Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1921, Page 13

i *URGE STREET SPACE T0 ROLLER SKATE Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association Plan to Have Blocks Roped Off. COMMITTEES ARE NAMED —_— Announcement -of , Personnel for Coming Year—Representative Frear Speaks. Plans for .roping off certain blocks for roller skating by children were considered by the Columbia Heights Citizens" Assoeiation at a meeting held last night at St. Stephen’s Parish Hall. £ The suggestion was made in a re- port by Mrs. Lucy R. Swanton, chair- man of the committee on recreation and amusement. The report was re- ceived. The association will continue its work te secure a playground for Columbia Heights. e The association adopted Hayn's report. as chairman of the committee on schools and education. recommending approval of the board of education’s attitude on high school fraternities and free text books for high school students. Disregard Water Front. The association’s committee on pub- lic utilities recommended that no tion be taken in regard to the water: | front controversy “in the absence of any clear showing that the Commis- sioners have abused their discretion or are arbitrarily interfering with any private rights” The committee *h law and legislation recommended the appointment of additional judges to the District Supreme Court. Both reports were adopted Announcement_will be made at the next meeting of awards in tie best lawns contest. Representative James A. Frear of Wisconsin spoke against the so-called “turnover sales tax,” declaring that no one has any right to take the bur- den off the man who can afford to pay and “shift it onto the man who can’t.” Pernonnel of Committees. Committees for the ensuing year were announced by President Speel-| man follow Public health—Dr. Seneca B. Bain, chairman: Dr. F. A. Hornaday, vice chairman: Max Kohner. Dr. James JcKee, Dr. H. Nuttings, Aaron Johns and Irving Hall Streets and alleys—Ivan C. Weld, chairman; Thomas H. Yeager. vice chairman: C. B. Cummings. Miss Cora C. Curry, W. D. Sutherland. R. H. Trembly. James F. Madden, Charles C. Brodie, Lieut. L. J. Stoll. * Public utilitics—Charles T. Clayton, chairma F. M. Barnes, .vice chair- man; C. R. Colvin, Royal E. Burn- ham. Louis F. Post, Willi.m B. Todd, Needham C. Turnage. Parks and lawns—Froncis. J. Ford. chairman; O. T. Beall. vice chairman; M. Tolson, Adam H. Gadais. Alton H. W. Nichols, Miss Louise Swanton, chairman: A. B. vice chairman: Judge W. R. Day, Carty, H. €. Cole, Dr. L. F. Kebler, Dr. T. P. Chapman, James J. Waters. John W. Frizelle, Mrs. Maude P. Hopkins. w and législation—Frederick Rice. chairman: J. Clinton Hiatt. vice chairman; Judge Charles Burdy, €. C. Lancaster. George A. Ward, Herbert Ly Davis'and W. E. Andrew Public jsafety—Oliver A." Phelps, chairmani Mrs. Mary Wright John- son. vice chairman; B. W. Payne, C. E. Matthews, A. B. Shreve, E. J Ryan and Miss Ethel M. Henderson. Taxation—E. Snyder, chairman; James T. Llovd, yice chairman; A. C. T | shipbuitding | Frederick J. Rice, Dr. Seneca B Key to the Decanter Zealously Guarded By Careful Hostess Speaial Dispaich to The Star. NEW YORK, October 5— keys are beginning to find their way onto the key rings of the careful hostess. These are mot the means of entry to jewel caskets, . but xuard something almost as pre- s these days. ey are the keys to the de- igree here is a decanter with a locked stopper, which cannot Dbe re moved without the key. Even this device does not afford com- plete protection, however, 1or. an the old gentleman enught without his corkscrew remark- | ed an he knocked the meck | from a bottle, “Love will find & STRIKE IN SHIPYARD ENDS AT WILMINGTON John B. Colpoys.of Washingten Meets Strikers and Officials as Mediator. By the Associated Pre WILMINGTON, N. C.. October 5.— The strike of approximately 800 workmen at the vards of the Newport Comp: here, which began last week because of a 10 per cent cat in wages effective October 7. was settled vesterday following conferences held with city and ship- vard officials and the strikers’ com- mittee, by John B. Colpoys, federal tor, Washington, D. C. vard agrecd that instead of a cut cents an hour in the pay of mechanics. the reduction should be 5 cents and hour, and the strikers acceptéd the offer,. the _company promising to take the strikers back without “prejudice. The strike de- veloped no trouble of any kind, the strikers contenting themselves with peaceful picketing. The shipyard company continued to operate dur- ing the strike. but with its activities greatly restricted —_— Houghton, William H. Wheat, Daniel W. Edelin, W. M. Wailes and Charles 8. Davis. Special committee Adam H. Gaddis, Charles S. Bundy, Ivan C. Weld. on library— chairman; Judge Rev. Earle Wilfley. Miss Corinne _Education and school facilities: Fred H. Heyn. chalrman; Dr. W. W i Foster, vice chairman: Miss Eliza- I en, William B. Wells, A. L. wil ns, C. 8. Mackenzie, Mrs. Tvan C. . C. E. Bright, Mrs. Fred H. Hayn. Charles ney, kd- v amson, Harry Silbert, Miss M. Goding. Mrs. 1da E. Kebler, ichael Mrs. Grace B. Cole. arl Lange Edna S. Cum: mings. Bushee, B. Leonard, E. B. Fornce, Harvey W. Draper. A. A. Doolittle. Membership Committee. Membership and entertainment—C. W. 6. Brett, chairman; Henry A. Shioré, vice chairman; J. Eliot Wright, sr.: Frank S. Holliger, H. W. Kitz- miller, Alton B. Carty, Dr. L E. Twogood, Judge Charies Bundy, Capt. Thomas Judge, Frank E._Alte- mus, George M. Anderson. H. B. An- derson. Miss Elizabeth Hayden. M. W. Paldwin, Alvin G. Belt, Z. D. Blacki- | stone. Mrs. Anna E. Donaldson, B. A. Downey, Henry Evans, Alice M. Fletcher, Dr. J. A Flynn, H. M. Gill- man, H. H. Groves, Irving Hall, W. liam Fleming, J. Clinton Hiatt, E. J. Merrick, jr.; Robert . Stunz Mrs. Upton, Hobert Ullrich, W. H. Osborn, W .M. Wailes, Mrs. George D. Horning, B. G. Murphy, berger, Oscar G. Lange, W. A. Ost- mann. ‘'Manuel Hohberger. George T. Harrell. Dr_F. A. Hornaday. Dr. H. T. Harding, Morris Blumenfeld, H. F. Dismer, W. J. Bowman., Lloyd R. Colliflower, Dr. E. M. Finch, E. T. Goodman, H. Swan, Bernat Weiss and O. S. Swank. Sportsedan 2995 !l"""i i CoLE MoTo J. Hoh- | THE WATER FRONT PLAI OPPOSED BY C. 0K C. Directors Believe More Def- inite Scheme Should Be Arranged. NEW SURVEY SUGGESTED |Resolution Adopted After Full Investigation of Wharf - Question. Believing that until some definite plan has been- formulated by the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia and approved by the publi¢, for the comprehensive improvement of the water front, nothing should be done to restrict the water commerce of this city, the board of directors of the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce. at la meeting last night in the Homer building, went on record in opposition, to the present plans of the Commis- sioners in regard to water front im- provement. The resolution adopted by the direc- tors follows: “We recommend that the Commis- sloners ‘of the District of Columbia make a thorough and comprehensive plan for the substantial improvement lto public_approval at a. hearing or hearings, but that until such plan has { been formulated and received this pub- {lic sanction and been approved by Congress nothing further shall be done by the Commissioners which will discourage or restrict the water com- merce of the city.” Adopted After Investigation. The resolution was adopted after the wharf question had been fully investi gated by the rivers and harbors com- mitte of the chamber. | " Thé report of the committee. sub- jmitied by H. H. Glassie, pointed out that as far as could be ascertained | there was no appropriation for the limprovement of the water front and that the present action of the Com- ! |missioners, in refusing to renew leases on water front properties. | tended to discourage water commeree to_this city. The committee approved eral idea of beputifying water front | property, but it was. the consensus {that the wrong methods were being {used to accomplish it. the gen- “We want the plans for t im- provement made in public,” s: Mr. Glassie, “and not in the dark. The people of Washington should have jome say. in this matter and hearings should be held in public. Until the plans are made and money set aside the action of the Commissioners is extremely ill-advised.” “Soft Times Going.” “The unemployment situation in this city should not be considered in a pes- simistic way,” sald Isaac Gans, first | vice president of the chamber, in in- troducing a resolution offering_the co-operation of the body to the Com- missioners, “Accord {ceived.” co tinue are less than 5.000 unemployed in this It is not that hard times jare coming but that soft times are | going™ The resolution, offered by Mr. Gans and adopted by the directors, follows: “The Washington Chamber of Com- merce communicates its approval of the action taken by the Commission- !situation in Washington and offers | the chamber's full co-operation.” Albert Schulteis, president of the chamber and member of the Commis- sioners’ cgmmittee on ungmployment, I 20,000 miles on one set of tires—509, greater fucl efficiency. ——zero-balance roadability —less annual de- preciation; all of these at a price revised to meet the requirements in this era of Roadster o 82550 Sportster o « 2695 Tourster . 2795 Sportcoupe 3695 PRICES F.O. readjustment. Sportsedan Sportosine - " Toursedan Tourosine - « o B. FacToRY A - $3995 * 3995 3995 4295 GIBSON MOTOR CO: 1124 Connecticut Avenue (& R Car COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS, USA. rgators of Advanced Motor Cars /. Phone Main of our dock front:and submit the same ! ers in rcgard to the unemployment| EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WE $387,000,000 IN CLAIMS ISETTLED BY GOVERNMENT Railway Obligations Disposed of Nearly-Half of Total, White House Reports. It was made known at the White House yesterday following a con. ference between Director General of Rallroads Davis and President Hard- ing that up to October 1, claims amounting to $387,000,000, or _nearly 50 per cent of the total known claims had been settled by the gov- ernment. Of this amount $117,000,000 has actually been paid. In making this fact known the White House laid emphasis upon that 'camurc of the claim whith-shows that these settlements have been made since January 1, or, essentlally since 1April 1last, or during the present ad- ministration. It was .made known also | that rallroad’ claims totaling $85 {000.000 have been received-by-the rail- iroad administration. This, the White { House pointed out, represents a mile- age of practically 70-per cent of the total mileage of the country. President Harding made it known following his meeting with the cabi- net that he is extremely. anxious for Congress to lose no time in its pas- sage of the tax bill. He is known to consider the early passage of this measure as being extremely vital. He fecls the same way toward the railroad funding bill, the enactment of which will not only bring a great relief of the railroads themselves, but, according to his view, will go a long way toward aiding in the solving of the unemployment problem of the nation. The President also is desirous that Congress should act early on the bill EIVINE to the Secretary of the Treasury necessary authority to re- fund our foreign debt. was instructed to attend the confer- ence being held today. with full power to act for the chamber. ' Opposes School Site. A resolution opposing the action of Health Officer Fowler in directing that the proposed school for tubercu- lar children be situated on the site now occupied in part by the Tubercu- lar Hospital, which ‘site will = also house a new Junior High School, was presented to the board by W. C. Han- son. chairman of the tubercular com mittee of the Piney Branch Citizens’ Association. “If the 'recommendation of: the health officer should be adopted.” said Mr. Hanson, “it would bring a'con- stant menace tn the health of the 11.000 normal pupils in the Junfor High | School through daily association with ithe fifty or more tubercular puplls on !the street cars and in the vicinity of lthe two bulldings.” 3 After ,some discussion the matter | was referred to the public health com- mittee of the chamber, with instruc- {tions to make a thorough investiga- tion. i Mrs. M. B. Reitz. well known business woman of this city, was unanimously elected to the board of directors. She is the second woman so honored by the chamber. Twenty-Nine New Members. The report of the membership com- mittee. submitted by Sidney West, chajrman, made application for the elec tiorf of twenty-nine new members to the organization. They were unanimously elected. A striking feature of the recent drive for members was brought out when it was announced that ten of the Inew members wers from one business organization, the Washington Railway and Electric Company and the Potomac { Electric Power Companv. A concerted ! drive on business houses is expected to be_undertaken in the near future. The new members are: James T. Rrazelton, William C. Bushong, George M. Davis, Elmer Dyer, Loretta A. Ennis, Edwin H. Etz. Alfred B. Gawler, David G. Goldberg, B. L. Grove, International Bank. Mrs. May Cowles McKinley, AVil- liam E. Mattingly, D. L. Nunnall Theodore D. Sloat, Samuel “Solomon. James F. Soper, G. Meredith Winship, 17 D. Zlotnick, Federal National Bank, H. A. Brooks, S. R- Brown, William Clark, A. H. Ferrandou, Atwood M. Fisher, George P. Mangan, A. G. Neal, L. nclair-and J. H. Stephens. ‘614" I railroad | 1 OCCURS IN McLANE HOME Theft of Money Followed by Miss- ing Jewels—Maid Under Suspicion. Allen McLane, secretary to a mem- ber of the Shipping Board, residing ! at 1723 Connecticut avenue, who re- ported the theft of a pocketbook con- taining $30 Sunday afternoon, yves- terday told the police of the taking of jewelry valued at $9,060. The po- lice are “seeking a young woman who was in the employ of the Mc- Lane family when the theft was com- mitted. It appears that the young woman, who 18 8aid to speak with a_decided foreign accent ,was employed by the McLane family as an upstairs maid, producing lelter of recommenda- tion which, it is stated. were forged. The McLanes went to Baltimore Sat urday. leaving the maid in the house, maid had- disappeared. Disappearance of the pocketbook contaiging the $30 was noticed and the police were asked to investigate. Yesterday afternoon a member of the family noticed that a key to a closet in which the jewelry was put for safekeeping, was not in its accus- tomead place. It was found and then the jewelry was missed. The police were furnished a de- scription of the maid and jewelry, and the police of other cities have been asked to assist in, efforts that are being made to apprehend her. APPEAL TO PRESIDENT FOR JAILED WORKERS i { i H ifl’mted Miners Ask U. S. to Pro- tect Rights of Men Imprisoned in West Virginia. The United Mine Workers of America laid before President Harding yester- day a reuqest that the federal govern- ment aid in protecting rights of coal miners held in jail by West Virginia strike disturbances in that state. The committee appointed by the Mine Workers’ "convention in__ Indianapolis spent an hour with the President ad- ising him_of their understanding of the West Virginia situation. They told Mr. Hardihg they believed the men under arrest were in jeopardy and that it was the duty of federal authorities to take steps for their protection. No conclusions of tHe conference were made public, but John Moore of Ohio, who_is representing President Lewis of the Mine Workers at the unemployment conference here, and who introduced the committee to the President, declared | e was satisfied that some means wouia ibe found to protect the rights of the lprlsoners. Except for this statement {maintained silence and were unwilling to indicate what specific steps they had asked the administration to take. —_— Maj. C. F. Thompson to Head Military Press Bureau. Maj. Charles F. Thompson of th General Staff Corps, assistant cmeg of staff of the 5th Corps area, at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. re- jported at the War Department yeste day for duty as chief of the pr. bureau of the military establish- He relieved Maj. George A. infantry. who resumed former duties 'in ahief of stafft of the army. Maj Thompson is from North Dakota and was graduated from the Military Academy in June. 1904. During the lwnrld war he served in Europe as a colonel of infantry and was award- ed the distinguished service medal. TRANSFERRED TO NORFOLK. Commander John F. Hatch. Naval Supply Sorps, at the navy yard, Bos- ton, has been transferred to the navy anthorities as a result of the recent REPORTS HERE FOR DUTY. yard, Norfolk, Va. and Sunday when they returned the | all of those present at the interview : his ! the office of the| DNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1921. |SECOND ROBBERY IN WEEK FATE OF U.S. SHIPS iLasker Calls Merchant Ma- rine Basis for National Economic Stability. PLEA FOR SHIPPING BOARD {Head of Organization Shows Num- ber of Ocean-Going Vessels Own- ed by United States. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. October 5.—Until America as a whole awakens to the fact that national economic stability is dependent upon the establishment of a national merchant marine, there can never be an American merchant marine, Chairman Lasker of the i Shipping Board declared today in an address betore the Associated Ad- vertising Clubs of the World. ! Reviewing the work of the present iboard during its existence of sixteen sure, as dependent on the establish- ment of an American merchant irine as is the continuity of employ ment and the wage of the dock work- er in Baltimore or San Francisco, there can bhe no sured hope that the flag of the United States will be main- tained as it should_be on the seven seas. Sound economics accept as fundamental that national prosperity is based on continuity of employment at wages consonant with American standards of living. Surpluses and Prices Discussed. “When surpluses accumulate, prices are demoralized and employment ends ss has been co Generally cent of production makes the market, and it is this 1 16 per cent that we must ins al of to cus- I tomers in for Except with a merchant mari under our own ptrol there can be no assurance of these essential markets, The sixteen weeks of work by th ipresent board, he said, “have accom- i plished only a mere & I real beginning. of the foundation upon which a substantial structure of ac- complishment, we hope, may in good time, be erected. “After sixteen weeks we find our- selves with the framework of our human organization (accounting, operat- ing. financial, legal and liquidation) practically completed,” the chairman explained. i “Financial reports are beginning to come in. September 23 we had our cash statement as of August 21, the second h statement that it has been po: Dble for the new uoard to have since took office. On the same date our } operating account for the month of Au- and three gust was presented weel ago the result of the inventors of all of the Shipping Board’s material= and upplies (not including plants, <hips or jaccounts) was avaflable for the « sideration of the board and for adoption ot a policy for liquidation.” Ocean-Going Ships Number 1,450, The American nation today is pos- [sessed of 1.450 oceangoing steel ships of about 10,000,000 tons deadweight, the speaker said., adding that he had con- sidered only steel bottoms, since “eradi- cation” of all concrete’ and wooden bylls had been determined upon. He estimated the coSt:of the, available the I NOWUPTOPEOPLE weeks., he asked the “patie and {indulgence of the country.” aring | that if these were not i mer- ica’s economic life the seas for the next generation is dark indeed.” “Until the farmer in Kansas, the | industrial worker in India the miner in Arizona resli said Mr. Lasker, “that the regularity and vol- ume of their daily wage is, in a mea er {had been checked, he s beginning, but a | Flyers Forced Down As First Snow Falls For Hour in Virginia By the Assoclated Press. ROANOKE, October 35.—The first snow of the season feil in Biueficld surournding sec- tions for about an heur yester- day morni ccording to a report reaching here last might. MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., Oc- | tober 5—Don Campbell and Dallas Spears, fiying circun | tors, who left McCook Field, Dayton, yesterday for W | | inxto . C., were forced to | Innd their airplanes at Langin Field here yesterdny afternoon, after encountering a heavy | anowstorm 5,000 feet in the air. Campbell and Spears are en | | route to Richmond to do stunt | fi¥ing at the Virginia state fair. {GIRL KILLED IN VAIN JUMP i LONG BRANCH, N. J., October While attempting to make a flying jleap from a speeding automobile to an airplane late yesterday Madeline Davis was so badly injured that she died from a fracture of the skull in a hospital here. Her home is_in Fort Pierce, Fla. Miss Davis lost her balance as she Ireached for the bottom rung of a |rope ladder suspended from the air- plane and fell from the automobile, jlanding on her head. She was prac- ticing the stunt under the direction of Ruth Law. well known aviatrix. when the accident occurred. She appeared at fairs in the west in parachute drops, her companions said | fleet he said, at $2,500.000.000, which, could be entirely written off. as one of ithe major factors in the victory over | Germany, “without owing one penny {to the American people. “It was because of this fleet,” Mr. Lasker asserted. “that we were able to move the enormous volume of Ameri- can manufacture and raw materials at a time when there was a shortage of world tonnage. It was because of these ships that our factories, farms and mines were able to operate at top speed {when the boys returning from the front were secking employment.” The speaker predicted that the ship- ping fleet “would no longer be a bur {den to the American taxpayer.” Losses d, ‘and not {more than §5.000.000 2 month would be !required from now until the end of i““‘ fiscal year. |"“The liquidation of the threc and ! one-half billion doliars of the corpo- {rations assets will, at any time, real- jize but a fracticn of the original cost, {because the fleet was built with u | derstandable waste and high expense during war pressure,” Mr. Lasker con- {ceded. “The money loss in liquidation need not be considered, since it has already been written off in the cost of the war, and, as here outlined, served a function in full value. One of Greatest Ansets. “What remains, though, are the ships—potentially one of the greatest assets America has to insure its eco- {nomic future, which means to insure the pursuit of happiness by its people.” | The shipping of a1l naticns, he said, | has suffered as a result of the de- crease in trade and the increase of | construction since Mav, 1 | has had the result of placing “an ex- cess 0f 20,000,000 tons of s g" in Half the Figher cost of try. Pectaring that there ars many who “do not wish the status quo changed.” the speaker demanded that | trust. be met and vanquished.” : FROM AUTO TO AIRPLANE | Miss { and higher| Ty on Monda; standards of maintenance in this coun- | “these hostile forces from within and with- out, sowing seeds of discord and dis- 13 REPORTED BEARING OFFERTOMEXICO Elmer Dover of Tacoma, | Wash., Said to Be President Harding’s Envoy. UNKNOWN TO SUMMERLIN Will Be Adviser to Lamont, News- paper Declares, in Highly Important Position. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 5.—Repor that Elmer Dover of Tacoma, Wasli., { had been named personal representa- Itive of President Harding In Mexico, [ which were current some time ago, were revived here today by the new celsior. Information ‘“ob- tained with the greatest difficulty from high Mexican sources,” accord- ing to the newspaper, indicated that “overtures from the State Depart- {ment in Washington. expected to pave the way for speedy recogmition of the Obregon government by the {United were being brought to > Mr. Dover, who w: ve here this afteg- i Sald to ¥ | Mr. Dover was said to have been {given an autographed letter to Preai- dent Obregon by Mr. Harding, this bein {the fourth in un important series of | personal communications between tie I two executiv The Excelsior. in {its report. gave the impression that, by instruction from President Hard- ing, all mnegotiations corcerning {American recognition had been com- itted into Mr. Dover's hands. The newspaper statements, which bore the official stamp, or which appeared to be at least semi-officially inspired. were not in accordance with generai belief_here that George T. Summer- lin, United States charge d'affaires, had been designated sole spokesman e Letter. and representative of the United States government in the negotia- tions preliminary to recognition. Mr. | Summerlin " said jast night he had received no inftruction from the ! Dover's to Mr. Department relative visib to Mexico | In Important Poxition. IoeMr. Dover < been placed in a { highly i ceisior imediary b Ni : jand Washinet. . gwas_designated by the American State Department {and President Obregon to be escort and financial adviser of Thomas W. Lamont, who will arrive here today and who will probably be introduccd to President Obregor late this week. Private teiegrams received from Mr. Dover indicate he has not only suc- ceeded in his mission in obtaining recognition, but that. in all prob- ability. he will remain here as rep- resentative of the international financa comm'tiee and take full charge of arrangements for the re- | sumption of the pavment of the Mexi- can foreign debi. . “Mr. Dover will act as Mr. Lamont's snokesman, and the New York finan- icier will not receive newspaper men the ocean-carrying marke Wwhile in Mexico ¢ Mr. Dover. who i tonnage now laid up is under foreign!nys neted as consaiting Attorney for | flags. he added it b in Washine- Mr. Lasker said the Jones ship bill| tom. is said te made a had been framed with the evident pur- | yanpements for Lamont’s 1 voge of removing disabilities suffered!.,q to have presented him officially [ by Anierican v ult of the it 5 Mexican d-legation at Lare GOES TO ATLANTIC FLEET. Rear Admiral Frederick B. 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