropria- tion of not less than $100,000 is need- he believes, to make necessary repairs at the lodging house. He holds to the plan he presented to members of the unemployment con- ference yesterday, that the govern- ment should donate an unused build- ing, to be maintained tHé unem- ployed men in this city as a club and lodging house for them. . -. Mere donation of the structure is sufficient, Ledoux claims, as he main- tains such an institution would be entirely self-supporting.- He sald he had enlisted the aid of the municipal authorities in New York. and Boston to the extent that a structure had been made available for the unem- ployed, and in both cities, he said last night, the home for the unem- ployyed is paying its own expenses. Calls Conditions Here Bad. “1 have started the ball rolling in your city,” Ledoux .said last night. “Now it is up to your city govern- ment and the federal government to help the movement to its logical con- clusion—a real home for the unem- ployed in your city. Conditions here are very bad and can be bettered. Therefore there should be no hesita- tion about instituting such a step. Ledoux hopes the O. F. U. Club, or- ganized Friday at the Shepherd House, will be able to relieve the un- employment situation here and help materially in bringing a home for the unemploygd to the capital. Plans of the leader of the unemployed have not been outlined beyond tomorrow, he said, adding that he expegts to be here for three days more at least. Seek to Lodge Ex-Service Men. Use of one of the temporary war bulldings as a lodging place for ex- service men who come to Washing- ton to seek action on war risk claims will be suggested to the u employment conference now in s sion here. The plan will be placed before the conference by & group of unemployed who met in the Shephred House, 10th and E streets, last night, with Ur- ban Ledoux. It was the sense of the gathering that the government should make one of the temporary structures available, with beds and food sup- plies for the former service men ‘who comé here to present claims for compensation. There were approxi- mately 175 present at the meeting. DR. SIMON URGES WOMEN T0 STUDY CIVIC MATTERS Several Speakers Are on Program at Luncheon by Centers of , National Foundation. ‘Women should educate themselves in civio matters so that they may assume the full responsibility of civic and political life, Dr. Abram Simon declared at a luncheon given yester- day by members of the Washington centers of the Woman's National Foundation, “A hurricane is sweeping _the world,” Dr. S8imon said, “whipped by the soul of womanhood, and a man would be a fool who thinkg he can stand untouched by the woman's movement. The status of women to- day is kind, dignified and powerful.” Other speakers included Mrs. Mil- dred Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general; Mrs. Harriet Tay- lor Upton, vice chairman of the re- publican national committee; Mrs. C. C. Calhoun, president of the founda- tion; Mrs. Maud Wood Pa the National League of Women Voters, Lydia Draper, chairman of the Washington centers. Mrs. Upton made a plea for the sup- port of women in the coming limita- tion of armaments conference, and others spoke on the civic responsibili- ties of women. A mass meeting of the Woman'’s Na- tional Foundation was held at the Shoreham Hotel yesterday afternoon at 4:30. The speak®rs were Mrs, C. C. Calhoun and Col. John Temple Graves. 2 ¢ ESTATE VALUED AT $55,081. An _estate valued at $56,031 was left by Mrs. Henrletta B. Heiskell, according to & petition for the pro- bate of her will filed yesterday by the American._ Security and Trust Company and Joseph Y. Reeves, the executors. Her personal property is scheduled at $43,698 and real estate of the assessed value of $11,633, BRITISH CABINET TAKES UP ARMS DELEGATES OCT. 6 By the Asociated-Prees. LONDON, October 1.—Prime Min- ister Lloyd George will return to London October § to attend a cabi- net meeting the following day, at which the question of British repre- sentation at Washington will be con- sidered. c A semi-official statement today says the prime minister is anxious to go to Washington, but that the prob- loms of Ireland and unemployment make the trip exceedingly doubtful. In any case, the statement says, it is unlikely that he could leave the country for some time and that at the utmost his absence from Great Brit- ain would be comparatively short. TUFTS IS REMOVED BY SUPREME COURT District Attorney in Bay State Guilty of Charges Made by Attorney General. By the Associated Press. BOSTON. October 1.—Nfthan A. Tufts was removed from office as district attorney of Middiesex county in a decision handed down today by the full bench of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts. The court found Tufts guilty of a number of charges preferred by At- torney General J. Weston Allen, who alleged nonfeasance. misfe :sance and malfeasance in office. Testimony on these charges was given at ex- tended hearings In the early summer. ‘fhe court asserted that the public good required Tufts' removal, adding that the decision was unanimous and not subject to review or revision. Court Scores Attorney. In rendering its decfsfon the court said that while full weight was given to the fact that a district attornmey is constantly prosecutmg criminals and is a consplcuous mark for attack, from the vicious, the depraved and the mendacious, it was constrained “by the wmpellln’ nature of the evidence” to make its findings. The most _spectacular of the charges preferred against Tufts had to 'do with a midnight party at & Woburn road house, in which a number of prominent motion picture producers participated. Tufts, the attorney general Rileged, was concerned with others in the conspiracy by which $100,000 was extorted from the motion picture men under threat of in- dictment. Probe Insufiicient, Court Says. Tufts, the court found, failed to make any_investigation at all adequate to enable him to form a sound judgment 2!‘ the question whether the motion pic- ure men were gulilty of an offense for which they ought to be indicted. | part of those who filed | ®iven first attention, ERRONEOUSDL.TAX * RETURNS FOLND Internal Revenue Experts to Start Drive to Collect Ex- tra Money in 1,000 Cases. More :than a thousand cases of er- roneous Income tax returns which will require some exnlanation on the them have been found by the officials of the local branch of the bureau of the internal revenue. Tomorrow morning a corps of dep- uty collectors of internal revenue will begin the task of collecting the ad- ditional taxes which the returns in- dicate are owed to the government. to-store canvass, where they will ex to-store canvas, where they will amine the books of firms and conduct examinations to determine whether the people visited flled returns for last year and, if so. what reporta they made. These atatements will be checked up with the returns. Flagrant Errors Found. A number of the returns which al- ready have been examined, it was said showed flagrant errors, particu- larly among some of the smaller business houses. These cases will be it was pointed out, to the end that they can be promptly cleared up and the proper taxes collected. At the same time there will begin the distribution to the government departments of thousands of ques- tionnaires on which government em- ployes will be required to give infor- mation concerning the returns which they filed for last year. The ques- tionnaires will be given to the heads of bureaus and divisfons, with the re- quest that they be given to the em: ployes. Many Investigations Needed. When these returns are received at the local office they will be checked up with the returns, and cases of errors or fallure to file returns will be promptly taken up by the bureaw. All of the returns filed by the peo- ple of the District have not yet been received, but it was stated that those s0 far examined indicate n large per- centage of cases which will require investigation on the part of the deputy collectors. BRISK BLAZE AT ROSSLYN. Sparks in the smokehouse of the Rosslyn Packing Company, Rosslyn, Va., last night ignited grease and greasy substances in the building, causing a threatening blaze. which necessitated the calling out of No. 5 Engine Company, Georgetown. Al- though the smoké and flames caused $ large number of spectators to gather and gave the appearance of a large fire, actual damage, It is esti- mated, will be less than $200. For the Eyes of Congress Washington, D. C., is the one promi- nent city in this country where the Milk supply is not safeguarded by modern regulations and where Milk Standards have not been introduced. This is the more surprising because it was the Washington Milk Conference of 1807, called on the advice of this Association, which for the first time in_the history 8f Nutrition Science formulat- ed Sanitary Milk Standards. These standards, or similar ones, have since that time been adopted by all large Municipalities in the United States. Coincidental with their adoption the mortality rates in those cities, in particular the desth rates among the children, dropped, the latter in many instances being today only one-fourth of what they were in 1907. Several administrations of Commissioners and Health Officers have at various times caused Milk Bills to be These Bills were invariably either lost in committee Congress. introduced in rooms or they failed on the floor either of the House or of the Senate. only occasionally. In the meantime milk conditions in the District improved According to a recent report of the Health Office, the sanitary ratings of dairfes, which include ratings of cows, and milk for sale, during August, 1921, showed: 10 dairies with ratings 16 dairies with ratings 3 dairies with ratings 10 dairles with ratings 6 dairies with ratings , The District of Columbia is powerless to correct its own ‘We must go to Congress for new: laws the well known local patriotism of our citizens and_ the zeal Commissioners can only protest and ask for rellef. “administrative deficiencies. an b oof - otr and 50. and 60. and 70. and 80. and 98 between 40 between 50 between 60 between 70 between 80 After fourtgen years of agitation we have no adequate laws for securing . a safe milk supply. The present Commissifners have made another attempt by having identical bills introduced in the Senate These bills were drawn by the Health Officer p of all parties interested fn the health conditions of the approval District. Are there not enough friends of the: and in the House. and they have the: children in the great American Congress : to help secure for us this much needed Milk legislation? } This Bullatin is waid for by the Association for Telephone Main 992 (Lepal Notics) the Prevention of Tuberculosis 923 H Strest NW. A} THE. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 2, 1921—PART 1. , methods of nroyu-h": their THEIR ROGER EASTLAKE, Chief petty officer, United Stated Navy. BATTALION IN PARIS ASPERSHING GUARD American Army Chief Today Will Lay Medal on Tomb of French Soldier. By the Associated Precs. PARIS, October 1.—A battalion of American troops, the pick of the American forces in Germany, arrived in Paris tonight from Coblens, virtually unnoticed, to act as'a guard of honor for Gen. Pershing, chief of staff of the American Army, when he lays the congressional medal of honor on the tomb of the unknown soldier of France tomorrow morning. The American soldiers and officers, 570 in number, are the guests of the French government, the enlisted men occupying the barracks at the French military school, while the sfficers are housed in the French military club at the school. + Devoid of Demonstration. Although this is the first time a large number of American soldiers have been in Paris since the victory parade of July, 1919, the arrival of | the two special trains bearing them in a large coal yard near the miliiary | school was devoid of demonstration of any kind. One French captain and four sergeants welcomed the Amer- jean tgoops In the name of the French army. : Tonight the Americans were given permission to see Paris. Virtually all of them accepted the privilege and the boulevards recalled vividly the nights immediately following the armistice. Gen, Pershing has pronounced the battalion as in every respect equal to the famous battalion which accom- panied him to London in 1819 and which military men in Europe pro- claimed the finest drilled troeps they had ever seen. Gen. Pershing’s Arrival. Gen. Pershing arrived from Coblenz this morning and went immediately to the Hotel Crillon, where he spent the forenoon considering plans for tomor- row's ceremony. The French government has arra: one of the most elaborate and impri sive ceremonies since the armistice for tomorrow morning. Plans announced by the war depart. ment include an extensive military re- view of all the chief hranches of the }-‘rench army, to be led by the American orces. Pesident Millerand, -Premier Briand, Marshal Focht, members of the cabt. net, the senate and chamber of depu- ties, and nearly all the French mili- tary leaders who now are in France will participate in the ceremony. Am- bassador Herrick, the embassy staff, Vice Admiral Niblack,’ commanider of the American naval forces in Euro- pean waters, and a delegation of the American Legion will represent the United States, ’ Minister of War Bathog, in his ad- dress, will accept the medal of honot in the mame of France, following the presentation address by Gen. Persh- ing. AmLagsador Herrick also will speak. The ceremony will be held at 9 am., so that the entire length of the Champs Elysees will be free for the review. Gen. Pershing will stand with President Millerand dur- ing the review. » FORM REPUBLICAN CLUB. The Henry W. Anderson Republican C\lh of Falls Church, Va., came into {being last might, following an en- i thusiastic meeting of republicans of {hat place. B The club 1s named in honor of the republican cand{date for Governor of Vel ni. Oflle:rlteltcnd were: H. H: Millard, president; vice prcll(;:nt' and _Miss - Mattie ‘Gundry, sécretary., . | The nhext meeting will be held at ‘Miss Gundry’s school, Falls Church, Yot "‘v“i’{‘r‘.{ sade tamitiar with voters 1 ballots. Guy_ V. ‘Church, (ki when. néw | fo ] Cyclone Nearly Kills Man and Blows Life Insurance Miles Away Special Dispateh to The Star. 3 STAUNTON, Va., October 1— ‘When the eyclone wrecked his little home oncthe Lee at Mint Spring, near Staunton, 1ast week, J. Marvin Ballew lost everything he had, the win scattering fragments of house and comtents broade: Even his life insurance policy took wi The _pol was found teday by Miss Vergle Drumbelier at a point ene mile north af rid, Va., or eight- cen miles 7 from the Ballew home at Mint Spring, by air- Ilne measurement. The policy wan returned to Mr. Ballew te- aa; lem&ml- blown awa: the cyeclone have never found. CITIZENS T0 SEEK ACTIONONDLC. BILLS Federation Makes Decision at First Fall Meeting to Appeal. _The Faderation of Citizens' Asso- ciations will appeal to the republican | leaders in the House to set aside one | day a week for the consideration of | important District legislation. Decision to make such a request was reached by the federation.at its first fall meeting in the boardroom of the District building last night. On motion of William MeK. Clay ton, the organization instructed Presi- | dent W. B. Westlake to call upon Chairman Focht of the District com- mittee and Republican Leader Mon- dell in an effort to obtain speedy ac- tion on urgent District matters. Mr, Clayton said he realized that this is a special session of Congress, but he expressed the belief that if the importa: f some of the Dis- trict matters that are awaiting ac tion in the House was lald before the lcaders they might be willing to al- lot some time for their considerati The federation authorized a spe committee to proceed at once with| plans for the city-wide membershipc campalign to enroll every man and wom an in the District in the citizens' asso- ciations. D. H. York, chairmam of the spe- cial committee, promptly ssued a call to all citizens' associations to send irepresentatives to a meeting in the District building at 8 o'clock Tuesday | night, at which plans for the cam-| paign will be perfec:ed. : Campaign to Start October 23. | It°was decided to conduct the cam- paign from October 23 to 31, inclusive. That period will' be known as regi tration week, the idea being to im- press upon ali Washingtonians that it is their duty as good citizens to take an active part in tne affairs of their city by registering as a member of their neighborhood association. Those who will assist Mr. York in arranging_for citizens' registration week are Edwin S. Hege, Washington Topham, Jesse C. Suter, L. A. Simon. Harley V_Speelman. W. J. Latimer, Melvin Sharpe, W. S. Torbert. Dr. B T. Woodward Robert McMackin and Snowden Ashford. Plan Borland Bill Fight. Mr. Clayton, as chairman of the special committee to seek repeal of the Borland law, told the federation his committee will endeavor to have that” objectionable legislation abol- ished in the same manner in which it was enacted—by a clause in the next District appropriation bill. The Borland law assesses half the cost of street paving against abutting property owners and has been fought by the organized citizens of the Dis- trict since-it was enacted as a rider on an appropriation bill several years ! ago. To show what a hardghip the Bor- land law has been to some small prop- erty owners, Mr. Clayton cited a case in southeast Washington of a corner plece of property which is assessed at only $500 and offered fof sale for $600. When the street in front of this lot was paved, Mr. Clayton asserted, | the special assessment amounted to $784, or $150 more than the amount for which the property could be bought. | Hope to Convince Congrenss. Mr. Clayton said his committee hopes to be able to convince Congress by such instances that the law works an injustice on the people of the Dis- trict, and that the cost of street pav- ing should be met out of the general tax collections instead of by special assessment. On motion of Delegate Clayton, the federation adopted resolutions = ex- pressing its gratitude to Col. Charles Kutz, the retiring Engineer Com- missloner, for his six years of faith- | ful service to the people of tne Dis-| rict. { The controversy between the Com-| missioners and wood merchants over the use of the Washington channel] wood and lumber, was brought to the: attention of the federation and re- | terred to a committee for report at the next meeting. President Westlake announced that! there will be a special meeting of the | federation on Saturday night, Octo- er 82. HEAVILY ARMED POSSE ON WAY T0 LYNCH TWO HELD INBEACK MURDER, (Continued from: First Page.} the “poor boy upstairs.” She was in- dignant over the fact that the Co- lonial Beach authorities belleved. her to be implicated in the crime. “There has been nothing between Mr. Eastlake and me that should not have been. My heart goes out to that poor boy upstairs. Just think of his poor _motherless children. Please {me. -Before I was arrested I heard four yarns grow up out of nothing. I wouldn’t have hurt Mrs. Eastlake or any member of her family.” Miss Knox said the murder was committed by an unknown whom she saw jump over a fence in the rear of the Eastlake cottage when she came up to the house. Miss Knox is about forty-five years of age, but looks as though she is fifty-five. She has coal black halr, with many gray strands intermingled. She is dark complected and resembles somewhat 2 half-breed Indian. She is of heavy build, about five feet nine inches in height,-and weighs about 140 pounds. Eastlake is_ about ten years her senior and has light hair and fair complexion. He has a short, stubBy, light mustache, and his characteris- tics are those of & Japanese. Miss Knox is not considered good look- ing. Mr. Eastlake is neat in his ap- pearance and cleanly built. Miss Knox was completely attired In a blue dress, which was disheveled from her first night of confinement in the jail. Sits in Jall Hammeck.' \ Eastlake was found sitting in a hammock in the jail with his pants and shoes removed. His naval uni- form was ing on a hook in the cell. In the hammock were an un- opened pack of. cigarettes and a magazine. Eastlake said he bas employed a local attorney to reffesent him and that his mother in Philadelphia will engage another lawyer there for im. The luncheon which had been serv- ed to the prisoners was untouched by them, although it was 5 o'clock in the afternoon. homemade The food consisted of 2 'nodl)" o biscuits, & large dish u portion of rice I stewed beef. water front for the storage of cord! M FORCES JOIN HANDS 10 HELP JOBLESS Capital and Labor Start Work on Program to Re- * lieve Unemployment. BUSINESS MEN CALLED ON President of United States Cham- r of Comerce Takes Action. Gompers Pledges Aid. Capital and labor joined forces here last night to give impetus to the carrylng out through community or- ganization of the emergency program for the immediate relief of the na- tion’s idle wage earners adopted by the pational conference on unemploy- ment. In an appeal to the business men and chambers of commerce of the count to actively support the program, Joseph H. De Prees, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, declared that “business has a reat responsibility in the situation; t must furnish employment.” Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a formal statement expressed his con- fidence that “the trade union m. ment in each community will join energetically in the effort to assist in the task of providing work for the tho nds who are idle.” and Mr. Gompers are members of the conference and as- sisted in drafting the emergency pro- gram. Calls on B Men. Mr. DeFrees called upon the busines men to offer the mayors in their com ance in ord ment of em- a national to speed up th loyment committees on he situation can not be met wi out proper organization.” he said. *It is primarily a community problem. The local business man, through his organ- ization and individually, should make every effort to meet the situation in his The existing unemployment pr sents a real problem which must hav immediate attention.” Gompers Pledg American labor, Co-Operatio; Mr. Gompers de clared, would give its ‘‘whole-hearted support” to the emergency progra: which, he said, provided an opportuni for the co-operative action of all the agencies and institutions in each com- munty to bring relief to the unem ployed. “Labor,” he said, “will indorse every constructive feature of the re- port which the unemployment con- ference has adopted. Beyond question 4 can solve the problem of u f it undertakes the work 1f ma communitie: vers, manufacturers, dealers of kinds and our people general will undertake to put into effect the conference recommendations with the same earnest spirit in which they were formulated and adopted, it seems certain that a tremendous impetus will be given toward eliminating the great and pressing problem of the unemployed. Program Being Seant Out. Distribution of the emergency pio gram was undertaken today by the conference members. Many of then residing in nearby states have gon- te their homes until the subcommit tees begin the consideration of per- manent unemployment measures next week and are expected to aid in the organization work of their communi ties. Others from distant states ar- understood to be in_communication with thefr local authoritles urgins the formation of the emergency com- mittees and immediate initiation of relief measufes. AN RORS MUK 0 LS TWO A¥D SEF iLawyer and Mother-in-Law Dead. Wife Jumps From Window 1 With Babe. By the Associated Press. ARCADIA, Fla., October 1.—Three well known persons of this city are dead, two at the hands of Claude O. Clark, who also killed himself when he saw thai escape from a band of angry citizens who were seeking to arrest him was impossible. The dead are: James A. Timberlake, attorney; Dorcas Blount, Clark's mother- in-law, and Claude O. Clark. 7 Clark was a railroad man, and Mrs. Clark conducts a small hotel here. They had been having matrimonial difficulties and Mrs. Clark had retain- ed Timberlake as her counsel to se- cure a divorce for her. Just_before noon today Clark en- tered Timberlake's office and, accord- ing ta Davis Robbins, Timberlake's law partner, came in with an Army automatic pistol in his hand and be- gan firing at Timberlake. The first two shots took effect, one. in Timber- lake’s neck, the other in his chest Timberlake fell out of a window onto an adjoingng roof. dying. Clark fired one shot at Robbins. missing him, then turned and fled. He ran a block to the hotel and rushed upstairs to his wife's room on the second floor. Mrs. Clark was seated at a window with their infant in her lap. He pointed the revolver at her. She leaped with the baby through the window. He fired and the shot struck her left ankle. She and the baby fell to the ground, but were not badly hurt by the fall and both will prob- ably recover. He fired at her again as she lay prone. but missed. He then rushed into the room of Mrs. Clark’s mother, Mrs. Blount, and shot her through the heart. From Mrs. Blount's room Clark made his way down the back stairs and ex- changed shots with Lowndes Tread- well, who sought to intercept him at the door. Both missed. Clark ran into the rear of an apartment house and made his way to the second floor. There he was faced by other men. Seeing escape impossible. he turned the gun =agzinst his right temple and blew out his brains. The man is belleved to have become dem®nted through brooding over his domestic affairs. —_— ASSAULTS PRIEST AFTER FATAL SHOOTING OF DOG = Howe Totten of Harford County, Maryland, Makes Attack on Rev. Stephen McCabe. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., October 1.—Howe Totten of Harford county this morning went to the house of Rey. Stephen McCabe, pastor of St. John's Catholic Church at Baldwin, accom- panied by the police and a deputy sheriff, ahd, after an argument, i which the priest admitted that he h: shot and killed Mr. Totten's dog, as- saulted F‘Afllell' l{(ccnbfl ‘The officers sto the attack. Anmun as he admitted that he had shot my dog I struck him in the face,” sald Mr. Totten. “and would have beaten him badly if the marshal and the deputy sheriff had not inter- tered. 5 “This morning 1 wrote out a war- rant for Father McCabe for killing my dog, and I intend to press the charge as hard as I can. As far as [ can see, there was absolutely no justi- fication for his murdering it.”