Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1921, Page 2

R e BAR LEADERS LAUD IEAD Honored at Meeting in" Su- -préme: Court: Chamber. CHIEF JUSTICE Services of Edward D. White Oii Refuse of Skips : Is Killing Thousands Of Fowl Along Coast NEW YORK, December 17— Ol refuse dumped in coastal waters by passing ships is causing the death of thousands of wild fowl, according to a statement issued today by the Long Island Game Protective Assoefation. Contact with the oil, said the atement, npreads the feathers of the birds, exposing thelr bodies to the weather, inducing 40 Cases of W hisky Cast in Ocean Sought By Thirsty Hundreds By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17.— Semewhere between Rockaway and Long Beach, forty cases of whisky were floating on the sands. Hundreds of thirsty folk, many with torchlights, gather- ed on the shore, watching and thinking ®p such lines as: “When my mip comes in” The forty cases, which the ‘waves tonight, or resting oa the ! TIIRISH PEOPLE FRET OVER DAIL'S DELAY Treaty Debate Now Expected to Hold Up Final Vote Until Wednesday. erowds hoped would be washed ashore by 1 tides, were thrown overboard by a schoon- er, bound from the Bahamas to Haliax, to lighten the ecraft, ‘when she struck on a (sand) bar off Long Beach. NEW BOMBING PLOT RUMORS STIR N. Y. (Continued from First Page.) cancerous growths in cases where the birds do not die. The association is endeavering to leara from the medical profes- sion what result the eating of diseased fowl would cause. Evidenee will be forwarded to the advisory board on the mi- gratory bird treaty act with a request that legislation Be sought to preveat the dumping of waste oll. ASK FOUR CHANGES IN RETIREMENT ACT FOR U. S. EMPLOYES (Continued from First Page.) QUICK ACTION DEMANDED JOHN W. DAVIS PRESIDES Fo}mr Ambassador. in Tribute, Points to Great Expansion of Federal Powers in 27 Years. The bar of the Supreme Court of the Tnjted, States met in the courtroom vesterday to pay a tribute of respect to The memory of the late Chief Justice FEdward D White. The meeting was presided over by John W. Davis, former ambassador to ¥ngland and former solicitor general, who, in referring to the twenty-seven vears of service of the late chief justice o the Supreme Court bench, declared that ‘during that period “there came a development and expansion of the pow- . ers of the federal government and a resulting increase in the labors of the court unsurpassed during any eaual period In the history of the republic Forelgn Wars Bring Work. Two foreign wars brought with them Auring that period ‘nroblems of novel and untried extent,” Mr. Davis said. “Thronegh all this =equence of great events Chief Justice White moved as a foremost actor,” Mr. Davis declared. and the future vovage of the shio of tate will be charted from precedents which he assisted to establish. “Togical and penetrating in intellect, hold in thought and tenacious in convie- tion. lofty and unselfish in his devotion to his country, it is not too much to sayv that mone of those who have occupied that ereat seat have filled it more worthily: and when his sculptured pre- sentment comes to join those of his predecessors on the walls of this his- torlc chamber. even that immortal com- pany will be richer for his presence. Wi Services a Monument. A committee headed by former Senator George Sutherland of Utah and numbering amone its members many of the most noted lawvers of the country .submitted resolutions extolling the late Chief Justice's serv- fces to his state and to his nation. declaring his work has contributed monument as enduring as Public Wants Leaders to Settle Per- sonal Fights After Rati- _ fication. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, December 17.—The duil elreann remained in secret session until late tonight in an endeavor to thrash out personal political difficulties among the members, with the prospec that it might come out into pubiic session on Monday reconciled at least to the extent of presenting a solid front to the world in their attitude toward the Anglo-Irish treaty. There appeared to be no quegtion tonight but that the treaty would bLe ratified, but in view of the fact that 50 many members of the Irish legisia- tive body w. proclaim their respective positions it was consider kardly likely that a final vote could be taken before next Wednesday. If reports reaching Dublin tonight from other parts of Ireland may be accepted as correct, the gencral public apparently is becoming irritated at the delay in settling the biz question ti is on everybody’s mind. These report: * indicate that the general Irish publica would like to see the dail quickly ratify the treaty and let the leaders of the opposing factions settle their own political fights afterward Today's prolonged private sitting was a surprise, was supposed the dail's sole business would be i preparation of the agenda for Mon- day's public session. DAIL DELAY STIRS LONDON. pécts rounded up and discharged in- cluded: : A former tennis player, arrested in gnmd- after he had claimed a psychic influence had led him to foretell the disaster. A former convict In a Wisconsin Penitentiary, later found to have been behind the bars when the blast oc- curred. Five seamen taken from a ship at New Orleans and later cleared. Three Cleveland suspects, one a woman, later freed. Two Pittsburgh suspects, one later lcdged in jail for dodging the draft. Bayonne truckman, who was able to establish a cast iron alibi. A wrestler, arrested in Omaha, but later proven to have been engaged on a western mat the day of the explo- ston. THOUSANDS OF PUPILS EXPECTED TOSTUDY FOR THE STAR CONTEST School Officials to Urge Students to Enroll and to Keep Scrapbooks to Aid " in Writing. mal salary increases, provide 50 per cent of the cost of his service allow- ance, while if he entered on the sal- ary of about $1,200 he would con- tribute mor than his entire retirement benefit would cost. This condition could be rectified, the board says, by limiting the con- tributions to that part of the salary of an employe which is not in excess of $1,200 or preferably by providing a definite allowance on the part of the government and allowing an ad- ditional benefit to the employes equal to the value of his accumulated con- tributions with interest. In explaining the second proposed change in the law, that the ages fixed for retirement on account of age should be adjusted, 8o that the only distinction made between groups Would be on the basis of the service experience in order to make the nor- mal cost the same for all occupational groups, the board points out. Condition in Mail Service, Railway postal employes have the most favorable conditfons, because re- tirement is permitted at the age of sixty-two, while the great majority of employes must remain in service to the age ‘of seventy unless they are disabled. The unfairness in this pro- Vvision is shown in a table which gives the normal rate required to provide benefits at the various ages of retire- ment. The table shows that prin- cipally because of the difference in the age of retirement, the average railway postal clerk paye 49 per cent of the cost of his benefits, while postal clerks in other departments pay 62 per cent of the cost of their benefit: The board of actuaries recommends that the retirement ages of the vari- ous occupational groups be set so that the conditions for retirement for one group will be no different from those for another, except when service conditions would warrant a difference, This would result in the adoption of ages very nearly the same for all BTroups. If the ages as now set in the law are belleved entirely satis- factory, then it would seem as if the contribution rate for employes ought to be adjusted, so that those retiri at earlier ages would make higher contributions or elss the contributions of those retiring at the more ad- vanced ages should be reduced. The present plan of requiring certain em- ployes (o continue fn service until they are seventy years of age be- o ercl?qnfifl:li s;:;.e for retire- e z tribute as heavily a8 thoss wha have the right to retire at the ages of sixty-two or sixty-five, is objectionable. Reason for Repeal. The board in explaining its reason for recommending the third change— that the action of the law providing for increase in annuities on comple- tion of terms of service which are multiples of three should be mepealed— says: The present law makes certain classifications of employes according | to length of service. Employes, with thirty or more vears of service are in class A, and are entitled to an annuity of 60 per cent of salary. Those with twenty-seven or more years of service, but less than thirty years, are in class B, and are entitled to 54 per cent of salary, and so on down to fifteen years of service. The classes are evidentally defined in the bill to facilitate the calculation of the retirement annuity. The result of such classification is the pyramiding of retirements on the first year in each class, because of the lack of incentive to remain in servics im- mediately following entrance into any class and the strong incentive to those nearly eligible to the next higher class to remain in service. The board of actuaries recommends that the allowance increase with each year of service and that to facil- itate the calculation of the amount of the annuity the commissioner of e:;:l%nsf sh(auld bef&uthorlted to dis- egard fractions of a month of ser- several bodies now occupying the vace in his calculations and that he ;br:um temple awroxlm{{es‘ ten x‘n\fl“t’l]:"fl“"ulluu to the nearest|cents per cubic foot, and while no ‘“"'g"ceo! ,tnv:e ve in order that definite figures can be presented at o Waroen u"y be readily paid this time, the rental of space in the 'y installments. new building, it is stated, will be o Benefit to E: yes. con.ldel:“’”b}”: t:ll;l %hatl nmmln): e group of changes pro; upon the cubic foot basis, inasmucl the fourth - recommendation” of thy |8 each body using O ranleiwould board, namely, that the law should | Feceive 6 per cent dividends from be amended to provide greater sate- | its holdings of stock. guards on dimability retirements; to Sourees of Revemue, fi.:tee.‘:.' bu:rl‘:);‘ !]o n‘m-mbt ,to nom- ‘Besides the income to be had from e s clary; to recover the|rental of space to the various bodies = nI of ok accumulated contribu- | that will occupy the structure, a care- Uons in the ZSvent of his death: to f\.]l{ prepared estimate has been sub- e ncane head of each department | mitted, showing additional revenues o independs 'nrnu to furnish an- | from sources other than fraternal B n“n orm:uon nNecessary | that may be obtained from twenty Supervision for thuPioyes under his|weske' use of the immense auditorium oy the use of the com- |which I8 included in the plans for the il oe hl‘l’le lwms. are in order|temple, amounting to $368,600, or a e s amended for any larger sum than has been estimated ge ‘;-ken fnt‘:soi:lc::n%'mm“lll?d may | ag necessary to pay all running ex- D eag tuo. Dionaech with & re-|penses and dividends. The auditorium Lty ML ‘m'o'w:.tb the govern-{iy to be at the disposal of the > Masonic and collateral bodies at a suitable rental at such times as the TAKES L'FE "‘ LAGOO". proposed outside activities are not in progre: The seating capacity is F. Bingham Distributing Clerk planned to be 3,500, in Treasiry for Fifty Years. It is proposed, in the event that no mortgage is placed upon the property, there be created a sinking fund of 50 T Eotities tp‘:r cent Mt alrl net :'-rnlngs after ; . December 17— e payment of operating expenses, of B. . Binghem tor meree 5037 | taxes, repairs ana dividends, said fund Years distributing clerk in the United States Treasury at Washington, D. C., was taken from a lagoon in Forest Park here today. A note found in the to be used to purchase the preferred stock in the open market, at a price plus whatever premium may dd dead man's pockets indicated had voluntarily sought death. thatihe DENIES ALBANIA 1S SEEKING A KING Report Is Termed ‘“Canard American” by Commis- sioner to U. S. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17.—C. A. Checkrezi, Albanian commissioner to the United States, today {issued a statement denying that his country was “in the market for a king” or that the throne had been offered to Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte of this city. Referring to reports published yes- terday that the offer had been made to the great-grandnephew of ) poleon by “commissioners of the Al- hl’gllfl government,” M. Checkrezi said: ‘Being the only commissioner of the Albanian government in the United States, 1 wish to state most emphatically that neither I nor any one, as far as I know, hae ever been commissioned by the government of Albania, or by its regency council, or by its parliament, or by any party to open any negotiations or make an offer of the crown of Albania to any one. Other Reports Denled. “The further report that the swift election of & king is desirable in order to prevent the impending re- turn to Albania by airplane of the former ruler of the country, Prince William of Wied. is equally baseless, a® also is the report that the Albanian parliament had decided to proclaim Albania a kingdom ‘Aside from the fact that the pre ent parliament has never made any such decision, it has, moreover, no authority to deal with the question of changing the pregent form of govern- ment, which is left to the decision of the constituent assembly, which will draw_the constitution of the country. But even the convocatien of twis assembly is uncertain at present. “In conclusion I will say that the whole report is a ‘canard Ameriéian,” intended to boost a certain reporter whose identity is known to me, a man endowed with a very morbid imagination, and I would not care to boost him by naming him.” ———— SENTENCED FOR FORGERY. Clarence Howard, World War Vet- eran, Given Three Years. Clarence Howard, a world war vet- eran, was sentenced yesterday by Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 1 to serve a total of three years in the penitentiary. There were three cases of forgery against the young man and the court made the term of imprisonment one year in each case. Howard forged the name of his wife to compensation checks totaling $247.96 sent to her from the war risk bureau. Two young women indicted with Howard were acquitted by the jury. it being shown that they wrote the name of the wife on the checks at the dictation of Howard. Alfred Knolls, white, was given an additional term of two years in the penitentiary by Chief Justice Mc- Coy for stealing automobiles. Knolls was sentenced on a similar charge yesterday by Justice Siddons to four years' imprisonment. John Parker, colored, was given four years on a charge of grand lar- ceny, and Leonidas Polk, colored, a term of two years for an assault with & dengerous weapon. —_— LEDOUX TO HOLD MEETING Arms Program This Afternoon in Front of Pan-American Building. Urban Ledoux, who states he is working in the interest of disarm ment, said last night he had arranged to hold a demonstration in advocacy of world peace and disarmament this afternoon in front of the Pan-Ameri- can building. The police gave him the necessary Defmls. oe}! is sched- oc MASONS T0 DECIDE TEMPLE EREGTION Expect Finance Committee to Make Definite Announce- ment Wednesday Night. From a report of the finance com- mittee of the general committee of the Grand Lodge of Masons of the District of Columbia which is to be made at the annual session Wednes- day night, it is expected will be made an announcement, whether or not the erection of the proposed mew United Masonic Temple here will be carried Thousands of District public school children, at the suggestion of school authorities, will this week begin an intensive study of the developments of the conference on the limitation of armament in preparation for the prize essay contest to be conducted by The Star on the subject, “The Arms Con- | ference and Its Significance. School officials said last night that they will call to the attention of the teachers during the week the plans of The Star to conduct the contest, and will urge them to have their pupils enter it when formally opened. The children also will be advised to keep scrapbooks containing news- paper accounts of the conference, which officials of the schools believe will be invaluable to them in writing their essays. It was pointed out in this connection that pupils in many schools have made scrapbooks and have been keeping them up to date with the press reports since the in- ception of the conference. Stephen E. Kramer, assistant super- contest, emphasizing that it will be of material aid to the teachers in stimulating an interest in the confer- ence among their pupils besides im- pressing on them its historical signifi- cance. Believe Mystery Solved. Mr. Burns reiterated that there was no question that in Lindenfeld's arrest the Department of Justice had a solu- tion of the explosion. ‘We have known it all along,” he said. He regretted, he declared, that the Warsaw police had permitted Lin- denfeld’s capture to become known at this time, as it had been the inten- tion to withhold the information, so that the investigation might be un- hampered. It was through Lindenfeld, Mr. Burns said, that the Burns agency learned prior to the Wall street ex- a plosion that “something was going d S to happen,” but he added that the ex- act location could not be determined. He refused to state whether suspects were now in this country, asserting that the number of persons involved might be anywhere from twelve to 300. { Burns added that the operatives In‘ his agency knew some relationship existed between the perpetrators of the Wall street plot and those who sent bombs through the mails to sev- eral prominent men in various cities -some months ago. SUSPECT MAKES STATEMENTS | Star Contest “Sple; » “The Star's essay contest,” said Mr. Kramer, “will be a splendid thing. School officials are glad to have it emphasised to the students that the newspapers are the best source of current history.” Numerous cash prizes aggregating $1,000 are in store for the winners of the contest, the formal opening of which, together with the rules and names of members of the board of judges, will be announced in the near future. Accuraln{ to present plans, the contest will be divided into two leparate classes. One class will be solely for students in the senior high schools. In the other class the con- testants will be limited to pupils in the junior high schools and the upper grades of the elementary schools. Cash prizes amounting to about $500 will be awarded in each class. There 'll“ belllrse l:"l second and third prizes In each class and numerous intendent of schools, commended The | supplemental awards for essays show- Star last night for proposing such a!ing the required merit. i D e sl ZEPPELIN DECISION HOUSE PASSES BILL TRIUMPH FOR U. S. FOR RUSSIA RELIEF ___(Continued from First Page.) (Continued from First Page.) Anxiety Felt Because of Lons- Drawn-Out Secret Sessions. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 1 no diminution of con don today that the Anglo. ultimately will be a dail eireann or bLy the Iris if a referendum should become essary. But the unexplaincd longation of the s Dublin has begun to c: iety here, which is sc out. Matters pertaining to the erection of the proposed structure, which have beert in the hands of the Grand Lodge commlittee for more than a year, and are now assuming definite shape, were e last meeting of the general committee, at which all inter- ested bodies were represented, and a detailed plan of procedure was laid down and the project presented in con- crete form. Finance Committee. The finance committee, of the gen- eral committee, which is to make the report at the annual session consists of Eugene Thompson, chairman; W ‘W. Everett, Charles E. Baldwin, Wil- liam T. Galliher, William F. Gude, Carter B. Keene, William Mont- gomery, Edward S. Brashears and Gratz E. Dunkum. The cost of construction of the pro- posed building, according to the Kraftsman, local Masonic publication, is based on the cubical contents of the building, at 50 cents per cubic foot of space, as indicated by each of the bodies to be accommodated for their requirements. In estimating the space needed each of the bodies has included banquet hall and kitchen space, etc., and the figures presented to the committee are as follows: Estimated Space. Blue lodges, 995,000 cubic feet; Royal commanderies, resolution adopted further mtated that the late Chief Justice, “by his modest bearing. his democratic attitude toward his fellowmen, his #lean and wholesome outlook upon life and h vigorous support of American institutions and ideals * ® ¢ has left to his countrymen a memory which is at once an inspiration and an examnle of incalculable worth. Tn his death the nation. whose faithful and efficient servant he was, has sus- tained an |rrepnrnh.|e loss.’ Incidents Show His Quality. A number of addresses were de- 1ivered by attorneys prominent iq the practice of the court, relating inei- dents in the life of the late Chiet Justice and emphasizing his con- &'deration. kindness. learning and £rasp of the destiny of the nation in the aftairs of the world. The resolutions and proceedings of vesterday will later be presented to the Supreme Court. $2,000,000 SCHOOL PLAN DEBATED BY CITIZENS pr debates in some Anx newhat au- The English public mind to peared to revert to former Asquith’s warning about alig- nant genius” hovering over Irish af- fairs, and this uneasiness was in- creased by rumors of important mod- ifications of the treaty to be sug- gested from Dublin entailing pos- sibly entirely new negotiations. Should this unexpected course ba adopted, nobody here seems to know how the government would meet it. During the course of the debate on the treaty in the house of commons Prime Minister Lloyd George took the stand that an attempt by parliament to modify the treat ould destroy it and necessitate a new conference. Presumably modifications by the dail would have the savougfect. Lord Birkenhoad®lh <harge of the government in Irish affairs. now that the premier will be engaged with M. Connection With Explosion. | Briand and the matter of German reparations, and it will be recalled By the Associated Press. that in vesterday's speech Lord Birk- WARSAW, December 17.—Further|enhead openly referred to the possi- statements relative to the Wan|Dility of o pseAlbeInk imalls Lo the . 3 se > Street bomb explosion have been| It is beginning to be h(h:";d that made by Wolfe Lindenfeld. arrested | the dail eireann will ratify the treaty by the Polish police yesterday "“I:zto:'n?“}u?inl:y'lr‘.".; anylnla:r{o\\' mrajunl,\ o mber o suspicion of having been implicated | known to be pledged (0 ratifeation ot in the explosion, and who subse-)64. Should the decision. as feared in quently made a full confession, giv- ififfio"n“s“,‘.?”;h'fi' ';nr I'Iunorlanl modi- ing the names of the ringleaders A L T growing belief that Mr. Lloyd Geor and other information. These state-{will resort to a general election eariy ments are being translated '“"’i in the year. English. parishmen themselves. according to 'ublin reports, are irritated & According to Silvester Cosgrove of | delay and want the matter settiod. |f the American Department of Justice.[only because of the uncertainty at whose request the arrest was which is detrimental to Christma: trade. serious disorders an made, Lindenfeld has persistently avoided questions concerning his whereabouts on the day of the ex- shootings at Belfast are also regard ed as another rea H s Hement reason for a quick set 'he prime minister and i plosion. He admits, however, he was|enhead have both gnnennlo!fl:g \?ox:;: in hattan, and to the direct|try for the week end. They will re question, “Where were you at thelturn to London Monday. There ha time of the explosion?” he made the|been no meeting between Sir Jame. reply, “Uptown. Craig, the Ulster premier, and Mr. The suspect. the American aj Lioyd Qeorge, and 16 deseionmcnt asserts, has not told all regarding|the Ulster side of the problem his New York comnections —ROf J exactly how he came into possession| QN STthe full details prior to the ex- E KILLED IN BELFAST. plosion. His movements since he left New York have been fully traced, excepting for one month, on which he_is silent. One admission made by Lindenfeld is that in August he went to Moscow, spending 8ix weeks there. " PRESS CLUB PROGRAM. Elaborate Entertainment Will Be Given on Ladies’ Day Today. An elaborate program of entertain- ment has been arranged for “ladies’ day” at the National Press Club this afternoon at 6 o'clock. Rudolph D Zapp will be In charge and H. W. Nevinson, staff correspondent of the Manchester, England, Guardian, who is in Washington for the arms con- ference, will make an address. Features of the program include: Miss Alice Deleslyne Taylor of the Fabian_School of Music, piano solo; Lieut. Horace Alvin Lake, bass solo- ist at the First Baptist Church, selec- s | tions, with Mrs. Howard M. Blandy at 1| the piano; Isaac Minovich, ten-year- For a Little|ld Violin prodigy, accompanied by "There will be & chorag | Dora Minovieh, planist, both pupils of veterans. Prof. Joseph Kaspar; Miss Priscilla Alden Slaughter, soprano solos, with Miss Julia Russell at the plano; Hanford, Shakespearean acholar, in a monologue, and Dora Minovich, piano selections. MANY KILLED, HUNDREDS INJURED, IN WALL STREET BOMB EXPLOSION By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17.—The Wall street explosion, one of the worst tragedies in the history of New York, ocourred-at noon on September 16, 1920. experts, the personnel of which has not yet been announced. Mechanies Have Seattered. From nine months to a year is the time estimated by American experts as required for the conmstruction of a rigid ship of the L-70 type. The American experts say that Germany has the necessary materials, includ- ing duralumin for girders. Personnel for the construction, however, will have to be recruited and organized before actual work can be under- taken, it was sald. Since the com- pletion of the two commercial Zep- pelins, the Bodensea and the Nord- stern, in the record time of five months, and their subsequent trans- fer to France and Italy, rigid air- ship construction has cea ed in Ger- many and the mechanics and spe- cialists have entered other industries, from which they will have to be won American people, and cry at the same time for economy. “There are conditions of distress in this country which would appall Con- gress if I dared relate them, r. Madden shouted, adding that infor- mation to this effect had been laid before him confidentially. “But I cannot see m% way clear to vote money out of the Treasury,” said the chairman, “when it i{s not to be used to relieve the distress of the People we were sent here to serve.” When the time came to receive amendments more than a score of members, jumping to their feet, de- manded recognition. In the midst of the flood of them Representative Goodykoonts, republican, West Vir- ginia, stepped forward with a new paragraph, which would direct the President to spend $20,000,000 for re- lleving distress among the “starving, hungry and unemployed citizens of the United States.” It was ruled out on a point of order, but the West Vir- ginla republican stood his ground. “My amendment may not come within the rules of the House,” Mr. Goodykoonts declared above the din, “dut it at least has the merit of com- ing within the Constitution of the United States."” Ameadments Defeated. After that amendments were set up in rapid succession, only to be knocked down. About all that was tacked on to the orl{lml bill wi direction that grain for the Russi be purchased the United States and sent to Russia in American bot- toms, and a direction that a report of all expenditures be made to Con- gress by the end of next year. Th ed to include to which relief ern Star, 755,000 cubic feet; Masonic Lindenfeld Further Quizzed as tol clube, 750,000 cubic feet; Shrine, 375, 000 cublic feet; Grotto, 262,500 cubic feet; Scottish Rite, 00 cubic feet; total for all bodies, 5.277,500 gublc feet; auditorium, 6,277,500 cubic eet. In some cases, it is stated, how- ever, that more space has been esti- mated than would actually be needed, and any reduction in the foregoing estimated requirements would mean a corresponding reduction in the cost of construction. The cost of the land upon which to erect the building has been estimated at $750,000, and the cost of furnishings at $250,000. It is proposed to raise the neces- sary money by the sale of two classes of stock, namely, preferred non-vot- ing shares to individual members of the fraternity, and common or vot- ing shares to the organized Masonic and collateral bodies. No estimate was made for the mem- bership of the Masonic clubs, but it is said they will join in the enter- prise on the same basis as the other Masonic bodies. Cosg of Temple. Based on a cost of $2,500,000, it is estimated that the annual expenses of the temple would be as follows: interest, $160,000; repairs and taxes, $50.000; running expenses, $275,000. Rental for space in the proposed temple has been estimated upon a basis of 10 per cent of the cnrt' n® construction of the space requested by each organizatio exclusive of 1and and furnishings, being pald by CIRe Board's Budget Proposal Supported by Majority of Federation Chairmen. The chairmen of the school com- n\ilm of rious -eitizens’ as- sociatior :tl‘l:dl‘ldl: l.het Board rooqmY oLt building to con- fer um.fi C. Suter, chalrman of the WENGOL comnilttee of the Federa- tiom-of—Citizens'-Association’ for the purpose ol ting on a plan of in- dorsing- the -board of education's proposed $2,000,000 yearly budget. Chatles A Baker, president of the fed ion;-stated it-was not the aim of “meéilng to. dictate to the board of education,”but to-back it as a unit in its worthy projects. TThe majority of the members agreed with “Mr. Suter in supporting. the board -of education’s program, but a few dissenting voices were heard. Snowden Ashford objected to the board’s project of a yearly $2,000,000 budget. saying that it would provide 120¢class rooms or enough for about 5,000 ‘pupils, which he declared was excess of the amount needed. It was finally resolved that each member should urge his association to suppert the school committee of the federation. POST OFFICES OPEN. Christmas Packages May Be Mailed at All Stations. In order that persons may mail their Christmas packages today and to re- lieve congestion of the maliis during next week, Postmaster M. O. Chance annaofmoed last night that the branch offices Will be open from 3 to 6 o’clock this afternoon. The main post office will be open all day. THIRTY-YEAR SENTENCE. William J. Carroll Incurs Penalty for Murder of Wife. ‘William Joseph Carroll, forty-four years old, formerly employed at the District pumping station, was sen- tenced yesterday by Chief Justice McCoy to serve thirty years in the penitentiary. Carroll recently pleaded zuflty to murder in the second degree in connection with the death of his wife,” Catherine Carroll, in the yard adjoining his home at 1315 K street southeast, December 13, 1920. He was indicted for first degree murder. The tragedy followed a quarrel at the supper table, and the woman was killed in the presence of her two children. Attorney James A. O'Shea appeared for the prisoner. FIVE WOMEN ROBBED. Christmas Shoppers Lose Small Sums in Saturday Crowds. Five women were robbed of sums of money ranging from $4.76 to $140 ; while Christmas shopping yesterday. {3irs.” Margaret” Barkier, 1314 1stn| Fora number /wireet, was the heaviest loser, while|ing from Washington, Mr. £5Mrs. "Catherine A. Youns, N | livea at the home of ire B M5 el treet, was robbed of the smallest|loway, 112 Maryland avenue north- sum. east. @ was seventy-nine years old. 1*); 1°m°agovnlamm| were Mrs. Alice |A!tll|r hcthllgwa;‘ home it was said E. Taylor, ary] last nigl that r. Bingham Tast robbed of $40; Mre. Theodors | relatives living here. S om had no back. slans call for the latest of the wartime crafts, such as the L-70, '111; and 72, built in 1918 and 1920. Al three of the airships weré of 2,400,000 oubfo feet volume—almost & large a8 the recently lost ZR-2 and & little larger than the Navy’ ZR-1, now be- ing bullt at the naval alrcraft factory at Philadelphia. The Army semi- rigid airship, the Roma, which 18 scheduled to fly to Washington from Langley Field, Va., within the next few days, is Just half the size in vel- ume of the airship now contemplated. Carries Crew of Thirty. TPhe German L-70 class of airship measured 743 feet in length, 48 feet longer than the British ZR-3, but hav- ing the standard German diameter of 78.¢ feet. Their total useful load is over 88,000 pounds, or 44 tons, equiva- lent to 59 per cent of the total weight of these ships. The ships carried a erew of thirty men each. These rigid airships were driven by seven Maybeck engines of 290 horse- power each, Arra; in_six ’3‘1: of SH0D. T veing piaoed.1n-the stiet INEED COMMON LANGUAGE. ent Passengers Lie on Tramcar Floor During Attack on Crew. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, December 17.—This af- ternoon’s riotous incidents included an attack on a tramcar crew. whom e rescued. Edward Brenna of the Khort Strand, a Sinn Fein aren. was shot_and killed. Another man. William Thompson, was wounded in the leg by a sniper in Newtownards road. The.tramcar passengers in the riot Zone were compelled to-lie on the bottoms of the cars. “0DD JOB” FOR ARMY Q. M. C. Keeping the American soldier scrubbed, starched and ironed is one of the many odd jobs delegated to the Quartermaster Corps. On the theor: that the United States Army must he the cleanest as well as the best fed and best clothed in the world, the Quartermaster Corps is establishing mobile laundries at posts and stations where permanent laundry facilities do not exist. This is being done at small expense, as the mobile laundry equip- ment, originally purchased for use overseas during the world war, has been adapted to peace-time condition and ia being fnstalled wherever the necessijy for a plant exists. Ouse re: Armenia in the area would be sen It designate th gion, or Russia As she stood geo- graphically prior to the war. The bil) as passed by the House ecifically authorizes the President, hrough such agency or agencies at he may designate, to purchase in the United States and transport in American ships and distribute corn, seed grain and preserved milk for the relief of the distressed and starving people of Russia and for =spring thung in areas where seed grains havé Deen exhausted.” It was estimated that four and a half or five million bushels of grain would be purchased under the appro- priation. 6] ship, two being piaced in the after oar, giving e total horsepower o 2.‘03':1t :nd" evelop‘llnzru. 8p of over o y miles per hour. Fhe L-71, which was delivered to England after the war, {8 sald to have developed & spsed of eighty-two mil er hour and to havi nurul :ukln‘ single mn:be?u.n 0 miles. The L-70 was shot down late in the war and the L-73 was delivered France. RESERVE RATION APPROVED. The reserve ration developed by Col. Brown has been approved by the War. Department for iseus to troops in the event of an emergenay, but not other- wise, until funds are available for further te meat components ration consist of corned beef and sliced bacon and the choco- late component of pure sweetened ¢hocolate. BRIEFLY TOLD STORY - OF ARMS CONFERENCE more men sold on the auction block in Boston 1la: Fighting is still common in south Europe, and therefore the need of physicians and hgspitals is great, de- clared Dr. Esther Lovejoy, president of the International Women's Medical Assoclation, In an address yesterday a the luncheon of the Women' City lub. A common lan in that area is a great need. g":u}oy said, in order that the people may understand each other. The women there, con- tinued the speaker, are strugaling for a chance to live & normal, human life, and the gaining of their independence will be a long step toward a peaceful Balkan region. l“r'l'hnx‘lum:hegn H'"rmmt ‘d:d ovo‘la by s. Lyman B. Swormste: sident ot the ‘cludb. Tomorrow mer‘::un Dr, Lo ! r will_address the members of the lege Women's Club. of over! LEWIS N. CARRIS RESIGNS. Head of Vocational Board to Take New York Position. Lewis H. Carris, administrative ead of the Federal Board for Voca- tional Education, has resigned, his resignation to become effective Febru- ary 16 next, according to an Anhounce- ment last night by Edward T. Franks, member of the board. Mr. Carris, who has.been with the board since its inception, resigns to accept a position as field secretary for the Natfonal Commission for the Pre- vention of Blindness, with head- quarters at New Yor! ‘While with the board, Mr. Carris instrumental in organizipg the industrial rehabili- the event that preferred stock cannot be purchased the accrued amounts in the sinking fund are to be invested in high-grade securities. The idea in propesing to repurchase the pre- ferred stock is that eventually the ownership and entire profits of the enterprise shall be in the hands of the holders of the common stock— that is, the organized Masonic and collateral bodies. Plans for the proposed new temple have ‘White, - cided on &nd accrued dividends. In Bingham was a veteran of war and was retired two mnn‘t"‘. ‘:"fl coming to 8t. Louis to make his home the object of the outrage—If, indeed, with a niece. yao it was, and not accident. It was_generally accepted that the ex- plosion had occurred in this death cart, whose owner or driver mever was found, although expert farriers and Wagon makers were called in In efforts to identify horse and vehicle. The skyscrapers of lower Manhat- X !er'l(ven;g;lor; bwa.vnred for a time tan we uring out their thousands|back and forth between theories that 8 PoLEInE y |® powder wagon accidentally had blown For a number of years before mov- n drawn by Frank Russell local architect. be: ————— e . tation division. up or that a timed bomb had been .. Farnes, 2433 Wisconsin avenue, $15, When he left Washington he told (The Star is publishing each a oum- apan % sent into the f cial ¢ 5;:: -‘t‘r‘:e 'H;;He Robinson, 1846 Ken- ;?:n‘nvb:‘u':ll n‘: ‘?.2«: .y t:{my.;nu G. A. R. OFFICERS CHOSEN .-r.:nna-‘.:(é:y‘ 'fi:‘ b n:m-‘-&':t the ;&.‘; to ::‘.,‘:.‘,:‘.:“{’.P"Q:“..;" TELLS OF DOCTOR’S MIND. |neariy cwo-score Sodies iay on blood- “:’l"‘ time it came to bed m«fl;'e'ne.::; { 7“William " B. Fowler, 233 M relatives and to seek a milder ol day you will keep In touch with the out. | Oepital ehip tonnage asked « | stained ments while more than |Pinfon that the cxplosion was planned - ¢ yotts avenue, reported the lo relatives and 10 Soek o milder ‘cli-| oOmcers of the Jonn A. Rewlins| &7 ges Vil keep ln somh Wi the o France. Italy desires the same EeAI pa: either to destroy the Morgan: offces or stock exchange or as a demonstra. tion of radicals to impress the world's street of financ % Confident It Was Plot. Chief Flynn of the bureau of in-. vestigation of the Department of . Justice was confident from the first that it was & plot, and in this he was backed by most investigators. Fis nally the grand jury, which studied the disaster, also returned n&oplninn that anarchists had been at work. Several months after the explosion occurred, one New York paper pub- 1ished a story to the effect that the explosion was planned by workers building however, Post, No. 1, Grand Army of the Re- public, who were elected at a meet- ing of the post last week and who will be installed in office January 13, 1932, follow: John Finn, post commander; % ?. i3 pockstbook containing $69 in cash and two checks, one for $235 .and the ‘ othér for $1,200. The pocketbook dis- mppesred from his pocket in & new \building at 2813 14th street. Shoplifters caught during Christmas ‘week may expect no mercy of the po- lice or in Police Court. It is believed by the police that prison sentences imposed upon offenders will be a sneans of reducing thefts in stores. Detective Henry Pratt, in charge of the fifteen male detectives and three wiembers of the woman’s bureau as- jeignied to the shopliting squad, sald erday he thought there was less tealing. in. the stores this year tha during past Christmas holi & séasons, cal D. A. R. VIRGINIA DRY-LAW PROFIT. Treasury Enriched by $144,358 in Present Year by Violators. RICHMOND, Va., December 17.— Virginia’s treasury was enriched $144,358 by violators of the prohibi- tion law during 1921. Cities of the state contributed $65,140 of the total,|executive committee, William F. Norfolk leading with $30,665. Rich-|Small, and on board of managers of mond, the largest oity in the state,|Soldiers and contributed $5,810, less than Newport | Home, News and Portsmouth. We! Tatio of naval stre as m; o gth ay be ce. The Japaness and Italian fies disoussed the question of the {aochow-Tsinanfu ~ railroad - in Shantung yesterday but without oomn;[ o?d. fin‘g‘n“”‘{'fl;n' "A‘h are a s on e mef of roud " at three annual installments. Japan, on the other hand desires uam- ment "to extend over a -per of twenty years. They meet again tomorrow aftérncon. The committes on the far east is still awaiting the call of the cheirman. Dr. W. A. White Addresses Phi Chi on Physician’s Psychology. Dr. ‘Willlam A: White, superinten- dent of St. Elisabeth’s Hospital, d 1ivered an address on “Phychology of a Physiclan’s Mind,” at a smoker of the Phi Chi Fraternity of the George- town University Medioal School at the xTn{nny house, 2009 N street, last nf . George M. Kober, dean of the mediocal school, also made & ‘brief ad. A number of dress. ;mn- of the . X. Laibell presided. fiying fragments of metal. In a sec- on,; 'mullon. of dollars worth of damage had been done. Velled With Mystery. All was confusion, all was mystery. After a time, when hundreds of police- men and a detachmént of soldiers from - Governors Island arrived to guard ~ sul and banking hou the confusion énded, but the mn?%y continued month after month until it seemed as if it never would 0] Countless _investigations _ were started. A ‘wrecked wagon and dead horse wers foutid outside the banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co., which by some Investigators was heid to be The committes of fifteen on the limitation of armaments considered further the question of the ratios to be fixed for the French and Italian navies at a mesting yesterday, M. Sarraut, head of the French delega- tion, defending the French proposal for a 3.5 ratio. The committee adjourned without action until to- morrow at 11 a.m. "! n the mean- time the 1 f::tlr.:e:&nl:. ummn'l:rly with re- gard to 1 the Meding, surgeon; J. A. Allen, ¢ ‘Willlam Schnelder, officer of the Clarence Smith, officer of the guard representatives to department e campment, C. B. Dickey and Willlam F. Bmall; on department memdrial batreasury :\'h:t had _been ;lcum of rust srafters. No arrel followed this “expose.” Sallors’ Tempora: Newton rnr:u. and W. 7 1,75, and als 100 men and ‘women were torn by ‘The American, l