Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1921, Page 2

MERIDIAN RENTS . WILL BE PROBED commussuon to Hold Hearing on November 10, Is Word to 166 Tenants. Following receipt of , complaints filed against five United States sen- ators by the owners of the Meridian Mansion, 2400 16th street northwest, charging the tenants with paying rents too low, and of additional com- plaints filed by a senator and the chief justice of the Count of Appeals against the owners, protesting, on the other hand, agamst aileged high rentals, the District rent commission has decided to investigate rents for the entire building on its own initi- ative and fix a complete schedule of rates therein. Announcement of the intention of the commlssion to take advantage for the first time of the provision in the rent law that rents may be fixed b; the board on its own initiative w regarded by those in touch with lhe situation as the first step toward at- tempting to standardize rents. <Pl|llc Hearing November 10. otices that the commission will hold a public hearing November 10 at 10 a.m. in this matter have been sent to the 166 temants residing in the apartment, house, to Kennedy Bros., Inc., owners of the building, and to H. L. Rust, part owner and agent. umbered among the tenants sum- moned are a number of members of Congress, Army officers and other public officials. The notices were sent by registered mail. One notice, ad- dressed to Col. J. K. Miller, was re- turned today to the offices of the com- mission marked ‘refused by ad- see. The defendants against whom the corporation filed complaint are: Charles 8. Thomas and Senators An- drieus A. Jones, New Mexico; Thomas J. Walsh, Montana; John B. Ken- drick, Wyoming; Willlam J. Harris, Georgia. Those complaining against the owners are: Senator Charles A. Culberson, Texas, and Chief Justice Smyth, Court of Appeals. Refuse to Pay Rents. The owners in their petition allege that the defendants have consistently refased to pay certain rentals asked of them, continuing to pay rents origi- nally agreed to when they took pos- session. The old rents and the new ones, which the tenants have refused to pay for their apartments, are: Sen ator Jones. $200, refuses to pay $340; Senator Walsh, $105, refuses to pay - $185; Senator Kendrick, $207.50, re- Tuses to pay $335; Senator Harris, $165. refuses to pay $210, and Mr. Thomas, $195, refuses to pay $287.50. . The apartments in question range in size from five rooms and two baths to eight rooms and four baths. Senator Culberson is paying $407.50 under protest, his petition states. It is pointed out that when the senator took over the aparument in 1917, he paid $250. Chief Justice Smyth, who occupies an apartment of seven rooms and two baths, had his rent increased from $210 in 1919 to $260. Owners’ Statement. In filing its complaint the corporation owning Meridian Mansion pointed out , that the building, which was erected in 1916-1917, represented an Investment of $1,250,000. Furniture cost $50,000 addi- . tional, it is asserted. The schedules of rent prevalling prior to the recent in- | creases were bringing a net return on this investmeat of but from .057 per cent to .07 per cent, the petition avers. ‘The increased schedule would provide a return of approximately 8 per cent, it is estimated. It is emphasized that numerous hotel services are afforded the tenants, suci as fce water, refrigeration, office serv- :ce, passenger and freight elevator serv- ce, etc. Tenants Notified. Tenants of the apartment houses who have been notified of the hearing are: J. E. Le Fevre, R. Wyckliffe Geare, W. M. Kennedy, Ted Kleh, Lieut. H. ' E Richardson, Francis M. Savage, A.' C. Oliphant, Alexander Telford, Col. E. E. Buell, Mrs. Emma F. Garthe, James F. Oyster, Col. W. L. Pitcher, Lester G. Wilson, A. M. Nevius, Frank A. Roper, T. H. Emerson, Col. F. C. . "B. Kleh, Col. C. L. Kilburn, Joss Baron, Miss Helgfrid Orvin, Mrs. Lu cille E. W. Fohl, R. F. Warwick, Sen ator C. A. Culberson, Representative Henry Keyes, John C. Merriam, H. T. Bibber, John H. Clarke, Laura H. Scherer, Col. W. T. Merry, C. C. Wil- liams, Col. B. T. Simmons, Edward H. Causey, John A. Betjeman, F. Rob- bins, Representative Clay Stone Briggs. Mrs. Margaret T. Hamilton, Miss Mary Reimensnyder, Mrs. E. Rust Smith, E. J. McVann, Mrs, M. E. Norment, Caye- tano de Quesada. Charles R. Dean, Chief Justice C. J. Smyth, Maj. Q. H. Saun- ders, Miss Nannie McLaughlin, Charles McG. Sweitzer. Commander S. F. Bry- ant, Commander W. C. Barger, Hal H. E. H. Neumeyer, jr.. Miss G. E. . R Turner, Miss Senator F. i James A. Emery, Miss M. Y. Wheeler, C. S. Thomas, W. W. Spaulding, Representative Bertrand H. Snell, Col. J. H. Rice, W. E. Humphrey, Lieut. Col. S. J. Morris, lupruenume Allen T. Treadway, L. D. Gasser, Miss Madella M. I\Gnnll\. W. R. Kelley, Jeremiah Col- lins, Miss Ethel D. McKinney, H. J. Cronin, Col. George T. Perkins, J Harry Covington, George P. Tyner, John F. Cissel, H. L. Rust, Mrs. E. Rust Smith, H. L. Rust, jr., J. C. Wil- liams, Mrs. Helen R. Ballenger, Col. J. K. Miller, Miss Agnes Ellen Harris Maj. Thurston Hughes, Maj. L. S. Morey. Miss Mary Abbo(t, E. M. Dur- Mm. Maj. B. H. I. Williams, Sena- liam J. Harris, Senator J. B. l\fllldrlck, Gen. Arthur Murray, Ben jamin R. Newcomb, F. L. Finken- staedt, M. B. Trezevant, Senator A. A. Jones, Mrs. Mary S. Huse, Senato: ‘Thomas J. Walsh. Mrs. Annie Schley Vought, Mrs. Ella Herbert Micou Alexander T. Vogelsang, Mrs. J. D Robertson, Philip Francis Brady, Gen. Lansing H. Beach, Miss Mary E. Burr, John E. Jenks, Lieut. Col. H. Mcintyre, Col. L. Pitcher. E. S. Kennedy, Mrs. Elizabeth Gilles- pie. Commander and Mrs. C. B. Hatch, Vladimir Goutecha, Rep. P. Ten Eyck, J. E. Brown, Mrs. Charles Haywood, A. Ballivan, Mrs. B. T. Simmons, Wil liam Allen, Col. and Mrs. G. Hanson, Col. and Mrs. R. T. Oliver, H. M. Freed, Jefferson Patterson, J. Ropp, Mrs. B. H. Mears. Capt. and Mrs. L. S. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. William Betts, ol. and Mrs. F. G. Griffin, Col. and F. 8. Young. Miss B. O'Meara,| M Mlss V. Murray, Capt. P. M. Patterson, | Miss Dena Hanson, 1. H. Bartlett, Col. and Mrs. H. C. Davis, Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Pleadwell, Capt. and Mrs. F. H. Schoffleld, Senator and Mrs. Stanfield. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kilkenny, Mrs. S. C. Rand, Col. and Mrs. C. S. “Il"amu. Dr. and Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. G. 'Wall, Col. and Mrs. W. P. ‘Wooten, John Brosnan, jr., Dr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. P. L. McLain, Mrs. L. W. V. Kennon, Mr. and Mrs. Simm: Lee, Mrs. and Miss Pleadwell, Mrs. A. D. Woods, E. J. Lewis, Capt. E. A, Varona, Col. Stanley Ford, Major ann R €. Davis, ur. COLLEGE PARK. COLLEGE PARK, Md., November 5 (Special).—The quarterly meeting of the Prince Georges county Pomona Grange will be held November 10 at the University of Maryland, under auspices of the student grange. The worning session will -begin at 10 o’clock. PLACED ON RETIRED LIST. First Lieut. Clifford A. Taney. jr. cavalry, who has been under trea mept at Walter Reed General Ho: 12: pllll. this city, has been placed on the | Church here. list on account of disability | meeting of iBent to the urvles ~ i 1 l TWO BOYS BADLY HURT WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO Portman J. Magee Held After His Machine Figured in -Accident. Truck Overturns, Causing Injury. Two nine-year-old _boys, Donald Seybolt and Francis Robb. residents of Mount Rainier, Md., were seriously injured yesterday afternoon when they were knocked down by the auto- mobile of Portman J. Magee, in the nue, Mount Rainier, a short distance beyond the Distric! The Injured boys were brought to the city and taken to Sibley Hospital, where Dr. H. W. B. Stibbs rendered surgical aid. Donald Seybolt, suffer- ing from a fracture of the skull, was unconscious. while his companion, the lower portion of his face disfigured and his skull possibly fractured, was in a daze. It was said at the hospital this morning that both boys were danger- ously hurt, but Dr. Stibbs said he thought it probable they would re- cover. Magee was returning from a bus ness trip to Baltimore when the ac cident happened. He said his machine was making only moderate speed, and that the boys appeared in front of it £0 suddenly that he could not avoid them. Magee was detained at the sec- ond precinct police station until he could arrange to give bond before Justice of the Peace Robert E. Joyce. Henry H. Ridhousa, Arlington, Va., employed as helper on a truck of the Rosslyn Packing Company, was seri- ously hurt yesterday afternoon when the truck, filled with sand, overturned. The driver of the truck jumped from the vehicle and escaped injury. When the driver attempted to make a turn to the right side of the road the vehlicle overturned and went over an embankment. Ridhousa was cov- ered with sand and pinned beneath the overturned vehicle. He was taken to Georgeto: University Hospital, where it w. id he probably had re- ceived internal injuries. SUPER-POWER PLAN WITH GREAT FALLS AS LINK PROPOSED (Continued from First Page.) ing profession and of all the indus- tries affected by the proposed larger electrification. W. S. Murray of New York, who has been the moving spirit in urging the advantages of a unified Power system, was appointed chief of the engineering staff. An advisory board of business men representing the railroads and industries interest- ed added driving force to the in- vestigation and gave a larger prac- tical value to the completed report. Secretary Fall has asked the mem- bers of this board to continue their public services in the further con- sideration of the legal and financial aspects of the super-power project. Only the engineering features are presented in the present report. The thirty-five pages of the report devoted to the proposed electrifica- tion of the heavy-traction railroads present results of even more general linterest than the detailed analysis of the industrial use of electric power. The question of railroad electrifica- tion must be decided according to the density of traffic, so it is that of the 36,000 miles of main line, yards and sidings in this superpower zone only about 19,000 miles could be profita- bly electrified. This electrification would cost nearly a half billion dol- lars, but it would save from 11 to 19 per cent on the investment, or an av- erage of 14 per cent. Electrification is the next step in railroad expansion, absolutely necessary to increase both the capacity and the efficiency of our transportation system. Incidentally, the annual saving of 9,000,000 tons of coal by the railroads would greatly increase the available car supply. Needed Industrial Development. This study of power needs is forward- looking and throughout expresses with confident American optimism the conviction that our industrial develop ment is to continue without checl tin his letter to the President Secre- tary Fall refers to the obvious fact that it is by multiplying our man- power by machines that American labor can best meet the competition of cheap foreign labor. Secretary Falls also ‘Says: “I believe the engineering facts and economic conclusions here presented will command the attention alike of the financiers, railroad executives, public utilities _officials, industrial leaders, and others of that large group of our citizens of large vision who are building for the America of tomorrow. Our present-day achieve- ments have largely come through our 's unparalleled wealth in raw The larger use of our sources of energy must be planned with every effort to avoid waste. Had the superpower project outlined in this report been in operation in 1919, it is believed that 00,000 tons of coal could have been saved, and with the rapid growth expected in the present decade the saving possible*in 1930 by the inter-connected electrifi- cation of industries and railroads would be 50,000,000 tons. “However, these economies on a truly national scale will affect not only cpal, but capital expenditures as well, and especially the output of human energy. More and cheaper electricity must surely add to the comfort and prosperity of our eiti- zens, and this report on a super- power system is submitted as a con- tribution of the Department of the Interior to the common welfara. Summary of Report. Summarized, the principal conclu- sions reached in the report are: The market for superpower energy will be furnished by the electric util ities, the industries and the railroads. The estimated requirement for energy supplied through the electric utilities for municipal, private, industrial and railroad purposes in 1930 is 31,000,- 000,000 kilowatt hours. This energy could be supplied by a co-ordinated power system_ such as is described in this report, at an annual cost of $239,- 000.000 less than by an unco-ordinated system, such as is now in use. This amount represents the net saving after the necessary fixed charges on total capital expenditures have been deducted. The cost of unco-ordinated power production in 1930 is computed rom the cost of the present system n 1919. The total investment in gen- erating and transmission facilities for the superpower system will be $1,109, 564,000, of which $416,346,000 will rep- resent the value of existing facilities to be incorporated into the system. Great Sums Invelved. A study of 96,000 manufacturing establishments operating within the jsaperpower zone shows that by 1930 through the maximum economical use of purchased electric energy they can save $190,000,000 annually above the fived annual charges against the cap- ital investment of $185,000,000 to pro- vide' the motor equipment necessary tc recelve and use this power. The combined capital investment necessary T.lfor the electric utilities and the in- dustries as of 1930 therefore ai to $1,294,564,000, and this tot llli:llc:;g ment will yield annually above the ifixed charges the sum of $429,000,000, or 33 per cent on the investment. Within the superpower zone there are 36,000 miles of railroad measured as single track; that is, including each track of main lines, yards and siding. Of this total about 19,000 miles can be profitably electrified, so as to yield by 1930 an annual n.vlng of $81,000, 000 as compared with the cost of opera- tion by steam. The capital expendi- ture necessary to electrify the 19,000 miles would be $570,000,000, and the average return upon the investment would therefore be 14.2 per cent. - BERWYN. BERWYN, M % November 5.—The Vansville District League of Woman ‘Voters will entertain the state execu- tive board an dthe county executive board at luncheon November 15, at 0 _o'clock, ;'t' the ll’resbyta::‘l'n e regular monthly he state m will § held in the morning: - of the government will ride imme- Here are war heroes of five mntlonn. Thin photograph was made while the chiefs of the allied armics e $2,500,000 liberty memorial in Kansas o( luly, Marshal Foch of Irance, Gen. Pershing and Admiral Beatty. PLAN OF CHOOSING PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR UNKNOWN’S BURIAL (Continued from First Page.) dead when the Olympia docks at the navy yard, Wednesday afternoon. The war craft is expected to arrive at 3 o'clock and an hour later the body of the unknown soldier will be recelved from the Navy by the War Department, represented by Brig. Gen. Harry M. Bandholtz, command- ing general, district of Washington, who will be accompanied by a staff, body bearers and a squadron of cavalry. The remains will be trans- ported on a motor hearse to the east front of the Capitol. A detachment of the mounted band, Fort Myer, withj mufled drums will head the esco: At the Capltol a guard of honor. consisting of a seiected company of englneers from Camp Humphreys, will carry the casket to the rotunda of the building. This company will be placed on duty at noon Wednesday, Wil be the guard of honor until the departure of the remains for Arling- | ton Friday morning. During th perlod the casket may be viewed by | the public. The casket will rest upon the cata- | falque upon which the bodies of Pres dents Lincoln, Garfield and McKinl were_placed while lying in state in| the Capitol. It will be under the im- | mediate watch of four guards, onel | | | near each corner facing the remains. Individuals, delegatoins and socie- ties will be given an opportunity to bestow floral and other decorations with such brief ceremony as may seem appropriate in each case. Members of the District of Columbia Commandery of the Naval and Mili- tary Order of the Spanish-American War will place a wreath on the casket at 8 o'clock Thursday evening. Ten minutes have been allowed for the service, Procession Starts at 8:30. President Harding and high officials diately behind the caisson which will | carry the remains from the Capitol to Arlington, moving at $:30 a.m. Friday. The procession will be head- ed by troops and the route will be Pennsylvania avenue to Treasury. thence to 15th street and Pennsyl- vania avenue to Aqueduct bridge, thence via Rosslyn to Fort Myer, thence to Arlington. The President. the Supreme Court. the cabinet and the Senate and House delegations wlll Jeave the column at West Execu- tive avenue. They will proceed later | to Arlington by way of the Hichway ! bridge and the Treasury and McClel- lan gates. Upon reaching the Arling- ton gate of the cemetery the proce: slon will be halted and reformed for entering the cemeter: ‘The Marine Band from Marine bar- racks will join the procession at the Arlington gate. and will furnish music from that point to the amgti- theater and.during the ceremonies. The cavalry, fleld artillery (less one firing battery) and machine gun com- pany, which will form the escort for the procession from the Capitol, will leave the column at the A¥lington gate and be paraded on the drill ground facing the cemetery. FLOWERS FOR HERO'S BIER. Amerioan Pen Women to Decorate Casket of Unknown Soldier. ~The League of American Pen ‘Women will place flowers on the bler of the unknown soldier as it lies in the rotunda of the Capitol November 10. The league's program will be glven at 9:35 o'clock, and will, include a poem by Angela Morgan entitled “The Unknown Soldier,” to be read by Mrs. Willlam Atherton Du Puy, national president. Mrs. Theodore Tiller, president of the District of Columbia League, will present flowers in the name of her organization. Members from every state will place floral offerings. SALVATION ARMY'S PLANS. Maj. McGee Announces Brief Serv- ices Over Hero’s Body at Capitol. Arrangements for activities of the Salvation Army in 'connection with ceremonies of burying the unknown |/ dead soldier on Armistice day were announced yesterday by Maj. John Me- Gee, District officer of the Army. A’ brief burial service will be con- ducted over the body at the Capitol by prominent officers of the Salvation ; Army designated by Commander Evangeline Booth.. A wreath as a tribute from the commander of the Salvationists of the United States will be laid on the casket at that time. Tifty picked officers, many of whom served overseas, led by e(ght former overseas workers, will lead the Sal- vation Army contingent in the march to the amphitheater, at Arlington, where the ceremonits will be co: ducted by the President. OVERSEA’S LEAGUE IN LINE. { ] Thirty Red Cross Women to March in Unknown’s Funeral Procession. A delegation of thirty members will march_as representatives of the Red Cross Women's Overseas League in the funeral procession preceding the burial | of the unknown dead soldier -on Armistice day, according to Miss Mar- garet Hood, chairman of the branch, in a statement issued today. On November 10 a wreath will be placed by the league on the casket of the unknown hero. A meeting at 3 o'clock Sunday will be held by the league, at which all members of the committee are requested to report in uniform to undergo inspection and re- ceive further orders as to the carrying out of plans for the placing of the jwreath and the line of march on Armis- tice day. An announcement today stated that Miss Hood will be at the Red* District Chapter. 18 Jackson place, uul Mrs. John Wright, secretary, will be at national headquarters du ng the in- terim infc tion to appli- City during the American Legion FEDERAL AID ROADS Requirements to Govern |& States Chief New Feature of Highway Act. Requirements as to how each state i shall seleot its federal aid roads con- stitute the principal new feature of the federal highway act, enactment of which has just been completed, as differentiating from the federal aid act of 1916, according to an analysis of the bill today by the Federal Farm Bureau Federation. To secure part or all of its allot- ment of the $75,000.000 of federal funds appropriated for road construc- tion for She remainder of the fiscal car, a state must select a connected | foad system not exceeding 7 per cent lof its” entire road mileage for provement with federal aid. Two Classes of Roads. THhis system is to be divided into two classes of roads. one Consisting of interstate roads, which shall not exceed three-sevenths of the system selected, and upon which not more than 60 per cent of the state's allot- ment can be expended without the Joint approval of the Secretary of ‘Agriculture, as administrator of the act. and the state highway depart- ment. The other class, consisting of inter-county roads, will compose the balance of the system, and receive the remainder of the allotment. The amount of federal aid received on any project, however, is not to exceed 50 per cent of the estimated cost, except in states where more than 5 per cent of the area is unap- propriated public land, this latter provision increasing the percentages In ten states ranging up to 77 per cent for Utah. One of the Conditions. Where any state fails to properly maintain a federal-aid highway the Secretary of Agriculture, after ninety days’ notice, will maintain it out of the state’s allotment and refuse ap- proval of new projects until reim- bursement is made by the state. As in the preceding bill, the federal fund is apportioned among the states by division into three parts, one ap- portioned on a basis of population, one on a basis of area and the other according to mileage of rural and star mail routes. A new feature, however. stipulating that no staté shall receive less than one-half of 1 per cent of the fund, increases the al- lotments to Delaware, 'w Hamp- shire, Rhode Island and Vermont to $365,624 each. REV. DR. BLACKWELL DIES im- iPioneer Suffragist and First Woman in U. S. Ordained Minister. ELIZABETH, N. J., November 5. The Rev. Dr. Anloinetla Louisa Brown Blackwell, aged ninety-six, believed to have been the first woman ordained to the ministry in this country and a pioneer woman suffrage worker with Susan B. Anthony, died here today. The ' famous clock of Beauvais (f?lhedral is said to be composed of 000 separate pleces. ness Thoroughfaress tion of armaments makes this 11 and 12 next. It is along this other occasion. Issued by the committee | publican adversaries robbed Woodrow convention. SUCCESS FOR ARMS PARLEY PREDICTED (Continued from First Page.) basically, they have the same purpose of international co-operation and con- sultntion to preserve peace. ‘Will the conference succeed? It's a question one hears asked everywhere. Republicans asx’ it_with misgiving and apprehension. Democrats ask it with a certain recollection of how cruelly the altruism of Woodrow Wil- son was dashed to the ground by par- tisan debate on the eve of a presiden- tial and congressional election. May- be there are partisan democrats who | hope the conference will fail because | success might give to Warren Hard- | ing the prestige of which their re- Wilson. Maybe there are republicans | who do not want to see a limitation | of armament because it might mean | less work for the munition makers in their respective states. Maybe there are Army and Navy officers who se- cretly doubt the good faith of Japan and hope America will not reduce her Navy merely because Japan may | promise something on a piece of parchment. Maybe there are pessi- mists who never want to see America try anything big and worldly, but who believe In standing pat on the foreign policy of isolation and aloof- ness which served so well in ancient days. But leaving aside the partisans and pessimists, the truth is gvery liberal-minded observer knows the forthcoming conference will be a suc- cess. The word “success” is a ques- tion of degree, anywa: If people expect all.problems under the sun to be settled, then it will not be proper to call the results of the coming con- ference a success. If it is expected that at oncs taxation will be re- duced, thenm, too, the term “success” might be a question of opinion. If, however, the broad aspects of the conference are considered, ‘namely, whether America and Japan will thrash out at the council tabie the very vexatfous questions which might otherwise lead to a horrible naval war in the far east, with increasing burdens of taxation and more sacri- fices of human life, then the resuits of the conference will be hailed en- thusiastically a8 a great work of prevention—a success in more ways than will be immediately apparent. For whenever the official representa- tives of great governments get to- gether, face to face, look each other in the eyes and debate their disputes, an advance has been made over the dangerous method of long-distance cable communication, with evasive phrases and language, that develops friction and misunderstandings. In- ternational conference is always a tonio for nations which are afflicted Washington Merchants Asked to Decorate Business Houses To the Merchants Along Pennsylvania Avenue and Other Busi- The citizens’ committee for the conference on the limita- business houses with appropriate national flags on November the most famous street in the new world, that the procession will pass. The failure on the part of any business house to show this measure of respect for the hemxc dead and this evidence of welcome to the honored guests of the uty the ‘nation would be indicative of a lack of patriotism of which no Washingtonian should be guilty. Do not allow our foreign guest to be shacked by the irreverent use of the flag as a covering for platforms, build- ings or unsightly objects. For these purposes bunting or cloth is appropriate; never the flag! The flag should al- ways be flown to the breeze’ on a staff. Under executive orders it should be displayed at half-mast all of Armistice day, November 11, and at full staff on November 12, the opening day of the conference. The suggestion has been conveyed to the committee that at a later stage of the conference the lavish use of the flag and decorations will be again in order. It would therefore be wise to properly care for them after their removal, until The committee feels sure of a general and generous re- sponse fram our business men. FREDERICK D. OWEN, "WALTER C. CLEPHANE, Sub-chairman of business localities decorations. with smoldering controversies. But, best of all, the conference is to take place in free America, where the press is untrammeled, unsubsidized, unin- fluenced by any movement and where public opinion functions sternly and effectively. It will not be.like the atmosphere of Paris, where an op- pressive cloud hung over the whole conference, a cloud of propaganda. government-inspired editorials, Ml:l- door deals and trickery. ‘The conference will be held in secret | here, but what happens will be about as secret as the things that are said and done in executive secsions of lhe' United States Senate. America’s delegation will have every reason to let in the air and take the public into its confidence. Already there is evi- dence that Secretary Hughes means to play his cards face up on the ta. ble and that the press of Americ: will back him up, not only in print- ing the truth as he gives it to them, but in holding tenaciously to the facts, nnlt.unr.od by alien inspiration or color. appeal to you to decorate your Pennsylvania avenue, perhaps and on street decorations; Chairman. FIVE COMMANDERS OF WORLD WAR AT DEDICATION OF LIBERTY MEMORIAL YALE MEN FROM ORIENT vlu ‘were attending the dedication of | From left to right are seen Gen. Jacques of Belgium, Gen. Dias Abilene, Tex30.16 82 Al % e 48 | Asbury Park . Atlantic City 20.84 36 Baltimore .. 29.02 38 Birmingham. 30.20 70 Bismarck ... 8010 48 Boston Aa 52 50 08 6 [ 58 70 56 “ 76 TEXAS RAIL STRIKERS WILL OBEY COURT ORDER 500 Trainmen to Resume Novem- ber 25 After Being Out Since October 22. ] HOUSTON, Tex., November 5.— Striking members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the Inter- national and Great Northern railroad have announced their acceptance of the decree of Federal Judge J. C.| Hutcheson, jr., providing for their return to work on November 16. More than 500 members, comprising the entire strength of the union brotherhood leaders said, have been | on strike since October The trainmen, under the order, will be put upon thirty day: probation, in which time they must demonstrate a spirit of conciliation and co-opera- tion. Then, the court held, seniority rights and their wage contract should be restored. officers of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers and of the Broth- erhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen have been ordered inte New England to prevent threatened sporadic \\a\knum of members in this territory, Z. J. Blake, general chair- man of the firemen's organization, announces. Mr. Blake said he had just returned from Greenfield, where he was called because of the gravity of the situation there. The men expressed dissatisfac- tion with what they termed “failure of railway brotherhood chieftains to ex- ecute the unions’ strike order or to pro- cure new working contracts with the roads,” Mr. Blake Labor Board’s Record Day. CHICAGO, November 5.—The United States Railroad Labor Board yesterday made a new record, it was announced at the board's offices, when it disposed of ninety-five grievance cases brough before it in executive session. All the cases were decided on reports made the bureaus of the board investigating them. R\ Board members state that an effort is being made to clear the docket or at least dispose of the most important cases pending before it in as short a tife as possible. It was announced that all disputed rules and working agree- ments of the shop crafts organizations | would be disposed of by the board in about three weeks. THE WEATHER District of Columbia and Maryland— Fair tonight and tomorrow; colder to- night, with killing frost; fresh north- west winds. urgnm —Fair_tonight and tomor- row; colder tonight, heavy to killing frost; fresh west to northwest winds. West Virginia—Fair and colder to- night temperature near freezin tomorrow fair, with rising temper: ture. Records for Twenty-Feur Hours. noon, 48. Barometer—4 p.| 12 midnight, 8 a.m., 29.94; noon, 30.02. Highest temperature, 69, occurred at p.m. yvesterday. Lowest temperature, As occurred at noon today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 62; lowest, 4 Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of thej water at 8 am.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 56, condition, slightly muddy. Tide Tables. ) (Furnished by United States coast and iy geodetic survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, p.m.; high tide, 1 Tomorrow—Low tid 7 high tide, l" 06 a.m. and ({ 7 am. and The Sua and Moon. 1 Today—Sun rose, 6:39 am.; sun sets, 5:04 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 6:40 am.; sun sets, 5:03 p. Moon rlues. 11:34 am.; sets, 10:04 p.m ‘Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset., Up-River Water. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., Novem- ber 5.--The Potomac and the Shenan- doah rivers were both clear this morning. ‘Weather in Various Cities. BEE32RUBRIERZBINIRRNRS {mon will be preached by R LUNCHEON HONOR GUESTS Alumni Association to Entertain Members of China’s Arms Par- ley Delegation Tuesday. ale graduates with the Chinese delegation to the conference on limi- tation of armament will be the h%l;‘;l’ e guests at a luncheon of the Alumni Assoclation of Washington, to be held at 1 o'clock Tuewday at the University Ctub. Among the eight guests will be Dr. Chung-bui Wang, chief justice of the supreme court of China, one of Chi- na's four delegates Lo the conferenc who received his degree of master of law In 1903, and his degree of doctor of law in 1905 from Yale. The other .Chinese guests will be Dr. Y. §. Tsao, '11, counselor to the foreign office, Peking; Dr. Y. C. Chang/ *03, counselor to foreign office, Peking. who Teceived his master of law de- gree in 1904; Mun-Yew Chung, '3, director of the Shanghal mint, Who Was coxswain on a Yale varsity cre "16, attache of the Chinese legation here; Y. L. Tong. 13, !ecremrv to the arm; conference; Yung ‘84, 1irst secretary to the Chinese legation. and L. Huan Si, '14, the Chinese delegation. Yung Kwal, jr. ‘19, aiso will attend. It is planned to have prominent American officials speak, and have Dr. ‘Wang reply. It is hoped that Chief Justice William Howard Taft of the United States Supreme Court may be able to attend the meeting. Hiection of officers of the Yale Alumni Association will be held No- | vember 15. G. Zay Wood, attache to ALEAANDRIA ALEXANDRIA. Va., November In observance of the 169th anniver- na of the initiation of George “xsl)lng(on as a Mason, a joint cele-t bration was held last night under the |au'&plces of Alexandria-Washington | and Andrew Jackson lodges of Ma- | sons, at the Elks' Hall. The hall was packed to its capacity, and many who came late were unable to gain admit- tance. During the evening speeches were. made by Senator Thomas W. Heflin Alabama, Senator Pat Harrison, { Missm:(pnl Representative Richard Bird, Kansas: Representative Un- Serbill" Maveachunetts; Representa: tive Dunbar, Indiana; Past Grand Master L. A. Watres, Pennsylvania, and Charles H. Callahan, Alexandria. grand senior warden of the Grand ! Lodge in Virginia. The speakers were introduced by Samuel W. Pitts, past worshipful master. Presiding were P. E. Clift, worshipful master of Alex- andria-Washington Lodge, and F. M. Penn, worshipful master of Andrew Jackson Lodge. Representatives from the following | Masonic lodges attended: Columbia, 258, Clarendon: Acacia, 6, Clifto Henry. 57, Fairfax Court House; per. 61, Falls Church; Herndon, Herndon;_Concord, 307, Vienna; Sh iaveaue to New i hicle: tand must be kept moving, DICATION,OF LIPERTY_ MEMORIALITA ek iou et IGQFR TRAFFID RULES NOV. 11-12 Commissioners Provide for Evenings During Time of lllumination. The Conmauissioners today made pub- lic a set of special traflic regulations. te be in effec't on the evenings of No- veembre 11 awnd 12, during the illumi- nation pregrain for the arms confer- ence. The following rules will apply be- tween the hours of 5 o'clock and mid- night on both niaghtg, and are intend ed to nrever® tragiic congestion in th vicinity of the jeweled arch at 17th and B strects: Fifteenth street from Pennsylvani avenue to B street. south traffic only. Seventeenth B street to New York avenue - closed to all ve- roadway cged 1o all vepien! B C D and E street between 17th and I8th soeets, Wil woe traflic; 17th strect from Pennsylvania York avenue will be open for southbound trafli Reaching New York traffic will be diverted to the west. The roadway south of the and Navy building and the White House grounds will he used for west- en 17th and 18th stree be closed to cast-bound 1 car: 18th street from I'ennsylva avenue to B street the parking of v will not be permitted. Vehicles going west from 17th street to New York avenue will be privileged to turn south on 18th street. west on B street and into Potomac Parl ctween the John Paul d B street will be v traffic north, and will be turned east on B street. Ve- hicles will not be permitted to ston g. that there may be no congestion during the il- Lrmination. The Commissioners also announced thai Penneylvania avenue would be ropad off and street car loading plai- forme removed from the thorough- fare on Armistice day durizg the funeral procession of the unknow: American roldier. U. S. DELEGATION MEETS TO PLAN PARLEY OPENING ron, 327, McLean; Hamilton, 37, Ham- ilton; Salem. $1, Philmont; Olive Branch. 114, Leesburg: Freedon, 118, Lovettsville; Thompson. 145, Round Hill; Ashburn, 288, Ashburn; Manes- seh,” 182, Manassas; Occoquan, 310, Occoquan; Drinkard, 313, Haymarket Prior to' the celebration the tisitors were taken to the Masonic Temple, where a lecture was delivered on the Washington and Lafayette relics, by George W. Zachary, tiler. George Washington was made a Mason the night of November 4. 1752, by Fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4. He was the first master of Alexandria- Washington Lodge, which lodge is ad in his nonor Charles Ferris, colored, twenty-one Feurs old, WNo Was snot Friday morn- ing, October 28, by Walter Johnson, colored, died at 7 o'clock last night at the Alexandria Hospitaj. The body was taken to Demaine's chapel | and prepared for burial. The shooting took place on Pitt street between Wilkes and Gibbon streets. At the time Elmer Ferris, brother of the dead man, also was shot. the abdomen. At the hospital today it was stated that no hope was held | out for the recovery of Elmer Ferris, and his death also is momentarily ex- pected. During the progress of the shooting William Johnson, colored, brother of the man charged by the police with the slaying, also was shot in the leg. He is rapidly recovering from his wounds. Immediately after the shoot ing the police captured Walter John- son as he was crossing Hunting Creek Bridge and obtained the weapon with which it is alleged the shooling w: dcne. A preliminary investigation of the case was held the afternoon of the shooting and Walter Johnson was held for the action of the grand jury. F. D. Moore was elected chairman of | the city eiectoral board and to fill the vacancy caused by the death of E.| Downham. and Richard E. Sweeney was re-elected secretary of the board at a meeting held last night at the offices of Demaine & Son. Judges and clerks chosen by the board to serve in the election to be held Tuesday are First ward—Charles Sherwood, T. A. Moore, David W. Robey, judges: Lewis Poss and Scott Grimm, clerks. Second ward—Charlss M. Schwab and Martin E. Greene, judges; L. Har- rison Kell and one to be selected later, clerks. Third ward—Frank Monroe, O. H. Daniels and Charles Downey, Jjudges Nelson T. Snyder and Carter H. Smith, clerks. Fourth ward—Thomas _Chauncey, Carlin Creighton and . Clinton Knight. judges; George Keegan and John Downey, clerks. ¢ commissioners of the sinking fund vesterday purchased $32,000 4 per cent bonds as per pubiic notice. For these bonds the city paid $29,736.30. Wwhich is a cut of 92.30. It is stated that bonds bearing 4 per cent interest as a rule are offered for and selling around 85. Persons holding Alex- | andria_4s offered them at a higher |1 rate. The bids were 90. 92, 9315. Unlon evangelical services wiil be held at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night at Trinity M. E. Church, and_the ser- ev. Dr. John Lee Allison, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church. The services will be participated in by the congre- gations, of the Methodist Protestant, Trinity M. E. Church and the Second Presbyterian Church. _The services will be conducted by Rev. Dr. D. H. Martin, pastor of Trinity Church, and Rev. Robert Browne, pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church. The combined choirs of the participating churches will lead the singing. The, funeral of Sylvester L Archer. who died Thursday night at the Alex- andria Hospital, will take place ar 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, from the Both men received bullets ini (Continued from First Page.) ing among the arriving delegation~ ind “all esmen continue t able prophecic yme of the work of the successful aut before them. ‘The latest expres: was voiced b: Delegate H. A. van rnebeek, min- ister of foreign affajrs for Holland and also president of jhe assembl the league of nations. van Karna beek lunded in New York yesterda the Dutch people States, with whom we proudly 1 member our intimate histomical tie {such as those we celebrated on tl occasion of the tercentennial of t Pilgrim Fathers' great adventure, and those connected with the name ot Hudson and New Amsterdam. We look up to America s a country capable of energetic action and guid- ed hv wholesome and generous | thought. { "1 sope the conference will lead to | fruitful results which will make the world in general greatly indebted 10 { America’s _initiativeness. and_as representative of the Dutch nation which is interested in the questior regarding the Pacific on account of | its colonial empire and the 50.000,000 { who Jive under loyal allegiance to her greatest majes the Queen of the Netherlands. I have the privilege to convey Lo these shores the assurance of Holland's friendship, but 1 s wholehearted co-operation the peaceful ends to be "tained | “Three parties of the British empire |delegauon to the conference on th limitation of armament will arrive ai {the Union station at this after- noon. They will be met at the sta- | tion by Robert Wi oods Bliss, third ax- sistant secretar: , _accompa - nied by Richard OnlhgalP. Hugh Mi'- lard, Charles L. Cooke and Henry Suy - dam. all of the State Department I\\ the Secretary of the Navy, accom nied by Capt. D. F. Sellers (aide). /\41 miral Robert E. Coontz, Lieut. Com- mander H. \\ Hill (aide) and Cap! Hayne Brig. Gen. A. W Brewster and Col. George Mitchell Tn addition, the British ambassador will be present, accompanied by Maj Gen. H. . Bethell, military attacl Capt. S. R. Bail R. N.. naval at- tache; Commander H. A. Brown, R. Mr. Henry G. Chilton, Mr. R. Leslie Cragie, Mr. Longhurst and Mr. Street The personnel of the arriving contin- gents is as follows Lord Lee Heads Party. British _admiralty party—Delegate. i The Rt. Hon. the Lord Lee of Fare- ham, G. B. E. K. C. B.. first lord of the admiralfy; Lady Le Sir A. Es Chatfield, K. C. V. 0 ¢ Chatfie C-n‘fmda Lady Borden, Mr. Arthur W Merriam, principal clerk in the de- partment of external affairs. Tndia office party—Delegate, the Rt Hon. Srinivasa Sastri, Mr. G. 8. Bajpai Seeretary of the Indian section; Mr. G L. Corbett, Indiun givil service. ‘4 quadron of cavairy will escort the members of these delegations to the La Fayette Hotel. Wil Meet Dutch Delegates. orrow afternoon at 4 another vy Wil arfive, and will be met by Secretary Hughes and other officials {Those expected are: Ttalian—Expert, Gen. Vaccari. chief of staff of Italian armies; expert, Ad- mlrll Acton, head of general staff of | "Netherland—Delegate, Jonkheer H residence of his wife's mother, Mrs. | Caroline Baader, 219 King street. Services will be conducted by Rev. Dr. John Lee Allison, pastor of_the Secnnfl Pruby(erlan Church, and Rev. E. ellll’. paster of the M ‘E. Ch.nruh Sevrine G. Inofllor. jr., has sold to Louis H. King the property at the | southeast corner of Wolfe and Pitt | streets. This property was formerly the old Alexandria Hospital. HYATTSVILLE. HYATTSVILLE, Md., November 5.— A, meeting of the educational com- mittee of the Prince Georges County Federation of Women's Clubs, No- vember 16, at 1 p.m., in the Washing- ton Public Library, will be addressed by Nitholas Orem, superintendent of ll:‘loull of Prince Georfel county. The meeting has been called by Mrs. H. B. Mayhew, Hyatjsville, chairman of the wmmluee. Word mo:&':-flrfidwmfflfihe ath in oyville, ., of Mrs. dlhg. < t Wells, wife of Dr. Walter a.lls. a l;ro!hlr] ‘(;! Dr. Chlrl.lhA. taville. Before her T llr-\"{Wllll was Miss Mar- :nrat“&nfl! of Prince Georges coun- pontcharics K- Wells ot Cottey- Suter Another child, Mrs. lhm Ewing, died about a_year half brother, Howard Shcrlfl. llvel ln Seat Pleasant, this county. —————— mucm TO MEET. wALLS CHURCH, Va, November 5 clal .—-'rhnre will be a_repub- l‘m l;l::li:l’ at Odd l‘dluw’ Hall Io- f Vienna, can cf ulm and A. van Karnebeek, minister of foreign |affairs; delegate, Jonkheer F. Bee- laerts van Blokland, chief of the po |litical division of the ministry of for- |eign affairs; delegate, Dr. E. Moresco. isecretary general of the ministry for the colonies. appointed vice president of the council of the Netherland Indies. | ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., Novemher 5 (Spe- cial).—The funeral of Beatrice ‘Williams, wife of .Vlmm O. Willlams. who died on Wednesday, aged twenty years, following an dliness of severu! months, took place at 2 oclock yester- day afternoon from the home of Mrs. Willlams’ parents, Mr. ahd Mrs. Wil- liam F. Matthews, at Kensington. The services were conducted by Rev. P. Rowland Wagmer. pastor of the Rock- ville Baptist Church. and burial was in the cemetery at Cedar Grove, this county. Miss Bessie Virginia Lowe of Gaith- ersburg, and Melvin Harry Coulter of Hunting Hill, were among the couples married in Rockville yesterday. A license hfls been issued here Inr thc marriage of Miss Alice J. chn.fln(le Hall. Md., and George T Briscoe of Lakeland, "Md. Montgomery county democrats will wind up their campaign this evening with a mass Mun‘ in the town hall at Damascus. The speakers will in- clude E. Brooke Lee, comptroller of the state treasury, and several candi- dates on the county ticket. The repub- lom-na‘n ;N:lll‘ll;u the tewn hall at Kensington last evening. -