Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1921, Page 2

Y- = FEAR THIRD DEGRE IN EASTLAKE GASE Attorney Seeks to Have Pris- oners Returned to Fred- erickshurg. W. A. TOLER, Superintendent of identifiention bu- reau, Richmo: Va., police depart- ment, investigating Eastlake murder on order of Gov. Davis. From a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., October 7. | §Fearing that Miss Sarah E. Knox d Rodger D. Eastlake will be put through a rigid third degree by Rich- mond police authorities, William W. Butzner, one of the attorneys repre- Senting the couple. who are charged fointly with the murder of Mrs. Mar- garet Eastlake at Colonial Beach a week ago, took steps today to have he prisoners returned to the Fred- srlcksburg city jail. ¢ Mr. Butzner, it is understood, made request to Circuit Court Judge Jo- leph Wilson Chinn of Warsaw, Va., for a writ of habeas corpus to have Ris clients released from the custody of the Richmond officials. H Removed Under Prote: : Eastlake and Miss Knox were tak- én out of the jail here Tuesday and removed to the Richmond city jail, un- der the protest of Mr. Butzner. Upon geaching the Virginia capital they were subjected to a severe grilling by Sergt. William A. Toler, identification expert of the Richmond detective bu- reau, who has been investigating the murder case at the direction of Gov. Westmoreland Davis. A further grill- ing of the accused couple has been planned by the Richmond authorities in an effort to wring a complete con- fession from them. Mr. Butzner already has protested to the state authorities relative to the examination of the couple when they reached Richmond Tuesday svening. The Richmond official Bowever, stoutly deny that the third _degree has been inflicted on the Prisoners. Poor Facllitien. The Baltimore nurse and Eastlake were transferred from the Freder- seksburg jail on account of the fact that they were treated more as guests Fhere than prisoners. The limited Facilities of the local jail also was Partly responsible for their removal. “The date for the trial of Eastlake and Miss Knox will be set by Judge €hinn_October 24, when the grand fury meets at Montross, the county seat of Westmoreland. Indications are that the trial will be held the Iatter part of this month or early in November, as :counsel for the ac- cused couple say they will not ask for @ continuance of the case, and the prosecution claims it has sufficient evidence to convict the prisoners. HOUSE TO TAKE UP CAR MERGER BILL (Continued from First Page.) Electric Company, and we hope by this legisiation to give relief at the earliest possible moment and without attendant litigation. What Plan Proposes. “TUnder the plan proposed, authori- ty is given the Capital Traction Com- pany, the Waslington Railway and Blectric Company and subsidiary companies, and the Potomac Electric Power Company to merge, there be- ing no authority under the present law_to combine these public utilities. “The tax now imposed on the street rallway companies for the mainte- nance of crossing policemen is re- pealed, as we believe that this is an unfair tax. Taking last vear's fig- ures as a basis, this will relieve the two companies of a total tax of $76,- 429.73; $46,662.79 of which was paid by ' the Washington Railway and Blectric Company and $29,766.94 by the Capital Traction Company. “It is further provided that all pro- visions of law which make it incum- bent upon the street railway com- panies operating within the District of Columbia to bear the expense in- cldent to laying new pavement or pérmanent improvements on streets or highways between its tracks and two feet on each side shall be re- pealed. Difficult to Obtain Figures. = *It is somewhat difficult to obtain figures which will show the amount paid by these .companies for paving, from which, under the terms of the proposed bill, they are to be relieved, but the Public Utilities Commission in a letter to the committee states that it assumes that 40 per cent of the amount now paid represents the cost of minor improvements and re- pairs to pavements, which the com- panies should continue to pay, and taking this as a basis they would, ac- cording to the amounts paid last year, be relieved of taxes to the amount of $94,893.02 for the Washington Rail- way and Electric Company and $5 230.50 for the Capital Traction Com- pany, making a total of $152,123.52. “The committee has changed the tax on gross receipts, which is now 4 per_cent, as provided under the act of July 1, 1902, to 1 per cent on gross receipts, and propose a tax of 50 per cent on all earnings in excess of 7 ver cent on the fair value of the Propert; Gross Receipts Stated. “The 4 per cent gross receipts tax now ‘amounts to $247,416.24 for the ‘Washington Railway and Electric Company and $222,133.82 for the Cap- ital \ Traetion Company, making a total bf $469,560.06, while there would be collected under the provisions of this bill, taking the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, as a basis of compu- tation, the sum of $487,313.38. Under this provision, the Washington Rail- \way and Electric Company would pay s 1 per cent gross receipts tax of $61,854.06, but as their net earnings are nat sufficient to yield 7 per cent on the' fair valye of their property, there uld be no tax levied on oper- ating indome. _“The pital Traction = Company would pay $55,633.46 gross receipts and on their operating income 50 per cent tax on $739,851.75, making a total of $487,313.38 for the two com- 1 ‘which, $17,763.32 more tnan under existing law. ere is appended hereto and made 't of this report a statement of amounts now ° paid, and the ts wi would be paid under m’ol“ it the same gross = $24,326 HAS BEEN RAISED TO ENTERTAIN VISITORS Chairman Callahan Announces To- tal to Date in Connection With Armament ueehnz. Daniel J. Callahan, acting chair- man of the committee raising the fund for citizens' committee for the entertainment of the international visitors who will be in Washington during the conference for the limita- tion of armament, announced today that thus for a total of $24,326 has beer subscribed. This amount, he said, represents subscriptions from 274 firms and individuals. Those who subscribed during the last twenty-four hours and the amounts are: Holmes & Sons, $100; Butler & Kratz, $25; Judge Mary O'Toole, $10; Towles Studio, $25; Crandall theaters, $100, and Croydon Inn, $10. receipts and operating expenses are taken as a basis. Factors to Be Considered. “When it is considered that the Capital Traction Company had gross revenue of 26,432.84 for the yedr ending April 30, 1921, and operating expenses of 33,966, including the 4 per cent gross receipts tax, crossing policemen and paving tax, which left a net income of $1,97 319.17 available for return, which is more than 10% per centum on the fair value of their property, while the Washington Railway and Electric Company earned less than 6 per cent on its actual physical value, the nec- essity for legislation which would put them on a more equitable basis becomes apparent. “The gross receipts tax of 4 per cent, which is now paid by the com- panies, is in turn collected from: the car riders and if the Washington ilway and Electric Company was relieved of this tax and the tax col- lected in the form of an excess profits tax, the District would receive the same amount in revenue, but the car rider would receive a reduced rate of fare, and the abnormal profits now received by the Capital Traction Com- pany and applied to improvements and surplus would be reduced. “However, your committee feels that the situation could be best met by combining the various street rail- way properties within the District, granting or fixing a rate of fare to yield them a fair return on the physi- cal value of the combined properties, and thus giving the car riders a re- duced rate of fare, and with this fact in mind they have provided in section 8 of the bill that if the two com- panies do not merge by July 1, 1922, then the Public Utilities Commission of the District shall fix separate rates of fare for the Capital Traction Com- pany_and the Washington Railway and Electric Company and sidiary companies. Utllity Law Provision 4 s in passing the publlc util- ities law for the District of Colum- bia provided that every public utility doing business within the District of Columbia should be required to fur- | Inish service and facilities reasonably safe and adequate, and in all respects just and reasonable, and the charge made by any such public utility for any facility and service should be reasonably "just and non-discrimina- tory, and that every unjust or unres sonable or discriminatory charge {prohibited and declared unlawful, | oBelieving that the rate of fare {Row charged by the Capital Traction {Company is unreasonable ana that it {is imposed to maintain the earnings {of the Washington Railway and IF:leC!.rlC Company, we believe that |public interest demands that these companies be consolidated and that a lower rate of fare be established and if this is not done under the lib- eral provisions and terms of this measure. then the commission should establish separate rates of fare, based air return t i = on e o individuai com: “In the figures given value of the companies, ed by the Public Utilities Comm as of December 1, 1920, is taken, and not the capitalization, which in the case of the Capital Traction Company is about $3.000,000 and_in the case of the Washington Railway and tric Company about $10.000,000 more the actual s ascertain- than the values fixed by the investi- i ations provided for in the act of |March 4, 1913, which is the law creating the Public Utilities Commis- sion. —_— LINCOLN STATUE STATUS STIRS REPRESENTATIVE Mr. King of Illinois Says Fort Stevens Plan Is “Dese- cration.” The proposal, which was supported vesterday by Lieut. Col. C. O. Sher- rill. officer in charge of public build- ings and grounds, to re-erect on the site of the old Fort Stevens battle- field, where Lincoln stood under ene- my fire, the statue of Lincoln erected by popular subscription of Washing- ton residents and removed from in front of the hourthouse several years i 88o. has aroused Representative Ed- ward J. King of Illinois. Representative King is the author of a bill to restore the Lincoln stat- ue, carved by Lott Flannery, to its original site in Judiciary Square, and Wwith the support of the Grand Army and other patriotic organizations, he secured the approval of President Harding on this proposal. To erect the statue on the Fort cration which every citizen. of the District should protest,” according to Representative King. “This particu- lar statue has more sentiment and emotion attached to it than any other statue in the District of Columbia. It was the gift of the people of the Dis- trict. It was the first statue dedicated to our great civil war President, and it was the only statue sculptured by an artist who personally knew the martyred hero. “It was dedicated on Judiciary Square amidst the most impressive ceremonies witnessed in Washington. It was placed on a spot peculiarly eommemorative of previous events. “There may be some artists who would like a general contract sculp- turing a bombastic memorial for Ju- diciary Square. When the District of Columbia is so vitally in need of so many urgent improvements, I fail to see why an honored, respected statue should be ruhtlessly thrown aside.” Statement of the ownership, August 24, 1912: Editor, Theodore W. Noyes, Washington, D. C.; mankging_editor, Rudolph Kauffmann, Washingt Newbold, Washington, D. C.; pu Owners: Theodore W. Noyes the heirs of the late Crosby S. Noyes; Frank A. Richardson, trustee for Mary B. Adams; Frank B. Noyes, Theodore W. Noyes. Rudolph Kauff- mann, Victor Kauffmann, Beale R. Howard, Jessie K. Kauffmann, Flem- ing Newbold, Grace Adams Howand, Louise K. Simpson, John Crayke Simpson, Philip C. Kauffmann, R. and Miranda Noyes Pomeroy. All Miranda Noyes Pomeroy, at Greenwich, Conn. Known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders, hold- ing 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other ge- Circulation Figures. Aveérage number of coples of each issue of tha publieatfon sold or distributed through the mails or otherwise to paid subscribers during the six months ended September 30, 1921. curities, none. Net Paid Circulation Net Unpaid Circulation (made up of copies given for service, etc.) ................. Total Average Net Circulation (Bigned) Sworn to and subscribed before me (Seal) its sub- | Stec- | Stevens battlefield would be a “dese- THE STAR FILES P. 0. STATEMENT Circulation for Past Six Motths. The Evening Star, published daily, and ‘The Sunday Star, published Sunday morning, at' Washington, D. C., requtired by:act of -Coi fisher, Tha Evenin Company, Frank B. Noyes, president, Washington, . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1921 BILL WOULD HEL VETERANS 70 0B Representative Moore Wants Every Postmaster in Country to Aid Service Men. Proposal to establish an employ- ment service in every post office in the country, to serve world war veter- ans and their dependents, is made by Representative Allen F. Moore of lilinois in.a bill introduced in the House today. This measure provides for 556 salaried employes and brings into co-operation the services of more than 500,000 persons at a cost of only $450,000. This bill would set up a “veterans’ employment division” in the Post Office Department, and it provides as follows: | Provisions of Bill All postmasters shall receive, com- pile and list information as to all available opportunities for veterans and blood relatives of deceased veter- ans to secure employment within the delivery of their offices, and shall at all times keep on file in their offices information 8o received, from what- ever legitimate sources it may be obtained. This information shall be available at all times to any veteran or the blood relative of any deceased veteran who may apply for it, and whenever any veteran or blood rela- tive of a deceased veteran shall sub- mit an_ application for employment the postmaster shall make every rea- ‘sonable cffort to place the applicant jin_employment by giving the appli- cant any and all information at his command regarding employers. At least once each month postmas- iters shall compile a_summary of the !applications for employment on hand {and unfilled and shall cause such |Summary to be brought to the atten- tion of employers and the public within the delivery of their offices through submission to the press for publication or by any other reason- able means at their command. Post- masters and employers under their direction are hereby authorized and directed to give to any veteran or the blood relative of any deceased veteran, every reasonable aid and as- sistance in securing employment, and they are also authorized and directed to bring to the attention of employ- ers. information concerning veterans and blood relatives of deceased vet- crans who have made application with the postmaster for employment. | Full Reports Called For. ! In addition to the local dissemina- tion of information among veterans and the blood relatives of deceased !veterans and employers, the postmas- ter shall submit once each month a report to the Postmaster General jshowing (1) the number of applica- itions for employment from veterans jor blood relatives of deceased vet- jerans on file in his office on the last day of the month for which the report | is “submitted, (2) the number of vet- erans or relatives of deceased vet- {erans for whom employment was se- i cured during the same month, (3) the inumber of new applications for em- i ployment yeceived during the month 1 for which the report is submitted, (4) j the number of requests from employ- ers to secure veterans or relatives of deceased veterans for employment, (5) the number of positions open for vet- erans or rclatives of deceased vet- ierans on the last day of the month for which the report is submitted. (6) v information as to future employ- ment for veterans or blood relatives 1of deceased veterans within the de- livery of his office. The Postmaster General is directed, f. in his judgment, the facts warrant, to advise in such a manner as he deems best, any or all veterans or Iblood relatives of deceased veterans { of opportunities for work in accord- ance with the information received by him from the monthly reports. H Clerienl Help Provided. In cities having a population of more | than 25,000 persons and less han 50,000 | persons postmasters are ‘authorized to i employ. if required, one vetefan or the I blood relative of a deceased veteran as fa clerical assistant to- aid in carrying cut the provisions of this act in cities j kaving a population of 50.000 to 100,000, two such assistants may be employed : in cities having a population of 100,000 10 250,000, three such assistants may be employed. in citles baving a population of from 250,000 to 500,000, four such assistants /may be employed, and in cities having a population over 500,000 or more, five or six such assistants may be employed, as conditions require. No such assistants shall be emploved by the postmaster. unless in his judgment such assistance is absolutely necessary. It would establish in the Post Office Department a division to be known as the ‘“veterans' employment division, with one chief of the division, to be paid a salary of $3,600 per annum, one assistant chief of the division, who shall be paid a salary of $3,000 per an- num, and not more than fifteen clerks, none of whom would be paid more than $1,600 per annum. All of the employes of this division would be veterans or blood relatives of deceased veterans, ap- pointed by the Postmaster General without regard to civil service. Explains Bill's Purposes. “This bill is not a panacea for the ills of unemployment. It is intend- ed rather to set up machinery in- suring the veterans of the world war of employment as rapidly as good times return.” Representative Moore explained. It creates but 556 new places throughout the United States, although it brings into play the activity and services of more than half a million persons. “Insofar as 1 have been able to determine the world war veteran wants a chance to earn his livelihood. He isn't looking for charity, nor is he pleased with the idea of being stripped to the waist and auctioned ¢t as a public speclacle to create publicity. The government owes the veteran every aid that it can give him in finding an opportunity for him to support himself and family. Being the last to be unemploycd before the depression, he was the first to be dropped when retrenchment pol- icles were inaugurated. ““This bill proposes to utilize an al- ready? existing_governmental agency —the Post Office Department. It looks forward to the time that em- ployment will be on the increase. At the same time it sets up maechinery for immedjate contact between em- ployer and employed for whatever openings may be available. First Jobs for Veterans. “I believe with Becretary of Labor Davis when he says, ‘When good times return the first jobs must go to the management, circulation, etc.. of ngress of D. Ci ‘business mi = . C. and Frank B. Noyes, trustees for ger, Fleming r NGWIDI]’!I‘ Hauffmann, Samuel H. Kauffmann ddresses Washington, D. C., except A Average Net Circulation. Daily. Sunday. ..88,804 89,034 AAAAA cereeeceen., 16 553 ..... cevie....89,680 89,587: - FLEMING NEWBOLD, his 6th day of Ostobér. 1351 tl of 8 x ELMER F. YOUNT, Notary, Eublic,, < /i Jim White, champion strong man of exhibition on the Capitel plax: men who first accepted the great job of fighting for the safety of all human progress. Any employer who ignores Such 4 claim as theirs has ceased to be an American.’ “In the matter of expenditure of public money I believe that no method of establishing an employment service of this magnitude may be attempted without utilization of some existing government department or the ex- penditure of millions of dollars. “The initial appropriation author- ized in this bill is $450,000, as com- pared with $5,500.000 original appro- priation and - $272,000 deficiency for the United States employment serv- ice in 1919. “With nearly six millions of dollars the United States employ- ment service had a total of 4,079 sal- aried employes and 875 offices. For less than half a million dollars at the outset this bill proposes to establish an employment service at every post office, with but 556 salaried employes. “By utilizsing the facilities of the Post Office Department. supplemented in larger places by additional clerical and supervisory forces, I believe that the unemployed veterans may be given the opportunity to earn their livelihood as they desire with the least delay. Will Reassemble Tuesday. The President's conference on un- employment will reassemble next Tuesday instead of Monday, as pre- viously announced, Secretary Hoover said last night. Committees will meet Monday, he added. and it is hoped several of them will have com- pleted their recommendations on per- manent measures for conbating un- employment and reviving business and commerce. The manufacturiers' committee con- tinued in meeting today, but little progress toward a report was made, it was sald. Only minor questions were discussed, members declared, and as yet the relation of wages and prices to a general economic program still_awaits consideration. Col. Arthur Woods, former police commissioner of New York, assumed charge of the central agency for co- ordinating emergency unemployment relief throughout the country yester- day and Secretary Hoover addressed a letter to all mayors asking their co-operation in putting Iimmediate measures into effect. UNEMPLOYMENT EXISTS AMONG D. C. MACHINISTS Reduction at Navy Yard Affects Situation—Figures for Coun- try Announced. Unemployment in machinists’ trades still continues In the District of Co- lumbia on_account of further reduc- tions at the Washington navy yard, according to a report on current em- ployment conditions today by the United States employment service. Auto shop work was reported stag- nant and small machine shops in the same condition. Clerical and unskill- ed labor also shows a high percen- tage of unemployment, the report id. “sught decrease in unemployment throughout the country was reported for September by the employment service. September 80, the announce- ment said, 1.428 establishments had 18,050 more workers on pay rolls than August 31, an increase of 1.2 per cent. In sixty-five principal cities employ~ ment decreased in twenty-six, but in- creased in thirty-eight and remained nged in one. un;:: u!;xmmnry showed also that the percentage of change was greater in tire cities reporting increased employ- ment than in those showing decreases. The greatest increase in employment was at Toledo, Ohio, with 24.1 per cent. Largest decreases were shown in New England and New Jersey. Increases by industries were noted particularly in food production, tex- tile manufacturing, nearly all metals, stone, glass, clay,rlumber, chemicals and railroad shops. The industries Feporting decreases included automo- Dbiles, leather and its products, paper and printing and tobacco manufac- tures. ———— CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY ADJUDGED BANKRUPT Involuntary Petition Filed Year Ago Against $10,000,000 Coneern With Chicago Headquarters. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 7.—The Co- operative Soclety of America was ad- judged bankrupt and the Central t Company of Chicago was ap- :;iul:tad its l:ece(ver by Federal Judge Evan A. Evans. The involuntary petition in bank- ruylcyt'tlh!ellle:‘l-:;lr ago by cred- o company. "%'i.'e society was supposed to be & $10,000,000 concern. t owned real estate in the Chicago downtown sec- tion_and numerous dairiés and farms in Wisconsin and Iowa. Testimony in the bankruptcy proceedings was that it had more than $1,000,000 worth of groceries stored in Chieago ware- houses. - ?1‘\‘1:1;5 Evans in making his decision characterized the um:ieg as. ‘“vise ionary” and termed the Great West- ern Securities Company, which sold stock for the society, “a perpetrator of frauds. —_—— LAWYERS MUST ANSWER. Must Reply to Daily Assignments in D. C. Supreme Court. The justices of the District Supreme Court ‘have served notice on the at- torneys that mez must appear in court to answer the call of the daily assignments of cases.. ure to at- tend to this may result in having the cases dismil the court has an- nounced in a notice issued yesterday afternoon. The notice read “When a case the daily assign- ment, either at law or in equity, 18 called and there 18 1o fesponce for the plaintiff, the case nhall Bs entered dis- missed for t of prosecution, une less the defendant is ready' an@ in- sists upon & triel” KemicE the Navy, who ix gi today, when he drew n loaded fi 1378 D. C. CLERKS PAY MAY BE RAISED Seven Per. Cent Increase if Congress Accepts Bureau’s Recommendations. ‘The 1,378 statutory employes of the District government whose basic salaries have not been rcadjusted for forty years will receive an increase of 7 per cent over their present envelope pay next year if Congress carries out the recom- mendations of the bureau of efficiency. By envelope pay the bureau o effi- ciency means basic salary plus the $240 cent increase, the bureau means 7 per cent more than they now receive, aud basic pay without the bonus. If Congress, in readjusting the sala- crease for siatutory employes of the District service would have to be about minimum rates fixed by the bureau of Clerks’ Present Pay. At the present time tne pay of the amounts to $1,453,808. The. total bonus ing their enveiope pay amount to ! $1,762,896. bonus. 8o, in recommending a 7 per rot merely 7 per cent more than their ries, does away with the bonus the in- 25 per cent to bring them up to the efficiency. 1,375 annual employes of the District for these clerks comes to $308,093, mak- If Congress retains the bonus next year only $125,402 will be needed to bring these District clerks up to the minimum salaries fixed by the ef- ficiency experts. Without the bonus. new’ salary scale into effect. It was learned at the District building today that the increases fecommended by the efficiency bureau are 5 per cent higher than the’ in- the Com- missioners in their estimates to-Gen. ’oronan already asked by Dawes. It also became known today that former Senator Sherman, who went over the District estimates for the federal budget bureau, had the re- iport of the efficlency bureau before him all of last week. This gave him the opportunity to prepare an al ternative estimate to Congress em- bodyiug the findings of the efficiency bureau. Bureau Recommencs. In assigning each District employe to a certain grade the efficiency bu- reau recommends the minimum and {the maximum salary for that grade, each employe should be placed be- tween the two extremes. It is probable that if the Commis- Ialoners and the budget bureau en- District bill all salaries will placed at the minimum figure for the respective grades. It is pointed out that thesCommis: } sioners will not have time to judge | the efficiency of each employe in time for the next appropriation bill and give him or her the proper rating between the minimum and maximum. Next year, however, they may be able in framing their estimates to recom- mend for various employes an in- creased salary above the minimum. The report of the efficiency bureau |does not deal with school teachers, firemen, policemen or per diem la- borers and mechanics, all of whom have had their pay adjusted from time to time since 1906. & The 1,378 statutory clerks covered in_ the report have never had their salaries adjusted. RENT COMMISSION WORK HELD VITAL (Continued from First Page.) hunted far and near in good localities for a reasonably priced room. Find everything in that line sky-high and soaring. It's a burning honest, industrious women who are endeavoring to earn an honest liveli- hood cafhnot find & room in which to live at a moderate rent. Rooms'on third floors are rented at $20 per month without a-bathroom. Women all over the city are dgsparate at this state of affaits, tr¥ing to pay the enormous rents out of moderate sal- arl In & locality where a respectable woman desires to live you can get nothing for less than $20, and for most rooms they are asking $26, $30, $40 and even $50. Cah nothing be done to bring down these intolerable ices driving our weaker sisters to suicide and shame? I find places where both husband and wife are in sonrmnnnt employ, their little chil- rén in the éare of a servant and renting their rooms at exorbitant prices.’ Characteristic of Others. Mrs. Taylor and Mr. Gude explaifnied that the tone of the acteristic of others recel ditions pointed to, l{ exist today in W ngton. they admitted that the stated, actual- “rooms for rént” signs watnfil‘unuh- out the city, it was asserted that the rentals asked were in most cases ex- the majority of room HRunters. stances of single furnished rooms it was stated. Both commissioners explained that it was due the real estate men to ex- plain that most of this kiting of being done by persons subleasing thelr Houses to roomers. Realtors, in most instances, prices on rooms was have shown e sincere desire ‘to oo operate in it ‘was sali Work Accumulates. The commissiohers anfiounced that while it was the initiative to investigate rents in con- nection with properties offersd for use of delegates to the conference on £432,495 will be needed to put the| but has not attempted to say where deavor to have the efficiency bureau's salary scale incorporated in the ne;t e ame that b] pril h 8 ved. th re k2 orbitant ana@ calculated to scars away tter was chat- The con- ‘While many néha for $55 a month and isolated demands for as much as $80 have been reported, aeilorating the conditions, wish on their own ON JIM? & his time in the interest of the unemployed, gave an ve-ton truck with hix teeth. l1ation of work now before the com- mission virtually precludes such action. Gratification was expressed that a_committee of the Washington keal Estate Board has undertaken to do this work. 100 BODIES ARE BURIED. Soldiers Who Died Overseas Now Rest at Arlington. Bodies of 100 enlisted men of the Army who died overseas were buried in the Arlington National cemetery yesterday afternoon with full mili- tary honors. Religious services were condueted by Army chaplains of various denom- inations. The list of dead included the ‘name of Henry H. Woodville of Indiantown Va., who was killed in actlon at Clerges, France, October 1, 1918, . while serving in Company 126th Infantry. PRESENT FINDINGS [0 SENATOR BALL Conference, Submit Views on Vice Repression. Following adjournment of the three-day session of the conference on social hygiene by woman organizers of the District of Columbia, a delega- tion of twelve welfare workers, head- Minna C, Van Winkle, head of the ment, presented their findings on the vice-repression measures now pend- ing in Congress to Senator Ball, chairman of the Senate District com- mitte, yesterday afternoon, and was promised a hearing by him to be held next Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Preceding the trip to the Capitol, more than 100 women, representing practically every woman's organiz: tion in the District, met at the Wom- en's City Club for luncheon and there DENIES FRAUD CHARGE MADE BY MISS McVICKER Fulton R. Gordon Answers Suit Over Sale of Part of Chevy Chase Subdivision. Denying fraud and misrepresenta- tion in connection with the sale of portions of his subdivision at Chevy hase to young woman war workers and declaring that he never author- ized any offer of a cheaper rate as a “‘compensation for their patriotic serv- ice,” Fulton R. Gordon, real estate operator, today filed an answer in the District Supreme Court to a suit filed some weeks ago by Miss Eula McVicker of Locust Grove, Ga., for an injunction to prevent the sale of certain lands in the subdivision and for dancellation of certain notes given for deferred purchase money. Miss McVicker had charged that a oman employed by the defendant as a solicitor had indicated the location of the lots near a car line and when the deed was received the lots were found to be several blocks away from such method of travel. Other alleged misrepresentations were set out in the bill of complaint. The defendant says the woman de- scribed as his agent was employed by him on a commission basis only and he had never authorized her to make any special offer to war workers nor to say that he would resell the prop- erty in six months at 50 cents per foot. Mr. Gordon, through Attorneys Darr, Whiteford & Darr, tells the court that in his experience of twenty years as a real estate operator he has never resold lots purchased from jhim nor sold property belonging to | He asserts that Miss McVicker was ;shown the lots on the ground and {that when the deal was being closed | expressed herself as “thoroughly un- derstanding and assenting to the transaction.” Mr. Gordon also denies that-Miss McVicker's lot was in a re- mote'part of the subdlivision, as claim- ed, and asserts that streets are being | graded adjacent thereto at great ex- pense to him. Mr. Gordon asks that the bill be dis- misced, declaring that he ally able to meet any claims against him, and the appointment of a re- ceiver, as asked by counsel for the plaintiff, would prevent him from car- rying out his contracts with other purchasers and subject him to great financial liability. —_— HELD UP BY BANDIT. Highwayman Takes Purse, But Re- turns $1 for Car Fare. Edwin H. Kilton, 2016 14th street, was held up at Rock Creek Church road and Taylor street last night about 11 o'clock by a highwayman, armed with a revolver. ‘When the armed man had obtained possession of the pedestrian’s pocket- book, containing about $10, the lat- iter asked that he give him back enough cash to pay his car fare to the city. The burglar handed him a dollar bill. Boarding an automobile, the high- wavman sped off in the direction of Maryland and later in the night a member of the state road force re- in which two men had been_ riding. ‘The police made inquiries and learn- ed that the car belonged to H. H. ‘Willis, 1314 C street northeast. ‘The car had been stolen from in front of 624 F street. SENDS OUT PRAYER PLEA. Cardinal O’Connell Acts as Arms Conference Approaches. BOSTON, October 7.—Cardinal O’Connell, in a letter to the clergy of the Boston Archdiocese today, re- quested that prayers be offered at masses on Armstice day for the suc- cess of the conference to limit arma- ments, which begins at Washington that day. that The cardinal's letter said ‘“‘upon the success of “the conference will depend in great part the uni- versal good will and happiness for which an afflicted and sorrowing world is yearning.” UP ON MURDER CHARGE. Four Young Men Are Accused of Slaying Barber. Leslie Shelby, John Neffin, Milton Solman and Corbin Shields, four of the five youths recently indicted by the grand juty for murder in the first degree in eofinection with the killing of Frederick Schnurr, & barber, near hig home January 22 last, were ar- raigned today before Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 1. Milton Metcalf, jointly indicted, has not been -p{nhenaed‘ The four young men entered pleas of not guilty and by their counsel requested an early trial. Chief Justice McCoy told coun- sel to arange the date for trial with United States Attorney Gordon. On motion of Attorney James A. O’Shea the court permitted Shields to remain at liberty on ball of $5,000, the amount on which he was re- leased at the preliminary hearing in the Police Court, which disclosed some doubt as to the presence of Shields at the time of the tragedy. Attorneys Hawken & Havell and H. Mason Welsh represented the other accused youths. NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER. LONDON, October 6.—A dispatch from Melbourné says Sir Joseph Cook, minister of the treasury of the com- ealth, has beén appointed Aus- monwi tralian high commissioner London limitation of armaments, thié Rocumu- in succession to Andrew Fisher. | measures being employed for it finan- | covered a machineé near Hyattsville ; pledged their hearty co-operation in the program as adopted by the con- ference earlier in the day. Mrs. Cross presided and brief addresses were de- livered by Mrs. Van Winkle, Dr. Kate Karpeles, attending physician of the city clinic; Dr. D. M. O. Robinson, regional _consultant, United States public health service, and Dr, Rachelle Yarros, special consultant of the same organization. Plea to D. C. Public. Declaring that public opinion should be stimulated at once in the District of Columbia, to secure passage of needed protective measures, the con- ference went on record as advocating that special hygiene committees be ‘appointed in each social and civic organization in the city, the pur- pose of these committees to be as follows: To study all the aspects of the so- cial hygiene problem and the various s0- lution in other parts of the country To make a speclal study of local conditions with a view to pr nting to their organizations matters requir- ing definite action To cc-operate of health. Another P! It was further resolved that every social and civic organizaticn devote at least one meeting a year to a dis cussion of the problem, that every member may be kept in touch with the progress being made in the local community, and in the world at large, and that in view of the present emer- geney in the District of Columbia the chairmen of the social hygiene com- mittees of the various organizations shall constitute an emergency social hygiene committee to co-operate with and assist the District health depart- ment in putting forth every effort to secure the immediate passage of the bills now pending in Congress. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT AGAIN HEADS UNITARIANS DETROIT, Mich., ith the local board e of Program. October Wil- {United States Supreme Court, !WM re-elected president of the ta; ieneral Conference at ihe or ganization’s closing busin ion. He was_ elected without opposition, for a third consecutive term. HELD FOR STOLEN AUTO. today Uni 1 jCouple Arrested After Fake Trade | in Potomac Park. A couple, describing themselves as Willard R. Bell, thirty-mipe years old, and Ida Bell, his wife, twenty- jthree years, are under arrest for the Wichita, Kans., authorities, it being alleged that they were found in the {tourist camp in Potomac Park with |a stolen automobile in their posses- ision. Dotective Henry Jett of the auto- mobile squad visited the camp Wed- nesday, saw Bell and discussed a pro- spective automobile deal. The camp- er expressed a willingness to sell the {car in his possession or trade for one jof a less expensive make, being in need of funds. ' Yesterday the couple were placed under arrest. Bell gave his name as Charles Davis when he tried to make a deal with the detective, ac- cording to the detective, and present- ed what purported to be a bill of sale ifrom a resident of Albany, N. Y. { After his arrest, however, the pri joner changed his name to Bell and said he was from Wichita. A mes- sage from the Wichita authorities contained the information that the car was stolen, and requested. that the couple be held. Bell and his wife said they would return to Kans without demanding requisition pa- pers. . PERFECT BLEND COFFEE PACKED IN Welfare Workers, Recently in I ed by Mrs. Whitman Cross and Mrs. | woman's bureau of the police depart- ! ilian Howard Taft, Chief Justice of the | CLUBS WHLL ENGAGE INSPORTS TOURNEY Philadelphians to Match Skill With Washingtonians | in Carnival. I Philadelphia s Racquet Club will j engage Washington's Chevy Chase and Racquet clubs in the annual in- terclub carnival of sports tomorrow and Sunday in this city. { Under the lcadership of President Robert Cassatt of the Philadelphia | Racquet Club, fifty-five invaders will larrive here tomorrow, ready to measure their skill in golf, tennis, base ball and other sports against that of Washingtonians With R. C. Dove in charge, hte Ra quet Club Motor Corps will assemble at the clubhouse at 12:30 tomorrow. and later proceed to the Unjon station under escort of bicycle police The corps will meet the racquet spe- cial at 1:50 and convey the guests to the Racquet Club, where the recep- tion committee, composed of W. §. Revburn, Henry May, Clarence R Wilson and John M. Biddle, will do the honors of host on behalf of the local club. Trip to Chevy Chase Club. : Following the reception and aliot- Iment of rooms for guests at the Racquet Club, the Motor Corps again will come 1o the fore and transport all guests and participants in the sports carnival to the Chevy Chase Club. The ntertainment committee of the latter ciub will tender a reception to the visitors on arrival. A base ball game on the fairway to the ninth hole at Chevy Chase will start at 3:30. The committee in charge of the game is composed of Myron Parker, George A. Garrett and J. H. de Sibour. Those desiring to pluy golf or ten- nis have been instructed notify ny member of the two following com- mittees: Marshall Whitlach, Morven Thompson and Walter R. Tuckerman, golf; Edward W. Donn, jr.; Arthur Hellen ‘and Waddy B. Wood, tennis. The committees will attend to the as signment of opponents or competing teams. The taproom at the Chevy Chase Club will be the rendezvous for guests at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. Thence the motor corps will transport all guests to the Montgomery C Club, where dinner will be se £:30 ' o'clock. Following t dinner at the Montgomery Country Club, the motor corps will transport any one a_dance later i e in readine esiring to s the evening at Chevy Chase Club Cars of the motor corps f bear the Racquet Club flags. tation hasx been extended visitors to use such cars at their option. Sunday's Events. Suna: events will start with & breakfast at the Racquet Club. will ond on the program for Sunday be golf matches of those paired hy the golf committee at 11 ock. In the lingo of golf, the contests will Ipe ghteen-hole match pl four t to count for the win- balls. one p ner of each mateh.” Tennis contests will start st 3 o'clo doubles and singles taking positions under the rulings of the tennis commitiee. The motor corps. which will have been the first agency of the local clubs to greet the visitors, will also {be the one to bid them farewell, the final order on the program being: “Motor corps to transport all guests to Racquet Club (after the afternoon | matches) and thence to Union station {for departure at 7:30 p.m. on Penn- sylvania train to Philadelphia.” GEN. J. L. HINES DETAILED AS 8TH CORPS AREA HEAD | Successor to Maj. Gen. Dickman, | Who Retires. Is One'of Heroes of the World War. Maj. Gen. ng the 2nd Div Texas, has been de Weeks as command Area. with siatic i ton, Te: ed veste: ment of M John 1. Hines. command- on. Camp_ Travis, siled by Secretary of the 8th Corps Fort Sam Hous- and was vacat- retire- of the heroes of the he commanded suc- Infantry Regiment, - Brigade, the 1st Divi- sion, the 4th Division, and then the 3rd {Avmy Corps. He was awarded the dis- { tinguished _service cross for extraordi- nary heroism in action near Berzy-le- Sec France, July 21. 1918, On that occasfon, while in command of the 1st Infantry Brigade, he “per- sonally went through terrific artil- lery fire to the front lines of the 16th Infantry, located its left flank, and, walking in front of the lines, en- couraged the troops by his example of fearlessness and disregard of danger.” According to_the citation, succeeded in finding the right for- ward elements of the 26th Infantry. and directed the linking up of the two regiments, thereby enabling tie operations to be pushed forward suc- { cessfully.” He aiso was awarded the distin- guished service medal! for “marked ability” in the operations near Mont- didier and Solssons, and in_the St Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse offensives. For these gervices he was promoted rapidly from colonel to major gen- eral. “he then —_— Neither Hindus nor Japanese will ever willingly sleep with their heads to the north. CANS ONLY| '$15.00 DOWN— 15.00 A MONTH "ONLY 12 MONTHLY. PAYMENTS PAYS FOR THIS GARAGE ~ Fice s S g | wmatin, n.ll ".,nc-e